HI FRIENDS. Forgot to mention here that I'm hosting an art giveaway on twitter to celebrate some subscriber milestones on tapas and webtoons for my ongoing comic, Lily in the Rough!! I've always loved drawing your OCs, so COME ON DOWN AND LET'S GET A WINNER GOING \o/

just give the tweet a like to enter 8D RT for an additional entry. ends 7/7!

GOOD TIDINGS

Sorry for the spam y'all but I guess I need to make a separate journal every time I wanna update not just my watchers but non-watchers too

If you like all the examples above, check out my commission journal below!

Well, since you can't update journals anymore, here's me saying my sketch commissions are OPEN! My school STILL hasn't paid me since the beginning of the semester, and the holidays are upon us so... HELP A BOOT OUT IF YOU CAN

Here are some of my most recent examples btw =^) Turn-around is ~1-2 months for these considering the holidays and my classes. Message me here, on that journal, or via notes or chat if you're interested!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HIYAH FELLAS IT'S YOUR BOY BOOTS HERE LONG TIME NO TALK

Honestly, I attribute much of my silence here on this account, ironically, to my management of JABBERWOCK-ISLE -- but school as well. However, now that the group has officially ended (on a good note! yay!!! my love and happiness is immeasurable), I'm now thinking about how I'll spend my time on the interwebs going forward.

And so... Here are my aspirations :

Becoming a (More) NSFW Account

I know I've posted some saucy content to this account in the past (actually, I distinctly remember producing NSFW shit since the dawn of my membership LOL) that's nothing new, but I'd like to make it more prevalent. When someone approaches this account, I want it to be expressly clear that NSFW shit is posted here so they can decide right off the bat whether that's something they wanna see. I don't want to feel conflicted on whether I should upload a NSFW piece because I don't consistently do it and it might shock someone. It's something I draw, and I want to be able to post it to the account I call home.

You know something, I like how I'm defending this decision when it's more likely that people started watching me because of my saucier past lmfaooo. Bon appetite babes.

More Sketches

Now I'm not going to start treating DA like I do Twitter by posting every little thing I draw, but expect to see more sketchy shit posted to this account. I don't really like showing uncolored pieces, so they will be dressed up with flats at the very least. Things like this:

I probably won't do headshots, just the full body ones if I feel it's presentable enough.

"Pipe Dreams", My Comic

Look, I know I've been planning this goddamn project for... Oh dear god it's been 6 years since I started formulating its concept UMMMM HAHAHA pipe dreams fitting title amirite ANYWAYYY I know I've been talking about it forever, but now that I'm certain I'm done managing roleplay groups, I'd like to touch base with it again.

To be fair, I'm in a much better headspace to start it than I was when I was 17. Before I was running RP groups, back when I came up with the concept for PD, I did not have the kind of self-discipline I do now. Like, at all. But I turned my life around and worked hard on JI with all the plotting, murders, events, videos, journals, etc and proved to myself that I am capable of long-term projects if I really try, and so... I think it's time =)

(Btw I only make it sound like such a big deal because I want to consistently upload 2 fully-colored pages a week until its completion -- this is a lot for me because even if I hustle with other tasks, I don't really possess the same artistic motivation that I did when I was younger; it's going to be a lot for me).

While I have about 26,000 words down for the comic's script, it still needs some refining... I do wonder though, with all the on-the-spot storytelling I did for Jabberwock, if I can wing the rest so as to not prolong it any further... I mean I've heard of people doing that, but I have deep-seated fears about it. Like what if I want to tweak or add something to the story later down the line that can't come to fruition because it conflicts with too many past pages? Real fear.

What I think I'll do is maybe dedicate a month to go over the script and jot down key plot points, but I won't bother to do page-by-page descriptions like I had been doing before. I think that would be good enough...

Anyway, I'm glad I can attend to it now because, on top of improving my style, anatomy, and work ethic, I've also realized a thing or two about character design, backgrounds, what makes a story suck and thus how to avoid that, and how to produce solid art in a timely manner. Obviously, I wish I could improve my style insofar that I have a better understanding of foreshortening, city backgrounds, and varied faces, but I don't mind learning those things through the production of this comic. Where I'm at right now is acceptable for the project -- where it will take me and what my style will be like by the end will make it that much better.

So... Yeah, I hope my school responsibilities won't eat up too much of my time and I can begin posting the first few pages in about a month or so after I've ironed out the basics of the script xP I do wonder if I should post comic pages to my gallery or not... I don't think I will, just because I don't want it going to the inbox of the person who watches me for stand-alone art and not the comic. But Derek and Stanley are about to get a lot more love here, that much I know

In Conclusion

I can do whatever I want with this account but as you have seen I have the tendency to overthink and feel that I must defend every little move I make. THAT'S SOCIAL ANXIETY, BABY

Anyhow, I hope you guys are making the most out of quarantine! Tata for now.

p.s. eclipse sucks donkey nards