>>44385314I don't see anything wrong with "Hollywood Egypt" themes. If you're making monster or character designs you ought to have something easily recognizable for it. You're not getting anything good out of trying to slip in subtle geopolitical culture into a fucking snake.
But going too far into that direction isn't good either. Then you just wind up with that "Pokemon with jobs" shit. Compare this scarab with that one, and even
>>44376972. "It's just a scarab but with an Egyptian motif" is boring, it looks like a gift shop trinket you get on the way out of The Mummy ride. My favorite's the Canopic Jars because it's a good use of the Egyptian theme without being too on the nose, and does interesting things with that. And the Day of the Dead scarab just avoids the obvious trap altogether but still using themes present in real scarabs, just using a skull instead of a dung ball.
