SG Custom Fighters

[.Makoto]

I think that that was the last time I put anything in the power thingy, hopefully
Kamina from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

the idea behind the name was to mimick a way Kamina talks about himself "the great Kamina-Sama" a joke bc the kanji you use to write Kamina is the same you would use to write God, "Kami", and the idea of his hand going above the card was to mimick how oftenly Kamina would point directly to the sky

the green wolf is a reference to spiral energy, a form of power/energy/Deus Ex Machina from the anime
the Gigan arm is a reference to Gurren, his personal mecha
him pointing, something Kamina is famous to, with the following quote "don't believe in yourself, believe in me who believes in yourself"
the reason his elbow is full dark blue is a reference to his tatoos on his arm, and the wolf fur being fully red is to reference his cape

I'm just sad that I couldn't do the cool glasses

 

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next one is imo the best 2d precision platformer ever made, Madeline from Celeste
and yes, there is an official Madeline on Skullgirls, but this was made before that, and yeah, the official is far superior, althought I think that I did a pretty good job if I do say so myself, in the end the tie being purple is better for the design, I was trying to reference the zipper, but it doesn't match that well with the rest, although I do think the brown dunno exactly what that is in Filia's design is better than the gold in the official, my idea was to reference her backpack, other than that, everything from the official is better without an doubt

the best full body that I could think of

the official

 

[.Makoto]

and since I did Madeline, I had to do Badeline, sadly the devs thought the same thing, so now we have yet again another highly superior palette to compare to mine lol
I do not think mine's bad, but the official is far superior bc it chose to base itself on Badeline from key arts, or another more proper term that I don't know the name of, while I based mine on in-game character portraits, so the official is waaaaay better on the eyes than mine
this is the closest of a full body for Fukua that I have
this is the character's portrait
while this is the official whatchamacallit
and this is the official palette

 

[.Makoto]

ok, I honestly think this one is one of my best works, everything just matches so well, especially how I translated the outfit; Dust from Dust An Elysian Tail
I'm still flabbergasted at how perfectly Annie's color division works with Dust's outfit, other than Dust's hat, that I had to adapt, everything just works
full body, Sagan is a reference to Fidget, Dust's companion and responsible for magic in his arsenal
dust and fidget

Annie's sword is based on the Blade of Ahrah
kind of like a magic ghost sentient sword
every single type of attack was changed to white to reference Fidget's first magic attack, white particles


this is one of the only palettes that I made that I would love to actually see as an official Variant, and while I'm beyond terrible at conceptualizing SAs, something related to staying in the air would work the best for it, since while you're playing Dust An Elysian Tail, you'll probably never touch the ground unless it's to end your combo, something like while in the air you gain 1/3/5 stacks of enrage permanently, but I dunno what I would do for it's SA2

 

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for this next one, I'll be honest, I know nothing about Blazblue, I just did cause; Ragna the Bloodedge (actual name), from BlazBlue
honestly, this'll be the shortest post I'll do here
I remember doing some sort of search for Ragna's attacks and trying to adapt to Annie, and I remember that this one is based on a projectile
but I have no idea what this is
I don't quite remember if Sagan was supposed to be Jin or Noel
the Bloody and Edgy guy himself

 

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this is another one that I'm pretty damn proud of, and another one I really wish that someday, somehow, would turn into an official Variant, even more now that we have an official Lucca variant on Umbrella, I see you dev from Skullgirls Mobile, I see you; from one of the best JRPGS ever made, and the closest to Goku in Smash we could ever have, Crono
gotta love that ol' name referencing a game's title that was canceled


both specials have been divided into lightning based, Crono's signature magic, and also the specials he does with the sword (the other one being Gravity Slingshot)
and Ice based, Marle's signature magic, also the moves he does kinda with the sword without using the sword (the other one being pillar of creation), that's to reference double techniques
the burst is a reference to, imo, JRPG's coolest screen nuke ever made, Luminaire
lastly, a full body, and I think I managed to capture everything from Crono's outfit to Annie's, from his scarf to his small pouch on Annie's bag, his bracelets, his somewhat unnatural multicolored pants, and even a imo perfect tone for his hair and his Gi, Sagan is based on Marle, who I couldn't do much but I think it still captures her pretty well


I managed to squeeze one last image, so here's Annie's bag

 

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apparently, I don't know how to count, so I skipped a number, forever my account will be stained with me breaking my own order of posts; Viral from the anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
there's not much to comment on here, other than me misspelling immortal and realizing literally only now, this was a quick project and ended up turning pretty damn well if you ask me
full body, Sagan is based on Viral's personal mecha, to the best of my capacities

 

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this is my last one for the day, and honestly, it's still one of my favorites, like, top 3 easily, even more than Crono or Dust, bc I think that I got the color and concept to its finest here, modesty aside; the one and only Finn the Human, and Jake the Dog from Adventure Time
I'm really proud of how this one ended up, funnily enough, I made this while a group of friends were discussing politics, and I thought of a better way to spend my time lol
ok so, a lot to unpack here, first of all, Jake being Beo's fur, is to reference Finn's Jake's Amor, a moment in the series where Jake swallows Finn, and shapes himself into an armor from him, that's the basis of my concept, also, I forgot to mention, but I know Filia has an official Finn's palette, but iirc, there's been cases of repeated palettes of the same character on other characters, so I think this one is still valid
this being Jake's armor/suit
both his wolf aura and gigan arm are based on Jake
and this is where we get into complicated territory, bc Beo's chair is based on Finn's grass sword, a cursed relic he gets later in the show, and since it's cursed, he can't unequip it, and it's always on his wrist, hence why I made them into Beo's bracelets and chair, but according to the palette editor, the bracelets are linked to the Gigan's bracelet, so for it to be made, it would need a slight change in Beo's color scheme
full body, he's also blonde like Finn
Finn and Jake
Grass Sword

 

[.Makoto]

and let's start again, this time with the world's easiest recolor; Mugman from Cuphead

ok, I was lying about Ragna, this one is the shortest one

the best that I can do is compare with the official Cuphead
and I think mine's color are better than the official, it's more vivid

 

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ok, this is one of my weakest ones honestly, the "you'll only get this one if I directly tell you who this is" type of palette, doesn't help that the game wasn't that popular either; Sister Semilla from Minoria

there isn't much to say other than I thought it would be a huge success

her pistol is a reference to her "staff"
the colors aren't particularly the problem with this reference, is just that Semilla herself doesn't have much going on color-wise, side by side it is recognizable, but it doesn't work by itself

 

[.Makoto]

in clear contrast to my Semilla, this one worked extremely well, ironically from the same franchise as Minoria; Kaho Reinol from Momodora 4, Reverie Under the Moonlight

I want to start off by saying that I hate myself for making the bracelets skin color, even though it blends somewhat, it's super distracting after you notice it, I would change to the opposite color of her sword, of the same color as her dress

let's start with her swords, in the game you start with this reddish leaf
but later on, and needed for the true ending, you get this green leaf, so I did both and you can decide which one is your favorite, green for me
she also can turn into a cat, that's what Sagan is based on

 

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Followed with one of the most disappointing cartoons I've ever had the unpleasure to watch until the end; Marco from Star vs the Forces of Evil, at least S3 was good

overall, I think it's recognizable

Gigan arm and chair is based on nacho, a "dragon-motorcycle"

 

[.Makoto]

next one is the character Nomura believes is well written; Kairi from KH, specifically KH3


her sword is based on Destiny's Embrace, Kairi's keyblade since KH2, and the light attacks are because of Kairi's link to light, both as a guardian and as a princess
Sagan is based on Naminé, Kairi's nobody made with Sora's body, hence why she doesn't look like Kairi, I swear, this makes sense

 

[.Makoto]

next one is one of my all time favorite cartoons, and also one of my favorite palettes, everything fits really well here; Hilda from... Hilda

the sword is based on 1 episode of S2, where she wields a sword for less than 5 minutes, now why the pink color for the attacks, honestly I don't remember why, but I think it matches pretty well
Sagan is based on Twig, Hilda's Deer-Fox

 

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this next one is big, and was quite fun to do honestly Eliza has a lot of options to change, especially the hair; Google Chrome-chan from... Google Chrome
the idea came from Merryweather again, this time their comic of internet browsers
I'd like to mention this before, both Albus and Horace are based on Opera, Google's sidekick
now the fun part, this was really fun to do, I noticed there wasn't enough green on her so I put some whenever I could, and I think her weapon being green was the best choice I could make, also, her hair has all colors of the Google Chrome logo, red as the main part, green at the back, yellow on the tiara, and blue at the front, also, side note, it's kinda hard to have a full body of Eliza
overall, I think it is one of my best works yet, and I think it can work easily as it's own reference

 

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the next one in the browser collection is the world's most hated, loved, pitied browser ever; Internet Explorer-Chan from Internet Explorer
I dunno if I find the bracelet, hand and arm being white strange or not, it'd not as distracting tho

the sword and her appearance overall is based on Microsoft Edge, a transformation she gets when fighting Google Chrome, the water effects are just bc, why not, blue with blue makes it blue
Sagan is based on Bing-chan, another prominent character in the Internet Explorer-Chan comic from Merryweather, always by Explorer's side

 

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The last one of the browser trio is the browser that, to this day I don't know if it's better or not then Chrome; Firefox-chan from Firefox
not much to talk here outside of not only me misspelling Filia's name, BUT ALSO THAT THIS IS NOT EVEN FILIA, IT'S FUKUA, yet again something that I just noticed now
bc the name is firefox I though giving the fire effect would be for the best, it works in some attacks pretty well, terribly in others
that's again, the closest to a full body I have of Fukua
this was a pretty short one, not much to talk or do regarding Firefox

 

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and to finish my third collection, a couple hours later, another pretty mid one, like, I just did bc why not; Squall Leonhart from Final Fantasy 8

all special attacks are the fire effect, looking back I would try to do them based on some of his Limit Breaks, like Reizoken, but the idea of using the fire effect came from Squall's gunblade, since it has a mechanic that it does more damage if you press something at the right timing, like Squall is shooting at his opponents the same time he's slashing them
Sagan is based on Rinoa, Squall's love interest? I dunno, I never played FF8

 

[.Makoto]

yo, me back, with one of the collections I'm most proud of, but with 2 of my biggest regrets so far, starting with one that I'm really proud of, Creeper (-chan) from (Merryweather's) Minecraft (anime)

the name and whole idea of this one is because in the "comics" Merryweather did, Creeper-chan is addicted to hugging, and she always explodes when she does hug Steve, while Cerebella, even tho she isn't the character whose's entire kit is focused on grabbing, she has some tools at her disposal for that, so I thought it was fitting

I want an answer to see if anyone really cares for these, which one is the best one for a full-body reference?
the diamond projectile being red is to reference the TNT block
that's a fanart, I'm sorry to not be able to credit the artist, but there weren't really any good references to use other than this one

 

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ok so, I'm gonna start addressing something here, it's not that I truly think this is the worst one I've done so far, I still think numbers 10, 11, and 22 are worse, and it's not that I have anything against him in specific, it's just that it's really goofy imo; Dream, the creator of the speedrun song

the reason that I did this was bc I was sadly hooked on Dream SMP, and I would go as far as try to do the other YouTubers, but my hype died the second that I did this one; I tried to make the hair transparent, honestly, that was the first red flag that I chose to dismiss

yes, Sagan is a pig, honestly, it's not half bad, also, no, this was not based on technoblade, just the only animal I could think that would work on Sagan's limited palette
the idea was that you would use both fire and lava "buckets" as specials
but I honestly have no ******* idea why I did the water effect as the sword effect, hello me from the past, fire aspect is a thing in Minecraft, also, Iron Sword
..... I'm so sorry, for myself at this moment, for the 3 people that actually see these, and for myself in the future, yes, this is a fanart Minecraft skin of Dream, I did like this reimagining of his goofy af skin