Not to sound like a weeaboo but they should have just let this artist do her design. In fact the whole game should have probably just been done by a Japanese company.
probably because he doesn't wanna sound like he's say Japanese artist>>>>all. I agree with him though, the 3d model of the character looks very unattractive. And considering the fact that Japanese companies have more experience with the game x-blade was trying to be, it probably would've turned out better in Japanese hands.
Only having played the demo and not thinking about game play the character seemed fine to me. Maybe not the hottest but I find in small name games when there is just one hot character there tends to be way to much focus on that character down the road and any attempt at a sequel with new character is hurt badly.