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After lots of trial and error, I've kinda given up on the idea of drawing with a pen and tablet.

But I can move points and curves around with a mouse. Hence I ended up speccing into vector art.

I primarily use Inkscape.

After lots of trial and error, I've kinda given up on the idea of drawing with a pen and tablet.

But I can move points and curves around with a mouse. Hence I ended up speccing into vector art.

I primarily use Inkscape.

Sky Tides

Nov 06, 2020 Scenery

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This is a desktop background image. As someone who probably puts too much time into customization, I wanted to make a wallpaper myself. Actually, it's something I had wanted to do for years but only now had enough skill points in art to actually make an attempt.

Since I wanted the background to represent me in some way, I leaned rather heavily into the name "auroratide". There are probably endless metaphors describing aurorae, but to play into the theme of oceanic tides, I reimagine them as jellyfish arms reaching far into the night sky. And because I like making metaphors two levels deep, jellyfish are just umbrellas of the sea.

This was made in Krita.

This is a desktop background image. As someone who probably puts too much time into customization, I wanted to make a wallpaper myself. Actually, it's something I had wanted to do for years but only now had enough skill points in art to actually make an attempt.

Since I wanted the background to represent me in some way, I leaned rather heavily into the name "auroratide". There are probably endless metaphors describing aurorae, but to play into the theme of oceanic tides, I reimagine them as jellyfish arms reaching far into the night sky. And because I like making metaphors two levels deep, jellyfish are just umbrellas of the sea.

This was made in Krita.

Four glowing green ribbons of aurorae spanning an indigo sky. Etched into the sky are shadows of jellyfish and a woman with an umbrella, from which the aurorae originate.