#brian posts

Excuse me? That is pretty fucking rude, is this your blog? Is this you answering people's fucking questions?

I wanted to make her mask look closer to the style of the masks in-game, which really only meant a slight adjustment to the eye holes and a more oval shape to the base.

I wanted to update her face to be less conventionally attractive and more unique and interesting. She doesn't think to take care of her appearance, so it makes more sense that she would have absolutely no makeup, un-plucked eyebrows and dark circles under her eyes. Her hair has always been messy but to help show it a bit more I gave her baby hairs and uneven strands everywhere I could.

I'm still fighting with these markers to get her skin tone right. I'd like it to be a little bit more tan, and with warmer undertones, but this is as close as I could get without ruining the paper.

Her clothes I'm very happy with. I added a darker yellow to her palate to give more depth to the patterns without changing too many recognisable features about them. She finally looks like she could be just walking around in the village in-game and not look slightly out of place (to me at least).

A long time ago,

The sky was red, I remember. From the setting sun in the West. Not a cloud in the sky. The magnificent colors of the disappearing sun bathed the forest in pink and orange, casting dark shadows below the trees.

Why couldn’t I remember?

Why I woke up in the woods.

Why my body ached.

Why I felt so sick.

Why my mouth was crusted with blood.

Why my hands were caked with red.

Why I couldn’t speak.

I remember a mask.

I remember Alex.

I remember Tim.

He only went to Tim because he panicked and had no clue what was coming. He just did what came to mind first. -Nisha

Oh I'm so sorry! Didn't mean to panic him!

Animation and dialogue:

• He uses his shovel to help keep balance as he walks, since he hasn't been using his legs for quite some time.

• Stardos will go from his general idle animation to slowly leaning to the side, then plop, his head resting on top of his shovel and just quietly taking a quick snooze. Then he'll jerk up awake and look around a bit embarrassed, cover his mouth to yawn, then return to his idle animation. This happens randomly throughout the day and night when he stands around not doing anything.

• He will often play with piñata, crouching down and just moving his scarf like playing with a cat and string.

• He has two specific animations for sours. One scolding them for being naughty, then one praising them for being good. (I only remembered the scolding one at the time)

• If he's nearby when one of his siblings is happy, he will also get happy for them. Eg. Seedos excited at a fully fertilized flower, Leafos praising a pinata (second game), Storkos delivering an egg.

• When a piñata is sick in the garden he will look sick himself, stumbling, holding his head and shaking a bit. He will try to bring your attention to the sick piñata without being near it himself. He will very quietly hum to himself for comfort. If the doctor isn't called after a lengthy amount of time, he will sort of dissociate, and slowly drag his feet towards it, almost like his scarf is leading him to it. He will try to stumble back away from it but eventually he brings his shovel down on it. Afterwards, he seems startled at what happened and what he's done and become extremely upset. He leaves the garden for a while to cope.

Some of the lines you hear from him:

"I was honestly half expecting to see a block of me on the Tower of Sour, ha ha."

"To tell you the truth... I'm... Not quite ready to go home yet. It's been so long, I'm a bit nervous. ... Besides, I've always felt more comfortable around piñata, and a big garden... I hope it's alright with you."

"I get the most awful headaches being around sick piñata. Please call the doctor as soon as you see one. ... Please."

"I don't remember a lot of things, but I do remember Sidos-- um, sorry, Seedos, adopting a family of Shellybeans. Or did they adopt him..."

"You know, the sour piñata might act nasty, but they really can't help it, they're overflowing with sour candy, sometimes weeds too. That's all they have to eat until they find a garden. I think they'd be nicer if they had a little bit of sweetness in their diet."

"I've heard some gardeners actually prefer the sour piñata over their un-soured counterparts. ... I'm still not sure how to feel about that."

"Leafos has been bragging about how much taller she is than me. ... N-no I'm not upset, it's not like I'm supposed to be the big brother or anything."

"I remember Mother said that 'hate is a strong word,' but I can't think of anything else to describe how I feel about ruffians. ... Which is a bit ironic, considering she also said angry children turn into them."

"I think Doctor Patch is still scared of me. I mean, I know he's scared of everyone but... Still... I can't exactly blame him."

"I'd love to have piñata of my own one day, I used to borrow a vulcherro for the piñata races and P-factor. I wonder if I could actually adopt them now."