Old Art, New Art

The game "A Message from Yester Me", is a game that places the player directly inside the main character's memories.
Due to this, I wanted to create art to focus on Old / New so decided to use two different pieces of software to make the art in the game.

Above image is a screenshot of the game during her field trip memory
For the present day version of the character, I chose to use Procreate as it's a software I only started using a few months ago.
And for the version of the character in her memories, I decided to use FireAlpaca which is a piece of software I have used for years and for all my previous games uploaded to itch. I made this decision to reflect both my past and future as a game designer as well as to show how the character has changed and evolved over time. The older version of herself is also drawn in a slightly more childlike style e.g. missing fingers and the colour of her hair and clothes escaping the line art.

A more subtle different appears in the way I drew the character's eyes. For the memory version, I drew eyes that were fully enclosed, which is a style I have used in many of my previous games. For her present-day version, I opted to try a different style which has a gap between the top and bottom lashes. I chose to draw the present-day version of the girl in this way, as I plan on experimenting with different drawing styles in the future.