Last week of 2023 and I spent almost all of it drawing rose knights. And when I wasn't drawing rose knights, I was talking about rose knights.
Grief, this story is becoming too big to contain and it's only been a month. What am I doing. How do I make it worse because I am having too much fun with these dorks? XD
Well, next year will certainly start on an interesting flavor if I keep this up. But we'll see what happens in the next day or two.
All quiet on the Western front, except for these concept sketches for more rose kids that I believe are growing faster then I can control. Good thing I intend to let them go wild and see what happens tho
All the same, I wonder what they're gonna do the next time I turn my back. Eh, not my problem right now.
Oh yeah. It's also going to be Christmas in a few days.
.......... still not my problem either. XD
Still getting through my burnout, but it's getting better. Haven't been pushing myself tho- don't want to set myself on fire again after all that effort to put me out in the first place.
These sketches were fun, though. Did them a week or so ago, but they were fine.
This time! I did not forget to post on Saturday. Which is good, because I am actually pretty proud of what I drew this week, so I have to show it off before I forget and move on with my night.
These two new kiddies are characters from a vague story I've had in my head for a few months. It's mostly vibes about roses and knights atm, but considering how fast it's developing I won't be surprised if it becomes it's own thing sooner or later.
Also I realize it's now December. Took me a week to finally figure that out, but.. y'know. It's not like I've had much of a head to keep track of time lately. But that's fine. Just a little disconcerting, is all.
Out of all the things I did yesterday, I can't believe I forgot to post on my blog.
But a day late is still better than a week late, so let me just do this before I forget again-
There. A good gal with her funny little spider.
And now I will wander off and continue with the rest of my day.
Whelp, it had to happen. As per my ADHD cycle, I had to overcommit and burn out after spending a liiiiittle too long writing and not enough time resting and pacing myself.
Aw well. Such it is.
At least when I'm at my lowest and most "aagrhghg I don't have the energy to do anything", I can always rely on my hand to draw what comes naturally: my gals! <3
I know they've both grown into wonderful adults, but looking at them this small is also a treat I needed very much. I'll see if I'm gonna draw more of them later or not. But for now, I'm happy to see these two on my blog again.
Didn't write a lot. Didn't draw a lot. But I did still live knee-deep in all the 9 vibes so I think I can safely say I'm still stuck thinking about small ragdoll dudes in a dying world for a little longer.
Which is fine with me, because I quite like it here.
This was just something I made to keep my hands busy and to stop myself from going completely insane on Friday night, but I did like how it turned out and maybe a story idea can be inspired by it. Who knows? Anything is possible when you've got stained glass windows and ink as inspiration!
But that's future problems I can enjoy later.
Good news! I didn't accidentally wrote 12 and half thousand words this week!
I did however still write all week, even if I'm not sure what my total word count was. But it wasn't 12 and a half thousand, so I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief as I figure out what to do with the rest of the words I've written about post-apocalyptic rag dolls.
They are adorable however, so I'll let them stay a little longer and see where any of the vibes in my head go.
In a truly shocking twist of fate, I did not spend the entire week drawing. I spent it writing.
And the even more shocking thing is? I wrote roughly 12,500 words of fanfiction and I completed it before the week was over.
I just.
That has never happened to me before.
Finishing comic projects or drawing stuff really quickly, yes! but this was a new flavor of hyperfixation and I am deeply confused by it even if I enjoyed myself a lot
But I still drew something to throw at my self imposed "I show you something I drew every week" routine, so even if it was a weird writey week it doesn't disrupt my schedule
Seriously though. 12 and a half thousand words. In 6 days.
Definitely a week to remember fondly, even if I am still scratching my head wondering how I did that.
Drew another drowned city sketch based on the idea I started coming up with last week
I've since become interested in other stories, but this is still cool enough to share and I know I'll be back to the vibes I collected last week so it's fine
if nothing else this has been great practice drawing cities from odd angles. Needed more practice with perspective anyway.
Guess who has accidentally came up with another story in the span of 2 days
Yup, it's me again
At least this story has immaculate vibes about cities drowned in the ocean. That's something I haven't done before, so that's been interesting to explore so far
hilariously, after 3 years of pandemic shenanigans I think this is the first time I've caught covid personally
Not something I planned to put on my list, but it's something that ended up there anyway.
but because I was sick for most of the week I haven't had the energy to draw much. except a 10-panel comic, but that was before I was sick so I'm not counting it.
... and these sketches too I guess, but I'm posting these on my blog so I guess I have to count them.
Starting to get stamina to draw a lot again, and even thought it's still shaky I'm liking the progress I'm making so far.
At least no body (especially myself) can stop me from drawing 4 sparkly ice skating outfits now so that's at least something
Lookat this boy go! I love him no matter what he looks or acts like and if I draw him again it will be with great glee
I had the energy to draw my yearly anniversary picture for the blog (and story) that has been with me since I was a kid, but despite my best attempts to remember I forgot to post this one my blog on the correct date XD But Birthdays are a weekly event, and since I correctly did the math that Saturday still counted as 'September' I was like "Eh! Good enough. Not gonna be perfectionist about the timing. The intent still counts" so that's what I'm doing.
Even if I haven't been drawing much of my UV kiddies, they are still important to me and I hope I can write their stories or draw their shenanigans more one day. When the ADD fixation lets me go of Ninjago of course XD
Til then, cheers Ru! You've grown a lot since you were a spunky and sensible lass in my head all those years ago <3
Don't mind me. Just drew some lil' guys because I've been playing the first PMD game I ever got.
They're small, but doing their best to make a paradise out of a wasteland.
Hi! Brain full of fog. Eyes doing their best to focus. Not quite working. Memory doing it's best too.
Don't even remember when I made this, but it must've been this week because I don't remember drawing this last week (or else I would've shared it instead)
Comes from a new story idea I've had though. That I do remember!
Collecting sand for a new sandcastle is always fun. I'll see if this one goes anywhere in the future.
Drew a bit this week, and not much at the same time. Still working on that burnout.
Doing my best to get through it one day at a time though
Hi! Still tired. Tired for more or less the same reasons as last week, but at least I've been feeling good enough to draw a little despite everything so that's a good start
Got inspired to develop my space adventure story some more too, so that was fun saying hi to these kiddies again
The fact space spiders could be mutts and there's probably a whole selection of different breeds out there fascinates me on fundamental level and I am sorely tempted to draw more space spiders just to have the pleasure of looking at more than one of these guys. But that's for when I have energy. Or remember. Whichever comes first.
Burnout hit me properly at the beginning of the week so I've been stuck in bed for most of the week and obsessing over the weight of life's problems. Like you should when you don't have the energy for anything else.
Drew this... two weeks ago tho? I can't remember. The important thing is I had it, and now I'm gonna share it.
If Batman didn't have a tragic backstory and ended up working in a circus, maybe this guy would be it.
There's a pun and everything.
I like puns.
Normally I do not forget to post on my blog on a Saturday night.
Normally.
Obviously today was a little different. So instead of posting on Saturday night, I shall post this on Sunday morning. Which could still count as Saturday night because it's only 1am, but I digress.
I pride myself on always keeping the routine, but sometimes the routine fails me.
I have only myself and my hyper fixation on trivial google facts to blame.
Obviously I'm blaming the trivial google facts more.
Did you know the accordion was invented in 1822? You bet I'm going to make a vampire play that instrument instead of a pipe organ.
This night shall not be wasted, nor the trivial facts I have learned.
*stares at the MLP FIM show that I haven't watched or been a part of the fandom since 2018*
Why am I being haunted by pastel ponies with destiny tattoos again?
Why am I plagued with ideas for alternative universes for a show which I can't even remember the lore or characters for?
WHY am I making CONCEPT art for a show I haven't watched (or finished watching) since I was 16, with characters I can barely remember except the basic details, for a world with lore that needs a few books to hold, when I swear I was obsessed with vampires not even 24 hours before???
WHY-
I mean, it is very nice concept art. But the type of concept art that's overkill and polished. Which is exactly what I need to draw when I'm burnout so I'll take it XD
I'm still confused, but then again, I'm really not. I got emotionally invested in Hamtaro and Ninjago again even after I thought I'd never get back into those shows ever again. I'll just add My Little Pony to the list.
........ or I will if this obsession lasts longer than a few weeks. This is still pretty fresh- it could die at any time, so we'll wait and see.
Well, starting to settle into the new house, and I think staying in my new bedroom 90% of the time has been helping me make a (semi) stable safe zone in this weird new environment. But I'm still tired, so I'll make this quick and preserve what little energy I've got for the rest of my night.
You can have this before I go though.
I'm still thinking about these guys sometimes. Working on the world building and character arcs one step at a time, but it's been nice to think about during the whole *hand wave* everything.
Right. First Saturday in a new house. I am not emotionally available for comment or random thoughts at the front of my mind, so have some art I made the day before the movers came and carted all our heavy stuff to the new place instead.
This is like... what? the fourth time I've made art like this featuring my Inside Out kids? Like, the kind where you turn the art upside down and...? yeah. Fourth time I believe.
I have a feeling I'll be drawing a lot more of my brain kiddies over the next few weeks, so lets make some new memories shall we? (hopefully not all of them will be blue/purple XD)
Head empty. Heart full. Full of what? Mostly nostalgia and melancholic feelings about moving out of the only house I've ever lived in. And two boys which honestly have no right to be as adorable as they are, yet here they are. Breaking the law and looking cute while they do it.
Their matching cat phone charms on their weapons is the thing that makes me smile the most to be honest. And the fact Isaac (the black one) is the one responsible for buying them makes me smile even more.
Dorks, the both of them.
*thunks head against wall*
I thought the D&D inspired story using all my Inside Out emotions was bad enough, but noooooo my brain decided that it wanted FAIRY versions of all my emotions next.
And now I've got a fantasy post-apocalyptic story about fairies disappearing and freaking out about magic dying or whatever. Just what I needed.
AND WORSE YET I've even started making character designs for some of these nerds based on the vibes I've had less than a week dwelling with! What is this rubbish??
Seriously tho, I am enjoying myself way too much and you have no idea how much fun it is drawing little people with wings in the most pastel and softest colors I can imagine. And I might even have a plot for this story (thanks to my dearly beloved twin)
I'mma go write it down before I forget cuz good grief the vibes compel me so much and I'm not certain I'm about to derail all my other art projects and chase down this one instead.
We'll see.
Right! The month of July is now firmly underway, and I have been doing my best to participate and not burn out for this year's Art Fight festivity.
I've actually caught myself before burning out completely at least twice this week, which is better than what I did last year so I think this means I'm doing good. I'll try to keep this pace up until I reach 15 attacks (and then I'll obsessively try to double my score once I've met my 'quota', just you wait and see-)
Nah, but even if I've been busy fighting innocent strangers and throwing my art at them, I've made sure to work on my own personal projects this year. And since the thing that compels me most is "Ninjago" and "Bells, Books and Candlelight" (that's what I'm calling my DnD inspired medieval world where the main characters are based off my IO Emotions) safe to say I've been having fun when on my downtime.
I think out of all the characters so far in BB&C I think I need to plot Euphemia's role in the story a little more. She's mostly there to provide moral support to the other characters, but since she is the reason why the world of magic is about to get turned on it's head I feel like she deserves something very big and dramatic to deal with personally.
Besides the whole "excommunicated from everything she's known and loved" of course. But that's just her tragic backstory, not necessarily her mission for life.
Eh, this is early development stages. I've got time to figure things out.
Until then though, gonna rest a little more than get back to drawing for AF. *finger salute* Catch ya'll later folks
Well, for the first time in almost 6 months, I draw something that's not Ninjago! A true novelty, and something that I'm not sure how I feel about at the moment.
Apart from pleased I could finally make some concept sketches of a few characters I've been thinking of for years, of course XD
Yeah, these guys might be based off my Inside Out emotions (the body shapes, the colors, the personalities), but they've kinda got their own deal going on and one day I hope to share their weird magical adventure of getting excommunicated from everything they've known for the sake of following their moral compasses, beliefs and individuality.
It's a good time, and full of anecdotes of my own experiences in various things.
We'll see if this goes anywhere in the future tho.
To the surprise of everyone (including myself) I did not draw once this week, except in my notebook which I don't intend to share with anyone.
I instead wrote a short fanfiction about Star Wars (of all the possible things I could've written about???) and even finished it. Didn't edit or spellcheck it much, but I finished it! And that's somehow more of a miracle than me finishing a short comic.
So yeah. No new art to share this weekend. But I can offer the comic I finished weeks ago instead.
Since it still makes me laugh I think that means I did something right, but for the most part it was just a silly idea that I wanted to get down on paper.
We'll see if I draw anything next week. Or if I just write more fanfiction instead.
Only time will tell!
The season of Art Fight is almost upon us again, so as per tradition (I mean, I've only done this 3 times so far XD) I have added a few more characters to my roster and ngl, I'm pretty happy how these turned out
Took me all week to make these, but I think they were worth it
We'll see if anyone makes art of these nerds tho >:3
