Thank you!! I do! I'll be animating FROGGBUTT and some others after I finish a few more static emotes.

This Zana sketch was something I did back in 2020 before The Covid Times (TM) really hit bad, and was a hallmark of my very scattered art journey over the years. COVID tried to take me out four times and I said NO IM GONNA BE A FAMOUS ARTIST ONE DAY-- so yeah I'd like to bring this one back. 💖

I am a bad person, or being unreasonable, for not uplifting them ahead of myself. Listen, I can lift: and I'm not wasting it on you. My time is now.

something they can catch a free ride from and it makes me fucking grimace unpleasantly in the rictus of a smile I very much have to fake. I am tired of people minimizing my abilities, but even more than that: I am tired of toxic people implying I need to be "nice" to them at my own expense or else

skill, my style, my labor (which you've already minimized), for your own personal gain? To profit from indefinitely, but only you, not me, the creator? Go swindle someone else. Every single time, these people imply I'm "not being nice enough" because I won't just work for free and give them

have to pay me royalties or sign a paid contract upfront for my licensing rights, the most common of which being "it's a really simple idea though" and "you won't have to do a lot of work" and I always laugh, because if that's the case: then do it yourself. You don't need me. But wait, you want MY

it's YOU 💖✨

Oh, and just to note because this always surprises people when I tell them: the watery blue background is STILL jelly gouache, no watercolors were used for this painting! Fun fact! I actually found these paints REALLY enjoyable and dynamic to work with.

This is why I will no longer be offering free art redeems on stream, or doing free work for others going forward -- I really have to remind myself I need to be focusing all of this time and effort on me, because no one else will! Well, besides my amazing partner -- love you, @inkwire.bsky.social 💖

I'm working really hard to be better at communication (I am historically very bad at it), and working really hard to focus uplifting myself first and foremost, instead of constantly seeking validation in others and giving away too much of myself in an attempt to get just a little bit back. 💔