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@Wildfire: At the time it was acytally 12pm XD
it's now 1pm. I just forgot it was afternoon lol.

pretty good. Having a pretty good day so far.
my tablet is finally on sale so we bought it lol so now im anticipating it's arrival ever so eagerly lol.
how about you??


@Purpsy: Nah it wasn't i just forgot it wasn't.
//gets up kinda late

pretty good so far. In a good mood after a terrible week.
so good to have something positive to happen past day or so.

how are you?
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hello, good morning all...or afternoon in some places.
Posted in ITS COMING[My Art Tablet] Posted 4 years ago
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Finally XP pen had my tablet on sale! they've had a lot of sales tho their spring sale lasted for two weeks and didn't include mine.
I was unsure when the next sale would be and if my tablet would be included.
Luckily i checked last night out of boredom and it was on sale!
So we ordered my tablet. I could not be happier. I've been having an awful time emotionally and mentally with everything going on at home has been stressing me out.
But, Yesterday my day went really well. Finished a friend's commission and even got tipped through my stream which was super sweet.

Might take a week for it to arrive, but i could hardly sleep last night because i wanted to order it ASAP.
Now im just organizing my art stuff and seeing which projects to really test it out with.

My tablet is not a screen/display tablet but just a regular tablet but for a non-display it does quite a lot.
It can be changed in portrait mode[which is rare for tablets outside of the ipads], i can turn down the LED lighting if it's too bright, i can use the wheel as like a mouse. There is just a lot of cool things it can do!

I've been wanting to replace my current tablet as it has a ton of limitations such as tablet and pen need to be charged.
Tablet takes 7 hours to charge. It can work during that time but if the pen needs to be charged at once it's hard to draw LOL.
and my biggest issue is it has very low pen pressure so it can't actually draw straight lines without stabilizers within programs or blend without having opacity on which then just turned into water color brushes in the end LOL.

So im very excited to see how this one works.
and maybe finally i can use krita properly.
Posted in Feeling defeated Posted 4 years ago
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@Totalanimefan: its fine im kinda used to it lol.
been dealing with this sort of stress since i was about 14.

Future is kinda iffy for me since im so confused if i can pursue my art career.
but hopefully there is something i can think about.

@mads: thank you for your kind words.
tho i don't really think art is a coping mechanism anymore for me. not right now anyways
art is very stressful for me lately since it's the only job i can get where i can work safely from home but its been very hard for me to
enjoy whatever i create since social media just sucks lol i kinda been feeling im just failing at life a lot lately. lol.
I might just be super overwhelmed.

i don't feel this is something i can really run away from or distract myself from anymore cause we do zoom meetings every friday and i just can't look forward to them because i know 90% of the time it won't be a good one. cause my mother is also with hospice and has been since late 2019. so im kinda just waiting when that final shoe to drop so to speak.
Posted in Pet Peeves? Posted 4 years ago
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-Using "i want to commission you" as a compliment.

-Getting advice when i never asked/wanted any advice.

-gatekeeping on things because of age, and just in general.

-people assuming i can do things any normal person can.

-Invalidating my mental illnesses because i don't have "proof."

-Being told "you can't be tired your young." or being told "well EVERYONE is tired."

idk if these really count as pet peeves.

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@Wildfire: today my only plans are to stream for a few hours to get work done
and play more games lol.
Posted in Jabberwocky Junction (come chat!) Posted 4 years ago
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@Whimsy: well i cant draw hands lol.
or paint clothing and hair.
there's. quite a lot im lacking in.

its a good starter base but considering i want to paint semi realistically im not where i want to be.

there's just a lot i need to do/learn.
Posted in Jabberwocky Junction (come chat!) Posted 4 years ago
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@Whimsy: it just takes a lot of practice but smart practice like with any skill.
my art skills are not very good lol
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@Wildfire: yeah true.
i only keep them for potential customers but it doesn't seem likely for that to happen lol.
Posted in Jabberwocky Junction (come chat!) Posted 4 years ago
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@Whimsy: it's still very much demoralizing why my art doesn't sell.
Not just on avatar sites but in general.

and i only get bots for followers mostly too so im just kinda...not really sure
what im doing with my work at this point lol.
Posted in Jabberwocky Junction (come chat!) Posted 4 years ago
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@Whimsy: I usually try to have rational criticism and my friend
makes sure i do not go too far with the critiques of myself lol.
it evens out.

People used to buy art a lot on avi sites but no idea if that's changed.
even on gaia my art does not sell hardly lol.

so i just gave up on shops in general.
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@Wildfire: Yeah true. Wanna really focus on improving.
Though funny thing is i checked my art tumblr i don't get anything on there. but i got like....40 notes
so that was a nice pick me up.

so i may only focus on my tumblr cause i am just DONE with instagram right now LOL.
why you gotta make it so hard IG.
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@Wildfire: not really burnt out.
i have a lot more energy with art but
i just see no point in posting my work online anymore.
so my streams is all the art posting online i'm doing.
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@Wildfire: yup. so not much i am doing lately.
only drawing on stream days.