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splishy...

#omgg gyesssssss #ive always thought they looked like a wee baby in a donut pool toy

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okk im done... my boy Matchafe displaying it because I made this semi-exclusively thinking of him lol! Now to wait for GG submissions...

BABY SKINS?????????????B BAY SINS!!! BABY SKINS!!!! BABY SKINS

guys ive literally wanted to make accents foreever but am super insecure... and last night i just randomly started putting something together for the gladekeeper's gathering and NOW THIS??? it's a sign. I AM SO EXCITED

psst prview of the accent

its not much but ive wanted an accent for my boy matchafe and im hoping this would be match, whether i win the contest or not

#pagen lair posts #pagen lair art #im like?? not even proud im like. eager to do another one but also. this whole thing was so terrifying from start to finish #what should I do next???

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just for funsies, to Experience the new system i reprinted these (shockingly old) accents I made once upon a time. there's a bunch on the AH now

#yooo othose are gorgeous #UMAs

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:3c I'm overly excited for hatchling skins so I'm already prepping one. Hatchling deserve plush toy buddies!

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hey guys send your banescale M to test this.

im not really happy with it and it could use some cel shading to define bits more but it'd be helpful to compare to some Real Guys

BABY SKINS?????????????B BAY SINS!!! BABY SKINS!!!! BABY SKINS

guys ive literally wanted to make accents foreever but am super insecure... and last night i just randomly started putting something together for the gladekeeper's gathering and NOW THIS??? it's a sign. I AM SO EXCITED

psst prview of the accent

its not much but ive wanted an accent for my boy matchafe and im hoping this would be match, whether i win the contest or not

#pagen lair posts

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It's actually so unbelievably hilarious that the "thomas real" meme has been around for almost 3 years now and I still clap my hands in joy like a seal every time someone mentions it in a post. It's literally just a stock photo of some guy but the Dustcarve Dig Madness made us all think it was the funniest thing in the world. I think for thomas' 3rd birthday they should release a new beastclan npc that looks suspiciously like him and we can all relive June 2021 again.

#bRO!!!!thomas my boy #i should make a thomas skin im ON A ROLL

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guys im so nervous ive never done a skin before aa!

BABY SKINS?????????????B BAY SINS!!! BABY SKINS!!!! BABY SKINS

guys ive literally wanted to make accents foreever but am super insecure... and last night i just randomly started putting something together for the gladekeeper's gathering and NOW THIS??? it's a sign. I AM SO EXCITED

psst prview of the accent

its not much but ive wanted an accent for my boy matchafe and im hoping this would be match, whether i win the contest or not

#pagen lair posts #wip

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SKINS FOR THE CHILDREN!!!!

WE HAVE BEEN HEARD

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permababy skins... I used to dream about times like these...

#we're so ready

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BABY SKINS?????????????B BAY SINS!!! BABY SKINS!!!! BABY SKINS

guys ive literally wanted to make accents foreever but am super insecure... and last night i just randomly started putting something together for the gladekeeper's gathering and NOW THIS??? it's a sign. I AM SO EXCITED

psst prview of the accent

its not much but ive wanted an accent for my boy matchafe and im hoping this would be match, whether i win the contest or not

#guys its a day for flight rising gamers #a day for winners #ive also just recently been getting more into permababies too #pagen lair posts

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Let’s do one of those “hyperspecific things about me” polls but flight rising flavored

#physical form and lore in the far future #not too exciting for a sec i thought i had a 6 digit but i was Very wrong

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papa tundra and his tundlets

#tundrarones #tundra #art

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saddest & most pathological shit i ever read was someone on flight rising who didn't want any of their dragons to have brown eyes because they didn't feel that "plain eyes like theirs belonged in a fantasy world"

#yea ok guilhotine take #so wrong. you couldnt be wronger #you are so incorrect babes #ok so ice??? and wind are also out??? #bro…. earth has the Best eyes. grey and blacks and beautiful tones of amber???

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Simple skin & accent tutorial!

I'm only familiar with making accents in CSP so some of the things you see here might be program specific, but for the most part it should be generally applicable.

Okay with that being said, here's a very basic tutorial, under a readmore because it got long (image heavy)

Assuming you already know roughly what you want to make and what breed pose you want to make it on, go to the custom skins page on the sidebar then download PSDs. For this step I'm choosing coatl F!

It should download automatically, the file will be compressed (zipped). I normally just open the folder and move the top file (without elements_friendly) to my accents folder to access it from my art program:

Open your preferred art program and open the file! It is a PSD file so it should be compatible with most art programs. When you open it, everything should look like this:

The layers probably look complicated, and it isn't super clear where you can and can't draw- but I promise it will get easier to understand! Before I even start drawing I do two things: I resize the image (changing the image resolution) to 700px by 700px. This means the image the resize better later on when I need to downscale it to 350px by 350px. Next, I make a new folder under both the existing folders with a single, full white layer in it. And set everything in "Through Skin Parts" to 50% opacity.

Lastly, put the bottom two folders completely out of your mind, we won't be touching them at all. The only folder that matters is "Through Accent Parts". As I'm drawing the accent itself, I make the lines and shadows layer invisible because they can just be distracting, like this:

That layer beneath both lines and shadows layers? The one labelled "Accent Goes Here"? That's where you draw, and you can make more layers to draw more on later. For now you can sketch your design on that layer. Here's my sketch for my skin Strawberry Pavlova:

It's pretty rough at the moment so I want to add another layer to draw my clean line art on, in CSP this means just adding another layer and turning off clipping which automatically applies as the layers above it have clipping turned on. When that's done it should look like this:

(You can absolutely use more layers for lining if that's what you prefer!)

Next is adding colour. An important thing to note for this step is to avoid using colours that are very close to black, and to avoid using black altogether. This is against skin and accent rules as you need lines and shadows to remain visible over your design, and very dark colours make this a lot harder!

When I typically colour my skins and accents I will separate out design elements (so for example all plants on one layer, all blue cloth into another layer, all jewellery on another, etc etc.) into different layers- this is purely to make recolouring easier and isn't necessary. In this case I didn't have my colours separated out as I had no intention of recolouring this skin! This is what this skin looked like when I was finished colouring:

Now I just need to do some final finishing polish on the design! For this one it involves adding a bit of pink transparent colour behind the strawberries, adding pale transparent colour under my lace and of course- adding sparkles! One of the final things I do is recolour my own line art to a red-pink colour (in this case I had it set to multiply as well- but this isn't needed!) this takes some of the harsh edges out of the accent and make the design feel more cohesive imo!

And the design is finished! The final step before we can submit this is a big one! We have to change the lines and shadows that we've been ignoring this whole time. For this I flatten all the art work into one layer, like this:

Why do we have to change the lines and shadows? Well...

The default shadows are pretty high opacity and very grey, they cover up my accent and make the details harder to see. And the default line art is black. You can edit these layers to make them much nicer. You can edit them manually- making sure to lock transparent pixels so you don't edit the coverage of the lines and shadows. Or you can do this: (You can ignore this next part if you're finding it overwhelming) Duplicate your accent design twice (so you have three layers with it on total), set both your lines and shadows layers to normal and unclip them. Your layers will look like this:

Ignore what the accent looks like for now. Next move the copied layers so one is above the lines and one is above the shadows, keeping only one in the original position. And then clip these duplicated accent layers to the layers directly beneath them, it will look like this:

Merge the accent copy layers with its corresponding lines or shadows layer, you should still have 3 separate layers when you're done: The lines, the shadows and your original accent design. Like this:

Then clip both of the lines and shadows onto your accent design layer and set both lines and shadows layers to multiply. Like this:

If you've done it all correctly your accent should now look like this:

This is a lot better than the default lines and shadows already! It's pretty dark in spots and my lines are definitely too light in other places though. So next I usually start by setting my shadows layer to 50% opacity and then going over both lines and shadows layers manually recolouring the lighter parts to a darker colour so they are visible on top of my final design. When you downscale your art to submit it, lines and shadows that were super obvious suddenly vanish- so don't be afraid to downscale it and keep editing the lines and shadows.

Here's what the final product, downscaled to 350 pixels, looks like:

This got accepted first try by skin mods (just in time for valentines!) Important things to note: places where my design is less opaque the lines and shadows are also less visible, this is completely fine! You don't have to fix this. Lines should always be visibly darker than the shadows they're on top of, this means sometimes they will have to be black to get them to show up or you may even have to make your accent underneath lighter to get everything to conform to the rules! Lastly, lines and shadows are subjective and you may end up getting rejected a few times before they're to skin mods liking. Its one of the harder parts of skin making and you won't always get it right.

Community feedback is your best friend, don't create in a vacuum! Go join discord servers where other people are making accents too, ask for help! Now go forth and make!

#tutorials

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So was anyone going to tell me they curl up when defeated in coli or was I suppose to find out myself

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dungeon meshi characters, but as flight rising dragons

𝟣. laios touden: beige/antique/antique

2. marcille donato: caribbean/flaxen/ruby

3. chilchuck tims: auburn/camo/beige

4. senshi of izganda: coal/oilslick/latte

5. izutsumi: obsidian/obsidian/white

6. falin touden: iris/antique/antique

spoiler scry + design notes under the read-more:

7. falin (chimera): vermillion/antique/antique

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i had been meaning to scry/post the dungeon meshi main cast for a while. i figured in honor of the manga's final chapter would be a good occasion

design notes:

𝟣. laios touden:

outfit inspired by fr user Rafale's laios fandragon

ravenskull broadsword bc it has wings like his sword

tundra + antique secondary/tert, like falin (siblings)

2. marcille donato:

ruby runes to represent: her magic, her red hair bow, bloody hands when she was resurrecting falin

will o' the ember for her explosion spells

iridescent primary for her elven heritage + penchant of fancy things

3. chilchuck tims:

veined tert to represent his greying hairs

i debated between the gambeson (closer texture) VS tanned rogue vest (overall closer colors) for him, but ended up going for the gambeson as it feels more distinct

camo secondary for a "camo = stealthy" joke

[edit: 1 feb 2024] i think my screen had the Flux settings too high before and i thought his shirt was beige. its actually white, so i changed his shirt from a shabby to classy dress shirt.

4. senshi of izganda:

bamboo dried tea to represent his cooking supplies

unfortunately none of the helm apparel had the right colors for his helmet, so i opted for tan okapi to represent his helm's horn colors

i wanted to include the iron shield apparel for his adamantine shield/pot, but it wouldve covered up his kilt, so i left it out

[edit: 1 feb 2024] changed primary from ribbon to chrysocolla, an earthy gene to match his past as a miner. changed tert color slightly to match better. also gave him carrots

5. izutsumi:

initially i tried nocturne and spiral, but the armour pieces looked too short on them, so i ended up going for mirror instead

i also tried the tanned rogue apparels, but they covered up too much of the torso

wooly antennae for her ears

6. falin touden:

marshlurker's drape to represent her coat, bc there wasnt a lot of suitable coats, and the more purple-y hue (and hat) also references her debut outfit

sparkle tert to represent her magic

tundra + antique secondary/tert, like laios (siblings)

[edit: 1 feb 2024] edited her primary to be more purplish, since the animes confirmed her coat is supposed to be more indigo colored, and gave her browner boots. also edited her reference photo coat color to match it too

7. falin (chimera):

i chose to make the touden siblings both tundras, so that chimera falin could be a gaoler (based on the joke gaolers are just tundra 2.0)

spirit secondary bc she haunts the narrative

if youve made it to here, feel free to comment which fandragon scry is your fav! :)

#holy crap these are so insane??? #i’d use intense attention for senshi but like. holy crap #literally all of these is so on point #so perfect #dungeon meshi #fandragons

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Prismatic Baldwin Mats be upon ye

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