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Published: 2019-06-28 16:16:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 547; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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AAAGGGHHH!!!-me, moving from my confort zone and trying digital tools for the first time.
I know today is the day I submit the ToC page, but unfortunatelly I am forced to pospone said update (again) until tomorrow. So here, have, as an apology, my first ever digital drawing (not really, I have done a few in the past, but this is the only one I am proud of).
So, do you all remember that character, Valiant? Who was featured here
www.deviantart.com/dedalo-el-h…
and there
www.deviantart.com/dedalo-el-h… ?
Do you also remember that he was going to be the main hero of a little videogame project I am working on right now?
Well, here's the thing, the original project was going to be set around the XVIII century or so. It was going to draw some inspiration from the napoleonic wars and other powder-musket-like conflicts. I ended up discarding said idea, because, honestly? If there's a period of time I am passionate about this is the medieval times. Maybe in the future I do something, but not yet.
That's why I have decided to repurose Valiant as Fernando, this sort of crusader-king character.
The story is more or less going to be a medieval-fantasy one, but with heavy interest in portraying weapons and armor as historically accurate as I can (or, at least, somewhat believable). It has a bit of this XIIth century flavor with some magic.
You will play as Fernando, this sort of king from some floating islands that commited a grave and unwise mistake and has condemned the world to perish. The story is going to talk about how this king tries to retake his land and make amends with such a mistake to save the world.
I imagine Fernando as this sort of pure-hearted strong but simpleton character. I imagine him struggling to read or to comprehend complex concepts but, at the same time, behaving like a mature person.
This, still, is a concept. It might change as time goes on.
Kudos to for inspiring me to get Krita and for his help through Discord.
Also, any critique is welcome! This is my first "serious" digital art.
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Ohoh i hola Valiant ! ... I mean, Fernando. He got quite of a revamp, didn't he? quite understabe to fit the setting you made for him. The previous version was rather evocating a XVIIth century character, because of the saber and clothing.
And now I'm quite curious about this medieval setting, especially the floating islands you mentionned... is he some king of the sky?
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Yeah... at first I wanted to aim for a much more piratesque setting... but I soon realized that wasn't too fitting for the story I wanted to tell. It also was waaaay too close to the main sources of inspiration, which is something I wish to avoid. At the end, I decided to aim for home: a medieval spanish-esque setting, with familiar names a familiar settings.
But, knowing how things go, I wouldn't be surprised if I revamped his design some more times in the future... here's hoping I don't!
Yes, pretty much! There's quite a lore there regarding how the world works: there's only Up and Down. The Up is populated by the gods and the Down is populated by the dark gods. The floating islands are the land the gods from Above gave to these mortal creatures to avoid Falling Down and the King is this sort of Demi-God figure sent by the gods to protect this kingdom from the dark creatures from Down, that constantly try to take it over.
There's also some more story regarding inmortality, divine powers and such... but all this, as I said, is still under development.
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Aye, I understand your choice. I reassure you, the "too-close-from-main-inspiration" side wouldn't be too obvious, as pirates and co are quite a "generic" theme. I mean, it's not copyrighted. Though the medieval spanish-esque setting is something more familiar to you?
Don't worry if you have to revamp characters or story in the future, this happens to everyone... and most of it, when it happens, makes everything better, because it makes you realize what was good, what was bad, useful or not, etc.
Sounds like a clash of gods intrigue! I'd be curious to see how you will come up with the floating islands design... and wait. Fernando is a king. And a demi-god.
..... HE'S A MARY SUUUUU --- naah, just jokin'.
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Funnily enough, at the time I am writing this response, I do realize that I have revamped the whole idea again! I went back to the piratesque feel and the classic Valiant! And different story, setting... etc.
Now, onto re-vamping this back to the medieval setting, then back to the pirates setting, then back to the medieval, ad aeternun until the day of Judgement!
Now, seriously. During this summer I had been through quite the creative process. I did really try to work in this setting but, while it is pretty interesting, I just couldn't make it work. I don't know, Fernando isn't as much of a fun character as Valiant was. Using Fernando forces me to write a waaay too serious story. WIth Valiant I can allow myself to crack some jokes and mix it with serious moments.
Also, the advantages that Fernando did provide were already provided by Valaint in a better and quirker way.
Still, just let me reply to you on the last one... yeah, I do really like the lore I did pull off here. I might use it again (in a different way, that is, no kings, probably) for the new story.
Also, well, actually... the concept of Fernando being an inmortal semi-god was one of these ideas I liked but no longer work. You see, Fernando is immortal, but in a Dark-Souls way. He can die, but will wake up much, much later (not as a hollow, though).
Now, gameplay-wise this justifies how the player can keep playing even if Fernando's health falls to 0. This doesn't mean that he can't fail his mission, though.
You see, the story happens (or, at least, used to happen) in a strict timeline. You have 5 weeks to fulfill 5 objectives and beat the bad guy on the final battle. For each objective achieved, you get some nice advantages for the final battle. For each objective failed, disadvantages.
Now, how do you fail each objective? By dying. Each objective was written in such a way that if Fernando died, he wouldn't be around to "protect the druids while they perform the ritual/escort the army through the dangerous passage/save the sages"... etc.
In the final battle, all these fulfilled/unfulfilled plots would come to a conclusion.
Now, here's the catch: you only have one chance to win the big battle. If you fail, the world ends, the dark gods conquer the light gods and you, as Fernando, lose your inmortality and perish (I call it, Langueo's ideal ending XP).
If you win, though, everything's cool again... but the ending would change depending on yout success. Maybe not managing to protect the druids made your kingdom unstable in some way... or maybe protecting that mage made it worse, since that mage was a necromancer in secret. Or maybe helping that princess made it better!
The ending would be good, that's true, it's just that your mission would determine "how good it is".
Now, this whole idea sounds great on paper, but there are some reasons why I discarded it. One of them being the fact that I don't see it fair to punish players with a harder experience.
I mean, we play games for fun, right? What if the player isn't good at games? Should I really worsen his experience the worse he plays?
This whole idea of "your choices have consequences" I see them fit as just "choices", not just "haha, you are not good at the game: here, everyone is dead".
There's also the fact that the story was starting to take itself too seriously. I don't want that.
(but yeah, Fernando is a bit of a Mary sue. btw, did you know that the male version is Gary Stu?)
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Thanks, mate! Fernando here ready to kick some ass!
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Thanks! I am very proud of this one!
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wel others might also be proud XP
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¡Guau!, ¿arte digital eh?, si que mola tío
Acerca de la idea del videojuego, me gusta el concepto que le has dado, aunque no se si pensar en Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger o Oblivion
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Me siento sucio... como si hubiera traicionado a mis principios XD
De los tres sólo conozco Oblivion... y diría que sí, se acerca a Oblivion... aunque en realidad la inspiración la saco sobre todo de un juego que posiblemente no habrás oído hablar: se llama "Stories: the path of Destinies": www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ukxGw…
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¡Hmm, si que es interesante!
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Claro. Me gusta mucho el tono de "historia colorida" que tiene ese juego con momentos de sarcasmo por parte del narrador.
A mí me gustaría que mi juego fuera también una historia colorida, pero como si fuera "una historia colorida donde todo lo que podría ir mal fue mal".
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I think this looks lovely and amazing!!!!!! Good job dude- everything looks really nice (jealous of your hands)
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Many thanks! It took a while, but I am very proud of the results!
Oh yes, the hands... heh, I personally struggle with them, but not too long ago I discovered some tricks to draw them more easily. Now, I draw them mostly by muscle memory... which is nice!
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pppppft- you got a memory? I thought it was skill all skill
and I would be proud of the results also!!! it looks amazing!
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I-i-mean! Yes! It was ALL skill! Yes, exclusively skill!
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YeS I knew you were lying to me! Mwhahahaha xD
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digital art? on your account? its more likely than you think
but srsly, this is so great, especially for a first foray! You did real well on the gradient shading, too- which is something I struggle with (and end up just doing cell shading lol) so good on you!
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I don't know... I feeel dirty, as if I heard the voice of millions of traditional artists screaming of terror and were suddenly silenced...
Oh, thanks a lot! I really wasn't sure how to do it, but I discovered that there is a specific tool that allows you to paint in a gradient style... which really helped a lot to do the shading!
In retrospective, I think I will try this cell-shading you mention for the next characters... I think that it does better for semi-toon characters like this one (and yours, that is).
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