the paint aisle at the hardware store is my new favorite place. I've collected some of their little color sample cards to use as visuals for Ezhil's and Dross's color palettes. 10/10 would recommend

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Getting weird with a dream sequence today and boy howdy is it fun to write

#drosselmeier #thenutcracker #writing #writer #dreamsequence

A sketch of a character inspired by Clara from the Nutcracker ballet drawn on a notebook page with a pencil

I was noodling around yesterday and I accidentally drew the PERFECT sketch of my Clara on the first try
I don't even care if the neck/torso looks funky, the face is exactly what I was picturing in my head

#art #sketch #drawing #writer #originalcharacter #Clara #thenutcracker #drosselmeier

An excerpt of original writing done in the Pages application

I will never pass up the chance to write a fealty-swearing scene if I've got a king character...especially if it involves his love interest

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An original character sketch done in pencil

An original character sketch done in pencil

I've become entirely obsessed with figuring out how to draw my clockmaker, so here are two more sketches

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A sketch of an original character done in a notebook with pencil

Noodling around with a sketch of my master clockmaker, Kala Devi- not super important to the story, but one of my favorite minor characters and a friend of Drosselmeier's

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A little love poem from Drosselmeier's perspective. What can I say, he's down pretty bad for Ezhil

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A small chunk of a story written in the Pages application

This is the kind of thing that makes writing the developing relationship between Dross and Ezhil so fun to write <3

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A paragraph of a story written in the Pages application

Having a brilliant time writing the slow burn between Dross and his king

#drosselmeier #kingezhil #originalstory #writing #writer

A paragraph from a manuscript written in the Palatino font

I've created a side character, Kala Devi, as the clockmaker who taught Drosselmeier his trade, and I quite like her

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I'm having costume design inspiration from those German gingerbread hearts

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A pencil sketch of a person with short hair and a tired expression

Little concept sketch I did a while ago for Ruadhain, the High General in my Drosselmeier story. My ref for drawing them was a pic of Luca Hollestelle I found on her Instagram
#writing #thenutcracker #drosselmeier #drawing

I have GOT to learn how to draw fashion template type figures so I can noodle around with the costume designs for Drosselemeier, I've got some cool ideas for embedding symbolism in his clothes and I want to see them and not just visualize them

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My pet project rn is a story inspired by the Nutcracker, but with Drosselmeier as the main character
it's gonna be awesome

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