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reflectedeve) wrote2022-01-01 02:35 pm
reflectedeve) wrote2022-01-01 02:35 pm
less than forget, but more than begun
Happy New Year, friends. I really hope 2022 is an improvement!
I may do some kind of personal ramble/reflection thing later, but for now I thought I'd just go ahead and share some stuff I made, since we have Yuletide and Multifandom Doodle reveals today!
lost and found (Wayfarers; Pepper & Owl, G)
Two illustrated scenes from A Closed and Common Orbit, featuring an early moment in "Jane" and Owl's relationship, and their reunion at the end of the book (with bonus Sidra looking on). It was a big challenge, trying to convey these very emotionally intense scenes from one of my very favorite books!
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Reused
FLOWER HURRICANE (Sailor Moon; Sailor Jupiter, G)
I haven't drawn a member of the Sailor Senshi in her fuku in so long ... given that these were the characters I was drawing when my desire to be an artist really CLICKED, it was a lovely bit of nostalgia. Also, I've always wanted to draw this particular attack!
forAllekha
hanakotoba (Sailor Moon; Haruka/Michiru, G)
In which I explore the Japanese version of flower language, and draw my favorite butch/femme couple lounging around in a garden in their ridiculous matching outfits from episode 181 ("Seiya and Usagi's Heart-Pounding Date").
forKoraki
a rough patch (Original, jack'o'lantern-headed girl gang, G)
There was a prompt for "Pumpkin or Jack-o-Lantern Headed Girl(s)," and I immediately wanted to draw a spooky girl gang. For some reason, "girl gang" took me straight to "teddy girls." I had so much fun with this piece! (Plus it's always fun to draw for a long-time fandom acquaintance whose art you have admired for years and years! <3)
forIlthit
reluctant bedfellows (The Locked Tomb, Harrow & Ianthe, G)
Two baby lyctors grudgingly sharing a bed during the events of Harrow the Ninth! This was a sheer delight to draw, although honestly, Ianthe came out a bit more conventionally pretty than I usually imagine her. And yeah, that's meant to be one of the infamous nude Third House necro/cav paintings hanging above them, because of course.
forbasketofnovas
That's a pile of art, and yet, just a FRACTION of the prompts I wanted to draw for. I have a whole list leftover, and I really hope this event runs again, because it was so much fun. I would heavily encourage anyone who likes to draw or doodle to join in if it does, regardless of whether you think of yourself as "good" or "an artist." It truly was for everyone, at every skill level, and was such a fun, open-hearted, enthusiastic experience across the board.
And then there's Yuletide.
narrative context
The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
ART & Murderbot (subtext-y gen), G, 7.3K
"It gave me context for the emotions I was feeling, I managed not to say." -Exit Strategy
My 15th Yuletide fic (for my 14th round of participation), and a doozy of a challenge to write; honestly, far more than I was expecting. My recipient,sexybee, basically gave me carte blanche to write what I wanted about MB and its companions; prompt suggestions like "squishy feelings and Found Family" and "ART tells its crew about Murderbot" definitely helped to inspire what I wound up with, as (more loosely) did reference to MB visiting the set of a favorite serial, or writing for Yuletide itself. I decided quickly that I wanted to do something semi-meta with "Sanctuary Moon" and the way that MB uses media as a lens for understanding itself, its emotions, and other people. Probably specifically in the context of its relationship with ART. Including Amena and Iris in their respective relationships to MB and ART was also something I was really interested in doing. (Exploring ART and Iris was definitely one of my favorite things.) And I settled on contract negotiation for MB's upcoming official association with ART as a good core event/frame to write around.
That last part might have been part of the problem. I had the idea that a contentious, bantery negotiation process would be fun, but none of the characters wanted to cooperate with me on that. At all. And then after rereading An Artificial Condition, I was hit upside the head with thoughts about MB's feelings around autonomy and ART's genuinely terrifying power (and MB's initial feelings about it). Thankfully, Gurathin rescued me from an eleventh-hour reworking around that theme (though it would be interesting to explore further). I've come out of my deep dive into this canon with a new appreciation for Gurathin and his role in MB's life. I really want to read (and maybe write) more about it.
My ostensible main characters, ART and MB, were unbelievably reticent throughout the process, especially our erstwhile protagonist. Which I guess makes sense, given that I was trying to make it share its feelings, in a way. I'm not surprised that it basically forced me to do more of that through the intermediary of imaginary television than anything else, in retrospect.
In fact, I wrote about twice as many "Sanctuary Moon" snippets as actually wound up in the story, because some of the others didn't fit with what I was trying to say about ART and MB, or didn't wind up fitting the characters of Dai (the Colony Solicitor) and Eden as they developed. I have become weirdly attached to my little probably completely AU version of this already fictional show. I might at least have to draw Dai and Eden at some point? I'm not usually a big fan of fandom OCs, but now I seem to have a couple.
So much of this story was rewritten and chopped up and moved around, especially between the deadline and the archive going live, that it feels a bit like a Franken-fic to me now. I like it, but it's so far from what I initially imagined I was going to be writing that I'm a little dizzy! A rewarding experience, and one that has given me a lot to think about in re: storytelling.
Once again, I did not manage to treat, and was in fact writing furiously down to the wire on my main assignment. Perhaps by next year I will have figured out some better time management strategies? Or at least nailed down a better regimen of ADHD meds.
I've also only read a small fraction of what I wanted to from the archive, naturally. I hope to share some recs later on.
Anyway, more personal stuff later, maybe. I'm feeling jazzed up about working on my![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
rarefemslashexchange assignment, and of course, my OTHER favorite exchange, chocolateboxcomm, opened for sign-ups today. Making things! It's the best part of every year, and seems like a great way to kick off this one.
I may do some kind of personal ramble/reflection thing later, but for now I thought I'd just go ahead and share some stuff I made, since we have Yuletide and Multifandom Doodle reveals today!
lost and found (Wayfarers; Pepper & Owl, G)
Two illustrated scenes from A Closed and Common Orbit, featuring an early moment in "Jane" and Owl's relationship, and their reunion at the end of the book (with bonus Sidra looking on). It was a big challenge, trying to convey these very emotionally intense scenes from one of my very favorite books!
for
FLOWER HURRICANE (Sailor Moon; Sailor Jupiter, G)
I haven't drawn a member of the Sailor Senshi in her fuku in so long ... given that these were the characters I was drawing when my desire to be an artist really CLICKED, it was a lovely bit of nostalgia. Also, I've always wanted to draw this particular attack!
for
hanakotoba (Sailor Moon; Haruka/Michiru, G)
In which I explore the Japanese version of flower language, and draw my favorite butch/femme couple lounging around in a garden in their ridiculous matching outfits from episode 181 ("Seiya and Usagi's Heart-Pounding Date").
for
a rough patch (Original, jack'o'lantern-headed girl gang, G)
There was a prompt for "Pumpkin or Jack-o-Lantern Headed Girl(s)," and I immediately wanted to draw a spooky girl gang. For some reason, "girl gang" took me straight to "teddy girls." I had so much fun with this piece! (Plus it's always fun to draw for a long-time fandom acquaintance whose art you have admired for years and years! <3)
for
reluctant bedfellows (The Locked Tomb, Harrow & Ianthe, G)
Two baby lyctors grudgingly sharing a bed during the events of Harrow the Ninth! This was a sheer delight to draw, although honestly, Ianthe came out a bit more conventionally pretty than I usually imagine her. And yeah, that's meant to be one of the infamous nude Third House necro/cav paintings hanging above them, because of course.
for
That's a pile of art, and yet, just a FRACTION of the prompts I wanted to draw for. I have a whole list leftover, and I really hope this event runs again, because it was so much fun. I would heavily encourage anyone who likes to draw or doodle to join in if it does, regardless of whether you think of yourself as "good" or "an artist." It truly was for everyone, at every skill level, and was such a fun, open-hearted, enthusiastic experience across the board.
And then there's Yuletide.
narrative context
The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
ART & Murderbot (subtext-y gen), G, 7.3K
"It gave me context for the emotions I was feeling, I managed not to say." -Exit Strategy
My 15th Yuletide fic (for my 14th round of participation), and a doozy of a challenge to write; honestly, far more than I was expecting. My recipient,
That last part might have been part of the problem. I had the idea that a contentious, bantery negotiation process would be fun, but none of the characters wanted to cooperate with me on that. At all. And then after rereading An Artificial Condition, I was hit upside the head with thoughts about MB's feelings around autonomy and ART's genuinely terrifying power (and MB's initial feelings about it). Thankfully, Gurathin rescued me from an eleventh-hour reworking around that theme (though it would be interesting to explore further). I've come out of my deep dive into this canon with a new appreciation for Gurathin and his role in MB's life. I really want to read (and maybe write) more about it.
My ostensible main characters, ART and MB, were unbelievably reticent throughout the process, especially our erstwhile protagonist. Which I guess makes sense, given that I was trying to make it share its feelings, in a way. I'm not surprised that it basically forced me to do more of that through the intermediary of imaginary television than anything else, in retrospect.
In fact, I wrote about twice as many "Sanctuary Moon" snippets as actually wound up in the story, because some of the others didn't fit with what I was trying to say about ART and MB, or didn't wind up fitting the characters of Dai (the Colony Solicitor) and Eden as they developed. I have become weirdly attached to my little probably completely AU version of this already fictional show. I might at least have to draw Dai and Eden at some point? I'm not usually a big fan of fandom OCs, but now I seem to have a couple.
So much of this story was rewritten and chopped up and moved around, especially between the deadline and the archive going live, that it feels a bit like a Franken-fic to me now. I like it, but it's so far from what I initially imagined I was going to be writing that I'm a little dizzy! A rewarding experience, and one that has given me a lot to think about in re: storytelling.
Once again, I did not manage to treat, and was in fact writing furiously down to the wire on my main assignment. Perhaps by next year I will have figured out some better time management strategies? Or at least nailed down a better regimen of ADHD meds.
I've also only read a small fraction of what I wanted to from the archive, naturally. I hope to share some recs later on.
Anyway, more personal stuff later, maybe. I'm feeling jazzed up about working on my
rarefemslashexchange assignment, and of course, my OTHER favorite exchange, chocolateboxcomm, opened for sign-ups today. Making things! It's the best part of every year, and seems like a great way to kick off this one.