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Bandom Big Bang
Sep. 14th, 2022 05:18 pmHello, it's been quite some time since my last entry!
A few things have changed since then, namely I've started journaling pretty frequently, so posting stuff about my personal life here has lost it's flavor (not that I posted exactly often anyway, lol). So to the few of you that may see this, don't expect to see that sort of thing from me anymore. However, I will say in reference to my past complaints that I did get to do some skating this past summer :)
Anyway, regarding bandom, I would love to go into unnecessary detail on my endeavors there!
Bandom Big Bang~
This past BBB season was kind of a weird one-- I wasn't particularly happy with some of the changes and decisions made by the new mods... a lot of unnecessary discourse came of it and it felt very gatekeeping in a lot of ways. Despite this, I didn't have the heart to opt out, since so many beloved writers were participating and there was a strong promise of great new content to come out of it.
I ended up choosing a story called Noise and Absolution by mausoleumheart, a used centric fic set in the killjoys verse, which follows Quinn Allman's journey as an ex bli employee navigating life in the zones and figuring out where he belongs. Includes lots of action, twists and turns, and some bandom cameos (including the elusive fab four briefly). Though Quinn happens to be shipped with Bert Mccracken, the focus was on other issues mostly, leaving this feeling a bit tacked on... however, Hayley WIlliams has a fairly big part in the plot, and I really enjoyed her dynamic with Quinn, as random as that pair may sound.
I would be giving some things away if I explained exactly what's going on in the scene I decided to illustrate, however it's definitely a highlight of that relationship and is one of my favorite parts of the whole work.
I have gone digital for the last couple big pieces... this was something I was very against doing for a while, but then I tried it and am a bit hooked. I still do very much prefer traditional, but. well, I did this on my phone with a very nice free little app called ibispaint, and it's all very convenient! With my current sluggish artistry state, this is not exactly doing me much good, but it's appealing. Sigh. Anyway, I'm fairly happy with how it came out, regardless, though I do wish I would have used a more paper-like texture, rather than the slightly tacky canvas look I went with.
But yeah. This is embedded in the chapter the scene appears in, and I implore you to read it! it's a roller coaster, very eventful.
One thing about the current mods is that they dropped the ball a bit on the advertising part of reveals-- not that they haven't made posts for any of the fics at all, but it's been extremely few and far apart so far, and Noise and Absolution has yet to have it's time in the lime light, so. please do check it out, it hasn't gotten much attention yet.
Alright, that's my plug for today. I may or may not do a couple others this week, we'll see.
A few things have changed since then, namely I've started journaling pretty frequently, so posting stuff about my personal life here has lost it's flavor (not that I posted exactly often anyway, lol). So to the few of you that may see this, don't expect to see that sort of thing from me anymore. However, I will say in reference to my past complaints that I did get to do some skating this past summer :)
Anyway, regarding bandom, I would love to go into unnecessary detail on my endeavors there!
Bandom Big Bang~
This past BBB season was kind of a weird one-- I wasn't particularly happy with some of the changes and decisions made by the new mods... a lot of unnecessary discourse came of it and it felt very gatekeeping in a lot of ways. Despite this, I didn't have the heart to opt out, since so many beloved writers were participating and there was a strong promise of great new content to come out of it.
I ended up choosing a story called Noise and Absolution by mausoleumheart, a used centric fic set in the killjoys verse, which follows Quinn Allman's journey as an ex bli employee navigating life in the zones and figuring out where he belongs. Includes lots of action, twists and turns, and some bandom cameos (including the elusive fab four briefly). Though Quinn happens to be shipped with Bert Mccracken, the focus was on other issues mostly, leaving this feeling a bit tacked on... however, Hayley WIlliams has a fairly big part in the plot, and I really enjoyed her dynamic with Quinn, as random as that pair may sound.
I would be giving some things away if I explained exactly what's going on in the scene I decided to illustrate, however it's definitely a highlight of that relationship and is one of my favorite parts of the whole work.
I have gone digital for the last couple big pieces... this was something I was very against doing for a while, but then I tried it and am a bit hooked. I still do very much prefer traditional, but. well, I did this on my phone with a very nice free little app called ibispaint, and it's all very convenient! With my current sluggish artistry state, this is not exactly doing me much good, but it's appealing. Sigh. Anyway, I'm fairly happy with how it came out, regardless, though I do wish I would have used a more paper-like texture, rather than the slightly tacky canvas look I went with.
But yeah. This is embedded in the chapter the scene appears in, and I implore you to read it! it's a roller coaster, very eventful.
One thing about the current mods is that they dropped the ball a bit on the advertising part of reveals-- not that they haven't made posts for any of the fics at all, but it's been extremely few and far apart so far, and Noise and Absolution has yet to have it's time in the lime light, so. please do check it out, it hasn't gotten much attention yet.
Alright, that's my plug for today. I may or may not do a couple others this week, we'll see.
