Chapter 11 An Epic Ink Painting Style

Everyone looked at Ruan Guangjian's computer screen.

On the screen was the requirements document that Ma Yang had provided.

"Guan Yu... is a dragon?"

"Ma Chao... is a horse?"

"Then is Zhuge Liang a pig?" Old Huang made a reasonable guess.

Ruan Guangjian glanced at him. "What kind of Zhuge Liang is a pig? He's a great inventor."

"...He's not even as good as a pig," Old Huang grumbled.

Scanning the requirements, Old Huang fell into a daze.

This could be considered a requirements document?

Besides forcibly modifying these historical figures, nothing else was written!

Forget about reference pictures, that would be too extravagant. There wasn't even a shred of description of their appearance!

The directions of the modifications were all over the place.

Some turned into animals, some were gender-swapped, and some turned into high-tech beings.

It was a complete hodgepodge!

"Is this client out of their mind?"

"Such a terrible requirements document, this..."

Old Huang was dumbfounded. He never expected Ruan Guangjian to accept this kind of job.

Wasn't he afraid that the client wouldn't be satisfied with the final product, leading to disputes?

They were all poor art students. Although they were slightly better off than students in other majors, it would still be a headache if they had a conflict with the client and both sides shirked responsibility.

"What are you worried about? They've already transferred the money to the resource station," Ruan Guangjian showed Old Huang, the order status showed that the buyer had already paid.

The official esro resource station was a bit like a middleman, acting as a platform to provide guarantees. The client confirms the requirements, and the other party starts production.

During this period, the client needs to pay the platform, which keeps the funds on behalf of the other party. Only after the transaction is completed and the client is satisfied with the acceptance will the funds be transferred from the platform to the other party's account.

If there are disputes between the two parties, the platform will naturally step in to arbitrate.

Ruan Guangjian has chat logs, and the platform also retains the original requirements document. No matter how you look at it, Ruan Guangjian and his team have the advantage.

"Guangjian, I still don't think this is reliable. Why don't you confirm the requirements with them again and ask them to give you a more detailed one..." Old Huang still felt that this was unreliable.

Ruan Guangjian was unhappy. "Old Huang, are you confused?"

"Don't tell me you want to keep drawing those Q version characters? Aren't you tired of drawing them yet?"

"There are Q version games everywhere on the market now, and it's true that they're easy to make money from, but ask yourself, do you really like drawing things that don't require any skill?"

"What about your artistic pursuits?"

"Now there's such a good opportunity, with no limitations on style and such loose requirements, this is giving us so much creative space!"

"If we can make a name for ourselves with this set of concept art, our future will definitely be much smoother. Maybe we can even start a studio right after graduation!"

"Or do you want to be unknown after graduation, join an outsourcing company to be a drudge, and continue to draw styles that you don't like at all?"

The others looked at each other, clearly moved by Ruan Guangjian's words.

They were still students, not seasoned veterans who had been in the workplace for many years.

They all had their own ideas about art and were in the stage of explosive inspiration.

Who would be willing to be a construction worker, drawing traditional things completely according to the client's framework?

They all wanted to draw the styles they liked and were good at!

Now they had encountered a client who didn't care about anything, such a good thing was rare.

Old Huang was also a little moved. "Okay, Guangjian, you decide, and we'll help you. What do you plan to draw?"

"That's the way to go."

Ruan Guangjian was very satisfied and opened a picture on his computer.

"I plan to do this style."

"Epic ink painting style."

The corner of Old Huang's mouth twitched slightly.

Because this style was created by Ruan Guangjian on a whim.

The character in the picture was a tall and strong minotaur, with one horn broken and the black heavy armor on his body also damaged in many places.

The shoulder armor was impressive, a huge monster's head, and the chains tied to his body added a sense of unyielding and resistance.

The overall tone of the picture was dark, with a pitch-black sky and a pitch-black battlefield, creating an atmosphere of despair and desolation.

If you just looked at this image, you would think of the minotaurs in *Fantasy World*.

But if you looked closely, you would find that this bull was different from the Western minotaurs in many ways.

Ruan Guangjian used a lot of details to highlight the Eastern elements on its body, such as the more Eastern-style armor and weapon design, the more Eastern-style facial features, and the red robe, and so on.

The reason why this style was named "Epic Ink Painting Style" by Ruan Guangjian was because it had three characteristics: "epic," "ink," and "oil painting."

The picture was not so detailed that you could see every pore on the character's body, but a large number of oil painting techniques were used for smearing, and the blurred background made it easier to create this unique atmosphere.

At the same time, a large number of ink painting techniques were added to the original painting, giving people a strong sense of Chinese style.

In addition, the picture itself gave people an extremely desolate feeling, which was the creation of an epic sense, as if this bull had just experienced an unprecedented war between gods and demons.

Old Huang and the others in the dormitory had known about this painting for a long time.

They also admired Ruan Guangjian very much. After all, the average art student couldn't keep up with the details of this painting, such as the techniques and lighting, no matter how hard they tried.

But could this be used for game concept art?

No one knew for sure.

The popular mobile games these days all used Q version concept art. The jobs that Ruan Guangjian and the others had taken before were also Q version concept art.

Even if some PC games adopted a realistic style, they basically preferred concept art with perfect details and bright colors.

Ruan Guangjian's style looked impressive, but it might also make people feel that the picture was too dark and the game was depressing.

That's why Ruan Guangjian was afraid of affecting his business and didn't dare to put it on the resource station.

Old Huang hesitated. "Two questions. First, can this style really meet the client's requirements? Second, you're the only one who's good at this style, we might not be able to draw it..."

Ruan Guangjian had already prepared for this and replied confidently, "That's why I said, this requirements document is simply in line with my ideas!"

"My initial idea was derived from Xianxia and mythology stories."

"What I want to highlight is a sense of epic, and the most important thing about a sense of epic is the shape! Righteous immortals and inhuman demons, these two completely different shapes are easy to spark!"

"In other words, the more the shape deviates from humans, the better!"

"Strictly speaking, ordinary Three Kingdoms games are not suitable for this style, because the Three Kingdoms is a group of people. How do you highlight this feeling?"

"But the characters in this requirements document have all been subverted, which just fits this feeling!"

"Guan Yu is a dragon, Ma Chao is a mixed-race centaur prince born from a dragon and a human horse, Xu Chu is a tiger..."

"Isn't this a natural fit with my style?"

"As for the style, you don't have to worry. I'll do the character design and line art, you guys help me perfect it, and then I'll do the finishing touches. Don't worry, with me in charge of the overall direction, the style will never deviate!"