Working On A Lil Smt. I've Been Thinking About Inscryption Non Stop (and Developed A Crush On Leshy The

Working on a lil smt. I've been thinking about inscryption non stop (and developed a crush on Leshy the tree peepaw but we don't talk about that) so I decided to make an oc to write some fics.

I don't have much yet but here's Domenique, pronouns they/them. Initially they were a human who lived in PO3's island and worked at the factory, but after volunteering to let PO3 test his game mechanic of turning cards into beasts, the process went horribly wrong and they ended up as a satyr-like creature, half fawn half human. PO3 prioritized building back up the failed machine before helping them so they ran to the others scrybes for help, eventually finding Leshy. Despite the initial dislike and mistrust they felt towards the Scrybe of the beasts and his domain (because lets be honest, PO3 probably brainwashed them hard into hating anything that wasn't robotic or technology), they eventually got used to the forest and organic beings and ended up bonding with Leshy too. Now Nic lives happily in Leshy's domain and plays a blood deck, eventually becoming one of the mini bosses others have to defeat before fighting Leshy.

Some small details I've added are the clover on their head from the mechanic of re rolling cards in certain encounters, a hook from the angler, their top being made out of a golden pelt from the trapper, a few of their earrings being made out of gold from the prospector, and ofc, a moon necklace from Leshy himself

Trying something,,, Nic and my favourite old man

It's almost 2am for me tho so I'll continue tomorrow

If I have time this weekend I'll try to paint it and polish it in time for valentine's day. If not... It was fun to draw anyway <3

It's my first time drawing leshy and I feel like I've accidentally drawn him way too cute but oh well I'm a beginner artist so things just kind of happen and I accept them as I go, can't fight it

Sometimes I think about one thing Brandon Sanderson said about coding and writing. He talked about his experience with programming and how he personally found it used the same mental energy as his writing did. I feel like that never hit me harder than when I started making a text-based game. I thought I could pull off something small in a month, not too interesting but hey, a small project.

Turns out I could, yes, but it was incredibly mentally exhausting.

Writing has always been an escape route for me, if I'm tired I write, if I'm stressed I write, if I feel overwhelmed with too many creative juices building up inside my head I write without a care for time. So I figured that whenever I got tired or frustrated with coding (I was learning everything as I went to frustration was something to keep in mind for sure), I'd just, write instead to keep progressing. Well, that didn't work out as well as I thought.

I find it fascinating to think about that, when I tried to switch from coding to writing it didn't feel like a switch to me, it felt like I was in the same mental space almost, like I was tackling problems in very similar ways or as if I just went from writing on one project to writing on a new one, unrelated yet the same. I ended up finishing the project (it was a Christmas gift so I kinda had to lol) but I know I'm not proud of the final result. My writing there is as weak as it gets, and on a year where I already struggled trying not to give up because I didn't see any improvement on my writing, it felt like it was the worst thing I had made yet.

Of course the gift receiver assured me they loved it, and to be fair he did get 2 hours or so of enjoyment out of it, so I know I did something right. But I can't stop thinking about how the earlier passages I wrote, when I hadn't tackled much coding yet, felt completely different to the latter ones. Of course the fact that I had a deadline and *uni* made me a bit more stressed than usual while working on it, but I still feel like those were minor issues. I know I can write okay-ish under pressure, but that was different.

All in all I'm glad I did the project, playing around with Twine was an amazing experience and I'd love to go back to it in the future with more time and a bigger idea, plus I feel like I picked up some new skills that will definetly help me in the future.

Sorry for the long rambling, but I thought it was an interesting thing to notice. I wonder if studying computer science and spending so much time coding might be a factor on how I'm writing less and less, and instead turning to drawing as an outlet to my creativity.

The name Jonathan means 'God has given' while the surname Sims means 'He who hears' and I could write an essay on the importance of the name and how it connects to the plot of tma but I CANT because all Jonny did was PLAGIARIZE his FUCKING BIRTH CERTIFICATE

Been a while since I've done a full illustration, so I decided to share my last one. Everyone, meet Crow, my oc! Pirate captain, bard, and a bit of a drunk but with a good heart (I think). I actually made her to ship with Viggo in a fanfic but I liked her so much she ended up getting her own universe with magic system and plot <3

(her lil crow is called Pebbles btw)