#riptidesiren's rambles

[riptidesiren]

I should be working on my term papers, I should be working on my art, alternatively I should be working on my Dramione Fanfiction.

INSTEAD I recently (casually, unknowingly) rewatched Star Wars, plus the newest trilogy for the first time, and what can I say. Now I’m falling down the Reylo rabbit hole aaaaaaah

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This scene, this hug, his expression… haunts me since I’ve seen it. Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is just chef’s kiss. Makes me emotional just thinking about it and since I still need to practice my art, but my whole mind is just one Reylo obsessed Ben Solo fan girl at the moment, this was the compromise for motivation to get some long overdue practice in. Kinda glad I didn’t get his exact expression down cause maaaan, ok bye I’ll go cry now replaying that scene on loop in my mind while being delulu on how it ended.

Oh and on the progress: overlaying the original on the practice and playing with the opacity is a neat way for me to see my mistakes better, the end result is after I went in with mainly the liquifying tool and some couple extra brush strokes to get closer to the og and fix the immediate mistakes made visible with this little game.

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'The Koi Pond'

Summer 2024, Procreate

How hard is it to remember to post? My ADHD: Yes

I’m honestly just so darn happy I finally remembered to post it. Been meaning to since bloody June! But wanting to do it right, and “not wasting it” in a “poorly done” (whatever that means) post, as well as *just* remembering it, has brought us to December. But it’s finally done! Idc anymore how bad the post is (and while I’m at it, might as well ramble on too). It’s out there now and I won’t take a finished piece into the next year. One down, two to go (remember.)

Also: Watermarks. Is this enough? Is this too much? Is this annoying? I DONT KNOW! Drives me mad! Anxiety goes brr. Self soothing with telling myself that whatever I feel most at ease with is the right answer. Now only gotta repeat that a thousand times and drown out the doubts lol

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Me looking like a surprised Pikachu at my own tags after I finally read the first volume of Veil, and they make a white rabbit reference too and Alice in Wonderland is her favourite story on top!

I have discovered Veil by Kotteri. Tumblr, do your thing and flood my page with them. I want to drown in them. See them wherever I go. Pleeease!