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Musically adeptThe september horrors
Dee where the fuck have you been
What have I been doing, summer 2023 edition.
Well, that is done!
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I use a tag system for the blog page, because I don't want to do a ton of subpages for each post mostly.[DD-MM-YYYY] - Date tag
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2023 Comes to an end - What's next?
TW: I will talk about self harm, manipulation, and a lot of gloomy stuff, if you don't want this, skip over to other posts.Well, this is it, my fourth year as an illustrator, and the 5th year since I've started to learn how to draw
I'm not going to lie, the feeling of progress is so... Conforting. Let me explain why in a second.
As some of you may know, I've come a long way since 2019, when I was younger, at 14, I started to show signs of depression due to, between other things, abuse from my family, mainly my mother and father, they've brought me down every time, every single time I've tried and pick myself up, the two of them were the cause of another fall in the near future.
As a 14yr old, feeling my home as a place to be wary of, instead of a place to rest my mind, caused me to become apathetic, gloomy, and, even nihilist to some degree, my mood used to swing all over the place, and self harm started to happen, I was being trained in Self-Defense at the time, so I began to see pain as a relief, being hit, training until exhaustion, and hitting until my knuckles bled.
As time went on, I started to become self-conscious, that was not a way of coping with the world around me, so I started to delve into new ways of cope, writing, reading, and finally, ended up picking a pencil and doodling.
Things started small I created a sona, and drew small comics in my time, telling stories about fantastical things I've read about. Then I started to make more characters, and making my own stories.
That was my way of coping now, every time I felt bad, I just started to draw my characters, their world, and what happens in it, until graphite stained my hands to the point the side of my hand was black sometimes even.
I started to become accostumed to delving into what now is Nullos in times of need, dissociation maybe? And things started to pick up a bit after I turned 16. Met a lot of people, and made new friends and hobbies, that's when I learned to play DND as a DM, another way of delving into worlds that were somehow better than my own world at home. Soon after that, I started to know about gender identities and how I wasnt really confortable with my labels, therefore and after investigating, came to the conclusion I was a girl, mostly, she/they gang :3
17yr old me started to know the person that now is my gf and partner in life, Tina aka Caramel64 online. I would start talking about the hardships I faced due to some old fellas, but that's in the past and does not need any mention... I think.
The point of this is, as I've started to draw, my style and characters evolved with me, the OCs and illustrations, the stories they have, and the way I portray every single one of them, they all have evolved with me as a person.
Im now 19 going on for 20, my suicide was planned for the 20th. I was so happy with my current life, my current gf, my friends and my characters, I plain forgot about it. That made me tear up this morning before writing this post. I have come so far, both as a person, and as an illustrator, and The Ink Garage is the product of my love for art, my love for life, and my love for everything that made me what I am now.
I will discuss the plans for 2024 in January's post, for now, I hope you have a beautiful new year, and expect more from me, I'm now at my best shape, and things will only go up from here. Happy new year, and hope to see all of you in 2024!
- Dee
Musically adept
Hey hey hey, it's been more than the usual month I take between posting, but I have an excuse this time! ...nah, not really.Working for the bank has been a nice experience so far, the best part of it is that it doesn't seem to take a toll mentally, so even if it'll still take a lot more to get to be a millionaire... It's cool to be myself and now have a way to not die.
As far as projects go, I won't spoil anything about the ones I've talked about already, since most of them are in a state where it's better to keep hype brewing.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING NEW. Recently I've become the lead artist for STARLiTE Sound Team, that means you'll see my work in albums and MVs from a professional team of musicians!
I'm trying to get better at art to be on the same level as the music of some people inside the team, so, if I go dark, yeah, that menans I'm knee deep into some music stuff.
Also, you've may noticed I've made my annual change to the Ink Garage's profile pictures! This next year I'm centering on getting stuff out, more than illustrations, so get ready for that.
Funny that after a whole two months I've got nothing more to say about my life, well, at least not a lot that doesn't involve doxxing myself to all of the people that might read this, but life is sometimes like that, and besides, I still have made some BANGER illustrations, and a lot more to come as well.
Have a peek at the two characters from our first project, and see you in December!
The september horrors.
Hooray for general purpose blog posts! I have a ton to talk about, and to update you on my current works. So let's get to it ASAP.As you may have noticed, I've added a new widget to the blog site, that being a simple entry list using jump links, now, as the page gets longer and longer, you will all be able to navigate the entries smoothly by clicking on any title you're interested in, also, when you click on the title of any entry, you'll get sent to the top of the page, no more scrolling necessary here!
So, let's start with something simple, what progress i've made in my projects?
Let's talk about it.*LTT Theme plays*
I've started with the production of the prints for the dessert collection, won't spoil anything, but expect this one to release anytime in November! I've alreasy also talked about how difficult it was to get the dessert and bakery theme going, and now that development on this si going along, I have to say that Dee from the past was right as shit, but I managed, here's a bit of what to expect.
- Pixel dressed in a Macaron inspired outfit
- Button as one of those French bakers
- Chloe dressed as a chocolatier
Can't say much more about this now, if I tell too much, people will lose interest!
Now for my other stuff, I've begun outlining the base for my next animated MV, this time being protagonized by Pixel, again, can't say anything describing exactly what I have in mind, but a hint is in order: execution.
I've also begun writing some dialogue for a pending VN i had laying around since 2020! Guessed after reading and writing a lot of stuff in these years for DnD sessions and homebrewing, I have the experience needed to make that idea shine again, some characters are no longer part of the Roster of the Ink Garage, such as Bull or Sheline, but I'll have them in the backburner just in case I need some designs for NPCs as a treat to the three people who know those two.
The game I've worked on with other artists is going smoothly! Expect a release this year! Some bondage, some toy use, and a lot of cats [image related], some of the sprites are already aging a bit since I've became a lot better in NSFW since the first version, but hey, it's still porn at the end of the day.
So that's all I have for this entry, hope you're excited for what's to come!!!!!!!
Now, here's your warning to stop reading before I talk about mature stuff.Still here? Perfect then, let me express my feelings towards how my NSFW content is going to be handled from now on, since I've been getting more into drawing it since last time I've talked about it, and I want to make alot more.
The only characters I'll ever make NSFW of from the roster of The Ink Garage are Button, Laryn, Sazerac, Mint, and Mallow. Even as projects release and new characters are introduced to the world they all live in, I only will officilly endorse those 5. You're still free to get you gears going for the other adults in the Garage, but I'll not be the one to draw them. And for fanart, I will still draw some, I love lewding some designs that come out of my fav games, such as Sugar Swan Cookie in CROB. So feel free to suggest those!
Dee where the fuck have you been
Quite a long while since my last blog update huh... Well, at least I'm not dropping this project, I've just been busy is all, so, consider this sort of a "Dee where the fuck have you been" post.So yeah, I'm now living in the capital of my region, I'm now in Valencia as is. It's incredible the fact that I've accomplished doing something like moving out alone at 19 years of ag, I still sometimes think it's impossible that Im here right now, but yeah, I'm now unchained from every fiber that made up the fucked stuff of my past! As of work, I've been dabbling into the banking sector, as in, the banks Support call center. That's nice, I think. Still, if everything went to shit, I've still got some money saved up to get like a month or two of time while looking for a better job, remember you can still support me to get me more time lol.
As of drawing, and my projects... Yeah, can't say much, I've had so little time that the things you've seen these last weeks are all that I've been able to make. Sorry!
I've attached to this post a photo of my new room, as of today, this photo is outdated, since I've put on some stuff to decorate and change my room's atmosphere, still, this way you will all know that I'm not dying out here lol.
What have I been doing, summer 2023 edition.
Okay, time to say what wave I been cooking under the Garage's name as of late. Might talk about some NSFW stuff, so beware!As for OC projects, I've been trying to learn a lot more about animation with the objective of making another Lyric Video centered around the DnD characters me and my friend play as in Glass Citadel, the song is a secret, but I've been hacking away at the animatic for the thing, and when I get to animate, you'll know via here hehe
Another thing I'm working on is my first merch collection! It will feature every single cast member of the Ink Garage dressed up as sweets and desserts! Designing outfits for each of them without letting the character behind dissapear is a bit tricky, but I'm getting the hang of it pretty well. The plan is for me to release the 8 pieces as a print, then some duo pieces as shirts and posters, and finally, some clothes designs, the release of this collection will be celebrated with a small animation of Pixel teaching you how to make my special Vanilla cake!
And now, for the other kind of stuff. Stop reading here if you don't want me talking NSFW.
I've been working since April in a project involving myself and 4 other people as of now, the project might not be mine, but I'm really excited for everyone to see this! I can say this for now: I've learnt to draw toys, bondage, and some poses only for this! Will keep this updated in @mintymal_ink when I get the permisson to talk in full detail about this.
Now, for the Garage's NSFW works, I'm learning a lot still, but I am trying to make it my goal to do 1 drawing weekly, and with drawing I mean full rendered cum. The feeling of knowing that there's people who have "done stuff" with my art makes me feel good about my work, and makes me want to keep doing this. Besides, drawing porn is a lotta fun!
Well, that is done!
So, this is the official beginning of the blog, yahoo!I've been working on this one for quite a while, since my code for the page was quite rusty compared to what I can archieve as of now, and after something around the 4 hours of hitting my head against a wall, I've streamlined how will I do this so that the future me doesn't have as many problems as I did.
Lately I've been being able to enjoy life a bit, got a new job selling and installing internet throughout my country, so I'm on a train every day going from place to place, if you live somewhere in the Valencian part of Spain, I WILL COME FOR U.
I've also been practicing BGs with some album covers that I've been drawing for some projects that aren't mine, that's fun, eventually I will be able to make the BGs I have in mind for animations and such, real soon maybe!!!
But yeah, just starting this one with something a bit simple to get the groove of doing blog posts on my page, It's nice to have somewhere where I will maybe get read by 1 person, but still expressing myself a bit more than in my social media stuff, before this idea came to mind, most of my Online personality was just memes and to get to know me better you would need to be close to me via Discord of something.
This image is mostly to have one in-code to copy-paste whenever I need something hehe