Raining in Inazuma

ImberLapis my friend. It has been a while, I hope you are doing well, and have you finished the rest of your workshop projects yet?

Welp, time to update my bio here to say I’m 24 instead of 23! I can’t believe I’m 24 now, it doesn’t feel real honestly :’D

Hey guys
          
          So for the past few months, it’s been obvious that my updates in Celeste are all but nonexistent. Besides me just slowly losing interest in graphic-making, I’ve been grappling with the dilemma of AI art. I look up artwork to use, and it’s almost nothing but AI art or art that I can’t figure out whether it’s AI or not. I’m staunchly against using AI art, and I frankly don’t have the patience to ethically source artwork to use in my graphics nowadays unless they’re direct faceclaims of always existing characters. I know fanart can be AI generated too, but at least it’s more likely to be actually drawn vs generated. My free time these days is so limited, and I’d rather put it into fanfics, drawing, and working on an actual novel I’ve been working on developing for a little while now.
          
          I’m going to try to finish making the graphics for this current batch so I don’t let everyone who’s waiting down, and afterward, I’m considering closing Celeste and finally ending my graphic workshops in general. I want the workshop to close with a bang though, so I think I’m gonna do a special project for my last set of graphics in the workshop, though I’ll think through it more as it comes closer to the time.

Uh… So as for why I’m not doing graphics still, one word:
          NaNoWriMo
          I’m actually attempting it again this year after not being able to do it since 2019 with a goal of 1.3k words minimum per day, and I’m actually doing well. As of today, I’m nearly 5k words ahead of the 50k word goal as long as I keep up with my minimum, and I intend on doing this for my own sake.
          I’ve truly been struggling with the loss of my loved one, and having a goal I can truly see come to fruition in my daily activities has definitely been helping me. I hope you all will continue having patience with me, and I will get to those requests when I have time again. They’re just not a priority compared to NaNoWriMo ><

Hello, everyone 
          
          Although I just finished filling my next batch for Celeste, I won’t be able to complete any requests for at least a week. I just had a very close death in the family, so I’ll be attending the funeral this week along with seeing many out-of-state family members. On top of that, I’m going to a long-awaited convention Friday through Sunday, so my week this week is completely swamped. But thank you everyone who requested for filling up my shop so quickly!

Tomorrow… I’ll finally post a new batch for Celeste
          
          Life has just gotten so much busier, especially since a big convention I’ve been planning to attend for a full year now is coming up early next month. Preparations have been going on for ages, but finally I have my cosplays together! I’ll be going as Kaeya from Genshin (ofc) and Rika from Pokémon S/V! I even bought a Paldean Wooper plush to use as a prop >:3

Two things
          One: 900 followers? How?? I’m hardly around here anymore so the fact people are still following me is just amazing ^^ thank you all, and maybe I’ll do something special if I ever hit 1k. We’ll have to see!
          Two: Heart of Steel reached 60k reads. My god, that story is just awful compared to what I put out these days, but it still holds so much nostalgia for me and I know it does for a lot of you readers too. Thank you for letting it get that far, it’s definitely my landmark title here!
          That’s all I have to say, but I hope you all have a great day ^^

Sorry yet again for the lack of updates with my graphics! Fontaine just released so I’m ripping the map apart so I can not only have enough wishes for Zhongli and Childe but also Wriothesley when he runs in 4.1. That man has the power to challenge my status as a Kaeya main lmao but also I’m moving out next week, so I’ve just been shopping for home supplies and packing. I hope to update the week after next when I’m more settled in and post the next batch form right afterward. Sorry again!

Apologies for my absence again. Things have been… rough. One of my closest family members isn’t doing very well right now, so I’ve been spending time with them, not to mention I’m getting things together for the move to my first apartment at the end of next month. I’ll probably update Celeste this weekend, but things might be sporadic again.

Hey! I think your graphic workshops are closed right now? I just wanted to confirm :)