Julie
@prairiesfire.bsky.social
A humble hobby artist who loves to draw her cat, among other things. I draw, paint, sew, and photograph.
Yes, I’m that person who tells whoever will listen what my cat did that day, with full-body acting of his part and insistence that he really did say all the lines I attributed to him. Nevermind that he mostly just stares at me, the talking goes on in here 🧠
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Yes, I’m that person who tells whoever will listen what my cat did that day, with full-body acting of his part and insistence that he really did say all the lines I attributed to him. Nevermind that he mostly just stares at me, the talking goes on in here 🧠
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For no reason in particular you should share some of my artist starter packs to help out refugees escaping hell go.bsky.app/79aS32C
December 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
For no reason in particular you should share some of my artist starter packs to help out refugees escaping hell go.bsky.app/79aS32C
I originally copied my Twitter’s following list and hastily followed a bunch of folk who were recommended to me by the app at the time, but looking at my feed now I realize I actually don’t recognize many or even like their art. 🫣 Best wishes to them but that’s a whoops on my part lol.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I originally copied my Twitter’s following list and hastily followed a bunch of folk who were recommended to me by the app at the time, but looking at my feed now I realize I actually don’t recognize many or even like their art. 🫣 Best wishes to them but that’s a whoops on my part lol.
Because the truth is I just want to like drawing again. I miss it.
December 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Because the truth is I just want to like drawing again. I miss it.
Trying to decouple the two has been a trying process. It's necessary to a point, as it's not healthy. But I think there is a truth in there somewhere that I am meant to be a creative and I always will be. I just need to figure out how to be one in a healthy way, and survive in this world.
December 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Trying to decouple the two has been a trying process. It's necessary to a point, as it's not healthy. But I think there is a truth in there somewhere that I am meant to be a creative and I always will be. I just need to figure out how to be one in a healthy way, and survive in this world.
But when faced with needing to "put up or shut up" and make money and a career happen, I suddenly hated art and myself because I wasn't good enough to make money. My art wasn't good enough to make money. I couldn't survive as an artist, I wasn't wanted as an artist. My identity *was* art.
December 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
But when faced with needing to "put up or shut up" and make money and a career happen, I suddenly hated art and myself because I wasn't good enough to make money. My art wasn't good enough to make money. I couldn't survive as an artist, I wasn't wanted as an artist. My identity *was* art.
I feel like I made progress (?) when I realized last week that I felt happiest drawing and drew the most when I was in K-12 and "being an artist" wasn't my main mission, graduating school was. Same for my first try at college when I thought I'd be a creative artist after it.
December 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I feel like I made progress (?) when I realized last week that I felt happiest drawing and drew the most when I was in K-12 and "being an artist" wasn't my main mission, graduating school was. Same for my first try at college when I thought I'd be a creative artist after it.
December 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I’ve never attempted to paint, sew, etc. for anyone except myself, and it feels great.
July 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I’ve never attempted to paint, sew, etc. for anyone except myself, and it feels great.
But as an adult attempting to become a professional, I realized simply liking to draw without internal motivation wasn’t enough. I started to hate it.
Now I connect with art in other mediums and it feels much better.
Now I connect with art in other mediums and it feels much better.
July 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
But as an adult attempting to become a professional, I realized simply liking to draw without internal motivation wasn’t enough. I started to hate it.
Now I connect with art in other mediums and it feels much better.
Now I connect with art in other mediums and it feels much better.
Even before social media, I drew daily for a friend. I drew comics and illustrations every day at school to give to my friend with the hope she’d like them or even respond with her own drawings. So graduating to social media attention felt natural.
July 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Even before social media, I drew daily for a friend. I drew comics and illustrations every day at school to give to my friend with the hope she’d like them or even respond with her own drawings. So graduating to social media attention felt natural.
In retrospect most of my art production was for others and at the expectation of others. When I tried to find an identity in college for a portfolio, I struggled immensely. I didn’t know who I was outside of what other people wanted from me.
July 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
In retrospect most of my art production was for others and at the expectation of others. When I tried to find an identity in college for a portfolio, I struggled immensely. I didn’t know who I was outside of what other people wanted from me.
There’s a lot I would like to re-do, as I’ve never drawn a plane before & it was a learning experience in a time crunch (I learned really late what was a thing he’s hype about, he’s pretty reserved about his interests). But I’m flattered he liked it so much that he framed it. 🥹
July 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
There’s a lot I would like to re-do, as I’ve never drawn a plane before & it was a learning experience in a time crunch (I learned really late what was a thing he’s hype about, he’s pretty reserved about his interests). But I’m flattered he liked it so much that he framed it. 🥹