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Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
3rd Jan, 2022 04:50:23 PM
Non-Standard Character Design, may also involve Gonk
Is there a trope similar to this here? It's called "masking" and It's used as a technique in comics or any hand drawn media to emphasize the "otherness" of an antagonist, and for the audience to project themselves on to the hero. (Thanks Scott McCloud).
It's not necessarily Ugly Hero, Good-Looking Villain, since what I'm finding is a contrast of realism and simplicity instead of beauty and ugliness.
Edited by Troper_12345