Im Getting This Done! Yep! *puts On Serious Face*

I’m getting this done! Yep! *puts on serious face*

As promised (though a little sooner than I planned, but I'm bored), here's the behind-the-scenes look at Dipper's mindscape!

Dipper's mind probably went through the most iterations. Even though I have a good grasp on how he thinks, it was tricky deciding exactly how his thoughts should manifest. Initially it was a topsy-turvy library, but I couldn't figure out how to write that, and so as some of you may recall I went with a creepy ancient forest. Hence, here's the 'establishing shot' for that idea:

It's one of my favorite atmospheres, but it just wasn't working; I'd tried to try a slower pace but it just ended up dragging instead, prompting the rewrite in the first place. Once again, I was torn between the library and forest ideas-- only to realize I should just combine them! Problem solved. With that figured out, things went a lot more smoothly.

I couldn't just not include a couple references to Bill, though in reading one is not nearly as clear as the other. Having a map really helped me keep track of the challenges and environments Raz encounters, and I'm glad the little creature (which I call an Anxiety) that started out as a doodle ended up being pretty important, but we'll come back to that. ;3

After everything was written up and figured out, I was able to do this 'establishing shot', which I think is a pretty vast improvement over the first one:

(I discovered a new brush that did a lot of the textures in here; I wasn't aiming for perfection, just the basic idea, so it worked well).

Dipper's mind is the only one that features a real 'boss battle', starring this guy:

It ended up being a lot more fun to write, and hopefully more fun for you guys to read, and hopefully this art is neat too! Next time will probably focus a lot more on the kids, so stay tuned, and thanks for reading!

I need to do some doodles of these kids. Any suggestions?

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Still working on things, including a revamp of the first fic! I've got some good ideas I'm working on that will hopefully make it even better; just working out the details and doing lots of sketching!

I'm even working on doing memory vaults for the kids, which has been pretty interesting so far; hopefully I make some progress on that and have something to show you guys soon. ^^

Anyway, something I've been wondering though-- would it be easier to read on a different website? I know there are a few places to post fanfiction, and I figure if you can click a readmore you can handle a link; the advantages I foresee of being on a different site is that it'd be easier to read and have better formatting, things like that. I might be able to keep it in fewer parts too, but we'll see. Anyway, I guess what I'm asking is whether you guys think it's a good idea and would still read it on a different site, and if so, are there any you'd recommend?