#jec thoughts

Season Two of Hazbin really is giving me everything I wanted, god damn. Doubling down on the baddies being bad, humiliating Alastor while somehow still keeping his air of scheming and menace, explaining how Lucifer can't solve all of the hotel's problems, launching Chaggie into the absolutely best on screen ship by addressing the cracks I saw in their relationship in season one AND giving them a beautiful fun and sexy duet, and just having really effective "get back up after the spiral" moments for several characters.

Charlie's level of stupidity in this season has been grating, but has not felt out of character, so much as a direction I don't like very much, which is a matter of taste more than quality, imo. And I think she's wrapped up her dumb ass arc now that she's had that chat with Vaggie.

istg if Charlie keeps up with the cartoonishly stupid and desperate decisions, they had better backfire on her SPECTACULARLY. Like what happened with the train was rough, but ultimately no actual harm was done. The hotel was gonna look bad no matter what, and everyone came back around.

Which side tangent, I love that actually. It's never too late... until is factually and irreversibly is actually. And the "too late" comes when and only when there are no more choices to be made. When the proverbial trigger is actually pulled.

I try to practice and study even a little bit. I take different approaches and try different tips and tricks to try and work with my brain, and I just get bored and stop drawing for months.

And then I get really interested in something completely independent from my art. In this case, I became curious how live2D models are rigged (something I quickly learned I am not computer savvy enough to do lol). I watched video after video about cutting and rigging 2D models to imitate 3D. I was blown away to learn the vast majority of vtuber models are a single front facing image cut into a bazillion different layers and animated entirely by squashing and stretching those different layers.

And then I picked up a sketchbook and hammered out a series of some of the best character art I've done in years, suddenly could draw front facing characters (which I've always flat out avoided doing), and am tentatively taking reference sheet commissions again after being asked about it.

I feel less like I'm practicing and more like I'm waiting for software updates that take several weeks/months to download, during which time I will not be drawing at all.