That picture is kinda bad if the goal was to copy his style. The lighting and shading are off and the anatomy is wonky (but to be fair early summertime saga art was wonky but that's because dc was rushing it out).
Of course there is people out there that are able to draw like him but that doesn't mean they wanna full time draw pictures for this game, talented artists usually have no issues making enough money with their own art so why would they wanna work on a game like this. Instead of complaining here you could go find a artist who is willing to do it and send him dcs contact data so he can try and make a deal with him but you act like its so easy to find someone who actually wants to do it lol
You see the shit we get without a set release date. Now imagine how it would be if we were even one day late for the announced date. We're not giving release dates for that sole purpose, sometimes, we find critical bugs at the very last minute, or there are some unforeseen delays, like the patreon hit, or delays in the animation which delay the update as a whole. Not risking a huge backlash because of circumstances we can't really avoid.
Patreons do get the game a bit earlier than non patreons, even if it is just a couple of hours, it's still an early release, plus you get the fast download servers, which would also qualify as such.
Believe it or not, Diane's update actually had close to 210 bugs. We just didn't have the updated tracker at the time. It's not uncommon to have that many bugs, but as far as major bugs are concerned, most of them are bugs that don't hinder gameplay. Missing backgrounds, posing errors, small inconsistencies. Out of the 179 bugs reported only 30 were actually problematic.
The update is indeed "finished", but we're not delaying it on purpose. We're just in the midst of testing and bug fixing, to try to provide a bug free experience to everyone. Sure, some bugs seep through, but imagine if those 150 fixed issues were still in the game. You'd hate that and complain that we don't test our game before releasing.
This looks nothing like DC's artwork. The shading is completely different, and so is the brushwork. It's a cool artwork though.
This. Also, there is the issue of speed and independance. As I said numerous times before, copying one's art style is only one of the requirements for a position. You also need to be able to work fast, efficiently, and without guidance from DC. Managing another artist would take time from DC, time he could use to draw stuff, and let's be honest, DC's art is probably going to be better and faster than the hired artist. Ultimately, it's DC's decision.
Hey, thanks for coming here and replying and clearing up all the things people are speculating/angry about. Not sarcasm.
If you think this is bad, you never went to a Bioware forum.
Just like Patreon, this place gets the exact same cycle...
I also don't think money has anything to do with it, however, I disagree that it's because he needs another artist. I think he just needs a person to better organize the whole project. The team doing DMD and Melody is doing 2 games at once with a fixed schedule, and the product is still very high quality stuff. That's what great organization can do for a project. That's why no matter what you look at, whether it's in business or event in hospitals there's always a position of team manager to help guide everyone in the right direction.
Does anyone know why they demolished her house? They could release an update faster if they didn't draw a new house. It made no sense
I must admit that I really like the way her body was drawn. It doesn't fit genuine game style but I really wouldn't mind seeing her in the game.
Most of this update has be remaking little to completely unused characters. that at this stage have 0 impact on the game and can be "redone" when they're needed to be redone. People will say "re rigging" but thats good for when they have multiple actions or talking......of which most have none (at this stage). I suppose it needed to be done at some stage, just seems that this update has been, rework intensive.
Your experience shows your lack of nuance and experience with the medium. Even good positioning takes practice. It's the same as in drawing, there are good and bad poses, dynamic and non-dyamic poses.
Sure, and that's so because... you say it?
