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I drew two things when I was in the hospital, I mean other than the couple dozen of octopi I drew and gave to the other patients. All we had were those tiny golf course pencils and erasers. Those are hard to draw with when ya got all my wrist problems bfnd

I drew Harvey in Palia with his little Cammy creature in his field of corn he grew. I got his outfit and little creature the night before I got hospitalized so I went by memory. The second thing is a funny cow that was on the chocolate milk cartons. We didn't even know there was chocolate milk we were drinking regular milk for days, and the regular milk didn't even have a cow on it.

(insert Shrek meme with "the milk didn't even have a cow on it)

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Wake up, darling, Double Decker! Doug and Kirill content!

I'm rewatching Double Decker with my friends over 5 years later, and GOD I miss this show. So, we making shitposts nyaha

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High lighter doodles

ponder.

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i put pokemon card mystery packs on my etsy just now. just a stack of bulk from my year of collecting pokemon cards. i'll be turning in a bunch of bulk to the card shops, but I thought wouldnt it be fun to make my own mystery packs? i always loved goodie bags, grab bags, blind bags, and gacha. its a thrill of opening something and getting something unexpected more than the items themselves.

altho getting a $100 card is pretty neat. Here's the link if you're interested~ https://www.etsy.com/listing/1717302949/pokemon-tcg-bulk-mystery-goodie-pack-of

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I just opened up my shop again! And posted my listing for the Omanyte Aquariums! Get yourself a little man! US only by the way

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when yer in a creative rut, try doing a redraw. it'll make you feel better.

it wont make harvey feel better though...

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The goolings are here!!!

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Howdy, I'm still alive. Not many drawings lately, but a lot of ling fun time. I just wanted to share my crafts hehe

My niece had fun playing with the ling plushies, I taught her about the goolings, and she drew Wiwi a couple times. I made her a Wiwi plushie and I'm gonna make a Lewling and a Hoardling too since she really wants her own. Makes me happy. That's what they're made for to make folks happy.

But sewing is so tedious 😵‍💫

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cammypus is mesmerized by whimsy

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It's all a process.

I may not have all the answers I was looking for thru PHP, partial hospitalization program, but everywhere I turned, everyone said follow your passion and make art.

So I've been painting, making silly crafts, drawing on our worksheets, doing sticker by number, making pictures of Mr. octopus for even more people, and making origami to color/brighten up the place. I've donated many art supplies to the therapy place, donated fidget toys, made sparkle jars, organized all their papers, made pencil holders (of which I forgot to take pictures of), and just bring a nice energy to the place.

Such a shame I'm hiding behind that smiley face mask. Perhaps, one-on-one therapy will help me adjust the mask better.

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two things

1.) I closed my Etsy shop for the time being. Since I'm working on my mental health, I don't think I'll be able to keep up with shop if someone out there so happens to want to buy something. I'll list my omanyte aquariums when I'm back in action. Commissions too. Hopefully I get enough guidance and motivation built up to earn the money back I've been retail therapy-ing.

2.) Try out Palia using my Referral Code: https://accounts.palia.com/sign-up?referral=c62cf787-6f62-4e4e-94b0-f135edb8fe25 I get free things if you sign up using my link lol

It's a FREE cozy rural fantasy mmorpg on Switch, PC, and coming to Steam. What does rural fantasy mmorpg mean? Uhhh. Theres farming, hunting, fishing, mining, cooking, bug catching, rizzing up more than one character, you can climb cliffs and jump and glide off cliffs, and watch deer glitch into cliffs. It's got it all!!! Get isekai'd now!!!!!!!!

I've been playing as our good friend Harvey for the last month and even in the hospital all I could think of was going back to it. I even made a community or whatever called Greenie Getaway, in which I still don't know what it does, but it's nice to have something with a name on it, ya know?

When I'm better I'll draw Harvey and Palia shenanigans if I remember them. But please, I like sharing things I enjoy, so I hope one of you out there enjoys this game too. And maybe we can play together and kill deer....together....

Also, watch Harvey struggle to cook while Cammy Creature sits in his soup: https://x.com/Flamboyant_King/status/1768095441714139385?s=20

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My friend made an edit to the flying cammypus! Oh no!

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Game development? More like Foreshadowing!

Back in November, after I went back to work, I wanted to figure out RPGmaker all by myself. I wanted to help my darling friend, Que, work on Wiwi and The Golden Acorn, I would do all the dialogue and it would all change based on what events have occurred. So, we had an idea for a quick game to help us get down the basics before we work on any big projects.

It's called How Can I Be the Legendary Swordsman When I Have Carpal Tunnel?

It's also called I hyperfixated on this for a day until I made my hands hurt. Which is ironic. But the story really is about me getting isekai'd into a fantasy world after working myself to death (the foreshadowing is too great), but my problems still came along with me. But there are fantasy versions of my friends there to guide me along the way to recovery and success.

So I messed with the dialogue, scenes, events, and intro to make it feel very game-y. I made the sprites of the legendary hero, Que did the friends, we only used the assets of RPGmaker cause we are just testing. Of course it has to have my humor. The legendary hero is called Morshu Junior and his colors were ripped directly from the Lamp Oil guy, Morshu.

The gameplay is the legendary swordsman does all the damage, but he also hurts himself, so his companions are actually all healers and you can use their turns to heal the swordsman. They can do damage, but the swordsman will keep losing health, whether they're attacking or defending, the swordsman will keep losing health. Which is an awesome idea, but we didn't figure out how to incorporate that yet. Maybe one day but not anytime soon.

I hope you like my idea, it's silly and we'll use it as our testing grounds and also just goofing around. I would love to hear your feedback. I love you guys.

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Hey babes, sorry I've been dead, but I coulda been literally dead if I had not gone.

I didn't hurt myself and we're still figuring things out. I would love to share but I've already forgotten what I've learned. I hope I get more guidance and time for healing and learning on how to lead my life in a better direction than where I was. But that takes time and effort.

I hope to get some rest, get some support, and get it together. But right now, I don't think it's healthy for me to worry about art in the way I do now. I may not express it here, but trying to maintain my art endeavors/projects while there's so much bullshit going on backstage is not helping me. Especially since I'm not even obligated to do so. But trying to force myself to do something I am currently unable to do will just make me feel worse. I'll follow my dreams and passions one day, but I've been putting off the healing process for years.

So I guess it's better to get better now so I can get the ball rolling again. Why drive on a flat tire?

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Cammy is real! Real small!

I wanted to try making something bigger out of polymer clay the other night. I made them out of pure white clay and aluminum foil because that's a strategy for big stuff. Then I painted their clothes and had to glue their dingly and wings back on cause they fell off during painting. I'm gonna varnish/glaze them later, but they're done!

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okay, i LOVE your pencil sketches and want to know how you get such wonderful line depth and variation

Ah! Thank you so much! 🥺 I'm glad you brought this up cause I was looking at one of my first sketches uploaded to this blog (from freaking 9 years ago) and the line style is still the same. I've got the process down, baby.

I want you to know, I use only one (1) pencil when I do sketches. I don't do that 2B 2H 4K 60FPS 💯 stuff, that's too many pencils to lug around and I never understood the difference between them. So, I usually just carry a 0.5 mechanical pencil in my pocket.

But what you have to do is start light. Super light, I got in trouble in school for writing and drawing so light, but you gotta build up on it. (I just started writing in pen instead because sheesh) You gotta know exactly where you want things before you get darker, and the darker it is, the harder it will be to erase.

I made an example for this, so consider yourself blessed hehe

Very light, planning placement, go over or darken the areas you for sure want to be there. Like those uhh thumbnail sketches.

When I'm drawing poses/background's/props I'm not sure of, I leave a light, blocked off area for a vague idea of what I want going on and I'll look up a ref to fix it up later. But all placement first. So when I'm sure this is where I want the props or poses, I scribble scribble until I envision fully what will be there and start erasing until I get the shape I crave.

What I do next is I draw over and over the one area I want and erase the lighter parts I don't need, so it's not so scribbly and cluttery.

And then more emphasis on detailed or foreground stuff, and then light scribbles in other areas for texture or feigning a background. Adding more "details" makes it look cooler or it makes you look cooler. You want them to focus on certain parts and not on the scribbly fake details. It's all about the full picture not the spindly grass in the background. Shhh.

It's all building up, narrowing down, and then emphasis.

Another example, here's sketch #2 compared to the final.

I also use a phone adjustment to darken my lines. I take that "black point" to just darken my lines myself and take the "contrast" to further separate the paper from my pencil. (Or I just had better lighting, I don't remember what I did with this one 🤔)

Thank you for asking! I like sharing my processes, but I just think it would be too much spam on here to include the progress shots with my "finished" stuff.

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Shhh. They're resting.