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they/them le/ler ze/zir ; just a lesbian aroace cat ; pfp: stick_clown (th)
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Do you like classical art? Do you have a favorite artist/movement? What is your opinion about modern art?
I was slacking on art history classes uhhhhhhhh ... I remember really liking the general idea behind impressionism, including neo and post. Istg i used to remember the difference but its been such a long time!.. more than 5 years for sure 🥲 i do not remember shit and i kept slacking on history classes in college HAHA sorry to dissappoint any art history nerds out there.
Not sure what is considered to be "modern"! Is it digital? Digital is good. Historians, as they tend to name things the wrong names, they might call ai generations as modern art. Ai is bad. Is it how people call abstract art? Its been here since last century, not so modern. The Intouchables had a good take on abstract art, it was fun to watch.
Sandwich tier list?
Grilled cheese is top tier, croissant caesar sandwich from one of local bakeries is second, and i think if i tried japanese market sandos they'd go third
Based af but these are just my faves atm. Spent an entire last week eating grilled cheese sandwiches on dinner just because i remembered i can cook them easily lmao.
(Also i dont think ive tried many combos bc im picky and would rather go with a safe/familiar option) (plus i usually rot at home so dont get to eat out that much and my takeouts are either spicy chicken wings w/ fries or sushi)
Which of your lore-oriented characters is the most like you? Have you ever made self-insert characters?
One of eternal darkness main characters, Moray, was one of my sonas but i had no use for her at that point and didnt want to scrap her so i reused her for the story. Not sure if thats an insert as i dont consider her as me anymore but shes a stupid teen, just like me fr /j
I have two side sonas that are more like. Vent sonas with their own silly lore where they are tied to each other and both have different traits of me.
I keep wanting to do fandom sonas (recently thinking about wuwa resonators specifically) but i have major skill issues with both human and just complex designs in general. Even though i already have my human sona and i have a tacet mark placement in mind ever since wuwa release. Someday i will. I need to feed my wuwa brainrot even more.
What are some of your characters' relationships with their parents? Do any of your characters have family trees?
Oh i love family trees!!!!!!
I used to have a character who was relative of another character (shared great grandparent) so i developed a tiny family tree for them! It just had sketchy uncolored heads just to make sure i keep similar features in two of them BUT im 100% sure i actually designed parents for one of them. Not sharing any details because the story was scrapped and characters do not belong do me anymore, and also characters lore-wise were my disgusting guilty pleasure i want to keep to myself.
With that being said, i actually really enjoy making parents for existing characters. The other way around is harder for me for some reason.
I did not have any need for family trees since then, but it might change soon idk
Also you made me rethink Mun's relationship with his mother thank you for this contribution into eternal darkness lore rewriting
If any of your characters have mbti/enneagram typing, tell us about it!
Nonono i couldnt even figure out my own mbti when i tried to. I dont even remember zodiac sign stereotypes besides the ones that are running jokes in my family lmao 😭 i also heard that some tests might be imperfect, like i got 3 different combos of the middle 2 letters when i tried to get my mbti, so i just gave up. Considering the fact how poorly most of my characters written... i'll die in the process of assigning things i think
Which piece of media has influenced your art the most in your opinion?
Hmmm media media... books arent media right... coughs CATS coughs they surely did THINGS to me and my art
Anime in general? I remember always liking the style, but cant point out anything specific. Just the vibe of it. That happened ever since teens. Any later things had some influence at me, but nothing lasted long enough, i still tend to go all over the place with the way i draw things, getting distracted by everything pretty i see and admire.
(idk how to comment in this thing I'm sorry you don't have to answer this T_T)
Bro I get you so hard, I just figured out my sexuality and I'm too scared to look into this gender thing... I tried to settle and use my birth gender pronouns and it just feels so wrong lately. And I know that 99.9% of people I know do not care about what's going on in my stupid brain and will misgender me anyway. I'm afab and I'm not masculine what so fucking ever, so I feel like people wouldn't care if I don't identify as a girl or demigirl. So like.. What's the point then? Why rock the boat?
I feel you on every level. Being queer is not an easy ride at all on every level on it.
But maybe gender exploration is actually worth it to cling on, because getting bits of euphoria after hearing pronouns you like is kinda nice ngl. Even if its only online, doesnt mean the euphoria you might get is fake. The world currently is already a very sad place, why not get some harmless fun in using a more comfortable way of expressing self differently at least online! Im so sure you'll find that 0,01% of people to support you and your journey. I support you!
Also for me exploring my own gender identity opened a completely new mindset of seeing things as gender neutral in a way that is comfortable to me. The only example that comes to mind is wearing make up - it used to feel like such a hyperfem thing, but now its just. Queer shenanigans mixed with self-expression. It doesnt make me look gender neutral, but it also doesnt cause dysphoria. Idk if my words make sense lmao. I wish i could speculate if i'd wear make up if i still identified as cis female or no, but i really think its my mindset that changed. I COULD ALSO BE DELULU ON THIS SO UMM-
Maybe i got off the question a bit, but yeah, for me too most people do not care, even i misgender myself without thinking. But somewhere in my head i still know im a silly keeature even if nobody else around me knows it. Thats my little joy. Even it causes me a lot of struggle. Still a little joy. Maybe you can find your little joy in it too.
What's your gender identity? Have you faced any struggles with it over the years? If you were able to overcome them, how have you done that?
Currently i am torn apart between non-binary and agender bc both feel like something pretty darn close, i just do not know which one 🥲 ik agender falls under enby umbrella but like. I want a specific label dang it!
I think 2 years ago i stumbled across the fact that i might be not as cis as i thought for my entire life and that was honestly so tiring at the point bc back then barely settled on the fact that im actually an acespec lesbian for the fucking second time (another story ig). Literally "aw shit here we go again" moment. I tried neoprns along with my birth gender prns in english, and also started trying they/them in my native, also still keeping my birth gender prns. I slowly kept they/them + neos. Last year i was identifying as demigirl, but this year my chest dysphoria (afab btw) started to getting worse along with my appearance concerns. Like i literally started to care so much. Not even funny. All that pointed out that even if i like being more on a fem side of appearance, im not a girl. Not even a demigirl. Just a keeature.
I live in an unsafe place. Not only queerphobic household, but the entire fucking country and government. I can only access online transitioning. I have no fashion sense and experience in picking/styling clothes. Also dysphoria hits hard sometimes. Also explaining shit to my cishet close irl friends is scary af.
Tldr i didnt overcome shit. I might be a silly keeature online, but, like one non-binary (seemingly afab) youtuber said, "i probably would be a just weird girl to you", and that is painfully true in my situation, especially irl. I just have to live the rest of my life with that ig. Unless i can find a wife online and maybe make it my way out of the country. jk im horrible as a lover even without this selfish plan. do not recommend.
Btw i dont even use they/them irl when i speak bc my native language is gendered and if i slip somewhere unsafe it might cause so many problems 😭😭 i really should master the way of speaking with no pronouns at some point.
What's your favorite closed species? Have you ever wanted to create your own cs?
Hmmm i dont have a singular super fav one atm! I like lots of things and my mood changes so often. One week i adore that specific cs character and next week i look at them like "why are you this cs specifically what the reason behind this i will void you" and another week i will be "damn that one oc i own might be cool as this cs" lmao
I actually own some cat-based creatures! I usually label them as private species, as they were specifically commissioned to be cs, but i got permission from the previous owner to fully private them. I dont talk abt them that much and they are hidden on my th bc they are. Not super unique so i decided to keep them to myself. My babies are small and tiny and the world is big and scary rn :З
As for public cs ‐ its too much of responsibility and interactions for me, cant handle that 💔
How are you?
Give some voiceclaims for the characters who have them!
If you could make one fictional character real, who would you choose and why?
What is your favourite part of the art creation process?
Is there any art advice that you could give? Are there any tricks that you've found that really helped you improve?
Nope, i cant give anything sadly!
A few years ago i lined, colored and shaded every single piece i did bc i thought they were too ugly if i did not. "you dont have to draw a masterpiece every single time you draw and a badly colored sketch can be good enough for you sometimes" was such a revelation for me and i told it to another person at least once. But that actually made me stuck in a very narrow comfort zone. So yeah. I am myself looking for tricks to improve lmao...
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