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The previous track was orchestral, so the next one will be electronic ambient. Time to brew some thick pad sounds!
Guess what? Recording background sounds for the new ambient track!
Hunt for ambient sound effects continues!
The next track will be orchestral again, no blinking lights!
Want to try a new (for me) approach to making orchestral music this time - completing the piano sketch for the whole piece first, before even thinking of orchestration. Let's see how it goes.
Still working on a new orchestral track
This artist really needs all the support. ;)
Kieran is an aloof vampire with nobility roots. He's my type of vampire that I've worked on - some facts about them:
They are double fanged
Their pupils are in a shape of a cross
Their eyes glow
This piece was made for my uni assignment where we had to make a beastiary card, so I took it as an opportunity to draw my boy.
Feel free to support poor artist (me).
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the creative process & writing sh*t
Hello friends!
This week, as I get back into the swing of working on my original story and the challenge I’ve set for myself with tackling the seemingly insurmountable task of worldbuilding, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I’m going to approach crafting my fantasy world. I’ve been kicking around the interwebs for a bit for some guidance (how-to videos and blogs, inspirational content, etc.) and I’ve not had much luck. I’ve been looking into a few courses (mainly https://rmarcher.com/resource-library/the-worldbuilding-toolbox/) and resources (mainly https://milanote.com/guide/worldbuilding & https://inkarnate.com/) but I’m not sure about any of them.
(^ me this week)
I’ve said before that I am not Tolkien (though I wish). I have never built a world with the extent of detail and specificity and concreteness to which I need to build the one in which my story takes place. I have no idea what I’m doing.
I think, however, that's part of the creative process, though it pains me to say. I like when outcomes are known and things are in order (though life rarely ever truly is). I’m gonna admit something to y’all…. I am a total perfectionist. I like things the way that I like things, and I don't like not being able to make things the way I want them to be.
But part of writing, as I am slowly coming to learn and accept, is creating complete sh*t. And if you create enough sh*t then every so often you’ll stumble across something that's gold. All you need to do is have the courage to dive in and the willingness to get messy.
Therefore, what I really need to do to start building this world for my story, is to just dive in and mess around. That scares the crap out of me because I know some of the stuff (maybe even most of the stuff) that I’m going to make will be terrible. But with all the terrible stuff, there is going to be some stuff that is awesome. And, I don’t know about you, but for me a lot of terrible stuff and a little bit of awesome stuff is better than no stuff at all.
As I’ve been cutting down on procrastination, I’ve been trying to make intentional space to be creative. So, as I continue to make time to do my other creative hobbies like crocheting and graphic design, I am going to make time to write as well. I’m going to throw myself head first into this whole worldbuilding thing and just try stuff out. I may use worldbuilding resources or aids, but for the most part I’m just going to write. I want to make the commitment to do this thing, but also give myself space to let my creativity grow.
So, I will keep you all updated as I go along. Hopefully I'll have enough good stuff to share (because I don’t want to bog down my feed with crap), but we shall see. That’s all from me today, I guess.
And remember, dot your j’s and cross your t’s (even when your writing sh*t ᕱ__<)!
~Clementine J. Quincey 🪷
inspiration + angry women
Hello friends!
As it usually goes, once I have started a project and everything is lined up and planned out (as much as I plan anything) something else swoops in and captures my attention. Do not fret friends, as the thing that has captured my attention is the development of a new character for this very story, but it is not what I was supposed to be working on. This post will be rather short this week, which after the doozy of last week’s I’m sure y’all are very glad of.
I am in a class this semester focusing on the craft behind writing the character archetypes of witches, harpies, and hags and it’s got me thinking about villain characters a lot. Now, by no means do witches, harpies, and hags as archetypes have to be written as villains, but oftentimes they are and I think it says something about our society that knowledgeable women, powerful women, angry women, and older women are discriminately villainized under these archetypes. It’s fascinating to me.
The main villain of my story is going to be a man. I already have been making vague plans for him. But, I wanted to add a female villain because women can be just as powerful and dangerous as men. That's also why a lot of my main cast is made up of women as well. Us ladies know how to get sh*t done and be smart about it when we do. ᕱ__< But the idea of feminine rage, of the angry woman, has always kind of captivated me.
I love a good villain with a backstory. A villain you can’t help but feel sympathetic towards even though they may have committed atrocities because there is a reason they are like this. Someone or something pushed them to their limits and broke them enough that now they want to break the world in return. My main villain is not that type of guy. But if I write another villain then maybe I’ll get to develop her in this type of way.
I was inspired by a girl on my sister’s soccer team actually. She’s kind of a b*tch. A nice to your face, talks behind your back, negative all the time, green with envy b*tch. She’s mean to my sister and so I am not her biggest fan. But as I watched her get pissed off during a game and shove a girl on the opposing team with the biggest scowl on her face, I was *inspired.* All I scribbled down in my notebook was the girl's name along with “harpie archetype, angry woman, red-hot with rage.” (She's a ginger btw.)
^a picture of my notebook btw
I’ve been turning and turning and turning the idea over in my head and doing a little bit of writing on it this past week. I hope I can work her into the story somehow and make her a villain I can be proud of. And, bonus!! If I continue to keep developing this character, she’d be a perfect foil for my best girl Sascha.
Stay inspired my friends! And always remember to dot your j’s and cross your t’s.
~Clementine J. Quincey 🪷