Ah, so this is what life is like

Hey all. How've ya been? Been quite the few years this decade's hoisted upon us so far, eh? Current zeitgeist, sociopolitical, etc affairs non-withstanding, life's been alright. I've been working, not working, and working on myself for the past few, and thought to peek in after all this time. So, what's good?

Well, for one, I've been trying to re-embrace the artist within as of late. Getting my feet soaking with as many endeavors as possible, so lemme tell you about them:

I've been so so slowly churning out my art of choice: Dolls! I've made enough to fill at least both hands! But not to sell myself short, I'm very proud of these few characters I've introduced formally to the world. I have many plans to continue. Let's just forget, conveniently, that I have a half-started doll sitting next to me as I type, and another design on the way if I'm ever to finish that one. But yes, my dear little friends are piling up, and I love showing them off. There should be a gallery page open on this site soon, so keep on the lookout for Sybil, Frolick, and Ginger there!

I've received my first micro computer! An Orange Pi 3 LTS~~~ Fancy huh? I've been meaning to get a little classical electronics shrine going with a micro computer centered and powering it all. Thus far, I've obtained a couple of Cathode Ray Tube monitors, a collection of good ol' 4x3 aspect ratio media, and a good sense of how to get it all together. I've got big plans to make a sort of TV channel of my own! A full schedule planned, programs to use, aesthetics to chase. Think of it as a personal Adult Swim for now. Once I really dive into it, I'll actually detail my plans and goings on. Don't wanna put the pen to paper on stuff I've over-promised. But I will say, I'm gonna try and get a procedural video maker together; something that can spit out stuff like weather reports and whatnot. Wish me luck!

I'm starting a journaling project! It's going to be my chronicle of my Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom journey. So stay tuned for that. I know I'm excited to get that going. I’ve been seeing so many pieces that’ve influenced me to get this going. It felt like a great way to enhance the experience to a sequel of a game that means so much to me already.

On the not so art-side of things, I of course have been playing many many games. Recently, I’ve finished Breath of the Wild for the 3rd, and possibly final, time. I managed to get through the final DLC story, so its about as finished as I can really get it. After having been smitten by Leon S. “Babygirl” Kennedy in the Resident Evil 2 Remake years ago, Resident Evil 4 Remake got its hooks in me. Unsurprisingly, it was quite good. Who’d’ve thought that the seminal classic would be just as good with a new coat of paint, and some polish for modern sensibilities? I’m checking my notes here, what else have I played in the past while? We’ve got Phantom Brigade, an excellent and stylish Strategy RPG with temporal control. There was a lot of switch games, like Tactics Ogre Reborn, 13 Sentinels, Ai Somnium Files, to name a few, that I did very much enjoy. Splatoon 3 has been holding onto me for a good minute now. Oh! Yes… Signalis. What a game! One of the most excellent love letters to the survival horror canon I’ve ever had the joy to play. It’s so beautiful, heartbreaking, and purpose-built to check so many boxes in my head… I’ve too much to say about it. There was Elden Ring, of course. Seminal Fromsoft Banger. My burly/faith built girl, Ecce, she’s won my heart. You’d love to see her. I’ll write more on that someday. Which reminds me! Elden Ring was definitely the first game on this list that really had me thinking about journaling and video games. After that came Tunic, which was phenomenal! Having such good nostalgia morphing media really readied me for my LoZ ToTK project. Of course flowers are due for Polygon’s video producer Clayton Ashley, and Waypoint Vice’s Renata Price for really getting this idea going (explicity even, as Renata mentioned she’d be doing the same with ToTK).

So that's what we've got going on. I've been debating on re-formatting some things here on this webpage to help it serve as a new portfolio of sorts. Keep all my work together rather than shot across space as they are now. It's truly difficult to work on art with how I am as a person! I've only so recently decided to be less embarrassed by my output and truly embrace that these works become, reflect, and are, essentially, me! So you can see why that took so long to accomplish. And so, now I'm here, typing this. Thinking about all the future work there is to come to make my ideas more concrete in this world. It's so daunting! I'm so tired of it all living in my head though, y'know? So, all the more to put it at least somewhere partially public.

Ah with that in mind, here's a dating myself side-note. So yeah, Twitter has been spiraling downward hard for a good minute now. I'd been trying to make myself more public and art-facing there, but I see it as a non-starter at this point. So I apologize if there's some iffy linking here and there on this site, which I hope is far more long lasting that that mess, sheesh. And hopefully I get some good headwinds on when I'll need to jump off this ship! So for now, no twitter. Follow me here!

I'd ask you to keep me to my promises, but genuinely, there's not too many folks here watching at this moment! I'll stay humble, and take myself to task for now. So! I'll see you when I see you!

Peace,

Dynah B