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Of milkshakes and macarons
It’s a beautiful morning…and yet…you have this strange feeling that something bad is going to happen…
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Who’s who in Stellalune
Your name is Sophie and you’re in Stellalune, a city where the streets are shrouded in mist and the people in mystery. Fortunately, a talking rabbit named Cher gave you a cheat sheet to help you remember who’s who.
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Kawaii Sky: Prologue
Your name is Sophia Kathryn Manning, but to everyone except your mother, you’re just Sophie: the unremarkable author of an unremarkable novel, a disillusioned twenty-something who works at a cafe and volunteers at the public library. Your social circle consists of your mother, your coworkers, and a stray cat that sometimes lets you feed it.…
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A plan emerges
I’ve been going on about how close I am to being ready to start sharing Kawaii Sky with you guys, and I am now really, really super close…ish…I have the final draft of the prologue, and a plan for the rest of the book. If you want to see the roadmap, keep reading; if you…
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Mermaid
Last time I posted my very first pixel art (though not finished in that order) and today I’m sharing my second! Which started as a simple practice piece to help me do the sky and mountains in Dream Haven, but the blue colors and gradient reminded me of the ocean, and so I added some…
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And…finally done!
My very first pixel art—though not in order of completion, I’ve finished others since then, two of which you’ll be seeing in upcoming posts. But I’m super excited to share this one with you because it’s what got me sucked down the rabbit hole of pixel art.
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Which my autocorrect for some reason changed to “hair astrology” 🤔
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First post of 2024??
This is my first post this year and it’s already almost March! 😱 However, although I haven’t been posting, don’t let it be said that I’ve been idle. Here’s some of the stuff I’ve been up to:
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AI art: some initial thoughts
If you spend much time in online creative communities, you’ve more than likely encountered artwork created using generative artificial intelligence (AI art for short), and probably the heated controversy surrounding it: an article in the September issue of Vogue concluded that AI art will either be another passing fad, or the end of the world…
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