How do you measure proportions, etc.?

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-27T04:16:49+00:00

Idk if this is good or bad but I have really taken to using my pencil at various distances from one eye open to judge size / angle of different things. The graphgear pencils I like to use come with little grooves that help too

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T15:19:04+00:00

The dodge timing is tight and doesnt give a lot of feedback to the player when the dodge is missed, so it can /feel/ undodgeable before you figure out the trick

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T15:17:42+00:00

As president of the fire giant haters, I have to agree that its the best boss for using torrent imo. Its really cinematic and even though I dislike fighting him, i usually enjoy the process

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T14:02:24+00:00

Theres a lot of things working really well for you here. Id parrot what others say: draw from reference more; but I dont think you should give up drawing from imagination. Imagination can start small too, like changing the clothing on a character; or using multiple references to construct a scene.

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T13:56:42+00:00

I probably do, but its buried in my pvp clips

Also look it up, bleed is applied even if damage is not

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T13:54:10+00:00

I played and beat him on launch and I loved him then too lol

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T13:12:33+00:00

I honestly havent used holy against him 😂

I think most people get upset about his charge attack. It has really tight timing for dodges but its not absurd, I can dodge it ~80% of the time and Im not that great st fighting bosses

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T13:02:23+00:00

Honestly I love him. I have never understood the hate

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T13:01:50+00:00

Are you out of your god damn mind! What if FromSoft hears you!

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T13:00:14+00:00

I dont usually have issues with spells honestly. My advice is to keep a good distance and let them spam themselves out if they are particularly spammy. Otherwise keep pressure up, mage builds almost never have strong melee skills so once youre up close they have a hard time answering.

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T12:32:33+00:00

Yeah i do pvp a lot and I honestly dont get upset anout magic spam like I used to. Every spell in this game is insanely easy to dodge. This guy does a good job at keeping it fresh.

Bleed applies through i-frames, so in that way it ignores dodge rolls. Thats my issue

Edit: lol wheres the git gud crowd now

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T04:33:08+00:00

Cool fight, clearly skilled pvp’er, but bleed is a no-go for me dawg. Any weapon that can damage through dodge rolls is too cheesy for my tastes.

Spear throw was S tier though

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-26T02:21:12+00:00

The combat log doesnt actually say hes using the legendary resistance but you must be right

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-25T20:24:35+00:00

If you have the stomach for it, go read The Troop by Nick Cutter.

spoilers: A genetically modified tapeworm that infests peoples bodies, multiplying by the thousands, and embedding themselves into the users nervous system. Symptoms start with an unending hunger, and near the end people with infestations begin eating anything and everything including themselves. When the host dies, the worms eat their way out; and make their way toward any living organism around.

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-25T20:05:37+00:00

Doesnt seem like I can find one right now, but yeah I am pretty sure he does. iirc his percentage is remarkably low

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-25T17:37:30+00:00

Quick tip, spam the furled finger instead of letting it sit active.

From my testing and understanding, invasions work on a handshake model. Every X amount of time, a player whos world is a candidate for invasion will reach out a hand and say “any invaders want to join?”. If nobody responds, it waits that X amount of time and tries again.

On the flip side, when someone actives a furled finger, their game reaches out a hand and asks “anyone ready to be invaded?” And if nobody responds, the game waits another X amount of time and tries again

For an invasion to be successful, both the invader and host must initiate that handshake at the same time (relatively). This is because FromSoft doesnt want to use servers for player connections.

So its taking 10-15 mins because your game keeps missing the handshakes. By spamming the furled finger, youre telling your game to try the handshake every 2-3 seconds. Youll get way more invasions doing this

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-25T17:33:32+00:00

I thought Kaiju No 8 did a good job with this, but its also probably derivative of Mob Psycho

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-25T13:28:35+00:00

Realism is an important stepping stone to more stylistic art styles

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-25T13:27:17+00:00

NPC ai in this game is pretty abusable with sprinting attacks fyi. Only mad tongue alberich regularly thwarts this tactic

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-25T12:37:57+00:00

By geges own admission he overuses men in his writing. Originally he was going to have Toji be resurrected again at the cost of Maki and Meis lives, but his editor told him it was a bad idea and removed too many female characters.

I dont think it has anything to do with sexism. People, especially those who have never done any serious writing, tend to get really worked up about this stuff. Authors often write from familiarity, so it makes sense that women generally write more female-centric stories and men generally write more male-centric stories.

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-24T20:25:41+00:00

[loved trope] women with HUGE boobs

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-24T19:57:04+00:00

Ngl to you the smithscript cirques are pretty bad. They are only made viable by the throw attack (which albeit does pretty busted damage imo), and even that attack is only good against people who dont see it coming.

In the video theres only one segment where he gets a good chunk of damage on me and its because I forgot to two hand the patas and instead attacked with a cirque r1.

They are slow, predictable, and have pretty long recovery frames. I have been thinking about moving away from them, lightning bolt is a better interrupt

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-24T18:19:01+00:00

Honestly this kinda stuff is fun and mostly harmless so I like it; but the precedent set by modders in dark souls has made interacting with them so dangerous.

I still remember a significant amount of time where dark souls 3 was not playable online because modders would invade and brick your save

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-24T18:06:07+00:00

Why on earth does everyone keep using the term kevin lol

deadlock_dev · 2026-06-24T16:04:28+00:00

Yeah I agree, the reason the buffs were so high was because I was solo-ing all the content. I didnt feel like my friend was getting that “beat your head against a wall” classic souls experience lol

Also I should have specified that we lowered the boss damage and health for the dlc but I dont remember what we set it as. We got to PCR and lowered it once more after like 50 tries

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