visiting elf to get another few story/skill jumps from the summer event... not sure which new arcana i want to try. i maxed the skills for the idol puppetmaster and the monk ones that are coming next month, but the alchemy gunner from the last batch seems cool too...

(in the cadence of “one week”) i’m the kind of guy that laughs at “to zanarkand,”

for some reason i have been thinking about cloud atlas. so i'm rereading cloud atlas. i read it for a contemporary lit class like 10 years ago so i figured i'd go through it in smaller bits without the looming threat of midterm paper deadlines. and also because i'd like to watch the movie again.

spent some time trying to iron out a layer-based pose/expression system for portraits. i think i've managed to organize it well enough...or as well as one can organize a pile of sai layers. now to try and replicate it for all the other characters!!!

had a bunch of tests today at the hospital… they took far more blood than i was expecting them to and i was very brave about it so i treated myself to what might be the world’s politest doughnut. and some other doughnuts for later.

i counted how many songs i made since i started composing for my little world. i have over 50 in there now!!! that's not even counting the extras i have on my ipad... i'm still a beginner but it's been really fun to learn. it's nice to listen to things i made for my world while i draw my world.

more brush testing...

this week’s sauce!! i used more finely chopped tomatoes for a smoother texture… i had to sweeten it a bit more than last week’s but it went well with the chicken parm i made!! i butterflied a single serving of chicken this time too so we have an extra serving i can cook tomorrow with the leftovers

testing another pencil brush... i kinda like it

you are number six!!!!

(watching the zelda trailer again) dude i desperately wish they’d make like. a midna babble-esque language for these new games. or something like monster hunter language. they have the power to do it and they do it with splatoon (and new yoshi!!!). real language dubs in these games feel so…off to me

lrt in light of the current news. everyone should listen to the beatles in ocarina of time. you can even put it in your randomizer if you want.

THE COMPLETE BEATLES IN OCARINA OF TIME ALBUM IS OUT NOW! THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE SUPPORT!!! <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX_n...

i am probably preaching to the choir here. BUT. please keep fighting back with all your heart and saying you don’t want this. don’t allow them to normalize it—and most of all, DO NOT BUY IT. not on sale. not ever. not even if it’s your favorite. money is the only language they’ll respond to.

chai (of the big variety)

been simmering a sunday sauce and meatballs for a few hours… gonna serve it with some rigatoni

she's getting forklift certified (read: i'm grinding her crafters to 100 after forgetting about them for two years. oops.)

save me, chicken parm-style grilled cheese… save me……

last night i watched the episode of columbo where he accidentally gets too deep into a case that the CIA are involved in. and he can't do much about that, so it just ends with columbo shrugging at the culprit and saying "mahjong!" and the credits roll. season 5 of columbo is a rollercoaster.

practice sketch... i was going put the classic rant to ea-nasir in the background but it did not fit on the canvas so please just imagine chai yelling about receiving terrible quality copper

i realized yesterday that the evenings in recent memory i’ve had the energy to write for fun after work were on days i drank my favorite milk tea… and there’s a part of me that now wants an industrial-sized crate of milk tea. but if i drank it daily i think i’d spontaneously combust from the sugar.

chai [ #oc | #art | #illust ]

somewhere in the holy city [ #oc | #art | #illust ]

too exhausted to draw anything good... just sketching

we’re calling it “the blahaj index”

whatever

hey i've only just learned this but what do you MEAN daxter of jak and daxter was originally a weird little elf like jak. i thought he was always just a little weasel guy...

went downtown for a very pleasant satur-date. but i could not resist the cute floral print relaco shorts this year……. they’re my favorite in the warmer months

happy birthday ffxi

🌿 [ #oc | #art | #illust ]

portrait of a siroma (ragnarok online)

🌊🪸 [ #oc | #art | #illust ]

these days i don't buy very many new outfits but i laid eyes upon the stupidest (endearing) shirt today on the site i usually order clothes. and i knew i had to.

made a tomodachi life island for non-OCs. they're doing well.

writing home [ #oc | #art | #illust ]

tried one of these italian pudding ice creams from 7/11... i was not expecting it to be as rich and tasty as it was but it was such a nice treat on a warm day like today!!! top 10 ice creams candidate...

sketching up some (tentative) fun lizard facts

saw some good creatures today

mixing and matching af gear is so satisfying... i'm having a lot of fun figuring out looks for her.

changed over to the summer linens today… blahaj found them quite comfy.

logged in to organize some inventories... i've been thinking about it and if i ever play this game more seriously again i'll probably retire my potato. as much as i loved being her all these years. but i think she'd rather stay home in gridania now. so i'm messing with some au ra ideas.

today's elf

wishing all anaheim-goers safe travels and a very fun weekend!!! may your critically acclaimed mmorpg dreams come true…or something.

i have been in pain all weekend but tomodachi life has been a nice distraction from it. i feel like i’m taking it too seriously though because i’m putting all of these important events and Nouns from my story into it and adding them to my oc miis’ vocabulary. which has its own humor, i guess

nun that goes "yippee!!!" [ #oc | #art | #illust ]

more pose practice.... [ #oc | #art | #illust ]

the only good thing about going into the city for the yearly health check is the post-yearly health check pizza and pink lemonade.

from the window [ #oc | #art | #illust ]

(adds another song to the 'not sure if i'll use this for a while but it's not terrible' pile)