#creative-discussion
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Here's an old compilation of all my starters together
This is....like a year old now aaaaaaaaa
AAAAA SO CUTE
okay but can i make fan art of your spamb
i'd pick grass
There's a style to it that's really hard to match. Pokemon has a natural charm that helps differentiate it from other monster collectors, and that's all in the character design
I'm still stuck on that pokesona meme cause I can't think of an animal to make myself into lmao
Weh
Granted I've done some of my best designs completely drunk so
There's an art, I do not know what the trick is
omg that's adorable
NUCLEAR
SLUG
also a l c h o h o l i s b a d f o r y o u
I also have...sea cow....
A bab
wth those are so awesome
whoa
Edgy backstory
I got told to be fire/electric so I'm thinking some kinda grumpass tidepool critter
I think a lot of newer pokemon have lost that "charm"
I think there's only really been 2 Pokemon that haven't had that charm
I think design quality has remained consistent overall
For the records I LOVE big snek
Thank you!
Do you have moar art
Here's his old concept art!
oh yea they all look great
I really love what you do
I think some of the newer pokemon look very busy with their design
I'm in love with those
You're welcome
Lots of the designs you see have been redesigned and redesigned for over 15 years
w-wat
snake is HUGE fav
Same
i really want this snek in the game
please father these sprites are too old to show off
OH OH OH
Here's one of my fun dopey concepts
It's a weird thing to say but these don't really have a pokemon vibe
They are great but I don't think of them as Pokemons ? I don't really know why
That's fair! I'm not a designer at GF so I can't perfectly match their design style
And he should, he was modelled after it!
I try to match GameFreak's general concept style, but when it comes to execution I'm still hit and miss
I like to imagine that I at least make decent designs!
Oh yeah I never actually showed off my favorite design
Maractus evolution!
If I had to say why, maybe it has too many "features" ? The wings + the colors + the ankles...? That would be my guess
I love them 
Oh I agree, like I said before that drag was an old old design and hasn't been updated
I would def simplify it some
When I first started actually spriting these guys I didn't really have the artistic ability to fully realize the more complicated concepts, and as a result I overcompensated by adding details
Colors, patterns, etc.
Now my sensibilities have updated some and I keep things more coherent and focused
i really like things on fire and i really like sheep so mixing the two was beautiful
here u go @slate yoke i want this thing in smash instead of incineroar no hate to the tiger king just would rather beat people up with a sheep
FLUFFY BOY
He looks so grumpy xD
Thank you so much he looks so nice ;w;
bless for making such a cute being
Other fun info about him- he'll eventually evolve into a Fire/Ice type with some inspiration from Dante's inferno
I like the maractus
He will have fun large ice horns
reminds me of bellossom
Thank you, I'm glad you like it!
demon fire sheep
i'm down with that
This was the original first stage concept but I wasn't pleased with it
You can kinda see some of the concepts coming through here. Little wings and horn nubs
the shiny is pink
i need 20
If I ever get back to it I'll probably just make the wings more obvious and the horns bigger
Here's Spamb's original sprite
Cotton candy sheeps
ahh, sprites, back when making fakemon art was easy
Id love to do pixel art one day
I've been a pixel artist for so long
It was the first digital art form I ever did
i do most of my art on ipad, and i cant find a good way to do pixel art unless on my old computer lol
ohhhh idk anything about the apple pencil app
though doesn't csp now have an app version?
Yeah, i use csp on ipad
hmmm should be able to just turn off anti-aliasing and go to town, unless that isn't an option on the app yet
unless is there a feature your old compy has that ipad just doesn't compare to ;o
csp has a binary pen
its called dot pen and there’s the full and colour brush that works fine too
then turn on the grid and put the grid settings to all 1s
i thought dot pen only stayed in a restricted size
oh? :o
i personally don't use it because of that reason
oh it goes beyond the restriction? :0 that's sick
jdrheh i forgot it is technically emily’s birthday
That's not how you use an umbrella, Emily! But cutie!
yea its emilys birthday equivalent in the real world so a lot of japanese artists are drawing her
but translated to SDV dates today is spring 3 <_<
i asked Tara about it and this was the explanation she gave me
its google translated... so yeah
makes sense I guess so every character has 3 birthdays every irl year?
yeah, i guess it just comes down to whoever feels like celebrating it at that time
google translate is actually getting a lot better at JP - ENG translations
obviously its not perfect, but i understand them well enough
how can I search for more stuff
all you can really do is just look at the japanese stardew valley hashtag on twitter honestly
which is #スターデューバレー
but ur gonna get everything else that they tag as such
mind if I rt all of this lmao
"Alexian, you will not betray this nation's trust in you again. We will make certain of that today."
Just another OC redesign sketch~
Still playing with Alexian's redesign, probably won't ever finalize his armor because armor sucks
SHOUT OUT TO THE STARDEW VALLEY BLOG COPYING MY POST RIGHT AFTER I POST MiNE INSTEA OF REBLOGGING
YES I AM A LITTLE SALTY

Break their kneecaps
i'll get over it but it's,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
^
who runs it
No, no forgiveness
at the very least reblog or add to it
Kneecap breaking
^^^^^^
idk who runs the blog and i mean it's fine but
i dunno for me i have a lot to owe to the blog because they reblogge my stuff long ago and that's how i even got on the map in tumblr
but they stopped reblogging my art over a year ago
so it just
for them to make a post maybe hours after my post
about the same thing
is a ittle
Weird
to me
i would've understood if they made it a while ago and just reblogged their own post but from what i can see they just posted today
yeah
like to be clear i have nothing against this person and i don't even know them but it just feels kinda extremely shitty especially since it feels like i've been soft booted from such a huge blog
They used to rb me too but I haven't gotten anything from them lately
their post is a little different but it's extremely clear to me that they only found out bc of the post i made since the AMA thread is 9 days old
what's the post, anyways
at the end of the day it's no big deal it just makes me kinda sad and a bit salty but i'll get past it
it's about the AMA concernedape did
At first I thought you were saying someone stole your art ngl
is it one to tell people to fuck off about multiplayer on console?
smh 
no i would be actually throwing shit if someone stole my art
oof
See that's why we wanted their kneecaps
they got more notes than yours hwta
yeah because they're the bigger blog
yours is much more clear and explains things
to be fair they're not exactly the same
but i dunno
i guess for me it doesn't sit right
Plus you're the more valid community source t b h
they're allowed to post about something similar
You own the big discord after all
if the tables were turned i would probably have reblogged the post and added more stuff i found interesting
organic goat kefir
rather than make a whole new post
but that's me and you know i can't assume that this person has it out for me or anything
plus they don't know about bald heads you clearly have the advantage
honestly
ur right LOL
i'm thinking of gathering the information CA has given in this discord
but i'm gonna ask his permission to share it first
it should be fine since it's public
at the end of the day i'll accept i'm kinda salty about it but they can still do whatever they want, i just wish i would've been given at least a small shout out or smth since i would've done the same but that's how i function and they may not function the same way
mind if I ask a nooby question? reblogging is kind of.. different term of retweeting right? ._.
yea
yes it is
and obviously reblogging != copy paste ?
PS : != means not equal in case you don;'t know xD
That's reposting
i forgot the alt code for not equal
.g all alt codes
Reblog is similar to retweet
In both cases you boost the post to your page
I think jade has a clearer explanation regarding terms 
Short and precise 

i'll keep that in mind thx guys 
So I only got a head shape done
but ya know what? Its a good head - I managed to think and do it. Better than yesterday
Wish I knew exactly what Im drawing though.
Hoy guys, im gonna be starting a livestream here soon if yall would like to join. Dm me for details~
devour
@jaunty tundra no sharing streams please! you did a good move by offering DMs, you can share the streams that way
all good
Would people in here be interested in being part of a SDV Zine?
👀
Itd have to be a volunteer thing but I'd most likely be able to get printed stuff/physical copies sent to participating artists?
yesss
👀
I dunno if I’m good enough for a zine :U
Oh nonsense
Nothing is confirmed yet but do shoot me a DM if you are interested
@slate yoke @acoustic gulch just so I can keep interested people updated 
im def not good enough for a zine but that sounds fun and i'd love to see it
is zine supposed to be official? 
Honestly if I even do have an application process for it it'll be based less on skill and more on originality of idea
so what's the content of the zine?
That way everyone has a shot
Mmm not sure yet I'm still trying to figure out a specific theme beyond just 'SDV
SDV monsters
My break is over now but when I get home I'll mention it more
Please....slimes....
....slimes
Penny again!
lol but drawing the monsters of stardew valley would be interesting too
Lol
ofc it would be penny for makco xD
@ hellcat
have you seen my harvey drawing?
i thought there's no harvey lover around here lol
😩 👌
His hair seems a little flat? Other than that he looks good!
Ooooo yeah ^
I thought harvey's hair is always flat?
Granted I'm also the guy who fluffs hair to shit on everyone
make the glasses more rectangle shaped
Because....fluffy....
me too brother
FLUFFY BOYS
ooooh HAIR
FLUFFY BOYS
make the glasses more rectangle shaped
yeah sure thing, but in digitalised version xD I couldn't erase that part without erasing everything lmao
Only 1k times? I have to step up my game
i should drw penny also
oh lmao
Oh yeah Phis did you see the other drawing I did of my fluffy boy yesterday?
I'm not sure if those are fluffy hair either 
I mean the snake one
Ahhh ok
its cute asf!
Thank you!!
do you mean supposed to be messy fable? as far as I know messy and fluffy is diff thing
I guess messy? I use the two pretty interchangeably because messy can be fluffy
Also Harvey's second portrait was the best don't @ me
well most people apparently against his stache xD
It's a bad stache
what if harvey got dali stache?
Not better!
not even single facial hair? 
He can have facial hair, but no mustache!
okay but like ho tf does pennys hair work
magic
also best of luck with zine, i probably can't do it but the idea is really cool!!
her hair is anime duh
ho tf does pennys hair work
that's a difficult question
had to summon the pro of penny @onyx island
dyall ever forget u actually like to draw? lol
i did her hair down
cos the buns confuse me
i look forward to figuring it out tho
last time I draw penny, I overhauled her lol, not following vanilla style that much xD
the thing that I didn't change is her clothes, nothing else
i usually go closer to my headcanon than w vanilla
i like penny w a full face of freckles for example but i hoenstly cant remember how i used to draw her hair
i never use my post it notes for studying anyway

i like penny w a full face of freckles for example but i hoenstly cant remember how i used to draw her hair
then I'll redirect this answer xD
1dyall ever forget u actually like to draw? lol
penny lettin her hair out
but it's good ria, I'd love that penny than vanilla penny ugh
seriously who on earth are going to perfectly roll their hair like penny
wizards daughter is actually penny, thats how the hair stays in place
im gonna go see how other people draw her some other time
i bet ppl have nice hairstyles for her
this is even more logical and makes sense tbh, because it is a wavy hair
although I'd agree penny during release (still named dana) is the hottest of all
ZINE IDEA Base it around locations maybe??
Ie hey we have 6 slots for art taking place on the farm
uh.. pelican town? ._.
3 slots for desert
oooh
2 for joja, 2 for mines etc etc
bah, obviously you're gonna take all joja slot kred lmao
:^) maybe I might actually do a clinic slot
clinic slot? like pee is stored in the balls? 🤔
W H A T
never seen kred's art peko?
i have but,,,, w h a t
im
jsyk im repeating pee is stored int he balls in a vc with my boyfriend
what kind of american meme is this
w h a t
this is wild
lmao
WILF.
DONT BULLI ME
wilf = werewolf id like to frend
Sure
yes
ya
you cant say swears on the internet
what the f-
udge

by the way I still don't understand pretty well about the content of the zine lmao
I understand the slot thing but.. if I were in this project, what should I store?
@pastel iris I mean I'm still not 100% sure what I'll do. I know it'll mainly be focused on stardew characters (ie draw Harvey etc) but I'm not super sure
I've been pinged 
ouch, my arts is kinda biased to abigail lmao
yeah makco, perhaps you could explain the physics of penny's hair?
rolls to be exact
just a reminder that im doing a commission/request stream. DM me for details@
I wanted to take abby's slot but I feel like key might after it xD
oooo
I'm not quite sure myself, I just wing it haha
i just drew it down cos yolo
two lil pigtails or two lil braids might look cute too. or a high bun

two lil pigtails or two lil braids might look cute too. or a high bun
more like absolutely than might for me
I'm thinking of drawing penny lul somehow xD
Do it! 
yess more pennys
Macko where'd you get that monster prom emoji
I made them myself lol
I love it

Love it!!
Yeehaw okay I'm on break again
Like I'm fine with having dupes in this
I dont think it'll be like green hill zine (zine where each artist is chosen to draw a different area)
But I dont think it'll be completely free choice either cause then it'll just be Abby and seb LOL
Slibmes
I want to cover as diverse a range of chars as I can
And I'd be open to having landscape pieces too
So if you really wanted to you could do like a mine floor w slimes
I'm gonna draw Morris being devoured by slimes
No vore allowed or the mods will destroy me


any sebby fanboy/fangirl?
Like half this server lol
I think i turned him more edgier than ever lmao
You can't even begin to ping all the Seb fans here
starting from jade?
oh nvm.. 'making move on'
ah start from sakura for sure lmao @lament turtle
I only like Sebastian with my own poly headcannon ww
I actually love sam...w
kissy boys
@untold sorrel
your sebby is following vanilla style right?
nice phis
*hair I mean
eeh? explain what you mean
I mean your headcanon version of sebby is based on his vanilla or not?
or perhaps you don't know what 'vanilla' term means peko? o.O
You're....welcome?
vanilla?? like regular Sebastian?
oh! Yes, he is the same :)
ah perhaps it's just our difference of style xD yours seems to be more fluffy
yeah! maybe? x)
maybe? if it's not fluffy then what would it be? o.O
i dont know if i can say my versions of sam and sebastian, from the rules say no R18 talking of characters
FLUFFY!!!
my fave
yeah!! Sebastian hair is fluffy!!!
AH???
my sweet sSWEEET BOY
SEBCHAN CAWAII

ah dcburger sebby lol
this isnt mine btw its uhhh
what is the mod?? (゚∀゚)
seems they made sebby to be less-emo
idr where the portrait mods is hold on
what is R18? 

i love dcburger elliott (°▽°)
NSFW
rated 18 (and up)
Sensual/sexual discussion
just to let you know : DCburger's portrait has been taken down since a week ago
YEAH its dc burgers
r18 is nsfw! ( ^ω^ ) rules say no talking of it
you might want the unofficial version instead
oh crap why?
Always save your favorite mods to a good place!
Really?? I still have dcburger but not the HD...
That's strange 
_:(´ཀ`」 ∠): why......
huh
they might've got paranoid because of so many unofficial works
using their asset
just my assumption lol
I'm pretty sure most if not all of those unofficial works credited the original
i dont know if i can say my versions of sam and sebastian, from the rules say no R18 talking of characters
let's do it by PM shall we? I'm curious though 👀
well...at least i can look at the blurry picture of sam we
ah, maybe not, I don't talk of it unless im sure of your age, gomen
oh
I own a beard too!
I didn't know you draw some nsfw stuff peko lol
judging your artstyle seems to be innocent lol
i dont! I do have nsfw ideas wwwww
personally the nsfw content I prefer to draw is at least suggestive arts
but not showing genitals
small example, Sebastian, sam, and my farmer are all boyfriends! they date each other :)
small example, Sebastian, sam, and my farmer are all boyfriends! they date each other
you consider this nsfw? o.O
nah, but some ideas with it are x)
I'm pretty sure most if not all of those unofficial works credited the original
I agree to that makco, but I've been hounding dcburger themselves, they apparently prefer unofficial works to have their permission 1st
anyways peko, you didn't draw nsfw but you're leading this conversation about r18? I've no idea why lol
eh, im confused... well, lets stop talking of it then x)
surely you don't think my headshot of sebby is nsfw content right? 🤔
ya it might be good to move on to a different topic
He's finally done! My lifesize (5' tall) Crash Bandicoot replica.
An 'nsane amount of work went into this guy. 700+ hours over 6 months.
Hope you guys love him. Feel free to RT + tag any friends that would like to see him. Let me know what you think
More info in thread
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god damb
i actually forgot i had 2 doodles of akira from when i drew a ton of ppl for stardew's 3rd anniversary
oooo cuuute!
asfgdhddg the leah comic
ur style is so cute key
i love those
sidebar yall ever mindlessly work on a thing that ur brain just turns off and its suddenly late at night by the time u finish
i have no idea how i got here
yes
thats a mood
and i dont even wanna post it on tumblr yet bc its so late KJBGDFGD
could always Schedule it to post at a Good Time
my schedule on tumblr is broken now
i do the same thing im always hesitant to post late U_U
so annoying
I have no concept of time and throw things on tumblr whenever tbh
scheduling posts on desktop is v annoying, i feel like it works better on the mobile app
I never use tumblr on desktop lol desktop dumb
mobiles kinda dumb too, smetimes makes me Stuck unable to get rid of notifs
when you want to write on some unused ocs but i need to find a layout that i like first
why am i so picky
For the zine idea that I've been throwing around
Now that I'm home
Here's an idea - two versions. Physical version has one set of artists, digital version has a different set
That way i'm not limited to picking a select few artists etc
and so that way people arent as limited as with what they can choose to create, mostly eliminating 'slots'.
cool, but what if a artist wants to be in both? (Not me, but something to think)
does any1 know of any basic OC templates i can just use in a word document or smth
highkey missing charahub man
@lone mountain there is a website called https://refsheet.net thats good!
Easily create and share reference sheets and art galleries for all your characters; perfect for artists, world builders, and role players.
ah yeah i have an account on it already
ill have to make a test profile
i dont like that i cant private characters when first creating the profile tho :(
oh :( i just discovered this site recently
yeah it def has potential, i hope they dont abandon it cause i can def see it being better than toyhouse in the future
honestly i probably just prefer using txt files cause the whole new web design trend of 'everything has to be big and round!' is really ugly and i hate it so much
@pastel iris I FEEL HONORED TYSM
@lament turtle anything to comment? that's for my upcoming portrait mod though xD
you sure now? nothing felt buggy?
Lemme check
I need to shape sebby as best as I can because sebby fans are the most lmao
Maybe the eyes, but thats it! I love it 🥰
ah I forgot to say about the eyes xD it was in purpose, I plan to retrace it once it's in digital version
PS : I'm really suck drawing eyes in traditional drawing lmao
Its okie tho! I love it anyways
the eyes is expected to be like this, but in case if you have suggestion I'd be listening it, my style for the eyes is just a prototype anyways
uwu those look awesome!
i love how smooth ur drawings are
maybe the eyebrows could be a tinsy weenie bit more thicker
and yeah, thats true too! so smooth
lmao jev, on the contrary I always felt a bit envy to your skills, I mean with those brushes
I like digital art that also look like sketches
Because it matches my original art style
I'm totally using photoshop pen tool, as my background is a logo designer lmao
I'd be willing to go digital with a sketch lookalike, only if I owned a drawing assisting hardware
all this time I was traditionally drawing + photoshop pen tool tracing lmao
oh also I'm going to move to inkscape soon xD I'm pretty sure you all find it odd drawing anime with vector software xD
Lmfaoo
try vector software, mate
all your arts will be guaranteed clean
i love vector artwork
I use procreate
I use autodesk sketchbook
heck, people nowdays are damn skilled drawing with mobile devices 
i got an ipad pro just for digital art on Christmas
Nice
by the way sakura
ahh i see! Thats good1
what's your pfp
hmm 
I thought clean arts is not your style?
I mean you don't like clean arts?
you're literally using clean art pfp :V
I don’t know i just thought it was cute lol
and your previous pfp, that girl who slides off or smth? that's clean art too :V
I knowwwww
perhaps you mean you're not into thick outline?
my current (might be temporary) artstyle is heavily inspired with FF7 before crisis and kingdom hearts artworks though, so it's more 'cartoonish' than 'anime-ish'
slides in lineless art tho
just like this for example, it's a total cel shading not even a single gradient on it
idk how to Use Lines anymore ;D
but trust me sakura, you better love it, thick outline is damn good if you're going to make stickers or t-shirt design
its Good Art
sometimes messy lines and clean lines can be quite ugly depends on the situations lol
@spare gull no it deserves to be there 
no one ever sees their art as good enough
but trust me, theres no hurdle u gotta jump to make the gallery
I could understand that jar, photoshop drawing isn't good for outline stuff
unless you're going to manually drawing it like me
ahh i.. alright.. i just feel a bit embarrassed about it
manually creating the outlines like using brush or pen tool
so that's double job if you do that lmao
. . .what ways other than that are there
well as far as I know, you could use layer style > stroke
it's damn instant, but doesn't always guarantee good look xD
I just use brush tool and slam some colours 2gether man
idk the fancy studf
@unkempt tendon so yeah a kawaii sdv flower
Yes!! Fairy rose!!
i wanna see your way of doing it
or like every fricking plant in game xD
Because its fantasy
you can go wild in figuring how
it will be trial and error
that's not fancy stuff jar, that's instant stuff xD
but theres no wrongs and no rights in anatomy eather
OH I HAVE AN IDEA
your manual use of brush IS the fancy stuff lmaop
By the way the girl with bow
a land area with a few kawaii sdv flowers and a in the art can be a happy bird and flower petals floating

you got the proportions in sutch way i flipped and i still see it nice way
you said you don't know fancy stuff, but you're literally using fancy stuff jar
yeah usually the thing is you get it to look on one way but when mirror it
something always looks off
photoshop brush is fanciest stuff of all features :/
not particularly OP den, well some ppl prefer sai
@spare gull so yeah im blushing now thanks alot for the cute chicken
nnn nono!
i wish i had some finished sdv art to show you because ten at least i could show something thats not a complete sketch
but i didnt draw any sdv stuff digitally yet
It took me a while before I started going digital
ahh well i like doing digital but its also hard
ill try finish something stardew valley related soon so i can show
ohh i definitely will look for it!
:3
10/10 gif
cute!
your araki impression is 😩👌
me too i feel like
Thankuuu @stable elbow Araki is my Lord & Savior
adapting on inkscape 
oh, you do vector art? I do that, but use Illustrator
yeah quite many times on logo-creating mostly xD
now I started doing anime instead lmao
After 4 chapters of introductory stuff I think I finally know exactly what to do with Right Finger
😄
any good cel shading tutorial you got guys?
oh wait i think i have one
Shading and highlights can be pretty tricky, so hopefully this helps! There are lots more ways to shade than I showed, too! I recommend experimenting~ For th...
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Like! It helps me out a lot. It also makes me giggle and fart glitter. In this video, I go over my shading process and finishing off these little doodles tha...
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also this one is pretty great

drawing is too hard today
✨ a quick guide thread for using gradient maps in clip studio paint ✨ https://t.co/Smxt49WG9o
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very useful for CSP users ^^
soo toony xD
If you guys wouldn't mind, can you help me with this chapter I'm typing up?
Ooh what you writing?
These cute little oneshots with my farmer and Shane
We'd be glad to help 
Yay!
So this chapter I'm writing about is based on the theme of jealousy. I started writing about how Shane was jealous about the relationship between the farmer and Elliott.
sounds good miss! Good luck with writing, it sounds very interesting :)
how long will the chapter be?
So far each chapter has like 2,000 words
Ooh what do you need help with?
oh yeah if you need help then im also here for ya!
and 2,000 words sounds like a good length :)
So far I was going to have Elliott say some literary stuff to make Shane really think about his relationship with the farmer
But idk.
that sounds good, doesnt it?
Hmm how do you envision the mood/tone of the scene?
I guess I wanted to dive into Shane's psyche considering all he went through and how he feels about himself
And I imagine he might get insecure w/ how Elliott waxes poetry about the farmer?
Yeah.
what kind of relationship does the farmer have with elliott?
They're just friends. Farmer helped Elliott with his book.
i think having him say literary stuff makes sense but i suppose it depends on how aware he is?
like elliott could talk about how he'd love to write a poem about chemistry on par with the farmer/shane or somethin like that if he's not very aware of how shane is feeling
or if he is maybe talking about writing something about jealousy and layin down some heavy hints
for me personally i don't see elliott as much of a type to be super direct but it also just depends on how u write him
Elliott strikes me as the kind of guy to not be super socially conscious and write some super flowery poem or short story in thanks and it comes off as super romantic
oh yeah that for sure
Shane thinks its an affair, drama ensues
I can't even remember where I was going with this
I was thinking maybe it would fuel Shane to try and express his feelings a bit more
Or something among those lines
Hey guys do you have good writing ref for like.... NOT making a character too linked to another one
I want to stop making sappy love stories
Linked in what sense?
@pastel iris i like you art!
Well I always- oh gods faith's waifu
anyway
yeah linked like hmm
I always have the issue that my characters are based to be in relationships with another one
making them inseparable
or boring when not together
aka bad character writing
i might just focus on one character and make a mini story for them then focus on another and do a mini story for them
then if you want them to mingle you can put them in the same room and see how they interact with the stories they've experienced
whats wrong with me, zola? lmfao
I'll try that Jade 
i don't have any specific refs or anything sorry ):
it's one of those things that i think is just learning about the character
no no it's good don't worry
for me when i feel my characters are just existing as a couple, i try to think about little quirks and hobbies they have that are independent
since a LOT of my characters are paired together
Yeah sadly there aren't any really great refs for this stuff
like 99% of them
yeah that's my issue Jade
My trick is to make sure the important characters are constantly changing who they're surrounded by
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i like what jade suggested i do that too
Write a chapter or a one shot where it's just the character by themselves. You can get a better feel for them that way too
Exploring the character's personal thoughts a lot helps as well, the more you reflect on what they specifically feel the more distinct they become
I'm gonna give an example because I wanna talk about my OCs but I got like, that doctor who's really bad at actually taking care of herself because of other elements of the story (a magic war, death in her family)
and I bring one older man she's into and boom she gets better
and I kinda don't want that
I want it to feel more like, she's happier because he pushes her in the good but he's HER growth
Take time with her separate from that man and showcase how she's improved
He can improve her, but have her improvement show through her personal efforts
Even have her reflect on him helping her, just make sure she has a chance to herself to reflect on how she's changed
well maybe they don't hit it off at first, or she's into him but then he's like nah and she gets worse for a bit and focuses on bettering herself rather than focusing on quicker attractions
Avoid the mistake of "She's better now because plot demands it", don't be afraid to take time to show growth directly instead of implying it
Jade is correct as well!
copy pasting the conversation on notes
I've also found that with romance, highly one sided crush stuff can be super fun and interesting for a character dynamic
and maybe when she's feeling better she talks to man she's into and they can actually start somewhere on a better foot if u want them to be together
Even moreso if the first one to get the crush falls out of it
Just to get the crush again later but more seriously
Totally not exactly what I'm writing right now at all nope
that's kinda an overused trope for me, it's the issue
I always have that one girl who's into that one guy, she wants to improver herself for him to be proud of her
and it's eh
it's been ten years I'm tired of it
man i salute yall cause writing both sides of a couple is literally impossible for me
oh i didn't mean it like that zola
i meant it as, "screw loving ppl for now i'm gonna focus on myself"
Most of the advice I'm giving right now is the exact stuff I'm using for Right Finger lmao
it's very fun but i agree it's pretty hard jev
One thing to be careful of is making sure your character constantly has agency of her own
Make sure she has a motivation or goal that extends beyond the male character
well for once they actually only interact like, at the end of the day/at night 
If all she has motivating her is based in the dude, then she lacks personal agency and becomes less compelling as a result
Yeah I think you could really benefit from taking some time and writing specifically about her and exploring her
out of all of my oc making years i have only 1 couple where i own both the charas that i actually enjoy and is interesting to me
The more you do that, even outside the context of your greater story, the better you'll know and understand her as a character
And as a result, the easier it will be to have her operate on her own merits and values
i like to have personal/ external motivations but i also do have a few ocs who bank on romance as a huge plot point
And that's not a bad thing either! Romance can in fact be a source of character agency
The goal simply becomes "If I take the romance away, do I still have two meaningful characters?"
like my oc summer for my main story and my oc turin were very involved with one another, but then turin 'dies' and she hyperfocuses on like dark arts and stuff because she wants vengeance on the ones who killed him
on the flipflop though, turin equally has a lot of romance fuelling his plot point and i think that makes it a lot more fun to have both rather than just one
ok now im sad cause i had a cute doodle of them that i wanted to finish but its GONE
Jade you've used that concept well I think. That's how romance can be a great motivator for a character and supply them some kind of personal agency
Granted you don't need to kill one person to see agency in a character, buuuut
It's an option 😛
well he's not actually dead which makes some SheNaNigAnS
STILL
but i don't feel like writing an essay about my story because then i wouldn't shut up
If that isn't the eternal mood
in the "present" in the story she hates him and tries to kill him
"Yeah here's 5 pages on plot and character"
How many pages of story have you written?
"....2"
Do you just plan??
".....yes"
The eternal writer's struggle
But yeah I love talking about character agency because at the end of the day, character is my writing specialty. I've always considered myself someone who could write a good character
And I'm applying a ton of these things to my current story anyway!
yeee
Now to get motivation to actually write. I think I'm gonna have a self reflective chapter with Sam, Seb, Abigail, and Jackson next. That could be fun
Get them all together at night and explore some BACKSTORY
oh yay i found and only cause i posted it on discord at some poinmt
it
i canht type
Jev u ok
Omg
AW
These are both OCs yeah?
fan ocs
They're adorable and I love them
how old is this?
I love them both and want nothing but the best for them
Also! I have an idea on how to write this chapter.
one is a lovechild i made from canon characters
aw nice sarcastic!!
So Elliott writes his book based on farmer and Shane's relationship. He goes to ask Shane how he feels and Shane is so confused and a bit angry
OOOH
oh age umm
"How could you reveal personal details of our relations?" plot!
i like it, i wish you the best in writing it!
oooohhh
And that's how Shane realizes how much he cares for the farmer
i don't see your sketches often so i was wondering if this was way older
They when they're married, they go and hear Elliott read the book and they're like 'omg that's us'
maybe bad for me to assume ur art is automatically clean af all magically
it feels newer which si weird
it looks really good!!! i really love the colors too
Tfw y'all only see my sketches because I never finish anything 
Wh
if sebastian and sebastian had a baby, would their baby be exactly like sebastian or would it be different
A negative plus a negative equals a positive
^
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*inbred
thank you all for supporting my seb x seb = seb fic
LOL
Jade you better write this crack fic
pls
baby would be sam 2.0
Sebastian incest mpreg crackfic
an old friend of mine made a parody of my fanfic once and it was great
in which my farmer saw nothing but sebastian
oh no
i was gonna say dont u have a shrek fic somewhere
Wh
LMAO
you might be thinking of marm
oh yeah
Jade delete this whole server immediately it isn't worth it
LOL
sam is sonic and seb is shadow

super sonic sam
I want to....write a one shot where Jackson teaches the older people of Stardew how to text
do
chat fic
everyone calls sam a super saiyan but they never call him his more accurate 90s street equivalent, super sonic
Someone shares a minions meme
jodi
It's probably Jodi
Yeah
Jodi is a minions mom
NO WAIT NOT MINIONS
In Stardew World, slimes are the minions equivalent
So facebook moms share slime memes
They're the same memes just with slimes
so there are pictures of slimes with boobs
oh my god
Evelyn can't type because bad eyes and misspells everything
And likes to mass tag in cute pics she finds
LOL
LMAO


