The Color Game. “Humans can’t reliably recall colors. This is a simple game to see how good (or bad) you are at it. We’ll show you five colors, then you’ll try and recreate them.” I scored 39/50 but got a perfect score on one color.
Software used: Clip Studio Paint EX version 1.13.2, perpetual license
i was using Paint Tool SAI back when i first started animating my watercolors, ehehe
first, i used the lasso selection tool to cut out the parts i want to move and paste them to a different layer. i then covered up the holes left behind, mostly relying on copy+pasting to preserve the original texture. the clone stamp/copy stamp tool should work great for this, though i've never used it myself (didn't know CSP had it until looking it up just now)
then, with the parts that move, i cut them into pieces to move them around. the mouth has a top part and a bottom part, while the eyes have three parts: upper eyelash, lower eyelash, and middle part
as an additional example, here's an eye from an old comm of mine:
i usually animate on 10fps and make 5 unique frames for blinking -
default position
closing (closer to open)
closed
opening (closer to closed)
default position but eyelashes very slightly lifted (to add a little bounce)
extra frames could be added for more bounce (e.g. with eyelashes, light, pupils)
lastly, the sparkly swirl of light - that was drawn digitally!
it probably would've helped for organization if i made a separate folder for the swirl rather than duplicating the eye layer 8 times, but it worked out alright
i used to animate in Paint Tool SAI by individually saving frames and plugging them into gifmaker.me or ezgif.com. it's been great for my sanity to have a timeline function, though i still use ezgif for transparent gifs and stuff
i made a character sheet. free to use as you wish, feel free to change whatever you want XD open source ass thing. spent all of ~maybe an hour on it.
Credit: the text in the insert-image box comes from this video, and the text for the top three lines (intense, complex, fruity) comes from this post. The actual image was made with the free NBOS character sheet creator, which is a sort of dated but free and solid text-layout sheet maker intended for ttrpg style character sheet creation.
this is GENUINELY one of the best character development sheets I've ever seen. Cuts right to the core of what you and your readers will glom onto, doesn't waste time on details that don't directly affect the narrative. Stupendous. Effervescent. Finally, some good fucking food
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