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Bonus Amir Face Upgrade

Added 2022-05-28 18:21:51 +0000 UTC

Amir's sprite's expressions is one of the three things on his backlog and I'm happy to report that Atlas got a chunk of them done this week. With them out of finals-hell and summer break starting I think we're going to hit a higher productivity period and get this chapter done in the next several weeks, again, I'm a little reluctant to give a solid ETA but fingers crossed and expect continuous updates. Again, basically the only thing his chapter is waiting on is art so once I get that, I can quickly put together and place sprites and move right ahead to publishing.

While Atlas was prepping to get expressions going they came to me with an idea for making some general changes to Amir's face. Atlas wanted to match him a bit closer to a model we'd been using as a reference- more curved nose, a more distinct eye shape, and curvier lips. The result communicates a lot more (and more clearly) via shape language, in my opinion, and I'm really in love with it. Here's a low quality preview:

I feel like it fits in better next to Mori's face too, lending TCM an overall more consistent style while keeping Amir's unique features more prominent. The larger/curvier nose has been an absolute staple to his design and Atlas' attention to it in the newer face really delights me.

Also, the shape language of his features now much more easily takes to the varying expressions he has so this was a major surprise upgrade for Amir's sprite in general. Thank you Atlas!

Next week, expect previews of Amir Expressions, plus we can start getting into Akello's character design :D