don’t look
the pastries are ready
i was craving pastries when i decided to draw it. also tried to enhance watercolor texture but im not sure how i like it
i am not drawing much lately but i’m preparing a dnd campaign bc i hated my first dm and second disappeared into thin air, and my toxic trait is doing something better than a man tried to do previously, so i’m planning to make my friends GAGGED with my dm-big (it’s my first time)
a little self comforting art of my genshinsona and Childe ❤️🩹
please notice how more watercolor-y it feels, i found layer setting that allow more textured effect without killing my ipad
an intense hatred of capitalism vs an intense love of trinkets
i really wish i could go around the town and see someone with glowing ! sign above their head. they would give my some chores like buying milk in exchange for glowy pc fans
so our paladin turned out to be a bitch
or how my newbie dnd campaign went
(i liked it so fucking much!!!)
award-winning palestinian children's illustrator baraa awoor writes:
"what use is it to be an illustrator of children's books when the world has sentenced the children of your country to the death penalty, to vanish, to genocide?"
some of baraa's illustrations:
this is an illustration for youssef, whose mother is remembered running desperately into the hospital asking if anyone had seen a "small white boy with beautiful curly hair, his name is youssef," a description which was remembered by millions when she finally identified his body:
this illustration is for young omar, who was hugging his little brother and teaching him how to repeat the shahada after him (a prayer spoken by muslims before their death) as he lay on his hospital bed:
"we want a new year that doesn't kill us or our children, we want it a year without blood, without screaming, without pain, we want a new attempt to get our lives back, or something that resembled our life, even if life is a lie we still cling to it, return life to us—a new year's card unlike any other year:"
baraa is currently fundraising to get her family of 12 out of gaza. she is a friend of mine and this is a reputable fundraiser, so please donate if you can. the egyptian government is currently charging upwards of 5,000 USD per person to get to cairo through the rafah border:
My therapist just told me my problem is that I need to write more fanfiction.
This sounds fake but the logic behind it is actually really interesting? She said obsession with a new fandom triggers quick dopamine release when we consume all this related content--it's easy and addictive.
What we're NOT getting is that 'slow dopamine' that's more sustainable and engaging. That's the kind we get from DOING things that take effort but are ultimately rewarding.
So like, she suggested that writing fic and making fanart are ways to balance the quick dopamine of watching a show/reading fic with the slow dopamine of working at something that takes effort.
Moral of the story is you should engage in the process of creation around your favorite things. You'll feel better for it.
🧡 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟✨ // for day 3 of folktale week 2023: sea! // gouache on paper
a little study of scales, texture, and light for a larger project I'm working on! also made this one into wrapping paper because I CAN'T be the only one who wants to wrap fish presents for people????