This is two years old, but it’s never too old to share some sexy Dimitri for us single girls.

So, Happy V day! And remember, chocolate will be cheaper tomorrow, treat yourselves! ❤️

BOOM, surprise update drop!

Dimitri Belikov wishes you a Happy Valentine’s Day :D

Based on some sexy Dimitri requests - oh you know WHO you are XD - and a pic that Pintrest dropped on my lap during one of my “I’m-bored-I’ll-waste-time-on-Printest” days. So the concept is not originally mine… Pintrest also gave me another idea for at least one more pic I’m ITCHING to make. Anyway, had some fun putting this together, wasted all night finishing it and I’m going to bed at 7 am (as I queue this, that is). Here’s also the full image and an edited-to-high-hell version, because if there wasn’t a version even MORE edited, it’d not be me, right?

Enjoy the day, my lovely peeps!

Rose and Lissa traveled in time and ended up at a fancy Recency party in the Love Only One sims 2 comic! If you haven't checked the Love Only Once comic, please do! @veninorchid is doing an amazing job!

Chapter 5 - ( 04 / 32 )

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--------------- A/N: This page doesn't have any spoken text, but the next one doesn't either, so it won't be a double post. Give a warm hello to @vampireacademysims visiting characters Rose & Lissa. You will see them pop up in the background every now and then.

If you ask me to choose, then this is hands-down my absolute favorite page so far. A night-shot; a pain in the ass to light up, but totally worth it. Enjoy!

Well, I guess it's time to address the situation... or the lack of situation lol This is gonna be long, be warned. There's a TL;RD at the end if you wanna skip the wall of text. To start, thank you to the two anons who took the time to read the comic and prod me about it and the new people who started following this tumblr in spite of the Hiatus warning. Altho this place has been collecting dust for more than a year now, I'm still around, updating my side reblogs tumblr, so it's not like I dropped from the face of the earth.

The truth is, at this moment in time, I've feel out of love with making this comic. It was always a lot of work due to me being a perfectionist. I never used any extra rendering apps, all you've seen here is raw sims images and a lot of work on Photoshop, so much so it gave me a muscle contracture on my right shoulder (because I did all my work in bed with my laptop/drawing tablet in my lap. I never said I was a smart person lol) that still flares up from time to time because I learned nothing. Then the VA fandom was already quite small by the time I started doing this in 2015 and I never really advertised this in the fandom anyway. I always got the impression most of the fandom didn't like the OG comics as it was and most of the people that followed the comic were sims 2 fans because, well, it's made with the sims and the images were pretty (forever holding in my heart the people you said this <;3) The recent "Vampire Academy" TV series (it was just in names, honestly) was the final nail in the coffin of my motivation. After information had leaked I was already disappointed in it, but after actually watching it, yeah no. Only plus to it was the surprise to see it was partially filmed in my country, in places where I have been myself. And lastly, and probably most importantly, I struggle with motivation a lot. It happens to us all, I am sure. It's no secret that I hated to panel, if I'd start all over again I'd just post the big images like many of you telling stories are doing now, it'd be less of a stress for me, but alas, I can't change formats now. And I said many times I was doing it mostly for myself, because I did love the comics based on the books, but doing it for yourself only gets you so far until you get bored. And I got bored. I'm actually surprised my hyper-focus on it lasted for as long as it did. I haven't been to Photoshop for editing - I used to make photomanipulations and other kinds of editing - for way over a year, so it's not only the comic that stopped.

I still have 7 pages to end chapter 6 in various degrees of editing, Veninorchid and Esotheria-sims have seen them, so they exist lol I will eventually finish editing them - it's mostly a Romitri flashback - and post them. But after that, I will have to decide how to proceed. Spending less time editing would help, but lowering the quality of my pages, the only thing people like about it, really doesn't sit well with me, because yeah, perfectionist.

So at the very least the remaining pages will be posted in early 2024, I might go back to it slowly, a little bit everyday so I don't burn out or put stress on my shoulder. But after that, it's up in the air. It's not like I've been staring at the walls during this time, I had other things taking my goldfish-like attention. I got interested in home bookbinding, which made me dig out old unfinished stories I once started and I've been trying to finish them and later try to bind them, because why the fuck not lol And on my reblogs tumblr I had this set of pictures about a Regency little story that people really loved and I'd like to add to it, but then again, all the editing it'd need *cries* I feel tugged in so many directions I fear I'll end up doing nothing lol

So the TL;DR is, I got bored with the comic because it was too much work and resulted in physical pain, I lacked the motivation and other things got my attention meanwhile. Chapter 6 will be be finished eventually, but after that it's up in the air. Cross my fingers that I get my mojo back while editing those pages. Still, a thank you to all of followed and are still following, sorry these were not the good news you wanted to read just because I made a post. You support up until now was what kept me going in the past, I can't thank you all enough.

💌 This is the Amazing Person Award! Once you are given this award you are supposed to paste it in the ask of eight different people, who, in your opinion, deserve it. If you break the chain nothing will happen, but it is sweet to know someone thinks you’re amazing inside and out! 💌

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💛🌼 SEND THIS TO OTHER BLOGGERS YOU THINK ARE WONDERFUL. KEEP THE GAME GOING 🌼💛

Thank so and right back at you 💗💗💗

☆ — put this star in the inbox of your favourite blogs. it’s time to spread positivity!

Thank you or thinking of me <3

15 questions for 15 mutuals

I was tagged by @nocturnalazure​  Thank you so much! <3

1. are you named after anyone?

So the legend goes, since an aunt of mine couldn’t be my Godmother on the account of being on the other side of the planet, she got naming privileges. I was named after a good Venezuelan friend of hers. I have no idea how common my name is there, but here is sort of rare and people tend to either say it wrong the first time or slip into the closest sounding Portuguese name minutes later.

2. when was the last time you cried?

Depends. Out of anger to not break someone’s face? Last month. Out of feelings… can’t remember. It’s been a long while.

3. do you have kids?

I have very little patience for kids. I can deal with them for a few hours but 24/7 for 18 years? No, thank you.

4. do you use sarcasm a lot?

I have a PhD on it.

5. what sports do you play/have you played?

I did Karate for 3 years as part of my school’s extra-curricular sports, apart from P.E. I wanted gymnastics too, but classes tended to happen at the same time so I had to choose only one. I honestly loved it, in spite of being bruised all the time, had to stop when I went to University and never took it up again.

6. what’s the first thing you notice about other people?

Hair and then the eyes, because that’s what I used to enjoy drawing.

7. scary movies or happy endings?

Both. Both is good.

8. any special talents?

I was always at the top of the class in English, does that count? XD I can use Photoshop decently *shrug* I have no talents.

9. where were you born?

North of Portugal, where the country was born lol (you can google it)

10. what are your hobbies?

Photoshopping stuff and photography if I’m traveling. Was getting into cosplay when the pandemic happened and haven’t even been to events ever since. Was trying to go back into writing, but honestly, I am not good at it and after I finish this thing I have going on, I don’t think I’ll keep it up.

11. do you have any pets?

I have an almost 16 year old dog named Lucas. He was tossed into my garden as a puppy and we kept him.

12. how tall are you?

161 cm… 5’3”? I’m short.

13. fave subject in school?

English and E.V.T. (Educação Visual e Tecnológica / Visual and Technological Education, basically arts. I don’t think that subject still exists or has, at the very least, changed names. we’re talking 90’s here). I loved P.E. when it was either basketball or gymnastics or badminton. Hated when it was football, handball, volleyball or running XD

14. dream job?

I wanted to be a vet as a kid because I love animals, but I was/am dumb at Math and would never make it. Right now, if I could find a job in image editing or photography I’d be happy.

15. eye colour?

Brown. Regular ol’ brown, not the poetic amber or with gold flecks, just plain brown. My father and most of his brothers and sister had either green or blue eyes, wish I had them too.

 Honestly, I’d love to tag people, but I’m very late to this and I think all the people I’d be curious about have already done it. If YOU, yes YOU, reading this haven’t, please consider yourself tagged. Tag me back, I’d like to see :)

   As a side note, I know I should address the state of the Comic. Will make a post about that in the following days.

Wow.... been 8 years already?

💜💜🦈 Go send this to people who make you happy or to someone you think needs cheering up. If you get some back, even better! And have a lovely day 🦈💜💜

Thank you so much for thinking of me. Right back at you and I hope you'll have a great 2023 <3

💜💜🦈 Go send this to people who make you happy or to someone you think needs cheering up. If you get some back, even better! And have a lovely day 🦈💜💜

Here's to another year of you having to bare with me XD

May it be a better one for everyone, may all your dreams come true ❤️

(4 of 4) - Halloween Special 2022 🎃 Picture #1 🎃 Picture #2&3 🎃

The last picture of this inverted What If situation. We all know Dimitri is a snacc... but Rose would probably take it literally, but who can blame her? A girl gotta eat 😏 Again, right click and open image as to see it big. I really love Rose’s expression :)

So, Happy Halloween!

Have a great time, if you celebrate. Sadly here Halloween isn’t a thing, so have some fun and candy in my honor 🪦 Stay safe!

(2 & 3 of 4) - Halloween Special 2022 🎃 Picture #1 🎃 Picture #4 🎃

Ok, the idea is nothing new. There must be a gazillon fics out there where Rose is the one turned Strigoi, or Lissa turns Strigoi... or christian... or Adrian... instead of Dimitri, but the idea is fun. Rose would be one hell of a Strigoi, I think. Beautiful and Dangerous.... Only one more pic to go! Right Click & Open As to see it in it’s full sized glory, yes these are big!

(1 of 4) - Halloween Special 2022

🎃 Picture #2&3 🎃 Picture #4 🎃

So.... still on Hiatus, thus no new comic pages, but still you get a Halloween Special of a different kind, a sort of inverted What If situation XD Tomorrow there will be two pics to post (if I finish editing one of them tonight, that is) and the last one on Halloween day.

I hope you enjoy the mess Dimitri got himself into... 😏

Honestly, not helping....

HIATUS Announcement Please read

Yep, it’s that time of the year.

August is beach vacations time and I’ll be cut off from the internet, so the VA comic and GPhoenix reblogs tumblr will be inactive up until September 1st.

Reblogs will resume then, the comic though, not sure when I’ll resume posting.

I hoped to have chapter 6 finished and cued before the vacations hiatus, the whole chapter is complete after all, just not edited due to my shoulder pain putting a wrench in my plans and forcing me to stop, there’s 7 pages left. If my shoulder gets better, I will try to edit during my vacations and start chapter 7, I just can’t make promises at this point.

So... I hope you guys will be patient with me again, and have a great month of August yourselves.

Thank you for your support, up until now. I’ll see you all soon!

G.

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: Click Here For the Uncensored Version on Pillowfort :

I had to censor this update so Tumblr won’t nuke me out of orbit, considering how sensitive it is these days. The uncensored version will be in the final PDF file when the chapter is finished.

And with this double update, we reach page 100! *throws confetti* Believe it or not, this has been running - albeit on and off - since 2015 🥲

Considering how long it took to reach page 100 while still on chapter 6 of 36, it’s safe to say I’ll have to start being selective and starting cutting scenes from now on. The official graphic novels where completely done under 150 pages, now I know why. As much as I want to include everything, at this pace, I’ll be 90 and still halfway through XD

Thank You for coming this far with me!