Yes, we don't know what it is yet, is it a fusion of Star Seeker and Kingdom Key D?
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Yes, we don't know what it is yet, is it a fusion of Star Seeker and Kingdom Key D?
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Honestly, I just thought it was Yen Sid's keyblade. It matches his aesthetic
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I would of loved to see this art in the deluxe edition steel case.
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Yeah, but considering this is in its core a 2D Art, I abstracted reality to convey best what I think Nomura had in mind when making this kind of perspective and detailing/posing.
It just occured to me that every major character is on the box art except for Data Sora and Riku. Maybe there wasn't enough room or because it would exceed the symbolic number 13. I just realized this now.
It doesn't matter whether the art is a photograph, 2D, or 3D; correct anatomy and fundamentals would always be used (by professionals at least). If Nomura wanted characters to be looking at the clock tower, they would be looking directly at the clock tower. Whether it be moving it forwards or everybody facing away from the front. The characters are just simply staring off into space/the audience like most of the other cover arts. I'm sorry if I sound blunt or rude, but that's how art generally works.
I kinda doubt he has a version of the Kingdom Key myself lol. Since the keychain is still the same as the Kingdom Key D, I feel like it is made of that keychain. And since it also looks like the Starseeker, Mickey's other Keyblade...well, yeah.
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*takes her art BA degree in hand* *inhales* Art is and should be free, the anatomy pretentiousness is just a mostly European tradition of thinking that made life unbearable for anyone who dared defy respecting "correct" anatomy and proportions a few centuries ago, when art realized "hey I'm not society's slave I guess". This is a Japanese anime style box art, manga/anime-sque art isn't known for realism, but it is known for heavy stylization of anatomy and often a heavily personalized style in general.This is what we have here. Anatomy by Euro-American old-fashioned art views is a criteria we shouldn't be asking too seriously from here.
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I cut out the artwork so we could have a BG-less version in the gallery, and let me just say, this looks REALLY NICE on a dark background.
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Holy shit. That's fantastic. Really puts it on a whole other level.
Have the old box arts ever been released in high resolution?
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I cut out the artwork so we could have a BG-less version in the gallery, and let me just say, this looks REALLY NICE on a dark background.
Thank you for this! Updating my avatar when I get back on my computer after I eventually fall back asleep xD.
Ah unpopular opinion here but the cover for KH1 is still my favourite. The buildings in that one just seem to have more character and I adore it. Also I honestly prefer Nomura's older style, it was more cleaner and less blurred. But the cover still looks amazing. So happy that everyone is on it, even Namine. I'm really hoping that the SOD or at least some of the more major villains would be on the back since it would fit pretty well aha.
Also not going to lie, the anatomy (those legs of Namine and Kairi, and Kairi would be like 140cm according to this since Sora is 160) and some other design choices like how clunky Sora's jacket looks (dat hood) I cant help but be bothered by despite it not really needing to abide by realistic standards lol. Guess I'm still not used to Japan styled legs. xD
Also not going to lie, the anatomy (those legs of Namine and Kairi, and Kairi would be like 140cm according to this since Sora is 160) and some other design choices like how clunky Sora's jacket looks (dat hood) I cant help but be bothered by despite it not really needing to abide by realistic standards lol. Guess I'm still not used to Japan styled legs. xD
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Xion and Roxas are looking at Ven, guys!
Oh my god that's perfect! Disappointed it's not in the actual cover art now.
For the forum's consideration: I felt like there was one pivotal character missing from the cover art.
For the forum's consideration: I felt like there was one pivotal character missing from the cover art.
It IS a little odd without a heart motif on the front of the numbered title, right?
That was pretentious.
It's a little silly to think anatomy and proportion conventions can't be applied to cartoons, anime or manga or that it's "strict" to do so. We've seen them applied consistently in anime before when a studio puts in the investment . It's fair to critique it here, especially since we've seen stronger box art work from Nomura himself throughout the ages. It doesn't need to look like real life; art can still be heavily stylized and work applying some basic fundamentals. It's not like he's going for impressionistic forms here. Even compared to the standards of its own genre, not next to paintings done by masters (which I would never do for KH anyways), the proportions just seem inconsistent here, again, especially compared to his own larger body of work.
Nah. You're not alone. I've warmed up to it a bit. I'm just not blinded by it. I am glad he incorporated various callbacks, the whole gang (they deserve to be there), and some of the architecture. It just still looks kind of sloppy. :{
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That was pretentious.
Hey, I need to find at least ONE use of the damn thing, right? lol
I agree though, just wanted to write a reminder that we shouldn't take the anatomy thing too seriously here with Nomura, he always did that kind of thing, and well, compared to some of the mutant necks the Organization members had here, I think we're still somewhere good xD
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Well, that's how you see art working, actually. Art is completely subjective and what I interpret from one piece of art definitely won't say what you see either. What I see is a bunch of characters in a 2D environment looking at different points in the scenery.
I agree that correct anatomy would always be used, but I really do think the perspective here makes a huge difference in how you can interpret this cover. Nomura chose to do it this way because he wanted to look this way exactly, with this idea on mind. You can't set rules on the artist(s) by saying that 'anatomy wouldn't work that way' when you don't even know if Nomura was even thinking about giving a damn about anatomy haha he wanted the cover to look pretty and that's it (from my point of view, of course)
Also, almost all 2D games are like that - the characters are always facing forward but its body's angle is definitely facing to the audience as well. So you'd say that basically all these 2D games are wrong in anatomy?
For the forum's consideration: I felt like there was one pivotal character missing from the cover art.
Yeah I noticed that and was really upset xD the only reason I could imagine why there is no KH on the cover is that the city is within KH itself hahaha
Xion and Roxas are looking at Ven, guys!
They gotta keep an eye on their roommate lest he gets hurt.
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