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doing too much
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Please support real human artists
March 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
musicians too! went to see a physio after a bad practice injury, got told that if i wanted to keep playing in the long run iโ€™d need to strengthen pretty much my entire body at the gym.

my teacher, at 68 years old started going to the gym 6 times a week and lost 20+ years of back pain after 6 months
February 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
hallway table ~ 2015

domino joints for the table, routed dovetail joints for the drawers. made heaps of mistakes as it was my second piece ever, but still happy with how the tabletop turned out all these years later! #woodworking

(sorry about the mess underneath, i dont have any better pics ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜…)
February 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Reminding myself that i need to struggle at drawing to get better at drawing ๐Ÿฅฒ๐Ÿฅฒ๐Ÿฅฒ
January 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
side table ~ 2014

first thing i made with wood, rosewood top and mortise and tenon joints for the legs. clearly did not measure or cut properly bc it still wobbles to this day ๐Ÿ˜‚ and, took me 11 years to realise this but i also forgot to oil the underside lmao #woodworking
January 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
my ultimate goal would be to be able to draw fanarts of things i like - so people in various settings and poses. similar to what you do pretty much! thank you so much for the advice though, i love your work!!
January 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
im super late to the party and cant believe this is the first time im seeing this, but holy smokes this was absolutely incredible. almost cried 3 times (would have if it werent for my adorable cat next to me). just stunning, so well done.
January 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
absolutely! its been like 8 years since ive written haha but arcane really makes me want to get back into it. seeing art like yours even moreso! also i gotta say i love your artstyle and the way you draw them, you manage to capture both the cuteness but also fierceness of caitlyn and vi. i love it!
January 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
omg i love love love these so much!! obsessed with this au, please donโ€™t stop!! they make me want to write again ahh
January 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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You gotta make art that sucks in order to make art that fucks
December 5, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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Every now and then I think about how easier it is to create stuff nowadays. Like, Iโ€™m thinking back to making YouTube videos in 2008, how much harder it was to get good software for video editing, for art, for screen capturing and YT downloading and streaming. It wasnโ€™t impossible but it was tricky
January 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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In Arcane, a character gives another character a blanket and that's what that character wears for the rest of the season. I love my sad adult cartoon
December 27, 2024 at 11:38 PM
congrats!!
December 28, 2024 at 6:36 AM
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December 27, 2024 at 4:08 AM
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It's my birthday today! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‚ I'd appreciate a share of my two most recent personal pieces for this occasion, looking forward to finishing the next WIPs I have lying around ๐ŸŽˆ

Hope everyone had a wonderful festive time and is able to enjoy lots of rest and cheesy movies before the new year rolls in โ™ฅ๏ธโœจ
December 27, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted โ€” mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."
December 26, 2024 at 8:13 PM
this is insane!!
December 6, 2024 at 12:18 AM