I thought I'd share a WIP redraw of an old illustration. I think rewiring my brain is actually kind of working. It's mostly about repeatedly interrupting demoralizing internal dialogue and incorporating new healthy habits, including encouraging thoughts. Hope you guys are all doing well.

Hello #portfolioday I'm Lizbeth and trying to rewire my brain around making artwork for myself, which feels nearly impossible these days compared to making art for my students. I've been playing video games for hours a day while watching my newborn son. Trying to be kind to myself despite artblock.

close-up of my latest piece of Vas.

An even older piece of Vas from 2015. Basically another iteration of their design.

Really old piece, before I knew how to deal with muddy colors. Vas holding a ghostly form of Syf. I'm not entirely sure what her "true" form even is at this point, as far as canonical story stuff.

It's actually a huge relief to be able to tell myself that I don't have to put in much detail at all in the backgrounds of my comic pages. Less work for me, and hopefully better-paced releases of content for you guys.

Scaling down on the level of detail for comic pages is so difficult for me. But if I can manage that, this story would get out to you guys so much more quickly. I guess I'm still prototyping my comic pages. I did finish another page yesterday for the first time since 2023, so that's something.

Here's a really old piece of Vas I did from 2016. One of many, many prototypes and iterations I did. This was before they had much of a story at all.

An older piece with Vas cuddling Syf. I think I'm overdue for another cuddle piece.

lol I've been having such a busy year and was pregnant for most of it I just realized anaether.net is now owned by someone else who isn't even really using it. I totally forgot to renew the domain months ago. I'm not sure what to do next but I'm thinking.

I felt like smoothing out this animation a bit. Animated in Krita. Vas is nonbinary/androgyne, Tommy is male. Actually I'm not sure if it's Semeon or Tommy. Long story with this character lol.

Finally completed this piece. I can't remember the last time I completed a painting of Vas. I think I had a ton of art block for the past year or two, but I might be coming out of it right now. Meh, I'll just take things as they come.

A painting of Vas I've been working on and hope to finish soon. I haven't completed a painting in a long while. I might be feeling a lot better these days, though I can imagine getting a new round of exhaustion from whatever major changes my newborn ends up going through.

here's some doodly action animation thingy with Vas. I'll probably kinda refine it over time... I might get into a flow state with this project, but I'm betting not. I'll likely explore more on the way Vas moves through animation.

I totally wanted to do Artfight this year and even make up for the attacks I didn't get to last year... but I ended up going into labor like 3 weeks early. Long story short, the baby is just over a week old now, healthy and I'm getting used to be tired all the time lol.

Little random doodle dump with Vas and a bit of Syf.

Hello late #portfolioday I'm Lizbeth and usually create artwork around my OC, Vas and my original sci-fi comic series, "The Anaether." I've been going through a lot of artblock lately, likely due to the pressures and hormones of pregnancy. I'm due this August. Thanks for checking out my work.

Been feeling pretty art-blocked lately. I think this year for me, especially with how it's basically booked up by this pregnancy and baby plans... among other things... will just be whatever artwork I can scrape up from the bit of energy I have these days. Thanks for your continued support.

Some doodles of Vas.

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Hello #Portfolioday I'm Lizbeth and primarily create artwork based on my sci-fi series, "The Anaether."

Hello #Portfolioday I'm Lizbeth and primarily create artwork based on my sci-fi series, "The Anaether."

Here's my latest public Patreon post with an update and a bit of a content dump. www.patreon.com/posts/anaeth...

Here's a doodly relatively quick painting of Vas I made. Most likely won't be that active this month for the holiday season.

Doodle of Vas cuddling Syf. #art @bsky.art #drawing #sketch

An old piece with Vas, Semeon and Syf. @bsky.art #art

doodle of Vas and their daughter, Syf. @bsky.art #art

close-up of the wholesome family.

close-up of Vas cuddling their daughter, Syf.

close-up shot of Vas

mid-progress painting timelapse of Vas holding Syf.

Timelapse painting of Vas holding Syf.

timelapse painting of Vas, done in #Krita

Tommy kissing Vas. I guess the main distinction with Tommy vs. Semeon is that Tommy wears glasses, has a bit more cleaned-up facial hair and has brown hair instead of black. Meh, I'm just feeling more Vas x Tommy these days instead of Vas x Semeon. Though Sem makes more appearances in the story.

a little mid-progress scribbly painting dump of Vas. I'm trying to be more chill with my process by practicing more self-compassion. I'd rather create more unfinished pieces than torture myself to complete illustrations that give me higher chances of artblock.

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A little doodly painting of Vas and Syf. I just feel like painting a lot of different paintings these days and just being okay with not pressuring myself to complete every single piece I start.

Hello #Portfolioday I'm Lizbeth and primarily work on projects related to my original sci-fi drama series, "The Anaether," and especially with my OC, Vas. If you enjoy my work, please consider supporting me on Patreon. www.patreon.com/anaether

Happy #WorldAnimalDay QRT with your animal art if you like. Vas and Syf as some canine/feline-ish creatures, with Vas preening Syf.

Vas cuddling their daughter, Syf (rhymes with "if).

Another animation of Vas I did a few years back. All created in Krita.

Vas (rhymes with "gravitas") is a nonbinary/androgyne cybernetic alien with organic and some psionic properties. They have a stoic demeanor and they're a skilled sniper, computer hacker and spacecraft pilot.

Whew. Hopefully I can post my #animations that are actually moving on this platform now. #2danimation #krita

Here's a shot of Vas in my animated short film I'm currently working on. If you enjoy my work, please consider supporting me on Patreon. www.patreon.com/anaether

random character sheet-ish doodles of Vas with more dynamic and active poses. #drawing #illustration #doodles #nonbinary #sketches #krita #characterart #scifi #action #figuredrawing

artfight.net/~vapourwraith #artfight #artfight2024 #stardust

Here's the current WIP animatic of the animated short film I'm currently working on at an animation school's 1-year program. It's actually the first 1/3rd of the film, but for now I'm working on the first ~2ish minutes. youtu.be/JSBoFfPTcHk?...

Opened an #nsfw account in case anyone's interested. I'm thinking of doing some rule34 stuff too, in addition to my original stuff. Probably all queer/gay couples. bsky.app/profile/vapo... #nsfwart #hentai #porn #queer #lgbtq

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