
This post started like any of my other posts. I was bored sitting at my desk and decided I wanted to create something.
I started to look through the Holozing files and official artwork and items and all that.
This is what caught my eye:

It is a capture device in game to capture your pals. But I had a problem with it.. The range can't be all that good can it?
Here is another look at the device.
So the Battery Back goes into the handle/grip and powers the device. Makes sense. I love the overall design of it but I thought to myself... I could make something cooler. So that is what I set out to do.
The first thing I did was basically sketch out the current capture device but elongate the barrel.

I didn't really like it but it was a start!
Then I thought I needed to add more to it. So I was thinking well if I am making a long range capture device it will need more juice to power it so it will probably take 2 Energy/Ammo Clips right?
That is what I came up with on my next iteration. I liked the idea but also hated the 2nd hand grip towards the front of the capture device.
BUT WAIT! Then I thought maybe I need a scope so you can see those animals/pals from far away.
I also changed up the 2nd ammo clip/grip thingy but still didn't love that either.
But before I fixed that I realized that a long range capture device will need a long range barrel obviously.
This is when it started to get fun with my design and overall look. But everything was still separate items I needed to put together.
And it will also need a shoulder butt for better support when 'firing' it.
I also really liked the originally handle grip design so I wanted to mirror that to my 2nd grip as well.
But I decided to put everything together in my digital software, trace it all up and color it and see how it looks.
After I scanned all my physical drawings and put them into my GIMP software, I started to move them around and trace each part as it's own layer.
Here are some progress pics of my workflow.
![Screenshot 2025-02-13 07_53_46-_[Untitled]-4.0 (RGB color 8-bit gamma integer, GIMP built-in sRGB, 9 layers) 50.png](https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/cherokee4life/23tS2nPHB7H8abNRdiQ1AZPrL6FabaRo2C5KpAYMpCVoWmdEMmA9uPPBjE44eSVvL9ByD.png)
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After a few hours over the course of 2 weeks this is what I came up with.
Features to call out:
- Red Dot Sight
- Extended Barrel for more accuracy
- Shoulder Butt for more support (accuracy)
- 2nd Ammo Clip for more power
- Flashlight underneath the Barrel for capturing during the night
- Extended Gem on top cause YOLO!
I think that's about it.
I did try to ass some graphics like logo or words but they just didn't look right so it's not done done but it's done for me. If anyone wants to take this design/idea and run with it. By all means go for it!
