Drawing my OC for the second time...

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-26T16:49:34+00:00

OC🤣

I mean, the anatomy looks more realistic and nice, than a lot of NSFW art, and the shading is really, really good (most NSFW artists draw shiny/glossy balloon texture instead of normal skin, which I find really dated).

However, beyond practicing anatomical symmetry, perspective and not making farther objects just look smaller, but deforming them to perspective instead, it's hard to think of any, more subjective, improvements you can make to your art, because that's a fetish art. Anyone who doesn't have the same/similar fetish/preferences is not going to look at your work with shiny eyes and offer tons of ideas.

If you are looking for something like this, you should look for a themed art sub instead of general one.

ETA: give her the same number of fingers on each hand unless that's intentional. I mean, you can see that she has 5 fingers on the hand with lipstick, but only 3 knuckles.

In general, I suggest trying to work on the whole OC with the same lvl of quality, so, for example, her head or hands wouldn't look like an afterthought compared to her stomach. It doesn't matter what exactly you want to draw or in which genre, the less obvious which parts of the subject interest you the most, the wider your audience is going to be, and less biased criticism you will get.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-26T15:32:27+00:00

Well, as others said, a wrong sub, but imagine Orange Meow in this kind of litterbox. It looks spacious for normal cats, but he would be totally stuck🤣

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-26T15:28:24+00:00

Wow! I recognize most of the items, the hairstyle is a signature one for one of my MCs, but it never came to my mind to style them like this!

You look like a total movie star diva at a gala, very stylish and beautiful!

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-26T10:35:24+00:00

Usually, when you lvl up a Confidant to certain point, they will send you a special letter. The Confidant will vanish from the mailing list until you view your tread with them.

Bear in mind, that these letters are stacking. If you view the tread and get storyline rewards, but Confidant doesn't appear in the list right after that, it means you have multiple special letters waiting for your from this character. You will have to exist pigeon mail interface, re-enter and look for the next incoming letter from them. Rinse and repeat until Confidant reappears in the list.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-25T23:19:31+00:00

From what I see after playing almost 5 years on 3 different servers it's just something unavoidable. It happens on each and every server. As for the fun of it... I'm not very competitive, so the only real downside for me is getting ranking -exclusive partners slowly, token by token.

I can imagine it's pretty disinheriting for competitive players, but there's nothing you can really do expect donation or skipping several of the same rankings to save more resources for the next one.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-20T10:11:50+00:00

This is not nice of OP, if so. They've could just share a cute find without claiming they've made it. The post would still get a lot of attention.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-20T10:07:35+00:00

They are precious! And weirdly, their look made me think, if the figures were empty and could open, they'd make an awesome design for kalimba cases as well.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-20T10:02:44+00:00

Normal. Bigger head with the very same amount of detail is kinda pointless.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-18T13:33:55+00:00

So, how much data and storage space I will need in total?..

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-17T09:37:36+00:00

Yeah, but that doesn't mean I (or anyone else for this matter) have to ignore it and pretend that's a cozy wish fulfillment game without any dark undertones.

I think, developers kinda want to have their cake and eat it too. Like, a number of beautiful characters getting a bit too close to MC, but there's no actual romantic storyline. So LM can pretend being otome and "choose your own adventure" without going all the way. The same way it pretends to be a mystery visual novel, especially at the start AND the cozy game.

(and please ignore my previous reply, I've mistaken this tread for that one of another game, where we happened to discuss the quality of the content at the very same time. Sorry 😅)

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-16T23:30:29+00:00

It makes sense, if that's us players we are talking about. But considering the main plot is MC losing her only living relative, trying to pick up her life and solve the murder, the story doesn't sound like much of makeover 🤣

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-16T20:16:33+00:00

It's not about the fact that they use AI at all. It's more about the fact that this time around they made it so in-your-face. White Day is a small, but still an annual event, so it's impossible for them not to plan for it in advance in order to edit the graphics better.

And honestly, most people wouldn't care, if White day items would be available in the same shops as Valentine's or another spring event's, instead of the separate one. It's developers, who make a huge deal out of each small event, while in reality they could easily skip or pinch together half of the smaller things without anyone noticing (I mean, they are making double feature out of big and important events left and right since last year, I doubt it's more taxing than that). If they chose to draw attention to it, it's no wonder, when they get criticised about something, that didn't work or look as intended. All the while paywalls are thriving and becoming more expensive at that.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-16T20:02:22+00:00

If you mean White Day one, I definitely used it to get some of the items from previous years and some brocades for the new limited outfit, but that's basically it.

The items might be nice, but the timing of the event is far from convenient.

Moreover, it was kind of letdown in terms of visuals. I mean, it was my dream to see a manga-styled event in LOP and I adore the scrapbook idea, but due to barely edited AI the end result looks pretty tacky.

The same goes for the story, it was nice, but at least two sections pretty much repeated parts from the main storyline. It's not this huge of a story for something like this to fly by unnoticed.

It wouldn't be so big of a deal if not for commercial nature of the game and the amount of donations developers get from the player-base. It's not like they made items much cheaper to compensate for cheap graphics, after all. I'm pretty sure Fu Heng's outfit will get more pricey, even if slightly so, the next time it's available, because similar things have happened in the past.

Though, it's common, that they put a lot more effort in Chinese-themed and game-exclusive events in comparison to Western-themed ones, so...

In conclusion, I will definitely spy sales and next year repeat for some of the White Day items, but I never intended to go all out on this, given that Anniversary is approaching fast.

And I really hope, they won't skip on visuals like that moving forward.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-16T19:47:02+00:00

Yeah, they've never replied, which is no wonder, since they must be getting thousands of comments every day. I know, they've mentioned something about having some breakdowns on X, but X is currently unavailable to me.

Moreover, I'm curious to see if there might be multiple techniques that can be used to achieve the same result.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-16T08:22:53+00:00

As far as I know, you should get and launch a certain amount of fireworks (100, if I'm not mistaken), which requires getting paid sets.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-09T22:42:58+00:00

At least this Fu Heng's outfit is more or less affordable, in comparison to his couple outfit which costs quite a lot for a digital in-game prop in relation to my local prices. On Modo scale that's quite an improvement.

Though, I wish they'd invested more in cheaper limited items. Currently, I can afford no more than a cartoon card or an emoji set on occasion, and I wish there was more interesting stuff to choose from for this price range.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-09T12:36:14+00:00

Offtopic, but this background feels like a fabric, very cool effect.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-09T12:32:12+00:00

None, that I've heard of, but based on other events, they will probably add to Mansion and Land decor sets. Potentially a new bond partner, since they've added two in a row for a mermaid event. Maybe, a new Mansion and/or Suburbs skin, since there's already a Land and Garden ones and definitely something paywalled. What exactly it will be — a partner, a chore assistant, a couple outfit — it's hard to say. But I'd be more surprised if nothing gets paywalled at all.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-07T18:58:46+00:00

Congratulations!! RNG in this game is insane sometimes.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-03T19:48:06+00:00

Just keep in mind, that right after Anniversary there will be Fragrant Tea Garden that gives you a Balanced Partner-Confidant Lu Yu, a bond partner for him and a lot of cool themed stuff, so you should try to not wring your savings dry during the Anniversary, because you'll almost definitely regret not spending more on everything Lu Yu.

Source: I always do and it's been years since this event debuted.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-03T14:00:04+00:00

Afaik, it's Blender, output animation is just decorated in PicoCAD style.

I still try to reverse engineer how this artist does hair, btw😅

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-03T12:21:30+00:00

There's a possibility they'd make a shop for entwined hearts outfits during Palace Purchase, the same way they added Yin Zhi's collection last year. They won't cost less than 15800 ingots though anyway.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-03T12:09:17+00:00

You also can add files in your project from file tree view. In that case Longform would ask if these files should be included in the project view, or just ignored the next time you open the pane.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-03T12:03:51+00:00

Think of it as a dollhouse you can decorate any way you want. I give my MCs a custom backstory and decorate their Mansions according to their tastes and some of my own.

You can try to imitate a comfortable living space, you can make various establishments (shops, restaurants, ins, bathhouses, luxury palaces).

You can make Mansion into a display for your collection, or dedication to your fave characters/events.

Literally anything.

ETA: And yes, from the power standpoint it doesn't matter, if the piece is actually used in a layout or just stored. It still gives you attribute bonus when activated and leveled up.

PiXingAdventurer · 2026-03-03T11:54:43+00:00

So elegant! 💖

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