What Are The Worst Character Designs You Have Ever Seen?

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This abomination from Incredibles 2. What were they thinking?
It's not their fault: ElasTHICCgirl already set a pretty high bar.
 
PAD has some really messy designs. Looking at Jabberwock confuses me.

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I only just noticed he has a chess theme and feet.
That design has way too much going on to be readable, even for someone like me who can't begin to explain art. Like, not just "what the fuck is going on?", but "what the fuck even is this supposed to be?" levels of visual noise. I mean, yeah, it might look like a bipedal dragon/wyvern thing, if you're tripping balls.
 
That design has way too much going on to be readable, even for someone like me who can't begin to explain art. Like, not just "what the fuck is going on?", but "what the fuck even is this supposed to be?" levels of visual noise. I mean, yeah, it might look like a bipedal dragon/wyvern thing, if you're tripping balls.
The problem is that they have no silhouette at all, it’s impossible to tell where the character’s body ends and where all the random bullshit starts so the whole thing just ends up looking like a messy blob of suck.
 
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This abomination from Incredibles 2. What were they thinking?
Is it that you don't like the *design*, or that you don't like the *character*? I wasn't a fan of Voyd's ooh-golly-gosh awks-mcgawks fangirl B.S. but I didn't think her design was out of place for the universe of those movies. I guess the different shades of green/blue all kind of clash, I guess.

My personal vote, maybe not "worst" but just kind of "most blah" is Nightsister Merrin from Fallen Order:

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This is a force-using witch from a dangerous isolationist planet of force-using, zombie-thrall-taking witches but she is just so *normal* looking. If nothing else, I wish they had given her an interesting Star Wars hairstyle instead of a sensible wash-and-go dirty blonde side part. Her face makeup is I think supposed to be white but in most scenes looks grey, her warpaint should be more pronounced, her eyes should be a brighter color, etc. etc. Boring!
 
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Is it that you don't like the *design*, or that you don't like the *character*? I wasn't a fan of Voyd's ooh-golly-gosh awks-mcgawks fangirl B.S. but I didn't think her design was out of place for the universe of those movies. I guess the different shades of green/blue all kind of clash, I guess.

It's mostly the hairstyle, I think. I'm sick to death of it.
 
R. Mika

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She looks a bit stupid with those butt attacks, her battlecruiser-class chest, or her main anti-air being her head.

When they first unveiled SFV, they had a tentative M rating, but decided it was best to tone her down to get that T rating. Like, her ass was the Critical Art's centerpiece, might as well give her a different move instead.

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She looks a bit stupid with those butt attacks, her battlecruiser-class chest, or her main anti-air being her head.

When they first unveiled SFV they had a tentative M rating, but decided it was best to tone her down to get that T rating. Like, her ass was the Critical Art's centerpiece, might as well give her a different move instead.

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For me I just can’t get past the pigtails. Just kinda clashes with the rest of the design.
 
That design has way too much going on to be readable, even for someone like me who can't begin to explain art. Like, not just "what the fuck is going on?", but "what the fuck even is this supposed to be?" levels of visual noise. I mean, yeah, it might look like a bipedal dragon/wyvern thing, if you're tripping balls.
It looks like one of those magic eye puzzles. Like if you stare at it crosseyed long enough, you'll see the outline of a bunny or something.
 
PAD has some really messy designs. Looking at Jabberwock confuses me.

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I only just noticed he has a chess theme and feet.
On top of...everything else, the description of this guy is that he's a physical attacker? Nothing about his design says that imo. At the very least, the flashy, colourful clouds and glowing pieces make him look like he uses magic.
 
Is it that you don't like the *design*, or that you don't like the *character*? I wasn't a fan of Voyd's ooh-golly-gosh awks-mcgawks fangirl B.S. but I didn't think her design was out of place for the universe of those movies. I guess the different shades of green/blue all kind of clash, I guess.
She has a tranny body.
 
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