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sometimes, for your mental health, it's important to stop doing anything actually productive and make yourself a tiny astarion doll.

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here is the sketch for my embroidery of karlach cliffgate, the best gal ❤️ she is from the game baldur's gate 3. this is for a 3inch hoop, so it's pretty dang small. been chipping away at the embroidery for astarion's second portrait and i'm loving it so much!! his curls just take a heck of a long while to stitch 😂 can't wait to share him with y'all, and to start in on wyll's embroidery! next sketches i'm planning are halsin, shadowheart, gale, and a third astarion because i truly cannot control myself. are there any you'd like to see bumped up the list/added to it? this game is near and dear to my heart and i have no plans of evicting these brain worms any time soon c:

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if you give me an astarion...i'm gonna need a wyll trying to style his hair without the necessary tools was really...interesting 😂 but we got there. he still needs some details here and there, but i'm having fun while deliriously fighting off this dumb lil chest cold. ❤️

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vexed by this vampire! #baldursgate3 has been my chosen de-stressor lately, and this lil garbage heap of a man #astarion possessed me to start and finish this in a night. 😳

he'll be coming with me to the snoco toy show, Nov 11-12 at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds! pop by for a visit, won't you, darling? 😘

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made a bit of an accidental discovery while drawing out some future embroideries...i think muslin might be my favorite thing to sketch on?? i never usually use pencil to rough out my embroideries, usually it's a fabric marker of some sort that can be washed away easily, but *boy* did i have entirely too much fun with this one!!

as you may be able to tell if you are also afflicted with the brain worms - this is wyll ravengard from baldur's gate 3. eventually i would like to do portraits of all the origin characters, and maybe a special npc or two. <3 karlach's sketch will be up next! and astarion's second portrait is still being stitched away at. c:

now all i can do is cross my fingers and toes that embroidery won't end up ruining what is likely the best thing i've ever drawn. pray for me? xD

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astarion embroidery number 2 is finally finished ❤️ i feel like this one got a lot closer to his likeness than i managed with the last, which is always a good feeling! i won't lie, though. i really feel like my drawing and embroidery skills have leveled up since i started this piece, and i am downright *GIDDY* to see how the new round of sketches turn out. wyll's embroidery is officially on the hoop and getting his stitches! after him will be karlach. next sketch to look out for will be halsin! would love to hear any you want added to or bumped up the queue. ❤️

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i cannot be stopped...astarion round 3, because he deserved to be in the new style too! ❤️ 3inch sketch on muslin fabric ready to be embroidered. mystic market approaches! sunday july 28th 11am-4pm at lucky dime in downtown everett, mark ya calendars 😘

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a bear of a man...elf...it's halsin silverbough of baldur's gate 3 ❤️ this is a 3inch sketch on muslin fabric, ready for me to embroider! wyll's portrait is coming along so well - i'm so glad my fears of ruining the drawing with my embroidery were unfounded! i'll keep chipping away at him, and start on karlach's portrait embroidery next. c: next sketches will be shadowheart, gale, and lae'zel. i'm nervous about being able to capture lae'zel's intensity but we'll see how it goes!

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my wee #demolitionlovers embroidery of the #threecheersforsweetrevenge cover couldn't have found a better home. 💜

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haven't really posted any of my jewelry dabbling yet, so here is a necklace i just finished as a bit of a gift to myself.

there are lots of labels in the community to choose from, but only one has ever felt fully right for me - queer. there are no exacting definitions, there is room for the inevitable flux of life, and it gives me a measure of privacy that i appreciate. it is a part of me, something i take solace in after fighting hard to find the right fit (even if i'm not exactly "practicing" by dating, hehe).

happy pride to all, i wish you peace and acceptance with whatever labels suit you <3

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it's official, folks; i'll be bringin' this bushel o' berries (and much more) to #freshpaint 2024! come see us august 17th/18th ❤️

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The #fanart continues, this time with #threecheersforsweetrevenge (and a new technique) - the #demolitionlovers themselves! This is another #threaddrawing #embroidery with some color added with pens to fit the style of the original. So pleased with the result, and so fun to make something for an old favorite. ❤️

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the urge to create a scrungly son must be obeyed.

can't wait to try more micro bead pets with some better quality/more consistent beads, but i'm happy with this trial run. whaddaya think his name is?

upcoming events: artists' garage sale june 1st, fresh paint august 17th-18th, oddmall: creepsmas november 9th-10th

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Alright y'all, get ready for a steady stream of updates - I've been BUSY with production! First up: this lovely aqua/salmon yellow-eyed Seeing Star!

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been in production mode for so long my brain hard quit on me and demanded i do something weird. so here's the painting/embroidery/whatever else i feel like it needs that jumped out of my hands. i think it's got a ways to go, but I'm having fun. 💜

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well, it was a rough and rainy setup, but the sun looks set to shine!! 💜 get over to the artists garage sale and grab some goodies! we'll be here until 3!