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Living in a body - (gouache, watercolour, ink and coloured pencil on paper)

Phew, finally finished my segment of this collaborative popup book! Each section explored a different experience of inhabiting a body. Mine attempted to depict the body as an alien organism whose whims we are subject to, both grotesque and beautiful. Unfortunately it's a bit hard to capture all the details on camera (and in only 10 images), but I'm really proud of this one.

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Bad art is better than no art

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Ceramics rules so hard. If you're careful you can use that bowl for one thousand years.

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this is laurel, another minor npc from my tabletop campaign. i made her up on the spot & she wasn't supposed to have much signifigance, but the players ended up falling in love with her -> she became more relevant -> i also fell in love and made her into a doll. she's mostly inspired by cranes and secretary birds, and how fun it would be if they had little arms.

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camera 🐶☀️ art 🥀🚬

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for some reason, "you can just do an art project" unlocked a realization that "you can just make art" wasn't able to access.

like yeah i know i can set aside an afternoon and sketch a still life.

but also i can, like. select a random marine creature from a hat and then research them and then spend a bit of time in the evenings and weekends over the course of a few weeks making a diorama.

or i can make an abstract sculpture out of scrap cardboard and masking tape, and then paper mache over it, and then paint it.

or i can draw something with markers and color it in with crayons.

i dunno why it took me so long to realize that, in the same way that i can revisit the games and hobbies that i enjoyed as a kid, and i can orchestrate "presentation parties" so my friends and i can flex our slideshow animation skills, i can also Make Art, Grade School Style (and not just Grownup Art/School Style)

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Hello! I'm taking tattoo flash commissions because I'm in a bit of a mess (i wrote a post about it earlier if you're curious. it is a long one.).

Prompt: You give me a word or phrase*, and I'll make you a little house creature tattoo designed around it.

$15 for a clean black and white sketch

$20 for a fully rendered (ink, color, shading) design

payment is through paypal or venmo

*I'm not accepting prompts that are in any way hateful, bigoted, or prejudiced. I reserve the right to decline commissions.

If you're interested, please fill out the google form (HERE) and I will email you when I accept the commission. Once I've confirmed your payment, I'll send you a trello board link so you can check my progress and make sure I'm working on it!!

And if you're not interested, but you would still like to help out a queer autistic fil-am artist with clinical depression, my venmo and paypal are both @ mxmillie

Thanks for checking out my work!!! I'm trying to get my shit together but I could really use a boost.

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graduated for the final time yesterday!

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performance

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experimenting with wax resist on this cute little fellow

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Trying some new techniques. And a video of smol fren wobbling, because I can't help myself.

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Some stitched felt shapes I made a couple of years ago.

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i made a little zine for the anticipation of spring!

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their name is cheriil

Are we allowed to make OCs based on your world provided we give you credit?

Even though this is the top of my FAQ I still get this question like twice a month, minimum. As such, I have decided that as of today, April 1st 2025, readers are NO LONGER ALLOWED to make an RttS OC. They are REQUIRED. If you read my comic without making an OC during the 3 day grace period, I will personally block your IP address from the Wordpress comic site. Chop chop.

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Quick what are you doing RIGHT now (besides scrolling Tumblr)