Joined a collab, it's fun. Discovered lots of awesome artists.

On the other hand, a bit sad that my other submission for Pixel Day didn't get featured, put a lot of effort into it. At least I had fun creating it and other people still found it to be good so my efforts aren't really wasted. Oh well, maybe next year.

Overall, Pixel Day 2024 was fun. Seen lots of cool pixel art and discovered lots of artists to get inspiration from.

Anastasia Project - Anastasians

The Anastasians are the daughters of Anastasia. They are the angels, devils, and fairies.

Angels - they are more inclined to develop their abstract abilities faster than the other two species.

Devils - they are more adept at mastering their apex form compared to the angels and fairies.

Fairies - they already have one form achieved at birth, however they cannot progress their other transformation until they master their first form.

All Anastasians have these powers:

Revival - they can always revive themselves when they die. Even if they are erased from existence.

Logic - they can bend reality to their will, forcing it to follow their own chains of reasoning.

Forms - they have various bodies that do many things.

In the life cycle of an Anastasian, it is possible to experience these phenomena:

Incarnation - when an Anastasian is born, she can be an incarnation of an Anastasian with a unique soul.

Reincarnation - an incarnated Anastasian can reincarnate to a new body once she achieves her absolute form and severe her connection from her incarnation, resulting in her soul becoming unique.

Transformations - they can change their appearance to acquire new abilities. Such transformations are classified into three categories:

Apocryphal - their base form which has half of the powers of their other two transformations. Though half as effective as the other forms, it is the most versatile form of the three.

Apex - a beast-like transformation. This form ignores logic. However, it is hard to control and can drive the user crazy.

Apotheosis - an abstract transformation. This form's logic is absolute. However, it is hard to achieve.

Once an Anastasian masters her two transformations, her Apocryphal form will change and become stronger as her two transformations finally merge into one; resulting in her Absolute form.

The soul

The soul of an Anastasian can be classified into three categories:

Nexus - a unique soul that is neither an incarnation or a reincarnation. Anyone who possesses this type of soul is weak from birth. 

Incarnated - a soul that is a replica of a unique soul with no memories of their previous life. Those who has this type of soul are born as strong as their soul-mother. These souls are connected to each other in many ways.

Reincarnated - those who possess this this soul is an exact copy of their previous self, unlike incarnations.

Around mid-2021, after getting frustrated with failing to even start a comic one after another, an idea popped up in my head. It's about a magical gunslinging cowboy devil girl riding dinosaurs in space.

Ever since then I have tweaked and experimented with how I wanted to tell this story. I've hit multiple problems of course, I've even gave it up at one point. But I really like the idea. So I kept going. I made a lot of drawings, plotted a bunch of disconnected and even contradicting storylines. A bunch of them made it in here. I was satisfied for a time. But a 2-part first chapter with barely any story is not what I wanted to make. I want something more, and so I got frustrated again. Made a new comic, this time I actually found a way to make comics in a way that I enjoy. Maybe I just cast off my pride and stopped trying to make the perfect piece of literature. But I was satisfied. For a time. Again.

I just can't let go of what I was developing for nearly 3 years. I have created lots of characters with unique stories. That's when I had an epiphany. I just want to draw characters. Telling stories was never the first thing that comes in my mind while thinking about comics. Maybe that's a bad way of thinking, but that realization is what made me want to start a "new" project: the Anastasia Project - where I just make character designs, put them in a grid, and tell a short story about it. It's going to take a while and I don't even know if I will be able to finish the goals that I've set myself up for this year because of it, but whatever. I just want to be happy. I know might stumble upon problems, but I want to be better this time and make it work.

Don't know if this news post is even coherent, but I want to put this here as a reminder of a new beginning.

I'll probably make an art thread about it, but I just don't know how to organize it yet :/

Main Goals:

Publish 10 Chapters of Erebus

Make a themed Wanzu art every month

Optional Goals:

Get Frontpaged

Reach 333 Fans

Do a themed "Drawing every day for 1 month"

Publish Anastasia chapters

Publish different one-shots

Most Important Goal: Be (mostly) happy and have fun living.

Note: Make an update post at the end of the year.

:3

I had fun this Christmas. I liked how the Secret Santa event went. :3

I'm so happy!!! I like number 3!!! Keeps me going!!!