#ART UPDATE

[the-moon-nighty]

Oh Hello There.. 🌀:)

Collab con mi amigi arii besitos a tu yandy todo bello mua mua 💗

Yandy au : @larainbow

Fitness au : mine xp

Process:

[buggie-3ldritch]

Clean-up in progress! I need to do Megatron next though and uh… I won’t lie, the pose I chose has me kinda outside of my comfort zone. Plus I’m already feeling kinda meh about Optimus’ left leg, it’s probably what I’ve spent the most time adjusting and re-posing and I’m kinda tired of staring at it lol.

I think I can see it through tho, because this actually has me very enthused so far. If anything I can be happy that I managed to take on a new challenge like this, and getting a chance to make stuff for my fic has been fun! Even if it wasn’t the first fic I wanted to inspire myself for 🙃.

(i.e.- I need to finish a Raise My Head chapter and instead I’m drafting a possible part two for what was supposed to be a oneshot, oh fanfic woes why have you befallen me…)

But yeah, I’ll probably post when I finish cleaning Meg’s up and give some updates, maaaaaybe drop a link if I DO finish another fic, and post the final result separately when it’s all colored. Hope you all keep doing well, and have a great existence!

💙

‘Megatron twirls his remaining sword, bringing it up to his other servo to inspect the edge for a moment before he drops it.

“I have to admit, I’m impressed you managed to execute that maneuver. It’s been aeons since I’ve faced an opponent with such an exciting level of tenacity.”

He swings his blade around in another flourished arc, ending with the tip pointing right at Optimus faceplates and his other servo spread far as if in invitation.

“Now then, let us see how long you can continue to hinder my efforts.”’

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Every Broken (Spark) Survived

Just I small doodle sketch I did on the high of posting my latest oneshot. Also known as using my hyperfixation as a reason to practice more with artistic areas I’m uncomfy with, such as perspective extremes, and really just poses in general lol. I’m also still tuning myself in to Procreate as a program and attempting pieces directly on the app, as opposed to refining my physical sketches. Overall experimenting with my artstyle.

But yeah! The fic! As I mentioned in my notes, my poor brain has been leapfrogging between Transformers:Prime and Transformers:Animated for the past few weeks and it’s making it exceedingly difficult to focus on just one continuity. I’m trying to reign in my wild brainworms by permitting them the room to express themselves as needed.

Soooo, while I’m currently struggling with how to end my next chapter of Raise My Head, I decided to write this up. Based on a crazy idea I got at 3am. Overall premise is that Optimus secretly caught Megatron’s attention early on in the series, it’s just that Megatron does not permit showing anyone what he’s thinking. This is because A) strategic advantage of keeping the enemy confused and in this specific instance B) it’s funny to see how pissed off little Autobots get when you act dismissive towards them. Of course now Optimus has successfully done something that has the Decepticon Lord openly declaring his attention, maybe he should have tried a bit less hard…

Anyway! This is just a oneshot- for now! I already have a few comments asking about my ideas for if this little spinoff continues, or course that means I’ll have ANOTHER wip to tuck under my belt, but at this point I’ve given up on judging myself. It’s whatever makes me happy and does give my mental health good vibes. 🤷🏼

I hope anyone who reads this far is doing well and will continue to do so. Stay strong and stay by those who empower you! And have a great existence! 💙

[prinnay]

Lil store update! There's one Stroll blanket left + I've got some signed copies of HoverGirls ;u;

[eldritchscythe]

i'm studying the skull by sketching 100 of them and big difference already after only 10 💀

i also started with some of the hardest angles but no pain no gain

[pawborough]

January Check In

Hello, all!

Happy update day, catfolk! We apologize for the late update, but we wanted to share the Beta dates with you in this update. We took extra time to ensure the dates were accurate without risking something not being ready in time or causing burnout for our team. We’ve done quite a bit of internal assessment on the pros and cons of letting ~2,000+ people into the game. 

Our most pressing thought was how to reconcile needing to continue working on key features while getting valuable feedback and play data on all that we already have. There was a lot to consider, in reputation, timeline, and team morale. We did not want to give the wrong impression that we felt anywhere close to a done game, but we have a lot of high fidelity mechanics and playability to share which need high population testing regardless. We’ve finally settled on rolling our sleeves up and opening to testers. At the start, we’ll provide a comprehensive breakdown of everything we’re planning to add over the months of the test, and continue our monthly check-ins on our progress. We’re ready to grind, and we hope you are too! And in many ways, it will be much nicer to get the comprehensive mass testing whenever we have something new to roll out!

We hope you will all agree that this update was worth the wait, as we have exciting news to share with you today, along with our most exciting news yet! :)

Accessory Progress

We are proud to announce that we have 47 unique accessories, altogether with 564 color variations. 

We have just about reached the edge of our odyssey in the first production run of accessories. After 8 months of practice and training for our fledgling team, we’ve improved immensely at our pipeline. What has previously taken us months now takes a matter of weeks. We have one more backer accessory to develop, and any additions in the near future will be small, simplistic items in comparison to our full sets, but I’m very proud of the team for how far we’ve come, and the marvel of quality they produce in good time.

This month’s new progress includes:

Frog Friends

Illustration by Remmie, sponsored by Hag

Protogear Recolors

Recolors by Emma

New decor

We’ve also been busy with decors. 

Argh, matey! 

Macaws by Jersopod, cannon, barrel and newspaper stack by Giulia and Remmie

In addition, style compliant sketches of the original rose decor!

Sketches by Remmie

Archetypes

We’re here to introduce a very exciting mechanic that has been in the works since our initial overhaul. It’s one of my personal favorite concepts, and the primary motivation behind how we’ve structured the cat design system.

Introducing… cat archetypes!

Archetypes are a specific combination of traits which, when fulfilled, mark the cat’s profile with a badge and reward the user as an achievement fulfillment. (If the cat’s traits are changed, the badge will be removed. Cats may fulfill multiple Archetypes simultaneously.)

For example, this badge means the cat fulfills the Ruby archetype, a badge which requires the cat to have the color Ruby in all slots.

Examples of the Ruby archetype include:

To give examples of the specificity, other Archetypes include for example “Leopard,” which must have the following to comply:

A Yellow range Leopard overcoat

Light Greyscale or Light Yellow undercoat

Yellow or Greyscale Claws

None for the second accent

Here are some Leopards!

Owning these cats will give the user rewards, sometimes completely custom to the Archetype. 

What we hope to achieve with this system is a greater incentive to think creatively within the restrictions of our cat builder, and to reward our players for intentioned play in collecting, breeding, and designing a variety of cats. After all, it is the core of the game!

And with each new addition of colors or patterns, we’ll release an onslaught of new Archetypes! We plan to introduce a healthy amount of them, some easy to get, and some harder depending on genetic obtainability and the obtainment method.

This system is already up and running on our servers, and is in its infancy. We’ll get a lot of data from testing it out!

Originally, this system was on the backburner while we focused on bigger picture mechanics, but we’ve fast tracked it so we can bolster and better encourage casual play while the Guild system is still in its preliminary beta state. 

Pelt System

Perhaps the feature we are most excited to see in use and tested is the Pelt System, which we briefly introduced in the 2024 November Check In. There is a frankly insane amount of functionality behind this feature, which includes autonomous user decision and interaction every step of the way. 

First, we were able to implement dynamic layering. This means that Unclipped (top layer) pelts can actually sport layers which are placed behind the cat automatically. Valuable uses for this feature include the inside of sleeves, backs of hoods, and items which you would otherwise always want to go behind anything it’s stacked above.

Users can view their pelts already submitted, see their submission progress, choose to submit more to the pelt, choose to print their pelt themselves, choose to list pelts for buyers to print on demand, and view their pelts on any cat.

There is also a draft system which allows users to store information they aren’t ready to submit yet. 

Users can list pelts as a print-on-demand resource, and are able to control how many copies they will allow to be printed. 

All prints will require a tax which will be dependent on the coverage %, calculated based on the amount of pixels that cover the canvas. This means that small pelts, like a hat or a monocle, will take only a small tax!

AND we have a rudimentary tagging system going as we experiment with this feature! Big news! Once we iron out the kinks, we’ll be able to roll out user filtering and tagging of other content, such as cats or forum posts.

And drumroll please…

As teased at the beginning of this update, we are overjoyed to announce the Closed Beta dates!  Early access launches on February 3rd, with the regular Closed Beta starting on February 6th!

During the Closed Beta, you’ll have the chance to experience many new and polished gameplay features, exciting customization options, and the now refined economy! We encourage all testers to not only find any potential bugs and ui improvements, but also to provide feedback and suggestions on all of our game features and our economy!

All 253 Early Beta, 1940 Beta and Kickstarter codes have been generated, and we will begin sending them out shortly over the next day.

In the coming week, we’ll put out writings on our expectations early on and the features roadmap that we’re currently staring at. We can’t wait to see you all in Kotemara soon!

To summarize: We shared decors, Protogear recoloring, Frog Friends, pelt system showcase, archetypes and closed Beta dates.

What to expect next month: Further asset and development updates. Check-ins for how closed Beta will be going.

[alivardic]

Slight edit to my Keyleth peice from a couple years ago, because I couldn't get it out of my head that I should have included a raven in the first one 😅

Original one below the cut :P

[hitwiththefandomz]

News flash, I’m am not impervious to picking up new blorbos

[offbeatworlds]

Well, as Twitter inches closer and closer to the brink of death, I guess I better get back to being active on here!

Here's some of the art I've done since my last post back in February

There's more but I can only post 10 😅

Please consider supporting my work on Patreon!

[draconli]

Little late, but Steam now has Kingdom Hearts! 💖💖💖

I would love to play it all over again, once life isn't so crazy (and when social media stop playing with artists creations). Also, new keyblade!!!

(Side note: If you follow me on IG, definitely look at recent post in regards to social media updates. IG is really forcing my hand, but I have no choice. 😔)

[itsthesoosh]

Noodled around on this for a couple more hours until I liked Karlach more better, go shart go!

[fanfenomenon]

comic wip :D

[stickynotelovers-art]

UPDATE 1:

I'm closing commissions for the time being!

Nothing serious is happening, just want to do some updates to what's available for commission. I have some ideas on what to add and I want to take some time to determine the best ways to go about doing it.

It's a little under a month since I started commissions and I've learned a lot about how much time is put into it. I truly over-estimated myself on how quickly I can finish pieces.

I will probably just make a whole new post with the updated info on it.

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UPDATE 2:

In other news, I am, once again, stuck on Eventually chapter 4. Which by this point isn't really news and is more of a daily occurrence.

It's not a bad sort of stuck, mostly just trying to decide on how to go about doing part of it, but I also discovered a pretty major oversight on my part involving layout.

So, I don't know who remembers, but in the first chapter of Eventually there's a shot of Leo sleeping in the hospital bed. It very clearly shows his right arm in a cast (plus bandages I completely forgot about).

I completely blanked on which arm the IV would be attached to. I constantly reminded myself that his right arm is broken and in a cast but just totally overlooked that meant he couldn't have an IV attached to that arm.

Now, this was a definite whoopsie, but I caught it! (I'm also seeing as I'm typing this that the hospital bed does not match how I originally drew it, but that's a different-day-me's problem).

So, this is more of a tip I guess for people still learning 3D modeling.

Please, for your own sanity, save your shots as keyframes.

That means, instead of doing what I did, which was move the models and the camera around over and over again without being to get back to that layout if I changed it;

Have a default of the models as your first keyframe, where you leave them exactly as you positioned them originally

Make a new keyframe on the timeline and rearrange the models and cameras as you please

Rinse and repeat the 2nd step as many times as you need different shots

This will definitely save you from the hassle of having to go back and try to fix your shot and deal with maybe or maybe not getting it similar to what your original shot looked like.

Oh well, to make mistakes is to learn.

[katiefromcabin7]

You know what time it is?

Drawing update time!!

I just started shading Jason and there is something funky going on but I felt like it was time for an art update anyways

[mdot2designs]

Some of my latest commissions aaaaaaa

So the first is an astral elf starry druid, in Nevarra City from dragon age veilguard! The second is a dhampir psi fighter and his hellhound in Avernus

Can ye tell I’m bad at socials :(

[milalaralio-evart]

Update on the (still unfinished) fanart of Edward Elric from FMA / FMAB (still in process)

I'm still working on this fanart... The first image shows what it's look now and the second image was just a test for the future curves and color balance (my coloring

process is really weird sorry)

Sketch:✅

Preview/concept shadows and lights:✅

Lineart:✅

Flat colors and shades + colors variations:✅

Lights and Shadows:🌀…

Rendering and details:🌀...

Background:✏️…

Ambience and atmosphere:✏️…