/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

He chose wisely what actually he wants to do.

His drawings are rudimentary and the shmups games are not that complex compared to most of the games out there, but then you have
- original music that works and has really catchy melodies
- designs that are still unique despite being basically lolis in frilly dresses
- carefully designed setting that refers to history, classical culture and pop culture
- consistently hard work on expanding the universe
- big luck, no doubt about it

It's not any one thing. It's the characters, and the music, and the gameplay, and the openness to people making money from his work, and th

ZUN's not great at anything (except maybe programming), but he has great ideas, and those ideas are inspiring to others who ARE great at things and want to reinterpret the kernels of what he laid down into what they feel they're meant to be. Millions of people having millions of different interpretations means an endlessly thriving fanbase.

tl;dr value creativity over skill, everyone on /ic/ is fucked

>>4115706
Continuing:

If you want to be successful as ZUN, just get your universe together and just do your thing, do one thing well enough and do necessary minimum on secondary stuff.

Be passionate about it, and if you're lucky then you may be noticed, or get a moderately sized fanbase.

>>4115710
Well said

>>4115685
>he has stated that the actual reason why he originally made the game series and Team Shanghai Alice is because he couldn't find any games he liked himself, so he decided to make games he liked entirely by himself

>>4115720
The very definition of carving yourself out a niche.

/ic/, draw your favorite touhou!

>>4115685
I like drawing them, feels pretty comfy.

>>4115710
You have to get intoxicated with beer first. I gotta say though jap beer is amazing, tastes smooth and good and easy on the stomach.

>>4115944
Touhous are the only thing I draw, desu

>>4115939
Here's an old one I want to color but never will.

>>4115977
Nice composition.

>>4115706
Don't forget:
>at it for a solid 5 or 6 years before it even began to become popular

>>4116082
so basically, when you work hard enough you see the fruits of your labor

>>4115939
don't feel like drawing so here's an old one

>>4116671

>>4116680
???
It's marissa riding her broom?
She's a witch.

What's so confusing about this

>>4115685
He's also an alright guy personality wise.

Probably already mentioned, but he's super hands off with the fandom. He's more than ok with people making money off of his work, and supports other people making and selling their own games, manga, and even anime based on the characters, settings, and world.

Japan is usually ok with doujin, up until it gets too big. Even then, the original artists don't usually let derivative stuff go mainstream. Touhou is very different in that regards (despite not being mainstream of course).

>>4116750
It sounds like he is a total bro.

>>4116671
i seem to recognize your face

>>4116741
He is. I met him this summer at Comiket. Super relaxed dude.

His works almost act like public domain while still holding the rights.
I think this kind of mindset more people should have and allow others to draw their characters and stuff.

i play vidya but who is this guy?

>>4117818

Boi, didn't you hear about Kojima?

>>4117818
is Hiddeous Kojimbo

>>4115685
You should keep in mind that he did not do those designs alone. He also programmed his own games and he's also a composer with music being, arguably, the primary driving force behind popularity his works.

The man is an actual genius who carved his own path with his own hands (unlike people like, say Kojima, who just orders other talented people around and slaps his own name on top of result) and people who attempt to single out his simplistic designs alone as some form of personal critique are fucking insane.

I'm pretty sure it only happens in Japan, where /beg/ tier artists inspire classically trained painters to drop the oil and re-imagine manga style drawing.

The only jap painter i know that also made a pixiv account because of this touhou madness on the right, and ZUN masterpiece on the left.

>>4117818
Jesus fucking christ, you've never played metal gear solid?

>>4115977
Great scenery do you have a blog ?

>>4118329
the epitome of SOUL vs SOULLESS

>>4115720
>Couldn't find any games he liked so he made one he did which is exactly the same as every other game in the genre since the 90s
>Only thing he changed was making the player sprites shitty lolis
Let's not pretend he did anything other than appeal to degeneracy, the only thing admirable he did was doing it by himself.

>>4115980
>>4119052
domo

And no, I only had a tumblr and haven't used it in like a year.

>>4119066
God I wish that was me, I'm so lonely, horny, and slightly hungry.

>>4115710
>and th
Well said.

>>4115685
Reminder that Touhou is nothing but a hobby to him.

Also, beer. Beer is the key to success.

>>4115939

>>4115939

>>4115710
Woah...

>>4116750
> and even anime based
He sank like two or three attempts to make anime though.
>>4117818
Hidetaka Miyazaki, the man behind Cuphead series.

>>4122089

I can't find any info on the animes that Zun has personally sunk, but I know Memories of Phantasm exists. It's completely fan made, like everything else in the Touhou fandom.

>>4122131
He vetoed Kinema Kan IIRC. And i mistook what happened with Summer Day's Dream. They were told to change the name, so it doesn't mention Touhou.

>>4115685
This man has been drawing shitty art for so long that he actually has to hide the fact that he has improved. He has a reputation to protect now. No one cares if he's good at drawing, they only care about the poorly-drawn characters because they're endearing.

>>4122265

Endearing but bad art is weird anon. Perfect case study: Pablo Picasso.

>>4122273
Can't compare him to Picasso. Picasso actually knew how to draw and make pieces, he just got bored with being proper and wanted to draw like a child.
>It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

>>4122089
>>4122131
>>4122168
He doesn't want people confused that there is an official Touhou anime. People can do what they want as long as it's clear that it's fan media.

>>4116750
>despite not being mainstream of course).
Touhou is very popular in Japan.

>>4122741
But is it popular with normies?