Talk:Winter 2018 Event/@comment-32647310-20180222003550

Thinking about it a bit...

My issue is that I'm not a huge fan of Shibafu's style in regards to rendering non-Japanese. I say this because I find many of the designs for the ships drawn by Shibafu to be reminiscent of a lot of Hayao Miyazaki's work with/for Studio Ghibli and similar works in that same vein and I'm fine with this!

Unfortunately, as much as I do enjoy Miyazaki's style, I don't think it works across the board.

I say this because in the case of Intrepid, I will state that Shibafu did an amazing job of capturing the style of the USN of the WWII era with her outfit and gear; The rifle is styled off of the M1 Garand - the standard-issue rifle of the US military at the time (complete with ammo clips! (as opposed to magazines)) The doughnut on her shoulders (that some folks have said make her head look small) is something that USN pilots would wear as it would protect the neck and shoulders as well as serve as a flotation device so that it would be easier for downed pilots to keep their heads above water. Her boots are styled off of the US Army and Marines of the time, and I don't think it really needs too much mention about her rigging and flight deck.

Unfortunately, my problem lies in her face; it's not terrible (in fact the more I think about it, the more I'm kinda growing attached to it), but she doesn't seem American. She strikes me as someone who is Japanese and then was cast as an American, given a honey-blonde (or strawberry-blonde) wig and colored contacts.

At the end of the day, while I'm not a huge fan of the artwork and I think there are several other artists whom I think would have done a much better job, I will commend Shibafu for making a dammed good attempt. He gets props for that.

This all being said, Intrepid will not be my favorite CV (sorry, Graf has more style and I cannot comment on Sara because I don't have her yet), she will be gladly welcomed and loved just like all of my other girls.