Talk:ALYS/@comment-25122536-20140630084559/@comment-5051846-20140702102250

''When i said they looked alike, I wasn't really considering the details or any boxart specifically - just the overall feel. I guess I'm a 'big picture' person and I belive you will agree that they kinda look similar at first glance - that's all, really. I just don't get why things like this always get so much fire =___=. ''

Ah! I thought that might be the case; one of my own personal criticisms of Alys was that her overall feel was too similar to many previous Vocaloids. :D I think she needs another idea in the design to make her stand out... Her artist said she wanted to make the decorations on her belt and headphones like mechanical flowers; that would have been really cool, with the double benefit of the fact that we don't have a Vocaloid with a strong floral theme yet. Combining mechanism with natural things such as flowers would have been an interesting base for a design. I think it would have been just what Alys' needed to differentiate her from Kaito and everyone else that is blue and sci-fi.

My other main concern was that her clothing shared the same colour scheme as Miku, who recieves the largest amount of fanart, which it's helpful for a new Vocaloid to stand out against. This is a similar type of comparson  – no one is going to mistake Alys for Miku, and not many are going to automatically think 'Miku' when they see Alys. However my problem recided in what we remember Alys by, and how I fear it is going to be simply overwhelmed by the fact that they are shared with Miku. Blue and black are Alys' main identifiers, but when people in the Vocaloid fandom see those colours in other contexts they are rarely going to think 'Alys', they are going to think 'Miku'. orz I fear her navy hair isn't going to have enough contrast to stand out in people's memories. Alys' aesthetic is what people associate with Alys, and will be used in logos etc. to market Alys. But if these things are also associated with many other Vocaloids, you have a problem with making yourself noticeable.

However, you never know what will happen for sure. (*´・ｖ・)