I just wanna share my art, my joy of creation and ocs, and enjoy others' art and ocs. Nothing more anymore. I'm letting go of everything else, and all the anxieties around my art I held onto for so long

social media growth anymore. Art will never be a career for me in the foreseeable future, and I want it this way. 4K is about 3.8k more followers than I've ever had in my time posting to social media, and I'm content with that to be honest. I'd be happy if I forever stayed at 4k

I feel myself letting go and making peace, that's not the kind of artist I want to be anymore. I don't want to just be known for Penelope, and I don't want to just draw pretty monster girls (even though it's still a main interest I promise). I've come to accept that I don't really care about

I forced myself to give up ocs I really enjoyed drawing and focused specifically on drawing Penelope for a long time in pursuit of breaking into a niche and the fantasy that I clung onto so badly. Even though it caused me pain and hurt my relationship with my art, it was still comforting to imagine

Penelope was conceptualized during a time when I just reached adulthood and I had a big unattainable idea of the kind of artist I desperately wanted to be and the kind of community I wanted to be apart of. I held onto this without realizing for years, and it's been a lot more detrimental than good

I've purposely put myself in a box for the sake of social media growth, and I don't want to do that anymore. I consider myself known for Penelope, and while she's still a beloved oc (that I will still draw), I kind of only drew her so much because art of her would get the most likes.

it's true!!!

Thank you!!

I hope you have a happy birthday :0c (or had a happy one if it already passed <3)

I love dressing them up and posing them and playing pretend (roleplay). I've accepted that I'm just not a writer in the storytelling sense so I prefer large interesting ideas to describe my ocs and their backstories rather than getting super into detail in order to keep them flexible

Omg that’s crazy!! Happy birthday!! 🎉

I can cast on but as soon as I try to stitch it all falls apart but I remember crochet being a process to learn too

I’ll be wanting to work on something with my ocs but too tired to draw and that makes it a PERFECT time to jot down oc notes or work on their lore and I just… sit there….

Making a living =/= actually living in my mind. If you enjoy what you're doing it's always 100% worth it even if it doesn't produce any monetary value

Thank you!!