This year was… a lot. I’m kinda just burnt out on existing. It’s cold, GenAI is everywhere, and the world is on fire. But… I’m finding ways to survive. That’s all I can do. Be kind to yourself. Be patient with yourself. You deserve it, even if you don’t think you do. Survive with me 💜🫂

Happy Fall, Y’all! 🍁🍂🎃

Man it’s been fall weather for approximately 2 days here and I’m already over it. I know yall love your crisp air, hoodies, pumpkin spice, and spooky season but I miss my long daylight hours and not having cold bones :(

He made it!!! This is the last surviving hermit crab from the first spawn at the beginning of August! He’s 43 days old today and just went from the Zoeae stage to the megalopa stage! Now he has to learn how to use his legs and pick a shell!

Shout out to car behind me at the red light who excitedly pointed at the back of my car. Not sure if it was my bumper stickers or the axolotl plushie in my window but your pink hair is cool and the thumbs up from your passenger made me smile 💕

Have you ever seen baby hermit crabs? 💕

Most girl’s bathrooms have lots of hair and skin products and makeup. But I am the ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ emoticon so my bathroom has mostly water test kit chemicals

I found this disabled bee with malformed wings at a client’s house and now she lives in my carpenter bee house :)

Hi yes hello can you hear me in there? You are very cool and awesome!!!!

YALLLL we got caterpillars in our garden!!!!! There’s at least 3 of them hanging out on our parsley. I’m so happy the bugs love what we made for them 💕 I hope these little guys will be safe!!

Oh hey it’s #PortfolioDay I’m Axie, I like drawing cute critters and spreading smiles! Sometimes I even post! My main thing is Steve and Pals, an axolotl named Steve and his friends living in Cape Lotl, getting up to shenanigans and uplifting others! ♡ theartsyaxolotl.com ♡ www.steveandpals.com

..::Mental Health Checkpoint::.. Idk my feed is just really depressing right now so please take a short break to ride the Cape Lotl train with the Pals. Take care 💕

Oh right. I should probably post art sometimes. If you didn’t know, I have a club on KoFi called “Pal of the Month”, where I feature an animal and members of the club can get a sticker and trading card of that animal! This month is the Manchurian Black Bear!

Hey by the way, thanks yall for being so chill about the sticker club stuff. My job has been nuts and my car (which I need for said job) had a couple thousand dollars in repairs so I’ve been… having A Time ™️ Hopefully I can find some time to rest and actually pack up those stickers soon 😵‍💫

Water types, my fav ☺️

“Katie why are you in this chair without me?”

You know, after I posted this, I was a little worried about how I specified he was Hispanic. It’s so common for white people to mention ethnicity for anyone other than white, even if it doesn’t matter for the story. But seeing all the comments… yeah you know what? It does matter. Fuck ICE.

Shoutout to the kind Hispanic man that jumpstarted my car in the auto store parking lot after I just had it jumpstarted at a client’s house by USAA to bring it to said auto store. He didn’t speak any English but he saw me crying and knocked on my window with a jump kit to help me

I don’t want to be a content creator. I don’t want to be thinking about when is the best time to post or what is the best type of content to post for maximum engagement. I just want to be an artist and I just want to make art.

Ok slightly more fun story cuz I want to actually be positive on main sometimes: The other night I had a migraine and couldn’t get comfy. So after an hour of tossing and turning in bed, Shay came and curled up in the crook of my arm and started purring. She only ever does that when I’m sick 😭💕

If Things™️ could stop happening to me, that would be great

This pet sitting job has got to be one of the wildest experiences I’ve ever had emotionally. Like what do you mean when things go wrong it’s not always my fault??

I have the coolest cat in the universe 💕

When you start viewing every insect you see as “a new little friend”, the world gets a lot nicer

MY BOY IS COMING HOME!!!!

I kinda feel like I got brake checked by the universe.

I found a four leaf clover in a client’s yard today while playing with the dogs and was pretty stoked and then like 6 hours later the engine bracket in my car snapped as I was pulling into a driveway 🫠

I'm very good at remembering to upload stuff I make /s Commission for @sidewinder30k.bsky.social of their synth, Lun4R on a very important exploration mission!

My son

Paper?!!!!

Pretzel is Steve's little sibling and a whirlwind of energy and creativity. She has a passion for taking things apart to see how they work... even if she can't always put them back together again!

Heyyy lets continue the Pal introductions! Next up... 🥨💕

I have often said that my luck isn’t bad, it’s stupid. Like today, when my step mom and I did 6 Absol raids in Pokemon Go and I got 3 shinies in a row

it's snek time again 🐍

Happy Pokemon Day!

As some of you've noticed, art's been rough financially.. I love making art, paid or not, but I'm tired of always talking about income So, I'm taking a job as a local pet sitter. Hoping it eases pressure so I can create without money worries. I hope you'll be patient with me as I figure this out 💕

Crouton loves nothing more than a tasty snack! Their small size makes them able to take naps almost anywhere, drifting off to dream of the treats they'll eat after! Crouton represents self care in the form of nutrition, and is here to remind you to not only eat well, but to also treat yourself! 🧁🥕

New Pal incoming! 🍃

Feeling... rough. Lately.

Heya all! I just had a bunch of surprise expenses and I’m really struggling financially right now. If you or anyone you know needs a ref, emotes, or just wants a nice pic, please let me know! If you can’t afford anything, I 1000% understand!! Even just reposting this post helps a ton!!

I really enjoyed tonight's cast of Pokefusions from weekly PIF collab w/ @aloxvt.vtubers.social ! Goth reaper bunny & witch bat are such vibes 💜🖤 #pokefusion #pokemon #pokemoninfinitefusion #pokeart

I am slowly overcoming my fear of house centipedes. Today one clumsily stumbled across the kitchen wall until she lost her traction and fell to the floor. And instead of speeding away she sorta looked around like “rude?” I put her in a cup and relocated her to the basement.

Meet Shay! Shay is a nature enthusiast who loves to help in the garden and go hiking. She's always up for an adventure and loves taking her friends along with her. Shay represents self care in the form of physical activity and is here to remind you to step outside and enjoy nature 🍃🐝

I wanna give yall a little thanks for supporting me, so for the next few weeks as I introduce the Pals to you, you can get 15% off your whole order on the Steve and Pals website with code MEETTHEPALS15! www.steveandpals.com Thanks so much for being so sweet to me. I'm so grateful you're here 💕

I wanna give yall a little thanks for supporting me, so for the next few weeks as I introduce the Pals to you, you can get 15% off your whole order on the Steve and Pals website with code MEETTHEPALS15! www.steveandpals.com Thanks so much for being so sweet to me. I'm so grateful you're here 💕

why are we constantly overwhelmed or underwhelmed and never adequatelywhelmed

Me: *an introvert who isn’t that invested in social media* Also me: “I think I should be a self employed commission artist who needs to be on the internet.”

Meet Shay! Shay is a nature enthusiast who loves to help in the garden and go hiking. She's always up for an adventure and loves taking her friends along with her. Shay represents self care in the form of physical activity and is here to remind you to step outside and enjoy nature 🍃🐝

Doodled Karlia before bed. I needed to rough out how she looks when she’s hunched so I could figure out the neck I guess

My sister kinda got me back into Guild Wars 2 and I wanna draw my main but I always forget how weird Charr necks are…