“Rebeccaaa?” Emily asked, leaning into the Westerlin’s public restroom and peeking inside as she rapped a knuckle against the door in a seven note shave and a haircut riff. “Chinga tu madre—cabrón!”
“Emily!” Rebecca’s shy voice issued out from the farthest stall. “What if someone else was in here?! You realize I know that you’re swearing!”
Back when Rebecca had first been intr...
2020-11-27 22:43:01 +0000 UTC View PostOur second bad end illustration, the first one being the destroyed hotel room. This is honestly a great angle of the lobby regardless though, and I'll likely order an undamaged version of this one just because I like the sense of depth and space it gives us.
7/28/2021: AnimeCon attendees reacting to...
2020-11-26 21:56:39 +0000 UTC View Post“Well?! What did you think?” Ziggy asked, leaning in close over the Hot Topic counter. “How many of them did you get through?”
This was Elena’s fourth visit to the dark haunt of Fairfield Mall’s Hot Topic store, and in essence this trip was solidifying her shaky friendship with Ziggy, the mall’s other resident goth chick. Conversing with the older teen was still awkward for Elena, both because of the five-year ...
2020-11-20 18:15:05 +0000 UTC View Post/// This one still needs a lot of refining, but I was loath to sit on uncompleted sections for both of my fictions so I'm going to post this bit up with the disclaimer that it's still getting a lot of work done to it
“Well?! What did you think?” Ziggy asked, leaning in close over the Hot Topic counter. “How many of them did you get through?”
This was Elena’s fourth visit to the dark haunt of Fairfield’s Hot Topi...
2020-11-14 03:22:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe October illustration (Emily giving Brian the harem charm) hasn't even been started yet, I postponed so that we could first squeeze in any and all last-minute changes and tweaks to both the Brian and Emily character designs. Zaph is almost done with both! I'm shuffling things around a bit so that the November illustration is in line immediately after the October one, followed by Secret illustration #3, so that only after we're caught up on illustrations will we return to ...
2020-11-01 12:36:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Hello,” Kelly sighs out in a tired voice. “This is Kelly Brandt or Kelly Zee-one-six, and you are in immediate, life-threatening danger. You are now in the Zee branch of timelines and for the bands I’m sending to, it is eleven-thirty-one A.M. on Sunday morning. If you are in this range of sending, it is already too late to escape the city without losing Emily. You need to hunker down at the convention center until you can be evacuated at the end of...
2020-10-31 15:24:29 +0000 UTC View PostThis place doesn’t have to be trashy, Tabitha thought as she knelt on the edge of the street, picking pieces of garbage out of the weeds and tucking them into the plastic bag by her knees.
Wearing a pair of jeans over her flannel pajamas and bundled up again in her father’s oversized sweatshirt, Tabitha’s efforts began just outside the steps of her trailer in their sparse yard, where she filled a little gro...
2020-10-30 22:14:13 +0000 UTC View Post“I call shenanigans!” Mr. Macintire complained with a wide smile. “Not fair, absolutely not fair. Hannah Banana, you tell them Miss Tabitha’s not allowed to leave the hospital yet. I’ve put in waaay more hospital time already, but somehow I still don’t get to leave!”
The exaggerated pout the grown man put on when his seven-year-old daughter was here was absolutely adorkable, and Tabitha couldn’t help but grin at seein...
2020-10-17 15:22:17 +0000 UTC View PostCar doors slammed closed, everyone stepped away from the vehicle, and it indeed seemed like they were finally ready to go. To Emily’s surprise, Stephanie and Kelly seemed to share a meaningful look with each other, and then both of the girls ceded Brian to Emily without a word. Having fully expected to be sidelined, Emily stared at Brian’s hand held in hers in surprise as their group trooped down the sidewalk towards the crosswalk. It was nice, and she was t...
2020-10-13 17:09:36 +0000 UTC View PostThis is Yee's second character set for us; the game protagonist Brian. Once again the difference in styles gives the character a very different visual vibe. Still not sure if this art is the right fit for us, but Yee's speed of completion and professionalism are definitely top-notch. We used our previous Brian designs as references for these ones.
2020-10-11 15:48:03 +0000 UTC
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It was a picturesque scene; a fiery-haired beauty walking alongside the lovely blue water of the poolside, while framed behind by the flowering plants of the hotel’s cabana courtyard decor. The young woman had a long, confident stride and a presence about her that naturally commanded attention—despite the gorgeous girls at his side, Brian still felt a little starstruck at the sight of Kelly, because Kelly impressed.
None of this weeke...
2020-10-10 18:29:42 +0000 UTC View PostKeeping with her sleepy-eyed aesthetic, her LARP tunic turned out amazing and she looks just as cute in her frumpy sweater. Only has a minor appearance in day one, but everyone's been eager to see her.
10/2/20 Rebecca front:
May environment poll, 23/51 patrons chose Hotel Room scenes.
June environment poll, 21/48 patrons chose Exterior scenes.
July environment poll, 24/45 patrons chose Stor...
2020-10-02 13:34:11 +0000 UTC View PostUnimplemented as of yet, but most fail state choices in the game are planned to lead a lone and miserable Brian to drive out to a bar where he gets incredibly drunk. After a scene there, the player will be presented with the options:
Choosing drive back to the convention center fade...
2020-09-23 02:26:43 +0000 UTC View PostThis started out as Hallway 2 and would've been an area visibly adjacent to and connecting to the Convention Lobby. But, after seeing how it turned out I've decided to label this one Convention Lobby 2 instead, as it looks like we're just slightly removed from the main lobby floor area and off to the side a bit. Think that makes me like this one even more honestly, helps give...
2020-09-21 14:15:37 +0000 UTC View PostKelly couldn’t help but feel sympathy for the obvious look of heartache that crossed Stephanie’s features at the reminder, but Brian had been on the lookout for it and managed to slightly appease her with a tender kiss. Stephanie managed to muster a warm smile, but Kelly could see how difficult it was for her knowing that everyone she’d just fallen so far and so hard in love for was about to be out of arm’s reach for a good long while.
There w...
2020-09-15 22:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turned out, the Westerlin hotel did feature a small pair of restrooms right off the hotel lobby, directly across from a partitioned-off dining area where she remembered enjoying a continental breakfast during last year’s AnimeCon. The ladies’ room was clean and well-lit, containing the expected basic amenities—Rebecca had hurried past the row of sinks beneath the wide mirror and into the privacy of the farthest stall, a larger handicapped-accessible one....
2020-09-13 19:49:45 +0000 UTC View PostI don't like how this one turned out, going to recommission after we have some of the entrance feature and broad lower level / upper level illustrations for him to work off of so that things fit together better aesthetic-wise. Although all the references I sent him were of convention center amphitheaters, this still just gives off an ordinary basketball court vibe.
2020-09-13 09:05:49 +0000 UTC
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3 Character designs.
02/16/2022 Emily design:
06/13/2022 Emily sitting design:
02/25/2022 Emily posing design:
5/23/2021: Event room populated with card players.
11/22/2021: Casual crowd for between events, featuring Rose and Servek.
Not a lot to say, I'm in the zone writing right now and wanted...
2020-09-07 13:28:09 +0000 UTC View PostOur first illustration depicting Megan and Stephanie as they first arrive at AnimeCon turned out pretty well, followed by Kelly applying Stephanie's makeup, which won the September poll. We now have a Chloe design that I feel is pretty spot-o...
2020-09-02 01:30:57 +0000 UTC View PostKeeping with her sleepy-eyed aesthetic, her LARP tunic turned out amazing and she looks just as cute in her frumpy sweater. Only has a minor appearance in day one, but everyone's been eager to see her.
10/2/20 Rebecca front:
For Chloe we have a casual outfit, gymnast leotard, and Magical Doll Himari cosplay, basically just our concept tests for what she...
2020-09-01 17:17:00 +0000 UTC View Post2 character designs.
06/07/2021 Rebecca front design:
05/07/2022 Chloe front design:
In the full year Zaphryon was filling orders for us, we hired him to do both character designs and in-game illustrations of various scenes. Here's Emily handing Brian the harem charm for the prologue:
This would have been the first appearance of Megan and Stephanie together before meeting Brian in the Gijinka Capture chapter:
2020-08-25 18:33:08 +0000 UTC
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Shortly after introducing himself to Stephanie, Brian invites her to share a meal with him at a particular classy cafe situated right inside the convention center. Between the hall AnimeCon is hosted in and the next hall over where a business expo is taking place, the cafe is out of the way and absurd prices ensure that it's never too crowded with long lines of weeaboos like AnimeCon's own concessions area. (ര̀ᴗര́)و ̑̑
3 background illustrations, 3 background crowds, ...
2020-08-25 13:03:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Infinite Stars is something of a sister project to our AnimeCon Harem Eroge, because we share Zaphryon as our character artist. We've taken our relationship further by collaborating to share designs between games wherever able (Infinite ...
2020-08-24 12:19:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe first location featured in the story! I doubt the game will feature this scene for very long, but it's definitely a well-illustrated launching off point for the game. Helps set up the basic context behind the overarching conflict, introduces best girl Emily and uhh whats-his-face the protagonist guy and all.
4 background illustrations, 2 character illustrations.
02/18/2022 Brian's Bed & Desk:
2020-08-22 19:21:05 +0000 UTC
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/// This one might be really upsetting to some readers, might advise you wait until the full Chapter 32 is written up before reading if you don't want to be really frustrated. No spoilers in comments, please!
The wailing keen of ambulance sirens and flashing lights cut through the November air like a knife, and the sparse traffic along the road dutifully slowed and pulled toward the median to let the emergency vehicle pass.
“Tsk, terribl...
2020-08-22 18:48:12 +0000 UTC View PostI can only say that past me was a pretty smart guy in using so many locations more than once; I swear I didn't plan it out this way, but it really makes things come together nicely now. The Convention Restroom setting was used in both the chapter introducing Kelly, and then again made an appearance in the first Chloe POV chapter, when she transforms into her Himari cosplay! Wasn't the exact same restroom, but I think we can all agree that massive convention centers use pretty much identical l...
2020-08-14 12:01:38 +0000 UTC View Post
