Operation: Art Legacy

I want this a lot. Respect the original artist, but Mana have my heart

Is this only for the first picture that looks like cover art? If so, then yes. Personally, I’m not a fan of the pictures that follow it though. Pics two and three remind me of Final Fantasy concept art, which I was never a fan of.

IGAvaniacs, do you want to see art for Bloodstained go the direction of Mana's style? I think it's critical to the marketing success of the game that the art is as good as possible. Mana's art style is upholding the legacy IGA is known for. Going forward with Bloodstained assets as well as for potential later games would be more successful with Mana's art.

This is important, so listen up! Mana is the Communication Manager at ArtPlay which means she can't just walk up to IGA and say, "Hey, the fans really like my stuff,  you should make me more involved in art." It's not her style to be so bold, and it would be obviously bias coming from her. THAT'S WHY WE NEED YOU. Big enough numbers will be communicated with evidence that it's we the fans asking. The polls on this forum require a registration, so it's not a small amount of people voting multiple times. We have integrity. It's the fans who care enough to come here and vote to make the game more successful who are showing what they think is important. Sure we could probably get more votes outside a place you have to register, but this is the forum ArtPlay / IGA pays for. If you know someone who is interested in Bloodstained, send them here just to vote. Let's get 1000+ votes. You are the Army of the Night! I know we can do this!

UPDATE: IntiCreates isn't involved in the main game anymore. Natsume-san hasn't provided art assets since around the time of the Kickstarter. DICO has been doing everything you have been seeing even before they were announced. That includes all the new monsters and characters. Mana is just the Communications Manager for ArtPlay. IGA is good with DICO continuing but I have reason to believe this is due to cost. If enough people show IGA by the numbers that we want Mana to lead the public art assets for Bloodstained much like Ayami Kojima had done for Castlevania, Bloodstained and it's potential future games will be more appealing to the masses (and to us). This is critical to it's success just as Ayami's work was with Castlevania. I do completely agree with IGA's wisdom. However I believe IGA is too humble to fully understand the power of his fans. If we show that this is important to enough people, I believe there is a decent chance that 505 Games will allocate more money to ArtPlay so that IGA can make an easy decision. That chance can't happen without us. With the end result of getting Mana a new position at ArtPlay, we have a mission. I think it will be best in the long run, and this is our opportunity to be heard in a significant manner.

Thanks to Operation Akumajo, Castlevania Dungeon, ThePlotTwist and everyone else who are reaching out to fans and guiding them here! Most of all, thank YOU.

It's her job and she is getting paid for this, working at ArtPlay.

IGAvaniacs, do you want to see art for Bloodstained go the direction of Mana's style? I think it's critical to the marketing success of the game that the art is as good as possible. Mana's art style is upholding the legacy IGA is known for. Going forward with Bloodstained assets as well as for potential later games would be more successful with Mana's art.

This is important, so listen up! Mana is the Communication Manager at ArtPlay which means she can't just walk up to IGA and say, "Hey, the fans really like my stuff,  you should make me more involved in art." It's not her style to be so bold, and it would be obviously bias coming from her. THAT'S WHY WE NEED YOU. Big enough numbers will be communicated with evidence that it's we the fans asking. The polls on this forum require a registration, so it's not a small amount of people voting multiple times. We have integrity. It's the fans who care enough to come here and vote to make the game more successful who are showing what they think is important. Sure we could probably get more votes outside a place you have to register, but this is the forum ArtPlay / IGA pays for. If you know someone who is interested in Bloodstained, send them here just to vote. Let's get 1000+ votes. You are the Army of the Night! I know we can do this!

UPDATE: IntiCreates isn't involved in the main game anymore. Natsume-san hasn't provided art assets since around the time of the Kickstarter. DICO has been doing everything you have been seeing even before they were announced. That includes all the new monsters and characters. Mana is just the Communications Manager for ArtPlay. IGA is good with DICO continuing but I have reason to believe this is due to cost. If enough people show IGA by the numbers that we want Mana to lead the public art assets for Bloodstained much like Ayami Kojima had done for Castlevania, Bloodstained and it's potential future games will be more appealing to the masses (and to us). This is critical to it's success just as Ayami's work was with Castlevania. I do completely agree with IGA's wisdom. However I believe IGA is too humble to fully understand the power of his fans. If we show that this is important to enough people, I believe there is a decent chance that 505 Games will allocate more money to ArtPlay so that IGA can make an easy decision. That chance can't happen without us. With the end result of getting Mana a new position at ArtPlay, we have a mission. I think it will be best in the long run, and this is our opportunity to be heard in a significant manner.

Thanks to Operation Akumajo, Castlevania Dungeon, ThePlotTwist and everyone else who are reaching out to fans and guiding them here! Most of all, thank YOU.