#Okami fanart

[jayietheriverwarrior]

I... I'm still not totally sure about this piece. XD Especially the flowers blooming behind Ammy, super not thrilled with how those turned out, but I really like how Ammy herself turned out, and it was something fun and new I wanted to try... so yeah, not totally sure about it, but sharing anyway. XD

If you haven't already guessed, this is fanart for the fantastic game Okami, featuring the main girl herself, the sun goddess Amaterasu. I've drawn some Okami fanart before, though it's pretty old now. I recently started replaying the game again for the first time in a few years, and man I forgot just how good this game is, it's so so good you guys, and the art style is so pretty and unique, and with the new sequel coming out soon and feeling so excited to see how far they can push the art style with the new technology, I just felt really inspired to try my hand at some art to try and lean into that brush style.

I used a paint tool on my app that I never use, and I used it for the whole thing. I think it worked really well for getting across that painted feel, especially for the lineart on Ammy. It worked fairly well for the clouds and grass as well, I might have to try it for more backgrounds in the future. Like I said above, I'm particularly happy with how Ammy herself came out. This is Ammy in her final form, with her full set of red markings and the extra tuft on her hips, and wearing Solar Flare on her back. She's running across the fields of Nippon, weirdly-drawn flowers blooming in her wake, her sun shining overhead.

[friedunicornstudio]

We painted a new Shiranui zodiac piece this year featuring all the brush god constellations!

(Shiranui themself is in front of the Hanagami, but we did paint them. They're still there. It counts)

[zandramims]

OKAMI 2! 🍀

[tsu-kitsu]

The sun rises once more 🐺❤️

[rammakela]

The sun will rise again

[lithiumlocket]

It always throws me off when I see people giving Ammy visible irises in fan arts LOL

It does looks cool !!! Just a little scary as well….

[yata-chihuahua]

welcome back Ammy :’)

[projectniko]

I started playing okami and I love this furball so much.

[gooselycharm]

木精サクヤ tree spirit blossoming in the night

[noreemii]

Waka, the gods' gift to man, is here! Bonjour! ✨❤️

[foafster]

[veevee2]

WELCOME BACK QUEEN

announcement so good it actually almost made me barf

[dragonfire3859]

testing the waters with this one okami x splatoo…. I LOAF OKAMI AND ITS ITS KINDA SIMILAR TO SPLATOON DO U GUYS SEE THE VISISON…….

waow.. agent 24 and okami (hachi is on san’s head like a doofus he loves her so muc guys . I accidentally gave him lashes but he lowkey slays anyways hashtag comfortable with his masculinity )

[pistashxo]

can't wait for okami: 2fast2furious

prints

[abnormallynice]

🌸 She's BACK!🌸

[nazo-kg]

'The Sun Rises Once More'

That Okami sequel announcement, man...

There were tears....I'm so happy.

Also I merged all the layers to check something and then couldn't undo it because I'm stupid so if something looks a bit weird, it's probably because of that.

For context, Okami is my favourite game of all time.

It holds a lot of emotional weight for me, and it really inspired younger me to look at art, and honestly even video games, in a different way.

I adore that it's a love letter to nature and Japanese mythology, and even though it's a long game, I wouldn't have it any other way. I feel like if it weren't as long as it is, it wouldn't feel as grand and climactic. The opening, with this in mind, echoes this fact, as though it's foreshadowing.

However, thanks to this, the ending leaves you feeling like you really went on a big adventure, and met loads and loads of different characters.

It's such an important piece of media, and a treasure to not only the medium of video games, but also just art as a whole. There hasn't been anything like it before, and hasn't been anything quite like it afterwards either (Okamiden doesn't count).

One thing that really made me emotional is that the new studio developing the sequel is called Clovers...as a tribute to Clover Studio; a studio that truly deserved better for making such unique, innovative and charming games. Its legacy lives on.

Everything about the announcement felt magical; Geoff choking up presenting it. The first shamisen pluck that opened the scene, the notes reminiscent of "A Giant Monster in Wait" from the Okami soundtrack. The goosebumps hearing the instruments. The tentative shots of a creature sprinting through a forest, cleverly masked. And then finally getting the full view of Ammy, and the rest of the instruments join in unison to recite a blissful rendition of "The Sun Rises"...Then it's shown Kamiya is at the helm.

It felt as though the stars had aligned.

It was a stunning, magical reveal, and to put into words just how ecstatic and excited I am, is impossible.