Mostly Harmless

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the horse mechanics are a little frustrating, like it doesn't give you a way to carry water (yet?) but your horse definitely needs water relatively often (as they do) so you have to slow walk over to the nearest body of water and hope your horse doesn't faint :/ there's also no way to save as much as you like, you have to find these in world architecture things to save, so that's a little annoying if you just want to stop and aren't near something (they're not that rare, i just prefer being able to save when i want to lol) some of the horse stuff is interesting though, you have to play balance tetris with your saddlebags so your horse is properly balanced and stuff like that. i made the mistake of taking a bunch of courier missions at once (where you haul stuff around) and my poor horse was going to tip over until i figured out the ui. You also really have to watch where and how you're riding because if that horse "faints" you get a game over (unlike most rpgs that give you a horse that is the most bloody minded, immortal creature ever). so i liked the inclusion of that mechanic, tho i wish it were a little smoother and there were more ways to care for your horse. i have not figured out the combat/hunting entirely, the way it alerts you to danger is your horse gets spooked and i found it kind of difficult to clock the other animals (i wish it highlighted them a bit like other games, i get they wanted it to feel immersive but it definitely makes it less fun). i had a wolf run past my horse when we stopped at a camp which was the only way i noticed it. the random npc voice acting is a little disappointing, there's a lot more british accents than there should be (the main va is i think mongolian at least so they made an effort there). apparently there's a mongolian language track to the game too so maybe i'll switch to that since i always use subtitles anyway (tho will have to see if it lets me have english subtitles or not). only the horse animations/graphics look good, the human textures and animations are kind of muddy/static and definitely not as polished. which i'm kind of fine with since the game is not really about people, tho it does kind of try to talk about nomad horse culture a little bit (not really that much tho, which is a bit disappointing) i don't think i can endorse it yet since it still feels a bit rough still even for an ea game (like valheim is technically still in ea and that one feels pretty close to finished, like each biome is very playable. even hades 2 was more polished than this at ea). but maybe a thing to watch/add to wishlist if you like horses and low key quests (there doesn't seem to be a meta plot afaik, it's just kind of an open world sim-ish game)

some new stuff i've been working on (this is from a few weeks ago)! still more birds but trying to vary species a bit more and adding new creatures! I have many sketches for more in the works, just have to throw more mug forms . i like to match the mug form shape to the creature i'm doing. a lot of these ended up with my more experimental creature designs because they were unsuitable for bird mugs (i'm a little concerned about the tardigrade, we'll see if it survives bisque or not. the walls are a little thin on it) i realized in making the reel that i missed some of the colors on the laughing kookaburra underwing so i went back and fixed it (but didn't refilm the turnaround) video description: turn around reel showing several hand carved pieces at greenware stage. the reel features mugs decorated to look like a golden belted bumblebee, rosy maple moth, bearded vulture, laughing kookaburra, and a tardigrade music is from bensound as ever, if you want to see things earlier/more in depth, consider becoming a patreon subscriber!

these were my first bird cups of the year! one of my friends loves penguins so every time i chat with her i have penguins on the brain (and have actually made a few penguin pieces specifically for her) and these happened. you can tell they're my earlier pieces and i hadn't quite gotten the shading/carving techniques down that are present in my newer stuff but i still think they're cute. I will probably redo some of these species now that i've got better underglaze combos and feather carving ideas. i like that they mostly stack too! species included: gentoo (creamer), little blue "fairy" penguin, adele penguin, magellanic penguin i believe the magellanic penguin cup & the gentoo creamer have sold, the rest are currently available to purchase in person through blue water clay but if they don't sell there, they'll be up in my etsy shop after may patreon | store | ig | bsky

the eponymous feet didn't turn out as vibrant as i wanted either (so maaaybe do another one) but otherwise everything else turned out nice. I was also experimenting with doing more color shading on the underglazes to get that flecked white to brown look that boobies have. i used mayco's sapphire glaze for the inside, the rest is clear (tho i did use a little of amaco's snow celadon on the eyes, i don't know that it mattered much) patreon | store | ig

did a little tutorial series on how i make my bird mugs! this is cut up into 4 parts (so it could be posted on ig etc) but if you want to see the 2 part long form version, you can catch that on my patreon (1 | 2 ) for the extremely low and reasonable price of $3/mo (or just wait for parts 2-3 to be posted here, tho you get lots of other stuff as patreon supporter too (｡◕‿◕｡) this is part 1 of 4 [video description: video showing someone sketching out the details of a pigeon/rock dove's features onto a wheel thrown greenware mug in graphite pencil]

as ever, the feet are my favorite part. i love giving folks a nice little extra something when you turn the mug over! the cup has sold already, but the mug will probably be up in the store soonish. patreon | store | ig