as tedious/obnoxious as it is to rewrite early chapters, there’s a real sense of pleasure in figuring out how much I can stretch a premise before it breaks. finding out new ways to convey the same things that I did the first time around, only better. untangling so many strange, abortive plot lines/concepts that I didn’t end up utilizing properly - things I didn’t think I could get rid of without the whole foundation falling apart.
but then I did, and the story was better off for it. hasn’t even been 3 years since I really started writing, and already I look at the first volume with an extremely critical eye. which isn’t BAD or a manifestation of self-hatred or anything like that - I was just feeling things out. the first draft was shit, naturally, but it needed to happen. and now that I have “felt things out,” I’m confident enough to throw away any part of it that I want because I have a much better idea of what I’m doing.
freedom :)
ok report over, here is a little leopard Doctor Anna for you artheads out there
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You give the vibes of a guy who makes excel sheets in preparation for their farm on stardew valley. and I respect that.
I gotta be honest I’ve never played that game in my entire life, but I was literally taking photos of this one guy from the game this morning and overlaying them in varying opacities. Weird coincidence.
Glad you respect my non-existent grind though.
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OARFISH!! Tried my hand at some perspective and bbshshsbd be gentle I'm still practicing lmao additional lighting under cut
I wanna show it better in another sketch of them but their hair is divided w that fin and I Totally blanked on translating that into the hair (now that I look at it again, if I did it again there would be more of a split in the back) bout damn time I added a redhead to my mermverse I say, half these goobers don't even have hair
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OH YEAH NO so the Bucket List is Kiryu's side story while Dondoko Island is Ichiban's... most extreme tonal shift between the two IMAGINABLE but I did get a little misty-eyed at the trailer I'm not even gonna lieeeeee it's gonna be the perfect closure for Kiryu and for us as players... it seems like they mostly showed off the characters you can summon that we were shown earlier this year so I am Most Curious what else there is to the story... Date's the MVP for linking Kiryu back up with everyone though for real... Whatever they plan on doing with Haruka is GOING to make me disembowel myself too
While I actually don't think the guy in the suit is Ebina or Jo based on outfit alone (both ties are a cooler purple than that), it's one of the only scenes with no real context, so I do wanna know what's going on there...
fun happy island time for ichiban haha yaayy !!!!!!!!!! Dread. for kiryu. on brand really
THE SECOND KIRYU RECONECTS WITH HARUKA I REALLY WILL KILL MYSELF LIVE I DO NOT CARE i know it gonna fuck me up... i know this to be true...
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