#april update

[omaano]

SW Hades AU March-April Update

Some links and previous updates: May - June - July - August - September - October/November - December - January - February - everything else in this AU

I'm here with another two-month joint update because at the end of April I can hardly call it a March update, and truth be told I don't think I did much for this AU in the first month of spring anyway.

I started playing Hades 2 again, and made some progress with the Omega and Boba redraw of the Warsong update wallpaper :3 The more time that passes between posting and writing this the happier I am with this piece. Who could find all the gear that Omega wears from the Batch? 👀

Which cannot exactly be said about Sabine and Ezra as well, but I finally have something to show for them!!

Next up is Satine (now that I can show a small illustration in my skethcbook for her, it should go easy - I hope), and maybe Fennec or the Armorer. And lining Axe and laying down flat colors for him and Koska as well. I'm trying to get a drawing for all the missing characters and get them to the part where only detailed shading is missing. If my hand doesn't hurt too much at least ^^;

I'm also gearing up to drawing a new Ares!Boba too, but I'm still in denial about that ^^;

I did not have a particulrly good time with these drawings, I will be very honest upfront. I had to redraw Omega two times because I tried to line that piece in CSP and for some reason faces are just not happening for me there; It hadn't go well with Echo either months ago. I don't know what's up. The tilt of my tablet or that I don't have o zoom un until all I can see are pixels?? OTL

...and then the colours fought me something awful too. Between Boba and Omega they had red, yellow, green and blue covered, and all that with Boba's white flightsuit was not fun ^^; I don't know, I just cannot deal with that many colours - so figuring out what and how I should desaturate was quite an experiment in patience for me until they looked somewhat cohesive. Thankfully the added moonlight turned out to be distracting enough that I'm pretty much warming up to it all now.

I'm afraid I will have to use actual Multiply layers for the full shading.

And Sabine. Oh Sabine.

I've struggled here, big time, and I'm still deeply unhappy with her. I experimeted a lot in my sketchbook with her pose, but any time I thought I was finally on to something as soon as I went in to fix some minor anatomy issues digitally and add some details things just fell apart.

It was the tooka that messed everything up, I'm sure of it D: ^^; I wanted something to visually tie Sabine and Ezra together, and my decision fell on the little white tooka that was in Sabine's mural too at the end of Rebels. But now Sabine's shoulder had to stand in a way that the little critter can perch on and judge from...

Honest to god I almost cried with relief when I came across Eurydice in Asphodel when I switched back to playing Hades for a bit, and realized that she has the lean and attitude in her pose that I was looking for with Sabine. So it was either the coward's way out, or to throw the entire project out the window and become a hermit in the mountains or something.

You can see which option I picked XD

I am deeply, deeply fond of Ezra however Q^Q He was so cooperative after a few initial testing sketches, his hair is perfect, I didn't forget his scars, and I will find it in me to forgive his weird not-really-chainmail shirt, because that one I did to myself XD

I also finally got around to drawing a quick sketch for Fennec - for a hot minute I was very very tempted to pick for her a pose that's a lot closer to Widowmaker from Overwatch, but the vibes just didn't quite match. That was a very sad realization :'(

(Yes, I took the picture after Satine bled through the page in all her alcohol marker glory, yes, I regret it, and no, I cannot relably draw faces on paper. It is a real tragey. I'm in mourning.)

And just so that I cannot really sigh in relief, Leia is my next struggle. I still don't know how to make her work, and it's been months. Terrible. Horrible. Really really bad. Why am I even trying...TT^TT

So that's it for this month. It's both less and more than how it feels, and I'm also kinda losing a bit of steam - my mind is at re-drawing the entire background section for the House of Hades, so on the backburner i'm trying to cook up various background elements to fill the halls up with. Hades is such a beautifully designed game with such amazing shapes and colours, and Star Wars is such a different style especially when it comes to decorations... So there is a lot of cooking that will have to happen here. But I spent a not insignificant part of my last week (I'd been sick, I could get away with it) watching Drawfee speedpaints (they are so fun and so educational sometimes) and Jacob really popped off in one video creating a pixel art game of some sort? And ever since all I could think about is how and IF I could make my pocket Din move through my version of the Hades AU. Just a section of it. I'm itching to draw the backgrounds, but goddamn I am tired, so I just keep distracting myself from the important character art stuff with these daydreams X"D

I also very badly and incredibly distractingly want to re-draw Boba - I've drawn him so long ago, and it feels deeply unfair that I tried to puzzle out the style on him - and while Din got his upgrades bit by bit Boba just didn't. Also. Ares. Ares looks so good in his character art just sitting around like that - all casual-like - and Boba also has his trademark sprawl and... Look. I'm back to Boba being my most favourite clone, okay? I miss him. I miss drawing him. There.

Okay, rant over. Maybe this way I will be able to concentrate again XD Here's to hoping 🤞 I hope you guys are doing better with your creative projects! ❤️ See you all in May! Hopefully with something a bit more substantive and some proper links, not just wips like these ^^;

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[ratanslily]

PLEASE I NEED SOMEONE TO SCREAM ABOUT HIM WITH MEEEE

[just-jae]

The Welcome Home Spring update:

Ahem, my notes:

The main site's background image is shaped like a giant eye. Lots of eye imigery becoming more blatant. Loke, does it make sense to have an eye for a radio logo? And, a giant black eye in the sun.

I'm starting to think the MARLO logo might be the name of the entity we're dealing with?

Wally's in detention i guess-- got caught on acid, sobering up in the corner, poor fella. but whomever is making changes to the site is most definitely aware of the supernatural goings onss if they're targeting Wally directly like this.

Julie apparently is having memory issues too, not as severe as Eddie, but she's getting there.

Julie's also apparently avoiding her siblings. She not only indirectly refuses to join their band, seems to absolutely hate the idea of going back to them, but her design follows slightly different rules. Their horns apparently grow in sunlight, yet Julie's are the shortest and unlike her sibling, point straight instead of curling-- which is most apparent when they're stylized. Rainbow monsters supposedly stick to one color and unlike her siblings, Julie's hair and horns are different (yellow) from her main color (pink).

I'm loving the implications that the characters have different voices than what they use to perform. So far we've heard both Wally and Julie's voices fluctuate between a voice appealing to children and the natural pitch of their voice.

It looks like the rainbow monsters might have a problem with Frank Frankly if that "everlasting pea" card is any indication, especially in relation to Julie.

[rosesnink]

Alba this update

[art-of-wandering]

Managed to spot Sapphire , Jeeves and Mr Meowgi in the original yard. New yard missed Sapphire and Jeeves but spotted Xerxes IX. Two outings brought Vago and the Easter kitty Eggy.

[wolfstargazer]

Hello everyone. Thank you to all of those who have been enjoying and interacting with my work over the past month. I appreciate and notice every like and reblog. I also have a special place in my heart for those of you who discover my work and binge it. I see you. Thank you. You are great.

Top microfics of March:

Wolfsbane Potion - a slice of older Wolfstar, with bonus sniping between Snape and Sirius.

Dreamless Sleep - sleep doesn't come easily to Sirius post Azkaban. But Remus is there to stay with him until he drifts off.

Here's what you can expect in April:

I will continue to create Wolfstar microfics. This month's theme for the @wolfstarmicrofic prompts are for AU, which is not for me. I will continue to write fics, however, based on what inspires me.

I have completed posting Patient Potions Master on a03.

All the fics have now been posted for @remuslupinfest 2024. The master list is still anonymous, but I will post an update when the authors are revealed and I can tell you which fic is mine.

I will continue editing my Wolfstar long fic Without You, I'm Nothing. I expect posting to begin for this in May so keep your eyes peeled.

I look forward to sharing all things Wolfstar, full of love and tenderness, with you. The world can be a cold, dark place sometimes. But please know if you are reading this and - like me - you feel saddened, angered or troubled by Rowling's most recent outbursts that I see you. You matter. This is a safe space for you. And if you take a little comfort in anything I create then that brings me joy and happiness that nothing can touch or take away 💜

[lycorogue]

Latest Writing Blog Post is Live: April 2024

Another nearly two-week writing stretch (why are these updates taking me so long to write now!? 😭), but I have this month's post up DURING April. So... win! 😁

My Over-Analyzing Era

Est. Read Time: 28 min

This month I talk about:

My struggle to decide on a font to replace "Coming Soon"

My struggle to get alt-text to work on my blog images (any assistance here would be appreciated)

My victory over writer's block by not only writing a story finally, but writing more than I have since June of 2022! Combined! 🤯

My subsequent struggle to decide if I should bother to publish this massive story.

My elation on how in-character I managed to keep Edith and Killian.

HoW dO yOu TItlE???

My story stats and the love I'm getting! Love you all back! 🥰

Switching gears, I again daydream about being able to join the NoPixel GTA V server, and I try to decide on a backstory for my "what if" character Anna-Marie Wolffe.

[sad-girl-hourssss]

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[cosmicwavelengths]

april update! ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

Hello friends and dear readers! First of all, I am SO sorry for the silence over the last two to three weeks or so, but I had a few things come up, such as:

I was on Spring Break! To say I was anticipating this is an understatement (lol). I flew across the country to hang out with my BF and some other friends, which was pretty fun! I mostly just worked remotely and did a bit of writing for an upcoming fic. (more on this later)

Last week (and this week sorta), I was hit with some bouts of illness (mainly fatigue), which set me back some work in my courses. Annnnd which means i have to play catch up this week for classwork/homework (lol..)

I spend some time this weekend playing some of the Witcher 3 Blood and Wine DLC which is AMAZING! I love that series so much and I'm eventually going to get around to reading the books sometime in May/June (Maybe I'll start writing Geralt of Rivia x Reader.... who knows.... who could say for sure....)

But nonetheless, I have a new Roman Roy x Read fic coming real soon, and I'll post a small tidbit for wip wednesday tomorrow :). I also have a few ideas up my sleeve for Bucky Barnes x Reader, but I cannot say for sure when I'll post those since I have to focus on school for the time being (last day of classes is april 30th woop wooop). I cannot wait for summer to come so I can spend more time writing on Tumblr and ao3 tee hee. Also THANK YOU for 300 followers!! It really touches my heart that some of you liked my work enough to follow along for more, and I will surely deliver! Feel free to hit up my inbox with asks or writing requests, because I'd love nothing more than to get to know each and every one of you. <3

See you all soon! :) -- maddi (cosmicwavelengths)

[a-boy-too-weird]

[bebx]

me coming to your blog to give you a boop. (you cannot hide from me)

me when you boop me:

[questions-about-blorbos]

last year's april fools we had tumblr boops. this year's april fools is apparently the worst change / tumblr update no one asked for

[ratanslily]

This format of cgs was something else!

[just-jae]

Yeah, no Julie's cooked.

[dashcon-two]

unfortunate news: DashCon 2 will not be proceeding as scheduled due to a Catholic /Orthodox style schism among the team due to certain members believing that Canadians claiming clout for the War of 1812 is stolen valor :(

tickets will be refunded shortly minus the $17,000 necessary to give the war another shot

[kathaynesart]

Oh... so that's how it got up there.

BEGINNING || PREVIOUS || NEXT (SOON) MASTER POST

First and foremost, want to give a big shoutout to @thegunnsara now that I have finally finished their 3rd place prize with the inclusion of their amazing OC, Ibris. I still love their COVER from the Holiday Special Competition dearly! I'll be sure to slip Ibris into a few more scenes in the future. Sorry it took so long to finally get to him! I took some liberty with what his reaction would be to such a scene... hope I did him justice!

Hope you're all ready for some tension in the next update!