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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on May 6, 2017 15:51:56 GMT -5
I try far to often to blend them together. ;P
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Post by Dingoleap on May 6, 2017 20:40:02 GMT -5
Sometimes I do, but it doesn't always work XD
Especially since I'm currently playing around with a 1920's mafia AU for Westward. It's fun, but doesn't mesh with the cannon setting at all XD
Desh and her assassins are mafia, Otto is a disgraced and tired detective and Nef runs some sort of bootlegging operation - until her sister is killed by opposition and she turns to the rest of the criminal underworld in helping her track down her rivals, allowing her to get revenge. It's especially fun since I get to play around with nationalities and religions, and I don't get that in the canon universe.
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on May 6, 2017 21:14:46 GMT -5
Oh my, my favorite pass-time. My universe/s are the complete opposite. While I have major freedom to play around with nationalities and religion in the canon universe I can't really do it very much in my AUs. While religion sometimes plays stronger roles in canon, it doesn't come up so much in the AUs, as one takes place away from all outside forces and the other is a cat fic. While some spirit stuff was planned for the fan fiction, it really doesn't touch much on religion. Nationalities doesn't really effect a cat fan fiction either, but in the human AU, the stories takes place in Africa (if I got my Geography right when I tracked Rattlesnakes movements across the world ^^' ). Sadly, all my maps and charts got deleted of my computer. Completely whipped. Along with most of the plans for the future stories after Poisoning the Sea. Plus, I know nothing of the local flora and fauna, so the backgrounds in the fan fiction isn't really correct. In the canon series I pretty much went a little wild. But everything nationalities wise fit to perfectly for me to ever change it.
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Post by [~Ghost Writer~] on May 7, 2017 12:53:48 GMT -5
Your characters are all so cool :3
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Post by Dingoleap on May 7, 2017 15:51:21 GMT -5
Your characters are all so cool :3 Thank you so much!
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Post by Dingoleap on May 15, 2017 4:58:59 GMT -5
Phew, I gotta update this soon!
I haven't drawn much in the past few weeks (too busy) but I'm going to take my sketchbook to school tomorrow and treat myself to a free period of drawing as a reward for finishing my history essay.
I'm currently working on finishing up the reference sheets for the main cast - Gjin and Diablo need ref sheets, and Otto needs a full body drawing. Then I want to move on to some of the more important secondary characters. I also really want to draw Rahni and Mica together.
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Post by Dingoleap on May 16, 2017 16:15:14 GMT -5
Ok, gonna post a little announcement about the future of the comic, and my art in general, I guess.
Anyway, next month my web address expires, and I don't have enough of a following to justify paying to renew it, as much as I would like to. This means that I am thinking of making a DeviantArt account. I've been weighing my options - and honestly its seeming more and more appealing. The biggest pro is, of course, that it is free. There's also the matter of increased exposure, the gallery option (appealing since I can have more than one project running at the same time in one place, which means I can finally start to give some time to other projects as well) and less pressure I feel to update on a strict schedule, which works for me because I'm super busy until November.
That being said, the downside is that people need an account to comment on my work. I'd still, of course, post all my work here as well, but I feel like that could have a pretty drastic impact on you guys. Since you're my primary readers, I just wanted to get your opinions and such.
Tagging some people because I really value your opinions - » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ ᴛᴜᴇsᴅᴀʏ mintedstar/fur🦇
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on May 16, 2017 17:57:20 GMT -5
I usually lurk in DeviantArt, so I can say I'll read it if it is uploaded there. I, however, do not have an account and have yet to really want one. ^^' I might get one if the comic is posted there, but I wont promise anything. In regards to weighing the ups and downs vs. my own opinions: Free is good, as well as the fact that you'll probably find more readers, different options (folders and such) to sort your work. Well, that against the fact that a ton of forumers already have a DeviantArt account, then you should be fine.
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Post by Dingoleap on May 16, 2017 18:09:58 GMT -5
You make some good points, Mint.
Don't worry if you don't decide to get an account, since all my art will always be posted here as well. It'll probably just be uploaded to DA first, eg. if a comic page is uploaded there on Sunday, it will be posted here on Monday or Tuesday, mostly because I never have the time to upload to more than one place at a time.
I hadn't thought about the fact that some forumers already have accounts! I should talk to them about it :0
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on May 16, 2017 18:38:07 GMT -5
That's good. ^^' I was worried I was babbling.
Heh, you know for sure that I will reply here! Westward is to good not to (and any other art/projects).
Well, I know a lot of forumers do. There's quiet a large Warriors following there, so one way or another they transferred here or went over there. I can probably list half the forumers I know have one. 90% of the people I RP with, for starters. Most, almost all, of the people in Art Forums.
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Post by Dingoleap on May 16, 2017 18:43:49 GMT -5
Nah, I got you man.
Wow, thanks, Mint! Since I'm off school sick today, I want to start working on some proper full coloured illustrations, so hopefully I'll have cool new stuff to share soon! As well as the sketches I've been playing with.
Ooooh, true! I guess I just gotta ask around. I know I've spoken to some people with accounts (I think Moon does?) but I can't remember who.
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on May 16, 2017 18:47:10 GMT -5
Looking forward to it. Yep, asking around should prove a good idea.
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Post by Dingoleap on May 16, 2017 19:29:05 GMT -5
Hmmm, true, Tues. I mean, I've been on Tumblr for like, two years or something, and I only just cracked 100 followers XD At least it being free means I won't feel guilty about not posting much when I'm busy.
I may as well just give it a try c: It means I can support some of my favourite artists, too.
Unless I pay for membership, which I won't, I can't change my username , which is a stupid thing to stress over but I am???
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Post by Dingoleap on May 16, 2017 19:49:37 GMT -5
True, true. These days I mostly just use it for fandom stuff/travel aesthetic. Dev art seems like a much better place for artists.
Definitely! It would be nice not to have to stalk their Tumblr pages for updates.
No way. And the membership features aren't really worth it anyway - although it would be nice to be able to customise my page. Maybe two or three years down the track, once I have a steady income.
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Post by Dingoleap on May 16, 2017 20:04:34 GMT -5
You make some very good points! :0 Well, I think I've just about decided. hopefully I'll find the time to set up a page on the weekend. Or today. I really shouldn't. I should work.
I HAVE MISPLACED MY LINEART PEN IN THE MIDDLE OF DRAWING. WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO?
Edit: found it. I was sitting on it.
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Post by Dingoleap on May 16, 2017 20:12:51 GMT -5
Thats a good plan, actually XD
ITS SO FRUSTRATING MY PENS HAVE AN AWFUL HABIT OF DISAPPEARING MID DRAWING. I put it down and them *poof* its gone.
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Post by Dingoleap on May 16, 2017 20:22:29 GMT -5
Hmmm, honestly. These last few years though, my self-discipline seems to be slipping :/ It's awful, really.
True, true. I get a little paranoid though, since once I put my tablet pen down and then lost track of it, only to find that my dog had taken it and chewed the end off it before I got it back. It still works just fine, though, fortunately! I don't have the funds to replace it at the moment.
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Post by Dingoleap on May 17, 2017 18:59:02 GMT -5
Thanks, Tues <3
Yeeeep XD Oooh, he's good! Such a good boy! I'll have to post some photos soon!
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