💙💜💗 RoyalGreen on ao3. // Your friendly neighborhood multishipper. // Note, this is a CR sideblog! Replies will come from crystallized-cake. // Host of Shadowgast Saturday. // She/they. Fandom old. My name is the same as a CR cast member's. // Icon and header art by me.
[id: art of fjord and jester, standing together against a grey background. their faces are sharply shadowed. fjord has his hand on jester's cheek, and she is looking at him intently as they go to kiss.]
i have a huge weakness for corvid-inspired characters. if the character reminds me of blue jays, crows, ravens, jackdaws, magpies, or is directly inspired by them, they're immediately added to my maladaptive daydreams yes indeed! 🙂↕️
i do remember this piece giving me some trouble though. i went back and forth on whether to render this or not, to transform the sketch/illustration into a painting or not. eventually i decided i didn't need to, but not before i did a lot of erasing and redrawing, and definitely not before i got frustrated and had to walk away from my tablet to get some chocolate and peanut butter. it took me awhile to pick it back up again.
making art does not come without its frustrations. when i start to feel stiff, exhausted, and annoyed with myself, it's usually because i didn't catch onto some other sign of hunger, thirst, need for movement, or another similar need. i have a hard time knowing when to take a break. i get so absorbed in the work. but i am proud of myself for remembering taking a step back and taking a break more often. it really helps.
i'm getting better at recognizing that point where the excitement of creation catches up to me, where i know that the satisfaction of making something i am proud of is within my reach. where i make an important choice: a) continue working on the piece or b) take a break.
the second choice is just about taking a break, not finishing it, since i can always pick up the art piece to continue it another time. this art piece will be here, waiting for me, if i decide i want to render and paint vax in all his glory. but until that moment comes, i'm ok with leaving it as is.
sometimes i work on a piece for so long that i overdo it, and the magic of it all that pushed me to create in the first place starts to fade. the satisfied, wonderful feeling that i know is right before me begins to feel further and further away. that magic usually starts to fade when i stop enjoying the creation process, and start to worry about whether or not the end result looks exactly how i envisioned it to. the magic thrives when i take breaks and step back from the piece. the magic thrives when i am present in my body as well as my creative mind, they work together. bodymind. the magic thrives when i let my hand move the way it wants to move, to draw the lines that feel natural and fun and interesting in their movements.
and so the art is finished (for now). i don't have to choose between continuing to work and then "finishing it," where i never return to the piece. the art can be finished and then continued later. it doesn't need to have such finality to it. it can transform and change with me.
started on July 8, 2025
created with Procreate software on iPad Pro (12.9 inch) (4th gen)
draw time 4 hrs 28 mins
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