#Rivals of Aether

[the-giik]

tbh mollo being a trans guy was kind of a happy accident. when i was first designing him i went with the visual pun of his antennae being little fuses

then i remembered that a big part of sexual dimorphism in moths is that males have big fluffy antennae while females have thin antennae. i'd already been using he/him for mollo so rather than changing to she/her i just decided yeah sure he's trans. why not, it kicks ass. if you're enough of a moth nerd you could probably clock that but passing isn't really high on his priority list anyway.

i wasn't accustomed to making nb/trans characters back then either so i was a little worried that making a rare-for-the-series trans character a mean ol' punk rioter was too "on the nose" but i was *quickly* reassured that i had nothing to worry about on that front. he's still the only canonical trans character across the series and i think the rest of Aether studios is doing a fantastic job with his other appearances so far. (in both Tales and Creatures.)

also as a little bonus here's his very first design draft

[s-milesart]

clairen comm i did

[patricia-taxxon]

i like her

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

Nicole Bogard (design by MikeMurdock, and other stuff)

[captyns]

my first copic drawing and it's Clairen for itiswingman! (and psst I have a copic drawing raffle on my bsky rn!)

[bielbunny]

there's a joke about Clairen's big hitboxes here somewhere

have a happy rivals of aether 2 all y'all

[clementime-artwork]

I’ve begun work on an Abbie RoA mod!

It’s got a long way to go, but I’ve started on plenty of sprites already! Here’s a few images and animations that I’ve been able to make so far:

First, here’s the full portrait of her!

Here are some dialogue box portraits, used for some boss stages

Idle, Up Special, and Intro Animations

And last but not least…

Ouchie ouch. (It is a fighting game, after all)

[fungiderg]

Ranno hours (but im a Kragg main)

[murksou]

have a drawing of Clairen

[thekirb23]

Crossbones Rivals concepts ive been workin on

I actually dont know how to make rivals of aether mods atm so dont expect more of this lol

[beezii]

Storyboard animatic for Clairen's Results Screen in Rivals 2! 🔥

Collaborative effort with Garrett Hanna and El Ranno who created the initial concept!

[malachimoet]

please i need her in rivals 2 already please

[killer-outlet]

My bubbly boy

[pawberri]

🦊💖

[captyns]

various Clairens for you today! comms for ItIsWingman on twitter~

[elusivetranscendent]

video game bug enjoyers rise up