#and then that’s another 2.5 hours

[thesixthstar]

Tbh california should just pave the way for a shorter work week by requiring lunch breaks to be paid.

[ca-d]

Harmony Grove // Salem, MA 🖤

[cinematicnomad]

ughhhh i'm about to head to the airport for the first of THREE flights to get back home. i was on a later flight originally but i switched to an earlier one bc i was worried my layover in beijing would be too tight but now i have an extra long layover bc there just weren't any better options. this means from the point i leave my hotel to when i, probably, arrive back at my apartment i will have been traveling...~36ish hours? kill me!!

[prostocupoftea]

im doing some not-au animatics so have this (with sound)

[hockpock]

tumblr's april fools thing appears to be up already

there's boops in my activity feed but i have not yet figured out how to give them.

[general-george-washington]

they shut down my entire department bc of the upcoming snowstorm and it's just like ???

[scionshtola]

tbh i kinda think it would have been a real mess on both sides if corishtola got together before shb

[hinamie]

why is this dog piece taking so long im >:c

[outeremissary]

2023 Wrapped!

This is my first ever time doing a year end art summary (using this template)- I always wanted to when I was younger, but never felt I was creating enough work or that it was "serious" enough or good looking enough to be worth compiling. It's been interesting to reflect on a year that included so many creative ups and downs (and life ups and downs in general). If you'll permit me I want to do the little reflection ramble too, even if it's an inadvisable 5 (or now 6) in the morning where I live.

Some of you who followed me on Twitter probably know that I only "learned to color"- or rather found a way that worked for me enough to finish things consistently- in 2022, and rather late in 2022 at that. This is pretty much the first year where work I considered "finished" or "polished" included things that weren't greyscale, and it's absolutely the first year where I had attempted to do something in color almost every single month. When I look at this and see the range of hues it has, I really feel an incredible sense of achievement. I would not have imagined 14 months ago that I could stitch something that looked like this together, and 12 months ago I can't say I'd have felt confident either.

Despite having a huge artistic slump in the back half of the year (along with a sharp downturn in my mental health in general) I was astounded to find that for the first six months I had so much work that I loved and was proud of that it was hard to put this together because I constantly felt like I was leaving favorites out- works that I thought were iconic or were huge milestones or I just really loved. That was unbelievable. And that was only sifting through the "nice" stuff- I didn't even consider a mountain of sketches and doodles that I adored! Even in my busiest months and the months I was recovering from a major medical procedure (I got top surgery!!!) I had something to show, and May being a WIP is less because there was nothing in that month than because Aurien and Vio were the only ones who were fitting in the damn frame (side note: I'd be more thoughtful with template than aesthetic if I ever did this again).

Even in the five months I was convinced I had done absolutely nothing, I found again and again that I had more than I thought for every month (except November, where it turned out everything I thought I'd done was early December. you've been spared DUrgetash). I was creating even when I was convinced that I was never going to be able to draw again. And I was creating enough that I got to be picky filling this thing out and choose Tristian for October just for a laugh when other options were out there, and enough that I had options when I was struggling to fit something I wanted into the template frame.

Side note: Miss Leonelle, you were tragically robbed by the damn frames.

In making this I also saw again and again the connections that I made throughout the year. I have had the incredible fortune to make wonderful friends this year and to build on bonds that I already had- even some where I perhaps didn't deserve the chances I was given. @mountainashfae is all over this summary- in April, May, June, August, and November- and I've often felt I spent as much time on Vio as Balthazar this year, but there were at least seven other baronesses, KCs, and other incredible OCs I had the privilege of drawing this year who I desperately wanted to fit onto this and was not able to for one reason or another. I'm so happy to know so many creative, passionate people and to be allowed so close to the things they hold so dear. To everyone who has shared their creations this year- not just with me, but with anyone on the internet or in real life or quietly in DMs or in a Discord or wherever- you're incredible, and I hope you're proud of what you've done. And if you struggle with that, I hope you can be proud of the way you're growing even now.

If you've stuck with me this far, thank you. Sincerely. I really appreciate that there are people who enjoy looking at my silly little drawings and reading my occasional rambles, even if I'm a little erratic on putting things up and usually a bit distant by choice from fan communities. And if you continue to stick around, I hope that you continue to have a good time.

I don't know what to expect from 2024 when I've got a laundry list of projects from 2023 I haven't finished, but I'm hopeful about what it'll contain. There's a lot I want to do- more full illustrations, working on other media, trying more ambitious projects- but for now it's enough to just think about picking up the things I've left off and continuing to tie up those loose ends.

Here's hoping we all can find something we want in 2024, as terrible and unknowable as the new chapter is.

[kaerinio]

alright, i will be here shortly! ya girl is running on fumes, but once i have a little dinner and some relaxation time, i'll be down to write and chat! 🥹

[briarpatch-kids]

Every day you have to choose what to eat and then cook it and eat it!!! I don't want to today!!!!!!!!!

[nyancreeperpony]

I feel like The Substance is like if Death Becomes Her's premise was a little less comedy and a little more horror.

[bluesey-182]

lol. i deeply fucked up

[gravehags]

one thing about curatorial work is back fucking HORT

[namelessprince]

WIAT WONDERLUST IS OUT. ANIMATIC ON PAUSE

[thedeafprophet]

10 and 11 for the art ask

10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw

DRESSES I love drawing dresses. Specifically late 1890s historical dress, the SHAPES SPEAK TO ME

And it's such a shame because I myself am not.comfortable in dresses but I appreciate them as an aesthetic (I wanted to be a fashion designer as a kid lol)

Josie is like my only oc who wears them too so she gets all the fashion....will be drawing more for the fashion coalition soon. Ish. I do not control the motivation

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what

Oh yea I have to be doing something else when drawing or else The Brain Ghost will get in (my mind tends to wander when I draw unfortunately)

I usually listen to my oc playlists on spotify. It's really funny when I'm drawing one character but listening to the music for another.

Sometimes I will put video essays in the corner. And particularly right now, I will put my online driving course on 😆 i did that with my online classes in the summertime too.

I'd list my song playlists but that would be waaaaaaaaaaaay too long lol

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