Atla Short Story

 

 This is a picture that goes along with the short story I wrote here. I've put it on this blog before, but I thought it made sense to put here again. 

Atla Short Story

Slight content warning. This story includes violence, gun violence, violence nearby a school, and child endangerment, though no children are harmed. There's also the use of minor swears like "shit." If you watch Marvel films, you're probably fine. 

 So I've been working on this short story for a while now. I had the initial inspiration for it earlier this spring. I was exploring a feeling I had that the main character shares. Overall, I'm very happy with how it turned out. The climax is resolved through sacrifice and compassion instead of violence, which is important to me. One of my favorite ways stories can cause a turning point is when one character teaches another character something they need to change about themselves. It feels very natural to the real world. I also like the foreshadowing and the character development I manged to squeeze into this short story. 

God be with me. Lord save me. I need you all the time. Amen.

Gently

The title of this post is a reference to a line from Princess Bride, which will only make sense when you see the last picture in this post. Here are some sketches I've done as time has allowed.

This picture is done in pen. I would've wanted to redraw the hands otherwise. 

Had this image in my mind. Not really sure where it came from. It's basically a creepy evil bunny rabbit with human arms.

Experiments with subtly different eyes and body shapes.

This drawing was done during a session of Dungeons and Dragons that I'm doing at the library I'm working at. It's an ongoing weekly program. I'm helping keep everything on track as part of my work. So I'm basically getting paid to play Dungeons and Dragons for three hours a week. My life is pretty sweet.

God be with me. I love you. Lord save me.

Draw Your Feelings

 

As you can see, most of these drawings are from about a month ago. They say "draw your feelings," so while I was in class I drew a monkey warrior and some characters inspired by the games Resident Evil and Evil Within. School is going okay. I just got exhausted after a while. I've experienced a bit of a crash it feels like, but I know God is taking care of me. I can't tell yet if I'm out of the rut, but I do feel somewhat better. I'll just have to keep going. 

I liked drawing these characters because they're different from what I'm used to. The woman in the next-to-last drawing was fun to figure out how her anatomy works.

God be with me. I love you.