Time for another DEITIES blog post! This post will recap the Bluesky thread I made following the premise of “1 Like = 1 Song” […] featuring the project’s notorious…
Hi all! Typically I’ll keep a blog update like this for the website, but I figured I’d share this one and share some other gradual site updates while I’m at it. The TL;DR is the DEITIES has a new Deezer account, as well as some small incremental adjustments to the site and character profiles.
DEITIES PROJECT ON... DEEZER?
So firstly, in addition to this blog update preserving a music thread I did on Bluesky some time ago last year featuring everyone’s notorious chaos god, this entry also formally introduces the new Deezer account for DEITIES! This is the Deezer version of Set’s Masterlist that can be previewed best on desktop, but you can also access the full DEITIES Deezer Profile and other playlists when logged in.*
(*NOTE: To my best knowledge / after testing everything I could, Deezer may require logging into an account to view profiles in full. In case a 404 error appears when you visit the link, please compare to this screenshot when logged in.)
Meanwhile, the DEITIES Spotify Account will still be preserved; I’m not about to purge several dozen 10-year-old playlists, that’s too destructive. Still, I am making the move to migrate to Deezer to at least build and share my personal and project playlists, so this platform will get more emphasis moving forward.
For the time being / unless something changes, I’ll try my best to keep the mixes on both platforms in sync, so anyone is welcome to use either platform to listen to the playlists. And if neither are your cup of tea, I will continue to update everyone’s Tracklists in plain text on the website as a fail-safe reference.
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OTHER INCREMENTAL CHANGES
While I’ve been a bit quiet online this first month of the year, I have been trying to make some adjustments to the site to help prepare it for some personal goals.
It would, for example, be great to start adding more full character profiles than the 20 we’ve started with some time ago 🫠 For clarity, with the way the website is structured, I want the layout of the current profiles to be as polished as possible (to avoid having to make multiple changes in the future). With all that said, here’s some rapid-fire recaps of the site changes:
[1] This has been the case for the past few months, but if you haven’t visited or scrolled through the site’s Homepage in while, it has newer digest panels for all recent Blog Updates and featured Askbox Responses. I’m still debating another section or two, but think this works as a decent landing page, yes?
[2] The first ~200 Askbox Responses have been recorded and preserved on the websites’s All Answers Archives. The goal of recording everything (from both tumblr and other accounts I had) is still slowly underway, which I’ll resume after other tasks and art goals in the next month.
[3] The current 20 DEITIES Profiles have all had some adjustments to their layout sections. I’m still sitting on certain changes, but the majority seem to be in a good place, and close to the standard I want for later profiles. Using Horus’s profile layout as a example, the newly added or edited sections include:
Updated terminology and links in the Key Relationships section (primarily for links out to others’ characters, but subject to change pending a new platform for said characters...)
Newly added Relevant Notes & Updates sections. For example, Horus’s own +Likes Recap Thread from some time ago.
Newly added Featured Askbox Responses section that are specific to the character in profile.
Additional media link out to the character’s Art Fight Profile, where applicable. Just keep in mind, Art fight does also require an account to view profiles and characters, such as Horus’s AF Profile.
New custom section to display the character’s tracklist and playlist options (where applicable), replacing the previous Spotify embed.
Currently only applicable to the Royal Family of 6, but their Main Character References galleries has update to include their standalone artwork from the anniversary illustration. These refs display their flat colors with no gradients or filters, so they can be color-picked as needed.
I think that covers the main changes worth sharing; any other changes were minor tweaks in appearance and CSS. There still remains some areas that I’d like to tackle when I have ample time, which include better content hierarchy + letter casing, and adding more alt text to existing image galleries.
Aside from those changes in mind, I’ll continue to update everyone with both website and blog progress when there’s more to share, thanks for your patience and interest in the meantime!
Typically I would write a formal blog post for my end-of-year update, but I'm writing something on the fly for the sake of timeliness ✨
I wish I could say I completed most of what I wanted in the year 2023, as I had several goals I thought were feasible. However, some of those goals had to be placed aside for a very sudden but fortuitous reason, that I feel worth sharing with ya'll -- which is that Iiiiiiii bought my first house! 🥹🥹🥹
(As you can imagine, this took quite a bit of my energy and time this past year, thus explaining part of my absence -- more details regarding my activity under the cut!)
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From early August thru the end of December, my home-searching and closing process was incredibly long, stressful, exhausting, expensive (lmao), and time-inducing. I'm thankful to have had support from my agent, and well as my friends and family while navigating this ordeal, and I'm in the process of moving my items and services into my new home during the remainder of my apartment lease.
This home search combined with my full-time work, was a major reason why took a partial break from social media, and semi-hiatus from new art. This also affected my frequency of updating the DEITIES website and blog -- at least, on the front end. I did a lot of backend work and completed a major to-do with migrating the website and giving it a new primary domain -- so now, both deitiesofduat.com AND deitiesproject.com will redirect to the website. 👍
For the most part though, I used the 2nd half of 2023 to focus on some major life decisions, and leading into early 2024 I’m aiming to give myself a bit of a lifestyle reset. It's going to take some time to settle into this new normal, so aside from occasional media posts I'll continue to be quiet a bit longer. Once I complete some key home-owning goals and attempt to recharge, I'll aim to resume the goals I had in mind for DEITIES Project and my personal art, as well as engaging with my audience more (I miss interacting with ya'll, aha 😭).
In the meantime, thank you all for you continued patience and support! Despite being offline more-than-not this past year, I really appreciate the continue interest you all have in this project. DEITIES remains so important to me even with my shift in scope, so I'll do what I can to put iterate on it and give it all my effort when I have more bandwidth. Until then, wishing you all the very best in 2024!
Hi All! Time for a kinda-spontaneous-but-not-really Project Update, along with the current events of this month -- which is a DEITIES themed OC_Tober + and upcoming Askbox Session!
I understand if this all kinda came out of nowhere, so I'll use this short update to share my plans and any additional context, and I hope it's something to look forward to! More information is under the cut!
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OC_TOBER 2022 PLANS PART 1 of 2 -- DEITIES CAST LINEUP & PROFILES
The gist of my OC_Tober plan this month will be sharing separate profiles and featured art each weekday in a thematic order for the DEITIES Project -- 5 per week, 20 total. These will likely debut on my art twitter first, and then be mirrored on tumblr later the same day.
This is my minimum goal, but I'll gauge my free time if I have the bandwidth to do some extra things for fun -- like any additional new art, meme templates, blog posts on the website, or other nostalgia trips.
The character profiles for tumblr, twitter, and my other media accounts will use a new format that I'm still preparing. Meanwhile, anyone who feels like learning more about the deities can view their full profiles on the project site -- https://deitiesproject.com/characters
Higher quality + Full-size Images -- https://sta.sh/21y4noqrsk91
(These are best seen on desktop admittedly, tumblr’s version is is better for mobile viewing!)
For those who feel like viewing / sharing on other social media:
Twitter Version -- https://twitter.com/ColaCanvas/status/1576316256982302721
IG Version -- https://www.instagram.com/p/CjMe683Ds4w/
Artfol Version -- https://www.artfol.me/a/xAk0tvl
(( NOTE: I'll probably revisit this update to add more quick links as well, once I finish organizing what I need this weekend. ))
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OC_TOBER 2022 PLANS PART 2 of 2 -- MONTH-LONG ASKBOX SESSION (Upcoming!!)
In addition to the character profiles, I'll also reopen my tumblr Askbox to answer as many project questions as I can -- albeit gradually, likely to share on the weekends. It'll also help me gauge how much volume I can manage, and whether it something I can keep open or at least re-open more regularly.
As of now the Askbox is still closed -- I was aiming to open it by the start of the month, but needed to put all my energy into completing the lineup before the end of September 😂 Please give me at least another day to rest and prepare before I reopen it, I promise I'll give you all another heads up once it's ready.
In the meantime, you'll find some updated guidelines and FAQs here on the main site -- https://deitiesproject.com/faqs/
(FWIW: I've been working on a site alternative of the askbox for anyone who doesn't have a tumblr, but it'll need to wait a bit longer before it's ready to launch. This shouldn't affect anyone following this tumblr already though, so it's business as usual for anyone who wants to submit questions here -- just please be sure to read the updated guidelines and FAQs first, thank you!)
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ADDITIONAL CONTEXT
I've established in the site's Introduction page how development for DEITIES Project is still ongoing. But I've been having to balance it next to other tasks that require my attention, hence why it's felt a bit slow on tumblr and elsewhere.
Fortunately, some good friends convinced me to participate in this year's Artfight this past summer. Drawing each other's OCs renewed my creative energy, and I enjoyed the encouragement from my peers + the sheer enthusiasm for each others' OCs, it was a great experience with everyone!
From there, I felt re-energized to revisit DEITIES Project and see what next steps and WIPs I could tackle, and I could see that it sorely needed a full lineup sheet for some time. This was especially given how some characters were lacking clear visual references, or had some that were heavily outdated!
This years OC_tober felt like a good opportunity to address this massive to-do, and to re-introduce some of the cast along the way. I had to wait until it was basically finished before I could give you all the heads up, but hopefully it's something to look forward to this month!
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I'll wrap up this update here for now -- if I do add anything more it'll be minor things or edits over the next few days. Anything important (like the Askbox reopening) will be given a heads up on the main blog. With that said, I look forward to sharing more DEITIES Project this month, and hope you all enjoy!
For a bit of fun in between site-building, I’m using this blog update to share some new tracks I’ve added for the DEITIES Cast and their respective playlists…
Hi all, it’s been some time! For a bit of fun in between my [very gradual] site-building, I’ve created this blog update to share some new tracks I've added for the DEITIES Cast and their respective playlists -- in a way that's easier to sample the lyrics and audio, and to learn more tidbits about the DEITIES cast along the way.
If you enjoy discovering new music, and/or want to learn more tidbits about the cast, feel free to read further -- and grab a set of headphones if you'd like to listen along!
When I try to work on New Years reflections, I've struggled to summarize everything I've gotten to this year, and to pin down the goals I have for the next. Perhaps the best way to do this would be to condense my DEITIES Project-related goals in a post, and revisit any that are worth expanding throughout the year [...]
Hi everyone, I’m attempting to write some actual blog entries in the new year I guess ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ This update is just some 2021 reflection stuff + 2022 goals for DEITIES -- though it also works as an “in case you missed it” post that links to relevant updates and art from last year.
I'm still unsure how I'm going to structure updates on the project website compared to tumblr, especially while it's still under construction (so I haven’t developed a rhythm or layout for blogging yet). But the best way to figure it out is to work thru relevant entries, and a new year is a good time as any to start.
Hi everyone! Here's a brief update for the project before we get into the holidays, just to keep everyone posted 👍
[1] The DEITIES Project website has a new References and Resources page, with refreshed information and sources I use to help with the project. This page will be updated as I recall more material and as the project develops.
[2] I've adjusted a few areas on the website that were affected by platform bugs, so they should be more legible now. Note that the Search function is still a bit incomplete (i.e. I need to srsly fix some coding--), but the best way to navigate is by using the menu or the home page: deitiesproject.com
[3] Thanks to all who submitted suggestions for the Creatures Meme for Set! Between twitter and tumblr I have enough suggestions to work from, and will complete them gradually in between my other to-dos and holidays. Here are a few WIPs in the meantime:
Hi everyone, it’s been quite a while! Thanks for your continued patience, I have a bit of a fun update to share later this week. This is just a preview / WIP for a post I plan to share in a couple more days, but the TL;DR is:
(1) General update for what’s in the works for DEITIES Project, including a first peek + soft launch access to a new project site (and don’t worry, I’ll still update on tumblr, but this will tie in to my shift in scope from a while back).
(2) Reopening the Tumblr ask box for a short while to answer any project questions -- starting Friday, September 10 for a few days, potentially up to a week after.
More will be shared in a few more days once I finish this art and draft, but I figured I’d give you all an ample heads up if you want to brainstorm questions -- and if not, the full update may inspire a few more that I can address \o/ I hope to share more and chat with you all real soon!
TUMBLR NAVIGATION: https://deitiesofduat.tumblr.com/navigation
NOTE: Some pages are still being revised / migrated to the website. Also, all characters have their own dedicated tags (EX: #Set, #Horus, #Anubis, etc.)
Artwork // Askbox Replies // Character Profiles
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