Isat - Blog Posts
A wise man once said: if you hyperfixate on an RPG, make an RPG animation meme for it
I'm so normal about this game and this character!!!!!!!!!! <33333333
Do you think it was painful. Physically painful for the turning-into-a-star process to happen Because this is all I can imagine when thinking about it (I haven't been posting any of my art recently, oops, I haven't been having the energy- might make an art dump or smth-)
They can't go home.
you won't let them. You'll never let them.
You can't let them leave, let them leave you, can't be alone.
You don't
want to be alone.
...
not again.
Your hands shake, your body aches.
. . .
you can't attack them, you can't.
..gripping your dagger,
you fight
against the only one here
who truly deserves it
Did it have to be you?
Did it have to be you, who got everything I wished for?
The stars shine on us both from above, but the spotlight is on you, now.
Now you stand here in front of me, taunting me. The Universe's newest puppet.
And now... I will take back what you tore from my hands.
How do you miss something that can't even remember?
It doesn't seem possible, yet the pain remains. The longing.
The longing to go back, or at least to remember what it was like before.
...
The blood pours from your mouth, and your head is splitting in two.
...But you hear them calling for another encore.
All alone now, the stars seem dimmer.
Is this the end, finally?
Or is there even an end, after all this?
...
Are the stars watching, still? Are you watching?
. . .
Tell me,
Are you entertained yet?
hi chat im back on my bullshit
back at it again with more In Tears And Blood!!! fun fact The Traveler refers to themself as that because they genuinely Cannoy Remember Their Name half the time. but The Stars helps them remember <3
also bonus doodle. i hate The Stars sm theyre SO lame and pathetic and lame /aff
While the stars were still in ISAT, Did they have a loop helping them or not?
they did not :3
they were forced to go through their timeloop without a guide, without anyone to talk to. instead, they would talk to the Favour Tree. spending some time each loop to regain their thoughts and speak their mind aloud in order to organise the ever worsening mess of their mind. so when they were thrown into Traveler's world, when they finally had someone they could talk to, it almost dulled the pain of losing their family, if only for a moment.
Stars wants to do everything he can to help, to give Traveler that voice to talk to that he never had, but his broken mess of a self can only do so much good before it hurts them.
them talking to the Favour Tree is actually why they decide to stay there in Traveler's world!! that tree brings them a small semblance of comfort, of familiarity, like how a wounded animal clings to its final breath. they make it a place of comfort for both Traveler and themself :)
(given this is a swap AU between SAAP and ISAT, if basically swaps the "roles" of each world. the siffrin's swap places, but so do their celestial forms. instead of Siffrin, Loop, and Bigfrin, you get The Traveler, The Stars, and The Supernova :3 woudlve been funky to keep Loop around but ultimately i decided against it)
Waugh! In love with your AU I am so curious tho in the first post I saw you mentioned that The Stars often convince The Traveler to not talk abt their problems with their party and Im really curious on how that would go?
Like can the Stars read the Traveler's mind? Or do they force a loop? This concept consumes me what a novel idea! Love your drawings too by the way.
alright so
Stars, technically, cant do anything to force Traveler to not tell their party. he doesnt have that sort of control over them. instead, its more that he is insistent that telling them is a catastrophic idea, that them knowing will ruin everything.
(and in his defense, the one loop his family all learnt the truth was the last loop they ever existed for.)
and Traveler doesnt have the energy to argue. theyre already exhausted just from existing, let alone looping over and over, so they just concede. there were a couple loops where they did spill the truth, but those moments were reset before anything could actually come of them, similarly to in ISAT's sus quest.
The Stars' own paranoia ends up controlling The Traveler, whether they mean for it to, or not.
also to add: Traveler's thoughts of telling their party comes from how Loop tries to convince Siffrin to tell his friends in ISAT!! just a neat little tidbit for ya :3
(also also WAHHH im so glad youre enjoying this!! i wouldve drawn up smth for this ask but alas. i am So Very Ill rn. might make some sketches when im feeling better to better convey my thoughts)
Loopquest! Loopquest! Loopquest!
Is there loopquest?
Or should I say
Star quest
there is infact a starquest!!
it plays out pretty similar to loopquest, where they hang out all day, watch the party die to the king, and reset the loop, BUT. there is an added bonus:
Traveler figures out that Stars is an alternate Siffrin.
granted its not like. super hard to gather lmao- but their dynamic changed pretty substantially afterwards because of it :3
also Stars initiates the friendquest bc hes lonely, given that Traveler usually loops back into the house instead of in Dormont (see: SAAP gameplay) , and Traveler accepts it bc theyre so tired of the repetitive nature of their loops. so they hang out and ignore their problems for a little bit :]
I'm so curious about your in stars and blood au!!!
I have so many questions!!! Like, did bigfrin get out of the loops or did they do something different in the final act. Did loop still make the "i want help" wish in this au? How do the people of dormont not see bigfrin? Can they not see them, or are they like, hiding from view behind the tree or something?
Now I have the image of very obviously hiding behind the favor tree while the fighter is near lol :3.
WAHH OKAY SO
Yap inbound
- The Stars is from a bad ending of ISAT act 5 where his family couldnt calm him down in time and he accidentally destroyed the world. he was brought into the SAAP world through a mix of the Universe upholding his wish and a cry for help from the Traveler
- The Traveler makes a couple wishes throughout the story!! one of them is a wish for change, which is what brings Stars in, and the other super important one is in this au's equivalent of act 5, where they wish everything to stop, temporarily freezing the world and causing them to start transforming into ISAT Loop, just like how ISAT sif turns into Bigfrin!!
-Stars isnt usually as big as i drew them in the comic lmao- most of the time they sit at around 3-4x Traveler's size, but grow with strong emotion. they usually hide in the leaves of the Favour Tree but have been spotted on occasion. most of the time its harmless and just leaves the witnesses with a splitting headache (see: the colour red) but. if that person happens to be one of Traveler's party, then Stars will force a loop to make them forget they ever saw him. this has happened at least twice with the Fighter
- i HAVE to draw that now thank you so much for putting that visual into my head lmao-
woagh isat au,,,,,, no way,,,,,,,,,,,
This is what im calling the "In Tears And Blood" au, which swaps the roles of Siffrin and Loop!! instead of ISAT siffrin getting a guide through Loop, SAAP Siffrin gets a guide through Bigfrin, renamed to The Stars!!!
character profiles below:
ill throw more of this au around once i have art for it bc i have. many thoughts and ideas :3
pretty <3
I love these sillies dearly <3 adoption!! (CONCEPT BY @rarely—motivated :D)
3 years (/dra) late, but heres part 1 of my @isat-secretsanta-2024 for @crows-sorrows !!!!!!! i absolutely adore post-canon sif exploration <3 (also bonnie is there too bc they Can)
had a vision
No shade but when I read that Siffrin is wearing jeans in fanfics this is what i envision
TFW you and your friends have a convo that's way too in character
@brinara @lunaartblog
Make A Wish
(ID: a monochrome drawing of Siffrin from In Stars and Time as a snow leopard with star shaped spots. Siffrin wears a pointy hat and a white cloak around their shoulders. Siffrin is floating in space curled partially around a pointy star that is floating slightly above his paws. the star gives off it's own light source which gives siffrin two layers of shading; a midtone and a darker tone. slightly transparent circles surround siffrin and the star, with the circles centering arounf the star. a few transparent diamonds and four point stars float above the star aswell. siffrin has tears coming from his eye, which float upwards. the background is solid black and speckled with small dot stars. siffrin's lineart is outlined with white all the way around. end ID)
I FINALLY WROTE SOMETHING.
I haven't posted to AO3 in... *squints eyes* 4+ years??? But I finally got off my ass to finish a fic, even if it is just a one-shot.
✨ Shout out to the ISAT hyperfixation and its awesome community to finally motivate my lazy ass to finish a fic and not just leave another draft rotting in the pile of unfinished stories. ✨
Oh look! It's the game I've been obsessing over for more than a month straight. (quality should be higher if you click on the image)
So, I was allowed to add the ISAT cast into my friend's D&D campaign (I'm assisting her, like a co-DM). And originally I was going to just use their sprites from the game...But then I thought "But wait, what if they have to be in color?"
So I had an excuse to learn how to draw them all! Here's the monochrome versions first (Yes Bonnie is a part of the team too, I just haven't drawn them yet!):
And then here's the colored versions below:
Now, I tried to make sure everyone had a distinct color on them (Purple on Mirabelle, red on Isabeau, yellow on Siffrin, and blue on Odile) So hopefully it looks okay!
I'd love to ramble on about the races I chose for them, what classes and so on, but that might clog the post so I'll refrain!
A couple doodles + A full piece!
(Featuring a self-insert, just in case it's not someone's cup of tea)
How it probably felt for Siffrin when I played (This went on for several loops):
And a funny just because I enjoy the meme
And lastly, the full piece!! (I'm super proud of this one, I never draw backgrounds poses like this and I a a a a a a aa a)
[TOLD YOU I'D LEARN TO DRAW HER WHEN I STOPPED BEING A COWARD!]
HJHJHSJDJKHDKGSGSJHDSHJGDJHDGHJDJHSBJHSBDJ,,,,,
I love her
Okay so I gotta screech about something for a moment
I beat ISAT (In Stars and Time) just the other day- FANTASTIC game!! Good god it is the best game I've played in ages. Please, if you like RPGs, time loops, amazing characters and puns, give this game a shot!! (Though do read the warnings of course, like with any game)
But there is one character in particular I'm typing about today (Do not get me wrong, I adore ALL of the characters! I quite literally do not dislike a single one!)
[Putting a Keep Reading thing so that I won't clutter people's boards]
☆ ODILE! ☆
I love her so, so much- Like, my friends could tell you, I would smile and giggle and have a wonderful time whenever another golden line from her would cross my screen. Writing? Fantastic. I have so many screenshots of her and interactions she has with the party,,
And I'mma be entirely honest! She's really pretty to me, I would love to give her a kiss if she let me!! She's funny, smug, sweet- What is there not to like with her for me? I can't entirely show too much without showing spoilers, so I'll keep it short for now.
But my god, have you SEEN her low-hp sprite?
WHAT A WOMAN!!!
(❁´◡`❁) As soon as I'm not a coward, I would love to learn how to draw her,,,
Watching From Afar, Always Some Side-Character No One Cares to Search for...
There wasn't really a plan for this drawing that I had in mind. I was just messing around with this one. I felt like having a painter-y vibe for this. It gave me a lot more freedom than what I usually have. It was just a lot fun to do! I tried to figure out how the shadows would work, but I'm not too sure if they look right. For the light source for Siffrin, let's just say that the moon was really bright on this night and not that I put it there for no specific reason. I know that the game's art is black and white monochrome, but I wanted to use a purple monochrome instead. I had a lot of fun figuring out what hues to use.
Anyhow, here's the version without the air brush and here's the sketch concept:
Look! You can even see some birds and sailboats!
I liked drawing the birds. They were fun.
Okay, bye!
Edit: Today, I wrote my first ISAT fanfic on AO3! The writing in it flows a lot better than the writing in my posts, I promise. Check it out here: A Flowery Confession.
This is just a doodle I did of Siffrin in a cute outfit.
Waiting For Your Replacement
(Warning: This post contains content that has major spoilers for the secret ending of the game In Stars and Time)
This was a complicated drawing for me to make. I could only use three layers for this, so the line art had to be all in one layer. The bottom layer was the background color and Loop's color. The middle layer was Siffrin's color at 50% opacity. Honestly, the hardest part was doing Siffrin's color because Siffrin's line art is so muddled within Loop's line art. Of course, it didn't help that I decided to give them laced-up boots, but, in my defense, laced-up boots are just cool!
I also duplicated this drawing twice and changed it to just show Loop and Siffrin separately.
I really like how they turned out! Throughout the drawing process, I honestly couldn't tell if they looked good. It was in the ugly stage until I finished it. These two versions of the drawing have given me great relief because I can see that I did a good job drawing Loop and Siffrin.
You might notice that the background of the Siffrin version is a bit different. Since I was limited to three layers, I had to take out Loop's color layer.
....Which also included the background color, so I had to redo it on Siffrin's color layer. I should also mention that I actually redid the character line art on a different layer. I used two different colors for the original line art, and just erasing that thoroughly would've been a nightmare. Besides, I had to change Siffrin's line art to black anyway. I then erased the original character line art so that the background line art remained. Considering how shaky the tree's line art was, I didn't want to redo it.
Anyhow, that's all I've really got to say about this drawing. Despite this drawing containing spoilers for the secret ending, I still haven't gotten it nor seen what happens. I just know the basic gist. So, please refrain from sharing with me specific spoilers about it.
And on a somewhat unrelated note, this week I actually brought home the Siffrin bobblehead I made. I might post a picture of it here. But eh, it doesn't really look good. The clay looks wonky in places, though that is to be expected for my first time using it. The hair is the worst part because my art teacher left my bobblehead to dry before I fully finished it. But whatever, it's fine. It's kinda cute.
Anyhow, before I find a way to make this post longer, bye!
Locked in Eternal Battle
Transcript: You can do this forever...
My favorite part of my art process is the color. Color can bring a piece to life, make it feel full. But...
It's hard to do that with a character that's just black and white! Since I've been mostly drawing Siffrin, my usual coloring process has become boring. Though, on the plus side, this makes me want to experiment more. I've been messing around with the tools in my art app (Infinite Painter) during my art process recently. That's how I got this piece. I used one of the charcoal tools for the shadows. I think it's called Glazed Vine. I don't remember what tool I used for the values on the cloak. It might have been the same tool, but I think it was different.
With using absolute black for Siffrin's design and the background, I had to outline the blacks with thin white line art. Though, with the lines being so thin, they were somewhat translucent. Whenever I had to use multiple strokes for a connected line, you could see everytime I lifted up my stylus. I tried to fix this by inking the lines multiple times. That fixed the problem, but that made the lines way too bright. So I looked at one of the lines that didn't need multiple attempts of line art, and I used my color picker on the line to get a light gray. Then I used the light grey to redo the bright white line art, and viola. Problem solved!
I had difficulty figuring out the pose and anatomy for this artwork. I probably should have searched up a reference, but meh. I think it turned out pretty good, anyways. I think I struggled with making the feet look like they're touching the ground, though. I suppose there could be more anatomy mistakes, but hey! Siffrin's cloak does a fantastic job at hiding any mistakes I could've made. Speaking of the cloak, I really like how it turned out! I think I did a good job with the cloak folds.
And that's basically all I have to say about this piece. Though, I want to mention that, for some reason, it's easier for me to draw anatomy and poses on paper than on my phone. I don't really know why that is. Maybe it's because I have more surface to draw on with my sketchbook?
Anyhow, I'll go ahead and add the initial sketch and a screenshot of my artwork in the middle of the coloring process.
I was originally planning on this piece being about Siffrin sacrificing himself for their friends, but I ended up changing that. I also had to change the hands. You can see that the hand holding Siffrin's dagger is wrong.
I added the mid-color screenshot because I just think it looks cool. It kinda reminds me of something that Julia from Drawfee would paint.
Yawning Siffrin
I originally drew this in my sketchbook. I wanted to practice drawing anatomy. I think it turned out rather good. (I'm surprised at how well the hands and legs turned out!) The clothes are my version of the clothes Siffrin wears underneath his cloak, by the way. I didn't want to draw the cloak because it would cover most of the anatomy.
Other than the anatomy, I really like how the hair turned out! I've been drawing it to be fluffier. And longer. I didn't feel like drawing the black parts of their hair. Maybe this version of Siffrin has decided to grow out their hair to be darkless.
This drawing is difficult to see fully on mobile, so I'll put it next to the sketch below to make it smaller. That's the only way I know how to change its size. If you click on it, you can see it fully.
Hopefully that works.