The Auction is TOMORROW! Check out the auction’s Bluesky feed for links and bid to tell me to draw something Final Fantasy! Creatures and beasties, Warriors of Light and Scourge Abominations… and all funds go to support Doctors Without Borders!

I called in sick to work today because I’m still hacking up a lung even though I’m feeling a little better—but because I’m feeling a little better, my brain is telling me “hey! since we’re home, we should Get Stuff Done around the house!” Please help me tell it to Shut Up

Day 11 of art show prep… the one that was done in the beginning is still the only one done, but I have made progress! Two in good shape, and two prepped boards waiting in the wings.

Molding paste applied to one canvas 💪 and now it’s time to get ready for the day job 😂

i don't usually work with a lot of green so this was actually a lot of fun 💚✨ time to start something new! twitch.tv/kandaem #art #oc

Day one of art show prep: Inventory. What do I have? What’s finished, what’s not? Of the finished stuff, what’s appropriate to the show’s theme? Of the unfinished stuff, what will work and what won’t? What materials do I have and what can be repurposed?

Right now I have maybe an hour a day that I can spend on art, so I’ve gotta be somewhat methodical about this so I can accomplish everything while not panicking…

WELP I had one painting ready and it was perfect for an upcoming show so I submitted it at the last minute The gallery emailed today to tell me I’m accepted to the show They’re asking for UP TO NINE PAINTINGS So I guess I know what I’m doing this month

The thing about being an artist is that you have to recognize when your art isn’t earning enough for you to live, and then do something about it—but that doesn’t make you any less an artist. There’s no shame in a day job. You can always revisit that decision when your art earns its keep.

I managed to land a job a week after I decided I needed one. In this economy. Not sure how to advise people on how to duplicate my success; pretty much every job I’ve gotten, I heard about from friends/neighbors and therefore had someone to vouch for me before I interviewed.

As someone whose family was on Medicaid during my husband’s bout of unemployment, I can tell you that the asset requirements were already brutal and encouraged perpetual poverty, and the documentation requirements were designed to get people to give up so they could be dropped from the program.

The Letter Z. All done now!! Time to put together a little abecedary poster...! #monsteralphabet #puffbirdsketchbook

The Letter Y. #monsteralphabet #puffbirdsketchbook

The Letter X. #monsteralphabet #puffbirdsketchbook

ANYWAY you know how people want less regulation on product labeling? I would rather my gluten problems come from silly me not reading the label and not mega corps not wanting to muddy up their design to tell me “processed on equipment that also processes wheat”

I accidentally glutened myself on a seasoned snack pack of tuna that I didn’t check the label on because why would tuna have gluten in it 🙄

Oh, sure, a hoard of cats sounds like such a cute idea but dragons ought to be aware that with their increased “lap” size, it can be quite an inconvenience - this poor guy hasn’t been able to move for three days. #dragons #cats #fantasyart #mythicalcreatures #dragonart #dragonillustration #kitties

The Letter W. #monsteralphabet #puffbirdsketchbook

The Letter V. Almost done with my Monster Alphabet series! #monsteralphabet #puffbirdsketchbook

If you cannot run your business by following simple laws, you don’t have a business, you have a racket.

Visited a teeny tiny mercantile shop in a teeny tiny rural town in Idaho while traveling this weekend and I am delighted to say that this thing exists

applying for jobs again

Katamari Fantasy

The Letter U. Next installment of my Monster Alphabet series! #puffbirdsketchbook #monsteralphabet

people don't see artists (musicians, writers, crafters, etc) as laborers and that's the entire problem right there people are inclined to see creativity as a hobby or downtime activity, you can't make it actual real work, what rights do you possibly want when you're being a slacker with no ambition

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

*frustrated noises* Composing a professional email so that it DOESN'T tell this gallery that their application process is crap. I'm afraid to work on the form anymore for fear it will charge me the submission fee AGAIN; it isn't formatted in a way that looks even remotely like the instructions.

Painstakingly compiling the art I made this past year into a portfolio for a gallery application and realizing I was actually more productive than I thought this year... Hoping this application turns out! It's been a while since I've actively applied for the gallery scene.

The Letter T. More Monster Alphabet! #monsteralphabet #puffbirdsketchbook

The Letter S. Part of my Monster Alphabet set. #monsteralphabet #puffbirdsketchbook

The Letter R. Part of my Monster Alphabet series! #monsteralphabet #puffbirdsketchbook

The Letter Q. Next installment of my Monster Alphabet series! #monsteralphabet #puffbirdsketchbook

My process of drawing and preparing my monster alphabet series for posting keeps getting backed up, and then I forget where I'm at. I have more! I was supposed to be posting one a day, but between my iPad & its dying battery + my computer & how long it takes to run one image through N!ghtshade...

The Letter P. Next in my Monster Alphabet series! #puffbirdsketchbook #monsteralphabet

Also, it’s lilac time! (Only one of these is a lilac, but I’m sharing them all anyway!) Pulled out my macro lens to explore what’s blooming…! #puffbirdphotos

A detail of a current work-in-progress (nearly done)… #workinprogress #piffbirdsketchbook

I'm actually getting a little excited to put all my monster letters in one image and see what they look like all together XD

The Letter O. Next installment of my monster alphabet series! (Ouroboros this time!)

The Letter N. Next up in my Monster Alphabet series! #puffbirdsketchbook #monsteralphabet

The Letter M. Next in my monster alphabet series! #puffbirdsketchbook #monsteralphabet

Steady - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper

Getting a fashion subscription to update my jeans-and-t-shirt wardrobe was such a brilliant Christmas present...

Headed to Joann finally to see what they had. I wasn’t interested in the remaining books, and they were out of the paint and canvases I was looking for, BUT I found a nice floor lamp for my studio! This corner is so dark, and having this lamp will make a huge difference.

Hey, look—I’m on the roster for this year’s FF Charity Art Auction! Check out the other awesome participants in this thread!

Photos from yesterday’s studio work…! #workinprogress

Sketched an older Noctis and then decided the sketch looked better in reverse... #finalfantasyxv #puffbirdsketchbook

Sketched an older Noctis and then decided the sketch looked better in reverse... #finalfantasyxv #puffbirdsketchbook

Sometimes I like taking photos of light... #puffbirdphotography

Artists feel pressured to make new art too quickly at the moment. Normalise artists fucking disappearing for months. Just walk off into the woods for a year and come back with a single sketch. It’s good for you