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Three ships: Griddlehark, my beloved.. they just rotate in my brain no matter what I'm doing and I'm not ready for the series to end next year. CaitVi because yes. I want my messy blue/red lesbians and I hc Vi (gentle) touch starved af. Camilla Hect and therapy.

First ever ship: I cannot avoid the weird kid allegations anymore: Sonadow (Sonic X Shadow..... yes the hedgehogs).

Last song: Hot by Liili

Last film: Vesper on Netflix. I really liked the world they were presenting with the Citadels and lab-made viruses/diseases/fungi infecting and killing most of the world's wildlife and food. Workers have been replaced with lab-made creatures called Jugs due to them being easier to control so the lower class are struggling to survive outside the Citadels. Vesper is a girl who's self-studying to help make crops fertile again. It was pretty good, I recommend to anyone who fancies something different to watch.

Currently watching: Superstore on Netflix, recommended to me by a friend.

Currently reading: Frontier by Grace Curtis. Keeping with the dystopian themes I love so much; we follow a stranger who's fallen down to Earth in search of (what I assume is) their romantic interest/partner (because it's apparently a romance). The people of Earth now worship the planet itself, which is interesting as some phrases concerning hell have been replaced with space and phrases concerning god have been replaced with goddess (Mother Earth, fuck yeah, god is a woman). It's been interesting so far, but it feels like a story I'd prefer experiencing as a game.

Currently consuming: Tea.

Currently craving: Cinnamon buns tbh.

I tag anyone who wants to do this because I'm too nervous to give my mutuals tag notifs :')

Butch Fairy Zine: interest check!

This is an interest check! For a Butch fairy themed art zine to be held in 2024. Find the link here

This will be an art book that celebrates butch folk, and fairies, but through the lense of a field guide, with sketches and concepts alongside full colour illustrations. This project is currently being planned by 5 people, and a frog 🐸

This is not an Artist App form, but if you want to apply as an artist, you can still fill this in. We will make An Artist form later in January.

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Sad Little Devil and Cheeky Little Angel plate set I’ve been dying to show off!

Really enjoying my little ceramic side hobby and wanted to make a plate set all to myself. The idea brewed for a year before I followed through and I’m really happy with the end result.

A little life update: I have been going off the rails a little and absolutely loving it. At the start of the year I had a month-by-month detailed plan on what I wanted to do and learn and fit into this year - and then I was drinking with a friend one night and realised how burnt out I was already in February and decided to throw my plan out entirely! “Do it for the plot” is my new motto and I’ve met so many new and lovely people because of it recently, completely changing my life. I’ll be back on the art game soon, but I’m still finding a balance between art, work and life and I’ve been healing burn out slowly. I’m still slowly animating my short film but I’m not in a rush to finish it - it’s a personal project I know I want to take my time on, not to mention the other things I want to make.

I have some goals I want to hit this new year with my art. I’ve felt burnt out since I finished my masters in 2021 and I’ve been really trying to break out of it and I feel like I’m getting to a good place now.

I’m strictly not going to be posting WIPs unless it’s the odd instagram story photo. I feel as though allowing myself to do that has been stopping me from actually finishing things properly, hence why a lot of what I’ve made last year has been sketchy and sketchbook work. I know I’m capable of more polished work but I’m stopping myself from getting there by giving myself the instant gratification of people seeing my WIP posts. I’ve been testing this recently by keeping a lot of my works away from the internet and my craving to be on social media has gone down (healthy!!!), granted this would mean I’m less active overall (more healthy!!!!).

I just want to explore myself this year and find an adventure or two to go on, but mostly work on my career and find what I really want/enjoy doing. I feel as though I want to be able to do everything and it’s draining me. Despite always wanting to go into storyboarding and character design, I’ve found that I’ve barely worked on both areas because of my overwhelming desire to be good at everything. So my big single goal is to focus on one area for a while and then see where it might lead me.

I can’t wait to get started on my plans for 2023 and I hope you guys enjoy what I put out in the future!✨

Kinda miss drawing furries...

griddlehark have invaded my brain and they will NOT LEAVE

Super early “i-just-finished-both-books-and-now-i-need-a-college-au” doodle of Harrow waiting for exam results with her reversible octo-plushie and wearing Gideon’s socks.