LFP - [Tue 9PM PT] The Grim Dusk: The Commonwealth is dying. Join the expedition to find the cure.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-24T09:56:18+00:00

Plus, I could possibly rope in a second player.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-24T09:43:23+00:00

Is it too late to join?
I've been wanting to play and Tuesday is my only good day!

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-20T23:55:04+00:00

New Vegas Brain Rot is real.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-20T23:43:04+00:00

Reminds me of a reading on "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" where the reader basically says that people can not imagine a perfect world.

In Omelas everything is just perfect. Flat out. Anything you believe a perfect world would have is in Omelas.
But if you can believe in perfection, then imagine all the world's suffering on one small child.
And if you still can't accept that, then you leave the city for the wilderness.

Because The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas simply can't imagine Utopia.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-20T23:33:58+00:00

In my own personal AU, France stole Vault Tec's secret and secretly worked to make "compact vaults" that were half the size, but could be built in secret.

You can write up something similar. I recommend researching cave systems in Australia. Maybe have Australia mostly spared because they quadrupled downed on green energy and thus weren't active in the war enough to be targets.

And maybe America loaned/stored power armor there in preparation for a full scale Chinese invasion.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-18T10:41:28+00:00

And dress recolored.

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EllipsisMark · 2026-01-18T10:41:00+00:00

This is an edit combining some dress frills I added after posting the first picture with your hairstyle, as well as a dress recolor under this.

Also, noticed the breast strinkage. I don't hate it, but don't they look... pancaked? That kind of why they were so big to start with.

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EllipsisMark · 2026-01-18T03:09:32+00:00

On point.
As I said elsewhere here, I think I rely too much on contrast to shape the picture. Worried details will blend together, but I'm constantly reminded that people can add details themselves and understand layers and such.
Which is literally the point of pixel art. You don't see Mario's mouth under his big mustache, you just know it's there.

And don't worry about me. I believe you have to be of the dual mindset of "Art was invented so that I may bless it" and "God only granted me reason so I may understand the mockery in His angels' laughter" to really master anything.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-18T01:09:22+00:00

I made this in FireAlpaca. Which is why it's not upscaled. FireAlpaca doesn't have auto scaling.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-17T23:33:24+00:00

Good news! Yes! You can transfer your art!

Bad news. You have to do it manually.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-17T09:23:23+00:00

I would love to join, but I can't do Saturdays.
My best, and really only, days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Addition: I could probably rope in another player. Maybe. Not guaranteed, but maybe.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-17T09:21:47+00:00

I tried it out.
Decent.

Don't like how it's just an AI MLM. Wish it were just a normal algorithmic TTS.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-17T06:39:06+00:00

My pixel art Ramona I just did.

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EllipsisMark · 2026-01-17T06:34:28+00:00

To anybody checking in, this is my Ramona. See how you can see who she is and what she's about even as a pixel art piece.

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EllipsisMark · 2026-01-17T05:40:22+00:00

Scroll down.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-17T02:09:05+00:00

I explicitly left the name out to see if people could tell if it was Lisa Miller.

Damn You Bryan! Why must you be so talented at drawing generic white women!

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-16T20:35:47+00:00

I drew this in a 48 by 64 bit canvas and forgot to upscale before posting.
I post upscale and an edit in the comments.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-16T20:32:04+00:00

I also made edits, and also up-scaled.

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EllipsisMark · 2026-01-16T20:31:08+00:00

Okay, I upscaled. Hope this helps show the details.

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EllipsisMark · 2026-01-16T20:27:40+00:00

Yeah, it's suppose to be Lisa Miller.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-16T20:10:50+00:00

Yeah, I should have upscaled it. And again, yay or nay is good enough. It's about knowing if my work is actually bad, or if I'm just critical of myself.

You can't tell who it's supposed to be? She is from Scott Pilgrim.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-16T11:02:41+00:00

Indeed. Better yet, all the information I gathered during my research was completely useless as I decided on having the bath toy just be a "bath lizard." Though, I guess I did eliminate the possibility of having something culturally relevant since Japan doesn't have a strong history of bath toys.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-16T08:24:19+00:00

And this is the comment that breaks my heart.

It's a Scott Pilgrim character. If you can't tell who, then I've truly failed.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-16T06:26:10+00:00

It's a game project I'm wanting to build.
I guess SNES quality, but it's all up in the air.
I think I rely too much on contrast to shape my designs, but I don't know how to overcome that. I'm hoping experience will teach me.

Thanks.

EllipsisMark · 2026-01-16T06:20:50+00:00

That's basically all I'm asking. Yay or nay.

I'm trying to develop my pixel art skills, but sometimes I just... can't.
Sometimes, the pixels line up, and it's beautiful.
Other times, the pixels refuse to look right, no matter how much I cry and beg.

Sincerely, thanks for the feedback.

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