#ivyadrena

[veliseraptor]

ngl, the closest thing to a non-painkiller drug that I can see Xue Yang voluntarily taking is caffeine. You can’t tell me he wouldn’t mainline sugary energy drinks like there’s no tomorrow.

oh absolutely, and fact is that Xue Yang on, like, four energy drinks slammed back one after the other is pretty terrifying on its own. he doesn't need the boost but he's taking it anyway

[cenedrariva]

Hey, quick question? I always have some trouble with timelines and the Yi City group. How many years post-WWX's death is Red Azalea as of chapter 59?

It’s about 10 years after WWX died.

I’m going by CQL timeline mainly, and adding backstory from the novel to fill out some gaps. The timeline goes like this:

6 years after WWX died - XXC finds XY dying in a ditch

9 years after WWX died - SL shows up at Yi City, XXC finds out the truth, everything goes wrong

9 years 6 months - XXC and XY reunite and begin to reconcile over the next few months

10 years after WWX died - Orchid Cliffs arc

WWX is going to be brought back around 16 years after he died, and that’s when most of the main plot of CQL/MDZS will be happening. Right now we’re about mid-timeskip for the novel and drama.

Hope this helps!

[sleepnoises]

Do you have a mailing list for updates when you add to the shop? I'd love a Coinfellow or three, but they were sold out when I discovered you!

Hi! I’ve gotten this question twice in three days and felt shame that my answer is just “deal with my incredibly chaotic blog,” so yes, there is a mailing list now. It will be updated at the same time store updates go up on social media. Enjoy! 

[zenzaaaaaaaaaaaa]

What was the first scene you wrote for no grave?

Oh, it’s all chronological. I had some ideas after I was done with the first work, but I was also somewhat content to just let it rest as it was, because I really didn’t know what any of it meant at the time. The whole first work was written entirely during the latter half of an entirely unnecessary all-nighter than lasted ~34 hours and then I edited it for a little longer after that to make it somewhat more coherent.

This is my pro-gamer set up, and every section is written as they come:

The whole doc is ~99000 words, and I’ve got 5500 words of stuff behind the ‘end of what’s written to publish’ that was going to be stuff I was going to include before scrapping it but keeping it around for reference or for using for later. I named the whole thing using the hozier lyric generator about 1000 words into the first work and then used the vibe of that lyric to wort of guide the first section? But again, I was sleep-deprived, so it was more of a vague, dreamy connection.

I have vividly daydreamed about plot points I want to hit on, don’t worry. I have a plan. It’s just a highly flexible plan. So if any of y’all want to see more of a particular character/situation or you have something you’ve secretly, desperately wanted to be written in an avatar fanfiction that you can’t put together the will to add in, I am open to suggestions. Hearing opinions on what people like seeing in my story is very helpful and informative when it comes to the direction I take things.

This was a long-ass, tangential answer to a very short question, and I am very sorry, but I had a very large mug of earl grey tea earlier and it is keeping me solidly buzzed still.

[planetsandmagic]

Hi! I hope this isn't weird, but do you have any tips or tutorials on the textures/coloring you use that you'd be willing to share? I want to draw a scene from a favorite fanfic and every time I picture it, your TMA art comes to mind. I don't want to copy, obviously, but I think it really needs some of that otherworldly horror feel you do so well. I've worked a bit with texture brushes, but I'm not really sure where to start, especially incorporating multiple colors for definition.

Hi! I'm so sorry this is a late response, I wanted to give examples and such to help elaborate my points since I don't think I'm that good at explaining 😅 I don't think I'm the best when it comes to tips or such but I'll try and explain my points!

When it comes to colouring/textures, for me at least, it's really about what you're trying to convey with it. This might sound a bit like bullshit but hear me out. Most of my art tends to swing with certain colour palletes bc of the way I want them to be felt. Take this for example:

I mainly stuck with a blue pallete bc I wanted this piece to feel "lonely". Blue tends to be associated with this emotion, and the dark blue makes it feel more overbearing. The red was placed throughout the art as a way to pop out of the theme, to give it an unnatural effect. Also the mist like texture I added made it feel more ghostly, and also highlighted the characters at the center without making it too obvious.

Another example is this art:

Heavy use of red and red tones, as a way to express destruction and fire. The heavy use of textures gave it an effect of broken/old walls, which with the fire imagery makes it look more destructive.

I know leaning heavily on one general pallete tends to be a bit scary, but by studying other people's art and observing ur environments on different times/seasons, you'll get the hang of it! I highly recommend doing these cause I do it all the time and it helps me with the process.

Also! I highly suggest experimenting different types of brushes. They can give rough or soft effects and I think taking advantage of that will make ur art pop out more. Again, like colours, try and focus on What you want to convey in that art and use the brush best suited for it. Here's just an example of pens:

Anyway, I also highly recommend searching for textures online and using them on ur art; they can Reaaaally give definition to it and here's an example (left is no texture, right is with texture)

My art is very simplified, and I don't tend to put a lot of details to it. But adding textures makes up for it and makes it have more depth. I don't really have a tip on using textures other than just downloading randon textures u search online and using a blending layer with it to integrate it better into the art.

And uuuh yeah, that's basically it! I hope this helps? (I know I started to ramble here near the end I'm sorry!)

Tl;dr: For colours, focus on what you're trying to convey. If you're unsure, try studying other people's art or your surroundings and try to analyze what *you* feel from it. That way, u can associate colours with said feelings and be better at conveying the art. Experiment with different brushes for different reasons (make it have a rough or soft edge) and use textures (which u can download online from) to give depth to the art.

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ivyadrena replied to your photoset “Thinking about Waver and Iskandar……… Art blog: questionartbox...”

i have no idea who they are but i ship it

this reaction is what i hope for when i draw ship art tbh

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ivyadrena replied to your post: Ok but... link to your Avatar fic? I’m curious...

Thanks! I tried your Ao3 profile page but I think mobile was being dumb, bc it flat out didn’t list Avatar in your works list, lol

I have fic under two aliases (PBP and ArwenLune) so you were probably only looking under PBP. I hope you enjoy the story :)

[claroquequiza]

How are prosthetics charged in Afterdrop (and OW in general, I guess)? You mention batteries in Hanzo's legs - are they kinetic and self-charge when he moves, or does he need to schedule time to plug in? Can Jesse just go to town on a punching bag and be good for a month?

They are indeed kinetic! There have been great in-roads in both efficiency and battery technology (or else the floating cars make no sense at all, LOOOL), so prosthetics generally do not require charging. They get everything they need from the movement of their owners.