Another cleanse completed. I have now deleted several dozen of my old (2010-2014-ish) deviations, most of which I can't believe survived the previous 2019 purge (has it been that long?). I used to only do alien creature design for my old world-building project, but they were pretty horrible, mostly A) poorly inspired from Earth animals and others' creaitons, B) poorly drawn, even by my standards at the time. Especially animals with smooth skin, I did not understand how to give them "structure" and texture. Now I have other world-building projects, my old Whaiao has become just a play ground for "real" aliens, and I focus my actual world-building on my fantasy project. Yes it has elves in it, because I love elves and I am northern European and it's our mythology. Also I have become a major Elder Scrolls fangirl, so I draw a lot of certain characters. Mostly I have a long line of Gelebor drawings I want to do in the near future, in addition to the ones I have. I love imagining his