I would feel this way if they toned down the hair just a bit.Wow, this all looks great!
And they feel suitably realistic, or at least, not too bombastic or "over-detailed."
Anyone else feel the same way?
Ah, fair enough, but this is a JRPG after all so we probably shouldn't expect otherwise, imho.
i feel like they are trying to be wishy washy with the realism is weird. Like realistic skin shaders and facial animations with cartoon hair is weird. It would be fine the art direction in game tried to mimic the the illustrators work but they do not and I'm sure the illustrator knew what type of way square would render his work so he should have designed around that.Ah, fair enough, but this is a JRPG after all so we probably shouldn't expect otherwise, imho.
Yeah that's the real bummer here. I love this art but I feel like the tone of all the most recent final fantasy games don't actually reflect this kind of style.Wish the game itself looked paintery like this art, but at least we have the art (I remember with FFXIII they pretty much didn't show any art and focused on the 3D renders instead)
That's Akihiko Yoshida.Is this the same artist who worked on Octopath and/or Nier? I was discussing this earlier with a mate when the blog post came out and neither of us were 100% sure.
Nope. Naoki Ikushima and Akihiko Yoshida did the artwork for Octopath and Nier, respectively. Though Ikushima and Takahashi are heavily inspired by Yoshida's artwork (the latter especially with his work in XIV and now XVI).Is this the same artist who worked on Octopath and/or Nier? I was discussing this earlier with a mate when the blog post came out and neither of us were 100% sure.
Nope. Naoki Ikushima and Akihiko Yoshida did the artwork for Octopath and Nier, respectively. Though Ikushima and Takahashi are heavily inspired by Yoshida's artwork (the latter especially with his work in XIV and now XVI).
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You mean offline mainline titlesThis is a very welcome change for the mainline titles and long overdue. Looks fantastic.
My bad! I did mean offline main titles. Actually finished ARR earlier this year but did not get into Heavensward because work picked back up. Definitely want to someday though.
You can tell this person was influenced by Yoshida. That Ace is pretty...ace.