Avant-Garde Graffiti Visionary! is an Event Quest during the Traces of Artistry Event.
Steps[]
- Watch the Children of Echoes' dance event
Dialogue[]

The Children of Echoes' dances leave Paimon in awe, and beneath the stage, a certain artist from Natlan with unique views notices the budding talent you and Paimon possess...
- (Approach "Dopey Dazzler")
- Paimon: Wow...
- Paimon: As it turns out, the Children of Echoes sure can dance! Paimon never thought the human body could perform the motions they did onstage!
- Paimon: The rhythmic music, the exciting fireworks... All of that combined brings a totally different vibe from anything we've seen so far!
- ???: Well said, radiant (sirsir/
ladylady), and your wow-warbling floating doll, too! - ???: Sharp senses, and distinguished, too... Yes. I'm sure you have what it takes to be the vanguard of avant-garde, and a rising star amongst graffiti artists!
- "Dopey Dazzler": So, how about it? Wanna join me, the Dopey Dazzler, in grasping the latest and greatest in trendy artistic thought?
- Paimon: Wow, here comes another person with an odd nickname!
Wow, you really do "wow" a lot.
You're not beating the "wow-warbler" allegations.
- Paimon: Don't even try changing the subject! This isn't about the "wow" factor or a silly nickname. The important part is what this girl was talking about.
- Paimon: "Avant-garde thought"... Is that the key to Natlan's artistic uniqueness?
- "Dopey Dazzler": Ah, there we go. Very perceptive!
- "Dopey Dazzler": As you can see, the vibrant dances, the frenetic music, the vivid graffiti... All of this has deep connections to the avant-garde.
- "Dopey Dazzler": Fashions, trends, novelty... To us, these are synonyms of "avant-garde."
- "Dopey Dazzler": As for me, the Dopey Dazzler, mainstay of the Graffiti Alliance, I'm trying to encourage a greater understanding of such forward thinking. First Natlan, then the world!
- "Dopey Dazzler": That way, art will constantly evolve, and works of extraordinary aesthetic value may be produced! Ever upwards and on for large-scale graffiti work!
I don't quite get it.
Seems a bit abstract.
- "Dopey Dazzler": A more specific example, then. See the large work of graffiti in the stage backdrop? I was involved in drawing that.
- "Dopey Dazzler": If that backdrop was a realistic landscape painting, a fine oil painting from Fontaine, or a mural from Sumeru...
- "Dopey Dazzler": Do you think it would still fit?
- Paimon: Huh, okay, that's pretty straightforward. Paimon gets it now.
- Paimon: So if the backdrop's patterns and colors weren't as explosive, it would feel less... energetic?
- "Dopey Dazzler": Of course, I wouldn't claim that landscape, oil, or wall paintings are bad, but when you need to emphasize vivid tension and burning soul, there's nothing quite like graffiti!
- "Dopey Dazzler": If you ask me, every tribe here in Natlan has the impulse to strive ever higher, the desire to pursue strength — that's why avant-garde is our primary style!
- Paimon: Y'know, you call yourself "dopey," but you're pretty knowledgeable, aren't you?
Are you going to take us on as students?
What's your hourly rate?
- "Dopey Dazzler": Whoa, whoa, an old hand at this song-and-dance, are we?
- "Dopey Dazzler": Don't worry, I'm not too fussed about all that master-student stuff, and I don't care about fortune or fame either. What we do here is share our experiences, in the hope that they will bloom and bear fruit everywhere.
- "Dopey Dazzler": As long as you can grasp the essence of avant-garde and create the inspired works of graffiti required, I'll be satisfied.
- "Dopey Dazzler": In fact, I'd even cough up as much Mora and material as it took to help you grow into a graffiti master!
- "Dopey Dazzler": And then, you can help me with sketches.
Me? Sketches?
Hmm? Is that how you get your hands on new assistants?
- "Dopey Dazzler": You could also help me promote this art elsewhere and attract more talent to our Alliance.
- "Dopey Dazzler": After all, our goal is to create unparalleled avant-garde work on every mountain! Currently though, we number at just over ten people, and that's just not going to hack it.
- "Dopey Dazzler": My back and waist... *sigh* If I had to carry dyes and paints all day, my bones would be left crooked, and my shoulders and thighs a mess too, no doubt.
- Paimon: Paimon was going to say that there seemed to be something fishy about all this...
- Paimon: But since you're being so honest, guess there can't be anything too off here.
- Paimon: And y'know, (TravelerTraveler), learning graffiti art doesn't sound so bad. We could probably draw something to mark our territory and scare off monsters and baddies!
- "Dopey Dazzler": Haha, yes! That's the spirit! In that case, let's get to it.
- "Dopey Dazzler": Now, our work isn't too strict about painting skills — it's all about the mindset. Let us begin, therefore, by taking the measure of avant-garde.
- Paimon: The "measure?" You mean the "principles"?
- "Dopey Dazzler": Close enough! In short, we need to find the inspiration to break out of our constraints and express ourselves freely.
- "Dopey Dazzler": Once you have done this, you'll be able to seize upon the scenery even amidst a speedrun challenge, and discover the limits of human movement in the midst of close-quarter combat, just as I do.
- "Dopey Dazzler": That way, you'll discover the exaggerated line-work you need for graffiti.
- "Dopey Dazzler": As for color schemes, we make use of combinations found in the natural world. You'll be surprised how many surprises it has in store...
- Paimon: This sounds familiar... But there's something a bit off...
Observing lines of motion while racing and fighting.
Collecting materials and studying colors.
- Paimon: These methods of studying "aesthetics" really are kinda different. Guess that's Natlan for you...
- "Dopey Dazzler": Anyway, take this guidebook and this Kamera, and go forth throughout Natlan. Might as well enjoy the unique sights and sounds while you learn, eh?
- "Dopey Dazzler": And once you're back, I'll use what you've seen and heard to help come up with an avant-garde philosophy you can best understand!
Other Languages[]
Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
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English | Avant-Garde Graffiti Visionary! | — |
Chinese (Simplified) | 前卫理念与涂鸦先锋! Qiánwèi Lǐniàn yǔ Túyā Xiānfēng! | |
Chinese (Traditional) | 前衛理念與塗鴉先鋒! Qiánwèi Lǐniàn yǔ Túyā Xiānfēng! | |
Japanese | 前衛的な理念とラクガキの先駆者! Zen'eiteki-na Rinen to Rakugaki no Senkusha! | Pioneer of Avant-Garde Ideals and Graffiti! |
Korean | 아방가르드 이념과 그라피티 선구자! Abanggareudeu Inyeomgwa Geurapiti Seon'guja! | |
Spanish | ¡(PionerosPioneros/ | Pioneers (M/F)Pioneers (M/F) of Graffiti and Avant-Garde Ideas! |
French | Idées novatrices et graffitis avant-gardistes ! | Innovative Ideas and Avant-Garde Graffiti! |
Russian | Передовой взгляд на граффити! Peredovoy vzglyad na graffiti! | Progressive View on Graffiti! |
Thai | แนวคิดล้ำสมัยและกราฟฟิตี้! | |
Vietnamese | Khái Niệm Graffiti Tiên Phong! | |
German | Avantgarde-Konzept und Graffiti-Pionier! | Avantgarde Concept and Graffiti Pioneers! |
Indonesian | Idealisme Grafiti Avant-Garde! | Avant-Garde Graffiti Idealism! |
Portuguese | Visionária do Grafite Avant-Garde! | |
Turkish | Vizyoner Avangart Grafitici! | |
Italian | Visionaria dei graffiti d'avanguardia! |
Change History[]
Released in Version 5.0