I am thinking about fan fiction writers, but anyone who writes any kind of fiction can answer. (As far as I’m aware, non-fiction is usually written in the past tense - but if I’m wrong do let me know!)
When I was young I gathered that all serious works of fiction were written in the past tense (past tense third person to be precise) so that is what i did when I started writing. However my mind was blown by the power and immediacy of Margaret Atwood writing in the present tense so I started to experiment with it myself, and now i strongly favour it. I get the impression that past is still the most commonly used, but I’m prepared to be surprised!
Please share!
I usually write in the past tense, but then going into the character’s head, even though I wouldn’t directly frame it, I’d use a lot of “nows” which isn’t quite characteristic of past tense hhagagsgsh
Reblog to let your followers know that despite your current obsession your previous obsessions still exist and are simply lying dormant until they awaken and strike again
btw if any Arcane fans want to play a video game with a similar art style and worldbuilding that’s not LoL I HIGHLY recommend the Dishonored series. It’s art direction is insane and it has similar overall themes of politics, class, magic, and love in all forms
It’s story (esp in the first game) isn’t anywhere as strong as Arcane’s writing is, but literally everything else pulls its weight so hard that it’s difficult not to enjoy it
I never see anyone actually getting any significant donations on tumblr and to be honest, tumblr is the worst place to ask for assistance. Use it as your last resort, it frustrates me to no end seeing people begging for help, reblogging the same post over and over, the same types of posts over and over, to no avail, when people are waiting to help you on a different part of the web GO TO WHERE THE HELP IS. IF YOU WANT DIRECT ACTION TO WORK STOP WITH TUMBLR AND USE REDDIT.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF SATAN REBLOG THIS SO WE CAN START REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF DONATION POSTS THAT GET STUCK FLOATING AROUND THIS WEBSITE
Blurple crystallized Viktor? Poor boy getting even more death and disability going for him.
Slay in every sense of the word?
HAGAGSHS I’M SORRY BUT AS A PART OF THIS FANDOM I’M JUST ALLERGIC TO HAPPINESS
I just feel like this disease kinda reflects the arcane’s influence on Viktor, making him a “perfect” version of himself, but ultimately leading to destruction
May I ask what art program/brushes you use? Your art is so pretty,,,,,do you have any tips for how to get colour on skin tone and the like correct? ❤️
Hiii, thank you for asking!
It depends on what work you came from bc I’m a big experimentator!
Rn I’m drawing in procreate, but I used to use krita before. I like soft textured brushes, or just textured brushes, and sometimes I love using brushes with blending
I’ll give you pictures of different brushes I use on procreate
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I use the last one the most lately, it’s the one you can see in my latest Jayvik wip
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a link for the first brushset, so if anyone has it, pls drop it in the comments, I will add it here!
It depends on what work you came from bc I’m a big experimentator!
Rn I’m drawing in procreate, but I used to use krita before. I like soft textured brushes, or just textured brushes, and sometimes I love using brushes with blending
I’ll give you pictures of different brushes I use on procreate
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I use the last one the most lately, it’s the one you can see in my latest Jayvik wip
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a link for the first brushset, so if anyone has it, pls drop it in the comments, I will add it here!
Your art is amazing! Thank you for the brush recommendations :))) May I ask which brushes you used on Krita? I don’t have Procreate ajsgshsgsh 🫠
Also, I did come from the newest jayvik wip!!! The way you did the skin was just wonderful and if possible I would like to know how you do it!
thank you!! so, these are the brushes i’ve been using in krita when i was still working in it
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although i have a bit of a different approach now, so i’d reccomend a different brush for render, smth like this
after the sketch, I usually lay out the shadows on the skin and then start adding the base color. inbetween the shadow and the light i make a warmer strip of color. after that i’d add some varying colours that would be close to the base one but a bit different in hue and the highlights would be my finishing touches
tbh my own technique is a bit all over the place but if it would be of help, i’ll post my speedpaint of a diff portrait of mine ad i’ll tag you in it!
The story behind me coming up with this is actually quite funny. I was scrolling through tumblr and stumbled upon a sonadow fanart in space in their super saian or whatever forms. And at first I thought that it was jayvik fanart. So, I sent it to my friend telling her i thought they were jayviks and she was like. Well, why don’t you draw jayviks as sonic characters? And so I did.
I wanted a cup with Jayviks so I created the design myself agahs
I really love that man of progress mug, but I wanted to have both Jayce and Viktor on my cup so I copied Jayce from the og and drew Viktor in the same style!
Jayce in my dishonored au! I’ll leave a few more sketches and wip pics under the cut, along with his lore for anyone curious)
Jayce is an immigrant from Serkonos — he’s a part of an impoverished noble family. They move to Dunwall after Jayce’s father dies. During their voyage, the ship gets lost at sea, caught up in a storm. Death seems inevitable, until a mark-bearer aboard uses his magic to call the whales, who get the ship on their backs and bring it to safety. The mark-bearer than hands Jayce a rune and that’s when his fascination with void begins.
So, he starts studying the void, magic, different runes, their meanings, trying to harness magic and make it do good. At some point he even meets Sokolov, who shares his fascination, but they part ways soon because of moral differences. Once, when looking for new material for study, he makes his way to the Brigmore mansion, but is quickly stopped by a certain someone. “They will eat you alive if you set foot there, boy,” the stranger says.
That stranger is none other than Viktor, of course. He’s from an industrial district. Dirty air, constantly filled with toxic fumes from the factories never served him well and worsened his already weak health. Still, he has a sharp mind, and is known and respected among workers. They know: if something doesn’t work right, he knows how to fix it. However, his genius was never satiated, so when he learned about Jayce’s research he was intrigued to say the least.
The two had to work in shadow as to not get caught by the overseers, spreading their little successes among the poor, in total secret. Then, during one of their experiments, something went wrong, and Viktor touched the void — maybe a bit too deeply for a regular human being. It scarred him, making the two stop their research.
When, the plague comes. Viktor falls victim to it and soon dies. Jayce, however, can’t accept a truth like that and strives to return him no matter the cost. He believes: Viktor’s soul is somewhere within the void and he only needs to find a way to pull it out and tie it back to his body. And so, he looks for an answer, nearly goes crazy, sees visions from the void, while Viktor’s body starts to rot.
Nonetheless, he finally finds a way to accomplish what he had in mind, tying Viktor’s soul back to his body. But Viktor is different. He’s already dead and he’d spent too long in the void — so, even with his soul back in his body, he’s not at home in the real world anymore
Finished this illustration of my dishonored au Viktor! I’ll put more pics from the process and the link to my other illustration from this au under the cut
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