VXAN March 2014 Restaff: Lost In The Forest!

[Jonnie91 1,149]

Welcome to this month Restaff We've got some forest content for this month! You can download all the resources here! Here's a preview of everything we've got so far:

 

Guest Contributors:

 

Palladinthug

 

Living in the Forest makes spring cleaning tough! This brush will help clean up the falling leaves from the trees

 

 

 

 

Resource Dragon

 

Another Forest Style Battle Background two version are available a lighter one and a darker one depends on what your preferences are

 

 

Cecillia

 

 

Cecillia  is hitting us with a double whammy this month with a set of Hospital tileset and a Nurse to help you out around it!

 

 

Allusion

 

Allusion is back again this month with a Centaur called Chiron 

 

Resource Team

 

Tsarmina

  

Some brilliant edits to the Mack Tilesets, For the four seasons! 

 

OneCutStudio

 

Mushroom Sprite and Battler set from OCS! 

 

Charles the Hurst

 

 

Charles this month has provided us with three more CG/Battle Forrest Backgrounds for use in your projects! 

 

 

Bugs/A.M

 

A beautiful Forest background for all your forest battles!

 

Jonnie91

 

Just about managed to make it with this track for this month, I've created a BGS for a change to the norm! which is a simple yet effective forrest ambience

 

That's it for this month, let us know below what you think of the resources below and also what you wanna see next month! If you wanna be a guest contributor for next month swing me a PM! See you next month! 

Edited May 9 by Rikifive
updated download link

[Jonnie91 1,149]

Thanks to everyone who partook in this month's restaff! Let us know what you thought of the resource selection this month, and what you wanna see more of! We really appreciate it  

[When Bugs Roam Ur House 656]

This is great! Thanks as usual for compiling everything Jonnie.

 

I noticed you changed your avatar to the dragon again btw. (XD) Also that... u decided to use my forest background for your track hahahaha.

Your ambient sound is really nice/ relaxing to listen to; and actually, i've been looking for something exactly like it for my game. (!) I feel very honoured that you chose my drawing to represent it, though. /o/

[seriouscat 347]

Great work to all the Restaff members! I look forward every month to seeing what great resources you guys share with the community!

[Heartfeltcurse 195]

Top Notch work as usual guys. seriously, you all are the best at what you do.

[Spectre 829]

Looking awesome, as always.

Kudos to the team and to Jonnie~

 

Also, that dragon. XD

[Allusion 398]

Nice job again, everyone~! I decided to share my thoughts!

 

@Jonnie: Another beautiful ambiance that made my ears smile~ Very high quality stuff! (I likely will be listening to it all day. Sometimes, it's nice to take a break from lyrics and such, so I listen to stuff like this a lot.) Thank you! 

 

@ WBRUH: Omg, that is such a wonderful scene! I seriously can't believe how vivid and detailed everything is. (That crystal clear water...and the sunlight on the trees~) Please submit more work like this in the future! 

@Tsarmina: I love the work you did on those tile edits; very nice attention to coloration. Nothing is too bright or dingy or wonky, lol. And they're put together thoughtfully. The class status pics are adorable, and put a smile on my face. â™¥ Also, nice forest picture! I really love the way the sky turned out; a beautiful blend of colors. 

 

@Cecillia: Excellent job on such a high quality tile set! I especially love those windows; classy and elegant~ Marietta is beautiful, (as are all of your girls, lets face it). The subtle peach to pink in her hair is adorable. Love it!

 

@Charlesthehurst: Very cool forest scenes you have there! The blue one is my favorite; it's eerie in a 'ghost story at night' sort of way. The green one with sunlight is calming; like I'm about to walk into a sunny glade~ And the amber one reminds me of autumn at sunset. *sighs dreamily*

 

@Palladinthug: That broom is genius. *hordes* Great job animating it, which is where I definitely would have stumbled.  I adore what you did with the tile set as well. The stained glass is beautiful, and I love the over grown roots/vines you made. I've never seen tiles like that before. And the waterwheel is pure, undiluted genius. 

 

@OneCut: Lol! That mushroom is way too adorable. The sprite is super huggable, (and very high quality), while the battler looks like he'd nom my fingers off. XD I'd hug him anyway. 

 

@Resource Dragon: Wonderful pixel battle back! I love the depth you gave the field via the trees in the horizon. They're subtle, but make all the difference! Also, excellent job on the grass and leaf textures! 

 

@Allusion: Get started on next month's ideas now. Like seriously. Right now. Or I will take away your nap time. =_=

 

Lol, anywho, I'd like to remind ppl to please let us know what you'd like to see as next month's theme~ It really helps, seeing as every re-staff is released with the devs in mind. 

[Tsarmina 2,611]

@Tsarmina: I love the work you did on those tile edits; very nice attention to coloration. Nothing is too bright or dingy or wonky, lol. And they're put together thoughtfully. The class status pics are adorable, and put a smile on my face. â™¥ Also, nice forest picture! I really love the way the sky turned out; a beautiful blend of colors. 

Thanks Allusion =^-^= I appreciate it! The class status pics were in a burst of inspiration, and the forest CG took a couple of days but was definitely worth it. ^^

By the way guys. As I have for the past months, I've put my full content for my ReStaff contributions in my laboratory. They're still restaff content, but just in case you only need a few select things

[Cecillia 652]

Really loving what everybody did here this month! It's all so ambient/foresty, and I can really put some of these to use in side projects (If I have any) but definitely saving these

Aaargh! I was off again like last month! I drew gamblers for a ancient theme, then I drew a modern nurse for a forest theme @_________@!

[Allusion 398]

@Cecillia: It's okay! Whenever there is a month you'd like to contribute to, just PM Jonnie and ask what the chosen theme is. If the re-staff team has it thought of, you'll be informed of it then! If not, you'll be PM'ed when it is. 

[Cecillia 652]

@Cecillia: It's okay! Whenever there is a month you'd like to contribute to, just PM Jonnie and ask what the chosen theme is. If the re-staff team has it thought of, you'll be informed of it then! If not, you'll be PM'ed when it is. 

I have been PMing him actually XDDD, but he says to do whatever so I do whatever. I thought restaff had no more themes :S

Edited April 3, 2014 by Cecillia

[Allusion 398]

Oh! Well that's odd; it worked for me both times~ Maybe there could be a public posting of the next month's theme, once it's been decided from now on? I think it's something for the mods to consider~ 

Edited April 3, 2014 by Allusion

[Jonnie91 1,149]

 

@Cecillia: It's okay! Whenever there is a month you'd like to contribute to, just PM Jonnie and ask what the chosen theme is. If the re-staff team has it thought of, you'll be informed of it then! If not, you'll be PM'ed when it is. 

I have been PMing him actually XDDD, but he says to do whatever so I do whatever. I thought restaff had no more themes :S

 

 

Yeah we were in discussion about doing a joint piece for this month, but in the end life got terribly in my way and had to take time off, so said to Cecillia to do what she wanted  

 

The themes are more of a suggestion more than anything it's to help give inspiration  

[+ AlliedG 274]

Excellent work guys - great stuff for forest scenes / battles and Cecilla work would suit a modern setting very well

 

Marietta reminds me a little of super sonico

[Cecillia 652]

Excellent work guys - great stuff for forest scenes / battles and Cecilla work would suit a modern setting very well

 

Marietta reminds me a little of super sonico

To be honest, I wasn't even aiming for Sonico. I was actually inspired by Compa from Hyper Dimension Neptunia and Nurse Lolita.

[Allusion 398]

Ohhh I love Compa! She is so adorable! I love Hyper Dimension Neptunia in general, and all their character designs~ 

[Cecillia 652]

Ohhh I love Compa! She is so adorable! I love Hyper Dimension Neptunia in general, and all their character designs~ 

Never tried the games or watched the anime to be honest (Although looking forward to Fairy Fencer F). I just have a friend who really likes it and that's how I mainly know the characters/designs xD

[When Bugs Roam Ur House 656]

@ WBRUH: Omg, that is such a wonderful scene! I seriously can't believe how vivid and detailed everything is. (That crystal clear water...and the sunlight on the trees~) Please submit more work like this in the future! 

Thanks a lot. (!) /(>-<)\ I enjoyed making it.

i hope to still do better and work on my composition some more. 

 

And then i also hope to keep doing these for the practise. As well as an opportunity to practise lighting some more. 

 

I'm really glad u like it so much! /o/

 

 

@Cirus: That animation is so cute to watch.. ( )

[Spectre 829]

 

@ WBRUH: Omg, that is such a wonderful scene! I seriously can't believe how vivid and detailed everything is. (That crystal clear water...and the sunlight on the trees~) Please submit more work like this in the future! 

Thanks a lot. (!) /(>-<)\ I enjoyed making it.

i hope to still do better and work on my composition some more. 

 

And then i also hope to keep doing these for the practise. As well as an opportunity to practise lighting some more. 

 

I'm really glad u like it so much! /o/

 

 

@Cirus: That animation is so cute to watch.. ( )

 

TEACH ME MASTER.

 

In all seriousness though, how the heck did you do all that? It looks... amazing.

BGs were never really my thing, but I'd really love to learn how to paint some nice scenery.

 

Also, how long did it take?

[amerk 1,122]

Such a great and magnificent set. Very good stuff all around. Some really nice portraits and tilesets, and I'm loving that Forest Ambience.

[When Bugs Roam Ur House 656]

TEACH ME MASTER.

 

 

In all seriousness though, how the heck did you do all that? It looks... amazing. 

BGs were never really my thing, but I'd really love to learn how to paint some nice scenery.

 

Also, how long did it take?

 

Lol, i am far from being a master >_< honestly, most of the time i just do stuff that i think would look nice. Thanks a lot though Kentard /o/ i've never really had another artist describe my work in that way. I'm always really surprised when people are genuinely interested like that..!

 

 

Tbh, it took me about 4-5 days to do it. As for wanting to learn how to paint scenery... i'm.. not sure what to tell you. (!) I mean, idk if you're implying something (XD), or if you were actually hoping for way i could try to help you.

 

I think practising it conscientiously has a lot to do with it though. And then really looking at real-life scenery. I mean, analyzing the layers and colour values, etc. There's a lot you really need to think about. I think if i had to give general suggestions though, i would say

 

- Try to start on a grey canvas.

- If you are having trouble with a piece of shading, try working in greyscale. Depth is processed in grayscale in the human brain.

- Scenery will always blend into your background colour the further away it is.

- Your composition will tend to appear more dynamic if you use two different colours.

 

 

This is how i basically do my water and grass if you're interested btw. I do a base gradient, and keep refining the overall object, instead of specific parts.

 

 Also, "http://imgur.com/WafTWEj.jpg" (this) is how i did backgrounds when i was 15, so hopefully that will encourage you to keep going if you ever find it trying/ frustrating. It's very easy to say "i'll never be a backgrounds person"; but the end results you see will be very self-rewarding if you stay committed.

[Cecillia 652]

Uaaaa I asked you that too, Amy ; u ; Remember I was interested in your art? You are the master That tutorial also helped me out a bit. I need to learn grass better T_T

 

My backgrounds look like yours at 15 atm T_T

[Jonnie91 1,149]

Both of you STFU I look at the artwork you drew at 15 and the stuff Ceci draws now and cry in joy I WANNA DRAW LIKE THAT grrrr

[Cecillia 652]

Both of you STFU I look at the artwork you drew at 15 and the stuff Ceci draws now and cry in joy I WANNA DRAW LIKE THAT grrrr

This was my artwork at 15 T_T That ugly background. I literally just googled backgrounds then just pasted it there with watercolor effect/texture. I didn't know what to do, but now I know better :X

[amerk 1,122]

If I could do even half of that now. That still looks great for a sort of surreal rpg.