Unironically, people gotta stop fearing being seen as cringe again! Doesn't matter if you're in your 20s or 30s, if there's a character you like, just let them live in your head, it feels freakin great =u=

I’ve always feared the idea of becoming an “ideas guy”, not because I don’t like people that create and grow sparks of inspiration into tangible concepts, but because I don’t want that to be all I can do. I respect artists that can create both ideas and products so much.

As someone who constantly looks at art, music, games etc and says “god i wish I could do that”, I treasure every idea I come up with, but since I don’t have the skillset to make them real, they always fizzle out and die. And it hurts to see them go.

Nothing comes naturally, my construction methods change every time I start smthng new, anatomy eludes me, I still heavily rely on references, my lineart is messy, I have no hotkeys or custom brushes, tutorials confuse me and color/shading are non-existant...
But...I'm trying. Slowly.

But like, I can't help but recognize that's being unfair
I was really suffering during that time, very sad and alone, and just making myself work while uninspired and miserable wouldn't have given me anything...

I'm 27 and just started drawing, I tech started in 2017 but depression kicked my ass and I didn't do anything really in that time, looking at all sorts of art gives me art envy bc it feels like I could have reached that point by now if I'd just shut up and buckled down...

I wish I could be more excited, but whenever new SU starts to appear, I get worried about the possibility of my OCs getting "debunked" by new lore conflicting with something I came up with that threatens everything I've made >_< I either have to adapt or trash ideas and adapting isnt always possible

Yipee! Have my Shantae series-inspired plant lady 🌹

Woohoo! They look awesomeeeeee!
Don't pay too much attention to the detail that they're based on the last forms a dying star can take, that's definitely not important 👀

I thought of expanding on this where a character has an active role and a "backup passive" that applies when in backup. Healers get a sporadic heal every few turns, DPSs get between-turn attacks, etc, it kinda keeps them in the fight so it feels like your whole team is working together at all times!

Np!
Another thing that EBF5 had was a backup system where you could have 3 characters in active battle, and 2 in reserve. At any time, not even spending a turn,you could swap an active and backup character, while in backup they regen HP and they're only hit by certain attacks too!

Honestly I've rarely enjoyed most turb based games, but one I had fun with is the Epic Battle Fantasy series, namely 4 and 5. It had a lot of equipment customizing, statistics effects and cooldown management that felt good to manage correctly, and it rewarded off-meta gimmick builds too!

Shameless to ask but I'm curious how you'd do a pyrite crystal 👀

Tysm! I do occasionally draw her but I dont put much here, I'm gonna start doing that at some point bc I'm hoping by making art moots I can get feedback that'll help me find my footing in art =u=

Cool stuff! I like your art, I'm down to follow! And a game dev too? Teach me your ways oh wise one XD

Omg it got even better 😍
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