I’m just bummed it took me this long to just do it instead of trying to do what was considered ‘finished’. I would have done much more art if I had embraced the refined sketch 🙄

For a long time that’s what I did. And it made me not do as much art as I would have done if I had instead tried to enjoy the process and go my own way. I’m really happy with where my art is going now. Creating texture with lines. I enjoy using subtle color changes, creating crosshatches of color.

These are characters in their background, Imra and Orrian. Unfortunately neither are with us anymore and that’s part of the ✨trauma✨

Their femme presenting outfit is their ‘I’m here and I’ll behave’ outfit. The masc is their ‘I’m here and I aim to misbehave’ one lol

The setting is 19th century, the first fashion line I drew them in was their attempt at blending in with society, this set is their ‘I don’t give a shit about people knowing who and what I am’ I know it gives Christmas but listen…green and red is one of my favorite combos 😩

They were in exile for ten years and lonely so I gave them some puppies and a falcon ☺️ the borzois are Briar and Twig and the falcon is Queenie

Honestly, same. I think a lot of the writing is just skin deep and there's so much just...lack of content. It makes it hard to latch on and find inspiration :///

It doesn't help that skyirm is such a mess of a timeline anyway, horrible to try to fit things together properly lol

I like the image of Rath going to Emmerich to learn death caller in order to be more reliable on the field

But also my poor well over a decade old laptop on the lowest settings I can get will still lag through battles and it's nice having a button to push in case I'm dying and don't know it yet lol

He most certainly started as an ice mage and continues that line of magic but death caller let's him be tankier. He's always in the thick of it anyway with the knife and orb gameplay, now he can be in the thick of it and not rely so heavily on dodging and potions when he can just siphon health >:)

I still don't love evoker...might play around with maybe just being a general elementalist... 🤔

Plot twist I went to fire and hated it back to ice but all the staff stats will be neglected--still, nice character study moment

My proofreading skills do as well 😬

It is always so alarming when people call her Bell in game 😭 I have ruined that name for myself

I love bellara though too, lace was also a contender but the flirts just didn't sound like Rath, they made him sound out of character. Bellara's (I will never call her bel) flirts still line up though so... time will tell (it's probably lucanis, but my secondary I might try to make for bellara)