So I discovered Notion a while back. Long story short, I have finally figured out how to use it and make it look pretty! So I've moved a lot of information over there and cleaned up/simplified this site. Now it just has quick, simple blurbs for everyone, and most of the extended info, backstory, and image galleries are in my notion database, where it is much easier to organize.
That being said, if anyone should stumble upon this site (or be here looking for more references of my characters), you are more than welcome to ask me for the link to a character's notion page! I am always happy to talk about my characters. :) As for keeping up with me, my portfolio is the best way until I find some sort of newsletter system that works for me. I still use twitter and tumblr for the time being, but who knows if that will last! I'll keep my portfolio updated with my most active socials as much as I am able.
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Hello all, I've started up a newsletter! http://tinyletter.com/affectionatetea
That sure is 8 years of improvement, huh. I bet it took me about an eighth of the time to draw, too. So these last two images are most of what I accomplished for Outfit August, the meme I did last month. I love my cyberpunk Niwen, but I lost steam very quickly after that, partly because how am I going to top that?? I'm not, is how. Enjoy your cyberpunk redesign, Niws, I'm probably not going to do anything with it, ever (sorry babe)
Anyhow, I will also likely be doing a good amount of art for inktober, so follow me on social media if you want to see that stuff! I doubt much of it will be making it to this site, but it will be happening nonetheless because brushing up on traditional inking skills is always helpful for me and my improvement, and I enjoy doing it every year and posting along with all the other artists who participate. Thanks for reading, I hope y'all are doing well!
I'm also considering making a section for dnd/tabletop ocs? I would like to have references to link to if I ever get them commissioned or want to do art trades with other people, or something. But I suppose I have enough resources on my computer to be able to send a pic and a short description.... hmm. I'm gonna have to think about it! But in particular i'm having a grand ol' time with my dragonborn cleric, Wralarys Casaadi. She is the best, and i love playing her. So I might make a page just for her, because of reasons. I also finally have Alcinder and Walcott their own page, since I've been drawing them a lot and they no longer all fit in their little section under my Cypradias ocs, haha. So their link in the Directory now links to their own little page! It's just images until I type up a better summary of their part in the story, though.
Love y'all, stay cool! I added a link to the sidebar for all characters with just an image and their name that links to their page with physical descriptions and background on them, so if you're looking for one and remember their appearance and nothing else, you can now go to that page to find them. there are also links to the page with the other characters in the same universe on each individual character's page, and other characters that are closely linked to them or part of the same story. I may decide down the road not to organize my OCs by universe, but it makes sense in my head for the time being so i'm keeping it for now, even though i think it's a little difficult to navigate unless you're me....
I've been adding a lot to Alcinder and Walcott's pages in particular, and have been doing some worldbuilding for them. I was thinking about writing their story for NaNo since I have some basics in mind, but I decided that i just didn't have enough outlined to attempt it this year. maybe next time :')
Pretty much the usual -- I added some stuff, and moved some stuff around. I moved a bunch of stuff around, mainly linking the galleries for each world from the art section and moving them off of the navigation... I never liked them being an option in the popup menus, I felt it was a bit confusing. Most of the art in the galleries can also be found on each character's personal page, but sometimes I forgot to add stuff to one or the other. But I like having the galleries as a place to look through a bunch of them together, especially since I draw multiple characters interacting so often, which I don't always like putting on the character's solo page.
I also did a livestream last week, and scribbled a whole lot of OCs for kicks. They're too rough to make it into the site, though! So here they'll stay.
I uploaded a whole bunch more art under a bunch of characters that I've drawn and posted to tumblr and dA in the past, but forgot to put here. Niwen, Max, Zahir, and Saori all got images added to their pages, mostly under their "more info on ___" sections. I love that there's finally art of almost everyone, and even some that include the legs, haha. It was so sad-looking when there were only portraits. I'm gonna have to work on getting images up for everyone in the thieves group, too. But they're deeefinitely gonna take a while. This here was art I did for a friend of mine, featuring my character, Saori, with her character Snowy after a crossover ficlet she wrote on tumblr. It was really great, but it was a while ago so I don't have the link, eh heh. Some day I'll get some of my own drabbles done for my characters and have things up that showcase their personalities better. But for now, art and brief bios will have to suffice. 8') I've been working on simplifying descriptions of characters, and moving more detailed info to separate pages, so there isn't so much of a wall-of-text thing going on. I want to be able to give a quick description, with more info available for access separately, 'cause I think that'll be easier all around.
I've mostly just been working in Sallanul 'cause that's definitely my most elaborate group of characters (the Thieves). Hopefully, I will eventually be able to do this for everyone, and get most characters sporting full-body refs on their detailed page. That's the plan, anyway. [insert wry laughter here] Added some images to Artistic Endeavors, under Atleos! Wow i've had these characters since highschool, and I finally got around to uploading some images, haha. I'm not quite finished and I want to update the info section so it's not such a disaster that's impossible to read, and maybe work on trying to add a more detailed page for each character eventually. but for now, just have some pretty pictures, cause those are nice to look at. *u* |
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