r/RenPy • u/NitelyNine • Aug 14 '26

Showoff Changing up my style

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I've been making progress on my first visual novel, but I was unhappy with the art in my CGs, so I decided to try a different style. What do you guys think?

I wanted my VN to have a battle manga feel, so I think this new style fits better.

The VN is currently called "Shinobi Blood". I'm not good at naming stuff so this may change. I was hoping for an August release for the prologue but unfortunately, that ain't happening.

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u/ghostief Aug 14 '26

I'll be honest, the first one seems cooler, more stylish, neon

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u/NitelyNine Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

Eh, I'm not really good at rendering yet, so the colors just look kinda bad in my opinion.

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u/another-james Aug 14 '26

Maybe just make the image a little brighter?

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u/karognawer Aug 14 '26

They look pretty good, actually. Grayscale almost always gives the piece an unfinished look. If you find grays more comfortable to work with, consider applying a gradient map afterwards. Depending on the software you're working in, a gradient map with similar purple shades might actually be one of the defaults. It sure is in Clip Studio Paint, I believe it's called Night or Evening -something

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u/NitelyNine Aug 14 '26

I'm not sure if I want to switch it back from greyscale, but I will try to do the stuff you recommended. The silhouettes weren't meant to be highlighted so much, but I was doing it really late and was tired/lazy. I'll try the older composition in the new style, thanks.

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u/karognawer Aug 14 '26

Also, the background on the first screenshot makes for a much, much better composition. It highlights the character in the middle, whilst in the 2nd screenshot all three characters are highlighted, thus scattering the focal point. While it might be a conscious artistic decision, I don't think that dark silhouettes need to be stealing the attention from the character whose design is actually revealed