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It's Been Too Long

Due to personal reasons, which have only been exacerbated by the current state of the world, I'm sorry to say... I haven't been in the mood to stream.

I wish I had the time, and spare energy, and I do miss it... But unfortunately, it is not possible at this time.

I will instead attempt to update this blog more often.

So yeah TLDR: I'm taking a hiatus from twitch-streaming until things start falling into place on my end.

Cheers and godspeed, I appreciate you all <3

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Literally just a couple days ago I realized I can google colour palettes, same as any other reference image.

I’d somehow never thought to do this before.

I’ve tried like palette generators before but those had too much randomness and I struggled to compare options. Search results just lay out a bunch of options and you can narrow it down from there.

Idk this is actually kinda revolutionary for me as someone who struggles with colour!

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No stream this week! Things have been a little crazy on my end still. Who would have thought moving countries would be so complicated??

I’ll admit it’s been hard to keep up my art practice through all of this. And when I do manage to pick up a pencil, things just don’t… quite come out the way I want them to. It’s hard to know whether it’s best to give myself a break, or push through and get over it! You’d think that since those two things are two very different things, they would feel different… But no…

Anyway, I’m happy to say the Scare-adise image has been coming along pretty well! And to make up for the lack of stream, I’m sharing with you the work in progress! Really happy with the character expressions in particular, those couldnt have come out any better!

Here’s hoping things fall back into place soon, and that I can share the rest of the process with all of you! <3

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Update part 2!!

The move has been going blessedly well so far! Though I’ve faced the mild hiccup of having forgotten that my current laptop charger would not be compatible with the electrical outlets in this country. Oops!

Adapter should be coming in this Monday! I don’t feel like I can guarantee a Monday stream, but next week for sure! Ive been itching to get back, and I have so many exciting news to share!!

More details to come <3

An Update

Sorry for the radio silence! I've appreciated all the well-wishes while I was away <3

The good news are that I have fully recovered from covid! And we are slowly approaching my moving date!

The bad news: due to having had covid there was So Much prep stuff for moving I couldn't do before that I HAVE to get done now, within a week.

I agonized for a while about where to fit in at least one day of streaming in between everything else but... I have to be honest with myself. My mind is all over the place right now. I am a bundle of scrambled nervous energy. I would NOT be a fun streamer, even if I managed to find the time. And quite frankly, I would be doing myself a disservice by piling even more on my plate.

All that to say: I didn't come into August expecting to basically take the month off, but! As the adage goes, if you don't schedule maintenance, it will be scheduled for you!

Thank you for your comprehension and understanding, and I'll see you all in September!! <333

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An Update

Sorry for the radio silence! I've appreciated all the well-wishes while I was away <3

The good news are that I have fully recovered from covid! And we are slowly approaching my moving date!

The bad news: due to having had covid there was So Much prep stuff for moving I couldn't do before that I HAVE to get done now, within a week.

I agonized for a while about where to fit in at least one day of streaming in between everything else but... I have to be honest with myself. My mind is all over the place right now. I am a bundle of scrambled nervous energy. I would NOT be a fun streamer, even if I managed to find the time. And quite frankly, I would be doing myself a disservice by piling even more on my plate.

All that to say: I didn't come into August expecting to basically take the month off, but! As the adage goes, if you don't schedule maintenance, it will be scheduled for you!

Thank you for your comprehension and understanding, and I'll see you all in September!! <333

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Garden Reflections

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Garden Reflections

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Garden Reflections

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UPDATE: SHE HAS COVID!!!!

No stream today!

I’ve got a lot on my plate this weekend and I need to get a head start.

We’ll be back Wednesday!!

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(She was not in fact. Back on Wednesday.)

NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR SURE

No stream today!

I’ve got a lot on my plate this weekend and I need to get a head start.

We’ll be back Wednesday!!

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Jinx belongs to Adykol!

FIGHT ME!!!

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Thumbnailing for comics is so fun and quick and makes you go "hell yeah! I'm a comic artist baby im doing it!!!"

And then every following step takes like 100x more time

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Y’all ever go to bed feeling a little sad that you didn’t draw today

Only to remember that. You totally drew that day and the sad feeling is Wrong

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Question: What's the preferred site for sharing fandom playlists?

I'm making a playlist for a fancomic I'm working on, just to get a feel for the mood, and I figure I might as well share it! But in that case, I'm not sure where it would be better to make it... Help?

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HIYA HELLO!!!

It's that time of year again: artfight is upon us! If you attack me, I WILL attack back eventually, and that's a promise! But if you'd like to skip the line... Follow me on Twitch @ s0lstrix and I'll attack you as soon as I can! (If your twitch username is different form the one on your artfight, feel free to dm and let me know!)

See you on the battlefield!

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Are you going to change your signature on all your art given your name change?

I don't think so! That was the name I used when I made them, so I don't think it's inaccurate. Plus updating all those drawings and reuploading them would be such a painnnn

I DID use the mass tag editor so all my art posts are tagged as "solstrix draws" now

I'm glad you brought it up though! I was wondering if I should make a note of it somewhere, like in my description or something, just so people are aware... I'm taking this as a sign that I should!

Thank you for reaching out! :>

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I could have sworn this was on here already and yet...!