I'm planning on going back through and redrawing some of my old stp posts. I've improved a lot since some of my those posts and it's a lot of fun to see the improvements. Though I am starting with less of a redraw and more of throwing a character into a situation again.
Whenever I draw character for the first time (especially when there's parts of the design to interpret) they go through such an ugly phase ;-;
I spent a minute trying to reference animals a few days ago, but my hand just wasn't cooperating with me. So I think I'll have to spend a while designing without.
Also, something I noticed while watching a playthrough
The transformed pit chanters' teeth become sharp when going into act 2. (The difference is probably best seen between their portraits and models)
More trying to get my mutuals into feed the pit because I cannot go insane alone.
The medium is such a curious character to me. Mostly because I'd expect a character called the medium in this context to be the one to speak with the pit. Not someone to fill the unfulfilled roles. It's especially intriguing to me because that was apparently her role at some point. So would that still be the intended role for her title? Perhaps she can't or won't fulfill that duty because she doesn't want to oppose the father? Though I'm probably just reading into things.
Also, I thought I'd draw the Medium because I was thinking about how annoying it'd be for her to fufill the Seeker's duties. Those big ass horns are probably make car rides quite cramped. Not to mention that the park ranger probably doesn't just let the fully robed cultist with three yellow eyes and deer antlers walk around a valley notorious for its disappearances without questioning.
Feed the pit is very fun, highly recommend y'all try it out or atleast watch a playthrough.
So to show my affection I have drawn the Protector. Which I may have misinterpreted their face to be like that of a deer skull and less like that of a canine. But I intend on drawing more of these characters in the future, it's just I've gotta lock in for artfight for rn.
When it comes to my creatures I always love to imagine transitional animation in between forms. These ocs are no exception
On the topic of evolutions. I see no reason why creatures partially inspired by desires wouldn't have branching evos. So here's a design I was playing around with for Miru
An idea I'm playing with for them are three alt forms for their evolutions. Fight (attack), flight (speed), and freeze (defence). (No fawn because although this is me playing around with making shitty designs, I can't come up with a purpose for a fawn form. And that fear reaction also just doesn't fit Miru well enough)
And some magma drawings I did of @vissle-whistle and a friend who doesn't have Tumblr's ocs (top image only include my character and smth I made on the spot) (also, the shading on the woman in the top right of the third drawing was done by vissle)
This is it. I have no idea what it's going to be like out there.
N-not that I'm scared or anything. It's exciting, really. Anything could happen.
This is all a very dramatic way of me saying, hi everyone! Everest here (but also, not?), and also, this is my goodbye to you all and this blog. Thank you for everything, and we will hopefully see you in the future <3
...Though, if you *do* want to hear more of why and stuff, it will be under the cut. Fair warning: it's long and also extremely dramatic
It's been seven months since my collective's syscovery and maybe two months since I, the person writing this message, a chaotic Tumblr gremlin who would randomly start the dumbest jokes for no reason and the resident skeptunist enjoyer, stopped feeling like "Everest Gale". What a strange thing to realize, right? To suddenly not relate to the identity that you have so carefully curated and that you have been cherishing so deeply for months and months. But on the other, it makes sense, doesn't it? It's an identity that belonged to someone *we* collectively thought of as "me". Of course as more and more of my headmates have begun to establish themselves as their own people, the less and less sense "Everest Gale" made for *me*.
I was in denial for a while. The exact reasons as to why are a little too personal to be shared publicly, but long story short, it was a combination of some insecurities, some struggles and doubt, and some people - or rather, a certain person - exacerbating my feelings that I *had to* cling to this identity of "Everest Gale", to do otherwise would be to betray people. And yet, all I've been doing this whole time was betraying *myself*.
I'm sure you all have noticed how little this blog has been getting used since our syscovery. And part of the issue was personal issues stacking on top of each other, sure, but another part of it was that it felt *awkward* to do that. The more time went on, the more it felt like a "performance", a show that I wanted to put on, rather than something that came directly from my heart like it had happened in the past. And in hindsight, it makes sense. This is *my* blog, so our headmates felt awkward using it, and yet now it also belongs to someone I no longer am. It feels weird to use when there is this image people have of who "Everest Gale" is, it feels weird to use when everything feels out of place, and it feels weird to use when *I am* not "Everest Gale" anymore. And so, as much as it kind of sucks for me to say, I think I have to let this blog go, along with everything "Everest Gale" related. And this is my goodbye.
...It's very bittersweet for me. I am parting ways with something that once meant so much to me. And in a way, it still does mean so much to me. "Everest Gale" made a lot of mistakes, some of which still haunt me to this day, and yet I can't help but be grateful for the version of us that got us where we are today. "Everest Gale" is how I forced myself to "put myself out there". "Everest Gale" is how I was able to find my joy, my voice and even reach people, when I had so much doubt, in a very confusing time of our life. And "Everest Gale" is how I found some of my closest, dearest friends, the support group that has helped us get through some very rough patches of our life, and who we could support back, the very people who are our foundation for us to finally be able to stand up tall and *breathe*.
Also nothing is getting deleted, for the record. And in fact, I will probably still use this account "for now" to lurk on my friends' blogs from time to time, but there will not be any new posts or reblogs here. It's just going to be an archive, a memoir of someone we used to be not too long ago.
And? What happens next? Who knows, really. Perhaps, when we are ready to make art and post on social media again, we will return to Tumblr and even StP Tumblr, just with a new blog and a new name. Perhaps, we will find a new fandom for us to bunker in and make stuff for. Perhaps, we will finally try making our own original stuff. I don't know, none of us do! Just like the Slay the Princess quote I pulled to start this post with, I'm excited to see where life takes us. Where we might go, what might we find, who might we meet, and what we might make, now that we are no longer shackling ourselves to an identity that doesn’t make sense anymore, now that we know we are *we* and can say so with pride.
Perhaps when that time comes, I will make one more post here, letting people know that we have a new blog. Or maybe we won't, and we will just let people discover ourselves naturally. I can't make any promises right now. "We will see" is the only real answer I have here.
But in any case, thanks for sticking around everyone! Perhaps we will see you all again in the future. But for now, take care everyone, and hope you have a wonderful time <3
OMG HII!! Augh he looks SO GOOD IN YOUR STYLE. His feathers have so much movement, and the thinness in the lines for his head feather gives it such a soft texture! Might I also say that the sharpness of weight you added to the lines gives the art so much presence! I'm promptly adding this to my new folder for the art y'all have been giving me!!
The expression here is so beautiful!! Thank you!!! But my god have you improved so much. I remeber your first few animations for the tourney. It's clear that you've been growing much more comfortable with animation and designs that are so different from yours. Thank you so much for all of your hard work!
Well... Better late than never, right @voice-of-the-sexyman ?
So many designs... It took a long time to make... But it was worth it.
I'm going to add a flashing light warning + (pink) blood just in case (don't worry, there aren't any flashing lights—I just couldn't find any better effects... And the blood, it's not really blood—it's just a special effect, too :/)
