Ahh yes!! one of my close friends has been a long-time violinist now so she has been a big inspo when it came to figuring out a general pose for this character :D

I ended up embracing this style of journaling quite a bit!! and it feels much more exciting to go back and read stuff, because it can sometimes stimulate my brain and has often inspired me to work more or otherwise add onto the stuff I was writing about (bonus points, it works great w my ADHD LOL)

it's meant to be like a memory book of all the stuff you thought of, lived thru, spoken about in the moment, without carrying the weight of "this has gotta be a deep introspective written piece" or smth along those lines! much more casual but still ends up being meaningful down the line :3

a few yrs ago I found out about smth called the commonplace book, where instead of journaling the usual bizz, you write about anything that's on the mind in the moment - funny thing you saw that was stuck in your thoughts, ideas for things, things to Google about later, etc etc.

these ppl either haven't learned or haven't lived thru the deviantart ages because mfer they WILL find you OUT. you can't hide. idk why ppl think they're so slick w it. just trace for personal studies n improvement n don't post. its not hard. this attitude is so disgusting ugh

THANK YOUUU WEH, i definitely gotta get better at taking breaks as well for sure... ueueue

got rid of the hacker we are OKAY

god i used to be that person (the organized millions of layers) and i have NO idea how i used to do that, but it also made for a much stiffer art process bc i was so tied to my lineart layers that editing anything was just torture so im glad im just a "whatever, fuck it" person now ASJHDSKGFJSD

also yes im still thinkin abt the patreon... still thinking on how to set it up in a way where i can be consistent w it but for now we just rawdog life

fortunately, im stubborn! it's just unfortunate to constantly be met with barriers for everything, all the time....

go reserve one right now ....... if u want one............ twirls my hair

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