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Aster is going insane!

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Wanted to do this for some months now lol. The choice of characters might seem random but there is a reason.

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Those funny little guys inside your head; Neurons. They send signals and messages throughout your brain, they love sugar, and probably know more about you than you do yourself.

This design was originally for some school assignment last month but I really liked the design and so did others so it stuck around and made this eventually lol.

Part of the original assignment

There's nothing more to it really lol. Just a braincell dinosaur guy who delivers mail.

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Stickers!

Finally started selling stickers as I had wanted to do for a while now.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmbystomanShop

For now, its just a design with Moon Lizard, Neuron and Cereal. Hope you like them! More to come in the future depending on how well these sell :)

Any purchase of these goes directly into funding my art and games so consider getting some if you like my work

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Low-poly style recreations

256fes did not leave me satisfied so I came up with a sort of challenge for myself; Replicate the model style of various low poly games and adapt a Lima to them. I've had this idea for some time but finally got to make it. It was very fun to do.

The games I chose were Banjo-Kazooie, Super Mario 64, Minecraft, and Katamari Damacy. All games I love and have a special connection to.

Banjo-Kazooie (1998):

This one probably took the most effort out of them all but I liked how it came out. He looks so goofy. It took the longest to rig as well since the whole body was a single mesh.

Super Mario 64 (1996):

While I grew up with the DS version, I still really like how the original game looks. This one was very simple to do. So much that it almost resembles the model from Soul Trail lol. I think he looks great with that type of eyes.

Minecraft (2011):

I finally got to try Blockbench for this one. It is very fun and easy. Probably my favorite one. If I have time, I could learn how to mod him into the game at some point.

Katamari Damacy (2004):

One of my favorite games ever that brings me so much happiness. That aside, he looks quite unnerving lol. Was a bit of a challenge since there weren't many analogue points of reference.

They can all be friends

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256fes 2024 attempt

I love 256 and here is my attempt at it for this year. Last year I could not do it due to so much commission work.

Her name is Rossi. I struggled to get her head to look right and ended up with something nice I think. Her design has existed since 2021 but never did anything with it. She works at some kind of office place.

Her design from 2021

I actually made a video about my process with this. I never do this so this is an extremely rare occurrence. Let me know what y'all think.

I really enjoy doing this challenge. I feel I get a lot better every year. Look forward to next one.

I think I'll do a little bit more of art and then resume game development

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Its my birthday :)

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Have a good new year y'all!

2024 is the year of the Metal Dragon

Hope you all can accomplish your goals! Remember to give it your all.

I hope to finish Dragon March. It would be a very funny coincidence. Along with that, I would like to make other game projects as well. Perhaps smaller experiences but still good for practice. I was thinking of experimenting with First-Person Controls. I'll dedicate some time for commissions of course. I just have nothing to announce right now.

I had a great time starting my blog properly this year an I am thankful for the support this year. I shall continue next year.

Whatever the case is, let's hope this year is good for us all and our ambytions. See ya next year

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Ale (Common Alebrije)

A struggling artist from Sector 1. He claims to have arrived from a distant galaxy. He owns an art shop where he sells his paintings, crafts and supplies. He likes to paint with his tail rather than use proper brushes and he is rather good at it.

Many creative people in the Essence Realm have what is called Artistic Essence. This is a kind of magic that lets people create with their hearts. It can also give life to their works among other qualities. He is happy to give art advice but isn't the best teacher.

First art of him. He was the winner in a poll of 3 characters I asked people in my server to vote for to add to the game.

His art shop is where he also lives in. On the top floor, you can find his room, while the bottom is for the shop. You can find all sorts of fun art supplies and crafts he has been working on lately.

Progress screenshots of his shop and room along with some of his works that are displayed. Some in the last image were done by @blaz-art

Ale has frog legs, the body and head of a dragon, wings of an eagle, snake teeth, and a bushy mane and tail. He has become one of my favorite designs I've made. Who doesn't like dragons anyway.

Inspiration

He is an Alebrije. These are Mexican folk art sculptures typically made of paper or cardboard. They usually depict fantastical animals with chimera-like properties and brightly colored patterns.

He is not made of cardboard though.