#lofam 5

[blogofyolo]

LOFAM 5 ACT 2 - COVER ART

recently i had the opportunity to contribute to the new lofam so i thought i'd share the album covers i did here! (with commentary)

starting off with probably my favorite cover art for what might be my favorite song: sburban juxtaposition. the track is so good i basically drew the whole cover while listening to it on loop. coloring the meteors was a lot of fun too. rose's pose is actually inspired by miles' leap of faith from spider-man: into the spiderverse (the spiderverse movies have consumed me ever since i saw atsv in theatres, it can't be helped).

next up we have celestial company. the track is very relaxing, i figured it would make sense to replicate that feeling in the art itself through adding pleasant shades of blue to skaia and john's hood. i also added a yellow spirograph for contrast. i think it worked out pretty well!

sunbumper! a very upbeat and energetic jade track. there's two cool things about this image: one thing is a rather obvious nod to the neverending story, while the other thing is hidden in plain sight. it's a reference to outer wilds, i'll say this much.

caliborn's lament. look. i couldn't not jump at the opportunity to draw art for a song that adapts act 6 act 6 act 4. i just love caliborn, and that's all there really is to say on the matter. his comically sad face is probably the best thing i drew for this project.

karkat loses his mind and learns holy c. i tried a different style for this one, since it's for a song referencing templeos. editing the logos and all was a really funny experience. there's also this Pleasant Hoofbeast Drawing, which i never really got to use:

maybe it'll turn out better this time is a title that immediately reminded me of the retcon. in the cover art, i decided to highlight how the joy of the post retcon timeline almost completely overshadows the suffering of characters that we actually followed for years. idk, replacing these guys with slightly different versions of them always felt weird to me.

aaaaand that's it! hope you guys enjoyed these covers (and the lengthy commentary) just as much as i enjoyed making them :3

#homestuck #lofam #lofam 5 act 2 #land of fans and music #land of fans and music 5 act 2 #lofam 5 #cover art #art #music #digital art #fanart #homestuck fanart #hom3stuck #john egbert #roxy lalonde #karkat vantas #caliborn #jade harley #hoofbeast #lil cal #becquerel #rose lalonde

[circlejourneyart]

Maybe it'll turn out better this time: A love letter to all the joy and sorrow that this story has given me

(Art by @blogofyolo)

Here's the first of two tracks I had on Land of Fans and Music 5 Act 2, which came out two days ago! I'm dedicating this one to @utopianparadoxist, who wrote the post that made this track appear in my mind in such blinding clarity I couldn't stop making until it was done.

I also have some extended commentary about this one--it's more important to me than I give it credit for.

When I finished reading Homestuck, I was...disappointed. That disappointment morphed gradually into disgust as I watched schisms violently open in the fandom following the Epilogues and Homestuck^2, and in the process I felt like I'd lost something.

I kept thinking that maybe, if I just read the comic again, it would turn out different. Maybe it'd be the story I'd once loved and it would fill me with breathless wonder again. Maybe it'd be better.

But earlier this year, a post by uP crossed my dash after he'd disappeared from my periphery for well over a year. He was outlining his plans surrounding Pumpkin Path, a story he's writing that runs adjacent to the Epilogues and (eventually though not yet?) gives these characters the futures they've earned.

And I realised...the way I'd been thinking about it, that's not how it works, y'know? It's not the story that has changed: it's my heart, my relationship with it. And the best thing I could do was take what this once-beloved story gave me and make something new with it. And that's what many people have done in the wake of Homestuck's end: we've all gone off and made new stories, for which this long-beloved comic was an undeniable progenitor.

It reminded me of a certain recurring motif in the comic itself. Every time the universe resulted in a corrupt or barren session, the players...well, they rebooted it. They left the old universe behind, and started a new one, billions of years all over again just to see where it would go this time.

There was no use in searching for the story that used to be, because it was me that had changed.

You may as well leave that old universe behind and start a new one from scratch.

This is the idea that seeded the above track, and it caught me off guard, because it was the first Homestuck music I had made in more than two years--after I thought I'd sworn it off for good. And then, two days later, Maybe it'll turn out better this time was done. (Two days is, by the way, a very short time for a track to emerge.) It was a small, silly, wonderful little thing, a sapling in the ashes, that proved to me that things could change.

But beyond my track, the entirety of LOFAM5A2 feels especially so. It's a startling breath of fresh air that emerged from so much genuine joy and excitement. I'm happy I got to contribute even just a little work to it and I really, really hope that the fandom sees it for all that went into it. An UMSPAF manager once said that my music always sounds hopeful, but it was never intentional until this one. Thank you to everyone who's made good art that has inspired others in turn, you create life with your own hands.

#homestuck #homestuck music #lofam #lofam 5 act 2 #my music #Bandcamp

[fatuousscribbles]

The LOFAM 5 Act 2 (@unofficialmspafans ) Album finally dropped yesterday, so I'm posting the art I made for the track "Puppeteer", by (Thomas Ferkol / eidolonorpheus on Soundcloud)!

Go listen to it!!

#my art #homestuck #hs #art thingy #lofam 5 act 2 #dirk strider #ultimate dirk #bro strider #unofficialmspafans #lofam

[unofficialmspafans]

One week left to submit most songs

Hey everyone!

I want to give a quick update with some more specifics on the schedule for LOFAM 5 Act 2 submissions. 

The deadline for submitting original songs and nominations with time for revision is July 7, a week from now. You may submit a WIP if there is enough substance to convince us that the song will be complete and ready by August 7, which is the deadline  to finish accepted tracks. 

The July 7 deadline time for revisions and final versions of tracks. After that date, we may accept some completely finished tracks on a case-by-case basis, but there will not be time for revision and it will be harder to get things on the album. 

Song submission form here

Soon, we will be sending out confirmations for accepted tracks and beginning to work on track art! We have about 100 submissions and will send out an open call for artists if we can’t meet demand with those already on the team, so stay tuned! 

#umspaf #homestuck music #homestuck fan music #homestuck #lofam #lofam 5 act 2

[artatruc]

4th track art for LOFAM 5 act 2 with all the kids! Fun fact when i picked the music to make the track art for it, it was a wip so i didn't know the song wasn't actually 3mins long but in fact 10 minutes long or even that there was going to be vocals so when i first heard the full thing during the live i went "damn the song's wip was already a banger and perfect but now it's somehow 100x more a banger and perfect"

#homestuck #hs fanart #homestuck fanart #lofam #jade harley #john egbert #dave strider #rose lalonde #jane crocker #dirk strider #jake english #roxy lalonde

[achrananth]

The track art I made for Galactic Incoherence: Cosmic NaN Propagation by @lordcakespy, for LOFAM 5 Act 2. This track is an awesome journey to listen to, I encourage you all to check it out!

#homestuck #lofam #monckatart #jade harley

[selanpike]

~~ LOFAM 5 ACT 2 IS HERE!! ~~

I did some track art for it! Shockingly, one of them isn't even a carapace!!!

The album is so, so good! Please go listen to it!

#homestuck fan music #umspaf #midnight crew #diamonds droog #spades slick #john egbert #mspa #homestuck #art #fanart #digital #csp

[metianull]

hey. LOFAM 5 ACT 2 IS OUT.

before you do anything, click the damn link. or not, im sorry. im working on it.

YOU GUYS! its OUTTTTTUH its out its out its out!!!! OVER *99* TRACKS FEATURING *69* "HOMED STUCK" MUSICIANS COMING STRAIGHT FROM BANGER-TOWN TO BE DELIVERED RIGHT INTO YOUR EARHOLES! yueah whatever this thing is awesome I GOT FUCKING COVER ART DRAWN FOR MY MUSIC WHATTTT!!!!! AND I GOT TO HELP DRAW STUFF FOR SOMEONE ELSE AS WELL!!!! this was so much better than i coudlve ever wished for as a first dip into the fanmusic scene.... i really think a lot of talented people came together to make something awesome and it WORKED!!!! the amount of bangers this thing holds is insane, i swear on fucking eeverytuihng that is holy, go listen to it. if you like ANYTHING about homestuck, there's something you will like, 100%. YOU CAN WATCH THE LIVE STREAM WITH CHAT REPLAY HERE

#homestuck fan music #umspaf #homestuck #fan music #my music #lofam5a2 #Land of Fans and Music 5 Act 2 #Bandcamp

[sw4nfire]

art I've done for lofam 5 act 2 frogeater and slow dancing in the clockwork hall check it out on bandcamp and while you're at it peek at the commentary booklet for awesome commentary

#homestuck #home22tuck #dave strider #aradia megido #myarttt

[churro-lord]

Yippie!!! Lofam 5 act 2 just dropped! I was lucky enough to be able to do the track art for Moonslayer, it was super fun to work on ^u^

Tysm for letting me contribute :D!!

Commissions | Ko-fi

#homestuck #dirk strider #churrolordart

[ender--slime]

i had the honor of getting to draw track art for the latest @unofficialmspafans album, LOFAM 5 a2!!

this one is for “Light in the Darkness” by SplitSuns!

thank you to the whole team!! i’ve been such a big fan of UMSPAF for a long time and having my name on one of the albums is just bonkers surreal :,)

my first track art is here!

track and art commentary under the cut!

Unfiltered version

#enderslimeart #homestuck #homestuck art #homestuck calliope #umspaf #lofam #land of fans and music

[jarleypeno]

My contribution to LOFAM Act 5 Act 2, for track 21, Fright Rush by gh0stcr33p.

Homestuck has had such a massive impact on my life and it means a lot to me that I could contribute to such a rad project. Please check out the full album, it's massive and filled to the brim with so much talent and love for this silly webcomic.

For the track art, I wanted to draw something reminiscent of video game box art, some sort of Ghosts n Goblins or Castlevania-esque game. The characters aren't from anything in particular, just something you might see a character playing in the background. =]

#homestuck #hiveswap #lofam #my art #Bandcamp

[aradia-with-geese]

Something i wrote for LOFAM vol 5 that didn't make the cut

happy 413 ::D

#analog synth #music #vgm #homestuck #happy 413 #homestuck 413 #413 #john egbert #flare

[unofficialmspafans]

One more day for submissions!

Don’t forget, there’s just one more day to submit songs for LOFAM 5 Act 2! 

Song submission form here

#homestuck #homestuck music #lofam #homestuck fanmusic #umspaf #lofam 5 act 2

[artatruc]

Another track art for a great LOFAM 5 act 2's music, i had so much fun with it (also kinda want to make stickers of the bottom right Davesprite and put it everywhere)

#davesprite #homestuck #hs fanart #homestuck fanart #lofam

[meraki-sunset]

Hi Meraki, about the last update, could I have the song used for it? It was incredible by the way!!!

Sure! the names of the songs used are :

A War of One Bullet from Land of fans and music volume 1 and Showtime [End Strife Remix] from Land of fans and music volume 2

Land of Fans and music is a series of albums made by homestuck fans, with the homestuck vibe, along with other similar albumes dedicated to the ancestors, the guardians and problem sleuth songs there are free to use as long as they aren't used for comercial purposes. i always listen to them, here are some links to the albums:

LOFAM 1

LOFAM 2

LOFAM 3

LOFAM 4

LOFAM 5

#homestuck #homestuck au #csau extra