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And So It Begins!

So lately I've been touching up a lot of my previous art projects and its been great to see how much I've improved since I first started making digital artwork back in 2017. What's even better is that thanks to my dad I've recovered the original files which makes fixing up the smaller details so much easier!

And honestly, I just wanted to get the hang of things again before moving onto such a big step which is opening up art commissions. I'm still a bit anxious about it because things always get complicated whenever money is involved, but I'm definitely confident enough in my skills now to take a chance and try something new! I kid you not I was literally about to open up my first few slots when my laptop died. But, I promised myself though once I had a working one again I'd bite the bullet and try again so here we are!

The first 5 slots are officially open!

And as a special bonus, I'm offering a discount for my first time customers starting from today to January 5th 2025 (aka my birthday) so if you're looking for a gift for someone or would like to treat yourself with some cool artwork for the holidays you'd better act fast!

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Its official, my new-to-me laptop is going to arrive sometime this week! I seriously can't wait to be able to do all my usual art, writing, and videogame activities. Like I said before it may take a while to get things set up the way I like it since this laptop is on a completely new system installation which means I'm going to have to pick and choose what to copy over from my old hard drive then reinstall the main programs I used pretty much all the time.

After that however, I want to finish setting up another important thing which will be of course officially being able to offer my very first digital art commissions! It's something I've dreamed of doing for a long time and if this mess has taught me anything it's to have the courage to try while you have all the right tools at hand because you never know when you might not have the opportunity to make the most of having them...

At long last I have some exciting news! My dad has figured out a way to get the new to me laptop setup fresh while letting me grab stuff from my hard drive externally. That means I may just be back to business soon and can make digital art as well as play a bunch of my games again! It'll take a while to get things set up because this will be a fresh installation of Windows, but like I said I'll be able to pick and choose what I want to copy over and what to keep separate I don't need. You have no idea how much of a relief it is to finally know we've succeeded in recovering my data and getting set up with a hopefully more durable machine since it was one of my dad's work laptops which the company he works for rotates every few years so they can still be useful! So yeah, that's great news which has already lifted a huge weight off my shoulders from going without access to so many of my usual creative outlets for so long.

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At long last I have some exciting news! My dad has figured out a way to get the new to me laptop setup fresh while letting me grab stuff from my hard drive externally. That means I may just be back to business soon and can make digital art as well as play a bunch of my games again! It'll take a while to get things set up because this will be a fresh installation of Windows, but like I said I'll be able to pick and choose what I want to copy over and what to keep separate I don't need. You have no idea how much of a relief it is to finally know we've succeeded in recovering my data and getting set up with a hopefully more durable machine since it was one of my dad's work laptops which the company he works for rotates every few years so they can still be useful! So yeah, that's great news which has already lifted a huge weight off my shoulders from going without access to so many of my usual creative outlets for so long.

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Honestly I was too lazy to pose the arms and decided to put them behind her back so just in case you're wondering where they are, that's it. The rest turned out really good and I had fun using gel pens to add the shimmering scales on her shoulders. I considered a few names for her too but then figured its fine to leave her as a nameless mermaid/siren/water nymph.

P.S. It feels kinda nice being able to show my good old fashioned drawing process from pencil to pen outline to coloring.

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Hi guys. Unfortunately I have some very sad news. My laptop is officially dead-dead this time. And to be fair it lasted a lot longer than most laptops are expected to these days so that's something at least. We did what we could by taking it into a local computer repair place but the rest is just out of our hands since it would require saundering some parts together which there's not much point in doing because my laptop is too old to run Windows 11 which we're going to be forced to upgrade to this October.

It's honestly a miracle my dad even got it working again the first time given how old it is. Thankfully my dad still has the old hard drive which means I won't lose absolutely everything, just the newer art stuff I was working on. I can redownload a lot of the other stuff once I have a working laptop again. Not gonna lie, this whole thing really sucks but like I said at this point there's nothing more we can do. My dad is going to see if he can hook me up with a used/refurbished one though and I am so thankful for all the help I've gotten with this whole computer problem.

So yeah, Technus may have won this battle but I will win the war and I can safely say however that we fought valiantly. Plus I still have my tablet and phone to keep me sane for now until we figure something out. And you guys of course, I appreciate all your support too during these difficult times. Let's hope things die down soon, just not as literally in my laptop's case.

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@aikoiya Thanks for the warning and your supportive message. I hope things will work out too and that I won't have to go another six months without a working laptop. Having to deal with pc game/digital art withdrawals again isn't going to be fun either way.

Hi guys. Unfortunately I have some very sad news. My laptop is officially dead-dead this time. And to be fair it lasted a lot longer than most laptops are expected to these days so that's something at least. We did what we could by taking it into a local computer repair place but the rest is just out of our hands since it would require saundering some parts together which there's not much point in doing because my laptop is too old to run Windows 11 which we're going to be forced to upgrade to this October.

It's honestly a miracle my dad even got it working again the first time given how old it is. Thankfully my dad still has the old hard drive which means I won't lose absolutely everything, just the newer art stuff I was working on. I can redownload a lot of the other stuff once I have a working laptop again. Not gonna lie, this whole thing really sucks but like I said at this point there's nothing more we can do. My dad is going to see if he can hook me up with a used/refurbished one though and I am so thankful for all the help I've gotten with this whole computer problem.

So yeah, Technus may have won this battle but I will win the war and I can safely say however that we fought valiantly. Plus I still have my tablet and phone to keep me sane for now until we figure something out. And you guys of course, I appreciate all your support too during these difficult times. Let's hope things die down soon, just not as literally in my laptop's case.

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Too tired to redo this all again here so I hope this reblog explains the jist of it

Hi guys. Unfortunately I have some very sad news. My laptop is officially dead-dead this time. And to be fair it lasted a lot longer than most laptops are expected to these days so that's something at least. We did what we could by taking it into a local computer repair place but the rest is just out of our hands since it would require saundering some parts together which there's not much point in doing because my laptop is too old to run Windows 11 which we're going to be forced to upgrade to this October.

It's honestly a miracle my dad even got it working again the first time given how old it is. Thankfully my dad still has the old hard drive which means I won't lose absolutely everything, just the newer art stuff I was working on. I can redownload a lot of the other stuff once I have a working laptop again. Not gonna lie, this whole thing really sucks but like I said at this point there's nothing more we can do. My dad is going to see if he can hook me up with a used/refurbished one though and I am so thankful for all the help I've gotten with this whole computer problem.

So yeah, Technus may have won this battle but I will win the war and I can safely say however that we fought valiantly. Plus I still have my tablet and phone to keep me sane for now until we figure something out. And you guys of course, I appreciate all your support too during these difficult times. Let's hope things die down soon, just not as literally in my laptop's case.

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Final Update: Phew ok, we are really busy right now but the important part is my roommate is back home now and I'm doing my best to help her out until she gets the rest of her strength back. And hopefully once things settle down I can finally get my laptop looked at again. I really want to get it fixed asap for several reasons, although the main one is continuing working on my art/story projects and getting ready for a huge game update I've been looking forward to for months. Wish me luck with everything because boy do I need it!

I just can't win. Every time I think things will get better something breaks either literally or mentally. I was in the middle of doing something and my laptop crashed again, wouldn't turn on so I tried to open the back but then two parts disconnected and I don't know what to do. On top of that things are really stressful because my roommate is getting knee surgery this week so I guess I'm stuck on just using my phone again for fanfics at least but no art. Again. But for now I'm taking a break from social media until I calm down because this new problem just broke me. I can't deal with so much all at once.

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Update 2: Hey everyone, I felt bad for dumping all that on my followers when the last thing anyone wants to see is a meltdown post. Sorry about that, sincerely. On a happier note though I have another mini update on the situation with my roommate.

I still haven't heard back from her personally but another friend of ours who is also helping us let us know the surgery went well and our roommate will be staying in the hospital for a few more days. But more importantly it means my roommate is alright and her knee is recovering slowly but surely. Now I can handle the next issue with my laptop at my own pace because it seems everything else is fine and I'm so relieved. It means the world isn't ending after all.

Sure felt like it there for a second ngl.

I just can't win. Every time I think things will get better something breaks either literally or mentally. I was in the middle of doing something and my laptop crashed again, wouldn't turn on so I tried to open the back but then two parts disconnected and I don't know what to do. On top of that things are really stressful because my roommate is getting knee surgery this week so I guess I'm stuck on just using my phone again for fanfics at least but no art. Again. But for now I'm taking a break from social media until I calm down because this new problem just broke me. I can't deal with so much all at once.

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Update: Feeling a bit better now even though my laptop is still out of commission. But I've been through this before and there are still things I can do to work around it in the meantime. Haven't heard back from our roommate yet but I'm sure she's resting and at least saw my text sending lots of love and moral support. I just got overwhelmed when so much happened at the same time. All I can do is do what I can and try to work through the rough patch as usual. Its just hard when also worried about a friend's health on top of other real life issues you know? And thanks again to everyone who has given me their moral support too, it really makes times like this feel less depressing knowing people care about my well-being too.

I just can't win. Every time I think things will get better something breaks either literally or mentally. I was in the middle of doing something and my laptop crashed again, wouldn't turn on so I tried to open the back but then two parts disconnected and I don't know what to do. On top of that things are really stressful because my roommate is getting knee surgery this week so I guess I'm stuck on just using my phone again for fanfics at least but no art. Again. But for now I'm taking a break from social media until I calm down because this new problem just broke me. I can't deal with so much all at once.

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I just can't win. Every time I think things will get better something breaks either literally or mentally. I was in the middle of doing something and my laptop crashed again, wouldn't turn on so I tried to open the back but then two parts disconnected and I don't know what to do. On top of that things are really stressful because my roommate is getting knee surgery this week so I guess I'm stuck on just using my phone again for fanfics at least but no art. Again. But for now I'm taking a break from social media until I calm down because this new problem just broke me. I can't deal with so much all at once.

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This is just a short test video I made to see if it was possible to record Corekeeper videos in general. And I'd say it was a success! The other social medias where I tried to post it on said the file was too large, including Discord, so here it is on my Tumblr!

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its official: tumblr is selling our data to Midjourney

we'd been hearing rumors about this for a bit but now its open and out there. some details from this article

it goes without saying, but if @staff goes through with this its going to be an utter shitshow and im all but certain the website will not survive it.

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Reblog to kill it faster

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I can't believe I never posted this but to be fair I haven't draw that many fakemon in general. All I remember about this is it was based off Lugia and Kyogre. I had to be very careful cutting this out and gluing it onto some sparkly construction paper I had.

I pretty much kept everything the same as the original apart from adjusting the head shape a little. The rest of the pose seemed fine to me so I didn't see the point in changing it.

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These are based off an old doodle I drew ages ago back when a silly thought about Ah My Goddess got stuck in my head imagining what male angels might look like. And this is the result! I'd share the original doodle too but sadly I don't have a scan of it or know where the physical copy is, sorry about that!

Original Redraws:

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Booty McTooty