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Fingolfin’s Challenge - 14 year redraw edition

This drawing, and this moment, mean so much to me. I first drew this scene 14 years ago, and when I uncovered the old drawing a few months ago, I knew I had to redraw it. Old drawing and close ups are under the cut:

When I was 12 this was the best drawing I had ever done. The original concept was to have the map behind him because I don’t like doing landscapes and never have. For the new drawing, I decided against writing out the place names over the mountains for fear that it would be too cluttered. I also decided to change the shield design to a more Norman style incorporating his heraldry and I replaced the greaves with boots for purely aesthetic reasons. I KNOW he should be wearing a helm and it’s in the text I literally transcribed, but I do not care because seeing his hair is important to me. I *might* draw him in a helm in the future. If the universe wills it so.

More close-ups of the new drawing:

Dimensions are 18x24” and the media are watercolor, india ink, fineliner and gel pen. Writing the whole passage took over two hours and I got *so* emotional. fjggjgghkvhk *clawing at the bars of my enclosure*

I have no idea how many hours I spent on it in total but I have been tinkering on it for 3 months.

I was really afraid that I made him look too old by trying to render his facial expression. I am also concerned that I haven’t captured the full depth of his emotion. But I tried my fucking bestest and that’s all that one can do. If I am still a fingolfucker in another 14 years I will draw him again and it will be even better <3

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after all this time, i'm back to my 50 millers grind. just completed the 15th one. none of them are nearly as good as #7 but i'm getting better at simplifying him. the best one from today's session under cut (he looks older but good for me i guess).

mb i will get to 50 some day

back to my 50 millers grind before work

43 more to go, i unironically like #7, and i think i have figured out his hair

sneak peek below

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low poly hate pillar

get rotated idiot

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a doodle journal of stupid thoughts i had n things i did while playing snake eater… even though i watched a playthrough of the game a while back, playing it for myself was Somethin Else and im so glad i had the chance to :‘3

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for me. next question

why is kaz like that

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started reading To Be Well by tenuous uhm... makes me feral. HIS VOICE IS... ITS its written in such a way that i can hear it oh god its so good !!

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mgs brainrot in a souvenir shop

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skill issue. i'm banging on the door until he lets me in and taking the shower even if it's occupied. will have live narration of wolf domestication, cereal gardening and bronze manufacturing instead of phone music during my shower as well, if i'm lucky

Roommates when you don't need to take a shower: I mean honestly who even needs a bathroom. Fuck this bathroom I hate being in this bathroom .you couldn't pay me to spend a single second in this bathroom

Roommates when you do need to take a shower: I love this bathroom soooooo much I am going to spend the rest of my life in this bathroom. I'm domesticating the wolf and planting cereal grains in this bathroom I'm figuring out how to make bronze in this bathroom

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some really fun doodles requested by @tomatomustache !! not replying to the asks yet bcuz i sorta mixed both of ur asks together and i wanna save a few of those ideas as surprises lol .. hope thats okay

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i love my friends

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redraw of a comic from a few months ago, now about three times as long ^_^

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back to my 50 millers grind before work

43 more to go, i unironically like #7, and i think i have figured out his hair

sneak peek below

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6 millers and one miller lips closeup in, i don't think i will make it to 50 lol

still worth it tho, having fun and already getting better at it (or so it seems)

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thinking of drawing 50 millers in a row to see whether i get consistently better after it

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raiden was annoying to me in mgs2 bc he is like subversion of player's expectation set by snake: bitching about difficulties from the very start, initially refusing to do stuff he wasn't trained to (deactivate bombs), has emotional conversations with his gf about their relationship etc. none of which is bad tbh but it is the opposite of what i expected after mgs1. but that's why he's a fun protagonist, teasing the player a bit. i am glad he's still annoying in rising (like bothering kevin with unsolicited marriage talk, the courtney codec calls if you don't save etc) and lowkey evokes cringe reaction from the voice he definitely does on purpose, the whole the "i get off to shredding dudes" ripper thing. they really integrated devs trying to make him more appealing to audience into his character development. but tbh to me, mgrr raiden is more cringe than mgs2 raiden (and that's a big part why rising is fun). in mgs4 there are fun moments which are definitely meta jokes (like the timing of the raiden in hospital scene, i am sure it was set up for player to expect seeing snake, or the voice) but it's serious so there's less room for fun. it's a shame tho that the devs seem to shy away from the mgs2 raiden, should've embraced him more and admit that players who hate on him just don't get it or aren't into it, he already was a well designed character.

and rosemary hate is wild, ofc it's bad to violate people's trust and their relationship is edgy and creepy but by mgs standards it's pretty wholesome and full of hope (except for raiden hitting her). idk what do they mean by ruining raiden's life, he literally brags about how much he loves his family in rising

i will say tho adding onto the post i reblogged before last like. raiden was also generally not well received on the launch of 2 for like multiple reasons but i imagine being annoying was one of them and i think its really only because of rising a good portion of people like him. yknow after they made him a cool robot with that deeper voice and other shit i havent played rising. rose still gets treated infinitely worst by fans tho for shit she didnt do

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otasune week in sickness and in health prompt. influenced by me wanting fish soup