I have decided to rename my NaNo-adjacent activity calendar to No Sleep November, since that is what it really ends up being. This week I worked on designs and scenes for the phantom thief story. Having a clear vision in my head of some of the locations has made me feel much more confident.
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| Day 8 - The Pied Piper |
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| Day 9 - Side Characters |
A solid first week of my NaNoWriMo-adjacent activities. I knocked out some character designs and did some brainstorming for the map and the university uniforms. I'm quite happy with Kaia and the queen's designs, though I couldn't quite settle on an outfit for the queen. Luckily, I'd imagine she can afford to own all of them, so she can wear them in different scenes.
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| Day 1 - Kaia |
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| Day 2 - Queen Eleonora |
Another piece of Elodie - this is the only time she will ever look happy, so don't get used to it. Really pushing the limits of the Chickensmoothie modesty censors with this one... 😬 I'm also really happy with how the Journalist turned out here.
Drawn 10/29/24, Chickensmoothie.
This was supposed to be a quick Inktober drawing, but it ended up taking forever, and only to be mildly satisfied with it... I also lost sight of the prompt along the way. It was Smoke & Mirrors from the Art Fright list, but it became more Eldritch Horrors & Glass at some point. It wasn't until I finished this that I realized Halcyon's name really does not suit him, at least from his enemies' perspective.
Drawn 10/23/24, Photoshop.
My most tragic character, la vaguelette herself, Elodie Allaire. There is no happy ending for her; she was doomed from the start. Had to get this posted while I'm still riding the fame and follower count from my featured piece, haha!
Drawn 9/22/24, Chickensmoothie.
Finally finished a scene of an ending I was super hyped about when I thought it up a few weeks ago, but then I had a few days to think about it, and now I'm not so sold on it but I had already started the drawing. I haven't scrapped the scene, but it's on the shelf with the other endings. My Oekaki gallery is very quickly becoming a whump gallery.
Edit; This piece was featured on the front page! I remember when I thought I would never have a featured drawing, and now I have three. Chickensmoothie is where I started my journey 11 years ago, and I've come so far.
Drawn 9/14/24, Chickensmoothie.
I decided to suck it up and use the Oekaki despite it being glitchy with Windows Ink because I love it and I missed the pen tool. And I wanted to draw a bunch of Zhihao and Rico. Bonus Kaitou Kid and unspecified Aisha because I got tired of Zhihao and Rico.
Drawn 9/1/24, Chickensmoothie.
