#I'm going to have to make a website for it eventually to compile things though because I hate not being able to see all my work in one plac

[antisphinx]

Its like, I want to make art that if I found in the wild would make ME crazy. The inverse rule of nicher common experience = stronger connection. So that's why I'm building MFTBI basically like a digital snuffle mat; discovery and digging to learn stuff and creating a deeper understanding of a world are things that I really value in works of art. The downside is that this is just structurally not compatible with super fast paced modern social media and I hate shilling my own work because I find most tiktok trends utterly debasing. And also I will be the first to admit there's not a lot of juice on the site yet. Setting the stage for a lot of stuff I have planned but not a lot to sink yyour teeth into. It's gonna build up slow and I have to remind myself that I've only been working on it for three years (compared to my last project that lasted like ten, and for those three years i have been in uni so no shit I haven't made a lot of work for it lol) so people don't have a lot to be invested in yet. Idk just trust me bro <3

[trilobi-te]

Chipspeech Twitter Archive Update

Hi I should have done this months ago.. I do not know when (or if) I am going to finish that website lmao. So I am just going to share my notes from Google Docs. Should be easier to read than the original posts and helpful as a starting point if anyone else decides to make a website :3

The documents are all on commenting mode so feel free to make comments to bookmark things for yourself or write your thoughts or whatever. Under the cut I have put some formatting notes.

It's a folder, each year of Twitter posts is its own document (I tried to compile them into one but it lagged too much). There is also a document with all of the original Tumblr posts (from the accounts I could find, no tags yet but I will go back and get them eventually, also no dates but they're all from 2015), and one with the bios from the official website for ease of access.

The formatting is a little (a lot) weird and there are probably pictures that need resizing/transcription but I figured it's better to give people access now. The text is small (to keep the page count as low as possible) so you will have to zoom in.

It goes by day, organized with a bulleted list. The top level bullets are each character that tweeted that day. The second level bullets are original tweets/retweets by that character. The third+ level bullets are comment threads under that tweet, the organization here is inconsistent but imo still readable (if you think something needs an edit for clarity let me know and I'll fix it).

For each character's section of the list, normal text is that character's tweets/comments. Italicized text is anyone who is not that character. If it is labeled with unitalicized text, it is that character/important account (e.g. the official Chipspeech account), otherwise it is a fan. I also included some labels and/or clarifying comments for Vocaloid producers I like, they're not central to the story though

I got rid of the line breaks within the tweets when copying them down because it was easier to format. Sorry about that. Idk how to fix it other than going through everything again but it doesn't take away from the story so I'm leaving it for now.

If something came from a website other than Twitter, I tried to provide the link (unless its content was deleted). I did my best to transcribe the Clyp posts that were not deleted.

If something is a text-only retweet, it is marked with [retweet]. If it includes an image, it's probably a screenshot of the whole thing. I only included retweets that felt story-relevant (so no miscellaneous cat pictures, Apple-related aesthetic images, etc.), but if people really want it I can go back and add the rest.

Deleted tweets are noted with [deleted tweet], with the characters they came from if applicable. Idk how Twitter works but it the person in the thread is replying to the username of a certain character, I assumed it was that character's tweet that had been deleted. If something says [deleted Dandy thread], assume there is a deleted Dandy tweet in between each of the listed tweets (or another character, but it's usually Dandy). That was meant to be a temporary time-saver and I've gone back and fixed the ones I've found, but there's probably more I accidentally skipped.

Anything not in English is translated in a comment. Except the X-Sampa (I will fix that sometime but there's not much of it). Also it was done with the built-in Google Translate feature so it may be a little incorrect. Unclear pictures and whatnot also have clarifying comments. I can add more clarifying comments (or image IDs) if anyone needs them.

I tried not to include any unattributed fanart but there are some that I forgot to copy the handle for (I am also fixing these when I find them).

As for any future updates to this folder as a whole, I kind of want to go back through each account's liked tweets to see if there's anything funny in there but idk when that will be. That would probably be its own document.

Honestly I should have given everyone access back in June.. oops. If you have any questions you can put them in a comment on this post (or reach out to me another way, idk). As I mentioned before, feel free to use all of this as a starting point if you're making your own website.

I'll pin this post so it's findable in the future. Also sorry for disappearing for several months (it will happen again).

[pine-niidles]

2024 August Monthly Updates

It's a very text heavy update this month, I'm... working on getting back into the habit of regular art. My art muscles have grown stiff and it's slow going training them back up. It is going though - I've even been doing some sketching in my physical sketchbook this week.

Doodling fish makes for a good warm-up

Website/Blog

I've been wanting to set up a proper art blog for a while. Social media has always been hard for me to keep up with, I've never really had fun posting art online ever since deviantart stopped being good. Figuring out what, when, how to post & keeping up with constant changes... it's been said a million times so I won't get into it, and at the end of the day even if it's frustrating it's still worth it for the connections I make and the art I get to see because of it. Still, I don't want to rely on social media to be the only place where my art lives (it's a sad thought!). That's why I've been compiling art pdfs, it's why I've been looking into physical print making, it's why I started these monthly updates in the first place.

So if you're reading this on my new blog welcome! (if not - it's here) I'm planning to eventually move to hosting it myself but so the moment I'm relying on wordpress, I apologize for the banners. I'm still deciding how I want to do monthly updates from now on - I'll be posting all of them on the new blog for sure but I'm still undecided if I want to continue to cross post them on tumblr & kofi. I have a poll just for that running right now if you have an opinion (or if you don't - it's a nice motivator just to see that people are actually reading these).

Other than monthly updates I'll be posting process breakdowns on here, and more in depth looks at individual projects at various stages of their process. Maybe doing some features (or even reviews?) of other artists/projects. We'll see how it goes! I won't be cross-posting those, thought I'll probably post links to them when I write them (you can also sign up to the email newsletter for this blog at the bottom of the page - though you'll have to make a wordpress account). I know a lot of people use patreon for this kind of thing but I like the freedom of not having an expectation of consistency (or quality).

Fanzines

I've started taking part in fanzines again, there's a couple in particular I'm very excited for! Not much more to say on that topic as I'm not allowed to announce my participation yet but that's something I've been working on this month.

All in Good Time

I've done very little (read:none) art for my own projects this month, but I have done some writing for a couple I've yet to introduce publicly.

The first is a short (12-16 page) self-contained comic featuring a friend of mine and my ocs. I've written a rough script for it and will be working on character designs and art for it when I have a little more free time :)

They Say There is a Monster in These Woods

The second project I was doing writing for is much longer term - I've been toying around with the idea of doing a solo visual novel for some time now and I finally came up with a story idea for one.

The game starts with you in the woods, injured. You stumble across a clear where a lone manor stands and collapse in front of it. When you come to the Lady of the manor greets you, and invites you to stay as her guest for some time while you recover from your injuries and to attend her birthday celebrations in two weeks. You spend this time in the manor getting to know the inhabitants, maybe finding the sparks of romance with one among them, and maybe even figuring out the source of the mysterious rumors that there is a monster in the woods...

\o/ I hope that intro sounds fun to you! I'm certainly excited about it. This will be more of a long term project - both in the fact that it'll be a lot of work to make and because I have other game projects I want to prioritize first, some collab work and some of my own games that are only a couple steps away from completion (Don't Wake the Sleeping Dragon I've not forgotten about you...)

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And that's all for August! I'm looking forward to Summer ending and the start of Fall, maybe I can do some plein air watercolors of the leaves changing color when that time comes :)

[yuisagi]

70(?) percent complete !!

I think I know what exactly I want to do with this account.

I mean, I had a basic idea when I created it like almost 2 years ago, but noticeably, due to some circumstances, I didn't go through with them. Now, with newly gained free time, new experiences, and stories to tell, I want to give it a try again. Now, to what I will post (and for me to remember);

(Probably) Long-ish posts, going through various phases I might have in a week or a day, without explicitly exposing information, but still analyzing why and what might've caused it. This would probably be for venting or telling stories that I find might be worth sharing.

Moods, random thoughts. Like as if this is Twitter.

Compilation posts with songs I currently like and loop, or newfound gems.

I want my Tumblr to be a neutral/safe space -for me to talk. I have this weird inhibition to not share things, online it's even worse. It's healthy to some degree, but it has gotten to a point where it makes me feel bad a lot. I want to let myself have the freedom to share what's on my mind. Neutrally, subjectively, jokingly, dramatically, do I have to describe it further? But I also want to read other people's experiences and thoughts. I must say, thinking that other people will read what I write eventually, kind of makes me uncomfortable. But it's nothing bad. I'm not doing anything bad. I don't have to feel this way towards this, - and I want to better it. I want to connect. I want to make new friends and share. I don't have to, honestly, I am writing this with the thought in my mind that nobody will interact with my blog and I will just write for myself, which is a very comforting thought, but this is still the internet. Somehow somewhen someone will come across this, and read it. Hello. Tumblr, with all its history and absurdity, is still my favorite social media platform, I think. It just has that particular feeling to it and the real freedom to stand out and do your thing. This is why I'm choosing to be here, wanting to be a part of this. Wanting this to be something I do when I feel like it, something I can look back and reread whenever I feel like it. This might sound a bit cheesy but, (honestly, the whole post might be) I kind of want this to be something I can look back on when I am older. „All I did archive was holding a diary on the internet", might be something quite depressing to say and to look back on, but it's something. And I think older me would like to read what younger/current me has to say. I don't want to force myself to post regularly. - I would like when. I do, having some kind of routine would be fun and interesting, but I don't want this to become something I feel like having to do. So I might not be active. I will probably have different phases. I want to use the Tumblr website feature of that, to have a rough update on how active I am and what I like/currently am doing.

About reblogs;

I will still reblog like I was before, with well just the difference that I actually post stuff in between ! I might slow down a bit with it, but I will still reblog things I find highly share-worthy/inspirational, goofy things, thinks I can relate to and Manga/Visual Novel pictures.

After being on this platform for years, I'm still figuring things out, like hashtags as an example. I'm not quite sure what, and how to use them, but I will ultimately. I would appreciate some tips and recommendations in my ask box though- :D

[truthseekerastrology]

Make Peace With Your Natal Saturn.  Thank Me Later.

Hey Truthseekers, Happy New Moon in Virgo!! How are you holding up?

Yesterday, I created the above meme and posted it to the Truthseeker Astrology Facebook page (if you aren’t following, what are you waiting for?).  A commenter asked me to provide some details and I did, in the form of a thread. I wanted to go ahead and compile all of that content in the form of a post on the website.   Because one can never have enough insights into the ways of the sixth planet from the Sun. 

Here we go...

Sure!! Let me use my chart as an example. I have Saturn in Gemini in my 11th house of love received, friends/groups/associations and the rewards/resources gained from my 10th house activities. Saturn is the ruler of my 7th house of partnerships. Using an orb of no more than 4 degrees, Saturn makes Ptolemaic aspects (think conjunction, square, sextile, trine, opposition) to every planet in my horoscope except for Venus, Jupiter and Pluto. Finally, besides Chiron in my 10th house, it's the only other celestial body above the horizon (ascendant-descendant axis). So it's very influential, powerful and keenly felt by yours truly. And, because it is ruled by my 3rd house Mercury in Virgo, I think about it - a lot!!

So, when we're younger, we see Saturn as oppressive, difficult, inflexible and hard to contend with, mainly because we lack worldly wisdom and understanding gained from life experience. Sometimes in our young life, someone will literally represent Saturn. For me, Saturn in Gemini was my father - older, smart, and in my young mind, harsh and very critical.

Wherever Saturn is in our charts, we have do so some very hard work, often times without immediate gratification. With Saturn, our rewards for doing the work that we're here to do in this life, come much later in life. Since Saturn rules my 7th house of relationships from the 11th house, AND touches so many planets in my chart, I had to learn how to receive tough love - that often times came in the form of constructive criticism and unsolicited advice from older people - in order to have fulfilling relationships. AND I had to literally remake my world view, relearn how I felt, how I thought, and how I acted in response to other people, if I wanted to be rewarded with a partner who would not only be there out of a sense of duty but would truly love me for what I had to offer. When I was younger, and being a Saturn in the 11th house native, I often felt like I didn't belong in the groups I found myself in. Now that I'm older, I've learned how to find my tribe AND/OR be perfectly fine with being by myself, even when I'm around a lot of people.

With Saturn so prominent in my chart, I should have waited to marry much later in life...ideally, I should not have married until well after my first Saturn return. I didn't, though, and that marriage eventually led to divorce. But remember, Saturn rewards those who do the work: I had to acknowledge that I had a big role to play in why my marriage failed and I had to roll up my sleeves and do some internal and external work to get better if I wanted to attract someone who would be willing to make a long term commitment to me. I began my astrology studies to better understand why I was making poor decisions, and since then, got therapy, and committed myself to improving my physical health. Also remember that my Saturn is in the sign of the Twins, so there was a high likelihood that I would find a second someone eventually.

When Saturn entered Sagittarius in 2014, I was dreading this transit, mainly because I knew that this would be the time when it would become painfully and outwardly apparent to not just me, but to others, that I had passed or failed all of the tests that were put in front of me since my Saturn return 14 years earlier. Could I find a man to commit to me after being divorced? Could I change careers, put in the necessary hard work and earn a sense of inner fulfillment and outward recognition? Could I transform my body from what it was into a stronger, healthier and more attractive state (while being age appropriate... of course, we're talking about Saturn here)? Here's what happened: He opposed my natal Saturn the requisite three times, but made only ONE PASS over my natal Jupiter in Sagittarius before he entered Capricorn!! Nothing came up during either transit that forced me to make some major adjustments in the matters where Saturn held sway over my life. I was in a pretty good relationship; I was being recognized for my photography work during that time, and I had decided to step up my efforts at improving my overall physical health and wellness. But despite that, I still had misgivings.

Even though my Saturn opposition didn't really correspond to anything in my lived reality that compelled me to rework that which wasn't working, I knew that with Saturn returning to Capricorn, the sign that he rules, that my work was far from over. By transit, Saturn would be chipping away at my 6th house of cooperation and self-improvement and health and wellness and that I would need to work extra hard in these areas. Could I do better in these areas? Of course!! Was I willing to commit the energy, focus and self-discipline to being better in these areas? For the most part, yes.

Remember that natally, Saturn sits in my 11th house of groups and associations. And remember that before, when I was younger, I felt out of place and sometimes unloved and unappreciated. I thought I had friends, but learned later that they really weren't looking out for my best interests. But here's how Saturn can turn things around if you're willing to do the work... I was young and dumb then, but because I stopped fighting Saturn (staring with my father and moving forward from there), I made it to a place where I'm not only older and wiser, I'm healthier, more grounded, centered and PREPARED. On the plane to Atlanta yesterday, I texted my partner to tell him that I finally understood what I was supposed to learn from having Saturn in Gemini in the 11th house, ruling my 7th house. And it was a simple act on his part that made it abundantly clear for me...something I'm 10000% sure would have never happened 14 years ago, or even 28 years ago!! I wasn't ready, I wasn't prepared!

We can only make peace with our natal Saturn if we have done all that we could do, if we have made a commitment to ourselves to do the work, to prepare ourselves, to delay gratification, to learn the lessons he teaches us with humility, grace and gratitude. Yes, it's conditional, and yes, when we're in the throes of the struggle, it seems unfair. Saturn wants to reward us, but he's not like Jupiter, who comes along with when we least expect it with unexpected bounties of cash and prizes, who over indulges us when we least deserve it. No, Saturn can seem cold and unforgiving, harsh and critical, only because he knows we can do better. Saturn is willing to reward us under certain conditions: We must commit to working hard (sometimes harder than we've ever worked), having a plan, respecting our own boundaries and those of others, and being willing to forgo immediate gratification...When we make peace with Saturn and accept his terms, accept the lines he draws in the sand, we can go very far, accomplish as much as we're willing and able to work for, and earn great rewards that are commiserate with our efforts, knowing that we earned them fair and square.