6. All the Leaf portraits.
I actually agree with you about consistency in so much of my earlier work for this game. My original flow had me looking at two references for each piece: - the official art I was referring to - whatever facial expression photo ref I was trying to hit
Something important is left off of that list, and I didn't realize that it was a problem until pretty late. I didn't refer back to any base piece that I did except to grab colors. So I'd do a piece that I felt satisfied with, go about my life for days, or weeks, or occasionally months before circling back to do my next one, where I'd take a stab at the next expression.
I think consistency is the biggest improvement I've had, and it starts to show itself blatantly on everything done after the original demo release. So many of your points boil down to you looking for AI tampering where a simple "this guy hadn't quite figured out what he was doing yet" also fits. You're going to find whatever signs you're looking for.
But take all of the new Leaf scenes, or all of Lorelei - I don't think you'll be seeing these same consistency issues. My flow has changed to add that critical third piece - the original reference of mine that supersedes even the official art I'm referencing. How I interpret and adapt official art can change day to day, but having my own piece to refer back to has made it much easier to stay consistent, and I'd argue there are already dividends of that in the game.
7. "the eyes color change" This is the error I was referring to earlier. I had my colors on the wrong layer and when I used the color overlay to change the hair colors, it got the eyes too. That error, to my knowledge, is present in approximately one scene out of all of them, and slipped through testing.
And I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt here and assume you're not accusing the eyes changing to pink as an error. If that's the case, you've truly lost the plot.
Also, the PTSD eyes again just sounds like another case of you not liking the art meaning it is AI generated.
8. XY Ace hair color change. You're half right. Its actually way more than the hair color changing. The original XY Ace portrait was awful. Like truly horrendous. It was the first sprite that ever got updated after the original demo release, and I took the time to update all of her colors to be, in my opinion, easier on the eyes. Her original hair color, still present in the one that I didn't update, felt radioactive to me. So in the update, I softened it considerably and that's the palette she has had ever since.
9. Your entire point about Lillie. You have, once again, managed to find an example of a character who was given an updated portrait after release. It is the closest example we have in-game of my vision for that character. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd attribute the sprite being considerably better to the fact that I did the new one two years after the others. If it was the same quality, I'd probably need to pack it up and reconsider my choices.
9a. The angry "gemini" face where the fuck do you think gemini gets its material from. >:( has existed for a lot longer than I've been around. I'm not even sure how to further elaborate on this point, like bro. You're so on guard to detect AI that you attribute everything to it. You are, of course, more than welcome to join the Discord where it is a pretty long-running joke that I'm constantly spoiling upcoming content by livestreaming myself working on it... which includes art.
"I know you not gonna say "YEAH YOU FOUND AM SOO SAD". But be honest whit the content. And i don't want you delete all.
JUST BE HONEST.
And don't think about report or delete the coment. bcz this is your own content on your own game."
"What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."---Billy Madison