16-Jul-20 – [ Regarding my return: No, your eyes do not decieve you! After more than half a year of a hiatus I have decided to come back!! Drawing these is simply too much fun to pass up on, so here I am! Guess I got some explaining to do. :O

The reason why I went away to begin with was because of some high uncomfortability I experienced with my new residence and studies (it, among many other more personal factors, included some serious water damage from a busted water pipe in my appartment). There was quite a lot to keep up with at the time, so I had to stop and put it down, or else I would fall behind – but matters have been cooling down a lot lately. It might be because of the summer break, but I’m generally a lot more comfortable now – studies, neighbours and workload, so picking back up the ol’ pencil shouldn’t be so stressful anymore ^{^} – That being said -

Regarding my future on Derpibooru: My comeback is very unprecedentedly sudden, and my long hiatus sadly doesn’t bring an epic backlog of content that I can immediately share with you. Going forward, it is very important to me, that maintaining my studies and keeping up socially is put above working on the next big thing, which means that an upload schedule is impossible to follow and uploads will be infrequent (Not that they weren’t before). I will also refrain from making promises for future uploads (It breaks my heart not to follow through), however, I’m certainly not shy to discussin’ ideas and/or feedback. Those are the criteria needed for me to continue.

Now, this all sounds very serious and moody, so allow me to mention how absolutely awesome you all have been. Reading back some of the messages and feedback you’ve sent me makes me positively joyous! You are the absolute standalone reason for my return, and that is no easy feat. Truly thank you. Sharing has been such a great experience, through and through.

Now that all of this has been said, let me write down a few notes about the actual picture above ;) ]

• It features the whole team of the original six with RD as the lounging centerpiece and the rest scattered around the picture doing their own thing.
  A lot of experimenting with harsh screenlighting went on here, where the most challenging thing to render somewhat properly in light were RD’s pants, and I don’t even know why. Good LORD.
  All in all, I had fun coming up with poses and things for the characters to do.

Let me know if you are interested in more ‘sketchy’ uploads featuring concepts and ideas instead of whole compositions with coloring and lighting. It could be interesting

Once again, thank you for being around :) It’s an absolute pleasure!

As always; there will be an alternative version of this picture shortly ;)

(If I snatched yer’ attention I’ve got an alternate account on DeviantArt: BlasphemyroseDA)

- Blasphemyrose signing off.