#🎨Fan Art

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wise igloo
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That sharp lighting upon his pants from the sword - nice.

wicked shoal
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Danke! I love sharp lighting and often go overboard with it. But i love making things shiny

wise igloo
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Question. How many layers do you work with on average? 🙂

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This question goes to all digital artists here. I'm curious.

wicked shoal
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Oh man, too many lately. This one was like 20

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That’s high for me

wise igloo
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nervous laughter no worries

silk meadow
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I really like the lighting effects here. Well done.

wicked shoal
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Lighting is my fav, i appreciate it

plain phoenix
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Looks absolutely incredible

slim remnant
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My art isn’t as detailed as some of y’all, but I try to keep 2 vector layers for lineart (1 main and 1 for colored lines below) 1 base color, 1 light yellow overlay, 1 dark blue multiply. So like six I guess. If I have a base and different outfits it’s six more per outfit folder

lethal skiff
wicked shoal
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You should aim for a solid 108 layers every time

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For good luck

silk meadow
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Indeed

sinful atlas
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gyat-dayum you guys have been cookin some gourmet stuff here i see

plucky hull
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im so glad this discord exists

the community was so scattered and disjointed but now its like im in dragoon heaven

silk meadow
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I'm happy the intention is coming through! That's the idea: bring all fans together, empower them with more knowledge and fun, and beyond.

lethal skiff
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His armor is making me go insane. Wish he had some high quality renders. At this point I'm just making it up as I go along

wise igloo
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I think it's looking great

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And I'm the last person to complain about "non-accurate" PS1 armor. One of my favorite old school game villains has this pattern on the back of his coat and for the life of me I can't decifer it. So I bullshit. And it works.

silk meadow
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I know exactly how you feel re: lack of high-res artwork. Have you exhausted your other options? If not, then perhaps some of your difficulty can be alleviated.

lethal skiff
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Only thing I can think of is getting up to that cutscene where it has his close-up and hope it shows some other angles of him. Other than that, Just that concept art with him and the Dragon Buster is all I've been going off of. His forms in-game during his fight don't really help me much

wise igloo
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Embrace the BS...Let looseeeeee

silk meadow
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Yeah, that pesky God of Destruction body is in the way somewhat. But not entirely. 😉

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Let's review:

  1. FMV stills (sometimes they help a lot, despite being low-res)
  2. official artwork (we can check the JP Guidebook)
  3. submap model
  4. battle model
  5. ???

Brain fuzzy, but will check some of these for you.

silk meadow
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That's worse than grabbing the stills from the IKI file.

lean cipher
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Better than playing half the game to see it blur by for 3 frames 😄

lethal skiff
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I'll just make stuff up. I haven't been 100% accurate on anybody yet, Melbu will just be the most different character

lean cipher
silk meadow
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Uh... I didn't say play half the game. I said check the IKI frames.

lean cipher
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Am I making that up?

silk meadow
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it takes like 3 minutes if one doesn't already have an export.

lean cipher
silk meadow
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ah.

lethal skiff
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👁️ 👁️

silk meadow
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We gotta retrain everyone

lethal skiff
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At this point it's really just what's on his arms that I'm trying to find some info on

lean cipher
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What map is that duck-face dart from? 😆

silk meadow
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I'll guess the rooftop scene at Lavitz' house.

silk meadow
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Stop double-posting, it's bad manner.

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since like 1995

lean cipher
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Tell it to discord

silk meadow
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I did, they said stfu

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alright let's start with the still frames.

lethal skiff
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aYaaaaa thank you very much for these

silk meadow
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low-res but still juicy. Hopefully they help a bit. Onto the concept / promo artwork...

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Only one I can find in the JP Guidebook on short notice. Can check more stuff for you later.

lethal skiff
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It's all good! You've done more than enough to help me out

silk meadow
silk meadow
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I didn't check all ~440 pages, but maybe. :P

lethal skiff
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Probably too polished of metal, but I kinda don't want to work on him anymore

silk meadow
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Plenty understandable, that looks like a ton of work.

sinful atlas
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god that looks so cool though

sinful atlas
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Would it be in bad taste to ask if i can use some of these pieces for a pathfinder LoD campaign?

silk meadow
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bad taste would be not asking for permission, haha.

sinful atlas
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In that case, @lethal skiff could I save your melbu, zieg, lloyd and lenus? Or anyone else youd suggest that youre comfortable with?

Itd be a playgroup that knows nothing about the game, so I really wanna give them some solid work beyond screenshots for the important characters

lethal skiff
sinful atlas
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I appreciate that a ton

tidal vortex
lethal skiff
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I initially had some more like space metal coloring on it, but I didn't keep it as prevalent

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here's that - lots of purples and pinks

silk meadow
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alt-universe Melbu.. 🤤

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surviving in a machine body! I could see it.

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Like Lloyd's armor but way more potent.

wicked shoal
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Ahhhh you made him so scary. Well done

wise igloo
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Holy crap that rendering, I literally thought he existed in a 3d space. Fantastic

valid shadow
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@silk meadow do you remember which artist lod's style was inspired from?

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or culture, i dont remember which

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organic looking stuff

silk meadow
valid shadow
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thanks

silk meadow
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you're welcome!

tight linden
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i got bored playing with Models and i think im onto something lol

lean cipher
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Shirley you can't be serious

wise igloo
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Aww it's cute

slim remnant
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Heck yeah

plain phoenix
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I feel bad posting these here, as I know these don't require nearly as much talent as some of the incredible artwork, but I'm working on a Sandora Soldier now in Hero Forge. Not a lot of good options so I've been kitbashing everything (very difficult). There's not even a good feather for the helmet. I had to use a carapace thing.

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If the Sandora soldiers and hellena wardens didn't show so much skin it'd probably be easier, as HeroForge has little to no options for cropped / half covering armor xD

plucky hull
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Based on their in game models hellena wardens ar basically dresses like gimps with chain mail scarves

plain phoenix
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I like to imagine either Fruegel is cheap, Sandora doesn't give him any money, or it's a dominance thing...

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We should have this as an emoji

wise igloo
plucky hull
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Guess you could say hes frugal

jagged cove
plain phoenix
plain phoenix
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So you guys think Mr. Sandora Elite here is wearing some kind of body suit with metal accents? Or is it meant to be like chainmail all around the purple bits that just isn't fully textured?

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Curious because I took a break from working on soldier to work on my boi

silk meadow
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Hard to say, it's a unique design. I'd lean toward moderate padding rather than chainmail. At most, a chain shirt under the main layer.

jagged cove
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I always presumed it was meant to combine a sort of ninja cloth or silk outfit, but with european-inspired metal armor on-top.

plain phoenix
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I hate using shields for armor plates, but given the undecided nature of his underlayer, here's chain mail and ninja suit.

silk meadow
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good work

jagged cove
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These are so cool, I hope you keep up with it!

tight linden
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this is fire

plain phoenix
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I still hesitate to call these "done" because I still hate the chest piece, but here's the Sandora Soldier touched up in their three skins (Seles, Hoax, Marshland)

karmic jackal
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This is a practice of me trying to color and practice inking on my tablet. I always had this dumb idea from the Omniman Thick Meme.

Granted, Kongol has a warrior skirt or coverings.

Nonetheless Enjoy 😘
Or Question my choices.

silk meadow
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The Lavitz mouth shape has me reeling.

wicked shoal
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Lmao

sinful atlas
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every day we stray further from Soa

silk meadow
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@here New creative event is up! See #📡updates / #1427809354287026288

silk meadow
karmic jackal
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Death Rose WIP. Prety much got the sketching done and hopefully I'll get something like a reimagined concept art.

hexed niche
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Any good artwork for adding to Steam?

silk meadow
hexed niche
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A background, banner, and icon.

silk meadow
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You can probably do some manual image cropping from existing fanart, but I'm not aware of anything purpose-built with those dimensions in mind. I'll look up the dimensions, as I think it'd be worth having a small fan kit for that purpose.

hoary kite
jagged cove
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That's incredible, good find!

sinful atlas
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that same person also did human dart as well

silk meadow
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The next arts event starts today! And this time, two whole months to cook something.

#1445568259284799604

slim basalt
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Yippeeee!!

slim remnant
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Anyone have any idea of what you’ll make for this one?? I don’t have anything in mind but I do know how to make snow falling in 3D now

silk meadow
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I have several ideas, but my drawing tablet's pen is still missing! Argh.

slim remnant
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Oh no that sucks haha

valid shadow
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what drawing tablet are you using

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I'll get back to blender once I finish my build

silk meadow
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@valid shadow I believe it's a Gaomon M10K 2018. I am sure it's in the house somewhere, but at this point I may order a custom one if they're interchangeable.

wicked shoal
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I have no regrets

jagged cove
# wicked shoal

Now I want a crossover of Dart in this outfit and Cloud in his wallstreet outfit XD

wicked shoal
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Omg they could be a girl squad

lethal skiff
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surprise claire (without the blood on the collar) commission

wicked shoal
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Slay

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Your rendering skills are 💯💯💯

slim remnant
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Yayy Claire!!

silk meadow
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Happy holidays.

slim remnant
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So let’s say someone made an original character customization game, what all would be ideal to include? Here’s what I can think of off the top of my head:
-Name/age/text descriptions
-race(which races should be included?)
-stance/weapon
-hair/face/color sliders

sinful atlas
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stickers/patterns/textures for clothing and for skin.

modular position sliders

slim remnant
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That could be fun. I was thinking fighting stances could be fun too

sinful atlas
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It would. My general golden standard for create a character games comes from soulcalibur. Honestly theyve really mastered the process, and if more items were compatible with each other or could be slightly altered, youd be able to make anything.

So I suggest getting familiar there and finding ways to improve if you REALLY wanna go all in

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I once made a modernized bandit drake there, still one of my favorite creations

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this

slim remnant
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Looks great! SC character customization is soo good. I’m thinking the easiest way for me would be to texture the base model with a basic stand animation and every weapon model etc in the file. People could open it in blender, hide and unhide stuff, and edit the texture via photoshop or something. That way users aren’t limited by my programming skills 😂

slim remnant
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Made this in Blender the other day. I just used the text object so it's not exactly the same font . might do the sword thing later if I need this for anything else

silk meadow
slim remnant
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Ohh heck yeah imma switch it next time

slim remnant
stark pawn
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This is really cool Fable! Nice work!

slim remnant
silk meadow
silk meadow
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yes

silver trench
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Did a fanart of my fave game of all time, you know, that one game on the 5th gen of consoles where a blonde swordsman saves the world from a sphere in the sky :3

slim remnant
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ooh the silent dude powerpuff girls

silver trench
silk meadow
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Meru changed sides.

slim remnant
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Wow I guess winglies come first

slim remnant
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Got all of the gang from Doom's model converter so I could make myself a screensaver! I used some compositing filters so make it seem painted as well~

wicked shoal
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Oooo that’s cool

slim remnant
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Also here's a WIP of an OC/character creator i'm working on! IF I can figure everything out she'll be fully customizable. As for the OC specifically, she's an extremely dedicated academic that decided to follow the Goons around so she can safely document creatures and nature! If there were a camp mod I'd imagine she stays there like some NPCs in Baldur's Gate 3

slim remnant
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Made some progress with a few expressions

slim remnant
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Made a few more clothing pieces and made a basic flail. I kinda want to also make all of the dragoon's hairstyles but that's a whole other task lol. Once I get all of the clothes modeled i want to try tweaking them all at once for a masc body... if that works ill be saving alot of remodeling!

slim remnant
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I hate when im in a manic art phase and this channel is quiet lol

Someone else post some fanart so I'm not spamming!!

silk meadow
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I'm sorry! My drawing pen is still missing :( . I may need a new one at this point, so I can make more fanart.

slim remnant
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Oh yeah I remember you saying that before. I hope you find it soon!

slim remnant
silk meadow
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Pfft. I know that's the imposter, rather than the real Princess Emille.

slim remnant
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Funny thing is I wasn’t trying to make Emille, those are just the first colors on my color list 😂 I really should make her and her sisters hair for this

silk meadow
slim remnant
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I feel like I vaguely remember it so I’ll have to look it up when I do 😆

silk meadow
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one moment

silk meadow
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my efforts have been thwarted. I will try again later.

slim remnant
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No worries lol

silk meadow
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Apparently if I want to draw bad enough, but still can't, my brain will go to great lengths to make some kind of fanart lol.

slim remnant
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That’s such a good reference picture of Emille, waaay better than the wiki one lol

silk meadow
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I've been telling ya to use SC or the asset conversion tool from DooM for years now, lmao. The whole point is to empower yall with stuff like that. :)

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restored asset quality is a total joy.

slim remnant
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Yeah I need to get off my lazy butt and start screenshotting refs

silk meadow
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Pokémon's James and Jesse, imagined as Zieg and Rose.

slim remnant
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lol they really are trouble so its perfect

silk meadow
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blursed ideas in my mind... noooo.. stoooop

slim remnant
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made some special Emille dress options. No textures yet cause idk if i wanna do them since i already have like 50 modular parts

silk meadow
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It's coming together! 🙌🏻

slim remnant
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Yeah at this rate I’ll be able to make cutscenes as well

stuck tree
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loving this new stuff everyone. great to see this project so alive

rough tapir
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Creating monster concepts from the game for the bestiary.
#1 Goblins

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#2 Trent

lyric rampart
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Heyo these look incredible! Love how the backgrounds fit where you can encounter them. There is a small typo in the Trent description, there's a " that should be a ,

rough tapir
slim remnant
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They really do look great. Very polished looking!

slim remnant
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Sooo modular~ I went and finally separated the brows,mouth, eyes, and pupils! +a few more hairstyles

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Oh no! Lisa is acting different than usual this time

lean cipher
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That fucking expression lol

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She about to do you dirty

slim remnant
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Watch your back!

slim remnant
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Happy Dabas Day! Got a reference of Dabas for myself but sharing for anyone else interested

sinful atlas
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Bladesong, the swordmaking game, came out today. I plan to make the casts weapons eventually. The game also allows for conversion to stl files for 3d printing, so once theyre done I'll try to share those as well.

slim remnant
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That sounds really cool

rough tapir
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“Too Late” an illustration dedicated to the moment when Dart arrives in Seles.

lyric rampart
rough tapir
slim remnant
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Omg thats so dark lol. Nice job!

stoic jungle
rough tapir
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"Meru dancing in Donau" 🌻 🌷 🪻

sinful atlas
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first attempt at Darts sword in Bladesong :

stuck tree
rough tapir
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Sunset over Hellena - Just finished the Page 74 of my fan manga. 🌄

analog saddle
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Underrated enemy

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This is sick

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I feel like a lot of this art eventually could be incoporated as mod assets in the future! Like map assets or remastered cutscenes!

analog saddle
silk meadow
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@analog saddle Would you like to see a Mininto Dragoon?

silk meadow
analog saddle
rough tapir
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"Inside Hellena" – Just wrapped this new page of my project! Fruegel

rough tapir
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Thanks guys!
I’m finishing the next page btw

slim remnant
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The fanzine announcement is exciting! I’m already inspired to draw stuff

wicked shoal
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Same!!!

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I’ve never contributed to a zine before

silk meadow
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Me either! It'll be my first time.

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be sure to drum up excitement in #1481473523254825052 and #🐲legend-of-dragoon to help the project get a little more visibility here on Discord.

slim remnant
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I’m trying to decide what would be most fun for a zine

silk meadow
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It's a very long development cycle. Plenty of time to make a decision.

slim remnant
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that's true, im getting ahead of myself lol

wicked shoal
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Mooooooooon

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Part of a larger piece!!

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Text is a lyric, next line is “i am listening”. In the “you are free to sever the chains of fate etc etc” font 🥹

analog saddle
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Looks great

wicked shoal
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I’m so pleased with it

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She nailed it

analog saddle
wicked shoal
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I have entered the gooey phase and must keep looking at that photo i took yesterday to remind myself how pretty it actually is under all that

slim remnant
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Does anyone wanna commission me? Nows your chance to see that LOD thing you always wanted to see!

slim remnant
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Did someone say “Kongol in Rouge apprentice robes?”

silk meadow
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that's hilarious!!!

slim remnant
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I figured it made more sense than his default fit lol

silk meadow
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Well, I do think it's novel to perform martial arts in a giant loin cloth.

slim remnant
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True, I guess I am shooting myself in the foot a little bit by changing it lol

silk meadow
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Not at all, I'm enjoying this sight a lot.

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I wanna feature it. <_<

slim remnant
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Heck yeah

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I made the clothes on separate layers so y’all will probably be seeing the base again later

lyric rampart
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I love this, what a cool concept vDSViolet DSGolden

slim remnant
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Got his main outfit now

lyric rampart
# slim remnant Got his main outfit now

This is looking really good! Love the details like his rings being included and the bull-eqsue head made of metal along the top of his loincloth. Now we just gotta see Haschel in Kongol's outfit to complete the set xD I can already imagine the scene...

"Kongol make for you"
"Oh, thank you. You didn't make me this because of the apprentice robe did you?"
"Kongol accepts thanks. Wanted to share what came from my people, after you shared what came from yours... Was Kongol wrong?"
"No no, of course not. That was a gift- I just didn't want you doing this because you felt indebted."
"Kongol understand, this was gift too then."
"Ah, good. Also, how did you know my size?"
"Kongol learn from Meru, art of skullduggery."
"I... you know I think I don't want to know what that even means."

slim remnant
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LOL good idea

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I had to look up skullduggery lol

lyric rampart
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100% Albert taught Kongol that word xD

slim remnant
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Although “taught” seems like a strong word lol

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Now I’m picturing Albert teaching Kongol like that scene in The sound of music. “Do a female dear~”

lyric rampart
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I'm more imagining Albert using the word, tbh all the bandit stuff in disc 2 would be a perfect spot for it to come up, and Kongol getting really confused like, "Kongol not see bandits digging in skulls. No gold there." and that would make Albert have to launch into an explanation which Meru totally wouldn't corrupt immediately as a prank bc the temptation not to is just too strong.

slim remnant
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That’s way better

slim remnant
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Wabaaam now they both have both outfits

silk meadow
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OH MY SOA!!!!!

slim remnant
lyric rampart
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Ayo that looks so good! I was just imagining a duplicate of Kongol's armor but this is way better. Love the detail on the shoulder pad

slim remnant
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Yeah I thought this would be more fun. Kinda like Dresspheres in FFX-2

wicked shoal
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Damn Haschel is shredded

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I heard Haschel has an eight pack

slim remnant
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I realized his arms were huge in his 3D render and decided it was more canon than his pencil sketch lol

slim remnant
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Im not gonna do the outfit swap for anyone else cause it slows me down but im close to finishing Dart and Lavitz

slim remnant
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The bromance is complete!

sinful atlas
slim remnant
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I figured it was too unique to not include lol. What the heck is it supposed to be anyway, a back shield?

slim remnant
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Btw here’s the base of Dart and Lavitz without their armor

lean cipher
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He would be a briefs guy

slim remnant
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Lavitz got the whity tightys cause thats all his mom buys

slim remnant
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Just finished Rose and Shana!

fervent creek
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Rose my favourite

tidal vortex
slim remnant
slim remnant
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idk why i keep checking the LOD Wiki. It had me thinking Miranda had brown eyes... I go in freecam for armor details and shes just looking at me like

lyric rampart
slim remnant
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oh i thought the wiki was separate from yall lol sorry!

lyric rampart
# slim remnant oh i thought the wiki was separate from yall lol sorry!

Lmao no need to apologize; the wiki had wildly inaccurate and incomplete information when I started working on it and there's still sections I've not gotten a chance to overhaul. It depends on which wiki you're using (ours is on legendofdragoon(dot)org, not the fandom wiki) but I checked ours and sure enough it says her eyes are brown 🙃

slim remnant
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oh ok, i made an account on the fandom one and changed it haha

lyric rampart
# slim remnant oh ok, i made an account on the fandom one and changed it haha

Yeah ours is here -> https://legendofdragoon.org/wiki/Main_Page
Some things are far more extensively documented now than the fandom, like locations having submap information and enemy spawn chances, or enemies having exact behavior mapped out. Although grain of salt that I haven't gotten to party members or equipment yet. I've done a big update on all enemies and almost all locations, but there's still some hiccups in formatting that I'll be fixing later. I also know that the items section is missing some info so it's not a comprehensive list just yet.

Welcome to the Legend of Dragoon unified wiki. This project serves as a resource for in-game information, as well as external data such as known merchandise, history of LoD in the news, and other documentation that more fans should be aware of. To learn why this wiki is being developed when we already have a resource at Wikia/Fandom, please see ...

slim remnant
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No worries, it looks like yall have added a lot so far

slim remnant
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Bad news....Albert has blue eyes too 🙁 I was happy with his brown eyes

slim remnant
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two more down! Last two are Meru and Lloyd

lyric rampart
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Ooh! Love the colors on these, so vibrant! And the outfits are always wonderfully complex, great work 💙

slim remnant
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Thank youu! I’m trying to be as accurate as possible so I can use these as reference lol

lyric rampart
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Makes sense, have you been using the free cam function in SC?

slim remnant
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Yeah I used it when I couldn’t tell parts from the art/renders (and that’s how I realized they both have blue eyes)

slim remnant
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Omg look at this gem hidden at the bottom of the fandom wiki

lyric rampart
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Interesting, that looks to be in the same style as some of the concept art in the archive but it doesn't seem we have a copy in there that I'm seeing. @silk meadow thoughts?

silk meadow
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I halted uploads to Google Drive in favor of our webserver - that's actively in development and will be online before summer.

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However, that will only be official art for a while.

slim remnant
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That is official art though right?? I’m using it for reference so it’d suck if it’s fanart

lyric rampart
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I think Drew is referring to art being hosted on the webserver being only official, implying that we'll eventually host fan art there too

silk meadow
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and you're not helping my ailing memory.

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separately, Wulves is correct.

slim remnant
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Ah ok lol. I’m using it for my fanart reference so felt it was still on topic

silk meadow
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It is, but at the time you only said it was a hidden gem lmao.

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contrary to popular belief, I cannot read minds. xD

slim remnant
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Ah dang you got me there

slim remnant
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Yay I’m doonnee!!

slim remnant
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Everyone together!

lyric rampart
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Really awesome that you did the whole group, seeing all of them together really shows just how much work you put in

slim remnant
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Thank you! Yall probably see more of these later haha I'm thinking of making all of the equipment in game on them~

lyric rampart
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It'd also be cool to see some of the other characters too like Doel, Lenus, Greham, etc. Dragoon forms too would be rad but so much work haha

slim remnant
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Oh yeah I’m soo intimidated by the dragoon forms haha. I was thinking about doing Dabas since I consider him a strong contender for a future teammate mod lol

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Yeah all of the other dragoons would be cool tho

slim remnant
silk meadow
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He looks happier undead.

slim remnant
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It gave him super abs, so that's a plus lol

silk meadow
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"bet you can't say no to me this time, Dart.."'

slim remnant
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Shana isn’t here! So there’s a chance!

lean cipher
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@slim remnant just saw your profile banner lol

slim remnant
valid shadow
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fable is 4th divine object

digital coral
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some relatively recent LoD doodles :]

silk meadow
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I like all of them. Bonus points for posting a sketch! <3

digital coral
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ahaha I was just referencing the concept art for that one

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I wanna make little cute versions of the dragons at some point

slim remnant
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Ooh I love them! Did you apply for the fanzine?

digital coral
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Thanks!!! I'd like to but I've never participated in one before

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I'm kinda scrambling to set up a portfolio haha. I draw kinda slow so I don't know if I have a lot of recent examples

slim remnant
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I applied and I’ve never done one either tbh lol

digital coral
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It's worth a shot I think 👀

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I did take a little scroll thru the channel earlier haha, really like your models btw!!

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and that lineup was super cool

slim remnant
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Thank youu! I post a lot here lol

slim remnant
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Anyone working on anything?

silk meadow
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Not in the art space, but I really want to end my drought.

slim basalt
slim remnant
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Oooh hot

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I’d recognize those pauldrons anywhere

digital coral
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OMG????

lethal skiff
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I wish I was workin' on something new but I've got a personal project instead. Maybe after that

lean cipher
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...aren't personal projects the ones you want to do?

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If it's just personal, why not do the one you want? 😄

digital coral
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I feel that though

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drawings should take a normal amount of time

lethal skiff
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fan art isn't good for portfolio pieces, sadly

digital coral
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...it's also like 90% of what I make haha kermit_fear

lean cipher
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I have a firm policy that it's only a personal project if the reason is, "Cuz I wanna"

slim remnant
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Aw man I was doing personal stuff a bit but never really got anywhere unfortunately. Art stays a hobby for me lol

digital coral
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I can't do that professional grind haha

slim remnant
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IKR? It’s hard lol

digital coral
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I've heard so many horror stories from friends who do commissions and I just could not. I would get mean after the third unreasonable edit request

slim remnant
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I don’t do edits after the sketch part but I also have only done free requests lately

digital coral
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...yeah I mean. they aren't paying you for that lmao

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they get what they get

silk meadow
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What if the Myconidos and Toadstools were given eyes? 👀
(Sketch from 2025, thought to be lost)

slim remnant
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10/10 would pat

digital coral
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fun guys fungis fung eyes

wicked shoal
digital coral
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yeag

wicked shoal
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I did a book cover for an old family friend also but only because he was a family friend and gave me a lot of specific direction but then free reign with the rest

digital coral
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Yeah like if someone knows what they want that's all well and good
I've had friends tell me about clients who change their mind about what they're actually commissioning mid-commission lol

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heard a story from a friend about someone who paid for flats and then in the middle went "hey can you paint that actually?" and later when she finished painting it went "I want to have someone else animate it, can you separate the painting out into pieces?"
my friend doesn't even offer that on her commission sheet lmao
the client also changed his mind on the design of the creature several times
she did charge him more at least but like. impressive level of indecisiveness tbh

wicked shoal
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My sister is like that. I stopped taking commissions from her years ago, haha

wicked shoal
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I’ve been “too busy for commissions” every time she asks for like three years lol

slim remnant
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Smart lol

slim remnant
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Felt like animating my old doodle

digital coral
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oh Lmao

slim remnant
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Aw man some time I'll have to make a fake brand called "Leenus' Hot Fries" lol

digital coral
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do it!!

fervent creek
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Ngl Lenus is hot

slim remnant
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I’ve yet to draw her (aside from the hot prize pic)

lean cipher
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Those 5 polygons are damn sexy

slim remnant
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And age appropriate

digital coral
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Legend of Dragoon is a work of art that encourages literacy

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What else would have taught me the word "bastard?" My parents' divorce?

analog saddle
digital coral
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Oh nice!!!

wicked shoal
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I didn’t know bastard was a bad word when i was a kid because of this game, lol

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I said it casually in front of my dad and that taught me

analog saddle
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lol

slim remnant
wicked shoal
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My best work tbh

slim remnant
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Darta is an icon

slim remnant
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Quick little idea for an OC. He came from the idea What if you could recruit other options for your team? He’s a deep sea fisher from Lidiera and an option for the Blue Sea Dragoon spirit. I picture his fighting style to be half style harpoons he can throw or wield in each hand like daggers

digital coral
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oooohhhh

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I love that

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really lovely design too

slim remnant
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Thank you!

digital coral
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the cape having a little rippling wave and the shorts having a shell pattern....this is very nice

slim remnant
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Yeah I really went “water water water” lmao

slim remnant
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I think he’d pair well with the fishing mod 😝

slim remnant
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I decided to name him Nereo(strong swimmer)

slim remnant
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Also I’d love if I saw more LoD Ocs! We might need to have some ready when custom characters are able to be modded in

silk meadow
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I'd love to draw some but my damn pen is still missing. aYaaaaa

slim remnant
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Nooooo

silk meadow
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Can you help me find my drawing pen? Please?

slim remnant
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Manifesting……🙂‍↕️……pen……🙌

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Check under the dresser or desk

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It’s under something dark

silk meadow
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If I find it right now I'm gonna call you my oracle.

slim remnant
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😂

digital coral
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on my old-ass phone it's 🙂 ↕️

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it can block other characters. thank you unicode consortium

silk meadow
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@slim remnant For some obscure reason I am checking my desk. Again. And I will be more thorough this time. If that's possible.

slim remnant
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Yes yesss. Don’t forget the areas the light cannot touch

silk meadow
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I have a rusty nail.

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Okay.. I found the case for the pen.

slim remnant
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Oh I hope thats not what I was seeing 😝

silk meadow
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I keep finding things that are not the drawing pen.

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An HDMI cable, and a battery cover. 🥴

slim remnant
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Aw dang maybe I’m a fraud

silk meadow
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Maybe for drawing pens, but for everything else you ought to open a business.

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"I find everything you're not looking for, which if you think about it... you're paying me the cost of finding one item but you're getting like 50 items. 50 for the price of one!"

slim remnant
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Ayee semi-psychic

silk meadow
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That whole search made me write a silly poem in #1408220959143366748 .

digital coral
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is there any chance you'd put it somewhere odd like a windowsill?

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if it's a more portable tablet I can see that happening

silk meadow
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Generally no. I used to keep it in the cylinder strap connected to the tablet. I don't remember why I removed it. It was on my desk for awhile, right near my monitor.. then nothing. It's possible I swept it into a grocery bag while clearing my desk in a hurry, which then made it to a storage box. I need to go through my boxes in the garage. Hopefully it's in one of them. The alternative is to sell my regular laptop and buy a used 2-in-1.

digital coral
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oh NO

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hope you can find it!!!

fair yoke
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This moment is always so funny to me, oh your childhood friend you haven’t seen in years is safe? Yaya that’s cool TIME TO DAB

slim remnant
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Yeasss lol

slim remnant
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Took another shot at Nereo’s design. I added some huge fish scales

fair yoke
slim remnant
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Ooh that’d be awesome

lyric rampart
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Albert shouting, "Harpoon," when finishing the addition and Nereo just chucks his harpoon into the enemy and only belatedly realizes Albert was not asking for an assist xD

slim remnant
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Oh sorry mate!

silk meadow
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I checked another four boxes. Nothing! Grrrr

slim remnant
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Nooo

lean cipher
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I'm looking back through the chat and don't understand why checking boxes is upsetting coderhat

slim remnant
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(Drew's missing drawing tablet)

silk meadow
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The pen, not the tablet itself thankfully.

lean cipher
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Oh, like checking boxes for locations to look

silk meadow
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Yes physical boxes

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That old material world we came from.

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I know it must still be around this house but I've ruled out so much.

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I could get a replacement but I'm already considering a 2-in-1 laptop anyway. Drawing directly on the screen would help me a lot.

lean cipher
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Ohhhh lol

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I hadn't even considered physical boxes, I thought you meant checkboxes 😂

wicked shoal
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Although i acknowledge even refurb is fairly spendy

slim remnant
silk meadow
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I appreciate yall's experience with them, but it isn't a suitable recommendation in my case. A key part of my goal involves converting the machine to Linux. The iPad is known for being very Linux-incompatible due to Apple's closed hardware ecosystem, so it's a non-starter for that and other reasons.

wicked shoal
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Yeah that’ll do it haha

digital coral
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I've got a Veikk, but I don't think my particular model can be used without a computer
it is an older one tho', and it's been reliable and pleasant to use

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Screen tablets are nice

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Probablyyyy avoid Wacom? All I've ever heard from people is that they've had issues upon issues, having to send it back for repairs and spending months waiting for the company to send it back to them

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I don't have any Linux-specific ideas unfortunately but from my knowledge Linux is pretty compatible with most things by now

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-# may have to switch whenever I get around to finally building a tower haha

silk meadow
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Yeah, I've heard mixed things about Wacom forever. I went for a Huion but it would not work with my Win10 machine at the time. I returned it, got a Gaomon, and it seemed to be the same product under the hood. It was about $50 for a large canvas area (no screen). No regrets.

For context, I want a laptop that isn't quite so bottom-of-the-barrel, but I also want better drawing ability and a sizable screen for video. Thus, to make this purchase worthwhile, it has to be a full laptop with a touchscreen that folds back for videos & drawing. Else I might as well stick to my current setup.

In case anyone else wants to know, generally you start with a Windows laptop. Linux usually runs fine. Hardware compatibility varies so just do research for the model you're targeting. I started by searching online in laptop communities like Suggest A Laptop.

One of them had a spreadsheet full of laptop models, their prices, and various specs column-by-column. I could easily see each one's screen res, RAM, whether it was a 2-in-1 or not, consumer or business model, etc. Very helpful. I used that as a base and added my own research to it, fetching latest prices and missing models.

The reality is, most 2-in-1s are super pricey. The cheapest Yoga laptop is a thousand dollars. "Cheap" ones under $500 are mostly Chromebooks, which will be too underpowered or sometimes use ARM chips. In short, the industry is a hot mess and it's not getting easier. So all I can do is compare models and hope a decent one is available in used/refurb condition.

silk meadow
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There are some companies that build with Linux hardware in mind, but that doesn't make choosing easy.

  • Starlabs' entry 2-in-1 model is a thousand dollars.
  • Framework's 12" 2-in-1 is $550.. until you add RAM/SSD/charger/stylus/port options. Even before price hikes, ~$900 was a big ask for just a 12-inch screen. On top of that, Framework is (quietly) pro-AI slop.
digital coral
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eugh...yeah, that is tough

winged current
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Doodles of the Dragoon

slim remnant
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Ooh i love your exaggerated style!

winged current
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😌

digital coral
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this rules

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Really dig the facial expression there especially. your style is really cool!

fair yoke
analog saddle
winged current
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Thx everyone. I think I'll spruce up these doodles today

digital coral
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I dug up RUNFAST.png and fixed the lack of wingaling things

silk meadow
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I really like this!!!

slim remnant
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Meep meep

silk meadow
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road runner mod officially predicted.

rough tapir
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Page 77 of my manga project on!

digital coral
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yo sick!!!

silver trench
fair yoke
slim remnant
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Nice rendering as usual....also daaaayum them cheeks!

willow carbon
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the Kamuy is awesome

digital coral
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thank you :] I might revisit him soon

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I want to polish up the DD too

silk meadow
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I now own a 2-in-1 laptop! First drawing is the Moon Mininto as a Wind Dragoon. Very rough, I know. I should add that this is done with my finger. I don't have a stylus yet, but I'm buying one today.

slim remnant
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Heck yeah a minintooo

digital coral
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HELL YEAH

silk meadow
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note the small eye has the big eyebrow and vice versa. 😉