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yknow in concept I like the idea of all the transformations starting out with this bubble/sphere imagery, like having that kind of visual language continuity is a good idea that could tie together the transformations while remaining distinct
but Flora’s is too different, so it doesn’t fit the pattern, and Musa and Aisha’s bubbles are too similar, looking like generic magic spheres rather than elemental details
PLEASE rainbow just let her wear green. Thoughts n comparison under cut
You’re honestly selling yourself short, because this design is FANTASTIC. The initial direction the eye moves is only half the story- you also have to think about where the eye starts, and whether it moves to an endpoint or cycles back. Your design starts the eye at the face, which is good, then smoothly moves down and back up, because the leg warmers create this nice teardrop shape. The lines of the wings and neckline converge nicely on the face, and the pink earrings and eyeshadow create eye-catching contrast near the face
But the canon design converges every single line at the exact same point: her waist. The eye is drawn up initially because it starts at her feet, but in this case that's a bad thing, because the focal point of the design isn't her face! The only contrasting colors are the lavender and yellow in her wings, which ALSO lead the eye to the waist, so there's no 'exit' to let the eye keep moving, you just kind of stop in the middle there
As for the color, a rule that I find very helpful is that your eye should be drawn to either the face or the full silhouette first. If your eye is drawn to the clothing first that means the color is jumping away from the skin instead of being in harmony, and that's definitely the effect I get from the canon design. It's a lovely color, but I think the darker tones in the middle really overpower her skin. Your design has the kind of perfect color balance that makes me seethe with jealousy tbqh
I think what you're noticing as your design pulling the eye 'down' is actually the converging lines around the knees! All you have to do to fix that is make them parallel- either by removing the horizontal strap, or removing the angled portion
CHIBI WINX FOR WINX STICKERS!!!!!
Hi everyoneeeeee look at my girls 😭 I'm so proud of these!!! As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm gonna be at an artist alley for the first time ever in a magical girl con next weekend!!
I made this set of stickers of the main Winx girls :)) and it's gonna be holographic!!! I'm so excited aaahhhh!! I had so much fun drawing them as well!! I think my favourite ones are Flora and Tecna!! What do y'all think??
Also special thanks to my beautiful boyfriend who helped me to create the sheet's layout!!
Hey is it just me or does the new winx club transformations feel's a bit too convoluted ?
Like I saw just saw's aisha and she comes out of a bubble of water, then she dances underwater, then she's surfing AND then she's in another bubble of water and she finally get's her wings
It feel's a lot for too little actual impact, even more cause we already saw musa in a bubble so it feels a little cheap for aisha to use it not only once but twice in her sequence
I get the want of making the transformations sequences really cool ..... but simplicity and cohesion are key !!
Like they've could have just show her dancing or doing something athletic + diving into water and when she jumps out of it the water splashes become her wings
Aisha doing the same thing that Nabu does or pulls some sort of like uno reverse card on him and tells/convinces him (or some other people) that her name is Layla
I think the idea of both of them doing the "I'll use a fake ID to scope out my fiance!" Thing but also knowing who the other is and trying to out-gaslight each other about it to the point that each thinks the other is using the fake name for unrelated reasons and surely their cover isn't blown
Is fucking hilarous
thoughts on Tecna's new transformation sequence: it's my favorite so far! I love her appearing to 'code' her transformation, I love the camera tilt, I LOVE the camera shutter sound when she winks, and I don't hate her outfit nearly as much as I expected to. it's still not great, but it's not terrible, and I'm so glad she's wearing pants. there's even a hint of a more sly, reserved personality toward the end, rather than being 100% giggles, which I also appreciate hugely. her wings are also the only ones I like so far- the others are all either ugly or WAY too detailed for a basic transformation, but the plasticky-ness actually works for Tecna
the fact that I’ve actually had this happen multiple times when I’ve entered a new fandom is hilarious like what do you MEAN
in concept I like Musa’s transformation fine, but the execution is. extremely sloppy imo. her dancing looks absolutely terrible, like they didn’t even animate her moonwalking correctly? playing the video at 75% speed improves it SO much too, it’s insanely rushed. personality-wise it’s more or less indistinguishable from Flora’s sequence which is also disappointing
edit: nearly forgot to say how DARE the give her those stupid fucking ugly ass dork ass little pigtails. fucking pippi longstocking ass
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tecnas transformation just dropped and it’s orders of magnitude better than floras!
Why all the noises??
'WOOOOOOOOOOOoOOooOO'
Yeah, it’s definitely giving ‘we were afraid the audience would stop paying attention if we didn’t have the equivalent of a soap cutting/subway surfer split screen.’ Not loving the giggling either, or her outfit, or the extremely random shaved section in her hair for that matter
BUT there’s way less wasted time, you actually get to look at her outfit, and she interacts directly with the transformation magic, so overall I’m less mad than I was at floras
tbh I really hate Flora’s new transformation, for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one is- her actual transformation is only about five seconds long. the rest of the runtime is literally just padding!! her entire outfit appears in a single burst, and it’s heavily obscured.
a transformation sequence should give the audience time to admire the details of the outfit. why isn’t there a shot where the camera follows the flowers on her bodice blooming into being? why isn’t there a shot where we get to focus on her hair? the only accessory that gets its own shot is one (1) shoe, and the camera pans so quickly we can barely even see it. you’d achieve the same effect with a single burst of light and save yourself the screentime
also. what’s with the focus on the wind?
the other biggest reason I hate it is because the choreography is extremely generically peppy, and not remotely suited to OG Flora’s personality, but I understand that this Flora might have a very different personality, so it’s not necessarily a flaw in the transformation sequence. it’s still disappointing though
tbh I really hate Flora’s new transformation, for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one is- her actual transformation is only about five seconds long. the rest of the runtime is literally just padding!! her entire outfit appears in a single burst, and it’s heavily obscured.
a transformation sequence should give the audience time to admire the details of the outfit. why isn’t there a shot where the camera follows the flowers on her bodice blooming into being? why isn’t there a shot where we get to focus on her hair? the only accessory that gets its own shot is one (1) shoe, and the camera pans so quickly we can barely even see it. you’d achieve the same effect with a single burst of light and save yourself the screentime
also. what’s with the focus on the wind?
