2025:
-Finished 1 sketchbook but it’s mostly practice of fundamentals; basically nothing in there is presentable
-Did 6 pieces for AF2025; 10 sounds like I’m pushing it but hoping I’ll find a comfortable method to draw more consistently by then.
-Read 7 books this year
-Wrote inconsistently

Hello, is this still open 👀

Wanting to be invited to a party that you don’t want to go to feels good bcuz you get the validation that other ppl value you enough to think of you, it’s proof that you’re loved enough to be included. It’s confirmation that you’re good enough, worked hard enough to maintain this social capital.

Wanting external validation, esp. if you have low self-esteem, is very normal & common (fine to a certain degree). If you’re adequately self-aware, you’ll know it’s cringe to ask for it directly. That’s why ppl often obfuscate that desire into stories/narratives that are more immediately relatable.

What is stopping you from drawing Rosalina Right Now 🫵

Love that Guy’s hair shine says Ninja 🥹

It could also be that your personal tastes & aesthetics have shifted but your style might not reflect that(?) Not exactly sure what you mean by not feeling any personal connections, but would that ultimately break down into not liking how it looks or the subject isn’t interesting/meaningful?

TikTok owner ByteDance is ultimately controlled by China’s gov; Congress passed a bipartisan law to mandate ByteDance sell it off to a US company or get banned from the US market by a set deadline. Trump keeps delaying this, allowing China indefinite control; they push his RW content as reward probs

The reveal is mostly believable and if you’re keen on attention to details, you may or may not see the twists coming. I recommend this spooky read 🙂‍↕️

In the beginning you’ll probably suspect that it’s standard stuff: possible murder or human trafficking space. It got pretty wild (and maybe a bit much) when the main character and his friend started to speculate all kinds of things out of nowhere. But overall the rest of the story is interesting.

This is actually very common as a general concept! Having a cool concept/idea and then finding out it’s not that great upon execution for a lot of (creative) projects is super common!! But it’s really important you get your idea out there and not let it stew in your head.

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I’m so glad 🥹❤️

There are way more issues but I digress lol

I’m just happy to be back at doing art again :’D

Hopefully I can design newer OCs for next year and not have to use ancient OCs 😭