Thread 4446790

A thread to discuss any personal yuri creations you're currently working on or have ideas for, and to get feedback and advice from other anons. Tell us what you're making!

This includes but is not limited to:
>yuri stories (note that fanfiction has it's own dedicated thread)
>yuri video games
>yuri comics
>yuri card games
>yuri 3D modeling and/or printing
>yuri graffiti
>yuri food
>using deep learning to construct two sentient female AI and setting them up on a blind date

Note that all the normal board rules still apply, e.g. no hetshit, etc.

>>4446790 (OP)
I'm continuing (writing, deleting, writing, deleting) my planned series about two lesbian witches (one gentry, one peasantry) exploring the countryside to explore and document various magic-related stuff like monsters, phenomena, and folklore. General inspiration for tone and content is The Witcher, but more about studying than killing. The current plan is for it to be a series of connected short stories that gradually build an over arching plotline.

>>4446824
Starting out with episodic stories is smart because then you can quit any time before comitting to the full narrative.

>>4446824
Sounds neat.

>>4446824
Yennaia inspired?

>>4446824
Love it. I love the witcher and travel stories

>>4445381
>>4445460
Thanks a lot! I'm so glad you're enjoying it!

found a brush called flat and its quite nice with the way it adds shade but im not confident how ill be able to transfer all that details when i have to color in. the sketching didnt take long so its something i could see myself using it for webcomics.

>>4446790 (OP)
But she's driving electric? What full tank?

>>4444390
Just make them monsters or robots

>>4448933
>nice with the way it adds shade but im not confident how ill be able to transfer all that details when i have to color in
Do you mean you are getting nice values in your sketch but then are worried about being able to duplicate that with a different brush when painting over it? You could always just do value entirely without the color and then glaze the color on top in some sort of blending mode like multiply or (if you are a masochist) doing every individual colored region as a gradient map.

Let me say that I draw very badly and I don't exactly write better. Oh, and I am not unaware about this being cliche and all.
So, my idea is simple. Two orphan girls, 15 and 17, attend the same school and notice both have meme-gigantic boobs. I mean, no one comes close at school, even teachers. They are very alike and decide to investigate where they come from, and find out that they are sisters. I don't really know how to make this, I am certain the older sister lives alone but I don't know how to organically make them team-up besides "Oppai rangers, assemble!". Plus I want it to happen in japan due autism but I don't know about adoption laws in glorious nihon-go.
Anyway, the next step would be having the younger sibling moving out with the other, and that's where things get freaky, I am thinking about both girls being very ladylike but with different hobbies (Mahjong, cosplay, the stuff), but since they haven't really grown up together they haven't developed the Westermarck effect, and they are in this conjuncture about really being into each other but knowing it's taboo, but on the other hand are they really sisters just because genetics say so? I was planning on adding trauma about past relationships and perhaps more characters like a friend of the youngest or a room mate of the eldest, but I don't think I have the ability to flesh out those characters without losing myself into them.
And after that I don't know. Maybe the mother suddenly is alive and they find her, and has a good reason for having left them, and they get along but now they can't tell their mother that they are girlfriends instead of sisters. Obviously the mom has even bigger breasts because, genetics, and pregnancy, and milk, and stuff. I was thinking maybe adding an aunt and the girls finding out the mom has the same relationship with the aunt, only that even more twisted because they actually grew up together. Idk.
So yeah, I am a mess. A horny mess at that.

>>4449147
This is some real Tae-chan and Jimiko shit.that's a good thing.

>>4448694
I checked out your story back when it was new but as I recall I dropped it due to grammar and just not reading very nicely. 9 chapters in now and it looks a lot better than I remember, did you do a lot of editing?

Keep up the good work anyway, very nice so far.

>>4449147
Seems kino to me
>>4449191
Thanks a lot! Yeah I think I've improved quite a bit in the almost 3 years since I started writing this, so I recently took the time and rewrote the first 5 chapters almost entirely, and did a lot of other minor edit of the first arc, so I'm really happy to know it was worth it! Feel free to reach out to me again if there is more improvement needed, or just to talk about scenes or characters you like haha~

>>4449322
How can we see their butts through the seats?

gonna draw naked women to celebrate when i get 20 followers on my webcomic.c 5 more to go :D

>>4449630
No need to be modest anon, link it!

>>4449674
i havent made the naked female though

>>4449679
Well then draw it and THEN post the webcomic link.

I am available for consulting and troubleshooting services for any other PYPers, only $25 an hour.

>>4449682
whats PYP?

>>4449692
The title of the thread.

Is it a good idea to have the main couple exist just to set the story, but focus on and develop the side couples instead? whenever I watch any show, i always enjoy watching the side characters more than the main characters.

>>4449765
>but focus on and develop the side couples instead
That's just making them the main couple.

>>4449765
The way I like to do it is have the side could actually be side couples. The development of their relationship is shown through the perspective of the main character. The reader might not get the full picture of their relationship, and indeed, the relationship of the side could maybe not even be completely codified through the course of the main story, but that's okay because it's not their story. They exist as their own story that is taking place separately but simultaneously with the main couple.

>>4449765
What if you make it so that the side couple has a side couple?

I'ma self-taught artist and I'm trying to learn exactly to shade the warmth shading of a body. Does anyone got any advice or should I go to the drawthread? ( i just kinda wanna know what tool do i use, and how to do it.)

>>4449909
>warmth shading of a body
Can't figure out what you mean with this anon

>>4449912
You know how you don't just use one color for the entire body, but you gotta incorporate some redness to show warmth, and then other shadings depending on the light source? Like all of the different shades on this girl's body.

>>4449913
>Airbrush the ero parts (tip of boob, asscheek, toes fingers, knees, heel). The same shade as the face's blush
>Lightly apply a darker shade on the edges of the skin
I don't know what's this for but JP anime artists do this. It adds a 3d feel I guess
>Color the line art

If you're drawing skin touching try erasing the lineart on the points of contact

>>4449975
>I don't know what's this for
It's because the distribution and visibility of blood is not even throughout the body. There are places with more or fewer blood vessels, and places where the skin/fat obscures those vessels more or less. This creates places where the skin is more pink or less pink (the cheeks, fingertips, breasts, etc) . There are also places where the skin tends to be more blue/cool and places where it tends to be more yellow.

im thinking of making racist women my leitmotif for all my works, I'm sure most readers wont like this but I want it.

>>4450046
Just write historical fiction and nobody will mind it.

>>4450051
Its based in East Asia and makes fun of koreans.
Its uploaded on webtoon too

I really wanna make a yuri game based off Xmon/Fire Emblem but I got no fucking clue how to make a game.

>>4453618
Then why do you want to make a game in specific rather than write something or whatnot.

>>4453620
Maybe he likes games, not fanfiction?

>>4453620
I came with an idea for a story, tried it as a story and as a comic and felt unsatisfied. Thought it may work better as a visual novel with a Xcom/Fire Emblem game style.

>>4453622
Sure, but I was curious about the specific answer >>4453632 because the logic is important. Making a tactics game starting from no knowledge of game development is very ambitious. There is an appreciable difference between "just felt like it, lol" and anon's answer; having already tried it in other formats and not liked the outcome.

Here's to ten more years of dreaming about that yuri open-wheel racing VN/sim and never doing a damn thing about it.

>>4453620
Rpg maker and bunch of plugins

>aislop
>in an art thread
Get the fuck out of here you techbro piece of shit, disgusting motherfucker, grab a pencil and do something useful or fucking kill yourself.

>>4453664
kek I was thinking about a racing game/VN too
>Player is either the coach or a driver
>You get a contract with one of the companies participating in the F1-esque event
>As a trainer, you have to help the team win the championship, take care of training, dietary and socializing
>A team consists of 2 drivers, and the trainer will have the choice to build the roster and help build a relationship which affects race performance.
> The drivers can bond with each other or the trainer, perks will vary.
>If the drivers are switched/replaced, their relationship status with the former teammates impacts race performance as well
>each constructors have their traits and specialization that can work better with certain drivers.
>Watch angry anime girls cussing out each other on team radio

>>4454560
There was a weird time in history where a bunch of racing themed VNs came out all at once. Probanly inspired by Initial D or something. Unfortunately all het.

If people are racing, they need to race in style.

I think the deliberate complexity of the story makes it quite difficult to summarize, so I apologize if it seems confusing. I am working on writing a book that would be the third volume of a four-volume saga (although they all share certain elements of the same plot, they can all be read independently). The novel would tell the story of Ravenna (the protagonist, and this is probably a nickname) who has a kind of superpower (not to say a blessing or a curse, but keep in mind that it's something passive and uncontrollable) which, to put it simply, makes almost everyone fall in love with her. As a result, she has never had a normal relationship with most people, which makes her a character who doesn't talk much without actually being shy. At this point, she would be in high school and would have found a male friend who, for once, doesn't seem to be affected by this. One day, upon arriving at this high school, a day like any other, it turns out that it is in an almost post-apocalyptic state, with the walls, floor, ceiling, and just about everything else completely destroyed, nature having reclaimed its rights as if the interior of the building had not been maintained for decades.
Anyway, in the story, she gradually develops a crush on a girl named Harper, who, as we understand, comes from an obscenely wealthy family. You'll understand that Ravenna has no trouble making her fall in love with her, the tension being more about the cliché that they're not sure of their feelings, which quickly ends up only concerning Ravenna. (1/2)

>>4454972
One of the main features of the story is that it is divided into two parts. The first part is essentially the deliberately stereotypical romance I just mentioned, with a kind of teenage investigation into events that seem supernatural; but it also includes the notes of a scientist who studies things that seem to have nothing to do with science, to the point where one wonders if she isn't just schizophrenic.
The second part is much more serious, with weird metaphysical concepts introducing deep philosophical ideas that tie in with the main plot, which is the idea that if it is possible to artificially create worlds that obey the same rules as ours, then the number of alternative realities, sub-realities, and super-realities would always tend towards infinity. But I won't say any more about it to avoid having my idea stolen lol.
All this to say that there will be a lesbian romance in the Type 1 autism quadrilogy. And if you have any ideas for a real name for Ravenna, I'm all ears.

>>4449147

(The Type 2 autism thing is by this anon)

>>4454969
Nice skin

>>4454973
>number of alternative realities, sub-realities, and super-realities
>But I won't say any more
Damn you, I love that stuff and wanted to read more.

>real name for Ravenna
Kara? I took it from the word Karasu (Japanese for crow) because of the nickname leaning into the word raven.

>>4454979
Both thank you and sorry . In any case, even if I wanted to, I couldn't summarize it well enough for it to be plagiarized (tw: absolutely nothing to do with yuri anymore). For what little more I could say, let's just say that the first volume is an introduction to the concept of general suppression of consciousness, which is described as an automatic phenomenon of civilizations (to summarize, imagine a world where technology is so ubiquitous that we end up using neuralink chips to suppress our consciousness). The second volume develops the concept of universe simulations with a pure science fiction novel relatively inspired by Dune and the real science of our world. The story ends with the plot twist that the world of this novel is a simulation created in the world of the first volume, then with the double plot twist that the world of the first volume is itself a simulation and that we could go back like this for an unimaginable amount of time. The story ends definitively with the cliffhanger that the civilization that created the world of the first volume has created other worlds (again, an incalculable number) that are directly connected. I mentioned the third volume, which in the second part talks about alternative realities, and we learn that the specific world of Ravenna is one of the few that has managed to develop a civilization without loss of consciousness thanks to a very specific technique. I don't have many ideas for the very last one (at that point it will be such a mess that I think I'll have to take DMT to come up with interesting ideas lol), but it will surely be some kind of multiverse war between entities (who want to stop the cycle) and objects (programmed to continue it).

>Kara?>
Kara could be a good choice, because there are no particular reasons why there should be any Anglo-Saxon influences. I'll keep that in mind.

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>>4454972
>>4454973
Sounds like you are overcomplicating the story and vastly overestimating your own writing skills, if the way these posts are written is anything to go by,
Why not calm down and scale the story back a bit? Make it more digestible and also executable? This kind of idea salad is exactly what leads to abandoned projects.

>>4455093
Sorry for the fact that my summary is poorly written, but the explanation is very simple: English is not my first language, and a large part of what I sent was just translated with Deepl. Plus, I was a little tired when I wrote it, so it was never meant to be of high quality. But believe it or not, writing is my only real talent.
The story may also seem excruciatingly complex, but in fact what I sent is literally the weirdest part of the story and the one I'm most likely to change in the future. If you thought that was the most important part of it, you're wrong. In fact, most of my stories are more experimental thrillers than highly philosophical psychedelic novels.

>>4455317
What's your first language? I assume the books will be written in it?

>>4455317
If it wasn't that important and also open to change I don't understand why you entirely focused on that part...

There was something of a kerfuffle on itch.io recently regarding NSFW works. I think my VN is still de-listed despite not charging money for it.
Anyway, it was apparently all about opposition to incest and rape, so naturally I was immediately inspired and wrote a little incest and rape story this morning.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/68626701

>>4455414
>nocturnal debasement of our sacred bond
peak

Sun Chip anon waitlist: 1

>>4457661
I'm so sorry sis, I swear it will continue I just had a few terrible weeks at work and... at home and in general really

I've come to accept that people will only read the same thing, complain about how its the same as every story but still read it. My next work will be about 2 girls in high school, who are models and also idols, college students and office workers with sad traumatic past. They fall in love but there is a love triangle and then one of them gets cancer. Is there anything I'm missing?

>>4457875
Originality is dead, but you haven't told the story your way yet.
If this is what you want to write, go ahead, but don't go around expecting people to like just a collection of tropes if you yourself don't like them. Even with the most basic repetitive slop, it's often easy to tell if the person behind it enjoyed writing it.

>>4457875
I happen to like high school settings actually...

>>4457875
People read all sorts of stuff.

>>4457880
And you'll still read it
>>4457940
>People read all sorts of stuff
Yeah I listed the tropes they read.

>>4458243
>I listed the tropes they read
The big breakout lesbian novel series of recent memory was about space necromancers. The biggest animated F/F-relevant series for western viewers in recent memory are a steampunk show about class warfare or some shit. Who are these "only read about high school idols and office works people" you are complaining about? The Korean-speaking webcomic audience? Even they have random weird shit that does well. People read all sorts of stuff. You don't need to write about high schoolers and OLs, you just have to write something decent and interesting.

Blaming a lack of interest in your work on what a general audience will engage with is nonproductive, bordering on childish. If you like the thing, keep writing it, improve it, and people will come. You are not some magical special unique bean. There are plenty of other people who like the same sort of things you like.

Which yuri authors stream their work (drawing)? I cannot wrap my head around the manga-making process especially the witchcraft of screentones. Please help so I can draw the most beautiful aquarium date sequence in all of /u/.

>>4458542
https://www.youtube.com/@akihitoyoshitomi3758/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@keikokup

You more or less use toning exactly like shading or coloring. Filling an area with it to give the impression that it is darker or using it as a non-black shadow. How exactly it is used varies wildly by individual artist, just like anything else. You're probably best of finding an author who you makes you think "wow, I really like the way the 'greys' and shading look in this manga" and then looking closely at that artist's work to see where they are applying tones, how they are erasing away from them to make highlights, how they are combining multiple layers of toning to darken bits, how dark the tones they use are (this comes down to frequency and size of dots), etc.

>>4458542
The most important rule in making yuri manga is that you must have at least one panel per chapter that uses fluffy puppies as a background.

>>4458542
>>4458547
>fluffy puppies as a background
Yes, it's true. It's the rule. We don't make it but we should adhere to it.

>>4458323
This is more specific to comics.
I'm assuming you're talking about Locked Tomb and Arcane

>>4457875
You are wrong. Sad to be you.

>>4458676
>Locked Tomb and Arcane
Correct.
>This is more specific to comics.
It isn't. Yes, generic settings make up the majority of things as a volume, this is always going to be the case in any sort of media, most photographs are just standard people or places, that doesn't translate to "people only care about photos of people or landscapes". Having nothing to do with high schoolers or idols didn't stop ADA from being big despite Hush's chronic issues with motivation. Being fairly out there didn't hasn't hampered Gunnerkrigg Court or Ava's Demon. Being weird fetish softcore porn didn't hold back Sunstone.

People will read anything, you just have to put in the work. There has to be a reason to read it. It doesn't even need to meet some quality threshold, it can just be sheer volume and consistency, as with shit like Questionable Content.

But you can't expect engagement to just drop into your lap out of nowhere.

>>4458758
I should have been clear, I was referring to comics since that's the media I consume the most. I see these tropes the most in Dynasty scans, tapas and manga reader sites.
>>generic settings make up the majority of things as a volume.
Yes

What's yo/u/r opinion on hair highlights in character design?

idk what thread to ask so Ill post here
Anyone here heard of Madam's Maid? there was a demo on itch some time back but now I cant seem to find any updates on it
(this happened long before the visa, mastercard situation)

Dear diary, my novelette (that itself had started as a short fan fic) is out of control and has now become an epic novel. I think I'm going to look for a genuine publisher after I'm done with the drafts and editing. Fuck.

>>4463181
it's gone, probably author did it.

>>4464014
damn, is there any reason for it?

>>4464004
What was it supposed to be a fanfic of?

>>4464025
no idea sis, but a lot of artists do this shit. It's less common with vidya games, but sometimes insecurity leads people to just erase their stuff.

Maybe not applicable because this is irl, but I sew, so that’s my art. I’m currently sewing a maid costume (the ruffled top, apron, headdress, and an elastic garter) from old bedsheets because I’d rather die than wear some ill-fitting polyslop, and my libido fuels my sewing. I’m pairing that with an extremely short underbust corset skirt I already own, sheer thigh highs, and heels. On Halloween, I’m going to a lesbian bar with a silver tray that has a little card saying “I <3 weeb girls.” I’m breaking out of my inceldom and hoping one of you degenerates will be there

The curse of being an "ideas guy" but not being able to draw for shit. I've had two main ideas kicking around in my head for about a decade now:
>a squad of magical girls that use a combo of magic and guns in a clandestine battle for the fate of the world
>an elite monster hunting unit that has a fenale vampire in their employ. Aside from the monster hunting ultraviolence, most of the drama centers around how the vampire is having to keep her lust for the virgin blood (and more) of the new rookie in check
I should probably give up ambitions of trying to draw the shit and just focus on writing the stories instead.

>>4464183
>for about a decade now:
Could have been working on drawing.

>>4464186
I've tried believe me. Its just something I have like zero aptitude for.

>>4464043
It was supposed to be a Kara/Lena smut piece, 4k words max.

>>4464168
>wants to land a shag
>by being a weeb
>in a lesbian bar
Doesn't seem like a sound strategy to me.

>>4464168
This won't go well but I wish you luck anyway.

>>4464168
That's cute.
>>4464228
She might get lucky but I think she's just going to stand there for some time, ignore the obvious flirting, never talk to anyone, and go home.

>>4464168
You'd probably have more luck actually joining a sewing club or getting into womens' sports instead.
Sounds like it'll be a fun entry into your life's cringe compilation though, and a fun story to tell regardless.

>>4464261
>sewing club
Terrible advice unless op is over 40.
>sports
Great advice, actually. Sometimes cheering is enough (women's football).

>>4464252
>She might get lucky but I think she's just going to stand there for some time, ignore the obvious flirting, never talk to anyone, and go home.
I'm more skeptical about le weeb maido outfit being a right choice for a lesbian bar. Perhaps she'd need to tone her weebness down if she doesn't want to alienate a big chunk of the dating pool, unless she's looking specifically for a weeb gf then whatever, I guess. I sure as hell wouldn't date a weeb.

>>4464333
I'm not a weeb but I would date one.

>>4464252
Hell nah, I’m very forward. This costume is mostly for irony and fun anyway. Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut, and I’m going for chronically online girls

>>4464344
>I’m going for chronically online girls
>outside
Find the error.

>>4464344
>I’m going for chronically online girls
Then you better look for them at anime conventions, not lesbian bars. Also what >>4464346 said.

>>4464344
Don't listen to anons, worst that could happen is you meet no weebs.

>>4464346
Fair enough, but my friend went to that lesbian bar, hit it off with a girl who kept begging to take her home, and both are shut-in gamers and engaged now. Lord, I’ve seen what you do for others…

>>4464353
Unreal. This is like a fairy tale. But fine I will pray for you to get a nice gf that'll give you the love you deserve and appreciates the hard work you put into your clothes.

>>4464357
I acknowledge I may have unrealistic expectations because of my friend and her godlike luck. Thank you Nona for manifesting and I hope you will also receive my friend’s insane fortune

>>4464360
>I may have unrealistic expectations
Slave mindset. Eyes on the prize, sis.

>>4464371
I keep on thinking how you'd find out if somebody is a gamer or gauge their level of weebness.
"Can I roll a d20 for initiative? I'd like to infiltrate your dungeon."

It's like a modern day Husky and Medley.

>>4464168
Nice fictional story you wrote there.Gonna publish it?

>>4464183
Then write.

>>4464344
>I'm very forward
>just talked about being a shy femcel last post
Okay, maybe don't publish it. Too many inconsistencies in the writing.

I thought this was personal projects thread, not personal blog thread?

>>4464814
Here’s my latest idea then, free of blogposting
>college-based VN, island Yuri paradise boarding school type deal for kids of the fabulously wealthy
>campus is hilariously degenerate. Public nudity and sex treated as totally normal up to and including in the middle of class and exams, clubs and sororities are just excuses to have wild parties and orgies. The staff joins in in much subtler ways and doesn’t discourage any of it.
>the player character isn’t a blank slate newbie type, instead her roomie is. Early game worldbuilds through the player character teaching the roommate about how everything works.
>roomie at first is like “well damn ain’t this at least a little fucked up?” but the player tells her it’s totally normal
>after that conversation, the player character starts to realize that maybe this isn’t normal.
>from there, the game either lets you dive deeper and deeper into the pure degeneracy of the island or see it for what it is and engage with romance/sex in a much healthier way, or potentially not at all given the choices made
>you can either lead the roommate into constant orgies and parties or you can teach her more stable ways of girl-lovin. Up to you

>>4466600
Ugh, just another horny-trash stream of consciousness.

>>4466600
>VN
into the trash

>>4466605
I was going to leave this part out, but I’m intending it to be a critique of the immensely horny stuff. It’s also a critique of much more than that but I’m not trying to engage in those kind of debates with /u/. The idea is that the game will showcase a “yuri paradise” but argue that such a paradise is not worth living in through various means. It will be brutally horny, yes, but not in a self-indulgent manner like it very easily could be

>>4466609
>yuri paradise is not worth living in
Are you fucked in the head or what? All you are actually saying with this half-assed "commentary" is that a slut paradise is shit, because you feel like promicuity = bad. You are so brave.
But by retardedly blaming this on the "yuri" paradise", you halfwittedly just make it sound like you need hetshit or other sexualities to make something worthwhile, maybe because you are too stupid to realize that yuri =/= porn, you hornybrained buffoon?

>>4466990
>a slut paradise is shit
This part is true.

>>4467004
Irrelevant to my point.