#hashtag progress!!!

[grass-s0fa]

artfight is over so here’s my attacks from this year!!!

featuring . . .

ziggyxtal’s Hoki, @0pal-m0nroe’s Syren, hunnipuff’s Saltie, kodyssandwich’s Davero, 2am_main’s Nicolas, @ruadri-arts + @valiantmade’s Avani and Marigold, keterjester's Carmine +lenny, boubid's Allie, moochupon's Zainy, koreuh’s December, and @blus-junk-drawer + YourLocalWindex's Zach Lukas and Atticus!!!

[evignonita]

[🔭]: (...) And the stars look very different today. Space Oddity, David Bowie.

V: Dude! Did you see what I saw?

L: Yeah bro, is that a...

P: W-What?! What happened? Guys, tell me. I was installing the telescope!!

L: Sorry bro, you lose it.

Don't worry, Pas, in a few more years you'll see that thing up close.

[pivsketch]

back on my bullshit again-- i started this stardew villager sprite overhaul project like 8 years ago (2016!) and picked it back up recently. the great news (sarcasm) is that the game updates since then have given me twice as much work to do as everyone has cute little beach and winter outfits now? im going to endeavor to at least get shane done (#biased) but i did dream of getting to everyone. we'll see how far i get this time.

heres an elliott doing a silly dance because i saw the frames in his sheet and thought it was cute

[tinogiehd]

[sammygender]

^this but unironically

[francy-sketches]

hotd twitter is turning me into a reddit atheist istg

[zemoiii]

[nordstarr]

also Cat Updates no one wants:

tommy

still aloof

still anxious

still a freak

occasionally lets me boop his noise

made the gentlest biscuits on a blanket once while looking bewildered about it so idk if he even knows what's going on ever

loves staring at people in the reflection of mirrors and windows

chirps for company when he's using the litterbox and comes running when mark goes to the litterbox alone so some sort of co-dependent bullshit going on there. boy besties who hold hands while pooping or something

my sick coughing baby of a boy

mark

big fan of making biscuits on every soft blanket in the apartment while purring SO loud

as food-obsessed as ever

still hasn't learned how to retract his claws when reaching for something so he's the main source of all my scratches thanks for that

has started coming up to me when i'm on the laptop on the couch and either sitting next to me or sitting on the keyboard and just kinda chilling there -> WILL let me pet him when he's like this

(he used to only accept being touched when he was lost in the sauce of whatever treat i was giving him, so this is kinda Big for him)

BIG fan of having his butt scratched

[smaller-comfort]

We picked a quart of blackberries from the backyard this afternoon, so it was clearly time for me to drink inadvisable amounts of whiskey and commit atrocities in the kitchen. First up, that "crustless pie" recipe that was going around a bit ago:

The batter feels a bit like sugar cookie dough that you mix fruit into, so that was...interesting. (Recipe here: Crustless Strawberry Pie.) Given how overripe these berries were, maybe not the best choice. I need to get an oven thermometer because nothing ever bakes in the correct time frame. The recipe recommends underbaking it, which also gives me some ??????? feelings because, again, that batter has some odd proportions, and the bake time is listed as 34-39 minutes which. ?????? Why not just...say 35-40. I kept it in there for at least 45 because there's "slightly underbaked" and then there's "salmonella incubator". We'll see how it tastes. Worst case scenario, I bring it to work and feed it to my coworkers like I did the zucchini bread.

In the oven currently is a tray of blackberry pie bars (recipe here: Blackberry Pie Bars); in true #DisasterKitchen fashion, I didn't realize I was out of cornstarch until I'd measured out the berries. Cue the fastest grocery run I have ever made; the crustless pie had 17 minutes left on the timer, and I made it back with cornstarch and a pound of butter with 3 minutes to spare.

Soon...soon...

[king-starscreams-fics]

Not a challenge piece, but...

In answer to the following, I have another story in progress:

Megatron is disturbed in the middle of the night by a scared Bumblebee, who really wanted to get hold of Optimus:

He kept himself in check, though it was difficult not to sigh or growl or... something... with frustration.

"It is all right. You caught me on my way back to berth, to tell the truth. What is it?"

"I... I don't know. I just don't feel well. I'm really cold, but I've got so many blankets I can hardly move and I'm starting to feel like I might need to purge and I'm feeling a bit scared."

"I'll be right there. Do me a favour and wake Dorothy, all right? She will know what to do."

[chronostutter]

the issue is that i really like patch-ridden jean jackets/battle jacket/whatever you call it in terms of aesthetics but i fear that most are often extremely corny and even more performative

[thinkingaboutagoodurlname]

Y'all might be shocked, but I've got a white hoodie

[tr4sh-u]

I'm currently crying my ass off over Copa América rn, but have some sketches trying to figure out the designs for Golden, Spring, Lily and Abby.

This is a heavy wip so just ignore ig

[pinkhysteria]

REBEKAH/HOPE + (parallels)

[sillygo0fycl0wn]

Just in case I die for another week, take these wips :D

Ughhh Gook is one of my fav shinigami’s he has such a simple yet effective design. Handsome fella

And ooh is that more rarepair I smell? Shhh don’t tell anyone

[frenchiepal]

knowing/learning multiple languages is fun until you are unable to write a paper without three different dictionaries open because you have to filter every thought through 4+ languages, until you start mixing words from different languages into a normal conversation and draw a total blank trying to correct it, until you notice keeping up with all those languages is impossible because concentrating on one means neglecting another and AHHHH 🗣️🗣️