u/Yankasii

Loving everything about Tahoma2D so far, and it's just like what I'm used to, except for the coloring. I do my cleanup in vector and am used to either Adobe or Toon Boom's system of creating fills that don't automatically change when you move the lineart.

Currently the method I used is Smart Raster that references my visible vector layer with raster view on. But with the raster fill it will leave some tight corners unfilled. I have tried adjusting the settings and making sure to fill while clicking near the corners to get those spots which help, but there's always going to be a bit of manual correction needed. Granted it's like that too for Harmony but usually I can just fill in the spots with another fill easy but here sometimes the bucket bleeds over so I have to go in with a brush. Plus I found out that both regular and smart rasters do not fill outside a set canvas, which is a problem because sometimes I want to readjust my camera in the animation program before the final composite and it sorta means I have to recolor stuff. I'm also now finding that the method seems to act weird when I change the camera to anything but default, because the fills are offset from the actual visible lineart. I know some of these can be adjusted by planning and extra effort in ensuring my lineart is tight, but sometimes I might wanna change things on the go and there will be stuff I'm going to miss on the first pass (On a related note, any way to make it so that I can turn a camera "invisible" Imagine I've animated a camera moving a cross a large canvas then I want to disable it so I can see the whole thing without the animated camera to adjust or correct things)

I've done some searching but it seems like there's no way to make vector fills a separate fixed object. Although I'd like to ask here if maybe there's something I'm missing or other tricks that could help? Thank you!

A lot of people think the final battle of Artificer's campaign was a little underwhelming. Personally I think it was kinda fun but way too short, on top of being a little tedious to run back to on each attempt.

But I think the biggest missed opportunity is in the game's namesake. Should've had the final battle take place in the rain. Maybe the battle could take a cinematic approach where after a few hits the Chief runs away and you chase them into an open area. Then cue dark clouds, rain falls. The Metropolis is above Pebbles so logically there shouldn't even BE any rain but that's what'll make it surprising. It's natural, it won't crush you, it's nature reclaiming agency amidst the ancients playing god and reshaping the ecosystem with machines.

You race to grab and throw a weapon and once you nail the Chieftain Scavenger, a scripted cutscene plays where you approach the mask. Scavengers swarm you but as you grab the Chief's mask, thunder strikes and they all run in fear. Cue ending scene.

I was a bit confused because for a while I thought that rain was caused by Pebbles and Moon flushing out water onto the facilities below but I've read in some comments it might be actual rain but still unnaturally caused by Iterators evaporating the water supply. Regardless, I think maybe it'd be unique that this campaign is where you get to experience the most natural rain. After all the themes of Art's campaign are about that natural, primal instinct of a parent's love and loss.

(This idea came to me while trying to conceptualize a storyboard lol)