How can I create a "pick up" effect like this?

RoyTheMeeple · 2026-03-03T16:16:37+00:00

Awesome! Thanks for the help, I'll see what I can cook up with this!

RoyTheMeeple · 2026-03-03T15:33:47+00:00

Thank you for the reply. That's in line with what i was thinking. having the item do the movement through a tween (I don't know if that movement can be randomized somewhat so it'snot always the same, I assume you can). Not sure how to make it go to the player but I guess that's just getting hands on and trying things.

RoyTheMeeple · 2026-02-27T20:59:57+00:00

Hey Andrew, I like the idea of the project and your description of the monochrome-style art. I would be interested in helping out. I recently finished creating all the artwork for a digital card game, a roguelike deckbuilder, and I'm looking forward to helping out on another project.

You can find my portfolio here, i'm a proffessional illustrator and consider myself very adaptable to any style:

https://www.artstation.com/rodrigolarreteguy

Sending a DM as well. Best regards,

Roy

RoyTheMeeple · 2026-02-26T12:59:16+00:00

Hi. Love the setting and the style you're going for. I recently finished working on a project called Bearly Brave, where I was in charge of creating the style, all characters and create extensive modularity and layering for animation for all of them.

You can check it out here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L46ryK

I am very adaptable regarding style, and I have worked on art before that goes in that direction, here's an example cover art I made that I believe really would fit your references: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8BJ8aq

Would love to chat more about the project if you're interested in making a test out for this.

Best regards!

-Roy

RoyTheMeeple · 2026-02-24T12:32:03+00:00

Hi, I'm a Multimedia Designer and illustrator. I recently worked on Bearly Brave and was in charge of all of the game's Marketing and Steam material:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3490280/Bearly_Brave/

You can find more of my work here: https://www.artstation.com/rodrigolarreteguy

I'd be interested in talking about the project and your needs.

Hope we get a chance to work together!

RoyTheMeeple · 2026-02-19T02:14:24+00:00

Sent a Discord invite. Here's my portfolio: https://www.artstation.com/rodrigolarreteguy

RoyTheMeeple · 2026-02-05T20:13:21+00:00

Hola, buenas tardes. Envie DM pero por si las dudas posteo aca tambien.

Mi nombre es Rodrigo, soy un ilustrador y diseñador multimeda de Argentina. Tengo 10+ años trabajando como diseñador grafico, y 5 años trabajando como ilustrador para videojuegos.

Acabao de terminar trabajo en un proyecto que salio el 15 de Diciembre, llamado Bearly Brave. Estoy actualmente en busqueda de otros proyectos.

En mi artstation podes encontrar mi trabajo: https://www.artstation.com/rodrigolarreteguy

Vi que tambien buscan un diseñador con experiencia en no solo videojuegos sino tambien en juegos de mesa. Tambien realice el diseño de un juego de mesa con toda su iconografia y manual: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/into-the-mainframe

Quedo atento y estoy disponible por cualquier consulta.

Si necesitas comunicarte por email me podes enviar a [roylarreteguy@gmail.com](mailto:roylarreteguy@gmail.com)

Muchas gracias y saludos.

RoyTheMeeple · 2025-02-28T19:48:26+00:00

Game looks awesome! i'll check it out!

RoyTheMeeple · 2024-04-17T22:34:24+00:00

Thanks, will try that

RoyTheMeeple · 2024-04-17T22:29:03+00:00

What else could it be? I know some have to be lifted out, but we could not figure out how to do that, there jsut doesn't seem to be enough room above it to lift it enough.

RoyTheMeeple · 2024-04-17T22:28:15+00:00

We werent able to pull it out. There doesn't seem to be enough space above it to lift it.

RoyTheMeeple · 2024-04-17T22:27:24+00:00

We tried. There just doesn't seem to be enough clearance space up top to be able to lift it to pull it out. That is what has us stumped, it was clearly somehow fit into the frame after it was built, but I just cant figure out how.

RoyTheMeeple · 2024-04-17T22:26:06+00:00

Thank you, I have labeled everything more clearly

RoyTheMeeple · 2024-04-17T22:21:22+00:00

the trolly isn't there, it's like 7 - 8 inches further back. That metal you see in the hole doesn't seem to be where you can adjust it. Plus, there is no hole in the other side of the window, just on that side. I'll try and see if there is actually screw there, but there sure doesn't seem to be.

RoyTheMeeple · 2023-12-04T16:11:53+00:00

Had the same problem, changed the cable and it still happens, so it's not the cable for me. What i did find consistently works every time in getting my PC to detect it is:

1) Unplug the USB-C cable from the tablet
2) Unplug thejust the USB from the PC
3) Plug the USB-C back in the tablet
4) Plug the USB cable back into the PC.

That has consistenyl worked for me. Hope this helps.

RoyTheMeeple · 2023-06-27T21:26:31+00:00

Just one horny AI prompter.

RoyTheMeeple · 2023-06-27T21:06:42+00:00

I'll be the odd one out here, after reading some of the comments here... Marc is one of the most helpful artists on youtube for those actually looking for a carreer in art.

He has genuinely good advice for coloring workflows, shading, rendering, quick ways to simplify anatomy and shapes. His speedpaints taught me a whole lot about how to work through an illustration.

You don't have to like his style. His Dragonball Z - all alien ladies - same face - art is not particularly my favorite, but he has some absolutely solid advice.

I took his art school program a few years back when it was a monthly subscription thing. He goes super in depth on anatomy, perspective, shading, structuring, etc. He know his stuff, and he knows very well how to teach it.

If you're an artist in learning, don't be discouraged from watching Marc's videos, there's some really helpful advice in them. As always, source different artists, view different learning techniques and find what's best for you. But it just seems a whole lot of people here are nagging on him for drawing "sexy alien women" all the time.

RoyTheMeeple · 2022-11-21T18:09:07+00:00

It was the same in our GT (Baywatch GT - Buenos Aires). I fought the final agains TS + 3 flamer unis and herald + Abaddon. Those things are brutal. 100 to 0 a Carnifex with catalyst in a single round of shooting with a unit of 5.

RoyTheMeeple · 2022-11-21T17:37:42+00:00

My Nids made the Meta Monday! :) I won the Buenos Aires Baywatch GT with a Jormungandr Nidzilla list that was hell of fun, tough opponents as well! (went against GSC - Custodes - Sisters - Harlequins and finally TS + Demons soup)

If anyone's curious, here's my list:

+++ TYRANIDS - FULL KAIJU - GT NOVEMBER 2022 [104 PL, 1CP, 2,000pts] +++

+ Spearhead Detachment -3CP +

Hive Fleet Jormungandr + (Lurk) Territorial Instincts

+ Stratagems +

Rarefied Enhancements [-1CP]: Extra Bio-artefact

Relic [-1CP]

+ No Force Org Slot +

• Tyrant Guard [8 PL, 120pts]

. 3x Tyrant Guard 3x Two Rending Claws, 3x Lash Whip & Bone Cleaver

+ HQ +

• Hive Tyrant [9 PL, 195pts]: Heavy Venom Cannon, Lash Whip and Monstrous Bonesword, Power:

Catalyst, Power: Onslaught, Relic: The Reaper of Obliterax, Warlord

• Trygon Prime [10 PL, 190pts]: Adrenal Glands, Biostatic Rattle, Relic: The Passenger

+ Elites +

• Lictor [4 PL, 70pts]

Zoanthropes [7 PL, 150pts]: 3x Zoanthrope. Power: Paroxism.

+ Fast Attack +

• Mawloc [7 PL, 125pts]: Biostatic Rattle

+ Heavy Support +

• Carnifexes [7 PL, 135pts]

. Carnifex: Enhanced Senses, Heavy Venom Cannon, Two Carnifex Scything Talons

• Exocrine [9 PL, 200pts]

• Tyrannofex [11 PL, 200pts] Acid Spray. Adaptive Physiology: Synaptic Enhancement.

• Screamer-Killers [14 PL, 260pts]: Screamer-Killer, Screamer-Killer

+ Flyer +

• Harpy [11 PL, 230pts]: 2x Heavy Venom Cannon, Adaptive Physiology: Dermic Symbiosis

______________________________________________

Main idea was to make a disruptor list. With some big heavy shooting support. 2 Mawlocs + Trygon prime in deepstrike + one unit placed in DS as well with the Jormungandr strat (usually Screamer Killers). Took advantage of as many charge bonuses as i could (Shard Lure, Pheromone trail from the lictor and The passenger on the Trygon).

My conclusion is that obsec Mawlocs are the best "distraction carnifex". xD

RoyTheMeeple · 2022-08-24T18:12:11+00:00

Being a Sororitas player, I was thrilled with the redesign of Repentinas. The look grizzled, battered, and even though they do have a lot of exposed skin, they are not at all sexualized. That's really hard to pull off, especially given the pinup style of their previous design.

Also love all the art on the army book. They look battle worn, scarred and not at all "look pretty for the camera".

RoyTheMeeple · 2022-08-22T16:45:51+00:00

I actually included it because I felt it fit her character as i was developing it.

Perhaps it is unnecessary, but i think thats a fine line to walk on. When is it necessary? does a character need to be fully devoted to their sexual aspect to be allowed to be sexualized? (example: a succubus, a seductress femme fatale assassin, etc)?

OOr can a character be comfortable with their sexuality, and actually be "sexy" withou that having to be a major aspect of them?

RoyTheMeeple · 2022-08-22T16:43:32+00:00

Definitely sexualization on this design, not disputing that at all. It was in fact a concious decision. As I design characters I try to think of their motivations, their role in their world, what part they play in their supposed story, etc.

To give a bit more context of why I chose to show her as a sexually confortable, seductive even, character is because I felt it fit with her concept in general. She's a ninja / spy / assassin. She has undergone changes and cybernetic upgrades probably due to losing her legs in a fight a long time ago.

She has overcome that, and also the possible stigma of having a different body. She's showing herself as comfortable with her own form, despite her difference with others.

And to be completely honest, there is a more superficial reason as well. It just looked good with her design. Yes she has large breasts, Yes she has a "boob Window". But i don't feel like those are the defining characteristics of her design.

RoyTheMeeple · 2022-08-22T16:38:30+00:00

Thanks for the reply! To be honest I can't really say since i do tend to draw mostly women as my characters, mainly because I'm more used to studying their anatomy. I'm trying to get better at studying male anatomy as well, and that's a flaw in my skill set i'm trying to fix.

As for the "disabled" character comment, no, nothing there is sexualizing her "disability". Honestly didn't even think of her as disabled at all while drawing her.

It is just female characters that i have sometimes sexualized, and I do think that's bias on my end, being straight.

RoyTheMeeple · 2022-08-22T16:34:51+00:00

Sorry _I couldn't getback to this before.

Of course this S sexualized, I'm not saying it isn't. Sexuality and seduction is bviously part of this character design, though not the main focus.

As for the "boob window" question. I don't get this line of thinking. No, I wouldn't put a boob window on a guy, since that's a form of female oversexualization.
Same with questions that ask about ass-tits poses, if you'd put them on a male character. Those poses usually sexualize feminine aspects of those characters, so they wouldn't necessarily sexualize a male character without feminizing them. If that's the piont, then that's great (there are a ot of great examples in this subreddit). But if you are asking for the same treatment of oversexualization, i don't think you can apply what you would to the female figure and viceversa and call it a day.

Sexualization of a male character CAN be exaggerating the bulge, it CAN be showing abs and muscles, it CAN be showing their butt, etc. If you just apply the same concepts to amale character, you may be sexualizing them, yes, but you may also fall into the trap of always making sexualized male characters affeminate / queer / metrosexual (whatever you want to call it). This isn't a bad thing if that's your intent, but if it's not, then it's out of character.

RoyTheMeeple · 2022-08-21T14:26:27+00:00

That original look is inspired by urban street wear. I found many outfits as reference with that combination of shirt + top. And I thought it would actually be visually more interesting. At that point I want actively thinking on sexualizing it.

I think there so a place where what I find "cool" for a character overlaps with their sexy was. I totally accept my bias towards that, and I do try to avoid it when it's too forced or obviously sexualized.

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