My Spooky Folks Have Spoken! My Next Diamond Dot Projects Will Be More Spooky Halloween Stuff, Followed

sHAPES AND COLORS

Been trying to do some more varied face/body shapes (I've been falling back into old habits recently blehhh) and wanted to mess around with Verity's party. Also some Lapis/Laz for morale. Have I mentioned here that we know Larry's real name now?? I forget lmao

I do this "bashing out the silhouette" thing in digital art a lot for poses but never liked doing it in my sketchbooks- something about the highlighters I like to sketch with turning out patchy and disagreeing with the paper texture. But now I've got some brush markers that don't bleed thru the paper and I'm having fuuuuuun <3

(I actually have a bigger set of these markers coming in the mail tomorrow so I'm hoping some lighter colors will be fun to mess with :>)

Making a "don't kill yourself" post for the disabled people. You are needed and valued. You deserve to live. Your needs deserve to be met. You deserve to take up space and have your voices heard. Getting healthcare is so difficult, and we deserve better. We will not be silenced.

This Friday! I'm turbo excited!

Also, these guys are so little, and I love them.

Gotta catch 'em all! Well, at least the Eevee-lutions 💜 it's Pokemon week this week here in the workshop! Working on finishing up these lil guys!

Pattern by @53stitches (I love her work, in case you couldn't tell)

Pokemon free version: 53stitches.com/category/pok...

Pokemon paid version: www.ravelry.com/patterns/sou...

the writer’s dilemma: - want to write a novel - want to read 10 novels for inspiration - end up doing neither and scrolling through memes about writing instead

btw with art when people say 'youve got to do it scared' 'youve got to draw bad' 'youre not gonna know how to do it until you do it' it sounds like bullshit but its true. 90% of art is just getting over the fear that it's not going to be good enough to deserve to be made in the first place. but you're here. you're alive and, with no need to justify that, you're going to make art. it's just part of being alive. you'll spend so long worrying you aren't doing it good enough that you'll look back and realized you didn't live a single day of it.

Days like today are when I'm really grateful for my cat. Migraines suck no matter how "mild" they might be, and she knew something was wrong. So instead of her usual shenanigans, she curled up by my legs for about an hour while I rested. She wasn't even terribly perturbed by my fidgeting or shifting. These are the moments I'll try to remember when she's being a shithead later.

Fanart for @thestarfishface of her Pikmin 4 playthrough! Also fun goofy @castoff-comic reference. Go watch her videos here!

Apparently didn't post this over here so here we go!

Boosting a BlueSky post from earlier this month, got some big bills to pay off, including groceries and therapy, primarily my ADHD assessment (diagnosis now confirmed!). Any support is, and always will be, appreciated, as long as it doesn't hurt you. Reblogs and likes are also appreciated because more eyes! Thanks friends! 💜💜💜

https://bsky.app/profile/nerdvanacrafts.bsky.social/post/3lbcycur23c2w

I cannot stress enough how important it is to do silly, frivolous things that serve no other purpose than making you happy.