Working on getting some more fem clothes and mentally trying to get ready to be seen wearing said clothes. Excited and scared. Mostly scared.

The Tron franchise is very weird to me because no one who's owned it since 1982 even seems to be aware of what that movie was about. Tron is a genuine Cyberpunk film. Flynn is a cyberpunk! He's going to hack into a gigacorp and bring it down from, literally, the inside. The inside of the computer!

Every 'weekend' I make plans to find somewhere in the city to meet people and try to make friends. The few (2) times I've worked up the courage to go out to places I'm too scared to talk to anyone and end up going home really soon.

Some people smile like they've read about happiness in books.

Liberal politicians if you are so disturbed just pretend Charlie Kirk was a Palestinian child and you’ll get over it in no time

I know I talk about my newsletter a lot, but hey, I'm just trying to build something new and survive out here like so many other creatives, so forgive me. Besides, there's this, which I think is timeless: buttondown.com/alanhenry/ar...

Friendly reminder that school administrators tend to take complaints from parents much more seriously than the same complaints from teachers. So if your kids’ school district is using PragerU stuff, please speak up.

Can we get a "I'm too broke to be advertised to" setting on websites or something? I haven't spent money on anything other than bills and food in over a year. Showing me your products is doing nothing but building disdain.

how I feel since 2016 or so

Newsletter time! This edition of Productivity, Without Privilege is my summer 2025 reading list! It's Hot Book Summer because it's too damned hot outside. Patreon subscribers get it early (tomorrow 9am): www.patreon.com/halophoenix It goes out to all subs Friday morning: buttondown.com/alanhenry

Hey, instead of throwing 96 bucks at midj0urney & getting only slop, ugly ass D&D portraits out of it… I offer you 350+ handcrafted designs for just $1! There's also a $5 tier with cute little variants now, thanks to us consistently hitting 500+ Patrons!!! patreon.com/Myrmidia 🤍👉👈

Wake up Berd Nerds. New Berdable just dropped. And this one's loud AF. @rubyvoxx.bsky.social ❤️

Alright, more free time will slowly be opening up. Going to be seeing about getting some streaming and art-ing (drawing and crafting) trickling back. It'll start with just a little; I don't wanna overload myself straightaway.

Yo if here are any thigh elves out there hmu

I need every single one of you to stop what you're doing and watch this today: www.tiktok.com/@leverttheba... Don't like TikTok? Here, it's on IG too: www.instagram.com/reel/C8Z70hp... Send some love to your Black and Indigenous friends today.

I am officially older. 🎉

Anyone want one of these real quick so I can buy some electricity? 👉👈

Its been said a million times but a gentle reminder of why UPS wants to get rid of the United States Postal Service is b/c they don't want to compete I use a shipping service and to compete with USPS as part of that service look how much UPS has to "discount" rates from retail for international.

Good news: Japanese researchers may have found an explanation for long Covid and a possible treatment for it.

BEHOLD!

This is the best thing I’ve seen today and I need a source. Bluesky, please help. Credit to whoever this rad group is.

If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business. You’re in organized crime.

Realized I've been radio silent for a min. Some life notes: got new job, & new apt in a new city. I'm still not done moving & helping my sister get her place ready for sale. Trying to be around a bit more right now, but once things finish up (late June-ish) I'm coming back fully w/ streams and art.

Got a couple of nibbles for job prospects. Would require relocation, but at this point I'll make it work 🙃

Really bad tremors today, but it's the first day in a while I've felt up for drawing with my mental lately, so here's an #AuRa from #FFXIV #ffxivart #art #oc is Sorakhali Qalli

Vol. 1 of NEW shoujo manga! 『My Science Partner Turned into an Eldritch Horror Then We Got Isekai’d and Now He’s My Husband?!?!?!』 #jayvik

It is not fun constantly getting rejection letters after interviews. Better than the ghosting, I guess. Is why some days I'm not able to get any sketches done. The constant denials really get to me sometimes, especially after a good interview.

Did a little #fanart piece of Agrias Oaks from #FFT! Def my fave Final Fantasy game! Though FF6 is a close second. There was a little bleed-through on this page of pink next to her shoulder, so thought I'd try something diff for a background/accent to cover it. Think it's nice. #art #traditionalart

I kinda like the look of the #sketch book accent color(?) pieces I've done; so I did another! This time of the yacht assaulter herself @orcatsukii.bsky.social Particularly happy w/ how I got her mouth and right hand (left was rough so exec' decision: behind hair was taken 🤣) #VTuber #art #orcaort

Finished! So I've been bad and gotten back into League and I am LOVING playing Aurora as support. She's super cute and I love her so I had to draw her!!! #art #fanart #LoL #leagueoflegends #leaguefanart Also I think the freckles/markings she has turned out pretty well.

Like to post things I've finished/done with but today's piece was giving me trouble so I'm gonna ink and color her tomorrow. #WIP #sketch #art for those who don't know I'll say who she is then ;p

I am so fucking tired. I slept like shit and woke up after horrible nightmares. Prolly gonna try to do a nap some time today, but for now I have a #chibi done in my state of fatigue. Not a migraine day but I got no spoons for a full piece. #art #oc #traditionalart #VTuber

Today I wanted to draw THIS expression (feel like I did a pretty damn good job) and practice ruffles, and what better to practice ruffles than a maid dress; so I present a judgemental elf vampire maid(?) Normally I erase details behind hair, but I liked the eyes too much. #art #sketch #oc?

Decided to draw my cyberpunk shark tooth girlie again today, and decided when she's not eco-terrorrizing she's the front of a punk band. Also! I have decided that her name is Kylia. #art #oc #traditionalart Also, I need to have a word with whoever decided she has a fishnet bodysuit. My hand hurts.

Watching @ghoulmommie.bsky.social's art stream today I fell in love with her new #oc and had to draw her! Elaina is so pretty! I also accidentally drew in regular #sketch book vs multimedia paper sketchbook so just did partial colors trying my best to not let the markers bleed. #art #traditionalart

Been a sec since I drew my #VTuber so here's a CHEEKY little piece (pun in 10 did) It was much harder to draw my booty than I expected, not that I expected it to be easy but omg so many redraws. #art #oc #traditionalart

Another migraine another #chibi. Apparently this is how I'll be tracking my migraines this year. This time we got my oshi #VTuber @rubyvoxx.bsky.social with some details I could glean from her teaser posts. #art #fanart #traditionalart

When changing from ranged to melee phase or vice verse when it aligns perfectly with dodging boss area attacks as a Red Mage in FFXIV makes me feel like a friggin' god. I know not the definition of defeat!

Decided I want to #sketch a Miqo'te I saw in #FFXIV sittin' down and having a chat with someone ^_^ #art #ffxivart I may or may not take screens of characters to draw at later times. 👀

Wanted to give the darker olive skintone another go on my shark-tooth cyberpunk lady #oc, and did some experimenting as well, inked the fishnets after coloring this time, and painted the "background" with black acrylic. Went ok-ish? #art #traditionalart

Today for my daily draw I just did a sheet of a bunch of mouths. Not gonna take a pic, but I feel like my mouths have been... flat(?) lately so wanted to do a little targeted practice there. I do feel like my hands have been getting better. Weakest link I think is trying to draw shoes.

Another #art of my cyberpunk #oc shark tooth lady (I need to figure out a name for her) I got a new olive marker for orc/goblin style skintones, but think I like the green I used last time for her more... Tried my hand at drawing those chunky shoes you see in cyberpunk stylings,

Beginning week 8 of learning to draw with a #fanart #sketch of Thancred from #ffxiv. I almost spat my drink out when I read this line. Love this lascivious man 🥰 Not very happy with the sketch tbh, but this' what learning's about. Also only the second dude I've ever drawn so that's my excuse. #art

(FFXIV ARR and HS spoilers ahead) Ah do I love Thancred's idle lines after you find him again in HS (I liked them before as well, but these are just *chef's kiss*). Def gonna do a fan art of him with one of these. Just got him back and he's already dropped some gems. <3 my playboy Scion.

Wanted to draw a hot shark tooth lady with a katana and ended up with a new #oc? As I was drawing her I decided she's from my homebrew #cyberpunk world and part of a 'eco terrorist gang' called "Dokkaebi" that likes to genetically modify themselves for aesthetics and combat. #art #traditionalart

Love when I'm inking a piece and I'm like "ope... that shouldn't be like that... Well.... fuck it; that's how it is now."

Today I have a #sketch of an Au Ra from #ffxiv I def didn't take a sneaky screenshot of in the rogue's guild... First time drawing an Au Ra, these style of 'horns' at least wasn't too difficult. Had to put the lilac color they dyed into their rogue gear. #art #ffxivart #AuRa. #oc is Kokoya Kerel

I hate that YT thinks mini painting and terrain crafting are the same hobby. Like I don't give a fuck about these super high end competition painters it keeps recommending me. I want to see someone put together a mall themed battle map with plastic and foam 'n shit.

Week 7 Day 4 of learning to #art brings a #sketch of @peppiranha.bsky.social ^_^ drawing suspender shorts + a baggy turtleneck was harder than anticipated, but I'm pretty happy with today's piece.

Couldn't wait for putting together a glam, so I drew my #Viera in a mix of my IRL clothes and my #VTuber clothes! Drawing my punk leather was harder than I expected lol #art #oc #ffxiv #ffxivart (also her eyes gave me no shortage of trouble this morning)