My Outer Wilds Solar System Map Embroidery Pattern Is Finally Done, And Up For Sale On My Ko-fi!

My Outer Wilds Solar System Map Embroidery Pattern is finally done, and up for sale on my ko-fi!

The pattern includes a printable template (which you can use on printable fabric, or copy onto your fabric by hand) plus a 25-page booklet detailing the steps to take for every section of the pattern. I've also included suggestions on how to improve on my initial design!

This is currently up on my ko-fi for $4 USD, and is a digital product (nothing physical will ship; you'll have to supply your own fabric and thread, though I give a list of all the DMC thread colors I used).

Thank you to everyone who reached out over the last two years expressing interest in this project!

Ya know, this might sound silly but the Nomai are one of my favorite sci-fi species out there, and the whole reason is: they are KIND

Whenever an alien race is described in fiction as kind, it's just an informed attribute, or they're a bit too nice - weirdly perfectly so without any faults - or maybe they're not as nice as they seem to be

But the Nomai are just legitimately kind and benevolent and... They're so nice! The Universe was lucky to have their existence bless us. They're always so kind and so thoughtful of others, like how Coleous has them mine a different area so as to not disturb the proto-Hearthians lil pond life; or how Solanum is full of curiosity and eagerly greets this weird lil alien that just shows up to her in the Quantum Moon and has a nice chat with them; or how they implicitly were planning on staying in the system even after their Eye deal was over to watch if they interfered too much with the system, having apparently dug up and kept safe plants from the system

Even Pye, the most mad-scientist of them, still had that benevolence in their heart because they promised to NOT use the Sun Station unless they were 100% sure it'd not lead to disaster

And in the end, it was their kindness that allowed a conscious observer to enter the Eye

pye (and ideae)

A selection of some V.I.N (Very Important Nomai) that I did traditionally and then edited digitally, such as color correction and cleaning up.

My mental process below:

It was rather difficult, trying to design a plethora of Nomai while still trying to remain consistent to their aesthetics and anatomical format. The most important philosophy I wanted to implement within each design is hierarchy. I tried to reflect that by making their outfits more elaborate the greater the role they served in the project and clan as a whole; stuff like make-up, accessories, and clothing.

Obviously, Nomai are a community based species where everyone, at least once, gets to deliver their input on something, but with the apparent concept of a clan leader, with one Nomai definitively *owning* a Vessel, I think it made sense to have it roll over to these stranded Nomai as well. With any group project, someone needs to steer the wheel while others change gears or press the gas.

To me, it seemed obvious that Yarrow was this generation's Escall, albeit more responsible and well-informed. So I designed him in such a way that evoked an image of him being the Lead Director of the clan. I wanted him to look regal, but not necessarily righteous or superior. Clary, his lover, gets to share in some of that indulgence by proxy, while not really being the leader of her department (that would be Poke, of which she inherited the Forge from Annona).

Ramie is second in command to Yarrow, being the co-director of the ATP and sole leader of the High Energy Lab after Pye was reassigned to the Sun Station. Pye and Idaea being the constructors of the Sun Station. And so on and so forth.

Of course, I toned down some characters based on their personalities, such as Poke, who much rather prefers not being the center of attention despite being the creator of an advanced warp core.

I had fun with certain details, like drawing in hints of graying (since all these pictured Nomai are well middle-aged by the time the Interloper arrives), making the known siblings resemble each other somewhat, and even some personal ideas/concepts like making Daz look like the memory statues, and making Idaea golden like the sun (while also looking like he hadn't slept in 5 days).

I just finally wanted to put some faces to names so that I can draw them without setting my brain on fire every time I have to come up an informed design on the spot.