So I’ve been re-bundling my past illustration collections so that once I post them here, the content on this platform will match my content already on FANBOX and Gumroad. It’s taking a while… not just because my files are all over the place but because I’ve been re-compressing the resized versions with a new compression method. It’s actually why I’m re-bundling:
- The new collections have a smaller file size so everybody gets to save on disk space!
- “Original size” illustrations are compressed losslessly so the quality should be the same.
- The new “regular size” illustrations should be slightly better quality.
- Transparency issues on one or two rare illustrations should be fixed.
Some of my old resized illustrations came out in poor quality imo as I used a different resizing method then. They had color banding and blurred edges. The blur should be fixed in the new collections—unfortunately the banding got baked in when I saved the “original size” versions. 🤦
And at 4x size:
When resizing up you can always go 4x for “lossless upscale” (I don’t regret my 1440p monitor, but this is why nowadays I really want a 4K one for sweet 4x upscale on 1080p games). But resizing down there’s no “lossless”: you have no choice but to slap on what is effectively a sharpening effect.
Yeah, to me right looks way better. I’ve actually been using this new compression method for maybe a year now? So all my new resized illustrations have the quality on the right.
Anyways, stay tuned for the slightly better quality collections soon! I’ll be uploading them to FANBOX and Gumroad too so if you’re on those platforms, you won’t miss out.
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