Next Redesign is Alya, Rena Rouge and Rena Furtive
I think Alya’s canon design is honestly okay, just really outdated. She needed a little push into the present. An awesome fact about Alya that’s never mentioned in the show is that she’s martiniquan creole-french. I wanted her Rena Rouge hair to reflect her heritage more. I feel a little big brained for making her fox ears be a part of the headband.
Other than that I wanted her to have a more interesting silhouette, with her twin fox tails matching Ladybug’s wings. I like that matching best friend dynamic. Outside of that Rena Rouge is already a really strong design, she just needed a little updating.
Rena Furtive confuses me. To blend in and be stealthy in Paris, she picks blue camouflage? What? Camo is to blend in with nature, like leaves, which you don’t really find in Paris. And blue? To blend in with the sky? Idk but Paris buildings are usually various shades of grey. Silver Fox Alya was RIGHT THERE and they missed it. So Rena Furtif is a silver fox now. And I gave her black “trousers” to make her look like a secret agent. I wonder if Trixx turns grey to match this form too? Hmmm
After some fantastic critiques on my last attempt, here’s a revamped version of my Marinette redesign.
I was unsatisfied with the wings and her face. The wings were just a bit too long, and I got lazy with the details. There’s meant to be a set of wings under the cape, mimicking real ladybug wings. I imagine the animation could be cool with the “double” wings.
I also modified the suit, mainly trying out a different way to stop the “second skin” look. I also wanted to draw attention away from her butt, that’s just ew.
In canon Marinette is mixed, but her features make her white passing. In my first redesign I darkened her features, but kept the same face. I wanted to change that. The representation in the show is so bad. Adrien offering Marinette Mandarin lessons is just wrong, it’s so wrong.
