Inspirations

There are a lot of inspirations for this project I'm working on. There will be some easter eggs of inspiration appearing in the project.

## Monstercat

It would be shameful for me to write about inspirations without mentioning Monstercat. Monstercat is a big piece of the inspiration, without it, this project wouldn't start. When I came back to Monstercat, I had such a big welcome from everyone in this community. I had been through a lot of communities and fandoms, but they always ended up being toxic. My endurance is limited, and I can't stay in a community or fandom for the long term. In all of the communities/fandoms I've stayed in, I've never been noticed by members of that community/fandom, which makes me feel like I'm just sand in a vast sea. A big shout out to the Monstercat Community! Thank you all for the amazing memories when I came back, I will contribute my art to this community as long as I stay here.

**Artwork made by Monstercat**
## League of Legends

If you guys have a question about why this game is the inspiration for my project, I just want to say I love the character model, weapon design, and combat mechanics. I also play this game, and I can feel how much I am addicted to it. Some of the Monstercat Artists in this project have designed characters based on some champions in League of Legends. The main thing I love is the event Star Guardian, which has so many beautiful designs, and the story of that event made me start this project.

You can see more concept art of Star Guardian 2022 at here

**Artwork made by Julia Shi**
## Hollow Knight

This is the best Metroidvania I have ever played, and yes, I have suffered with the bosses in this game. The thing I enjoy about this game is the character and boss design, it is not only that the personalities of each character are the inspiration for the project. The massive world design impressed me a lot. I study and learn about the world-building of this game to improve my ability to describe the vision of the world in the project. The soundtracks of this game give me a feeling of mixing emotions, and the track **City of Tears** is my favorite.

**Artwork made by Team Cherry**
## Tales of Grimm

As known in my country, the name is **Idle Wonderland**. I play this game just for fun, but the thing that makes me like this game is the design of the characters and the artwork too. The design is so detailed that I got some ideas based on this game for some Artists' designs.

**Artwork made by Tales of Grimm**
## Alice Oseman Universe

Talking about Alice Oseman, I love her work so much—the story, character relationships, her art, and many more. If you know her, you may know **Heartstopper**, her most famous comic that transferred into a film on Netflix. I recommend you read her other books: Solitaire, Loveless, Radio Silence, I Was Born For This, Nick and Charlie, and This Winter.

### **Radio Silence**

Besides Heartstopper, I wanted to know more about the character Aled in Heartstopper, so I read this book. Holy moly, I love this book; it has good storytelling from beginning to end and is so good that I can't spoil the plot, and I highly recommend it. The couple I love, besides Nick and Charlie, is Aled and Daniel.

**Artwork made by Alice Oseman**
## Studio Ghibli

I bet someone will recognize this name. If you know, congratulations! You had an amazing childhood! For anyone who doesn't know, Studio Ghibli is a Japanese studio led by Hayao Miyazaki. This studio makes a lot of anime movies: My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, The Cat Returns, The Wind Rises, Howl's Moving Castle,... All of the movies made by this studio are always good and highly artistic. This is one of my favorite studios because it gives everyone a good childhood. Through many of Ghibli's movies, I learned a lot of lessons and found meaning in life. Hoping I can give some of Ghibli's style and meaning lessons for the project.

**A shot from Spirited Away, made by Studio Ghibli**