Raft

Well, to put it as simply as I can, it is Minecraft on water. That is only partially bound by the grid. In Raft, you are only bound by the grid with the actual buildings/raft. Oh, and any object that needs direct access to water to work. Like anchors, paint mill and similar. Furniture, plant beds and similar objects can be placed wherever you want them as long as they have a solid foundation underneath. You obviously can't place them on water. 

I have found the game rather recently and I absolutely had to have it. So I bought it from steam and I'm loving it. Like Minecraft, it has several difficulty options. I started on easy and then found out that you can get everything even on peaceful so I created a new world on peaceful (you can't switch difficulty on an existing world) and never looked back. Peaceful is the only one where the shark (yes, there is this annoying shark) doesn't eat your raft. It will still retaliate when you attack it (as will anything else) but nothing will initiate the attack. Peaceful simply makes it so much easier to gather stuff from the sea bed around the islands you happen upon. 

Smiling

Just a portrait I drew. Probably with a bit of help from some youtube video or other. And I'm also pretty sure it is done with a colored pencil. It doesn't seem to be a graphite pencil. But it's hard to tell from just the pic I took of the drawing. And I don't feel like pulling out the sketchbook it is in.

 

Encanto [2021]

 Yesterday I have finally watched Encanto. I mean, there are so many different theories on youtube I didn't want to watch without seeing the movie... But the premise of the movie just didn't speak to me so I was putting it off. And yesterday I finally had some spare time after finishing Venom: Let there be Carnage. So I bit the bullet and I have to say that as much as people are saying they enjoyed it, there just was too much music and singing. I don't mind (and even enjoy) the occasional song in a movie but this was just too much and to me, it just felt like it totally broke the narrative. I'm not saying it should have been completely song-less, but sometimes, less is more. 

I also didn't enjoy the main character - Mirabel. Honestly, Bruno was much more interesting. For at least half of the movie, he was just shrouded in mystery. And we weren't sure if he was the villain or not. At least that's what it felt like to me. But Mirabel, that's the usual case of a girl who doesn't fit saving the world (or family in this case). And in the end, there wasn't a villain at all! And I just think it needed one. I did finish the movie but it definitely wasn't my cup of tea. It was too plain. 

Or maybe I just watched it at the wrong time. Honestly, watching something like this right after finishing Venom 2? Probably not the best idea, but what else was I gonna watch... The other Marvel movies I want to watch are still only in kino-rip quality... So Encanto it was. 

And I was just disappointed. People are saying Encanto is better than Raja. Maybe. I didn't like Raja all that much either. Just, nope. I think I'm gonna just go back to my Chinese dramas. Right now that would be Demi-gods and semi-devils. And if I feel like it, I'll tell you about it when I finish it.

Share your thoughts about Encanto in the comments if you've seen it.

Bye!

~AnnElfwind

Written on the 11th of March, 2022

Archangel

I have started this years and years ago. And then finally I decided to finish it. It is a mix of markers and colored pencils. Hope you like it.

~AnnElfwind

Written on the 8th of March, 2022

 

No pic this week

 

Hey everyone.

So, today I'm not going to post a drawing. But! I wouldn't miss a posting. I've been posting every Wednesday for probably more than a year now. And I'm not going to miss that. Still, today won't be a pic. Even though it would be easy to post one. I just don't feel like it and just wanna write. I've been wanting to write a book review for a while now, but can't seem to force myself to. Even though the book was amazing and I had trouble putting it down. 

Honestly, I have a lot of things I want to write about, but I simply don't seem to have enough time. I blame Minecraft. Which I have finally succumbed to the lure of Curseforge and downloaded the client. Been running Minecraft through it ever since. Best decision I have ever made about the game. But I can't seem to stop playing and therefore I don't have the time to write that I would want to have. Someone stretch the day by at least 10 hours. Please. Thanks.

And that's it for today. Just me ranting about some things. Probably not too enjoyable to read but I needed to write this. So you will have to deal with it. I'll be posting more art starting next Wednesday. Look forward to it, kay?

~AnnElfwind