Inktober 2018, Day 7 And Day 8, Sketches Of Helena And MC In Fantasy Land Outfits. Holy Shit, My Style

Inktober 2018, Day 7 and Day 8, sketches of Helena and MC in fantasy land outfits. Holy shit, my style changed so much since the last time I drew them 4-6 months ago. And, if the cape looks familiar, it’s cause I wanted to go for Anime-realism style so I used my cosplay cape as reference. That’s how a hooded cape actually sits on your shoulders in real life while you’re moving around.

“I’ll let you go. I’ll find a way to let you be free.” (MC dialogue, Altea season 6)

The above quote isn’t from Helena’s season 4, but I’m putting it here cause I’ll explain in my next Inktober post. Take a moment to think about it and analyze the double meaning of the words in relation to season 4.

Sry I’m a week late on reviewing this…I’m severely behind on reading stories at the moment, but I just wanted to compliment that Helena’s season 4, ep1-3 was handled very professionally by Voltage. The transition from the heart wrenching, emotional moments of season 3 that moved readers to tears, into the light-hearted moments of season 4 was done beautifully. Of course, the only critique is that the whole curse breaking method was textbook fantasy, but that’s what stories are for, to give us moments of magic. Wouldn’t wish for it any other way. That was a lot of emotions and story plot squeezed into 3 episodes, but it was skillfully executed. Episodes 1-3 may as well be a mini-story in itself, since it teaches us that the desire to recapture true love transcends even the darkest of our inner demons.

MC is having the Mood again

The only thing getting me through this VN hiatus is going to be writing. Why did they shelve VN? There’s a bunch of other series they could have paused instead of it. VN and L&L are the only two series that I actually love.

Starship has run its course and Atlas is the only one I truly enjoy / look forward to reading through (Nova’s route has plunged off a cliff and Tyrian’s route is a huge disappointment). Havenfall is not bad but I only play a few characters. Astoria Lost Kisses is a lost cause considering Astoria’s popularity dwindled a long time ago…

They really had to shelve VN…I get that it’s hard to keep up with routes when you only have 4 weeks in between updates, so it’s stressful on the teams to get the characters in on time, but couldn’t they have adjusted better? Added Bat (and maybe Zeke) to curve that time crunch or devoted more staff to it?

Out of all the series Lovestruck could have shelved, VN should have been at the very bottom.

I’m bitter and disappointed. Writing will keep my sanity.

not to be a bitter asshole but the overwhelming “my gf is perfect and relationships between women are are all pure and perfect” culture on here is annoying. there are a lot of us out here being used, cheated on, dumped, abused, having communication issues and shitty breakups, and lesbian culture is not a binary of “im alone and pining after an imaginary perfect gf” or “i have a perfect gf”. it does baby lesbians and bi women a disservice. don’t feel like there’s something wrong with you if you have bad dates or weird dates or women treat you like shit or trespass your boundaries and in general don’t act like perfect magical moon princesses and your relationship isn’t a magical dream of cat ownership and cuddling. women are people too, and that means women are flawed too. there are wonderful women out there and you will find one someday to build your life with but there are a lot of assholes out there too, you’re not failing at anything if you date one of them. and you have the capability of being a shitty asshole too!

Inktober 2018, Day 12, Alain Richter (Love & Legends) holding a tray of fall themed cookies and of course, a white rose. Sort of based off a scene from @amemixfan fanfic with Alain and Helena owning a bakery. I’m kind of hoping that Voltage will do some sort of cross-over with them and Sweet Enchantments cause they both bake!

“I glance at a glass counter and spot a small tray of cookies. They’re fall themed cookies. One is a brown leaf with chocolate icing, another is in the shape of a tiny pumpkin, and the final is in the shape of a tiny acorn. They’re so cute and I feel a smile rise on my lips.” (MC narration from amemixfan’s story)

It’s a really cute fanfic featuring Alain, Helena, Sophie, and the MC. You guys can read it here: https://amemixfan.tumblr.com/post/178625770506/ll-prompt-i-know-i-keep-coming-to-the-cookie

The challenge of taking a writer’s words and visualizing it into a drawing is enjoyable!

Inktober 2018, Day 14 and Day 15, sketches of Antonio Vasquez and Diego Escalona from Havenfall is for Lovers. Attempting to practice some anatomy…keyword ATTEMPTING, lmao. I thought it’d take me less time to draw them without shirts on, but it ended up taking longer cause I had no idea what muscles were where and how to shade it. Nonetheless, it was good practice lol…I will keep studying drawing tutorials to improve.

Antonio is so damn romantic, he’s tied in 3rd place for my favorite characters with Renzei cause honestly, I can’t decide between the two of them. Speaking of which…I MISS ANTONIO SO MUCH. I know his season 2 just ended a bit ago, but I miss him already.

BTW! Would you rather have Antonio or Diego bite you? For that very reason, I drew them with their fangs out!