b/w visual novel ?

[ihentai]

What you think, is a color pictures in visual novel is really necessary ? Most of the works, even a free one, is a color. But manga is b/w and black&white certainly have a style

[lordcloudx]

black pencil is black and white and so is the localized japanese vn soremata ja ne. There were some others I forgot, or were they just demos?

Nice art. I heart hentai hehehe!

[dizzcity]

Metropolitan Blues.
Garden Society Kykuit.

MetroBlues, especially, made good artistic use of black and white to bring forth a mood.

-Dizzy-

[ihentai]

>Nice art. I heart hentai hehehe![/quote]

Thanks

[ihentai]

Ok, ok - the people with knowledge says that such (b/w) works exists

But the question is actually not about existence, but about is that good to make a bw work or i should concentrate and make a color one.

And about popularity - i know that people on that site is sometimes say things like "the plot is a main part, so graphics not really important for a hard visuall novellist ". So anyway :

Will b/w work not be so popular, if we compare it with a color one, perhaps with
a smaller amount of pics...

[lordcloudx]

I don't think people here really care whether it's colored or black and white. But just to be safe, I'll speak for myself. I don't care if it's b/w or colored it all depends on how the entirety of the vn is presented and if the elements are harmoniously organized.

[Hime]

Myself, I strongly prefer having the pictures in colour. In general and as an artist, I think colours are one of the most important things in pictures and drawings. You can ruin a good picture by choosing the wrong colours, or you can make it thousand times better and more expressive with good choices. For character art, example, the colours are probably one of the most narrating things in my opnion. They usually tell a lot about the character. But sometimes, black and white also might be the best choice. Partly coloured and partly b&w visual novel would be something interesting as well. In fact, I am thinking about making one of Lux's possible future projects like that...

And about manga being black and white, there is a difference. In manga, you don't stare the same picture for a long time, usually for something like less than five seconds actually, so colours aren't really necessary in my opinion. But in visual novels, you might encounter the same art for many times and look at it several times for a way longer total than one manga screen, so having colours would make it something "more comfortable to look at and more expressive".

[DaFool]

I read about some french film that was rendered in full motion capture 3D then filmed in black and white. Forgot its name

And I don't see the point of it. Too much effort, really.

Black and White is a stylistic choice, it could be a budget choice as well, or both.

But make sure it's a wise choice first. I personally have to think of things in full color...it is rare that something starts out as black and white.

[Misuzu]

In pseudo commercial visual novels, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 for the Nintendo DS is rendered majority in BW. Though it is done for artistic style to recreate the feel of those noir thriller movies of the past.

[Jake]

I read about some french film that was rendered in full motion capture 3D then filmed in black and white. Forgot its name

Renaissance?

And I don't see the point of it. Too much effort, really.

I think in that case they were going for a very hand-drawn look... even more over-the-top than the Sin City effects. I can't bring myself to call it 'pointless' any more than I can bring myself to call manga 'pointless' when people could just take photographs and use those for the pictures.

[rioka]

Making and using black and white art is also a time saver. GSK (Garden Society) was done for NaNoRenO and making things in b/w helped cut down on production time.

As for choosing between color and b/w, you'll have to decide for yourself:
1. Which will present your project better - color or b/w?
2. How much time can you or are willing to devote to your project (or at least the art aspects)? Lots of time = color. Not alot of time = b/w
3. Which will help with the games mood and presentation? Color or b/w?
4. Does it matter if the game is in b/w? Does it matter if the game is in color? (For example, most people will automatically shift their colored games to b/w to present a flashback scene.)

[chronoluminaire]

4. Does it matter if the game is in b/w? Does it matter if the game is in color? (For example, most people will automatically shift their colored games to b/w to present a flashback scene.)

Interesting you say that. For the flashback scene in Elven Relations, I naturally shifted the art to sepia-tinged