I Was Suppose To Design A Spaceship For A Class. I Designed A Crystal Bird Mecha Instead. Oops.

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It's chalk art time! Day 1 lunch break!

Link sketch dump

I got a bit distracted the other day and designed a Link. I don’t remember what inspired me to do this, but I had fun nonetheless. In the process of designing her look I also came up with a bunch of little ideas about her.

I would place her story somewhere between Spirit Tracks and Breath of the Wild. Although, I headcanon Hyrule Warriors as being at the point when the three timelines merge, so it would be before that. Before she became the hero she worked as either a blacksmith, an engineer or maybe both. She wears pegasus boots and prefers the sword over a bow.

She is deaf, and because of this doesn't talk. Near the start of her quest, she meets the fairy Emcee who helps her navigate and talk to people. A while later she receives a Great Fairy’s Earing as a gift. The earing has been enchanted to work as a hearing aid for her. She loves using it to hear Emcee and the sounds of the forest but doesn't like to use it in towns because she finds all of the noise overwhelming. She communicates mostly through sign language, or by having Emcee speak for her. After getting the Great Fairy’s Earing she chooses not to learn to speak because she sees no need when she can communicate just fine with sign in most circumstances. Except for that jerk in Castle Town.

Emcee and Link can communicate through a kind of magical telepathy, which is mostly used in combat situations. Outside of combat Link uses sign, and Emcee uses a form of morse code with her glow. Emcee insists that she is skilled in speaking sign language, but no one can see her hands so the point is mute.

I’m just gonna state that I am not deaf, nor do I personally know anyone who is, so if I’ve done something wrong, or been offensive in any way, please let me know so I can change. I started playing with the idea of making her deaf because I was thinking about the fact that many canon links have varying degrees of mutism for various reasons, and I began brainstorming a list of reasons why someone might be mute. I started leaning toward deafness when I was watching a youtube video and a deaf man was explaining why he chooses not to speak even though he did learn when he was younger. the way he described it like learning a new language, and how it is a skill that if you don't use you will lose it, made me see it in a new light. In the end, I choose to make her deaf because I’m studying game design and the idea of making a game with a deaf protagonist seemed really interesting to me. I think it would be a cool way to make people think about what it is like to live a different life. It would also make an interesting challenge to make a game that has no sound-based puzzles in it. I think the world could use more heroes who aren't “normal”, kids need to see that anyone can be a hero regardless of what they were born with or without.

Midterms are killing me and I’ve fallen in love with triforce heroes. Heres my interpretation of the heroes from that game: Emerald, Saphire, and Garnet. I have lots of headcanons for these boys. I will type them up a day I don’t have homework.

Decided to draw the henna I got at FanX. The lines turned out really well, so I added some color. @mountainmehndi https://www.instagram.com/p/B2cK8VIgwbj/?igshid=1kpzngorgyyoz

I’ve only been posting art for a little while, here and on my Instagram, and honestly, it’s been really nerve wracking for me. I kept wondering why I even decided to do this, but something happened that made it all worth it for me.

I was out and about with my family and ran into one of my old church leaders from when I was a kid and she shared a story with me about how my art had helped a girl. This leader has worked with foster kids for years, and is working on getting her masters in something related to helping teens and kids. As part of that she is working as a therapist for some kids, and in one session she was sitting with this girl. This girl was completely stonewalling her, wouldn’t say anything, wouldn’t even look her in the eye. My leader knew that she liked anime, and remembered all the anime art that I post, so she shared my art with this girl, and that helped her to open up. after that she wouldn’t stop talking.

I personally know how helpful therapy can be, and the thought that my art helped that girl to open up and be able to get the help she needed, well it makes it all worth it for me. I started making art because it makes me happy, not because of a class or for someone else, but because I love it and it makes me happy. I think I lost sight of that. so, I’ll keep making art, because I love it, and I’ll keep posting art, because maybe, just maybe, there is someone out there who I can help with my art.

Made some chibi birthday cards for my sister's coworkers.

Rythum assignment from class. I wanted to make each element a different song. Im calling this the first draft.

I normally don’t post wips, but I am really excited about this idea. The drawing won't be finished for a while, because I am an idiot who decided to try for some interesting lighting and effects. Basically, this drawing started as a doodle of what the spirit of the Four Sword might look like, and then evolved into what if four became the spirit of the Four Sword.

Happy Halloween! Also this is kind of to celebrate the fact that I got 100 followers on Instagram!! I never thought this would happen, thank you everyone for the support!