Page 7 Pencils and Baground
Added 2024-09-06 18:15:08 +0000 UTCPhew. This. Took. WORK.
I want to say these pencils were like... 50+ hours? Which is insane to say. But each one of these characters goes through a little bit of iteration and cleanup and redraw and... woof.
Is there stuff I'd like to change? YUP. Am I gonna do it? NOPE. I'm muscling through; I want to get you all a page you'll love without aiming to make a masterpiece. I want to make the world feel alive and full of critters; but, I also, want to get these nerds into Owen's apartment and into an easier-to-draw space ;D
You were right to tell me I was too ambitious with these!
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Slight side note, the end of the year is coming up and there are whispers that I might be out of my IRL job? There are big contracts that need to be landed and we'll see how that goes. If I have to change up my career, I've been thinking about doing Ama full-time. I know many of you long-term supports know I've been flirting with the idea for a while. It's always hard to leave a job and try to strike it out on your own.
I know a bunch of you have expressed wanting to see illustrations or for me to take commissions. Could be a neat thing to try sometime, especially if I had more time to commit to the work?
Just stuff that's sitting in my brain at the moment.
Onto the INKS; I'd try to get ahead this weekend, but, I got so much life stuff to do and get out of the way that I'm not sure if I'll be able to squeeze it in...
On the positive! With the help of a friend I got a refurbished iPad pro 2021 model! A little upgrade to my older 2018. This means I can probably bump my page sizes up a bit further =D Maybe after this page and the next, I'll see how large I can make them.
Patreon's-characters who are on the monorail this time around! (and apologies if you are being covered up in the final)
Hilt (the hyena)
Foxbites (fox)
Sadkoinu (squirrel)
Paige (rabbit next to fox)
Shalt (dark wolf)
Rickochet (raccoon)
I'd have squeezed in more of you, but... the time commitment really felt like it was squashing me. Also. there's only so much room for foxes, rabbits, and wolves - which a lot of you are ;D
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Yes! I've been changing the script here and there; and I'd introduced a little line talking about it when Just get's to Owens. It's subtle. I'd love to explore it even further. But I'm not sure if there is too much more to it beyond 'you smell like Owen's'. I'm also nervous about making their play encroach on unknowing participants in public and such. THe TLDR; I loveeeee the scent play, but feel short on ideas on how ot use it. LMK if you think of anything =D
Amadose
2024-09-09 18:19:29 +0000 UTCStill amazing as ever! Just wondering if we'll ever see the scent stuff come up again from chapter 4? Loved that idea!
Lavinor117
2024-09-07 08:10:50 +0000 UTCThat would be veeeeery very nice! Is also a reason why I love tube tops so much XD
Diego P
2024-09-07 01:10:13 +0000 UTCHonestly I had to dial back a lot of the ideas; as I didn't want anyone stealing too much focus from Judy and Nick =D had so much fun trying to figure out some basic 'standing arounds' =D Maybe in the shading, I can give her a bit of nip? A lot of the reference tube tops that I used really show off the curve of the breast; so it would be fun to replicate that? But I'll see how it goes; I think I'll probably put more focus into that curve and nipping when she gets to Owens.
Amadose
2024-09-06 23:51:37 +0000 UTCI'm glad so many of you are enjoying it =D
Amadose
2024-09-06 23:48:16 +0000 UTClove to see a lot of OC's and details for the BG ❤
AL871
2024-09-06 23:04:55 +0000 UTCWoahahaah! I love seeing all this sketchy madness, this is such a busy page but it feels so alive and so organic! No one is randomly passing, they are all in that mind-numbing commute mode XD I am a big fan of Judy's pose in the first pannel and the "transparency" on her top is such a treat even if it's just for the sketch phase lol Oh, man! I'm a big Full-time Ama advocate but these changes are always scary, hope whatever happens you land in a spot where you are happy and financially secure!
Diego P
2024-09-06 19:43:21 +0000 UTCThe little moments are best part of their relationship!! Been hustlin’ each other since day one. Plus, it’s not like Nick doesn’t love the games anyway 🤭🥕 Yes! I was gonna say, you are killing these ‘sonas! Selfishly, I’m over here like Phillip J. Fry if you ever open commissions. 💵 TAKE MY MONEY 💵
Meggolas
2024-09-06 18:51:40 +0000 UTCRight?! I was very happy with him! Maybe a little bit off-model form the zootopia rams, but I was clicking with him.
Amadose
2024-09-06 18:47:30 +0000 UTCOoo a pangolin would go hard! I honestly don't really know HOW to do less detail, other than keeping characters as a 'not inked stage'... It's not really a toolset I've learned or practiced yet. A lot of the art hero's I look at, drop out linework the further the distance; but that's always seemed tough to me.
Amadose
2024-09-06 18:46:16 +0000 UTCI am instant in love with the ram 😍
StaticZeroes
2024-09-06 18:45:33 +0000 UTCAw, Meggo thank you. You're always just wonderful. Haw, I love getting to give her a little tease moment like this. I think it says so much about her; she's enjoying this game they're doing together =D Even though these pages are way too much work; I do love how I get to draw a few different character types. I think that might be contributing to maybe wanting to try commissions in the future; I do have a lot of fun drawing you all, and your amazing sona's.
Amadose
2024-09-06 18:43:29 +0000 UTCI’m ✨obsessed✨ with the way you are able to build such a bustling scenes. And that zoom out so to feel every ounce of poor Nicky’s anxiety. Ugh, Judy, you mean little bun, you! It’s the worst time of year to have to stress about it, but just so you hear it again… You know we love your content and would love to support full time Amadose. We got your back, boo! 💙
Meggolas
2024-09-06 18:33:55 +0000 UTCIn 3D game design there's an old technique called MipMapping: basically models have multiple textures, with different resolutions. That way if something is off in the distance, you don't have to waste engine resources rendering detail that will never be seen anyway, the engine just uses the low rez, and dynamically flips to the better one if you get closer. As time went on this was applied to the models too: most things in AAA games have multiple models, with different polygon counts for the same reason. All of this to say, I think you could have used some "MipMapping" on these pages. Unlike a game, the detail IS appreciated, but I don't think anyone would have faulted you for being a LITTLE generic with background characters. That said, it is neat to see some OCs worked in, and these two pages have been/are going to be LUSCIOUS. Just yeah, give yourself a little breathing room. Sorry to hear about the job instability, things continue to be crap all around. I hope if you DO have to go full here though it works well for you: you've certainly built up a solid following, just a question of whether we're big enough yet. But I hope so! "Also. there's only so much room for foxes, rabbits, and wolves - which a lot of you are ;D" Ha, yeah, thus is the fandom. There aren't many pangolins (Firefox spellcheck doesn't even think that's a word) or rhesus monkeys.
wolfcoffee
2024-09-06 18:29:21 +0000 UTCYeah, I get a little carried away with them. They're super duper fun for me =D
Amadose
2024-09-06 18:21:24 +0000 UTCThose advertisement designs are amazingly made well done
Pax
2024-09-06 18:16:28 +0000 UTC
