#In the collage are the tkrzk version of the Phantom (Erik from PotO) and Der Tod (from Elisabeth) for example

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Hi, i'm not particularly familiar with that series nor are we mutuals or anything but this appeared on my for you page and i love magical girls so i hope you don't mind if i give my 2 cents lol!

Firstly, i have to say that i really love the second rough draft! Imo, though Lady Maria wears very muted colors even compared to other knights of Cainhurst, adding a little color in magical girl settings is almost mandatory (in my humble opinion). I'd think she'd keep being mostly dark brown and black with touches of red, but the addition of blue was a really nice touch that really helps the red & black stand out much more! I love that effect a lot.

Now, since you mentioned you do want to keep her looking butch in her transformed form (as opposed to like Sailor Uranus who has to wear the same government mandated miniskirt as everyone else RIP) i think there are a lott of possible ways to incorporate that in a magical girl outfits that could look very cool! Below is some badly done collages of outfits i think that could give you some inspo in general, one for fictional characters and one for ouji lolita styles which i think work wonderfully for masc magical girls. I think magical girls do not have to be PreCure levels of over the top to work (like, MadoMagi franchise has a distinctly simple shape to their girls, usually based on real life lolita fashion and it works really well and is, in my controversial opinion, more charming to look at) but you can overexaggerate those as much as you want!

As for the clock motif, i just think... Steampunk. Just like. In general. Those guys do love gears and clocks where they weren't supposed to be but hey, it does look cool. The possibilities are truly endless and there's no real wrong way to apply that principle.

Cases in point:

Is anyone a fan of bloodborne and also Ginjnaninjaowo's Prism series?? Please I'm fighting for my life trying to make Maria into a magical girl Notes on First Rough Draft:

I realized I didn't know how the hell magical girls worked. I only ever watched madoka and it's a lot like a very intricate clock to me, as in I can see somewhat how it works, but the actual components are foreign to me. In trying to be as extra as a magical girl, the whole thing feels incohesive. The thing is, Maria has to have a strong color palette since she's one of the old hunters and I don't know how to even begin balancing said palette if black and white don't count. I'm also at a disadvantage since most of bloodborne is covered in red and black and the clocktower is an intentional washed out grey. I couldn't find a shape that was simple enough to read as "prism shape" to me. This was somewhat fun but what the hell reads as "Clock" here other than her weapons? So definitely more references are needed.

Notes on Second Rough Draft:

I just looked up pirate magical girl since I'm very attached to the cravat and I just wanted to figure out how someone would keep that while doing magical girl stuff. As someone who is a firm lover of butch women, this felt like sacrilege- almost like I just drew Gherman's fantasy. There are colors though! And she has her funny lil hat that I love. The trim is bit weird but I was afraid of overusing the clock ticks. Still feels miles ahead of the other design though so I'll take it!

please, if you have any questions or suggestions- dm me or throw something in my ask box. Thank you ;-;