Trivia: Illustrators

Illustrators

Trivia

• Before an update in the Global server, the illustrator credit in the Operators' files were incorrectly labeled "Painter".
• NoriZC and Huanxiang Heitu were classmates of Hai Mao and Wei@W while studying in China Academy of Art. The two notably formed a doujin club named 二维镜像 that later attracts Hai Mao's attention.
• While Team Rainbow Operators and their related outfits are illustrated by HG's recurring and in-house illustrators, their illustrator is credited as "Ubisoft" in-game since Ubisoft Montreal owns the IP related to Rainbow Six Siege — Arknights' Team Rainbow artworks included.
• Some of the later outfits are not illustrated by the respective Operators' original illustrator for various reasons, with the most notable being as follows.
  • Because TOKI is no longer available to do contract work for Hypergryph since 2021, as he is currently working on his own project:
    • Overload is illustrated by Cenm0.
    • Shore Rescue Modification is illustrated by Rumisher.
    • Rainforest, Me, Rainbow is illustrated by 臼.
    • Dual-Threat Quarterback is illustrated by Anisotropy.
  • Because Huanxiang Heitu and Liduke are acting as the art director for Ex Astris and Arknights: Endfield, respectively:
    • Sui Operators from Ling onwards are no longer illustrated by Huanxiang (Xiaye Hongming for Ling, KuroBlood for Chongyue and IRIS_口艺 for Shu).
    • Sora's Melodiosa and Exusiai's Midnight Delivery are illustrated by Mag42 and 尾鱼, respectively.
      • Interestingly, Texas the Omertosa (who is released alongside Melodiosa) and her later released Wingbreaker are illustrated by Huanxiang himself.
    • The artworks of Lin and Ines as Operators (whose NPC artworks are done by Liduke) are done by Yyb and VVVVIIIIIIA, respectively; the former's NPC artwork in Dossoles Holiday is done by small_ryuzaki.
  • The NPC version of Hoederer is done by Ryuzaki Ichi while his Operator artwork is done by 树豚.
• Of all illustrators, Ryuuzaki Ichi contributes the most Operator artwork as well as the most outfit artwork.
• redjuice is best known as one of the members of the Japanese band Supercell.
• Cenm0 is currently noticed by the community for having illustrated many NPCs and supporting characters who end up dying.
• Skade's operators are known mostly of their complexity in cloth layering resulting in players joking having to guess how many layers of clothing are they wearing.
• WalkingBoring/直立行走 was known as an Arknights content creator in Bilibili before becoming an official illustrator. One of their creations can be seen here.
• Several illustrators has openly expressed their loves for their own characters:
  • Alchemaniac, Namie, and YUJI are known for their love of their characters. The latter two share the similarity of becoming "whales" after they failed to pull their beloved characters (Goldenglow and Astesia, respectively), hence being jokingly said by the CN community that their salaries were paid back to HG.
  • Puzzle's illustrator kan also has shown their love for their own characters especially if they saw him being shipped or paired with the Doctor themselves.