#sso redesign

[marie-applelord]

Hello and welcome to today's post: women are cool!

I've been doing. so much. with my art lately, so I just wanted to sit down and do simple little redesigns to heal my soul (it worked) I don't have much to say for these except I think they turned out really sweet, please I just want our daily quest girlies to get some love too, this old model drives me insane.

Mary's stare is so haunting... well mine is too so I guess we're even.

[starshinedragon]

Hello, I'm Starshinedragon and this blog is about:

In this blog:

-> SSO Rewritten: The story of SSO written by me, from arriving to Jorvik to defeating Garnok. Inspired by Starshine Legacy, Season Riders and early SSO lore. Continuing the canon ingame story SSE will probably never finish.

SSO Rewritten 1st Part: Winterdale https://www.tumblr.com/starshinedragon/736955792328146944/sso-winterdale-fan-written-main-storyline?source=share

SSO Rewritten 2nd Part: Springvalley https://www.tumblr.com/starshinedragon/716459529087401984/sso-rewritten-springvalley?source=share

SSO Rewritten 3rd Part: Summerplains https://www.tumblr.com/starshinedragon/726343248992419840/sso-rewritten-full-story-series-summerplains?source=share

-> Pandorian language (fanmade) -> Jorvik maps (fanmade, speculation) -> Worldbuilding (e.g. magic) -> Fan arts -> Fan Theories and Story Analyzations -> Memes ofc

Have fun and thank you for checking out this blog!

[marie-applelord]

I've been moping around with art lately, but the nice old lady redesigns made me want to one myselffff. Pretty simple and lazy, but the 2008 model makes me grind my teeth.

I worked with the current 'old thin woman' model in mind, but I could see Elsa being more curvy for sure!! I think it'd be so nice for her and this design would work the same, I just wanted to give myself the constraints of working within a theme and parameter.

Does she make you hungry? She's using the certified hungry marketing colors. Truly a girlboss ahead of her time.

Also I just realized I never reread my notes on the picture please don't look too hard okay? Thank you so much.

[marie-applelord]

Hermit redesign even though I didn't do anything too interesting or imaginative with him. I just like this trope of character designs and I always thought it was a shame his design never leaned into it. For someone so spiritually connected to the wild horses he also just looks like a grandpa I'd pass by in Kaufland.

I've taken inspiration from how these characters are usually portrayed in Slavic media and fairy tales. However I genuinely can't tell the Hermit's race? I think he's white? But if he isn't I am sorry for slav-washing him </3 These tropes and changes could be done with any other culture in mind, I just thought this fit and its something close to my heart.

I also gave up on the paint over after a while, I am sure you can tell LOL. His model is a mess, even more than I thought as I progressively worked on him. Looking back I should have used the new Gary Goldtooth model for this, but oh well. It was a mental exercise

[marie-applelord]

Derek redesign! Thank you for reminding me about how dirty he was done @toruq and @simplyssoscreenshots on my last post 💀

I completely forget he wasn't originally white which is pretty sad! I always considered his SSL art as him being Indian and I think it also works lovely for his design!

I tried to tackle his design as more practical and casual, even though it was sooo tempting to make him slay so hard. I am happy with this though, it feels very reasonable and grounded. Again, I am trying to consider and limit myself with how I do these, as if it could actually be fit to add into SSO as it is now.

Hope people like him, I know he's pretty beloved and I like him a lot too. He's just a very endearing character to me :-)c

[starshinedragon]

SSO Upgrade: DRESSAGE

1. HORSES: -> Ones you can do dressage with: typically dressage horses, like Friesians, Lippizaners and the Jorvik Warmblood Starter horse. The special dressage moves are only animated on these ones.

2. PLACE: -> Dressage training (the 9 levels) is available at: Silverglade Manor Riding Arena, Pine Hill Riding Arena, Von Blyssen Manor Riding Arena. -> Dressage Championships are held at the Shoreline Equestrian Riding Arena.

3. TESTS: -> Riding real tests inspired dressage routines, 20 moves each. -> Each of the 3 places have slightly different tests, so in total: 3x9 = 27 tests will exist in the game. -> 9 levels: First walk, trot, canter, backup, then new skills unlocked after completing each test. New moves: extended walk/trot, trot/canter half-pass, walk/trot shoulder/haunches in, flying change, piaffe, passage, walk/trot/canter pirouette.

-> Gameplay: A, Map of the move on the side, name and pace of the move, colour coded: Walk, Trot, Canter, Back B, Lines on the ground guiding you as in SSL: Legend of Pandoria and Star Stable Spring Riders C, Lower levers are slower to change to the next move, in higher levels you almost have to memorize the test to anticipate the next. D, You collect stars by riding over them in the correct pace, just like in SSL 3.

-> Dressage dailies: randomly in one of the three Riding Arenas, random routine of the 9 levels, reach a minimum points in a test. The RNG only gives you tests you have already completen in training.

-> Dressage championships: a level 9 routine in Shoreline Equestrian Riding Arena, each player in a phased ring, best score wins. You can only take part in a Dressage Championship, if you have already completed the Grandmaster (level 9) test in each of the 3 Riding Arenas.

4. LEVELS: (names inspired by, but not accurate real levels) 1. Starter -> Moves: Walk, Trot, Canter 2. Beginner -> New move: Backstep 3. Novice -> New move: Extended walk, Extended trot 4. Training -> New move: Walk/Trot Shoulder/Haunches in 5. Intermediate -> New move: Trot half-pass 6. Advanced -> New move: Canter half-pass 7. Expert -> New move: Flying Change, Counter Canter 8. Master -> New move: Walk Pirouette 9. Grandmaster -> New move: Passage and piaffe

Example: a Grandmaster test

1. Working Canter A -> I Halt, Salute 2. Trot I->H, Extended Trot H->F, Trot F->A 3. Walk A->K, Extended Walk K->M, Walk M->C 4. Back 5 steps at C 5. Trot C->E, Extended Trot Circle at E, Piaffe E->V

6. Canter V->L, Flying Change at L, Canter L->I, Flying Change at I, Canter I->C 7. Walk C->H, Walk Shoulder in H->E 8. Trot E->F, Extended Trot Circle at F, Trot F->K 9. Trot Haunches in H->K 10. Walk H->B, Pirouette at B, Walk B->M, Pirouette at M, Walk M->B

11. Canter B->K, Canter Half-pass K->X->H 12. Canter H->R->V, Counter Canter V->B 13. Flying Change at B, Canter B->R 14. Trot R->H, Trot Half-pass H->X->K, Trot K->B 15. Back 5 steps at B

16. Extended Walk B->H, Walk H->M 17. Passage M->F 18. Trot F->V, Trot two half circles V->L->B 19. Canter B->C, Canter Circle at C, Canter C->F, Flying Change at F 20. Canter F->A->I Halt, Salute

[starshinedragon]

SSO Dark Rider outfit designs

[sshoup]

Trying my hand at a Linda (and Meteor) redesign

This is only a sketch to see if my ideas would look cohesive ^^ More explanations below the cut

I liked Linda's green colour scheme in the SSL model so i wanted to give her the green jacket back but made it longer.

Gave her the cut of her old shirt but it will still be a Knights of Unistria shirt since I don't mind her being a nerd lol

Kept her the same as her new model from the waist down because I find the shorts, tights and big socks in the boots to be cute.

Kept her hair in a bun but gave her the fringe from her SSL design. I feel it makes her look mysterious and inadvertently gave her a Tinkerbell vibe which I don't mind.

With Meteor, the only change will be his hair style, since I put it in shittily drawn knots lmao. I feel like both him and Linda would appreciate having the bulk of their hair out of the way.

Will hopefully finalise the design sometime after exam crunch is over :3