Kahless tells us that loss is a bitter cup we all must drink from occasionally. The grief of loss is the other side of deep love. Love, no matter the pain later, is never wasted. When the pain of loss visits you, remember the love as well, so those departed will live on forever.

Still healing up from the arm injury, but had to mark the occasion at least a little :) Happy 60th, Star Trek, you delightful franchise you ❤️

Happy 60th Anniversary to Star Trek! Live long and prosper! 🖖🏻

No I didn’t just listen to HOMM soundtracks all the way to UKGE why do you ask

Coming out of burnout is a hell of a thing. I am spending this time responsibly, yes.

Also off the topic of drawing, but guess what season just started fuckers

From the same sketch set, Brett and Jonesy. Most of the rest of my pictures of the crew were too rubbish to share but I’m going to keep practicing them.

Throwing some old and new sketches up over the next few weeks to get back in the habit of posting - starting with Lambert from Alien, a nerd who deserved better.

So, not really been around for a while - Got sent into a horrifying physical burnout flare spiral at the end of last year that I'm only just starting to come out of now. BUT! Sketching again, feeling the joy of it again, now I just need the health part to perk up a bit so I can finish anything 😂

Playing the new Heroes of Might and Magic game and what do you mean if I want treasure I have to beat up God's Most Perfect Angel? #HOMM

When in artistic doubt, return to your comfort zone. Which for me is, apparently, skeletal creatures in rococo wear despite the fact that none of the stories I spend much time in actually include them 😅

I should be posting the ACTUAL work I've been doing, but since some of it is secret and some of it is tiny paintings of abyssal fish, have some more of my downtime pictures with @bobvids.com experiencing Umineko for the first time.

Realised that I never uploaded the final version of my Silent Hill F print (in fact, I have a huge backlog both of stuff to upload and WIPs to finish off, so that's nice). I was playing with different brushes than usual and I think they rather suited Hinako :)

Been in a drawing slump for far too long (health BS) but apparently not too much of one to draw a longtime favourite streamer as the objective best Umineko character - so glad you've started The Journey, @bobvids.com :)

The two of us are about to spend a decent amount of the Christmas holiday around a relative who sells GenAI ‘work’. Managed to juuuust about avoid bloodshed last year, who knows this year 😓

Siobhan Thompson@vornietom.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.

Watching @airbagged.bsky.social play Umineko and remembering anew my dislike of Erika Furudo.

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Well, the imposter syndrome is still in full force but here I am! #thoughtbubble

Come check out the exclusive debut of M.O.D.S. Issue Two at the WIP Comics table at Thought Bubble this weekend! Copies of this fun mystery adventure comic zine are also available via my website: rosshopkins.co.uk/product/m-o-...

M.O.D.S. Issue Two

The adventure continues for our band of awkward young sleuths in this dramatic second issue of this mystery adventure comic!

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Anyone attending the Thought Bubble festival and in want of Star Trek, Alien, classic adventure game and cute frog art should defs come to the Cuterefaction stall in Bubbleboy Hall, H7b :)

And of course as soon as I get up to date on trektober I get sicker and fall behind again, why WOULDN'T that happen 😓

have tried the Mechanicus II demo and am torn between loving the sound design and new Necron mechanics, and absolute visceral loathing of hearing my queen Scaevola speaking full sentences in English rather than technalingua because it's making her sound very out of character.

sketch for a piece of Silent Hill F fanart and I just know I'm going to like it more than the final version

And with that, I am up to date on Trektober and can actually relax a bit!

Belated Trektober, Day 14 - Ghost Ship. I WAS thinking of doing an Empok Nor 'are you SURE we cleared out all the lizard serial killer drugs?' gag but that felt a tad dark, so YARRRRRRRRRRR have the dread ghost pirate Captain Tendi and her crew of ne'er-do-well deadsigns instead :)

Belated Trektober, Day 13: Single Episode Character. Sylvia from Catspaw is so delightfully weird, bringing big 'we have Elvira at home' energy to a show that absolutely did not require a sexy shapeshifting cat/clanger puppet. So here's to one of sci fi's weirder dommy mommies ❤️

Belated Trektober, Day 12: Synthehol. Guinan is handing it over just before calling you out on all the self sabotaging crap you've been pulling.

Belated Trektober, Day 11: Frenemies. Spock and Bones' relationship is the most adorable thing in Star Trek and I will never tire of it 🥰

Bonus pic of the PMA from my little collection of Star Trek / Revolutionary Girl Utena redraws, featuring a cunty little cocktail, delavian chocolate, and live gagh.

Belated Trektober, Day 10 - Promenade. If we have to have established character spinoffs, my vote is for a Quark-led one about the Promenade Merchants' Association that is just petty wrangling about rents, rates and leases whilst galaxy-spanning crises occur constantly just offscreen.