And bonus inverted versions because it's how I initially started coloring this during the 24-hour stream event, haha. Whoops!
Very inspired by:
Alstroemeria Record's Bad Apple!! remix ft. nomico, its shadow art music video, and the English translation by RichaardEB ft. Cristina Vee. Thanks to ZUN for the original tune!
All the Time Buddies fan work (illustrations, comics, fanfics, character analyses, music inspirations) that have been hitting me with emotional damage, lmao. You all are amazing! ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡
With only just a few days left in this year, I’m sitting here looking back at all of the art I made this year, and I’m completely in awe.
I made over 50 drawings this year (and that’s not including all the drawings I’ve shared only on discord, stuff sitting in the WIP folder, and all the little pencil doodles in the margins of my notebooks)
Compared to only 4 drawings I did last year, and 3 the year before that. I’m so proud of myself.
This game and this lovely community has impacted my life in ways unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before, and I genuinely mean this when I say it: I love y’all!!! I’ve forged some incredible friendships because of this game.
Thank you for such an incredible year, I’m so happy to have crossed paths with all of you. 💖
Here’s to a new year filled with even more art and stories of our favorite four-eyed space-fish. 🫶
I had a silly idea of what if the Kratt bros were Hearthians, so BOOM, MARBLE AND CLAY!!! These doodles are kinda messy and I totally forgot Hearthians only have 3 fingers 😔 but I think they’re silly and I will def draw them again at some point with more clear designs
Indeed sometimes I wonder if people know me. Like, among the OW fandom in general. People thinking about me is a crazy and exciting concept.
CW : spontaneous vent/rant (vrant ?) below, i guess
I feel like i don't talk much because of my fear of being perceived as an attention whore Idk ? Or am I actually, talking too much and i'm actually an attention whore. This is what most of my thinking boils down too, am I actually having problems and i'm a bad person for or am I inventing problems for myself because i'm a bad person. Is thinking this way a problem by itself ? Or is it like actually reasonable, am I a bad person for making this post Idk. I hope i'm not inventing problems for myself. That would be insensitive for people who actually have real problems. No I don't have problems. oh wait am I being insensitive to myself. but do I really have problems if I'm not talking about them to anybody. I don't like it because i feel like it makes people worry about me even thought I don't want them to. Because i'm lazy and I don't want to actually do anything to solve them. Why can't I just be normal. What is the normal amount of problem a person has. Am I trying to play ranked ? am I subconsciously thinking having problems make me more of a person ? Am I an hypocrite ? I'm probably an hypocrite. Life is soo hard to figure out. Oh no this post is going to worry people. Please don't worry. Do I actually know that it's that, and not me inventing problems ? Am i a bad person for making this post. LOOK. IT LOOPS BACK. IT4S A FUCKING loop. Anyways, let's end on what I guess is a signature self-aware humoristic part. To lessen the blow i guess. Oh my, am I just an adult animated show, obnoxiously self-aware of it's flaws but won't ever try to improve itself ? I should just end this post already. I can't keep adding and editing things on before, this is going to be dishonest. Whatever, i'm just going to end this.
Oh well that escalated. The first bit was for a poll, by the way.
I am genuinely losing it because I LOVE OUTER WILDS AND I GOT MY BEST FREIND TO BUY THE GAME, BUT SHE HASN'T STARTED TO PLAY IT!!!!! I DONT BLAME HER BECAUSE SHES BUSY BUT GUYS!!! IM ON MY HANDS AND KNEES BEGING HER TO START A PLAY THROUGH BUT I CANT EXPLAIN ANYTHING ABOUT WHY THE GAME IS SO GOOD!!! HOW DO I GET HER TO START WITHOUT SPOILING ANYTHING??? I FEEL LIKE A NEEDY EX RN I NEED HELP
I see y'all chit-chatting about OCs, so I suppose I could spill a little, lol. These are all still very much huge work-in-progresses, so bear with me.
Andradite
Non-hatchling Hearthian OC.
This one's the self-insert. I wanted something that had a relation to my birthstone (garnet) but not necessarily the classic deep red the gem is known to be. I have a reference sheet that's still very much unfinished, but basically:
fairly short (like Feldspar or Gossan height), but thick-set around the hips (think: thunder thighs, rectangle/pear-ish body shape)
gardening is fun! (except when it's the bramble seed) will tear less-offensive weeds up with their bare hands, not afraid to get sand and dirt absolutely everywhere (might ick a little bit at mud/slimy textures, though)
scared of heights and the responsibilities that come with piloting vehicles, so was never going to be part of the space program... but will absolutely float around in the zero-g cave and bodies of water for fun and relaxation (catch them zonking on the path under the village waterfall -- no it is not loud, it's just loud enough to drown out everyone and everything else thank you very much!)
still hardcore thinking on clothing, but I'm definitely wanting: thick wooly socks that fold over at the ankles, slip-on shoes (think: moccasins), and a sweatshirt that's overlong in the arms but not the torso (hide hands in sweater arms when chilly) -- rest is kinda up in the air
Steatite
The token Hatchling OC.
They're just Soapstone, lmao. I originally landed on this name for when I did an Archipelago randomizer run. (Which was absolutely hilarious. I randomized practically everything I could. I struggled to get the travelers' signals for the longest time, though. Gabbro's ended up being in the fuckin' VESSEL of all places -- pretty sure it finally unlocked when I got the broken adv. warp-core log. 😂)
I'm actually rather happy with the name I landed on, though, and feel like it's fairly fitting for someone that didn't have a blind experience for the base game. Kinda blank and bland, but still willing to carve out their own path despite it all. Malleable.
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I also would like to make Nomai and Pursuer (Owlk) OCs in the future, but I'd really prefer to flesh out these two first.
