u/mssMouse

I cannot pinpoint what is bugging me about it. I've redrawn this same face angle like 3 or 4 times and this was the one that bugged me the least. But I think I'm on the verge of erasing her entire head and drawing it at a different angle 😅

Ref in second slide: although the character I'm drawing has different facial structure than the ref (rounder nose, fuller lips)

Actual sprite size is on the left. I just thought I'd share the behind the scenes how I'm doing my character sprites. I don't think enough people are aware that if you don't want to hand draw your assets... 3D modeling is a great option, especially for getting a full turn around sprite sheet from a single animation rig.

Even if you don't have 3D modeling experience, you can find models online (free to use ones or purchased of course) and edit to your liking.

The tutorial I used for the exporting as a sprite in blender, if anyone is interested in this method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J5okZLZzFY

If you're curious as to why her hair flips around in the non-camera locked view, it's because since the sideburns/hair strands are a flat plane, they simply flip where they need to be based on camera rotation.

I'm not sure if I captured her stare

Still working out some bugs but, the current weather system in place in my game has a chance to change midway through the day. Basically there is a double roll for weather: one that's determines the morning weather, and then a second for the weather midway through the day. The second roll is locked to a certain range higher or lower than the original weather roll, so the weather shouldn't change *too* drastically (like if it's sunny, it isn't going to start storming).

And of course, the crops respond to the weather change. So check the weather or talk to NPCs before going through the trouble of watering all your crops first thing in the morning.

Not final. Just experimenting with art style.

This is just me playing around with things. I intend to add a subtle curve to my map, but I wanted to play around with a really dramatic effect (for fun).

Plugin used: UM7 AdvancedTerrain, curve set to 3 **however I edited the code so that the curve is along the Y axis rather than the X axis. Just fyi. If you want a similar effect, you must go in and edit a line or two to replace the X coordinate with Y** Also, please note that typically having the curve at 3 would cause the map to "cut off" and show the parallax behind it. I've circumvented this by making my map quite small and by filling in my parallax color with the green from the grass tile.

Most of the sprite assets used by: Cup Noodle from their Sprout Lands asset pack