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seeing your progress with the ash portrait inspired me to finally knuckle down and try to get around to my own, but i'm struggling a bit lol 😅 that almost retro anime type of style gives me so much trouble

I am REALLY god damn bad at style mimicry, I wish I could offer some advice but tbh just make sure you have references pulled up! I'd also suggest tracing the faces of pre-existing characters or having one of the NPCs pulled up with a similar palette to the character you're working on and colorpicking from them (for example, I had Darci pulled up next to Ash as I was coloring her skin)

The dimensions for the sprites themselves are 116x168 but the Farmer Portrait Mod has default canvas of 300x800. I drew directly on the template for the mod and as a result, Ash is actually higher resolution than the other portraits (ngl this kind of drives me insane), BUT it was easier to do some of the more detailed parts of her, such as her tattoo, so take that as you will!

But yeah, tbh I literally did like 6 different pose sketches trying to get the style to work and I still shifted and scooted things as I worked on her portraits. I'm still not satisfied with her eyes tbh.

EDIT: ALSO! I used Clip Studio Paint and set all my brushes to hard edges with no anti-aliasing (including erase, lasso, and fill tool)

Hi, it's been a while since I did announcement posts for my comms!

First of all, happy Fields of Mistria 1.0 🎉 With the update adding new wedding portraits, I thought I'd add a special new discount to my services. From now on, if you order a 7 portrait set for your character (all 4 seasonals + beach + bathhouse + wedding), you get a 10% discount for the portraits, which applies after adding extra fees (i.e. complexity, pose changes, etc.), if any!

Additionally, the FoM-Style Portraits service will be permanently set on a waitlist system from now on, and for August 2026 my other commission types will be temporarily on a waitlist system too.

I specialize in imitating the style of the game's art as exactly as it gets... with some extra flair! If you’re looking for a portrait for your farmer/OC that would fit right into the game, you can check out my portfolio! <3 🌸vgen: https://vgen.co/crystalinerose

(More samples under the cut!)

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