CW: Blood, Eyestrain

CW: Blood, eyestrain

Ai the Somnium Files Spoilers!

If ya can't handle the gif (which is fair, I get disoriented looking at it for too long too), here's each frame by themselves! They're pretty cool on their own if I do say so myself :D

Here is Aster little sister, Calla Carmichael! This is before Tenrou Island, she is 12 but then ages up to 19

CW: Flashing image, disorienting, blood

Ai the Somnium Files was a heckin trip and a half. I was inspired by the end of it to go full ham and make 8 separate fanarts of Boss, Saito, and Date, learn a new whole ass technique to make glitch effects, and cry while I went insane trying to make a gif :,D

BUT I PERSISTED FOR MY FAV CHARACTERS AND THE SAVE DATA BOIS

(and then they finished the game early while I was in the middle of making it and had no idea soooooooo... It's here for the nirvanA Initiative playthrough a long time after being finished baybee)

(Lol, this has been rotting in my drafts since the end of Somnium Files 🤣)

Wow, ancient relics! Arnulf was the only character I actually drew a lot of (since I think the rwbytuber PhoenixNight had an oc contest or appreciation thing going on and I entered) this was back when I was still figuring out his character, semblance, symbol, etc in 2021. Originally, Arnulf had a semblance that kinda worked like radar, where if one heard his 'howl' he'd know where they were.

I think it's important to show off the first steps of something, since it's the foundation of what you're creating now :)

(and it's kinda fun to go back and poke fun at yourself a little bit for how off your art feels after a few years)

Ooh, maybe for my next art projects I'll redraw child Arnulf (and maybe the rest of the gang!)

Calla after the 7 year timeskip! She is a light wizard but she uses her magic to crate armor and weapons from light, she has 4 sets of armor and I’m so excited to show them! I’m gonna post one later!

I turn 30 next month so here’s what I learned in my 20s:

—don’t work for startups, they’re always one ‘innovative idea’ away adding ‘sell your kidneys on the black market’ to your job description.

—keeping a collection of basic OTC medicine on you will save your life one day. I recommend Advil, Imodium, and TUMS.

—those little single-use glasses cleaning wipes are 1000% worth the money

—overly self-depreciating jokes just make people uncomfortable, wean yourself off of them

—you can buy dehydrated mini marshmallows in bulk online and they’re a godsend for hot cocoa

—people don’t care if you have fidget toys on your desk they just want to play with them

—try to go to bed BEFORE the existential ennui kicks in