Moon the 13th

Hey, friends :D

Did you know that this upcoming Friday is Mid-Autumn Festival? Yep, for people that celebrates it, Friday the 13th will be MOONCAKE TIEM~

(Also, it will be FRIDAY the13th!!!)

Do you have any spoopy stories about Friday the 13th living up to its name? :O I don't have any, but for today's piccar, I drew something in the moods for the upcoming spoopy day~ (plus a full moon) _{(cuz of mooncake day) ... XD;}

Here is the finished piccar...

For this one, I went back to the black pencils. I kinda am attached to the black and white, I think. There's something really classic with the contrast between the two :D

Who is she? Why is she crying blood? How does she gets such good volume with her hair? There are many questions that popped in my head as I was drawing this. A few ideas for a dark story ! I really enjoy when my art talks to me, as they come together in front of my eyes :) This is partially why I love letting my hands draw without any planning, you see? Because the process allows for exploration of ideas inside my head. And now, I have the rough building blocks for a short story about a tragic figure, just waiting for me to write it out :D :D :D

_{.... as for the hair's volume, it might be a particularly damp night and her hair becomes a little frizzy! (at least, that's one mystery unravelled! hey? XD)}

As usual, it's the Tilted Pencil tool on Krita. With the watercolour brush at the end for the background effects :)

GAMING

EXCITING NEWS!

From the #gaming side, @archdruid has launched the FINAL round for the themed contests: THE PRESENT!!!

As promised, the prize pool has been BOOSTED!!! It was usually 30 Steems per round, but I decided to put it up to 42 Steems for the FINALE, and then.... the amazing @geekgirl decided that she will personally put 42 Steems out of her own pockets to double the prizes, so I am very pleased to announce that...

THE TOTAL PRIZE POOL WILL BE 84 STEEMS !!!

Prizes' structure:

First Prize (x1): 26 STEEMs
Runner Ups (x2): 14 STEEMs for each winner
Honorable Mentions (x5): 6 STEEMs for each winner

DELICIOUS PRIZES * ___ * !!!

I hope to see a lot of entries <3 Let's celebrate the CURRENT DECADE in #GAMING and make the FINAL ROUND a great BOSS BATTLE ?????!!!!!! \o/

_{(PS. a lot of people and curators are also paying attention to these contests, and there's always one, two, or a few entries that have been picked up by Curie or OCD curators in the past :D! Not guaranteeing anything, just pointing out a historical fact :D)}

That's it for this post :D

Artists’ Highlights with C2

On another note, please check out this article that I wrote for the @c-squared’s Artists’ Highlights a few days ago :) Please check it out! I am featuring TWO artists at a time, and the eighth pair is: @armandosodano and @shibasaki :D

Log

Issue 1: @Arrr and @thilah
Issue 2: @EdgarUVM and @Zsolt.Vidak
Issue 3: @chrisdyer and @sanderjansenart
Issue 4: @elenasteem and @patschwork
Issue 5: @nyarlathotep and @carlgnash
Issue 6: @mikkolyytinen and @nekromarinist
Issue 7: @azbeen and @barbara-orenya
Issue 8: @rachelsvparry and @jankasparec
Issue 9: @armandosodano and @shibasaki

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