Chapter 19: Shocking Original Art Quality!

At noon, Pei Qian woke up.

Lately, he had been sleeping very soundly, and he couldn't quite figure out why.

Perhaps this was the power of money?

Just thinking about having 300,000 yuan to spend freely and completely breaking away from his current impoverished state made Pei Qian feel much more at ease.

He turned on his computer.

Opened the resource site.

Found a new message.

Received the original artwork from Ruan Guangjian.

The transmission speed wasn't slow, but since the resolution of these drawings was so high, it took some time to download.

"Pretty efficient, they actually completed everything on time."

"I wonder about the quality."

"Please don't draw them too beautifully! Beauty can kill!"

There was still almost a week left until the settlement, and Pei Qian needed to quickly launch the finished game.

The system stipulated that Pei Qian could not have any unreleased products one week before the settlement.

In other words, the system would only recognize Pei Qian's normal and complete business activity process, calculating profits and losses one week after the official release of the product.

If there were any unreleased products, the system would postpone the settlement date, which was absolutely unacceptable to Pei Qian.

Pei Qian opened the original artwork sent by Ruan Guangjian.

Upon seeing the first one, he was stunned.

"Damn! Why is the level of detail so high?"

"Is this really a 700 yuan piece of artwork?!"

Pei Qian almost thought he had seen it wrong.

Although he didn't know much about original artwork, he could still tell the difference between a valuable and a cheap piece, and the most obvious difference was the level of detail!

Generally, the more details in the original artwork, the more effort the artist put into it.

Usually, poster-level original artwork would be priced in the thousands or tens of thousands, and the artist would work on it for a week, resulting in very rich details.

But for a few hundred yuan, original artwork was usually mass-produced, and the artist didn't have much time to work on it.

However, this piece of original artwork was much more detailed than Pei Qian had imagined, and it had a very distinctive style!

The first piece was "Dragon Warrior Saint" Guan Yu. Previously, Ma Yang's requirements only set him as a dragon, without mentioning any details.

But this piece of original artwork had all the details added!

The background of the original artwork was a traditional ink wash painting of a mountain with verdant pines and cypresses, surrounded by white clouds, giving a sense of traditional Chinese painting.

In the center of the image was Guan Yu, holding his Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

This was a very subversive image. He was a traditional Chinese dragon, with a blue face, arms, and most of the exposed skin. His head had horns, and the dragon characteristics were very obvious.

But from his clothing, one could still recognize that this was Guan Yu.

Wearing a green robe and a golden shoulder armor on the left side with red ornaments, these were all common elements in traditional Guan Yu artwork, integrated seamlessly into this piece.

This original artwork had Guan Yu's typical features at first glance, but also made a subversive change in the image.

Most importantly, its artistic style was unique, completely different from the majority of the artwork on the market, blending ink wash and oil painting styles, making it eye-catching.

Looking at the other pieces, both the quality and style were very similar to this one.

Of course, the specific images were based on Ma Yang's requirements, and not all of them were mythical beasts.

The entire set of original drawings included strange beasts and monsters. Even some characters who retained their humanoid form had their images subverted, such as Lu Meng turning into a dragon-slaying loli.

Based on Ma Yang's requirements, Ruan Guangjian made adjustments to these characters' details and redesigned the overall style and appearance, while ensuring that all the original drawings maintained a consistent style and maximized each character's unique characteristics.

Pei Qian was stunned.

He paid 3,000 yuan for just four original drawings like this?

What a joke!

The artist would be losing money!

Did Ruan Guangjian really draw these?

But if you have such impressive works, why are all the representative works on the resource station in a chibi style?

Pei Qian was almost in tears. He had obviously taken advantage of the situation, but he couldn't be happy about it at all!

Originally, he had intentionally looked for someone in the price range of seven to eight hundred yuan per artwork to buy low-quality original paintings and had deliberately chosen someone who seemed to specialize only in chibi characters.

As a result, how did he accidentally stumble upon a future master?

Others might not know, but Pei Qian knew all too well.

This art style is amazing!

In his past life, a well-known concept art designer, Yang Qi, loved this style, and it had a significant influence.

Don't know who Yang Qi is?

Ever heard of "Battle of Gods"? Yang Qi is the main art director.

That's right. The set of original paintings Ruan Guangjian provided Pei Qian now had similarities with the style of "Battle of Gods"!

Of course, the level of detail is somewhat lacking, as these were rushed by Ruan Guangjian.

However, this style and atmosphere felt very close!

If Pei Qian had known earlier that Ruan Guangjian could create such high-quality work, he would never have asked him to paint!

But... what to do now?

The money has been given.

The artwork has been received.

Refund and breach of contract? No way!

Moreover, Pei Qian has to get the game online within the next two days; otherwise, the system will postpone the settlement.

Delays can lead to problems!

Pei Qian couldn't resist the temptation of the 300,000 yuan; even one day later, he wouldn't feel secure!

"Calm down, calm down."

"Things aren't as bad as I thought. Think about the positive aspects."

"First of all, 'Battle of Gods' isn't considered a successful project."

"Secondly, it's still unclear what the preferences of the players in this world are."

"The style of these original paintings is distinctive, but just because they are distinctive doesn't mean players will like them."

"The current popular art style is Q-version, and this set of original paintings might have the opposite effect..."

"Yes... that's right."

Pei Qian calmed down and thought that things might not be that bad.

These original paintings have high detail and very distinctive features, making a deep impression at first glance.

But do they really meet market demand?

Not necessarily!

Pei Qian has seen many high-quality games fail, showing that the market can be irrational at times.

What is popular in the mobile game industry in this world right now?

Q-version style!

"Chibi Romance of the Three Kingdoms" became popular because of this, representing the aesthetic preferences of players to a large extent.

The original paintings provided by Ruan Guangjian have a bit of an epic feel, a touch of dark atmosphere, and a blend of ink and oil painting techniques.

Players may not like it!

Furthermore, Pei Qian isn't relying solely on the original paintings.

His game is based on a template with simple gameplay.

He hasn't spent much effort on other art resources, music resources, etc., and they aren't particularly outstanding either.

And he doesn't plan to spend money on advertising, just intending to put the game on a platform casually.

After a week of not making money, it will naturally be considered a successful loss.

So after thinking it through, he has to use this set of original paintings.

Pei Qian opened the editor, added all these original painting resources as cards in the game, and asked Ma Yang to check for bugs.

Ma Yang was speechless for a while when he saw these original drawings. "Amazing!" he finally exclaimed.

He was shocked that the images he designed on a whim were drawn so well.

Pei Qian calmly said, "It's mainly because your artistic requirements were good and gave the artist great inspiration."

Ma Yang's face lit up. "Really? That's great! I never knew I had such a talent in this area."

Pei Qian gave him a light compliment, which made Ma Yang feel over the moon.

Pei Qian was satisfied with this outcome. Ma Yang's continued work in this state would be helpful for his future plans!