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anonymous  asked:

A Twist in the Story: You’re not a writer but an artist in this event! And you made a cover art and a comic-like piece! I thought it’s the first time we see your art in comic book style (is it?). Why did you choose this style? 🙂

Hey anon, wow what a nice message to wake up to! Thank you 🙂

Ok I’ll try not to go on (but I usually do *rolls eyes at self*). I chose the comic book style for two reasons:
1) It was a Big Bang! The event lasted what six months? and deserved a big piece and a large amount of effort. Doing this cover + comic easily took me 40+ hours. I know a veteran artist would think that insane as they could probably do it in like an hour or something but I’m still learning and had to redo parts several times and idk I’m just slow.
2) It was the easiest way for me to illustrate the story. I’m not a sketcher unfortunately and so the organised ‘illustrate this scene’ worked much better for my brain.

I have actually had a stab at the comic book layout before for the 2018 Fitzsimmons Secret Valentine exchange (click for art). As you can see if you clicked it’s embarrassingly awful … actually well yeah it’s still embarrassing and awful but everyone has to start somewhere right? I feel bad for the person that was my partner. I did work very hard on that drawing, a lot of sweat and tears, but yeah it’s bad, I was still figuring things out re: style and hadn’t learned not to mix techniques. I wouldn’t blame my partner for looking at it and feeling cheated, and wishing that they’d a partner who produced something of quality.

I wasn’t a writer in the Big Bang for two reasons again:
1) We had far more writers than artists, especially to begin with, and so to help with matching I refrained from throwing my hat into the ring as a writer.
2) I’m struggling with words right now and I was afraid to sign up in case I didn’t follow through. Part of me regrets that as I have always responded better to external deadlines but (see reason #1) meant it wasn’t really an option anyway.

Also I guess I wanted to do art because I actively want to improve. I watch videos and read tutorials etc. but none of that is worth a damn without practice. If I don’t spend time drawing then I’ll never get better. I know it’s cruel really to inflict my practising on people in an exchange but I really do put a lot of effort in and I guess I hope that counts for something /shrug.

Each drawing I do I try and analyse what went wrong so I have a target to try and improve in future. I know I’m weak on likeness and I also feel like my drawings have no soul, lack of emotion, they are too static. I have been researching that and something I’m going to try in future is camera position, so to speak. I don’t think I frame the drawings very well, I don’t get a good angle or gah I don’t even know the words.

Anyway watch this space. There will hopefully be more comic layout art in future and well hopefully more art in general 🙂

aaaaaand I went on /facepalm I knew I would, I mean get real it’s me, I always ramble like crazy, I’m sorry.

WIP Wednesday

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Ok so the fic for AMR didn’t happen last month

BUT

I haven’t lost my chance a) I can write that fic one day anyway and also b) it’s a brand new month, with new prompts!

I do have an idea, I even have some notes for the prompt for this months AMR and I’m going to try and write it. We’ll see how that goes.

BUT

Let’s get upcoming for a minute here because while March is the same sucky mess as always April is Easter break. My uni rather ridiculously (I think anyway) has this four week gap in between Weeks 11 and 12 (and it’s a 12 week semester). So I’ll have all my major assignments to do over April to hand in on the final week afterwards BUT I won’t have any classes.

April is also Camp NaNo. I have rather stupidly opted to run two cabins this year again, the easy fun one for you guys, and then the stress-inducing nightmare for my region (I am seriously thinking of quitting as ML it’s too much). However, leaving aside admin logistics April is Camp, April is free of class – I can do writing in April (I hope anyway).

There are a few things I’m thinking of doing.

– Nightwalkers, the fic I’ve been talking about since June 2016 with all the tropes as detective!Belle goes undercover with Gold at a high stakes poker game to find a killer.

– Gold is a teacher, Belle is a single parent and that’s how they meet. I sort of referenced this in the recent trope rating. I don’t have much of a plot beyond their first meeting and then the idea that they become friends and it gradually blossoms into something romantic. I thought that might be nice for the teacher appreciation day in May which everyone was talking about the other day.

– Art! There’s a Rumbelle piece I have planned for this month which I need to get on with *side eyes self* and then there’s another Rumbelle piece that I want to do in April. I also have an idea for a Regina and Henry piece that I might see if I can have done for America’s Mother’s Day.

So yeah that’s the current state of things. I know that I’m the absolute best about talking about doing things, and then never actually doing them. However, it is my most sincere intention. 2019 has been unexpectedly and stupidly tough for me thus far, on paper the reasons sound silly but it’s how it feels and how it affects me and it’s been difficult. Anyway yeah I’m going to try my best! 🙂

#going to try my best#upcoming projects and stuff

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timelordthirteen  asked:

Artist Asks: 🐻 Your go-to things to draw when you need comfort?

I confess I’m so focused on improvement that I don’t really draw for comfort. I’m so hyper-critical of what I’m doing and always attempting to better my technique.

Doodling however hehe 🙂

Oh man back when I was at school many moons ago I had this thing about a stylized ‘S’. It wasn’t like I was a fan of Superman (and I didn’t change my name until I was 18) but I doodled this S everywhere, I have no idea why, and sometimes I would put it on a shield, or I’d draw a 3D box around it, but always, always this S.

That stylized S came in handy when I did change my name as it became the start of my signature. My hand just does it.

WIP Wednesday

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So I totally missed Skin Deep day and TMI Tuesday on account of having a crap day in real life. Anyway, my WIP Wednesday this week is all about these two dorks ^^ and having “I hope that” in the gif is super appropriate because well this is all about my hopes for the upcoming months.

I tried to do WIP Wednesday last week but I couldn’t muster up the positivity. You see I do have an idea I want to do for AMR this month – a third instalment in the In Your Arms verse – but I started planning it for August’s AMR and my faith in myself to get shit done is at an all time low really.

BUT

It’s halfway through the month and while I have zero words written I do have a plan, and not 12% of a plan either, it’s more like 65% probably.

So that is (hopefully!) upcoming.

Then in my “drawing every month challenge” – January was the Big Bang, so that’s a Rumbelle drawing to be posted in March. Then March itself is going to be Rumbelle and so is April! I have the pieces picked out, I just hope I can do them justice, I’m a bit nervous :/

Yeah so I guess this is like my kinda homage to Skin Deep day, in that Rumbelle stuff is planned and is (hopefully!) happening. Side note: I do still have that half chapter of Painting Layers of Love that I should work on and finish. It’s problematic which is what made me take a break to begin with but when I can muster up the mental fortitude I’ll tackle it.

So yeah whoo Rumbelle! Hehe 🙂

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I was getting so annoyed earlier because Photoshop kept freezing. This is a relatively new PC it shouldn’t be doing that! It didn’t used to do that!

Turns out “didn’t use to” was fairly important and it was some software that came bundled with the monitor that was doing it. Not a problem I just close it down and everything works perfectly again – yay! 🙂

Also think I ‘might’ have had a slight breakthrough on blending. Not sure. I mean I’m looking at it now and thinking “mmm not so bad” but when I look next week I’ll probably go “ahhhh my eyes! they burn!”

Anyway I’m on track/ahead at least. Did I say here? I’m not sure, but my aim this year is to do one art piece per month. January was RBB which I can’t post until March (but I did it in January!), this month is Bering and Wells. Next month is a secret shhh hehe.

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I don’t know what it is with art but when I’m working on a project I lose all concept of time.

I’ll start and the next thing I know it is hours later – that’s hyperfocus I have that with other stuff too sometimes – but what makes art time so screwy is that I look at the piece and I can’t work out what took so long.

Like literally what was I doing for all that time? It should not have taken that long. It’s a real headscratcher.

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winterswanderlust  asked:

Artist ask meme: 🌈🌗🌊

How did you get pictures in the askbox????? Like *whoosh* mind is blown! I have never understand how people do that. Wow! Oh and thank you so much for the ask!! 🙂

🌈 Do you use more warm or cold colors?
Hmm I’m thinking cold to be honest. It’s one of the things I noticed when I was looking at my colour palettes. I was wondering why my art never seems to pop and I thought it probably had something to do with the hue and saturation. My colours are always muted rather than being really bright. Of course when I next tried to do a piece with brighter colours it looked so weird to me, like it was unreal, so I’m guessing (hoping?) that there’s a balance somewhere.

🌗 Is night or day better for drawing?
With drawing I’m kinda feast or famine. I can never just do a bit, I always wind up hyper-focused and the next thing I know it’s several hours later. I haven’t moved, I haven’t eaten, I haven’t drunk anything (not healthy I know). My watch bings every hour to remind me to move etc. and when I’m doing other things I notice and obey, but with art I just get too deep into it I guess. So basically night or day doesn’t matter, but it’s usually night by the time I stop :p

🌊 What’s the hardest thing for you to draw? 
Oh wow erm everything? :p No, no, ok hehe in all seriousness it’s faces. I suppose because it’s a mixture of problems. I want to capture the likeness but I also want to bring it to life – I want a good expression. Whenever I look at my art I feel like it has no soul – no life – and I’m fixated on the faces being the problem for that at the moment. There are probably a million other reasons too (I have sooooo far to go to improve) but for now it’s faces 🙂

Marvellous Mondays

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Or Motivational Mondays if you prefer 🙂

and yes I know today is Wednesday, I’m going with Whatever Wednesday 🙂

Enthusiasm breeds enthusiasm, excitement etc. and people that write their goals down are significantly more likely to do them.

We have TMI Tuesdays and Follow Fridays, so how about a day where we share what we are working on and comment on the progress?

(I’m just kidding about the days btw – any day is good, I just like the alliteration).

I recently read back my old posts where I rambled quite enthusiastically (and often) about what I was working on. I miss that. It occurred to me that if I miss general positivity, that a good place to start is to express it myself.

We all struggle. Writing is hard, drawing is hard – creating in general is bloody hard. Merlin knows I mostly talk about what I’m finding difficult but today I want to flip the script. I know I sound like a bumper sticker but it is easier to tackle the hard stuff with a positive frame of mind. If we are bubbling with love for our project then the struggles aren’t so overwhelming maybe?

I’ve never been a trendsetter but I am just going to throw out an open invitation to the world. Find something you love about your WIP, ramble and express with gleeful excitement the cool thing – tell us all about it – share your excitement and joy. If you don’t feel it then I’m going to employ another cliche called ‘fake it until you make it’. In my opinion we echo our environment, like I said enthusiasm breeds enthusiasm. Join the hype train and the hype becomes real?

Am I making sense? Is this helping? I do not know.

All I know is that this is what I’m going to be attempting from now. I’m sure I will still grumble and groan on occasion but I’m going to make a concerted effort to spread the love.

mariequitecontrarie

I love this idea! Rambling often helps me and even if it doesn’t, it’s good to know there are others who understand. Looking for ways to encourage and help each other be better artists and writers sounds great!

maplesyrupao3

That’s a cool-ass idea! I’m on board with anything that let’s me interact with fandom friends more during the week!

galactic-pirates

Me too! That’s the idea, a positive supportive fun friend thing heh 🙂

I’m going to try and stalk people’s pages so I don’t miss if anyone does this as I want to *wave pom-poms* and be super pumped for everyone. Creating is hard and can be quite isolating so you know whole lotta love

2018 Creative Year in Review

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I haven’t done any fic status updates all year because I haven’t been writing. I quit doing regular summaries after April 2017 and have only done two since. However, it’s the end of the year and time for a little introspection 🙂

Previous years: 2016, 2017

February:
– Coming home to you (Fitzsimmons, Agents of Shield) (Drawing)
– Blind taste-testing at home on Valentines Day (Rumbelle, Once) (Drawing)
– Finn and BB-8 (Star Wars) (Drawing)

July:
– The Wedding Job (Rumbelle, Once)

August:
– Time (Agents of Shield)
– The Spy Who Dumped Me (Haylexis, Castle) (Photo-manip)

September:
– Ghost of a Memory (Garcy, Timeless) (prompt fill)
– Taboo Love (Garcy, Timeless) (prompt fill)

October:
– Monstrare, Monere (Warehouse 13)

December:
– Start of Something (Garcy, Timeless)
– Friends in Time (Garcy, Timeless)
– Jedi Rumbelle (Rumbelle, Once) (Drawing)

Stats:
Words Posted: 24,207
Stories posted: 7
Verses created (multiple fics, same verse): 1
WIPs finished: 0
WIPs still to complete: 1
Art (drawings/photo-manips): 5

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Status Update!

I’ve broken the back of the AMR drawing. I am not going to admit how much time I’ve spent *cough* but I have learned tons so that’s what took the time really. After all speed comes with practice and I’m still fumbling around.

I know I should have been working on the RBB but this was like practice? I now know so many more things which should hopefully make the RBB art much much better *cross fingers*

My Timeless post-season 2 fic is still at 5k *rolls eyes at self* I’m just going to dodge spoilers for the next week or so. If the wrap-up is good I’ll probably lose all motivation. If it isn’t I’m not sure I want to know. Although having said that spite is helpful for typing speed, gives me a lot of steam to write.

Nope, no, dodging spoilers. I have no clue when/if I’ll get to watch as I haven’t heard about UK broadcast, maybe netflix will add it at some point? They have season 1 but not 2, so maybe? Idk how it works. So I won’t be able to avoid them for forever but maybe at least until I finish my fic.

Anyway now I’m pretty certain I’ll be able to finish this drawing for the end of the month I need to swap to writing. My time to do everything is just slipping through my fingers like water, it’s scary! Eeeek.