Should I Make A Tour Of My Subnautica Base? It’s Very Pretty If I Do Say So Myself.

Please let me pretend to be strong. Just for a little.

For my 100th post, I want to show you guys how I make some of my art!

First I will make a base that looks like a stick figure, sorta... the stereotypical circle with a t in it that a lot of artists use. This technique is actually used to know where you are gonna place the eyes, mouth, and other facial features. Your drawing can be sketchy if you would like and I will explain why next.

Next, I will upload the picture to a digital art program, it can be anything even MS paint, I would recommend an art program that has a lasso tool,(the tool where you circle something and you are able to move it) a layering system, (EXTREMELY USEFUL) you are able to rotate the screen, and where you can pick your own colors off of a color wheel or square. I am not able to download any programs on this computer so I am using Chrome Canvas, which came with it. I usually use FlipaClip since animation apps in my experience have worked better even for a non-moving drawing. I will put a layer above it and trace the lines I like best. I usually use my finger and not the mouse or mousepad just because it is easier/more comfortable for me. The 78 on the left of the right picture is the size of the brush I am using, I just write it down to remember it when I switch sizes for different lines.

After I am done finishing the line art, I move on to color. For this I usually start on the darker lines like the dark green lines on the helmet, I do this because If I were to do the light green color on the helmet, I cannot see where I wanted the dark green lines behind it. You can always just hide the light green by pressing a hide button (usually in the shape of an eye) I do the darker green and the lighter green on the helmet on different layers, the dark green above the light so it does not cover the dark ones up. Remember to keep the Lineart above the other layers while you do this. The yellow numbers on the right of the right picture are codes for colors, sometimes when you go to your color wheel or square there is a area to type that has a # sign in front of it, different codes give you different colors, and since I cannot save those colors on a palette I write them down for later just in case. You may not need to do this if you can save colors to a palette or an eyedropper tool. (much easier..) Right below the line art and above the two color layers, I add a shading layer. You can shade to your heart's content, but deciding on where the light comes from helps show you where shadows would be realistically.

Next, I erase the color so it stays inside the lines, and remove the background. (In a lot of my drawings I usually keep the background I traced it from, for example, my Ripjaws drawing, because I think it looks nice, but that is just my preference..) After that, I re-color the background (usually a solid color but I am working on making backgrounds as I grow, again, preference!) Then I add finishing touches like the white lines on the face like the cartoons. I honestly prefer the image on the left though.

Sorry for such a long post! thank you for sticking with me for so long! I thank all 59 followers for supporting my art and interests and being there. I hope you have a nice day you majestic people.

I’ve been getting back into subnautica recently after hearing there’s gonna be a new game soon!and remembered I never finished below zero, I wanted to continue where I left off but realized, I have no idea where I am, or where anything is. So I decided to just start a new game. I haven’t played in years. A lot changed! Even the opening was different. It’s so fun and I’ve already gotten so far. Anyway, I wanted to show you guys some tips I learned!

SPOILERS BELOW CUT

#1

The first tools you should invest in getting with any subnautica game, are your scanner, an oxygen tank, and flippers.

#2

Seaglide fragments are found all around you at the beginning of the game!

#4

Mineral scanners are NOT useless! If you don’t know what things are in the area, or if you’re even in the right area, it works great! I have a hard time finding the thing I’m tracking even if it’s beeping so fast it sounds like it’s going to explode… but that’s where the next tip comes in handy!

#3

Invest in getting a gravity trap! they’re way more useful than you think! If you’re trying to find food, or bladder fish, just pop a gravity trap in an area and leave it there! It will pull in small creatures

#3 and a half

If you’re using your mineral detector and can’t find the thing even when it says you’re practically inside of it, just throw a gravity trap, it will find it for you! Makes collecting minerals go a lot faster.

#4

If you pin a recipe and hang out with sea monkeys, they will sometimes bring you the ingredients you need! I built my house in a place with lots of them and they have saved me a lot of long trips.

FRAGMENT LOCATIONS

(The mineral detector can find fragments as well)

-Seatruck fragments

Seatruck fragments are honestly found all across the map, but a lot of them I’ve found were in the twisty bridges and deep twisty bridges biome

-Laser cutter, repair tool, seaglide, etc.

Sea monkey nests have lots of fragment parts attached to them, and just around the whole area, there are many nest locations and usually tons of oxygen plants inside. They will also sometimes have random minerals inside of the nests.

-Builder tool

If you go to the delta station, there is LOTS of stuff to be scanned, outside of the nearest building will be a tool that you can scan.

-Prawn suit

They prawn suit fragments are EVERYWHERE at the koppa mining site, I would recommend you get the seatruck MK3 depth module, and a much better oxygen tank, there’s a couple entrances and one of them you’re not able to bring your seatruck in with you, I would definitely suggest looking up a tutorial on how to get there because it’s extremely tricky.

-Prawn suit drilling arm

Also in the same spot the prawn suit fragments are found.

-Prawn suit propulsion arm/torpedo arm

Down in the crystal caves, you’ll need the MK3 depth module and I highly recommend getting the storage module as well

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