Frizzy Fridays: Art Update #001

Hey Frizzy Community! 🌟 August is coming to an end, and we’ve got exciting updates for Frizzy Characters! This week, we’re unveiling some big changes—completely redrawn hats with tons of new options and a full makeover of our facial features. Whether you’re into bold looks or subtle details, this update will give you freedom to create anything. Check out what’s new below and leave a comment if you‘re ready for the early access phase!

Image shows multiple hat variants of Frizzy Characters with dark background

🎩 Three Hats, One Big Makeover: The Cylinder, Daisy Adders, and Cap Reworks

🗣️ FRIZZY: In this update, I‘m bringing you a makeover for three of our StarStable inspired hats: the Cylinder, Daisy Adders, and Cap. My goal was to overhaul the item‘s looks and set up a new overlay system that allows more custom designs for SSO clubs.
Here’s What’s New:

Cylinder Hat

The Cylinder Hat now comes with 3 overlays: Fabric, Fabric with Ribbon and Special.

Cylinder hat regular
32 base colors (before redraw 20 colors without variations)
Cylinder hat fabric
38 fabric colors
Cylinder hat fabric with ribbon
38 fabric with ribbon colors
Cylinder hat special
27 special overlay colors
Cylinder hat special with ribbon
27 special overlay colors

🔄 Cylinder Hat Redraw: See How It Evolved

Cylinder Hat BeforeCylinder Hat After

Daisy Hat

The Daisy Hat also comes with 3 overlays: Fabric, Fabric with Ribbon, and SSO-inspired.

Daisy hat regular
33 base colors (before redraw 20 colors without variations)
Daisy hat fabric
38 fabric colors
Daisy hat fabric with ribbon
38 fabric with ribbon colors
Daisy hat sso inspired
27 SSO inspired colors

🔄 Daisy Hat Redraw: Compare the Before and After

Daisy Hat BeforeDaisy Hat After

Cap Hat

The Cap Hat now comes with three overlays: Front, Fabric and multiple Custom Prints.

Cap hat regular
33 base colors (before redraw 7 colors without variations)
Cap hat front overlay
34 front colors
Cap hat fabric
30 fabric overlay colors
Cap hat print fabric with Frizzy Characters logo
18+ custom prints (like logo's, graffiti, art, ...)
Cap hat print regular with Frizzy Characters logo
18+ custom prints (like logo's, graffiti, art, ...)
Cap hat print regular with graffiti logo
18+ custom prints (like logo's, graffiti, art, ...)

🔄 Cap Hat Redraw: Check Out the Before and After Look

Cap Hat BeforeCap Hat After

🫦 New Upgraded Facial Features: Eyebrows, Eyeliner, Eyeshadow, and Lashes

In addition to our hat updates, we’ve made significant upgrades to the facial features in the character editor.

🗣️ FRIZZY: My beloved beta users wished for it, finally it‘s here: colorful makeup! The eyeshadow was my main objective. We already applied the eyeshadow items with a “multiply” layer effect before but that doesn‘t work for the colorful shades on darker skin tones. I figured out that with “soft light”, shades appeared to look brighter on dark skin tones but have a softer effect on light skin. So now, you can combine both layer effects and lots of colors no matter what skin tone you choose!

The eyebrows on the other hand now come with more alternative shapes and pretty much fill in everything that was missing before. Want e-girl brows? I got you. Need thin brows from the 2000‘s? No problem.

And then we have the new eyeliner and lashes. I added a complete set of rainbow colors to the eyeliners and more shapes you can combine with each other. The lashes didn't receive many new color options just yet but we have some new ones that each give the eyes of your character a very different expression. I can not stress enough how bad I want to see what you use all these for!
Here’s What’s New:

  • Eyebrows:

    • Before, 4 shapes available in 8 colors
    • Now, 9 shapes abailable in 12 colors

  • Eyeliner:

    • Before, 9 shapes available in 4 colors
    • Now, 15 shapes available in 14 colors

  • Eyeshadow:

    • Before, 6 shapes in only 1 color
    • Now, 7 shapes available in 9 colors

  • Lashes:

    • Before, 7 shapes available in 2 colors
    • Now, 12 shapes available in 3 colors

🔄 Eyebrows Redraw: Explore the Updated Design

Eyebrow before redrawEyebrow after redraw

✨ Explore Our New Makeup Creations

Below are some stunning new makeup compositions we’ve crafted using the latest eyeliner, eyeshadow, and lash options.

Makeup variation 1
Makeup variation 2
Makeup variation 3
Makeup variation 4
Makeup variation 5
Makeup variation 6
Makeup variation 7
Makeup variation 8

🔧 Technical Updates

For those curious about the behind-the-scenes work, here’s a look at the technical updates Felix has been working on. If you’re more interested in the creative updates, feel free to skip ahead to the next section.

Major Updates:

  • Complete Rewrite of the Editor Logic: In the past few weeks, Felix has rewritten the editor’s logic from the start. This overhaul ensures fewer issues when new character files are added or removed, making the editor much more upgradeable for future expansions. We encountered some bugs following the rewrite, but they’ve all been fixed, so the editor is now running smoother than ever.
  • Overhaul of the Startpage: We’re in the process of completely redesigning the startpage to provide more detailed information about what’s possible with the current features.
  • Rework frizzygraphics.com:frizzygraphics.com is now its own standalone site with a custom-built Linktree page. This will later become a standalone page for Frizzy Graphics information like prices and art content. Before this update, the domain just redirected to frizzycharacters.com.
  • Naming Wizard Tool: We’ve developed an internal website tool called the "Naming Wizard" to help Frizzy manage the complex process of renaming files for the editor. This tool simplifies the workflow, making it faster and easier to handle the increasing number of files as new features are developed (this art update alone had 996 files that changed in some way).

Other Updates:

  • Discord Bot Enhancements: Our custom written Discord bot has been upgraded to notify us about new blog comments and provide helpful statistics on the time it took to generate character images. This helps us improve performance. These updates are in addition to the bot’s existing functionalities, which include:
    • Logging errors when image creation fails in the Discord audit channel for debugging.
    • Handling beta access to our website using custom Discord ranks.
  • Preview Images Clean-Up: Better preview images in the editor for simpler orientation.
  • Wallpapers Visual Grid: Phone and desktop wallpapers now use the same visual grid as our other designs.
  • SEO Improvements: Added schemas for blog posts to help with Google search rankings.
  • Randomizer Bug Fixes: Fixed a bug where previews would shift around in the randomizer. Also correct an issue where moon layers were being randomized incorrectly.

Thanks for reading! Be sure to check back in two weeks for our next Frizzy Fridays update, where we are going to reveal what is coming next for Frizzy Characters. It‘s gonna get hairy…!

Till then, keep dreaming up those character designs and get ready to bring them to life soon…

- Frizzy & Felix

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    Switchie

    Commented 3 months ago

    The before and after pictures are insane. It looks refurbished while keeping the essence of the old design @-@

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    Dali

    Commented 3 months ago

    Damn, there are just so many new beautiful options to choose from and I already have the perfect idea for the recreation of my initial character!!

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    Nighty

    Commented 3 months ago

    Omg I am so excited to upgrade my character with all this new cool stuff!!!🫶🏼

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