Shadow Weaver

Chapter 65 There is no sense of age difference!

"Well, your painting style is good. The lines and colors are very lively, and the pictures are full of stories and creativity."

Yang Yan'an nodded in approval, his eyes showing undisguised admiration: "But the armor and some of the hairstyles in your character design are not quite right... But this is normal. After all, there are not many people who like to study Han armor and weapons these days."

"——You are able to restore the clothing style of the Song Dynasty and also make it meet the aesthetic needs of contemporary young people. That's pretty good."

"However, since we've mentioned the character design diagram... then I might as well start with the problems in the character design diagram and explain them to you one by one - come on, Xiaobai and Xiaoxu, all of you come over here."

Yang Yanan raised his arm and waved. Upon hearing this, Xu Yichi and the other two hurriedly trotted over to the table.

There happened to be a few stools placed in the corner of the office. The old loli demon spirit didn't like the three brats crowding there and blocking her view, so she ordered Xu Da Zuo to bring all the stools and small stools in the room over to avoid the crowds of people affecting her vision.

"Let's start with this more everyday character design - Xiaobai," Yang Yan'an rummaged through a manuscript and grabbed a hairpin from the pen holder. He tapped the manuscript paper with the tip of the hairpin. "How old do you set Mu Guiying to be?"

"Uh... probably, in her twenties?" Bai Miaomiao choked slightly at the question, and subconsciously reviewed what they could find about Mu Guiying's life in the novel, "Anyway, this is her usual image in the Yang Mansion... not in Mu Ke Village."

"Well, I know that. This dress looks like the style of a woman from a wealthy family. But if you were drawing a young woman in her twenties, the hair would not look right." The little girl nodded her chin. "Most women wear their hair tied up."

"This half-up, half-down hairstyle is mostly seen on young children because their hair is too short to be tied up."

"Ah... that's not loose hair, that's..." Bai Miaomiao almost instinctively defended herself softly - she had drawn a ponytail, but the hair at the back was too long, and hanging down, coupled with the exaggerated composition, made it look like it was loose.

"If it's not down, then it's a ponytail?" Yang Yanan said calmly, "But logically speaking, even if it's a ponytail, this hairstyle is not suitable for a woman who is already a mother."

"Xiaobai, I know you want to express Mu Guiying's coolness and handsomeness, but when you design these, you should also consider the historical background of the legend."

"——Although the Yang family is a military family, it is also a century-old family with generations of nobles. Such a noble family has its own set of rules, both internally and externally, and it is unlikely that anyone will be allowed to act arbitrarily."

"If you want to show her heroic spirit, you can try a simple bun or a bun with a dragon-shaped bun, which doesn't need too much jewelry, and a few hairpins with a more elegant style."

"And the ponytail style you drew now is relatively more suitable for Mu Guiying in her teenage years. Although most girls in the Song Dynasty would not let their hair hang down like this, this is a game after all. You can make slight changes to the historical materials based on your own character settings."

Yang Yanan blinked and pulled out the photo of Mu Guiying in her teenage years. "Let's talk about your photo of Mu Guiying in Mu Kezhai... You also chose a simple bun with a ponytail for this hairstyle. Of course, as I said, the ponytail is indeed suitable for Mu Guiying in her teenage years, so there is no problem with the hairstyle design here."

"The problem is, when I put together the two sketches of Mu Guiying's character design from different periods that you drew - Xiaobai, come here, take a look."

Yang Yanan beckoned Bai Miaomiao to move closer. "Look, when I put these two drawings side by side, the sense of age difference that should have appeared in the drawings suddenly disappeared because of your hairstyle, didn't it?"

"...Eh? Looking at it this way, it seems to be true." Bai Miaomiao tilted her head and stared and scratched her head. She did not draw these two drafts at the same time, and she did not think of putting them side by side after she finished drawing them.

——So, when she was drawing, she was only focused on preserving the same features of the same character... and for a moment she actually forgot to pay attention to the age differences that should have been highlighted.

"Right, that's a big problem." Yang Yan'an nodded seriously, "Without a sense of age, these two looks will be easily confused by people... and it will also be easy for people to confuse the entire game plot."

“——This is likely to bring a poor gaming experience to players.”

"That's true." Bai Miaomiao lowered her head when she heard the voice, a hint of shame uncontrollably appearing on her face - this time the problem was indeed caused by her carelessness.

"Well, so regarding the hairstyle issue, remember to change it carefully when you go back - and then here, these two sets of armor of Mu Guiying." The little Loli was calm and composed. After commenting on the character's hairstyle, she turned around and grabbed the two sets of military uniforms and armor worn by Mu Guiying before and after she took command, and turned on the computer on her desk.

"I can see that you have carefully looked up a lot of information on the types of armor used in the Tang and Song dynasties. The patterns on the Shanwen armor are well drawn. It's just that in order to pursue the lightness and beauty of the character's lines, you deliberately changed the standard style and drew a more close-fitting partial armor with a fantasy game style. You haven't drawn the phoenix-wing helmet that she should have, which is not right."

"On the battlefield, no matter whether you are a man or a horse, everything must be done to keep yourself as safe as possible - even for light cavalry, the parts that need to be covered must not be exposed at all, and for heavy cavalry, both the man and the horse must be covered from head to toe."

"Besides, in terms of rank and role, Mu Guiying is a senior military officer with the ability and responsibility to command operations and lead soldiers into battle. Her safety is more important - just like a group of dragons cannot be without a leader."

Yang Yanan pointed at the manuscript paper and spoke in a clear and logical manner. He then grabbed the mouse with one hand and started clicking around randomly on the pile of documents on the computer screen.

"Then the armor she wears must be of higher specifications, better defense, and more sophisticated production, such as the red lacquer mountain pattern armor or the black lacquer water pattern armor... Oh, right, here I want to correct a misunderstanding of yours, Xiaobai."

"That is, wearing full body armor doesn't necessarily mean you can't be beautiful, handsome, or cool - but soldiers who don't wear armor will definitely be flashy on the battlefield."

Yang Yanan told a deadly joke with an expressionless face, and finally after searching through a dozen folders, she successfully found the image data she was looking for.

"I remember I have some pictures of the restored Shanwen Armor saved in my computer... Oh, here they are."

"Come here, Xiaobai, do you think this set of armor I have is cool?"

　The armor is really good looking, but it's too heavy to wear
　　(End of this chapter)