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More i Grow my body Stonger. More i Learn my head gets Longer. More i Eat my belly Bouncing… More i Fight my foes i’m Trouncing.

More i Sing my voice gets Louder… More i Boast my pride gets Prouder… More i Run my speed gets Upper… What about you Mother Fucker…

normally this is when people reblog posts like this and say something like “i was on so much painkillers when i made this” but that doesn’t apply here. i was completely lucid when i made this. i can remember writing this phenomenal post with crystal clarity. for me, it was typical. i could do this kind of thing every day if i wished to.

drew ralsei with a sword again

Cool new way to say music: ear dinner

Dont sleep on this one

the mutuals button should be a hug

like this

Dianthidium curvatum | micron pen, color pencil, and white gel pen | April 2024 | Hazel Fricke

This is the first piece I've ever redone, and I don't really like doing things over again but this bee is too cute. The first version, pictured below and made back in the end of 2018, had a rushed sketch because I was eager to get to the stippling process and I made a lot of mistakes. I've definitely refined my sketches over the years. It's cool to see how far I've come in the last six years (but especially in the last six months).

walkin

a scholarly conversation about the future

This blew up a few years ago, and since then many people have written touching anecdotes and musings on their own lives in the tags, all of which I appreciate immensely. However my favorite tag I've gotten on this post is one from shortly after it was posted; when I was sixteen. It said something like, "It's wonderful to see Mabel Ye's influence on young artists!" That was the only person to ever point out my inspiration for both the linework and writing, despite how crude an imitation it was. I don't really like this comic anymore. I think it's cute, but also a bit thoughtless and naive. But I'm still glad it seems to have touched so many people.

In the time that passed between this comic and now, Mabel directed a Netflix show and won an Emmy. She will always be one of the most formative artists in my life.

Since then I've made a lot of art, and I've fallen in love. There are many things I'd tell this version of myself if I had the chance.

Okay, that concludes my train of thought. Thanks for reading.

Oh, and fun fact! It's also where this tag originates:

some mugs!

Saleman

some strawhats at sea

Just finished “painting” with thread on this dragon panel. Definitely worth zooming in for details.

one piece characters! suggestions were taken from here and twitter 🤠

i came here to save someone

gutted (crop) (full thing on patreon)

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