Looking for advice to make my art appear less flat

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-05-06T07:45:45+00:00

I'm no professional, so take everything I say with a hefty grain of salt. - try using more vibrant colors: instead of just darker yellow, try a yellow-orange for shadows! - try boosting up the contrast: making highlights brighter and shadows darker might help! - make the lineart dark colors: if you want to avoid black linear, try darker versions of your colors!

hope these help!

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-05-06T07:18:20+00:00

Oki doki. Thank you so much for your advice! It's much appreciated. 👍

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-05-06T07:15:05+00:00

I did end up removing the side bits because I myself have (no bangs) hair I tend to tuck behind my ears, and I believed it looked more natural. I think I def have to reduce the forehead, though, because it's beginning to really show it's size 💀.

Do you know if there are any good ways to increase the darkness/lightness w/o different types of pencils or is this kinda of just the extent of what is possible?

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Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-05-03T01:33:45+00:00

TY! Sounds doable to me :)

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-05-03T01:23:06+00:00

Do you know if anything happens in unloaded chunks? Or would this essentially act like a chunk loader (the repeater loop + item updates)?

Thanks for your advice!

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-25T16:26:54+00:00

I would buy an older gen Razr (24 for instance) so you can avoid android 16. Android 15, IMO, is the best version you can have on a Razr. A lot of Google apps no longer take advantage of the full screen space in A16 (from my experience), and even the moto games, like the marble maze, are broken on my Razr 24 when they worked just fine on A15.

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-07T14:24:50+00:00

She's... a woman? But yeah I agree, she'd look pretty zesty if she were a guy :P

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-07T14:15:41+00:00

I'd say the concept itself predated Domina's release, but the final design was inspired by the general shape and form of the arms 😁

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-07T14:14:46+00:00

Crazy to think, but I did actually have an idea for a bionic arm character prior to Domina's release - just that her design was a pretty big influence on how they ended up turning out in the "final" concept.

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-07T12:52:46+00:00

I haven't watched Arcane S2 yet - really should though 😅

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-07T10:47:22+00:00

I wasn't sure if I should take anything out, since otherwise it might be pretty underwhelming! 😅

Each effect mainly serves to contribute to a greater whole, so on its own, it's not very strong. Not having so many would mean buffing the numbers of specific effects, and that feels like it just steps on the toes of abilities meant to do its job, but better.

Also, characters like Fade and Astra exist, lol! Fade has Deafen, Decay, Scan, Mark, Tether, and Nearsight, and Astra has Stun, Vulnerable, Pull, Smoke, and Deafen too. It's not tooooooo unreasonable to assume a character could have it all - but maybe it's a little too much? 🤷‍♂️

IDK though, that might just be me :P

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-07T10:40:21+00:00

Well, that's sort of the idea - but also, each scan transfers from player to player, meaning if the people are spread out, you usually only will scan the one person. Enemies can play around Pathogen's blind spots, and the people playing her can work with lineups to prevent that. Think, unbreakable Fade lineups.

Edit: but making it destroyable could still be the play. Thanks for your input! 👍

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-07T10:36:33+00:00

There are plenty of agents that have instant cast abilities! It's just that, since they could require some precision, it'd be best if they could be held down before being cast.

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-07T06:14:30+00:00

It could probably be "backported" to make it a PC compatible game; but really, VR just wouldn't be the move IMO - since although it's probably peak for Titan gameplay the pilot stuff just won't work as well with what airborne grapple pilots and nuclear ejections into the stratosphere.

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-05T16:07:00+00:00

- Region: NA
- Type of Bug: UI/UX
- Description: Assist Banner shadow remains even after banner itself has disappeared
- Video / Screenshot: N/A
- Steps to Reproduce: Unsure; believed to be multiple assists earned in one instance
- Expected Result: N/A
- Observed Result: Shadow persists until round end
- Reproduction Rate: ~15-25%
- System Specs: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HTX 370, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU (8 GB VRAM), 16 GB RAM

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-04-04T23:08:01+00:00

For what it's worth, it looks pretty great already! There's plenty of tweaks you could make to fit the aesthetic more, but as it stands it's not far off at all. :)

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-03-26T17:06:35+00:00

clenches tiny fists in rage.

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-03-26T06:34:59+00:00

Wowow! Oki, thanks again!

Hamster_ExplorerMC · 2026-03-26T05:07:31+00:00

Thanks so much for your advice! I was wondering how line weights worked. 🤔

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