#thenerdcommander

[cthulhubrain]

artfight attack for TheNerdCommander ( @thenerdcommander ) on artfight. His character Danaelwen.

i just think she's neat ouo

started with pencil, watercolours, pencil crayons, lots of regret and frustration at my lack of colour knowledge. then went in to fiddle with lighting levels in photoshop, and also add my blog's name. I'm still not completely satisfied with it, buuuuuut I think that's the perfectionism and impatience talking.

[bronzeagelove]

✨☁️ the person that sent this to you wants you to have a beautiful day and to tell you you’re beautiful and you’re worth it! send this to 10 other ppl when you get this message!!! ☁️✨

Thank you sweetie! We definitely got to play ESO together again :D

[starlitetumblz]

And a very Merry Christmassss to me. ^w^ @thenerdcommander surprised me with her talented skillz with this lovely rendering of my Artie Boi! So happy!!!!

[thunderheadfred]

Kallo in 1A?

someone please kiss this stupid salarian

[lonicera-caprifolium]

You always bless us with the best art so now I bless you and gift you with a small Jaal.  ^u^  I really hope you like him, because you deserve only the best things.

He is absolutely adorable, thank you so much!! You are a complete and total sweetheart. A whole cake.

[0ccuria]

19 and 33 for Fyros, 12 and 45 for Arells, 43 for Kar, and 42 for Ryessa (sorry if there are too many here ^u^ Feel free to skip some if you'd like. I hope your day starts getting better)

Listen, you could send me the whole damn thing and I’d answer every question lol. There’s never a thing as too much with me. So thank you!

Send me some OC Questions?

FYROS:

19. What were your character’s deepest disillusions? In life? What are they now?

This is pretty much his whole character ark, honestly. There’s been a lot of disillusions in his life, but the biggest one being the slave/crime ring that he got caught up in. Later on it would just boil down to romantic disillusions.

33. Do they drink? Take drugs? What about their health?

He doesn’t drink on his own, but will rarely do it in company. As for drugs, he only smokes normal cigarettes.

When he partnered up with Kashia, he was malnourished, had hardly any muscle mass, and was just a total wreck. Now he’s pretty healthy and strong. He’s trained extensively and kept up a strict diet regimen so he doesn’t fall back into the state that he was in.

ARELLS:

12. How does their education and intelligence – or lack thereof - reflect in their speech pattern, vocabulary, and pronunciations?

Quite a lot. I’ve mentioned before that he has never had any proper education or a very nurturing environment. He’s had to fend for himself in that area.

It’s hard to describe other than “tough guy from boston” so I’ll just take an excerpt from a draft I had:

"Yeh? None’ya fuckin' business. Ya ain't gotta get wit tha technicalities just cause I patched ya scaly ass up." He waved Fyros off, "Pssh. Ya ain't need'a know 'bout me. Just keep me here 'til ya find some bare ass hell hole ta throw me in..."

45. Is your character pragmatic? Think first? Responsible? All action? A visionary? Passionate? Quixotic?

Oh he definitely doesn’t think first, just wings it. He can get very passionate about things, negatively or positively. Mostly negatively. That’s probably one of his biggest flaws honestly.

KAR:

43. Does your character have any secrets? If so, are they holding them back?

Ahh... it’s probably best that his secrets don’t come to light lol (unless you want to be really grossed or creeped out). But this was one of the main reasons he was exiled.

RYESSA:

42. What does your character want most? What do they need really badly, compulsively? What are they willing to do, to sacrifice, to obtain?

She just wants her own independence. To be loved and needed. She has a very strong need to be considered helpful. Ry basically sacrificed her career and future by joining the crew in order to obtain these things, because she wasn’t going to find them where she currently was.

[criticalrolo]

That last person who submitted their two nat ones and I have opposite dice energy and I laughed so hard I had to share.

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This is fantastic good for YOU!

submitted by @thenerdcommander

[thunderheadfred]

@thenerdcommander replied to your post “(None of this has a point and really it belongs in a private journal...”

This likely isn't the time or place, but can I make a suggestion? Have you considered getting a small group of friends or other artists to critique your work before posting it? Like beta readers, except for art. Ones you trust and know will tell you if they see areas they can help you improve in. It might not make everything okay but if you think it might help even a little bit it could be worth an attempt. Don't give up entirely just yet.

I know my tumblr posts sound pretty grim and doom and gloomy (I mean, I straight up turned into a severe tropical storm at about 10pm last night) but I don’t want to give up on drawing either, like, at all. I just needed to tie my bad thoughts to the railroad tracks for a minute...

this is actually a great idea - a small critique group is a thing I’ve thought about hosting - I know other folks have done writer’s circles like that and whatnot, but I’ve never felt comfortable enough to join (or start my own) because I didn’t want to overstep or... I don’t know?

I guess my biggest concern is getting overwhelmed. I already contribute so little and have such a Dumb Guilt Complex that I would be paranoid about having too many people/projects to adequately spread out the attention, or people feeling left out or dog-piled, especially if I’m moderating. I wouldn’t want any kind of critique space to be just for my work, (unless I’ve got a friendly beta reader helping me out) but a reciprocal circle where people can come for honest, helpful, constructive feedback on their own stuff too. I think I’m a pretty decent constructive-comment giver, but it’s exhausting, especially when depression is running rampant. So I’d worry about burnout and feeling guilty a lot, because I don’t have as much to give as I’d like. blah blah blah I’m making it about me again. Point is, lots of creatives feel that way, and I wouldn’t want anybody’s feelings getting hurt. Artist egos are perilously fragile things, but I honestly believe that given the right circumstances some careful, well-intentioned critique can be infinitely more helpful than enabling praise, if that makes sense?

I dunno gughaogna;olgn. this all sounds exhausting right now so I need to focus on my own garbage first obviously, bleh. but I genuinely think it’s a great idea and I’m going to consider logistics some more. I think a discord server would suit this well - real-time talk (with voice options for those REALLY intense discussions haha) and the ability to share text/images etc. Limited to a small group of people or else divided into rooms by interest/skill/whatever (not meant to be exclusive, it’s just hard to critique on a large scale or with wildly differing skill sets and ability levels) and I have no idea how that would pan out. I know @autodiscothings runs a similar thing to this for writing - I should probably pick her brain some

tl;dr I’d probably call my friendly critique server The Circle Jerks so that’s your first sign that I should never be put in charge of anything, ever, hahaha