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[demaparbat-hp]

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[kellystar321]

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[dandyshucks]

going to cry because i am worried i won't finish all the crochet gifts in time :''")

[okenki]

hello~!

this month i'll be doing a challenge! the OC-tober one!

made my list by remixing/re-arranging the one from briedraws!

took 60 or 70% of the tropes, modified some and made up the others.

i'll try to post everyday on my tumblr, i'm thinking of doing something easy in black and white with a little bit of screentones maybe? still figuring it out! (typing this on the 30th of september, hopefully by tomorrow i'll have it figured out?! xD)

i'll be very busy for this month, with both art and non art related things.

i will try to take part in the 25h comic challenge, it will probably still be in french, but i'll link it still! one day i will finish translating them all..

can't really say i'll do much more this month, so i'll just stop there, aha!

as usual sketchbook pdf around the 20th! i'm glad i was able to find a pace and rhythm that suits me! thank you all for the support! it's really helping! it's both a financial help but also it helps me stay 'in shape' and more organised around what i do! hehe

it's getting cold! take good care of yourselves!

xoxo, ken

PS: some things i did last month! i never do a recap of the previous month, but i'll try now!

-made a zine about inoran from luna sea, as i get more and more back in touch with this band and vkei, expect more of this, i think? i'm impredictible... ; _ ;

-the other mini zine i had in mind i will do later maybe!

-made another episode of MSAT, [i_care_4_u]!

-got back into making goth boyfriends more consistently!! yay!!

[ros3ybabe]

Daily Check-in: October 5th, 2023 + Life Update 🎀

I swear I always disappear for a few days, lurk around the tumblr app, and then decide to give a random update. I really need to work on my consistency lol.

Anywho, life has been soooo busy. I've ben packing and preparing for my trip out to see my boyfriend tomorrow, trying to catch up on homework so I'm not super busy while I am with him this weekend, working like crazy because money is a necessity, and just keeping up with the day to day grind.

So, here's a mini update from yesterday, and yes I am still going to try to update while I'm with my man as I will still be doing homework and studying Japanese and what not.

🩷 Academic Achievments Past Few Days -

completed and passed culinary quiz

Turned in my actual spending budget from Septmeber

Finished an investing assignment

Worked on the draft for a research paper literature review thing I have to write for my psychology class (finishing it today!)

presented my mid term presentation in my culinary class and got complimented by the professor/chef

submitted a lactation nutrition chart fie ym nutrition class

completed my pre lab and lab report for tomorrow's anatomy lab

completed quiz chapter 6 for my psychology class

completed practical assignment and module quiz for my fitness for health and sport class

I've been pretty busy with school work. I catch up on a weekly basis, but of course, then more homework is released, and I feel like I get thrown back to square one. College life, yay!

🩷 Personal Acheivements Past Few Days -

kept up with skincare routine

packed for trip

journaled a few times

went to the gym for the first time since February (just walked the treadmill but it's a start!)

kept up with medical appointments

did my laundry yesterday

kept up with my duolingo and busuu streaks

regained motivation for studying Japanese

I feel like I haven't done as much for myself personally but at the same time like I have? I am a bit upset with myself. I have a meeting with my Dietetian Mentor (#1) and in the last 3 weeks since we last spoke, I haven't done anything from what she had asked because I've been so busy. I've had 2 panic attacks, extreme exhaustion, and worked 3 doubles at my job since I last spoke to her. However, I am planning on working on some of her stuff this weekend while I'll have the time, so hopefully she isn't upset and can understand my position? She seems really nice so fingers crossed.

🩷 Academic ToDo For Today -

write up restaurant field trip report for culinary class

weekly meal writing for culinary class

complete my component one for my psychology class

take my lab exam one for anatomy

duolingo + busuu for Japanese

gather my necessary materials for completing the rest of my homework this weekend

🩷 Personal ToDo For Today -

put away clean laundry

wash sheets + pillowcases + towels

take out bedroom + bathroom trash

sweep bedroom really good

scrub toilet and wipe down counter + sink in bathroom

check in to the flight app to get my boarding pass for tomorrow

therapy

meet with RD Mentor #1

morning journal

skincare morning + night

redye the pink in my hair

finish packing tonight

a lot of things to do today to prepare for this weekend. but it will all be worth it once I get to see my boyfriend.

thats all for today!

til next time lovelies 🩷

[thegreymoon]

The Story of Minglan

I had a shitty week, a stressful problem that was (thankfully) successfully taken care of and a three-day headache. I have today off so I'm going to try to do some fun things and drama-watching because it will be work again tomorrow 😭

I want to finish these in-between episodes before we finally get to the Minglan and Gu Tingye relationship part and then I think I'll take a break to watch Judge Di before I continue this.

***

NOOOOO, CONSORT RONG KILLED THEM OFF-SCREEN!

But I wanted to watch them die 😢

***

Yes!! At least let me see her death!

It is so richly deserved!

***

NOOOOO, KILL HER!!

CONSORT RONG, I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU!! MUST YOU BETRAY ME SO?? 😭😭

***

Yay, for Gu Tingye!

He accidentally allied himself with the right people, lol.

***

NOOOO, DON'T KILL HER!!

She's a baby and the only one who stepped up!

***

By this point, I am actually quite bored of him conveniently showing up whenever she is in need of rescuing from pirates/bandits/usurpers etc.

This drama is really strong when it comes to family relationships and in-house scheming, but I'm just not impressed with everything else.

***

At least she realistically broke down and bawled like a baby when he rescued her.

The rest of this just obliterated my suspension of disbelief.

***

This is nice 💚

***

LMAO, he's so unhappy ���🤣

Poor guy just wanted to live his life out in peace, but no, the one possible Imperial heir who wanted nothing to do with this whole mess was chosen as the Crown Prince 🤣🤣

And I love how nobody else is even registering his complaints, he's the dianxia now whether he likes it or not!

***

Oh, shut up.

The most irritating aspect of this drama so far.

***

You and him are one and the same, so it's a moot question.

Also, it's about time you started getting busy with that. Please pacify the rebellion quickly and let's get things moving!

***

LMAO

I'm so glad you know! Finally! Let's do it! I'm so tired of all these losers and their opportunistic mothers and grandmothers sniffing around her.

***

LMAO, Gu Tingye has no time for his bullshit 🤣🤣

I love that he resolved this with one arrow to his chest. I'm not particularly enjoying this whole sequence and would prefer to move on to other things.

And hopefully, Gu Tingye will now also get an apology for that exam fiasco. Why, yes, as an eternal student, I'm still mad about it. If I passed my final exam with flying colours and some petty Emperor decided to bar me from getting my diploma because he was butthurt? I would assassinate him myself!

***

LOL, he never told them his real name?

***

YES, CALL HIM OUT!!

***

At least he has the self-awareness to look embarrassed, smh.

***

Oh, so it took you a whole five minutes to turn on him.

After he saved your miserable life how many times now? And practically handed you the throne! 🤬🤬

***

HE WAS TWELVE!!

AND YOU ADMIT YOU WERE WRONG EVEN IN THE CASE OF YANG WUDUAN!!

RAGE. 🤬🤬

***

OMG, the injustice of this!!

Fuck the reputation.

LET. HER. GET. CREDIT.

Also, Gu Tingye would marry her with or without a reputation.

***

Aww, so he died.

Also, what happened to Consort Rong? We never saw her die, but I imagine she must have either killed herself or been executed.

***

Oh, so he was an actual historical figure?

I thought all of these characters were fictional. Interesting.

***

WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!

GU TINGYE IS A MINISTER, AFTER ALL!

[rearranged-fanfic]

(Update 5/5)

Heyo!

Sorry I was gone for a bit. I'll get around to responding to any outstanding comments on AO3 at some point. I have been battling the ✨Depression✨ and ✨Imposter Syndrome✨! Yay!

I'm fine, I just haven't had much motivation to write this story in earnest. Oof. So I've been organizing and planning. I have a lot of content for this Arc pre-written now, and all of the outlining is DONE. So, this will be the last major gap in my posting, barring extenuating circumstances. From now on, I'm back to every other week.

The next chapter has been rewritten five times. I'm done rewriting. All I need to do is finish editing (all 13k words), update my in-story timeline, create a banner, and format the HTML.

I intended to post tonight by 10pm, but I had to help my family with some last-minute projects that will drag into tomorrow evening as well.

I'm setting this deadline by TUESDAY at 10pm, come hell or high water. Chapter 16 is out 5/7, chapter 17 will be out 5/17, and then we're back to normal posting schedule, babes. 5/24, I'll be updating Crimson.

I also have a Mermay fic waiting in the wings. Hope you guys like merman!Gojo 🤭

I'm only working one day a week at my job, so this will hopefully mean more time to work on my hobbies and less time as a wage slave. Which could mean more content in the coming months.

Thank you all for your continued patience and support 🥰

[oscurascout]

Bad Sanses Adventures

Baking Time!! Part 4 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

Masterlist

Lust was happily eating the cinnamon rolls; he had forgotten how sweet and delicious this dessert tasted. He had also forgotten how much fun it was to bake. He smiled, remembering the time he spent with Cross. “Hopefully, I get to see him soon. Actually, I want to meet them all” Lust thought as he left some of the dessert for his brother.

Stretch picked at the carrot cake. Even though he didn't want to admit it, he had fun baking with Killer. He wanted to spend time with his brother again. “I'll ask tomorrow if we can do some activities, or at least check on the puzzles. I just want to spend time with him,” Stretch thought as he ate a piece of cake, smiling, at the sweet taste, he definitely enjoy the dessert.

Reaper was happily eating his cookies while drinking some tea with Life. He hadn't given an explanation; he just sat down and started to eat, which didn't bother Life. She knew that Reaper was happy, and that was all that mattered. “I should visit Night more often if this is what I'm going to eat, though they are too chocolaty,” Reaper thought as he quickly drank some tea to appease the invading chocolate flavor.

Shatter prepared the table; he had invited the others in. Ink and Yan appeared almost at the same time. Shatter smiled and gestured for them to sit down. They did, a bit hesitantly. Once seated, they enjoyed the cheesecake while Shatter tried to make conversation, and to his luck, the others joined in. Even after they finished, they continued to talk the whole day. “I should bake something for Dust and the others as a thank-you gift,” Shatter thought as Yan shared some gossip he had heard from various AUs.

Dream was munching on the muffins while at their clubhouse. He was very happy. He was glad that his brother hadn't forgotten the special dessert they had once enjoyed together. Ink and Blur entered the clubhouse, and once Dream noticed them, he put down his muffin. “It's now or never, and I need them to know,” Dream thought, encouraging himself, as he sat them down; he definitely needed to talk to them.

Ccino was eating some of the brownies while drinking hot milk. His little cats were around him, some trying to eat a piece of the brownie, though he didn't let them. He was enjoying his time reading a book that was given to him by Nightmare. He smiled, “They surely have come a long way. I just hope that one day everyone sees what I see,” Ccino thought as he raised his hand, making the kittens' mission, a failed attempted.

Meanwhile, the guys were each happy with their deserts.

Cross – *eating the cookies* “These are perfect!!”

Everyone – *eating their deserts* “Agreed!”

Nightmare – *shocked, a bit nostalgic, looks at Horror* “How? How did you know?”

Horror – *eating cinnamon rolls* “I got help from a golden apple.”

Nightmare looked at the muffin, then he smiled and continued eating.

Error – “Thïs chëesëçâke îs gøød; ît's thë bësṭ øne Î'vë èvër hâd.”

Papyrus – “Yay! He did like it!”

Killer – *eating his brownies* “Who would have thought that you liked something that doesn't contain chocolate?”

Error – “Î’m nøt Crøss.”

Cross – *offended* “Hey!”

Chara – “It's true, though.”

Chara earn a glare from Cross.

Error – *looks at Killer* “Dîd yøu … dìď yoʻû lîkë thë brøwnîës?”

Killer – “I loved them! They really hit the spot.”

Error smiled; he hadn't been so confident as before, but now he was glad Killer liked the brownies.

Cross – *looks at Horror* “What about you, Horror? Oh, you're already done, guess they were good”

Horror smiled and nodded. Everyone continued to enjoy their delicious desserts.

[rosainta]

Day 5 of Rosain Quivan's Daily Logs

Started December 14th, 2023 at 9:41AM, Class Finished December 14th, 2023 at 7:47PM, Home Log #5 Type: Wednesday Artwork

Author's Notes moved to the end!

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Fandom: Team Fortress 2

Title: “The Pyro”

Date of Creation: 17th of January, 2023

Art #1

Description: First day of the Daily Art challenge, starting off with a rough sketch of Pyro. Attempt at a usage of perspective, no colour… just like its soul.

Title: "Dr. Ludwig [MEDIC]”

Date of Creation: 17th of January, 2023

Art #2

Description: Rough sketch of Dr. Ludwig, the Medic, himself! Quick attempt at a portrait and perspective. No colour. Probably what he looked like before losing his medical license- ah, so serious!

Title: “Meet The Engineer”

Date of Creation: 18th of December, 2023 (assumption)

Art #3

Description: Yeehaw! A full-body refined work of everyone’s favourite Texan engineer, Dell Conagher! Shading and anatomy work, as well as some cool lettering.

Title: “Meet The Overseer”

Date of Creation: 19th of January, 2023

Art #4

Description: Cringey concept for a tenth class— The Overseer. Made before I knew the purpose of The Solemn Vow… rendering its conceptualisation practically useless. However, I may rework this in the future… if I can control the urge to belch!

Title: “Meet The Demoman”

Date of Creation: 20th of January, 2023

Art #5

Description: Probably my favourite and most refined artwork of the bunch! Scrumpy-fueled Demoman, sticky launcher in hand, with some cool anatomy and shading… and some pretty letters, hehe.

Title: “Rabiosa”

Date of Creation: 21st of January, 2033

Art #6

Description: Made after a gaming livestream I streamsniped of one of my first favourite TF2 YouTubers, Rabiosa! (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkTJZ2M7wKnaVefGN9UFb3Q) GO CHECK HIM OUT!!! Here, you can see that I was backstabbed… twice in a row during the stream. What a naive Medic I was… and uh, still am, LOL.

Title: “The Smoke of a Spy”

Date of Creation: 22nd of January, 2023

Art #7

Description: Ah, oui. Le Spy, so elegant, so sophisticated, so… smoke-filled. Maybe a little too much, it's becoming cancerous. Refined portrait practice and shading, with even cooler lettering!

Title: “Meet the Spy”

Date of Creation: 23rd of January, 2023

Art #8

Description: And now, for the final piece, the Spies have multiplied! Each with their own motives to kill one another... and both twice as cancerous. I can only imagine the stink lines coming off of both of them. The only part of the series with some usage of colour! Plus, some shading, anatomy (which, admittedly, could be a bit better here) and, can you guess? Cool lettering.

And that's about it for today's little display of my earlier works. Hopefully, one day, we can see the difference in quality, for better or (though expectantly not) for worse.

~ * ~

Author’s Notes: First day of following the set schedule from yesterday- yay! Like I mentioned in the post-script, this is the artwork I made in January from a TF2 Daily Art challenge I did, as well as some descriptions about them to give you some context on the intention of their creation. I'm also including the ones from the last post, just to give more context around them. Also, quick reminder: you can give me suggestions for art &/ writing tomorrow, anything you'd like, as it is FRIDAY ORDER-OF-THE-DAY!!! (I... I don't know, I just needed something that rhymed. Don't question it). If there are none, I'll put up a fun poll to garner some ideas for next week, and I'll do something else instead of a request, too. So, yeah, hope you enjoyed.

Have a good one, mate!

Credits: Team Fortress 2 by Valve, Rabiosa (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkTJZ2M7wKnaVefGN9UFb3Q) Image source: Rosain Quivan, pregnantsecondo Created by Rosain Quivan Cross posted on Amino ( Rosain Quivan )

[sameschmidtdiffname]

i just wanna ask how ur day was :3

Omg you're so sweet 🥰

My day has been good! I'm currently working on two projects for my work and just got a third added on top, so yay!!! (I'm so excited about that!! /gen)

Currently I'm trying to finish writing a Mike x Reader SFW fic to hopefully publish by the end of today. I would really like to finish my Clapton smut too, but that all depends on what I've got going on. I've got today and probably tomorrow off though, so hopefully I can get both of those and maybe the start to a Futturman series done too. That's my ultimate goal, but honestly I'm trying to convince myself to just focus on one good one and be proud of that lmao

Once I get done with project #1 I'll probably have some more energy to dedicate to writing. I haven't closed requests because honestly I'm gonna write them all at some point, just please know that it's probably gonna take awhile. It's not because I don't like the prompts or anything, I'm just genuinely trying to balance a million different things at once.

But my day has been good! Having a bunch of fun reblogging unhinged Peeta, I've wanted to write some funny posts about him for AWHILE but just haven't gotten around to it. So I'm glad everyone is enjoying the chaos :) honestly I think it's helped unclog some of my block just because it's been fun, unorthodox writing instead of traditional!

I hope you're having a good day well! Hope to be blessing yall with some content tonight. Loves!!! 💗💗💗

[natrome]

ok now that i for real know what my writing commitments are going to be for the next, like, year, at least the majority of them, here is the actual for real i s2g hold me to this writing schedule

Fic in a Box - due 10/15

1 assignment of 2k words remains, write it this saturday

Five Figure Fanworks Exchange - check in 11/11, due 1/20

i expect this will take about a week to finish, and ideally i'll have it done prior to check-in.

Yuletide - works due 12/18

UNLESS i get an assignment that i want to go hogwild on, which i should be prevented from doing, i should be able to finish this the week of 11/26 and not work on it outside of that.

galactic santas - est. due 12/25

my fave event of the year lol, the logh secret santa exchange. uh anyway this one is usually due around christmas and also is the easiest thing on this list by a mile and a half. i'm 0% worried about this one.

tomorrow ye will get your pay - aka the whale novel. - first draft due 3/1, physical product due for display 4/1

this is an extremely short timeline, and while it's not "drop everything else" level short, it is going to have to be my #1 writing priority for a long time.

my plan is as follows

spend the remainder of october getting situated w/ the research i'm going to have to do, figuring out who i need to talk to, etc. as well as put together a detailed chapter-by-chapter outline

nov/dec i'm assuming will be eaten by SMST and other commitments, but get research done and essentially braindump into document

jan/feb, just write as much as possible, take time off of work/quit job if i need to

if possible confine edits to the first 2 weeks of march, get books printed; deliver final product by last week of march.

god this schedule is miserable. well i signed up for it! i did this entirely to myself! lmfao.

anyway i'm going to bracket in that it's a 20 chapter novel, which seems like a reasonable number of chapters. i essentially have ~10 weeks to write this book. this is totally normal and fine, i have written longer books with less of a solid outline in shorter amounts of time. if i can just sit my ass in a chair and hammer out 2.5k words/day i will EASILY make this deadline and have time for editing. the issue will be making myself do that. but having a deadline and like professional accountability should majorly help. esp if i quit my stupid fucking job lol

serpent's mouth, serpent's teeth - due 12/31

i have four chapters left on SMST. i do not think they will be EASY to write but I do think that I'm CAPABLE of getting them done before the end of the year. at the very least i've sworn until i was blue in the face that i would finish this book by the end of the year. i need this book to stop haunting my waking nightmares lmfao. i estimate ~50-60k words remain, but we'll see what it actually ends up shaking out as. hopefully it's not more than that.

anyway this is another just "ass in chair" moment. though if i could have made myself do that months ago, this book would have been finished sometime this summer lol

every link was freedom's name - aka the fucking. arle heinessen play. no due date.

this is my yay you finished all the obligations you had now you get to do something deeply deeply stupid and entertaining only to a tiny number of people project. lyric play about arle heinessen. book of exodus pastiche. probably not that long. estimate it'll take me as long as POD did, so a month and a half? but i won't stress it. aim to finish it mid may?

new constellations - aka the logh rarepairs exchange i run

I'm planning to run signups in late march, with works due mid may. this is slightly earlier than last year but due to my own personal schedule i don't want it to overlap with...

heart attack exchange - works due 6/2

yeah you literally only get 2 weeks to work on this one so it kinda is what it is lol.

life out of balance rewrite. no particular due date.

i expect this will take me 3-4 months to complete. finish by september?

lighting out for the territories augmentation. no particular due date.

i'd like to think that i can get this done in 2 months but i don't actually have a plan for what i need to do to it. so who tf knows lol. assume it'll take me the rest of the year.

every hateful instrument - no firm date

this will likely take between 6-8 months to finish, but it's another thing that i really want to stop having hanging over me. i'll either work on it before the LOFTT stuff or after

WIAW phezzan novella - ultimate TBD

to be completed immediately before starting LL/SS, probably

other misc nonsense

there are other small exchanges that i like to do (space swap, unsent letters, we die like fen) so as those pop up i probably will sign up for them. i'm not going to look up/prognosticate when they will happen at this moment in time

god i owe so many people gifts for birthdays and holidays and stuff >.> you may or may not get them. lean towards may not b/c what the fuck is this writing schedule. i'm so sorry lmao

i've now gotten back around to "oh this goes up to the end of the year again, so the end of the year exchanges (yuletide, fffx, fiab, galactic santas) should be on this schedule" but down that road lies only pain and horror lol

this list has gotten incredibly vague as things have gone on. the last part of this year and the first part of next year are pretty set in stone though, and i just need to like, get myself to the starting block and then start running

literally so funny that i was like "i should relax and take a break from writing before starting LL/SS" lmfao. lmfao.

obviously some of these things could be deleted from the schedule. i don't have to do a bunch of exchanges (but i liiiiiike them) and i don't have to write a stupid play (but i wannnnnnt to), and i don't have to do any rewrites to the early parts of WIAW (but they're a mess). so it's like. idk. maybe none of this is real and i'm just making lists b/c i like making lists lol

[popcornfairy28]

Probably nobody here really cares about this, but I figured I should probably post about this anyway. I finally updated The Crystal of Neahtid, a Merlin watching the show fic that I barely started during 2020. Back then, I had just started posting to AO3 and sharing my writing for pretty much the first time ever, so I didn't have a solid plan. Life happened and I went on hiatus, and now I'm coming back to these old fics but I am changing how I write them so I don't go back on hiatus.

In other news!!! I've gotta fill you guys in on lots. I've been working quite a bit this month because my boss hasn't been feeling well, so it looks like to make up for that my July schedule has the least amount of work days that I've had since taking this job, which means that I will actually have time to write and record stuff!!! Plus a few issues are hopefully finally being resolved there, which means I'll be less stressed/probably have more time to write while at work.

What Hides in the Dark has a new first chapter, "I Guess I Should've Known" because I decided on a different beginning point, which should be up earliest tomorrow or latest Friday (I've gotta work, so we'll see). With it will be posted the next chapter for The Older Siblings.

I'll be posting a one-shot related to this Merlin fic called "Never Really Fit In" probably Thursday. I'll probably end up updating 50 Ways to Not Die sometime around then as well.

As for Perry the Teenage Spy, I think I'll try catching up with the few episodes I wanna do for Extra Scenes with four more before I post "It's About Time!". Besides that, I'm thinking of writing a one-shot in Perry the (Teenage) Rebel about a certain family's perspective during the Star Wars Rebels episode "Twin Suns" (inspired by me finishing season 3 of Rebels yay!)

Remember Bap Away at My Heart? After I get the aforementioned stuff posted, I'll finally get around to posting the third and last chapter which had previously gotten delayed due to the death of a friend mere hours after I had last updated this fic. After that I've got a couple ideas for one-shots with Bap, but nothing concrete. I also kinda wanna make a human AU with this?

I've also got a handful of podfics that I recorded during May that I have yet to edit that I'll probably get around to next week since I will only be working one day that week. The fandoms of these include Phineas and Ferb, Merlin, and Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarves!

The Chesterton Challenge Prompts kinda got dropped in the midst of Voiceteam, so I'll be trying to update that every Sunday or so until Inklings Challenge this year.

If you wanna ask me for any snippets of anything I've put here, feel free to do so! Otherwise, see ya later!

[void-ink-studios]

Well, it's New Years eve, so now would probably be a good time to post this!

My Art vs. Artist for 2023! I actual drew enough variety of stuff this year to actually make one of these for the first time, so, enjoy!!!!

Also, for anyone following me, I have several announcements Under the Cut. So, if you're curious, keep reading!

Me, October 2023: Wow, I'm really close to 100 followers, maybe I'll hit it before the year is over.

Me, Now:

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE????

But, in all seriousness, I cannot express how thankful I am to each and every one of you! You all have given me a level of hope that, to be frank, I haven't really felt since spring of this year. So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you, all of you.

To the people who like, to the people who reblog, to the people who comment, and to the people who just like my stuff enough to stick around, Thank you.

So, what might be expected for 2024?

Well, first and foremost, I would like to make one big announcement:

COMMISSIONS ARE OPEN!!!!!

That's right, I am opening commissions, for the first time ever. I will be posting a more detailed sheet about how that'll work, prices, and what to expect tomorrow, so if you ever wanted customized art from me, now you can!

But that's not all!

I have a Ko-Fi now!

If you want to support me monetarily, that is now an option! If you want access to WIP sketches and early access to projects, check out my Ko-Fi here! But don't feel like you at all have to do that to support me, your kind words are more than enough.

Not done yet though!

I will be selling PRINTS and ADOPTABLES this year!

I'll be making art specifically for Prints this year, for you to purchase on Redbubble. The Ko-Fi page is where you can see WIP sketches of the prints and early access to finishes products! You can also purchase digital copies of those prints from the Ko-Fi.

Also, you read that right, I'll be selling adoptables periodically throughout the year! So, keep an eye out for those!

Alright, I think that's all the big stuff (For Now, lol)

But there's some other general updates!

I will be doing the drawing challenges again, so yay! Mermay, Smaugust, and Apoctober will most likely be making their return, so that's something to look forward to!

Fanart and fanfiction will most likely continue, both with known fandoms on my blog, and hopefully some new ones!

Original work, art and writing, will continue, both for sale and not, I'm looking forward to that.

My worldbuilding nonsense will most likely continue.

My general nonsense will most likely continue.

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Once again, I'd like to thank you all for the support. It means the world, and it makes me smile every time.

The Rebubble store, the Ko-Fi, and Commission Sheet will all be in one post, tomorrow, and will be pinned to my blog.

I'm hoping to get some cool stuff cooking for y'all this year, both for those already here, and hopefully anyone new who turns up. I hope you all have a wonderful New Years, and let's hope for a calm 2024.

[mellow-worlds]

I felt so happy today! I still do. It's kinda weird since for a good part, I felt an indescriptible amount of pain and then I felt pretty god shortly after. But I think my situation could definitely be improved upon since I haven't left the house for the entire day and am likely to go to sleep right after I finish this post. Either way, I'm glad not to experience yesterday's pain anymore. I guess being more productive would be nice but yk, it's fine for now. Taking things slowly. Or maybe I|m just being lazy. I just hope that tomorrow I'll feel good as well. It does make me feel kinda uneasy that I'll barely have a spare minute tomorrow. It's fine, though. Just because I have two things planned, those being piano lessons and a sleepover. I'll also have to go shopping. Yay, unhealthy food because I'm too lazy to cook! :(

It's fine, I'll be ok. Tomorrow I'll wake up early, shower, go to the piano lessons, finish that one thing I should actually take care of right now, and then happily go to the sleepover. Hopefully. I can't guarantee anything. I'm kinda afraid of making promises because I don't want to disappoint anyone. I don't want to feel worse about myself than I already do. It's not failure if I don't name it that, right? Well I guess we'll see what happens.

Wow, thinking and writing about this made me anxious again. Hmm... Maybe getting lost in your own head isn't good for you? But then again, I don't really have anything to prove that I felt pretty good today. I mostly played video games while watching stream VODs. Idk... Ok I definitely should stop thinking about this because it's making me anxious. I'm fine. It's all going to be fine. I'll go brush my teeth, maybe work on that thing, go to sleep and then do what I described earlier. HHhhhh... tasks... Welp. I guess I'm happy I feel better than during that little time span yesterday. It was good I'd left the house yesterday. All thanks to *them*. Alr enough ranting.

[miloucomehome]

some more updates on the end of term saga, finances

So some more developments

Forced myself to wake up early today and go to the campus to try a 2nd attempt at my visual cmn class project and was unbelieveably successful. I’m at the comp lab in my department right now but once the computer lab closes I’ll go over to where I placed them and pick up what’s left assuming they weren’t cleaned up. Tonight maybe I’ll draft up a layout for my late presentation and  repurpose a previous process book layout to save time. EDIT: I went by for a final pass but there were students there but also some cards were gone, so presumably picked up! Yay a victory! I'll definitely have fun putting together this presentation and process book.

Next, I’ve been proceeding along with starting the work for my post-graduation course. It’s a mock job application in my case, sort of. (we could’ve picked a grant) So I’m laying everything out in figma and doing the writeup. As for the 10-item portfolio I’ll be adding, I’m just going to grab what I can. I sort of aimed too high with the job application at the time the project started so none of my work probably qualifies. In fact, it’s probably quite junior, but I’m guessing the adding of a portfolio is to practice having a professional portfolio PDF to submit (never made one. welp D: ) This one I can definitely finish by tomorrow I think. :’)

Then I have to take photos of my book I made for typography and submit those and hopefully I’ll be done in time.

Now, there’s one damper/worry/danger right now and that’s my finances. I had to pay my ccard and forgot my balance and now I don’t have enough for much of anything. I didn’t get a student line of cr/edit extention either and I don’t have much for savings, if at all. I remember the mum of a close family friend gave me some cash “for emergencies” when I was out west for my dad’s funeral but I know even that won’t be enough. 

Currently wanting to focus on homework and then work up the courage to ask (see: cry from shame?) my aunt. I...I haven’t been in this situation in a decade and I wish I was able to have worked a bit to build up something to lessen the monnies I need. I dunno how people do it for small amounts at all. (I’ve calculated what I need and I’m in the process of looking for work as well as little jobs here and there for May onwards that I could do). I’m also going to begin looking for a roommate for May or just basically ASAP. The days of having the apartment to myself are done XD

It’s an odd balance I’m in-- on one hand? No regrets about dropping culture and img, I’m in some “relief�� that I can focus on the other three courses, but then...there’s this looming financial problem. ohhh boy.

wish me luck! T_T)

[dzpenumbra]

12/7/22

I had two things I really wanted to get done today. 1) call the new vet and get my cats sedatives prescribed so I'm ready to prep her for her blood draw. 2) unpack some of my shit that's just scattered all over the apartment.

Today was high highs and low lows. I kept getting distracted. Like... big-time. It was a hard day in that respect. I'm very lucky these important things are not urgent, or... yeah... I'd be much more upset with myself. I did not get either of them done.

I set up a new Minecraft modpack though. Totally need that... And I got way too much Applebee's, and barely ate any. It makes me upset.

But... to stop beating myself up so goddamn much and cut myself some slack... I got move-in/christmas presents from my brother and his wife. That was very sweet of them, I didn't open them yet but I will before bed. And I decided to finish the jewelry piece for my Mom - which I did and it came out pretty damn cool - and make one for my sister in law. The one for my sister in law was... well let's just say it evolved a lot from genesis to final product. It went from very sleek and symmetrical to very ornate and organic, due to many snags along the way and me going "fuck it, we're making it work." I think the final product turned out really cool actually, and I'm proud of myself. The garnet beads for my mom's piece will hopefully get here before christmas so I can finalize hers too.

And I went up and figured out the laundry card things and took my recycling out. So that was good, pat on the back for me. So yeah. I'm kinda just beating myself up a bit too much lately, like I noted last night, so I'm gonna chill with that. I have all the time in the world to move in. And I can get my cat's meds sorted tomorrow, I'll set a reminder for myself. I made good accomplishments, and if I don't celebrate those, if I don't even acknowledge those... then what good do they serve?

Oh, and my door is fixed, so I will feel much safer tonight. Yay!

I'm a bit burnt out today, so I'm just gonna crash, no 3-page rant tonight.