Sunshine Prompt 4

[olivermoss]

Yeah, I skipped a few. Talking about online identity is too complicated.

My first reccs are going to be my terrible Neocities pages for Christian Kane and for Random Supernatural Related Images. I am hoping that some of the content I have tossed up there, or will be tossing up soon, will be of use to a fannish history type.

I'll post a link to my AO3 page, even though my writing has been going slow this year. Most of my fic last year was for events and I didn't know about re-dating, which meant that it was never seen by people looking for new fic. At one point my IronStrange stories were in the bottom 3% for hits. I orphaned my second posted fic of this year for reasons. I am slowly getting back into writing, but I've been buried under other projects. I am starting to buckle down because how little I've gotten done this year is making me sad. This is not how I planned my year to go.

The project I am currently working on is drawing isometric rooms. I am designing living spaces for characters from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai. I'm currently working on Perfect Tommy's. I also want to make isometric version of Bertie Wooster's apartments, but I can't figure out a layout I like. I start by making a blueprint and I've tossed like 7 versions so far.

Comments

Sunshine Challenge ☼ 2019

[oldtoadwoman]

The room layout thing is so cool!

Re: Sunshine Challenge ☼ 2019

[olivermoss]

Thank you!

Re: Sunshine Challenge ☼ 2019

[oldtoadwoman]

Also, I haven't seen or thought about Buckaroo Banzai in years.

But, yeah, that's super cool. I don't think I could do it at all, because it involves the same skill that prevents me from organizing my apartment in real life. I'm a fling-things-wherever kind of person even though I wish I could be an arrange-things-logically kind of person. Someone did these kind of drawings for BBC's Sherlock and it was really nice to have this clear mental image the spatial layout.

Now I want you to draw all the fandoms! Hee!

Re: Sunshine Challenge ☼ 2019

[olivermoss]

Buckaroo Banzai is one of my favorite things. I can't help it :)

I am not great at organizing, but it's something I can work on when I can't concentrate on other kinds of drawing. I can always logic out where the line should be. It uses a different bit of my brain than figure drawing.

All the fandoms would be a lot! I want to design a D&D dungeon in isometric. I think that could be fun. It would make for some great environments and puzzles.

Re: Sunshine Challenge ☼ 2019

[oldtoadwoman]

I can definitely see this helping as a visual with a game.

[enemytosleep]

When I eventually became savvy to AO3 re-date option and realized how many exchange fics and the like I had buried in their fandom feeds, I went ahead and gave myself the okay to update their posting date. I posted them at the current day's date (once each for the stories that got lost) and let them have their time on the front page. I think in your case it might make sense to do the same!

[olivermoss]

I really should, but I feel too self conscious about it. I really should try to make myself do it anyway. I've been buried a few times, either by this or by my old fandom pulling various shenanigans to inflate kudos.

[enemytosleep]

Keep in mind that the following comment is not meant to put any undo pressure on you, but part of this prompt was to promote fanworks, including our own fanworks. I think it's the perfect time to move them to the head of the queue so that folks can take a peek for the first time. Obviously it's not something you'd do all the time, but given the nature of fic exchanges (and how buried they can become on AO3 before the collection goes live), I think it's totally fair to boost them this month. :D If you really don't want to, then no worries! But I would be remiss not to encourage you to step into the spotlight this week.

[olivermoss]

I think I'll redate the Christmas fic that I wrote for an event that never wound up running around the holidays. There was supposed to be an Ironstrange Advent, but then nipplegate happened and the event never ran. That's the one that got the most crunched.

Thanks :)

[enemytosleep]

Yay! I mean I’m sorry that the event fell apart, but I’m glad you’re going to give that fic a new chance. :D

[dreamkist]

Those rooms are very cool and that's awesome you were there before GISH was GISH!

[olivermoss]

Thank you!