The Moment I Realized Knives' Outfit In Tristamp Is A Translation Of His Trimax Design, Not A Completely

the moment i realized knives' outfit in tristamp is a translation of his trimax design, not a completely new thing or a direct copy as some people wanted, is the moment my respect for the character designers skyrocketed. because pretty much all character designs in tristamp are translations of trimax designs built on a few specific visual cornerstones of the anime's aesthetic OR straight up just designs from the manga, of characters when they were younger (altho someone else has written that post already, and if i find it i'll link it or smth).

the first costume design we see in tristamp as a whole is the twins jumpsuits with the plant markings design and a shift/tunic over it. it establishes a much more shiny futuristic sci fi tech style than in the og anime or manga, which we see clearest with vash's arm.

in the manga, the twins wear a smaller version of the adult space uniform that rem and the rest of the crew wears. this is, obviously, also true for tristamp, although we dont see any other crewmembers. this specific uniform comes back again and again- vash basically wears identical pants even as an adult, and... millions knives wears an altered version of it, usually.

knives- nai- in tristamp does the same thing. his outfit is that same jumpsuit as he wore as a child, as rem and vash wore, but adapted to fit his present weird. i personally dont vibe with his tristamp design as much as i do with trimax (and i havent watched the og anime so. i mean its fine) but it is fundamentally the same concept, and i respect that. the fact that knives never changes out of that spacesuit uniform, even when he's abandoned humanity, even when he hates the scientists and people who designed and wore it. the fact that it establishes him as a foreign object, something from the past. that symbolism was translated- the language used to convey it has simply changed.

IT'S FINALLY FUCKING DONE. I'M FINALLY FREE

UNTIL FRAUD COMES OUT

Tumblr shrinks it down pretty bad so please. please. I am begging you. look at the full sized image and zoom in. This art piece made my friends worried for my mental health I need someone to witness the amount of detail and effort I put into this

also the original sketch under the cut bc I think comparing them is really funny

the whole world in hands

BLOOD IS FUEL HELL IS FULL AND THE NEW ULTRAKILL UPDATE is so much fun,,,,,,,,,,,,, also i am spreading the tailed/dragonfly V1 propaganda

Franny Choi, Soft Science

in-action