Talk:Ring Suzune/@comment-75.187.201.162-20120705145510/@comment-5051846-20120706072123

Lots of female J-loids share the same elements. There are certain design features very popular with the Japanese.

They may have no influence from eachother, but Ring, Miku, SeeU, IA, Rion, Yuzuki and Lapis have similar traits. These mostly consist of Zettai Ryouki, cut-off sleeves, a lot of black or grey, long or pig-tailed hair and a skirt (mostly pleated).

To some people this is not a big deal, due to lots of pallette swapping (colour changes). But to others it can confuse them as to whether they follow the 'miku formular'.

I find the Miku formular only really demonstrates itself fully in Vocaloid contests, where it stands out beyond belief. As far as officially designed Vocaloids go, its debatable. A few Vocaloids have had confirmations, but as Angel said, they are not ones people accuse of following the 'formular'.

In my book, designs are a minor deal. I critisize them because I can, but it doesn't effect my overall opinion of the Vocaloid.

However, sometimes it bugs me that some of the Vocaloid cast could to mistaken for a group of high-schoolers in an anime. They are instruments, and have the chance to be something completely new. It sometimes drives people away from the foreign Vocaloids that do not follow the same style, as they don't appear to be part of the 'group'. Ring for example, as a nice hula-hoopy gimmik. But, on both designs it has a simple Miku-with-rings look, because of their shared traits.

It does not effect me greatly, but it would be nice to have some innovation. There is so much more you can do with designs. n_n