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I'm still tossing around ideas so idk if I'll keep the design like this or change it later but do we see the vision........ ?

#I wanted something that was saying more like 'traveler' and 'alchemist'#but that also looked practical for running around and climbing places and etc #bc I wanna show that she's primarily practical and ready to get her hands dirty #I also saw some gifsets of the movie 'the mummy' recently and I was like 'oh. work' so there's vibes of that. lowkey.#I'm considering changing the color of the shirt tho bc white *is* a bitch of a color to clean #but also like she can't avoid white bc of the bandages anyway so it could maybe be something that doesn't bother her #but idk. if I find a more interesting color or patterns for the shirt I'll change it #she also doesn't look as fancy as the other characters in the game but maybe that's fine. she's meant to look Poor sjklhskldhsd SHE IS yk #but I do wanna try adding a few more steampunk-y details later to see if the look fits a bit better. or maybe she just needs more belts #everybody has so many belts in this game.................#oc.emma #touchstarved #touchstarved mc #sketch tag #design process

me: Hm, I have an idea for a textured stitch pattern I could use on a sock. A nice, basic sock with some texture, yep.

me: The beginning of the round makes a jog in my repeating texture, which annoys me. I could add a narrow vertical stripe, just a couple of stitches, ribbing maybe, to make the break in the pattern look like an intentional design feature. It's still pretty simple, though.

me: Actually this vertical stripe should be a little wider, more of a decorative panel, so I can put some cable-y things on it.

me: Now I need to decide how to end the textured section, and make a transition into plain stockinette for the foot.

me: plain stockinette is boring, I think it needs a little border just before the toe.

an outside observer, looking at my nearly-finished sock: This looks like it was constructed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini to be installed in the Vatican.

#knitting #socks #design process #that escalated...slowly #on further consideration the texture is maybe not that simple after all #I do not know if I'm capable of turning this into a proper pattern #does anyone want to try test-knitting a complicated sock?

compilation of various mercy references/concepts from when i first made her to now

Another commission for Moxtea on twitter, this time I got to design and make a character sheet of their Enot inspired sona ^^

I love designing characters and I'm excited to make more for them!

#toxart #rain world #rw #slugcat #enot #inv #rain world slugcat #commission #character design #concept art #design process #timelapse #reference sheet #Moxtea sona #its a fun process ^^

I have deathly fear of wasting years of my life making a game and it just turn out not fun, how to deal with this anxiety?

If your game needs super high quality assets in order to be fun, it will fail.

If your gameplay isn't already fun with extremely basic graphics and setup, it will fail.

Build prototypes to prove out your ideas. If those prototypes aren't fun, scrap them and do something else. If gameplay isn't engaging and interesting at the simplest level, better fidelity won't really improve things. You might get a small bump in engagement, but it isn't worth the resource cost and you get diminishing returns really fast. Most great games have really fun and interesting core gameplay, even without any fancy visuals or expensive assets.

Start with the most simple, basic version of your gameplay. No special bells and whistles, no special twists and turns. Start with the basic verbs in your game - jumping, fighting, running, whatever. Make sure that it works by itself, with the absolute minimum assets needed. Once you are sure it works, then start building more out. This is what we call "finding the fun". Projects that fail to find the fun get cancelled.

Even if it does fail, that's still fine! You tried something, it didn't work, and hopefully you learned something. Now you can either fix the broken part and try again, or you can go try something new with the knowledge and experience you have earned in the interim. You get better at something by doing it - the more attempts you get in, the more skill you develop. Try, fail, improve, try again. That's the process by which the bad ideas are discovered and discarded, and you separate out the good stuff from the bad.

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Chocolate themed horror sans!

This was a fun design idea I cooked up @erineas for valentines- and uh it’s past that now- but I’m still gonna post this!

The top image is the final design along with his store- and than the design process/ variations in order of creation

I don’t think he’d actually wear his current outfits when he’s working at his store but instead wears it when he’s baking at home for his special valentines ;)

I tried to mix the horror and chocolate theme by making some of the patterns look like red jam/blood but uh that was pretty hard- I defiantly struggled with his shoes the most- still not super satisfied with them but meh- how often do I draw shoes anyways