#a sketch I ended up finishing so I could have something to post haha 😭

[chellychuu]

Peachy 💕

[purpleglitch]

I ramble for too long about my art (The post)

(Drawings here)

Thanks again to Nunki and Nov so much for pulling me out of art block 😭💕 I had so much fun drawing all of this and experimenting with poses and colors, etc. that I wouldn't have tried before this!! i'm so sorry this took like 2 months to finish there was lots of stuff going on but I finally finished it and i'm very happy how it all turned out. I made this post just to go through my thought process LMAO

DAY 1: Early SMP Days

This one was inspired by the "he asked for no pickles" meme and how in an early dsmp stream c!dream (in full enchanted netherite armor) asks c!george (half iron/diamond armor) to protect him with a crossbow while they go to l'manburg

At first this one was gonna be a quick drawing but then i got too invested into drawing the armor that it got out of hand and suddenly i had spent 2 days on that 💀

Also all the other drawings were gonna be like this one, a bit simple than what i usually do, but i got too invested x2 and ended up rendering(?) more the rest of drawings

C!dream is c!george's baby, like the cc's dynamic 👍

DAY 2: Objects of Affection

THE SHIELD DEMONS GOT ME 👹👹👹👹 also c!gnf keeps the mask even though it's a bit broken :3

C!gnf is a bit dirty because he doesn't shower, also he sleeps on the grass sometimes, he doesn't get sunburnt because XD protects him from that, also c!sapnap is the one that finds him like that and brings him back to kinoko

I think this is the drawing with most layers only because it was for setting the lighting

This one set the bar of how many details can i put on the next drawings haha got too silly and flew too close to the sun

DAY 3: Worship/Devotion

Inspired by religious imagery in renaissance paintings, they're very pretty and detailed and ohgggg i thought that aesthetic fit XDNF's dynamic ^_^

When I finished the drawing i added a canvas texture so it looked like the mentioned paintings' texture

The pose was so complicated but thankfully i hid all the weird anatomy under capes and hair(?) 🤭 and I have a mirror right next to my computer so i used myself as reference for the hands

The halo around c!gnf's head could be a reference to the headcanon of georgeeeHD existing and being another dsmp deity or also hinting at george's "destroying the smp" stream and how powerful and crazy insane he is!!! also the reflection of XD's halos on his eyes, they worship each other i think, xdnf makes my tummy hurt /pos

DAY 4: Visions/Dreams

Inspired by my weirdcore demons :3 i love that aesthetic so much

I did the error pop up on this custom generator!!

Saved a lot of time by making c!dream faceless since it would be covered by the pop up anyway, but it can also be symbolism for c!gnf not remembering his face or something crazy

I again used myself as reference for the hands i'm so cool and epic

Also I used a tutorial on how to make the vhs effect/chromatic aberration on paint tool sai and added grainy texture on the background for more spice :3

DAY 5: Reunion/Post-Nuke

I reused an old sketch of c!dnf side profile for this one, hashtag work smart not hard 😎 except i polished it and changed some stuff and now it looks way better than the old version

The concept was happy reunion, they're happy to see each other!! c!dnf good ending, i say in tears.

c!gnf touching the c!dritties :3 jk he's feeling his heartbeat, he can't believe he's real!!!

I had so much fun drawing the blood on the bandages and c!dream's scars, please zoom and admire them, it took so long,,,,

DAY 6: Roleswap

My demons..... my beloved rs au..... the posts i made some while ago were based on this drawing, i have a tag on my blog now for that au

RS!dnf wear matching chains!! also the concept for this drawing was that someone interrupted their make out session :3

Symbolism moment!! I like to draw characters with nail polish of the color it represents them, in this case green for dream and blue for george, but for this au, their colors are swapped: green for george and blue for dream, it symbolizes how their roles (king/knight) on that story are different and don't match with the canon. storywise, they're so in love they wanted to keep each other on themselves somehow so they exchanged nail polish colors

DAY 7: CC Roleplay/Cosplay

Sisyphus would be proud of me (<- almost gave up before drawing this), unironically i got demotivated when i finished day 6 so i took a break and then i went insane with this one

The concept was c!dnfies wearing cc!dnf outfits, dream specifically has so many outfit options but I ended up choosing the famous "dteam in madrid" outfit plus a cat beanie, and I couldn't find a fortnite jesus poster for george's shirt so i just found a silly cat pic and yeah ^_^

Thank you random twt user for the idea 👍

And that's it! I probably forgot to say some stuff more but i started to get anxious this post would be too long. Again thank you so much guys for being supportive over the wips i showed you and also being insane about c!dnf too 😭 <3

[nalascat]

🎀 💌 🧿 🎈💝 For the fic writer ask?

🎀give yourself a compliment about your own writing

it's good!. I am happy with how I can write and my style is something I am happy with, however much I do improve, what I most currently write is usually my best!

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

any and all of my rockers fics. I want to finish them and I love the rockers and and and

The final chapter of sketched names and forgotten letters is still on its way!!! It's my favorite of the bunch so far (sorry mike) and I really hope to finish it soon. Charlie needs his chapter and we all need to know how it ENDS 😭😭😭 - it's got a lot of time for Mrs Bucket and will have Wonka content as well!!!

🧿what steps do you take to not take things personally if a fic doesn't do well, or if your writing/posting/sharing experience isn't going how you'd like it to?

i kind of just ignore the fact that I've posted it and move on, write something better! that or i find something else to do for a while, play a game, draw something, talk to someone!

a reply to my writing is ALWAYS super nice, but it's not required and won't always happen. i try to gear myself for little to no response, as some fandoms I post for are dead or have maybe a max of one or two people, haha.

🎈describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change?

it changes a LOT. I'm always improving somehow, but you can tell when something I have written is rushed or was a little harder for me to get out.

My writing in present tense always has a COMPLETELY different vibe than my past tense stuff, which is helpful when I want to collect a certain tone or mood, but unhelpful when I write in the wrong tense 😔

💝what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

an empty apartment got so much more of a response than I expected. I had just seen no way home, and the fic was waiting in my drafts so I pulled it together and got it ready to post!

the lack of raimi fics and the bonus of nwh I think gave it a HUGE leap in reads and it was amazing to have people there at every update. it was a feeling that I could probably never replicate, but one that I adore.

[artifiziell]

Hi, I hope you're doing ok. I wanted to say that you really inspire me. Despite everything you face in your daily life, you still finish a lot more of artworks than my laziness let me do. I really know you're not lazy at all but I wanted to ask if you know a way to suppress the laziness to finally stop giving up of even sketching more.

Aw, thank you that's so sweet! 😭

I'd recommend setting goals for yourself if you want to be more productive, very small to start with but increasing over time if you feel like it's helping. You could start with say, setting aside 10-20 minutes to just sit down and draw whatever comes out. And don't pressure yourself - everything doesn't have to be perfect or post/portfolio worthy. Putting in the time to up skill yourself isn't a waste of time, that's something I see a lot of artists get in a rut about. Things don't turn out exactly how they imagine them so they end up putting off drawing all together for long periods. Be kind to yourself, everyone at every level is still learning.

It's easy as an artist to get into a block and I wouldn't call it laziness exactly, but more like a struggle for the motivation to get into a 'groove' again. We all experience it at some point, some more than others and for me personally, having deadlines keep me in a constant state of productivity (even if that productivity is just drawing fanart in my downtime haha) so maybe setting small goals could help achieve the same result?