[Starlight] something something revealing female outfits (Patreon)

I've done several Things over the past few days and of them was stripping Raine
[awkward pause as she reconsiders her life choices]
of her shoulder armor.

Raine was the first character designed for Starlight (nonsequitor trivia: first for Reborn was Terra) and she was chosen to, in many ways, set the tone for Angelic girls' fashion. At the time I was thinking Heaven would feature a lot more armor than it actually does, and so I included that piece (in case you don't see it missing, here) to give her more of a distinctly archer-ish look. 

Not worth. I removed it for two reasons: First, she's heir to the upper crust of her home town. If anyone there should be wearing armor, it's not her. She's above it in status.

Secondly, it made her design asymmetrical. This is not a bad thing in itself, but there is a time and a place. Asymmetry in design in itself implies things about a character: that they might be a little off-kilter, rough cut, unique or a loose cannon. All of these things are the opposite of Raine. She is even-keel, overly formal, raised to be proper, and so on. If anyone should be symmetrical, it's her. She is always trying to be as she should.

(her hair technically still makes her design asymmetrical but that's subtle enough it looks like it's because of the angle, and a little bit is not so bad. the shoulder piece was too much.)

sometime in the next few days i'll show you an example of where asymmetry works to a character's advantage.