J. Magi

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been kinda sick lately, which is why I haven't been as active 

today's the day I'm ever so slightly well enough to go back to school so yay

having a greeaaaaat day

Might be a little late, but I was told to advertise so here we go:

Guys Guys Guys

I've had an epiphany, a realization even.

So remember when I was ranting about how I didn't know what I wanted my AP art theme to be? Like a week ago maybe? 

One of the hardest parts about this class is I have to take all my reference photos myself.

So I was thinking, with that brain I have in my head, what do I already have nice pictures of that I could paint?

and then I remember how I obsessively take pictures of the clouds every time they're vaugely interesting looking. I have so many pretty cloud pictures.

So what if that was my theme? What if I just painted clouds? I've never painted clouds before but it sounds fun!

hehehehe I'm excited now

things I could be doing rn:

-Drawing

-Writing

-Drawing but on the computer

-Playing video games

-Watching that show I promised my friend I would watch

there are so many things I could do so I just end up doing nothing brooo

Why is it so hard to get myself to do the stuff I like doing and definity want to do????

So today is bringing all of your stuff in anything but a backpack day . . .

I brought a laundry basket 

10/10 backpack my fingers do not hurt from carrying it at all.

Update on the magic system thing:

I have not made any progress at all since the last SU, (I'm lazy, Youtube is an addiction), but I did decide on just explaining the lore

Also I'm now realizing how basic and unoriginal it is but that's sure as heck not gonna stop me : /

I need to revise some bits and add a lot more stuff but this is where we're at:

Me trying to write out this magic system thing:

 

Anyways, I've got most of my ideas down, I just have to finish writing the actual explanations. 

Also I'm struggling with writing out the lore section so I thought I'd get your input. I need to explain some of the world's basic lore so you can understand the magic system better. My problem is I'm not sure how to write that out.

Would it be better for me to write it like I'm explaining it to you?

Ex. "Hi this is what happened in the lore"

Or would it be better to tell it like a story"

Ex. "A long time ago in a galaxy far far away . . ."

what do you think?

Guys this magic system is taking a lot longer to type out then I anticipated 

uuuumm it's also really long

It's still coming though! Just prepare yourself 'kay?

I broke the shard lol

hmmm

I need help developing an (extremely over complicated) magic system for the world building I've been doing, and I'm debating making a world building thread for it . . .

I've never shared this stuff with anybody (other than my mom) before so it might not be very good.

What do ya'll think?

Wanna hear a long and stupid rant? No? Too bad.

Soooo basically I'm taking AP Art rn

Basically it's like, the advanced college level (ish) art class you can take after you've taken most of the other art classes (Drawing, Painting, etc.). 

For AP Art you have to make a portfolio over the course of the school year consisting of 15 pieces. Which is a bit much, and a bit overwhelming, but I can be pretty prolific when it comes to art, so I'm not extremely worried about it.

the part I am worried about is the fact that we have to choose a theme to base our entire portfolio on.

and I'm indecisive as heck. 

we're 4 weeks into the school year and I have no idea what I'm doing. 

Okay maybe not no idea, I have explored a few ideas, and written out some thoughts but . . . well . . .

-Idea No. 1: "Dreams." 

I really like this idea for the few days it lasted, I did quite a few thumbnails, I even told my teacher about this one. But after the initial inspo died down I just felt kinda "meh" about it. Not only that but I realized I didn't have enough ideas to cover 15 pieces. I do still kinda like this idea, it was meant to cover all definitions of dreams, like actual dreams, aspirations, daydreams, etc. It just wasn't broad enough. Plus a friend of mine is doing something similar, and I want to do my own thing sooooo

-Idea No. 2 "Harmony,"

This idea was perfect. In the sense that it checked all the boxes I needed it too. "Harmony" would be a much broader theme idea than "dreams", and I even have a list of 15 prompts for all of my pieces. As of last class, this is what I was going with. The idea was to explore the diff. definitions of harmony. And it was basically cheating hehe . . .

Because "harmony" often applies to elements of an art, as well as just visually pleasing things, I could basically paint anything that looks pretty cool, slap on how the piece is harmonious, and move on. Perfect right?

no.

It's boring.

In that, most of what I would paint would be still lifes and landscapes with nice composition or contrast or whatever. So while this theme could work, and I could make myself do it and everything would be fine, I just find myself not wanting to. It doesn't inspire me, I'm not excited about it or passionate about it.

sooo what do I do??

My teacher gave me three pieces of advice when coming up with a theme, and they've helped a little I guess:

-Base your theme around what you already draw all the time, to make things easier.

-Choose a broad theme that you can fit 15 pieces into, something you won't run out of ideas for.

-No anime

uuuuuuuugh why can't I just pick something bro ;-;

I was gonna rant some more but this is already really long and I'm tired.

Also guess where I am while writing this?

AP art.

I'm procrastinating. 

It's changed already, but for a brief moment I know the sweet taste of glorious fame

*Ahsoka spoilers maybe, I tired to keep it vague*

Me watching that one scene in Ahsoka episode 4, knowing full well that the rest of my family will complain about it (having not scene rebels) and dying a little bit inside.

My dad the next day: I hate her so much-

Guys! Guess what!

I was talking to a friend of mine and the conversation ended up leading to me describing how Kandra work. And so she looked up mistborn and she said she's gonna try and read it!! I'm really excited about it!

 

MY FINE ARTS TEACHER WANTS TO SEE THE ART I DID OVER THE SUMMER

BUT I MOSTLY DREW THE NONHUMAN TOTK ZELDA CHARACTERS

WHICH OUT OF CONTEXT LOOK LIKE ANIME FURRIES

ANIME FURRIES YA'LL

"TEACHER, SIR I'M NOT NEARLY AS CLASSY AS YOU THINK I AM BRO,"

HELP ME WHAT DO I DO

Dried cherries are much more tastier than I calculated they would be

10/10 breakfast yum

Sooo . . . this week is supposed to be Rush Week (week when all the school clubs have like a table you can visit and sign up for their club during lunch). I'm vice prez of the art club which means I've gotta help out at my clubs table and I made a whole bunch of origami butterflies to give out to people as a fun little thing.

The only problem being I have no idea which day this week Rush Week actually starts? In the past I remember it just being Thur-Fri but I have reason to believe it might not be? So I might just be carrying around a shopping bag full of 88 origami butterflies all day for no reason but y'know. 

also now I've typed week too many times and it looks weird.

I finished RoW today

 

my brain has completely and utterly imploded

 

 

my content count is 444 rn which is kinda cool

also fun fact, there's an edm version of Book of Mormen Stories out there and it slaps

its happened again

I've had an idea for another cosmere animatic that I have neither the time, skills, or energy to create.

why am I cursed like this

3 days in and I'm already procrastinating school work

 

 

 

on the other hand it definitely could be done later . . .

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

400 posts!!!!!! 

whooo!

yeh thats all

akldsjflajsd why is changing your school schedule so needlessly stressful?? why am I so stressed out about this? 

I was looking at the classes available left to choose from, to fill in one last slot on my schedule. Basically: there was one boring option, and a higher level class that would be harder, but more interesting. I chose the interesting one.

and now I'm immediately regretting it! yaaaaaaaaay! I think I underestimated how much work its gonna be and now I'm (as stated above) stressed out about it. 

I genuinely don't think I can ask to change things again, because the forum said we could only make one change per semester. yaaaaaaaaaaaay

maybe hopefully i can chat with my counselor about it but who knows at this point

anyway, I hope ya'll are having a good day!

kajf;alskdjf;las 2 weeks till school starts

I'm in denial about how stressed I am, but that's fine. Fake it till you make it right?

kay so I haven't read tress of emerald sea yet

but consider:

 

Petition to stop using the very over-used "we've got company" line in fiction, and replace it with the much cooler "something wicked this way comes."