MACK, a significant influence I didn't know about!

 Image by: REFMAP

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, wherever you are reading this text in the world. How are you all doing? 😊

Today, I've come to share something with users who frequently use the graphic materials of the artist MACK or his personal website LooseLeaf, and also for those who have used materials from the REFMAP group on the FSM (First Seed Material) website, where MACK is involved, to be used from RPG Maker 2000 to RPG Maker VX/Ace.

At the beginning of the year 2023, I discovered that MACK had a significant role in creating graphics for many products in the "ツクール" (Maker) series, free lessons made available on The Digifami Web page by ASCII itself and in another content creator's group. 😮

I've always liked the artistic style of RTP XP and RTP VX/Ace, especially the detailed Characters and Tilesets of XP in pixel art. The inspiration for creating "RTP VXP" itself was because of the materials from FSM and RTP XP. To find out who is behind the RTP, I sought information about MACK and with the help of the Web Archive, I found enough sources to get in contact with her. Since his art and techniques in the lessons made me what I am today as a pixel artist, and I've seen many people praise the graphics that I also like without knowing who the artist behind it is, I asked if we could conduct a text interview.

She agreed if all the questions were sent at once, rather than having a conversation exchanging information. Due to the difficulty of asking more technical questions about Pixel Art in the Japanese language, I formulated questions relevant to MACK's stories during his journey with digital art up to the present day.

The interview was written in three languages: Brazilian Portuguese, English, Japanese and they are saved on Google Drive.

Para Português Brasileiro, a entrevista está ou estará na revista "Make The Game Edição 31": Make The Game
日本人の場合： MACKにインタビュー.pdf
For English: Interviewing MACK.pdf

[03/01/2024] 對於中國人 - 对于中国人

MACK 專訪 - 繁體中文.pdf by @Mirai_so_Sad

MACK 专访 - 简体中文.pdf by @Mirai_so_Sad

I hope you enjoy reading it and I wish you all the best of luck in your personal artistic projects. For translations into other languages, if anyone is interested in translating, please get in contact. 👍

Thank you for your attention, and feel free to leave your feedback if you wish. 👋

Last Works #4 - Pixel Art

New and edited sprites included in the Art Material [2010 ~ 2023] package

Now to wrap up this 'series,' I'll leave small and distinct things regarding pixels, some of which may not have been completed, perhaps they'll be repeated here ^.^'.

Last Works #2 - God Ra and Feiris Nyannyan

New and edited sprites included in the Art Material [2010 ~ 2023] package

A long time ago when I participated in the Chest RMBN, a theme about Egypt was considered and I ended up making one before confirming this theme. The other would be the last request I made from the Resource Shop, based on the character Feiris Nyannyan from the work Steins;Gate.

Latest Works #1 - Paladin_m (RTP VX Ace)

Long time, and I mean a long time, ago, @kiba_aodhan and I did a collab to more or less complete the RTP by creating the battler characters, but only this one ended up coming out. As time went by, I forgot to post it, so here's the material:

Character by Victor Sena (me)

Face by @kiba_aodhan

Character Cover RM XP, Soldiers and Others

New and edited sprites included in the Art Material [2010 ~ 2023] package

Well, here I am again posting another update, after a short period of time. I'm increasingly on track to finish drawing the characters for the covers of the main RM's, by now the MV, who knows and with the template that's coming soon ;}. Below the image follows the caption of the frames in columns, enjoy. o/

>> Material <<

* +1 RM2003
* +2 RMXP
* + Archer (original from 2010)
* + Light Warrior_m240 (collab with F)
* + The ultimate definitive version!!! of the soldiers. Phew

Characters Cover RM 2000/2003 and More

New and edited sprites included in the Art Material [2010 ~ 2023] package

After a long time without updates, here I am deciding to improve everything I've produced so far. It might take quite a while for new updates, but I want to leave behind quality material that can be used and enjoyed ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). So, here are the edited characters:

>> Material <<

• RM2000 complete
• + 2 RM2003
• 2 of my first character edits from 2010

Characters

New and edited sprites included in the Art Material [2010 ~ 2023] package

With this new change, instead of leaving my material all separated, I will merge it into just one post, which will be the Characters I made of all kinds of themes. Updates to the post will be indicated in its title.

Last Char (06/09/14)