Lulling ✦

worldbuilding ✦ stories ✦ narrative games

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I'm still around~ and Vladleen drawing!

vvv expand for a small update/explanation for inactivity vvv

It's been a while, I'm glad to have something new to share today!

It may look like this account is dead or that I've vanished, but the truth is that it's normal – drawing is not all that I do, but it's all I can share for now, so that's why there are long stretches of nothing between bursts of posts.

I work on worldbuilding, story development/writing, and programming when I don't draw, and it's a bit difficult to share that (text is not very attractive + spoilers for the games).

I'm trying to find ways to have more consistent content to share, hopefully that works out. Due to an illness I have limited energy each day and I'd rather focus it all on my stories and games than drawing for social media, that's why it's hard to find a balance.

Anyway, I wanted to be clear on why there's often no activity on my accounts, and that it's never because I gave up on my projects. I'm just very slow, but no matter what I always come back c:

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About Lulling / lullinglore:

I decided to change into a new username online and I was supposed to announce that at the same time as another big thing but, looks like I gotta do it earlier than expected c':

I'll probably do a separate announcement for it later with some more info but I have already secured the new handle @ lullinglore everywhere, and I'm keeping Lulullia as display name for now to avoid confusion (I'll permanently transition to Lulling some time later).

From now on all my drawings will have the new signature too!

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Thanks for being here and I'd love to say hello in the comments~ I'm patiently but excitedly waiting for the day I can share my first narrative game with everyone *v* in the meantime, have a beautiful day!

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Today's progress🔥

I had forgotten about this brush I made a while back and I am simply in love with it (tho maybe I should tune up the opacity a little)

Also I think first time I draw a character with props (and so many too) (this is a cropped screenshot)

Nope, that one Ava drawing doesn't really count as "character with props" because the spear is way too simple

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WIP! MC finally has a name too: Esther 🔥 which I think suits her energetic and positive self very well, while still having that rough charismatic edge to her.

Also, time to try the thin lineart style that's been calling out to me for some time now °v°

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Timelapse for the Vladleen drawing!

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Pfp drawn in 30 minutes that turned out better than the one I spent 7 hours on ;v;

Super simple shapes, no details, and a big-ahh emote so no one can miss it c:< my life is complete

Seriously, it's nigh-impossible drawing something that looks good in minuscule size unless you start out that way. I'm still glad I made that high-res drawing of my jellyfish tho, I know where I can put it to good use…

Also! Wasn't very active these days, it's too hot to do anything :c will progress more as soon as it gets a bit colder I hope

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another sneak peek c:

i don't think i'm gonna start any new illustrations before this project is done (takes too much energy away) so for now, small peeks from time to time~

Should not take more than a month I think! And will be so worth it kdnkjnfkdfj

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Ava ~ Blind devotion timelapse!

Art post with final image & character intro > link

(sorry for the weird square artifacts, not part of the drawing, it's just some lag ;v;)

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Ava ~ Blind devotion

Skilled with the spear and with a tongue as sharp as her blade, this headstrong, gossip-loving kitsune escaped life as a royal family relative back on Krakenspire, to the sweet comfort and freedom of the Dolphilie. She settled in Hye's manor after meeting Lurleen, officially working as her bodyguard; but everybody can see the powerful sisterly love bonding these two. Things start going south as Vladimir shows up – the worst person to put in front of Ava – and it's only a matter of time before the bomb goes off.

Tried new things – it went in a more graphic style this time. I like the effect on this piece, but I think I prefer the softer feel of the previous one. I don't want to render my drawings because I don't enjoy the process of painting, but it's still nice to have a quick shaded effect, so I probably won't make more pieces in this clean coloring style.

As always, adding text is super fun and adds so much to the whole thing. I really ought to sort my fonts tho, scrolling a list for 30 minutes trying out every single one is not scaleable at all x)

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Almost done- but i need to save my energy for other drawings today so i think this will be finished tomorrow.

Trying new things with this one (again no idea what I'm doing but hey it looks fine) and I'm rather happy with how it's turning out c:<

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Progress! Sketch is done, next time I'll finish the coloring. Very happy with it so far, and I have an exciting idea for the colors, can't wait to try it out

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Lil' sneak peek of something I'm working on~

I swear ever since I started this project I have no idea what the hell I am even doing TvT I know what the end result should look like but to get there… I'm workshopping 100% of the time ahah

It's always better than doing nothing, at least there is progress! Proof that having an end goal is the most important step of the planning (at least for me) and then it's just a matter of sitting down and brute-forcing it xD

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Got suddenly inspired to draw Ava – first time ever, even though I love her design, so fun and stylish!

(was supposed to draw Vlad but i just feel kinda blocked with him for some reason, so Ava it is! drawing is turning out good so far)

I don't think I ever talked about her before; she's Lulu's bestie, but she and Vlad hate each other. Ava thinks he's an arrogant, self-important douche who doesn't deserve Lulu, while Vlad deeply dislikes nosy, loud and insensitive people (aka Ava). It's pretty fun to write their interactions c:<

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Timelapse!

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I am officially a jellyfish now °v°

Luli the jelli. actually this sounds pretty nice

I wish there was a jelly emoji, but alas, will have to make-do with this 💦

In the end I decided to use a cropped version as actual profile pic :c I'm sad but it's the only way to have it look like something that can be recognized as a jellyfish.

Which I guess made me learn that… you should always preview your art in the context in which it'll be used asap… (yea i'll just pretend i didn't already know this and didn't do it out of sheer lazyness)

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In other news! Major announcement to come soon. I'm preparing something that I'm really excited to share but,,, not yet. This is why there have been no posts these days. Even this new profile pic is part of the project.

Hope you'll stick around to see it! 🔥

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Got back to working on this~

I've been drawing a lot lately, but can't show any of that yet ;^; i'm so excited to share it though, stay tuned c:<

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Timelapse for my latest drawing~

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Lurleen ~ Clawed innocence

A loving and spontaneous young woman with the big dream of restoring her and her people's long lost home – Lyphuriaa. Softspoken, emotional and highly sensitive to what goes on between the lines, she lacks a great deal of real-world experience, partly thanks to her amnesia; when Vladimir found her, she was thirteen and didn't even remember her name. Now a distinguished lady under Lord Hye's care, and with Vlad back at her side, Lurleen is ready to fight for her place in this world.

Drawing time: 7h30m (not including post-processing and layout)

Very proud of this one. I don't know how, because I never draw, but my lines got so much better, and linework in general. I think I was working against myself before when I tried doing lineart on top of an already good-looking sketch; maybe that's why I always dreaded the lineart phase. It just sucked out all the personality of the sketch. Now I use the sketch as lineart, and I feel way more joy drawing this way.

Also, I'm in love with the basic round brush with opacity. Literally the only brush I use to draw (but not render). It has such a nice soft look to it! And is very pleasant to use.

This piece took way longer than I expected though, and to think I was planning on finishing ones like this every 2-3 days… Well, maybe I'll get faster over time.

Anyway, excited for the next one (spoiler: it's gonna be Vlad) c:<