"Same-Facey" well i managed to check the rest of the Artwok and the only thing that i can say for sure is "Same" is general eye shape but i do say this could either be a good thing or bad thing.... Good because he most likely knows how to make a lot of different expresions... And bad as you say as to everyone having the same "face" but i think considering that hairstyle and clothness etc is a thing i do say is not much on an issue... Anyway dont tell me you look at that shading and you think is generic dang it adds a ton of personality imo just like 2990(thx fir reminding me of the circle's name).
Well imo it goes:
emubi:art style looks reliable if a bit generic looking, a pretty good choice to play it safe imo
pmglory: looks more like Visual Novel Art style and that shading is the shit just look at it!
sashimisan: hers looks like a watercolored kids story book to me for some reason, waaaaay to cute for how the game is suppoused to be on a very bleak setting later an would be example the slums.
Kimma: cant say anything because i can only see the unfinished drawing and the watermarked one on the page....
I hope pmglory wins yes im completly biased and i dont care xd
And i read ur mini object worldbuilding stuff u did, yes am too thirsting for it
Well, to go into more detail with my complaint - everyone in pmglory's featured gallery has a soft, rounded face. It makes for a distinctive character, but the problem comes when they use a similar model for a different character they drew - by being distinctive in the same way, it ends up feeling like the same character in a different outfit. I'm left feeling like instead of looking at a gallery filled with different characters, it's the same character cosplaying different roles.
Contrast this with emubi's gallery - if you cut the heads off of every character (you monster), the basic shapes are different enough that everyone still looks like different people.
As for Sashimisan's work, take a look at
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for her ability to work with darker stuff; she has a pretty broad range from what I can see. Though I think dealing with the slums and such would be more an issue of available tilesets; the idea is to commission standing character pictures and H-scenes, right? I can imagine needing to draw some dirty-looking characters later, but even if the story gets darker, I don't think it will affect the art direction much.
But you're free to favor who you wish, of course
. I was just clarifying my issue with their work.
And thank you for the compliment; I just finished up doing the same with the forest, actually, and I thought I'd copy it in later tonight
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EDIT: Well, just to provide an example of what I mean - these four pictures are supposed to be of different characters.
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. But to me, they all look the same. Yes, the hair color and eye color are different - but they all still look like the same basic character to me. Noelle is the only one who looks even somewhat different to me, but I'm pretty sure that's because of the hair.
