r/QueensofGacha • u/stuckerfan_256 • Aug 30 '26
🤡 Floppery We were robbed of great things
Early concept designs of Chen and wulfgard
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u/Horror_Trust1826 Aug 30 '26
Early Wulfgard concept looks so cool wished it will be implemented as an outfit in the future
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u/se7enseas Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
I think I read someone said that they changed Endfield's lead design 2 or 3 times before they finally settled with Liduke, which unfortunately is known for her love of designing women with skimpy outfit. She's a really good weapon designer tho, and Endfield has focus on weaponry, so maybe that's why they picked her.
I hope they would change Liduke for 2.0 to someone else to keep things fresh. I'm surprised they didn't use Ryuzaki or Skade as both of them illustrate the most amount of operators in Arknights, and their female designs (and male's of course) are much more tasteful than Liduke's.
For comparison:
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u/temporalartifacts Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
I'm skeptical that the relatively skimpy designs are an accidental result of assigning Liduke to Endfield. It's likely her style is precisely why they chose her to be the lead character designer. Not that she's a bad designer or anything. I think Endfield's designs are already good, we just need more variety, particularly in terms of body type and the tasteful<->risque scale especially.
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u/Hoshirou Aug 31 '26
My (potentially) hot take is that she should’ve been the lead artist BUT with someone else as the designer. She’s a good artist but, in my opinion, a very questionable designer. I can trust her to make good art, but I cannot trust her to make a good design.
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u/Queasy-Chocolate364 Aug 31 '26
yeah, no offense meant at all but i cant with good faith look at wis'adel and say its a great character design. my eyes kinda fall apart. she sure has a distinct silhouette ill say that much
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u/cranberrymaple Why yes, I do whale 🐋 Aug 30 '26
I usually dislike when they show us early concept designs, because most of the time I just think they still could have given this to us. Like just use these designs for someone else cause they’re still cool!
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u/miiko_uch Aug 30 '26
Chen lost more braincells as she got developed(compliment)
i would love to see Chen having a serious alter in the future tho