Mira's Practice Art Log

[metamira]

While v0.17 has been out in the wild I've been doing some art practice! I was trying out two new things with this bit of art: A new shading technique, and Clip Studio's time lapse feature.

Spoiler: Finished image

Spoiler: Timelapse

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1692832621321969773

The new shading technique had me doing the entire image in greyscale (actually slightly coloured so it could be hue-shifted easily). In theory this helps me keep the shading consistent between each piece of the image, regardless of how light or dark the material will be in the end. I ended up doing a second lighting/shadow pass at the very end, but I think the experiment was generally successful!

I also tried out Clip Studio's time lapse feature. I was expecting some sort of adding complexity for it, but it just sort of... worked perfectly? It was so easy I feel silly not trying it out earlier! I'll likely be using this a lot more in the future, it's a fantastic bonus post for Patreon or Twitter or something any time I spend time drawing. The one place I won't be using it are the character models for A Very Full House - the timelapse makes the file significantly bigger and those files are already pretty hefty by themselves.

That's all for today - I want to be a little more diligent about my art routine, so I'll be back in two days with something to share!

 

[metamira]

I promised some practice art, and I'm here to deliver! Here's a WIP drawing featureing everyone's favourite short stack goblin Yark! She's go-to when I'm not sure what to draw, or when I want to have silly cock-to-girl proportions - you can guess which one it was this time!

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This ended up being inspired by Baldur's gate. I just reached the Underdark and wandered into a pair of minotaur. "No problem" I thought - then got absolutely BODIED by them multiple times in a row. We'll see if Yark is able handle this her minotaur friend with more grace than I did!

 

[metamira]

Finishing up my art practice today with shading and detail work!

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In retrospect I wish I had done something more visible with her arms - I'm imagining them tucked behind her back, but the pose doesn't read particularly well. If I was doing it again I would have put them under her torso with her hands visible between her legs.

Next up I'm probably going to be working on art for A Very Full House. The v0.18 focus poll currently has cumshot art and new event writing neck and neck, so there's a good chance I'll need to do some sloppy liquids practice!

 

[metamira]

Lots of work going on for A Very Full House over the last few days, and not much art practice time as a result. I've got a sketch in the works (following up on my bimbofication series which hit the required number of likes/retweets!), so I'll show off how that's going in a couple days.

In lieu of an art update I can give a game design one! I've been working on a system that allows for chores to be automated - i.e. delegated to a specific NPC so they will perform it automatically without needing to be told and without needing to spend Control. Each NPC is going to be getting an interaction menu that lists out the chores that you can permanently* assign to them.

Once you've selected a chore you'll have a short flavour interaction, then you have to choose what permanent reward you'll give them in exchange. The early game options are straight forward: you start paying them an allowance. The fun begins when you've unlocked the sex chore for that NPC: you can start making promises to give them specific types of service on a regular basis. Right now the additional options are for handjobs, blowjobs, and titfucks.

I've got all of the core code finished, and now just have ton of writing to do for all of the conversations. It's straight forward writing, so I'm expecting to make rapid progress on it. I'll report back soon and let you know if I'm right about that!

* Not 100% permanent. You can remove an NPC from a chore so another NPC (or yourself) can do it, ensuring you still have access to all of the events in the game. You'll have to keep providing all of the rewards you've promised - the boys aren't going to go back to masturbating like normal after you start taking care of them! - but you don't need to give them a new reward the next time you assign a chore to them.

 

[metamira]

I've been working on a lot of writing for Very Full House, but I snuck in some art practice time! Here's an early WIP look at the upcoming Bimbofication art!

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In other AVFH news, I've just finished with all of the chore automation interactions/dialogue for the boys. Next up I'm going to be adding some basic chore automation for the girls (nothing spicy for the moment, just their actual chores like cleaning their rooms or doing laundry). The update is shaping up to be a good one!

 

[metamira]

It's been a few days about a week?! since my last art update! I've been focusing on a lot of writing and code work, but I've added a little bit of art for v0.18 and I thought I'd give you a sneak peek!

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I've already fixed up the clipping issue on the back stroke, but I was too lazy to export a new gif. It'll look smoother and better in-engine!

I'm rapidly finishing up with v0.18 and should have it ready for release in a couple of days. Right now I just have to finish up an event for the Nerd (which makes use of this new piece of art) and add some menus to let you unassign chores. That's all for now, hopefully I'll have some solid release news in a couple of days!

 

[metamira]

I am not keeping up with my practice log like I should! Oh well, I hope this will make it up to you: v0.18 of A Very Full House is live! You can go check it out on Patreon right now, and here's the full blurb for what is new this update:

Main Update Features

• Chore Automation! Tired of doing all those repetitive chores every week? Well now you can automate (most of) them! You can now assign your closest NPCs to chores permanently, without you needing to micro manage them every time the chore is available. Watch out though, because they'll expect something in return for all of their hard work, and they probably aren't interested in money!
• New Events! Some new events have been scattered throughout the game! Text with the Bully after work, or assign Ethan to clean up and leave him alone to do his work. Some of the existing chore events have also had minor tweaks so they flow smoothly when automated.
• New Art! It wasn't a focus for this update, but a couple new pieces of art have snuck their way into the game! Wear your skimpiest work outfit and you might end up with a new phone background, or walk in on Ethan while he's "cleaning" and get a glimpse of what he's using for motivation. There's also been some UI additions for chore automation, and the texting system has been made more flexible so I can write events that send or receive pictures.

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Changelog

• Added Bully texting event after minified outfit tease event.
• Added general Bully texting event.
• MiraLive2D can now be handed a "static_frame" parameter. If True no animation will affect that frame, but outfit states still will.
• Added chat option with Bully.
• Added option to give Bully detention, even if he's done nothing wrong.
• Added ChoreAutomation class. Holds information about who is responsible for a specific chore.
• Added a whole bunch of conversation with the Nerd letting you automate chores.
• Added list of rewards you can offer to the Nerd in exchange for automating chores.
• Chores can only be automated once they have shown up on your chore list at least once.
• Jock is now sent to a clickable when you tell him to skim the pool. Option to watch him work accessed from this clickable.
• Added chore automation conversations to the Jock and the Slacker as well.
• Chore app now displays indicator for automated chores.
• Pinned chore list does not display automated chores.
• Tidy events now send NPCs to new clickables (although they're in the same place... I swear this matters behind the scenes).
• Added new walkin tidy event for Nerd if you assign him to clean Firebrand's room.
• Added tiny texting event after Firebrand room tidy event.
• And probably other stuff I forgot to write down while I worked on it. ¯\(ツ)/¯

 

[metamira]

Every time I say "I'll be posting more regularly" it seems like I take an even longer break! Oops! The goods news is I have some fun stuff to make up for my absence and prove that I was doing plenty of drawing. I've been putting all of my time into drawing some new art assets for the upcoming v0.19 of A Very Full House. The three big art features for the update are:

• A cutdown outfit for Madison.
• A variety of piercings for Madison.
• A bunch of nipple piercing options for the MCILF!

Here's a preview .gif of the new nipple piercing options the MCILF is getting. Some of them are going to be patron exclusive until our MCILF has more corruption content to justify them, but I think you'll enjoy taking a look at them anyways.

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I've finished up with all of the art I'll need for v0.19, so I've started doing some more practice sketching while working on the code and writing. Here's the WIP first panel of a little 2 panel comic I'm working on:

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Clearly I need to practice faces in profile a little bit more, but I think the important tits bits turned out pretty well! Feel free to take a guess about what will be happening in part 2!

 

[metamira]

Quick art non-update for you all today! I've been doing Inktober prompts with some friends, doing daily art stuff based on some shared prompts. It's been great for forcing me to get my art practice in and practice styles and effects that I wouldn't normally try.

It's also all SFW stuff with non-porn related people, so you don't get to see any of it . You'll just have to take my word for it and trust that I've been getting my practice done in spades!

In other news, I'm working on closing out the next update for A Very Full House. The new nipple piercing art assets took longer than I budgeted, so I put up a poll on Patreon to see if people wanted v0.19 dropped with just the nipple art and minimal story/events, or if I should take an extra week to squeeze some more stuff in and make it a more substantial update. The vote seems to be overwhelmingly in favour of me taking an extra week, so some time around the 15th should be the v0.19 release date! I'll get you some preview pics of Madison's new outfit for my next update post!

 

[metamira]

You know, yesterday I had a whole message written out about how v0.19 was being tested over on Discord, then I just... forgot to actually hit post. Oh well, the full release of v0.19 is here!

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Main Update Features

• Nipple Piercings! - Visit the mall and join Madison in getting some nipple hardware! Four piercings options have been added for everyone, with another two bonus options added for patrons. Of course piercings aren't complete unless they're poking through your shirt, so new nipple piercing "hint" assets have been added for all of your clothing options!
• Cutdown Madison Outfit! - Help Madison improve her wardrobe by cutting down her tanktop, leggings, and shorts into newer, hipper, sluttier versions! Oh, and obviously she's got some nipple piercing options as well, with more coming in the future!
• New Events, and New Event Scheduling Code! - Enjoy some new written events featuring Madison and Candy, helping you push their corruption storylines along a little further! New event scheduling code also makes it much easier for me to add new events in the future! You all care about these two developments equally, right? Right?!

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And for my patrons, some extra fun "piercing" options!

Changelog

• Added piercing_set values to Outfit and Person classes.
• Piercings are selected by the overwear, underwear, or person, in that order of priority.
• Added art for four nipple piercings for the MCILF: Simple bars, Simple rings, dangly crosses, and dangly hearts.
• Added art for two patron exclusive piercings for the MCILF: work ID badge, and (used) condom bundles.
• Added belly_piercing_set and clit_piercing_set values for Outfit and Person classes. Works similarly to nipple piercings.
• Added two nipple piercings for Madison: simple bars and skull bars.
• Added one bellybutton piercing for Madison: skull bellybutton piercing.
• Added one clit piercing for Madison: Circular bar.
• Jock and Cheerleader dishes event now properly displays characters in their underwear at their clickables.
• Tidied up default and cutdown sweater art.
• Eliminated baked-in nipple hints for several pieces of clothing. Now handled with dynamic element added when (in)appropriate.
• Added cutdown outfit for Madison (aka. The Firebrand). Unlocked through chat option with her.
• Added fixed menu id's for several bathroom mirror menus.
• Added ability to change nipple piercings at the bathroom mirror.
• Added event for getting piercings (currently only nipple piercings) with Madison.
• Added ClickableConditional class. Allows for multiple clickable locations to be associated with a single schedule time based on priority and trigger functions.
• Updated several events to have positions grouped as conditional clickable.
• Added minor church event to unlock cross piercings.
• Added peek interuption event for Firebrand.
• Added evening snack event for Cheerleader.
• Added a few corruption points opportunities for Firebrand.