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The extent of my art skills

Releasing my masterpiece as of today.   Open the spoiler at your own riskkkkkk       Thank you very much, now that you have been blessed with seeing this beautiful creation you shall go about your day.
Tsarmina

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vote vote vote vote

A poll has been put up! As you know, I create this Lab content for everyone's use, so it's quite handy to know what you guys want. I am at your beck and call, after all, so I want to be creating the right stuff. XD Even if I sometimes put your needs on hold to draw what I feel like drawing at the moment.   You'll notice the second question is about portraits, which (as you probably know) are my favorite thing to draw. I'm expecting an overwhelmingly skewed answer for this one, but in the spirit of trying something different from my usual thing, I thought I'd draw another guy. If I'm lucky, I'll have Hairen (HII-ren, not HAIR-en) done before the weekend's over maybe I just have a thing for slender pretty boys with slightly Asian eyes but hnnnnngghhhh Happy Saturday And don't forget to VOTE!   Source: Tsarmina's Laboratory <VOTE VOTE VOTE. This is your chance at democracy!
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The Color Quiz [Take Me!]

Hey guys! I need you to do something that takes about 5 seconds and is silly but immeasurably helpful for me.   Tell me, is this square below pink or black to you?     Rather, is it black or not-black? Please take a second and click the poll c: This helps me so much in determining my color palettes! There is no right answer--I just need everyone to pitch in ^-^   Love you all!~~
Tsarmina

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Mah Graffiti Room

If you know me at all, you know that I love drawing. =^-^= (Hence, resource showcase.....) When I'm feeling sad or happy or lazy or relaxed or stressed or whatever, it's time to break out the tablet or the paper/pencil.   And occasionally, the wall. 0:)   Over the course of three years, my bedroom wallpaper, which was originally a flat single color, has become covered in a ridiculous set of random sketches. It's just in pencil, so it looks actually....really rough and kind of yucky. \(|||O_o)/ When I can't sleep and I'm too lazy to go downstairs and turn on the computer (kinda slow when booting up), it's time for wall sketches.   My wall currently has quotes from books/movies/games, sketches of an very interesting solar system/alien mix that I saw in a store once and kinda replicated, manga/anime, chibis, and abstract rectangles and such.   It looks a little like a torture room. ^^"   On that note, have a great day! o/
Tsarmina

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Exploding Chicken Eggs?!

Short anecdote of what happened today while I was making lunch....I'm a big fan of noodles, especially the soupy kind. Asian taste buds, redhead face, what in the world Anyway, I usually crack an egg and put it in with my soupy noodles to give myself some protein.   However, as you know, I just got back from my 1.5 month trip, and I haven't clipped my nails in three weeks.   So I lightly fractured the egg on the edge of the pot, tried to crack it open, and....whoops.   Lesson learned. XD   ~Tsarmina
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I Don't Wanna Leave! (...But I Must T_T)

On a (very important) side note: Guys, I'm leaving today on a really long trip. (June 17-July 25) so I'll be gone for a really long time. ;_; I won't have much Internet connection, and I'm not bringing my tablet, so you know what that means: requests are on hold, resources are on hold, moderating is on hold, ReStaff (on my part) is on hold. :\ However, to make up for it, I created a large selection of resources for you guys to use in one big dumpload to last you all for the time that I'm gone! I hope at least some of you guys like these, since it's obviously not my best work--packing is such a pain and takes forever. >.< These resources are definitely not "super-stellar"--and they did explode quite a bit while I was mixing chemicals. Without further ado, here's the stuff to last you for 1.5 months: ~A ridiculously large amount of screens (10) Said screens include: ~3 versions of a kiwi one ~3 version of an angel one ~1 sunset ~1 target Game Over ~2 versions of an achromatic Game Over ~Battler (1) which includes a sneak peek at the collab So it's quite a bit of stuff for you all! Enjoy it, use it, and I'll miss you while I'm gone. TT^TT   --- Well, that's it. Content for an entire month and a half! Good-bye, and I'll see you at the end of June! Source: Tsarmina's Laboratory
Tsarmina

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Regular Generators Are Lame! :(

Hello-lo people! I bought Humble Bundle a couple days ago, and discovered Game Character Hub. It's not exactly my thing--I tried it out and I think I may prefer my good old Photoshop way better--but it did give me some inspiration. As you may know (or maybe not), I create all of my portraits 100% from scratch--no bases (except when I first started), no templates, no color swatches, outlines, nada. And while I do love this method, it takes...a long time. Like a REALLY long time. :\ (Now gear yourself up, because this is going to be a LOOONG post.) Sooo, I decided to make my own generator. I have always considered the facegens of the RPGVXA system to be some sort of abomination and crime against aesthetics. ^^" Just my own humble opinion--and another thing I noticed was that generators tend to spin out characters that look too similar mostly because they have the same poses or big features. Small detail changes as well are big changes can totally change a portrait. Take Archeia's Emily from Porcupine Prin (all rights to her and EB! So NO, you cannot use these from me!!)) Dem eyelashes~ Now compare with the Emily (err...cover hero) she put in Division Heaven's material stuffs. ALMOST the same person. Not quite. Emily and....the other Emily...look almost the same. And they're pretty much the same person physically (both of them represent the cover hero cleric girl >>) But wow! Their faces look pretty different! Of course, Nessiah (bless you!) didn't just edit the face to make Emily or vice versa--there are some small differences in hair/pose/etc; but it's definitely the eyes that makes Emily look different from her almost-twin. ---- Another example. Sorry I'm using so many examples from you, Archeia. Ernest (default Actor 4) vs Sairen (PrinPrin Ep. 1.5) VS Ernest vs Sairen Granted, the age gap should be accounted for, but Ernest and Sairen look pretty similar in terms of clothing and hair, at least. (They use the same sprite.) But first and foremost, their faces are very different (, and it's obvious who's more gorgeous.) Last example for now, also from Porcupine Princess. Syrn. vs Syrn Material Version (cover hero) vs Syrn Porcupine Princess Version (better looking ) Besides the obvious hair differences (and don't mind the sizing), they're pretty similar. Dressed almost identically, and aside from what you might think, upon closer inspection their hair is quite similar. I think I've made my point. Facial features are important in distinguishing different characters. Rights to all the lovely portraits above go to Archeia, EB, and anyone else who contributed in making these. So, after thrusting all that lovely eye candy that ISN'T by me at you to compare, give your eyes a rub, and keep on reading. So obviously facial differences are important. But pose difference and angle difference are important too. Take a look at these random facegens. Rights to Liberty~ Since the VXA face generator only generates frontal faces, there's not much room for angle/pose deviation. In the end, they all kind of start looking the same, despite the array of facial feature differentiation that they have. Now, if you REALLY wanted differentiation, some people use portraits/faces from a variety of artists. But consistency is always the key for graphics in games, and this usually isn't wise unless styles are very similar (ex Archeia matches really well will RTP. <3) So now that I have this whole hullabaloo out of the way, what does this have to do with MY new generator? I'm glad you asked! Welcome to my new generator project, TsarGen. My messy, hurriedly created logo. I love cyan glows. <3 (Note: TsarGen so far is planned to only generate females...since that's my chosen preference.) Things that will hopefully make my portrait generator not look repetitive include: 4 different angles for the head: 3/4 facing left, 3/4 facing right, 1/1 frontal, and 2/2 profile (<<this last one should make Spectre happy)
5 different angles/positions for torso (which will blend seamlessly with all head/neck variations): equal shoulders, tilted left, tilted right, raised shoulders, crossed arms, spread arms
4+ eye shapes: round, arched, narrow, doe-eyed
5+ eye/iris/pupil designs (this is important!): split shade, gradient, starry/glassy, ripple, large pupil
5+ lash differentiations: wide-spaced, full, cat eye, flat, low
5+ ear positions/type: E-shaped round, angular edge, long, tall pointed, frontal view
9+ mouth positions: neutral closed, wide smile, small open, side-view open, side smile, closed smile, neutral open, sad open, cocky grin
As well as numerous hairstyles, accessories, piercings, face decorations, and clothes
Here's a grainy written-with-images picture if you don't get all those weird terms in the bullet list. I hope with so many pose, angle, and facial differentiations, that this can make a generator successfully pretend to be unrepetitive. Sadly, I have no scripting language, so TsarGen will not be an actual program that you can download and make your own portraits....since I'll be doing all the piecing things and stitching people in good ol' Photoshop. It won't be easy, but I hope to get it done. Each TsarGen portrait will, of course, be done in Tsarmina style because I'm the one developing/drawing them. They should blend in just fine with my hand-drawn scratch portraits. Most TsarGens won't have emosets I'm guessing, but maybe a couple of some of them. It all depends on the success of my generator "program." As for if I'll continue to make make 100% created-from scratch portraits, the answer is Duh Yes. But for NPCs, random people who just need a picture or two--this should do the trick. Hopefully I can make TsarGen have the same generator pieces that would match the Ace generator sprites, therefore letting you use Acegen sprites but TsarGen portraits to go along with them. I suspect this project is not going to be completely foolproof, and I may have to do some editing before I release portraits in case of small artistic discrepancies (Your head's skin tone doesn't match with your shoulder's!), but ultimately, I'm hoping to start generating portraits soon. As for if my pose/position/angle/facial theory will indeed make TsarGen a totally different generator that gives the illusion of non-repetition....only time will tell. ^-^ -- Portraits made with TsarGen will probably have the little TG symbol next to them: It's the same size as an emoticon~ Have a great day and I will be developing TsarGen from today on! Special thanks to: Archeia @Division Heaven: letting me use her portraits and PrinPrin/PorcPrin/handmade work for comparison purposes Liberty: face generator examples belong to her and EB Source: Tsarmina's Laboratory
Tsarmina

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Slenderman's Family Which-Is-No-Longer :(

Hahaha, I always enjoy making tags. So much fun =^-^=   So....do you guys remember Slenderman's family? It was this total sketch thing for my characters in Ariel. I've been developing them in my Laboratory, and it's been slow going--but it's still been going. I thought I would do some comparisons on how my sketches have turned out haha. Old vs. New! Get ready, set, goooo!   Alexis:     Alicia     Ariel     Azalea     Beau     Celina     Dawn     Elise     Esther     Lilian     Lisbet     Louisa     Magnolia (Azalea's identical twin)     Mariella     Marnie     Nadeshiko     Noel     Reyna     Safire (the only one with a face)     Susie     Tina     Cordelia, who never changed...:   Sooo, quite a bit's moved, huh? Looking a little better now? I'll keep on working ^^   T~
Tsarmina

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Chocolateeee~

Happy St. Valentine's Day, everyone! I know a lot of people enjoy this time of year, but for single people (like me), I know it can get a little depressing... Okay, so that's a little over the top. I'm optimistic, remember?? ^-^   Anyway, I don't care that much for Valentine's Day anyway, but it does give me a great excuse to eat chocolate. *om nom nom* And boy, I'm eating chocolate. Like, a lot. Like...hm...emptying out my cabinets. Let's see who can eat the most chocolate today.   Just as a gift to wrap up this awkward and strange "blog" post...take this, which I made in 53 seconds:   P.S. Click on pic. *rhymes*
Tsarmina

Tsarmina

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GAAAAAAHHH

Soooo...I recently joined rpgmakerweb. Actually, to be specific, I just joined rpgmakerweb. You know, the official one. (Good thing my name wasn't taken! I feel very satisfied because I would hate to have to change names...no one else can be this redhead, mind you! )   I seem to remember at couple months ago or something, guests could view all the content as the members could. Or at least most of the content. (I figure this because I bookmarked some Restaffs and Member Contents.) But...uh...not anymore. I don't know when this went into effect, but I was sorting through my bookmarks today and whoa, almost all the rpgmakerweb links I had blocked me, saying I wasn't allowed to view the content and that I needed to log in (or, I could contact the community admin, but that wasn't really what I needed.)   So I joined. Because I like resources.   I have no idea when the site stopped letting guests view the resources and whatnot (and the restaff part of the site is down right now, apparently). But jeez. Now I have two site to juggle ;_;   However, I won't be spending much time on that site. Like, at all. It's too much for me to handle XD So you might find me once in a while on there, but I prefer it over at this site!   (Sorry for rambling. Or ranting. Or venting.)   T~
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On Coralie...

Ahhhhhh....it's SOOOO nice....the feeling you get when you finish an exquisite project (which took you like 4 months =.=")   I finished the portrait of Coralie today. It wasn't exactly easy, and I'd been procrastinating on her for a looong time. But it's worth it! I think she turned out just as well as I hoped! ^-^ Well, maybe not quite, but close enough that I'm satisfied.   Who knows what this post is supposed to be about, anyway? Why did I start this...well...whatever....   Coralie is from The Phantom, which is a novel/book that I'm currently writing and probably will never finish, but I just wanted to show you guys a little about her. She's a princess, yes, but she ain't your typical damsel in distress. She also has an incredibly bright personality and the ability to see everything as good fortune (She sees the glass completely full even when it's empty =.=").   Anyway, this is Coralie:   Tada~
Tsarmina

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Slenderman's Family

So...hi?   It's been quite a while since I last "blogged" (who came up with that word, anyway??) and since I felt like this wasn't worth posting in my Laboratory, I decided to put this trash dump here. It's a buttload of sketches that will eventually, someday in the far future, become portraits for my game, Ariel. (Which I'm considering actually not making, but whatever.) They are horribly messy, obvious, thick-lined, and big. And much more than just that.   I'm currently dubbing them Slenderman's Family because none of them have faces, soooo....   Enjoy the dump, and please don't use my sketches   Alexis:     Alicia     Ariel     Azalea     Beau     Celina     Dawn     Elise     Lilian     Lisbet     Louisa     Magnolia (Azalea's identical twin)     Mariella     Marnie     Nadeshiko     Noel     Reyna     Safire (the only one with a face)     Susie     Tina       Hmeee....Oh yeah, and then there's Cordelia, the only one finished ^-^   I still have to sketch out Hilary, Stella, Jonathan, Sana, Nick, Calliope, Pharhan, Lorelle, Deinara, Sabrina, Nemesis, Esther, Diana, Felix, and Max...yep, lots of characters. Plus my NPCs ^^"   And there's Slenderman's family for you.   T~
Tsarmina

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Da Laboratory

Heya guys! I updated the lab again, hoorah! And I also added a support bar in case you guys (for some wacky reason, I know) want to support my lab. Just watch out for all the chemicals! I feel like I haven't really publicized my laboratory enough, so a blog post was born. So far I have a lot of stuff going on in that lab! I have an assortment of portraits with some emosets, some without (and added Cordelia today, mmm!), and four requests. Maybe it's small, but I like it! ^-^ You can grab the support bar from my sig and put it in your own!   T~
Tsarmina

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I'm Sorry!

Meh, I'm actually not sorry about anything....but I am Tsarie! Get it? It's a play on words! Tsarie, Sorry, =Tsarmina... Okay, I guess I should stop making lame jokes....*pouts* Anyway, the reason why I posted this was because I decided, after philosophically sifting through my hundreds of unfinished short stories, that I seriously needed something that truly expresses me. And I don't exactly mean the side I usually have, but the darker aspects of my personality and myself as a person. And Tsarie was born. I actually don't know how far I'll get on this project, mostly because I've actually never been that interested in sharing my life with people (I find myself extremely boring over the course of my life thus far), but it's going to be very interesting. The main character of course is my classic red-haired avatar that some of you may have seen in and around the forum, attacking every topic in sight with gusto :3 I do get carried away, I know. But for those of you who have been on my site (nobody), you'll also know that my most iconic avatar is a girl with pale hair and blue eyes. The only reason I don't have her as my avatar here is because the picture file was too large and the forum rejected it -____-" Red-haired Tsarmina and pale-haired Tsarmina represent the greatest two aspects of my personality. The bright, bubbly, yet compassionate side that I usually have for redhead girl here; and a less hospitable, cold, and even downright cruel side I show less but practically eats away at my brain. (Okay, so that's not true, but sometimes it sure does feel like it! And no, I'm not bipolar!) Say hi to the other me~   Tsarmina
Tsarmina

Tsarmina

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I <3 Shakespeare

If any of you guys have read my "Shakespeare, Anyone?" post in the Theory and Development section, you'll know I'm planning on making a game where the dialogue is written almost completely in rhyme, whether it be couplets, quatrains, etc. I'm not sticking to a certain meter, since that's really restrictive, but yeah. So I'm mixing up Shakespeare and Divine Comedy and I'm having a totally good time with people wandering around lost in the circles of hell ^-^" More will come up, but I'm working on several projects at once, so I might not get too far too soon, especially with all the excess work I have -_____- Anyway, for a quick char list for those of you who probably aren't interested, we have multiple viewpoints for this incredibly solid-fantasy game: Dante Inferno Hades Persephone Samyaza Eden Heaven Lucifer etc.... I've already fallen in love with some of the characters *cough cough Samyaza cough cough cough* Whew. A flu must be going around ;P But yeah...I'm having way too much fun with all my distinct characters. I totally ship Persephaza ^^ Sorry for rambling, but that IS the name of my blog~   Tsarmina~
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Ariel Is Making a Comeback :D

Forgive my liberal use of capitals in the title. For those of you who have visited my website at storyworld.page4.me (cough cough...nobody...cough...), I just wanted to say that my story Ariel, which I was busily converting in an RPG, is making a comeback after my laptop suddenly de-saved all my data. =3=" I know I haven't said much about Ariel yet, but it is a pretty cool story in my opinion...lots of politics going on the background. :} The game will be able to be played from the perspective of any of the foreground characters in the book... So, yeah, about 36 different storylines to make I'm ready to tackle this game again...for the third time! (Is this game cursed? Two times I've lost the data....)   T~
Tsarmina

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Good-For-Nothing Laptops

Don't you just hate those old laptops that shut down randomly? Because that's what mine's been doing. -_____- It's been messing with my data too. My old data on one of my projects got wiped out for no apparent reason; a lot of my data has been going missing lately T-T I KNOW I saved that project, because I've been closing and reopening it for several days and I still had that saved data, but not anymore...:\ The game still opens. Weird. I hope you guys don't mind my complaint post ^^"   Tsarmina
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Obviously, I'm New

Heya guys, Tsarmina here. I originally had a blog going to my external blog but for some reason I can't figure out how it even links there >.<" Total newbie, of course. Just wanted to say hi and for anyone else who's new, come and say hi   Tsarmina
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