Fine-Tuning

### Description

Perhaps she's just that lucky and always succeeds at rectifying the variance of misfortune.

## Other Details

### Series

Once Series
(also known as "Backdrift")

## Obtaining

### Cost

1388Echoes

**Fine-Tuning** is a Reoccurring Time-Limited A-Tier Costume for the Mechanic, Tracy Reznik that is part of the "Once" series. The costume was originally introduced and sold in the Illusion Hall.

## Availability

As it is not a true Limited Costume (which are denoted by the "limited" tag found in the top right of certain card icons), it can return to the Illusion Hall multiple times.

* It was originally available for purchase from December 29th, 2022 to January 19th, 2023.

## Appearance

### **Physical**

Tracy now has a smile on her face. Her hair and eyes stay the same, and she has black smudges on her face.

### **Outfit**

Tracy wears a white dress shirt with puff sleeves that end a little over her elbows. Over the dress shirt, she has on black tie with thin gold stripes and a gold tie clip, and a brown plaid cardigan vest and suspenders. The right strap is hanging by her side, while the left strap is over her shoulder. The edges of the suspenders are colored gold. A golden key hangs from her left suspender strap, with a clock brooch on the handle. She has a pouch with various tools by her hip. She also has on black dress shorts with gold stripes and a gold filigree pattern around the hem, a black belt with a gold clasp, on black sock garters, brown plaid socks, and brown leather shoes. She has on a brown newspaper cap, and a set of watchmaking eyeglasses rests on top of the hat.

### **Controller**

The controller is now brown, the antenna now has a more 'retro' design, the handle of the lever is black.

### **Special Effects**

Occasionally, a burst of golden clocks, watches and circles will fall around her. In the showroom, the effects are constant.

## Concept / Design Notes

### Official Website

**Correct the trajectory of fate and return to the warm time**

Envy breed jealousy, and jealousy breed tragedy. Mechanic are immersed in creation and invention, but inadvertently touched the interests of their peers. Under the careful planning of those pious people, an "accident" ended the simple, pure and happy life of mechanics. Although she fought back in her own way, the broken mirror could not be repaird, and only the mechanical doll she made by herself remained with her.

If time goes back and the mechanic uses her own wisdom to correct the bad luck, what will happen to her life? Once series of skin Mechanic - Fine-Tuning shows this moving scene - she is sitting in front of the workbench, the clocks and watches on the wall are all her favorite works, and the draft paper is full of the latest ideas. During the process, Tracy held a new controler tightly in her left hand, with a confident and innocent smile on her face. The sun shines on her through the window, the beauty of this moment is fascinating.

**Free and easy personality of mechanical master**

Because of her keen interest in machinery since she was a child, the ingenious mechanic spent most of her time in her father's watch shop. She is wearing a shirt, tie, a V-neck sweater with diamond pattern and suit shorts. Although she is an apprentice in the store like her peers, she is shown as a "little young master" because her father is the store manager. Of course, her skills will never disappoint customers. She can skillfully operate every tool on the waist bag, even a mini clock is embedded in the key on her chest, and she is always thinking about problems related to machinery in her head.

The deep fatherly love is also vividly reflected in the Fine-Tuning. Dazzling gold thread was used on ties, sweaters and suit shorts, and the delicate patterns on the trouser hems suggested expensive prices. Even if the cuffs were stained with engine oil and the cheeks were stained with dirt in front of the workbench, the mechanic didn't care, and her bright smile was enough to prove her freedom and satisfaction.

**Full of confidence and joy**

The sudden bad luck made the mechanic lose her smile. If the time goes back, she should regain her smile! In the character display interface, the casually moving Fine-Tuning cheered after discovering the remote control on the ground, her love for the machine shows in her eyes. The playful scene of throwing the remote control up and hitting herself was unfortunate.

During the chase, clocks and gears kept falling beside the Fine-Tuning, and the key on her chest was also shining softly. The smile on her face never disappeared from the beginning to the end, enjoying the joy and fun of the chase.

### Social Media

**Story Background**

Tracy's latest invention has brought a lot of promise for her and her dad. She is now the "Little Young Master" of the watch shop, sorting out the spare parts and making the final preparations for a new wave of orders.

**Planning and Design Ideas**

The amazing costume of the Mechanic called Fine-Tuning, which is inspired by Tracy's life being put back on the right track. Her strong interest in machinery and her incredible talent allowed her to immerse herself in her own creative world. In this beautiful scene, she was surrounded by her father's love and sunshine, and her ideas were supported and encouraged. She was worry free an always had a confident and bright smile on her face.

**Art Design Ideas**

As a mechanical enthusiast, Tracy spends most of her time studying clocks in her father's clock shop. The mechanic is in a 19th-century European town, so it uses a vintage vest and long sons with a unique flavor of the era, but still retains the image of a fake boy in the design. The overall fitness of her clothing shows the character's current wealthy life.

The first model laid a solid foundation for the overall image design of the character, and its overall design is highly consistent with the story background and character personality we set, so the final image is mainly based on the first model an further deepening.

The second model adds the head design of the watchmaker and the details of the small backpack at the waist, making the eyepiece design more delicate and adding the exposed watch repair tools in the small backpack, which is more in line with the role setting of "little master" and apprentice.

The third model further designed the brooch in the first model by setting a dial on the gear, and added a suit coat to the shirt and vest base. The suit pants also changed from short to long, but the overall sense of constraint was stronger, and the sense of freedom of a child was missing.

The final version of the character design is cute, mainly extending the first design, refining the eyeglasses and shoulder bag in the second design, and replacing the clock brooch in the third design from gears to a key to symbolize opening the time-space door to the past. Additionally, adding a golden trim to the outfit further emphasizes its value and makes the character more suitable to the requirements.

**Display of Original Painting Details**

1. Through the retro glasses of Steampunk, the future era is reflected with dazzling light. Perhaps, she can really see the unknown misfortune?
2. The keys hanging from the chest are adorned with a dial sparkling with gold. It is a correction, that is, a control of time and space.
3. In her exquisite and small bag, she stores her commonly used tools, which are the corrections of her mysteries

**Interface Display Design**

the "Fine-Tuning" who has a strong interest in machinery was deeply attracted by the watchmaking tool that was constantly emitting light from the ground, and she excitedly picked up the watchmaking tool, as if she had discovered a treasure.

The girl with bright yellow halo behind her, jumping up excitedly to show everyone her favorite watch-tuning tool, with a naive smile on her face.

The naughty "Fine-Tuning" carelessly threw the watch tool into the air, and ended up getting a painful thump on the head when it came back down.

**The Display of the Home**

"Fine-Tuning" stood in the corridor and gently resting her head on her hand, thinking about mechanical problems. Every tool in her waist bag was skillfully operated by her, and even a mini clock was embedded in the key on her chest, and the satisfaction of watch repairing made her forget the black stains on her sleeves and face.

"Fine-Tuning" is surrounded by constantly falling clocks and gears, the key in the chest emits a soft yellow light, the carefully combed curls look particularly cute, accompanied by a light and cheerful music, enjoying the joy of chasing moments.

## Gallery

* In-Game
* Official Art

### Appearance Decoration Menu

Fine-Tuning In-Game Model Front ViewFine-Tuning In-Game Model Back ViewFine-Tuning In-Game Model Left ViewFine-Tuning In-Game Model Right ViewFine-Tuning Entrance Animation.Fine-Tuning Idle Animation.Fine-Tuning Press Animation.

### Concept Art & Icons

Fine-Tuning Chinese Concept Art (Weibo)Fine-Tuning Global Concept Art (Twitter)Fine-Tuning Card SpriteFine-Tuning Shop Sprite
### Promotional Art

"As you know, It was a glorious day in Tracy's life. She focused on the clockwork all day and night...seems like she can manipulate time." - Official Artwork of Fine-Tuning (Twitter)Official Chibi of Fine-Tuning (WeChat)Official Fine-Tuning chibi with background, from the Chinese concept notes (Weibo)"If time can stay in the last happy moment before the storm..." - Fine-Tuning Release Artwork (Weibo)5th Anniversary Illustration by @\_ion\_sub (Twitter)
### Merchandise

Official Cafe - British Afternoon Tea (Twitter)
## References

1. ↑ Fine-Tuning Design Notes - Official Website
2. ↑ Fine-Tuning English Design Notes - Twitter
3. ↑ Fine-Tuning Chinese Design Notes - Weibo