A birthday present for @missdusk.bsky.social (if you think you saw a blank post, no you didn't)

I don't think I need to tell anyone that I fell off hard on this whole plan haha I realize now that I spent way too much time trying to make this something I needed to work on. Art should be a passion, not an obligation. So here's to 2026. Let's pursue passions, not work.

So I think I've recognized a bad pattern that I have! I tend to very enthusiastically throw myself into my passions and want to do so much. While I did some cool stuff, I also rushed my progress, so I wanted to take a step back and go back to basics (like I should have) so here we are!

I've been profoundly silent on this account. Unfortunately life has just been really difficult lately. I sat down and opened up the last sketch sheet I was working on and realized that I don't think I want to continue it. I was excited at first because it was a study of my old chibis. /1

I realize I haven't updated here. Work has been eating up my life and it's hard to get the energy to draw even when I really want to. If my schedule can balance out then I'll try to get some drawing time in. I'm gonna try to get an early, structured start on Sunday so I can get some time.

So this might be my favorite study I've done so far and I can't wait to finish off some of the sketches I've been doing so that I can share them! This will hopefully be something that brings me closer to posting more frequent original drawings.

So hilarious discovery I made: Last time I drew was pencil/pen and paper like 10-12 years ago. I found one of my first ever sketch pages and I had doodled little notes and quips on it like I have in the ones I posted here. This is a TREND that goes back a long time for me lmaoooo.

I also started working on something to throw up as a little author avatar for my pfp, but some major drama at work dried up my creative juices. I'll have something out some approximation of soon.

Spent a long time on this and it's the first full piece I've done since getting back into art after all these years, but it felt good to do it! I was originally just gonna do a style study on Fox, but I was scrolling through and saw this and something inside me said: Go for it. You got this.

I was just about to make a post about how I wrapped up that project then realized I missed one part of the coloring, but it's 2:20am and this is literally something I can finish in no time tomorrow. I need mimis!

Alright, I've got the lining pretty much set. I'm gonna get the coloring done hopefully tomorrow depending on how hard work is. I'm really excited with this one tho! I'm putting pretty much everything I know into this and it's basically gonna be my first big piece-well, big for me anyways!

Alright, the weekend is over and I've got my tablet out so I'm gonna get back to it! I'm looking forward to getting a lot done today.

I promise you I'm not playing games when I say that I've been juggling final preparations for an event that I'm responsible for which has severely cut into art time. I tried getting into it, but I got too much on my mind. Next week I promise I'm setting aside time for art. You're gonna love it!

Okay, it was perhaps a bit ambitious to think I could finish this today, BUT! I've made quite a bit of progress and I'll keep working at it. It's all a matter of building the skills like training a muscle. It gets easier the more you do it.

Tell me why I suddenly had the motivation to draw tonight and decided to jump the difficulty up like 5 notches out of nowhere. It's a bit wild, but the reckless abandon I'm throwing myself into art with is liberating. I just don't care if what I'm doing is going to be hard on me. I WANT TO MAKE ART.

Sorry for the repeated radio silence! I keep meaning to sit down and draw, but I keep feeling tired and burnt out from work. I'm trying to get a nice hard reset on my mental and with tomorrow being a 9-hour workday I think it's best to make some coffee Friday morning and start making something then.

I was legitimately gonna draw tonight, but then I nearly froze to death trying to get some Raising Cane's and now I just wanna eat and warm up my fingers and toes.

I've always found there's a beauty and a supreme elegance in simpler styles. I was checking out some silly gae comics and realized that I wanted to do a style study of @grs22.bsky.social and see how it felt and what I could pick up from it.

I figure it's best to do this while I'm still small, but I felt like my old handle was needlessly specific and I felt like RiddleMeArt has a bit more character, builds off my name, and doesn't imply that I'm looking to specialize into something narrow. I do still want to learn to draw feathers 1/2

Also because I think I deserve it, I happened to see this while posting that update and was surprised by how good the middle lower hand actually looks. I was a bit tired when I ended the sketches, but it's pretty good honestly. I was cooking a bit last time and I deserve to say it.

Work has been taking over my life and it's impacting my mental. I'll be trying to do some sketches if my mental will cooperate and work on my job situation. I don't want to give up on this project, but I'll need time to get things stabilized. On a lighter note, I do have a small rebrand ahead.

I heard that it's #portfolioday and I hope that next year I'll have plenty of stuff to show off!

I am aware that I'm not really drawing every day, but with how crazy my schedule is I should have known that was a pipe dream. I'll be drawing as often as I reasonably can, and trying to build my skills as I go.

I really wanted to do a sketch page of hands cause I have to eat my art vegetables before I can have my cake, but my wrist started hurting and honestly I was getting tired of drawing hands x3

Ngl I felt that ache of "oh this isn't that good, don't post it" but I'm new and I'm not going to improve if I don't give myself time to be bad haha I'm gonna do some more practice work which I'll hopefully be posting over the next couple of days. Toodles!

Hey, I know I'm late, but my mental was kinda bad over the weekend. I wish I had taken the time to finish the line art and take a shot at the hat, but I got eager to take a shot at coloring. So anyways, here's a sketch of N from #MurderDrones everyone!

Alright! One bit of work down. I'm going to get some more practice sketches done tomorrow and then post what I have so far! Learning is hard, but it's worth it.

Ngl, switching from day job and hobbies when I can to committing to regularly drawing is a bit tough. I'm gonna find a way to have my art desert and make sure I'm eating my veggies. Or just find a way to make the veggies more fun!

Happy New Year everyone! I was spending the past two days with my partner, but I'll be finishing up some stuff tomorrow and posting some more sketches and art studies.

Really wanted to do a doodle, but my mental isn't with it. Either this weekend or after New Years I'll do some doodles. I'll also try to do a style study somewhere within the first week of January to help pick up on different techniques and approaches. With appropriate credits ofc!

I had originally intended to study art a bit through December and start the daily drawings in January, but I couldn't stop myself from drawing a bit this month too. Here you are! The line work will look better when my drawing glove comes in.

Kinda wish I had something I felt comfortable using for a pfp, but whatever! A little about me: I'm non-binary I'm otherkin My @ is named after two things I want to learn to draw I like feathers and scales because I'm latine and am fascinated with Quetzalcoatl ~Cont