i know all of the main flaws of rory's art have been discussed, but i feel like with the latest batch of nsfw sketches, i've finally figured out how to pinpoint the main issues.
the problem i see with their art, particularly with cap, is the proportions of each individual body part. obviously there's the dumbell shaped body and grossly exaggerated curves, but if the rest of the body wasn't super curvaceous, it might look less strange. what rory is doing, essentially, is taking the technique of building your anatomy with tons of shapes WAY too literally.
it's likely that this stems from the steven universe style, as that has been addressed already. the thing is, though, that SU knows how to keep character shapes consistent. pearl is skinny. everything about her is slim. amethyst is round and made up of mostly ovals and circles, if you were to sketch out her figure. etc etc.
I FINALLY KNOW WHAT'S SO OFF-PUTTING.
the problem with rory's cap is that he looks like a frankenstein's monster amalgamate of 3 different body types at once. that isn't even addressing the obvious fetishism. it's too many goddamn shapes on one character. obviously there are so many more unsightly things about rory's style, but that's the best i can describe it. the fact that cap is depicted as having HUGE FUCKIN HIPS AND SHOULDERS and giant sausage fingers yet has a teeny little waist, teeny little forearms, and awkward big feet attached to small ankles....it just doesn't work together.
rory doesn't know how to stick with one consistent style for each art piece, and it ends up looking like a disaster.