#palette taster wrote a thing

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tastes like a potion made to counter eternal-sleep spells

this one gets to have a little story, enjoy!

You are fast asleep.

You don't know how long you've been like this, only that your eyes have been closed for hours and hours as your mind floats through a dreamless void. You make a mental note to yourself to never use magic as an alternative to melatonin ever again. Hopefully someone wakes you up in time for work, but for all you know you could've long since overslept your shift.

You relax yourself. If the people around you are nice enough, they'll try to wake you up. Surely someone would be concerned about the person who's been snoozing for the past... however long. If not, well, at least this means you get a break.

An incredibly dark mental world isn't much of a vacation spot, though. It's not totally lightless- you can see yourself just fine- but if there's anything else here, it's shrouded in shadow. Hey, it's your weird mind zone- maybe you can imagine some light into it?

'Let there be light!' you think.

There is no light. That sucks.

'Let there be... a little light? Just enough to see better? Please?'

There is no light. Maybe you're supposed to just helplessly float here until you wake up.

'Come on, give me something-'

There is light. Maybe it was just delayed.

Or... maybe you're waking up?!

Quickly, you shield your eyes as you turn and try to swim towards the light. Faster, faster, you can't stay in this boring nothingness forever!

The nothingness around you colors itself in with hazy hues that all blur together, turned pastel by the light. You start to feel like you can, well, feel again- your back against your bed, the muffled sound of people nearby... something in your mouth??

You cough yourself awake. Look at you go, you graceful sleeping beauty. There's a small vial on the nightstand next to you, with barely a couple of drops remaining. Whatever the liquid in there is, it's shimmering like metal with dreamy colors. There's liquid in your throat, too.

Wait, what?

Instinctively, you cough some more, but you've already swallowed it. It tastes vaguely medicinal and bitter, but also like a cold and sugary fruit smoothie on a summer day. Now that you think about it, you wouldn't mind having more- it's kind of delicious. Even if it seems there's not much of it left.

The person sitting nearby catches the way you're now looking at the vial. "I suppose it tasted good," they chuckle. "You don't need more, though. You're already awake, after all."

You turn to them with a slightly pleading gaze. In seconds, they become shy and crumble with ease.

"...Well, I could try making you a drink."

Strength to Awaken - Submitted by SeesawSiya

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[shaydensdoodle]

Why Hey There, Stranger.

Guess this is the convenient place to put my “TELL US ABOUT YOU” *insert-generic-introductory-paragraph-here* section goes so uh. Yeah.

My name (if you didn’t read the name on my blog already) is Tom, but for years I’ve gone on social media and across business platforms under the name ShaydensDoodle. It was formally ShaydensSketches but.. I got bored. I’m an illustrator who has been posting and selling work online for about 2-3 years now, its fluctuated in success so instead of saying ‘ShaydensDoodle’ is a ‘Brand’ I just say its a comforter blanket I use online (wow edgy). I’m originally from the middle of no where right next to ‘I don’t want strangers stalking my home address’ avenue and down ‘I really don’t want to meet you criminals and cyber stalkers and I’ll decline the unsolicited genital photos’ street... also known as somewhere near Cambridge in the U.K. 

    I really love coastal towns, which is ironic given now I live and practice as far from any coast as most places in England which for an Island is impressive. Sadly. But thankfully there are a bunch of cool artists on this island I look up to, go check out Beck Carlton (Bear_Patrol), Jessica Sharville and Hiffy Ulrich just as some examples of British illustrators. But one of my all time illustration heroes is Frannerd, the way she tackles her anxieties in her daily life and her path of being a freelance illustrator is amazing, her colour palette really stands out to me too from an aesthetic POV.

    Oh yeah did I say I’m an illustration student with crappy humour I really can’t remember and reading what I already wrote feels like more pain than its worth, but lately my work has been developing in all kinds of directions. I mainly take inspiration from old video game designs and concept artists, but my work leans towards children’s book illustration naturally, I’ll dump some doodles on here at some stage I’m sure!  I love animation and working with 3D which is weird since most people think illustration is 2D drawings, but I’m here to change your minds, or not depending on how passionate or ‘Anti-anything-but-2D-being-classed-as-illustration’ you are

  In my own practice I am mostly known (’known’ as if I’m the next David Shrigley or Gemma Correll) for live-streaming while I’m working, and also sharing my work in various depths of the internet such as instagram. I also have a monthly thing called Patreon where I share out my art as prints like a subscription service. I really don’t want to force more antagonistic promotion down your throats so I’ll hold back on that for now. But follow my instagram @shaydensdoodle​ for a basic intro to my work! *Badum Tssss*

   Also my work tends to be pretty surreal/exploratory/left wing AKA Racists, TERFS, Misogynists and LGBTQIA+phobes please stay away the door is out the window and 3 stories down. Thanks.

-Tom

PS below is an example of my work I did recently, just as a ‘taster’ I’m hoping as this half of the year goes on at uni, my work improves with it and who knows, maybe I’ll discover what I want to do with my career.