The time changed this weekend and I'm grumpy. Now I naturally go to sleep later, but I still have to wake up as early as before. I much prefer the winter time, it works better with my personal rhythm. The summer time always makes me feel like I'm late. The mornings evaporate in the blink of an eye. I don't like it, thank you very much.
But hey! I'm back to the Inner Worlds! I'm just not sure if it's a long stay or a short visit.
Here's my latest - The Hidden Realm of the Inner Child (you can take a better look here)
This took a while and a few tries until I was happy with it. I wasn't sure at first if it would be part of the Inner Worlds or not. But then I brought in the beacon, so that makes it part of the Inner Worlds. (It was only after that decision that I found a title).
The snail didn't look right until I put a hat on it. I might make a sticker out of it, too!
The child was at first inside de mirror, but than felt a bit... oppressive? Why was she trapped? No, she's (care)free, living her best life in her own little world.
The beacon is looking in from another realm, guarding, keeping the child safe, a reassuring presence, but also guiding to the way out, in case the child wants to go explore other places.
The castle is a local one. Local to me, I mean. It's the Pena Palace, in Sintra.
Sintra used to be a magical place (not so much these days) that I visited a lot at a certain time in my life. A happy time of discovery for my younger self. So using that particular castle (palace) makes this image much more personal for me. It wasn't the first choice, mind you. I had the pyramids there at first. Some other fancy castle after that. But both of those had colors there were a bit too right - meaning they blended too much with everything else. Nothing like a bright red and yellow castle, right? Kinda look like Lego, I love it!
And then the lady in the back is Mother Nature, I suppose. Definitely a mother figure. (Would that make the beacon a father figure, then?)
What, you thought I knew what I was doing? Nah! First I make it, then I interpret what the hell my brain came up with. Bullshitting my way through art. A skill that would have been useful back in my school days, but I didn't have it yet back then. It comes with age, I suppose. And if I sound confident enough, people will think I'm actually smart and do things intentionally with a lot of thought put into it. An artistic con, if you will.
Did I say all that out loud? Oops.
Oh, and there was a boat with a silly cat on it at one point! I decided it wasn't right for this image, but it will be a fun sticker soon!
Oh man, I made so many stickers last year and then did nothing with them! I need to upload all that on Redbubble. There's a plan for this week! And maybe sell (homemade) packs on my Ko-fi? Why is that part so hard for me? ;_;
Speaking of Redbubble, why do they take sooooooo long to review a simple design? These are simple enough to review, I would think?! Sure, it's fanart, but it doesn't even have any copyrighted images? Ugh. I'd love to keep posting them regularly, but I'm stuck with the waiting time.
I'm loosing my drive to make them all too. Although, at the same time, I want to make these for other games in the series. Silly me. Go figure.
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