The plan is to get the model in Godot to do some scenery prototyping (will model MC next). It's not really for a game, just an excuse to try out new things for once, like an art project of sorts.

Bonus: Ren'Py...

Default model expression has slightly open mouth you can't close. 🥲

Cool! Yeah, sticking to people you know is probably for the good.

His hair is still WIP... want to do the hard tasks last. 😭 I'm impressed that all of this can be tuned within Vroid itself. The nose is a bit too cutesy and not quite my style, but I don't want to think about Blender for now, haha.

Actual resolution of the cover + slight brush up (what my tired eyes can afford). *Cough* There are more important tasks so I want to call it done and never look at it again! 🙃

🧠 The big brain says that itch covers are so low res on the site that there is no need fretting what it looks like. 😂 [4]

I was against posting this because I would not mention projects until they're published. Can you spot which one is new? 🧐

OK, I wanted to share a cursed revelation with you all💀... that the dude has almost identical colour palette as my logo. 🥔😑 Wow, it took me more than a year to notice! 🐌 [1]

Happy Birthday, Carrot!! 🥳 @justacarrot.bsky.social

Genzou looks so cool in that scene in "Broomtail", which inspired me to redraw these panels. 🏜️🔫🤠

Excuse me for some creative liberties with Jerry's shotgun and eh... Genzou's shirt button somehow randomly popped. 🍾🙄 #30DaysofOW

WIP of an early bad ending CG for the otome project I'm plotting for exercise (since I can't write long stories 😭).

It's slightly more serious in the actual VN context but I craved for silly art and now I can't even explain.

One thing for certain, the fallen angel LI is worst wingman. 👼

Happy Birthday, Chim @chimeriquement.itch.io!! 🥳

Hope you have the most fabulous Barbie themed party! 🎉

I love the polaroids in Rendez-Doug so I knew I had to draw fanart of Doug celebrating with his work besties Adriel and Sandra (or sweetheart, depending on which route & ending you played).

Top body crops always make characters look naked 🤣, labelling to be safe. 😇

I always go ham when I draw male anatomy. 🙈 It's for me to easier see body types and balance them. 📐 Such as I noted down that the other LI in the otome should have bigger muscles from now on for tadbit more diversity. [4]

I had to streamline/simplify his design for a VN so he got a boring office work outfit, but then his hair became wavier too! 😑 (Lima's haircut in Doorway Deities is closest to this)

Back then I added glasses to hide a drawing mess up, but he can't become a megane (ran out of game dev budget 😆). [2]

I did small repaint fixes on art from 2024. Since I take forever with devlogs, might as well (re)post some here.

It's not exaggerated that I normally avoid looking at anything I made, so it's a challenge. Everything looks warped and weird. 😰

This is unedited 'first' sketch of a male/masc OC. [1]

I was given permission to post a video of my lip flap code added to the demo of Live2D model 'The Countess' created by Digital Ayanna. #MVNA #vndev

✨Download the model and show love to the artist✨:
digital-ayanna.itch.io/the-countess

NOTE: This model was not rigged with lip syncing in mind.

Pfft, I can finally tease a new project for 'Make Visual Novel Assets! Jam' because the basic code works.

Most on-brand Potato move 🥔: Writes Ren'Py code for Live2D models, makes animated itch cover gif... and it's all through old school 2D frame animation and absolutely no Live2D in sight. 🤨 [1]

That's not what I expected from you from your VN/IF works! 😀

(I don't write fanfics anymore.) Mine is semi-accurate, except 'fixing' in the opposite direction. Can't stand pairings in canon if I don't find it realistic, so I'm like having the barbies break up or divorce... as it should be. 😤

- Special thanks to @crescence-studio.itch.io for hosting this fun event! ✨
- Trivia you never asked for: Has Arnold Schwarzenegger ever starred in a Christmas movie? Of course he did! 🎄
- Still find it tricky to do CG from the POV of self-insert MC.
- Bonus doodle for initial colour testing. [3]

Happy holidays @robobarbie.dev! *LOUD HONKING* 🎺🎺🎺 I'm your Secret Santa for #VNSS2024, hope you like the gift.

I enjoyed "seekL" a lot which has near-the-end-of-year story vibes so I had to draw fanart of thrim visiting odxny during Christmas, with references to thrim's questionable tastes. [1]

I didn't make a special sketch for this post, lol, but it matches perfectly with the timing since this is drawn with my default artstyle for B/W art.

It's the occasional visual novel OCs doodle so I don't get rusty with them, didn't want to post it at first because it's a bit off-model. 😑

Post your art inspirations and feel free to tag yourself! 🎨

I got into videogames before anime/manga, and these artists (in random order) inspired my art in my formative years. Not the most original picks, lol.

New concept sketches for Limentinus/Limentina (same character), project link in next post.

Someone looked at too many fayum mummy portraits of Egyptians in Roman era and got inspired to draw depressing art. 😰

I wrote 'a bit' of text in picture alt text again. 🫣 [1]

Hi Bluesky! I'm Potato and I make visual novels as a solo indie game dev. Sometimes I also write about coding with Ren'py.

✨ Fave genres: mystery, romance, puzzle, horror, sci-fi

🔗 Follow me on itch for game recs & not miss out on my releases and longposts:
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