Creative Corner

[quote name=''][center][size=5][b]-{ Vaixation's CC Journal }-[/b][/size] [IMG]https://f2.toyhou.se/file/f2-toyhou-se/images/19385229_YtM9Co0IsyWtsUB.png[/IMG] Over the years I've become more and more reclusive with showing off my creative works, and I think I'd like to change that + be a little more open and once more start showing what I make. Maybe it'll make me feel more productive, but this thread will basically be a journal for most of my creative endeavors, including but not limited to the following: artwork, lore, writing, etc.[/center][/quote] [quote name=''] [center][IMG]https://f2.toyhou.se/file/f2-toyhou-se/images/19385252_El9MR7F0uk3qryc.png[/IMG] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [b]→ Please do not repost / reupload / redistribute any of my artwork/writing/etc. without my permission; thank you![/b] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you want to follow along you can [b]subscribe[/b] to the thread! I'd prefer not to do pinglists as it'll make me too self-conscious to actually post here, defeating the point of the thread. (Sorry! As mentioned already, I'm a bit reclusive in nature and I deal with a lot of social anxiety! You're more than welcome to leave a comment if you'd like though!) [/center] [/quote] [center]----- [size=5][b]CLICK THE IMAGES TO FULLVIEW THEM.[/b][/size] ----- [sub][b]Self-Notes:[/b] → crystallize spoilers → 525px width previews[/sub][/center]

[center][quote name='']I think I'll start off this thread with an image I drew on [b]10/19/2019[/b]. This was art of [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=377796][b]PolarMo #377796[/b][/url]'s dragon [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=54810241][b]Dmitri #54810241[/b][/url] for the [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2759138/10#post_41007478][b]Draw The Dragon Above You Thread[/b][/url]![/quote] [url=https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1571518885/Miscellaneous/54810241_full.png][IMG]https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1588115966/FlightRising/CCJ/ccj_preview0.png[/IMG][/url] [/center]

[center][quote name=''] This image+writing was created back on [b]12/2/2019[/b] for an art+lore dragon I sold, [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=57107783][b]Miasma #57107783[/b][/url]. [/quote] [b]Warning![/b] This image is large (3448 x 2423 px)! Fullview at your own discretion! [url=https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1575344563/FlightRising/DD/57107783.png][IMG]https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1588117160/FlightRising/CCJ/ccj_prev3.png[/IMG][/url][/center] [quote name='lore by Vaixation #12387'][size=7]MIASMA #57107783[/size] [size=4][i]- Harbinger of Shade -[/i][/size] Gaolers are the ancient children of the Icewarden, tasked with containing the foul entities that threaten to destroy our lands. But often there is the assumption that the threat is external - a rogue beast perhaps, like the vile abomination of life known as an emperor, or the enigmatic Shade that creeps its way across Sornieth, spreading its tendrils of fear and hunger where-ever it may go. Little do they know that Shade has a way of corrupting hearts and minds, eating at your very soul and turning you into one of its many denizens of darkness, chained to do its bidding. Don't listen to it. Don't let it in. Or it will consume you whole. They didn't have a name at first. Like all gaolers, names are earned, not freely given. A name and an order is an indicator of purpose - without that, they are nothing. They are but a child, viewed with disdain and a sense of belonging not found. But what festers inside an outcast? Love, care, compassion? Oh no, friend, I think not. Internally, something else grows strong - small at first; insignificant and weak, but give it time - and a dash of bitterness. Hatred. See how deeply it takes root, see how far it will dare to go before breaking forth from this shell of emptiness and desolation into the greater world unknown. Everytime they breathed, a mysterious violet fog seeped forth from their mouth. Some dismissed it, others made wary - but soon a pattern of bad luck began to establish itself. They were a harbinger of misfortune, of ill will, of things better left unsaid. Not a single reasonable individual wants to dance that closely to fate, tempting their demise - and so, best not to meddle with such a beast. Exile. Isolation. But even so, they were still duty-bound to contain the Shade that had corrupted their mortal vessel. And thus, they became a prison unto themselves, a keeper of the miasma within their very quintessence. Miasma is a wanderer, with no real place to call home, and can be found roaming the desecrated wastelands of Sornieth, far beyond the reach of most living creatures. Should you see those piercing lavender eyes glaring at you from the encroaching darkness, be warned: stay away, for your own safety, lest you too fall victim to the same fate. Let sleeping daemons lie.[/quote]

[center][b]This image/post contains spoilers for Guild Wars 2 / Living World Season 4.[/b] [quote name='']Here's an image I drew for a [b]Secret Santa 2019[/b] in my friend group for my friend Zar ([url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=view&tab=userpage&id=433091][b]bessonnitsa #433091[/b][/url]) and finished it on [b]1/11/2020[/b] of her main character with Aurene in the [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_140CDYuQMA][b]final cutscene of the last episode to Season 4, War Eternal[/b][/url]. (It should also be noted that the sylvari character does not have a left arm due to an injury! This is not an error, it's intentional!)[/quote] [b]Warning![/b] This image is large (4149 x 3500 px)! Fullview at your own discretion! [url=https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3835/u3gzln5gqnlbyczzg.jpg][IMG]https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1588115858/FlightRising/CCJ/ccj_preview1.png[/IMG][/url][/center]

[center][b]This image/post contains spoilers for Guild Wars 2 / Path of Fire + Living World Season 4.[/b] [quote name='']Originally posted [b]1/30/2020[/b]: This is MESSIEST doodle you've ever seen in your life but like. What if Vlast absorbed both Balthazar's and the Death-Branded Shatterer's powers...? Anyways now I have like two AUs of Vlast that I headcanon over here because dkjfhsdhkdfhksjdfhkdhjf I can't stop thinking about him and I'm also still salty/mad. x'D[/quote] [url=https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1714150365/FlightRising/CCJ/vlast-doodle2020.png][IMG]https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1588116795/FlightRising/CCJ/ccj_preview2.png[/IMG][/url] [quote]EDIT: File updated to non-Discord (broken) image.[/quote][/center]

[center][quote name='']These carrots are a fake FR item I created from scratch (minus the small plant icon + border) for the [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2809483/65#post_42575747][b]60mil Countdown[/b][/url] thread ([b]3/15/2020[/b]) since it was mentioned that there should be a carrot item on-site. These are free-to-use with credit![/quote] [IMG]https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1584331152/FlightRising/Graphics/carrots.png[/IMG] [code][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2852767/][IMG]https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1584331152/FlightRising/Graphics/carrots.png[/IMG][/url][/code][/center]

[center][quote name='']Originally posted: [b]3/24/2020[/b] So lately I’ve been seeing some fun artwork of a Japanese youkai called an [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amabie][b]Amabie[/b][/url] that is supposed to protect you from / ward off disease, so I thought I’d try to spread around the good will and hope everyone stays safe in light of recent world events. Please take care of yourselves![/quote] [url=https://66.media.tumblr.com/e19b02cc15b1c33a90db1ddfe2acaa6c/c7a8b07fdf9cea63-ea/s1280x1920/6faa06d55d2589a774afe3c6cb69345962bd8e76.png][IMG]https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1588118562/FlightRising/CCJ/ccj_prev4.png[/IMG][/url] → [url=https://heartseer.tumblr.com/post/613517945337937920/][b]TUMBLR LINK[/b][/url][/center]

I think that, for the most part, catches me up on all of my major pieces I've done within the past few months. I'm very slow at art, unfortunately. However, I do have several things at varying stages of completion. [quote name=''][size=5][b]CURRENT ART/WRITING PROJECTS:[/b][/size] → I'm drawing [b]Gorrik[/b] (Guild Wars 2: Living World Season 4) for Autism Acceptance Month since he is canonically on the spectrum, but unfortunately I won't be able to get it done in time. That's okay though! → [s]I finished an art+lore piece recently that I will be posting later.[/s] [b](posted: 4/30/2020)[/b] → I'm in the middle of trying to illustrate some images for my storyline, [b]Forsworn Storm[/b]. I'm also currently in the middle of writing the prequel to FS: [b]The Mistral's Curse[/b]. Updates / word counts may be posted to this thread. → There's a spiral adopt I'm trying to make, but need to finish the lineart and then work on genes. I'll keep this thread updated/posted on my progress for it. → I made a simple doodle of Vaati (The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap) and Octavo (Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer featuring The Legend of Zelda) together, but I may not wind up finishing it since the pose is very generic / it was just for fun. I'll probably make something a lot more refined for them later; if so, I may end up posting the WIP to this thread as-is. → I wrote lore for my fandragon for Octavo (COH), but the dragon doesn't currently exist yet as he's still a breeding project. However, the lore totals [b]11,803 words[/b] or 65,692 characters (although give or take because I may make revisions) which is definitely higher than FR's biography character limit, and that's without including the extra graphics and coding and formatting for his profile… so… rip? I accidentally wrote a super long lore that can’t even fit on his page. (I have a solution in mind, however, so I'm not worried about it.) I also have his full outfit already, so I'm only waiting on RNG for the dragon/breeding project. Wish me luck?[/quote]

[center][quote name=''] This image+writing was for an art+lore dragon, [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=58267481][b]Icestorm #58267481[/b][/url], that I gifted to my friend [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=7369][b]Courage #7369[/b][/url] for his birthday! [emoji=familiar heart size=1] [/quote] [b]Warning![/b] This image is large (2395 x 1951 px)! Fullview at your own discretion! [url=https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1588048718/FlightRising/DD/58267481.png][IMG]https://res.cloudinary.com/ryxe/image/upload/v1588277308/FlightRising/CCJ/p5.png[/IMG][/url][/center] [quote name='lore by Vaixation #12387'][size=7]Icestorm #58267481[/size] [size=4][i]- Season of Winter -[/i][/size] When the deities of this realm first materialized into this world, they were not dragons. They were energy, pure and beautiful, untainted by any desire or emotion, just simply masses of magical nature that would eventually solidify into a fully sentient being, that element incarnate. I'm sure all dragons know the story of how our revered deities came to life, and how they warred with each other for centuries, decimating civilization after civilization time and time again. But what they do not tell you, is that magical energy is abundant on Sornieth, and theirs is not the only ones to creep across the land. The Shade is one such energy, foreign and alien an entity sprung up from the violent warfare. But there are lesser known elements that take form, too. It is true that all dragons bare an element themselves; it is what powers their life and their magic. Some are more physical entities than others, and some are, well... living embodiments of that magic, just like the deities themselves, even though they are not as grand, or flashy, or even able to be seen by the normal eye. Sometimes, it's invisible, undetectable, only knowable by the creature themselves. But the demise that felled the last banescales and their song of sorrow and remorse could tell you that all things will return to their element one day - that at each dragon's core, they [i]are[/i] that living element. Their mortal vessel is but a container waiting to be freed. Icestorm was different from many of his spiral brethren, who were off enjoying dancing in the sky, making vivacious and energetic loops with their agile frames. He watched them from afar, just barely being able to detect their tiny bodies from the ground, and felt rather apathetic to their antics, his cold eyes narrowing in disdain. Any being that touched him would find themselves in shock from his icy skin, and everywhere he went, a violent storm of snow followed - thus, his name. It did not take very long for him to become an outsider to almost any group, as most dragons did not enjoy the frigid temperatures. Icestorm, however, reveled in it. Already the air was thickening into a blizzard with his passage through this territory; the other spirals in the distance would want to take shelter soon, lest their wings freeze over. Turning, Icestorm decided it was time to move on, as if something was calling him to another place, another time. Within a few seconds, where there was once a spiral, there was only snow and wind and ice, howling across the skies. If you looked closely enough, perhaps you could just ever so slightly observe the silhouette of a dragon, albeit one composed entirely of ice crystals, moving across the world as seasons change - the embodiment of winter itself. [/quote]

[quote name='Writing'][b]5/3/2020:[/b] Wrote about [b]1,447 words[/b] for my storyline [b]The Mistral's Curse[/b] and hit a wall again because I was really tired.[/quote]