Day 13: Guarded

I completed a Color Palette Restriction Challenge a while back, I’m pretty happy with the results!

Hey everyone! I'm happy to announce that I'm opening commissions!

I don't have specific samples, but you are more than welcome to browse through all the pieces I've done so far. Please message/email me if you have any questions or inquiries, we can discuss on what you have in mind. 😀 Thanks, and have a good weekend!

I sit with my grief. I mother it. I hold its small, hot hand. I don’t say, shhh. I don’t say, it's okay. I wait until it is done having feelings. Then we stand and we go wash the dishes.

-- Callista Buchen, from Taking Care

Behold! The golden otp 🍙❤️🐱

Day 21: Drain

I've been listening to a lot a lot of lofi lately

Ever since daylight savings, I felt more fatigued than usual. Does anyone else feel that way?

Today is my birthday! (11/23) So I would like to gift you all with this announcement:

I have (finally) created my own food blog! @comfydarkeats ✨🍽✨

Food and art are both things that I greatly enjoy. When I was asked what my dream career would be, I answered that I'd want to be a food illustrator.

I say "finally" because, to be honest, even though they are my passions, it took me a while to just get started. Maybe it's the fear of making mistakes, or that the results won't turn out the way I want it to. Does anyone else feel this? 😭

A very wise friend told me, "Why not start with a 'bad drawing'? Why not paint a 'bad thing.' And just keep going until you finally get something good." In other words, I won't know if the piece is bad if I don't get started at ALL.

I'm also trying to apply this mindset in other aspects of my life. I admit to not accomplishing a lot of goals (let alone daily tasks) because of this fear of failure, fear of not getting it right the first try, which causes me to stop on my tracks and just be stagnant overall.

I know this is something I need to work on, but as I'm getting older, I'm learning that it's okay to make mistakes, as long as there's the eagerness and acceptance of bettering myself. I'm also trying to take in this saying, "There's no better time than the present." It's been said so many times, but I never really had that sink in until now.

Creating this blog is a small step, but it's important to me that I initiate at all instead of going, "someday." So here's to starting new things that may turn into accomplishments!

Is there something that you've been wanting or needing to do?

Day 10: Jump

This year's @inktober prompt list just came out! So to prep, here's more inktober 💪

Day 03: Collect

Day 28: Gift. Friendship can be a 🎁