The Visual Design of Arknights Lone Trail

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  • Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
  • #arknights #rhodesexplorerplan
    Heya yall,
    This is my submission into the Arknights Lone Trail video event!
    Was totally burnt out by the end of production (pulled two all nighters for it haha) but I'm really happy that I was able to finish it.
    Hope you enjoy!
    - HalfACupOfRice
    ◈ Corrections ◈
    ○ 04:40 - [Correction] De Stijl (Neoplasticism) is a Dutch (from the Netherlands) instead of Danish (from Denmark). Thank you to those who pointed that out in the comments!
    ○ 12:31 - [Note] (Thanks to @untemperance for this) It seems that the actual typeface used by Hypergryph for Lonetrail is ITC Avant Garde Gothic.
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Комментарии • 281

  • @HalfACupOfRice
    @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +203

    Heya yall, HalfACupOfRice here. There's a list of corrections and notes below but before I need to address something else:
    I am overwhelmed by the amount of support that has poured in since uploading this video. As a student who has other life obligations, this was very much a passion project and never would've I expected this video to break over 1k views let alone 10k!
    This is why I love being a part of the Arknights community and there is no amount of appreciation I can give to truly represent how thankful I am for all of you who have watched and sent such supportive comments.
    Thank you so much to everyone!
    ❖[ NOTES & CORRECTIONS ]❖
    04:40 - [Correction] De Stijl (Neoplasticism) is a Dutch (from the Netherlands) instead of Danish (from Denmark). Thank you to those who pointed that out in the comments!
    12:31 - [Note] (Thanks to @untemperance for this) It seems that the actual typeface used by Hypergryph for Lonetrail is ITC Avant Garde Gothic.

    • @3Tekilla3
      @3Tekilla3 7 месяцев назад +1

      Great work!

    • @tomatomaki
      @tomatomaki 7 месяцев назад

      I may be late, but as others point out the font used for LONETRAIL logo is very closely to ITC Avant Garde Gothic Bold. The A might be different, but there's a variant in Avant Garde that uses slanted A to the right (still with the center line). As the other typhography, they might be using Futura with minor customization (Galleria Stellaria is strikingly close).
      Thanks for the deep insights of Lonetrail's visual design. it's my favourite style close to Stultifera Navis and Zwillingsturme im Herbst. Hope to see other stuff from you, not just AK, but maybe branched to other games that praised for their spectacular design.

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад

      @@tomatomakiyep it’s most likely that HG used ITC Avant Garde for much of the fonts across Lonetrail’s UI and graphic design. (The two differences I mentioned between Futura and the Lonetrail typefaces are found in ITC Avant Garde)
      The slanted A in the Lonetrail wordmark is a special character that comes with the .otf file for ITC Avant Garde (you can find it with the character map).
      HG still probably did some minor tweaking (notably with the slanted A and the T).

    • @tomatomaki
      @tomatomaki 7 месяцев назад

      @@HalfACupOfRice
      That's for sure. Even the "General Investigation Database" typography is even more customized, but it's all the same (Slanted A without center line, lack of T's left side, shorter E's center).
      I think what happened is someone made a custom font file with an inspiration mostly from Avant Garde Bold, and use it for the Typography, because all alphabet that use the style is the exact same one.
      _time to ask HG for the font..._

    • @Art9240
      @Art9240 6 месяцев назад

      Hi late reply, I just recently saw a short about how people in the past interpret rainbow, which is the 3 color lines that are shown in most of the art in lonetrail.

  • @abstractpiles
    @abstractpiles 7 месяцев назад +450

    Definitely not expecting a graphic design analysis on Arknights, a welcome one indeed.

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +13

      Thank you! I hope to provide more of these looks at visual design for other events and aspects of Arknights.

    • @abstractpiles
      @abstractpiles 7 месяцев назад +25

      ​@@HalfACupOfRice as an individual that has design background, theres something special about the way Arknights present their content in even the most miniscule detail in-game or externally.

  • @NezeruGaming
    @NezeruGaming 7 месяцев назад +449

    NoriZC without a doubt one of the best main artists working on Arknights. The way he renders textures and colors on clothing / geometric objects is uniquely unmatched.

    • @meh4294
      @meh4294 7 месяцев назад +15

      Love everything this man draws

    • @wheelockcao5695
      @wheelockcao5695 7 месяцев назад +5

      Absolute agree mate.

    • @brimple
      @brimple 7 месяцев назад +1

      He's the goat

    • @jinyounglee7677
      @jinyounglee7677 7 месяцев назад +26

      I never thought plastics can be beautiful until I saw NoriZC's art. That artist is just amazing

    • @yakoto4876
      @yakoto4876 7 месяцев назад +7

      I would think UI design is from lowlight himself tho. As he was UI designer back in gf age after all.

  • @josephchen1973
    @josephchen1973 7 месяцев назад +40

    The LONETRAIL logo itself evokes a sense of urgency. The letter E cuts off part of the letter T, as if the E is about to overtake T in a race. The A is also leaning to the right, pointing towards a left to right motion. Just as a typewriter creates new words from left to right, Kristen uses ambitions from the past (her parents) to create historical innovations that impact the future.

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +7

      Definitely a way to interpret the LONETRAIL wordmark. Thank you for your insights!

  • @secretscarlet8249
    @secretscarlet8249 7 месяцев назад +165

    Yessss please! As a graphic designer, I was first struck with how enthralling, clean, and thematic AK is with their UI and event/story design! Right when I first downloaded it, I was hooked! But I never saw much appreciation for it… until this vid! So I appreciate that you did this and hope that you’ll do more design analysis!

    • @niklassjvar1635
      @niklassjvar1635 7 месяцев назад +4

      Me likey, me second this, me smash like button

  • @Fizzyon71
    @Fizzyon71 7 месяцев назад +294

    Lone Trail is the one of the best Arknights event I've ever played. It's great to see the elements that makes this event very memorable

    • @HailAzathoth
      @HailAzathoth 7 месяцев назад +14

      Lone Trail and Stultifera Navis are some of the greatest limited time evens of any video game ever in terms of storytelling, music, and aesthetic.

  • @mr.clevertrick8710
    @mr.clevertrick8710 7 месяцев назад +146

    Huh, I thought CN would be the only one to make this kind of vids for AK since one was made back then when they had Lone Trail a few months ago. Good to know that some people in EN also appreciates AK's UI design, I swear it's underrated.

    • @hermanwillem7057
      @hermanwillem7057 7 месяцев назад +27

      i can tell you 100% many ppl in EN love AK design approach whether in UI only or graphic in general, but most can't put their head on why it's so good and most certainly wouldn't spend the time to think so, to analyze it. sadly gacha is still a gacha only even in AK to EN, most content are all about that and content creators feeds on those mindless cheap content about, devaluing the IP of it's brilliance.
      i wouldn't say the CN side of things already grown up completely from this infancy but their side definitely the most articulate when it comes to either lore dissection or design analysis.

    • @kyarumomochi5146
      @kyarumomochi5146 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@hermanwillem7057Eh
      Arknights ui is a 50/50
      Its either borderline amazing like lontetrail or the main menu or litteral hell hole like pinchout

    • @grantwu407
      @grantwu407 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@kyarumomochi5146I actually think that Lone Trail and POO aren't that different. I think Arknights' visual design is thematically evocative, cohesive, and creative.
      But in terms of usability, it's serviceable at best. Lone Trail itself had the issue where you could lose out on materials by doing the missions in the wrong order. I also remember getting incessant pop-ups for the material boxes.

    • @kyarumomochi5146
      @kyarumomochi5146 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@grantwu407 Not at all
      Lonetrail had beautiful UI with simple navigation with differences on colors and buttons
      Meanwhile POO is an absolute joke that is complex and stupid for sake of being complex and stupid wich had been a norm for HG latelly with FWTS being prime example

    • @grantwu407
      @grantwu407 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@kyarumomochi5146 I think Lone Trail is better than POO of course, but in terms of event structure it's pretty similar to all of the events we've had in the past. It's not surprising to me that people didn't struggle with most of it, nor that the part that people _did_ struggle with was something unique to Lone Trail - the Case Investigation.
      Having clear buttons and being able to navigate things is only part of UX. Case Investigation was an unintuitive footgun-filled mechanic.

  • @SzaraVytra
    @SzaraVytra 7 месяцев назад +241

    I am just impressed how Arknights as a product is satisfying almost every branch of creative industry. PV 3D animations, Anime 2D animations, Live2D, Storytelling, OST (fuck me, there is opera singer who reviews arknights OST and who is impressed about how Der Hexenkönig became excellent modern interpretation of Franz Schubert Erlkönig and how this game is one of very few mediums that is presenting classical music to younger generations) and now graphic design. I was just aesthetically pleased with that side story event and now I know why.
    Thank you for your video. I learn a lot through that 17 minutes.
    Do you think of doing more this kind of graphic design analysis? Not only arknights but games overall. I think this is just empty niche on YT that just waits for someone to fill it.

    • @aschere7325
      @aschere7325 7 месяцев назад +1

      Any link to that opera singer review?

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +9

      I'm glad that you were able to learn something from this video! I do plan on making more videos like this and will be sticking to Arknights for now as it's the game where I am actively a part of its community and for how diverse and wonderful its worldbuilding is.

    • @joshuaaller736
      @joshuaaller736 7 месяцев назад +16

      ​@aschere7325 I dunno if posting links is allowede here, but the opera singer is MarcoMeatball on RUclips. He has a playlist for Arknights, and is the second latest video.

  • @MatildaHinanawi
    @MatildaHinanawi 7 месяцев назад +38

    I bet you these artists 100 years ago did not imagine their work would become so famous, as to become part of the culture of an era, which would then be parodied in a video game, which itself would be discussed in a video essay.

  • @hermanwillem7057
    @hermanwillem7057 7 месяцев назад +55

    DUDE FFS EN NEED THIS!!! thank you so much to honestly create one of the best content analysis the EN sphere of AK ever have. THIS is what AK supposed to evoke to their player, the discussion on things that we take for granted namely the graphic design, something that makes AK so different than other in the market.
    and im watching knowing fully well how I'll get emotional again and damn i have no shame to said that i cry again, LoneTrail is perfection.
    so many things i wanna said but ill said just this one, LoneTrail success wouldn't be so monumental if not for HG been feeding us with a real sense of history in the making aswell as diversity in culture and era all this years prior to it. they DID NOT made LoneTrail just bcs, they fully aware of it since the beginning and decided the epitome of humanity moment in AK will be the same as we had irl. and that's what missing in most sci-fi story, the sense of enduring history and the passing of it, they just made a setting in the far or near future with all it's aesthetic and call it a day
    can't stress enough of how hard it is to pull of a fcking first spaceflight as your peak in this world setting but that cemented AK as one of a kind truly in that regard.
    again, thank you so much for this and for the emotional ride. i honestly couldn't believe anything could top LoneTrail for me, Goodnight Kirsten

  • @doktahsnotes3436
    @doktahsnotes3436 7 месяцев назад +48

    Incredible...arknights NEEDS more content like this. The game has much more to offer than just the gameplay and soundtrack.
    Keep the good work.

  • @Diamondeye299
    @Diamondeye299 7 месяцев назад +140

    Dam bro that last minute is actually moving me to tears remembering Kirsten
    This was probably the hardest event for me emotionally just because of how much I love Kirsten’s character I hope one day she wakes up and can see the future she brought to terra

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +9

      I cried too much while making this video and having to watch through CW-TS-4 again lol. Kristen is truly one of greatest antagonists in Arknights and I would love to do a video on her in the future.

    • @Gacha-Ritual-Master
      @Gacha-Ritual-Master 7 месяцев назад +4

      I read your comment and really thought it shouldn't be that hard and here am I tearing up too, it's the damn OST 😢 only FGO's LB1 and LB6 made me tear up like this out of all the gachas I have played and now AK has made it too.

    • @brianchu8147
      @brianchu8147 7 месяцев назад +1

      I’m hoping she makes an appearance in Endfield!

  • @vp7877
    @vp7877 7 месяцев назад +20

    Man just randomly dropped one of the best arknights videos to date

  • @maisjaki
    @maisjaki 7 месяцев назад +15

    We be fighting:
    - Rogue humantarian group
    - The government
    - The shadow government
    - Ocean cultist
    > "Earth dome"

    • @zchen27
      @zchen27 Месяц назад +1

      And probably very soon, hyper-advanced prehistoric humans who's the source of all our problems.

  • @elysiium1605
    @elysiium1605 7 месяцев назад +36

    It just amazes me how much thought and research Arknights’ GameDesigners have put into bringing each event to life. The way they use history as a means to develop new yet familiar looking stories was a process I always wish to see more of. Especially with Lonetrail , where they nailed the retro futuristic theme in audio and visual language.
    The more I’m happy someone else explaining what made the aesthetic of certain events so pleasing and harmonious.
    Thank you for the video.

  • @jackthefoxy3788
    @jackthefoxy3788 7 месяцев назад +34

    I’m gonna say this.
    Just like your analysis, I , a college student from a graphic design school, agreed to this as I also recognized each and every detail when I first play this event.
    Each details do really carry weight and emotions and bonus the songs, ost made me cry for how beautiful the world of Terra and its lore have become.
    Futura font show me quite a lot about Rhine Lab technology and our counterparts irl era. And yes I did homework research on that, the era of standardization for mass production and many more. A race of technology and space.
    And just like your video when analyze the very two of your personal favorite details. A lone pioneer and her space station, float amongst the stars. And fun fact, the “We have a lift off” in the trailer, PV and Boss OST (Kristen OST), it’s come from the real life audio from Control Room when the Voyager 1 launch.

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +6

      Well I'm grateful that you enjoyed the video and thank you for the insight on the Voyager 1 launch audio!

    • @jackthefoxy3788
      @jackthefoxy3788 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@HalfACupOfRice and I’m looking forward for your analysis

  • @Madcat1331
    @Madcat1331 7 месяцев назад +13

    THIS is the Arknights content we need! And what better event to discuss the game's design elements than Lone Trail?
    Great show!

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +3

      Thank you! Lonetrail is indeed one of Arknights' peak events.

  • @untemperance
    @untemperance 7 месяцев назад +9

    I'm surprised none of the event actually made use of Futura like you did in your video, considering it's kind of a staple of the Moon landing aesthetic and Prey (2017) uses it in every aspect of its graphic design. The typeface that the game uses is ITC Avant Garde Gothic, with a bold font weight, not Futura.
    I'm not sure you can fully make the claim that Avant Garde here is trying to emulate Futura because the latter looks at its best at a thin weight and with expanded tracking, while Avant Garde looks its best with a bold weight and tightened tracking (which conveniently happens to be Arknights' type design comfort zone). I do agree that it works to similar effect, naturally.
    I tried remaking the Lonetrail wordmark in Illustrator and made a shoddy attempt at cutting out the shapes from the characters before I found out that these are actually alternate glyph designs that are part of the font. Funnily enough, the Investigation Section is how I found that out; and that this is the exact same typeface used in the logo (and Dark Souls-style location names showing up on screen) of the game Control.
    In fact, Avant Garde is quite unusual for this style because the lowercase together look like they're somewhat rounded despite mostly having Futura's dedication to sharp angle terminals and relatively thinner stems even at bolder weights. It looks like Futura, but it doesn't look like Futura. It's also distinctly younger than Futura (from the 1920s), but happens to have been released in the 1960s, meaning it's just in time for the space race.

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you for the insight! I'll take a look at ITC Avant Garde Gothic and see how it matches.

  • @nad4243
    @nad4243 7 месяцев назад +9

    I'm a graphic design student and this video came out coincidentally when my graphic design history subject touched this period. Thanks for helping me study man

    • @Madcat1331
      @Madcat1331 7 месяцев назад +2

      "How do you know all this"
      "A little Liberi told me..."

  • @user-qs3kz2xg8v
    @user-qs3kz2xg8v 7 месяцев назад +27

    I remember when I first saw Silence Alter’s little drone thingy it reminded me a ton of some Russian stuff I vaguely remembered seeing in a 20th century architecture/design class in college - thanks so much for putting this together, it’s super interesting!!!

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +3

      Thank you for the support! You are not alone in thinking how Silence Alter's drone looks like that and I think where most people might recognize its design aspects is from Atomic Heart.

  • @doctorkuroshi
    @doctorkuroshi 7 месяцев назад +11

    You should, and I mean REALLY, you should make analysis videos on other Arknights' events, particularly the Integrated Strategies. I can see the potential in the quality of how you gave the exposition, and when combined with your knowledge and practiced graphic design background, you'd make future banger analysis videos, of course if you intend to make more videos like this in the future. 😊

  • @avneri4839
    @avneri4839 6 месяцев назад +2

    Another thing to add to this is the logo of Lonetrail is reminded me of the Sony Betamax L-750 Dynamicron. Most of the time, whatever the betamax tape contains is written on the cardboard cover alongside the color band. Which signifies whatever we are seeing now is but a record of the past, a record of a significant turning point, and something that can be looked at with nostalgia and a feeling of "tomorrow has possibilities".

  • @TheDoctorFromArknights
    @TheDoctorFromArknights 7 месяцев назад +37

    I am in love with this, as an artist and graphic designer I love these lore and deep dives into visual design, especially for arknights, keep up the great work and make more stuff like this!

  • @jonnevitu4979
    @jonnevitu4979 7 месяцев назад +10

    Lone trail will always have a sweet spot on my heart since it was the first pv I watched and instantly got me stunned by how good it was.
    I can only wish Arknights as a game was bigger, imagine living in an universe where we got anime version of this event man...

  • @sibericusthefrosty9950
    @sibericusthefrosty9950 7 месяцев назад +5

    This might be the only video so far that explores Arknights' artistic theme that isn't just music. You sir actually input history in an Arknights video, one that, for some reason, is always ignored (except for Marcomeatball).
    The graphic design of Arknights has always been ignored, as cc only focuses on stage mechanics, operators, and music, severely underestimating the power of articism in the game.
    And also, I am grateful for the proper use of hypothesis as it is, instead of slapping every educated guess/opinions as 'theory.'

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +2

      I appreciate your kind words! I will say that if you want more analysis of Arknights' artwork you should totally check out @Noelucc as their videos go into way more technical details about art then I could comprehend with my amateur interest in graphic design lol.

    • @sibericusthefrosty9950
      @sibericusthefrosty9950 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@HalfACupOfRice I've already followed that RUclipsr artist in my second account long ago. So, yeah, I forgot about her.

  • @sanuku535
    @sanuku535 7 месяцев назад +3

    I dunno, I am bored, going to rewatch this video. It's good so why not.

  • @RedWeeb4926
    @RedWeeb4926 7 месяцев назад +4

    Idk how to say this but this video reminds me of internet historian's type of incognito mode content where he just talks about a random topic and goes in-depth about them but somehow makes it really engaging and fansinating to someone like me who has no idea about graphic design or the other topics etc. I really like it hope you might make another video like this maybe not even about arknights or graphic design. I think with better video editing visual-wise at beginning of your videos your videos will speak to a lot people really well. This stuff is fasinating, and good work bro.

  • @tarako_wada1553
    @tarako_wada1553 7 месяцев назад +12

    Thanks a lot for this, I lov the video! The aesthetic of lone trail was a shock for me since the first time I saw it in 4th anniversary livestream.
    Edit: I also saw a bit of NoriZC (artist of a lot of Rhine lab characters) style in the event, he's also my favourite artist so I enjoyed the style of the event even more

  • @rxdcrxwn
    @rxdcrxwn 7 месяцев назад +8

    I still remember watching the trailer when it was uploaded for the first time, around six months ago. I couldn't stop hyping almost every week. The visual design, the soundtrack, the altimeter in the stages, the CRT-like screen when you open the event menu for the first time, the overall space race aesthetic, the lore dump screens, even the timing of Kristen's appearance in all three stages when you play them in 1x speed. I hecking love it, so much that my brain went productive. I even made some wallpaper (and login screen) for my phone and desktop.
    The visual design in Lone Trail is what made me so hyped when the event went live on Global server. I didn't want Muelsyse, even though she's a limited operator. I wanted Ho'olheyak just because she looks, well, intriguing, but after reading the reviews I didn't really want her. The only new operator that I wanted, got, and enjoyed was Melanite, just because she was designed by redjuice.

    • @niklassjvar1635
      @niklassjvar1635 7 месяцев назад

      Dear sir, did you share the wallpaper you've made with tge community anywhere? 🥺

    • @rxdcrxwn
      @rxdcrxwn 6 месяцев назад

      @@niklassjvar1635 Nope, not yet, I keep forgetting to upload it to imgur or somewhere.

  • @RyukiOokunami
    @RyukiOokunami 7 месяцев назад +4

    I highly recommend to give this a watch as Lone trail alone has spark a deep feeling in me for the early days of Sci fi that I have loved ever since I have known about Space odyssey!

  • @energybeats6051
    @energybeats6051 7 месяцев назад +4

    I remember trying out my first event on arknights and I got bored because of how long it took me to read the lore of these events so I just skip the story and just played until the fifth mission to get the rewards and it was like that until this event. During this year I've been afk farming stages kinda cause I didnt think my operators were strong enough to complete stages from main theme or these events and it was going to be like that for a while and then lone trail releases and I absolutelly loved it so now I decided to not miss my chance again, I knew I was going to get a lot of spoilers from the event but I didn't care I really didnt want to miss it so now I'm determined to complete all the main theme, side stories, vignettes, etc so I can understand the lore better.
    Before lone trail I didn't even start episode 4 and as of right now I just finished darknights memoir (including the mini anhilation mission) and I'm going to start episode 7 tomorrow and when I finish episode 8 I'll just play most side events/intermezzi/etc (I'm using a guide and I think that's supposed to be the order)
    Thanks to this event I changed my perspective of this game and fell in love even more with arknights :)

  • @Giimasu
    @Giimasu 7 месяцев назад +5

    While it might be hard for you to do it in consistent pace, I hope you can continue making contents like this. This is so good!
    As the uneducated I really take visual design for granted. Just like science, it has long history of craftmans and also taking with them the story of humanity's journey.
    Good luck on the contest!

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад

      Thank you for the support! I do hope to keep on making Arknights analysis videos in the future.

  • @SerenDark
    @SerenDark 7 месяцев назад +20

    This is really cool, thank you very much for making this! I would love to see more analyses or dives from you on AK visual/graphic design, whether event focuses like for Il Siracusano for example, or random promotional videos they've made like the in-universe ads they show on livestreams, or enemy/NPC fashion design that evokes certain styles and cultures for different locations on Terra, or even taking a look at the art styles of official artists like NoriZC and how they've been used surrounding the game!

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +4

      Thank you for the support! Arknights diversity in visual design is absolutely amazing and I would love to cover more of it in future videos! I would also totally recommend @Noelucc for their fantastic technical overview of Arknights' art as I prefer to go more into the history side of things.

    • @SerenDark
      @SerenDark 7 месяцев назад

      @@HalfACupOfRice Thanks for the recommendation!

  • @JZLee1015
    @JZLee1015 7 месяцев назад +5

    I was not expecting a graphic design essay when I clicked on an arknight video but this was really well-made. I hope we can get to see more stuff like this.

  • @eetuv6075
    @eetuv6075 4 месяца назад +2

    rrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah lonetrail is PEAK design. From the music to the visuals it's such a banger. Hope I can do something similar someday.

  • @strawberryshower1175
    @strawberryshower1175 7 месяцев назад +5

    One of the best events. The only one which got me to BELIEVE and FEEL this much was the Stultifera Navis. And oh boy, the main theme of the event and Kristen theme... Masterpieces. When the aesthetic alone gives you a spirit of braving the darkness and breaching into an unknown like trailbrazers of the past, this is really proving something about the humble gacha

  • @ronniejohn6055
    @ronniejohn6055 7 месяцев назад +3

    That is very thorough and detailed analysis from the visual communication design aspect. I really like the way you describe it, and the way you edit this video.
    Congrats, you gain another subscriber.
    Also goodnight Kristen, goodnight Pioneer. May your breakthrough become Terran civilization's first step, and inspire countless stelar voyage.
    I do hope so for our Earth, may one day humanity will touch the edge of universe and discover every beauty inside it.

  • @hambaby931
    @hambaby931 7 месяцев назад +5

    this was a great video! im always disappointed by how little analytical content there is on youtube about arknights and its story, most of the content i've found is about its meta. i love lone trail's aesthetic and norizc is one of my favorite artists. hoping this leads to more video essay-style analysis of the game!

  • @etheolee4430
    @etheolee4430 6 месяцев назад +1

    Love this video, their graphic design is something we should appreciate indeed.

  • @LurkyKyram
    @LurkyKyram 7 месяцев назад +18

    Insane quality! The amount of effort you put into this shows and it was a blast watching the entire video. Can't wait to see what videos you have in store for the future!

  • @ImusNoxa
    @ImusNoxa 4 месяца назад +1

    Honestly such an excellent video! I feel like you'd have to be blind not to be struck by the amazing visual language of this event, and seeing someone actually go through and analyze it was fascinating!

  • @azzygl
    @azzygl 7 месяцев назад +4

    Good luck with the contest! With such a high quality output I'm sure you'll win

  • @hanchiman
    @hanchiman 6 месяцев назад +2

    Lone Trail feels like a tribute to 1960 Sci Fi movies related to space exploration, like Odyssey 2001

  • @rallyleo1
    @rallyleo1 7 месяцев назад +5

    This is a video I didn’t know I needed. Well done and a perfect way to appreciate an incredible event that HG didn’t have to go so hard on.

  • @thomasmann9727
    @thomasmann9727 7 месяцев назад +1

    You picked up one all the parts I noticed and even some more! Excellent. But I wouldn't be able to appreciate all this without my experience from dating a graphic designer/artist lady so its nice and sad that most people only "feel" that it was good design but don't know why. But that's life :)

  • @napstaperd8824
    @napstaperd8824 7 месяцев назад +3

    This has become by far my favourite Arknights video.
    I absolutely love the vibe that Lone Trail gave off, yet I couldn't exactly figure out why - and this video has done just that! You've opened my eyes to the beauty and nuances of graphic design, and for that I can't thank you enough

  • @96kami31
    @96kami31 7 месяцев назад +1

    As someone who appreciates AK in all shapes and form (gameplay, soundtrack, lore), this was a very interesting watch. I rarely come over this type of video, glad someone was nerding over Lone Trail since i, too, at one point is quite obsessed with Lone Trail story.

  • @mrrp405
    @mrrp405 7 месяцев назад +1

    I’ve been blown away by their graphic design for ages but I think it peaked here. Seeing the Here I Stand typography and the colors it used really sold me.
    Also another thing, it really looks like saria’s design for this event ripped elements straight from the example you used for Constructivism.

  • @meguemil8542
    @meguemil8542 4 месяца назад +1

    I love these type of video analysis of the visual design. Hopefully you make more of different events. Thank you for this video!!

  • @MetarMartin
    @MetarMartin 7 месяцев назад +7

    Really good job! Deserves to be watched by many!

  • @HK-wq1ei
    @HK-wq1ei 7 месяцев назад +2

    I literally was dreaming of this video, because I loved the visual style and couldn't remember what it was called.

  • @Spectaxe
    @Spectaxe Месяц назад

    This type of content is like a gold mine for me as an aspiring graphic designer who loves Arknights's style

  • @laudza
    @laudza 7 месяцев назад +2

    Congrats man

  • @andwingo
    @andwingo 7 месяцев назад +3

    Thanks for the recomendation yt, I really liked this video and has only 180 views at the moment I saw it.

  • @please_be_an_operator_soon
    @please_be_an_operator_soon 5 месяцев назад +1

    Bro, HOW DID I JUST MISSED THIS VIDEO?! I should've watched this earlier when Lone Trail is still around.

  • @brachycrab
    @brachycrab 17 дней назад

    A bit (a lot) late to the party, but I love Lone Trail deeply and also really like design history.
    I wanted to add my two cents that a big part of the simplification + standardization in capital-M Modernism was for the purpose of universality, promoting collaboration and unity, especially in the postwar years. Here it works especially well for a scientific institution and a space "race," transcending both literal and figurative boundaries to unite in curiosity and discovery. What Kristen does is for all Terra and also just herself -- the standardized + universal but also sterile design style capture that juxtaposition perfectly. Truly a masterpiece.
    Thank you for your fantastic analysis!!

  • @brwolfon167
    @brwolfon167 7 месяцев назад +1

    Remember the name when there will be more vids about the interface of the AK, a very nice video, truly you broke the barrier with this, that the path in front of you goes up.

  • @zesshi06
    @zesshi06 7 месяцев назад +2

    This is exactly the type of video that we needed for such a graphically intricate event like this one, thank you dearly

  • @softycatbear9267
    @softycatbear9267 7 месяцев назад +2

    This is so fucking good. As an artist I need more!

    • @Siverron
      @Siverron 7 месяцев назад +1

      Frfr I feel in love with the narration of the video. I would love to hear and see more videos like this in general not just Arknights. Not that I am complaining!

    • @HalfACupOfRice
      @HalfACupOfRice  7 месяцев назад +2

      I'm glad you enjoyed it! Hopefully I'll be able to make more of these kinds of videos for Arknights.

  • @angelcarranza1558
    @angelcarranza1558 7 месяцев назад +2

    was waiting for a video like this for lone trail ty for this 🙏

  • @llennamaru
    @llennamaru 7 месяцев назад +1

    That was amazing analysis love it!!

  • @illaria325
    @illaria325 7 месяцев назад +1

    I thoroughly enjoyed this video and hope to see more like it, whether for AK or something else.
    The design in AK, in particular lone trail, does so much to immerse you in a world where you are watching 2 pngs write novels at each other. (This is not a dig, I love AK story)

  • @hellpunisher
    @hellpunisher 7 месяцев назад +1

    Beautifully put! The design of the event and the event itself are some of the best. And this video is one too!

  • @danneo8050
    @danneo8050 7 месяцев назад +1

    Man, this is amazing video. Thank you very much

  • @Riflez308
    @Riflez308 7 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing video, you just made me fall in love with lone trail again. Space exploration will always be my favorite genre if done correctly.

  • @erunagoeswaa
    @erunagoeswaa 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the effort! Good work, I appreciate this a lot TTTT

  • @nicolol29
    @nicolol29 7 месяцев назад +2

    One of the best videos i've seen until now from a content creator. The way you told the history of graphic design is really profound e show your effort making this video. Really impressing, I'm crying for this...

  • @ArikaPF1
    @ArikaPF1 7 месяцев назад +2

    im surprised there arent more videos like these
    this deep dive was really good especially given the lore

  • @Slewedleo
    @Slewedleo 7 месяцев назад

    phenomenal video, its great to see people talk about the aspects that made this event one of the best

  • @juliomantilla3525
    @juliomantilla3525 7 месяцев назад

    Really good video, it makes me appreciate the event even more, thank you

  • @theranmafan
    @theranmafan 7 месяцев назад +1

    This video needs more views. Great breakdown!

  • @animan095
    @animan095 7 месяцев назад

    What a nice little vid, I feel that I learned quite a bit with it.

  • @theangrydictionary89
    @theangrydictionary89 7 месяцев назад

    That's one heck of a video, especially for the research and tying all the little neat things that this event had for its visual style and intent. I am looking forward to more of such content

  • @Gui__VALE
    @Gui__VALE 5 месяцев назад

    Bro your analysis is so good, thanks for the content!!

  • @harri1852
    @harri1852 7 месяцев назад +1

    Really appreciate this vid, i love lonetrail event graphic design and someone make a full breakdown about it. Nice works!

  • @skade747
    @skade747 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the analysis. I enjoyed every moment of it.

  • @vilet4287
    @vilet4287 7 месяцев назад

    this is such a great video
    i was looking for exactly this type of analysis on the graphical design of this event

  • @wheelockcao5695
    @wheelockcao5695 7 месяцев назад

    The video I've been waiting since LT's out, thank you!

  • @daafaluqman3444
    @daafaluqman3444 7 месяцев назад

    I love this kind of format video about arknights. Thank you

  • @joeldrayer834
    @joeldrayer834 7 месяцев назад

    This was an excellent video and I really appreciate the effort you put in to break down all the details of Arknights that I hadn’t analyzed as thoroughly.

  • @asanezz1111
    @asanezz1111 7 месяцев назад +1

    Damn I was halfway through and I thought I was going through an Ahoy video. Very well done with the presentation!

  • @spiiralwya
    @spiiralwya 7 месяцев назад

    incredble analysis, loved every second of it as im also studying in this field

  • @lvcrimosv
    @lvcrimosv 7 месяцев назад +1

    amazing video, made me appreciate the event and the hard work that went into it more!
    seeing kristen go into stasis made me shed a tear.
    good night, kristen.

  • @gummiken3338
    @gummiken3338 7 месяцев назад +1

    awesome!!! arknights inspires so much creativity! this is a wonderful take on a part of arknights (UI, design) i hadn't seen analyzed before

  • @Cie_Kite
    @Cie_Kite 7 месяцев назад +1

    It was an exciting and very informative presentation, which also takes us back into the melancholic atmosphere of this event. Good job. And thank you.

  • @CorvoA77ano
    @CorvoA77ano 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for this breakdown of the graphical elements! It makes me appreciate and love Lonetrail even more than I already do. Won't be ashmed to tell you that I shed a tear over the poetic beauty of the visual design with the themes it's trying to represent.

  • @sunlight941
    @sunlight941 7 месяцев назад

    I've never felt more compelled to subscribe to a channel to listen to more of its future content. What a great and insightful video; quality stuff.
    Looking forward to more.

  • @justinelisayana7156
    @justinelisayana7156 7 месяцев назад

    Wow, you are so good in explaining all of it ❤ And, from the trailer to the art, to the every design, it really captures my childhood of watching retro movies , shows about science fiction, about that space race, how people in the past tries to imagine the future. And that ending regarding Kristen, mannnnnn

  • @steyraug772
    @steyraug772 7 месяцев назад +2

    the details of explaining the graphic design of lone trail is flawless, even minor details are tackled well
    we want to see more of these content like these in other major arknights event in other
    countries of terra from you
    or in other games or media you find interesting if you want

  • @SugarFreeMocha
    @SugarFreeMocha 4 месяца назад

    Thank you so much for this video. Teaching these insights does so much for helping people better appreciate art and the things they love.
    I would totally watch another video like this from you.

  • @notfromkanadea9720
    @notfromkanadea9720 7 месяцев назад

    This is such a well made video! when i first saw the design of Lone Trail i was immediately mesmerized by it, but did not think too much of it, this video made me realized how intricate everything is and made me appreciate Lone Trail even more

  • @prometheus1815
    @prometheus1815 7 месяцев назад +1

    This is really well made. I felt like I was watching a Documentary from Ahoy. Great work, youve thought me something quite interesting and made me notice something I didnt before

  • @kyarumomochi5146
    @kyarumomochi5146 7 месяцев назад +2

    Lonetrail was easily the most beautifully made event in the game wich was amazing

  • @BigbangNic
    @BigbangNic Месяц назад

    Sublime content, more AK!

  • @nothanks3620
    @nothanks3620 7 месяцев назад

    !!! I love the creative visual and UI design arknights uses for just. all of the things it does. i’m so happy to see a whole video just talking abt lonetrail, which i specifically loved. thanks for this!

  • @mycatjoe4
    @mycatjoe4 3 месяца назад

    used this as a guide to make my presentations look like Lone Trail. Your work is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for teaching me graphic design

  • @SSonataSoul
    @SSonataSoul 7 месяцев назад +1

    great video, its kinda fun to see it because i'm a Designer studant and actually graduating and seen a video like this with this kinda of content, things i studied in class is really fun and enjoyable

  • @shinsooxx
    @shinsooxx 6 месяцев назад

    A little late watching this video but really appreciate the effort!
    I’ve always said the incredibly varied graphical styles for each event as well as the music composition is what makes Arknights top-notch!

  • @haroharoid
    @haroharoid 7 месяцев назад +1

    I impressed also by the quality design in term aesthetics and overall design of Arknight, from every event we can learn lot thing about theme design. This very something i really looking for for real. Thanks for the analytic!!

  • @genesisroi1358
    @genesisroi1358 7 месяцев назад

    Goodnight, Terra.
    What an amazing analysis!