#feidlimid

[bananapeelsandglitter]

Day 6: Flow

Me: *makes a complicated character desing*

Me realizing I need to draw the character more than once: "...shit"

[songsfromtheplanetearth]

Interview with Feidlimid

Songs from the Planet Earth is out! In conjunction with the release of our long-awaited Steven Universe fan album, we’re doing a series of interviews with members of our artist and musician team. Read all interviews here!

In this post, we’re interviewing Feidlimid, an artist who created two illustrations for the album!

Heyo! I did the track art for "WE ON THE MOON" and "I'm Perfect."

Q: Tell us a bit about yourself and your art! 

I've studied studio art as a minor in college, but am mostly self-trained. I mostly work with pencil, charcoal, and ink in traditional mediums, or draw digitally.

Q: Describe the process of working on your illustrations!

Steven Universe's landscapes have such a unique, light feel to them - I started there for WE ON THE MOON, hoping to emulate that with the space landscape. Then came about twenty sketches of just the moon base's shape, plotting the perspective and angle I wanted. Taking pretty much the single, front-on shot we get in the series of the moon base and imagining it in 3D space at an extreme angle was the most difficult part. I used a LOT of math, sketches, guidelines, basic shapes, and perspective tools to gradually build up the geometry of the base. Sometimes I had to remind myself that eyeballing the details, such as the door facade, was more efficient and sometimes more intuitive-looking than trying to reason out the math behind the perspective. I built out the geodesic dome with several transparent layers to render both the front and back. First came base colors, then curved outlines for the panels, and finally highlights.

Q: What’s your favourite thing about your illustration and the character you drew?

I think I like how the simplicity of White Diamond can be so imposing. That character design is brilliant. On one hand, you could see a beautiful and comforting figure, but something about the starkness and the angle and the perfection itself is off-putting. And there's something about the "static" in the background when she's portrayed in the show (and in my piece) where it really hammers home that there is no "emptiness" around her, as though that negative space is really "white" noise

Q: So, what are your favourite moments in the show?

In general, I love Connie being the butt-kicking, sword-swinging heroine she is. She's smart, determined, and fierce, and I've seen a lot of myself in her. So those moments where she trains with Pearl and finds her own unique way of partnering with Steven delight me.

Social media links

Tumblr: @confusedthaumaturge

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More interviews will be posted throughout the next few days. Stay tuned!

[howdydoodydodis]

from the original set of questions, what's crush F like? they were way more vague than the other ones

Is it a stretch for me to wonder if this is the same Anon? And to ponder why they’re soo curious about my love life? ‘;)

There’s a reason I was vague - mainly because it’s reasonable enough to imagine word getting round and making social dynamics weird by the fact that I’m crushing on them despite them being in a committed relationship. I’m emhoetional, but I’d sure hate to be that out of line.

I can probably indulge a better picture of what that dynamic is like/why I’m crushing a little, though. I’m not invested because of their relationships status, distance, and the lack of time behind us knowing each other, which ultimately anchors the flirting against turning into pining. Yup, we flirt, fairly often, mostly playful or jesting - but there’s been enough vulnerable and serious moments for me to like actually care about and trust this person. Okay, I take it back - I am invested, but not romantically. I also go back in forth imagining whether we’d be that compatible in reality - but that’s not to say I haven’t tried to imagine it.I mean, it’s happened before where for some reason I find it attractive that someone I kinda look up to is affectionate/flirty, has a biting but honest wit, and is a wonderful listener and advisor. (Actually, now that I think about it, there’s even physical similarities between this and an old crush). However, in the case currently and as in the past, the feelings I’ve caught from this sort of crush are mild (especially when compared to my other interests). …also…I think it might be important, Anon, to sort of clarify that for me a “crush” is distinct from “someone I actually want to date…” For me, a crush is someone I could see myself dating, and someone who gives me butterflies due to my attraction, but that’s different from my interests. Sorry if that’s confusing :/

[namemeaningsdaily]

Feidlimid

Gender: Neutral

Origin: Irish Gaelic

Meaning: Beauty; Ever good

[ruginite]

OKAY 

i FOUND a replacement for Lazarus.

Typio Form Recovery (the other one was just....not good and complicated) It’s very easy to use. You just have to click the icon in the top corner of chrome whenever u need to get to something it recovered. Then copy the text and paste it back into your tumblr text box. :D

[alphazi]

rainbow commander tags: the sequel

*dabs*

[dyingstararch]

Finished my deer oc<3 >w<

[celestlalavatar]

don’t fear the reaper --