Wanderer's Sketchbook

Overview

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Have you ever had that little voice in the back of your head saying, "You should draw more, or you’ll die"? I know i had. Well, look at us now, we can... in-game! It’s a sketchbook you can use for pretty much anything you’d use a sketchbook for in real life! You can also export your drawings and transfer them between worlds and friends! Works with drawing tablets and pressure sensitivity if combined with Wanderer's Sketchbook - Drawing Tablet Patch!

 

The inspiration behind this mod was actually Arthur Morgan’s journal from rdr2. Now you can be like him and document your journey or your moral dilemmas, you can also be like John and do your best! There are many things you can do: you can play tic-tac-toe with your companions, keep a list of your most important tasks, or just make some doodles while waiting for iron. The world is your oyster! (You can even draw an oyster if you’d like!) It's also yet another mod that I wanted to have in my nomadic playthrough, since i wanted a way to document the incredbile things I've been experiencing.

 

Highly recommend combining this mod with Salty´s Cameraman for some extra fun angles!

 

 

 

Main content

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How to use

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Press Right Mouse Button to open the editor. Go wild! There are currently two colors palettes and six tools that you can pick from:

 

Goals 

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• Sketchbook opening/closing animation, maybe page turning animation Added in the 2.0.3 update
• Ability to tear out a page from the sketchbook. This would allow players to keep and lock a drawing outside the sketchbook, preserving it as a standalone item. Optionally, include a feature to add a frame to the torn page, so players can hang or place it in their camp or home.
• Drawing tablet improvements and preassure sensitivity feature (not sure if its even possible but would be awesome) Turns out its possible and its awesome Wanderer's Sketchbook - Drawing Tablet Patch
• General polish, refinement and more optimization (I'll try to make it as lightweight as possible) Added dedicated database in the 2.0.4 update

Known issues 

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• (0) Critical Issues: 
• (0) Moderate Issues:
• (0) Minor Issues: 

Contribution

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Huge huge thank you to the incredible illustrator and concept artist DuarArt for trying out the mod, providing feedback and leaving two incredbile illustrations!

Thanks to SaltyWater for confirming that this is possible, his wonderful mod TerraTag made me believe that something like this is actually doable.

If you'd like your creations to be inclued down below, catch me there VS Discord Post Wanderer's Sketchbook (I does not need to be a drawing! Your written stories and thoughts are equally precious to me!)

Free drawing tutorials

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Here are couple resources that i personally like very much and they may be useful if you'd like to draw but dont know how to start or want to get back to drawing and you feel a little... rusty hehe...

• How To Draw Anything... - very nice and quick basics.
• Stop Drawing Objects -- Draw the Effect We See - I find this particularly useful because it teaches you how to draw what a scene feels like, instead of just what it looks like.
• Super Quick Sketching Tips - couple sketching tips, very useful for those who want to get into 5, 10 min sketches 
• Train Your Eyes to See Values - great video to get a better understanding of values, how we see em and how to tame them.
  
• The Ultimate Pixel Art Tutorial - for grid tool enjoyers, 15 minutes of pure pixel art knowledge, not everything will be applicable in the case of the sketchbook of course but its awesome nonetheless
  
• Painting In Procreate - Finding My Way - this one is not really a tutorial, i just really like this creator and i highly recommend watching his videos :>
• Drawabox - free drawing lessons and articles, really nice all in one source

Community creations!

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Important notes

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• Always back up your world saves before installing any mods. As a new modder, I’m still learning and improving my skills. While I test each mod before uploading, there’s always a chance of human error. With that being said, I won’t take responsibility for any issues that may affect your save or character, so please make sure to back up your files.
• For Server Owners - I have introduced some safety measures. Each crafted journal gets its own unique ID, the data moves only when a player is actively using a journal, i also added a page cache to cut load requests and i've optimized it, there is still more room for improvement of course. I've tested the mod on the small 3 ppl lan server and it worked flawlessly. I've also been told that the mod has been used on a 50-ish people server and no issues appeared. However always follow safe modding practices and please always make backups. 
• I have tried my best to clear all potential errors, bugs or crashes however if you encounter any issues please let me know!
• As a precaution, always export your sketchbooks via the "Export" button before updating the mod. 

For modders

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Feel free and most welcome to modify or to use any of the assets from the mod!

Check out my other mods! 

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• Adventurer's Walking Stick
• Drunkling's Stoneware Jug
• Temporal Doctor

 

 

This page is mainly a tip jar, just a way to show a bit of support if you feel like it.

That said, if you have a suggestions for any of my mods, feel free and the most welcome to leave a comment :>

I genuinely enjoy hearing what the community thinks, and If something clicks with the vision I have for a mod,

I'll be happy to add it to the roadmap!