and though the aeons may pass as slow as the sands of an hourglass every grain that we've counted claims that even the mountains can change - new river, the oh hellos ~~ ☆ hohohooooly crap scratch butchered the quality of this chonker lmaoo... im not even surprised tbh this took me over 3 weeks and i used super textured brushes so i mean.. yeah dhjdkdjf anyway hellohello it is i, sliding in just before the deadline and about to melt into a puddle on the floor until i am indistinguishable from its surface. lets do this thing ~~ ☆ space or click, as always~ 1. og design 2. a doodle ! didnt quite have the design down yet but i like it lol 3. concept sketch ft. math notes...... not final but something close enough to how her hair is tied back 4. first progress snapshot of the main thing......... a sketch 5. more progress........... flats 6. background and shading mockup ! this is where the file started getting Extra Chonky:tm: 7. unfortunately i dont have many wips saved from the shading process so this is a screenshot lol......... about two-thirds of the way through shading 8. and the final product :0c once again shakes fist at scratchs excellent job uploading the file. marginally higher quality over on TH, full quality here: [insert dr0p b0x dot com here. pls dont kill me scratch]/s/jreqjws9tkvhkze/forever%20and%20a%20day.png?dl=0 ah yeah also a note that i did make some small modifications to the og design,,,,,,,,,,,, hawyee ~~ ☆ "i, too, once reached for the stars" ~~ ☆ they say she has resided in our sky since the dawn of time. polaris, her cloak the blanket of the nocturnal heavens, her hands the genesis of the stars, is eternal and always has been. but this is not so. it is reasonable for mortals to assume godhood and eternity of polaris, for she has guided them and their ancestors for a thousand lengths of the stories they tell, but every one of these tales lacks a true beginning. polaris presides over the people of this world from behind the curtain of the night, silently encourages dreams and aspirations. perhaps it is out of regret, or a longing for something she could never achieve. regardless, a sense of duty weighs on her heavily, in spite of her fading memory of any lasting purpose. she holds great power in her hands, the result of a quest uncertainly concluded, but she does not nearly wield the strength of a god. after all, surely a god would remember their purpose, their identity--anything to hold on to...? now, she seeks a sign. something to affirm her power, to ascertain her past, to anchor her future in anything more than obscurity. perhaps the rumors are true, and she has found a human vessel... ~~ ☆ all music by two steps from hell/thomas bergersen in order- starfall, nero, dreammaker, heart, before time, illusions all art by yours truly, except og ref story snippet?thing?? written by me lol design/contest hosted by character currently belongs to , & good luck to everyone else who entered ✨✨ ~~ ☆