Art Studio

Art Studio is Alfheim's visual asset management center, used to organize and manage all visual materials in the game, including character portraits, background illustrations, UI assets, and effect resources. It also integrates AI image generation capabilities.

Overview

• Character portrait sets and expression slot management
• Background illustration browsing and management
• UI asset management
• Scene effect resources
• AI image generation panel
• Nidavellir sketch tool entry point

Five Work Modes

Switch between different work modes via the top tabs:

Character Portraits

Manage character portrait assets.

Background Illustrations

Manage background images for game scenes.

UI Assets

Manage image assets related to the user interface.

Scene Effects

Manage visual resources for effects.

Nidavellir

AI-assisted drawing tool. See Nidavellir for details.

Character Portraits

Portrait Sets

A Portrait Set is a collection of all portrait assets for a character. Each character can have one portrait set.

Creating a Portrait Set

1. In Character Portraits mode, click New Portrait Set.
2. Select the associated character.
3. Set the base portrait (the character's default appearance).

Base Portrait

The base portrait is the character's default appearance, used when no specific expression is specified.

Expression Slots

Expression slots manage portrait variants for different character expressions.

Adding Expression Slots

1. In a portrait set, click Add Expression Slot.
2. Name the expression (must match the expression in the Character Designer).
3. Upload or assign the corresponding image asset.

Expression slots are linked to the expression system in the Character Designer — when an expression is specified in dialogue, the test run will automatically display the corresponding portrait.

Art Asset Browser

The resource browser on the side lets you view and manage imported art files:

• Browse all image assets
• Preview images
• Assign images to portrait sets or expression slots

Canvas

The canvas area in the center is used to preview and view the currently selected portrait, with support for zoom and pan.

Inspector

The inspector panel on the right displays detailed information and property settings for the currently selected asset.

Background Illustrations

Manage background images for game scenes in Background Illustrations mode.

• Browse imported background images
• Preview background effects
• Manage background asset metadata

AI Image Generation

Art Studio integrates an AI image generation panel for AI-assisted creation of visual assets.

Prerequisites

Using AI image generation requires:

1. Configuring an AI provider (see AI Settings).
2. Or connecting to a local ComfyUI service.

How to Use

1. Open the AI generation panel.
2. Enter a description (Prompt).
3. Adjust generation parameters.
4. Click Generate.
5. Preview the result and save to the asset library when satisfied.

For finer control (e.g., generation based on sketches), use the Nidavellir tool.

Tips

• Use consistent image dimensions and style for portrait sets to ensure consistent display in-game.
• Expression slot names should correspond to expression names in the Character Designer so that expressions specified in dialogue display correctly.
• AI-generated images can be saved directly to project assets without manual import.