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spacechild-glitchypix · 2 days

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How to position facial features for the Our Life sprites

Idk how many people need this tutorial (especially since I kinda sat on it for like a month...whoops) but I noticed people were starting to make more sprite edits and videos using the in-game sprites and I thought having this tutorial might help for those of you who don't know exactly how to place the expression layers for the sprite.

Part 1: What am I talking about?

Ok so some of you may be reading the post title and thinking "what the hell does that mean?". For those who are unaware, if you decompile OL1 and OL2, you can find the sprites used for the characters in the game. These files are generally in character folders that contain all the bits for each sprite as well as several versions of the sprite itself in different outfits. All these base sprites files look a little like this

You may have noticed the glaringly obvious detail that Qiu here is missing most of their face. That's because there are several seperate images used for their eyebrows, eyes and mouth. The reason they're all seperated like this is to give more creative freedom over expressions than what would be allowed if there were just already a set number of sprites with set expressions

However, if you want to make a spite edit video, that means you have to piece all the expression layers over the sprite and, since the expression layers don't have the same canvas size as the sprite, you have to actually place them on the face yourself. This can lead to stuff like this.

If you're looking at this and thinking it doesn't look quite right, you're correct. This is the issue you're noticing

This is generally what happens when you try placing expression layers by eye, you end up sort of assuming you've got the right spot when you're actually slightly wrong. And this is gif just shows the facial features in the wrong spot vertically

So, I've explained the problem, now how do you fix it? It's simple actually.

Part 2: The actual tutorial part

What you'll need:

The sprites and expression layers you need (this tutorial assumes you already have the game decompiled so I'm not telling you how to this part)

An editing software that has a tranform tool such as Photopea, Photoshop, GIMP, etc.

Step 1: Open up the sprite you want to use in your image editing software of choice and import in all the expression layers you want to use

Step 2: Open up the transform tool on your editing software. Where this is may vary, on Photopea and Photoshop you can open up either through the shortcut alt+control+t or clicking on edit in the top bar and selecting Free Transform from the menu. If you don't know where the transform tool is in your software, I'd suggest looking it up

(A showcase of where the tranform tool is in Photopea and Photoshop)

(What the transform box should look like

Step 2.5 (This might be photopea specific, idk if other software does this): If your transformation tool box looks like this, cancel out of the tool (using the little x button on the top bar) and then open the transformation tool back up again. Make sure you're not selecting multiple layers and also make sure you didn't open the tool with the transformation controls tick box from the top bar. If none of that works, just delete the layer and grab it from your folder again and try again

Step 3: With the transform tool still open on your desired layer, move the layer so that it snaps against the corner of your canvas. Your image editing software should automatically have layer snapping enabled but, if not, I suggest looking up how to turn it on. If it doesn't have this, the best suggestion I have would just be to make sure the corner of the transform tool's box and the corner of the canvas allign. Zoom in if need be. You then repeat this process for the other expression layers (and any other layers that aren't automatically allighned like the blush layers or the tear layers)

(Notice the red lines that show up when it snaps against the corner)

Step 4: Export your sprite file because that's it, you did it! Now you have a sprite with the layers placed in the right spots! Isn't that great!

...(maybe I should've chosed a happier expression for this...)

Anyways, I hope this helps!

#our life #ol2 #our life beginnings & always #our life now and forever #qiu lin #olnf #olba

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marzipanparty · 2 months

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a couple of kids up to NO GOOD!!!!!

and here’s the lis on their own!

#this was my first time drawing qiu and tamarack properly #it was very fun!#also would ppl be interested in these as stickers??? 🤔🤔#our life: now & forever #our life #ol2 #marzipan draws #our life mc #olnf #olnf mc

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covehearted · 4 months

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#our life #our life now and forever #qiu lin #ol:nf #ol2 #olnf #fake scene #incorrect quotes

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guniico · 5 months

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I finally managed to finish an artwork after so long :')

OL2 brainrot's still going strong so here's step 2 Qiu and Brie!

#our life now and forever #our life #olnf #olnf mc #ol2 #our life fanart #our life: now & forever #qiu lin #olnf qiu #our life mc #our life qiu #guniico art

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tamarackbaumann · 7 months

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step 2 qiu be like

#our life now and forever #our life now & forever #our life: now & forever #ol:nf #ol2 #our life: now and forever #qiu lin

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anikiri · 5 months

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Soooo... y'a girl can't pick which hairstyle to draw Qiu in, so~~!

I just end up doing all of it!✨(⁠ ⁠˶⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠ꁞ⁠ ⁠❛⁠ ⁠˶⁠ ⁠)

Step 3 Qiu and Rena. After all the nightmares and hardship they went through, This two can finally and property start healing together. ✨as a couple✨ FINALLY! FOR GOD SAKES!!

PS: I don't know what's wrong with me with proportion, but- Qiu and Rena supposed to be the same(kinda) height in this step. Not to mention I draw them in a weird angle! Why the hell I keep doing this ಠ⁠ಗ⁠ಠ

#our life #our life mc #our life now and forever #qiu lin #our life fanart #ol2 #olnf #qiu lin x mc #olnf oc #my oc art

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srenorsomethin9 · 6 months

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Trick or Treating with the Cul-De-Sac Kids!

Happy Halloween Guys!

I drew the kids to celebrate(?) today! I love them so much, especially Tamarack! Like, why tf is she wearing a Santa costume? lmao that's so like her tho