hating your art is not a virtue, it's a sign of burn out or mental illness. the same way your muscles ache if you exercise too much or your stomach hurts if you're starving. learn to identify it as a sign you're pushing too hard or expecting too much of yourself somehow and check in with yourself.

"death of the audience" is genuinely unironically good advice for anyone who wants to make anything

get more passionate. that's my advice. being an artist is super lonely. being a writer is the loneliest. mapping out the wrinkles of your brain and sharing it with the world is vulnerable, especially when no one else seems to care, but passion is the secret. get so passionate it doesn't even matter.

Had to scribble the skrunkle. 💜

IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.

That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools

Ep 9 broke my emotions. Quick little doodle, I wanted to play with an oil paint brush. #tadc

#petalsyaps I decide to skip art fight this year and they have themes that are right up my alley, fantastic.

Given all of the recent genAI discussion, I wish to repost this.

( Insert cool sparkles and 80's style commercial effects ) for one-hundy u-s-d smackaroos, you 🫵yes, you!!!☝️ can get an exclusive drawing of your fav or oc. ... and if you want oc/yumeship / ship in general, then it'd be a pinch more BUT I DIGRESS!!!

I decided to 'experiment' with lighting and shadows a little bit. #ildottore #dottore #genshinimpact

A painfully accurate presentation.

#petalsyaps "I've got two deadlines, one tomorrow and one on Sunday." The weather, pollen, and tension in my muscles then all simultaneously worked together to give me a migraine. Bloody hell.

#petalsyaps I'm also absolutely not participating in AF this year. I've got projects with deadlines AND a backlog with cmms. So I'd rather not. I already get burnt out way too easily ( and struggle with hand / arm pains. )

#petalsyaps Dare I shill my comms one last time lmao. 😭 Solely doing this because Lohen didn't come home and as lame as it may sound, goddamn I just want my pookie. But gods my projects and back log makes me quake... Plus, sadly, for 40 pulls, it's like 135 CAD.

#petalsyaps Woke up and immediately my right hand is throbbing, specifically the pinky and up the hand. Ow.

#petalsyaps For the first time in a couple of weeks I drew yesterday ( digitally ), and hated how my colouring was turning out. I genuinely don't like when it comes out looking smooth, but I also have ingrained routines with my techniques and go auto-pilot with it.

Another piece from my MurderMedia animatic. ♥️ I waited this long to share it since it's the biggest spoiler. #voxal #radiostatic #radiocult #staticradio

GO SUPPORT IRON LUNG ( if you can! ) GO GO GO GO!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TeZ...

Did this quickly last night. Dottore eye. #ildottore #zandik #genshinimpact

HELP - LOST BAG AT DOKOMI I forgot my brown messenger bag at the Parkinglot today, inside were several drawing supplies, a pink umbrella with pumpkin head, a lunchbox with "Mana" written on it and several purchases from the Artist Alley. IF YOU FOUND IT PLS CONTACT ME

#petalsyaps Sometimes I forget that I have this. Feel free to give a cheeky follow if you're on ig too. www.instagram.com/eclipsepetals/

"I don't have a type" and then you see Alastor, Dottore, Pantalone, Vox, Mana, Blade, Rerir, etc. Gulps.

A bit behind, but here's another piece from my MurderMedia animatic. 🤭 Turned into RadioCult, huh. #voxal #radiostatic #radiocult #staticradio #hazbinhotel

#petalsyaps All of these 'He's my man' edits with Dottore... I want to make something with DottoLone and that song, now. ( Funnily enough, I've already had a few ideas with this song and other characters. )

Don't be surprised if you start seeing Genshin art from me again. 🤭 DottoLone my beloved... VoxAl and DottoLone, my beloved tragic and doomed pairings. I love these insufferable men /aff.

Some stuff I forgot to share before ; brainstorm doodles for that first fic I was thinking of writing. Ambrosia ft. The Lads.

🦌 #alastor #hazbinhotelalastor #hazbinhotel

If your art doesn't capture your real interests it always will feel lacking. So many products feel soulless now because they cash in on well made and beloved art which also made a point. It's ok if you want to be popular, but popularity alone is not the drive to keep you making things for 20+ years.

Have something very, very silly I did today. ( It was originally for a question on my RP blog. )

#petalsyaps Whenever I read a fic, I want to draw for the fic. Then, I want to also write a fic, but then I want to draw for the idea of my fic, too. And then we're caught in an endless loop of wanting to do the thing, and my brain going "Nah" solely because it's too many things at once.

Testing? Our internet randomly decided to die.

#petalsyaps I truly need to doodle my other ships some time. And my crossover ships... 🙂‍↕️

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˗ˏˋTie!!ˎˊ˗ #staticradio #voxal #murdermedia

Artists! Quote with a femme fatale art ⚔️

Crush #radiostatic #sparksduo #hazbinhotel

The damsel encounters a mythical beast, deep in the heart of the forest...

Another illustration from my 'UNTIL WE'RE UNDEAD' MurderMedia ( cough and RadioCult ) animatic.♥️ #alastor #hazbinhotel #hazbinhotelalastor

Happy 15 years of knowing you, my Jigu. 💝👑🪽

#petalsyaps I fear that the silly doodle of Alastor is going to me him and I both for the foreseeable future. Checked the forecast. Pollen will continue to be 'very high' for a while. Seems I'm going to be combatting allergies and feeling feverish for days to come.

Very very silly doodle. I've been struggling with allergies this week, so I'm making Alastor struggle with me. #alastor #hazbinhotel

#petalsyaps Utsu-P's latest upload is so goddamn good. I need to find the Eng translations ASAP.

#petalsyaps Been battling a migraine again, which is most unfortunate. I've got things I have to do, which requires a lot of reading and jotting ideas down ( with deadlines in mind ) and having a migraine really hinders that.

#petalsyaps Finally played through Varka's story quest. I cried like crazy. That was such a beautiful quest, 100/10. Also, at the very end, the Unusual Hilichurl decided today was prime time to rest under the tree, so he technically appeared in the quest LMAO.

#petalsyaps Genuinely considering outright deleting a majority of the brushes I've downloaded. I get so overwhelmed with so many there. Sure, it'd be lovely to use them, but I never bloody do! Argh. I'm a hoarder of brushes lol.

#petalsyaps I don't like the Pollen Debuff nature has bestowed upon the land.

#petalsyaps Noooooooo I'm already shipping my OC with Lohen.

#petalsyaps I love how us Lohen enjoyers are clinging onto those few seconds of music, listening to them on loop like insane people. ( Because we are. /aff. )

Going to share some pieces from my latest MurderMedia animatic. 🫶 I adore how this piece of Alastor came out. #alastor #hazbinhotel #murdermedia