I haven't really had a lot to give lately, given that I'm still dealing with a buffet of health + energy struggles, & the world is really dreary out there. But I take so much comfort in the friendships I've made, & that's the best midnight oil. I love you, I love you, I love you; hold fast to hope

Dragging myself out of burnout one scribble at a time. The grandpaposting will continue until my morale improves. --Too many of my sets are super complex, so I figured I'd dress him down just a little. Still fancy but he's incapable of the 'casual' in business casual lmao ◊ #Draenei #WoW #Art ◊

Today is Tuesday. If I don't get back to ALL of the people I've left on read by Fri/Sat at the latest, I'm going to have my closest confidants ban me from group activities until further notice. I'm starting to get some fuel, & my goodness, there's a mess to clean. Hold this moron accountable y'all

7mo diff after reworking an old unshared piece. The wizardposting will continue. Lines & colors have stabilized, even for 'sketchy', & that feels good. How do we feel about body horror around here, do I post the whole thing at some point or let it marinate in the spoiler bin ◊ #Draenei #WoW #Art ◊

I've been trying to get energy back for a long while now after my nutritional mishap, & I've been living in a nebulous state of misplaced idealism. 'Surely tomorrow I'll have enough energy' etc, but the task list isn't getting any smaller, & I keep losing hours. Maybe a big nap's in order tomorrow

Dear friend in the closet: It won't be forever, & you're still needed here. If you doomscroll your hours away because you think it won't get better? Close the tab. Rest your eyes. Return to fight the internet battle some other day. You're alive, right? That, too, is defiance. Keep at it, I love you🌟

Exodion gets a new armor set & ref sheet today, after NPC-ing it in the same gear since the DoTI patch. He finally feels like a proper wizard, all stars & glitter & way too much sass to be healthy. He's been a treasure to write & make art for, hope to live here awhile longer ◊ #Draenei #WoW #Art ◊

Still tweaking the last bits on a new ref & I'll post the whole thing later, but I thought I'd grab some snapshots since the last one for this char was 1y ago. Turns out improvement happens, even when you can't see it, so please stay obsessed w/ your OCs. shit's the only way forward #art

These are the nicest & fruitiest hands I've drawn in weeks so I'll immortalize them before I move to rendering. My health & energy has been in shambles for a while but I am TRYING!! to get my spark by any means necessary!! I will be less of a ghost soon, with any luck (WIP)

Crawling out of my cognitive dead zone again by listening to 2010s dubstep & picking at new ref sheets for my boys. I swear I'm not dead, just coming back from The Horrors, & I'll catch up on obligation when it stops feeling like hot coals 😭 For now, I full-steam recharge my own interests (WIP)

I should start sharing my idiotic POTGs while I'm back on the Overwatch bug. Been locked on Sigma for awhile (& no one was surprised) & I've had some pretty scuffed moments, a lot of flailing, but sometimes I get a dub in there while I'm failing to fly-swatter the supports lmfao

Trying desperately to find my spark again, so I drew what creates joy. Figured I'd go back to basics & draw something whimsical! Sometimes u gotta bring your weird dog into a mana tank & let him chase around some shadow magic for enrichment ◊ #Draenei #WoW #Art ◊

Today I join the 30s club, & I'm going to celebrate that by... growing the hell up & catching up on all my correspondence! Augh. I've been away enduring burnout so bad I feel like it's impacted me cognitively, but I've wallowed quite enough, now. Today I'll drag myself to my desk & fix it. Ideally.

I got back into overwatch a few days ago just to see if Frank could run it/to use as a dopamine recharge, and I think my mains are quickly shaping up as some sort of Type. Gravity grandpa (ha. ha ha) is about to overtake the tire fire in an entirely unpredictable sweep that no one foresaw /s

hELLO that's some new faces, good heavens --I'm Ness! I draw mostly Draenei with a smattering of commissions in between! All I do is draw OCs, play WoW, & battle approx. 5,000 health debuffs at any given moment. If you like things with hooves, horns, & magic, you're probably not -that- lost tbh

Turns out, self indulgent stuff remains the key to burnout. Had a capital-I Incident the other night between Exodion & @jackaboi-art.bsky.social's Venmaar, & I couldn't get the resulting clash outta my brain. They're both so stupid & violent & they WILL reap the consequences ◊ #Draenei #WoW #Art ◊

And just like that, I realized what's kept me in burnt candle mode for months. Last winter (+ some of this one) was overfull w/ grief & hardship, & my poor brain is fighting for its life w/ pattern recognition in the Now. I'm looking for the spark, I promise, I won't leave everything hanging forever

Our wonderful event runner for the night: ok here's where you're going, i've marked it, this is exactly what you're looking at. there are tents, pipes, and batteries. The Nefarious Frank, my beloved PC:

"Squeakin' Into the Weekend" - Some of my neighborhood squirrels along with an improvisation in D on an amplified 12-string. I hope this video finds you alive and well! #Guitar #GuitarSky #Music

Yesterday was a badly needed rest day after we got all moved in, but now that it's all taken care of, I can return to business & get back to art for realsies. I'll be putting high prio on it since Frank gave me another subtle error last night! Don't you do it, boy, I need you to survive a lil longer

Hey what's up, happy patch day, WoW's so sick I found an entire chunk with missing textures lmaooo

Happy patch day, found an entire chunk of WoW missing ground texures out in Nagrand/Zangarmarsh lmfaooo

Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.

In a desperate attempt to break out of my exhaustion-induced art block, I went back to basics. I was a Sonic artist first, & I break the glass on that when I need it most. A very rare occurrence these days! You may consider this a rent-lowering sound if you must lmao ◊ #Art #Sonic ◊

We're getting closer to being fully moved in, so over the next couple of days I plan to reach out to the folks I've left to wait patiently, meanwhile. I keep saying I'm a type-A personality stuck in the body of an exhausted senior citizen, & it really shows when I need to be anything but sedentary

Friend was venting a bit about struggling with "moot perception" and I think in 2026 some of you need to regain control and agency of your spaces. Having the "what will my followers think" mindset is self-harming. It's your account, with your rules, and every follower is a guest. Don't forget that.

Finally settling in for bed on the first night at the new place. Feeling tired & discombobulated, & tomorrow will be just as exhausting getting the last of the crap packed up n' moved, but we're in the home stretch. I can see a new routine at the end of the tunnel and all will be well

So burnt out I ain't drawn anything substantial in weeks b/c of the moving situation, & all I've been able to do is keep my head down & survive January so I can get a new routine. Trying very hard to get back on it, I've still got owed stuff, but thank you for sticking around while I sit here coping

friend: I like your ocs, can you tell me more about them? me:

2025 was a really, -really- shitty year in my personal life, but I tried immensely hard to stay afloat and still create despite everything. It went by in a blur, but I'd still like to share a smattering of my favorite (safe, spoiler-free) pieces from each month. Let's keep going! ◊ #Art ◊

The poet in me wants to write something profound about the turning of the quarter-century, and having survived it against all odds. The other percentage of me just kind of wants to watch it happen around the digital bonfire with friends. Maybe having room for both is the magic of these 25 years🍿

Since it came up last night that Grandpa Exodion might have THE dumbest collection of demon names ever, I'd like to present them. Bromondus, Tangthang, Gelham, and of course, Rhuuzun/'Raisin'. I'm not legally allowed to rename any of them

My friends are holding me at butterknifepoint to take a day off from projects for once, & the guilt is crushing, so maybe that's a sign I DO need a day off. But I'm also losing my mind in my enclosure trying to keep my hands off it all ARGH (How's your holiday eves going)

I had to give up FF14 months ago for a lot of reasons, but I need a 'bounce' game so I'm not constantly buried under WoW stuff in my free time. That being said, I've decided to reinstall warframe after a 4 year hiatus, to see if I can still run the bitch. WE RIDE (after this fat download)

Anzira for @fierylara.bsky.social! TW: Uncanny, I think? Not sure about protocol here. Anyway, this design was super pleasant to work with, & let me have a lot of fun with void swoopies. Very technical terms we're using here. Have a babe! ◊ #Art #Warcraft #WoW #Rendorei ◊

This month has been a LOT of catching up with the backlog & just getting through the days in a dissociative state, but we get the keys to move apartments in less than a week, so there's that. Sizing down + paying less, & I'll need to double my distance for grocery walks, but I'll survive!

Ah! I can post these now! Lovingly presenting Lodestone for @wowcomicanthology.bsky.social's Interlude this year. Torn by time and war, two old Eredar finally have a home with each other among their people. Life is hard! Make some bonds to better it! ◊ #WorldofWarcraft #Draenei #WoW #Warcraft #Art ◊

Brann Bronzebeard is Brann-ing with a side of extra Bronzebeard today. You good buddy? No? Do we need to get you more gouda or something

It's finally done. 156 games on a Destro lock. Was it worth it? Yes. I'll probably use this weapon enchant until the end of time. I learned a lot, & it was a confidence boost for persisting on a goal (which can be really hard for me!!). I wanted it, bad, and got it! (after gitting gud) :) 💜✨

Something cozy between other projects, & I'm tired of fighting my layers on this one. Exodion's contraband ''''dog'''' Rhuuzun/Raisin, & Eustace the Lapbug (picked up in a guild event...), surely balance each other out on the malice & benevolence scale. Surely. ◊ #Art #Warcraft #WoW #Draenei ◊

Pvp is. Well. It's going! (Wiggle your fingers for me, I'm SO close)

4am Ness has a lot of big thoughts b/c 7pm Ness figured it'd be a good idea to sleep for an hour, but 11am Ness is gonna hate me later. Anyway, most of those thoughts are made of adoration for the loved ones helping me hold my brains together lately. May that kindness be repaid tenfold in time

Here's an experimental Shaadnza for @rattycatty819.bsky.social! Shaad is kind of my guild's unfortunate but very sassy punching bag these days, but he's a joy to banter with. 10/10 Penitent, Every Day Must Be Something kind of guy ◊ #Art #Warcraft #WoW #Draenei ◊

Interlude: Stories of Azeroth at Home is out NOW! Read it at interludecomicanthology.carrd.co! Our biggest issue yet, featuring 43 comics from 50+ contributors telling stories of what "home" means to the denizens of Azeroth, whether that's a person, a place or a feeling. #warcraft #interludehome

The comics are rolling in and they're looking great! Our final comic count is solidifying into something extraordinary, we're excited to share this MONSTER of an issue with the Warcraft community in just a few days! (Spot illo by @buttart.bsky.social )

Today started with some serious bullhonkey so instead, I'm balancing it by sharing this picture of Joanie I took the other day. Take her with you for good luck or whatever you do with cat pictures

The success of this tier's AOTC is unreal considering everyone's addons were breaking into a million fractured pieces tonight because of the new patch. Nerfed real bad but still nailed it; I love my WoW family

The befuddilng PC saga continues. Apparently the warranty on these parts (for a machine that was purchased -last month-) expired in January of 2025?? HUH?? Absolutely baffling and I'm not convinced this isn't some sort of an elaborate scheme by a trickster fae to test my strength of will

Godawful day so I decided to start working on the safest study in Azeroth. Needs more clutter and love but I like the direction thus far