User blog comment:Vanakita/What makes a good original vocaloid design?/@comment-3076833-20140909165442

If you look at people reacting to the designs you typically get either "looks to much like Miku (or in somewhat rarer cases other Vocaloids)" or "looks nothing like a Vocaloid (Which in most cases tend to be Miku/CV series/Crpyton designs)". Taking that should give a sort of hint as to what most look for in a Vocaloid, which would simply be what Dizzy said in regards to Alys; something futuristic but doesn't clearly look like a rip off. The hardest thing about the later though is that most fans take the smallest design aspect and compare it to others, which doesn't tend to be used in a good way (The most recent example being kanon being constantly compared to Neru with some fans even outright saying that kanon is just Neru).

It could be said that "you can't please all" as mundane as it sounds but this is essentially the problem when it comes to designs. You get those that hate on any Vocaloid that looks "too cute" or those with clothes that reveal more than they like, you also get those who love and bash the anime-esque style. There's also the issue of "Everything is a remix of everything". In other words; not even the Vocaloids that are considered "original" are free from having design elements inspired from elsewhere.

Conclusion : Vocaloids need to be Futuristic without borrowing anything from other Vocaloids. Which leaves one with a bald pink eyed female with really dark skin, long baggy trousers, a baggy jumper, and perhaps an ear cuff just to make her unique, of course all future themed.