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fat-mabari In reply to StrixObscuro [2014-04-23 03:57:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

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fat-mabari In reply to artastrophe [2014-04-23 03:56:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks hun~ <3 I should have done cel-shading on the portrait too. I like doing it more (and prefer how it looks with my line style), plus I never know what my process/plan of action is with blended shadows. OTL




Incidentally I haven't emailed you yet cause I've been in a depressed/grumpy funk lately and I don't want to inadvertently dump on you since I suck at filtering my moods. Of course a good portion has to do with story indecision (it's crazy how down that can get me) so.... blah lol

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artastrophe In reply to fat-mabari [2014-04-23 04:52:38 +0000 UTC]

! I am stuck in that story indecision mode, too; I wrote the end of BG1 quite awhile ago, but now ofc I hate all of it and am mentally stuck in BG2 so don't want to go back, sigh. ;__; but omg ugh I know how much that can affect my mood; it's rather depressing, itself. >_>;

but, for real, the art looks really great. I like both the style of the figures and the portrait; I think they both end up working--either separately or together--and they're similar enough that it's not like the difference is anything but complementary. I quite liked the combination of the two offsetting each other, actually, so whichever way you prefer to work (or mix it up!) is splendid. I think the blending turned out quite well, so if it's not something you hate doing, I think it would be cool to see more of. ^^

and, really, if it helps you to dump on me (heh), you certainly can!! It's not like I'm unable/unwilling to be a supportive friend, I'm just kind of rubbish at it, so it will be either me stressing for a long time trying to figure out how to sound emotionally competent or else me coming across as lamely inadequate at it*, so as long as one or both of those isn't going to make you feel worse. I'm sure I'd be better at discussing story indecisions lol if you feel like getting into that... and if you just want to wait it out, that's fine, too! But I hope the funk doesn't stick around too long. <3 I guess I just flip the switch between art and writing for awhile when that happens to me... which works, sometimes... ^^

*However, I'm quite good at deflecting emotions with sarcasm/humor and/or cold logic, if that should strike your fancy!

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fat-mabari In reply to artastrophe [2014-04-28 13:27:26 +0000 UTC]

I don't know if you're just not one for giving spoilers or if you've been being vague for my benefit, but really if you need to bounce specifics off of me to see if I think they sound plausible/good/overdone/whatever feel free to go into more detail because I personally do not mind spoilers. I have far to much of a pathological fear of the unknown to not have cheated and skimmed ends of books, looked up actors included in next seasons of shows on imdb, etc.

Thank you again~! aosdihag Ah I'm so weird at praise. Like now you said you liked the difference I wanna keep doing it but to be totally honest I miss cel shading and have for a while now. I don't really like doing soft shading. I just put a lot of pressure on myself, probably a lot of it imaginary, to keep doing it.

;3; You're not inadequate. Hell, I smile every time I get a message from you! Not too many people can do that. I don't want you to have to go hide though, that would definitely make me feel guilty and worse. I could use some help on some ideas that are major spoilers but I've got to bounce them off of someone, and you're the first person I've ever met who actually gives valid input when asked for it, so you can help in that way more than it would for me to sit and whine about how indecisive/talentless/whatever else I feel like I am at the given time.

Sarcasm is great as long as it's readable through text. Otherwise I'll get all paranoid and think you might have meant something you didn't.

Anyway I just emailed you. I'm going to go hide in bed for the whole day because my hearing sensitivity is off the fucking charts. *crawls back under the bed*

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