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Hi I'm Ash, a Digital Illustrator and 3D Artist🏳️‍🌈 Website: www.runicwren.com Shop: www.runicwren.com/shop

I don't know how people like white bread. It usually just tastes like paper. Like, I prefer it for things like pb&j, but in general, no. I forgot to buy my multigrain bread and stuck with my wife's/kid's (they love it) white bread for work lunch, and it is just ... disappointing.

It is difficult not giving xmas gifts the moment you buy them. What do you mean I have to wait 2 whole months? Ughhhh.

I am sad about losing Threads. The comradery I found there with its writing community was unlike any I had found on any other social media platform. Minus the algorithm hiding our content. It just doesn't feel the same anywhere else.

It is really annoying how my fellow coworkers and I can try all sorts of things to fix a problem with a machine, and then when we finally call our team lead for help, he comes in and presses two buttons, likely two buttons we pressed 10 times already, and it instantly works, making us look dumb. 1/

Shopping for christmas gifts makes me as giddy to give the gifts as it is for my kids to receive them. I think I did really well this year! No pointless toys or items that might be discarded in a few years. All long term cool things for everyone to enjoy :D

This is getting very frustrating. I tried all drivers back to Oct 2020 (the date of the latest driver for the pen's original tablet), & no luck. Hard to tell exactly what is the issue, but I don't want to spend another $100-150 just to find out it's a used tablet issue :/ #art #drawing

#spooktasticreads day 4. My favorite thing to share around #Halloween is first person stories from creepy Askreddit posts. Here's my selection this year. (Not to sound click-baity, but the last one is my favorite. I'm a sucker for a sea cryptid.) #horror 🩸📚 zenandblade.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/s...

Well, I guess next time I should double check if an item on ebay comes with all its parts. Fortunately, 3 dif sites say my pen is compatable ... unfortunately, it isn't working no matter what I try. For $30 more, I could have got one with a pen. Pens alone are $100+ ... Happy birthday to me :(

My new drawing tablet is almost here! My new drawing tablet is almost here! My new drawing tablet is almost here! Happy early birthday to me!

Trying out the synopsis for my multiverse #horror book. What do you think? #scifi #writingcommunity #amwriting

Sometimes I think I should scale down my series to make it more manageable. I've given myself just so much to write before it all comes together, but I put so much work into it that I don't want to tear it down. When it finally does come together, it will be amazing ... many years from now 😮‍💨

In my book series, Nihilian Effect, the goddess portrays herself as mysterious & elegant, but has a quick temper that she constantly struggles to hide, & at her core she is shallow & unimaginative. These aspects are represented in the layers of her sword. #drawing #art #reading #fantasy #books

After 20 years of sitting unfinished, I have finally completed the sword of the goddess Lianandra from my book series, Nihilian Effect. Let me know what you think! Can you draw any conclusions about the goddess from the design choices? #drawing #art #writingcommunity #books #fantasy

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Who's gonna' be lucky no. 100? 👀

It is nice to know that I can still be an inspiration for people. Two of my good friends have been asking me about drawing tablets with intent to start #drawing :D

I have 1 hour to draw as much as possible before work. GO!!!

Why does EVERYTHING make me think of #Cyberpunk 2077. It has me wanting to start another playthrough so bad. I've never wanted to replay a game like this so soon. It has to be in my top 5 all-time favorites. I have too much else to do right now, but the itch is real.

Meta, after your bot autobanned me from Threads for no reason, this is just cruel to show on my Instagram profile ...

It is sad to see my normie coworkers enjoying and sharing AI slop around the workplace. They know not what they do.

Like, I get it, those are great tools, but then require their own usually completely different type of promotion, so then you are back to square one.

I love how the general advice found online to sell your book without self promotion or social media is always stuff like build a website, start a podcast, build an email list ... all of which require their own promotion.

I hate how Wacom's new non-screen #art tablets have buttons at the top so you have to reach over your #drawing / pen or move it to use them. Terrible design. & while the 2017 version (side buttons) has its own page, if you click buy, it brings you to the new one. Then why even have it listed? 1/

I will say, even though I know I can sketch a good sword, #drawing is something that definitely gives me impostor syndrome when looking at others' works. I know I will improve and just need to ignore it, but it is still a thing.

Trying to do some studying on digital #drawing styles, specifically for swords, and a lot of the step by steps I am seeing feel very "draw the rest of the owl", going from rough line #art to suddenly having all the shading and highlighting. It has been 20 years, I need some reminders.

It's Saturday! So I'm talking about a book! Today's video features a lot of discussion of language, pov, and identity! And joy! and Animals! and Nostalgia! youtu.be/apNmaEMusO4

“Comedic brilliance.” “Razor sharp jibes.” It made the Amazon top 150 in humor. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dead Edna by D. J. Runnels. Ghost mystery satire. You will laugh. You will gasp. You will cry. Sorry; not sorry. Amazon.com/dp/B0C63RZM9V #booksky 📚💙 #mystery 📚⚡️ #litfic 🖋️📚

Well, I might just be done with social media as a whole, as much as I don't want to be. Not that I think anyone will even read this. I get like 0 interactivity across every website. And I saw articles about how all social media is collapsing and dying due to big corps and their bots, about how 1/

Wait, social media is dying now? Great, now how will I ever get people to read my books ...

Speaking of #horror, I cannot wait to get back to my multiverse horror. It is crazy & wild, & will expand my series 100 fold with new worlds, aliens, & abilities. But it's COMPLICATED. So many different aliens & high tech make it hard to write. What is the #writingcommunity working on for October?

Testing shading and highlighting for the first time in about 20 years with the wrap on the handle of my goddess sword drawing. Not sure if this is the style I want to go for, though, as it looks a bit cartoony, but it was easy to use for practice. What do you think? #art #drawing #fantasy

The finals of all the #Swordtember blades! I tried to do a simple 45min or so sword each day. This was a ton of fun, and thanks to amazing @faithschaffer.bsky.social for the Swordtember prompts each year!

This really has become a year of "moving on" for me, it seems. My board game, alt platforms, & now ... I may have to shelf my science fantasy post-apoc pirate #novel. I've become lost in editing hell & don't see a way out any time soon. There's still too much that needs doing. 1/ #writingcommunity

I will be taking the time to go through the Thriends that I followed and try to find everyone here, but it will take time, as there are a lot, and not everyone uses the same name across platforms.

I'm supposed to be asleep now since I work nights, but I'm so stressed about income, mind racing, that I just can't. Honestly, I've even been considering drinking, & I'm someone who hasn't touched alcohol in like 15 years, & even then it was only on holidays ... This sciatica will be my end.

It seems when I adjusted my username a few days ago, it alerted the system that it was a fake name? Because my account was suspended for being fake/impersonating someone. Ridiculous if you HAVE to use your full name on your account, or else ... Careful out there using a pseudonym, I guess 😕

On my way home from work at 4am, I just watched 2 different sets of deer using the crosswalks at 2 different locations. I knew the deer around here were smart.

Like, in general I really don't care that I lost my Threads account, but I do care that I lost some of the friends I made there and supported. Many are not on here. Luckily, they let you dl all your info, including follows, so I can attempt to support in other ways.

What is funny about this is that the Threads account is connected to my Facebook account, where I spam political stuff all day, while my Threads account was 100% casual and art related. 🤷

Welp. My Threads account was permanently suspended for no reason by their automated system. Cool. Cool cool cool.

I am determined to make this account as equally politics free as I had the other place, but dang is that difficult without the same controls. I have other places for politics. Social media is my art, writing, gaming, etc. place.

Big question time, friends! My wife doesn't like the current design of the guard of my sword drawing. It represents the goddess's 2nd set of wings, but doesn't need to LOOK like wings, just curled feathers of a sort. So, opinion: Current vs New vs Half'n'half? Or other idea? #art #fantasy #drawing

Well, since my Threads account was suspended, I will start sharing my drawing here instead. Here is a glimpse of the line art for my goddess sword drawing. I had hoped to finish it entirely by today, but alas, life, work, indecision, etc. got in the way. Let me know what you think?

What the fuck. Threads ACTUALLY hates me.

Foundation is really one of those series that messes with my head, making me equally optimistic, pessimistic, creative, and nihilistic all at the same time.

Hope, the 1st moon base after a series of failures. It may be the one thing deterring world war. Martin wants to explore space & be part of greatness. His team isn't perfect, but they work well together & have become a family. It all goes wrong when a delivery crashes off course. #scifi #booksky

My sword of the goddess #drawing is coming along! I am hoping to finish it next week. I will be using it and other drawings to help promote my stories. #art #artsky #fantasy #Booksky

Hope, the 1st moon base after a series of failures. It may be the one thing deterring world war. Martin wants to explore space & be part of greatness. His team isn't perfect, but they work well together & have become a family. It all goes wrong when a delivery crashes off course. #scifi #booksky