#IAYS self-insert tag pending

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okay maybe I can make some more progress with this by rambling about it here

Some names I’ve been considering for “dubiously evil science me” (or, in other words, my IAYS self-insert):

Initially, I did my usual trick of looking through plant genera. This brought up candidates such as Melissa, Mona (from Monarda), Brychis, Alcea, Silene, Astane (from Castanea), Bryony, and Tiger (as in tiger lilies).

Outside of these, there were also some other name ideas I’ve had floating about for a bit and want to use at some stage, so could use this self-insert as that stage. These include Kitty, Mars, Chiara (which would be a repurposing of a currently-not-really-used self-insert name), Tessa, Elin, and Rena.

However, I then decided it could be fun and fitting to pick a name from bird genera, like I did for Ardea and (technically) Linaria. Unfortunately, I didn’t really find anything that I both liked and felt fit the way I want this self-insert to be. I could maybe use something from here as a surname, though (like Strix or Celeus or something else I clicked with).

The main things I’m keeping in mind here are the nature of this self-insert as a cunning and calculating scientist (so I don’t want anything that “sounds too soft and nice”, per my own perception), but also the names of the characters I’ll be using her to selfship with (these being Belle and Camellia) - I’d rather there wasn’t too much sound overlap, if I can avoid it!

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I need to go to bed before it becomes midnight but I’m trying to brainstorm my next Arilio piece and new self-insert development and I think there are too many thoughts going around

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Update on this!

It still puts my self-insert in the centre now that it’s showing my Zero/Lorenza screenshot!!

I really don’t know how Tumblr decides which part of the image to centre the preview on, but the fact this trend keeps persisting is intriguing if baffling to me .w.

I find it really interesting that, on the post preview thing at the top of my blog (on mobile), it keeps the Cylva/Lorenza render mostly centred since you can see Cylva’s shadow near the middle (and it’s right in the middle of the actual image). But for my most recent render of Clio and Aria, it’s very clearly put Aria in the centre of the preview, despite the fact that’s she’s very off to the side in the actual image because I specifically posed it so Clio was right in the middle of the image

so like, what even determines that???

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I think this might be the first time I've put together a reference model for a self-insert without actually naming her anything first. I did find some words that could work, but never settled on one properly, even to use as a placeholder. But she has a design with the intended vibes now, at least!

Here are some (VERY quickly thrown together) renders to show her off - I made these yesterday but didn’t actually post this until now oops:

While I don’t have a name for her yet (as I said), I do at least have the basis of her character, and know what to put her in - she’s for IAYS, a setting created by two of my close friends! A calculating scientist employed by the Agency, her work revolves around testing and determining appropriate care parameters for the mutants maintained by the organisation. As much as it irritates her, she’s quite used to the higher-ups ignoring the optimal conclusions from her results for the sake of cutting costs.. but she is technically the reason they know how to keep a good chunk of their agents alive, and she does take notice of which ones they actually stake much more on keeping comfortable.

Once I’ve settled on a name for her that I like, I’d very much like to talk about her more, as well as the two(!) characters I intend to use her to selfship with, hehe. But it’s nice that she has the beginnings of a design now!

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things I would like to do:

finalise Antares’ design by putting together a reference model for her

maybe also edit a VS sprite for her(?) - and also subsequently edit Adriana’s once I know more of what her new outfit will be

overhaul my carrd because it’s been stuck in a work-in-progress state for months and I haven’t touched it (but need to)

maybe start to work on a new selfship piece for this month - I did repost the Ides of March Camellia/Telanthera renders, but it would still be nice to also post something that’s new, probably using Clio (either in KHUX or FFXIV)

change my blog header to something that is more directly selfship-related (since right now it isn’t at all)

start designing my IAYS self-insert, including establishing her name - I had an idea for what I’ll name her after (a genus of birds, like Ardea), but I never actually went and looked at the list again

just some assorted nice ideas ^-^

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I did not in fact go to bed before it became midnight. but it’s fine I know what I’m going to do to come up with the name now

stay tuned for my evil science arc

I need to go to bed before it becomes midnight but I’m trying to brainstorm my next Arilio piece and new self-insert development and I think there are too many thoughts going around