I kept dreaming about trying my hand at realistic drawings of cats, and who pops up first on my feed than Uni! Limited myself to one hour on them in CSP, and this feels like a good warmup. Uni, I'm sorry I can't do you justice! I hope I can capture your cuteness better with more practice!

Woke up in pain having slept horribly. SO told me it rained last night. It was supposed to rain tomorrow. This is what I get for not checking the signs. Took some pain meds, drinking my brunch coffee, and hoping I will be functional in an hour. I got things I want to do!

A part of accepting deteriorating eye sight that hits like a punch in the gut has to be having to change the courser size and color. With one good eye, I realized I couldn't track my courser very well when it was white on white, like on a WIP canvas. So... adjustments are made.

If FFXIV pulls another realm reborn and takes away my access to Shadowbringers story replay, I will be done. Not just because not having access to a part of the game I love, but because they pretty much made something I paid for moot. I'm tired of having games taken away...!

I was just messing around and... well... I'm thinking about experimenting with these designs. Thoughts?

Recovering my mental health revealed a lot of things. I won't be getting tested until the regime ends, but several friends who stuck by me through my recovery and weren't driven away by my mood swings and episodes have pointed out I express a lot of autism traits. Faintly knowing is 1/4 the battle.

I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.

I'm debating on using Cara or Tumblr for a blog. I've been doing an experiment where I try to find creativity every day, even if it doesn't end with me drawing, but still unsure where to put my ramblings. Any suggestions?

Did a #botanicalstudy. My right hand is now covered in #graphite!

Well, I just got confirmation. As someone with mild dyslexia, I rely on spell check. More than once I've used the wrong word or typed gibberish. I've noticed that spell check is getting way worse. It's AI integration at its finest. Can I opt out, please? Writing has just gotten harder for me. :(

Sat down to check Bluesky a few minutes before doing morning chores. Guessthis is how I die. Cuddly 15 yo demands snuggies.

Yet another thing that #collegefailed to teach me during my creative writing courses, I had found this information scattered here and there on the Internet with slight variation, but this is the best, most concise list I've run into!

I am embarking on a quest to get creativity back into my life. I tried once before, and did well, but I was setting goals instead of making systems. While aimed at finance, I highly recommend this video to help you with your goal setting, too! youtu.be/zKrE0Z9CCxM?...

Finished an old piece from my WIPs. The initial sketch was a mess! To fix it, I made the canvas bigger, giving the character space to exist beyond a face. While able to stand alone as a #fantasyart piece, this is based on my #FFXIV character if she gave into the dragon blood in her veins.

This. This is what makes art pop! Take a hot character, pose her perfectly, and stick that moment of imperfection - in this case, her tights caught on her shoe - and instant interest in the picture dynamics!

You know what they don't teach you even through college? How to hustle. How to freelance. And above all, how to manage money as an artist. I am learning more on YouTube about how to market and manage goals both artistic and financial than I ever did in the years of college. And that's fucking sad.

One big mistaken hole I jumped into feet first was the thought that I had to create as fast as possible. That only counts in commercial work. Turn around equals money for companies, but not always for artists. I am really enjoying taking my time with the details! #WIP

So I'm starting my art journey narrowing things down to mainly Bluesky instead of throwing things everywhere to see what sticks, and my gods! The design on Art Station and Ko-Fi... you have to MANUALLY click each notification to turn it off. There is no mass-select option!

I'm starting a journey of self-discovery. For a while now, I have made an anime-inspired character-based style that could fit with almost everyone. I've realized I need to draw more of what I want to draw. So Bluesky will be my home base while I take a look at what I want to do with my art.

Oldie goldie from 2018! I entered "Kirin" into the Huion contest. Of course I didn't win, but I still had a ton of fun drawing this and learned a lot from it! I think that is one thing I love most about artwork - when I learn something and have fun during the process of learning.

Was browsing around after a nice 2-hour art bender (I don't usually get that much time to sit down and draw), and low and behold! One of my fav artists has set up their new print shop while they're in Canada for their masters! Check it out!

Adulting is more fun with drawing in it! ♥

The Conquer Campaign in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month has met all its goals in Warframe. It's really weird to feel seen as someone on breast cancer watch. I haven't experienced a community of developers that care so much about, well, their community. Thank you, @warframe.com ♥

I'm at 9k words typed in one day... Only reason I'm having to stop is I need a shower and my fingers are tired... Send help. Writing inspiration is insane!

When you don't feel like you are improving in your art, do self portraits! The one of the left I did in 2017. The right is from 2023. I don't improve as fast as I want, but I do improve!

I used to be a big Pokemon fangirl, but after the patent nonsense Nintendo pulled I have gotten a bad case of the ick. This sucks!

Spreading the good word. Don't let Big Brother watch you. Don't engage beyond the block.

Hey. Look. Lookit this wholesome gamer. You see this? Yeah, I'm friends with that! /proud

Hmm... if i do speedpaints again, I am going to have to find a good video host. Can we just.... not? Please, big corps? PLEASE?! *headdesk* youtu.be/12-0VLAd4IU?...

Oh no... oh freakin' no....

Well... looks like I know what I'll be doing next week. Gotta get myself polished back up after my break from the game!

The story line for my FFXIV OC is that she was forced to drink dragon's blood, and with the help of her Lalafell friend stopped the transformation, leaving her cheek marked with a scar of scales. This is her at the end of her story line, accepting herself for who she is - all of who she is.

An old commission I did of a tiny coffee dragon. I loved figuring out the design for the head extras on this cutey!

Some concept art I was doing for a scale pattern on a Naga's hand. We ended up picking the first one, but then the pose we settled on completely obscured the design XD At least my commissioner has an art of how the scales fit on his character's hands.

As part of the Helene cleanup, they have started burning the rubbish (fallen trees that can't be repuroosed for wood mostly). I have terrible lung health, so that not only can't do my morning walk, but being in any building with poor air circulation sucks! Not feeling good, and the doggo knows.

Some more old art. This was for a contest, where I decided that I would try to imitate traditional pastels with digital art. I miss my birb everyday.

Realization time. Fellow artists. You know those chains that say "Post your purple art" or "Post your night art"? Yeah, those are AI fishers. They are gathering themes. Naturally, not all are, but an AI simp is going to use that thread, nonetheless. Be careful out there!

I don't repost much is I am so sick of clout chasers. I go on YouTube shorts and see 10 different users posting the same video, none from the original creator. No one asks if they can. The worst phrase ever introduced into modern culture is "Better to beg forgiveness than ask permission."

Fun trick I found! If you are making art in a night setting, take a picture of it in a dark room and see if the light still reads! This painting is getting closer to being done. I've missed my oils!

"Pre-Dawntrail Serina" Artwork of my FFXIV character at the start of the most recent expansion. I played around with a method to color hair I saw on Webtoons, and it came out very pretty! I'll have to mess with it more to make it a little more mine.

I started on a new oil painting today, and I know I need to let it dry a little since it's mostly thin and wash, but I wanna paint moooooore. ; ;

"Pride Flowers - Loving Everyone" I've was practicing using more geometric and abstract shapes to create flower like designs based on different pride flags. The glitter sprinkles on the petal edges came out very fun.

I love this #artwork so much, because it's a redraw of an extremely old artwork. The OG art is traditional, so I gotta get it scanned in, but until then, enjoy "Laurielle." I'm also trying to add more descriptors to my art for hard of vision friends.

An old art from 2018, this was my Fanfest entry that didn't place. Back then, I thought that if I used the metallic purple pantone on the swirls that they would print it metallic. My sweet summer self. XD "As He Remembered" still came out beautiful, though. Done in Photoshop.

I hate AI more and more. I'm trying to find reference pictures of the moon at night, and my search is FULL of AI-generated stuff. Getting a crash course in making a site blocking list.

Hello, witches! I mostly share my art and writing here, but every so often, other parts of my life will bleed in, such as: • Online Gaming • Animals • National and International Events • Daily Life • Paganism So if you like art peppered with a little of the above, welcome to my feed!

HUNTER, I NEED YOU TO LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STARBOARD AND LARBOARD!

So this time's reason for the fall off from the art streak? Kittens. Five kittens were dumped at my SO's work, and while one got a home right away, no one wanted to try to get them to a shelter. So we went after close, caught them, and tried to take them to the nearby shelter. 1/10