Monikamoddev: New poses for Monika in the spaceroom

[therationalpi]

All of the expressions are in, but we can still use some more art for Monika! Specifically, we could use some new poses!

Poses

Poses are more difficult than expressions, but we don't need as many. Treat each arm separately and consider the following positions:

Elbows on desk, face resting on intertwined fingers (the current pose)
Gently resting chin on left hand only (right hand doing something else)
Arms crossed, forearms resting on desk.
Arms crossed over chest, sitting up straight.
Right hand pointing off into nowhere (3rd and 4th pose in above image)
Arms back, leaning playfully towards the camera (signature action pose)

Remember, the desk is part of the sprite.

[Guardianvoir]

Wasn't there already a topic open for this?

Edit: Nevermind I'm tired and didn't notice that you referenced it.

[ghost]

Have we tried talking to the official artist, Satchely?
https://satchely.deviantart.com/

I recently emailed him about the mod, but am waiting for a reply. Art style consistency and all is something I really notice personally.

EDIT: Never mind, he says he doesn't have time to pitch in.

[therationalpi]

I never emailed Satchely personally, but I felt like it would be a conflict of interest for an official member of the team to contribute to the mod. This is a fan project, after all.

[JustinHerschel]

I think i might be able to replicate his style, but it might take a while. These first drawings were just really quick sketches to communicate to you guys if this was the pose that you had in mind.

[ghost]

Maybe more immersive artwork for the games could be added at a later time? Not that I have anything wrong with chess just popping up on the screen (though it does block Monika's face...), but her actually pulling out a chess board on a bigger table or something and the two of you playing would be nice. The in-game conversation could also work better this way, as you can actually see her while you play.

[JustinHerschel]

How do you guys like this for the crossing arms pose?

Any feedback?

[Danymations]

That is really nice editing, wow!
What I will say though is that the brightness of the head and the darkness of the body doesn't look right. And the forearm and hands look a bit small.
Although, I do understand that it would be hard to Photoshop a JPEG image, so props to you!
Lets see what the others say about it.

[ghost]

Hands look a wee bit teensy. But I like where it's going! Great work!

[TacticalTriangle]

Oh yeah and because no one else mentioned it her breasts are gone... man i sound like a creep.

[Danymations]

How is this so far? (I had to trace a bit of the hair but that's just because i'm not very used to drawing such detailed anime hair haha, I promise that this is the first time in years since i've traced)
I forgot to make the right hand doing something. Dang it.
I didn't draw the face because they said they needed poses, lol

Feedback, if you have any?

[TacticalTriangle]

monika to table proportion is wrong and its too small. or at least from what i see.

[TacticalTriangle]

@JustinHerschel I also realise that the desk has to extend more since it will just be floating

[JustinHerschel]

Ah I thought it more as that parts of the arms would be off-screen an not the table cut-off

[DatSkullKid]

I posted on the other art issue, about the tables being too small, is there anything I can help in this one? I'd be happy to do so.

[JustinHerschel]

I made the hands and forearms bigger I also made her upper arm smaller so it would fit more on screen and a few other small adjustments. Thanks for all the feedback btw

before

after

[Danymations]

It looks great!

[therationalpi]

Yikes! I apparently missed the updates on this topic for a while. You guys should hop in discord so we can get our collaboration on this in sync. https://discord.gg/7P5DnJ4

When you get on there, message me to give you access to the artist's channel.

[therationalpi]

Alright, update on the current progress. As of right now we have A sprite for Monika's body without arms, her arms down by her sides, her hands under her chin (each individually), her finger pointing pose, and there is currently active work on her crossed arms resting on the table.

[Danymations]

How would we achieve her signature action pose? By that I mean...how will we make it? She's sitting down... I would like to do one but I just don't know which, haha.

[therationalpi]

That's an excellent question.

I think the key to making it feel right is for that pose to just have the most differences in terms of art. Probably some sort of a 3/4 pose, so that would mean redrawing her whole body and head... Any suggestions?

[ghost]

I agree. You could trace one of her standing poses and modify it however you please. Waist up likely since she's still at a desk.

[therationalpi]

@Kiosho that probably wouldn't work, since there's enough of a difference in art style, It's a good reference, though.

[ghost]

I find one pose that I'd personally make a lot of use out of is one where she's clasping her hands over her heart. When thinking of something romantic, that pose would fit perfectly.

[crissbycriss]

what do you guys think of these?

[ghost]

@crissbycriss Those look really good! I think @JustinHerschel is working on the crossed arms pose still, but I'm liking the others!

I could definitely see myself using the third pose when writing dialogue for MAS.

[JustinHerschel]

The crossed arms pose is already done and we already have pose 1 as well. But the last one would be pretty cool.

[crissbycriss]

Thanks for taking a look! What other poses still need to be drawn?

[therationalpi]

As of version 0.6.3, the basic poses have all been implemented. Great work everybody!