Meet Klee (a pint-sized magically-powered demolitionist–arsonist combo) flying her first lantern for the Liyue Lantern Rites (all those other dots way in the distance) while her brother watches (to make sure it didn’t accidentally turn into a bomb, mostly) under one of Mondstadt’s brilliant milky-way sightings! SUCH LORE!
Genshin Impact is a breathtaking beautiful game sometimes (often, really), so for a fanart event on the official forums I decided to paint as much of the landscape and skies as I could keeping to the theme…and messed up because I just can’t handle dark scenes. That and the fact that I didn’t have any particular style in mind but wanted to go heavy on the stylization because I didn’t have enough to time to work on the submission means it turned out way messier than expected. But I like how the sky turned out at least.
I like the line style that feels like doodle but that also really dense and has detail, and the texture/color of paints are very mystical and splendid that make me think of beautiful stained glass art. Great!
A friend on Twitter also mentioned the stained-glass aspect. I really missed out on making the whole thing look like that. Would’ve been much cleaner too, right, and I’d’ve gotten to use the fancy brushes for the textures there as well!
Will definitely make the next one in this series look like that!
Oh I love this! Sorry for bumping the thread, but I just really want to say something nice about this! It’s so deep and vibrant in colors and the lineart style really fits this storyboook quality as well! Really inspiring stuff, I love how you did the characters and the sky!
I would never complain about such appreciative bumpage! Thank you very much for your kind words!
I was actually quite concerned about this painting, especially the sky, because I don’t paint enough dark compositions and felt like it would come off as too desperate. I am so glad you like it. Looking back on it, I quite like the painterly storybook-y vibe as well
Oh, I know that feeling. At first a piece might look like it’s not quite wokring out but then looking back on it or just seeing the finished image, it actually looks great. I think it’s nice that we can enjoy our own paintings/artworks in this way.
That and the fact that I didn’t have any particular style in mind but wanted to go heavy on the stylization because I didn’t have enough to time to work on the submission means it turned out way messier than expected. But I like how the sky turned out at least.
Thank you very much for your kind words!