Week 017a (260513)

struggle !, dripfeed your word

hi hi everyone, hope your week went well. it was nice to get into proper drawing again this week ! it was a bit scary last week, but i'm glad to improved the setup of my desk a bunch.

this week, we did things that feel similar to the old work we once did. it feels nice to get into that sort of workflow again, even though it did eat up a lot of time this week ! the site is updated with these two pieces now, alongside a minor correction on the dark paper hole punch page.

it's kind of silly, trying to figure out what to draw after a 6 day or so break ! i had so many ideas to pursue before i had to rest, but those all feel so distant now eehee. we'll likely get back into studies next week, as that's always a good spot for us to start !

thank you for stopping by, we appreciate it as always. here's hoping your upcoming week goes well too, enjoy yourselves !

Week 016a (260508)

dark paper hole punch

hi hi all ! i apologize for the post being late this week ! as was mentioned on bsky, i injured my wrist, & have been out of commission for around 6 days. i'm better now, & looking forward to getting back into the swing of things :>

unfortunately, missing out on 6 days -- 4 of which were usual workdays -- my pieces are sparce. i should note that i will likely have not many pieces out this week either, as i have to catch up on things from this week, & have to get back into the rhythm. i hope you all understand, i appreciate the patience. the wrist pain was likely due to overuse, so i'm in the process of trying to find a healtier way of going about leisure & work. i've already made some adjustments to my workspace, but it's going to be interesting finding better ways to work & play ! we'd rather not deal with something like this again, or develop anything more serious

I believe these thoughts to be a subject any storyteller comes across, if they spend any time reflecting on their own role for long enough. Does a xenogaia speak-through-me, do I speak-through-it?

that aside, we have a new writing piece out now :> it is related to this week's piece, & also features the character we designed recently, Loetaiene. it's unknown if it will be a returning character or not, but i enjoy the themes i can explore through it. i digress again; should you read it, i hope you find it worth your time :>

https://www.rosiamn.link/writing/stories/003-lo-paperpunch/

that is all for now. i look forward to next week, & applying what we learned in our time of rest. have a nice week !

Week 015a (260500)

Loetaiene (complete), pantograph of the sun

hi hi ! hope everyone had a nice week. primarily, we finished up the loetaiene piece, & tried to pin down how we wanted to handle proportions for the ptal a bit more. the lack of a consistent way to approach their forms does often get in the way of sketching. the digital artist classic of drawing & redrawing forms needlessly, just because an eraser & undo button are present conveniently. it would be very, very cool to have more dynamic poses for our work. i'm aware of our limitations, & want to move past them with time. it's just a bit of work to figure out.

in other news, we have been working on a little writing piece to put on the website. it's not up yet ! (& we also know there's an issue with the writing portions of the website again for some reason.) but i'm excited for it. it's one of the keystone pieces we made for the project, simply revamped & with better presentation. we've also been uploading our work to e621 & furaffinity slowly.

we've been working on trying to have better balance generally with work. while we enjoy drawing, we know that it is not the only responsibility we have with this project, & we need to ensure we use our time effectively. next week, we'll be continuing to focus on figure drawing & proportions, working more on that writing we mentioned earlier, & getting some nice pieces to present to you all. thank you for stopping by !

Week 014a (260419)

hi hi all ! with the polls down for now, we will be condensing the double-posts down to a single public post !

x, loetaiene, lrexB, lrexA

this week was a lot of focus on exercises & shape design. understanding what we want to do with our proportions on the face a bit more, & some preliminary experiments with eye shapes.

we also have done a handful of different painting exercises, which can be viewed in this week's file. they were just simple things, trying to improve our sense of shape design & also contrast a bit better. while i think our sense of value is generally functional, i still think we have a ways to go before we will be satisfied with color. this stuff if something i want more structured & fundamentally set afore we tackle our more major upcoming study focus. getting the look & feel of the ptal down pat will be nice, just so we don't have to worry on it for a hot while.

i don't believe we mentioned here yet, but we do have a website up now too ! https://www.rosiamn.link/

we will be keeping it up to date weekly, on the same days we do this place. times are busy at the moment, but we would like to do some more writing for it as time goes on. as of now, it does have all the art we've done (minus the images we just posted here), with a number of them having bonus writings :>

generally, we'll be using this place as a hub for news on the project, so if anything new happens on the website or our art or whatevs in the future, it will be mentioned here !

thanks for stopping by ! hope you have a good week !

Week 13p (260412)

eye on you !, trudge of trio, selection i81a, see you when you turn to stone

hi everyone ! so i got mixed up this week, & i apologize ! at some point throughout the week, i went to see what the poll piece i was supposed to do was, & looked at the most recent poll instead of the poll for the appropriate week ;; basically, instead of the atlyss piece we were supposed to do, i did the pquen piece instead

i'll be making an atlyss piece this week, though ! we did play through new grove & trial of stars, both were just a good time. idk why people were saying the mystic was like, super nerfed somehow, i got through grove with like level 18 unenchanted gear fine. && trial of stars was just a pleasant time too, i like platforming challenges like that, kinda hope to see more in the future :> again though, i apologize for not having atlyss stuff yet, i'll cook something up this week

that all aside, we are sort of capping off our experiments with hard brushes for now. it's nice, but doesn't really fit our workflow much. basically, as soon as we do it, we kind of don't have a nice way of getting into overpainting. the way that the soft, layered look of our overpainting interacts with the harder edges doesn't really fit. it is something that we'd like to figure out more, for sure, but there's also other studies we want to dedicate more attention to for now. still was a fun time, though !