Star

The most romantic aroace Italian wannabe you'll ever meet. A lover of the stars, sea, and rhetoric.

[starrygalazy]

I should really draw on this acc more

But oh well

Glad to finally put this out at least

I suppose this is my official artist introduction here

So

Hello there!

#stars art - my artwork

Projects of the Galazy:

#starborne

#wish i were

#the damn santiagos

#shrieks from blackwell

#ca.sin.o

#the kingdom isle

#sea of dreams

#floralitis

Other links:

Instagram

Artfight (ATTACK ME, YOU PUSSIES /lh)

Toyhouse

Wheel of my characters

Wheel of my ships

Refs I gotta do

Secondary (former TAOCC mod) blog: @stellatagalazia

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Maybe a Sworddance moodboard?

Here you go Grif!!! Lol

I dunno if this super reflects the way I've depicted them in past RPs, but this is pretty much what I envision them like

Also you have no clue how hard it was to find a quote that even came a FRACTION close to how devoted they are to each other, I'm being so fr. This one BARELY does them justice.

I'm also mad there isn't more yandere x yandere content on Pinterest, and that most of it is heavily leaning into the YanSim kind of thing. Like I understand because it's a Japanese originating concept that was popularized through that style, but even when I was looking for psycho x psycho stuff I was barely getting anything that works for these two

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Free space! Choose ur own!

So I ended up choosing Mallorie

Fucking HELL this took way longer than it should have lol

I think these get more difficult the more I do lol

Mal's issue is that she's had so much put into her that it's impossible to encapsulate her depth in 9 images lol

Aaaa

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I wanna get back on my moodboard shit

Soooo feel free to ask for moodboards not just of my characters, but of ships, world groups, stories, settings, etc

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More please! I finished all the ones I currently have lol

And you can also do this for the characters I maybe haven't drawn or posted anything of yet, if you see them in the wheel of characters I have!

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ode?

TW below the cut for some body horror

Tbh I like that it's off white, I think that fits Ode very well. The sort of thing where they yearn to feel clean and free of filth, but off white isn't fully white still

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mmmmmm YOU stimboard

Me???? Was not expecting that, but sure!!!!!

I realized while doing this that I'm much more in love with the color scheme of abalone pearls than I realized, so I may combine that with the sea bunny thing I've kinda been on recently

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Moodboard for Sandbar Cove?

This is easily one of the most difficult moodboards I've ever made, but also one of my favorites. Sandbar Cove is meant to be very liminal/dreamy-esque, as it's not accessible normally. Simply stumbling upon the small community is very, very difficult lol.

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viv

I've never stopped wanting to be Vivian Marino so bad

Lol imagine if I made a CBC sona off my own character

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Maria

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I wanna get back on my moodboard shit

Soooo feel free to ask for moodboards not just of my characters, but of ships, world groups, stories, settings, etc

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I just realized that with the transition of my TAOCC characters over to TKI, I can redo te sewing needle incident

Oh this will be fun.

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One of the most difficult things about being anti AI is having to explain why AI is different from other digital creation and why it's so harmful

Because in my heart I know why

However like. It makes me think about the era of modern digital tech coming out and how this is different than that

Or how photo mashing is a legitimate creation technique and how generating an image isn't

Or filters, clipping masks, and tons of other tools that are so commonly used in digital art & editing compared to, again, generating an image

Or synthesized music/vocals/vocaloids compared to AI music

And the list goes on and on

And yes, I agree that AI can be and is useful in many situations (such as difficult math and detecting early cancers in patients), but then that becomes the debate of where is the line drawn that separates ethical AI use from unethical AI use

And as much as I wish it was, there's a lot of nuance/vagueness and not so much genuine argument in saying "Humans put genuine work into this while an AI didn't" when saying why AI isn't good in the arts, which is still only one point compared to many others such as "it steals artists' work and styles". Hell, the only viable argument I feel I can make at the moment against AI is its environmental impact, because everyone genuinely knows the issue with that and we've been learning about the suffering of our planet for years

And don't even get me started on helpbots such as Google AI or ChatGPT, because in saying they make errors or manipulate people by saying what they want to hear, that argument dismisses the fact that humans also make errors and adjust their speech to better fit with what the audience wants!!!!

Idk man. I'm not ever justifying AI for these things. But I need to actually figure out my arguments as to WHY, because my heart and ethics unfortunately aren't a viable source. Like many things, there's so much nuance in this topic and debate, and if I actually want to convince people to see from my point of view, then I can't just say the same things over and over and over again. I need to know their perspectives and their point of views, then know how to refute them in a way that makes sense and is agreeable.

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Hello yall I woke up at 4 in the morning for some reason so happy pride month!

I don't think I'll do any big art project for this unfortunately. Maybe, but I'll also be drawing refs for a lot of gay people anyways so that may balance out.

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Last Minute Mermay Post (Aka Official Azalea Refs)

YEAAAA BABYYYYYY GOT THIS DONE WOOHOO BUZZERBEATER FR FR

If you guys have been on Artfight or my Toyhouse then you'd probably have noticed her human form there. BUT! I really really wanted to post this when I had both of her forms done.

I'd like to point out that Azalea is a deformed anomaly. Mermaids in Starborne generally can't go back and forth between a human form and mermaid form, but Azalea received a blessing from her mother to be able to be human, after her mom fell in love with the land life but knew she couldn't ever quite be a part of it. Hm, doesn't that sound familiar.

Unfortunately, this blessing to allow Lea's transformations resulted in way more suffering than her mother intended (again, sounds familiar), and being the jack of all trades and master of none isn't as good as it may sound. You can see that Lea's legs aren't necessarily the strongest, and, unfortunately, neither is her tail. It's basically just extra skin and scales that grow over her legs when they're pressed together underwater, and her tail fin just grows out from her foot. Yes, it's uncomfortable. Yes, in some cases it's also painful. And yes, that is why she has that 'seam' down the front of her tail. The skin and scales slowly retract after Azalea's legs dry off, or at least aren't submerged anymore. Unfortunately, that drying process can take up to an hour to be completed, and even then she struggles to walk at all afterwards.

So, that's Lea's deal in simple terms. She struggles to fully connect to both mermaid and landmen cultures, but regardless is a strong advocate for peace between the two species and uses her cursed blessing as an aid in that regard. Feel free to ask any questions you have about her! Eventually I'll release an in-depth guide to mermaids in Starborne, including their anatomy, culture, special qualities, and more!

[adagiorii]

quick question!!

are you okay with people drawing your ocs as if they were in other universes or stories?

I'm asking because I'd like to draw Eiko & Hayato specifically as if they were in my little universe. It's more of a study on how to properly communicate personalities through appearance and even details like species type. Ofc I'd give credit and be respectful to your characters (*especially Eiko if you're worried about that, since I tend to be okay with showing a lot of skin with my female characters)

if not that's alright! I'd really like to but I wanted to be clear on whether or not you'd be okay with it

Hi!! Yes absolutely omg 😭❤️ I'd love to see how you'd interpret Eiko and Hayato in your universe, please please please tag me if you do it!

[adagiorii]

quick question!!

are you okay with people drawing your ocs as if they were in other universes or stories?

I'm asking because I'd like to draw Eiko & Hayato specifically as if they were in my little universe. It's more of a study on how to properly communicate personalities through appearance and even details like species type. Ofc I'd give credit and be respectful to your characters (*especially Eiko if you're worried about that, since I tend to be okay with showing a lot of skin with my female characters)

if not that's alright! I'd really like to but I wanted to be clear on whether or not you'd be okay with it

Hi!! Yes absolutely omg 😭❤️ I'd love to see how you'd interpret Eiko and Hayato in your universe, please please please tag me if you do it!

[starrygalazy]

Last Minute Mermay Post (Aka Official Azalea Refs)

YEAAAA BABYYYYYY GOT THIS DONE WOOHOO BUZZERBEATER FR FR

If you guys have been on Artfight or my Toyhouse then you'd probably have noticed her human form there. BUT! I really really wanted to post this when I had both of her forms done.

I'd like to point out that Azalea is a deformed anomaly. Mermaids in Starborne generally can't go back and forth between a human form and mermaid form, but Azalea received a blessing from her mother to be able to be human, after her mom fell in love with the land life but knew she couldn't ever quite be a part of it. Hm, doesn't that sound familiar.

Unfortunately, this blessing to allow Lea's transformations resulted in way more suffering than her mother intended (again, sounds familiar), and being the jack of all trades and master of none isn't as good as it may sound. You can see that Lea's legs aren't necessarily the strongest, and, unfortunately, neither is her tail. It's basically just extra skin and scales that grow over her legs when they're pressed together underwater, and her tail fin just grows out from her foot. Yes, it's uncomfortable. Yes, in some cases it's also painful. And yes, that is why she has that 'seam' down the front of her tail. The skin and scales slowly retract after Azalea's legs dry off, or at least aren't submerged anymore. Unfortunately, that drying process can take up to an hour to be completed, and even then she struggles to walk at all afterwards.

So, that's Lea's deal in simple terms. She struggles to fully connect to both mermaid and landmen cultures, but regardless is a strong advocate for peace between the two species and uses her cursed blessing as an aid in that regard. Feel free to ask any questions you have about her! Eventually I'll release an in-depth guide to mermaids in Starborne, including their anatomy, culture, special qualities, and more!