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Behind the scenes: Wet Visual Improvements!
🕑 Added 2021-12-20 22:28:11 +0000 UTCI've mentioned earlier in the month that we'd see some comparisons for the new wet visuals being applied to existing cg art for the game. So here we have our first real look at the differences! ^^
I'll probably make another post like this once I receive more previews to give a broader idea of these changes, but for now just keep in mind these are two completely different pieces of art from MA.
One thing that seemed a bit too goofy to me or not quite as realistic as I was hoping it'd look, while also still having a touch of fantasy for the appeal, was how the wet visuals were looking at times. We can see that on the left, they're very overly bright and kind of comes off in a weird way. (Lighting will affect things a bit, but even then some of these current pieces feel off.)
When doing research around, checking out some famous artists within the community. I took notice that a good part of them seem to dull the colors out, making them feel more faint and almost more like if it were a layer, it's transparency for the coloring would be at 50% or less.
Even with looking at the new wet visual design to the right, I'm sure some of you might find some problems with how it looks. I think part of these changes we'll be making to improve the diaper visuals better will be a hint of subjective tastes from person to person, but I can already tell from some help given within the discord that we'll be taking a better break down look at the diaper designs overall. :P
I should probably warn everyone, not to cause worry, but the diaper designs themselves aren't being changed. If there is some adjusting to the designs, it'd be along the lines of trying to fix up the trim/plastic around the leg holes or lightly fix the waist areas a bit. (Making them feel a bit closer to being realistic, but still weren't not shooting for full on reality either.)
One thing I can say, looking and comparing the two examples. We'll most likely see some breaking down of how highlights and creases, along with some value/form works better in order to improve how the diapers look for cg art currently added with the new wet visuals. I think even if we look at highlights, creases and the value/form of the diapers, it'll go a loooong way in helping make them pop out a bit better and still fit the art style we're trying for MA.
I think that about wraps up this little post for now, but expect to see some more previews comparing old/current cg art to their newly updated versions to see just how things look side by side! ^^
[If you'd like to help us with examples or comments, both visual or non visual references towards what aspects we should focus on with the diapers to make them better. Let us know in the comments below or on the discord!]
Comments
It's probably just a preference kind of thing that'll hit differently for everyone. ^^" With MA, I've always wanted to walk a fine line leaning around 75% realistic, 25% fantasy give or take. Of course "realism" can cover a range of what it means, but of course with MA. It's mainly just trying to shoot for diapers that look pretty similar to reality, but not full on realistic in terms of how they're overall drawn/colored. (Wouldn't want super realistic out of place styled diapers that don't match up with the rest of the art style naturally. :P ) Of course with this comparison we're looking at the wet visuals and some will probably like the more brighter, clear sort of setup on the left vs the right. (Nothing wrong with that.) It just seems to be one of those things that pops out in a off-putting way for MA I think. I guess my take with it is that I tend to see many well known artists within the community that color their wet visuals in a way where it's not that bright or more transparent to better blend in, where our example seen on the left is probably not quite pulling it off exactly. All that said, we should hopefully have a better idea of just how these comparisons should look here as we head into the new year. It could be that the example on the right is a example of the shading/shadows making the wet visuals come off in a bit too dark way too. (Not trying to have the wet visuals fully look similar to messy discoloring by any means. ^^" ) Along with that I think some minor adjustments to how some highlights and lighting to the diaper areas can help make it pop in a good way. We're of course still looking around and researching into all of this, looking for little subtle references that seems lacking with MA. That way we can do some testing examples to compare against, seeing what seems to work best with MA's art style overall too. ^^
I don't understand the desire for realism with diaper art. If wetting/messing art were true to irl there would be little to no coloration at all, only varying levels of sagging/bulging. Which doesn't do a great job to convince the reader of what happened in said diaper in a still image, which is what the new art on the right seems to be leaning heavily towards as I immediately thought "why is she wetting pink dye". This is all my personal opinion of course. If the majority of people seem to like having realism that's fine, I'll get over it.
