Scribble 🖊

work in progress sketch of an updated panel from Chapter 1, where the ghost cat appears to be a bit more feral.

What a difference 3 years is.
#ProjectKHROMA

Doodle of me, Karol and Maxwell. Karol is getting shoved off the Smash Bros. stage by Maxwell because she doesn't want to be my little dress-up child but he's more than willing to be fabulous and stylish, while I sit by my tablet watching them be mean to each other. 'OUTTA THE WAY, GREMLIN' he yells. He then stands over me as I draw the complicated clothing I should've learned how to do like 2 decades ago with a satisfied grin. 'My turn to shine.'

Doodle while I was working on the previous fancy coat piece. Karol won't play dress-up, Maxwell is happy to be my stylish model and give me a chance to draw better outfits. It works out.
#ProjectKHROMA

Doodle of me, Karol and Maxwell. Karol is getting shoved off the Smash Bros. stage by Maxwell because she doesn't want to be my little dress-up child but he's more than willing to be fabulous and stylish, while I sit by my tablet watching them be mean to each other. 'OUTTA THE WAY, GREMLIN' he yells. He then stands over me as I draw the complicated clothing I should've learned how to do like 2 decades ago with a satisfied grin. 'My turn to shine.'

Doodle while I was working on the previous fancy coat piece. Karol won't play dress-up, Maxwell is happy to be my stylish model and give me a chance to draw better outfits. It works out.
#ProjectKHROMA

It's the wheeze meme. I am very tired.

This is what happens if you go too far in the red on your sleep debt. Absolutely losing it.

I will try to get the Q+A started soon for the P:K break. I need a day or so of actual resting.

Part of realizing I had ADHD was unpacking a bunch of other childhood problems to see that the Bad Kid mind set was a multi-layered suck and the ADHD was hiding and making it worse.

I thought I was supposed to be a moody teenager and my therapist went, 'no, that was depression, anxiety and PTSD.' 🫠

I miss the sticker vending machines in the grocery stores.

I did so much world building for P:K at the desk job that drove me nuts on index cards I could stash away to keep me sane. Only way I could focus on lectures in school was drawing in the margins of my notes. (Hello, undiagnosed adhd)

Just create things. Have fun. Draw nonsense. Stay cool.

The outside and inside of a compartment clipboard which was my sketchbook for pretty much 2003~2008ish. This thing's seen some shit. Blurred out thumbnails for Chapter 7 for spoilers.

Shot of the clipboard again with one of the hardback sketchbooks that's become a collage of doodles and scraps.

Wanna see a relic of my youth? BEHOLD, my 'sketchbook'! Broke this out to do thumbs/step out of the office and away from the miasma of distractions.

Those nicely crafted sketchbooks elude me, but I got glue sticks and copy paper. Be free, draw on whatever scrap you find.

Get some cute babies like mine! 👇👇

For international women's day, please take a moment to percieve this well meaning menace.

That's all, thank you.

Very slowly working on the finalized script and actual thumbnails for Ch. 7 in the hopes having everything better set in place will make it easier to get through these. Also working backwards since I know how I want it to end.

I really don't want to take a whole year on a chapter again. ✏️

Casey Edwards ™M @ComposerCasey Follow ... NOTHING SPECIAL?! I think the phone call went more like "as you know Vergil is an extremely important and beloved character of this franchise. He needs a song to match." Me: **sweat nightmares and pulling my hair out for weeks** Kubilay @resonmon • May 29, 2021 @ComposerCasey Capcom: We need you to make another song for another character. It doesn't have to be anything special. Casey Edwards: Gotcha! Casey Edwards: Bury the Light

Every time I see those stupid “it’s just a silly game the song didn’t need to go that hard” memes I’m always reminded of Casey Edwards describing making Bury the Light for Devil May Cry 5

Of Monsters and Men - Destroyer (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by OfMonstersAndMenVEVO

Love finding a new song and it immediately punches me in the face and yells at me 'THIS IS FOR [CHARACTER(S)].'
youtu.be/TGPexohZm_0

I said self-indulgent art will continue.✨ #ProjectKHROMA

🔗[[Link to the outfit ref]](www.tumblr.com/lolita-wardr...)

I said self-indulgent art will continue.✨ #ProjectKHROMA

🔗[[Link to the outfit ref]](www.tumblr.com/lolita-wardr...)

Yeah, it was a hiccup and my stuff is showing up again in the browser. But the way it broke and how long it took to resolve was unlike the previous times where everything just gave up and I knew things were borked. This time I thought I did something wrong.

Ah, I just found out that this place is being vibe-coded. I see, I see.

I'm just gonna put 'fixing up my site' higher on the priority list for no reason.

I think it's having a moment, the browser version does not show my recent two posts with media but it does on the phone app. XD

My last post was a quote tweet.l and I thought I said something wrong and got blocked.

Wondering if my post got deleted like, did I say something wrong? Did I get banned for something-

...Ah. Yeah that's definitely not right.

Absolutely crucial addition. It is so ego dependent it's kinda crazy when you start to see it. I thought I was supposed to just know how to do all these things by pulling them out of my mind with no practice or tools. Use refs, build sets, get advice and study from others. Kick shame to the curb!

I wanna add that these art low points can become shorter if you put the work in and develop a better understanding of being there and when to research and study. 'Cuz the research/study part becomes a part of the tool kit as well and makes the process less jarring. You're leveling the study skill. ✏️

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

I wish to believe that all the cool manga and comic artists who create these awesome characters, look at what they're drawing and go

'...Why did I do this to myself. Why did I design you like this.'

I want to believe this is a unifying moment that binds all creative people together at least once.

UNDERTALE - Death By Glamour (VGR Remix) [Rally House | Monstercat] YouTube video by Monstercat Uncaged

Bobbing my head and drawing fabulous characters.

youtu.be/3ULOQ11CZGs

Now THAT'S the good shit!! 👏

'Oh, that character had no closure and stopped being relevant? MINE NOW.'

This post crossed my dash forever ago and it activated the neuron. CLOTH FOLDS. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Link to original post: www.tumblr.com/lolita-wardr...

Self-indulgent art will continue until morale improves.

Keep talking about birdhaven. There needs to be more of that energy out there. I can keep being loud about my own story. And others can be loud about their work. It is good and it is needed.

...I know.
Keep on keeping on.

Looking for work is an identity crisis. All of these job titles blend together in my brain. I don't know WHAT I am. I know what I can DO and do WELL.

I make art, I write, I put things together with my hands, I can do menial tasks. I can do clerical tasks.

Put me SOMEWHERE, I can probably do it.