with the obligatory disclaimer that these ratings pertain to my opinions on these peoples reads of his design and not of their artstyles or artistic abilities themselves:
i like the nose and the mandatory curly black hair is there but he looks too heterosexual and okay with being alive. scans as some generic normal highschooler instead of something with something unfixably wrong w him. that's john-paul. 3/10
drawings that are extremely informative as to the artists opinion on his morality. i like the slightly longer hair but it's not curly. the expression is cute and the littleguyness is good also but hes overall serving manic pixie evil straight boy and not gayass with something wrong with him. humbly requesting that people stop giving him this one generic dress shirt. he wouldn't wear that. 3/10, could be higher if the shirt was gayer
hair isn't curly but it's at least wavy. he looks like a little freak (this is very good). automatic bonus point applied for the background aisha. sufficiently gay and stupid little shirt design. puckish but the obligatory haunted doll look in the eyes is still there. appropriately childish looking too, he's distinctly a little guy. he would like this one because he would think it makes him look cool (and aisha is there). 8/10
creative and fun experimentation with alec's outfit is always an automatic bonus point even if he wouldnt actually wear it. love the design here. again not black curly hair but still understanding the importance of giving him Fancy Little Outfits and thats helping to carry some of his Energy. i can see how this is a regent someone could have in their mind palace. 6/10, would be higher with appropriate hair
at first i was like "love the fake armor abs on the obviously teensy guy thats really good" but then i opened the full image and saw they draw taylor like this
so now i'm scared maybe they're supposed to be real abs? no they probably aren't. they probably aren't. we at least have black hair this time, and of the ideal alec length, but not curly. nice classic gay poofy little outfit and i always enjoy the more simplistic mask designs 4 him. it's a little strange designwise that the shirt is cropped short enough to show midriff but 7/10 overall for the general pose & costuming carrying his Energy (<- choosing to believe the abs are fake on purpose) (theres another drawing they did of taylor where she looks really endearingly lanky and freaky so idk whats going on w the other one. the thigh gap and cutesy pose...please)
a classic. so close to curly, so close. right general shape and length though. almost feels a little too perfect--i like how the first 7/10 is like...fairly conventionally attractive/what Would be deemed a pretty boy, but is distinctly sort of exhausted and sunken looking. some clear eyebags & more haunted-freaque looking eyes could bump this up to a solid 9/10 or mayhaps even a 10/10. outfit could do with some more visible poof but theres not much visible, to be fair to it. maybe the sleeves are gay as hell i wouldnt know i cant see them. good coronet design i definitely think thats basically what its like. i do like how pensive he is. 7/10 ijust wish he was less healthy looking
sorry this one is kind of hard to see so small but ive comitted to the bit of just posting the gallery screenshots at this point. youve probably seen this one in full its old. this is a very 2014-era regent but i think it carries charm. we have a Curly Haired Regent! and he's unpleasantly pale and his costume is all poofy and he's got moles/beauty marks [confetti noises]. and again, automatic bonus point for aisha being there. he is NOT taller than her and this is a [scared] you guys think aisha is that lightskinned? moment but, like, overall feels like a very charming encapsulation of their dynamic in the book. i'm always a little mixed on this alec because it's not at all how he looks To Me but there are all the necessary ingredience in there. and i do enjoy how the artist achieved their goal of trying 2 emulate oldschool comic vibes. feels like the style undersiders Should be drawn in and maybe thats it feels True To The Boy to me. 8/10 honestly. it's true to the boy! its not the boy in My mind palace but it is the boy. which is funny because:
the local brockton bay wards are going to have a homophobic slur to say about this one. curly black hair. 10/10
thats john-paul. 2/10 at least he looks bored and theres a puppet motif
automatic bonus point for aisha and a cute aisha at that and i like the crown but the outfit, as in many cases, feels too generic-masc-suit-y. nice to see him happy but honestly just does not capture how Fifteen he is enough--not enough baby fat. 4/10 some of the necessary ingredience are there but i think the design needs a few more gos to scan coherently as him instead of a stunt double with less chronic depression. that is a good aisha though
had to zoom all the way in to see this one. That is John-Paul. Brown hair. Short brown hair. Generic masc suit. I would guess this was accord fanart before alec if i didn't see the grue in the bg and the scepter. beautiful artstyle and painting but 0/10 who is that