New Benchmark (June): Au Ra Feedback

[RhaesDaenys]

No, that effect is something I've noticed on my male Au Ra alts too and I deliberately choose very bright/clashy limbal rings--it's not as extreme as it is with the gals since their eyes are smaller, but the iris color is a bit lost even with the larger "bright" rings, and is probably eaten entirely with the darker ones. (You can also see how dulled out a formerly very bright option was with the top Au Ra, which I really dislike because there's no option to get back to that old color--the next step up on the swatches is a lot paler.)

Size is off, but the effect is clear enough since it's about relative positions.

From my perspective on both of those the new ones look better. The old ones just looks like they selected an area in MS Paint and pasted a color with no shading in that space. It looks rather awful. Its why I never, ever used it.

The new one looks like they at least tried to blend it a little better. While yes, its not as bright, perhaps that is just the trade off of better looking eyes.

[Rudje]

From my perspective on both of those the new ones look better. The old ones just looks like they selected an area in MS Paint and pasted a color with no shading in that space. It looks rather awful. Its why I never, ever used it.

The new one looks like they at least tried to blend it a little better. While yes, its not as bright, perhaps that is just the trade off of better looking eyes.

Limbal rings are literally glowing features (and not even natural ones according to some interviews, even if I ignore that bit). They should be rather stark compared to everything else, and if you hate them they're an optional feature. The harsh sharpness between the eye and the ring and hyper-saturation is an extremely desirable aspect of them to me, and having that muted sucks. All I ever wanted was for them to be less polygonal, and on top of that the muted colors are a huge issue if you use blues and greens because there's no way to return to the original saturation if it changed.

e: Also, hitting someone with a undertone of "your character choices are ugly" is not classy.

[Limiloo]

Honestly....



PS. Taken at exact same position at same sun, as seen on horns...