Posted February 06, 2021 by Akua
#2020 Sucked
2020 has been, frankly, a shitty year for me and my teammates. During the start of the pandemic, my teammates had been radio silent, making me worry about their wellbeing and I put off Lycoris until I would see signs from them again (one safely returned in November, but I have given up on the other two). I also decided during that time to overhaul some writing and outline changes, as well new designs which I finished recently.
As you can see I polished my skills over that year and have been pickier presenting new art. I also started to take up a little part-time occupation as a reviewer and press writer at a German Visual Novel site, mainly filling in the Otome and Boys Love section there. Another thing that had been taken a good chunk out of my schedule was during summer when my rehab started, and I had been searching for means to get therapy for my mental condition. Finally, 2020 wrapped up with my father getting a heart attack and making me stressed and asking for donations to cover up any additional costs after he was released from the hospital.
Was that everything? No.
2021 went off with my laptop (which had been serving me for approximately 8 years) to die and take the data with it. Thanks to savings and my friend Azuremia (who also acts as a proofread for me, bless her) I could afford a new one, and I've been waiting on updates about repairing my old one and recovering the files from it. I uploaded only little to clouds, most are not relevant to the game or my work. Right now I can't work on Lycoris properly nor any other projects where I was hired as an artist.
So here ends my rant and progress update(?).
To pass the time and not get rusty with my art, I also began streaming, though they are mainly private sessions for now. I might stream Sprite and CG creation in the future both of my games and for others. Though I'm still open about that idea.
NaNoRenO 2020+ Enamoured Risks as CG Artist for Crystal Game Works
IntRenAiMo 2020 / NaNoRenO 2020+ Demon Kiss as Sprite and CG Artist for Foleso
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Spooktober 2nd Annual Visual Novel Jam Night of the Lesbian Vampires as Sprite, Cover and Line Artist for Jaime Scribbles
A Frigid Space as Sprite and CG Artist for Rinzamakani Games (Join the Discord server here!)