Somebody I Know (process & inspiration)
Lol. I rarely check Facebook comments and just found out some guy has been doing some serious trolling under one of my posts (the words 'I want you to suffer' may have been typed), including getting increasingly pissed about how I wasn't responding to said trolling. Also, somebody has been reporting all my current Instagram posts for stuff, which is fine as I wasn't breaking any rules and the content moderators agree, but now I'm wondering whether this is connected. And then I'm wondering if this is an emotionally abusive ex-client having a meltdown. If so, I'm sorry dude, you've already thickened my skin. This can't shake me anymore. (also going semi-viral on Twitter. Best way of realizing people's behaviour is mostly about them and not about you)
#honestly this sort of stuff would have wrecked me when I was starting out#And working for that guy did do a number on me#but mostly I'm very sure now that I never want to be in a position where I cannot turn work down or walk away from a contract#but mostly it has taught me that being kind and understanding is fine but when I need to protect myself I need to protect myself#nevermind I have social media posts to schedule!
I'm terrible at celebrating my achievements, so here' s all I did in January:
Work Work: Illustrations: 8 Workshops: 1 Personal Work Art: 1/4 Drawing Videos: 4 Books Read: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, The Fragile Threads of Power (audio), Paladin's Grace (audio), He Who Drowned The World (audio), A Power Unbound (audio), The Alter Ego Effect (audio) Movies Watched: Only Lovers Left Alive, Poor Things New Recipes Tried: 2 Special Achievement: Patched ancient winter coat, only accidentally sewed 1 pocket shut
Watch this weak illustrator trying to lift 10 books and despair.
The Principles of Necromancy #1 cover variant Check out the comic here.
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I want to do nothing besides hibernating and eating a lot of carbs until spring.
Anonymous asked:
Is that the same fox?
I don't know! It's roughly in the same area, but I don't know how large their territories are and we certainly have more than one fox around here. So it probably isn't! (But it would be cool if it was!)
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I have no pets here in Berlin, so I’m constantly missing the family pets. Can you curl up on the sofa with a book, cat or dog or both cuddled up to you? You lucky, lucky person.
I just came across this old post looking for something else and now I'm just sitting here bawling my eyes out. The two kittens both passed in 2022 and back then it didn't hit me as hard as I thought it probably should--after all they were getting old, it wasn't unexpected and I was far away busy doing stuff. Plus, 2022 was my full on eco-grief-finally-losing-all-faith-in-humanity-year and I don't think I had a whole lot of room to process any more emotions.
Lately I've a had a lot of dreams about dead family pets, the generation before these, and I'm always grateful when I do because that's the only time I'll ever get with them again. Even as my memories are fading, they're at least still buried somewhere in my subconscious. Still, the time is always too short, particularly if I wake myself up with crying.
I guess that is already influencing my general state of mind, but there is something different about seeing these sketches compared to photographs. It's realer somehow. I remember the moment I drew these pieces, trying to capture their personalities just so. I loved these cats. And I miss them. I hope I'll dream about them.
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Foxes have officially surpassed red squirrels in my ranking of favourite animals.
I want the confidence of my landlady when she's explaining to me why she is doing something that I'm 99% sure is actually illegal.
#for example why she would essentially make me pay extra for warm water when I want warm water when she's not at home#I get why this makes sense to her but that's still not how it wooooorks#I should try telling her I won't pay rent when I'm on holiday because I'm not using the flat#I'm fine BTW I just hope her next tennant has a lot of extra time and a legal costs insurance :)))))
I made another video. I'm a video person now.
Sometimes your mental health just needs you to hang with some moss, lichen and funghi.
I just need to fix this one thing and and then I'm done with the piece.
OK. Now this one additional detail.
Alright, this small matter needs taking care of as well, but that's it. Now that I think about it this bit looks awkward, let's do a complete repaint. (but that's the last thing)