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A photo of red portions of the aurora. It's basically right above the photographer so the light is streaming out from the center of the photo as if like a perspective vanishing point. There are some green streaks further off to the sides.

Green and red streaks of the aurora borealis. The top of a tree is in the bottom right of the photo.

Glad that I went to look again later. I only live like 10 minutes from downtown and they're visible with the naked eye! These are night sight photos, but real life is like 30-40% of the brightness in the pictures.

[ #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLignts #Aurora #MNWX ]

Relevant to repost because we're getting close to seeing what difference a year makes. Won't be the same piece, but will be the same style.

My art project is pretty much done, but I'm having trouble figuring out text of all things. Just can't quite get it right and not entirely sure what it is that I'm not liking.

The Sapphire Verdict gets Real! — TheSapphireNexus Ok, that might be a clickbait title, but it’s not wrong! This week’s blog we’re going to be looking at some things that have both become real and are looking at becoming real, both in terms of the Sap...

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Alright, didn't have a lot of energy to write a blog, but it was an important week so I gave it my best shot! Sapphiria exists now! I'll post more about her tomorrow along with a WIP of my current art piece for Harmonizer!

Finally hit burnout yesterday. I don't know how to describe it except as running an endless marathon and then just hitting that point where you cannot make yourself run anymore, except this was in the mental sense.

Turns out, no one in charge knew that what was being asked for was completely wrong and would have bricked our mobile app. Teaches me to accept "Yes, we are certain this is what we want!"

There's nothing quite like frantically scrambling around, struggling to meet a deadline, and then, at the last possible moment, asking if anyone in charge is actually aware of what will happen when said work is complete. Anyway, that's how I just blew up my department's sprint today! Hooray!

I think I'm in the final stretch for having new art to post soon. Started working on shading and lighting as well as atmosphere, so... maybe the next week or two it'll finally be done at last?!

Trying to keep my head above water with editing one book, rewriting a separate one, and doing the cover art for the one being edited. It's a lot, but the good news is my art is improving dramatically! Yay!

Updates for all! — TheSapphireNexus Welcome back to another blog that I definitely didn’t forget to do last week! Totally normal cadence! Nothing to see here! Anywho, this week, I have multiple updates to provide on pretty much every fr...

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I completely forgot to post this! This week's blog is just a quick update on the current status of both WIP books!

And before I forget, Pokemon Z-A is surprisingly better than I expected it to be. I honestly kinda want them to keep this new battle style for the next mainline game.

And when I say fixing, I'm specifically talking about the Sapphire Verdict Part 2. Part 1 is totally done lol.

Plowing ahead on two writing projects at the same time now. Working on fixing the Sapphire Verdict in the afternoons, and then noon is dedicated to editing the first Harmonizer book!

Oh, and I'm working on arting the cover for Harmonizer now. Will hopefully have something to show for that soon.

First draft of Harmonizer will be done tomorrow. Cover character line art is also close to completion. I'm pretty damn certain that my objective of a web release is on pace for late November/early December!

I have been putting in SO MUCH effort on this current art piece. Trying to learn a lot of body proportion stuff and understand how different parts of a body look at different angles. It's been a challenge and a half! Hoping to be done with the linework sometime this month.

Officially started the process of querying agents again today. This is without a doubt my LEAST FAVORITE PART OF THIS, but oh well. In other news, my other book, Harmonizer, is almost done with its first draft! Should be done by Tuesday I believe!

LOOK AT HER

Part of the larger piece I've been working on. I've never really done much character drawing of any kind, so learning how to do this has been an adventure. Starting to get somewhere, but still a ways to go.

Archon of the East - Gale — TheSapphireNexus Welcome back to yet another weekly blog! This week, we’re finally having the fabled Gale deep dive blog, but a few other updates as well! Why? Because why not!

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Here! Have a blogpost! This one goes in depth with Gale's character in the Sapphire Verdict and has some updates about both the Sapphire Verdict and Harmonizer!

Three little foxes 🦊

#pokemon #pkmn #fennekin #pokemonart #artpost #myart

It's baffling to me that we're at the point where a new box of pokemon cards is over $300, not to mention that you can no longer just pick packs up at the store during checkout. I miss my college days of getting a pack or two whenever I went to Meijers.

A Tale of Two Stories — TheSapphireNexus Welcome back! It’s a new week, and we got some stuff to cover, including something that’s a little on the large side! Let’s hop in! The Sapphire Verdict First off, let’s just start with a quick up...

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Blog for this week! This one introduces something big, the Harmonizer! Was it that you may ask? Well, read to find out! Or, you know. Wait about a month and it'll probably be all over my socials.

Image just shows how dead inside I feel.

Welp, I gotta figure out how to rebalance the website now that it's going to host more than Sapphire Verdict stuff.

I completely forgot how hard it is to make a world map. I've been living in the Sapphire Verdict for so long now that I've grown used to have a fully ironed out world. Now I'm back to square one with a new world, and even though I know what's on this world... I don't know the shape of it yet.

Today my goal is to quite literally just get caught up on all the messages and To Do things that got sidelined over these past two weeks. I need a vacation...

This lovely kitsune plush is all done for her owner! Her outfit and tails were a challenge but worked out nicely. She has a little bird buddy for her shoulder that can be placed on either one via rare earth magnets!

My hope is to get to posting stuff again soon. These last two weeks have been a whirlwind. Haven't even had time for art for the most part :/

The Perfect Feathered Sidekick! — TheSapphireNexus Welcome back to another blog after a short bit of a break! I know I haven’t exactly been posting with consistency lately, but it’s with good reason! But, I won’t talk about that right now! Instead, I ...

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I forgot to post this here! This week's blog was about Atom, Sapphiria's best friend and the world's greatest sidekick!

After not having a car for over a week, I want to work remotely more than ever before.

This week has been something. Between insomnia, starting a new experimental project, stopping streams, and my car randomly deciding it's done with life, I am all over the place.