Calamity Kiri

They/Them | Eng | I'll never die if I never sleep

[calamitykiri]

>>Heyo ✌️

>>I'm CalamityKiri, aka Kiri, aka Calamity. They/Them, although I don't mind gendered nicks like "bro", "sis", "girl", "dude", "man", etc. Couldn't care less tbh.

>>I have problems with text perception. Because of that I very often make typos and grammatical errors, and writing *anything* takes me twice as long as it should...So, if you notice any mistake/typo in my text, don't hesitate to tell me about it. It's very unlikely that I'll notice the error and fix it by myself, so it's all up to you.

>>My inbox is open for questions, but please keep in mind that I may not respond to 'em. I'll definitely read all of your questions,— y'all are cute and funny, really,— but I don't always have the time/energy to answer and I don't even always KNOW what to answer.

>>Yes, you can draw fanart/write fanfiction based on my work. No, I don't mind.

//My introduction!

//This pinned post will be updated from time to time.

[calamitykiri]

Hey Kiri!!

Love your works so much!

Do you have any writing and worldbuilding advice you could possibly share? And whats the hardest part of creating these au's in your opinion??

>>Hiii!! :)

>>Thanks! >///<

>>It may sound pretty corny, but my advice is— "Be yourself". What you do should please you first and foremost, not others.

>>Well, for example— I like robots, liminal spaces, and! I also don’t like bright colors!! And I think these features of mine have become quite...recognizable (if I dare judge).

>>I could make my drawings more colorful, I could make my AUs more...cheerful, I could write without the ">>" at the beginning of each line—but that wouldn't be me, right?!?

>>And so do you all!!!

//I'm writing all this because— in the past, before I created this blog, I write/draw with the thought "I wanna people to like me and my art/AUs 🥺," which forced me to create things in a way I didn’t like—which made me unhappy.

//Now I don't give a shit about all this and I'm living my best life :))

"And whats the hardest part of creating these au's in your opinion?"

>>The hardest thing, in my opinion, is not to burn out in the process.

>>I'm a passionate person, y'know. And while my passion burns, I can work at high speeds without sleep or rest day after day after day. But, as soon as the passion fades, I'm left with a very tired body and aching wrists.

>>I know about this character trait of mine and very often I have to force myself NOT to draw, NOT to write, NOT to think(about ideas for AU/drawings) although I really WANT to!!! 😔...

>>Taking breaks is important.... I hate taking breaks :(

[calamitykiri]

Can Prototype!Caine talk? I just imagined what if he can't. Or he may just pretend that he can't. But he can send messages to NPCs, use gestures or create text in air (or figures like in Against the Kitchen Floor).

>>He can! But not very clearly, tho.

>>It's a bit long to explain how it all works, but: His voice bank was linked to his avatar, and, by shedding his ringmaster persona he lost his voicebank as such.

>>But he still has the ability to speak. So, when he is trying to output a voice, the system panics a bit and then uses one of the public/free voicebanks for it.

>>In short: Caine speaks with the help of the...uh— S.A.M UTAU??? Which is better than nothing— but this voice is very unclear in pronunciation.

>>...I don't think he can message NPCs/AIs all by himself cuz, um...that can create a HUGE plot hole. And I want to avoid that.

//I can think of five ways on the fly how this ability could ruin the story I'm trying to build—

//Like, he can literally DM Moon and say, "I need you to copy the code that I'll send you rn and paste it into the CMD.exe. Please 😭🙏"!

//Yes-yes, we don't know if Moon&Sun can interact with code at all— and the chat function could be made limited in range— but it's still a pretty powerful ability that I don't want to use (yet)... Maybe later in the story, though ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯. Some kind of portable device, perhaps?

>>But he can use Morse code!(Or something similar to it) :))

>>To sum it up, Caine is partially mute rn!

[calamitykiri]

>>Okay guys, I read all your suggestions about a possible name for my new AU, thought about it (a lot), and this is what I came up with:

>>Reprise!AU :))

[calamitykiri]

>>A surprise gifts for my mutuals! :D

//not all of them, tho. Sorry guys I'm tired

@littlegreenher0n

//I'm assuming your sona is a bittern? If not, my apologies cuz i drawed them as one XD

@krose-draws

@peace-to-the-silent-knight

[calamitykiri]

notepad++? you write in notepad++????? Completely unexpected answer to what you write with and I love it! Very you lol, and now I'm curious: What drawing program do you use? (I can't remember if you've answered this before)

>>Yep.

>>I mean, I don't really trust apps that can't be used offline (for a reason), and Microsoft Word is pissing me off with this @#$&!$@ A4 format of the frame.

>>So I chose something that suited my taste :D

>>And about the drawing program that I'm using: Paint Tool Sai2 (and I also use Photoshop for postprocessing quite a lot).

>>I tried using more modern programs like Clip Studio Paint or Krita, really, but uh... I didn't like it. Not my pond, not my fish imho

>>Sai2 has everything I need – rulers, perspective grids, brushes...If I'm missing something, I just use Photoshop. That's enough for me ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[queerofthedagger]

okay let's actually do this properly

Where do you write your fics/stories

Word

Google Docs

Scrivener

LibreOffice

Obsidian/Notion

ProtonDocs

Notes App

Directly into AO3

Ellipsus

Handwriting

Other (explain in tags?)

Voting ended onJul 28

[calamitykiri]

>>Well. This is what the program in which I write my fics looks like.

>>After saving the code and opening the HTML file, this is what the final result (usually) looks like

[calamitykiri]

>>Six of the twelve(?) backgrounds are ready! :)

>>I don't wanna say a clear date— cuz I don't like deadlines— but.... I'll most likely finish this work in about ±four days and post all [Looks at notes] ±50 pages/frames(???) in my blog.

>>Stay tuned folks! :D

[rephicdraws]

Chapter 3

Art I have drawn for chapter three of If Only I Could Do It Over, a fic i wrote based on @calamitykiri's Encore AU!

[calamitykiri]

>>🫵! 👍 Good job

//Sorry for the short answer, I'm a bit busy at the moment :p

[calamitykiri]

>>A small sketch I drew shortly after the release of the 8ep. I never had time to finish it, really

[calamitykiri]

>>One person asked me how I choose colors for a drawing. I quickly sketched out this....uh— experimental object— which will serve as an example of how to choose a palette in drawings.

>>Not now— I'm not finished yet!—but even at this stage it looks...interesting, isn't it?

//I'm thinking of making a short video for this purpose— Because I have a glimmer of hope that if I show my workflow in its full form, it will become at least a little more comprehensive.

//Those who have known my blog for more than a month know, that all my attempts to explain how I draw are literally a meme: "How to draw an owl? Draw a circle, then, the rest of the owl"

//I don't think my attempts to explain this topic will be understandable or even helpful— but it's worth a try.

[calamitykiri]

Since you have multiple AUs, have you considered making a masterpost? Sorry if you've gotten this question before. Also is the Encore AU finished? I really liked it but I also love your art regardless

>>I did!...But there is always something that distracts me from doing this, honestly :p

>>Cuz. There's always something more interesting and/or productive to do! (Digging through my own Tumblr and looking for the right links is really boring)

>>Maybe someday I'll gather all the determination that I have and finally do what is needs to be done....

"Is the Encore AU finished?"

>>It's on hiatus, currently.

>>I made very few drawings for this AU, I know, I know— but I'm kind of lost interest in this story. And if I keep forcing myself to draw about something that I don't really enjoy drawing anymore, I'll end up in a feedback loop— Which I promised to myself would never happen to me again, E_V_E_R.

>>I have many stories that I want to tell within the ENCORE_AU— but it will be done either when I have a proper rest, or in a format that will not require from me as much diligence/determination/patience as before

[calamitykiri]

>>I just woke up from an hour-long nap with the image of Caine taking off his denture avatar like a swimsuit.

>>Yeah!! Something like that!!!

>>I don't exactly remember the plot of the dream very clearly, tho-- only that Caine was running for some reason and trying to...hide from someone?? I guess.

>>I think he eventually hides in a blockout level for a-- for a 3D platformer???-- But I can't say for sure

//....I probably need to stop reading so much fanfiction, it's negatively affecting my mind.

[calamitykiri]

>>'kay folks, it's time to lock in.

>>This thing has evolved from a hazy dream into a full-fledged AU, so—

>>I'm asking you all a question: What shall we call this AU?

[calamitykiri]

>>I don't quite know how to explain the context of this picture— so I won't do that.

//UPD: Okay, I finally found time to write an explanation

>>You see, essentially, all the characters in The Amazing Digital Circus are AI.

>>And the only thing that really distinguishes, for example, Pomni from Gummigoo and Gummigoo from Caine is the difference in the input/source data (and perhaps the way the code is organized, who knows)

>>And yet, despite this, in my head(and heart) in this whole story there are only two ROBOTS characters - Caine and 🔵

>>And I tried to organize my thoughts and understand why I think the way I think.

>>All my thoughts boiled down to the conclusion that...Caine is a robot to me— because he realizes that he is a robot/AI, he identifies himself as a robot/AI, and his character traits/problems are linked with the fact that he is a robot/AI —while the others do not have such thing.

[BONUS]

[calamitykiri]

>>Still working! :p

>>Switching to a strictly fixed frame format was the right decision, indeed. Now I don't have to struggle with composition and backgrounds so much!!

>>...Jevil was right!! The cage is freedom!! I can do anything—

>>Ahem. Sorry. Got a little bit overwhelmed by the joy of creation.

[calamitykiri]

HEYY!!!

First of all, I LOVE your artwork. All of it is AMAZING!

Second of all, I was writing a fanfic HEAVILY INSPIRED by your Encore AU, and I thought it would be weird to post it (possibly, I may not post it who knows) without asking you first. I would make sure to tag you (if I mess up blame the fact that I don't use tumblr lol)

ANYWAY! again I love your art, I would like to eat it please please please

>>Howdy! 🌼

>>Yes, of course!! I don't mind at all and!— I give you my permission to be inspired and follow your heart :⁠^⁠)

//To be honest, y'all didn't even have to ask me about that. I think I wrote somewhere that I'm not against people being inspired by/writing about/drawing art based on my AU

[calamitykiri]

Hi Kiri!

Who is your favorite character except Caine? Sorry if you've said this before, I couldn't find it.

>>Heyo!!! :D

>>My second favorite character is....[Drum_roll.sfx] Ragatha! 🎉

>>If I weren't so obsessed with robots, I would definitely make a lot more art with her. She's such a tragic and beautiful character...

>>I've heard there's a lot of nasty debate about her personality online and on forums— but uh— I don't really want to figure out who doesn't like what about her, so I just— ignore that part of the fandom??? My life can be lived peacefully without this, really.

>>Have a nice day, y'all! :)