[Visual Novel] Character Drawing Process & Tips

[@MariJadeWrites]

Thanks for the tips, I am hoping to make my first game a visual novel with my own art and story, and this helps a lot :)

[@drayggenndraygenn7005]

Bro I played ur game tonight and amazing work, it's amazing to me that you are an artist programmer and writer. Such a good game.

[@Polyhedron69]

Hey good luck man, I really loved the Stellaren Series,I really liked Stellaren 2

[@dedpul5071]

same here

[@keszachnyik8276]

I'm here to take down notes and heck I took down alot of notes. Oh BTW Dux try breaking down famous artist artwork in your free time it helped me alot and maybe it may to you

[@sageo7618]

Ty for the tips!! Appreciate it.

[@shades1349]

Is there a certain canvas size you work with for the high resolution? Loved your explanation of how you did the colors. ^^ I struggle with it too so it’s cool you found a way to make the process faster and easier as opposed to spending minutes to hours trying to fix color combos.

[@ninedux]

glad it helped! i use the default 2732 x 2048 canvas size on procreate at 132dpi. I end up cropping it down to whatever size the character is when I'm finished since I want to keep game assets small.

[@arlyssasart8563]

Awesome process video😊✍

[@discardtv842]

Nice voice Mr.Dux. . . .

[@angelyndeleon7442]

I know right! I'm falling in love ฅ'ω'ฅ

[@drayggenndraygenn7005]

Only thing I personally would of added to stellaren 2 is some more romance options. It was a bad feeling romancing Rene all night long then spoilers Bad things happening to her before that dinner. Besides that great visual novel though!I'll be checking out your other works

[@seadog1334]

Have you any plan to update the original stellaren on iOS ? It’s no longer support iPhone 10 and I have been a fan of this game since it was still a six-parts novel if you update it I would buy the pro version in an instance

[@andreimircea2254]

Can you enter into more details about shading. Because like, how can I know where the shadows lay? Do you take lighting into consideration? Are there any resources that teach you these simple shadows? I am working for character sprites for a VN myself and I struggle to find tutorials that help me shade my characters without anything fancy. Any help is greatly apprised!

[@yujukiyuuki7203]

Thx for tip it was really helpful

[@mechartist4296]

Progs! What program do you use to do both the sketches and colouring?

[@ninedux]

Hi! I use Procreate on iPad

[@seandobson2682]

thanks thanks

[@SamoylovaAlisa]

Wow, thanks so much :)))

[@outverse4829]

How do you do the highlights?

[@ninedux]

i use a soft brush in overlay mode, then a hard brush on color dodge on the hair

[@RyokoHaruka]

I need a gasm emote uwu

[@Tekeu_Saith]

Sometimes i wonder if i want to make Full Body of the characters for the Visual Novel.. like Danganronpa, they hav full body and also different emotion during chatting.

[@ninedux]

It's also great for promotional material! Just takes a lot longer haha

[@InedibleMattman]

how many different poses per character do you end up doing? Do you only do the one? Or do you find that you need alternate poses for different responses?

[@ninedux]

Depends entirely on the script, a main character might have 2-3 poses and 8+ expressions. For side/background characters you could even get away with 1 pose/1 expression. I suggest adding as you go along so you don't end up with wasted assets.

[@InedibleMattman]

@@ninedux I’ve just now started learning about this genre, and I was already making a video series that’s basically a Visual Novel without the interaction. Now … I feel like I’ve found my calling haha

[@pepperpig649]

What pen are you using for your ipad?

[@ninedux]

I use Saeki G-pen and Tuhis' Superbrush, both are free to download. For painting I use hard round brush. folio.procreate.art/discussions/10/28/22338 folio.procreate.art/discussions/10/28/22303

[@Zorahime29]

Bro substitute for procreate?? I use android phone😢😢😢

[@user-jq6qu2jo2g]

how do you do that?

[@GRAY-vg8fl]

Can you recommend some books to study for absolute beginners? I really enjoy writing, and I'm getting decent on programming too, but my drawings suck.

[@ninedux]

Hi! I like the book "Figure it out" for poses. But I found the best way to improve is to do short comics or webtoons and draw manga characters you love! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1936096994/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_inactive_ship_o0_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@sepbla178]

Do you use a tablet?

[@ninedux]

i use an ipad w apple pencil for the most part

[@YusufElikara]

Hello, I'm looking for an anime illustrator for a visual novel game I'm going to make. Just for some simple character drawings. If anyone is interested, can you write to me? See you later.