Finished reading Project Hail Mary a while ago and Iām going to watch the movie soon with some of my friends so I figured I would embrace it and make some doodles! Iām also working on some fanart ;) planning to put some lines from Vincent by Don McLean with it.
I donāt usually reread books, but Iāve reread PHM about twice now. Itās been fun being involved in another fandom! Seeing all the fanart of grace and Rockyās life on Erid is really sweet. I just love grace being the adopted space blob in Rockyās family. I was kind of disappointed when I read the book because poor grace had to suffer through all of that and then is almost taken out by a vitamin deficiency and arthritis. Realistic but miserable. Also, his whole retirement in the dome of darkness that he canāt see out of was kind of a bummer. it really reminded me of a zoo animal, especially with him being in the center of a city. Again, realistic, but can a man not have a nice view without dying from scurvy????
BloodyMary has also been nice to see. I donāt think Iām going to make any fanart for it tbh because I havenāt watched iron lung and every time I see Simon all I can see is markiplier. Still love the fanart and itās a comforting ship that Iāve been hoovering down. As long as grace isnāt in the dome of despair, Iām all for it. Personally, Iāve really liked the grace being aroace headcanons. I felt like he didnāt really try to peruse romance in the book, just kind of stumbled into and out of it very quickly. Still confused about the twin thing though. No idea if itās based on something in the movie or someoneās AU but it seems interesting šš
It was disappointing to see Andy Weir come out and say that he supports generative AI, especially with him seeming to be pretty involved in science, physics, and environmentalism. At least, enough to write his books. You would think that someone in a creative field which is being threatened by generative AI would consider that more in the grand scheme of things but here we are I guess. Is it that hard as a celebrity to just not say something? Itās not like everyone is threatening them to give their thoughts on generative AI. I wish that if theyāre going to just āuse it as a toolā they just keep it to themselves because at this point, I donāt think youāre convincing anyone to use it who isnāt already. It really just looks bad for them.
Separate the art from the artist though I suppose. Iād like to think that with the movie and fanart itās been taken out of his hands to a degree.
Obviously still making critical role art. I sketched up Molly mauk a bit ago but I havenāt gotten around to finishing him.













