Crimson Veil News

This week, I have continued focusing on artwork, scanning in my hand drawn sketches and beginning work on the digital color versions. Since I have a lot to work on at once, I decided to set a goal of doing just the line art for each of the characters first. I often find myself demotivated after finishing an illustration, only to move on to the next one and have to start the drawing/editing process over again. With this system, I've given myself smaller, achievable goals each day while keeping that lacking feeling of motivation in check. Using this method, I have finished the linework for each of my previous sketches and have used the weekend to start filling them in with flat colors.

Here is a preview of how the dark witch Dorothy is coming along:



In contrast to her design, here is the finished version of Luna, her cute cat familiar:



Not only do their designs contrast, but so will their personalities. Once I begin writing the script, I want that to come across clearly through your conversations with them.

I have the complete set of character portraits for Luna available now for my $5+ patrons.

https://www.patreon.com/MKRUdesign

I’ll be out of town in 2 weeks, but I’m prepping some stuff now to hopefully go live that day, so there won’t be a gap in the schedule. In case there ends up being any issue, I wanted to let you all know ahead of time.

Anyway, that’s all I have for you this week. Until next time, everyone!

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you’re all well. It’s been a Crammed week for me but I was determined to finish some character sketches.

First, I’d like to share a design for a new enemy type, the Alchemist.



Like the previous enemies I’ve shared, this gal focuses on a specific skill set, in this case Bomb skills. She comes across as proud of the explosive concoctions she’s made.

Next, I sketched the villain of the upcoming contract, the mystical Dorothy.



My intent for her was to come across as cold and detached. There are a few small details I want to add to her design, but I was having difficulty putting it to paper, so I’ll add them digitally.

As I’m writing this, I’m working on the digital color versions of the previous sketches, so expect to see more art from me next week.

Well, that’s all I have to share with you for now. Until next week, everyone!

We have a winner for Contract Contest #10! “Something Familiar About Her” will be the next quest added to the vampire route! Congratulations to Rosen King and thanks to everyone who submitted their ideas as well as those who voted! It was certainly a contest with a few close rounds! I’ll get to work on adapting it this week!

A while back I shared a sketch for a new enemy type I wanted to implement at some point. To add variety to the enemy roster, I wanted there to be different hunters for Mila to fight aside from the basic vampire hunter and their various looks. Each of these enemies would focus on a specific skill type (Smash, Piercing, Fire, Holy, etc) For this update, I want to replace some of the generic enemies with them. Here is a preview of the Axe Fighter, a hunter that specializes in… Axes!



Dark skin and bright amber eyes are a powerful combo

To complement her, I’ve also sketched 2 other enemies, one focused on Knife Skills and another on Cross Skills.





The Knights of Friedrich are varied in their disciples, as shown with Vicilla and Eve during chapter 2-V. I believe by adding these enemies, it will better demonstrate that to players. I hope you like these designs and look forward to their finalized versions.

Speaking of, I have the full preview of the Axe Fighter and her vampire/ghoul forms available now to all my $5+ Patrons. I hope you check it out and tell me what you think of her.

https://www.patreon.com/MKRUdesign

That's all I have for you this week. Until next time, everyone!

It’s been a challenging week for me personally. I don’t want to get into the details, but it's been emotionally stressful and I haven’t felt particularly creative. I did a bit of work on importing older maps to the vampire route, but they aren’t in a sharable state yet. I did some art to try and pull myself out of this funk. It’s a sketch of Alexandria in a swimsuit(?) I’ll probably get to coloring this at some point.  This isn’t art for the game by the way, just something I felt like drawing. 



I’ve been thinking about what I want to focus on once I am completely finished working on Crimson Veil, and I think that’s improving my art and creating more of it. I feel like my priorities are scattered week to week between game design, writing and drawing. So whenever I get back to drawing, I feel rusty. If It’s something I make more consistently, I know I’ll substantially improve. Don’t worry, that’s still a while from now. I just want to share my thoughts about what I want to do once Crimson Veil is complete, because it’s been hanging over my head this week.

More importantly, here is the bracket for Contract Contest #10! 



Each round of voting will last 24 hours and will be voted on by my $5+ patrons, with each higher level giving 1 additional vote per tier level. You can read all of the entries at this link:

Thanks to everyone who submitted their ideas! I’m looking forward to seeing who the winner will be! Good luck to everyone! 

The first round is available for voting, so go out and let your voice be heard! Check back each day to get your votes in!

Oh, and Happy Mother’s Day!

Hello again everyone! As I stated last week, starting today, I will be taking submissions for Contract Contest #10! 

Do you have an awesome, sexy idea you'd like to see added to the game? This could be your chance!

Is there a new Pet you’d want to see added into the game? A new spell, ability, or item for Mila to acquire! The possibilities for your quest are vast! You’ve got one week to come up with a wild suggestion!

I will be selecting 8 of my favorite ideas, and my patrons will be narrowing it down to just 1 to be adapted. You can even submit an idea you made for a previous contest! Just be sure that it follows the revised rules!  The updated rules will are posted on the link below:

Contract Contest Rules

Please be sure that each of you send your submissions to the following email:

[email protected]

I look forward to seeing your responses!