Akuma Redesign - Blog Posts

One of the neat things about traditional art is that if you use the right pens, natural light can make certain colors look more dramatic.

Also here’s him in more normal light:

Alright Nathaniel Fans, I’ll come out and say it: I legitimately did not get the hype before but now I totally understand. The experience of designing this guy (and giving him extra lore) has permanently changed me as an individual. (He’s just a lil fella trust)

Aw dang, I can’t believe I forgot to post Alix. I kinda tried to give her more of a roller derby vibe (whilst also taking a bit of inspiration from her Greenhopper concept art), but idk if I hit the mark or not. I still think she looks cool though.

(Edit: Added more purple.)

The original design had a pretty strong base, I just needed to add a bit more of Alya’s signature “practical journalist vibe”. (Like the renaming of her blog) she won’t be called Lady Wi-Fi, as she isn’t specifically motivated by just Ladybug. The new name we have is Network, but if you have any other suggestions, I’m all ears!

I will start composing my plans for Adrien MTS, but here’s a little something I’ve been working on first:

If you don’t recognize who this is I honestly don’t blame you lol. Anyway #HawkMothStopMagicalGirlingYourAkumaChallenge (impossible?!?)

Not the villains being closer to the magical girl aesthetic than the heroes… 💀

Merry Christmas y’all. (It’s everyone’s favorite little heathen!)

I’d like to make a special shout out to this one Tumblr user (I saw their post an eternity ago so I sadly don’t remember their name) who said that the round thing on the Bubbler’s head kinda looked like a man bun. This post is for you (and all of the rainbow as a part of a color scheme enthusiasts).

In honor of it being spooky month, I have decided to post one of my akuma designs

This is the MTS version of Sole Crusher. When a character gets akumatized, its usually because a short-term situation they’re in triggers an underlying issue that has been festering long before Hawk Moth even started terrorizing Paris (the main exceptions to this being young children, who have had less time for a large issue to fester, but also struggle with dealing with their intense emotions, and the more sinister akumas, who are easier to akumatize due to being full of negative energy). In this case, it would be the short term trigger of Chloe trying to get Zoe to behave like her (which would be more of an attempt on Chloe’s part to show her little sister how she genuinely thinks the world works as opposed to being intentionally malicious towards her) combining with Zoe’s long term traumas of needing to conform to others’ desires such as the kids at her boarding school and their mother (hence why SC’s design has the black and white like Audrey’s style).

Sole Crusher’s power would also be different from what it was in the original series. Instead of needing to touch people with the shoes she’s wearing to absorb them and grow larger, she’d end up summoning giant, high heeled pillars to step on people and drain them of all personality (“If I can’t be myself… No one can!”). This change was mainly made to prevent there from being too many akumas whose power is grow really big, and it fit the soul crusher idea that her name is inspired by far better.

(I also think it goes without saying that Zoe’s acting complex would not be resolved in one episode. She’d probably start to act perfect and sweet with the rest of the cast at the end of the episode, but it’s more that she’s watering down her personality to appease potential new friends rather than genuinely being fully honest with others. Similarly, most of the other characters would hold on to their suspicions of Zoe and not immediately accept her.)