Brand Spankin' New | July 1 2025

Yeah yeah yeah, June was a bust. Who cares! Halfway point in the year. Let's make the rest of the year count.

Today starts the first day of Art Fight. I've been looking forward to it for a while! Got some WIPs done for four different characters today, and already received some lovely attacks. It's a shame I'm probably not going to have time to Revenge for every attack I get. I really appreciate and love each and every one, and I try to make the clear in each of my comments.

I've been thinking about this post I've seen floating around online the last couple days. I don't have it on hand, but the gist is "make it exist first, then you can worry about perfecting it", in clear reference to art. That's been bouncing around my head. I worry too much about things I make not being good enough, that they end up never existing or never being shown. I'm afraid I'll be seen as a fraud who isn't actually talented... imposter syndrome and all that. That's a lame way of thinking, isn't it?

Only a couple of weeks until my birthday. Bluh. I'm finally at that point where I don't really care anymore. I should still treat myself, of course. I got fun stuff planned this month.

Pizza Party | July 2 2025

...We had pizza at work. Hooray!!!

I got four art fight pics done today. I like how they all came out. I'm too lazy to post pics of them here, so if you want to see them... check out my art fight link on the home page!

I think a good rhythm for these is to seperate the sketch + lineart and the color + polish process of the pics into two seperate days. I gotta pace myself so I don't get burnt out. I'm feeling good so far though, seeing a happy message from someone that they loved the pic puts a huge smile on my face. I love making people happy. I wish I had the time + energy to do it more.