Kelly

.:30/Gender-fluid/bi-curious:.

[knarchive]

Rendering tutorial requested by anon

This post was meant to answer an anon who requested a hair rendering tutorial 😭 I kept on getting an error message from tumblr when trying to post the answer and accidentally deleted the ask </3

I'm not sure if this can be considered a tutorial since my process is mainly just throwing in gradient maps, experimenting with blending modes, and spamming texture brushes until it looks good (I basically just wing it most of the time....)

Also sorry if it's unclear! Please let me know if you have any further questions! I will try my best to answer them :D

Timelapse:

[kellytartist]

So... Sup ?

[freakcircusofhorrors]

Mini update before AMA

About Google Play

Yes, I am aware that someone unfortunately stole my game, modified it, and uploaded it to Google Play to profit from it. They have also made it accessible to younger audiences, which is both disappointing and disrespectful. I am currently following Google's removal process, but unfortunately it is quite slow. In the meantime, I ask everyone not to access or download the app. Every visit and download generates visibility and revenue for the people responsible for this unauthorized upload.

This situation is incredibly disappointing and stressful, and resolving it will remain one of my top priorities alongside the game's development.

About the update

I'd also like to share some exciting news the script for this update is now completely finished!

At the moment, I'm focusing on fixing the code and cleaning up the remaining minor bugs before I begin implementing everything. Below you'll find a flowchart showing just how big this update is going to be. I always love giving players lots of different possibilities, and as a result the game's routes keep growing larger and larger haha! And yes! its blur x3

[kellytartist]

Omg the script for the update,

thanks Neko!

[kellytartist]

I have this theory Pierrot's actually favorite food is humans. Its kinda of a weak theory but when you see him accidentally saying "delicious" twice, it really makes me believe it.

[thehealingplum]

So a friend and I were talking about the characterization of Pierrot and how, well, the general fandom seems to be looking at him.

I've had a feeling that a good chunk of people only have surface level knowledge of Pierrot, or even just get most of their "content" from fanon, rather than looking at the actual source material.

Pierrot himself during his nighttime rambles shows us, the reader, so much more. Yes, he shows MC his sweet side, smiling and showing affection. And when we make all the choices he agrees with, he plays nice.

But I stated it this way "He is playing nice because it is working. If it wasn't working, he wouldn't BE nice."

MC doesn't get to see Pierrot being scary because he's trying to do things the easy way. However, he makes it abundantly clear that he's not taking no for an answer, and that you belong to him, period.

So yes, Pierrot comes off as a cute innocent precious bean who could do no wrong, but if that's all you see, you've fallen for his little act.

He can be. And will be. Very scary. Even in front of MC. He's just usually been good at holding back. He does his best to hide his fangs, but sometimes he slips when things aren't going his way.

[nana-mont]

I finally developed the film with the photos I took last summer on my Aegina day drip with my friends. They are not something special but they have this vintage looking feel good vibe to them which reflected the vibe of the trip since it was so fun and relaxing. I think I will visit again this year since it's only an hour away with the ferry. I didn’t edit them so it’s straight out of the camera. I used the Kodak ultramax 400 for anyone that might be interested. ☀️🌊

[kellytartist]

Chibi clowns

[jovialbaryo]

Please enjoy the little comic! (NOT CANON.) ❤️

(Do forgive me if there is mistakes.)

[darthsuki]

I was planning originally to post this sentiment on just TikTok or such since I think that’s the source of this constant headache, but it might be a good idea to put this here as well since I fear it needs repeating:

For those who follow me and my videos on YouTube and on TikTok, please remember that The Freak Circus is not a game or media meant to be played by anyone under the age of 18.

It features dark, sensitive and graphic content that is meant for an adult audience.

Myself, Neko and the entirety of the TFC team are incredibly uncomfortable that there are people under the age of 18 interacting with the game and fandom, especially when we’ve taken a great amount of care to properly tag and label things across the board— its labeled as such on itchio, the official blog is clearly labeled as well with no room for misinterpretation:

The Freak Circus is not meant for anyone under the age of 18.

We are also not the parents of other people’s children, and are not responsible nor obligated to witch hunt every single minor that posts in the TFC tag or comments somewhere. I have become incredibly wary to interact with people who do not have a posted age (though people can and do lie on the internet, I’m quite aware of that) largely because there are many people who just don’t respect that boundary.

(There are a lot of fans who don’t respect many boundaries, but that’s a separate issue and one that I can ignore a lot easier.)

There’s very little an adult creator can do to restrict access to their adult-but-not-explicit media without also risking their media to be blacklisted, banned, restricted to those who show government IDs, ect. Even if someone is an adult, they should never be forced to show their photo ID to a company or to a government in order to access the internet or to interact with a piece of media, and it’s the biggest reason I use tags instead of labels to try and find a responsible but aware balance with who can see and access my content.

For context, the whole TFC team grew up and were fundamentally part of an internet where governments and companies did not have access to people’s personal information in the same way they do now— the idea of them even asking for more than your name was strange. I know I’m not the only adult who would agree that the internet is a very different place then where it started, and very much worse in some regards (I hate the state of modern day social media and the commodification of art) but there is only so much one person can do without going completely insane.

Me and Neko have agreed on many occasions how important it is to keep the game accessible for people, because there are plenty of adults who cannot access the game otherwise if there was a price tag on it or if the game itself was restricted behind Patreon or a similar process.

We just… fundamentally disagree on restricting it in that way, and its exhausting to take every reasonable measure to communicate this boundary and still have people disregard it or get angry that we aren’t ’doing more’.

I’m not out to vilify or lay moral judgement on anyone as being a horrible or irredeemable person (please dear god keep yourself safe, don’t trust companies with your information), but I’m also not going to act like I don’t stress about how I have to hold myself or figure out ways to clearly assert my personal boundaries (as I am a creator of suggestive/explicit works) so I can avoid using broken, ill-thought or outright malicious ‘verification’ procedures various social media platforms are trying to assert across the internet.

[kellytartist]

Little Jestyn 🥰

[art-res]

3D Room Builder

Faster and easier in my opinion than sketchup!

Can easily pan the camera and practice perspective and all of that :)

https://floorplancreator.net/plan/demo

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[kellytartist]

My first yumeship art^^

[kellytartist]

(forgot to upload it here)

Since people are talking about Jestyn's hair, I can't believe nobody made this meme and I hate this is my first fanart of the series XD

[kellytartist]

Sketches vs finals

[kellytartist]

TFC - Idol MC au

It's two pages but my ipad ran out of battery :') also I am thinking of doing some KoM fanart, Jestyn looks so cool 😍

[kellytartist]

Part 2 ? Maybe a continuation

[freakcircusofhorrors]

Hello! Thanks Neko for this awesome game and thanks Darth, Destiny and Tazz- for helping along.

My question,

Since Doctor has Russian accent (if I remember correctly), is this part of his lore-origin or something unimportant? (Like, maybe he was born in Russia or was influenced by their culture).

Sorry for any grammarly mistake. Again, love you guys, take care!

Hello, Darth here to answer this one— it’s actually a pretty funny story how Doctor ended up with his Russian accent!

It all started when I first discovered The Freak Circus and began recording/editing/posting my interpretations of Pierrot and Harlequin’s voices. I took a lot of direction from the details Neko posted about at the time, especially Pierrot with his lower, raspier texture. As the other characters were better introduced (Ticket Taker, Jester and Doctor) I wanted to try voicing them as well— but I ran into an issue!

As a single person voicing several characters, especially someone who is new to voice acting itself, it can be VERY easy for their voices to ‘meld’ together, and it was very important to me that the characters sound distinct from one another!

It was fairly simple for me to figure out a ‘place’ for Pierrot (deep and raspy), Harlequin (high and fruity full-bodied) and Jester (light, androgynous and airy), but Ticket Taker and Doctor were in an odd spot. I wanted Ticket Taker to be in the higher range and Doctor to be in the lower range, but a lot of my first attempts just made them sound too close to the other characters. I know that training could have helped a lot, since a person’s voice is very much like an instrument and can be refined with experience and guidance, but at the time I just wanted to figure something out that worked!

So I go to Neko randomly one day and, as a joke about Doctor’s personal preference for keeping alone or otherwise away from crowds (he’s a bit of a hermit), I ask him: “What if Doctor just grew up on movies and TV shows and decided ‘I like the way this accent sounds, it makes people intimidated, people are already intimidated with me, so why not emulate it?’. And it just becomes part of how he speaks— he loves confusing people!”.

The joke went on for a while, especially as I personally headcanon Doctor as being on the autistic spectrum (I repeat, this is a headcanon, this is not canonical information but is important to the answer) and as an autistic individual myself I love emulating and learning about accents, there’s something enriching about learning all the cool noises/phonemes/language sounds a person can make!

So in short, Doctor has a Russian accent (despite being from Brazil) because of an inside joke between me and Neko while I was developing his voice alongside the others. Its become an important part of his character in a fun, roundabout way and I like to think he’d have fun telling the MC this little fact about himself <3

Edit: And yes, for those interested to know, I do plan to try and be authentic for Pierrot as well since he *technically* should have a Brazilian accent himself as someone who doesn’t verbally speak as often. I’m still working on that! XD

[kellytartist]

Omg that's so cool! It's nice to hear your thought process! Thanks for answering ❤️❤️❤️

[nekoboydreams]

Fun Facts

Lately, I’ve been taking a lot of notes about the game’s backstory it kind of helps me keep the characters’ behavior consistent, if that makes sense to you. So I thought I’d share some fun facts!

About the circus travels:

Jester and Ticket Taker always keep an itinerary with the circus’s next stops (though they do take suggestions from the others). They’re the ones who handle most of the research. So, how does it work when the circus moves to a new place?

If they don’t speak the local language, they learn it. They spend some time just studying and observing the new culture before setting up the show, and each of them has a role in that process.

This is usually when they can stay in hotels/inns (which I mentioned before) to relax and do some field research.

Here’s what each one does in those first few days: Jester has an incredible talent for languages. In the first days, he gathers books and newspapers to start learning before he passes it on to the others.

Ticket Taker visits local places in more casual clothes he learns best by observing and interacting.

The Doctor is usually the least seen in public, and if he goes out, it’s only at night. At first, he just wanders around the hotel and nearby areas until he’s familiar with the new environment.

Pierrot goes shopping for supplies, usually dressed casually, often accompanied by Ticket Taker or Harlequin.

Harlequin practically roams through the whole city. He enjoys watching the daily routine of the place and testing out what he can do before returning to the hotel.

I’m not sure if you guys enjoy these kinds of fun facts, but here they are.