Meiyane Art

Hi! so, this post is about the animated short that I recently made, Pei!

You can watch it here! https://youtu.be/PnLm472c5CY

First off, the idea of the main character is based on the philosophy of the yin and yang the head of Pei and its counterpart are shaped like the yin and yang on the xiantian taijitu, along with their colors, Pei is the yin, a calm and shy being, however, he is a lost half, and feels incomplete without its yang, this is also based on one of the rules of the Yin and Yang, they are codependent parts and one cannot exist without the other.

The actual short is about human relationships, I made the characters so that you especifically can’t tell many details about them, exept their personalities, so that you can’t tell their gender, their occupation, or even the type of relationship these two have, this has a purpose, I want to represent any kind of relationship, be it with a man/woman or any other gender identity, same with the type of relationship, it can be lovers, or a father and his son, two friends or even rivals, all of these details are vague UNTIL the spectator defines what they are, if you are watching this and think they are lovers, both of them men, then you will be correct, this is open to interpretation, and if you happen to identify something, I will be so happy that you did, if you did, consider telling me what you interpreted :) I will be so grateful.

In this story, Pei wants to revive his counterpart by finding their missing piece, however that is not enough, he must go further and give a piece of themselves to revive them, which is scary to Pei, it frightens them. In the climax, Pei gets hurt by a blast while trying to fit both pieces in the cavity, after this, Pei looks scared to try again, this portrays fears in relationships, fear of hurting and getting hurt, and in the process, isolating one self and not trying again.

However, Pei looks determined to give it their all for their counterpart, sacrificing a  part of themselves, in the end they create a symbiosis and become one, a stronger self together, a peaceful but strong being, because at the end, that’s the payoff from effort in relationships.

I guess Steam decided to approve the store page RIGHT AFTER my update so I have to do a whole new post. 😭

05/12/2021 Devlog

Hey everyone! Time for our bi-weekly (sometimes tri-weekly) update to tumblr!

Summary:

Multiple CGs...LoL

1 new BG for Quill's route

Finished Quill's first chapter

Finished Reuben's first chapter

Worked on a detailed content warning list

The Ramble:

I usually try to save my bullet list from week to week so that I can always remember exactly what I've accomplished but unfortunately I didn't save last week's bullet list and I don't actually remember now how many new CGs I've done since my last update here. I think it's 5.

I completed all the bad ending CGs and a couple of other random ones. And now I've started on the mid-route kiss CGs.

So since my last update, I've completed multiple CGs across routes. I know for sure that there was at least 1 Caissa CG, 1 Jack CG, 1 Lance CG and I started a Caleb CG. I know I've done two others but I don't actually remember which ones. I think 1 was Lance's bad ending CG?? And then. . .another CG. Of something. In some route. LoL

Anyway, I have about 20 CGs left to do. That's about 40% of the CGs that I have left.

I have worked on some writing as well. I finished Reuben's first chapter and I finished Quill's first chapter.

I've also been working on compiling a detailed content warning list. This is a spreadsheet that goes by route and breaks things into major categories like "Social Issues" or "Violence" or "Mental Health and Injuries".

Unfortunately there is no way to fully avoid spoilers in a list this detailed. So this will be linked on game pages and will be a "read at your own risk" kind of thing because spoilers will abound. Particularly because I do feel like sometimes content warnings lack context. This can make a warning seem more or sometimes way less serious than it actually is in the game.

If I say "mentions of torture" - that can seem really scary. But if ultimately the line is "I was tortured that time", it's a lot different than someone going into depth about the exact torture and trauma. Giving that context can let people know exactly what they're in for.

So yeah, I've been working on that.

And I did get a new background art. Quill's route is going to need some BG additions so I've been working on getting those together.

Sneak Peeks and Previews:

Upcoming Weeks:

I have about 20 CGs left to complete.

How many I do in a week kind of just depends on the CGs and the state of my drawing hand.

The CGs that have left are:

All the good endings (a lot of these, I haven't really decided what they will be yet.)

5 of the love scenes

3.5 mid-route kisses

A few other random scenes

Right now I'm honestly hoping to get all the mid-route kisses done by the end of this upcoming week. From there I don't know what I'll work on. Right now, we're at about 93% completion of the base game.

If you like my snarky know-it-all posts and wanna support me, feel free to throw some ko-fi my way 👍❤️

On the other hand you can also tell me to stop buying Tifa merch and save up to buy more Tifa merch 🤔🙃🤣

Hi! I am opening bust commissions bc money is incredibly tight atm, and I would love some spending money for my birthday on the 11th, and also to get my family presents for chrimmus!!

5 slots open for $20, and please do NOT use the art for N/F/Ts. examples below

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