jade-everstone

[jade-everstone]

Sunsetting this page

I like to say, I rejoined tumblr and only got to enjoy it for less than a year before it went under. But this site's proven too unstable and untrustworthy to the point I don't think it's worth investing my time here anymore.

I already went on hiatus on my personal blog due to a certain someone's treatment of trans people, and seeing them go the route of DA and start selling data to AI companies is the last straw for me.

Ik other sites aren't much better these days, but at least Toyhouse is quieter, my own website's on my own terms, and twitter is at least outwardly bad and doesn't pretend to care about it's userbase. I didn't really get to rebuild a following here / only had this page for 1-ish years, + most of the communities i'm active in are non-existent here, so I don't have any incentive to stay.

You can find me offsite, I'm tired man. I don't even have the energy to be outraged at this point, I'm just tired

website:

carrd / other socials:

#rambles #rant

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don't have much of a comment outside of trying a sketchy style again but throw in plastic animals or something idk

#everstone art #lps #megaman #megaman x #reploid oc #if you can't tell i've been riding the LPS nostalgia wave lately lol #but also trying to bring back a 'looser' style as at least a tertiary one for quick ideas & whatnot #ngl even though I doubt i'd get to it I wouldn't mind making LPS Palette and Alia real customs at some point

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POV: Your partner is a New Englander

based off a twitter redraw challenge

btw, the background image in Io's pic was taken by me a year ago during a boston trip. Initially for refrence use, but i guess it ended up here now

#robot oc #reploid oc #megaman oc #megaman #megaman x #everstone art #everstone ocs #new england #given that's the Red Line I'm imagining Alia took that pic bc both of them were bored during a train delay lol

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My old LPS channel mascot, Zinnia.

I just wanted to draw something since it's been slow-goings in terms of art lately

#lps #everstone art #zebra #not sure whatelse to tag tbh #g4 lps

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Compilation of art stills from my LPStube archive video

These were from the part where I was talking about why I dropped out of video making / why I don't want it to be a main thing anymore & used Reploid! Io as a stand-in for my older self

(icymi: the video in question)

#robot oc #lps #youtube #reploid oc #everstone art #everstone ocs #megaman oc #Youtube

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Rare instance of me making a (normal) youtube video?

Anyways, for the archives I unpriv'ed my old LPStube videos from when I was a teen, and made a video with some thoughts on it, my art, and video making

Restating: I don't plan on doing videos as a regular thing anymore (infact this vid goes into why). But for that channel, having the archive open with a vlog-type video vs only a textbox felt right

#rambles #lps #old art #art archive #rare nat video moment #Youtube

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still haven't shaken off the feeling of unease entering 2024.

but it snowed a few times at least. it was nice to look at, I guess that's something

#oc #robot oc #megaman oc #reploid oc #megaman x #megaman #rockman x #self insert #winter #everstone art #everstone ocs #reploid #ig this is somewhat vent art? it's about those feelings of unease but also is it too artsy to say abt mmx self-insert art?

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Nat's Commissions

Officially open for 2024! And Now on Tumblr!

With school having wrapped up for me, this year I'm looking to transition into art part-time!

Opening 3 slots for Character fullbodies & a PWYW Doodle tier

Full ToS & Info: https://jadeeverstone.com/commissions/personal#tos

You can DM me directly here, or by my other contact means listed onsite. Or, via: Email: jadeeverstone (@) gmail (.) com Telegram: t.me/jadeeverstone

#commission #commissions open #art commissions #everstone art

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Art Goals for 2024

This post is a mirror of a post on my website (here)

It’s a few days into the new year. While the feelings of uncertainty from 2023 still lingers, I set myself a handful of goals going forward to give myself some sense of direction, 8 in fact, though I’ll mostly be focusing on my art-related goals here.

Technical improvement isn’t a major focus this year (I mean, I just did 4+ years of that lol). I think it’s time to focus on more external factors of art, like gaining some stability, pouring more focus into doing it part-time while maintaining the personal side. As well as strengthening skills not directly related to illustration. It’s something that’s fell to the wayside until senior year of college, and now that I’m out of school I think at least for this year I can let these factors overtake direct art improvement.

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Finish PC-Mania!

My short webseries! This was launched as part of my senior thesis, but has had multiple hiccups in terms of production. This year I want to smooth out those bumps & be able to wrap it up by the end of this year. The reason I say by the end of this year? My drafts are roughly 40 pages, and even with my other plans for this year I’ll have more time on my hands to focus on comics. So I’m pretty confident I can wrap it up regardless of how it happens.

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Launch Support Streams related to my art

This one was inevitable. Even if it’s a goal of part time vs. full time, I want to be able to do art as a career. Meaning I have to have some form of income to be able to continue doing it comfortably. This one will need time to sort-out though since there are hurtles; Notably my overall lack of reach, as well as inflation times.

Lack of reach is likely due to struggling with consistent posting (even reposts & WIPs slip by me), not wanting to completely bend my practices to algorithms, and migrating between platforms. So that one may be harder to sort-out while keeping it fair to my self & my limits. Inflation is tricky. Art is a luxury afterall, and when the cost of living has skyrocketed across the board I don’t blame people for choosing food and rent over art. I’m likely going to keep it to one-time payments & tip jars indefinitely since I don’t want to launch subscriptions in a time where people looking to cancel them to make ends meet. Plus, with my issues with consistent posting, I’m not in a position to be doing subscription-based works & would also like to better sort out my boundaries before even considering (ie: I don’t want anything that could potentially lead to people feeling entitled to my attention).

I still want to try pushing for commissions & freelance, even with a lack of success over the past few years. Though I also want to look more into online shops & tabling since last year, all of the money I made from art was from IRL sales. So it’s a matter finding those events that are original-art & zine friendly (I’m uninterested in monetizing fanart beyond commissions. Fanart to me = Personal art & I’d like to keep it that way). As well as researching more into online shops as a means to get things out there outside of the convention space.

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Better-establish OC Lore & Worlds

This one is likely gonna be harder than it sounds. Because on one hand I am excited about these project, but I’ve always struggled with getting ideas-to-paper. While I don’t want to claim much since I don’t have an official diagnosis as of writing, I’m very sure I have ADHD meaning getting down schedules, and getting projects done before I jump to another interest has been a long-term struggle. It’s part of what hampered PC-Mania & reach, and hampers my ability to put more info about the projects I’m working on & are excited about (hell last year, I think I ended up drawing Io way more than art for said projects…).

I don’t know if there’s any “ADHD-friendly guides to maintaining projects before you forget them” out there (I’d argue most project guides & tips I’ve seen don’t consider it), so I’m pretty sure I’m on my own in this department. Currently I’m thinking about leveraging my website for this since it’s meant to be a work archive as is, and even if progress is inconsistent it’ll at least give me a central hub to link back to.

If you are curious, the main one I want to establish is Doverhill! It’s where a PC-Mania takes place for reference, and it’s set in modern times in the fictional town of Doverhill MA. Perfectly normal, except for the occasional paranormal encounter. The main cast that has to deal with them are a group of friends & neighbors who live in an apartment complex together. Story-wise it’s an episodic comedy about the sheer absurdity that is life. Even if it’s not a hard world-building project, it deserves a central hub to link back to.

The other one I’m debating on is Fang and Iron, a dark-sci-fantasy world building project about demon-hunting androids. But I think it needs more time in the oven, and I don’t plan on making it a main focus for a long time.

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Learn Blender for making assets & Blocking

I’ve thought about the other skills I’d like to strengthen & learn for future projects, notably writing skills, drawing mecha, desktop publishing software, and 3D. But I picked learning 3D, since I feel like this one will have a ton of versatility in terms of making references for myself. If you’re wondering using 3D assets for references is extremely common, especially within the world of comics where you need to re-draw backgrounds and props. So having knowledge on how to block out scenes in blender will help massively in the long run, especially when my schedule starts filling up again.

(now I just need to finish that donut)

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Shorter Comic Project?

I’m considering this one optional, but if I can squeeze in another smaller 8-16pg comic or zine along the lines of 9:15 Slushie I’d like to. I have an Idea I want to do for it (an idea that existed before 9:15 slushie did!) so the next step is carving out time to make it happen

Those are my main art goals of 2024. For the other 3 main resolutions of mine, I’ll list a short summary of those instead:

Get a job alongside art (I’ll need it. Bills be upon me + even with help from family members, I’d like to transition into being self-sustaining & be able to front the costs for my supplies & projects going forward)

Get my Drivers License (Also needed, especially if I want to continue tabling & other hobbies, and for getting to whatever job I end up at)

Get better at IIDX (and by extension BMS) so I can say I suck at normal 7’s vs normal 4’s lol (my only “hobby” goal of this year. I’ve wanted to get into IIDX for a long time too, so since I’m planning on getting my license & income anyways, I’ll see if I can squeeze this one in)

#rambles #2024 #art goals #new years resolution

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The Tapas mirror has just updated.

Tapas receives updates a week later, as this is just an alternative way of viewing my comics

PC-Mania just updated!

Now off hiatus, Jade and Iri finally get to start looking for their new computer

#pc mania #comic #everstone art #webcomic #tapas

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Art Summary 2023

(this post is a mirror of the original on my website - Link)

It's that time of year again.

Another design-y layout. Noticed this year I ended up using a lot more light color schemes than last year. I guess it's because this year I wasn't really feeling the same level of 'edge' and 'excitement'. But that's a point for later on. Before that, let's talk about each piece from this year.

January - Io, meets Io!

The first finished pic of the year. Demonic Io meets Reploid Io! This was made as piece to show off both versions of Io together, and reploid! Io ended up being my PFP on other sites for most of the year.

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February - XZA hangout

This was part of a Secret Valentines exchange for ssshrimpie on Twitter, featuring X, Zero, and Axl together in a group hangout

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March - Io Lounge

Render of Io lounging. This was originally a companion piece to my business card design, originally made to be a postcard design that'd serve a similar purpose. But the idea ended up getting canned & this render stuck around as a page header

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April - Battle with the Lake Demon

This one's a complete reimagining of an older piece of mine for a personal worldbuilding project of mine, spotlighting the main focus of androids hunting demons. Widow, the hunter featured, is about to land the final blow

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May - PC-Mania!

Highlighting since this was the release of my first webseries, PC-Mania! The story of Jade and Iri, two girlfriends where after their computer breaks in a freak accident they have to get a new one... everything goes wrong. This project has had it's ups and downs since then, mostly suffering from post-graduation fatigue + being unable to rebuild a buffer in time. But It's still ongoing & at the time of writing is looking to be finished in 2024.

Available to read on Comic Fury!

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June - MECHA-CHUSSETTS MENTIONED

I'm pretty sure this is the only thing I drew during June because I couldn't find anything else other than this pic of Io as your average New Englander. (for the record, Reploid!Io is from Mecha-chussetts… or Mecha-Chuchets as it's spelled in canon)

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July - Autumn Travels

This year also marks my return to entering zines (the first ones I entered were way back in 2020). I was in two this year; Window to Worlds 2023, and Good Eats: An OC Zine. The one spotlighted is from Window to Worlds & was inspired by fall train trips I did during my time in college.

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August - Me and Io

A self-indulgent pic of me with Reploid! Io. This was more of a test drive for my set-up at home, since my workspace during college was completely different from what I have at home (even with the upgrades I've made since then).

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September - Skibidi-IO

brrr skibidi dum dum dum yes YES

Or in other words I joined a Skibidi toilet collab over on Newgrounds & now I have a pic of Io as an evil toilet hellbent on world domination

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October - Rocket Render

Another snippet from that personal worldbuilding project, this time featuring Rocket, an old android who was built as part of a demon-fighting army, but has since retired to work on a farm and help the surviving populace that way

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November - 9:15 Slushie

5 shorts about the surreal experience of getting a slushie from the convenience store at night, inspired by surreal experiences of my own. It was a black and white comic that was designed to be a something I could easily run copies of at home.

Available to download on Itch.Io, and read on Newgrounds

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December - Hornet!

And finally, my piece for the Newgrounds Secret Santa featuring Blaznthekid's OC, Hornet!

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So, 2023 huh...

Speaking from a personal standpoint, I feel like one hand there was a lot of good that came out of this year for me. I graduated college, I tabled at my first event, I entered 2 zines, I did plenty of comic stuff, and I got back into a hobby after 3 years. But also this year was extremely stressful and demoralizing on many fronts. There's witnessing the industry I went to college for beginning to go under (thanks a lot AI techbros) that started to weigh on me, as well as witnessing & getting reaffirmations on how draconic the art industry is (infact, reading through #comicsbrokeme on twitter reaffirmed my choice to stay indie). But I think a rough post-college transition and struggling to get back on my feet afterwards might've been one of the biggest hurdles in the end.

Think of it like, going from having a studio space and semi-independence & being in contact with IRLs, and then going back home to somewhere better suited to where I was 5+ years ago. Maybe it's because my area's unwalkable, or relationships with my parents have been, wonky to say the least. Or maybe it's the uncertainty of it all. There's a lot.

This year compared to even the rougher parts of 2022 I feel like I've gotten, sadder? & having a lot lower energy. As I hinted at earlier, I think it even shows in my art. I noticed while editing my galleries mid-year that I think I lost some of the 'edge' that my 2022 artwork had. Doesn't mean it's worse, but I do feel it shows the change of energy from past years to now from high-energy to just needing a break.

Last year, I ended on a note about pulling out of pursuing full-time art. Mostly due to realizing how terrible the art world currently is in terms of treating art as "content with value measured by numbers" (ugh...). Though since then, I've decided instead of fully withdrawing from art as a career I'd rather continue to pursue it as a part-time indie artist. Hey, art has always been a dream job after all. Even if I don't want to break into the industry as of now and things are pretty scuffed, I don't think I'd be happy with completely backing out either.

The bigger question now is... what now? I've made loose plans & goals for myself going forward, art-wise I still want to do comics pursue part-time work. But also, I don't really know what the future holds, and that terrifies me. And like last year & the year before it, I don't want to jinx it for myself. Most of my goals for next year are personal & more about continuing to get back on my feet post-college after scrambling and sinking. Some art related, some life related. I don't have to be shooting for the most perfect outcome, I just need to make sure I don't drown.

#art summary #art summary 2023 #2023 #2023 summary of art #summary of art #everstone art #rambles #also this layout was supposed to be jubeat-inspired but I gave up on the theming halfway through tbh

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Happy Holidays! Here's a pic of Jpeg and Risa having some hot chocolate together.

This pic was done for a Christmas collab hosted by Zoiby on Toyhouse!

You can check out the full collab over here! (Image link)

#human oc #shadow demon #holidays #christmas #everstone art #everstone ocs

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PC-Mania just updated!

Now off hiatus, Jade and Iri finally get to start looking for their new computer

#everstone art #comic #everstone ocs #pc mania

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based off that one steven universe meme (below)

#megaman #megaman x #rockman #rockman x #shitpost #oc #self insert #reploid oc #ik it's a shitpost but this kindof exchange w/Axl is plausable in both Io's fanon and actual canon lmfao

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I think it's about time to re-announce:

In terms of comics, while progress has been slower post-college I haven't stopped working on PC-mania & December 19th will be the next update 👀

for newer followers, PC-Mania is a short webseries about Jade and Iri needing to replace their PC after a freak computer accident. Fatigue prevented me from rebuilding a buffer, but I'm working on that + It's my 2024 goal to wrap it up

Landing page on my website:

the other note I'll leave is Dec. 19th will be a smaller update. I ended up getting sick this week & need to take time off from drawing (+ even so I'd rather not handle originals when I'm sickly).

Think of it as a few pages to say this project has a pulse, & I'm swapping to slower but bulkier updates afterwards (as I put it on my website; "it's done when it's ready").

#everstone art #comic #webcomic #pc mania #rambles

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Jpeg, and their unconventional roomate Risa w/both of them having been updated over the past 2 years I think it's about time they got a render together

#ocs #shadow demon #human oc #demon oc #everstone art #everstone ocs #I say demon though in this oc world Risa is considered a lesser imp

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9:15 Slushie out now!

A few shorts about the experience of going to the convenience store at night.

PWYW PDF now available on my itch page:

#everstone art #comic #indie comic #itch.io #slushie #this is very much inspired by the many gas station trips me & friends did during college to get slushies lol