Can the old painting style be replicated?

[moonyuki]

Sometimes I feel that the new otomategame series doesn't quite capture my interest. The artist I like has undergone a significant change in style over the past few years. I really miss her previous clean and delicate style. Now the lines seem more solid, and the colors are not as transparent as before. The voice actors I like are mostly in sub now. I really wish to see a work with the style similar to ten years ago. I'm quite nostalgic.

 

[藍色水珠]

I first encountered otome games almost 10 years ago. Back then, most artists used hand-drawn art, with a few using digital art. The art style was full of transparency, with strong lines and expressive facial features—it was like appreciating a painting.

For example, the original illustrator for Hakuoki: Kazuki Yone (カズキヨネ).

Her art style is different now; it's improved, not that it's bad. However, with most modern art being digitally created and edited, there's a noticeable difference.

Times have progressed; even AI can create images quickly. I still prefer the fully hand-drawn artwork of the past; it felt more personal.

我接觸乙女遊戲將近10年前，當時畫師大部分都手繪，少數用電腦繪畫。畫風充滿透明感，線條有力，人物五官很有神韻，就像欣賞畫作。
例如薄櫻鬼原畫師：Kazuki Yoneカズキヨネ(數木夜音）
她現在畫風和以前不太一樣，有進步，不是說不好看，現代大多用電腦繪圖、修飾，還是有點差別。
時代進步，連AI都能快速製圖。我還是喜歡以前全手繪完工的美術作品，較有人情味

 

[dogiwall]

I'm not necessarily talking otome on this sentence, but I've seen a lot of old-styled retro visual novels and I've seen artists whose artstyles are influenced by other artists or an era. While I miss some things due to nostalgia as well, as an aspiring artist myself, I know it's inevitable for people's artstyles to change and I want to see artists evolve and improve (preferably without generative AI).

But to answer the question of this topic: yes, any old artstyles can be replicated. But only if people want to and love the artstyles enough to be influenced by it.