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  1. Taka Nuvia
    And/or the usual "hey world! I'm still alive!" post
    So where have I been?
    Mostly busy with life, and finally with a stable internet connection at my PC so expect some more activity from me, I guess. Occasionally, anyway.
    Other than that, I missed this place, a lot. And can't help but get nostalgic about the old times of lots of daily activity. Regular display name changes, especially around April 1st (my, what a coincidence) or with whatever tiny trend floated by. (On a side note, I'm delighted to see that the old emoticons are still around. Love these )
    Hope you're all doing well! I'll see you around. ^^
  2. Taka Nuvia

    artblocked, indeed

    By Taka Nuvia,


    slice of life
    The best thing I can say right now is that the breaks between my blog entries are much, much longer than the breaks between my artistic endeavours (please imagine those two words in a more sarcastic tone). Wish I knew what was the problem, but sitting down to draw is no longer as easy nor natural as it used to be. Mostly, I am afraid, I think. Afraid of what I create not lining up with what I had in mind (a given, if I rarely try my hands at it.) Afraid of only being able to produce slightly off, slightly nightmarish vent art when really all I want to do is draw pretty things to distract myself from what's causing the vent arts in the first place.
    Especially the latter point.
    So what am I doing to combat that, and the accompanying feelings of hopelessness?
    Two things, mostly. One is working on my mental health and resilience. Times are bad still, but I don't want to let that crush me. The other thing is moving to other creative things to do in the meantime - I've taken up crocheting, darning and other mending techniques, and painting. To keep my hands occupied, and have something to show by the end of the day, something tangible, a proof of my tiny existence in that miniscule time frame that I'm around for.
    Because things will get better again.
    They always do.
  4. Taka Nuvia

    back yet again

    By Taka Nuvia,


    slice of life
    and still have to get used to the new look but that's okay.
    (I have no idea what entry categories are for though. this will take some getting used to...)
  5. Taka Nuvia

    happy holidays :)

    By Taka Nuvia,

    I might be a bit early with this, but you know, with time zones you can never quite tell. Either way, whoever reads this, I hope you have a good day, and happy holidays to you!

  7. Taka Nuvia

    new art topic lol

    By Taka Nuvia,

    In case anyone was wondering what exactly my banner was... there you go ^^
    (idk about the title for this blog entry. it feels strangely familiar, so I might've chosen it in the past. ^^)
  9. Taka Nuvia
    The current state of things makes it really hard to tell interesting stories because let's face it, most time is spent at home. :/
    Honestly the only positive thing is that I 'won' the time usually spent commuting, which does add up to 10h during the week, but that's about it. Doing everything in one place is hard, however. In fact, it's so hard that I had to improve my planning strategies and install two boards in my room where I track my tasks, both for home things and for university. At least moving colourful sticky notes around when I'm done with a task is an adequate motivation, or so it seems.
    Speaking of studying, the longer this goes on, the more I realize that I really don't like distance learning, and it's so much harder to motivate myself to do just about anything. Computer Science is cool though, so I'm trying my best. Currently I am 'sort of' teaching myself Java to write some code to fill a database with random content. Coming up with my own random generator for names was more fun than it probably should have been (because this way I spent more time on it than I presumably should have) - but hey, I'd rather spend some more time and not just end up with random strings like "asfklaer" for names.
    To bring this entry to a conclusion, I'm kinda coping, but not really enjoying it. My hopes for 2021 are non-existent, but at least I can't be disappointed that way. Or maybe I can. We will see.
  10. Taka Nuvia
    Long story short, I was recently reminded of the Clockwork Night game over in G&T ages ago, and realized that the character I played there had the same name as my usual OC/BZP namesake, if you will. And was an Agori/Protector - and that I'd never drawn her, so hey, why not redesign my 13-year-old OC again. So that's what I did, gleefully ignoring that everyone was supposed to be from the Jungle region so I can stick to the old colour scheme, and here we are.

    Notable design changes:
    dropped the wings because that's just silly exchanged the very impractical staff/halberd/spear weapon thingie for a slightly less imprcatical one the mask, obviously (though some design elements are there to reflect the Avohkii, like the split design of the lower parts of the mask) I did keep the skull belt, patterns under the eyes, heterochromia and Mata feet because rule of cool.
    Honestly I might keep this iteration around for the next few years. It's something new, and I like it better than ye olde "Toa has been half corrupted by shadows but not really" concept.
  11. Taka Nuvia
    On my recent trip down memory lane I came across a myriad of long forgotten stuff - among other things, the two-page comic Doubt that I drew back in 2014, coincidentally also in November. It's weird that this was six years ago, it still feels extremely recent - especially because I can clearly remember sitting in a park outside drawing some of the panels with freezing fingers. Idk why my younger self thought that was a good idea.
    Doubt was an interesting experiment, though, because I decided to forego dialogue wherever possible, telling a snippet of a story with as few words as I could manage. It worked okay, for the most part. Setting-wise, it tied in with the Bionicle Mafia story world.
    While from today's perspective there are tons of technical mistakes, of course, there's also a lot of things I tried that I normally shy away from - backgrounds, or rather, the environment the characters live in, props, different lightings, the borderless panels. I think the layout was inspired by webcomics at the time.
    To this day it's my longest standalone work, if you don't count the Comic Series I started back in 2011... but that's a story for another day.
    (Brickshelf folder / Comic topic)
  13. Taka Nuvia
    I do wonder if anyone still reads this, tbh ^^'
     
    But for anyone who does, life is slowly returning back to normal, and I think that's a really good thing. Also, I'm about to finally finish my current sketchbook after 4 months, which is surprisingly fast for me - normally it takes at least half a year.
  15. Taka Nuvia
    Idk if anyone even still knows this existed, but I updated my art collection - after all, I've been drawing more Bionicle stuff again lately, so I need a place to put it all without cluttering GA.
    But yeah, expect some more updates from me over the course of the next few weeks. ^^
  16. Taka Nuvia

    Update time

    By Taka Nuvia,

    It's been a while, hasn't it... so what's new?
    Days are still more or less the same. That will change next week because I am back to the office. Home learning is not my thing, which is amazing because uni stays digital until the end of the semester. <3 Art-wise I've hit a plateau, which is annoying. Should probably do some focused practise to start improving again. van time~ That's it from me, how's it going for all of you?
     
  18. Taka Nuvia
    For me it's week 3 of being 'confined' to the metaphorical four walls of my home, and I think I am slowly adjusting.
    But how's the rest of you been these days? I hope you're all safe and well.
  20. Taka Nuvia

    Anaster

    By Taka Nuvia,

    Remember that character WIP I posted way back? (yea, me neither. that's why I added the link). I finished her in the meantime, and just realized that I never got around to posting her here.^^'
  21. Taka Nuvia
    still trying to rearrange my life after last year, and while some things are getting better it still feels like I'm struggling most of the time. At this point I'm seriously wondering whether I had a burnout of some sorts or why else it is all so much for me.
    Art-wise it's going okay, though. That's at least something.
  22. Taka Nuvia
    ... okay I did not know that links are embedded these days. That's fancy. Anyway, posted some artworks in GA, if anyone is interested in that but, like me, does not check the artwork forum every other day ^^'
  23. Taka Nuvia
    .... idk how to properly summarize it, tbh. Made a larger decision that changed my life for the better, but it still took until Christmas for me to even halfway recover from what happened before. I just hope things won't excalate as much again, or rather, that next time I'll find the courage to quit a bad situation earlier on and not stay until it is almost way too much to bear.
    But there are positive things! I joined a Pathfinder campaign, and through that formed some really great friendships. My art has improved over the course of the year! I am generally feeling more... normal (?) again these days.
    For whatever reason, 2019 has been a hard year for many of us. Let's hope that 2020 will be better. *fingers crossed*
  24. Taka Nuvia
    ... okay, to be fair, apart from "elves are just very cool and I love pointy ears"
    Thing is, there is something about them beiong much older than they look that is just relatable in a way. Idk. I too, often, feel older than I probably should at this point (or maybe the times are jusut moving far too fast for me to keep up these days, idk), yet people tend to estimate my age to be younger than it is. (the only time when that wasn't the case was when I was stressed out of my mind. Even got a white hair from it. Not very fun.)
    Well that, and they are really snazzy, because elves
     
  25. Taka Nuvia
    Figured I might as well post it here also. It's been a while since I've last drawn something even remotely Bionicle-related, so it's been a fun change. (also, including actual clothing instead of just random clothing-like elements? that's almost a first. Almost. I did do it back in 2009, but that's sooooo long ago...)
    Ah yes, and in case you're wondering what EOD is, check this out. (spoiler: it's a game)
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