Misane Mikoto MK.II (1BitHeart+1BeatHeart) (Patreon)

Card can be found here! 

(Backup link in case embed doesn't work.) 

https://mega.nz/file/0oZhjY4K#1mjCjjydxG8gXwRfrmTpFJqTHdgmfZql6KRq403NJ-0

(Be sure to copy the ENTIRE link or else it won't work!)

I swear I could put the above sentence in 72pt Impact font and people will still ask for a decryption key. 

*ahem* 

Anywho, haven't done themed releases in a while since well I haven't released cards in a bunch for a long ass time. In fact, this will probably be the last time I do so as I'm going back to only 1 card per month. Tried to do 2 per month, couldn't hack it so it's back to 1. That said, since this is my hobby I could end up making more than 1 card for fun so any extra cards will be released alongside the mandatory monthly...as a Patreon exclusive. 

I mean, subbing to my Patreon has always been a bonus so I figured, why not give a bonus back? Bonus is the key word here as there's no guarantee you'll be getting more than 1 card, it seriously depends on how I've been doing that month. So y'know, no promises. The bonus cards will be released eventually tho. Before I was like "Man I shouldn't time gate stuff so that everyone could get a chance to use it on day one." but like, people hardly do and when they do, it's months after the fact so I'm not so concerned over that tho. 

But I digress, anyways, if there ever was a theme for this batch, I'd say the theme is "Friendship." Because without a couple of buds helping me out, these cards wouldn't have been made. Like Misane for this instance. So like, the story behind this one is that Fissy (https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/56302368) released a Camilla card and while not a big fan of her, I was however, a fan of her hair. I figured it would be a perfect fit for Misane's 1BeatHeart/time skip design so I immediately got to work. 

However, when I exported the UV map, (Which is how I figure out which parts go where.) all I got was nothing. Like, literally nothing it exported a blank page. Sure I COULD modify the hair without it, but that's like trying to get somewhere without a map. It's possible, but it's gon be real confusing and frustrating to work out. So, I asked him if he had the UV map on hand by any chance and to my surprise, it wasn't that an UV map didn't exist, but rather it just wasn't being exported properly. He fixed up the mod in a jiffy and bam, I got my UV map. As a bit of thanks, I decided to make a Camilla card for him and that's why she exists. Ain't friendship great? 

But nuff about the back hair, what about the rest? Well, as I hope it's plain to see, I adjusted her body, face, and hair. She's been rounded out quite literally as her initial hair looked kinda squashed. Her skin isn't as pale as it used to be which was due to me overcorrecting as I think all the characters in 1BitHeart has this like, pink filter over them. It looks just fine in the game because the environment is built around that but it'd be like, iunno, transfering Neo in his full green filter glory into an entirely unrelated film intact. He'd have this weird green glow around him which was trying to prevent by lightening Misane's skin. However this made her too pale so I restored some color to her. Hopefully this is the right mix. 

Her face got rounded out as well and personally I think she looks cuter now. I get the feeling that I initially didn't think 1BitHeart's style would translate too well over to KK hence the more mature look, but this time I stuck with the original style. Not sure why I didn't think it would work. 

Other than updating the outfits with AccStateSync I don't think I've changed much outside of that. 

Anyways this is part of a themed pack so I'll be seeing you in the next post real soon!