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commission (4/6) cat chasing

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commission (3/6) sparkly doggo

I've drawn dogs only a handful of times in my entire life, so this one was a learning curve

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commission (2/6) black cat belly-up

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commission (1/6) calico cat

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the pangochild saga continues

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Riza Hawkeye + pangolin-chimera oc. I've been calling her "pangochild"

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dígale a la jardinera que traigo flores 👏🏼🎶👏🏼 dígale a la jardinera que traigo amor 👏🏼🎶👏🏼

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Reminders for the Anxious/Depressed Creatives

You’re more than what you make.

Your productivity does not determine your value.

It’s okay to do nothing sometimes.

Not everything you do has to result in a product.

Not everything you make has to be important, significant, or even good.

You can make things just for yourself.

You can keep secrets for yourself, whether it’s not posting some of your projects or not sharing your techniques.

You’re allowed to say no.

You’re allowed to rest.

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Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:

Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.

You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.

When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.

A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)

Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)

The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.

Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.

Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.

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I GOT PIPA ICE CREAM FINALLY

Elidia, but it's a redrawn meme or sth ??

I am craving pipa ice cream, so El gets some as well.

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I began listening to The Green Lads and Cullen Vance

+ studies

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I began listening to the Green Lads

y'all know what that means

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it's my chronic illness and I get to choose the coping mechanism

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Hebe is concerned

first, Elidia gets severely burnt. Then, her youngest sister figures how to use fire. She's got a right to be worried

meanwhile, Elidia is extremely proud of her little sister

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“Why do you draw so much?” You see if I don’t draw I start to experience the Horrors

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I watched Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. This is all I do now

Riza wearing a qipao was inspired on the qipao she wears in a game (Prince of the Dawn? or Daughter of Dusk?). She always looks SO PRETTY, and she did! but the qipao... it felt too revealing. And I'm a fan of more traditionally-shaped qipaos, so... I did a second take, a still modern qipao, but not quite as sexy. I just think she'd be more comfortable in it

sketchier sketch tied to fic I type

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totally did not forget about the cake nope

I want to make it into a sticker and hand it to people on their birthdays