#but I'm going where the art bug takes me because July is a month of emotional landmines

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Here's another pic of Lux, my mech pilot OC, in uniform and sippin' on his strawberry boba. (I gratefully blame @scribe-of-stories for Lux's ongoing existence and brainspace occupation)

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I posted 681 times in 2022

That's 185 more posts than 2021!

13 posts created (2%)

668 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@worstloki

@chronic-ghost

@stellophia

@livebloggingmydescentintomadness

@nildespirandum

I tagged 497 of my posts in 2022

Only 27% of my posts had no tags

#loki - 176 posts

#other people's art - 103 posts

#other people’s art - 63 posts

#other people’s stories - 42 posts

#other people's stories - 42 posts

#thor - 24 posts

#useful - 21 posts

#tom hiddleston - 13 posts

#good omens - 10 posts

#the sandman - 8 posts

Longest Tag: 76 characters

#i've had more than 12 different types of cheese in my fridge on a normal day

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I am not dead

I was given a copy of Horizon: Forbidden West and it's eaten my brain (and all of my time). I loved the original and I'm loving this one.

I had a job interview that I was totally qualified for and it had excellent compensation, but when the interviewer bagged on their current employee and then said "it takes about six months to learn to handle this job without crying," I began feeling uneasy.

It took me a night of sleeping on it for me to articulate what was wrong with this interview. One, don't bag on your current employees, ever. It shows you have no respect for the people in your employ and that you would rather talk about them behind their backs than teach them how to do their jobs better. Two, jobs should not make anyone cry. If that's the case, you're an awful boss who doesn't know how to teach people how to do the job the way they want it done (and if it's that much to do, you should hire more than one person to do everything).

Yadda yadda, capitalism sucks and I've already survived a job that was that traumatic (for 18 years, goddamn it) , so if I'm offered this job I'm going to give this one a pass. I recognize that I'm extraordinarily privileged that I can pass up this opportunity because my spouse has a decent job.

1 note - Posted March 19, 2022

#4

This pleases me

2 notes - Posted July 8, 2022

#3

More Misadventures with Merchandise

Me: *watches What If series episode with Jotun Loki* Oooh, neat!

Funko: *advertises their What If series Pop!s*

Me: Oooh, neat! *places pre-order on Amazon for Jotun Loki Pop!*

Amazon: *accepts order*

One week later

Amazon: (via email) Your pre-order is out of stock! Another seller has it for double triple the price, though!"

Me: *sees item is still available via target dot com* *places new order*

TWO MONTHS LATER

Me: *opens box*

Box: Have a Queen General Raimonda!

I called Target's customer service and managed to get a refund and I get to keep the queen. I went back to amazon, and Jotun Loki is suddenly available again, for the original price. He'll get here Tuesday.

2 notes - Posted May 15, 2022

#2

Turning Red is a Rorschach test where people see what traumatized them the most about changing from a kid to an adult

2 notes - Posted March 21, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

So I watched the first episode of The Boys Diabolical because it was short and boy howdy was it exactly what it said on the tin. The first ep, "Laser Baby's Day Out" had the main characters drawn in classic Chuck Jones style (think mid-[20th]century modern Bugs Bunny) which looks so familiar to animation fans. Dare I say it was a deliberate choice made to draw the audience in? That little girl could totally have been born in Who-ville. It's deeply cute from the get-go. But from there it goes off the rails. I won't spoil it for you, but it really really goes off the rails, and then some. The cognitive dissonance of watching what happens in the oh-so-familiar, family-friendly style is just chef's kiss.

I think the main character, Simon, looks a lot like Tom Hiddleston. It's all there for me, the expressive eyes, the lankiness, even the nose, which is a classic caricature style. Look at that face! That little smile!

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32 notes - Posted March 25, 2022

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"Mary's 2021 Summary of Art" - Published: Dec 31, 2021

(Warning: This is going to be a wall of text.)

January in January i was asked by a friend "Hey, i wanna learn how to make Live2D models. Wanna join?" At first i thought i couldn't do it, but in the end decided "Why not?". That's the mindset i wanted to carry through the year. Pictured is the result. I've been asked to try and complete said model, so next January will be fun! This month i also took part in a FFXIV tag on twitter, where we made fake screenshots for a dating sim. That's where i decided i wanted to try and work on a visual novel, at least once. It has always been one of my dreams after all!

February ...And so i jumped on the lemmasoft forums to look for work. Found a person making a cute little self-love tale for the Valentines Jam and figured it was a good idea to give it a try. It was so much fun. Took the challenge as far as i could, and i'm still really proud of being part of this! Still not sure if game art is for me, but felt great to finally give my dream a try. If you take anything from this text wall, let it be "Wanna do something new with your art? Try it out!"

March I think it's around this time we started playing our TTRPG game (Asera)? Ok i forget when we started, but this was the month i sat down and designed my little thief (Layla) and my boyfriend's fighter (Daimyorus). Also made designs for Layla's family. It was a rather busy month (character design is time consuming!), but nothing really 'wow' to show off for it.

April This month i drew some memes for Asera, and sketched a bunch of illustration ideas... That are still sitting there, unfinished. You see, this same month i got accepted into my first zine ever, as a merch artist! Trying new things continued to pay off~ I got stickers done from sketch to flat colors around this time.

May Finished the sticker sheet for the zine (pictured), then proceeded to take...around a week on the phone wallpapers. I restarted it so many times before... When the idea finally clicked i stayed up till 4am drawing >>;;; I was terrified I'd miss the deadline, and had an apology letter on the back of my mind the whole time LOL Thankfully, it worked out and they were delivered in time. Sadly had to skip Mermay because i was busy with miscellaneous projects (only drew 1 mermaid for it, which I wanna redraw someday). Started making little chibi faces for my OCs so i could have a catalog... Which is an idea I wanna revisit later. Having a good reference of everyone would be really nice! (...even if i never do anything with them lol)

June Asera bug bit me again, and i spent a while making chibis for our characters. Also made chibis for NPCs. Designed more NPCs. Designed some of our weapons. For work, got commissioned by a VTuber to draw them and their pet (pictured). Technically finished on July3, but worked on it most in this month so eh LOL

July I made an off-hand comment about working on commissions a month or two before, then on July my friend approached me like "Hey, so you said you're doing comms... Can I get one too?" I had! So much fun! This is also the first time i recorded my drawing process (i do have plans on making a youtube channel eventually). It made me realize i... Take a bit too long. This one was 36hs. That's a bit much LOL But hey, i'm proud of it and both friend&his girlfriend like it, so 100% worth!

August Another busy month, drew some twitch screens for a friend, updated an old drawing (xmas chibis), filled some ff14 memes, experimented with a more sketchy style so i can have a faster type of drawing (...why didn't i post it?) Pictured is the bday gift i made for my boyfriend. Still haven't posted it here, but it's on my stash somewhere >>; It's filled with love!! Maybe that's why I'm still proud of it.

September Made the final twitch screen (pictured), and designed more outfits for Asera (fashion design is indeed my passion). Cleaned up twitter and started working on a TOS so i can maybe open commissions soon... Speaking of commissions, this is when i drew the Dauntless illustration. Nature BGs are my favorite thing ever!

October A very busy month. Worked on commissions (all 6 of the characters O_O) + bunny boy for the EW countdown. The original sketch for the commissions was.....interesting....idk how that got approved LOL But the final result is something I'm very proud of! For the rest, drew more sketches and outfit designs for Asera, plus a chibi sketch to commemorate EW's release (bf's wol and mine ON THE MOON)... Having no idea it would be delayed very soon LOL

November Got into a bit of an art block, which was broken by... Asera characters as Animal Crossing villagers!! Why are drawing memes/challenges the best thing ever?? After that, i managed to start working on a commission my sister asked. Drew all of her students and their favorite toys. They're all so friggin adorable ;_; Was stressful, yes, but also a great experience. Also i think this was my first time drawing real people? Well, my first time doing that for a commission at least!

December Sadly another art-block month. Made yet another Asera sketch (bc i don't have enough of these!), and twitch badges/emotes for ADigitalKing (pictured, also sorry for the hideous watermark, but they paid for it ok TT). Currently working on twitch emotes for my friend, but struggling to have them on a quality level i'm comfortable releasing.

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Phew, what a year! My journey for a year where i have finished art to post on every month continues, but i'm proud of how much closer i got this time. Also got to try so many new things too! Overall, a good year.

Onwards to 2022!