another sphinx
currently for sale on TH
another sphinx
currently for sale on TH
Pressed flower collage of a comet moth, by Helen Ahpornsiri
PRESSED FLOWERS???
Sometimes ppl do stuff with art and I go "why did you.... how did you.... thank you for your esoteric and ultra specific medium art"
Bug lady
sha sha higby in the costume-maker's art: cloaks of fantasy, masks of revelation - thom boswell (1992)
Beans!!
Acrylic Gouache + Clay
Some clay figures that will be available in January~
Led through the mist By the milk-light of Moon All that was lost, is revealed
Our long bygone burdens, mere echoes of the spring But where have we come, and where shall we end?
If dreams can't come true, then why not pretend?
Oh, how the gentle wind Beckons through the leaves As autumn colors fall
Dancing in a swirl Of golden memories The loveliest lies of all 🍂♪
Meow woof
I’m making some pins for the new year store opening with air dry clay!
Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)
40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)
Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)
Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)
How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)
Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)
Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)
Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)
Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:
Calculus 1 (full semester class)
Learn basic statistics (free textbook)
Introduction to college physics (free textbook)
Introduction to accounting (free textbook)
Learn a language:
Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)
Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)
Cooking with flavor bootcamp (used what I learned in this a LOT this year)
Learn Interior Design from the British Academy of Interior Design (free to audit course - just choose the free option when you register)
How to ride a bike (listen. some of us never learned, and that's okay.)
How to cornrow-braid hair (I have it on good authority that this video is a godsend for doing your baby niece's black hair)
Making mead at home (I actually did this last summer and it was SO good)
Basics of snowboarding (proceed with caution)
How to draw for people who (think they) suck at art (I know this website looks like a 2003 monstrosity, but the tutorials are excellent)
Pixel art for beginners so you can make the next great indie game
Go (back) to school
Introduction to Astronomy (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)
Principals of Economics (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)
Introduction to philosophy (free college course)
Computer science basics (full-semester Harvard course free online)
Learn a language
Japanese for Dummies (link fix from 2022)
Portuguese (Brazil)
American Sign Language (as somebody who works with Deaf people professionally, I also strongly advise you to read up on Deaf/HoH culture and history!)
Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified)
Quenya (LOTR fantasy elf language)
Coding in Python - one of the most flexible and adaptable high-level programming languages out there - explained through projects making video games
Learn to swim! (for adult learners. I don’t care if you live in Kansas or Mali or wherever. LEARN TO SWIM.)
[Learn about quantum mechanics again, but in a more advanced engineering/mathematics class. Then read more about the math and physics of it]
Something I learned this year: how to sew a quilt (Here’s a very easy beginning pattern that looks amazing and can be done with pre-cut fabric!)
Tutorial video on what is under the hood of most (gas) cars + weird engine sounds and what they mean
How (American income) taxes & tax law work (choose “audit course” at checkout for free class)
Pickleball for beginners (so you can finally join your neighbor/friend/distant cousin who is always insisting you join their team)
+ Para-Pickleball for beginners (for mobility aid users!)
School is so much more fun when there’s no tests:
Learn a language:
Arabic + Resource Guide compiled from Reddit (includes info on different dialects)
Urdu (frequently recommended course on Reddit) + Resource Guide
Reindeer photoset, as promised.
You’ll need to click on Rudolph to see the whole thing.
Day 30 Leopard Slug 🐆🐌
Ohh my god ohh my goodness Octobers almost done I will never recover from this.
A crab. Ballpoint pen and acrylic on cardboard, 2021.
witchsona commission for @/reallygoodcake character is their oc
divine / horror / haruspex witch
more colorways/process on patreon
Little doodle of the PRINCE of the cryptids, MOTHMAN!
Couldnt take out my paints today but pretty happy I was still able to doodle!!:D
waiting for you in the house the trees ate