Taka Nuvia

Yo all! It's been a while, and tbh I should have probably logged into this account much sooner than I did... anyway, just wanted to let you know I haven't given up on this place! Point is, this doctorate thing is scaring me more than it should, and I have spent the last 2 months spiralling from one crisis into the next, hence my silence. I'm still alive, tho. (just been banished into the shadow realm, so to speak. :] ) ... man I missed this place. Is anyone still around? So what's new... I mean this whole Yu-Gi-Oh thing hasn't stopped, on the contrary. I feel like it has just filled the void left by the actual end of Bionicle... idk how to feel about it. On the other hand, it sparks a lot more joy than my studying right now, so it stays. ^^ Art-wise, I'm still drawing every day, because that's something that nobody will take from me, ever.

hope you all are having a good time! and enjoying the holidays.

The Haunting - Avantasia into Stream of Consciousness - Dream Theater

I'd love to play a mafia game again. --- also sounds interesting!

Blind - Placebo into Wind-Up Toy - Alice Cooper --- Ah, I used to listen to that song a lot.

and here I am, seeing this so late. Hope you're doing okay by now. If there's anything I can do for you/to help, if you wanna talk (or go searching for balloon unicorns in an enchanted forest or something :>), just let me know. Stay strong. *offers virtual hug*

November was insanely stressful, with tons of work, also related to going abroad for the last few days to join a workshop on... science-y stuff. So that's why I wasn't around that much. ^^' and now it's almost Christmas. Where did the time go?

It will be half of my life in another 2 years, so I guess I know how you feel. Good to hear your life is going well!

Just realised that I can't remember posting this one. It's actually from last year? Somewhere around the end of 2017, anyway. I rarely ever draw Turaga Vakama, although I love that scene in MoL where he whacks the Rakshi (Rahkshi? idk 'bout the spelling) in the head with his staff. Beautiful. :3

Behind The Wheel (Depeche Mode Cover) - Pain

It's certainly been a while. I'm okay with that, tho. :> though my 13-year-old self would think I am old now. Come to think of it, when I joined was when I still mostly wore bright colourful stuff instead of these days' mostly black attire xD Already had the glasses and the long hair, however. Art-wise I do hope I've improved over the past years. Why bringing this up? Because it was due to the splendid stuff im GA that convinced me to draw regularly. Yay. So I'm kinda glad this place is still around. And here's to many more years!

this. and nostalgia. And I can be a legit ghost for once :>

Yay, Inktober! Best of luck with that! As for the art itself, looks really cool. And pretty close to the set, as far as I can tell. I also l enjoy the screentone-ish background. Literally the only 'criticism' I could offer is that the perspective on the head looks a tiny bit off, but that's about it IMO. This was done digitally, I presume? (just curious) And are you planning to do more Bionicle-related Inktober pieces? :>

if anyone wants a review of their stuff, please let me know! It's been ages since I last wrote something like that, plus I don't know if people even want art reviews these days or if an "awesome!" is all that is desired. -- but seriously, it's a bit awkward to just type up a longer thing. Why didn't it feel like handing out unsolicited advice so much when I was a kid/teen? o.o On the other hand, nothing's more sad than posting art and having nobody react to it because nobody even knows it is there. So yeah, just throw me a pm, I guess. Can't guarantee it will happen within a day, but I'd love to review some stuff again.

am done with Yugioh GX (the dub, anyway), and started watching 5Ds. No real opinion on that yet. But I was surprised by how much I enjoyed GX overall? Looking back, especially the first season. Now if anyone wants to guess my favourite GX character, that might be fun :>

That's a cool MoC, actually! I like the hammer.

Normally there are seasonally recurring themes in my art. One of them is that in summer, more fairies turn up. Not this summer. Coincidentally it's also the first time I didn't have a large summer break. I guess these are connected somehow, because Fall's Vampires showed up pretty much on time. ^^' Art-wise, things are looking up. Coloured pencils can be used again! Plus ove rthe past two months I improved my 'posture' while drawing, i.e., the way I hold the pencil, and it's all less cramped. So it wasn't all bad. Obviously I really don't recommend you overstrain your finger just to improve your grip on the pencil. Because don't do that. :< But yeah, that's basically all I wanted to update you on. Might post some art-related stuffs later this week, it's been a while.

Tried a small thing with coloured pencils, and it'S starting to work for me again, if I hold the pencil differently than what I am used to apply less pressure per layer go super slow and take breaks aka I need to be extremely cautious, so it's not back to everyday medium again - but it's improving and I am happy about it.

Love the artstyle, it looks really cool. Your choice of colours/palette is also spectacular.