When you build a concept deck on Moxfield, but it would cost and arm, two legs, and a few toes to build it with the prints you actually want... Also it's 2 brackets higher than your pod's typical level. 😭😭😭 I just wanna Sheoldred, the Apocalypse + Peer into the Abyss at people...

"In the end I resolved to love myself more than all those who could not." A stray thought.

Alright; we have an ETA on roommate coming home again, and things are settling down a bit at home. It's be beneficial to me if I can find the chutzpah to dive back into my art, writing, etc shortly. I think I'm mostly just stuck in the quagmire of that period where you've lost momentum.

CW: Mental Health . . . Folks who've been here for a bit may recall that back at the beginning of the year, a very close loved one of mine went to a Residential program for 45 days. It was rough for everyone involved, and honestly the space gave myself and my partner much-needed time to think.

Hey Friends, Thanks for your patience. We've had some family emergencies come up in the past couple months, and I'm trying to get my feet back under me so I can come back with some art and/or writing to share. I appreciate y'all sticking with me while this has been happening. Thanks. 💙

Okay, so I had the thought ages ago that I needed to draw the coin purse rat... in the Chapelle Roan dress. Now all I can think is to add the bra strap meme into things, too, but in some silly-ass way. Someone else is welcome to this idea, too. Just wanted to put it out there. 😆 🤣

Follow up to my post about heat intolerance and subsequent heat exhaustion: REMEMBER TO HYDRATE AND KEEP YOUR ELECTROLYTES UP, FRIENDS! 💙 Hot seasons are rough and dehydration makes them rougher. Make sure your body has the resources it needs to cool down. 💙

Wakes up and gets ready. Walks outside. It's 90°F/32°C and humid.Goes for a brief drive to pick up food. Halfway home, starts to feel nauseous. Gets home and out of the car, nearly retches. Checks heartrate: 150bpm. Goes inside, sits, salinates. Exhausted rest of the day. 😒

CW: Discussion of Personality Disorders . . . I know plenty of people have had negative experiences in their lives involving folks with Personality Disorders. That does not and cannot mean that they should be demonized or condemned with a fatalistic attitude in any way, shape, or form.

Shout-out to the Trench Crusade team/Discord server team for cleaning house this month and removing the folks who've reacted poorly to the Pride themed logo. Definitely makes me feel much more welcome, and a lot safer. I wish more businesses had the guts to stick up to bullies. Kudos and thanks.

Happy Pride Month, everyone! Please stay safe during any festivities, and know it's an amazing thing that you're here and you're you. I'll be spending my month working on some projects with the lovely trans ladies/non-binary critters I live with, and ideally sharing some stuff with y'all. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

Poking my head in to say I'm alive. Had my 16 year Anniversary with my nesting partner the other day, have been focusing on household and family stuff, and we've been batting around some stuff on the more businessy side of things.

Gonna take a few days to focus on sleep (need to fix my schedule and catch up on my deficit), chores, baking, putting together some stuff for Sunday, art, and writing. Maybe a week - in part due to mental health. I hope to return with some things to share (or a return to our "reruns")!

Alright, apologies - been distracted by Legends of Avantris's Neon Odyssey Kickstarter campaign launch today - it's been wild to watch those numbers tick up! One day it'd be pretty cool to be part of something like that, I think.

Late night game of "Is that a panic attack or just tachycardia?" 😅

Why is it that I can mix colors without thinking about it when it comes to paints, and I can layer colors decently with most traditional media, but when it comes to digital media I have such a hard time with understanding how specific tools will impact the workflow?

Either I have faulty measuring equipment, my biology is the weirdest outlier ever, or I have made bread that has reduced my blood sugar levels at 45 minutes post-consumption. 👀 I need a commercial food scientist to get on this, please. Fermented bean and aquafaba base, unbleached AP flour for most.

Some days I have no energy to do anything other than survive the pain and fatigue that is my life. Others, I have baked homemade bread, made soup, done dishes, cleaned, run a series of stress tests on the computer, and planned out next steps in art before 06:00. Most of the time it's the former.

Woke up for a snack because blood sugar is a thing, and took some time to lay down highlights on the Lord of Skulls in the process. I should note that my roommate has requested an Iron Legion color palette for her LoS, rather than the 40k or 30k World Eaters palettes from previously.

Remember to check your color palettes against the different types of colorblindness, folks! High contrast in saturation/brightness can also help oodles for our friends who can't see a broader spectrum of color. 💙

Working on the shadow gradient for the Lord of Skulls (Redux pt. 3) Prime black, dry brush white highlights on with a white dry brush, *wash* the figure with a non-oily/non-enamel *dark* tone wash, then dry brush white highlights back on the highest points with a flat dry brush angled on its side.

Okay, so I don't really know what I'm gonna be doing, but I think I'm gonna start opening up to comms - priced based on consult - for: - Traditional drawings/paintings - Digital lineart/flats (relatively simple) - Painted models - Writing (fiction, shortform non-fiction/copy) - Proofreading/editing

BEHOLD A BABY GIRAFFE. This used to be a hunk of grey resin.

Talking to your ferment's yeast like they're your pets is completely normal and not at all strange, riiiiiight...? Asking for a friend. The friend is me. 😆 🤣

I have blended my 11 bean/lentil blend and aquafaba. Now we wait for the yeasties to feasties. Then we cook. 👀 Or bake, as the case may be. Idk. Next time I'm gonna try to remember to sprout them first, then soak, then use the iron fishies in the water before I go to cook them, then cook them?

Just sat in on a Mythic Earth demo and had a lot of fun chatting about it. If you're into wargames and/or Inidgenous cultures, I highly recommend it. Mythic Americas is the beginning, but they're expanding outward and adding more cultures after this.

I guess this kinda works for progression images, at least? There are four total. This is part of what I've been working on recently. My family doesn't know my account here (for now), so I can share the progress of the Mother's Day project I'm working on. There's a Momma to go with this one.

If anyone has been wondering where I've been; I have been drowning in beans. I've been soaking, cooking, and freezing an assortment of black, cannelini, chickpeas, great northern, lentils, navy, red, red kidney, red lentils, pinto, and split peas for use in cooking in upcoming weeks. Also sick.

Sneaking up behind someone with a heart condition is, in general, not recommended. Jsyk. When my heart gets back from the marathon it's running, I'm gonna go to sleep. 😆 🤣

A gentle reminder to folks that with the change in seasons come changes in energy levels and health conditions! Be cautious and take the steps you need to in order to care for your body and mind as needed. Don't overexert yourself in the moments of higher energy you have, and protect your skin!