Golden Ratio

### Description

With the red stone as the medium and himself as the sacrifice, he blends the organic and inorganic materials in a golden ratio and adds a finishing touch for aesthetics - a miracle was thus born.

## Obtaining

### Cost

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**Golden Ratio** is a Limited S-Tier Costume for the Painter, Edgar Valden. It was introduced during Season 13 Essence 1, and gave Painter for free with the Costume.

The costume's essence was obtainable between September 30th and December 2nd, 2020.

## Appearance

### **Physical**

Edgar now has light blonde hair, still fashioned into a low ponytail with strands framing his face and bangs. He still has pale peachy skin and blue eyes, but his eyes are paler now. His left hand is entirely composed of gold.

### **Outfit**

Edgar wears an embroidered pale blue beret, the same color as his eyes, and is trimmed with gold. It has a spiraling gold pin attached, embellished with a gold aigrette and red and blue decorations.

He wears a white button-up shirt with ruffled trimmings, and has a close-necked collar fastened with two white buttons. The shirt leaves part of his back exposed. It has loose sleeves, embroidered at the end and gathered to pleated cuffs, which have ruffles attached at the end. The ruffles' hems also have embroidery on them. Over his shirt is a dark grey corset covering the lower half of his torso. It is fastened at the front with three silver closures and is laced in the back with black lace. Located on the left shoulder is a light blue capelet, decorated lavishly with gold embroidery, and only covering the upper half of his left arm. Securing it to the shirt is a gold pin resembling a flower or, alternatively, the lines of the Golden Ratio, and on the center of the pin is a diamond shaped red jewel.

On his legs, he wears striped black bloomers, closed at the hems with two silver buttons. Wrapped around on the hip is a black belt with a gold lock; attached at the side is a small black pouch carrying a tube filled with something red. Next to the pouch, towards the back, is another, smaller golden pouch with a square lock. He also wears black argyle stockings. The right stocking covers his entire leg, while the left stocking only reaches up to mid-calf. Finally, he wears heeled black shoes with gold soles and golden locks in the same style as the corset closures.

### **Item**

#### Paintbrush

Edgar's paintbrush is made of gold and splattered with light red paint.

#### Canvas (Without Stand)

The Canvas he holds is framed with gold as well, with a golden ratio symbol on the back and a white blank cloth canvas on its front.

#### Canvas (With Stand)

Decorative easel made of dark wood, supported by golden floral metal elements.

### **Special Effects**

Thin golden leaf particles surround his left shoulder and flutter around him when he moves. The gemstones on his left shoulder glow red.

## Concept/Design Notes

**Costume Background Story**

*There is a famous Chinese story "神笔马良" about the ultimate skill of a painter.*

*Based on the concept of this interesting and philosophical story, we chose alchemy narrative skins story and played it in the style of Identity V.*

*The foundation for a painter to paint is paint, and the foundation for an alchemist is the material for alchemy.*

*The basic concept of the skin is established by the connection between the two at this point: the harmony and creation of materials.*

*The golden ratio is the protagonist of the story, and his level of skill has already deviated from the pursuit of results of other alchemists, rising to the realm of artistic performance.*

*To express this artistic skill, we chose the golden ratio, a mystery of nature, as a special element of harmony.*

*The clothes are decorated with Finavocci spiral lines based on the golden ratio.*

*In addition, we emphasized his elegant and chic fashion style to distinguish himself from other marginalized groups.*

*We used the red Philosopher's Stone and the element of gold for the material expression of the costume.*

*In the story, the truth that the Philosopher's Stone can "turn stone into gold" is actually a misrepresentation, as the price of wasting the Philosopher's Stone is that you become gold yourself.*

*However, the surface of this cruel truth is so vivid that it has become an ironic joke of fools, targeted by those who do not know the other truth.*

Early possible concept art of Golden Ratio before the design was finalized
## Trivia

* The Golden Ratio is a phenomenon seen in mathematics, art and nature, and it is usually used in geometry. The symbol on his canvas is a Fibonacci spiral, which in an approximation of the golden spiral.
* This costume mostly represents Philosopher's stone a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver.
	+ His design may reference to "The Great Work" an alchemical term for the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone. As the lower part of the design represents Nigredo, the blackening or melanosis, the upper part represents Albedo, the whitening or leucosis, the hair color possibly represents Citrinitas, the yellowing or xanthosis and lastly the red petals represents Rubedo, the reddening, purpling, or iosis.
* Upon initial release, the translation of the costume's description used feminine pronouns; within the first week of the season, this was updated to the correct masculine pronouns.

Description with incorrect pronounsDescription with correct pronouns
## Gallery

* In-Game
* Official Art

### Appearance Decoration Menu

Golden Ratio In-Game Model Front ViewGolden Ratio In-Game Model Back ViewGolden Ratio In-Game Model Left ViewGolden Ratio In-Game Model Right ViewGolden Ratio Entrance Animation.Golden Ratio Idle Animation.Golden Ratio Press Animation.
### In-Game

Changes to the PaintbrushChanges to the front of the CanvasChanges to the back of the CanvasChanges to the EaselParticle Effects

### Concept Art & Icons

Golden Ratio English Concept Art (Twitter)Golden Ratio Chinese Concept Art (Weibo)Golden Ratio Korean Concept Art (Twitter)Golden Ratio Full Body SpriteGolden Ratio Costume Card Sprite
### Promotional Art

"Don't be tied up by anything.
Just do whatever you want freely without worrying about rules and disciplines.
In the world of paintings, brush draws the magic and various strange things.
I am the Painter, I am the King of my world." - Season 13 Essence 1 Poster (Twitter)2020 New Clothes Day Artwork (Twitter)2021 International Museum Day Artwork (Twitter)2020 Shichi-Go-San (七五三) Artwork (Twitter)3rd Anniversary Illustration by @pcpc\_zz (Twitter)3rd Anniversary Illustration by @jaunelarmes (Twitter)2022 Painter Global Server Birthday Art (Twitter)4th Anniversary Illustration by @omiso\_negi (Twitter)2022 School Trip Artwork (Twitter)April 2023 English Calendar (Twitter)"The beauty of life is the only thing that's always odd yet pleasant." - 2023 Painter Chinese Birthday Art (Weibo)Official English Twitter 200k Followers Celebration (Twitter)July 2023 Chinese Calendar (Weibo)5th Anniversary LINE Sticker (Twitter, LINE Store)2023 Lìqiū (立秋) Artwork (Weibo)5th Fifth Art Museum Contest (Weibo)
### Merchandise

Ichiban Kuji MerchandiseSweets Paradise Seventh Collaboration2022 Calendar Official Identity V Merchandise (Twitter)Identity V Identity V Weird Art Museum Series (Website)My Cocktail Merchandise (Twitter)TOVIO Pop Up Store Merchandise (Twitter)
### Videos

Identity V - A revelry for the fools"The ancient art of alchemy had never truly declined. It's a myth to the wise, a revelry for the fools." - Season 13 Essence 1 Trailer (YouTube)
## Other Languages

 🇺🇸 | English
 🇲🇾 | Bahasa Melayu