#the only thing on the menu is cems

[mommy-mortis]

John Hancock

After having a one night stand with this character would you stay for breakfast?

[dylanwhattheglyph]

Our first larger task of the project consisted of us having to create a 2 x 1 metre poster. there were no restrictions and it could be anything we wanted to make the only constraint was that we only had a couple of hours to think of an idea, create it and prepare for print. 

Without wasting much time I wanted to create something dystopia like using font that is interesting and other worldly. Without wasting much time I went onto illustrator and created a simple flat vector desert scape occupied by giant monolith columns to represent remains of a time forgotten. A civilisation that has fallen and collapsed under nature due to a catastrophe. This was made simply by using a pen tool, polygon tool and use of gradients. Once the scene was set I added a lonely figure with footprints to show an explorer and tell a story to show that this place was civilised and to also represent scale of these monoliths. Then the footprints were to enhance loneliness.

As this was mainly a typographical task I had to think of adding text that would enhance the image greatly and enhance the mood. Since I didn’t have too much time I quickly thought of adopting the Aurebesh language from star wars and recreate it using rectangles and curves that all had the same thickness and height to make things look linear and together. Once I found the type I wanted to copy I had to think of some words that suited the piece. So, I came up with “Fallen Planet”. Initially I just used fallen but wanted another word at the bottom so I used the word planet as it had the same amount of letter as the top to make it symmetrical but also to prove that the entire world is this wasteland now to enhance the sombre nature to this piece. 

Once I had the type and image it was time to altar the colours until I was happy. Firstly, I made the columns more metallic and shiny to make the image very strange and other worldly then changed the colour of the sky and sand to darken the place and once again make this area unfamiliar and odd.  From this, I liked the metallic feel so much I used the same gradient onto the text that worked very well as I was inspired by typographers like Cem Yönetim who creates metallic, space like typography. 

Once the piece was “finished” I was advised to take it further in photoshop from my lecturer and add some texture and see how I could enhance the dystopian mood. So, using bitmap I made a series of black and white images with different outcomes using separate options in the bitmap menu. My most favourite was the grainy outcome as it suited the dystopian desert very well as it felt like the image has weathered in correspondence to the environment.  

From then I used a gradient maps to add colour and duo tone the image to give the poster colour but not overload it to interfere with the main vibe of the piece. Near the end I made this bronze gradient map that looked great but didn’t have that weathered feeling I was after. So, I went back to the drawing board and instead of using a bitmap I simply added noise to the image to make grain then added a new gradient, red and orange. I felt were the best colours to pick as it reminded me of the abandoned, radioactive city in blade runner 2049 but also showed how hot the place is too give the viewer more feelings on this piece. To solidify the piece I used curves to saturate and burn the image to give the pie e a harsher finish that I felt was a lot more powerful since it kept the image from being clean and weathered it nicely. 

In overall I’m pleased with the final outcome as I created a nice piece in a relatively short amount of time. It has also got me thinking on how I will make my own type face, the world and theme around it in the coming weeks. Going back to the poster, I could’ve made the text more dynamic by it being more physical  the image by it interacting  with the monoliths or the letters being objects in the sand however, due to time I settled with the image you see now which has sufficed since it still  showing the narrative I went for. 

I had feedback from people who thought it was from Doom which shows the text and colours show that the environment is hellish and dangerous. This isn’t something I intended but enjoyed the responses as I can see what they mean.

[ainchase]

How Magic Wardrobe Works

Hi, this will be a very crude but in-depth explanation about what the Magic Wardrobe is and how it works in the KR server.

This is also very long and tedious so if you’re not interested, press J key on your keyboard to skip to the next post on your dashboard.

First, in order to access the wardrobe, press the button in your inventory.

Categories A

Catgories B

Categories C

See Only Appearances I Own option

List of Appearances

Grey’d out item is not registered in your wardrobe, but exists in the game. 

Item in white means it is registered in your wardrobe

You will only see things your current character can wear

Hide My Current Avatar

Purchase Selected Avatar (If it exists in the Item Mall)

Reset

Register Appearance

Apply Appearance

Search

Reset Search Bar

Clicking on the item in the preview will show you that item on the list. For example, I clicked on a weapon avatar, and now the list is showing me all weapon avatars that exist in the game for Ain. This also shows weapon item (not avatar). Yes you can wardrobe non-avatars equipments for their appearance, but you cannot apply appearance to non-avatars equipments.

Selecting the hair shows me that hair on the list of all the hair in the game. Notice how the entire list is grey? They are all the hairs that I did not register to the wardrobe; therefore I cannot apply them to other avatars. I have not registered the Idol Hat into my wardrobe yet. I will show you now how to register them into your wardrobe.

First, you have to take off the avatar/accessory you want to register. (There are other ways of registering, but it can get a little confusing so let me show you the most basic method first.)

Press Register Appearance button on the wardrobe. “Register appearance of the item. Select the item whose appearance you want to register from your inventory! You can only register items you can wear (i.e., not Eve-Only item)”.

You get a message on screen telling you to select item to register. Also notice how the mouse changed. Go to the inventory and select the item you want. I’m going to wardrobe the Idol Top avatar.

Now it’s showing you a warning saying that ONCE YOU REGISTER AN ITEM INTO THE WARDROBE, THE ITEM BECOMES A WARDROBED-ITEM THAT CANNOT BE TRADED OR SEALED. The game calls it a  “Clothes Hanger Item” but what this essentially is that now the item has become a different type of item that’s forever account-bound and cannot be traded anymore. No, there isn’t a way to remove the item from the wardrobe list or remove its “Wardrobed-Item” status as of yet in the game.

Success! Notice how the item now has a yellow/gold border around it with a clothes hanger icon. That means that item is now in your wardrobe.

!!! IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE !!!

You can only apply appearance to items that have been wardrobed. What I mean is, you cannot apply appearance to items that is not on the wardrobe list. You can’t wear Ebalon Top and have it look like Rosso Top without having BOTH EBALON AND ROSSO TOP WARDROBED. Okay?

My Idol Top has been wardrobed. Welcome to the family. Now to demonstrate applying the appearance to your wardrobed items!

This is my Salvatore Rosso for Ain. Notice how all of them have been wardrobed already. The yellow line around the item!

When I select the Idol Top from the list, the preview will show me how it will look on my Ain with his current set up. It looks hideous but for the purpose of this demonstration, we’re going to go for this clashing color combo. Notice that I did not apply the appearance yet.

Press the Apply Appearance button and now the game will ask you to select a Wardobed-Item to apply the appearance to!

You can select the Rosso Top in the preview (it looks like Idol Top in the preview right now because I selected it) and it will change Rosso Top to Idol Top’s appearance. It tells me that it’s going ot change Salvatore Rosso Top (Ain) into Ain, the Beat Genius, Fantastic Wave Top (A)’s appearance.

Or you can select the wardrobed item in your inventory and it will change the wardrobed-item in your inventory into the Idol Top we just selected.

Tada! Now your Rosso Top looks like Idol Top. You also need better fashion sense cuz this is atrocious.

It’s more or less the same deal with accessories, so I won’t go into that. 

Now this is where it can get a lil tiny bit tricky and screw you over, so pay attention

ALWAYS BE AWARE OF WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE DOING WHEN YOU ARE USING THIS MAGICAL WARDROBE.

The danger and the joy of using magical wardrobe is that you can see every item that exists in the game, and this allows you to come up with the ultimate look of your dreams, spending hours upon hours just in the wardrobe preview screen, concocting the perfect look for your characters. 

You can do this with the things you own, or the things you’ve never seen in the game but exists in the game somewhere, just not in your own inventory. The endless combinations... but this is where the danger is

Remember how I showed you how to register non-Wardrobed item into the wardrobe? You press the button and choose it from your inventory, right? Well there is another way... and that screwed me over in the past.

If you are wearing a not-yet Wardrobed Item and opened the magic wardrobe to look at some stuff... played around with combinations... and found the look you were looking for, and started applying appearances to your items...

If you attempt to apply appearance to non-Wardobed-Item, the game will ask you, Do you wish to continue because if you do this, we’ll skip the registering process for you and register this item + apply the appearance all in one go.

Yes this happens for both items you’re currently wearing (therefore shows up on the preview window) and the items in the inventory.

What happened with me is that.. Uh.. I had my Hamel Arctic Officer Cape (not wardrobed) on my Add.. was playing around with a look for a while... found what I was looking for... started applying appearance to everything I was..............wearing... because I forgot I was wearing the cape and uhhh

Yeah I accidentally wardrobed the cape 8D (but no regret cuz its beautiful)

So Always always always always always always be aware of what the fuck you are doing and never trust yourself; take them off if they’re something you never want to wardrobe when you want to lose yourself in the magical land of the wardrobe. 

I have the full set of Elpheus accessories that I’m not so sure about wardrobing them yet so I am on high-alert everytime Im trying to play around with a look for my Ain to the point of being mentally stressed.

Now for a super long Q&A

Q. Can you unregister wardrobed item?

A. Read. I said no.

Q. What if I want to unregister them???

A. Well you should’ve thought about it before you wardrobed it then. You can destroy the item after you’ve wardrobed it but the item on the wardrobe list will not disappear. It’s there. Forever. So don’t start wardrobing every shit you have because it can get a little cluttered. That’s what the search bar and categories dropdown menu is for I guess.

Q. What if I want to look like I’m not wearing any accessory/one piece but I want to wear them for the stats?

A. That’s what “invisible accessories + one piece” is for. Yes they sell them in Item Mall in KR. They’re not cheap. They have stats like a normal cheapo accessory but you can wardrobe these and then apply their “invisible appearance” to other wardrobed items.

Q. If I wardrobe something on one character, can my other character in the same account use its appearance?

A. Yes, as long as it’s something they can wear, and not class-specific. For example, any character in my account on the KR Solace server can wear my Purple Fairy Wing.

Q. How can I wardrobe promotional avatars?

A. You can, but only if you have a special promotional avatar wardrobe ticket. These tickets, when right clicked, will allow you to click on the promo avatar from the list to “activate” them, aka, turn them from grey’d out item on the list into a white item that you can use later. Promotional avatars on the wardrobe will also show the hair as well, even though they never were an avatar in the game before. There are other types of wardrobe tickets, but they’re given out in events, and they all have varying restrictions and limitations. They’re pretty self explanatory though. I have my CBS wardrobed all of Electra’s promo avy from events couple of years ago, but only my Electra/CBS chars can use its appearance; my CN/CEm can’t.

Q. Is the applying of appearance only affect appearance and not the stat?

A. Well you know the “apply appearance” is pretty self explanatory... It will only change how the item you’re wearing will LOOK. You can wear full set of your GFriend Navillera and parade around in something prettier:

Q. How does registering equipment item (not avatar) work?

A. Same as other items except currently in KR server, if you wardrobe the equipment items, they don’t get yellow line around it... and are still tradeable. I crafted a grendized Ancient Noble Guardian pendulum and wardrobed it, but realized I can still seal+sell it later. You cannot apply appearance to equipments though. That pretty Eltrion weapon appearance can be applied to your weapon avatar, but you cannot apply it to, say, Heroic Weapon. by the way you cant wardrobe heroic equipments in the game for some reason;

Well there you go! I think I heard a rumor that NA/INT might be getting the magic wardrobe, and I hope it’s not some cruel April Fools joke because I CAN CONDONE ALL THE OTHER SHIT THAT NA/INT DOES TO YOU BUT NOTHAVING A WARDROBE IS A CRIME AGAINST THE GODS. A SIN. 

What other shit can I condone? Uh... the fact that you guys need a seal to trade your rare avatars/accessories from Ice Burners... the fact that you guys can’t expand inventory with ED... or buy res stones from Ariel with ED... ... man, seriously, what the fuck

Anyways, now you’ll know what they skipped out on if they ever decide to give you guys a “tweaked” version. Hey maybe they’ll even give you guys option to take the items out of the wardrobe and what not... honestly don’t see the harm in that as long as the item appearance is removed from the list as well...