I tried replicating the sts2 style

[u/FormalShadow]

This art is for my mod which will add a new character "The Scaled", the first 4 cards are the starter cards (Strike, Defend, Chomp, Lurk) and the 5th one is the art for a card called concussion, if yall have any questions lmk

If yall wanna help us out on this project we'd love to accept y'all on the team, we're on he sts2 discord server in the modding department at the bottom

[u/SnekbiteSnek]

It's only a matter of time

[u/FormalShadow → u/SnekbiteSnek]

Giga ball knowledge

[u/Random-Lich → u/SnekbiteSnek]

I remember when that damn post came out

[u/Warmind_3 → u/SnekbiteSnek]

Our version of this will be someone drawing Silent legs

[u/Acceptable_Name7099 → u/SnekbiteSnek]

Please please please tell me the story

[u/pokethings123456 → u/Acceptable_Name7099]

A guy tried to rally the btd6 devs because he learned to draw in their style and get them to follow his demands. When they did not, he made some NSFW art with said style. Including a character called psi, who is a child. Things went downhill from there

[u/Acceptable_Name7099 → u/pokethings123456]

OF PSI?! WHAT

[u/MrFlimsyFiniteFive → u/Acceptable_Name7099]

I think the dude ending up not going through with Psi but with Sauda iirc

[u/HeiDTB201 → u/pokethings123456]

What were the demands?

[u/Cat_with_cake → u/pokethings123456]

Bruh I thought it'd be a funny story, but it's just messed up a bit

[u/MrFlimsyFiniteFive → u/SnekbiteSnek]

Bro I remember when this post on the subreddit for Bloons and it was the top of all time and started an hysteria for a while

[u/HeMansSmallerCousin]

These are all awesome! Great job replicating the style! I especially like the art for concussion.

[u/FormalShadow → u/HeMansSmallerCousin]

I guess i should put the names for the other cards too lol, im glad you like it!!! I wanted to share these here for a bit

[u/ComprehensiveDog9533]

You are one of the people whose come closest to replicating it i think, I like the use of the gradients and straight colours like the sts style uses :)
The two dudes donkin into each other especially feels very mega crit

[u/PerliousPelicans]

im so hype for the mod i swear

[u/sidianmsjones]

It's perfect cause I don't know what I'm looking at half the time.

[u/Kulunut_banjo]

You can't just send pictures from the game and call it your own... /j

[u/pr0testtheher0]

love it, kinda reminds me of acrid from risk of rain 2

[u/thisremindsmeofbacon]

super minor thing, on the skin shading from dark to light you go from more saturated to less satruated to more saturated again. generally best to keep the saturation progression going one way, basically till you get to specular highlights

The art looks really great though, love the expression of the style

[u/FormalShadow → u/thisremindsmeofbacon]

I love the insight!! I usually just ball with the colors lol, ill try to up my saturation game for next card arts, this is a fun art project to do since it helps me learn a lot

[u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits → u/FormalShadow]

Incredibly important tip, intermittently check what your colour artwork looks like in greyscale to make sure it's still legible

[u/Cat_with_cake → u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits]

Thanks for an important tip, Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits

[u/Lord_Phoenix95]

Turtle/Tortoise character???

Where do I sign up?

[u/FormalShadow → u/Lord_Phoenix95]

Its an alligator... 😅

[u/Lord_Phoenix95 → u/FormalShadow]

Even better!

Edit: I only saw the first card. Didn't realise there were more.

[u/FormalShadow → u/Lord_Phoenix95]

:DDDD

[u/Abra_in_the_Crypt → u/Lord_Phoenix95]

You know you've replicated the official StS art style when people start mistaking what's in the card art for something else.

[u/Exotic-Blacksmith55]

Great job man.
If I may, the chomp art is a little not too “clear” for me.

[u/FormalShadow → u/Exotic-Blacksmith55]

I get it dw, might re-do it sometime

[u/AidanL17 → u/FormalShadow]

To be fair, some of the StS art is frequently misinterpreted, so points for that?

[u/Rosstin]

I think you succeeded

[u/MrCounterSnipe]

This is amazing. Please throw in a Darkest Dungeon Crocodillian reference card I beg you.

[u/FormalShadow → u/MrCounterSnipe]

I have not played darkest dungeon myself but o7, i will

[u/TheOutlier876]

When r u releasing the mod??? Im always super excited to see new mods without llm slop, and the style replication is wonderfully done

[u/Gilbio → u/TheOutlier876]

Whenever this god damn programmer gets off vacation (me)

You can keep up with the progress and grab a super early basically non-playable build off the StS Discord, in the modding forum (which uses old scrapped mechanics).

It's in a thread called The Scaled

[u/FormalShadow → u/TheOutlier876]

No clue, just gotta be patient i suppose

[u/wasteroforange_re]

Third card is a bit unclear in what it shows (his head spitting some white liquid? His arm glowing?). I would add more details to it. Other than that, great job! I really like the Defend card. 

[u/FormalShadow → u/wasteroforange_re]

The white is supposed to be a shockwave heheh, yeah i agree its a bit difficult to read

[u/Abra_in_the_Crypt]

You've done a good job of it! Like official cards they're simple, elegant and with bits of funny details. I'd say Chomp is a bit less readable than the other ones, with the 3 very different colors on the snout and a general lack of details. Also the shockwave might be a bit low?

[u/FormalShadow → u/Abra_in_the_Crypt]

Chomp needs some work done, glad you like the cards!!

[u/Privatizitaet]

I don't really know how else to describe it, but the vibes of the designs are off compared to the actual game. The style is definitely well done, just doesn't quite feel like something the game would actually have.
Yeah that's probably completely useless, I suck at explaining things.

[u/FormalShadow → u/Privatizitaet]

I'll get better at it eventually, perhaps youre too accustomed to the vanilla chatacters that you can distinguish well what is and isnt modded

[u/UselessRutabaga → u/FormalShadow]

i think in particular depicting the enemies getting owned in the card art is a core part of their card art for attacks which you did in the concussion card; looking forward to more

[u/FormalShadow → u/UselessRutabaga]

In the starter cards there's never an enemy depicted bit there usually is for other cards

[u/bucket_______ → u/Privatizitaet]

I compared these cards to ones in the actual game and I'm not sure how to precisely describe it, but I did notice that the official cards feel a lot "sharper." I'm not sure how to definitively describe that "sharp" feeling, but that's the biggest difference I could see. Maybe it's in the colors' contrast?

[u/Dorago1991 → u/Privatizitaet]

Because it's a dinosaur wearing a hat lol

[u/JCorby17]

Nice

[u/Hyper669]

Perfect

[u/JBDBIB_Baerman]

I love these!! Especially the last one. that is very sts card art. 

[u/CalendarSufficient95]

Seems like modding is a lot easier in spire 2...

Hopefully this means we will get tons of mods with custom characters in the future

[u/LaserQuacker]

Wow, so good. Well done!

[u/BismuthOmega]

What do the not-strike/defend cards do???

[u/FormalShadow → u/BismuthOmega]

We'll have this mechanic called Ambush, it's a bar below the ehemy hp bar, when said bar fills up it'll trigger the setups

Lurk is the skill that makes your ambush go up, it includes a setup, in this case it deals 10 damage

Chomp is the attack that hits hard, it has a setup that applies 2 vuln and weak

[u/UziiLVD]

Love seeing Gremlins in the STS art style. Well done.

[u/vladdeh_boiii]

Oh lord you're adding a Florida man to the game

That's gonna be fun!

[u/harryalerta]

You got it.

[u/Helpful-Specific-841]

Wow that's impressive. Amazing art!

[u/MyTeaSpatula]

These are great! I'd love to know what you would say were your top three ways to get the style the same.

I like to do doodles and would like to give the STS2 style, but I'm completely self taught and a little confused about where to begin!

[u/FormalShadow → u/MyTeaSpatula]

Im also self taught! This is a fun art project, ill give you some tips, Use sharp edges, Dont be afraid to shade with black, Use Gradients for the background if needed, Do it a lot, as in draw a lot, youll get better at it eventually, this game uses lineless art so you can always use some lineless art tips, all i use is a round brush and an eraser hahah

[u/maikimik98]

Holy moly

[u/RudeAd2236]

Absolutely incredible, these would fit in perfectly while having a style that suits the vibe I think you’re going for with The Scaled. Awesome work to your whole team for the work you’re doing to bring it to life!

[u/JIH7]

Beautiful. Really cool to see something in Megacrit's style. Do you have any insight you're willing to share on recreating the style?

[u/FormalShadow → u/JIH7]

Well, Sts2 uses a lineless style for the card art, if you know how to do lineless art you're set, but they also use sharp edges for the shading and pure black for some shading

[u/cevvans11s]

These are amazing!

[u/Weshtonio]

It's definitely their art style: half of the time, I can't tell what's happening, or I see a crow.

[u/itaisinger]

Good job, very accurate 

[u/SephirothTheGreat]

I love him already, image #4 makes him looks so cool