Akimi Zahra - In the city | NekoSuki! ~ Kitty Love Adventure

🎶 Living in the city
You know you have to survive
You've got to keep that dream alive
Where everything is free
Can't you see? 🎶

I know it's VERY late 😹, but I hope you all had a Merry Christmas, and I wish you a Happy New Year 2025! 🎄🎆🥂
Much happiness, success, and achievements for you all! 😺💖

In December 2024, I started a daily Japanese study routine using Anki, to give me a better footing during my "Megiddo" translation project. 🇯🇵
This year, I also want to post more art to express myself, to show off my stories and characters.

I drew a sketch today (image 2), the first after a long time! Then, I sent it to NovelAI's "Director Tools -> Colorize".
I'm so happy with these results! They pretty much have the art style I was aiming for when I drew the sketch.

I don't have much drawing skill, but seeing these nice results motivates me to draw more.
So I can improve and eventually achieve my desired art style and consistency. 😼

A few of my recent experiments with NovelAI Anime V4.

It's Akimi and Shiki from "NekoSuki! ~ Kitty Love Adventure" 😺💖
(not their final designs)

This was more of a "quick test", to check NovelAI V4's handling of multiple characters and character interactions.
(it has "per-character" prompts now)

I also tested some character design ideas for Shiki Seasons (NekoSuki's male protagonist). 🤓

Showcase of my progress on the "NekoSuki! ~ Kitty Love Adventure" project, after migrating from Unity to Unreal Engine 5.
Live commentary while fooling around on my test map. 😺❤️

This clip was taken from one of my gameplay livestreams (November ⑨th, 2024).

NekoSuki! - Unreal Engine 5 prototype (NekoSuki! ~ Kitty Love Adventure)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=027Rlu_9w1E

Here's the result of some shader tests I've been doing in Unreal Engine lately 😺💖

Bluesky thread with more details about my shading workflow:
https://bsky.app/profile/andymiira.bsky.social/post/3l77rwult3d2e