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    Yes, the skirt is probably my favorite part of this drawing, aside from her arms; drawing hands on hips is pretty hard for me. It really helped that I had an incredible reference for this one (which is why I didn't have a gesture).
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    Okay, guys sorry! It's been a super busy morning for me. But here's Aurora for the prompt Dig. I was planning on having a quote for this by now, but that hasn't happened, so I can just summarize. Aurora has nothing written about her as of yet, which is why I've never drawn her up until this point. She is the 6th member of the Keyed Crew and, being a judge, she doesn't really like Ralvon who has gotten pretty good at avoiding the law. She's got plenty of verbal digs for him. And... again, you guys I didn't take full progression photos. I did this one pretty quickly and I was really tired so... yeah, sorry. I'm really excited for tomorrow's art though, so it's likely that I'll get you the full arsenal.
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    I request a meme!
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    *sigh* Yesterday was kinda rough you guys. We're getting to the end of the month and I'm starting to get a little burned out art-wise. It doesn't help that yesterday's drawing was so meh and the day before that was incredibly hard for me to draw. I was expecting to have time yesterday to draw some of this and that time didn't end up happening... But that said, I am pretty blown away by how this turned out; I love how shiny Ember's hair looks, I love the flowers in her hair, I love the shiny candle-holder and I love the blanket. It was honestly kinda chilling to draw Ember without coloring her cracks a bright warm color. Her body is cold and her Core has stopped giving her the energy she needs to live. But there is still warmth in the drawing, from the candle and from Star's words in the quote above. I like it a lot. There's also a lot of symbolism in those flowers; Ember hasn't seen flowers in CBST yet, but she'll really love them. They're small and delicate and she's six feet tall and made of metal, but she appreciates their beauty. She could never have had flowers in her hair before she died - her "hair" is made of metal and it's pretty hot. But in death, she can wear them. Oh, and the prompt for this is Rip, which I interpreted as RIP. And there's no progression photos because there wasn't a gesture and I didn't expect this to turn out as well as it did. Plus the pencil looked exactly the same as the inked version.
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    Day 22: Chef. Welp, I didn't spend too much time on this one. Not really feelin' the inspiration juices flowin' for it. But it is cute and I used a marker that I've never used before, so that's fun. Ralvon is a gangster tough guy, but he really, really likes to cook. Inspiration for this was the following:
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    Aww, thank you!
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    Kay, so. Day 21, Sleep. I was originally going to draw the True Love's Kiss scene from Sleeping Beauty, but then I realized that that scene would be REALLY hard, mostly because of where Pheonix/Phillip would be, and I just didn't feel like I had enough time to tackle it and get the product that I wanted to. So, with no other choice, I searched the web for a new and better reference. And I found a pretty great one of Aurora under the sleeping curse from a nice angle. The reason why I chose to draw Star for Sleep is because... Well, it's actually insane how often she sleeps or is otherwise unconscious in CBST. I will list as many instances as I can now: In CBSS, she is asleep in her old house while Astral is doing her thing, the time I made her go unconscious because she was freaking out and I needed to talk to her so her burns would go away, her sleeping for a few days after the trip into Silence's Realm, her fainting after she was brought back from being unwritten, and her stopping her own heart when she was trapped in Silence's Realm. I think that's everything but if anyone from CBST can think of anything I forgot, I'd love to know. She'll also be asleep/in bed a lot during her pregnancy with Pearl. Anyway, about this actual drawing. Shards, you guys, this one was hard for me. My favorite part of this one is the dress. It took me a little while to find a dress I was happy with, and the one I did find I ended up completely changing most of it. But I am very happy with this end result. The lace is just gorgeous, I love the sleeves and the bodice. I think the reason Dizzy didn't turn out quite well is because I didn't have a reference for how to draw a chest laying down... But this time I did and it helped a TON. And the hair, Star's hair is always great. My least favorite thing though, is the fact that her eyes look squeezed shut. I was trying to make her cheeks stand out/make her look a little older. But... it didn't work. Her cheeks do look great though, so there's that. Oh, and the blanket is pretty sloppy - by the time I got to it, I was really done with the drawing. And here's the progression. The pencil looks the best. And sorry, I totally forgot to take a picture when it was just black and white inked.
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    Summary has all the links you'll need to read everything. As I said, TLT is messy; it jumps around a lot. I use the summary like an index that shows where I can flip to in order to find whatever part I'm looking for.
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    Oooooooooh boy. If you want to understand CBST, I would suggest you read the summary. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GOZuoYK8zSu_ebHPzKnJ4eHjhoGvsooNXlhpS_vedPE/edit?usp=sharing Once you get to the part where they move to CBST from TLT, you can read through the CBST thread. TLT stuff is very, very messy.
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    Well, if you think about it, it makes sense that people might be intimidated by someone who is always critical of spelling and grammar; if you criticize spelling, it would stand to reason that you could possibly be quite aggressive to dissenters of your opinion. Of course, those who know you wouldn't think that; but it's rare that anyone is intimidated by someone they know well.
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    Please not that Shard of Thought does not endorse or encourage cults, blood rituals, demon summoning, or any other such practices that have apparently sprung up around her art. Thank you.
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    There's a lady in our ward who knew the guy who voice acted for Gaston. She did his make up one time for a play in high school.
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    Y'all this one turned out so blving well. Day 20 is Coral which I decided to interpret as the color. This one had arguably the best gesture of all in my plans, so it's not too much of a surprise to me that it turned out as well as it did (though it is painful how often my gestures turn out better than the actual finished product ) but I'm still really, really happy with it. Pearl needs more art of her. She's one of my favorite characters with some of the least writing about her. For those of you who don't know, Pearl is the as-of-yet-not-even-an-idea-to-her-eventual-parents daughter of Star and Pheonix, the OTP of CBST. She will be an adorable toddler with the scary ability to Narrate and an angsty teen rebelling against her over-protective mother. This drawing depicts her when she's about 14 or so. I didn't do this drawing in quite the way that I usually do a drawing so progression photos weren't really possible. I went through lots of different things with her skirt and her arms (and in fact, the eraser scars of me trying to draw her arm are still preeeeetty visible on the left side of the finished product) and then I had serious trouble with her left eye (which is still a bit of a disappointment to me), so I inked all of it and even started coloring some of it before I actually finished that. It was a big mess through most of the process, but it turned out SUPER well! And here's the gesture, it's awesome.
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    Aww, thank you so much! Tomorrow is my second favorite yet, so be prepared... (for those of you wondering, my very favorite has been Armor)
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    The cardboard cut out of the hated character would probably have to be replaced regularly.
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    A cardboard cut out of (insert hated character here) so we can throw darts at it.
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    My cult?
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    Clarinets can't do jazz band in my school district either. Even if they could, I wouldn't do it, but... jazz clarinet is flipping awesome.
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    Day 19! First time Sophie has shown up in Inktober this year. Prompt is Dizzy. Y'all, I had a heck of a time deciding what to draw for this. I spent hours and hours looking around pages 700-900 of TLT for the moment just before the one I drew for today, where Sophie throws the spear of light to Xino. I intended to use that quote for the prompt Throw. Instead, I used something completely different for Throw and ended up with this for Dizzy There are so many things that I've done for Inktober this year that have helped me with my art and shown how much I've progressed since last year. But I think foremost among them is all the different poses I've done. In almost every single drawing I did last year, the character I drew was facing forward and standing up. This year... Shards. I've drawn Sierra skating, I've drawn people hugging, I've drawn Heather huddled up on Ember's statue, I've drawn hands in all sorts of positions and never shied away from actually putting effort into those hands. And today, I've drawn someone laying down. You would never guess it, but laying down is hard to draw and I didn't even have any references outside of the gesture that I did. And... yeah, I don't even know what else to say besides the fact that I'm immensely proud of myself. And here's your progression photos - they're a lot easier to do for me and y'all have liked them more than time lapses anyway, so I'll do those from here on out.
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    Ya know, one of the things I was most excited about back on day 11 was drawing Astral's sharp teeth because that was a relatively new aesthetic change for her. But I didn't get to do it. Until now! Day 18 is Trap and it is inspired by a scene in Sleeping Beauty (my favorite Disney classic) where Maleficent traps Phillip. Sleeping Beauty is great for a lot of reasons - Aurora is by far the best singer in the Disney princess line up, Phillip is the most bad chull, underrated guy ever, and the simple story is just so sweet - but the one reason that really makes it top tier for me is how much it parallels CBST. With True Love's Kiss, a sort of sleeping curse (for you CBSTians you can interpret that as the time Star stops her heart or the fact that Star slept for 3 days that one time), and Maleficent and Astral being so similar. In fact, I've already drawn Sleeping Beauty parody art, of Star and Astral as Aurora and Maleficent respectively and I plan to draw the True Love's Kiss scene from the movie CBSTified for the prompt Sleep on the 21st. But about this particular drawing... It's kinda funny to me that I get to draw sad Heather twice in a row. She has that same sad expression, it's so sweet and heartbreaking. The world just kinda hates that poor Inquisitor, doesn't it? Even though there's already a quote associated with it, I look at this drawing and I can just hear Astral say, "Heather, you stupid, stupid girl." (with some maniacal cackles for good measure, she's good at those) I've drawn this so many times - including for last Inktober on day... three I'm pretty sure - but this is by far the best rendition of it. It turned out. So. Well. There's so much life to it, so much emotion. I would have included a longer portion of the story this is from, but this is something that's happening in the future of CBST and I don't want to spoil too much. I've already spoiled a lot. And yes, I know I changed the chains in this scene into ethereal ropes, but... The tendrils were easier to draw than chains and they look way cooler. So win-win.And it's more Astral gloating than being horribly angry, but... Well, Maleficent was grinning in my reference, and I couldn't resist drawing those wicked fangs. I took progressive pictures this time again. What's the verdict, do we like the time lapses or the progression photos better?
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    I thought I did. I'll check again... Edit: Looks like I only did that with one. Sorry! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsCNn9l-NMkG1xAb_1nPw2d499yL0Bd4/view?usp=sharing
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    Ah, day 17. Storm. I immediately knew what I would be doing for this one when I saw the prompt. A few months back I was watching the original animated Mulan - what a great movie by the way; I hadn't seen it in a long while and it was even better than I remembered - and the scene where she's sitting in the rain on the statue of the stone dragon really stuck with me. I had decided before this that when Ember died in CBST, they should make a statue out of her metal body. And so, the thought came to me that I should write a story where Heather goes out in a rain storm and cries on the statue. I think it turned out really well. Heather looks so.. timid. So heartbroken. So sweet. Heather has a really big heart and Ember's death will be quite hard on her, the poor thing. Here is the gesture and, as promised, two links to the two time-lapses I made. Time Lapse 1 Time Lapse 2
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    Alright, then I can post them as a google drive link.
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    Why not? I have the two timelapses ready to go.
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