oh yeah, that’s true! i only really keep up with the tcg lately, and i had made this so long ago that it had never really occurred to me. i appreciate you pointing that out, haha

🩷 I’m glad you like him! My favorite parts of that character are that ornamental tie/clasp and the way he and his partner are casually holding hands.

Nice. That’s a keeper. <3

Thanks! :)

Trevor Noah! :D

This has been working for me, so here it is:

1. When you’re ready to fall asleep, pick a five to seven letter word (it can be longer if you can keep track of the letters). (e.g. - “Candle”)

2. For each letter, pick an animal. (e.g. - “C is for Cat”)

3. To the best of your ability, try and picture that animal in as much detail as you think is appropriate. (e.g. - “It’s seated but not laying down. It has cinnamon-colored fur, short. Its nose is pink, etc.”

4. Move on to the next letter and do steps 2 & 3 for each letter.

5. If you finish a word, pick another word, and repeat the same process.

Apparently this mimics the random-ish thought pattern that precedes sleep, and supposedly signals to your brain that the environment is safe enough to sleep.

I forget where I picked this up. This was just one of those things where you go, “Oh - that sounds interesting. I’ll guess I’ll give it a shot if I happen to remember it when I’m trying to fall asleep.” It wasn’t something that I ever really expected to work for me.

Textless version cuz it’s cute

But we can say shit on the internet, and the world is pretty terrible.

Looks great! Doesn’t seem like you have much rust to shake off, if any :)

For anyone else that wanted to read more about it, like me: https://www.muddycolors.com/2020/04/10-things-painting-portraits/

Two of em were, but the middle two I hadn’t ever seen before, so thanks for sharing! :)

Both of your posts are really cool! I dig your style. :)

Guns would definitely fuck up the roof of my mouth :(

Is this a joke riffing on the fact that May 9th is Go(5) Ku(9) day?

Superb. 😩🤌 Thank you 💕

Me too! :)

I opened up the comments to say that it was reminiscent of Lane Smith artwork, particularly “The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales” but I can see how it would remind you of Scary Stories artwork, too. :)

Ooh! I really like how you played with the negative space in this one! The haziness of the background and the way it frames the subject in a hazy aura gives it a real ethereal quality. Our eyes are naturally drawn to faces, so the lack of facial features only accentuates the dream-like quality of the drawing. I like the creepy hands, too! :)

Thanks! The idea of a kelp forest seems so mysterious and pleasing to me.

Something about the combination of the way light refracts through the (relatively) shallow water, the dramatically reduced range of view due to the density of water, plus all the life that these forests can potentially harbor have really appealed to me lately. :)

Thanks! I’ve always been really partial to Tombow Fudenosuke felt tip pens, either the soft or hard tip. I don’t mind using other pens, but I always seem to circle back to those. I really like the resistance/feedback you get from the felt tip, and the fact that it’s water resistant makes it nice to use with watercolors or markers.

It also seems like it’s gotten pretty popular lately, so it’s nice to know that it’s probably not getting discontinued anytime soon. :)