Design Challenge: 10 Themes

[Jaywalker]

It's fun to put some creativity for glams, but here are my 2 "buts" for the post:

1. The Gridanian glam has nothing to do with Gridania, you're using a Sharlayan coat and... The Bonewicca helm?

2. And also for such a long post, it would be easy for the eyes to put the pictures in a spoiler box.

Aside from that, the idea is cool.

Thanks for the feedback, glad you dig the idea! First thing--my html skills are lacking in this moment lol. Would you mind explaining how to set up the spoiler bit? I know normally it's a word in brackets to open followed by a / before the word to close the format for lodestone, but don't know what the word is or whether it's upper or lower case.

On the Gridania design I'm happy to explain my take on it! First, I'll be totally transparent in admitting I struggled with this one for a long while. Most Gridanians are woodwailers, Kane-E-Senna, or in kurtas/vests/etc. I've seen a lot of people interpret stuff in a more flowery way, and I did try that a bit, but it tonally jarred with my guy.

The second thing, technically coat is scholasticate haha. Ishgard clothes though so your point still stands. I wound up going in this direction because I was thinking about the overall themes and aesthetics I go for with for this character. I am going Black Mage with ties to death, decay, all of that full throttle here. Bonewicca mask is specifically because I decided instead of focusing so much on plants it might be more effective to draw from animals. Bonewicca mask reminds me of a gazelle or goat skull a bit, which to me has always carried a kind of occult spooky-woods vibe. Pairing that with something more formal I figured would help do a nature/civilization contrast that feels in keeping with Gridania to me. Basically, I wound up putting aesthetic over the official label lol. If someone tried to do an Ul'dahn character featuring some Thavnair gear I'd probably consider that fair game as long as they could overall visually distinguish from actual Thavnair and Ala Mhigo.

Also "vibe" is pretty subjective and all, but I figure encouraging a wide range of interpretations where the main goal is visually evoking a tone while keeping character aesthetic will be more fun. More variety in results, you know?