#So if everything goes well by monday evening I'll be done and tuesday & wednesday will be proofreading and editing

[damiemontclair]

The good news is: I will be alone at home from friday till monday afternoon. Freedom to work how I want without being bound by other peoples rhythm and needs!

[varvuska]

WIP Wednesday!

Heya! Since I've seen others take part in it, figured I might as well. So WIP Wednesday it is! Showcasing what I've worked on during the week and talking about art as a process. It's both to help fight perfectionism and to help myself see that, even when I feel like I haven't got anything done, I'm still doing something!

So first things first! This week, on Monday, I finished a piece that I already posted (also on Monday).

In general, I think I'm very happy with this piece! I've been figuring out how to best get the shape of a creature's face right when all you have to work off of is side profiles, really. And I think I'm learning. Something that helps a bunch is using shapes to figure out where everything goes before starting to mold the actual face.

I feel like I could have gotten a bit more experimental with the shading, but I'll leave that for another piece ig!

I also worked on the lines for this on Monday!

It's a personal piece of my fursona that I've been slowly working on on the side of commissions as warmup! Generally I'm just starting to be really happy with he design of it, though I'm still debating about the exact shades of color to use in the palette. Hence why it's still a work in progress.

I slapped the colors on on Tuesday as placeholders.

This one I'm feeling the most uncertain of. it's a commission piece that is a small file size for reasons that are obvious considering the use of it, but the pixelation does bother me. I think I might just make it bigger to start off and then scale it back down again in the end, but it feels like wasted effort considering how far I already got. But oh well.

Lastly, there's this!

A sketch for a commission piece on Flight Rising! Ridgebacks are funky creatures for sure, and another case of only really having side profiles on site. So this was a lot of improvising.

I'm pretty satisfied with it personally, but I'll still be contacting the person who this is for about whether they like this angle or not. If given the green light, I'll start sketching all the apparel on top. :3

So yeah! That's my progress report from the week so far, I suppose! Happy to have a nice drive for art again, December was ROUGH. And obviously I've been doing a lot of writing on the side as well thanks to a certain roleplay server, hehe (thank you to the people in it, so happy to be a part of the community!). <3

[babylove00]

Till time ends itself

Part three, book 1

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one week till wedding

you were a reck you badly wanted to tell bucky how you felt but you knew bad things would only come from it. besides the thought of doing that to Natasha was breaking your heart bucky and her belonged together. they had the love that has been shown in every movie,book,tv show in the world. yes you were sad but happiness was what you forced on yourself, you didnt want to go to their wedding thats was this week.

but you owed it to them, and it would be weird if the braid and grooms best friend didnt show up. so like always you bottle up and push your emotions away hoping that one day that they will snap away in thin air. it was now monday and work was carzy, bruce and tony fought about everything and you sadly you had to endure it. you watched as bruce and tony bickered back and fourth. "its not safe tony! people could get hurt, it needs more time. I need more time to run some tests!" tony rolled his eyes and scuffed he turned to you and your eyes widened "No no! im not getting in the middle of this." you said.

now bruce was looking at you fot your answer as well you rolled your eyes. " fine you want my answer. tony, im on bruce's side we still dont know what it can do, we haven't even had any human trails yet." tony threw his arms up in the air and walked out pepper following after him. you and bruce worked in peace after that.

the day was slow but finally it was four and you ran out the door ready to get out of there. as you were driving home you got a text from nat saying 'call me!' when you got home you pulled out you phone and called natasha. you put her on speaker phone well you changed into some a tanktop and white little matching shorts and white socks. "yeah, but today im sitting there and stacy goes "well im sure you had a couple of pounds to lose." i was so taken back yelena almost dove over the table and stabbed her i swear." nat spoke through the phone.

stacy was natashas rude ass cousin that nats mother forcec her to invite to the wedding you all hated her. "damn i hate her, whats her promble with you marring bucky?" you said as you cooked your dinner. mac and cheese for the win like most nights "i have no clue but im so done with her i cant stand to think that she'll be in my wedding photos." nat said through clenched teeeth. "eww i just get a shiver down my back thinking about her, evil" you saod as you shook away the bad feeling you had just got.

"alright james just got home, i'll talk to you later i love you y/n" she smiled nat was some what still that crazy care free girl she used to be love for her and you friendship filled your heart. "okay i love you too bye!" then you hung up you couldn't do that her you loved her too much. to then told yourslef for the millionth time it was just a stupid crush.

Tuesday came and went, tony and bruse finally agured to wait a little longer on the project you all were working on. pepper and you made plans to meet up for wednesday pepper was the only one who knew about your love for bucky. she was supported you in anthing you did, but when it came to bucky she didnt care for him. you were walking around the city no place in mind just walking, the cold air that cut throw your lungs was refeshing. you watched your breathe in the air just trying to clear your head trying rid the guiltiness of loving him.

the sun was setting over the buildings, you used to take walks with natasha all time but know as you two have gotten older they have stop happening. it sadden your heart to know that you loved him and you would never stop, it didnt bother you that he didnt love you in that way you had accected that long ago. what bothered you was that she loved him, she was the sunshine in your life and you felt like a trash person for loving your bestfriends soon to be husband. ding!

steve: i see you

you were a little confused and started to look around you. you spoted steve standing across the street you waved at him as he crossed. you wrapped each other in a big hug he smelled amazing, he was warm and cozy. right now hug was what you needed "y/n/n what are you doinh out here its getting dark?" he questioned you. you both let go of eachother and looked up at him, he towered over you woth his height, "im just taking a walk" she shrugged. his face was writen in worry.

"y/n you could get hurt out here, you shoundt walk alone" you stated in a stern tone. "i know, i know i just needed to clear my head thats all" he grabbed your hand his fingers locking with yours as he pulled you down the street. "w-were are you going!" you yekped as he tugged you harder. "were going to make you happy! come on y/n" you both ran down the sreet laughing as you made your way to an arracde. "here we are m'lady." he joked, your face lit up his happiness you pulled him inside as you both took in that the fun stuff you could do.

you felt like you were 15 again running around with him doing the most random things to intertain yourselfs. you played mario cart and laser tag, he won you a stuffed animal cat in a claw mechine. "oh steve look there cotton cady!" you squeled as you interlocked your fingers with his and draged him over to were it was being selled. steve laughed at how happy you were, he could feel his heart grow warmer everytime he saw you smile. he was madly in love with you.

he wished he could live here in this moment forever with you. he hopped and dreamed one day you and him could share a life together. you almost fogot how funny and sweet steve was no one really got to shoe that side of them anymore. you hadnt thought of bucky the whole time only thinking about steve. "one cotton cady please!" you asked the man who worked the counter.

you got your cotton cady and began to eat it. you handt realized that you hand was still in steves but oh boy did he notice. he lightly swang your arm back in forth as you two walked. "thank you steve this means a lot to me" you said while looking up at him a bright smile on your face, one he handt seen in so long. "anything for kitten" you sqeuzzed his hand and you both made mermoies that you swore to remember for the rest of your life.

steve dropped you off at your apartment, you didnt want the night to end. you wished that you ans steve could stay like this forever. you and him were still holding hands but netheir of you said anything about it, thinking that if etheir of you said anything it would end. steve and you were now standing outside your front door laughing about a 40 or somthing year old that was cailminh on the kids jangle gym and fell off. it was now a little inside joke the two of you found to be one of the most funniest things in the world.

"i had an amazing time tonight steve! it was the most fun i think ive had ever!" you said while you both smiled at each other. "me too we should do it again, also im not going to the wedding with peggy anymore" your brows knotted together even though your were happy. "why what happened?" you asked steve suddenly got all shy and his hands got alittle sweaty in yours. "well i know your both inveited to the wedding but i was hopping you would be my date y/n"

a smile placed on lips "you want to go with?" you asked just making sure you didnt hear him worng. you always had a little crush on steve but bucky took your heart before you ever really got to give it away. "yeah i do, if you dont want t-to go with me or you have a date i totally understand" you stood on you tipy toes and kissed his check "of crouse i'll go you stevie!"

steve let out a breath he didnt know he was holding in, a smile on his lips again and you felt your knees go weak. god he's beautiful you thought "great! alright i'll see you soon kitten" the pet name made you want to kiss him thoughts of how great steve was were in your head all night. you went to bed with a smile on your face and little did you know your were now falling for steve.

the rest of the week was going great you and steve talked on the phone everyday you and him have been friends since highschool and you knew eacth other inside and out but this was different. flirting all all the time smile and laughs shared and longing looks. when you and pepper met up you told her all about what was happening with you and steve. you said she was glad you were moving on from bucky and you were too. but you knew once you were at that wedding all those sad feeling from the years of hiding your love would come back almost like they never left to began with.

[thedaveandkimmershow]

It's Friday morning, now, and it's been a lovely week away as we hit Pause on our lives in progress. This week, Time was something to indulge rather than burn.

We thoroughly experienced a ton of unstructured time and, in fact, the only thing of significance I can remember from Monday evening, for example, when we got here... is Kimmer thoroughly enjoying herself reorganizing everything inside Nessie, our rented campervan.

Dinner was cold leftovers of our Wahoo lunch in Irvine and, if that doesn't sound appetizing to you, you've never eaten at Wahoo.

That first night, we managed a walkabout of the three sections of camp, taking in all the different ways people set up temporary homes... from tents through pretty involved, full-blown recreational vehicles, some of which are the kinds you can imagine rock bands touring in.

Our final experience of Monday: involved relaxing around the campfire at night with family, enjoying each other's company and occasionally subjecting marshmallows to too.

Much.

Fire.

Whoops! 😉

That was Kimmer, by the way.

Tuesday's breakfast is me making scrambled eggs with ham and cream cheese topped with a Kimmer crafted latte chaser. At some point later in the day, we drive the PCH down to San Juan Capistrano and talk some Veronica Mars 'cause the Pacific Coast Highway features big in the teen detective drama.

Also, the town of Neptune, the apparently crime-ridden town of Neptune, is written as located near San Juan Capistrano.

Even though the series was shot in San Diego.

By the time we're done with our impromptu Veronica Mars trivia session, we're at the OC Boutique (upscale GoodWill to you and me) then Target, then Laura's House (the thrift store), then Dollar Tree for C-batteries before returning up the PCH whilst Kimmer catches up with one of her most favorite people from her highschool days whilst I slip in 'n out of a Ralph's right there on the coast to score some ice.

By the way, the producer of the new travel series on which I worked the last nine months needs a photo of me for the series website (editor/music composer)... so Kimmer takes a snap of me in front of a section of wall outside Laura's that's painted blue, orange, and white... which seems to do the trick.

Yay!!!!

Later, dinner's all about having a salad. Later still, the night's all about playing poker with a coupla teens who, hand to God, start texting each other at some point during the game.

Wednesday's breakfast is Kimmer whipping up cream cheese and salmon on toasted muffins. Delish! Kimmer muses about going back to sleep which, I remind her, is something she'd never do during her work week, so...

She actually goes back to sleep.

Huzzah!

In the meantime, her cousin Derek slips outta camp to grab his mountain bike and returns with said bike and the friends with whom he's gonna go riding the trails around here.

According to Derek, the trails are eighty percent climb, twenty percent downhill.

I ask him if the downhill's worth it and he says

"We'll find out."

I think they were out there a couple-and-a-half hours. Definitely scored a workout after which Derek made the bike crew a well-deserved lunch.

By this time, Kimmer's up and now it's all about this impromptu lunch. A coupla the guys overlapped a touch into Kimmer's medical neck of the woods... so there was a bit of shop talk as well as bike talk as well as general conversation, joking, and laughter.

Later, in the evening, just before sunset, we set up temporary shop at Crystal Cove Promenade for a more robust internet connection, cold Starbucks drinks, as well as a Mediterranean pizza and a flatbread/cheese/roasted peppers/hummus starter from Zpizza.

We ended the night at the camp table with the boys and a few hands of poker. Amateurs all around with chocolate chips at stake rather than money.

If you think those stakes are lower, though, you're crazy.

We all love chocolate.

So yeah. That takes us through Wednesday. Tomorrow, I'll recount our Thursday which had a few more experiences in the day.

In lightly recounting our time so far, however, I'm keenly aware of these large gaps in the time for which I'm trying to account. As if I'm leaving out a number of other things we did.

Except no...

I'm not.

Because there's a lot of quantity time in there before, between, and after everything else we did.

There's peace in there like dark matter in space.

Peace. And zen. Relaxation. And navel-gazing. And taking in the sky and the water and the hills and the stars.

Indulging our time.

Our time.

And it.

Is.

Glorious.

😁