-Variant's artsy den

[-Variant]

17 minutes ago, minespatch said:

You should expand on this mod past the contest. This could be a great sister mod to @ADM's cherry forest world.

I did consider it! I plan on continuing the line of rewards they'll have and decorations. 
I might keep the characters as running characters and have them participate in other holidays like Winter's feast and give them in-season outfits too.

[minespatch]

2 minutes ago, -Variant said:

I might keep the characters as running characters and have them participate in other holidays like Winter's feast and give them in-season outfits too.

That'd be different! Haven't seen a mod tackle that so intensively.

[ADM]

51 minutes ago, minespatch said:

You should expand on this mod past the contest. This could be a great sister mod to @ADM's cherry forest world.

I actually had something in mind, we plan to do something as well with @Notecja for the HN challenge and I think the two mods could have a bunch of interactions. (eventually there will be some visuals to share later)

[-Variant]

Did a DST drawing of my friend, Zim's OC, Black! W.I.P sketch in spoiler.
Had a ton of fun and I plan on doing skin concepts too!

Just a small break and something else to work on between the Halloween event. :}

Spoiler

 

[minespatch]

It'd be cool to see her fight against swineclops.

[-Variant]

Been working a lot recently... here's some things I've been working on.
I accidently made a new character. Oops. Her name's Whimsy. Whimsy, the disoriented!
She doesn't actually have a backstory or perks yet because I made her in the span of like 4 hours yesterday though. 

 

I've also been working on the Halloween mod some more. You'll be able to actually buy chairs you can sit on from Papa Gourdon (The Pumpkin dad.) I think... I think this is the first mod to have chairs you can sit on. Huh.



(Also Munchkins with hats.)

[Astraia]

I gotta say, your art style is really adorable, I'm very hooked at this point in time!

Dang, I really gotta step up my game with my art, I have to keep trying to find a better app than what I'm using, their brushes aren't as great as I had hoped

Edited September 15, 2021 by ShadowQueen

[minespatch]

I wish the devs could take the chair concept. It's really nice.

[Szczuku]

Man, the speed at which you make those things.

How long have you been coding and drawing to make mods so fast

[Hornete]

4 hours ago, Szczuku said:

Man, the speed at which you make those things.

How long have you been coding and drawing to make mods so fast

Not Variant, but I did the first iteration of these chairs(code-wise) for them in an hour or so. Think I've been modding for a few years now, working with Variant and others at times 

Edited September 16, 2021 by Hornete

[-Variant]

11 hours ago, Szczuku said:

Man, the speed at which you make those things.

How long have you been coding and drawing to make mods so fast

I appreciate that, but I'm just doing the art for these right now! Like Hornet said in the msg above he's the one who's been doing the solid code for a chunk of the things I've been posting recently. I've got him and another friend helping me out with the Halloween submission code wise so absolute huge props to them for putting up with me. X}

As for art, it really depends. My mood varies intensely by the hour so its always a different story, ahaha.
I can usually finish entire custom mod characters in about 2-5 or so hours if I'm really focusing, as Whimsy would show.
Small custom stuff and reskins an hour or 2. Usually less though.
Custom mob builds vary intensely depending on what exactly it is I'm doing but the Pumpkin babies I posted earlier for example took about an hour.
Occasionally I'll do all the animations myself, and some partial code work for my own custom stuff like Characters though.

18 hours ago, minespatch said:

I wish the devs could take the chair concept. It's really nice.

Maybe one day!

Speaking of Whimsy, did some concept art. Yes I you can barely understand it because my final art compared to my concept art is like comparing a snail to a sky scraper. 

The idea is that she'll make sacrifices of her stats to make projections of structures! Like how Maxwell can divide his sanity into clones. She can divide herself into stuff like Science machines that'll last a few seconds and then fade away, returning her stats.
Like a portable base of sorts...

Here's a concept for a collar that'd let her preform the actions when she's wearing it. I imagine it to be like her own Walter hat in a sense.

And then back on the decoration front I did an egg cup! You can decorate base with eggs, Smallbird eggs, and even lavae eggs now!

[-Variant]

Basic W.I.P showing off a proof of concept for her being able to make portable stations for her and friends to use on the go.

 

[minespatch]

That's pretty cool.

[-Variant]

Between then I had updated the art to make it look more... Science-y. 

And...
Whimsy skin concepts! The Apprentice, The Roseate, and The Verdant.

I figured I'd go the extra mile and skin her collar too, character specific item skins need more love.

[minespatch]

Are you going to use Fidoop's mod character skin pacl for help on this?

[Kur0u]

On 9/19/2021 at 3:40 AM, -Variant said:

"character specific item skins need more love."

Agree 1000%.
These are pretty neat! Really like Whimsy roseate hair style!

[-Variant]

Follow up! My friend helped set up her downside!
While her mobile stations may be helpful for early on and new teammates, they're absolutely vital to Whimsy as she isn't able to prototype anything on her own. 

I plan on doing stations for other tabs like magic and Pseudo Science soon here.
And then I think up next is her portrait! 

[ADM]

Asking out of curiosity, aren't structures going to be a little "difficult" to place ? If I remind properly, placeable crafts only construct if you still have the recipe unlock when you place it (it's a bit why there's no structure in station and shop tabs of the game I think but kits instead)

I either imagine players will have to place the portable station exactly where they want to build it (and so I hope they don't block placement) if you think that's part of the character downside, or maybe you could make the craft follow the player (as an attached sneaky station with only that craft prototyped until it's placed) or a special crafting action/state so there's no check for the prototype to make it less of a problem ? I'm actually unsure what's best but I just wanna know how you'll do for that

[-Variant]

15 hours ago, ADM said:

Asking out of curiosity, aren't structures going to be a little "difficult" to place ? If I remind properly, placeable crafts only construct if you still have the recipe unlock when you place it (it's a bit why there's no structure in station and shop tabs of the game I think but kits instead)

I either imagine players will have to place the portable station exactly where they want to build it (and so I hope they don't block placement) if you think that's part of the character downside, or maybe you could make the craft follow the player (as an attached sneaky station with only that craft prototyped until it's placed) or a special crafting action/state so there's no check for the prototype to make it less of a problem ? I'm actually unsure what's best but I just wanna know how you'll do for that

She forgets how to build something after she builds it!
Placable structures and stuff you can prebuild will stay with you, even through reloads and shard transfers.
It's only after you place/build something do you forget it. 

(I prebuilt the receptacle, and am out of range of the Alch Engine, though I'm still able to place it down without having to be near any of my stations. Once I build it, she'll forget how to build them and will need to retune to a station to make another!)
I'll make sure her stations don't block placement either, so they're easy to use.

On another note I mentioned earlier that I'd be doing the portrait, and here it is!
I've still got a lot to learn, I sorta forgot how I did these half way through, I'll admit. I still think the final product is passable, though. W.I.Ps in spoiler!


"I have... no idea what's going on."

Spoiler

 

Edited September 22, 2021 by -Variant
Added in-game image.

[ArubaroBeefalo]

On 9/21/2021 at 7:05 PM, ADM said:

Asking out of curiosity, aren't structures going to be a little "difficult" to place ? If I remind properly, placeable crafts only construct if you still have the recipe unlock when you place it (it's a bit why there's no structure in station and shop tabs of the game I think but kits instead)

Maybe how hamlet's city planning works could be used for that.

You can place structures that you already paid without the key of the city but, after placed, you dont have the recipe learned or any access to the tab without the key 

[-Variant]

Concept for a morally questionable multitool! Inspired by the spider net. 
For just a living log, a purple gem, a live spider, and all your morals you too can use the power of blunt bashing!

 

Edited September 26, 2021 by -Variant

[alicoolios]

I have a question about this tool as it confuses me a little bit, what is the exact use of this in game? Also, is this something that only Whimsy can use or can everyone use the item? Love the design, keep the good work up!

Edited September 27, 2021 by alicoolios

[-Variant]

45 minutes ago, alicoolios said:

I have a question about this tool as it confuses me a little bit, what is the exact use of this in game? Also, is this something that only Whimsy can use or can everyone use the item? Love the design, keep the good work up!

It's meant to be an alternative to the Pick/Axe she can make. 
Only Whimsy can make it, but she can lend it to her friends to benefit them. Imagine Wes and his balloons. 
It'll rot/starve in about a day or 2 and is otherwise infinite until then, like a Hambat.
The idea is that it's to be used as a support tool in a group setting and a tool to help her stay nomadic by freeing up the slots that'd otherwise go to an axe, pickaxe, and shovel! Balancing may be off but playtesting is soon, I hope that clears it up!
                                                                                                ------------
Earlier today I took another shot at Whimsy's verdant skin. Her previous one wasn't doing it for me, I think this is a vast improvement. 

Edited September 27, 2021 by -Variant

[minespatch]

Multitool like a wand hammer?

[-Variant]

On 9/26/2021 at 11:20 PM, minespatch said:

Multitool like a wand hammer?

Currently it's a Pick/axe that can dig! I may add hammering after testing if I feel it'd be useful!

Classes have been demolishing me, not been able to get a lot done lately, but I did get to sketch the prickliest Willow out there!