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Post by ValtielEX on Oct 5, 2017 19:31:30 GMT -6
I think a lot of people got very confused like myself because for example in Facebook, some pages says Mana´s art is going to replace Natsume-san / DICO art, others says is just for marketing, others even says that the Mana´s art piece is already chosen as the official cover art of the game, so people come here and vote without even knowing what it´s really going on and i find that a bit unfair for all of us because we were given different information, i also read that the OP says that DICO did all what we are seeing lately, like the characters and monsters, but then the official staff says that all of that were done years ago when the KickStarter began, so... i don´t get it, are a lot of contradictions, if that´s true why even the official BloodStained page in Facebook and the official Youtube channel says before that all were new characters and designs, why if they "did" that artwork years ago they never show it until now? the information is just very different. Hi there@valtiel86 I'm sorry if there's some confusion, but remember, this poll was started by the community and it was born out of excitement and passion, so unfortunately I couldn't really curate the messaging, I found out about it after it was already blowing up. To answer some of your questions, I can confirm that if Mana becomes more involved in the art of the game, it would purely be for marketing art at this point. Which is something that I'm going to need soon anyway. Because right now I don't have anyone I can go to for that. As for the art that Dico has done, it has all been internal concept art done for the development needs of the game. Although the fans have seen some of this art, none of it is "marketing assets". You may see the concept art, but I'm not going to use it for a Bloodstained website, or the box art, or any other mass consumer market like online ads etc. That's what I meant when I said that all the art out there has been done by Inticreates a long time ago at the start of the campaign. Speaking of, just in case it wasnt clear, since Inticreates is no longer on Bloodstained, no one should worry about "betraying" or "changing" from the old artist to a new one, because no Inticreates = no old artist, the choice here is "do you want Mana doing marketing art or do you want someone else that is not the previous artist and is not Mana".
And to anyone who thinks we should get the old artist, let me just say that there is no way I would approve that, as having Inticreates on the project again, in any capacity, would create a branding and marketing nightmare for me, where I would have to come up with a way to combat the inevitable confusion, misunderstandings, and outright lies that would be generated about the game as a result. (spoiler alert: I would never be able to fully undo the damage done. Can you imagine the click bait articles? "Embattled Bloodstained developer changes dev team...AGAIN" etc etc bla bla bla )
I hope that clears things up a bit, and thank you as always for being such a passionate fan!
Thanks for clarify it, the problem was that the OP post were a bit confused, and since it was all around Facebook it generates more confusion, not only me but a lot of people thought the same, like that the original art in the game will be replaced by mana´s new art, but if is just for marketing purposes i´m ok with that as long as they don´t change the whole art of the game who we already have.
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Post by ValtielEX on Oct 4, 2017 19:35:42 GMT -6
I think a lot of people got very confused like myself because for example in Facebook, some pages says Mana´s art is going to replace Natsume-san / DICO art, others says is just for marketing, others even says that the Mana´s art piece is already chosen as the official cover art of the game, so people come here and vote without even knowing what it´s really going on and i find that a bit unfair for all of us because we were given different information, i also read that the OP says that DICO did all what we are seeing lately, like the characters and monsters, but then the official staff says that all of that were done years ago when the KickStarter began, so... i don´t get it, are a lot of contradictions, if that´s true why even the official BloodStained page in Facebook and the official Youtube channel says before that all were new characters and designs, why if they "did" that artwork years ago they never show it until now? the information is just very different.
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ValtielEX
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Post by ValtielEX on Oct 3, 2017 21:36:13 GMT -6
ValtielEX Natsume-san is no longer involved with the main project. It's either DICO's art or we can encourage Mana to be more involved on the art production. Keep in mind that although you may be used to it and may have already backed the game, this decision could affect not only how Bloodstained is seen by the public buying the game, but also any future Bloodstained games. If DICO has been doing the late art that we saw some months ago like the new characters i´m ok with that, since it looks like Natsume-san original artwork, i know that most prefer Mana´s art but i actually like more the old style, let´s see what Iga thinks about this, i still think that just becuse it looks like Ayami Kojima art is not obligatory or it means that if they use Mana´s art the game and the future games will be more successful, some games in the Castlevania saga like Order of Ecclesia, Circle of the Moon, even Rondo of Blood anime style and so on uses all different art styles and all were good and were unique, my vote is no for Mana´s art but if they use it officially i will be ok with that.
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Post by ValtielEX on Oct 3, 2017 20:28:35 GMT -6
I think Natsume-san art is very good, i mean, it was the first artworks i saw since the kickstarter project began and for all this years so i get used a lot to the original art by this time, i also think Mana art is very very good but i don´t think this has to be exactly the same as Castlevania, don´t get me wrong, Castlevania is my favorite Saga of all time and i love all the art on it, specially Ayami Kojima art, but i think is not good to try to push so hard the art of Mana in the game, Iga pick Natsume-san Art style for a reason and i think we should respect that, is a good fresh look for the game and like i say before, is not obligatory that it has to be so similar as Castlevania or Ayami Kojima art style, also, i feel bad to just throw away all the art that Natsume-san did and suddenly pick a new one just a few months before the game finally will came out, even if they pick Mana art they have to do the art work again and i don´t think Iga and the team have the time or maybe the money to do this all over again, this even can cause the game to get more delayed again, for this i have to say no to Mana´s art, and again, i really really like her art but i think Natsume-san art style is good for BloodStained.
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