#fic writers i cannot recommend enough please make little artsy headers for the fics you post on tumblr

[demenior]

for something a little different, here’s a bunch of the ‘runner-ups’ in the stranger who was your self title card line up (plus the final version in the middle).

I really had no idea of what to do with this one going into it, other than the vibes I wanted was ‘kind of melencholy, but also hopeful’. Top left was the very first design I did and I like it a lot! But unfortunately it just felt very aesthetic and not at all tied to Eadwulf’s story.

From there I dabbled with the idea of using pictures of people- or parts of people (as seen in the top right)- and I liked the idea of trying to highlight Eadwulf’s black coat as a character piece as a big part of the story was inspired by the hashtag vibes of the Asha’man of the Wheel of Time series. This eventually led to the final design.

Bottom left was thrown together as ‘maybe?’ but upon finishing it just felt tacky.

Bottom right was nearly the winner, as I really liked the bared teeth on the dog with an open mouth like this, but ultimately I didn’t like the breed of dog to make it representitive of Eadwulf AND the final design had a bit more of the vibes I was going for and felt like a great blend of the aesthetic of Eadwulf being dangerous, but also his tender heart.

(also a reminder that we aren’t going to talk about the fact that the heart graphic is backwards bc i have the free canva account and theres only so much i can do lmao.)

#a life of little things series #the stranger who was your self fic #art is hard #my stuff #fic writers i cannot recommend enough please make little artsy headers for the fics you post on tumblr #i think it makes everything feel like a finished product so much #and makes it easier for people to visually see OH!! IT'S THIS FIC!! when it shows up in tags or on their dash #also its fun #i started making title cards for fealty 2 and found all of these #mazrim taim and eadwulf are twins in my head #i can't explain it but i read anything abt taim and im like: oh its eadwulf #when i try to picture eadwulfs face i go: thats just taim