I'm superhiki (aka hiki) I work constantly. My instagram and AO3 are all also superhiki! Shoot me a message and add me on telegram/discord! I'll be hanging out here for other fandom things in the meanwhile.
I got a request from @i-want-my-iwtv for Louis de Pointe du Lac in garters, licking a lighter~ He’s looking very cute in some green garters and stockings.
This was fun! The FC this time was to be inspired by Megan Fox and imagine she had a doppelganger older brother. Anyway, hope y’all enjoy.
💕*💕*💕*💕*💕*You're one of my absolutely favorite artists in VC and your artwork always makes me smile, even the darker stuff you draw. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND PLEASE KEEP IT UP 💕*💕*💕*💕*💕*
This means so much to me, thank you so much for sharing.
VC brought me so many wonderful things in life: confidence, friendships, and really ridiculous vampires. Making art for it is the least I can do.
I’m looking forward to making more for everyone-! I want to encourage people to reach out to fic writers in this fandom and say thanks too, so if you read this please take a moment and leave a comment on something you’ve read recently!
Three years worth of art summaries! My work has become less varied because the time I do have for art usually goes to a secret project but I think my color usage has become much richer. My hands look WAY better and more in a “style”
I know it’s a little late but you wanted something with Armand, Marius, Daniel and Pandora (I forgot how does Gregory look like, so he’s not included LOL sorry). So thinking that ypu seem to be in a cruise right now, @i-want-my-iwtv and I thought about some nautical inspired thing, and I decided to go for one of those fashion editorials with nautical style, red. navy and red, and a lot lf stripes.
Hope you like them!!
(Mod note: this substitute Santa filled in on short notice for a Santa who was unable to complete their gift, we are super appreciative!)
So, this isn’t a thing I complain about that often because I don’t really let it bother me too much, but it’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN so I’m going to encourage you all to adopt “LEAVE MORE AO3 COMMENTS” as your New Years’ Resolutions.
For me, I write fic for myself for fun, and I have a target audience of like, two people who are my muses. (They are @yureiyume and @superhiki LMAO!) So when I’m writing, I’m thinking about them reading my fics, and if they like it I’m happy.
But not everyone has that! And I remember what it was like being a young fic writer when I started out and just being so desperate for feedback.
Because honestly, it’s seriously discouraging that it seems like the harder I work on a fic, the less anyone gives a shit. LOL. And I didn’t have this tiny support system, I probably wouldn’t even bother, to be honest.
I know VC fandom isn’t really overflowing with fic anyway, so I’m really scraping the bottom of the barrel hoping for any type of engagement, but I think we can do better. And we’re never going to get MORE fic out of more people if the fic scene isn’t thriving.
Like, I’ve started writing VLD fic and the response has been awesome. People have been so welcoming and friendly. But the thing I’ve noticed is that all the friends I’ve made in that fandom and all the people leaving comments are ALSO WRITERS. So that’s cool, we got a little network of fic writers to support each other. I guess VC just doesn’t have that because there aren’t enough of us.
And I’ve been guilty of this, too, mostly because I don’t really even read VC fic LOL. I have a really specific dynamic I want to read about and it seems like no one wants to write it, which is why I felt like I had to write it myself.
But still.
Here’s some stats on my longest VC fics, with the assumption that being longer means I worked harder on them. (The Lotus Eater and So Falls the World each took three months to write, for example.)
Comment threads means how many people left a comment.
So The Lotus Eater? 24k, took me three months, got 8 comments. And 1944 hits. That’s 2% of people who opened my fic thought it was worth taking 30 seconds to leave me a comment. Thanks! 29 people thought it was good enough to bookmark, though!
Anyway so.
I’m not as salty as I sound, I swear. I see posts like this a lot and I don’t reblog them because it’s not something that personally bothers me. Like I said, I have my own tiny support system that keeps me going.
But not everyone is like me.
SUPPORT FAN CREATORS.
When you participate in fandom it’s often a matter of enjoying fan content more than the canon, spending extra time with it, creating a sense of community. If you wanna lurk and enjoy the fanworks, that’s great! But fuckin let the creators know, every now and then, that you appreciate them. Otherwise this shit’s all gonna wither and die and you’re gonna be left there wondering why your fandom dried up.
ALSO PSA: YOU CAN LEAVE ANON COMMENTS ON AO3, IT DOESN’T MAKE YOU SIGN IN TO LEAVE A COMMENT.
LEAVE MORE COMMENTS.
Also, I have some invites if you want one. Please DM me ! :)
