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==Connections to [[Girls' Frontline]]== | ==Connections to [[Girls' Frontline]]== | ||
*[[Artist:海猫络合物|Lowlight]], head producer of Arknights and co-founder of Hypergryph, was a member of [[Sunborn|Mica Team]] from roughly 2013 to 2016. He produced artworks for [[Codename: Bakery Girl]] and [[Girls' Frontline]], notably illustrating four out of five members of [[AR Team]]. In January 2016, he presented his position at Mica as a concept designer (概念设计师).<ref>[https://liqi.io/haimaoluohewu/ Liqi.io Interview]</ref> [[16Lab]] is also a reference to Lowlight. His last contribution to the Girls' Frontline franchise was [[The Art of Girls' Frontline Vol.1]], released March 2017. | *[[Artist:海猫络合物|Lowlight]], head producer of Arknights and co-founder of Hypergryph, was a member of [[Sunborn|Mica Team]] from roughly 2013 to 2016. He produced artworks for [[Codename: Bakery Girl]] and [[Girls' Frontline]], notably illustrating four out of five members of [[AR Team]]. In January 2016, he presented his position at Mica as a concept designer (概念设计师).<ref>[https://liqi.io/haimaoluohewu/ Liqi.io Interview]</ref> [[16Lab]] is also a reference to Lowlight. His last contribution to the Girls' Frontline franchise was [[The Art of Girls' Frontline Vol.1]], released March 2017. | ||
**In a concept art shared on Weibo in February 2016, during Girls' Frontline's third beta, Lowlight showed a sixth AR Team member with features similar to SOP-II, along with what appeared to be an early concept for [[the Commander]] or [[Angelia]]. The hood of this character is similar to the one worn by [https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Doctor the Doctor] in Arknights. At the Shanghai ComiCup 19 in December 2016, Lowlight drew SOP-II and the sixth member for a fan, annotating them respectively “II” and “W”.<ref>[https://weibo.com/5554228458/ElA3emp5J Weibo] (mobile only, [[:File:Lowlight SOP-W Source.jpg|alt]])</ref> Like the conceptual sixth AR Team member, [https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/W W] in Arknights shares SOP-II's black clothes and light hair with red highlights. Moreover, W is also a sadistic soldier and she carries an M4A1 CQBR | **In a concept art shared on Weibo in February 2016, during Girls' Frontline's third beta, Lowlight showed a sixth AR Team member with features similar to SOP-II, along with what appeared to be an early concept for [[the Commander]] or [[Angelia]]. The hood of this character is similar to the one worn by [https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Doctor the Doctor] in Arknights. At the Shanghai ComiCup 19 in December 2016, Lowlight drew SOP-II and the sixth member for a fan, annotating them respectively “II” and “W”.<ref>[https://weibo.com/5554228458/ElA3emp5J Weibo] (mobile only, [[:File:Lowlight SOP-W Source.jpg|alt]])</ref> Like the conceptual sixth AR Team member, [https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/W W] in Arknights shares SOP-II's black clothes and light hair with red highlights. Moreover, W is also a sadistic soldier and she carries an M4A1 CQBR [[Mk.18]] on her back. | ||
**Persistent rumors attribute some of the early plot to Lowlight, but Lowlight himself indicates he was only an artist and not part of the writing team in his interview in [[The Art of Girls' Frontline Vol.1]].<ref>{{cite|ab1|p. 233}}</ref> | **Persistent rumors attribute some of the early plot to Lowlight, but Lowlight himself indicates he was only an artist and not part of the writing team in his interview in [[The Art of Girls' Frontline Vol.1]].<ref>{{cite|ab1|p. 233}}</ref> | ||
**On 17 May 2017, Lowlight made a recruitment post on Weibo to find a graphic designer for a new studio. The post didn't mention a name, but contained an early logo for Hypergryph. Humorously, poorly blurred text reveals that the post reused a job offer graphic asset from Girls' Frontline.<ref>[https://weibo.com/1652903644/F2uD86c73 Weibo]</ref> On 14 August 2017, Lowlight teased an announcement about a new project.<ref>[https://weibo.com/1652903644/Fh59G9HP8 Weibo post]</ref> Arknights was announced the next day<ref>[https://weibo.com/6279793937/Fheo0kMxp Weibo]</ref> and Lowlight revealed that the game was the next stage of a personal project called ''3.0'' (or ''Xanadu'').<ref>[https://weibo.com/1652903644/FhexU7ieL Weibo]</ref> | **On 17 May 2017, Lowlight made a recruitment post on Weibo to find a graphic designer for a new studio. The post didn't mention a name, but contained an early logo for Hypergryph. Humorously, poorly blurred text reveals that the post reused a job offer graphic asset from Girls' Frontline.<ref>[https://weibo.com/1652903644/F2uD86c73 Weibo]</ref> On 14 August 2017, Lowlight teased an announcement about a new project.<ref>[https://weibo.com/1652903644/Fh59G9HP8 Weibo post]</ref> Arknights was announced the next day<ref>[https://weibo.com/6279793937/Fheo0kMxp Weibo]</ref> and Lowlight revealed that the game was the next stage of a personal project called ''3.0'' (or ''Xanadu'').<ref>[https://weibo.com/1652903644/FhexU7ieL Weibo]</ref> | ||