thalia of the forest

my half of a secret art swap!

Will you be selling TAILBITER as a print online? I really like it!

Howdy! I’ll be stocking a small amount of 11x17s for Anthrocon, and if I can figure out how to safely pack and ship a big ol’ piece like that I will definitely be putting them online. Otherwise, I’ll have mini prints available either in July or August! Thank you so much for your interest in it! 🫶🫶

TAILBITER!

guy I drew on a whim! he'll be available as a print at AnthroCon 2024.

Sterling Silver Star [OC]

Speedpaint for my illustration, done with the clip studio recording option, below the cut

i cant even imagine where id be without "thats a really mean way to think about me, i wish you wouldnt think that i dont know what im doing when i love you." and "people want to be useful, trying to do everything yourself makes the people around you think that you dont trust them or that you think theyre incapable" and "people are made to be burdens. we are made to carry each other and not leave anyone behind." and "its rotten work / not to me. not if its you."

finished up last night's portrait - he'll be coming with me to anthrocon 2024 and available at my table in the bodega!

working on paper is steadily becoming one of my favorite things again; learning how to build up shadows with vibrant marker ink is so, so satisfying

DELIGHT!

a painting for an old friend - folks who come from the old dragon art community on dA may recognize this fella, too

thank you again enaxn <3

DELIGHT!

a painting for an old friend - folks who come from the old dragon art community on dA may recognize this fella, too

thank you again enaxn <3

something my mum always taught us was to look for the resources we're entitled to, and use them. public land? know your access rights and responsibilities, go there and exercise them. libraries? go there and talk to librarians and read community notice boards, find out what other people are doing around you, ask questions, use the printers. public records offices? go in there, learn what they hold and what you can access, look at old maps, get your full birth certificate copied, check out the census from your neighbourhood a hundred years ago. are you entitled to social support? find out, take it, use it. does the local art college have facilities open to the public? go in, look around, check out their exhibit on ancient looms or whatever, shop in their campus art supply store. it applies online too, there is so much shit in the world that belongs to the public commons that you can access and use if you just take a minute to wonder what might exist!!!

I think some people forget that some literature and some media is meant to be deeply uncomfortable and unsettling. It's meant to make you have a very visceral reaction to it. If you genuinely can't handle these stories then you are under no obligation to consume them but acting as if they have no purpose or as if people don't have a right to tell these stories, stories that often relate to the darkest or most disturbing parts of life, then you should do some introspection.

Loving the new counterpoint that not only is posting activism, not posting is complicity. Why doesn't everyone with any fame or internet presence immediately release a lengthy but perfectly-worded statement telling us where they stand on every issue? Is it because they're evil??? It must be because they're evil

And then the usual answer is "they don't post online very much". Which is all very suspicious, don't they know everything of importance is done by posts on social media now

Some of the hardest parts of sharing your opinions on the internet:

People respond in extremely rude ways to the point where it’s not worth having a discussion with them

People respond in ways that makes it clear that they just didn’t understand what you wrote, and now you can’t have a discussion with them because it’s not even what you were talking about

People write a response to your post and it’s so poorly written that regardless of if it’s on topic or not there’s too much information that you need clarity on to respond to them

All three, same time style

hey fellow artists I know that we all want to create huge beautiful peices with dynamic poses all the time but sometimes you just gotta draw a guy just kinda standing there. For your mental health I guess.

Small artists you need to understand that when you see an artist who you think has 'made it' tells you not to worry about the numbers and to not fret about getting more likes than reblogs they are not telling you it because they think you are stupid for caring or because they dont need to network to survive they are very likely telling you that because they have witnessed first hand the way the numbers game tears people to shreds in terms of mental health and motivation

the heron-wyrm

this piece will be available at anthrocon 2024