Hey, it's been a hot minute. I'm still visiting theO daily, even though I haven't been very active. The reason that I haven't been posting much is because, well, I haven't had much drive to make art.
I think I'm beginning to overthink things way too much. I want to work on redesigning my old OCs, mainly from The Rebels of Planet Aadau and secondarily from Destination (the Survival Instincts characters look OK to me... for now). I've already started with "Rebels", but some of the designs don't look "right". Like, I have them pictured in my head and they aren't coming out the way I want them to.
Then there's the problem I'm having in that I'm coming up with and/or repurposing more OCs. I have that fantasy story (that STILL has no title or plot), as well as a sci-fi story (also with no title), and both have a lot of characters. And I want to draw all of them.
Here lies the problem: I can't decide what to start with first. I have too many choices. And then there's the question what medium I should color them with, which opens up another problem of finding the right paper to use for said medium. Then there's the biggest problem of all: What if I don't like how it looks?
I don't like scrapping artwork. I want to keep it. Work with it. Not give up on it. I have the skill to see when things look off. What I don't have is the skill to fix the off-looking things.
Maybe I just need to sit down and do some anatomy practice. But I want to draw my OCs!!!!!!
See how I'm overthinking things?
OK, so as not to end on such a frustrating note, does anyone know of a place where I can post my stories? I ask because I've been writing (and rewriting) a little bit, and theO's formatting for long-ish stories is kinda terrible. They're not fanfics, so AO3 is out of the question. If anyone could point me in a direction, that would be appreciated.
Heya guys. Just wanted to say "hi".
OK, that's not entirely true. I want to say more.
After posting that one picture and feeling so proud, I have art block again. I mean, I have some motivation, but no ideas.
I also kinda want to write my stories again. It's been such a long time, that I feel a little afraid to go back. I was also debating as to whether I should post my stories on Toyhouse. Anyone else have an account there? (Don't worry; my stories won't leave theO.)
I'm trying to think of a topic for this month's discussion. "What upcoming anime are you excited about?" seems a little too generic. I was kicking around the idea of something having to do with reboots, sequels, and spin-offs, although I vaguely remember having a discussion about that some years ago. Any thoughts/suggestions?
In other news, I'm starting an anime DVD collection. So far I have a whopping four series. To be honest, I'm limiting it to series that I really like a lot, so that my wallet doesn't hurt too much.
And that's really it. Not much going on in Keba-land. I hope you all are well. If you want, you can let me know in the comments. >.< Dang, I sound like a YouTuber now. Or you could just make a World post. Whichever works best for you.
I'm feeling inspired to draw, but I don't want to continue the 43681045019 art projects I have started. I want to draw something new. But what? I have no idea. At least I now know why my art output has been so low this year.
Don't you just love when this happens?
Explanation of the weird title: Art + Update = Arpdate
I've done a little art here and a little writing there. I finished a chapter of Destination and started a new one. Not sure why I felt like writing that one since it's my least popular piece, as far as I know. And I knew what I would write would be lousy, but I just wrote anyway. I'll edit it later.
I finished the basic coloring on my "movie poster". I don't know whether to post it or sit on it until I can figure out how to properly shade the thing. Then again, I messed up on the coloring of one character, so I'll have to fix that. What happened was I shaded on the base color layer by accident and it kind of looks really ugly.
A bunch of people signed up for the yearlong event I'm organizing. Then some of them announced that they were migrating from theO. *Facepalm.* Maybe I should track down people and beg by PM.
One month of the year has gone by and no finished art from me. I guess I'm not making my New Year's resolution quota. Oddly enough, I'm not that disappointed. I, at least, made some progress on two different pictures in the past 31 days. Hopefully I'll get something done this month.
You know, it's a little sad that this World has devolved from my opinions on anime to non-updates on my art. Oh well. It is what it is.
