#siffrin gimmick blog rambles

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Greetings and Salutations, everyone! Allow me to properly introduce myself.

My name is Zeisty King — aka the random individual behind this silly little blog! I mainly go by just Zeisty, though (seeing as I treat the "King" part as a surname).

My main goal for this blog is to doodle Siffrin from In Stars and Time (as well as other characters sometimes) so I can get used to a new tablet and set up, while also having fun with it!! Hence why I named this blog the way I did and why I don't mind calling the art I post here "messy," especially considering half of them are sketches anyway!

I may make mistakes from time to time and some results may be wonky, but that's okay! It's all a part of the learning process!! And is not limited to forgetting how anatomy works; I put two hands on the wrong way in one post once and I have to accept the fact I did that.

REOCCURRING GIMMICK BLOG TAGS:

#main blog to gimmick blog — anything from my main blog that I've reblogged to this one! I don't think I'll do it a whole lot, but I just wanted to let you know that happens and that they may contain spoilers when it does.

#not quite a daily — on occasion, doodles that don't count as a daily (but are still silly enough to be shown off on this blog) will be posted here! I don't think I'll do it too much, but don't be surprised if you see any doodles that aren't dailies from time to time.

#personal reblog — anything I've reblogged from myself once, twice or even thrice! I sometimes do it to make sure you haven't missed a post from me, or if I have something else to say about it.

#siffrin gimmick blog asks — as of posting this introduction this week, this is a new one! These are any questions you lovely folks wanna send in through this blog's askbox, and that I've answered.

#siffrin gimmick blog doodles — self explanatory! These are any drawings/doodles I've made for this blog, dailies or otherwise! I aim post here every day, though I sometimes won't on account of my memory or out of respect for certain events. Or if I need a break. I am only one goober, after all.

#siffrin gimmick blog rambles — any thoughts I need to say or anything I need to inform you will be under this tag! They won't contain art, so this one and any others like it are the exceptions.

#siffrin gimmick blog suggestions — got any suggestions for me to draw? Along with the ask tag, this is a new one as of this week! Any ideas you have for me to draw will be slotted under this tag! Be careful not to send in any spoilers, as I refuse to draw them six days of the week.

#siffrin gimmick blogs angsty sundays — this is the only time I'll intentionally post spoilery, angsty and/or serious art! I'll make sure to tag them as such so you can avoid them. I just wanted to give you a little head's up that I'll also reblog spoilers and tag them as well. :3

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

-My main blog is @electrozeistyking! You can find me reblogging my gimmick blog doodles there, along with any other stuff I drew not meant for this one (and stuff other people made)!! It's not exclusively ISAT stuff though, obviously.

-I swear quite a bit and do not tag them when I do. It'd probably be a hassle for me if I did, so if you're not cool with that, feel free to block this blog! You absolutely don't have to interact if you don't want to. I will tag other serious stuff/triggers, though! (Except this post, seeing as it's the introduction and it's important folks don't miss it. Sorry!)

-I'm not guaranteed to accept every suggestion or answer every ask sent my way. In the case of suggestions, there is a chance I won't be inspired enough to draw it for you; in the case of asks, I might not know what to say. And other possible reasons, if they ever happen to come up.

-I see every ask sent my way, so please try not to send the exact same Ask/Suggestion more than once! I promise I'm either formulating a response, figuring out how to draw your suggestion, or I was forced to delete it (in regards to the following note).

-I don't want this blog to overshadow you, so I'll unfortunately have to force myself to delete your ask if it has nothing to do with this blog in particular or ISAT. That's why I recommend you send it into my main blog instead!

That's it for now! Thanks for reading, and for hanging around this blog with me! :D

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You know what? Scrolling through the blog and looking at the progression of my art, as I both figure out how to draw Siffrin and get used to my Wacom, is weirdly stellar. Like comparing dailies one and fifteen is just… wow, for sure. I have definitely gotten a hang on this whole drawing Siffrin and using this tablet thing!

I’m gonna continue posting to this blog, of course, there’s no doubt about it. Just because I’ve admittedly accomplished my goal doesn’t mean that I’m going to stop now. This is fun!!! And I love this blog!! So while I might not always successfully post anything on the daily, I think it’s safe to say you’ll continue seeing doodles here for a while.

edit: somehow got the numbers wrong, my bad. wrote fifteen as sixteen even though, as of writing this, i haven't posted daily sixteen yet. totally on me though, i'm bad at numbers sometimes

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I FORGOT THE DAILY DOODLES

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got distracted drawing a thumbnail for someone today and lost track of time drawing it, too. so i’ll probably draw two silly doodles to make up for it tomorrow — by my own volition, of course!!

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An idea I’ve had floating around in my head for the last few days is Siffrin looking at himself, looking at his body now, and asking themself if they’re okay that it’s changed... then ultimately deciding yeah, he is. They put no deeper thought into it beyond acceptance. Besides, that’s one way to remind him how far he’s gotten. :3

idea on how to reconcile fatfrin w/ canon - post loops siffrin eating more because a) they don't feel like bonnie hates them so eating time is less tense, b) their family keeps telling them to TAKE CARE OF THEMSELF FOR CRYING OUT LOUD c) pre-isat frin being a twig bc constantly travelling with little to no supplies on hand is one hell of a way to starve yourself

alright, welcome to me throwing these at you:

(not a hundred percent perfect notes wise because i didn't realize i forgot to remove some words until i wrote the alt text, nor is it a hundred percent relevant to what you wrote because i originally wanted to make some kind of comic surrounding it... but then landed up with designs instead. somehow. whoops.)

(oh well. lilfrin is cute so that's fine by me.)

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hi yes, for those just seeing this for the first time: i received an apology after this and i do still accept it i promise... but now i think i really need to get this off my chest, because while i do appreciate the concern, turns out this is messing me up a lot more than i expected it would? like a lot more????

so, here's the thing: these are the tags on the fatfrin post (that was posted a few days ago, on september 17th!!!).

which probably should've been a major tip off that i am fat and i know how my own body looks??? getting this ask implies to me that they did not actually look at the og post and instead looked at one of my reblogs, therefore missing those tags on it.

and then seemingly got someone else to send an anonymous ask their behalf????? i'm not mad or trying to be rude here either, but i'm super confused as to why would you do that?? instead of directly messaging me or talking to me about it????

this is the most thought and care i've ever put into a daily for this blog so far. because, yes, looking back on certain older art, i did fail in that regard — but that's because i'm not where i am now. i've improved from that, yet since this would be super personal to me, i really wanted to make sure i convey it well.

so i took everything i remember about those posts into consideration and beyond that too!!! how fat works when it comes to certain poses, how sweaters and turtlenecks might look on that particular pose i put siffrin in. i used myself as a frame of reference, and even went so far as to draw over the initial sketch to make doubly sure it looked right (because i promise you it didn't really).

and then i get "that is a very average body type." which, y'know, feels more like "hey so turns out you did NOT get what you set out to do right after all, despite all that time and effort you put in."

basically: if you're a mutual and you ever have a concern how i'm drawing characters, for the love of all that is unholy PLEASE just talk to me about it directly instead of whatever this was???? i will never mind talking about stuff like this with you in my dms, because doing this instead just feels a bit unnecessary and not as simple!!! <:DDD

i do still accept that apology, though! i just hope we can all learn from this experience.

(regarding the fatfrin post) i dont go here but on behalf of a Concerned Mutual who likes encouraging improvement (and is also fat myself); That is a very average body type. Mayhaps you could do a few studies of how a fat person's body looks? Tracing is always a good way to improve (albeit not the most post-worthy art to say the least), and also some posts here on tumblr that might be helpful :)! (idk not trying to be mean or anything just some constructive criticism-)

fun fact: i am also fat. that is literally my body type i am giving siffrin, seeing i very intentionally used it as a reference. hope this helps!!! :3