#but yeah Evoland 2 anniversary

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I can finally post this, after weeks!

But yeah, this here is something I made to celebrate the 9th anniversary of Evoland 2

Some people may remember this work in progress from weeks ago, but now I can finally show the finished product. Which I finished 2 weeks ago

It’s based on the 3D picture you get when you finish the game, specially the 100% completion, and more specifically, my screenshot that I took when I first completed the game and got 100%

Though I should probably also note that this was the only picture I had of the beach scene until I was mostly done with the picture, so there are some inaccuracies between it and the original. Except for Reno in place of the Prophet, that was completely intentional

This game was I think the first (and will probably be the only) game I’ve ever 100% completed, and when I did it the first time, it was just because I knew that games would have extra things for those who 100% it, and I wanted to see what the game would give me. It’s the only time I was so invested in a game that I had to know what I’d get if I got everything. It’s also the only game where losing nearly 10 hours of progress due to a (maybe) glitch does not make me give up the game in frustration, but instead complete the entire thing within a single school week

I may gripe about my issues with the game, but I absolutely love it, and I have a lot of fun playing it. Well, aside from the parts I’m bad at, but that’s just because I’m bad at them. I feel like I have next to nothing to complain about from a gameplay perspective (which is in part because I don’t know how to critique gameplay, but also because I think any issues I have are my own fault), it’s just narrative stuff. And even then, I wouldn’t nitpick it so much if I wasn’t so invested in the world, story and characters

Maybe today I’ll start replaying it again, seeing how I’m pretty sure I’m free today from any schoolwork

I’m still holding on to some admittedly delusional hope that a 3rd game could release one day, even if I know it’ll almost certainly have nothing to do with this one, but even if it never does, I’ll still have this game to play over and over again, so I can accept it

I was disappointed that I missed the last two, since I first played the game in 2022, but not this year, I remembered!

Now to just talk about the art itself, the reason there’s two versions is because I originally made the background lineless, but after finishing the characters I thought it maybe clashed a bit too much, so I made a duplicate of the picture to do a lined version. But I also spent so long on the lineless version that I didn’t want to just leave it in the void, so I’m showing it too

Admittedly now I think I can say the lined version probably is the better one, but I can still show off both

I used the card colors for the characters, since all of them have cards for reference, but now I’m looking at the colors and thinking they look somewhat wrong. At least on Menos

Also as mentioned prior, I switched out the Prophet for Reno. I know I’m biased but I really think he’d fit in this picture of all the main characters far more than the Prophet, considering he’s kind of the reason the plot started, the second half happened, and he’s the main motivation for one of our party members. I mean, I see why the Prophet’s there in the original. He’s really the only other semi-important character with a 3D model, and Reno never had one, so they’d have to make an entirely new one just for this extra thing. Also it doesn’t make sense for him to have a 3D model in the first place, especially not of his Present era self. But not only is this now a drawing where I have the power to do what I want, this scene isn’t canon in the first place, so put Reno in the background there!

Overall though, I’m honestly surprised the piece turned out as good as it did. Those who follow me know that I was really struggling with drawing during the summer, more specifically drawing people and the Evoland 2 cast. But despite all that, I think the characters turned out pretty well. Certainly not the best, but better than I was expecting. And not only that, but the background turned out so much better than I thought it would, especially since I don’t usually do backgrounds. Though I suppose it does help to have a reference for all this though. But yeah, there was a reason I was so proud of how the sketch turned out, and while the final product may not have entirely been what I was hoping for after the sketch, it still turned out pretty good

As long as I can remember it next year (which I really hope I can, considering that’s the 10th anniversary), I’ll try to make something there too, hopefully with much improved drawing skills, since I’m still trying to figure all that out again still

Not sure what I’ll draw then. Maybe I could redraw the beach scene, or make an entirely new beach scene concocted by my brain. But it’s also the 10th anniversary next year, so maybe it should be something more special

Ah well, that’s next year’s problem. For now, have this to celebrate the game’s anniversary. For the minuscule amount of people who actually play this game, I guess

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So I decided to start drawing this

It’s based on the ending thing you get for completing the game, though I’m specifically using my 100% screenshot as my reference

It’s not an exact recreation in the slightest, but I also know I fail when I try to recreate things 100%, so I’m fine with it. Might need to keep editing those rocks though

And I’m also realizing I need to tweak the water a little bit so that it and the sand mesh together better. I think I can pull it off

Also also, I know he’s supposed to be there, but I feel like taking out the Prophet (buff guy in the back fishing). To me it doesn’t make sense why he’s there, and not someone like Reno. I mean I get it logistically, since he never had a 3D model, and the Prophet was probably the only other notable character that has a 3D model. But this is my redraw, and I can do what I want

Hmm, maybe I could add Cherry and Plum somewhere in the background too

But yeah honestly, this is coming out a lot better than I had anticipated, I thought it’d look way worse. Especially the water and the palm trees

Though granted, now I have to draw the characters, which without a doubt will be what makes this go downhill, but at least it looked good at some point

And speaking of which, now I have to figure out what brushes I’m using for the characters and drawn items. Because truth be told, I don’t think my normal brushes will mesh with this background style, it’d make them look way more 2D and flat on what’s trying to be a 3 dimensional space. Also my brushes are probably too thick, and I really don’t feel like upscaling the whole thing, I’d have to redo all the background stuff

Not quite sure what I’m going to do for that yet, but we’ll see. Mayhaps brush experimentation may be involved

But yeah one more thing, I’m making this for the Evoland 2 anniversary, but that’s on August 25th, so not only do I have a month to complete this, but I won’t be showing you my finished product until then

Honestly I really hope I remember to finish it, because I’m liking it so far. And yeah, I just wanted to show this off