Bashiok was quick to update us on the official forums.
Official Blizzard Quote:
The monk class page has been updated with all-new art and the in-game model of the female monk. The monk class was announced at BlizzCon, but only the male version was shown at the time. The female option is now revealed on the monk class page.
Both images, as well as the 3D render, showcase the same armor style as the male monk (as would be expected), and personally, I think it flows very nicely with the current art style. It's simple, yet has a splash of color that will provide some extra eye candy in game. Something else I noticed that was similar between the two genders, was the beads they wear around their necks. Nothing has been said about it thus far, but perhaps background lore about the monks order will be tied into them in the near future.
On a sidenote, it seems that the pixie haircut is here to stay. I'm sure we'll warm up to it once we start eviscerating monsters in style, no other character got a haircut that rad.
Now, after having the official monk art revealed, I wonder if any Female Monk Fanart can compare...
(Also, props to Seniri and Shatterer for bringing this to our attention)
Whoa, yeah. Freaky...
Yeah I saw that. And the clipping too.
Practical realistic monk armour doesnt do it for me; big dangley symbolic pendants are the way to go.
p.s. I would love to see a monk pull some cheezy move and pull out a still beating heart from some beefy classic winged demon.
For me, I'd like to see the Dev team stick to as much realism toward monk garment and realistic gear progression as they possibly can. That's what the sensible person in me says.
The completely-mental-wacked-out-freaky-gaming-nerd in me says that anything close to someone looking like Akuma going completely nuts sh** on multiple demons and leaving nothing more than a charred, bloody, limb strewn pile of destruction in their wake is so mondo cool that I could give less than a (expletive) about how their armor appears.
I wasn't trying to make an issue of it, though, I just find it curious.