Short Weekly Results - 5/29/23 (Patreon)

Howdydoodle, I'll go over the 2 things I got done + what I have cooking with Sid, and an idea I have. (Also, there'll be a short, perhaps unsatisfactory explanation why so little was done this week :V)

1. Barry!

I've been asked before what Barry is supposed to be. The answer is simple: he is purple. In fact, when I designed him, my main idea was to make a "big purple furry guy" and that's what I made! I don't really have a species he's supposed to be, so I just call him purple. 

Anyhow, I love how the softer shading style of the painterly stuff looks on Barry. He looks so much softer C:

2. Icarus!

Everyone's favorite, squat, "actor." There's more than a few faces at Sihai who're big fans of his work, even if they won't admit it outright...

...And of course, I had to make his underwear horribly down bad. I had to!

3. Sid!

This one's still a work in progress as I got started on it very late, but Sid's always been a tricky one to make the sprite for on account of the somewhat dramatic pose shift he has. Honestly it doesn't look very dramatic in game, but it means I have to draw everything out beneath his arms and match the shading and- well, anyway. It's not as easy as it seems. That said, I believe the new shading style and the black lines will help this! I'm honestly so confident, I'll be giving Sid a more dynamic pose for his coughs. I'm looking forward to showing you all him in his finished state.

If this Sid thing works, I'll have it in mind for later on down the road. It's a dangerous decision to make, as it could make me not want to add additional outfits. However, if this is easy enough to do, then it's possible that when the game is closer to its completion date and I go through with the final art overhaul update for the game, I could add in base sprite modifications. Turning heads, for example, or a change in pose. Here's hoping!

The other thing I want to mention is the new title screen. I have big plans for what I'd like to do with it, but I do want to keep it a bit nebulous for now. What I will say is that I'd like to have it be more animated and dynamic, with the main characters showing up and having entire animation loops to work with. I doubt it'll be easy, but my heart tells me it'll be extremely charming- and that's good enough for me!

Lastly, I don't have much of an excuse for the small amount of progress. To be completely upfront, the new raid tier in FFXIV comes out literally tomorrow, so much of this last week was actually spent with the new patch and getting geared up for it. I could consider it a few days off, sure, but the short progress I got done isn't something I'm satisfied with. I plan to get some serious work done next week, especially since my ultimate raids are on pause and my savage raid should be after my self-determined work hours.

Thank you for your continued patience! I'm practically frothing at the mouth for getting back on track... soon.... sooooon... ,_,

(...Editor's note: there's still a lot of work to go until I can get back on track...)