I slept through my alarms today and got shocked I actually got at least 6.4 hrs of sleep, that hasn't happened in a long time, my average is usually 3~5 hrs. Achievement? 😶‼️

Finished two drawings I could've technically posted days ago but didn't because I'm second guessing. It looks bad.

Hoyo's been announcing a lot of games lately...I guess we know why there are decreases in quality in certain areas in some of their games. It's kind of too much, the amount of games they are announcing.

I haven't visited Twitter since I posted that HertaMei (RuanHerta?) drawing. I've just naturally avoided it like the plague because it can get too much. TL goes fast, and people are either fighting about something. I don't even want to look at my own tweets, don't want to see the comments or QRTs.

I still don't see how Amphoreus being "Greek-inspired" is a good reason for why taking the theatrical way of speaking away is considered immersion breaking and not the obvious walking contradiction that is the playable character designs of the Amphoreus cast as if those aren't immersion breakers too

I still have work later and need to check stuff...after that, I need to do a lot lineart for different illustrations (like about 4-ish). Wooh? I think I need more hours in 24 hours. 🙃

Never asking myself the logic of the clothes I draw. It looks good, it's fineee (cope) 🫠

Too much workload...

Mental roulette picked these two...though it was either them or Herta and Ruan Mei again. The option isn't much, but it's honest work---ah, there was Sandbina, but idk what I really want to do so I'll put it on the back burner for later.

I dislike the whole "Um, actually! If you read VNs and LNs or any of the English literary works, you'd understand Amphoreus' story writing!" There's a way to make flowery words carry meaning and not make you feel like they ran you in a circle multiple times in different scenes.

The rain nowadays isn't as quiet and gentle as years ago. Now, it's more ominous, loud and consuming. Rain used to feel more like it's cleansing away dirt, now it washes away a lot of things...maybe even everything for others.

I'm already here, so...I'm trying to commit, using a hard set that isn't a 2pc SPD% set. If I don't have the "right to criticize her if I'm not even using her", then I should have the right to still poke fun of her kit with this, noh? 😔

If you're wondering why I got Cyrene over Tribbie, the answer is plainly pure and simple: I have an E3S1 Robin. If I pull for Tribbie, I'm only going to use her on my THerta Team. Robin already fills that role. I have an E2S1 Ruan Mei on the side and an E3S3 Bronya too. There's also a E0S1 Sunday.

I think echoes of War with Aquila, you get her stack up for her Ult near the end of the 2nd HP bar. Honestly think you have to do crazy substat tuning if you want her to run her decently outside of Remembrance team. If you're running her with Hysilens DoT w/o Hyacine? You might as well cook food.

Even in a Remembrance team, she's still clunky to use. I thought one each hit would count as several stacks for her Ult, for example, during Castorice's Ult, I thought a dragon fire blast + the explosion at the end would count as 2 stacks, but in truth, it only counted as 1 stack.

Bloodtithe ladies have really nice clothes in black. I really like how they designed Semmelweis' BP outfit.

I'm curious about the sentiment now that Amphoreus has closed its chapter. It does seem like some love it but some are not content with it. From the bits I did see, it seems anti-climatic.

I am definitely not surprised. I may have laughed when I found out they are privatizing the Chrysos Heirs trailers and Amphoreus videos atm. I really want to see how they do the deletion in-game in a big map as Amphoreus too, because some of the spots there have ascension materials there.

As a stealth Jailbird, seeing Constance/The Dahlia always gives me a whiplash, hello white dress wearing Rissa. 🤣

Guys, someone should've told me that being just friends means wearing wedding dresses and putting a ring on your left hand's ring finger. I would've updated my knowledge that that's the norm now. (context: Cyrene) lmao

It does bug me how a lot of the NPC models for HSR have pixelated materials. Makes me question if the textures used on their NPC models were just naturally pixelated and poorly scaled, or if an M2 iPad Pro's graphics capability is just really bad, that's why the textures on the NPC models are shit.

I assume this is the end of the Castorice-Anaxa story quest. It's more mentally and physically exhausting to play than it was emotionally. Motion sickness at the start of the Styxia exploration was problematic for most part, but at least it isn't like Penacony where the map goes upside-down.

I do like the Morse code in music, it's a nice touch. Kinda deja vu, I feel like Morse code in music was used before too. I just can't remember where and when.

I fail to feel and see the reason why I should feel attached to Cyrene, and I probably should have a better reason to feel attachment given that I was previously a HI3 player and have played ER and EE and have witnessed Elysia's and the other Flamechasers' journey (call to nostalgia should apply).

I don't have Tribbie so I am kind of contemplating my next move for the next version banner.

I always go back to the time I applied and got into HSR CC, but my 50/50 pulls in-game got screwed after that, even until here in Amphoreus. It was the weirdest thing ever because that account's luck wasn't bad from Belobog~pre-Penacony, until after I got into the CC program lol 🫠

I don't ask myself when I drew it, I just auto pilot'ed. idk if I have a goal to have different ships in this pose, but, eh? Need to conserve energy for an illustration or two that I need to render, one's for a zine, the other is for something entirely different.

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Can't remember character design details without a reference

Thought I was gonna have a headache early in the morning, just from seeing the folders of illustration files. It's always a nightmare navigating around folders of other artists without truly changing anything, but needing to make edits.

I don't exactly want to sound pretty negative about the character staying meta but...Hyv doesn't really make it easy to be optimistic when the power creep comes in fast and hard and they don't exactly buff older units as fast as they release newer units.

imo the interesting route is if Express went to Lushaka and Herta had to sacrifice herself, and combined with Irontomb. If that happened, Herta would also likely gain the same beloved status in the fandom as Himeko (HI3). I'd play Amphoreus if it went down that way because it's something fresh.

If they terminated Amphoreus for good, I wouldn't feel bad about it, I would side-eye because, "Ah, right, of course they'll do it as they did with Elysium Everlasting" I have been thinking from the start of v3.x~ that they might just do it if Amphoreus is a digital type of world (I'm on v3.1 MS).

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It has been a pleasant surprise to see content of Sandrone and Columbina. They were my ship when the Fatui video got announced )the one where they were doing Rosalyne's funeral iirc) but I did thought it was more crack because we didn't know much about them going on.

I actually double-posted on Twitter that I had to delete the first one, uh...forgive the sleepyhead that formatted the schedule, it was a long, long day, and I've been running on 3 hrs of sleep.

Meetings and partings come hand in hand with the start of a new era... Happy Anniversary, Timekeepers! #Reverse1999Anniversary #Reverse1999

Is it bad that I laughed when going on Twitter and seeing the uproar about Cyrene? tbf, the laugh isn't anything bad, just out of awkward shock and not knowing what to do, I thought people would still fawn over her, considering how much love people gave to her when she was finally announced.

Posting this here too, before I forget. I've really given up on fixing this. Haha, it's really not what I like, no matter how many times I sleep on the idea, and I just have to throw the white flag, admit it isn't working well.

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I feel disoriented with the sense of time. I just recently finished painting an illustration...it took me 117 hours to make it, though I believe I was slow, not done deliberately, but rather feeling like a fish out of water moment because I ditched lineart for painting over my draft straight.

So...what exactly was that Cyrene showcase in the livestream, at E2 or E6? Though I guess we'll know how she runs in the tutorial when the version is up...the amount of characters they are rerunning, though, I guess they really want that...ah, funds, since it's that time of the year now.

Ngl pairing red with black gave me a whiplash because, "Isn't it suppose to be blue?", no, that's Manus Vindictae. Wrong game franchise, me. 😔

>RT That outfit design has been rent free in my head because it originally came from this sketch. Is it a good idea? Nah, but I just need to a break from painting too much.

If you take off that coat, it's directly the bra next. I think the idea itself is sound, for a character that doesn't care for clothes (lol) to have very few layers, but it still kind of is covered 🫠

imo (don't strangle me in your imagination if you're a big Cyrene fan btw), Cyrene's design is dull, uninspired...it feels quite like a direct and obvious reference to Elysia's wedding-themed battlesuit.

Oh, the Cyrene kit issue is piping hot. I'm just gonna spectate, wasn't so surprised about it though. 🍿 She's an Elysia expy (that's what a lot of people call her), so there's an established fanbase to cater to, if her fans will pull for her no matter what, just go all in with the "sus" Eidolons.

Cough for a month, fever here and there, but work isn't going to stop piling. 😷🏳️

Years back, I thought it was pretty important to draw every day because that was what everyone kept saying, but in truth, you also have to take breaks, step back and analyze and review your own works, make notes, correct yourself, all those things. Like a normal study with Gen Ed subjects.