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Raffle & art update & visual novels
3 years ago
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Last time we left off I was leaving for Thanksgiving, posting a decent amount, and running a small raffle.
First, raffle update. I did do sketches on the road for bazilpup & Sp4c3Ch1nch1ll4 picking via random generator. However I really wanted to color them! I just loaded them on to my computer this evening, they should be out soon <3 I'll also be using that journal for random art prompts for a while.
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I have a nice little backlog of art now that I'm working through. I need to update my profile page but here's what I'm working on in no particular order:
- Secret project #1, which is a single panting
- Raffle mentioned above
- Drawing for Bwuu & me
- Drawing for Beaky
- Valentines day panting
- Secret project #2, which is personal and won't be anything for a very long time n_n;
- A very delayed Christmas card haha
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What happened you may ask, that made me disappear so suddenly? Two things:
- I got sick again.
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I really feel very whinny mentioning being sick again. This time I had bad stomach flu, immediately caught a cold, lost my voice for a week, and then caught the same stomach bug back again. Wow! Then kiddo and husband got sick directly after Christmas. We got to celebrate Christmas with my family, as no one was sick directly surrounding the holiday, so I'm counting my blessings.
- I fell really hard into Visual Novels. The lack of energy from sickness/holiday shenanigans meant I was playing games more then I usually do.
I mentioned Slow Damage back in November. I had been waiting patiently for this game for years. I honestly can't decide how I felt about it. Parts were absolutely amazing - the main character is a painter and color was used beautifully as a plot device and mechanic, the music was jazzy, and the main character was my favorite MC for a visual novel so far. However, the plot and writing was a little dull compared to the studio's previous work and the route I was most looking forward to was 100% lost in translation from Japanese to English.
So having been a little bit miffed at the end I decided to fix this by.... immediately starting another visual novel? I took the plunge and finally downloaded Higurashi for something a little more plot heavy. HOLY HECK IT IS SO GOOD. The art is bad but the writing is so, so good. I was looking for a horror/suspense game but I didn't realize how much of the story is genuinely good slice of life. I grew very attached to all the characters immediately. It captures the chaos of preteen girls so, so well. They act very much like my friend group did at that age and I love it.
For those of you who are unaware the story is told through 8 games. I'm on 3... after about 30 hours of gameplay. I think I've seen people mention 140+ hour playthroughs oAo
(If you have seen or played Higurashi pls don't spoil it for me. I know the anime is older but I've managed to avoid most spoilers.)
My presence will continue to be sporadic. I really wish I had the time and energy to be more consistent but creativity is really on and off right now. Some weeks I'm just really into art and draw all the time and some weeks I sit and spend every waking moment on a game or book. I used to be able to force myself to draw more when I was paid but now I just kind of follow my passion. It's nice being able to get very into a book and not have lingering fears about owed work.
I hope 2023 treats all of you well. Despite being sick for large portions of it 2022 was wonderful for me.
First, raffle update. I did do sketches on the road for bazilpup & Sp4c3Ch1nch1ll4 picking via random generator. However I really wanted to color them! I just loaded them on to my computer this evening, they should be out soon <3 I'll also be using that journal for random art prompts for a while.
❄️❄️❄️
I have a nice little backlog of art now that I'm working through. I need to update my profile page but here's what I'm working on in no particular order:
- Secret project #1, which is a single panting
- Raffle mentioned above
- Drawing for Bwuu & me
- Drawing for Beaky
- Valentines day panting
- Secret project #2, which is personal and won't be anything for a very long time n_n;
- A very delayed Christmas card haha
❄️❄️❄️
What happened you may ask, that made me disappear so suddenly? Two things:
- I got sick again.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
I really feel very whinny mentioning being sick again. This time I had bad stomach flu, immediately caught a cold, lost my voice for a week, and then caught the same stomach bug back again. Wow! Then kiddo and husband got sick directly after Christmas. We got to celebrate Christmas with my family, as no one was sick directly surrounding the holiday, so I'm counting my blessings.
- I fell really hard into Visual Novels. The lack of energy from sickness/holiday shenanigans meant I was playing games more then I usually do.
I mentioned Slow Damage back in November. I had been waiting patiently for this game for years. I honestly can't decide how I felt about it. Parts were absolutely amazing - the main character is a painter and color was used beautifully as a plot device and mechanic, the music was jazzy, and the main character was my favorite MC for a visual novel so far. However, the plot and writing was a little dull compared to the studio's previous work and the route I was most looking forward to was 100% lost in translation from Japanese to English.
So having been a little bit miffed at the end I decided to fix this by.... immediately starting another visual novel? I took the plunge and finally downloaded Higurashi for something a little more plot heavy. HOLY HECK IT IS SO GOOD. The art is bad but the writing is so, so good. I was looking for a horror/suspense game but I didn't realize how much of the story is genuinely good slice of life. I grew very attached to all the characters immediately. It captures the chaos of preteen girls so, so well. They act very much like my friend group did at that age and I love it.
For those of you who are unaware the story is told through 8 games. I'm on 3... after about 30 hours of gameplay. I think I've seen people mention 140+ hour playthroughs oAo
(If you have seen or played Higurashi pls don't spoil it for me. I know the anime is older but I've managed to avoid most spoilers.)
My presence will continue to be sporadic. I really wish I had the time and energy to be more consistent but creativity is really on and off right now. Some weeks I'm just really into art and draw all the time and some weeks I sit and spend every waking moment on a game or book. I used to be able to force myself to draw more when I was paid but now I just kind of follow my passion. It's nice being able to get very into a book and not have lingering fears about owed work.
I hope 2023 treats all of you well. Despite being sick for large portions of it 2022 was wonderful for me.
Visual novels are sooooo good. I haven't done nearly as many as I'd like. I was gifted a few, but so far I've only done a couple. I haven't really heard of Slow Damage before. Higurashi is probably a trip though! I haven't played it, but I watched the anime they made and that was definitely a thing. (I don't know if I can ever hear cicadas the same way ever again.)
I definitely feel ya with the creativity bug coming and going. I started doing an upload queue to fight that, since sometimes I'm really onto it, and other times I'm not. Though that solution has it's own issues. >_<;;;