Story Embers | Tess | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/thetessinator/activity/ Activity feed for Tess. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:21:45 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 296dcea01cfc000b1ec46290e270dabb Tess replied to the topic April Word War! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56857/ Thu, 02 May 2019 12:51:51 -0400 @catwing *ducks in*

Oh gosh, I’m never on this forum anymore. TIME, MY DUDES. But I got the email notif. Lucky for me, I wrote 10,000 (yes, exactly) for Camp Nano so add that to the word war!

Also that Hawkeye comic (??) is amazing. Big mood.

Let’s trash this, Ereki!

{Tess}

]]> 0 2d45da9873da6fd26510fbb06082ffda Tess replied to the topic Guild Positions in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/42521/ Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:42:47 -0400 Is there anything I could do on a weekly basis? I don’t have a ton of time for this forum, but you guys are great people and I want to help!

]]> 0 e492884fe17b6143715bfa636676a67c Tess started the topic BTAS? in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/41188/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:15:53 -0400 Is anyone else obsessed with familiar with Batman: The Animated Series? From a writing persepective, that show is great, but it’s even more amazing for the art.

If you haven’t seen it: no questions asked, go watch it, you will not regret it. It’s also really clean so that’s good.

If you have seen it: wHy dO tHeY nOt mAkE cArToOnS lIkE tHiS aNyMoRe hElP

]]> 0 82a15af188abe63900a7920a30763351 Tess replied to the topic It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/41184/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:08:06 -0400 @ncstokes Yes, it is yours truly fighting with a tree. Luckily for the tree, he surrendered.

There are a bunch of tiny pine trees around a park near my house and one time I was like, “hey wouldn’t it be funny to pose like Godzilla and pretend I was way huger than I actually was?

I wrote a blog post about…[Read more]

]]> 0 7c08b91778cebe18188fc97e4aa5ed54 Tess replied to the topic Redrawing old Artwork in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/41016/ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:57:27 -0400 Time for another episode of Tess Improves A Tiny Bit!

Ocotber

October vs….

December

…just a few weeks ago.

Any thoughts?

]]> 0 33a8e4409de7cf75c18224f5cf120208 Tess started the topic TheTessinator's Gallery in the forum Art Critique https://storyembers.org/activity/p/41015/ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:54:49 -0400 I’m legit copying @dekreel here XD

Welcome to TheTessinator’s Gallery. (I was going to call it Tess’ Gallery but one of the things about having a name ending in ‘s’ is that you refrain from writing it in the possessive form. It’s just awkward. Anyways.) I’ve been trying for improvement recently so I want some inspiration to keep working from you…[Read more]

]]> 0 6f5bb23e639289cfa450b4c087bcb9db Tess replied to the topic Character Design help? in the forum Art Critique https://storyembers.org/activity/p/41014/ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:49:41 -0400 Okay, the only thing I can say is that his skin is a little dead looking in tone. Since it’s more toward the yellow than the pink, it clashes with both the red and the blue. Maybe another thing to think about is making the blue more purplish, or the red more purplish? It just seems like the two main colors aren’t balanced very well. However, I am…[Read more]

]]> 0 c1445553b24a9c924c431f4d3fe1df2f Tess started the topic teensy weensy piece to critique! in the forum Critiques https://storyembers.org/activity/p/41013/ Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:44:41 -0400 Here’s 200 words I wrote today that I could use a critique on? I’m trying to write out a bit of prehistory on a novel I’ve been working on for forever. Maybe just to get ideas flowing. Not sure where I’m going with it yet.

– o – //

Davi Mendosa was not an average museum curator. With his slapdash brown hair and crooked flannel shirt, he looked…[Read more]

]]> 0 887db770d3c4ffc88ea5381d7239e9a8 Tess replied to the topic Erekdale Scrapyard (RP) in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/40258/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 05:57:19 -0400 *waves shovel* Ye stop shakin’ that thar axe at me. Ye and yer lizard can sign yerselves over thar. *points to tiny tin building choked in reddish-brown vines* I be no one but tha mate of this ‘ere dump. *clanks back toward a pile of broken dragon tack*

]]> 0 134e0e3482e4d2ea18046337bd8d662f Tess replied to the topic Thread of the Extroverted Writers in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/40215/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:18:03 -0400 Random question for you ENFPs: do you guys have the habit of talking really loud? I talk so loud, my dad covers his ears at times :0

]]> 0 85eaeea4b9b13ec0f4becb88c541976e Tess replied to the topic January 2019 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/39713/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 18:42:42 -0400 – finish schoolwork!

– draw every day

– keep up Hebrew diary

– change my bedsheets, cuz they’re nasty

@karthmin Praying for you 🙂

]]> 0 df34d28c2e044040ceb65c2b066c80a9 Tess replied to the topic Thread of the Extroverted Writers in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/39712/ Tue, 08 Jan 2019 18:41:36 -0400 I was in a choir in like, 4th-6th grade. There was this kid who had a crush on me and was bugging me, and I complained about him to my older brother. Indignant, my brother went and told the kid that if he didn’t leave me alone, he was going to get his face punched in.

The funny thing about this was that my brother was wayyyyy shorter than the kid…[Read more]

]]> 0 a2250e1806ff472e36a146b26fdf4d89 Tess replied to the topic Thread of the Extroverted Writers in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/39393/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:45:48 -0400 @ericawordsmith Wellllllll it depends, but usually no. I like ordering stuff in weird accents. Half my crushes have been people working at restaurants and grocery stores. And I’m in the habit of getting weird stuff (plain burger patties) at Burger King, and the people behind the counter are always like “whaaaaat???” and I’m like HAVE YOU NOT HEARD…[Read more]

]]> 0 d484cd093b1fb699a84e1c6dc6137bd2 Tess's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/39389/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:35:03 -0400 0 fe24d47c97b6318799472e741c1b6861 Tess replied to the topic Would Your Character Rather. . . in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/39387/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:31:06 -0400 Would your character rather fight one person who’d never lost a fight ever, or an entire army?

Gwen: The heck, send the whole army. I’m gonna die anyways.

Edward: Uh…single person, I might be able to talk him out of fighting me.

(why are all my characters cowards??? >w<)

– o // –

Would your character rather shower in whipped cream or b…[Read more]

]]> 0 a01b7171aceea3f5cb0d9ddbfc9f388b Tess replied to the topic Thread of the Extroverted Writers in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/39386/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:28:07 -0400 GUYS GUYS GUYS I JUST FOUND THIS HELLO EVERYBODYYYYYY

LIKE HI

Anyone have any problems with being both extraverted and socially awkward, which leads to you making every situation uncomfortable for everyone?

Please don’t ask me to tell the Awkward Extraverting Stories™ that I have.

(i legit stole someone’s email address one time)
(and emailed…[Read more]

]]> 0 00c7bf058a686effb06fa2bf94511890 Tess replied to the topic Character Design in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/39384/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:23:18 -0400 Okay just popping in with a random note:

I FLIPPING LOVE THE LITTLE DETAILS YOU HAVE ABOUT THESE CHARACTERS. particularly the ones that aren’t super typical. Achim’s stomach? Ares’ manicured hands? ASDFGHJKL love it.

May have to draw one of these guys 🙂

]]> 0 4972ee3d886b742e2fc1dd0ac69a4908 Tess replied to the topic Erekdale Scrapyard (RP) in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/39380/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:19:47 -0400 [will be playing as Pew unless otherwise noted]

*whacks @karthmin with shovel* Jest what d’ya think y’be doing, swoaping in with that thar dragon in me scrapyerd?! Ye got’to sign yerself in with *jabs thumb at chest* the skipper. Ye hear?

]]> 0 5485fe225dea0a121fb9438f0886856e Tess replied to the topic Eyes... Allow me to ask thee an odd question in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/39379/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:16:48 -0400 @ericawordsmith WHAT WHERE IS THIS THREAD OF EXTROVERTS I NEED IT

]]> 0 d291445515800ce953d70d597588c57b Tess replied to the topic Character Building Role-Play in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/39378/ Mon, 07 Jan 2019 20:15:02 -0400 @devastate-lasting @mlbolangerauthor @catwing Where else am I supposed to get rid of my junk? Well, I mean, unless you have a recycling center or something. Or a Goodwill. Or a consignment store. Actually, making money off my stuff sounds like, amazing. Is there like, a Salvation Army?

]]> 0 8980a7411f0e69f7b38e99b1d3115937 Tess replied to the topic Sup' a dup a dup, Homey Slices! I'm Emily your friendly neighborhood Spiderman. in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38591/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 16:43:02 -0400 NO SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-VERSE, I’M STILL PINING AWAY TO SEE IT AND MAKING CUTE FACES AT MY PARENTS IN HOPES THAT THEY’LL LET ME GO TO THE THEATER and I won’t have to wait until it comes out on dvd.

Ahem.

Heyo, Emily, welcome to SE! I also like drawing, also find that coloring things requires an art XP that I don’t have, and was devastated by Stan…[Read more]

]]> 0 e00d7c792914e9aaf97c08614aa9f61f Tess replied to the topic Weekly Wonderings in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38590/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 16:38:05 -0400 OMIGOSH sorry. >w< I think I’d…wow. Um. So why have shapeshifting powers unless you were gonna use them, amirite? Maybe turn into a giant floor rug and hope he thinks he’s gone completely bonkers, “wake him up” and then make a big scene about it like “GUARDS THE PRINCE IS LIKE DYING, HELLO” and just flounder my way through it, inevidably end up…[Read more]

]]> 0 a91317ae2a13fdb83bb6fad1a9317633 Tess replied to the topic Weekly Wonderings in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38587/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 16:31:57 -0400 Just try and eat me, ya stupid anteater. Fire ants burn on the way down, ya know.

]]> 0 1fc7d955c38d60a28087a53eacc1c7f6 Tess replied to the topic Eyes... Allow me to ask thee an odd question in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38563/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:22:22 -0400 OH BOY. you did not just ask me to describe my eyes.

I have central heterochromia iridum (try saying that three times fast!), meaning there is a different color around the pupil, sort of in the middle of the iris. Here’s a wiki article with some pictures if anyone’s interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia_iridum

How would I de…[Read more]

]]> 0 0ffb3bd6c092e47a57639c5bc2fcd8ab Tess replied to the topic January Erekdale "Word War" in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38562/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:14:57 -0400 Just joined in! I should be writing some blog posts this month so that’ll add up right?

]]> 0 c6cbd93f96fd49d3de80cf78c3c72c3a Tess started the topic Erekdale Scrapyard (RP) in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38561/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:10:40 -0400 Towards the edge of the kingdom of Erekdale, encased in a smoggy haze, lie piles and piles of ideas. Rotten ideas, really. So overused and old that they just had to be thrown out. Abandoned plot bunnies, forgotten settings, and characters left for dead are shoved around by bulldozer, until a scavenger picks them up or they disentigrate into the…[Read more]

]]> 0 1f2ba82d5d7b7ed7b467d54d5258b82f Tess replied to the topic Character Building Role-Play in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38560/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 08:01:44 -0400 (tagging everyone who’s ever posted on this thread: @catwing @karthmin @enu @devastate-lasting @emgc @filewriter @sarah-inkdragon @sarah-narnathron @princess-foo)

*pokes head in door, wrinkling nose at the stale smell of frozen conversations* Uh…hi. Is anyone here? I’m a little bit lost. I’m kinda new around here. I mean, I’ve had a lease for…[Read more]

]]> 0 4f49aabb0d4b3eaddc373ffc2071e0eb Tess replied to the topic Character Building Role-Play in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38559/ Fri, 04 Jan 2019 07:57:31 -0400 *pokes head in door, wrinkling nose at the stale smell that has grown stronger over the past month* Hey, uh…is there anyone here? I’m kinda lost. I was looking for Er – Erek – Erekdale….? Oh, please say I’m saying that right. I just moved here. I mean, I’ve had a lease for like, five months, but I just got around to packing up my junk and…[Read more]

]]> 0 73ce92e4fec50d3c35feabcee52ca1c9 Tess replied to the topic January 2019 Hopes and Dreams in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38403/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 19:47:17 -0400 Okay all of y’all are making me look bad. >w<

This 2019, I want to:

– come up with a second draft for my novel The Sentinel. I know, I’m a slow writer. I just don’t have a ton of time to write these days outside of Nano. School stinks.

– write and illustrate ten pages of an original comic. Part of my curriculum this semester is r…[Read more]

]]> 0 3b042f0698b81811d298640a55ec5339 Tess replied to the topic Guild Improvement Ideas in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38402/ Thu, 03 Jan 2019 19:36:24 -0400 @catwing Ooooo positions! That sounds fun! I’ll be caterer, okay? >v< Seriously, though, I think that some responsibility would be good for us!

@allison-grace A VIDEO CHATTTTT!!!! that would be SO fun. Also you’re way more than welcome to email me. I give my email out freely lol. blackiesunshine315@gmail.com! ANYONE IS WELCOME TO EMAIL ME, I LOVE…[Read more]

]]> 0 8d9ca75eb7c40fa188dd1d7145a673cf Tess replied to the topic It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38236/ Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:57:26 -0400 I followed ya, brah! Ahem. Best of luck and POST MORE PLEASE.

]]> 0 f36fb540f944158f12caeb0fce288e76 Tess changed their profile picture https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38234/ Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:53:40 -0400 0 ba5a2467cd505ab7f5b14e55d52253fd Tess changed their profile picture https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38232/ Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:50:26 -0400 0 1b56757b992c09882550aef64190fbd1 Tess's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38227/ Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:45:51 -0400 0 f8e7c5fac79fd4d196bcad30cac8634d TheTessinator replied to the topic Guild Improvement Ideas in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38226/ Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:44:38 -0400 Amen to @kelly-lundgren. The format is kinda dumb and I wish there was a way to nest comments on someone’s replies. I mean, it’s not LIFE OR DEATH HORRIBLE but it’s really annoying.

I feel sorta guilty because I haven’t been active, mostly because I’m trying more and more to stay off the computer, also because there’s just so much to look at that…[Read more]

]]> 0 5ae2561de4e11931c99453be22487521 TheTessinator replied to the topic Redrawing old Artwork in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/34340/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:01:09 -0400 *is slightly embarrassed bc my improvement has been 1) rapid and 2) not including shading yet :[*

February:

I actually think I posted this?

October:

I think the shading in the second could use to be a bit better. And the colors to be a bit bolder. But the posing and proportions have improved (I think!)

Also blond hair is not yellow.…[Read more]

]]> 0 114022932fafb4a1b456efe748cd97d2 TheTessinator replied to the topic Character Art Exchange in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/34338/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:55:45 -0400 Does anyone have any characters for me to draw? I’m a bit tired of drawing the same old thing all the time XD

Tagging everyone who has ever posted on this thread (bc ENFP)

@h-jones @the-fledgling-artist @lillian-parks03 @rose-noblescroll @dekreel @eden-anderson @ashira @itisastarrynight @millennium-m @jenwriter17 @emgc

]]> 0 137ab73fc13e18a448c3728b3f2e8c2f TheTessinator replied to the topic Infinity War [SPOILER PRONE] in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/34330/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:40:37 -0400 @princess-foo That’s actually the closest thing I’ve ever heard to a consistent theme for Marvel. We’re talking about that in the first Iron Man for crying out loud.

I don’t remember if I posted on this thread or not but I’m going to repeat myself just in case I haven’t (because I am a full-out Marvel nerd and I can’t stand having a Marvel…[Read more]

]]> 0 c15ae6b8981fbaa807cf272fa4a930b7 TheTessinator replied to the topic December 2018 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/34320/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 14:18:50 -0400 Goals. The glorious things I never seem to meet but keep setting for myself anyways.

– Keep up with emails from friends
– Write at least a page of newest Story
– Draw something crtiquable and post it to SE
– Rollerblade two more times

]]> 0 8ae9032ea75d1fab1b7996678c079f4b TheTessinator replied to the topic NaNoWriMo Word War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/31791/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:55:58 -0400 I don’t exactly remember how much I wrote before midnight because I pulled an all-nighter last night, but maybe I can add some to today’s, too? I wrote 8500 words between 11pm and 6am this morning. Time for 8000 more! XO

]]> 0 3b6e1423c9ed0f79041367629585155a TheTessinator replied to the topic NaNoWriMo Word War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/31393/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:43:34 -0400 @emgc Totally interested. Can’t wait to see how everyone does 😀

]]> 0 9c0979721f103a8bdaa5b39044fce6f0 TheTessinator replied to the topic CD Week 7: backstory (discussion) in the forum Annual Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/29718/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 15:49:39 -0400 Character backstories are phenomenally important to my writing. If you think about it, we all have some sort of a “backstory” that makes us make decisions and defines who we are. To use a personal example, I really love to try new stuff, and it’s probably because I’m the youngest of six kids and younger siblings will do literally anything to be…[Read more]

]]> 0 30ba04a9ca1a0ff4bc8dac472e74c79f TheTessinator replied to the topic November 2018 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/29697/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 05:26:21 -0400 Um I was a failure as usual…I completed exactly zero of my goals.

Some of us need help.

New goals (that will probably end up failed too but um we’re trying):

– Write 2k a day in a vain attempt to finish Nano

– Not die on the highway as I travel to Fort Worth this Thursday

– Eat less than 516581615 calories over Thanksgiving

– Finish the…[Read more]

]]> 0 0c44b8760c09db2f123df5b32ea59a58 TheTessinator replied to the topic Any guys out there? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/28616/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 05:22:33 -0400

is the fact that this forum was directed tword guys the thing that made you click it? kinda like how seeing a “do not walk on the grass” sign suddenly gives you a strange urge to walk on said forbidden grass? Just curious XD

how did you know

hOw dId yOu kNoW

]]> 0 ecd9665a0af54a9abacb98eb818fd0e9 TheTessinator replied to the topic Any guys out there? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/28488/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:50:45 -0400 I’m a girl but this topic is so fun to read XD Leave it to our awesome guys to start up a deep theological conversation in like, 2 pages. Keep it up, we girls would still be chatting about stupid stuff. 😛 :})

]]> 0 68ed0045dc8ef9ca7de82832367fac54 TheTessinator replied to the topic Farewell, Stan Lee in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/28485/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:43:27 -0400 I was so shocked when I found out yesterday. Stan Lee was one of the artists I look up to. Farewell, Stan The Man, King Of Cameos. Excelsior.

]]> 0 4e6efcc9e53802719adab6e30f63e0a3 TheTessinator replied to the topic deviantART? in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/28481/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:38:18 -0400 Ugh, DA. It’s…strange at best, inappropriate and horrifying at worst. I don’t find the few good things about it to be worth all the nasty stuff. I have one, but I don’t use it.

]]> 0 b4098e5aba9765996efa0a9e3996a35e TheTessinator replied to the topic Character Art Exchange in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/28472/ Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:24:16 -0400 This forum looks so fun! I may have to tackle a few charries from here 🙂

]]> 0 18e694fa57248c560e3f62ce55a0d03e TheTessinator replied to the topic November 2018 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/28284/ Mon, 12 Nov 2018 15:21:04 -0400 Mmm-hmm, I was a failure too XD. i aM nOt eVeN cLoSe tO dAy tEn’S pAr aNd iT’s dAy tWeLvE hElP

This week:

– STAY OFF YOUTUBE AND PINTREST gah, i have way too much to do

– Keep on top of school

– Reach 15k words in Nano (which is still behind but semi-okay)

– Fill 5 pages in my big sketchbook with biiiiiiiig drawings (drawing large is harder…[Read more]

]]> 0 9225c07f87c359c533c75f77fa7f0159 TheTessinator replied to the topic November 2018 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/27185/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 05:00:50 -0400 This week’s goals:

– reach day 10’s par for Nano (16,666 words)
– draw for at least 15 minutes a day
– stay on top of schoolwork

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