The Four Guardian in game reference

The Four Symbol is quite famous used by many anime and games as inspiration. Here is my study from the Four symbol inspired character designs.

Overwatch

I like these The Four guardian inspired design in Overwatch. The elements and the patterns the shapes are spot-on. They really did a lot of research in these, and those shapes in this design can show these character's personality and what kind of class they are. For example, the  Xuan Wu one for this hero Zarya who is a strong sub-tank, the designer gave her a lot of heavy amours and even a turtle shell; you can tell this hero is slow, have a lot of heaths, and have a shield.

XUAN WU

BAI HU

What I noticed in here is that the designer use a lot of sharp shapes in the design, it can show that this Genji hero is designed to deal damage.

QING LONG

ZHU QUE

Zhu Que Mercy is one of my favorite in these. Zhu Que is described as a red bird that resmbles a pheasant with a five-colored plumage and is perpteually covered in flames. This this design. The designer used a lot of flame pattern and added Vermilion bird feathers on her. The design show that this character is very flexible and she can fly.