Every mainline character done... finally... fucking hell! So.. the plan is to do some special images for Anna in the studio (maybe some redos.. Kat 100%... Alice needs her head shape sorting out still) Then I plan on doing a studio animation (which will have to stay exclusive to X I am afraid as not sure how I am going upload it here)
.. Next collection might become public pool collection, I was going to do beach, but think the pool could create more fun scenarios...
For Ken - Once you have 4 hearts with Anna, you can invite Ken to the basement if you go the Anna Share Route.
There is supposed to be one more studio invite coming in 1.9 (to be confirmed who)
Supposedly you can also use the "Gallery 1.1.4 @Mr ModMan" mod to place characters in any location you wish, but never used it....
Besides that you will have to use Stable Diffusion/Photoshop and create your own
As mentioned above, videos will not be happening here, but I will share the ref images...
Didn't mean to break your heart ckyman (not a native english speaker, apologies), the filter I speak of looks like the Photoshop "median" filter. Hence why I said it looks "Cheap", not trying to degrade the hours you spent working on the images. :)
Since these filters tend to remove fine detail in images (such as in Anna's face) when used on them and usually also removing any thin lines like those seen in stylized art. Speaking of, something I noticed too was that your images suffer from the same broken line work as the game's, solid lines being stippled instead of solid like one would see in pixel/Stylized Art.
Below is two examples that would hopefully explain better what I mean: (I'm terrible at explaining stuff, apologies)
Notice how the filter removes a lot of details as well as blur the image, compared to the original image (left).
Just a rough rework in photoshop, but look at Anna's face in specific (I know it is hard to focus on that xD), see how her lips, nose and even parts of her head and her eyes are missing lines/details, then look at the rest of the lines on her hair and body, in the original they are almost completely missing, broken up, solid lines are used to define one shape being in front/above the one behind/underneath it.
Her breasts should have a much clearer line defining the shape, since her breasts are in front of her body and her arms (notice the left shoulder close to her breast on the original), in the original the way the lines look right now, implies the breast is attached directly to her upper arm instead of her chest due to the missing line detail.
Last bit of criticism if I may, not sure how the image generators work, but it does look like the images were small resolution, and then upscaled/scaled, which looks weird, since one pixel now seems to be the size of +4 pixels, this also leads to some lines being thicker than they should, and messing with fine details in the image even more.
I hope this helps, again, I do apologise if I came accross as trying to degrade you or the effort you put in. :)
Hey, thanks for taking the time to write all that out and for the clear side by side examples. I appreciate it 馃檪
I understand exactly what you鈥檙e seeing with the median-filter softness, the broken/stippled lines, the missing detail on Anna鈥檚 face (lips, nose, eyes, hair edges), and the way some of the body contours (especially the breast/arm separation) feel incomplete. Those are fair observations if you鈥檙e looking at it from a clean, solid-line stylised or pixel art perspective
The thing is, I鈥檓 deliberately not going for that clean aesthetic. I am intentionally introducing blurs, light blooms, and softened details to push the images closer to real-life photography rather than crisp illustration
With the studio pieces in particular, the setting is supposed to feel like a converted basement with neon lighting and a hastily put together backdrop. In that kind of environment you鈥檇 naturally get strong light bloom, soft focus, slight haze, and finer details getting partially lost or obscured by the lighting and atmosphere. I lean into those effects on purpose so they feel present and part of the scene instead of cleaning everything up to look polished and sharp
That same approach is why some of the line work ends up softer or broken, and why the overall image can feel a bit lower resolution or upscaled the softness and bloom are baked into the look I鈥檓 after
That said, your notes about readability are still useful. Even with the photographic softness I want the major forms (especially the face and the separation between breasts and body/arms) to stay clear enough that the shapes don鈥檛 start to merge. I will keep a closer eye on those areas going forward so the softness doesn鈥檛 undermine the structure
Thanks again for the constructive feedback
Quick what if - River snuck to the bathroom in the middle of the night and took a futa pill?
Only here and on X, I like to keep in Starmaker related platforms so there is no confusion I am using Kal's characters. I guess you could use #StarmakerStory on X and go to the media tab, this would kinda create a spank bank...
Starting Public Pool Collection, will work through all the mainline characters again... then I seriously need to take break from creating Starmaker images and work on my own stuff...
P.S: As always, no, is not in game and is not something that's being worked on.
But here you go, since you have kept at it for a long while.
Holy! Milk farm!
Dr.Muramasa images are always a delight, you should post more often 馃槒
Aye, making my way through these public pool images and I will be taking a serious break from making Starmaker ones for a while. I am in the process of brushing up on my C# so expect terrible things to come 馃槀
With the amount of effort Kal is putting into Norah and Alice's questline for 1.9 e.g. House Location/Mini Game. You would expect it might be a route option. But I am with you 馃檹
So you are saying we will have to mod it in then.....
Also why not just have Norah and Alice assume the PC and Anna custom relation like Ken and Emma?
2 of the relations are kept as actual mother/daughter to show difference between actual family and milf/friend (hope that makes sense) and also for it been written already as such.
Anyways here you go, just to keep content with pics in the chat. I will again say you've been at it for a while. Good luck with your own stuff once you start it.
As always outstanding...
Just don't understand why you do not post more often....
Thanks I will need it, I had one concept pretty much nailed down to have a sandbox perverted haunted house, but I recently played Shadows of Seduction and looks like I have been beaten on that idea and there is no taking on Astaros 3D with the same concept their games are peak, so it is back to the drawing board on the general idea front...
