Okami Research

I think it will be worth us looking into this game for the visual style of our film. It is made to look like a chinese scroll very stylised and artistic. Here are some concepts on the scroll like ours and some screenshots of the game:

I like the skies in both of these.





Trailer:



The Game Play video:

This probably shows the style better, especially at the end when there are mountains etc




Art Book:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Okami-Official-Complete-Works-Capcom/dp/1897376022/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1299119728&sr=8-7

There is an art book that may really help us... may be worth you getting Dave? There is a video half way down with a flip through of the pages :)