I have drawn SO MANY lines and circles today and genuinely had more fun than I've had making art in years.

I'm getting my first sketchbook in a long time tomorrow! I have a lot of half finished sketchbooks, but I used so many of them for finished pieces rather than a place to learn new techniques.

I'm going to start it off with something in how I draw now, and end it with how I draw later.

I don't have a huge plan for what's ahead. I'm still figuring it out, but I'm hoping to work on and heal my traditional and digital art, my pixel works, and even reignite my fervor for cross stitch and writing.

But the moment I thought about doing this, my soul felt a little lighter, so..

Hi there. My name is Mai. I have a degree in 3D animation and have been doing art for almost 3 decades.

Recently, I've been suffering burnout in most areas of my life. With my art, I struggle to do even basics now. Everything I do feels poorly done.

Join me as I heal by going back to the start.

So much of the anime I watch admittedly ends up being really niche stuff that doesn't hit the mainstream (which is unfortunate!!), so I'm not surprised my unintentionally hipster ass barely knows a lot of these, let alone seen em. 😅

Laz, my beloved dumbass 😭 I love seeing pieces like this cause he looks so powerful and buff and he's just a guy. Just a lil dude. He just wants to eat hot chip and dress his cat up and like me, too, buddy!!!!!