Opinions on the Main HM Artist

[Misha]

Personally, I'd be lying if I said I liked them. I feel like this artist, while he? she? has a few excellent designs, needs to rethink some color choices because wow sometimes the characters have really awful colors. Neil for example. Just looking at him screams that something is wrong. I guess the artist was going for something bold?? but i dont really think they pulled it off. It just makes him not really fun too look at. He kinda hurts my eyes. Not gonna say I'm an expert on color theory, but as an artist I can tell when something is up. Eric from Island of Happiness was another offender. To be honest, even Amir and Sonjay look really jarring to me. Luckily the artist gets the vast majority of girls looking ok, generic yet ok, but the boys could use some work.

Am I the only one who feels this way? I really just wish the artist wasn't so hit or miss U___U Also I could use a new artist I guess. Getting kinda bored with the same super bright sprites over and over again fhakjhlfdshfakj at least Rune Factory is nice to look at.

[BizaareBazaar]

I love the art style of hm games. I feel it is very stylised and unique, although I think more art should be drawn.

[PeachyKeen]

I prefer the RF designs to HM as well. So much red on Neil, although I love him, makes my eyes hurt

[Fuji]

I think the HM styles are fantastic. :3
Yes, the boys can be kinda off sometimes, while the girls seem to be alright...but I've come to accept this about HM. XD I expect it nowadays.

I don't think there's anything wrong with the art...I guess it's a matter of opinion. But I personally strongly dislike the RF art in comparison to HM.

[shiinsa]

I don't have any issues with the colour schemes; I just have a very slight issue with the way that some marriage candidates are drawn looking as if they're kids. Take Rod and Tina from ANB and Pierre from SI, for example.

I can understand that some people may like that kind of design, however, it's not for me. I prefer Allen-like designs! I reckon the NPC's clothing designs can sometimes be a little plain as well, but maybe that's me being picky.

Other than that, I'm content with the main HM artist~ S/he draws super cute old people, haha.
If for some reason the main artist had to change, I wouldn't mind seeing the AP/ToT artist take over. His/her artwork is super stylish, IMO.

[Awkward Llama]

I actually love both the Harvest Moon art style AND the Rune Factory art style. If Harvest Moon games took on the Rune Factory style it would just be strange. The Harvest Moon style is just very...Harvest Moon-y and that's what I like about it. I also don't have problems with Neil's colour scheme for some reason.

[runefactor]

I like it the way it is. A lot of people disagree with Neil part, since he had thousands of fangirls.

[Nurse Fin]

I like both ToT/AP's artist (Mika Nunokawa) and RF's artist (Mineko Iwasaki) a lot more than the main HM artist, and I've always felt that way, but that's me.

[runefactor]

I like both ToT/AP's artist (Mika Nunokawa) and RF's artist (Mineko Iwasaki) a lot more than the main HM artist, and I've always felt that way, but that's me.

I think I prefer the main one over the ToT/AP one. Their faces were too round in my opinion. But Rune Factory looks really really good.

[Nurse Fin]

ToT/AP artist designed a lot of the Chrono Cross characters. Her designs are fantastic, the round faces were just the style they wanted her to draw in.

[Misha]

I think the HM styles are fantastic. :3
Yes, the boys can be kinda off sometimes, while the girls seem to be alright...but I've come to accept this about HM. XD I expect it nowadays.

ugh but i dont want to expect mediocrity in a profession product that we know can and should do better then that.

I like it the way it is. A lot of people disagree with Neil part, since he had thousands of fangirls.

Well I mean compared, I think Allen has more fangirls so thousands seems a bit exagerated. Regardless, I can't account for the taste of others, but I do know whats instinctive for me ^ ^;;

i never thought HM should have RF's style, i was just saying that if i had to play one, RF would like nicer for a longer amount of time before i got bored with it xD
And yes fdshak I would love ToT's style its adorable and every design is amazing

[Rice]

I usually like the concept art better than the in game art Especially in Rune Factory games, the concept are looks awesome!While the the in game one...Not so much. Yeah, I agree with you about Neil's bright red; they need to saturate it. Everything about him is too bright and shiny plus it burns my eyes. I think Sanjay looks alright, his white hair has a blue shade matching his clothing and it's not super bold.

[Domineam]

The art style doesn't make a huge difference to me either way, but I do prefer the RF art to HM. That being said, I agree with Awkward Lllama, I wouldn't want HM to start looking like RF as they are kind of their own styles.

And there are really some character designs I like and some I don't. Neil's is one of the ones I dislike, not because his coat is too bright, but because I'm wondering why in the hell he's wearing a long red trench-coat sort of thing over camouflage pants. Doesn't he own/work on a ranch? He looks almost gothic with all the black and red, it just seems so out of place to me. I'm not saying that he has to look like a stereotypical HM rancher with overalls and such, but something a little plainer (some sort of work clothes) would seem more suitable to me.

Other than that I don't mind any of the other character designs. I don't think Rod is that great looking, but at least his appearance sort of matches his archetype/personality (the youngest kid-type bachelor) and is somewhat normal. The rest of them look great to me.

[Blue Rose]

I like both ToT/AP's artist (Mika Nunokawa) and RF's artist (Mineko Iwasaki) a lot more than the main HM artist, and I've always felt that way, but that's me.

This.

Although, I'm not too crazy over some of the RF's designs...but only cause I feel majority of them are too young looking. However, the quality of the designs are really great. And I liked ToT/AP's designs...minus the shortness of Owen and HK.

I enjoy the more...older and more detailed of this style versus the ones like in GrB/IoH/SI. And MM was pretty bad, although it was my favorite game.

So, I dunno.

[Poppyseed]

I'm kinda used to the way the artist draws the characters. I mean, I wouldn't mind if the style changed, but I like it as it is~
It has it's own style, so I'm used to that. I also like the RF style better, but I think the HM's is adorable