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I'm taking a break from Tumblr for a little while.
You can still reach me or find my art in other places. Take care!
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Check out R.K. Ignazio's comic and give it some love. Every panel looks like it comes out of an epic fantasy-adventure film.
In the ancient city of Enoch, a thief takes revenge on the rulers who’ve oppressed his people
Apple of Thine Eye, pg. 22
Apple of Thine Eye, pg. 21
Apple of Thine Eye, pg. 20
If you are an artist or interested in visual storytelling (such as in film/storyboarding/animation), I cannot recommend StudioBinder enough. Some videos, especially the shot list ones, were recommended to me by my mentor.
It is a banquet of information for those who want to improve the way they communicate character and story. Plus, kind of nice to have them going on in the background while you work.
Apple of Thine Eye, pg. 19
Apple of Thine Eye, pg. 18
im afraid im cooked fellas
Finished this pencil test! Animating Iago to the late Gilbert Gottfried’s reading of Fifty shades of Grey. May he rest in peace. (Warning: Fowl Language)
You are indirectly the reason I got a huge scholarship for my master's degree. I stumbled upon Antiphony back when I was in college of my junior year and after reading the first couple chapters I was so hooked I actively decided to binge read that entire monstrosity instead of studying for my thermo midterm. I failed so miserably my parents got on me so bad and I went crazy for my finals and managed to slide out with a B and that was enough to bump my GPA up where my profs nominated me for a full ride 😅
So thanks for that!
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First, hello former reader! What was your username on ffnet so I can look up your comments?
Thank you so much for reaching out after all this time. It is such a delight to hear from you and your admittedly tragic/panicky memories of reading Antiphony. I’m so glad you turned it into a win in the end!
These days looking back on that fic I tend to feel a certain amount of regret and cringe. I wrote that fic when I was near the end of college myself and then revamped it slightly a couple years after that. I cringe because I had such strong shipper glasses on that I think I glossed over story elements that should have been there. Sometimes it is hard for me to feel proud of it. But I think I am hard on myself (and my readers by default), and should just feel grateful I was able to finish the story and have so many people enjoy it as it was written. Every couple of years I pull the outline of the sequel out of the dust bin and take a shot at writing it but then my mind fell into the whirlpool of Spy x Family. I am not sure if I’ll write Height of Faith but if I do, I’m heartened that readers like you still hold fond memories of the original. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
No spoilers intended, but I am satisfied with how the latest installment came out. Here's a panel from it.
FicSnips Day 31: Antiphony
Seemed fitting to close this FicSnips month with Antiphony, an Aladdin fic I wrote ~15 years ago. It's still on Fanfiction.net along with all my pre-SxF work.
Premise: Mozenrath (an evil sorcerer from the Aladdin TV series) challenges Jasmine to figure out his latest scheme before he can enact it. She gets in way over her head in discovering the source of his power and encountering new threats.
I was young when I wrote this, and didn't have a strong grasp on the craft of storytelling. In the excerpt below, it's obvious I could have cut out a lot of words (all the secondhand observations of "she could see," etc.). And yet this fic is very special to me because it was the first time I finished a long fic (180K words), and because of the many friends I made in this small fandom, some of whom drew amazing art for this fic: @darkelf19, @scaragh and @apetronart for example (the latter began drawing a breathtaking Antiphony light novel). I even met another author in person and collaborated on a fic at their dining table.
I have tried to write the sequel to Antiphony many times, but could never sustain the momentum. Now I'm wrapped up in SxF. Still, I hope that one day with the writing experience I've gained since then, I can take another shot.
This excerpt is from a key moment in Mozenrath's past where he overthrows his master and claims his most powerful weapon for himself. (In canon, he gave up all the flesh on his right arm for the power of the gauntlet.)
Shortly before this scene, Mozenrath speaks with the ghost of his mother for the first time since childhood, and she shows him what his life could have been like if he hadn't willingly become a necromancer's apprentice. This is his reaction, so beautifully illustrated by @apetronart: