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you know how it is. it does this. and there's always going to be something doing it. but like. what was that quote? it doesn't matter how fast you go as long as you don't total... |
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What's In A Neoname?
back when i first played neopets in 2002, i was having so much trouble with pet names. i was... |
| tableturf cheatsheet | |
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the big ones
back to main tableturf page
shelly & donny & super chump
jelonzo & sheldon
captain & steelhead
dj octavio & big man
flipper-flopper & sheldon
openers
thunder point
steelhead &... |
| tableturf guide | |
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intro to building decks
There are four categories of tile: coverage, movement, utility, and special.
Coverage tiles are those fuckhuge tiles that cover a lot of area. Not to b... |
| the wolf etc | |
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when i was young, my mom had a special perfume she'd wear every time my family went out somewhere fancy - a restaurant, a movie, etc - and i've had many years of searching for something similar that... |
| vampire market | |
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this scent came along with my order of the wolf only needs luck to find you once - which is really kind of them! it was their monthly scent of february. i'd not really noticed that they were offerin... |
| le long fond | |
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this was the first scent i purchased of my collection. i started with just this scent at the suggestion of someone who is more knowledgeable about perfume. i initially had asked about scents that sm... |
| katabatic | |
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this smell feels like a testament to my hometown, honestly. i got it as a free sample alongside my purchase of fanghorn ii, in addition to a sample for hayride, which i'd seen the notes of but wasn't... |
| pile of green goo | |
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okay.... so like. i WANT to love this one, like, so bad. it has really great earthy notes, and even has a little hint of freshly cut grass. i would bathe in this stuff if i could. however.... the scen... |
| gray november | |
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this one made me smile... it definitely gives me the same vibes as a cozy department store (or a hallmark, a payless, a local pharmacy, etc). the cloves give it a very festive feel. would be perfect t... |
| fanghorn ii | |
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such a good woodsy smell! immediately struck by the pine resin smell. it's very much musky, but slightly green. as it ages, it becomes campfire-esque (very smoky and summery) and fades into an 'old c... |
| thank you | |
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this one's another one i listened to in high school. it's very calm, low energy. the introductory track is solid. makes me vividly think of walking on grass in the early morning, wet from dew, durin... |
| sung tongs | |
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this is an album ive previously only heard one song off of - leaf house, the intro track. i know that avey tare, one of the band members, also wrote another song under a different artist label - this... |
| hope against hope | |
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okay i've wanted to give a glowing review of june lalonde for so long... so!
hope against hope, for me, is a huuuuugely formative album. it got me through a lot in my final years of high school.... |
| fish whisperer | |
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oh my god... okay, okay. haha. i've been looking forward to this album release like, so much, you have NO idea. omg. okay. so.
for the uninitiated: vylet pony is, as you may guess, a my little pon... |
| cutiemarks | |
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now THIS was my 2021 album of the YEAR! oh my god! okay. so.
this album was kind of a surprise to a lot of people - it was topping the bandcamp charts (out of nowhere, i guess, not that it's undeserv... |
| vintage story | |
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yall sleeping on this one!! just because it looks like a minecraft clone. i can kinda get it. it looks like a ripoff at a glance, but when you actually play it, it's like, an entirely different game.... |
| splatoon 3 | |
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this released a few days ago and i already love it! full disclaimer: i've played splatoon 2, but not the original. so i have moderate experience with this series already.
summary
splatoon 3 i... |
| arceus | |
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so, this one of the first - if not *the* first - open-world pokemon game. you'd think it'd be kind of a risky move - and are they trying to ride on the coattails of breath of the wild?
well, i... |
| dwarf fortress | |
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god, ok, so what to say about this game? well, it's been in development for like, what, almost two decades? and it has a cult following that honestly promotes it more than most mainstream game fans.... |
| winamp modern skin setup | |
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table of contents
setup
preliminary setup
this one should be easy. go to wherever you have your default skins installed and find "Winamp Modern". duplicate this folder and rename it with whatever yo... |
| the winamp modern skin reference | |
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XML elements
foreward
this section goes over things you will use in files like player-elements.xml. the aforementioned elements file is used to define all the different parts you want to use in your s... |
| winamp maki scripts | |
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ticker text... |
| the winamp modern skin hierarchy | |
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structure of the base folder
the list of things you should see are:
|__/ cursors
|__/ fonts
|__/ images
|__/ scripts
|__/ xml
changelog.txt
screenshot.png
skin.xml
version.txt
wacupscree... |
| the winamp skin reference | |
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foreward, and disclaimer
the documentation for winamp modern is all over the place. there's no good central reference. google can be kind of useless for it.
i make no claims that this is the ""righ... |
| the winamp skin reference | |
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table of contents
download and prep
setup your image
cut out your image
gen and genex.bmp
color reference
the end
foreward and comparison to modern
winamp has two skin formats: classic and mo... |
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My Website!
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| webpage tutorial | |
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the makings of a retro webpage
introduction
so you want to make a webpage, and you want to emulate some of that old 'charm of the net' you see all over, right? that's great! i myself have done that... |
| free tiles | |
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about this page
some free tiling images for ur webbed site! personal use only. commercial use? contact me.
pixel tiles
free use tiles i made in aseprite, would be great to have credit somewhere bu... |
| free graphix | |
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about this page
free to use ^_^ edited by me. some of the icons have art/pics not by me, but will always include credit!
free pixel lineart
first up: a licky-like base. if you remember bakamich... |
| navigation | |
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how to inject navigation using js & jquery
setup
you'll need the following:
a file named load.js (placed in the main directory)
a file for the page itself, to use as a template/base (can go anywhere)... |
| oddities in pokemon | |
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here's a long, long page of weird, specific, and niche oddities in the pokemon games. the goal here is to list ones that aren't well known or generally dont matter except to super nerds (me, and maybe... |
| guide to voltorb flipping | |
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voltorb flip is a minigame featured in heartgold and soulsilver that replaces the slots minigame in the western and korean versions of the game due to gambling laws. it's a bit like minesweeper and... |
| pokemon rgby | |
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the first generation of pokemon was initially released on the gameboy. it predates the anime! and surely, it was a classic for a reason. it made up the raw contents of what you see in newer games in t... |
| pokemon gsc | |
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this entry in the series is so notable for a number of reasons. there's two regions (thank you satoru iwata!), actual colors, shiny pokemon, genders, berries, 100 new pokemon, new pokeballs, a day and... |
| pokewalker methods | |
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in 2009, pokemon heartgold and soulsilver were initially released. these games came with a little pedometer toy, dubbed the pokewalker, that allowed the player to take their pokemon with them on walk... |
| pkmn pinball techniques | |
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i will admit i am something of a "pinball's wizards". that said, i only ever played pokemon pinball: ruby and sapphire at any great length compared to like, literally any other pinball game. the ga... |
| gen 1 grinding guide | |
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gen 1 grinding location guide
introduction
i decided to make this guide as i went through pokemon red. this can serve as a guide for anyone looking to figure out where the hell to grind before a... |
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| news archive | |
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v2.0 post-table
2.19.23
more cleanup and reorganization.... attempting to set up an rss feed for my blog at /feed.xml. moving files around in pre... |
| my winamp skin directory | |
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classic skins
dog-amp
this classic skin is rockin' some original dogthing art from yours truly.
IA download (outdated) :: gdrive mirror
greenhouse
some watercolor art i made and then adapted... |
| main page | |
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all of my winamp resources in one place!
RGBtoGamma
winamp classic skin tutorial
winamp modern skin tutorial *wip*
my winamp skins... |
| toybox | |
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information
this is a place for me to put adoptables, awards, and clique images :-)
quiz results
you are mediumorchid#BA55D3Your dominant hues are red and blue. You... |
| showcase | |
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archived websites of yore
websites i frequented circa 2003-2008, which served as inspiration for the layout....
eonlightvalley | the nameless forest | dragonflycave
joey & jolty's HQ | serebii... |
| miss penny | |
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we got miss penny in july 2020, at the brink of the pandemic. my last cat had passed away in dec 2017, and i felt really lonely without her around. after a bit of searching and waiting (there was a s... |
| old layouts | |
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as with any site, this site has gone through some changes, and will continue to do so! so i figure i'd put up images of my old setups. you can fullview images by clicking them.
v1.0 - launch... |
| about us | |
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behind the animals
statistics
name :: forest, rowan, toby... (previous: altias, swifttail, gingernose)
identity :: nonbinary, therian, butch lesbian
age :: 20s-30s
pronouns :: they/he... |
| how to rooms | |
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First steps
If you haven't got a house yet, use vacancies #list, choose a category, use vacancies # (where # is the category number) and use one of the listed teleports to go to the place with vaca... |
| morphing how-to | |
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basics setup
the command that will run you through most of the process of creating a morph is the command setup. you will have to do it in a room that you own.
@image set=urlhere will let you set a... |
| furrymuck hub | |
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this will serve as a hub for all the relevant information for playing furrymuck like a pro...
furrymuck 101: what the hell is furrymuck?
controls guide: the ins and outs of moving and talking
self-c... |
| furrymuck name script | |
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Name Highlights
This code comes from my friend Willo. This script highlights your name - or the name of whoever is talking - so you don't miss any messages in the chat. Note that it can be a little... |
| furrymuck controls | |
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movement
the first time you join, you will probably not have an account. so you will want to type 'connect guest guest' to join as a guest.
you will initially find yourself behind the bandstand,... |
| furrymuck 101 | |
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so what the heck is a MUCK?
a MUCK is a text-based chatroom, which may have (but doesn't necessarily always have) rpg/combat/play mechanics.
it's oldschool! people use a lot of different clients... |
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welcome to swifty's hq!
intro
welcome to swifty's hq!
deep in the heart of the internet hides a secret base filled with the whimsy of the late 2000s... inspired by a variety of pokemon f... |
| other websites | |
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i was running out of space on the right nav, and wanted a separate page for outgoing links, so here's a page for other pages that i like :-)
other sites i like that don't have affy images:
noth... |
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| rock quiz | |
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ever wonder what kind of rock is best for your nest or den? look no further.... our expert rock sorters can find YOUR perfect match, 100% guarantee!*
just fill out our form....
(note: all image... |
| eeveelution quiz | |
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welcome to the quiz! ^_^ i hope youre excited
hey thanks! :)
hey (looks away)
yoooo thank you this rocks
hmm..... a quiz?
(looks you in the eyes but says nothing)
um... (looking around for a... |
| creature quiz | |
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what is your ideal habitat?
cool and wet....
lots of trees :)
i like the internet, thanks...
i dunno. i'm an average guy
the softest field of grass ^_^!
a harsh environment -_-
how do you... |
| what clan are you | |
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it's hard, sometimes, to figure out which clan best fits you! well, now thanks to our Automated Sorting System (ASS) you, too, can know for certain! And it comes with a little badge for you to put on... |
| mystery box quiz | |
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so there's this box that arrived for you. no theres no label on it. no it wasnt delivered by the postal service they have no idea what you mean when you call them about it.
... are you gonna open... |
| SWIFTY'S HQ! | |
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| SWIFTY'S HQ! | |
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It's time for you to register for generic warrior cats forum rp number [data lost]....
Why not pick something new? It's fun to try something out.
Lucky for you, the random generator has everyth... |
| oc name generator | |
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i often get stuck on names, and even with a list of ones i like, i dont necessarily know which one i want to use... so i made this generator that just draws from a list of names i like.
some names t... |
| advice-o-matic | |
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ask the all-knowing button, and it shall provide advice...
click the button to get a fortune...
(code mostly lifted from springhole, with love)... |
| rgb to gamma converter | |
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| dwarf forts | |
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dwarf forts
dwarf fortress is a civ builder game that's been in constant construction for over a decade. you boss around a colony of dwarves and make $$money$$ and DIG DEEP.
i play this game more tha... |
| The Archive | |
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here is a full archive for all posts on this blog, sorted by newest to oldest.
.: :: 11.25.24 :: What's In A Neoname? :.
back when i first pl... |
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a zine i made about growing up showing clear signs of being an animal, and the people around me adapting to it.... |
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a zine i made about growing up showing clear signs of being an animal, and the people around me adapting to it.... |
| SWIFTY'S HQ! > zine | |
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a zine i made about growing up showing clear signs of being an animal, and the people around me adapting to it.... |
| SWIFTY'S HQ! > zine | |
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a zine i made about growing up showing clear signs of being an animal, and the people around me adapting to it.... |
| SWIFTY'S HQ! > zine | |
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a zine i made about growing up showing clear signs of being an animal, and the people around me adapting to it.... |
| SWIFTY'S HQ! > doshin zine | |
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a zine i made about growing up showing clear signs of being an animal, and the people around me adapting to it.... |
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"pokemon friend" is a zine i made while i was still in elementary school. pokemon was my life; i would scour serebii.net for ages, and loved browsing pokemon fansites for all of my alotted computer ti... |
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"pokemon friend" is a zine i made while i was still in elementary school. pokemon was my life; i would scour serebii.net for ages, and loved browsing pokemon fansites for all of my alotted computer ti... |
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"pokemon friend" is a zine i made while i was still in elementary school. pokemon was my life; i would scour serebii.net for ages, and loved browsing pokemon fansites for all of my alotted computer ti... |
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"pokemon friend" is a zine i made while i was still in elementary school. pokemon was my life; i would scour serebii.net for ages, and loved browsing pokemon fansites for all of my alotted computer ti... |
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"pokemon friend" is a zine i made while i was still in elementary school. pokemon was my life; i would scour serebii.net for ages, and loved browsing pokemon fansites for all of my alotted computer ti... |
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"pokemon friend" is a zine i made while i was still in elementary school. pokemon was my life; i would scour serebii.net for ages, and loved browsing pokemon fansites for all of my alotted computer ti... |
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"pokemon friend" is a zine i made while i was still in elementary school. pokemon was my life; i would scour serebii.net for ages, and loved browsing pokemon fansites for all of my alotted computer ti... |
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"pokemon friend" is a zine i made while i was still in elementary school. pokemon was my life; i would scour serebii.net for ages, and loved browsing pokemon fansites for all of my alotted computer ti... |
| my zines | |
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here's a list of the zines i've made and uploaded here.
Pokemon Friend zine ; a zine i made as a puppy
Doshin the Giant zine ; a zine about a niche guy from a niche gamecube game
Dog Symptoms zi... |
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i played doshin the giant (2002), a gamecube game that used to be on the 64dd, and enjoyed it more than i expected. thus, a zine celebrating this weird guy. he's so tall.... |
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i played doshin the giant (2002), a gamecube game that used to be on the 64dd, and enjoyed it more than i expected. thus, a zine celebrating this weird guy. he's so tall.... |
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i played doshin the giant (2002), a gamecube game that used to be on the 64dd, and enjoyed it more than i expected. thus, a zine celebrating this weird guy. he's so tall.... |
| SWIFTY'S HQ! > zine | |
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i played doshin the giant (2002), a gamecube game that used to be on the 64dd, and enjoyed it more than i expected. thus, a zine celebrating this weird guy. he's so tall.... |
| SWIFTY'S HQ! > zine | |
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i played doshin the giant (2002), a gamecube game that used to be on the 64dd, and enjoyed it more than i expected. thus, a zine celebrating this weird guy. he's so tall.... |
| SWIFTY'S HQ! > doshin zine | |
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i played doshin the giant (2002), a gamecube game that used to be on the 64dd, and enjoyed it more than i expected. thus, a zine celebrating this weird guy. he's so tall.... |
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a zine that recreates the general idea of a comic i made when i was around 10 years old. it featured the same general premise - character A forces character B to do something that caused bodily harm t... |
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a zine that recreates the general idea of a comic i made when i was around 10 years old. it featured the same general premise - character A forces character B to do something that caused bodily harm t... |
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a zine that recreates the general idea of a comic i made when i was around 10 years old. it featured the same general premise - character A forces character B to do something that caused bodily harm t... |
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a zine that recreates the general idea of a comic i made when i was around 10 years old. it featured the same general premise - character A forces character B to do something that caused bodily harm t... |
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a zine that recreates the general idea of a comic i made when i was around 10 years old. it featured the same general premise - character A forces character B to do something that caused bodily harm t... |
| SWIFTY'S HQ! > doghouse zine | |
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a zine that recreates the general idea of a comic i made when i was around 10 years old. it featured the same general premise - character A forces character B to do something that caused bodily harm t... |
| dogthingtober | |
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back to gallery
main list
1. filmstrip
2. tandem
3. spectrum / spectral
4. reflection
5. silhouette
6. guardian
7. travel
8. goodnight
9. crystalline
10. cows
11. gacha
12. vision
13. signal
14. betw... |
| dogthingtober | |
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i spent the whole month of october 2023 making a dogthing a day. i opted not to make a formal prompt list - more in the spirit, rather than the letter of, -tober prompt lists - in an attempt to keep m... |
| comic | |
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heres my web comic. broken until i have the brain power to port it all.......
latest page:
pages
back to your digital root - 2024-05-01... |
| tobias | |
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kind of nervous, contemplative, melancholy, tired, quietly hopeful.
features love to be drawn indistinctly or stylistically. please go ahead and be as experimental w/ ur renditions as much as you wa... |
| taqui | |
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IN THE FAR-OFF YEAR OF 199X....
taqui is a prototype sentient AI created on a modified windows 98 computer. they eventually escaped their dying husk of a PC onto the internet archive. they remem... |
| swifty | |
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old old ooooold fursona-character from like 2010. used to be my warriorsona for a little while after.
they are just kind of chaotic. they love change, and being instigator of said change. they are lo... |
| loon | |
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on the topic of cats and not-cats, this is loon! originally created as a warriors oc for a fancomic that never got off the ground, loon's more content to be the main subject of many landscape pieces.... |
| forest | |
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my collective main fursona... nonbinary butch lesbian, fat, wears glasses, got a mole on they cheek, etc. what's not to love?
i generally use this fursona as a stand in for myself in real-life situat... |
| character gallery | |
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here's a list of my characters. you can also find them on my toyhouse profile for alternate art, poses, info, etc.
my artfight profile is here. though you know how artfight is in the early days of the... |
| archive p3 | |
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| archive | |
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here lies the remnants of ~swifttail27, which i deactivated - at last - sometime last year. the account was made sometime in 2010, and was abandoned for another sometime in mid-september 2011.
since t... |
| gallery | |
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this is my artwork gallery. each of these links to a given art piece, complete with artist commentary.
these are organized in YYYY-MM-DD format, and (most) have alt text that can be seen on hover.... |
| gallery | |
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this is my artwork gallery. each of these links to a given art piece, complete with artist commentary.
these are organized in YYYY-MM-DD format, and (most) have alt text that can be seen on hover.... |
| What's In A Neoname? | |
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back when i first played neopets in 2002, i was having so much trouble with pet names. i was really really young at the time - young enough that i had to have my parents send in a COPPA form to the ad... |
| The Toyhou.se Content Warning System: That's Not What That Is For | |
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disclaimer: all usernames and identifying information (age, demographic, etc) is redacted for privacy. if you can figure out a person's profile from given information.... don't fucking contact them!... |
| A Retelling Of The History Of Fuzz Academy | |
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setting the scene
it's 2008. the e-machine tower hums, and the low, dull crackle from the modem massages your brain as you wait five million years for the dial-up to connect you to your destination... |
| voidfishing | |
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another webfishing screenshot redrawn with artistic liberties in rebelle 5.
i've been having fun figuring out what 'works' and what doesn't in rebelle; some of the brushes are too "noisy", or textur... |
| deconstructing the dogthingwalker | |
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the first step in making something is figuring out what the hell you want to make, and how you want to set it up...
i'll be honest, it actually occurred to me midway through the entire process that... |
| dogthingwalker | |
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some kinda dogthingwalker.... made in blender! theres also an alternate spinning version here.
i had fun figuring out the way the screen works - it has three layers: a background layer, the pixel ins... |
| pinyon | |
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referenced a photograph of an area i used to LARP in with a friend. it was probably one of the few parts of my middle-school life where i was happy. the highland pinyon tree is not a very photogenic p... |
| portrait of a zig | |
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more mucking about in rebelle. here's a zigzagoon swifty/forest. i am rather delighted with the result honestly... |
| fishing on the web | |
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played like 60 hours of webfishing and i cant stop thinkin about how summer camping used to feel...... |
| high sun | |
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trying out rebelle 5 again. some post-processing and color-correction in clip studio using my own texture scans. i am actually pretty pleased with the outcome this had!... |
| WEBFISHING | |
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when i was very little, i went camping for the first time. it was me, my mom, my dad, and my sister, and we went to celebrate my mom's birthday in late july. i remember burning my finger on the met... |
| My Ideal Pokewalker Emulator | |
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pokemon heartgold and soulsilver released in in 2009. released in parallel was the pokewalker addon, which would connect to the games via infrared connection. (the carts even have a darkened panel on... |
| A Proper Goodbye to Cohost | |
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cohost.org shut its doors on october 1st, 2024.
it's hard to put it into words what i did and didn't like about it. i think the lack of numbers was excellent. i found it broke a lot of habits i didn'... |
| Another Bandcamp Friday | |
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happy bandcamp friday, everyone! here's some albums i got today.
virtua by trndytrndy ; very early 2000s/late 90s midi goodness. welcome to eyewitness
television by nobonoko ; delightful playful synth... |
| tunic 2: tunic's vacation | |
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scaled-up a drawing i scribbled on a shared canvas that i thought would be nice as a full thing... |
| exhibition | |
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getting used to this new cheap-paper-quality sketchbook; it sucks for dark colors and sharp pencil tips, but it does feel nice to color with using duller pencil tips. i had fun brainstorming this pie... |
| Auntie, Uncle, and Oddy | |
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my sister had a baby today! i'm not sure what that makes me, but i'm happy for her, so i guess it makes me 'happy', LOL. my friend autumn said i was an ant and i was like no i think i am more of a her... |
| my wish | |
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a larger test of the new sketchbook. the paper is kind of cheap and has a waxy feel to it, which can be fun to color on but not so much to layer on. i found myself poking a hole or two from overworki... |
| Demystifying Catz, part 2 | |
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here's my check-in! i extracted a whole lot of in-game text strings, and i've found even more variables to play with. this is getting interesting...
firstly: i used a program called GBA Explorer. t... |
| summer vibes | |
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a new site banner for the 'summer' theme i've been using as the default for a while. the old banner was a placeholder made using an edited version of this piece, but i finally kicked myself into finis... |
| Bookmarks And Feeds | |
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so, in case you didn't notice - some facelifting has been done to the journal layout again, and the sun tea layout has had a slight revamp (since i didn't like the range of colors i picked - mostly j... |
| Tagging In ft. Eggbug's Goodbye | |
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pretty significant refactoring in how journals are tagged, including a functioning 'tag search' that should - theoretically - show you all posts with that tag. i'm still feeling out how i want to cat... |
| Demystifying Catz for the GBA | |
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(some of this was posted to my cohost account prior to shutdown.)
catz for the gba is one of those games that might be considered 2000s bargain-bin quality. this is one of those games that got hit wi... |
| Clouds Roll By... | |
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i've done some refinement to blog listings on the respective collection pages so that it's easier to parse and traverse.
ive been too tired lately to do much art or do anything particularly creative.... |
| Animal Crossing: Spam, Junk, and Treasure | |
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i have been playing animal crossing for the gamecube recently. i found myself struggling badly to figure out the answer to one question: what in the HELL counts as a 'good' letter to a villager? do yo... |
| An Incomplete Catalogue Of Pokemon Fansites | |
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i went on a deep dive and went looking at a bunch of pokemon fansites for a web-based pokemon fangame i remember from when i was no older than 6. the game itself was isometric, featuring gen 2 pokemo... |
| Having Fun With It | |
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in addition to other misc cleanup, i've started properly sorting out my modern winamp skin creation index. in contrast to classic skins, which have much less to work with, there's a lot more flexibili... |
| Engineering | |
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after what felt like ages, i have finalized changes and additions to my winamp skin directory and classic winamp skin creation tutorial pages. aough. i hate writingggggggg. i hope theyre useful and fu... |
| quiet hands | |
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doodle. the overlay was a last minute addition but i enjoy it anyway. nice to have a use for those old report cards haha... |
| humble gardener | |
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i did a couple drafts of this before i got to this point. i did some of the coloring digitally for toby here because... drum roll... my inks arent waterproof. i was SO MADDDDDDD at finding this out b... |
| The Hatches! Open! | |
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further edits have been made to my characters page, notably new refs for loon and swifty. these are also uploaded to my artfight profile. i wanted to make sure everything was set in stone before the t... |
| The Preparation For The Storm | |
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in preparation for artfight next month, my characters page has gone under slight renovation and now is pretty much done again. i would like to get a new properly-redrawn ref done for loon before the e... |
| sleeping hills giant | |
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inspired by early morning california road trips i took as a child to visit relatives. i was always so awed by the towering hills on either side of us as we navigated into valleyways. i used to imagin... |
| EXIT TRANCE, ENTER TRANS | |
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for my friend's birthday ^_^ i have drawn her fursona before - i helped her design this one! - but i wanted to draw her again for her birthday. i decided to take some inspiration from one of the 'EXI... |
| firebringer | |
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this was a heavily edited mixed media piece. originally it was just watercolor but the colors washed out the lines really really bad style. so i salvaged the lines somewhat in csp and used some water... |
| runner | |
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scrabbling around with rake brushes; there used to be the word 'run.' written on the tail of each silhouette, but i ended up deciding against it. i also initially had the foxes be pure black, but it... |
| patience | |
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monthly wait in the psych office. painted from reference photo taken by myself while waiting. haha... |
| scraps of glass | |
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i have lately become more obsessed with this border between glass and texture. i have always been enamored with fogged glass, both artificially fogged and organically.
there is a window in my bathro... |
| windmill | |
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another watercolor painting of my yard with some border touchups in clip studio. not much i want to say about it, but i think i did a nice job with the variety of greens i managed to make here. i alm... |
| recluse | |
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another tobytoby. watercolor on paper with some modest cleanup in clip studio (and some white lines cuz i didnt have my gel pen. loooool)
kind of funny how much ive improved with watercolor without... |
| Walls and Footholds | |
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lately i have been trying to find a new approach to my creative processes. this has had its own effects, a ripple on my little pond, through different unrelated endeavors, like finding fun in things,... |
| harvest season | |
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finally got myself a new hdmi-to-displayport converter, which i needed 'cuz i switched out my gpu for a slightly better one and it only had one hdmi port. haha! ive been toying with a concept like th... |
| Extra! Extra! | |
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hooray! the 3d thumbnails aren't broken anymore. (i had forgotten to convert them over when i converted the 2d gallery.) i have added a toggle to show/hide alt text - the alt text has always been the... |
| Rattle Rattle | |
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i cleaned up (read: deleted) some old old art entries (and they were broken already oops). i've also uploaded some new art, and we recently affiliated with citadark (my friend miles). you can see his... |
| back to your digital root | |
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edit of a photo of a cutout! i hate taking photos irl if i think someone will see me i get so self conscious. and if i have to bend over its like. i dont want people to see me with my ASS OUT !!!!!!... |
| hiding hiding | |
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i wanna take more photos for edits like this. maybe when the weather gets nicer. i enjoyed how this one came out a lot.... |
| compass rose | |
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another edit of a photo of a cutout. i took this photo spur-of-the-moment; my yard has a lot of strange 'yard art' or 'redneck sculpture' in it, and that includes this strange rusted metal wheel fram... |
| 100 dreams | |
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edit of a photo of a cutout! i hate taking photos irl if i think someone will see me i get so self conscious. and if i have to bend over its like. i dont want people to see me with my ASS OUT !!!!!!... |
| Firestar's Allegory of the Cave | |
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there is a very interesting quirk that i've noticed in the warrior cats fandom.
now, i don't really pay attention to fandom in modern days. that said, i read the books growing up, i drew fanart, i r... |
| Pixel Cats End | |
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have you played pixel cat's end? i've been playing it for a year and a half (as of writing). i think it's really cute and fun and easygoing. a lot of petsites tend to hook the player into patterns th... |
| the tanager's nest | |
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a noodling doodling...... |
| dandelion valley | |
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self indulgent piece. clip studio paint !... |
| the family dinner | |
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drawn in colored pencil and slight value editing in clip studio.
consider an analogy. a wolfdog is neither dog or wolf. it's not predictable, and if you've only ever raised dogs, you will have troub... |
| Goodbye 3ds | |
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the 3ds and wii u servers are going down today. you can upload your spotpass data to the spotpass archival project if you want to contribute to future community efforts to revive the service. i even... |
| life is green | |
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mixed media (oil pastel, colored pencil, paper cutout). i like the fresh green smells of spring and summer... |
| nature in perspective | |
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colored pencil on paper! i am happy with how this turned out, but i have to remember to line with something darker when i start sketching or else it tends to wash out the parts that i want to have mo... |
| What Is An Animal | |
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i have been listening to an audiobook of Wild Magic by tamora pierce recently. an excellent writer who gives her characters interesting, likeable personalities while playing within and outside expect... |
| My Favorite Tumblr Compliments | |
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here is an informal list of some of my favorite tags ive gotten over the past long while on my tumblr art blog. entries anonymized save for direct quotes themselves!
these will all have the hashtags... |
| along the trail | |
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mixed media (oil pastels and colored pencil)... i almost gave up on this at a few points but was determined to finish, even though i REALLY wanted to draw swifty in fullbody... im happy with it in th... |
| Art as an Adjective | |
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when i was in middle school, i decided to become an artist.
you would think this isn't really something you consciously decide, i guess. but i decided firmly that it was what i wanted to do. i wante... |
| the verdant tapestry | |
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a rough doodle and experiment with layering on greens. the etching was a little difficult - i need a better thing to press down the pattern sharply...... |
| Statement Continues | |
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firstly: i've got more artwork added in. i have some WIP articles being written about winamp and fuzz academy, but i've been too tired to work on them at length. for the most part, the biggest change... |
| forward | |
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colored pencil on paper; this is a concept i had sketched on my phone initially on 3/5/24 before passing out in bed LOL, i am glad i finally got back to it!... |
| Dusty | |
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i've added further integration of posts on the front page. i didn't really neeeeed a separate layout for blog posts at all. i figured it'd just be nice all around, and might also be really nice to in... |
| the tower | |
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more of a well if you ask me!... |
| A Torrent | |
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im finally doing a fairly significant update... the archive is moved to the left nav, and recent art posts are listed above the news entries on the main page. AND THERE'S AN RSS FEED FOR THAT!
that... |
| summer splash | |
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a remade version of the old site splash, using a new and revamped swifty model and some other misc edits to the background textures. i really enjoy how it came out!... |
| zip! | |
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color pencil on paper :-) ive been having fun with different traditional methods lately, since i feel like im at a sort of standstill w/ my current digital approaches. it feels nice to practice with... |
| the embrace, part ii | |
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in truth, it was another take on part 1. i like this one because i feel like it's gentler, and so i interpreted it as 'part 2' in the end. it feels sort of like a reflection of how my own relationship... |
| the embrace, part i | |
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one of my first pieces where i was still struggling with gripping the pastels well, and figuring out how to feel for the hardest edges on the ends.... |
| the dancing dreamer | |
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this was, i think, a first draft or first pass of my chroma's key piece. however, the odd tilt of the frame and general bad placement made it hard to photograph without my camera leaving a shadow, an... |
| chroma's key | |
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experimenting w/ oil pastels, it's very rewarding and feels kind of youthful or unrefined in a fun way... |
| Occasional Thunder | |
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it's almost time for the site's anniversary... unfortunately the project i wanted to complete for it will be taking longer than expected. who knows when it'll be done? though i would still like to ma... |
| Kick In The Ass | |
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the site now has an rss feed, and the front page features blog posts instead of individual update logs. this will ideally lead to me making more log posts like this to properly elaborate on what i... |
| leafy boughs | |
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3d piece i rendered and edited with a borrowed computer at my gf's house! i am really pleased with it! i was having trouble with the color profile at first, due to the aforementioned pc being ancient... |
| love is | |
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mixed media, 2011x2024, pencil and paper x digital. saw this sketch in an ancient sketchbook and it really resonated with me.... |
| Love is... | |
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"i can tell you love her, you just totally lit up!"
coming home feels like i'm going on a vacation.
my thoughts always meander back to her.
i bring her up all the time when i'm around strangers. she's... |
| golden child | |
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THIS was my first try at making an oil pastel drawing in the past while. uhh. please make no note of how much it might seem edited. there were some very bad mistakes - as youd expect from a first try... |
| blue coyote moon | |
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singing alone until the sunrise, drawing i made after coming home from visiting my girlfriends house for four weeks... |
| Back and Forth | |
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valentimes.... i celebrated my sixth anniversary with my sweet girlfriend recently, i just came back from visiting her up in oregon. it's interesting how i feel coming back 'home'; every time i come b... |
| thalassophobia | |
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funny little render i wanted to do - i had to rerender it once or twice (the other pc i was borrowing wasn't strong enough to render it well), then i did some post processing. overall it came out nice... |
| Eyesore & More | |
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the thing about reviving an old trend or style is that you need to find a middle ground between accuracy and accessibility.
as of late, there's been a scemo/scene/emo/sparkledog type revival. people... |
| chrysalis | |
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a dogthing! one of the first thing i drew in 2024.... |
| yuzu springs | |
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a little something i had in mind that i ended up wrestling with a lot. but it turned out OK!... |
| marketable plushie | |
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bday gift for my friend vee based on the eeveelution sitting cuties patterns!... |
| who's afraid of the dark? | |
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a gift for my girlfriend since she was playing through pokemon mystery dungeon: explorers of sky recently (for the first time). i had fun with this one... |
| Changing And Staying The Same | |
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i think ive been dawdling in the past a lot because i'm unhappy w/ the present lately, at least in some regards...
i've always lacked the same independence other people mistake for maturity. even now,... |
| My HRT Experience | |
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i think my experience with testosterone is a funny one, and i figure other transmascs might be interested in how it's going / how it started. or maybe you're not transmasc, but are just interested in... |
| Cooking (in the Metaphorical Sense) | |
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my back has been hurting more lately... always so achey. on monday i need to start complaining to my various doctors. i have a hard time following through on medical appointment instructions because... |
| Internet Wisdom | |
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my mother was a very flawed and insane human being. my feelings on her are complicated. but i have a sort of nostalgia for the stuff she taught me about the internet when i was a puppy.
she taught m... |
| reservoir | |
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reservoir i usually see when i go to the mountains. this was during a drier year when the water was significantly lowered, though you can't tell from here. someone commented on this piece on another s... |
| never found | |
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therianism is a very dear thing to me. it is a very immutable aspect of who i am and who i ever was. if you took off my human self youd be left with a weird dog. you know?
so this turned into somethi... |
| uh oh | |
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dont know what inspired this but i couldnt stop laughing at this poor creature while i was drawing it and i didnt want to change any of it. this is a beautiful moment in time right before this animal... |
| dream flow | |
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a creek i used to visit often whenever i went up towards the mountains! really gorgeous place. the photo quality is ass because i had a dinky ipod touch and it took AWFUL quality photos. i was afraid... |
| asphalt | |
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a piece drawn over a photo i took on the way to the airport once. this went through a couple iterations before i gave up and called it done... there's an overlaid image of the airport terminal over th... |
| mirage dragon | |
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drew this while watching adventure time lol, colors inspired by a curtain my room had when i was little that had rainbows and clouds on it...... |
| At Rest | |
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today was OK. i went out shopping with my dad to get some more distilled water. realizing i do have quite severe agoraphobia and need to reintegrate myself into society again. also realizing no one ma... |
| somewhere in between | |
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this was laying around unfinished for a few weeks at the latest. decided to tackle it properly and used some old art as a texture overlay for flair...... |
| All About Dogthings | |
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what is a dogthing?
a dogthing is a very rudimentary or simple dog... or, dog "thing"... that i draw a lot. theyre inspired by a lot of different dogthings, like the car seat headrest dogs, or that... |
| movie maker | |
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the xp coloration of this is less nostalgic for me - i never used XP, i upgraded straight from 98 to 7 and used xp's movie maker there - but it fits with its original OS. xp wmm (windows movie maker)... |
| Faded T Shirts | |
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my cat has been sitting in sunbeams again lately... she hadn't for a while but it's funny that i have to look around my chair to make sure she isn't sitting directly behind the wheels... she loves bei... |
| melon melody | |
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colorful doodle... i intended to make it more dull and grayish but i was enjoying the colors :D... |
| Memory and Nonhumanity | |
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saw my psych today, refilled my cpap machine odds and ends on the phone... whew! my psych was - well, psyched, i guess, when i told her i finally got a new chair, and i got to show her pictures i'd t... |
| Arts and Crafts | |
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lately ive had the itch to create stuff.... trying lots of new techniques or methods.... there's a lot of mediums that id like to play with irl that i dont have access to due to space/money/time... w... |
| peatmoss | |
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messing with grays and greens :-)... |
| home again | |
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this drawing uses photos i took IRL - one of a carpet (used as an overlay), and one of a thrift store i visit occasionally. ive been on a cutout kick lately...... |
| Every Website An Island | |
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the difference of social media / blogging vs independent website use is so... strange, honestly. i grew up in such an era before social media, you know, and even still, i feel strange going back to t... |
| Things My Cat Likes | |
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here is an unorganized list of things that my cat likes...
the sound of a crinkly paper bag
looking outside my window at night before she goes to bed
playing with her ribbon toy from be... |
| The Familiar Spiral | |
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have you heard about how the human brain tends towards the pain it knows towards the pain it doesn't?
our brains are wired for patterns. we crave familiarity, routine, a foothold in a world that's al... |
| holograph | |
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i think playing yume 2kki every day has had an effect on me LOL. the colors weren't in my initial plans but looked nice with what i had drawn.... |
| the archivist | |
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krita drawing. i have been enjoying the color crunching process ive figured out. it is a hassle, though, when i have to remake the filter when i downscale it for public posts. sad!... |
| lemon lime | |
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krita doodle i ended up liking a lot!... |
| Back To Normal | |
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after a long journey of medical negligence i have my testosterone back! so i feel much more peaceful again. which feels funny - i always hear this harmful stereotype of "testosterone makes you angry"... |
| soup with friends | |
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something i thought would look cute... i like the idea of soup with friends :D
i used photoshop's export-as-legacy option to limit the color palette and made it dither to accommodate other colors.... |
| across the fence | |
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i keep feeling like im re-learning how to draw... i like whatever this look is, though, the faux-painting texture. it's an overlay of a paper i scanned myself years ago that i reuse constantly - it w... |
| Ship of Theseus | |
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i had a thought today about the concept of the ship of theseus
so the idea of the ship of theseus, to its bare essentials, is thus: "if you replace all the parts of something, is it the same thing a... |
| Stasis | |
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lately ive been feeling simultaneously like ive hit some sort of artistic sweet spot AND like im struggling a bit.
i think ive kind of found the kind of art i'd like to do. i am afraid to sort of pig... |
| moon landing | |
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via vb's oekaki. i wanted to do a space drawing and this idea came to mind and it made me laugh so much i had to finish it, despite never drawing the moon's surface or a flag at rest before. nyanland... |
| Same Stew Just Reheated | |
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despite feeling static, i think i've found some fun things to do lately... videogame wise, i played some path of exile with my girlfriend (and had more fun than i expected!), and i'm getting back int... |
| Who am I, really? | |
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my cpap mask's filter broke off today so im without a mask for a bit :S auuu auuu. on the bright side, i got my leg bandaged again at wound care, i really like the people who work there.
but i guess... |
| raindrop | |
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i forgot to post this one o_O sketch i came up with. i think i coulda done a better job with value blocking before going into the coloring process. that said, i like how my sketchy lines look here!... |
| *12 hours of SEL powerline noise* | |
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today i got my leg looked at by the wound care department at the hospital! it looks to have healed pretty significantly, but the swelling was still there, so they put a compression stocking on along w... |
| the recurring dream | |
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based on a dream i had many years ago that i remember often. the concept has stayed the same, but the interpretation has varied over the years. the dream itself was of standing (as swifty) in a storm... |
| box of crayons | |
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expression of how different perceptions of the self tend to be distinct while also being the same person at their roots. i don't have DID, at least as far as i am aware, but i do feel sometimes that... |
| An Open Window | |
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hahaaaa. back again! my cpap machine is kind of a wonder to me. i actually catch myself missing the feeling of it on my face in the mornings, much like when i would cover my face with the blanket to... |
| the together-quilt song | |
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and here's the first thing i drew when my new tablet cables came in... haha! i really missed playing with texture and colors on a bigger canvas, and had been mostly dinking about in aseprite in the m... |
| Sing A Song About Life | |
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its a nice sunny day here in california!
i am still waiting to hear back from a lot of places about various things. (this includes the wound care department of the hospital, who have yet to set up an... |
| Springing A Leak | |
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life has a funny way of fucking with you, i think!
the last few days my leg um. well, title says it! further details, cw fatphobia and medical talk:
so, my legs've been in a state of swelling for.. a... |
| A Good Nights Rest | |
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so my cpap machine finally came yesterday! is it weird that it was so exciting to me? i guess i am pretty tired of waking up tired. lol. my dad's perception of cpap machines is a bit jaded.
the setup... |
| Inspiration Wells | |
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art's been really rough for me lately, as i've had a lot of struggle doing things i want to do lately. (yes, my cpap machine is still in the mail, thank you very much!) and it is also very hard for me... |
| hearth warming / heart warming | |
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two mimir...
this imagery came into my head and i tried to put down what i saw. i think i could have used thick brush strokes instead for the lineart but that's fine. i am still happy with this!
insp... |
| The Self-Care Paradox | |
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sometimes it feels like you're stuck in a loop of being unable to care for yourself and feeling bad for it. like, it feels like they feed into each other so fast, and it's hard to figure out where to... |
| star cycle | |
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not much to say. just iterated on a sketch. been having tablet troubles and have been too tired to draw again. (and too busy with limbus company and stuff....)
drawn in krita.... |
| Avoiding The Holes | |
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i tend to forget how much certain triggers can affect me. or like. i underestimate it. i go, "oh, well, i should be used to this sort of rhetoric, i can handle it, im stable!' but. um. ~2decades of bu... |
| Repetition, Repetition, Repetition... | |
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today i felt very tired. i took a shower, which meant the rest of the day was spent recovering from the very same shower. (friends tell me this isnt normal. and this is probably a POTS thing? idk.)
t... |
| Drawing From Life | |
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today i woke up a bit late - 12:30pm or so - but felt better than usual since dad installed a humidifier yesterday morning, which meant my mouth wasn't as dry.
i saw my dad bring it in, and i said, 'o... |
| remember how we used to run (forest fires) | |
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i stopped touching krita for a bit - my energy hit an all time low and i was struggling to do much at all.
i finally got around to doodling this as a wind-down before i slept. it started with just th... |
| Daffodils and Fig Leaves | |
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after a nightmare of a wildfire and separation from family, i found myself washing dishes in the kitchen this morning.
the weather is fair today. somewhat cloudy, just the puffy ones that come with th... |
| Self Advocacy and Life Quality | |
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not another post about my doctor misadventures!!
see, growing up fat and bullied, i've had a long, long time to work through my personal issues and like, generally stand up for myself more in a lot of... |
| Thoughts On Doctors And Self Advocacy | |
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man...
just thinking about a recent incident with a doctor. i went in to talk about my chest pains and other symptoms. i showed the doctor my logs and she barely glanced at them, saying that it was... |
| desire paths | |
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inspired by a photo i saw of an art installation that looked somewhat similar. meant to inspire a feeling of vacancy or being at a crossroads with no determinable markers or 'right way' to go.
painte... |
| the bathroom dream | |
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this is a 3d render i did of a recurring bathroom setting that ive had in my dreams which has actually gotten less frequent after making said render...????
very large auditorium esque size with lots o... |
| Strike The Earth! | |
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greetings or something,
bro im so tired i went to bed at 3am and woke up FIVE TIMES until i just got up at 9. then i napped from 2 to 4. my god. no rest for the forest
played dwarf fortress. got salam... |
| And The Ultimate Bloging Begins | |
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umm.... haiii
i found this script and thought it looked neat and maybe a journal would be easier to keep in computer format? lol
i custom-added the status box above so it can feel a bit more... |
| first anniversary banner | |
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it's kind of crazy to think ive been doing this for a whole year.... this is the uncropped version of the new banner. posting this a little early....
painted in clip studio paint, ft. ivy brush from d... |
| girl in the daffodils | |
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this is, actually, a painting i referenced of a real photo of my mom as a teenager. (this was probably taken in the 80s.)
my mom was a complex individual with a lot of problems, and for this painting... |
| hill from my memory | |
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i am not sure why i didnt put this one up earlier (posting at 5.25.23, while this was made at the given date!). i guess i wasn't sure how far back in my art archives to post. but i figure it's pertin... |
| relaxing | |
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enjoying the breeze ~... |
| windflower | |
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another vacation piece..... did you know krita has super cool texturing brushes? i fucking love em. so fun.
the scenery here is meant to resemble the hill-garden my grandma (dad's side) maintains, d... |
| sleepytime river - portrait render | |
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a continuation of the other one, but sized for my phone background. still really happy with this posing and framing!... |
| sleepytime river - landscape render | |
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i did some full on concept art for this one. my first attempt at making something that looks hand crafted, and it shows, but i still had fun with it.... |