Conservation collecting or compulsive 🤔❓

Today I woke up feeling unmotivated, but I still managed to finish my entire swim workout, starting with 500m freestyle, then 8x25m crawl with a kickboard, 500m freestyle with a pull buoy and finishing with 300m freestyle. We had a little celebration with the swim team and then I hit the gym to lift some weights, since I had eaten too much, it took me a while to get into the rhythm at the start of the workout haha. After that, I went home, worked, had lunch, and studied... Today, a friend of mine on Discord sent me a link of old forgotten source on the internet with materials for RPG Maker 95 by a well-known artist in the community. Most of these materials had been lost from her old 1998 website and later from J-JSoft via Web Archive, where I had previously managed to recover some parts. Now I’m close to completing the collection, still missing the separated materials that were distributed by her and him assistant back then for RPG Maker 2000... in the year 2000. :p
Before you ask, I like collecting quality materials from many artists, the ones that were and are freely available. Sometimes, when I have doubts about the texture, angle, lighting or shading in the pixel art of a specific object or a outfit, I like to check those resources to see if they spark any good ideas for creating something new, without using copy-paste. For example, with different hues from the base palette to create shadows or use hue-shifting techniques.

Actor5_3, the thief, doesn’t change much, in his bust portrait, he always looks like he’s been hurt, with scars on his face.
Actor5_4, the female thief, is the only one among the RTP Actors who has a Battler matching her Face/Bust. The difference between her and the smaller sprite is in the pants and some other small details, she also has a ponytail in her Battler image.

A excercise addict!? 🏊‍♂️🏋️‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Saturday was exhausting, I swam 8000 meters, almost 3 hours of training, split into 2000 + 4x1000 + 2000. After that, I took advantage of being there and hit the gym, yes, the gym is right close to the pool. Later, I had visitors at home. They took a while to leave and since I had left the windows open to ventilate and keep the house from getting stuffy, a bunch of mosquitoes came in. I spent a good part of the night killing them with an electric racket before going to sleep. I think if I were in an RPG, I'd have earned the title Mosquito Slayer ha ha ha. But even after lying down, a few still showed up in the middle of the night, so I slept poorly on Saturday... Because of that, I woke up later and Sunday turned out to be a good day to rest.
This morning, I managed to do more pull-up reps, I think I'm improving. I wanted to go for a run after the gym, but it was drizzling and since I’m just now recovering from a cold, I didn’t want to make it worse again... I went back to work and studied again at night. I saw that One Punch Man Season 3 started, I only saw the 1st episode and I don't want to see anymore, I'm selecting my entertainment better, I don't want to waste my time with bad works.

When RPG Maker VX Ace came out, I used to think Actor5_1 was a woman, but...
Actor5_1, the archer, wasn’t a woman at all, he’s actually a man, since his larger bust shows a chest guard where the bowstring rests, protecting him from friction when shooting an arrow. The main difference is the vest and the “alternate” color of the clothing underneath.
Actor5_2, the female archer, I only noticed she had an cloth or fabric beneath her main outfit after seeing her larger bust portrait.

Pull-up 💪😣

Another week coming to an end... time flies so fast. I went to the gym and tried doing pull-ups with weights on my legs, it reminded me of Goku training in the afterlife in Dragon Ball. I came back home, worked and studied at night. Yesterday I watched the last episode of Peacemaker, I was disappointed, I expected more to happen in the 8th episode, it felt like the weakest one. It even seemed like the 7th episode was meant to be the season finale.

Now, about two characters with feudal Japan, style designs, "samurai". It’s interesting how some users classify a samurai only as the fully armored warrior in Japanese-themed, while those wearing kimono(🤔?) outfits are labeled as ronin. But in reality, I understand that samurai is a title or class for warriors, so both types fit. Still, it seems there’s a naming distinction, bushi for male warriors and onna-musha for female.

Actor4_7, class is "samurai" in the database, unlike the smaller character, looks a bit tan (probably from spending months on a ship traveling from the orient to occident under the strong sun) compared to other RTP VX Ace face/bust graphics.

Actor4_8, in her smaller sprite, seems to wear armor from shoulder to wrist and her outfit differs by having more white than pink.

Just another thursday... 📅

The morning, the time was really cloudy, I thought it was going to rain, but unfortunately, it didn’t. I managed to go swimming and gym. Then I came back, continued my work and studied at night. I’ve been really tired this week, I still have a cold and a runny nose 😔.

Actor4_5, a wandering swordsman (because of the cloak, to hide your weapon and clothes, maybe?). He’s very detailed in his bust version, I’m not sure if it’ll look good once I complete it, it might end up looking confusing for anyone who wants to edit or use it in a project.
Actor4_6, would she be a swordswoman? Maybe she uses light swords with piercing tips. I imagine her wielding the rapiers from Final Fantasy. She went through more changes in her cloak and ribbon, the rest looks pretty similar.

4:05 🕓🌃

I woke up at 4 a.m. to kill mosquitoes🦟🏸. I didn’t count exactly how many, but I think it was around ten or more. I had left the window slightly open because of how hot it was during the night and now I’ll have to come up with something to keep them from getting in. Damn blood-sucking mosquitoes 🤬. I went to the gym, I’m starting to lift the same weights I used to before I caught that cold, but I still want to improve. I still have a runny nose, even if just a little and it’s been exactly a week now.

Actor4_3, the knight, the differences are in the armor. The one on the right looks simpler due to the lack of detail, while the one on the left keeps the same detailed chest design.
Actor4_4, the female knight, in the version with the larger bust, she doesn’t have armor around her waist, so her thighs and waist are exposed and the wings above her ears on both sides of her head have more vibrant colors.

The heat is getting more intense 🌞

I’m still not 100%, damn runny nose and cold, aaah. I’m already on my second box of medicine, hopefully I won’t stay like this all week. I went swimming early after some time off, did 1900m and go the gym. Still haven’t managed to get my rhythm back...

Getting into the RTP VX Ace right now. By the way, the design improvement by Fumio (faces and busts) is huge compared to the RTP VX, the faces are more detailed and seem to have a different highlight to them.
Actor4_1, the armor on the first one (bust), the spikes on the shoulder pads, some details similar to the face but different from the character sprite by MACK, it reminds me a bit of that Warrior (his class in the Database) from RTP XP, with red hair, whose chin is hidden by the armor, giving the impression of heavy armor that looks larger than the human body, very well protected.
Actor4_2, I decided to give her a defined abdomen, since her class is clearly a fighter, listed as Monk in the Database. Her hair has changed a bit compared to the original character sprite and her top is more revealing in the bust version.

Almost there 💊

I spent the weekend resting, I not do any physical activity since Wednesday (the day I caught a cold that got worse with a runny nose). But from not doing anything, I could feel my body asking for it. So today, since I’m feeling better, I went back to training, though I’m still not fully recovered. At least my nose stopped constantly running. Ha ha ha.
Another week begins, I went to the gym, worked, and studied at night.

Three characters at once to finish the Actor3 set:
Actor3_6, the top part of the elf’s outfit looks like a simple vest, while in the bust portrait she’s wearing one with a V-neck, long sleeves with full shoulders, and a slightly different color.
Actor3_7, for the dwarf, it looks like he became a completely different character, even his beard and eyes differ between the character sprite and the bust (face).
Actor3_8, the nekomimi’s bust image shows more of her body, while the character sprite doesn’t, and the tips of her hair are slightly different. The way I drew her mouth doesn’t look so good when the image is scaled down here in the post, it kind of makes her look scared, like this emoji 😖. Maybe I’ll switch it to pink and see how it looks later.

Drink water! 💧

I woke up feeling a little better, but I still have a lot of nasal discharge, can’t wait to recover 😷...

This time have:
Actor3_4, this is the female thief from the VX version. I still don’t understand what that higher boot on just the left side of the sprite is supposed to be, could it be a place to store a knife 🤔? To make her design closer to the original character, I tried giving her a firmer abdomen, while for the bust area she wears suspenders.
Actor3_5, the male elf, doesn’t really have much difference between the designs.

Atchim!

I’m still not 100% recovered, it’s really bad having to keep blowing my nose 🤧, the mucus seems endless 😖. Being sick makes me more tired than usual, my muscles feel more fatigued, I get sleepier, I can’t think straight and if I take too long to clear the excess mucus from my nasal passages, it starts to bother me and give me a headache 🤕...

Once again, it seems to me that Actor3, just like Actor2, doesn’t have that many differences between their character and face (bust) designs.

Actor3_2, the fighter, seems to rely heavily on fists, the gloves look big even though the original sprite’s style is chibi. The difference between them seems to be the illusion that the more faithful version of the character sprite looks like she’s wearing suspenders when made taller in this VXP style. Cousin of Tifa, is that you!?

Actor3_3, the thief, barely had any changes.

🤧 Again

As I expected, I caught a cold. No fever, just a runny nose, but my body feels heavy. Usually, I recover within two weeks if I keep taking the medicine properly...

Between Actor2 and Actor3, this time they are:

Actor2_8, with her eyes hidden by her hat it looks like she has a darker persona. I understand that because of the frame size (32 pixel) in the set, it wasn’t possible to make the witch’s hat point higher like it is in her bust image. The biggest change is in her hat.

Actor3_1, the Fighter, as it’s classified, confuses me a bit. Actually, I think the XP classification is a little confusing since it labels "Fighter" as someone who uses swords, when clearly the name and design suggest a character who fights with fists or martial-style weapons (staff, nunchaku, gloves, etc...). The design based on his bust ended up giving him a modern look, almost like he doesn’t fit the fantasy theme, more like a street fighter... *ba dum tss*