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Gems in Progress. Chapter 1: the main idea
Hello! Finally the first real post of this blog!
I think it would be nice to not hide the ideas and the way i'm creating this new gem society, and show my work flow and progress in this blog. It will be tagged as #gems in progress, and all the posts will be numbered.
All the explanations will be under the cut.
The inspo
First, I need an inspiration behind the whole aesthetic and new culture these gems people will have.
i already had the idea of setting this Gem Society in a complete opposite to the canon one: on the mountains. So, i opted for the main geographical inspiration to be the Alps.
In my previous iterations of this "gem archipelago" i already had some ideas: an archaic society, roughly similiar to European late Bronze Age- early Iron Age.
From the public library of my town i borrowed this amazing (albeit a bit old- but if you know me, you also know i LOVE old stuff!) and giant book called "Peoples and civilizations of ancient Italy", a super important and informative book series about the pre-Roman societies of Italy.
This in particular is Volume 4, specialising on the ancient civilization of Northern Italy: in particular two of my interest, localized on and near the Italian Alps, the Golasecca culture and the Atestine culture.
This is a rough map of the more or less territories I will use as a base for the setting of my Mountain Archipelago. Deep magenta is he ones i'll use more intensely as a base for my setting, as landscapes and archaeological findings, while lighter magenta will just be referenced, and less archeological sites will be used as a references from that provinces. (original pic from Wikipedia)
Using the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) partition of the Alps system, the zones i'll mostly use as a base are in the Eastern Alps (coloured in light magenta); precisely I'll mostly use:
28, Southern Rhaetian Alps 29, Bergamasque Alps and Prealps 30, Brescia and Garda Prealps 31, Dolomites 32, Venetian Prealps
And in just few bits and pieces:
11, Lugano Prealps 15, Western Rhaetian Alps (only the southernmost parts) 16, Eastern Rhaetian Alps (only southern parts) 17, Western Tauern Alps (only western parts)
Very important for the civilization of my gems will be the complex system of glacial lakes and rivers that exist in the Lombard Prealps and i will translate to my new Island of the Lustrous. The Gems dont need water to survive, but the Lakes that will characterize the place where they live will bring a special climate for their other needs (sun, textile industry, woodcutting, etc)
Then, later, using my dear Mindat (BEST site for geologists), i'll figure out which mines and minerals come from these specific places IRL, and use exclusively them for the cast of OCs that will live in this Archipelago. (Here, as an example, all the mines and mineral findings in the Orobie Alps in the Lombard Prealps)
Unfortunately, I'll have to say goodbye to some of my (too many) old HNK OCs... :( but i'll gain new. However, now its not time to think about the characters. Firts, I need to figure out where and how they will live, then I'll be able to shape a cast of characters.
In the next chapter of GIP (Gems in Progress):
making a map of the region, and figure out the climate. Then after that we can pass to the society... slowly and steady...
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Shimmer Lake (2017) directed by Oren Uziel Benjamin Walker as Zeke Sikes
#shimmer lake#shimmer lake 2017#zeke sikes#benjamin walker#dailyflicks#tvfilmsource#flimdailytv#cinematv#filmgifs#my gifs#a subterranean gif#fuku's favorite film gems#this is such a nice little murder mystery gem and if you're fan of dark comedies or memento with the story being told backwards#and with a stacked cast of actors#the gag with the back seat driving got hilarious as the film progresses you can see actors trying hard not to break character#benjo here broke twice cause the camera was either far off or not zoomed on him lol#i'm also experimenting with the gif speed again to see if i've fixed it...#ugh i regret going for a newer ps version
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a mumbo ! his concept art this season is very cool,,
#my art#mumbo fanart#mumbo jumbo#hermitcraft fanart#hermitcraft#this was actually drawn on the 6th beforee the gem drawing i posted a bit ago#but i thought i’d post it#i don’t remember if i said this on the gem one but maaaybe i will do little portraits like these of all of magical mountain#i would like to try at the very least.. however slow it may be#also! thank you! for all the compliments on the gem drawing!!#i’m not used to so much praise so i wanted to say thank you haha#I don’t have a very good design for mumbo yet but maybe a design will reveal itself to me as the season progresses#anyway enough rambling… god i talk a lot
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working on a pearl drawing <33 my beloved
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why are you people allergic to drawing fat characters.... mcyt artist found making fat person into a twink fork found in kitchen
#this may or may not be about all of the gem and the scotts fanart where everyone makes impulse skinny as fuck#like. idgaf if it's an au why is it necessary to make him skinny#also completely understand that less experienced artists might struggle with drawing different body types... but at least Try#and experienced artists you have no excuse#this isn't just about impulse tho#also i'm aware he said he “doesn't view (himself) as a fat person” but his self image issues probably aren't helped by people-#trying to make his character look “better” in art by making him skinny#not even getting started on the whitewashing issue in this community ......#sorry for the rant it's just disappointing from a fandom that is mainly filled with really progressive people#horsemeatposting
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What to say to someone who’s crossed a galaxy to get to you? Welcome home is probably the best start. So, Shen Jiu, welcome home.
Syndicate Shen Jiu and communications officer Shen Yuan from Across the Stars by @ruensroad 💕
#my heart 🥺#decided it was high time for a reread of my faves and arbitrarily picked this gem#fyi don’t get scared off bc it says it’s still in progress—it ends in such a perfect spot#svsss#jiuyuan#shen yuan#shen jiu#shen qingqiu#svsss art#fanfic fanart#my art#fic recs
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This is an AU idea for another Steven Universe Gravity Falls that I just wanted to illustrate.
I skipped ahead of the plot and instead just went straight for the comfort. 🥰🥰🥰
#steven and connie#steven universe and connie mahaswaren#connie maheswaran#steven universe#connverse#digital art#illustration#tumblr fan art#concept art#su#gf#steven universe gravity falls crossover#su & gf#steven universe and gravity falls#alternate universe#au#fanart#crystal gems#comfort#sickfic#no further context other than it’s still wip#WIP#work in progress#never left the groundwork actually I have loads of notes#ill share them one by one sometime#speedpaint
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landgraab household makeover wip
i finally reached act 3 of bg3 and LET ME TELL YOU THE SHIT THIS GAME HAS PUT ME THROUGH HAS ME IN SHAMBLES (in a good way?????) anywaYY, i decided to take a little break im probably lying to myself tbh from bg3 to get back to my sims grind lmao
currently messing around with the landgraab household!
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guys how we feeling about dice + playing card earring trucy
(WIP)
#ignore the fact her dice earrings are different#i forgot to change that#i literally forgot trucy already has the cool gem earring thingy….#its fine maybe she changes between them#trucy wright#trucy gramarye#apollo justice#digital art#wip#work in progress
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Jem and the Hologra- I mean uhh Gem and The Scotts…
#smajor fanart#secret life smp#gem and the scotts#please let them be a glam rock band#wip#<< guy who calls things wips when he has no intention of making progress
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some bobbles (+ two unfinished things)
#bonk.png#undescribed#exocolonist#i was a teenage exocolonist#iwatec#iwatex#anyway first thing bc its the shortest i dont think sol would actually id as anything n prefer to be unlabeled#bc of like. the timeloop stuff n every life kind of blending together BUT i think it'd be funny as hell if they were aro#n just never became aware of this bc their self reflection skills in regards to shit unrelated to the loop are That Bad#also im aro n like when characters are aro + love it when characters are kind of deranged about their friends#speaking of which madoka au! forever ago i drew the 🤝 meme with sol n homura n now im coming back to that#its not a 1 to 1 au straight up the commonalities begin n end at ''tammy & sol are kind of like madoka/homura''#stuff i got down for it in a sleep deprived haze were that sol nemmie n tangent were the only magical girls#n tammy hasnt been offered to become one nemmie n tangent arent aware that sol is a magical girl for a while#friendgroup at school is nemmie cal tammy n sol (tangent goes to a different school n is separate until she teams up with nemmie)#nemmie n tang team up bc somehow witch attacks keep being diverted from certain locations n grief seeds are disappearing#which is actually sol's doing theyre moving witches away from areas tammy will be n the grief seeds are to 1. discourage nem n tang from#fighting witches n 2. so sol can stockpile them basically bc they use timetravel a lot n need to keep their gem clean#the timeloop has progress (to an extent) its not a singular month looping its kind of like. video game save mechanics#like reloading the save u have before a bossfight n then if ur not adequately prepared reloading a save u have farther back#n then continuing on until u get stuck on a specific fight again yknow#theres more but moving on to the two unfinished things those are meant to be like a utdr au (specifically dr)#in a similar manner to the previous au of same premise n setting but different story bc theyre different characters#there's a lot less set for this au its entirely just playing in the sand n has nothing beyond vague role assignments#the first one that's like lineart in different colors is entirely scrapped bc i didnt like how it was turning out (meant to be darkworld fit#second one i struggled BADLY with marz oh my god this au is literally primarily for having fun with character designs but oh my god.#as it says there shes meant to be a modern art styled metal monster (got the metal idea from her dads' names n the modern art bc shesrefined#n sleek) but i had no actual idea how to convey that n i was trying to tackle it from a pixel art angle this time n i could notfigure it out#n then nomi nomi was super easy literally didnt even sketch them theyre a tiny pixie im sorry marz T-T#probably not gonna touch on this stuff again cause i was fixing on exo to avoid thinking about my bday but its happened so im fine now 👍
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I have found a beautiful perfect humble rock specimen that is light yellow with a weird dark yellowy brown lining, somewhat resembling a chunk of smoked gouda cheese... effervescent
#I am still very into trash collecting at the moment and even went out and got one of those grabby sticks for cheap and a little#bucket I can carry around and put trash in. so I am going on walks in nature a bit more (not really to enjoy nature but more to play the#very fun Real Life Hidden Object Point And Click Game that is 'hunt for bottle caps and cans' .. but eh.. whatever gets me out of the#house lol).. anyway.. some nature places near water will have cool rocks#Which I know you're not supposed to take them and I MOSTLY dont.. but every once in a while it's like... when else will I ever find a#gouda rock... I have cleaned up 4 buckets of trash today.. I have helped the environment.. mayhaps.. i could take a One Single Rocke as a#treate... ANYWAY. but yeah. I don't know the names of rocks but there's a rock that's a matte muted marigold yellow sort of#color and I call them 'cheese rock'. I'm pretty sure this one is of the 'cheese rock' species but it just has weird brown coloration#like maybe it got stained or something on one side of it. Most of the other cheese rocks have no markings. though sometimes there will be a#auburn reddish sort of hue on a corner or something.. hrmm.. curious. I also got a Beginner's Hobby rock tumbler and some supplies#so I might try polishing some of the rocks from my enormous rock collection. even though they're all street rocks I picked up from sidewalk#and stuff. I saw a video where someone put random gravel and stuff in a rock tumbler and none of them were Stunning Gems or whatver#but some still turned out cool enough that I would be pleased with the result... OUgh.. I want to post more I need to like do costumes and#sculptures and stuff and be Active On Social Media and think about my Future and Career and how it always benefits artists to keep an#active social media or etc. but I just feel so tired and bad lately. I think the summer heat waves have really exhausted me. I also have#been trying to make new friends + on a weird schedule so I've been socializing and also watching media too much. I notice I always start#to feel this kind of unsettled stress of not making any forward progress in my life if I do that for too long. like 'Okay this week I've#done nothing but meet up with two friends & watch like 10 episodes of tv and only worked on a few projects on the side.. this is HORRIBLE!'#(ppl who follow me here that I talk to on discord: this isn't about you! Im specifically just referencing being tired of introductory talks#with a new round of random strangers during my Friend Hunt. Just clarifying so it couldn't be misinterpreted as vaguepost implying that I'm#secretly bothered by talking to you or etc. lol.. anyway) . Which I know to MOST people 'I talked to a lot of friends and watched some cool#stuff!' sounds like a GOOD relaxing time but.. to me it is not ghhj.. Those are 'external' focuses on things outside myself which bothers#me if not moderated. Like.. i MUST retreat internally to work on my worldbuilding and my own thoughts and etc. at very regular intervals or#it will really start to bear on me too much. Brain Mandated Hermit Isolation lol. Just being too detached from my world and stuff for#too long feels increasingly bad. PLUS. every day I don't make tangible progress towards my goals is a day wasted that I could have been#investing in my future by working on novels/games/sculptures/actual career relevant stuff. Not even in a Capitalism way i just genuinely#enjoy Completing Tasks & feel miserable if I don't for too long. EVEN the media I'm watching I turn into A Task since I rank in a detailed#google doc list after viewing lol.. Like EW movie too boring on it's own. NEED to turn it into something I can categorize and analyze ghghj#LOVE to make things more complicated than they need to be. like YAAAY organizational tasks! yaay meticulous sorting!! BOO ''mindless fun''!
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PROGRESS:
@skimmeh YOOO FIRST PANEL COMPLEAT >:D
Y’all this one section has taken over a month to do so exited to get to the next two
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god the more I look back on it the more I’m like goddamn late 2023 was really so fucking mean to me for no reason 😭 like literally within two weeks just. bam you have celiac 🔫 bam you just lost a friend and your entire dnd campaign that’s been making you super happy 🔫 bam your favorite character is dead. fuck you.
#like. this all happened at the same time 😭😭 what the fuckkkk#‘also ur bmi is dangerously low and ur basically starving btw. haha. lmao.’#I’m still fucking recovering too tbh. I’m still in it#this recent period of my life has just been a real fucking bitch#I’m ok tho don’t worry. I’m making real progress :)#I can try new food without my heart pounding and whole body shaking now!!! I couldn’t do that befire but now I can!!#I even pit whole big bites in my mouth instead of the tiniest taste possible!! I’m rlly brave now!#*put#gem don’t look
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Anyways have this
#My art#for context: just dumb shenanigans in homies vc#we were talking abt how banks bandana tails have progressively gotten bigger lol#i couldn't leave this gem only in the server lmao#also first fanart of bank i guess HMGJDHSHS#Madness Combat#MadCom#Beemers OCs#Bank
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Dragon Gem AU Pink Diamond - clothing ref
#sorry i havent been posting. im rlly sick rn lol#white is in progress#canid's art#dragon gem au#pink diamond#steven universe#reference
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