WOOHOOO!!! Have FUN ETHO!!!!!

I'm on mobile and none of the links in your pinned post are working for me. Idk if it's a me problem, a tumblr app problem or an issue with those links specifically, but I thought I'd let you know

I thiiiink it’s fixed now? Let me know if not!

Some are acting sort of weird and opening in a browser instead of the app but they all seem to at least be working again!

I already have a life series inspired tattoo, but seeing your team rancher one made me want something more team rancher focused. And you’re not that far. 😭 how to drive over and get a tattoo done by one of my fave artists aaaa

All that to say you’re so amazingly talented! Love seeing all of your art! 😍

HEHHE AWWWW COME ON DOOOOWN my studio is super cool!! We have snacks! And there’s stuff to do in the area as well!!

I’m also gonna be traveling to Brooklyn and Minnesota this year as well to tattoo and hang out, so if anyone is near those places, keep your eyes peeled and come see me so I don’t feel so out of place!!!!

I’ll post details at some point~!

Your tiktok appeared on my fyp and I immediately recognized your style! Followed asap lol

YAAAA I just thought it would be fun to post a few things on there!! And so far the interactions have been great!! 🤩 always exciting to have new people find my stuff and be interested!

I was wondering if you had an estimated date of when you will post the next HTP chapter?

Like, leaving us on such a cliffhanger must be a crime! It cant be legal!

Anyways, while I wait for it, Ive decided to copy paste every chapter into a doc and mark it up color code style for all my over analyzing needs. It took me an hour but it was worth it.

Have a good week and take care :)

(This is meant to be genuine, not mean or passive aggressive, just so you know. While I indeed am anxiously awaiting Chapter 10 by highlighting the chapters on a doc like that one photo of a bible page that’s highlighted with different colors. This isn’t meant to be mean or pressuring, take your time and take care of yourself)

⬆️(Ah poo, Im an over thinker

hey there, no worries y’all- i love seeing my reader’s enthusiasm and it’s reassuring to see continued interest in the series. i’d been hoping to have BOTH of the final ‘from eden’ chapters done before summer. but i have to admit, progress on the next chapter hasn’t been as forthcoming as i’d expected, for a couple reasons.

the first is health-related. not to be too TMI, but i recently got diagnosed with crohn’s disease. my symptoms started ages ago but have really ramped up in the last couple months, and the diagnosis was a lengthy and involved process (started the hunt back in november, presumptively diagnosed after a colonoscopy in feb, definitively diagnosed when biopsies came back over spring break) and even when i was simply waiting for results, it occupied a lot of my mental capacity. and ofc it happened to line up with me turning 26 and needing new insurance, which has caused lots of delays. anyone dealing with the american health care system while chronically ill will tell you it’s a frustrating, exhausting process. as of right now, i’m still waiting to start treatment 🫠

but honestly, even more than that, the biggest thing stopping me from writing is… me? 😂 so there’s this thing that happens after i post a chapter that’s like… decision paralysis? except it’s just that sometimes, i literally can’t bring myself to start the next chapter. it’s like, i have this unfounded fear that all my writing up until this point has been some magical fluke out of my control, and i’m not capable of ‘pulling it off’ again. i guess you could call it a form of imposter syndrome (which i already encounter enough in my vet school life). it gets worse after posting something that was a particularly massive undertaking or was insanely well-received bc i’m scared i won’t be able to top it- even though the impact of storytelling is supposed to be cohesive, and it’s unrealistic for every chapter to be ‘bigger and better’ (what does that even mean?) than the last one because they serve different purposes at different points in the story. i know this, rationally, but that doesn’t stop the irrational fear of failure from making me avoid writing.

i’m not sharing this to make excuses or garner sympathy, or fish for compliments, and certainly not to make anyone feel guilty for asking about updates. i just feel like maybe this will resonate with anyone who has the same experience. and also to share hope, because despite how often this feeling rears its ugly head, i’ve still been able to push through and get back to writing- and i’m always very happy with the result. sometimes it just takes longer than i’d like (pro tip: writing on ur phone is less intimidating, tho it’s more of a pain). but in any case, the next chapter of ‘from eden’ is well underway and i still hope to have the series done before summer’s end^^

DUDEEEE UR MARTYN DESIGN?? HES SO PRETTY.

Pretty……TRAUMATIZED!!!! :D!!!!

(But also THANK UUU!)

What’s your character design process?

Researching the HECK out of visual stuff to inspire me is my first go!! (Besides also asking aqua Lore questions HAHA)

I like to search up outfits, costuming, characters that have the energy I want to infuse, and sometimes even bugs or rocks or anything else that scratches my brain!

I often also search “sexy ___ costume” to see how ppl are slutifying certain things HEHE

Annnd of course, I take screenshots of the character’s skin(s)! Then I compile all this into a digital cork board app I have called “VizRef”, resize it to only take a little bit up of my screen, and get drawing!! I find having the visuals nearby but not ON my canvas makes me feel way less cluttered!

Here’s the chunk of refs I had up when making Cub!

And here’s me drawing him! I try not to get TOO bogged down in details bc I can always redraw them later, but it’s good to have a visual starting point! And he came about easily enough, but sometimes I gotta scrap a lot of attempts bc it doesn’t have the energy I want it to!

Timmy gets hospital grippy socks because I don't trust him to not fall

Yessss and they’re cat ones bc you better believe if he ever got to see a cat, he would immediately be in love (he’s never seen one in hels :,0)

i see timmy, i immediately go 'i can protect and care for him. i can feed him and wash his hair and make sure he never feels lonely again'

HAHS HE NEEDS IT…….

Some doodles i did of @aquaquadrant & @lunarcrown's amazing Hels to Pay au <3

I could just imagine Jimmy seeing the state of Timmy's wings and insisting on preening them, or at least trying to, and then yelling at Bravo for not looking after him lol, poor Bravo

heyo just wanted to drop in to say I am consistently going feral for the texture in your art and the pretty lines. I hope you are having a lovely day :D

AWHWHWHW THANK UUU I LOOOOVE me some texture~~

My fave is adding a noise layer and setting it to overlay or multiply before reducing opacity so there’s that extra grain across the board 🤩

For you, Jimmy Hermitcraft TCG card

AHHHH LOOK AT HIMMMM THE JITTIES IN FULL DISPLAY!!!

And omg the little blurb about tango HEHHE SO CUTE!!

Thank you so MUCH!! This is so cool! I love the pic you picked, it’s one of my faves! 🤩🤩

dreaming of being more than a shadow~~

Aka Timmy most pathetic fella award HAHAH

Inspired by the layout of sinnykitt’s “Lighter” piece on Instagram! Just smth I wanted to try out playing with while procrastinating work

Day 12: niche interest!

Grian is interested in sewing! And bringing back the dead through sheer force!

Companion to this one~

Day 11: possessive

Grian decides to bring Scar back after the cactus ring fight through sheer power and spite against fate….but Scar doesn’t come back Right…..

follow up!!!

Mmmmm some angsty Patho and Dbubs for @aquaquadrant bday (that was a while ago but I’m SLOW) ???

Based off the bit from ~ THIS FIC ~

he’ll leave without warning in the middle of the night, while dbubs is sleeping, because trying to leave while dbubs is awake never ends well. he’ll leave without a word and try not to think about the frantic whispers he knows dbubs sends him on lonely nights, despite knowing patho will never receive them

Bonus!! Close ups~!

did you make a tiktok i got a tiktok on my fyp claiming to be you and wanted to check

I diiiid!!! I’d actually had an account saved to post things and literally forgot about it until last night HAHA

If anyone wants to follow, it’s just lunarcrown on there too! But there won’t be anything “exclusive” to tik tok that won’t also be on my tumblr!!