Forest City Blog

I stepped inside of the apartment, a waft of perfume stung my nose, Safiya brushed past me and was met with Hazel.     “It’s so nice to see you again, Clove,” Hazel began with excitement.     “It’s always a treat,” I replied while we headed into the living room.     Safiya and I flopped down on the key lime colored sofa, there was a white and blue porcelain tea set on the coffee table in front of us. Next to the tea set was a sterling tray for biscuits, as per usual. Safiya grabbed a few of the biscuits, stuffing them in her mouth, crumbs getting everywhere.     Hazel sighed and began, while sitting down in a comfy beige colored armchair, “Did you hear about what your father did.”     I stiffened, then relaxed, “Unfortunately I caught wind from Chester…”     “I really don’t think he should be doing this anymore, hasn’t he learned,” Hazel replied, “I don’t have time to watch kids anymore.”  ...

      After rummaging through my sketchbooks and doing some bookmarking, I have decided to create some more Character Files. Not that many, but a few of the main characters. These characters will be Bonnie, Midge, Caspian, Tora, and Hazel. The last two may take a tad longer to do since they're not quite finished getting designed yet.     Among other news, I believe I mentioned I am doing Art Fight, but I am also on ToyHouse as well. My username is microtoast , but it may be a bit hard to access it since the website is still in beta mode. I've just been posting Forest City characters on there, but you will also see some other characters outside of Forest City on ToyHouse and also on Art Fight as well.     To keep this brief, I am excited to finally share the old concept art of some of my characters and keep an eye out on the old Character Files because those are also getting updates soon as well. If I remember lol...     Th...

So some quick updates are coming to Forest City, hooray! This will be a shorter announcement. First: Yes there is a new Instagram account called forestcityblog , it is the new account as the old micro toast account is private, you can follow both if you'd like, some people may want to see the old art, that is okay or you may know me personally. If you do know me personally, please do not follow the forestcityblog account at this moment. Second: I am currently reviewing the old chapters and making notes on them. I am working through the fifth book, rereading the old chapters is helping with bringing up old plot points and characters and I'm trying to figure out what else to add. Third: I am on art fight, the account name is microtoast and there is the old and new character designs on my profile. Fourth: I am working on some new character designs for some of the characters with bigger roles, so keep watch out for those, they will be posted on the forestcityblog account. Thanks fo...

-Content warning- lil' swear      We took a different route back from the mall to the art studio. As we stood at the front door of the building, I felt a cold winter wind rush down my spine. Cobalt had opened the door after picking the lock.     "This looks suspicious, Cobalt, are you sure we should be doing this?" I questioned.     "Don't worry, people in Forest City don't care about what other people are doing, as long as you are minding your own business, they'll mind theirs," Cobalt answered, "Look I got it!"     Cobalt and Monty stepped over the threshold of the door, I hesitated as I stood on the sidewalk.     "What if this is a bad idea and we get caught?" I asked nervously.     "Trust us, it will all be okay in the end," Monty replied suspiciously.     If I'm dreaming, this is a weird dream. I glanced down at my red sneakers.     "Come on Mac, it will be fun,"...

    Laughter erupted from the living room, a soft feminine voice spoke and another voice followed, this time deeper and more masculine. It sounded like Cobalt. Was it him? I glanced at my alarm clock, 10:41 AM. Must be a weekend. My calendar had been flipped over to February. January must've flown by quickly. Or it seems like it.     I began to make my way down the stairs to the living room. I had put on a white t-shirt and my purple jacket. There were a few of Hazel's friends, each sitting in the living room. Specifically, the lanky blue wolf, with his burgundy colored boots, stuck out like a sore thumb, in the pastel pinks and yellows of the ladies. I smirked and winked at Cobalt, he had crumbs on his shirt. He glanced down and just brushed them off on the floor.     "I hope you have extra time to vacuum, Cobalt," Hazel teased.     "I don't," Cobalt replied, coolly, "Looks like that's all the time I have here today ladies." H...

    "How was school?" The usual question came from Hazel. We sat at the small table in the yellow kitchen.     I replied with a question, "Did Clove ever do any art clubs or was she a part of one?"     "Oh yeah, I think it was Mrs. Golden or Mrs. Finch, was it?" Hazel answered, "Now tell me, how was school?"     "Good," I replied. Good, I guess, it was pretty mediocre.        "Why do you want to know about Clove's art club?" Hazel asked.     "Just heard that she was in an art club at some point," I trailed off.     "Where did you hear about that? Who's talking about Clove?" Hazel interrogated.      I silently admitted, "Her diary."     "So you've had the diary this whole time?" Hazel whispered to herself.     "I didn't mean to take it, I just found a sticky note on it that was directed towards me, from Clove herself," I explained, "I'...

    Clovie: 4:32: I saw you called      "Yeah I did," I said to myself, "I wanted to talk, but I hung up instead. Did you by any chance make a painting of a bird at some point. No that's stupid."     Clovie: 4:35: Mac, baby      *Clovie sent a GIF*     Mac: 4:36: HAHA LOL, baby squirrel trying to jump from a tree!     Clovie: 4:37: Did u butt dial me again :P     Mac: 4:39: NOOOOOOOOOO!     *Mac sent a GIF*     Clovie: 4:40: Then why did u call :P     Mac: 4:42: I wanted to ask you a question, but I hung up :T     Clovie: 4:46: What was ur question then????     Mac: 4:47: Did you ever make a painting like this...     *Mac sent an image*     Clovie: 4:49: Honestly, I can't even remember any of my art from high school LOL     Mac: 4:51: Do you know who it is? ...