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Oh Right Journals Are A Thing Too, Whoops
a year ago
It probably hasn't been that long since I last made a journal I'm su-
>5 years, almost 6 years
... Okay so it HAS been a long time, whoops. Uh, anyways, I guess it's time for another one then <_>
So you might have noticed that I've uploaded three things in the span of like two months, which surpasses my total output of like the past few years before that. I've been making a renewed effort to do art stuff to show off my nerds and learn a thing or two about how to use stuff like CSP and the various features it has, after using SAI this whole time like a FOOL. It's taking some getting used to, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it, woo.
My goal with art is to try and do at least one full picture a month, starting with January, and following themes like outfits, holidays, seasons, and the like. I've got ideas for the rest of the year already, but past March and maybe April, I still need to think of subjects for the pictures and other aspects, lol. I also wanted to do more smaller pictures like what I just uploaded of Val, stuff that's meant to be more like a cleaned-up sketch with colors thrown onto it, that I can use for showing off new concepts, and showing off the pre-existing gaggle of nerds I already have alongside some information about the lot of them. But my work speed is still incredibly slow, to the point where it feels like all I really have to post so far have been the completed pictures. My back starts to hurt if I draw for too long, even with regular breaks. I could probably try taking longer breaks tho, although that also makes me anxious that I could be drawing more instead of resting more, lol
I'm also trying to get back into writing again, this time using settings all my own, instead of piggybacking off of stuff like the PCA like I did a long time ago. Turns out making new settings is a lot more complicated than you'd think, it seems like every time I account for one thing, several other aspects pop up that I need to work out too @_@ But I'm giving it a try, which is more than if I wasn't, so that's a good start at least, lol
I wanted to just get right into things with a big introductory story with a bunch of the new characters, alongside the old cast, but at the advice of an old friend I recently talked to, I think I'm gonna try doing smaller things first, both to help ease others into knowing the old and new nerds, and to ease myself into writing again. The ol' writing machine has been rusting for too long, gotta rev it up a bit before I can go full throttle again :Vc
One start is to rework an existing story to match the setting how it is now, since some aspects have changed slightly, like members of the university the main cast goes to. Other changes however are much more notable, such as bringing the Team Eevee lot into the main setting, and retconning Dash and Chrissy breaking up, much to the delight of the gothpunny (she really played the long game on that one, lol.
As for characters like Shirley who are kind of separate from this stuff, I'll try to get the main cast going again before going into the tragic backstory and subsequent renewed purpose of the momma dragon, so you'll have to wait for that unfortunately. But hopefully I'll get to that part eventually, taking forever is better than taking none after all!
>5 years, almost 6 years
... Okay so it HAS been a long time, whoops. Uh, anyways, I guess it's time for another one then <_>
So you might have noticed that I've uploaded three things in the span of like two months, which surpasses my total output of like the past few years before that. I've been making a renewed effort to do art stuff to show off my nerds and learn a thing or two about how to use stuff like CSP and the various features it has, after using SAI this whole time like a FOOL. It's taking some getting used to, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it, woo.
My goal with art is to try and do at least one full picture a month, starting with January, and following themes like outfits, holidays, seasons, and the like. I've got ideas for the rest of the year already, but past March and maybe April, I still need to think of subjects for the pictures and other aspects, lol. I also wanted to do more smaller pictures like what I just uploaded of Val, stuff that's meant to be more like a cleaned-up sketch with colors thrown onto it, that I can use for showing off new concepts, and showing off the pre-existing gaggle of nerds I already have alongside some information about the lot of them. But my work speed is still incredibly slow, to the point where it feels like all I really have to post so far have been the completed pictures. My back starts to hurt if I draw for too long, even with regular breaks. I could probably try taking longer breaks tho, although that also makes me anxious that I could be drawing more instead of resting more, lol
I'm also trying to get back into writing again, this time using settings all my own, instead of piggybacking off of stuff like the PCA like I did a long time ago. Turns out making new settings is a lot more complicated than you'd think, it seems like every time I account for one thing, several other aspects pop up that I need to work out too @_@ But I'm giving it a try, which is more than if I wasn't, so that's a good start at least, lol
I wanted to just get right into things with a big introductory story with a bunch of the new characters, alongside the old cast, but at the advice of an old friend I recently talked to, I think I'm gonna try doing smaller things first, both to help ease others into knowing the old and new nerds, and to ease myself into writing again. The ol' writing machine has been rusting for too long, gotta rev it up a bit before I can go full throttle again :Vc
One start is to rework an existing story to match the setting how it is now, since some aspects have changed slightly, like members of the university the main cast goes to. Other changes however are much more notable, such as bringing the Team Eevee lot into the main setting, and retconning Dash and Chrissy breaking up, much to the delight of the gothpunny (she really played the long game on that one, lol.
As for characters like Shirley who are kind of separate from this stuff, I'll try to get the main cast going again before going into the tragic backstory and subsequent renewed purpose of the momma dragon, so you'll have to wait for that unfortunately. But hopefully I'll get to that part eventually, taking forever is better than taking none after all!
AFC
~afc
i'll be looking up for it, you can do it Flareon! <3
