Female Turian (Updated Version)

So I decided to update this picture based on the fringe-less female turians that have been seen in ME comics, it makes sense to me and I think I kinda like it more. Females might wear veils or hood of sort to compliment their heads, maybe use plumage or other types of interesting decorations. Let me know what you think

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Original Version: asurael-returns.deviantart.com…

First of all I must state that this is official Mass Effect concept art and that I take no credit for it. This is copyrighted material. All I've really done is photoshop the male Turian to what I believe a female Turian would look like.

Now that that's out of the way, I'll explain my thought process. First thing I tried to do is make her a bit daintier than the male Turian, for this I basically just barely shrunk her and slimmed down some of her features. Then I rounded out some of the spikier bits, which I thought was too much of a male trait. I also figured that the larger mandibles and carapace might both be distinctive male features used to impress females, therefor they would be downplayed in females. I also took the opportunity to give her a smaller jaw.

Also, based on Garrus's line in ME2 "If you were a Turian I'd be complementing your fringe or your hips", so these two features should be the characteristic features in females I suppose, therefore a curved down the fringe a bit to make it appear more like hair. Then I slightly widened and thickened the hips and thighs, a clearly distinctive female feature in most animals.

And finally, I added another make-up square to show her all prettied up. I think that really helps bring it all together and really make her look girly.

And that's it, this should be my last ME gender switch submission, though I am considering designing some clothes and armor for the females in order to help accentuate their womanhood, especially in those that need it like the Krogan.

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Commentary on Official release of Turian Female:
masseffectclub.deviantart.com/…

After seeing the official female Turian, it would seem that this corrected version of my Deviation was the correct one. She looks pretty much like I expected, except foe the mandible, which still remain large, but maybe a bit less spikier and a tad smaller than Male mandibles. And the eyes look really cool, it's a detail I did not think of, but makes an enormous difference in making her look female. And as I thought, they did use the facial markings to kind of accentuate the lips and her femininity. We still need a body shot and having the chance to see her next to a male for a size comparison, but so far I seem to have been pretty close, and I'm personally very happy with the official Fem Turian.