#Welgaea

[nakateleeli]

New Miss Naka!

My art’s been slowly improving over the years but I feel like I was getting trapped in the idea that my art needs to look like my art, so even if I made a change it had to look the same, just better. I think that finally bubbled over and there was just too much I was unhappy with, so I went back to square one and redeveloped my style from the ground up. Used Miss Naka as my means of accomplishing this.

The biggest changes are the torso and face, but I changed so much, from how I think about muscles, how shapes work in three dimensions, her arms and legs, the colors I pick, how I shade, just so much.

Also took this opportunity to update her design slightly. Made her hair not stick out as far, her sleeves are more reasonably shaped, no more wraps around her legs, the pants aren’t torn, and a bunch of other small things.

I’ll eventually want to update my other characters but it would take so long to do that, I’m in no rush. Got other priorities. I’d like to get it done eventually, though.

I’m so happy with the new style though! It looks like someone who can actually make art made it! I still don’t really believe it’s something I made and am terrified it was a fluke and I’ll never get another character to look this good.

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belated birthday art for @nakateleeli!

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what are their videos about?

oh he’s just a let’s player but he uploads a video every day at around 10 or so at night (honestly i’ve started unconsciously using it as a measure of if it’s “late” yet)

he’s actually really funny? and he doesn’t swear or anything if that’s something that concerns you. but if he’s doing a video with berry or ogre (which is common; they don’t lp on their own but are common occurances on his channel) then they curse quite a bit

he also likes playing games with female protagonists, and he goes out of his way to play more obscure games that you might not have heard of. it’s how i found out about ittle dew and princess remedy (both fantastic looking games! and the first princess remedy is free so i own it now) 

but he also plays more mainstream games; he and ogre have co-opped every paper mario, are working through the megaman games (6 was he last one they did), and have popular lp’s of both persona 3 and 4

he also has a series called “dancing with primals” which is a bit of a guide series on how to play and beat the various end-game dungeons and bosses of ffxiv, though he recently soft-discontinued it, so it’ll only be relevant to fights pre-stormblood. but if you like ffxiv that’s also a good series to watch, since he’s always well-informed and makes sure to let you know what you have to do on each fight.

he’s also a bit of a game developer in his own right (as is berry) and often discusses his long-term game world project, welgaea, on his blog. it’s really in-depth and neat, and you might be put-off by the female avatar he uses (miss naka) but he actually has a really thoughtful explanation as to why she looks like that, and is constantly revamping her appearance so that she’s clearly confident in her appearance without being “fanservicey”

[kuiperpixel]

Still working on this Welgaea OC. He always had “form changes” as it were, but only recently did I nail down what they were, and realized a change in his clothes to denote his current “form” would be cool and beneficial. Changed his hair to put more emphasis on the scarf/suspender/boot color, and his skin was darkened so the orange stood out better. 

[shoutpartycomms]

A let's player I like, this guy http://nakateleeli.tumblr.com , is working on a game called Welgaea. I liked the world and concept and wanted to create a character. I may not have done it right but I tried my best. Background: Aiden was a foster child of a traveling merchant who was a friend of his father's. The merchant used to be a roaming fighter and taught his fighting style to Aiden to help protect him on the road. While the merchant was fairly well off in terms of money, They continued to travel as both of them enjoyed the open and finding to sights and wares to sell. Eventually, the merchant passed away and Aiden began to travel on his own. Selling his wares and occasionally his skills as a fighter. Personally: Aiden is humble, though can tend to get a little over confident in battle. He's not as well off as he could be, though you can usually find him in fairly nice clothes. If there's one thing he learned from the merchant, it was to take pride in his appearance. Though he is usually kind to everyone, he can be quite aggressive to those who take advantage of others. Though he will still try to sell them something should they a customer (He hikes up the price a bit more though). Fighting Style: Aiden uses a combination of fire magic and adept fencing. He uses a combination of fast pinpoint strikes and stabs imbued with fire and projectiles. Sometimes he simbly forgoes the fencing altogether and uses he fire magic at long range. He also knows just a small bit of healing magic as he can't control the flames as well as his adopted father and they tend to burn him after so long. As well as few speed enhancement spell to make him harder to hit.

[nakateleeli]

Updated Ysami

Less of an overhaul than Miss Naka, but she has been updated to the new style. Discovered one or two small things I'll be going back and changing with Miss Naka.

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drawtober 2021 (30-31/31) :: touf

it's been a while since i drew @nakateleeli's Tofu so here's 2x best tiny witch to finish up the challenge

[nakateleeli]

Miss Naka in a future AU I’ve had rolling around in my head for a while. Humanity’s not doing so hot and has been at war with a mysterious alien entity for centuries. Naka’s been on the front lines for a very long time, very far from home. Front-line soldiers aren’t numerous and by necessity work alone. It’s been years since she last saw another human in person. She misses her wife.

Background is a modified Warframe screenshot.

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Raina Epiphagenia Vuo I’ve had her sheet on DeviantArt for a long time, but it seems I never uploaded it to Tumblr! Raina is the princess of the elves. She’s a bit arrogant and overconfidant but very skilled. She’s trying to get her parents to understand she’s ready for more responsibility. Miss Naka beat her up once.

Design A long time ago now Gazenart thought it would be a super cool idea to write a story on how Miss Naka went about beating up the elf princess without even turning around and gaining her title of “the Honeywhite”. We did a little bit of working together to design the elf princess. The Raina we designed and that he was using is not this Raina. I just thought it would be fun to use the design we came up with as a springboard to make my own design, which at this point has become canon. Sadly I think I lost the original design we had.

Since Miss Naka’s title is reference to my Gearless/Dashbootless/Walljumpbootless run I did of Bunny Must Die, I wanted to make Raina more like Chelsea. This contributed to her shorter stature, and the fluffy “crown” she wears around her ponytail. It also contributed to her black/white color scheme and poofy pants. Her leotard and lack of shoes is mostly to show off her agility and a body capable of dramatic movement.

Personality and actions Being more acrobatic (and I think this was Gazen’s idea) she fights with magical yo-yos. That may sound silly, but it’s could be a bladed or blunt weapon on a string she could fling around and recall with a lot of grace and power. She’s also exceptionally talented with magic and for sure uses this not only on its own for some devastating attacks, but in tandem with her yo-yos. In combat she’s a real force to be reckoned with. She’s also very naturally talented and in general hasn’t worked very hard at perfecting her skills, but has found herself dancing and playing with her yo-yos just to pass the time, which is practice even if she doesn’t treat it as such.

Because of her royal upbringing she’s used to being spoiled and waited on so she has a superiority comlex and is pretty arrogant. Her parents recognize how talented she is but how much maturing she has to do. Raina wants to start taking on more responsiblity in the kingdom and moving up the ladder but her parents just don’t think she’s ready. Despite her parents realizing Raina’s shortcomings they’re not really doing anything to help, like being more attentive parents. As far as they know this is just how you’re supposed to raise a child and she’ll be fine in a few decades.

In stark contrast to her normal arrogant nature she’s absolutely terrified of Miss Naka and is very cowardly in general if she encounters something more powerful or dangerous than herself. She’s not entirely sure how Miss Naka beat her without even turning to face her, but she thinks Naka’s kind of a monster. Miss Naka may not realize what exactly she accomplished or who she beat up and is generally friendly to Raina, not really understanding why she acts funny around her. Miss Naka knows what she did to earn her title but doesn’t realize Raina was involved.

Stat sheet Strength is very low. Elves aren’t naturally strong and Raina has put her efforts elsewhere.

Defense is also very low. If hit she’ll take it hard.

Dexterity is very high. To counter her low strength she makes sure her attacks hit on target and it requires a lot of dexterity to manipulate her yo-yos.

Agility is also very high as she’s very acrobatic and exceptionally difficult to hit. She’s very flexible and an adept dancer.

Speed is high but not unnaturally so. Her agility and light frame let her move quickly but the lack of muscle prevents her going too fast.

Magic is very high. Elves are naturally good at magic and Raina has embraced this wholeheartedly.

Intelligence is high but not unnaturally so. She’s been schooled by royal professionals but coasts by on talent without really studying.

Will is kept as high as it is by her arrogance but her cowardice can break that down easily.

Charisma is also kept somewhat high by her royal attitude which can be convincing and intimidating. It’s kept from going too high once you realize she’s a bit of a brat.

[nakateleeli]

Just spent a long time tweeking a lot of characters. Not much changed design-wise, but I altered a lot of character’s heights.

Naka is a shorter 5′6″ Ysami is a shorter 5′3″ Raina is a shorter 5′1″ Yuki is a shorter 5′3″ Kharon is a taller 5′9″

This was all done because I wanted to make Kharon taller but already had a lot of characters around the same height. Needed more shorter characters anyway.

I also changed how I show stats on each character sheet. They’ve all been updated to a more radar-style graph now which feels more unified and readable even if it’s harder to tell precise values.

The only character whose design I changed was Kharon. I’ve always been a bit imprecise in what I wanted her personality to be, and writing for the puzzle game helped me pin that down. I wanted to make sure her design was on point before I started the fancy art for her and she’s been in need of some refinement.

I wanted her to give off more of a mom vibe, the kind that’s wise and experienced and gentle but also an excitable idiot. I also wanted that wisdom and age to be able to be terrifying when she needs to be.

Made her taller. Made her hips a bit wider. Made the skirt part of her chiton more flowy and loose. Made her chest a little less elongated. Made the pins on her shoulders a little less cartoony. Made her face a bit more angular and narrow. Made her mouth U more narrow. Made her eyes a little smaller and changed the angle to make them much softer. Finally made her hair less wide and added the loop of hair going around back which added to the maturity I was looking for.

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OCtober 2019 // Day 31 - Extra bonus round

it was a tradition for me to draw @nakateleeli ’s OC Tofu for Witchtober, so I had to draw her once again