Oh my, She did it again! (a.k.a Ikevamp artbreeder edits, this time)
Well, well…. I’ve been kind of inactive for a little while. You might wonder what I worked on? This. And many other writing projects, but mainly this.
Am I impossibly slow? Yeah, I am.
(It’s clear that if I have a writing block, then I just go to artbreeder lol.)
— But this time I really tried to make them the most realistic! I also (kind of) learned to use the ‘race’ filter in artbreeder, since all of these guys are legit European/Asian history figures. So I figured it would be appropriate.
Btw, this one gets multiple parts as well!
(He was fairly easy, to be honest. I was surprised. Other than his hair shape and hair color, I like it very much! But I think even those don’t make that big of a difference. I tried to put a greenish tint into his hair? It’s really faint. But other than that I like the little, sly smirk that makes Arthur Arthot. I also tried to make one where he has his glasses on, but it changed his hair and face a little bit, since the program is like this, so it doesn’t look that good… Plus, I tried to draw on his ear cuff, but you can’t really see it.)
(Now, Theo wasn’t as smooth as Arthur. In my opinion his face isn’t that hard to capture; he has strong, manly features, harsh eyebrows, an intense stare and maybe pursed lips? But it’s not THAT easy to make him look genuinely good. Also, to make him similar to Vincent - or vice versa -, so not just their blue eyes match, but some other characteristics too. His hair is off, again, but it’s really hard to make the exact hairstyle come true in these edits, but Theo wasn’t even the hardest one here..!)
(I could say the same to him as Theo, basically. His features are fairly easy to grasp and his design isn’t complicated, but they’re still brothers! The first prototype I had for him was good, but way too different than his younger brother. So, since I was done with Theo by that time, I mixed his face into it and it actually got better! Now, he has a stronger jaw, like Theo, and the curve of his mouth and eyes are similar too! All-in-all, I’m more satisfied this way! This has that angelic glint though! I also almost forgot to draw on each of their earrings oof.)
(…Well, he’s the only Asian in the mansion other than Sebas (and canonically MC) so to be honest I don’t know what to think. He looks Asian, but his features still feel way too generic? I edited his eye color and hair a little bit, to make him look more like the game design. But it still feels off. I’m not an expert on Asian faces and features, probably because I’m European and because I didn’t know what to do more with him? The full picture doesn’t look that bad, but I can’t help and feel that something’s missing oof. Plus he has a bit of and elf ear, unintentionally. His smile is nice though!)
(I struggled with his hair color more than his features. I mostly looked at their ‘profile pictures’ in the game, and Isaac has that semi-glare, uninterested expression there, so I tried to mimic that in the first place. But his hair, ugh, that wasn’t smooth at all. While I edited his eye color later, I thought I should do something about his hair, but in the end I left it as is. It’s not bad, it’s just way darker and more brown-ish, than the original design. But I don’t hate it! I think it’s cute.)
• Sebastian / Akihiko Satou
(He was a fairly easy and fast edit, just like Arthur. He’s Asian, I’m not an expert on his features, and the game didn’t do justice for his Japanese genes, if I might add. But of course it’s a game, and I was the one who chose to go after a more realistic design! In general I was just lucky that most of the residents were European lol. But I like him too! I think I could’ve worked a bit more on his stern stare, and maybe his mouth, but changing the lips’ shape is difficult in artbreeder, so I left it at that. But hey, he came out pretty handsome!)
(He, too, was kind of a struggle as well. I had made two semi-finals, before this one. But I still think I didn’t do his game avatar and European origin enough justice. But his face stands out in my opinion, so I’m satisfied with it at the same time! It was impossible to edit the white ends on his hair and I didn’t wanted to do it after anyway lol. I don’t think it’s that bad without those. His eyes are not as nice 'emerald green’ colored than in the game they like to call it, but they are piercing! And I think I captured his stare well!)
Part 2 coming soon! The purebloods and the others will be there!
There’s still more to uncover!