Monikamoddev: Alterations to the new Leaning pose

[Trilasent]

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Updated Upright and Leaning Poses V2.1

I've made some alterations to the new leaning pose, and with a little feedback from people in #artistry on the Discord server here's a list of things I've changed thus far:

• Monika's right-side bang is slightly visible behind her neck while leaning.
• Her right forearm is a little shorter to try and better match proper arm length.
• Her left hand has been edited a bit to try and reduce the stretched look of the original.
• Her right hand fingers are slightly visible.
• Her jawline has been adjusted slightly to be smoother
• Changed her hair a bit so it doesn't look like it's being blown by a fan
• Changed some shading on her arms and face.

Any feedback would be appreciated so I can continue to try and improve upon what others have suggested thus far, as well as what I personally feel could be different.

[Trilasent]

After posting this I went ahead and smoothed out her jawline according to more feedback from people in #artistry.

[Trilasent]

Update to her right side bang + smoothed jawline

[ghost]

As I came here I did not expect to see her nude.

[Trilasent]

As I came here I did not expect to see her nude.

Well I merely used what was available to me, haha.

[ghost]

Looks great imo

[Trilasent]

Changed left forearm shading:

Before:

After:

Are these changes good or bad?

[GwendolyX10]

I liked the changes. It looks more comfortable like that.

[Chrissenpai]

Nice, another fellow artist that makes corrections, good job @Trilasent.
Now, test this because I'm not sure myself: if you can, make a colour correction in her hand so it matches with her face, let's see how it develops.

[AsuraShun]

Enjoy it folks,this is the closest you'll get to see her nude in this mod

[ThePotatoGuy]

@Olliesama @velius94 @metisz @professor-jmo

What are your opinions on these changes?

[ThePotatoGuy]

@Trilasent can you upload psds to a gdrive and share it here?

Also the jawline adjustment would have to be made to the upright base as well, since it has the same jawline.

[Professor-JMO]

I was there for most of these changes in #artistry.

Yeah, I'm very much in agreement with the right bang.
I agree with the jawline, too.

I'm unsure of the arm just yet from this point of view but it does look better, imo.

[Trilasent]

Nice, another fellow artist that makes corrections, good job @Trilasent.
Now, test this because I'm not sure myself: if you can, make a colour correction in her hand so it matches with her face, let's see how it develops.

I can tinker around with it and see how she looks.

[Trilasent]

Made some alterations to her down hair as well:

Old:

New:

👍 or 👎

[Trilasent]

@ThePotatoGuy Here's the link to the updated PSDs.

[Trilasent]

If I missed anything DM me on Discord and show me what I missed.

[jmwall24]

here are some things I am noticing that need work.
the jawline work, the edges are jagged and the black outline was completely lost in parts of it

and similar with the arm on the table, just needs to be smoothed out

i like what you did with the hand on her face, the shorter hand looks a lot better

[Trilasent]

@jmwall24 Updated. Check the original post for the V2 revisions.

[GwendolyX10]

This line in the fold of the hand it's strange. 😕

[jmwall24]

Face looks better, still some wavy/choppy spots on the top part of arm

[Trilasent]

@jmwall24 Updated again.

[ghost]

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More related to the overall changes in the base, but seeing as the issue is closed, will post here since the bulk of the base-related work is here.

With the skin color changes, the night filter now makes Monika's skin too yellow.

I attempted to amend that by fiddling with the sliders in my psd, but still haven't achieved the desired effect (that being as close as possible to the original CG).

[GwendolyX10]

@Velius94 For a while, the third is the best filter in my opinion.

[ghost]

@EntonyEscX
The filters will be done internally, so there's no need for me to further tackle this matter.

[jmwall24]

My concerns have been addressed, thanks. Gonna see if anyone else on the dev team has any issues and will let you know.

[ThePotatoGuy]

I will look at this this weekend.

[ThePotatoGuy]

@Velius94 are you sure you are using the correct filter? Use the one from the utility folder, I always replace filters+other stuff in submitted psds with the one from the utility folder.

[Trilasent]

@ThePotatoGuy If you have any issues with it let me know via Discord, so I can see it sooner and get them taken care of.

[ThePotatoGuy]

I have made some minor edits:

• made upright outlines on cheek darker
• made leaning outlines on right hand darker
• removed extra color coming off leaning left arm shoulder connection
• removed blemishes visible with night filter on left arm
• filled in transparency holes in right arm

gdrive

[ThePotatoGuy]

So for next steps:

• I'm moving the new upright base into the base psds as well as applicable outfits (vday + santa + upcoming clothes).

The new leaning will have to wait until we get a unanimous decision regarding someone else who decided to also redraw leaning. @Trilasent I've mentioned you on discord about that, be aware and ready to review that leaning pose as well.

[ThePotatoGuy]

• and the back hair bang will also be moved to leaning base hair styles

[ThePotatoGuy]

This has been added to #3174 [closing]