Hi I'm sorry this blog has been gathering dust ackkk it's not for lack of interest that's for sure, it's just that I competed in a writing competition and I ended up starting another webnovel like what in the unplanned pregnancy is this 😭😭😭
Anyway it's called R.E.D. and it's available to be read for free here
I might make a blog for it too but for now I'm off to do some planning cause IM FINALLY FREEEEE to think about something else YAY I'm excited to show y'all the art I've gotten for Professor Ava and the rest of the PAHG gangggg ✨
just a short update to say yes i am alive yes i am working
im just crunching cause I'm entering a story into a contest so im putting all my effort into that 😭 but dw ill be back soon. i wonder if it'll be ok to post art i got but with little to no captions argh
but yeah hope you've all been well <3
※ Theodore Rosenthal (Theo) was Sera's husband, and is an OC by my artist and moot, Yvsx.
Here's what Yvsx wrote about Theo:
To others, he is a razor-sharp strategist and a relentless perfectionist, effortlessly commanding the business empire he inherited from his father. This high-stakes environment only enhances his polished, sophisticated charm.
Sera, however, knows the real him: the man who is absolutely insufferable. To her, he is a constant irritant who seems to live for the sole purpose of getting under her skin, pairing his relentless pestering with a level of concern that is as genuine as it is infuriating.
Meet Professor Sera!
Professor of Magitech Engineering. Former pirate captain.
Prosthetic leg was inspired by lighthouses! I found it very cool, since she was a pirate I took inspiration from that + the Fresnel lens is so pretty so I wanted that in there. I'm particularly proud of that one since she I knew I wanted her to have a prosthetic but couldn't settle with what design until it just came to me one day lol
Funny how that works sometimes
Also, there's a lot of detail in the sheet, feel free to check out the annotations.
Sera, like everyone in the gang, has her own character arc. Whether or not I get to explore that in the webnovel remains to be unknown (nothing is canon until I hit publish) but I do love her backstory.
She comes from the nation of Maraveña (Ma-ra-VEH-nya), and her backstory sheds more light into how and why she became a pirate before she taught in the academy.
Speaking of Academy, she wears a lace cover up across her chest when teaching but she prefers to be without it. Even the choice of the lace was taken from some historical vintage lace pattern around the Victorian era, which the series' aesthetics and world is inspired by (though it does not inform the world's morals, hence why Sera can wear things like that, or even how Ava can wear short skirts and it doesn't look super out of place, but i'm getting ahead of myself)
I'll upload Sera's portrait soon! I learned CSP's 3D model features for that one lmao 💀
DEPARTMENT OF MAGIC COMBAT
Elven, from Tel'Narir
Marked by a rare curse after surviving a beast attack, Rigel channels magic through a tattooed constellation etched over the scar on his arm.
Not quite the kind of elf Tel’Narir usually produces.
He was not born a mage.
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Artist: luliaan on vgen
Continuing to post more character sheets for a webnovel project I'm working on as the author!
Meet Eris, who teaches Magical Beast Care & Handling
Former circus performer, from the mana-rich, divided land of Mirevko—excellent with animals, and rumored to be able to talk to chickens.
Her outfit is inspired by traditional dirndl silhouettes, but the corset has more structure + included a bit more steampunk into it (subtley!) so she fits in with the rest of the cast
She loves her friends so yes she embroidered her friends as chickens
Anyway, annotated the sheet because she has too many details not to explain, ENJOY
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And as always, credits to my creative collaborators for Eris:
SAHA for initial Eris drafts
Luli for the final Eris character sheet
Layout, OCs, annotation, art direction mine (🥐)
their initials spell out C.A.R.E.S.
or, well, SCARE works too
if the title weren't... you know, literally Ava's name 💀— who would you think is the MC? would you be able to pick her out, or does someone else look like the MC?
OCs: kwassant 🥐
Art: luliaan
Writing for the Vel Sanctum arc (webnovel prequel) will continue after I finish this art trade
VS arc's MC is already in the hands of a character design artist, meanwhile I already have the bones for it. Hopefully, I can publish this thing before March.
I hope to post some progress here about it as well!
So just to clarify, since I'm writing... well, a lot of things:
TSS or Through the Shadows of Shame is a longfic that I consider to be "Draft 0" of my actual main webnovel. This one's a fanfic, though I'm not prioritizing this as much this year due to...
PAHG or my main webnovel, which is sorta kinda based on TSS but not really. TSS is where I practice certain things but is definitely not just a derivative of it—PAHG has way more worldbuilding and lore, and since I own all the characters here I can flesh out their backstories and personalities further.
VS or Vel Sanctum (to be renamed, probably) is a prequel of sorts to PAHG, it's set in Vel Sanctum which is one of the nations in PAHG.
Same universe, set a handful (maybe 10?) years earlier than the events of the main webnovel.
I am writing the Vel Sanctum arc as an entry to a writing contest, and will be prioritizing that for now~
That being said, I do think that anytime I write for any of these—or anytime I write at all—it benefits all the other projects 💖
Doing the VS arc helped me lock in certain things about the magic system that I couldn't do thinking about PAHG because the world is so vast that it can be overwhelming.
Speaking of magic system, perhaps one of these days I can talk about the two types of magic systems in the world, namely the Elemental Magic System and the Card Magic System.
That's all for now 💖 Hope you have a good day.
—K.🥐
I got some fanart! 💖
The context here was Conrad and Ava got roped into some fake marriage booth at the school fair. Ava's rolling with it, and Conrad is not. pleased. 😭🤣
Artist: RP Bunny (thank you! ✨)
IG: @rp_bunny
Tiktok: rp_bunnyy
FB: RP Bunny
FINALLY sharing the first official character sheet for my upcoming webnovel project!
AKA here's one of my OCs~
Rigel Birch is an elven warrior marked by a rare curse after he got scarred, with a tattoo over it tied to his constellation. I still haven’t finalized the tattoo, but it will sit over his scar. Oh! and the tattoo itself has magical properties
Hailing from the elven land of Tel’Narir, a nation devoted to the study of the stars, Rigel’s name actually comes from the Orion constellation!
He also has a twin sister named Betelgeuse, whom he affectionately(?) calls “Goose.”
More sheets coming soon 😎🥐 we're talking multiple ones as we countdown to Ava's birthday on the 14th!
🎨: Luliaan
🖋: yours truly
I also want to add that I had help from artist SAHA for the first drafts of Rigel so I could visualize him better ❤ thank you! (Artist has requested not to tag their art account and would want to remain semi-anon)
Literally watching one of my characters be made with love! no AI here 💖
my artist is livestreaming and since I'm also learning how to rneder they've graciously streamed so I can ask questions but really these livestreams are really relaxing because it feels like I have someone to co-work with and GYAH im so excited cause they're all turning out SO well~
this is the WIP for Eris' character sheet, by the way!
She teaches Magical Beast Care and Handling and, like with all my characters, I'm excited for you guys to meet them all!
After this would be Ava's sheet, then Eris' headshot and then the main cast is all done YESSSS
Anyway, just thought I'd share that little screenshot while I work on my drafts ✨🥐
🎨: @luliaan
Updates and stuff: What i've been cooking (methane)
3 out of 5 character sheets done, and 5 out of 8 headshots completed by my artist
im trying my best not to post them already AAAAAAH
i'll be reposting the Conrad one with a proper-er intro when i do
Meanwhile, ive been doing some research etc some yapping below the line!
Trying to make a moodboard of all the nations I have so far, one for each of them and how do people even make pretty collages? these are so challenging for me anyway here's a WIP (Work in progress) for Vel Sanctum which is my Hellenistic theocracy nation that floats above water and uses calligraphy to make Cards (with a big C)
I'm still figuring out a lot of details for it but I have the big parts down!
Speaking of details, that led me into a rabbit hole of researching about the Library of Alexandria and the Antikythera and, uh— the production of methane gas.
(Don't ask)
Let me distract you with the antikythera:
From: Freeth, T., Bitsakis, Y., Moussas, X. et al. Decoding the ancient Greek astronomical calculator known as the Antikythera Mechanism. Nature 444, 587–591 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05357
Anyway, things have been groovy after a rest week and though I can't give an exact date when I can actually get my Vel Sanctum novel out (YES I am making a "prequel" of sorts to Professor Ava) I'm getting that tingly feeling which can only mean that I'm cooking
Of course I know not all these ideas will make it to the page but the important thing, I've learned, is enjoying the process and understanding that even if I do discard the ideas I've gotten from these rabbit holes, they're not a waste. If anything, I'm sure they will lead me to the next idea I need for my webnovels <3
lots of things to post about, from the character sheets to the headshots of the main characters!
i will get to those soon, perhaps once they’re all completed. I think i’ll also show some fanart I’ve gotten.
also, today is a good day because I’m about to try writing a draft for a new opening scene! I’ve already had the opening chapters in my mind for months (a year, tbvh) but it didn’t feel right yet, but the other day I got an idea for it after more worldbuilding and I liked it! I will try it out.
