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hi, here i am again!! (if you saw a version of this post yesterday, that was the patreon head start; these are public slot claims!!) i am open for private/personal use commissions!! i do these on a pretty sporadic schedule, so if you've been wanting to nab some art from me, this is a good time to do it.
once you've read the above, you can claim a slot by sending an email to iraprincecommissions@gmail.com with: - "commission" somewhere in the subject line - references and a description of what you'd like - an email address i can send a paypal invoice to
these slots are not first-come, first-serve! i'll leave these open for about a day, and then tomorrow evening i'll get back to everyone. thank you in advance, i'm so excited to work with you guys!
(if you can't make it this batch and would like to be pinged for future openings, you can join my commission mailing list; if you'd like to get in touch with me about larger projects/commercial work such as book covers, ttrpg illustrations, vtubing assets, etc, you can send an email to iraprinceillustration@gmail.com.)
Ninelives is the most beautiful RPG that was never completed, but can still be experienced as it was left. As part of my video on the game (now up for early access on Nebula), I also interviewed Tota of SmokymonkeyS on its inspirations and development before its suspension in 2016.
What would you say are your main inspirations for the art style in Ninelives? E.g. other artists, film, games, literature, history etc.!
I was a huge fan of Adventure Gamebook when I was a kid. Well, maybe you don't know what that is. Please read the wiki if you need: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamebook. I was reading (playing) translated oversea gamebooks well, and love the inner artwork especially what draw by monochrome. I had never seen pictures like that before, and had a strong impact on me. So, I wanted to make a gamebook by my self. When I started making my own gamebooks, I learned a lot about how games are made. That's because a gamebook is a medium in which the player can see all the source code. At first I started making gamebooks because I was attracted by the artwork, but my interest eventually shifted to making the game itself.
Related to the above, do you take a lot of inspiration from real world cultures and places? Are there any that you particularly gravitate towards?
I like the mixed culture, like Chinoiserie in France at the 17 century. Plus, since I'm Japanese and this country has always been greatly influenced by China. So I'm not limited to any one of these cultures, but trying to create as I am influenced by all of them. Sometimes people say that what I create looks Japanese, Chinese, or Asian, which is neither correct nor incorrect. I try not to be only of a certain culture when I create. That's because I want to create an imaginary world that is somewhat like reality, but slightly different.
Why did you want to make Ninelives?
Ninelives was the first game I ever thought of making, I think when I was about 17.
Do you think Ninelives being in an unfinished state provides a different atmosphere when playing the game and exploring the world?
I don't particularly think so. The atmosphere of the game is still complete. I wanted the game to be a relaxed, free-roamed adventure for players.
I wasn't certain during my research, so I wanted to confirm if Tomomi Sakuba was involved in Ninelives in any way?
Yeah, Sakuba was involved in Ninelives lots of ways. As you said, he did some of the texture pictures for flowers, plants and tree leaves. He also drawn the world map and area maps of the game like below: http://www.smokymonkeys.com/kyrill/index.asp?direct=138 He actually walked around the world by himself to make this. He was one of the most earliest game tester of the game. Oh, and I have to tell you this. He's a voice actor of male Nightbreed and Elf! In addition, his wife did some of creature voices. Her voice is also used on Triglav too!
What are your own personal thoughts on Ninelives? Is there anything you would drastically change looking back on it? Or any big changes you would want to make if you were to continue development at any point?
Ninelives was too much for me in many ways. It was a world I had been thinking about since I was young, but there were too many things to actually create to handle, and in that sense it's exactly the dream a child thinks about. We are a team of two in SmokymonkeyS, but one of us is in charge of programming and system engineering, and the game itself was created completely by myself. I had to create all the pictures, models, terrain, music, and story by myself. Now if I'm going to make something, I don't make it on such a large scale anymore.
Apart from the Switch release for Garage and occasional updates on Triglav that you mentioned before, is there anything that SmokymonkeyS are working on for the future?
Not yet so far.
I noticed your banner on the official website (http://www.smokymonkeys.com/kyrill/index.asp) has a character on a train platform, I wondered if that might be a future game?
Once it was. It was a previous project of Triglav for mobile. But it was going to be on a larger scale again, so we decided to port Triglav before that. There are no plans to make that game now. But I may make another game with that worldview and atmosphere. For example, as a mobile game.
A big thank you to Tota for taking the time to answer my questions! You can find SmokymonkeyS and their games here:
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BTW I LOVE UNICO. I LOVE KURUKU AND BEEZLE ESPECIALLY!!! kurukus character design is so mesmerizing to me and his personality speaks to me deeply. his whimsical nature contradicts his violent tendencies and i LOVE IT. i use him as a basketball. characters when they! Wow!
March has been a very challenging month for me β from the first 2 weeks where my mom was admitted to the hospital while me & my brother stayed by her side; to my mom passing away later on due to kidney failure. During those times I asked for help & received a lot of doodle commissions. Since the past weeks have been pretty busy and difficult for me & my brother, I've been trying to pace myself so that I could go through them slowly.
I don't have any other source of income and since I can't take new commissions at the moment, I've put up 3 PDF doodle compilations in my ko-fi shop to help fund me & my brother's budget for our needs & expenses.
If you'd like to help out & support, you can get the pdfs individually from my ko-fi shop for a minimum of $5 each:
Gotchibam Doodle Compilation #1 (PDF)
Gotchibam Doodle Compilation #2 (PDF)
Gotchibam Doodle Compilation #3 (PDF)
Or get all 3 pdfs above for a minimum of $12 instead: Gotchibam Doodle Compilation #1, #2, & #3 (3 PDF Pack)
Each and every support counts & means a lot to me π Honestly I wouldn't have been able to get this far without you guys so I just really want to say thank you, thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart πππ
a reminder: these are for canon sonic the hedgehog series characters only! for more details, check out the actual commission listings.
gee biscuit, why so few slots? and why are these so cheap?
you see, hypothetical question asker, the united states does not let you make more than ~30$ a month while on disability benefits or they will consider you able to work and therefore take your money away! if that sounds unjust and annoying, take it up with the u.s. government!
gee biscuit, all the slots are gone! what do i do now?
good news! i will reopen the same amount of slots next month!
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βοΈWHAT I WILL DOβοΈ
Cartoons
Anime
Your OCβs (including self inserts)
Furries/Antropomorphic ((depends))
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Mechas
Nsfw//
Anything harmful or hateful
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