IT MY BIRTHDAY!!! :D

"All things considered, it was nice while it lasted"

explanation and references below the cut

so, this was actually supposed to be an art study, but I got so carried away that the original artworks became inspiration rather than anything. that said, it was quite a bit outside of my comfort zone, and it was really fun to make. I want to try implementing bright colours into my art more now

here is the canvas with the references, all made by @isjasz

feels kinda refreshing going from watching wild life finale where I was pretty much rooting for a specific winner to mcc party where I was watching pink parrots with full faith they wouldn't make it to the dodgeball part, very relaxing

although I did start very much rooting for orange by the end there, but still, it was a lot of fun and very chill

Hermittober Day 6: Horizon

"Mumbo, is the moon big?"

some thoughts under the cut vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

a bit of a smaller one today, but I like it nonetheless. the only challenge really was making the moon look minecraft-ey, but I think I managed to do that well enough

so I was looking through gem's name mc in search of her researcher skin

and I found this

so I present to you

grem

I'M SCREAMING-

also, I gotta say, going from Etho POV straight to Martyn POV is quite a whiplash (although I imagine it'd be much stronger the other way around)

like, team renwood mining session is chill, you know right away that they'll stick together, they talk about being old men, Martyn gives Ren a diamond unprompted (at least I don't remember Ren asking? either way it's very chill)

meanwhile there's the B.E.T. team. not only do Bdubs and Etho spend pretty much their whole time on the surface arguing like an old married couple (which also carries on to their mining session), but also their mining session is so wild. every time someone finds loot or, gods forbid, diamonds, they're on each other's THROATS. like, they're acting as if the SECOND there's back on surface they're gonna run off in separate directions

Hermittober Day 5: Echo

version without chromatic aberration and some yapping under the cut vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

what do you do when you've tried doing several takes on one drawing and anything with details looks like shit? that's right, you make anything that'd have said details too small to have any and slap a bunch of texture brushes and effects on it!

"if I try making it perfect I won't make it at all" or something, so I'm just gonna accept my losses and move on

bug

Hermittober Day 17: Pulse

see what I did there? (transparent background version under the cut vvvvvvv)

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

my sleep schedule decided to break, so completing these in time is now quite a challenge, but I wanted to make the pun SO BAD

and it isn't what I initially had in mind, but I like this one way more I think

also at some point my brother walked in on me drawing this and asked "is that a defibrillator humanization". and I hate how that description fits rather well

I just finished watching Pearl's session 2 POV and I just realized something

Pearl kind of takes after Scott in a way

I'm specifically talking about Scott's ally blessing. at the end of her video she was talking to Impulse and was explaining how this time she wants him to win. and it's not even the first time she's helped someone else win, she offered her life to Scar back in Secret Life. and people (including me) say that it was Scott's blessing that helped Scar, but what if Pearl had to do with it also?

I've had a theory for a while that every Life Series curse and blessing has 2 aspects to it. the canary curse means the bearer dies first AND right before many other deaths follow. the ally blessing means the recipient wins AND dies. so what if the blessing is now split between 2 players? after all, in Secret Life Scott was Gem's ally first and foremost, only being allied with Scar for a very short time. he wasn't even on the same side as Scar in the zombie apocalypse. but Pearl was. Pearl went into finale by his side. so according to this theory Scott's part (ensuring the ally dies) worked on Gem and Pearl's part (ensuring the ally wins) worked on Scar

Scott died for his soulmate, so his part is the death. Pearl saw her soulmate die for her, so her part is protection until the win

so yeah, Impulse was one of my picks for the win even before session 1 videos were released, but now he's pretty much my top 1 pick

I just finished reading chapter 21 of TAMN by @uhohbestie

and... yeah...

don't get me wrong, I've seen spoilers, I knew it was going to happen, I know what's gonna happen

but DAMN, I think I'll need a little break to be able to continue reading

I am sad that I got into it so late tho, I think by the time I'll catch up fully it'll be over and this is the only contribution I'll be able to make to the fandom while it's still in bloom :(