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Joshi here. Today I want to talk about a piece from a game called Hotline Miami 2. This particular piece by Niklas Åkerblad always stood out to me because of how well it portrays the character in it. The man is known as Beard, a Vietnam veteran who now works several different jobs and is a friend to the main protagonist.Without playing the game, you can tell by just this drawing what kind of character Beard really is. Past his calm demeanor and laid-back looks, you can see the flames and faces of his past. The flames are roaring and the faces are angry, Beard is clad in cool colors conflicting with the warm colors from the flames, and even by just looking at his one broken lens, you can tell that everything is not alright internally for Beard. In the story, when you first meet him, you would never have known that this calm and gentle man had dozens of kills under his belt and even survived a suicide mission, knowing full well that him and his entire unit were meant to die the day before they were told they were going to be sent home.

This is honestly one of my favorite pieces of art I have ever come across and I will be definitely be revisiting Hotline Miami on this blog because there's so much more in that game when it comes to the visuals, it will take several posts to really get a good grasp of its amazing designs.