4 am hair dye urge hit

btw I'll do more formal announcements later but I got into offkai!!

oh I missed hourly comic day again this year oops

watching a brand that I purchased from multiple times and watched grow from an indie designer shift from paying artists to draw art for their marketing -> using what I'm pretty sure is ai gen art in their marketing emails 💀 I'm extra disappointed

◾ commission 🌼 I tried out some new gradient maps/lighting filter effects to adjust the color and I really like them paired with hard lighting 💦 #art

my partner and I have achieved the ultimate level of DINK: we do not have kids, or a cat, but we go out of our way to buy fancy cat treats specifically to feed to the very affectionate visiting neighborhood cat (we don't know whose it is either lol)

whispers my hot take is that non-display drawing tablets are superior to display tablets

I really love "red riding hood but actually she's a wolf too" character designs and have an OC like this but then just met Rossi in endfield and love her (ofc) but now am like oof people are gonna think my OC is just a rossi clone LOL

[🍵] #merch Store update! After many requests to do a second run of the crop tops, I'm happy to say they're finally up for pre🌸rder again! Estimated to ship during late spring! Please keep in mind these do fit on the tighter side so if you're bigger in the chest consider sizing up chiro.fish

◾ comm wip #art

[🍵] #merch Store update! After many requests to do a second run of the crop tops, I'm happy to say they're finally up for pre🌸rder again! Estimated to ship during late spring! Please keep in mind these do fit on the tighter side so if you're bigger in the chest consider sizing up chiro.fish

how it feels needing to use adobe for industry clients

every time I get an email where someone just writes "can I ask a question" instead of stating their business in whole upfront I want to grab their shoulders and rattle them violently

I think one thing about doing art business people don't really talk about is how easy it is for your sense of scale in relation to money can change very dramatically, very quickly. Like how big of an amount you perceive a number like $1000 to be, for example

doing deep cleaning house chores together with your partner is actually rly cool because it's just you two hanging out in your kitchen cleaning the inside of your microwave and talking mad shit about whatever drama is currently happening in your lives

[Production Update] I received word from the bag manufacturer that the Pero bags and Grem bags are a little ahead of schedule, so I will likely be able to start sending them out to customers during March! 🎉 Jailbird backpacks are still on target for shipping during April

thinking about how I staunchly avoided graphic design growing up because all the adults around me said it was the only viable career path for artists, but now I'm the clown because I end up having to do so much of it (cluelessly) for myself

throwback to when I used to make dice but had to stop because it was messing up my hands big time

lately having another one of those "I got an idea for a merch project and I can't tell if I'm cooking or if I'm cooked" eras of near-mania

perpetually on a quest to introduce my non-asian friends to hotpot ingredients that aren't just slices of meat

recently I feel like I have so much creative energy to make and design things so I keep getting super into all these project ideas!!!! I'm making so much more work for myself but I can't help wanting to create stuff 💦

!!!! I got into Kawaii Kon, see you all there! 🌴

[live] co-working stream while I work on some super secret new designs ' v' www.twitch.tv/chirofish

I will tell you an ultimate secret to happiness when you're in the business of making stuff and posting it on the internet for a living: do not ever egosearch yourself

taking some small merch to a show you aren't tabling at is one thing (especially if you're only doing it to give it away/trade with friends you know) but my god do not do this. i haven't been to a lot of cons lately but it's always awkward to have to turn down a trade from a complete stranger!

[🍵]the bun drink carriers have had a good run but we need to make room for new incoming projects in the future, so they'll be discounted to help clear out what's left🐇 If you've been thinking about them, now's the time to pick one up since I don't plan on rerunning them #merch

increasingly convinced having a small business designing merch is really just a Crisis Management Skills check because the amount of fires I gotta be putting out behind the scenes is just constant

Aaaa finally got a chance to watch zootopia 2, I really liked it ' v' I didn't look up anything about it prior so I got jumpscared by horse kronk LOL

I pretty much only worked on the hololive project for most of last year, so I've been crazy locked in on design work lately 💦got so many fun ideas I'm working on

[🍵]the bun drink carriers have had a good run but we need to make room for new incoming projects in the future, so they'll be discounted to help clear out what's left🐇 If you've been thinking about them, now's the time to pick one up since I don't plan on rerunning them #merch

Year of the 🐎(?)

!!!! receiving new fabric swatchbooks is so exciting to me it feels like christmas lol can't wait to use these in the projects I've been cooking

I maintain that cooking good food for yourself is simultaneously one of the biggest and yet humblest acts of self love

【NERISSA RAVENCROFT Jacket Features】 ⟡ long length with split back hem for better movement, inspired by the silhouette of Nerissa's feathers ⟡ water-repellant fabric ⟡ front + sleeve pockets ⟡ printed details full of references to Nerissa's design

I think a lot of people don't understand or don't want to accept that just bc you had harmless intentions, other people don't have to accept you doing something that hurts them

nah what the hell!!!! If you use shopify and don't want to be part of this ai nonsense make sure you turn it off in your admin settings 😭 worth noting: you're being automatically enrolled in this, there is the implication of there being associated fees later

I know some people may not care to see more casual posts because it's less "professional" but I feel strongly that it's really important to me when I can see them from other artists/makers; it humanizes them to me and makes me more interested/invested in their work

【pre-order available now】 ✧ hololive English x chirofish ✧ So excited to reveal this official collab featuring Nerissa ! 🎼Longline jacket inspired by Nerissa's design motifs 🎼Jailbird mini backpack you can pre-order them on chiro.fish

◾ finished CM for @manakareivt.bsky.social 💙 #art

idk who else amongst my oomfs still plays star rail but you will not believe the 4-cost team I just cleared this nightmare with 💀 E0S1 Cyrene, Rem TB, E0S0 Hyacine, E0S0 Hysilens cyrene is the main dps, hysilens is literally only there to kill bartholos spawns

【pre-order available now】 ✧ hololive English x chirofish ✧ So excited to reveal this official collab featuring Nerissa ! 🎼Longline jacket inspired by Nerissa's design motifs 🎼Jailbird mini backpack you can pre-order them on chiro.fish

[live] 🌸 starting pokemon legends ZA!! www.twitch.tv/chirofish wowee I haven't played a game in a very long time ' v' help me choose my starter!

I got some new glasses...!

my dishydrosis is flaring up again since it's that season I guess 💀 but thankfully it's just on my non-dominant hand so far so I can still work mostly ok

I think part of what makes cardcaptor sakura feel so magical is because the universe for that story is inherently assumed to be a kind place, and although characters will struggle with things at the end of the day you know their environment is ultimately kind

I was supposed to wake up at 1:30 pm but then fell back asleep and had a horrifying nightmare until 4 pm and woke up all sweaty so that's how today's going, unfortunately 😭

I don't want to sound sassy about customer service on main but some people are really testing me rn

does anyone else get rly excited by finding an actual blog post review of something instead of video reviews when I see vid reviews as the top search recommendation or a post that just links to a vid review I get so disappointed and just click away lol

[🍵] black bunpack pre-orders are open! I finally put the black colorway of the Bunpacks back up for pre-order! They're expected to ship during spring🌷 chiro.fish

I made osechi for new year 🍥