#MORE OUTFIT AND POSE ANALYSIS 🧐

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Hello, I would very much like a rating and ranking of Floyd Leech, the one you did for his twin, Jade, was so beautiful that I had to know what you thought of Floyd

[Referencing this brain rot post!]

when people actually like reading nonsensical brain rot................................................. OTL

Well, since you asked dbshsghwbw I’ll happily provide my thoughts! Just a disclaimer though: I probably won’t be shouting as much about Floyd as I was with Jade, since I much prefer Jade. I still enjoy Floyd a lot but I just like mature characters that hide how truly unhinged they are better.

I’m going to avoid repeating most of the general comments I had for standardized uniforms (see my original post for those) and just focus on Floyd specific aspects of the looks.

***WARNING: I do go in depth about card designs yet to be released to the TWST En server, so please be warned that there ARE spoilers beneath the cut!***

R — School Uniform

Personally, I much prefer the tidy way of wearing a school uniform *coughjwordcough*, but Floyd wears his both loose and surprisingly well. He doesn’t have his vest done all the way, his shirt isn’t tucked in, nor completely buttoned up, and his blazer’s just hanging wide open. Floyd’s pose is also very relaxed, with a hand shoved in a pocket and a big ol’ grin on his face.

Overall, it suits his personality very well! We can see Floyd’s more laidback than his twin and probably takes normal conventions with a grain of salt. He’s definitely the loose cannon between the two, and it is conveyed well in how he composes himself and how he wears his school-sanctioned clothes.

R — PE Uniform

fnksshsvshwvzks WHNEVER I SeE THIS FLoyD ART, I’m just reminded of how I’d dress for my own exercise 😂 I have a habit of tying a jacket or something around my waist, so I see myself in Floyd (or is it Floyd that I see in me?). In any case, I’m kind of biased to this card because I find myself relating to it.

Actually, you can see how nicely layered the PE uniforms can be from how Floyd is modeling it here. Obviously, there’s the tracksuit, but then there’s also the T-shirt and the undershirt. There’s slight variations of this across the other boys, but I appreciate that Floyd’s pose and colors makes it all pretty easy to see.

He’s smiling as always, but it’s a little different from his totally carefree School Uniform smile. Floyd’s expression here seems a little more smug (probably because he’s ready to lay the smackdown on you in some kind of sport or game), but it still maintains a general air of being relaxed. It strikes a nice balance between competitiveness and “I’m just here to have fun”!

One other notable feature of this artwork is???? Because of the shadowing on his shirt, you can kind of see the size/curvature of his booba 😂 I MEAN YOU GET TO SEE THE BARE BOOBA IN THIS EEL MERFORM AnYWAY, BUT IT’S NICE TO LIKE. GET THE TEASE FOR IT???????

R — Scary Outfit

I honestly wish Floyd had a more dynamic pose for his Scary Outfit (and especially since I can imagine him having tons of fun scaring people on Halloween), but I guess there are limits to what can be done for R cards 😔 His smile here is more subdued and sly (it gives very Jade vibes), which I do think is a nice change of pass from his wide, sometimes deranged-looking, smiles.

Sadly, we can’t see the cute little bone bow (which is facing away), so I’m afraid I’ll have to dock points for that... But!! I do like how he is kind of in a lax “scary” pose (mostly because it helps to showcase his laidback attitude for the story events, and it shows off his black nail polish well).

SR — Labwear

BOI.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

The best I can say for Floyd is that he’s wearing his damn safety goggles and gloves. Why is his shirt and lab coat wide open in the middle of a science lab 😭 THAT’S SUCH A MASSIVE SaFETY HAZARD; I’M GETTiNG UNCOMFORTAbLE JUST LOOKiNG At IT??????? mAyBE ITmS JUST MY iNNER AcIENTIST SCREAMINg BUT It’S SO BAD, MY guY........................

That’s not to say that the other boys don’t wear the Labwear worse than Floyd, or that I dislike the art or don’t think it fits his character (in fact, I think it fits him super well; the precarious way he’s holding the test tubes and the beaker without a care in the world is specifically great). It just bdhdbsjsbwosnd bothers me in terms of suspension of disbelief.

I think I much prefer the Groovy to the standard here, if only because the Groovy has Floyd covered in various colors and looking like a mess, which makes me excuse him not following proper lab safety. To me, it just looks like he got knocked down in a paintball fight and is really enjoying himself (and, in that context, it makes me like the Labwear a lot more). Plus... just look at that pure smile!! 🥺 A happy Floyd means one less dead body to clean up after...!

SR — Ceremonial Robes

Floyd’s pose isn’t anything special here, but I really love how the sleeves and other fabric of the robes billows out. It almost gives the illusion that Floyd is taking up more space than he actually is (and, in a sense, he kind of does with his presence and height). He looks like he’s ready to have fun greeting new guppies~ Reeling them in with a lazy grin before he sinks his teeth in...

A bonus of this Floyd art is we get a better look at the gold patterns on the robes. The other cards in this line don’t show the backs, so it helps to make Floyd stand out as the “odd duck” (which, again, really suits him), and also gives fan artists and cosplayers a decent reference for their works 😂

I also gotta say??? I find the placement of the scales on his earrings really satisfying in this art for some reason??? That’s something I really can’t explain why very well... I think maybe because they’re set in such a way that if you were to make the picture move, it would produce a satisfying clacking sound as the scales hit each other.

Okay, take what I said about his standard Ceremonial Robes art and dial it up by 10. The robes really get to shine with Floyd here. Combined with his dancing and the slight upward worm’s eye view angle, we get treated to many of the front-facing details of the outfit (the belt, the magical pen on a chain, the patterns on the underside of the robes, etc.), along with Floyd’s shining face.

SR — Outdoor Wear

Words cannot express how much I adore Floyd’s outdoor wear... The greens and blues, the dorky little eel plushie as the spiritual stand-in for Jade, the visor, the visor and T-shirt with a reference to The Little Mermaid... even the stupid fanny pack somehow works on him. It looks very breezy, easy to move in, and comfortable for camping look there’s even a little flash of his tum!!

This card does a good job of showing us Floyd’s unique sense of fashion—in theory, none of this shit thrown together would work that well, but somehow it does anyway???? He just goes with the flow and has a blast doing it. It makes me a little envious that he can dress and act so carefully, but at the same time I’m happy that he’s enjoying himself.

UM BUT SPe-AKING of WnJOyiNG HimSselF can we talk about that Groovy???? Boy looks like he’s about to commit murder in broad daylight and I am HERE FOR IT. IT’S EVE N BETTER CUz WE geT A NICE phAt JUICY BACK ShOT oF GRIMMU 😤 AnD MUShROOMS 100000000/10, would let Floyd murder me again ❤️

SSR — Dorm Uniform

Not gonna lie, this is the picture I reference when I need help understanding how the Tweels’ hair works..................  I think having Floyd remove his hat for this art is interesting? Unlike Azul and Jade, Floyd usually goes with his gut and just does whatever he likes without much thought to it, so the hat removal here is probably meant to hint that he acts as he wishes and steps out of line more often. The way he has his legs posed is also a bit more whimsical and freeing; you can even see his pant leg ride up a bit to show his socks. Visible socks aren’t really a style that’s popular, so this, again, could play into Floyd being a very unique individual that operates based on his own terms and not on what people expect of him.

Actually, something I’ve noticed about quite a few of Floyd’s uniforms is that because they’re often undone versions of the uniform, it helps give us a better sense of the details and how the different accessories and layers work. Like, Floyd has his blazer open and bowtie undone, so we can see the standard Octavinelle uniform has a cummerbund and suspenders underneath (this can also be viewed in the TWST art book, but it’s nice for people who don’t have that as a resource to see Dorm Floyd for the Octavinelle uniform reference). The freeform way of wearing his very formal dorm uniform is, of course, something that also plays into perfectly illustrating Floyd’s free-spirited personality

This shot is just kdbdjsbsjsjs so nice????? Like... because it’s from a bird’s eye view, you get a little tease of his cleavage... and because of the indoor lighting and the way it reflects off of his eyes, it makes Floyd’s irises seem brighter than they normally are. It gives him a super striking look!! That, paired with the little blep of his tongue... IT’S A KILLER COMBO 😳 AnD THIS IS COMinG FROM SoMEONE WhO SimPs FoR HIS tWIN

As for his Groovy, well. OTL Y-You probably know how I feel about fictional characters with the ability to step on me and kill me with their bare hands... hot I’m pretty sure the context for this scene is that Floyd kicked down a door, not a person, but regardless, his expression is so dark and cold 😳 that sassy hand on the hip... and the lighting just makes it all the more hot ominous................... . . . ..... ... . . . . I think the team really outdid themselves with this one!

SSR — Beans Camo

I’ll reiterate here that I think the beans camo clothes have an extremely ugly pattern, but I concede that the beret and the black jumpsuit underneath is fine; it’s just the camo itself that’s garish and hard to look at. The same goes for Floyd. In this case, him wearing the clothes more loosely (and stacking on so many beans) actually acts as a detriment to him because everything billows and can snag on branches, thus making him a bigger target in the game than he already is (not that he cares). 

ashlbflaiudaupbfoabf The dual wielding is definitely fun for Floyd, and the smaller pea shooter things look less ridiculous than Jade’s single massive one. The angle Floyd’s at is pretty dynamic, too (you get a good shot of his precious footwear lol)! It works well as an action shot with Floyd’s determined expression.

... Okay, this is the part where I rip the bandage off and say I don’t like Beans Camo Floyd’s standard art. I already have a bias against it because it’s the ugly beans camo, but even more than that, the lighting of the artwork comes off as kind of muddy to me? It might be that I’m just not used to seeing the harsh glare of sunlight on that type of clothing, but I asidasudnsad just can’t bring myself to care for it much.

I think the lighting for his Groovy is much better! Very sunny, with all those leaves draping down... It kind of gives me relaxed cottagecore vibes, and the posture doesn’t make the camo flare out too much or take up more space than is needed. It’s nice and compact! This is also a rare moment where we get to see Floyd being genuinely soft and cute (albeit not aimed at us, the player, but at Epel as Floyd talks about how great it’d be to destroy a strong opponent 🎵), so we’ve gotta enjoy it while we still can! The best part of the art is definitely how his cheek squishes when he presses his hand against it~

SSR — Birthday Boy

shbdbasyuda There’s not much for me to comment on this particular card other than??? I think they could have used something more exciting instead of the undone bowtie for one of the key items. The big ol’ shoe pin is ashdbasyudyasda so weird to look at, but it does carry that Floyd “who gives a shit” energy perfectly. The wink and the lazy hand wave are also very cute and help add to the charm of the standard art (and hey, Floyd actually decided to wear his suit kind of properly for once in a blue moon, even if the collar isn’t as high up as it should be).

His Groovy art is also a good reference for hair (I like how saturated and rich the color is under the lounge lights!), but I really don’t like the overall look and composition of the piece. Like, yes, it’s cute that he’s stealing the strawberry off of Jade’s slice of cake, but since Jade’s body is taking up the left side and Floyd is centered, the right side looks weirdly empty and throws off the balance of the entire thing. I do think negative space can be used to make a more effective composition, but in this case, I don’t think it worked. 

I don’t know if this is just me, but... This is one of those instances where Floyd’s face looks a little odd to me? I think it’s something about the mouth shape, because I still think his eyes look nice and the shape is consistent with other artworks. Maybe the mouth just looks a little too narrow or pointed because of the angle???? It’s weird, I can’t really put it into words 💦

SSR — Union Birthday

Finally, we have Union Birthday! I feel like there isn’t much for me to comment on except “it’s weird how the Union Birthday cards all have the boys wearing the clothes the exact same way”, and it really REALLY makes Floyd lose some of his individuality. I do, however, appreciate that his left hand is spread out so we can get a good look at his fingers 😩

Union Birthday’s Groovy art is, in my opinion, far superior to the standard one. Floyd is centered again, but unlike his Birthday Boy Groovy, there’s actually enough detail in the background to make the negative space not look so empty, even when Deuce takes up the left of the image. ADSUFBIAUSOVAVADS HONESTLY DEUCE’S CUTE “WOW I’M SO GLAD I’M STILL ALIVE” FACE IS HALF OF THE REASON THIS GROOVY IS SO GOOD ASDHBASDBOFIAUFLDAIBSDA AND FLOYD’S QUIETLY UNHINGED “YOU’RE LUCKY I HAVEN’T KILLED YOU YET” FACE IS THE OTHER HALF

The way Floyd’s positioned too???? It gives off a menacing aura, with his big body leaning into Deuce’s--but the expression and the light grip in the paper plate on his head give me the impression that Floyd isn’t lashing out immediately, it comes off as more of a slow and cold rage (similar to Jade’s) WHICH IS HONESTLY PROBABLY WHY I THINK IT’S SO H OT ASDJVYASVYOFIAUFLAFIKFUAILBHLKGVKUQFIYLAWUFVUEWOIUO;HGWOI;OAW;NAFLANMF.A/,C;IPA’DG;I; ANY WAY SDFHSJF ASDGUASBLD THIS IS A WAY BETTER GROOVUY THAN BIRTHDAY BOI FLOYD AND I’MS TANDING BY THAT CLAIM

TO SUMMARIZE:

Cards I like both the standard artwork AND the Groovy: Ceremonial Robes, Outdoor Wear, Dorm Uniform

Cards that hurt me on a spiritual level (but still has nice standard and Groovy artwork): Labwear Floyd

Cards I like only the standard artwork: School Uniform, PE Uniform, Birthday Boy

Cards I like only the Groovy: Beans Camo, Union Birthday

Cards I like only because it’s Floyd wearing the clothes and not someone else: Scary Outfit

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