About
(from left to right: bisexual, demigirl, greyaromantic)
I'm Cynthia (she/her - ze/zir), better known as Yomiel. I'm a 20+ years old creator from Spain who speaks both Spanish and English. I enjoy the Moon, music, self-insert and languages a lot. I create stuff as a hobby; mostly in the form of drawing and writin, but sometimes I make videos too. It's all self-indulgent content, honestly. I never know what I'm doing.
This website was made as an archive to store all of my content. For years I've been searching for a good place where I could put all of it in a clean, neat form. But most of these places I tried in the past were either outdated, limited or locked useful features behind paywalls. I don't have a lot of experience with HTML and CSS, but desperate times call for desperate measures! I'm learning by just trial and error, so I hope you'll excuse any clumsy mistakes.
Links
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History
I've been working on the Astrale Stella Project for a long time, inspired by my first work: The Moon and I. Originally it was just homework for one of my classes, but I liked the characters so much I started developing stuff around them. More than a decade later, here I finally am—still working on it, because I sure am a slow writer.
The first name for this project used to be Tales of Past Heroes (ToPH for short). It featured four stories, which I posted (and finished!) two of them. I was in love with writing, but I wasn’t confident enough with my skill level to continue with the project. So I stepped back, deleted what I had so far and re-worked everything until I felt ready to give it another shot. This is where we are today. My stories aren’t groundbreaking, but I hope you find joy in them.
N.F.A.Q (Not Frequently Asked Questions)
I'm not popular enough to get asks often, but friends over the years have inquired me about similar stuff, so I thought I'd add the answers to those here. Consider it more like trivia lol.
⊱ ────── {.⋅ ⟐ ⋅.} ───── ⊰♢ What's with the 'Yomiel' name?
It's the name of a character from the game Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. Funny thing is, he isn't my favorite character. But it sounds neat! You should play it, it's a good game.
♢ I'm not sure how to use 'ze/zir'...
Don't worry! It can be confusing at first. Luckily I have this handful chart with me.
♢ What do you use to make things?
Drawing: Paint Tool SAI 2. For final edits, I either use PhotoScape or Adobe Photoshop CS5.
Videos: FL Studio 21 for the covers. Movavi Video Editor for editing.
(I only recommend Movavi if you really don't know about video editing. But honestly—get a better program if you can. Movavi is limiting and not worth the price).
♢ Can I use your art for layouts (icons/banners/etc)?
As long as it's fanart (excluding gift art) and you give proper credit, go ahead!
♢ Can I draw fanart of your characters?
DEFINITELY!! But unless we're friends (and you're +18), do keep it SFW.
♢ If you're called Yomiel, what's with the AstraleStella name I see often?
I guess you could call it a pen name? Unsure how to explain it. When in doubt, just call me Yomiel.
♢ Why tell your stories in written form? Why not turn them into webcomics or something else?
Many reasons. For once, webcomics or what have you are a job, or a very time-consuming hobby at least. I don't have that kind of time anymore. But really, it's because writing is how I started creating. I know lots of people don't enjoy reading nowdays but I'm sticking to my own vinyl.
In my case, visuals exist as a utilitarian vehicle for conveying information first and a work of illustration only in as much is needed to serve the greater story. Or simply said, I consider myself a writer that just happens to be able to draw decently enough to illustrate zir own ideas. There's a reason I say 'artist and writer as a hobby'. Some of us just have words and time.
♢ Oh, you speak Spanish! Can you tell me what [word] means?
I don't mind helping with expressions and such. But if you need to know the meaning of single words, there are a lot of useful dictionaries out there! Personally I like using WordReference. Do have in mind that Spanish, like English, is different depending on the country.
♢ You sure are... long-winded.
Yeah I say a lot of words, my bad. My manner of speaking in Spanish is verbose by default and it just translates as extra wordy in English. I'm not trying to sound cool though, I just try to make myself as clear as I can (which ends up in lengthy speeches lol).
⊱ ────── {.⋅ ⟐ ⋅.} ───── ⊰Thanks for your company! 