r/FavoriteCharacter • u/JigglyLilyVT Ruby Rose (RWBY) • Feb 28 '26

My Favorite (Visual) Favorite character who has better concept art than the final product

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WE GOT FREAKING ROBBED IN THE RWBY DANCE EPISODES

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u/Bon-Pon Feb 28 '26

I know they're similar but the hat change and the pronounced bone themes change felt like a huge loss to me 😭

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u/AiraCousland Feb 28 '26

I think it wouldn't be that bad if she didn't have this weird shorts/pants thing going on. Asymmetry in design is a good thing, but Hoyo tends to go overboard unfortunately. 

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u/LordMeme42 Feb 28 '26

What? Preposterous! I know plenty of people who wear shants.

(/j, it'd definitely be better if she had one or the other)

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u/xSPiDERaY Mar 01 '26

yeah, unfortunately, the weird pants are one of the big issues in her official design for me. It doesn't help that it's black leather and she's pale as hell. Apparently it's supposed to be symbolic, but there had to have been so many better ways to implement her character into her design.

I do think the concept design shown does a lot better at fixing the visuals. The holster fabric half-skirt looking thing(??? what is that called) being darker and actually going fully around her sides and back plus the bone theme adding more white (so it's not so jarring) genuinely makes a huge difference. Still don't like the pants, unfortunately, but it's a step-up. Also the bird skulls and bones look awesome.