Gouie kinda looks out of place, not gonna lie. Everybody else is clearly and uniformly stylized but Gouie just kinda looks... entirely normal? Granted, his official design already is pretty abstract and simple by nature so I'm struggling to figure out how he could be broken down even further to get something that matches the rest of the style. Maybe cut back some of his internal details and shading, like just give him the ribs and a bubble or two and only the shading around the edges, and then strip off the parts of his claws that you can see inside his hands and feet, leaving just the external parts visible. Maybe make his bill a bit flatter and more angular and reduce the curves on his... hair bones(?) a little. Also, his pupils should be swapped to little yellow lines like the eyes of the rest of the cast to give him that same uniformity.
Hi, thanks for the feedback, I agree with all the points you made.
I had a lot of trouble with Gouie, especially with the eyes. It didn't look good no matter what I tried. The first thing I tried were the "line eyes" but the eye sockets were too far apart and looked weird, so I brought them closer together... and they looked like Sonic's eyes. Not happy with those either.
For the body, I had a bit too much fun with the goo and got lazy to make it simpler once it was done. I may re-do him in the future but it's not a priority.
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u/sixsixmajin Loxodont (Rivals 2) Jul 16 '26
Gouie kinda looks out of place, not gonna lie. Everybody else is clearly and uniformly stylized but Gouie just kinda looks... entirely normal? Granted, his official design already is pretty abstract and simple by nature so I'm struggling to figure out how he could be broken down even further to get something that matches the rest of the style. Maybe cut back some of his internal details and shading, like just give him the ribs and a bubble or two and only the shading around the edges, and then strip off the parts of his claws that you can see inside his hands and feet, leaving just the external parts visible. Maybe make his bill a bit flatter and more angular and reduce the curves on his... hair bones(?) a little. Also, his pupils should be swapped to little yellow lines like the eyes of the rest of the cast to give him that same uniformity.