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Hi!
I downloaded the demo not so long ago and spent many hours with playing all the routes through xD. The game was wonderful and very professional-looking. During the game play one thing really bothered me:
I keep wondering how these awesome backgrounds are done!
I guess they are all filtered photos(except the cgs) and I tried some watercolor effect in PS. But well, it doesn't look the same!
If the background artist isn't going to keep this secret into his grave, I'd really appreciate it to know how I must set the effects and filter to get a normal landscape photo look like the ones in katawa shoujo!
Thanks for reading!

Tomo

i actually thought the scenes were for real
at first sight
jeez, makes me feel noob in art

upon closer inspection, found that it was
watercolour art
jeez, makes me feel noob in art again

would love to know how the bg's are done as well
jeez, makes me feel noob in art again and again

They were photos.

Blue123 wrote:They were photos.

I feel bad for nerds playing this game who get accepted into Brown. They'll jizz over the familiar locations and be unable to tell anyone why they're excited.

Blue123 wrote:They were photos.

Indeed.



Photo + filter = background isn't an all too uncommon formula in VNs.

Incidentally, that little blue thing on the counter, that's the menu. Hisao just might belong in the blind class.

Envy wrote: Incidentally, that little blue thing on the counter, that's the menu. Hisao just might belong in the blind class.

If you look VERY closely, you'll see that all that's written on it is "Shizune was here. Hisao is a loser".

DuaneMoody wrote:

Blue123 wrote:They were photos.

I feel bad for nerds playing this game who get accepted into Brown. They'll jizz over the familiar locations and be unable to tell anyone why they're excited.

I laughed pretty hard at this.

Then I realised that could very well happen to me.

...

lol.

Blue123 wrote:They were photos.

now i feel even noober

I've got enough friends at Brown to justify an innocuous visit...

Note to self: Will have to bring a change of pants

Damn we made it too easy for you all.

Do you know how long I spent researching Hinamizawa before going there? And how full of doubt I was until we climbed up that hill (apparently I went up there faster than humanly possible, even carryign my 15kg camera) and looked out over the town?

At least I know there are some locations in the game that you won't find so easily.

Damn, doing pilgrimages to Providence would be kinda creepy.

cpl_crud wrote:Damn we made it too easy for you all.

Do you know how long I spent researching Hinamizawa before going there? And how full of doubt I was until we climbed up that hill (apparently I went up there faster than humanly possible, even carryign my 15kg camera) and looked out over the town?

At least I know there are some locations in the game that you won't find so easily.

=_= okay.
seems that dev team dedicate their lives on this
my apologies
for thinking it was easy

carbonartistmonked wrote:

cpl_crud wrote:Damn we made it too easy for you all.

Do you know how long I spent researching Hinamizawa before going there? And how full of doubt I was until we climbed up that hill (apparently I went up there faster than humanly possible, even carryign my 15kg camera) and looked out over the town?

At least I know there are some locations in the game that you won't find so easily.

=_= okay.
seems that dev team dedicate their lives on this
my apologies
for thinking it was easy

Do you still feel like a noob?

cpl_crud wrote:At least I know there are some locations in the game that you won't find so easily.

That sounds like a challenge, Crud-chan

DuaneMoody wrote:

cpl_crud wrote:At least I know there are some locations in the game that you won't find so easily.

That sounds like a challenge, Crud-chan

Damn! How much coverage of Japan does Google Earth have? The "Geek Gauntlet" has been thrown downand some idiot, somewhere, will not be able to resist picking it up.