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A Long December (Projects, art)
3 years ago
General
Many things happened in November! Moodiness, tears, beating my head against creative endeavors!
Well, I finished the Big Thing in my queue that I was distressing most about and I'm hoping I can get good quick with other things! Curse having to stop my groove to make sure I eat and all that stuff. When do I get to be a cool magical animal that won't feel like it's curling up and dying for three days if I miss a meal? While we're at it, can I get a new wrist that doesn't try and self destruct if I twist it slightly the wrong way? That's what I'm asking for this yuletide.
On a positive side, I'm extremely blessed (in a pagan sense) to be surrounded by and know so many wonderful people and I've really been feeling it this year. Sure, life is still a journey with ups and downs and I still have things to deal with, but it's been so wonderful sharing my art and writing, and being so inspired by my friends. I love being empowered by not just their appreciation for my art, but for their involvement in it, and their care for me too! I try to be similarly caring, myself.
On art:
I've really slipped in trying to clear my queue by... October, I think I said? And now it's December, teehee! But I'm going to finish these things, don't worry. As far as personal stuff, it's mostly been sketches, but I find them quite charming and stress-free to put together. I hope you've all been enjoying my foray into the Redwallesque, because it's not stopping anytime soon. I also hope to start to draw more fetish stuff, such as transformation, but first I'd have to conquer my reticence about it all!
I've been thinking about making a Tumblr to post on since I don't draw much porn these days. I had a Tumblr way back in the day, but never did much with it other than lurk and say silly stupid kid thoughts since I was a silly stupid kid then. I also really ought to keep up on my Pillowfort. All I want is for people to see my horrible little forest animals and enjoy them as much as I do!
On Writing:
It has been five years since I posted the first draft of Those Grey Steel Nights, a serial I wrote over the course of one year from '16 to '17. While there are many things I am dissatisfied with in that draft, I've had incredible block on subsequent drafts, and I've admittedly fallen far out of the SciFi/Cyberpunk genre sphere due to many issues. While I do want to continue rewriting Those Grey Steel Nights someday, I don't know when I'll do it.
So over the last year or so I've been trying to revitalize my writing, and I'm setting a new goal, a new serial, set in the fantasy world I've been crafting to spin off my Humblewood writing. So far the project is just called Bandits, and it's about the various Bandit folk that inhabit the setting. As lovely as Humblewood is, by spinning off my lore into my own setting I can really allow myself to do weird things with it, and explore more original themes and ideas and examine various tropes the way I want to.
And, of course, I hope to find time to write more kink stuff, since I have woefully neglected my transformation kink for ages. I have a lot of thoughts on it, having been into the kink for easily a decade, but that might be a rant for another time.
Queue 12/2:
1.
miststalker Inking!
2.
monazomatu Done!
3.
jantophie Sketching!
4:
lencubus Done!
Well, I finished the Big Thing in my queue that I was distressing most about and I'm hoping I can get good quick with other things! Curse having to stop my groove to make sure I eat and all that stuff. When do I get to be a cool magical animal that won't feel like it's curling up and dying for three days if I miss a meal? While we're at it, can I get a new wrist that doesn't try and self destruct if I twist it slightly the wrong way? That's what I'm asking for this yuletide.
On a positive side, I'm extremely blessed (in a pagan sense) to be surrounded by and know so many wonderful people and I've really been feeling it this year. Sure, life is still a journey with ups and downs and I still have things to deal with, but it's been so wonderful sharing my art and writing, and being so inspired by my friends. I love being empowered by not just their appreciation for my art, but for their involvement in it, and their care for me too! I try to be similarly caring, myself.
On art:
I've really slipped in trying to clear my queue by... October, I think I said? And now it's December, teehee! But I'm going to finish these things, don't worry. As far as personal stuff, it's mostly been sketches, but I find them quite charming and stress-free to put together. I hope you've all been enjoying my foray into the Redwallesque, because it's not stopping anytime soon. I also hope to start to draw more fetish stuff, such as transformation, but first I'd have to conquer my reticence about it all!
I've been thinking about making a Tumblr to post on since I don't draw much porn these days. I had a Tumblr way back in the day, but never did much with it other than lurk and say silly stupid kid thoughts since I was a silly stupid kid then. I also really ought to keep up on my Pillowfort. All I want is for people to see my horrible little forest animals and enjoy them as much as I do!
On Writing:
It has been five years since I posted the first draft of Those Grey Steel Nights, a serial I wrote over the course of one year from '16 to '17. While there are many things I am dissatisfied with in that draft, I've had incredible block on subsequent drafts, and I've admittedly fallen far out of the SciFi/Cyberpunk genre sphere due to many issues. While I do want to continue rewriting Those Grey Steel Nights someday, I don't know when I'll do it.
So over the last year or so I've been trying to revitalize my writing, and I'm setting a new goal, a new serial, set in the fantasy world I've been crafting to spin off my Humblewood writing. So far the project is just called Bandits, and it's about the various Bandit folk that inhabit the setting. As lovely as Humblewood is, by spinning off my lore into my own setting I can really allow myself to do weird things with it, and explore more original themes and ideas and examine various tropes the way I want to.
And, of course, I hope to find time to write more kink stuff, since I have woefully neglected my transformation kink for ages. I have a lot of thoughts on it, having been into the kink for easily a decade, but that might be a rant for another time.
Queue 12/2:
1.
miststalker Inking!2.
monazomatu Done!3.
jantophie Sketching!4:
lencubus Done!
"I hope you've all been enjoying my foray into the Redwallesque, because it's not stopping anytime soon. I also hope to start to draw more fetish stuff, such as transformation, but first I'd have to conquer my reticence about it all! - And, of course, I hope to find time to write more kink stuff, since I have woefully neglected my transformation kink for ages. I have a lot of thoughts on it, having been into the kink for easily a decade, but that might be a rant for another time."
I'm intrigued by your newsletter and would like to know more. Seriously why are you reticent about it? I think the 'woman into male coyote' piece was the first of your art I found.
Humblewood and spin-off is also an interesting setting!
On TF; I say reticent because it's just a lot of work to engage in kink stuff! Keeping that focus and energy going for long enough to draw or write a piece is difficult and at the same time I feel all very silly about it all. It's not quite shame, because I don't feel like I'm doing anything bad or wrong (It's just fantasy after all!), it's just that it's hard to always codify the things I like and process them in ways I think will be interesting and titillating for others to read. Case in point with Faux Fur like you mentioned, I actually really liked that one a lot but ended up never finishing the followup to it that would've had my favorite part of transformation, which is the aftermath of a change and learning to live with it.
Ah I see, I like transformation stuff as well though I never really thought of it as a kink as such, though I guess it is. And any time I feel self-conscious about some of the stuff I upload I just remember what else is on FA and realise its really not that far out there at all! On writing I tend to find just write what you yourself would like to read and there's enough people out there with similar interests that will also enjoy it. That sounds like I know what I'm talking about when I really don't...
"Case in point with Faux Fur like you mentioned, I actually really liked that one a lot but ended up never finishing the followup to it that would've had my favorite part of transformation, which is the aftermath of a change and learning to live with it." - Coincidentally* I was just discussing this with someone a few days ago and he stated that there aren't enough TF stories which follow-up on the aftermath of the transformation, if you do ever complete the second part of that story I would certainly be interested in reading it, that was a neat story and art!
*Coincendatally, Coinceantally, Coiencedentally..I don't even have paws** and I still can't type...
**yet, see above re The Singularity.