Author Topic: Favourite Character Designs (Read 22150 times)

Tuffty · « **on:** August 22, 2010, 06:27:45 PM »

Figured this would be a simple enough topic. Just post pictures of some of your favorite character designs from videogames! Preferably actual concept art, though CG art or screenshots are fine if the it's unavailable. Maybe with an explanation about why you like them.

Bayonetta - Bayonetta

Original and stylish, it's one of the more striking and unique character designs I've seen in some time. Besides, how many female game characters do you know of that have beehives?

Pyramid Head - Silent Hill 2

As gamers we're well equipped to deal with monsters with snarling teeth or megalomanics hell bent on world domination. Give us something as enigmatic or as mysterious as Pyramid Head however, and we don't know what to do with ourselves. Something that initially comes off as a dumb idea, actually turns out to be one of the creepiest designs in anything, ever.

enderj3000 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2010, 01:32:19 AM »

^ I agree. That's why Pyramid Head is one of my most favorite video game characters ever.

adventwriter · « **Reply #2 on:** August 23, 2010, 05:07:42 AM »

Final Fantasy IX - Yoshitaka Amano....a classic.

Tuffty · « **Reply #3 on:** August 23, 2010, 11:50:00 AM »

Gabranth - Final Fntasy XII

You can include all the judges from FFXII under this. The armour creates a very imposing character who you could tell meant business, in the same vein as say Darth Vader (which is quite an easy assumption to make considering FFXII attempts to follow a number of cues from Star Wars)

shirenuファクトリー · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2010, 12:34:53 PM »

Pyramid head is so boss...

Omg I'm sorry I'm too lazy to google for pics now,
but Kefka from Final Fantasy VI o-o
He's legendary

Tuffty · « **Reply #5 on:** August 26, 2010, 08:37:00 PM »

^ I agree:

Nightmare - Soul Calibur

Ayako-Luna · « **Reply #6 on:** August 26, 2010, 09:24:02 PM »

Final Fantasy VII:
Cloud Strife:

Cloud Strife AC Ver.:

Reason: Why I like Clouds Design? Dunno, if I can be honest!

I love him and his sensitive site... Everybody calls him an Emo but I don't think so... He looks so stylish and cool and... epic!

And and and.. *fangirl mode*

Final Fantasy VIII:
Squall Leonhart:

Ultimecia:

Reason: Squall is awesome! *_* I love his gunblade and his clothes. It looks so cool! I want it!

It shows his personality some kind of way! Especially his Griever!!! And Ultimecia is a badass witch!!! Damn... xD It was a tough battle against her, if I can be honest...

winner · « **Reply #7 on:** August 26, 2010, 10:33:52 PM »

Leon S. Kennedy - Resident Evil 2 and 4
Shooting with style. Easily one of the hottest looking guys ever. And that's from a guy's viewpoint.

Tuffty · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2010, 01:18:40 AM »

The hottest guy in gaming is surely Dante from Devil May Cry

Er, I just steered this topic down a dangerous direction

To balance it out, here's Trish and Lady

What I like in particular about Lady, at least from her appearance in Devil May Cry 3, is that she's not this perfect, large chested woman who can kick ass without a scratch. She's rather flat chested and there are a myriad of scars on her legs, and one on the bridge of her nose. I think it gives her character.

zoolander · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2010, 05:29:26 AM »

I always like Ueda's stuff. The ambiguity of his characters/Designs makes them so much more fascinating than normal stuff.

winner · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2010, 09:19:34 AM »

Haha, Dante was the first guy that came up on my mind too.
And talking about crazy. There's the kid that perfectly merged 2 universes in harmony.

Sora - Kingdom Hearts
The crazy spiky FF haircut, the colorful "mickey" duds and the cute keyblade (did anyone else ever think of whacking monsters with keys). There's just no reason you can dislike this kid. 0 dislike.

He's also one of Nomura's fave designs~

Fanart from mandi-chan + britbratsama@deviantart was totally the reason for this choice.

pikapikapika · « **Reply #11 on:** August 27, 2010, 12:54:17 PM »

Jin Saotome~

BLOOOOOOOOODIAAAAAAAAA~!

LaJon · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2010, 02:02:20 PM »

Pretty much anyone important out of Borderlands, but these two come to mind.

[ General Knoxx ]

[ Mad Moxxi ]

boybags11 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 28, 2010, 11:58:19 AM »

jin kazama! for the win!

Tuffty · « **Reply #14 on:** August 28, 2010, 04:13:33 PM »

Faith - Mirror's Edge

I like Faith's design for two reasons:

a.) Her clothing was designed to be entirely functional, with very little done solely to add "flash" to it. It's a completely realistic design for someone who'll be partaking in the kind of physicality the game is based around.
b.) Faith is an Asian female in a western game, and they actually didn't oversexualize the way she looks. Almost any other developer (even an Asian one) would have given her big boobs and a baby face, and the clothing probably would have been more revealing. Instead, DICE designed her to be a realistic Asian woman, with a slightly angular face and a slender athletic body. Rather than looking like a model or movie star, she looks like the kind of real Asian woman you could meet in normal life. DICE deserve major credit for that.

shurastriker · « **Reply #15 on:** August 28, 2010, 05:56:19 PM »

Quote from: Ayako-Luna on August 26, 2010, 09:24:02 PM

Reason: Squall is awesome! *_* I love his gunblade and his clothes. It looks so cool! I want it! It shows his personality some kind of way! Especially his Griever!!!

fucker have fully personalized sets of gunblade, keychain, rings... even his own guardian force... WTF he must be awfully rich (no wonder he make it to leader of the garden in no time xP)

one of my favorites must be Vivi, the way they described black mages in FFIX was so baller that everything else was just lame

and this one... i think he is one of the coolest ever, his blade is baws

finally... morrigan is hot!!! nuff said

Tuffty · « **Reply #16 on:** August 30, 2010, 12:50:54 AM »

Jak - Jak 3

People said it was Jak going emo for no reason but I really liked Jak's wastelander design. It's like Disney meets Mad Max.

coachie · « **Reply #17 on:** August 30, 2010, 07:02:13 PM »

You can think about the games what you want, but these ladies are some of the hottest/coolest/bad-ass looking FF characters ever!

meowchi · « **Reply #18 on:** August 31, 2010, 02:46:58 AM »

Ayako-Luna · « **Reply #19 on:** August 31, 2010, 08:51:30 PM »

Golden Sun Time!!!!! =D

Golden Sun 1 Grouppic:

Isaac:

Djinn's:

Golden Sun is one of the most epic RPGs for the GBA!! I love the game series! I can't wait for the DS Game!!

And I love the Djinn's! The artwork, the story of the game and and and.. *fangirl*

Golden Sun Dark Dawn Promo Artwork:

Matthew (OMGoodness SPOILER!!!: Isaacs Son, for all of you, who doesn't knows it xD):