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យើងធ្វើសៀវភៅ yippieee !!

doing personal bookbind of release ver of Great Brilliant Radiance ! this little sneak peek of what have so far

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GBR AU - 178 pages

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These are really old so uses older ver of our sona(s) , but still holds up

(we actually made post like this before but just wanted to ramble lot more)

This here illustrates how designed are done in Wish You Goodnight , and how a normal character would be interpreted into WYGN

(note , these personal rules and guide for world , if making oc feel free completely ignore)

(extra word note: in this world , word "fauna" replaces the word for animal/person , it used to mean both single person , group of , or all people . word "animal/people" arent used in story . this of course not how word fauna used irl)

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must be colors directly from WYGN set palette

cannot add new shade , must also match time of day set (though default is noon , N)

note: due to story reasons , pure black is Not part of palette , however for ease of speaking , the darkest purple shade (N0 /M0) will be referred to as black

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Only unique color is in their eyes , which is same color as their soul

the unique color that is eye colors + soul colors are more complex

basically having heterochromia does exist however it means have more than one soul ,

this doesnt always mean plurality as a soul is basically like a heart organ , but it could sometimes happen in some cases

theres no limit on how much can have (thus colors in eyes) but its just rare . the main rule is that its just eyes and soulcast (magic) that has the unique color

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Different shaped eyes , only normal animal eyes

however , a unique eye shape that exists are Star Eyes , called Star-Eyed Fauna . theyre very very rare , can be any species , and is often written about as "hero of legends" or "great figures"

What majority have in common is not great eyesight , live for long time , two different colored eyes

because of this aspect of world , characters do not have stylized eyes that involve special shapes (like heart eyes , triangle , etc)

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2. simplified and clear shape

important or intricate details are done with black / lineart color .

Idea here is that this made as comic first and foremost , thus important details of characters should be able depicted from lineart alone

so it done in lineart color , or is in lineart color then recolored later (alpha locked , colored in on same layer)

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3. Must include a butterfly / X like shape somewhere on design

this can be in direct pattern or in a body shape (on Mekh Khiew , see back fluff ending in X , and Popok Mah how face fluff + coloring resembles X)

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4. Shading , this stylistic choice but important visual identity of WYGN , shading is done with lineart color and then doing an extra line next to it (see their necks)

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5. For name , if character is part of the Astral Gazing Guild (main guild of story) majority take on names that describes the color they are (example: Citrine Gem , Green Apple , Ocean Blue) as its part of their collective goal to record and pass down idea of colors

To fauna , these are all optional names that are chosen or given to them , some fauna (especially those outside guild) may have a different name and a color name given by the guild

to those outside of Astral Gazing , its seen more as a special occasion and exciting to visit and see what their color is related to

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basically , color name is optional , main story guild has color names that choose have , other guilds may have different naming schemes

names are ultimately chosen by the fauna themselves , given birth names are often temporary

its common to go through different names through life or use completely different names in different scenarios

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word "ms. mr. mx. , etc is Not used in this world , at least around Astral Gazing area , the word "The" is used

example: The Azure Sun , The Viridian Leaves , The Scarlet Star

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Another thing forgot add , if making color based name and you are of language besides english , it encouraged to make character names in that language !

like how our sona is named ពពកមាស់ popok mah , gold cloud , ពពក popok being cloud and មាស់ mah being gold

part of idea of sharing and teaching as the guild is :]

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(note : theres no electric technology in world , there high tech AAC here just cuz it a sona)

6. Soulcast

Soulcast is the only magic in this world currently , however some like Bliss considers it "not actual magic"

Rules for Soulcast:

-Cannot change , destroy , heal , harm , cannot do anything to the physical world or boost anything

-The casted result is temporary , whether lasts for few seconds or months , in other words , whats created will disappear

-Based around arts and craft , idea of fun . this very loosely described

-Have ability from birth , is often just single ability (can be played around with if multi souled) , it could change completely due to life events or growing

-Ultimately , Soulcasts are "useless" but bring joy and expression

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Examples of soulcasts:

-Sun paints , lasts for a month , -Star use claw like a pen , lasts for a minute or so -Citrine displays notes when sings

art above is our sona making a puddle . Because its a soulcast , if you were to splash in it , you can actually splash in it and feel it , however you will not feel a temperature or get wet or slip .

Soulcasts are not (or not always) holograms , they can be intractable

The main idea is joy , fun , and art . And what would be that for that fauna

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Soulcast form:

When using soulcast , characters change into their soulcast form

Their whole palette becomes pure black and white , and markings change to large clear markings of a butterfly .

(Note , if two soulcasts overlap , itll become white , not mix colors)

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To go with more design variations:

to clarify 1st point of colors , character designs also change depending on time of day

"morning": simple , practically just dark grey and white , the shadows may reveal extra white markings (see Star's ears)

"mid day": normal , this seen as "default" or main look

"night": large clear markings , makes a new silhouette of character , these designs are more work in progress

(note , times of day in this world is strange , each time of day takes 16 hours and is considered a "day" , its also a sharp change like turning on and off a light switch)

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Edit , forgot include:

7. Need to be easy to imagine or almost resemble a human

This little hard to explain , but because nature of WYGN , the fauna are made more so like "human mind , animal body" , they are not like animals from this world nor meant to be

To further drive this point , characters are created in way that almost Feels human without putting a human face on them , things like parts that resemble hair , clothing , or in feeling

They're meant to feel like human people while still being an animal

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And there you have it ! a WYGN character !

So ending thoughts ,

Wish You Goodnight is kind story where world informs design , cant really slap palette on existing character and say itll fit directly into world

Of course not need be followed exactly if making own oc

[WIP]

hey chat 🐟

Rlly cant stop thinking about fic so Trying (emphasis on trying) make a pmv that can hopefully make fast (to prevent procrastination)

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this pmv going be much more about the actual editing instead of the actual artwork itself

we loveeee making pmvs soo so much , however thing actually dislike most is actually making the assets

(for this editing we using AviUtl)

so what doing here is drawing everything messy with mouse n thats all , we use Clip Studio Paint EX

(will add her yellow hat rim)

(also IGNORE THE LIGHT THEME CSP , it more accessible to us cuz light mode has better contrast than dark mode)

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AAAA THANK YOU !!

it makes us so happy that lot ppl enjoy GBR , it rlly relieving to hear

take a buppy for your time :]

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GBR AU - 178 pages

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