As the work has now been released publicly, I can finally reveal the commission I did for Netease in early December. This was a piece of artwork of the character Onikiri from their I.p Onmyoji, which was commissioned for their first anniversary of the game. Netease was very much open with their brief, requiring me only to produce a piece of illustration with the character. Therefore I had a lot of creative freedom when it comes to making the piece.
During the process however, Netease did wanted the background to be 'dynamic' , therefore straight away I wanted a scene where there are alot of atmosphere and a sense of movement within the elements of the background, which was represented in the earlier sketches in the form of surrounding enemy warriors. However, after watching the trailer for the game, in which there was a scene where Onikiri was standing in a sort of desolate battlefield, I was inspired to recreate that environment as the colour in it compliments the clothing of the character really well, as well as having an fantastic level of atmosphere to it. Moreover it would be neat to see the art for the anniversary ties into the trailer in my mind.
Scenes from the trailer
Therefore the enemy soldiers were replaced by detailed environments. However, the enemies were still represented in the forms of blurred silhouettes in the foreground. This has the benefits of giving the painting depth, while also serves as a practical tools in the story telling aspect of the picture ( it is like the scene is being seen from the enemy's eyes while they and Onikiri are locked in the stand off).
Final painting
Overall I had a lot of good fun doing this, and gained more practical experience in composition, environments and colours. Netease and Yostar were very efficient with their feedback and the process went of extremely smoothly, with the only detail required the most rework being the face ( which gave me good practice with this kind of face design). Moreover, the reception of the fans towards the piece were very positive, which is always a very nice thing to get.
The step by step progress can be view here on my Artstation
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Ka346r
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