Hey hey long time no talkie, got a new full time job and man… it’s wild to not have stress/anxiety & acid reflux bc of an awful job. Now I’m like… empty of stress and it’s weird but I’ll take it for sure. 😂

Gonna be looking into bulk flour, rice and legumes. & above all else (aside from staying connected with community) is make art. It’s where my heart is right now even if it’s private.

The last 24 hours has been the most anxiety inducing. As someone who doesn’t have a lot of $ rn I’m frantically trying to think of the best way to just manage over the next few months.

Unrelated to art but I’ve finally taken time to read for myself again and my gosh I forgot how enjoyable reading can be. My heart feels so full. 🥹

I really gotta be on Bluesky more often. It’s fr getting hype over here compared to a few months ago. 😍

Yes I’ve been prioritizing myself and my creativity lately but that’s from doing hard work on my mental health. Now it’s time for me to reframe my life so that I CAN support my creative endeavors. Cuz let me tell you, waking up everyday at 4am doesn’t help at all lol

hearing “you can’t make art unless you are in a financially safe place or else money is all you’re going to worry about,” makes me feel really seen as someone who’s currently in shift work trying to find a job that is more stable/predictable.

I’ve been drawing so much more consistently in my sketchbook lately and I really feel I’m reaching a breakthrough! Feels good.

Tell me why the days when it’s suppose to be 45 degrees my brain decides it wants cozy fall food?? Make it make sense.

Watching the fallout tv series is honestly just a super big meta reality check. My dad used to educate people about climate change in relation to the American dream when I was a kid. Now as an adult I live in a 50’s brick apartment with its OG atomic kitchen and guys… I’m screaming. 😭

Not me having an existential crisis during the eclipse in totality watching the sky go to night. 💀

Also- I prepared artichokes for the first time in my life and I can 💯 hear my grandmother ROLLING in her grave, cackling in Spanish about my inability to do this. I can be thankful in the knowledge that she’d def help me if she were still around. 😅

I totally forgot to post my recent #pleinapril piece to here. It’s my first my first time digitally painting so be nice.💀 Aside from that, I loved it!! Going to try to advance my skills in this for sure since it’s so fun.

yelling at people about this stuff actually works (see also: nfts)

the seemingly inevitable AI art dystopia doesn’t have to be real, not if we don’t let it

Probably unpopular opinion but respectfully, the OG Nelvana dub of Card captor Sakura is 💯 better than the new dub. I really don’t like how they make girls sound in dubs now. They all sound the same. The same goes for the new sailor moon dub. 😔

after 3 years of drawing backgrounds on a pen display tablet you’d think I’d feel more comfortable using it. But no 🤨

Every time I hang out with ppl in my industry it’s such a cathartic experience. I end up leaving feeling so at peace and motivated! 🥰

I wanna draw a big burly cozy male character who’s a chef and 😩

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Artists and creatives time and time over are talking about how what we do is both loved and looked down on. Our work is often desired deeply for so many things, our skills are often seen as very useful—but our same work is devalued to the point where tech is used to poorly replicate us

why is art so hard when you don’t know who you are anymore? 🫥

My fiancé spontaneously bought BD3 & the way my little heart & brain is OVER THE MOON excited to create my character. Then shortly after hyper fixate on it by drawing them. 🤭

Bluesky is such a positive atmosphere that whenever I come to check it… it’s like… kinda wild 😭

A two panel comic. In the first panel, someone off-screen says, “Take as long as you need, ok?” And Bex responds with “ok” while giving a thumbs up. In the second panel, Bex has disappeared with a “poof” as the text reads, “disappears completely for six months.” The person off-screen says “no!”

Take as long as you need :)

With everything happening in my life as it is, I’m considering/brainstorming how to have a fun YouTube account/ with video content where I just draw and chat. Maybe even talk about art related pros/cons - motivations/frustrations. I want a safe place for not just me but others to go to. 🥺

I made two cookies with a recipe assuming they would come out like two beautiful chunky bois but no- they are very much giving high school cafeteria mega cookie ooey-gooey. I’m still not sure if that’s bad or not. 😐🍪

I feel like I put a lot of rules when it comes to drawing layouts bc of school….I was thinking of trying to just put a perspective grid down and just draw. Wanna see where it takes me. 🫣

WOW DID I EVER MISS SEEING ONLY ART ON MY TIMELINE. So thankful to be in the sky now.😭❤️