Been a while since my last update, but I've been busy with work and the usual daily routine

Finally managed to finish off a picture that I started in March! I really enjoyed working on it, because it's a theme I enjoy and it had some challenging aspects with the perspective etc. It's not perfect, but I've learned a lot anyway



Knowing my schedule at the moment, I'll probably disappear again for a bit. Buuut I'm hoping to organise the screenshots for Dragon University, so I can put together a walkthrough. And then to finish off some of the other pieces I have for my site.

Made a gif compilation of the steps I saved while I was working on this. Because it was such a big piece, I didn't want to screw it up without the ability to back out I kept changing my mind about the colours and added a final colour adjustment at the end to better fit the atmosphere
Also, I think I forgot to post an update when I did a bunch of new plushie items at the beginning of this month, so if you haven't looked at it since then, there should be more in there

Been busy with work again, so updates probably won't be that frequent D: But I'll try to get things done in between.

I've added more items to the plushie maker over the last day. Now you can make a lion plushie

Finally managed to get a cloak and goggles in there too X3

Today is also the last day for the current giftbox drop rates. They won't come as frequently, but they will still appear. Hopefully I can finish integrating my star catching game soon, they should be easy to win

Started this a little while ago (when I created this) There are several things that are subject to change, but it's at least playable for now. I'm hoping to have prizes when you get x amount of points, but I still have to code that yet.
Made using the GameQuery JS game engine X3 Sorry, no sound, because it's kinda laggy - it's BYO music <w<

Oh, I thought I should also mention, that I've changed the giftbox drop rate a little. They now have the chance of appearing at any time of the year, but they won't be as common as in December.

Thought I'd post this, seeing as I took some screenshots I didn't have a lot of time to do this, so it's not very clean in some areas.


Mini Explanation

• Thumb sketch - I wanted steps leading to a door, with a girl who had just found a stray kitten and wrapped him in her scarf.
  
• Lines - I don't actually line a lot of my stuff now, I just paint over top. But I drew over this one. I then threw a beige colour in the background and painted in purple over it to get the overall shadows.
  
• Greyscale - changed it to greyscale, made the wall darker, so the girl would stand out better and would contrast with the snow.
  
• Colour 1 - Started adding colour back in using the colour, overlay, multiply and soft light layer modes.
  
• Colour 2 - More colours using layer modes.
  
• Colour 3 - Yet more colours - some were simply blocked in without colour modes (like the stockings) using my tablet pressure sensitivity for opacity.
  
• Painting - The next two steps are just painting. Eyedropping or picking colours and rendering as I go.
  
• Effect - Adjusted the colours with colour balance and added some overlay colours. Also added the little white vines.
  
• Snow - Very lazy snow I adjusted a default brush and set it to scatter. Used a few different sizes and opacities.
  
• Oops - Fixed the face a bit Still not that happy with it, but I just don't have time @_@
  
• Final - Copied the image and pasted into a new file, resized it and added my watermark