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My piece for a secret santa OC art exchange, @basbird's Maw! Experimenting with digital colours over a plasticine sculpt.

See the rest of the exchange here!

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andddd here's the Mellifera I did for the secret santa OC spring 2025!! Wonderful character belongs to @solidagold!! I loved drawing her so much. Every bee needs a hat To see all the wonderful participants, click here!!

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For the past month and a bit I've been busy running a Secret Santa for a bunch of buddies and cool folks, where everyone draw's everyone's OCs! And LOOK what beautiful art everyone did!!!!! This exchange, brought to you buy the colour ourple, delicious textures, and beautiful women. If YOU aren't following anyone who's posted art here and are looking to repent, look no further than below! @avpol @basbird @beastdyke @bowelfly @cereovo @chalkrub @clowncare @crtastrophe @deadlydaemondraws @flame-shadow @flatw00ds @iguanodont @kombuchaclock @librivore42 @lsdoiphin @lymphwyrm @mathpope @.nocturalfiend @mossymandibles @odetoscavengers @rhobi @siins @skelizard @solidagold @spiralshells @threeleggedbike AND @toldentops !!!! (and me, I guess)

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Drew my cat

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free my girl medusa, she didn't do anything wrong

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Here's where I've been the last 9 months.

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Good news: I've started walking again :)

God, I really wanted to do art fight but my knee strain took a turn for the worse and I’ve been flat on my back for two weeks. I’ve never been this injured before. I also live alone, so taking care of myself when I can’t walk has been a nightmare.

Whatever the lesson is here, when I can walk and exercise again, I’m not going to take any of it for granted.

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God, I really wanted to do art fight but my knee strain took a turn for the worse and I’ve been flat on my back for two weeks. I’ve never been this injured before. I also live alone, so taking care of myself when I can’t walk has been a nightmare.

Whatever the lesson is here, when I can walk and exercise again, I’m not going to take any of it for granted.

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I STRAINED MY KNEE I'M SO UPSET

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Ahem. Don't @ me.

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My Karlach has the wolf totem for her Barbarian rage. I love the animation in the game where she gets down really low on her legs and takes that animalistic posture. However, I have a suggestion (demand): she needs to become more bestial when she rages

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My Karlach has the wolf totem for her Barbarian rage. I love the animation in the game where she gets down really low on her legs and takes that animalistic posture. However, I have a suggestion (demand): she needs to become more bestial when she rages

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I'm about to get really annoying about BG3

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Sketchbook....5/2022? Medusa. I had just gotten off of Crit Recap, which had a very cartoony style. The pages are deep fried because I drew in a very light pen. I'll never learn...

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Three years ago when I graduated from CalArts, the only thing I cared about was making enough money to sustain myself and live in a nice-enough place where I felt safe. I was willing to throw away all of my time, energy and health for the pursuit of hitting that mark. Well, the last year I did so much teaching, consulting, and tutoring that I was working like 60-70 hours a week, sometimes more. I also had to take care of my mother who was sick (she's much better now), and move unexpectedly. It all came crashing down a few months ago, where I hit a level of burnout that I couldn't even fathom. I was completely spiritually, mentally, and physically exhausted. I still had to pick up my corpse and go to work though, and I'm proud that I did that. My level of exhaustion was so great that I was losing periods of time, forgetting things that happened a few hours ago, and experiencing actual confusion at simple tasks and conversation. I've finally finished my responsibilities for the summer, and I've gotten a full 8 hours of sleep two nights in a row (how luxurious!). I love where I live, and I've gotten to teach some of the most amazing people in the world and teach a subject I love at the highest level. Truly, I am so lucky. At the same time, my god, whatever I did last year, it was not living. There were times where I really came up to the edge of the abyss. What's worse, by spreading myself so thin, I did a less competent job at the tasks I DID have to do. Which defeats the point. I also used to think of joy as this thing that was a special treat that I got to enjoy when all my responsibilities were finished, and not something that you need to experience to remain functional. Another thing that caught me off guard was how frustrating it was to help people make their own art while not having enough time to do my own. An unexpressed idea/hobby doesn't just sit in your head and wait patiently. It starts to degrade and rot the cage that it's in. To quote my favorite tumblr post, "you have to make art or all the images will get stuck in your head and you'll get sick". I'm so glad I got into powerlifting, because the exercise was one of the only things that kept me upbeat throughout the whole thing. That and eating healthier. I'm here, and I'm slowly coming back to life. I was put on this earth to draw, and I need to do it. I'm happy all of you are here with me.

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I've always had (visually, at least) comically wide shoulders and a big ribcage for my frame, But I figured it's probably because I have a small head or something. I'm 5'5" or about 166cm tall, and female. Recently I had to measure my clavicle to figure out how far apart to place my arms when I do a bench press. My clavicle is 7 inches/177mm. Because I'm a stats nerd, I wanted to find out what percentile that puts me in on a bell curve. After dusting off my old high school notes, I found out it quite literally puts me in the 99th percentile for females and 93rd percentile for males based off of a study I found. Geez! I need one of those "oversize loads" signs for my back. Feels great to have found a sport that I enjoy (powerlifting) and my body is suited to. I hope everyone can find one! Trying to do cardio sports was like trying to fit a squire peg in a round hole for me. I was genetically predispositioned to wrestle megafauna into submission, not run long distances. If you hate running/endurance sports, I'd really recommend giving weightlifting a try. Exercise is also really good for keeping the demons at bay.