Thank you @late-to-the-fandom for the tag! Haven't done this one before either, and it looks really fun.
Rules: List the first line(s) from your last 10 WIPs/fics and see if there is a pattern.
I wasn't sure if I actually had 10 wips, but then I remembered that I've been doing those short stories for the Alphabet Superset, so I'm going to use those as well.
I'm going to tag @eccaiia @verba-writing @dyrewrites @sarandipitywrites @stesierra @mundanemoongirl @hallowedfury @faeriecinna @ekwilliams @dragonbooksword and leave an open tag.
(I don't think there is any requirement to tag 10 people, but it seemed tidy :P)
A shiver ran down Roy’s spine despite the warm night. His eyes landed on the gun holstered at the guard’s side, and he instinctively reached for his magic to cast a shield. Maybe security wasn’t as lax here as he’d thought. — The Mechanics of Magic
Cold seeped into Oren’s limbs. He tried to shift in the darkness, to gain some sense of his surroundings. Then the pain rushed back. White agony spread from the side of his abdomen and he heard his own pained whimper echo through the dingy room. — Burning The Darkness
"Thank you for coming." Matthew was leaning against the front door, sleep heavy eyes blinking in the glow from his magelight. "I'm sorry it’s so late."
"I wasn't sleeping anyway," Oliver lied. "I'm glad you called. Has anything changed?" — Untitled Mechanics Prequel Short Story
The dead petals of the cherry blossom were floating brown in the lake. Oliver knelt at the edge, leaning far enough that if Nurse had seen, she would have scolded and pulled him back. — G is for Grief
The mouse placed a front paw delicately on the chipped wood of the kitchen table. Its ears flicked forward. Whiskers flared around the twitching nose, soft grey fur shining in the milky winter sunlight that streamed through the half-shuttered window. Even the shadow it cast was perfect. — F is for Fine
The high ceiling of the entrance hall was swirled with gilt patterns. Ewen traced their flow with his eyes, rocking back on his heels as he waited. He’d driven out to Bernard’s manor himself; the boxy car of shining teal metal parked on the gravel drive, already growing stifling in the summer sun. Eye-catching. Obvious. He’d come alone. — E is for Envy
An eerie quiet had settled over the pub when Dorothea ducked through the low door from the back room. Food smells wafted from the kitchen, mixing with the familiar stale scent of beer and wood polish, and making her stomach growl. — D is for Dubious
The sitting room in this wing of the palace was reserved for Potentials. Smaller than those in the main palace body, the space was still lusciously furnished, with plush chairs of deep blue fabric. — C is for Contented
The coach juddered as it sped along the dark road. Aelricus pressed his fingers into his temples. Every hoofbeat seemed to throb through his head, and he dimmed the magelight floating above him until its light barely showed his thin, pale hands. — B is for Betrayal
Crimson dusted the wisps of cloud that hung along the horizon. Despite the onset of autumn, it had been a warm day, and heat still lingered in the evening air. — A is for Anger
It does seem that I like to start with the scenery!
I'm back! This week was B for Bats!
I decided to up my game the tiniest bit and add little bobbing text to the start of all the little games, so Apple now has some text too. Other than that I'm going to just keep making these lil games.
Also if you want to see some other cool people doing this challenge, go check out @gothmothart @prickly-problematic-programmer @wanna-alphabet-on-it and @clockquark Not all of them are posting about it but they're cool
See y'all next week
E is for Elysia Chlorotica, the solar-powered sea slug
Just as eating shrimp turns flamingos pink and eating too many carrots will turn you orange (a process called carotenosis), the eastern emerald elysia get their green color from algae. But they also take the Kirby approach of absorbing the algae’s power of photosynthesis. To do this, they slurp the algae up and digest all but the chloroplasts. They then keep the chloroplasts alive and incorporate them into their own cells. The chloroplasts continue operating as usual, photosynthesizing for their new host. This is called kleptoplasty.
Much like with Cadlina Laevis, I hope to return to Elysia one day to better represent her indescribable beauty. Designing her dress took far longer than it should have and really brought to light the limitations of vector art and my lack of experience as an artist. I didn’t end up using either of these vintage dresses for Queen Elysia, but I wanted to share them anyway as I may not use them for future Alphabet Superset cards. This beaded gown looked perfect due to the similarities to the sparkles of elysia chlorotica, but I wanted to pay homage to the 1960s trend of the ruffled collar. I don’t have any other animals planned that I think the ruffled collar would fit except elysia. I tried to replicate this dress but it actually broke my brain. Then my document overwhelmed Inkscape to the point of crashing multiple times and I lost some progress that I didn’t feel like redoing. She ended up with a scalloped collar instead.
Last time, I talked about struggling with motivation. I’ve been trying to curb my avoidance by coming up with another long-term project like the Alphabet Superset challenge that I can turn to when I lose steam. I know it sounds like a ticket to burnout, but I think having permission to procrastinate with a specific project will help keep me invested in the things that I have committed to. The blessing of having a miniscule following is that I can post without worrying that I’ll upset anyone by breaking my established pattern. For those of you with creative blogs like art or writing, what do you wish you could experiment with but are afraid to do so?
From the C week! C:Chateau “As a collector, she wouldn’t dare use the weapon. But in the dark quiet evenings inside her estate, she would stare above the fireplace where it hung. Forever wondering what adventures it had experienced.”
Once again, a few days late, sorry!
This week I tried to focus more on shading, to make it look just a little less flat compared to some of the other pieces. Also, once again I decided to skip lineart, but I think it works better with softer edges?
Anyways, regarding gryphons, griffons, griffins, they sure are interesting hybrids, simply due to the sheer amount of different combinations people consider one, with seemingly any bird-quadrupedal mammal being an option. I went with the more traditional depiction, but the potential definitely is there.
