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@zileris
I laughed way too hard at this
in case anyone is looking through the notes trying to find the original artist it’s will mcphail !! feel free to check out his site but also here are some other things he made too !!
OOOHHH CLICK ON THAT LINK THIS GUY IS FUCKING GREAT
HOLY SHIT
this guy GETS IT
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Some old characters ive been revisiting recently
RPG thoughts.
Ive been musing around various rpg system for a long time. Though it might be good to post them.
RPG Stat and Random Functions
-Passive- also know as a "Static" modifier/number/value.
-Active- A modifier/number/value with an added chance via dice or card or other type of randomiser.
Static Defense: 15
Active Attack : 5 + 1d20 ( 6-25 )
Games that use passive calculations rely more heavily on strategy, whereas games that use active randomisers are about mitigating risk and reward.
For example:
Dungeons and Dragons uses an Active vs Passive for most non-magical combat actions. A melee attack (active) vs the target defense (passive).
One thing to note about d&d’s system is the defensive base number is 10, which is half of the 20 sided dice ( a d20) . The static 10 and active d20 are interchangeable. Having both Attack and Defense be active (both rolling d20’s) adds more variability, but may increase the time it takes to play. Having both be a passive (static +10) removes the variables of chance and the game plays more automatic. The rule of the static number being half of the active dice size goes for many types of RPGs. ( A d10 based system would have a passive of 5, etc.)
Magic in D&d is operates in either Passive vs Active, or Active vs Passive, depending on the spell. The target defends itself as defined by the spell's description using either:
Willpower, Fortitude, or Reflexes ( active) or Armor Class(passive).
Card games more often use a Passive vs Passive system and the gameplay is more about strategy, building up better numbers, and finding better combinations of effects. The random variable is the shuffled deck which the player blindly draws from.
Rolling Dice
Dice act as a variable that adds chance to the game. A 6 sided dice has a 16.33% (⅙) chance of each number. A 20 sided dice has a 5% chance to land on each number. A 10 sided dice has a 10% chance. Two 10 sided dice can be rolled together, one as multiples of 10 between 0-90 and the other for between 1-10, giving a 1-100 percentile chance.
Nearly all roleplaying and many video games work with these types of calculations. Final Fantasy, Super Mario RPG, Ogre Battle, X-Com, Fallout, Elder Scrolls etc. If you can see the numbers in-game, you can usually figure out the formula.
d20 role playing system:
Roll 1 dice (like a d20) and add any relevant numbers from a character's ability or stat. This is a very common and straightforward system. It's easy to adjust how much a random dice roll can be by using different dice sizes and character ability amounts. Higher dice = increased random. Larger static numbers= decreased random. These are the important variables to look at when balancing game mechanics.
1d4+3 = 4-7
1d20 + 3 = 4-23.
1d4+ 100= 101-104
1d20 +100 = 101-120.
Dice pool:
Roll a number of dice based on skill. (higher skill = more dice).
Variant 1- Add dice together for final result. This is effective because a pool of dice has a greater likelihood of an average-range final result.
Variant 2- Final result is the highest two matching numbers.If you roll 4 dice and 2 dice land on a 3, then the result is 3. If all 4 dice land on 3, then it's still 3. Some game give a bonus if there is more dice match, such as adding +1 to the result for each extra matching number. In that case 4 dice all landed on 3 then the result is 5( 3+1 +1).
Variant 3- Result is amount of matching numbers. If you roll 6 dice and 4 of them land on 6, the result is 4. If only 2 of them land on 6, the result is 2.
Variable Dice:
Abilities use different dice based on skill. In Savage Worlds RPG, a low level skill uses a d4. Each increase of skill increases the dice size, i.e. d4 to d6, d8, d10, d12. This slightly increases the odds of rolling a higher number, but the minimum is the same. This keeps the challenges fairly balanced for various levels of characters.
D4 1-4
D6 1-6
D8 1-8.
A special mechanic used in some variable dice systems is the "Exploding Dice". When a dice lands on its highest number, the player can roll again and add the rolls together. The odds of a dice exploding is higher with smaller dice so it adds a level of chance for a small dice to beat a higher dice. This is comparable to a critical hit in d&d D20 systems.
Dungeons and Dragons uses a basic variable dice system for damage calculations.
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HAHcon livestream in an hour and a half! (4:30-5:30 EST)
Gonna be doing Q&As and tutorials about art!
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Do you have any tips for aspiring artists? I think that your mlp animations are the most awesome thing and I kinda want to be, ya know, exactly like you.
Okay, it took me a while to figure that out, but it’s about replacing “I wish I could do it” by “How can I do it?”
Now, why not “I can do it” instead of “How can I do it?”. It sounds more inspiring sure, and it doesn’t resolve to doubts, but it doesn’t get work done in the long run. You want to ask yourself the right questions before starting a project because otherwise you’re starting with no actual clue of how to do things.
Asking yourself the question will force you to answer it.
“So how do I make the pony rig? How about making sourcing a lot of screencaps from the show, make a turntable out of them to scale, then vector them.”
“So how do I get to cast parallel godrays out of a pony? Wait, how about rotating my pony by X°, apply a vertical Minimax with alpha, then rotate back by -X°”
“So how do I get volumetric lights out of parallel lights in Arnold? Do I generate a ton of tiny particles to catch the light, then I average the thing? What about generating them out of a renderer that supports it then I composite it with the rest? Wait, I got it, Maya has smoke simulation that doesn’t involve the same type of volumes, can I try that for volumetrics instead?”
And there, a big part of the problem is figured out, now you got to see if it will work. You start small, you do a test with a bit of geometry or something you already made, and once you figure it out, you’ve got a lot more far with that.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t go ask for advice and guidance as well. I got a lot of advice from other animators like Pikapetey, Duo Cartoonist and Tiarawhy.
Animation is about learning how to learn. There’s no guide on how to animate good, there’s tutorials on techniques and softwares, but you have to learn how to learn, and learn from experience and observation. Look at real life, how people move, how they react to things, how light affects surfaces and volumes. It might feel odd with something cartoony, but we base cartoons out of a stylisation of real life, so if you learn better how real life works, you learn better how to make cartoons feel better.
Tips on drawing hands.
1. Ah Fai was a chief animator for McDull’s animated features. He’s super cool. Ultimate senpai.
2. Previous post on breakdowns right here
Some thoughts on acceleration and force
I presented this in the order of how I slowly understood the trick of delivering force - first an abstract concept of impact taught by Ah Fai, then a more complicated discovery on the acceleration pattern, last back to a more abstract concept of breakdowns.
Like I’ve previously stressed, 2D animation is everything but one single approach. There’s no one rule that rules them all, but interchangeable ideas with math, or physics, or music, etc. There’s no “perfect” animation either, but what is perceived as organic and dynamic. E.g., using the Fibonacci numbers to animate didn’t bring me a perfect animation! On the other hand, a tiny change in the pattern could already make the feeling of force so much more powerful.
Not so much of a tutorial than a personal experience. I hope you find this interesting hahaha
Outfit Doll Commissions Open!
I did this really cute chibi for a Secret Santa and decided to re-purpose it for doll bases! The lineart will be fixed up soon and be free on my dA, but you can also pay me to make the doll for you, or add outfits!
One Blank Doll is $10
Each outfit is + $5-$20 depending on complexity.
I also have other kinds of commissions open before I go back to SCAD! I’m going to be super busy this quarter so get them now!
Note, DM, or email me at [email protected] if interested!
I’m going to try to be more active on Tumblr.
Ever since I began my studies at SCAD I’ve been a bit negligent of Tumblr in favor of Twitter or dA. But I feel like I really should be more active on the Social media that I have the most followers on XD
Its just so LAGGY, even while I’m typing this? I don’t know if it is just me/my computer, or if Tumblr sucks now but GEEZ.
Anyway, I’m hoping to find ways to interact more.
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My first day of the Adoptable Advent Calendar is up! Click on him (or here) for info on how to claim him! If you don’t have a dA message me on here!
Hey I forgot to post this here, but here’s my very first Design Advent Calendar!
I’ll keep this post short, click here or the picture and read the description for information on how to get your hands on a design made by me!
If you do not have a dA and would like to purchase a day, just let me know on any of my other social medias!
The early bird discount for this ends in 6 days!
Snagging a day is only $10 now, but once they’re revealed they will be $25!
Happy Halloween! Here’s a candy gore badge for October’s Monthly Giveaway winner @bleodafi! Still working out the look of these badges. I like how the colors work with this one, I feel like its more obviously candy gore than the first one I did.
Took me forever to actually get around to finishing this. I’ve been on bit of an artistic low. I think the rewards for the monthly giveaways from now on will be a simple headshot like the ones I usually sell for $10. That is, unless I feel like doing a holiday theme like maybe December. I liked the wreath ones from the last time I did these. November’s Giveaway should also be announced on the 4th!
After this week, I’ll have two weeks until I’m back home from school, so art should pick up after November 16thish! I’m so excited for the winter holidays!
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MDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DID FREAKING AMAZING ON THAT MAP WITH CROWN PRINCE! SO AMAZING! Keep up the amazing work!
Okay THIS was the message I was in my messages for and saw all these other things I missed XD
This is the video he’s talking about:
I collaborated with @zileris (He did the rough animations/color/animation tweaks and I cleaned up/wing animations/backgrounds/final touches) on Part 12 (the drop).
Be sure to watch it on her channel with Adblock off! The video is monetized and the artists who participated get a cut! Also please share these videos as much as you can for the same reason as well as to support CrownePrince and the amazing things she does <3
Also, don’t know what a MAP is? Watch this other really nice informative video she also made!
But yeah, all the advertising out of the way XD, Thank you so much to everyone who has watched these videos, commented on my posts and sent me messages about how much they liked @zileris and I’s part! It was an amazing project to work on, I learned SO much and I really hope to do more animation projects and such in the future! (I mean I have to, its my minor ;3)
It has blown my mind the feedback we’ve gotten for this, as well as the project as a whole has blown my mind. Thank you all SO much!
Patreon Graphics and REEEEEE
Just some art I forgot to upload here. Its funny how I post to dA first now when I used to forget to post to dA and post here instead. But the whole URL thing makes it so much easier so I use the URLs from dA.
Anyway, geez Marina stop rambling! These are some of the graphics I did for Patreon to spruce it up in preparing for it coming off of hiatus in October! A banner and some tier images. I’m really quite proud of them!
Then we have fanart for CrownePrince that I did while I was feeling kinda down on myself. Every time I’d try to draw fanart for her I’d always have trouble figuring out WHAT to draw other than a headshot or something. This idea was fun though so I FINALLY was able to finish something for her!
