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breezypunk · 4 months

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My sweet boy, I can't believe we made it another year, and I can't wait to do it again <3

template by @wanderingaldecaldo, ily ♥️

#cyberpunk 2077 #oc: vaughn leblanc #cp77 #cyberpunk 2077 photomode #templates #dailygaming #masc v #year review #from the drafts #-#we made it!#idk how but we did babes #I'm lucky to have this kiddo I really am

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ghostoffuturespast · 4 months

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Works In Progress 2023: A Cyberpunk 2077 Year In Review

I thought for a hot minute about doing one of those snazzy templates that’s been going around, but editing photos just ain’t my MO and rather than going by month I picked 12 favs that I’ve posted in 2023. Some of them were popular, some of them weren't. Overall, I think I did pretty good for just doing vanilla photomode on console.

You might be wondering why there's a picture of a sticky note. I don't remember when I started doing this, and I'm horribly inconsistent as you can see by the dates, but I'll jot down my word count for my wip chapter and then jot it down again when I remember to later.

I write slow. A lot of times I sit down to write and it feels like the wheels are spinning in place. My minutes and hours don't stretch very far, typically don't add up to much. But days, weeks, months. That's when I can at least measure the progress.

Fic: So It Goes 40/44 - 438,946 words

My V x River Ward and tinfoil hat conspiracy theory long fic. I've spent way more hours on this then I have on any of my VP.

I got tagged by @just-a-cybercroissant @therealnightcity and @wanderingaldecaldo to do some WIP Whenevers. I post my VP pretty regularly, so it’s always seemed silly to do work in progress posts for them, and I don’t know when I’ll have any new writing to share since in between work and the holidays, I haven’t had much time to sit down with anything since my last chapter update. And I've been feeling very... stingy, lately. Especially when it comes to mine and other people's writing. So take this WIP/Year In Review as my offering. Both these series, as am I, are all very much still works in progress.

I confined my reflections for this year below the cut. If you don’t want to read my long-ass essays, you can admire the pictures, maybe check out my fic, or just move along and have yourself a lovely day.

We’ll start with the easy one.

After at least a year of multiple playthroughs (I’ve played all the lifepaths, done all the endings), it only occurred to me at the beginning of this year to start taking VP. Part of the reason I never did before was because I didn’t realize it was a thing and then by the time I did, I figured I didn’t have much to offer. I play on PS5 and only have access to vanilla photomode, so seeing everyone else’s high-fidelity, ultra ray-tracing, modded, posed, full on virtual photo shoot photos, I was like there’s no way. (Not that I’m hating on PC modders, it’s just not everyone has access to mods or a PC capable of running the game, and I’m all for making art and creative endeavors accessible.) On top of that, all I’d ever heard from most other folks was how much vanilla photomode sucked. In the glamorous world of VP, I didn’t think there was any room for me.

But I started snapping pics anyway. And sure, there are a lot of limitations with vanilla photomode. But what that really translates to is opportunities to get creative. I am also a hoe for subverting people’s expectations, and very much believe when there’s a will, there’s a way.

Environmental and landscape shots were my first subjects before I started branching out into portraits and then capturing story moments. Through VP I found an entirely new way to enjoy a game that I’d already played a ridiculous number of times along with also finally being brave enough to share my V with other people too. I’d always worried about that before, if people would like her. Granted, I know Grandpa’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but whether you like her or not, I certainly think she’s made a name for herself over the past few months. Even if most people haven’t really gotten to know her the way I’d hoped.

I’ve taken hundreds of photos this past year. Most of which I’ll never share. There’s a lot of flops, a lot of weird experiments, ones that didn’t quite turn out the way I’d hoped, but I’ve learned something from every single one of them. I know how to spot good lighting, frame shots to create optical illusions, get a very limited toolkit to work in my favor, parkoured on all of the things, and heck, I even figured out how to make Grandpa smooch other NPCs. I’ve done atmospheric, mundane, down right goofy, as well as things that most people probably thought weren’t fucking possible.

I can’t say how long I’ll keep doing this, I’m sure I’ll move on at some point, but for now I’m still enjoying myself. There's a lot to explore in this game and I just can’t stop digging Night City.

Now, for the more complicated thing.

Writing

So It Goes… My peace, my war, my greedy and most ravenous of ghosts.

I’m operating under the assumption that most people following me here probably haven't read my fic or aren’t all that interested in reading it to begin with. It’s fine. But you need to understand this fic, my writing, is the main thing that brought me here. This is also Grandpa V’s story. Most of you have met her, but unless you've been reading, most of you do not know her.

I wrote around 185,000 words and posted 10 chapters this year. 2022 was about 253,000 words and 30 chapters, along with several unrelated one shots. However, I don’t think I’ve done a single chapter this year that was less then 10k, and my longest managed to hit 27k. As of the last update I posted, the fic is currently sitting at around 439k words, 40 chapters, and still isn’t done.

I have four more chapters to write. I have written a metric shit ton of words. This is, by far, the longest and most intense creative project I’ve ever endeavored to complete.

When I started writing, I was expecting this fic to be around 100-150k. That seemed to be the average for most long fics. I did not plan on being an outlier. I'm not sure you can ever really plan for that, but I guess I enjoy subverting my own expectations too.

For those of you who are reading my fic, it is my sincerest hope that it shatters every expectation of where you think it’s going. It’s not a joke that I tagged my fic “#an ode to my tinfoil hat”. An ode it has turned out to be. I’ve been sitting on this theory for two years. I have told no one about it. I hope it sticks the landing and hits the way I want it to. I don't know if it will. But fuck, I just want to be done with it so I can move on with my life, take a break, and give myself the opportunity to make and focus on other things before I have to get back on the damn horse.

I wrote less this past year then I did in 2022. I had a lot of life changes, most of which were good, but with times of change come times of adjustment. Along with some realizations that maybe you don’t understand as much as you thought you did. Looking back, I’ve been in a state of unsettled, kuzushi, for a really long time. Which is not a good place to be. It’s how your ass ends up on the ground with a knee knocking out all your teeth. I thought I knew better. Thought I had enough practice to get away from it. But bad habits have good memories.

I think given the circumstances, I accomplished a lot with my writing this year. I don’t know if my writing is exactly where I want it to be. I doubt it every will be, but it’s evolved, grown, and I wrote a pretty hefty stack of words considering I started working full-time again, bought a house with my partner, moved, and have been dealing with the millions of other beans that life tends to throw one’s way. That being said, and for full disclosure, I’ve also been dealing with some of the worst cases of jealousy and envy I’ve had since I was a teenager.

Frankly, it sucks. They walk with me every fucking where I go, hold my hands to whisper back all my doubts. Try to persuade me to my baser instincts, to be cruel and lash out. But that's not aikido. Luckily, I’m not 16 anymore so it’s at least been easier for me to identify the problem. Though I’m still coming up short in terms of actually being able to do anything about it, and will be for at least a few months more.

Yeah, I keep talking about it because I don’t know how many people know that I've been feeling this way. And I’m tired of not talking about it in a room full of creatives, because yeah, I know I’m not the only one that feels this way. And not talking about it just makes all that pent up resentment worse for everyone.

Don’t get me wrong, I love writing. But with the way I work and think, it’s a slow, tedious, and incredibly time-consuming art. With how much my fic has snowballed over the course of writing, it’s left very little room for the other hobbies in my life. And as my fellow writers probably already know, writing is an incredibly insular craft. And unlike a picture or an image, which only requires a glance, reading a bunch of words requires time and commitment.

So, when you put yourself out there and share what you wrote, it’s a lonely feeling not knowing whether or not anyone connected with what you put on the page. Especially, when the people who do read aren’t compelled to voice anything and when the people you’d hope would read don’t. And then you're stuck in the dark, not knowing, because neither of us says a goddamn thing.

I started writing this fic prior to actually joining the CP2077 fandom. And I joined the fandom because I felt alone. I’ve been here a while now, albeit in a few different places, and that feeling still hasn’t gone away. I’m still trying to find camaraderie with my fellow writers and carve out something that kinda sort of resembles a home or a sense of community. I watch my peers around me as they seem to build that with each other, except me.

I’m envious of the things that people make and jealous of the relationships those have created and fostered between said people, because for the life of me, it’s been a struggle to cultivate that since I got here. I know it’s selfish, but I also don’t know what about me makes people so hesitant. There have been a handful of strangers that have shown up for me regularly, but as far as people I call friends in this fandom that have shown up and actually stuck around, I can only name one right now. (I know we're all busy. And I acknowledge my writing's not for everyone. I know maybe some of you are quiet, or shy, or probably a thousand other things. I get it. But that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt any less. People will never know unless you say. Never know unless you take the time to interact or engage. Be brave. And that's true for a lot of things.)

The propensity is for the negative to outweigh the positive. I've got a lot of numbers on my fic, so you would think things would be fine, but at this point they just feel empty. They don't bring me any comfort or real satisfaction. And I hate feeling like the people I know don’t care and that most of you are just talking around me. That I’m some kind of annoyance not fit to interact with. Which may or may not be the case. I don’t know. Again, most of you have never said anything. And maybe I need to accept the fact that most of you never will.

But this is me trying to start conversation.

It’s really shitty, knowing that the thing I want the most is also the thing holding me back. I know how to work on it too, not that it’s any guarantee. The problem is I’m still writing and in a needy state of greed. And because I’m slow, I don’t have the time or the energy to be generous. I can only take right now. I can’t give.

Relationships require both.

I can’t bring myself to read other people’s writing. I can’t comment, or like, or share if I haven’t read anything. I'm desperate for conversation, but I also don't have the time or assurance to facilitate it with other people right now. And for some reason people never seem to want to talk to me, especially when it comes to writing. I want to be part of conversations, talk deeply with other people. But I can’t speak right now, I'm not in a place to offer generosity without someone first giving it to me.

And generosity and grace is what we all need.

Four more chapters and I hope my ghosts will finally let me read in peace.

#cyberpunk 2077 #2023 year in review #year in review #virtual photography #writing #from the top #fic: so it goes #long post #i can't guarantee a safe space but i can guarantee a brave space #if anyone's been feeling similarly and wants to talk about it my dms are open #the door's always open

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therealnightcity · 4 months

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11 months of cyberpunk (and one imposter)

I’d been a little nervous about posting this but finally just decided to go for it. I have improved over the year, even if it’s the first tentative forays into modding (or the realization that I could take vertical shots in vanilla if I was willing to tolerate the neck strain) and hoping I can continue to further improve over the coming year.

A big thanks to all of the people I asked for modding advice and who were so encouraging and let me talk their ear off about OCs—y’all are the real inspiration.

(Template credit goes to @pinkyjulien and the shots are all mine 🩷)

#year in review #my shots #cyberpunk 2077 #virtual photography #cyberpunk ocs #oc: hiro oda #oc: ares tanner #oc: avi kaiba #mr blue eyes #ofelia sirawian #judy alvarez #evelyn parker #with a guest appearance from Witcher 3 #I apparently didn’t take any cyberpunk shots in April #templates

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theviridianbunny · 5 months

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THEVIRIDIANBUNNY - VIRTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY 2023

TEMPLATE BY @wanderingaldecaldo -!!

As the end of 2023 draws near I have decided to fill in a fun template - showing some of my fave pieces of VP from each month of this year (you can see the full images under the cut) creating virtual photography has been something that has made me very happy this year - i've made so many wonderful friends through interacting with the fandom ((pssst @another-corpo-rat @halsin @heywoodvirgin @dustymagpie @fereldanwench @miss--river @wanderingaldecaldo @chessalein @imaginarycyberpunk2023 @chipped-chimera i'm talkin about y'all~ )) Anyway - enough of the soppy stuff - here's to 2024 and more vp - more blorbos and more happy yelling about the loml and lovl (love of viridian's life) <3

January - date night at corpo plaza 💌

February - playing dress up with Viridian ;u;

March - non sexual intimacy by beloved <3 just the blorbos sharing space - laying together after coming home from a gig

April - TWO MERCS IN A BD BOOTH - WHATEVER WILL THEY DO?? *eyes emoji*

May - *CLUB TROPICANA BY WHAM BLARES LOUDLY IN THE BACKGROUND*

June - Bunny's first NPV (in the form of @wanderingaldecaldo's Valerie Vermilion)

July - Viridian's birthday <3

August - moody after dark shot

September - TWO EX CORPOS WANDER INTO A BAR (featuring @imaginarycyberpunk2023's Macha)

October - Girls night @ lizzies (featuring @wanderingaldecaldo Val again!)

November - started to play around with props again - and the ACU mod - shot for my matrix au

December - love in full bloom (i mean- this is a november shot - but we are almost halfway thru december and i have no spoons for cyberpunk vp and probably wont until the new year - so we're callin it my shot for december <3 )

#bunny takes virtual photography #oc: viridian #jackie welles #otp: to this #valerie vermilion #macha #cyberpunk 2077 #cp2077 #wanderingaldecaldo #cyberpunk 2077 photomode #virtual photography #dailygaming #gamingnetwork #year in review

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imaginarycyberpunk2023 · 4 months

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OC: Vinnie Gallo & Macha Richter // one year of VP // 2023

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I'm emotional about this, of course. 2023 is the year I discovered VP and became part of this fandom.

I started my blog in December of 2022 and it was mainly a Viktor Vektor simp blog by then.

I was playing the game as Vinnie by this time; after I had done 4 full playthroughs, basically as variations of Macha (so fem corpo netrunners hahah) and I wanted to switch up my playstyle and also get to know the male voice actor. Hence: Vinnie. Never, in a million years, would I have expected what happened after that.

In January I started posting Vinnie on here and it's all been downhill from there - for my brainrot that is. It is not only well installed by this point, it has taken over big parts of my life.

BUT! The important thing is not the rot, or the VP or the re-found freedom in creating something that is so dear to me. I am going to be sappy, you have been warned, but if you are reading this far you already know where I am going with this and it will not surprise you. The important things are the friends I made along the way. I never thought that I could form connections like this, via a niche hobby, just through written words and pictures. Real love, being seen and seeing others, that is the true gift this year has given me and I will be forever grateful for it having this much of an impact on me and my life.

#cyberpunk 2077 #year in review #virtual photography #cyberpunk photomode #cyberpunk photography #personal #community appreciation

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dustymagpie · 4 months

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Close ups under the cut

#Cyberpunk 2077 #Esme Richards #Viktor Vektor #OTP: Knockout #year in review

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shyfrog-says · 6 months

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I FIGURED OUT WHAT’S WRONG WITH CYBERPUNK 2077'S MAIN STORY!!!

Aside from the obvious problem with the pacing, I mean:

They were trying to do a "Bioshock Infinite" where they SHOULD have been doing a "Fallout New Vegas."

In Bioshock Infinite, everything you see and do is kind of confusing because your character knows more than you do, but you feel like you kinda catch up at one point. Everything is intrinsically tied in to what you're doing and who you are, more or less, and the ending gives you a seemingly out-of-nowhere mindfuck of a twist that leaves you going "oh??? Okay i guess???"

Meanwhile, in Fallout New Vegas, it's all pretty simple: You're a courier. You got shot in the head. You survived. Go Get the motherfucker who did that. You are a nobody. You get looped into this massive shitstorm through sheer coincidence, and you make EVERYBODY regret it. The ending largely depends on your choices, but there isn't much in terms of a mindfuck twist because YOU ARE THE THING THAT NOBODY SAW COMING.

Cyberpunk 2077 tried to pull off a weird kind of intriguing, mysterious mindfuck situation with the relic's technology and the hopelessness of it all and cyberspace and Alt and construct technology and, even though you more or less choose the ending, it still almost always feels like you are at the mercy of your circumstances, like in Bioshock Infinite.

But you are a nobody. You got looped into a shitstorm by sheer coincidence. You got shot in the head. You spend a LOT of time, money, and energy making everyone else regret looping you into this. You are the twist that no one saw coming. The writers should have kept it like that and followed through with it throughout the story.

I'm not even necessarily saying the endings should be different, I'm just saying that the story should have followed the vibe of the game: V is an unstoppable beast who died and came back, and they are DONE with ALL of this shit. Just like the courier.

I guess what I'm saying is Cyberpunk 2077 should have taken itself about 15% less seriously.

#cyberpunk #cyberpunk 2077 #fallout #fallout new vegas #bioshock #bioshock infinite #game review #video games

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mynonsenseistingling · 4 months

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Template by @wanderingaldecaldo

In the last 12 months I managed to not only make, but post enough images to fill this out. Looking at these it's pretty clear that I like Neon Lights, Cars... and Megabuilding 12 for some reason.

I ended last year with the idea of doing a series of pseudo-magazine style photoshoots for the Vehicles Of Night City. Eventually I settled on just getting one good glamour shot. The addition of 2.0 update's Take Contol quickhack has been fantastic for this, since I can have V and the camera further away while the vehicle is running with the lights on.

Outside of the practicality of it all, there is a certain joy that comes with picking a little niche to sit in and figuring out how to get better at it.

#Cyberpunk Year In Review #Cyberpunk 2077 #Vehicles Of Night City #Virtual Photography #Year In Review

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gloryride · 4 months

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4 ships, 1 year !

As usual, Vanessa/Valentin steals spotlights in lot of months ♥ Almost 3 years they're in my head, and i have never enough of them. Starting to be only horny, they know live a love story, with heart eyes to each other in their lives they deserve they still horny don't worry I had a difficult moment with Virgile/Panam for reasons i don't want to talk about, but i never forget them. And replaying the game with Virgile (even he's not a v, will talk about that later), i still have feelings for the prettiest nomad in the game, and fuck to shitty modder who change her ! SHE'S PERFECT OKAY !!!! Even i didn't continue for now my fic Virgile/Eve, i still love this past ship, where i can explore loneliness in NC. I'm still writing on it, the chapter 4 is almost done but you know, i'm never satisfied ... I also have 2 new ships, but only the Baby Drivers are in the top this year. Maybe the witches will be there too next year I'm so happy @chevvy-yates accepts this ship between our boys ♥ Enzo was just supposed to be a character in the background because I love creating families. When I saw Jay's posts with the McLaren, I just had the idea that Enzo had lost his precious Baby in a race against the stubborn streetkid … I never imagined asking for a love story between those two. Now, Enzo has become one of my main OCs, I've had quite a few ideas for him and with Chevvy, we've still got quite a few things to see, but our boys are happy!

If you're interested on these ships :

Vanessa/Valentin BORN TO BE WILD Virgile/Panam (current) HIGHWAY TO LOVE Virgile/Evelyn (past) THE BRIDGES OF NC Enzo/Jaysen BABY DRIVERS

My fav ? February - July - September

template by @wanderingaldecaldo ♥

#cyberpunk 2077 #a year in review #otp : born to be wild #oc : vanessa vergara #valentin lacroix #otp : highway to love #oc : virgile sarto #panam palmer #otp : the bridges of nc #evelyn parker #otp: baby drivers #oc : enzo sarto #jaysen steyr #jaysen belongs to chevvy #virtual photography #cyberpunk template #all the babies in love !#glory pics

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drunkchasind · 5 months

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Template by @wanderingaldecaldo 🤗

Well, this year has been a struggle as much as for creativity and IRL stuff. Even though I'm eager to get to the next chapter, I'm still happy I managed to VP all year-round. 'Cause if one thing really does help, it's blorbos time 😎

Last year, I was still experimenting a lot, trying to find my style. This year, I actually found it (I noticed I really enjoy close-up shots hehe).

So here's hoping that 2024 will be full of motivation and ideas to kick creativity into action!

#cyberpunk 2077 #and i had the pleasure to vp many bebs who belongs to friendos so that's defo a win #virtual photography #year in review

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wanderingaldecaldo · 1 year

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CYBERPUNK 2077 VP YEAR IN REVIEW TEMPLATE

As if I need a reason to post a dozen shots of my baby. I even let her smile a couple of times!

I didn't love any of the year end templates so I made one that worked better for me. >>DOWNLOAD HERE from Google Drive<< There is a readme file included with the PSD that has instructions and links to the fonts I used. Modify the template as you like, but please give me credit if you do. All assets are courtesy of CDPR's game files.

Please tag me if you use the template! I'd love to see your year of VP!

In case you don't use PSD files, here's a PNG: