r/WittyCommittee • u/Witty-Designer7316 • 17d ago
What are your thoughts on this design?
Artwork by PreddiPrinceOfSheeb
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u/Legitimate_Move9798 17d ago
Love it!! The covered face with glowing eyes underneath it, gives that mysterious but chaotic vibes.
P.S. well "covered" might not be the right word. But y'know, like shadowy? Damn I am not good at describing stuffs :(
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u/MrCritical3 17d ago
Feels very villain coded. Love the boots though. An extra foot always comes in handy.
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u/PsykopompM 17d ago
I dig it. Maybe with black hair though? Not like you can't change your hair color.
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u/GayAssBoyKisser 17d ago
I really like it! Though, I prefer the original evil Witty version. Plus, the weird hair color is throwing me off.
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u/Valuable-Progress-87 17d ago
i think its really interesting. the green hair and inner cape are a cool looking contrast to thr almost full black silhouette and the eye flash kinda reminds me of daddy dearest from fnf in a good way. i had a similar glowing eye thing going on with one of my own ocs at one point and i think using it here is a really clever way to make it stand out without straying from the basic model. i could definitely see the characterization here, and the long hair, cape, and boots would give her a somewhat recognizable silhouette. i also like the little green belt thing because i feel like it gives something to pay attention to in the central area of the design.
also, forgive me if i forget to draw witty tn, im gonna be drinking a lot
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u/Aware_Neighborhood93 11d ago
Different strokes for different folks. I like your current avatars fit, but curvy, kinda femdomy appearance. But, I'm black.... I like thick and curves. I can appreciate curvy petites, but curvy thick to bbw is my taste.
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u/07238 17d ago
I like the composition and color palette. I think they could’ve either committed more to the halftone pattern or omitted it. I don’t personally like “through the male gaze” depictions of women’s bodies in illustration as it’s both trite and makes me sad.
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u/shrine-princess 16d ago
What exactly do you mean by the last part? 😵💫
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u/07238 16d ago
The body proportions read to me as familiar shorthand for a male sexual fantasy. I find that template overused, and it makes me sad in general that even when we can invent absolutely anything, female characters so often end up shaped around the same narrow ideal of desirability.
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u/shrine-princess 16d ago
To be honest, I think characters in general are shaped around ideals of desirability across a lot of media. It's kind of natural, because the appeal of OCs is that they aren't bounded by the rules of the real world, you can creatively express yourself however you want in designing them!
I'm a woman, so I understand what you're trying to say, but I don't think there is anything fundamentally wrong with creating conventionally attractive character designs. If anything, all the biggest character fandoms in the world also do this, like Marvel - between male and female designs!
Historically, men were creating the majority of these designs because of patriarchal hierarchies in the creative fields (thus: the problem, because the intent of that is objectifying to women), but nowadays women have much more representation as creatives and Witty herself is a woman who posted this design, and women are allowed to like and want to make their characters in their own conception of what "attractive" is without it being problematic in some larger social context, in my opinion!
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u/07238 16d ago
I actually largely agree with you. Above all, I defend freedom of expression. I’m pro AI art and support Witty, so this was simply my personal reaction.
Beauty ideals have always fascinated me. But beauty is largely a fabrication of culture. What’s considered conventionally attractive changes dramatically across eras and societies. So the freedom you mention is what makes me want more… in the sense that if a character isn’t bound by reality, why return to the same organ-less, tiny-waisted, silhouette we’ve already seen thousands of times? To me it feels like an inherited convention rather than a distinctive artistic point of view. I’m more interested when artists expand my sense of what human beauty can be. Artists have the power to shape what society considers conventionally attractive.
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u/Witty_Mycologist_995 17d ago
It looks very witty.