Sumeru

The Elemental Skill effects are still not finalized - I've drawn the character parts based on the Elemental Burst's animation. Time was a bit tight, so I've only come up with one concept for now. (Just before posting, I got notified that the ultimate animation has been changed, so this might not be very relevant anymore. Feel free to just browse through it. While we're here, I'd like to hear everyone's expectations and ideas for Haitham's splash art pose)

Quest Accessory

Idle Prop

This is a good example of the design process behind splash arts.

We start off with rough sketches of different backgrounds and poses

A pose is selected, and the background is drawn more detailed

The facial expression is changed from a smile to a slight shock, to better reflect the character's personality

The pose of the character gets slightly tweaked, generally better shading and outline on the character

The background gets more detailed and the almost finalized character pose gets imposed

Finalized design

Because Tighnari's research often requires him to sample and taste unknown plant varieties, he possesses a wealth of knowledge in plant toxicology. In the past, he was always poisoning himself when sampling new plants, either causing him to throw up if it wasn't serious or causing him to fall unconscious if it was serious.

One time he almost died, and after the event someone advised him to breed a *Fox Minion with high poison tolerance (see image) to sample new plants for him. Finally, this solved the problem. (In fact, what the person actually suggested was simply: "Just get someone else to eat them for you." But kindhearted Tighnari wouldn't do this.)