The thing that improved my painting the most was literally the simplest thing
For analogue - paint at a distance, hold your brush at the end, stand as far away as poss & walk FAR AWAY from it first before making any decisions

For digital: No zooming in!!! For literally as long as you can bear it

Blocky quick studies of ridiculous animals by idil

Some colour block drawing studies for practice.15-20 mins each I think, almost entirely a 100% opacity brush. And almost no zooming in, trying to paint at a distance.

Always afraid to do these so trying to be a bit more disciplined with them

Looking now!

I had the Apple Watch around 2019 (?) and I hated it, it was interfering, nosy, needy, didn’t take me off my phone as much as implied. Sold it.

So I just vaguely track walking with my phone but obviously that is hateful.

Fantasising about creating a watch that simply gives you your movement / cardiovascular data as a CSV and transmits nothing and there is no sign up and no subscription, and has no fused engineering parts so it can be easy maintained for decades

Truly an utterly useless number

Easily in my top 10 most toxic traits is - even though IQ is essentially phrenology - every time either a fictional character on TV or in the news is framed as a ‘genius’ with a high IQ…

I CHECK to SEE if I am indeed higher and yes typically I am, I say, as I open and reopen my empty fridge

Please understand it is completely ridiculous for me to be jealous of an 11 year old’s physics autism, but man

There is nothing so cursed as having many interests

Imagine just doing quantum mechanics and only quantum mechanics from 6 months old through your whole life. Maybe yes on occasion play an instrument or paint a bit, some poetry and such - for mental agility and to round off your personality. I yearn for this argh

Yet again I read about an autistic high IQ kid doing a masters in maths at age 11 etc

here I am JEALOUS, with an higher IQ (IQ is fictional) wishing I got that sweet special interest MIT autism

My boyfriend diplomatically calls mine Social Science Autism & it is both the rudest and funniest thing

Why did I watch it, I have hated it all. Saccharine, overlit, off the shelf faux-emotional guff

Everyone in the cast (except Braff) deserved more

Are they so afraid of a single wrinkle

The new Scrubs cinematography style is: All the lightbulbs

Drawn using virtual oil paint in Rebelle on a Cintiq

Chimp! Sitting crossed legs with elbows on legs. Sketch By idil

First draft sketch of this fellow. A lot of deadlines on right now so hopefully find the time at some point to finish this nonchalant dude

Literally the least shocking thing is to meet a millennial who doesn’t talk to at least one of their parents any more

There is an influx of no/minimum contact with family storylines on new TV and like ok yes the millennials are in writers’ rooms

But typically the story is their partners are confused or even SHOCKED they would keep things from their parents - so I think the writers are a few therapy sessions short

Argh the Vitamin C gummies I have are so freaking delicious and I am eating them like an 11 year old churns through the Fruit Pastilles at the tuck shop

Yes! Some of the best standalone episodes he is the sole credited writer on eg Small Potatoes

Very fun

Posting here in order to not crash out on LinkedIn under someone’s post praising this incredibly predatory practice -

Which obv the big slop studios used and so indie teams are similarly imitating, feeling pressured into competing with them.

A new dystopia phrase I have been subjected to re. Advert design: ‘Dopamine stacking’

Adverts being praised/rewarded for their ability to dopamine stack, though they are therefore contributing to dopamine crashouts, addiction, bedrot -& exploitation of individuals with (ADHD) dopamine-disregulation

Thank you!!!

(Also I do think I paid heavily for my mum’s labour. I was her free therapist, a child with a way too quickly grown up brain and bore the brunt of all her madness, little plaything she used as a stress ball & I did invest money into some building work into her house that she never paid me back for)

Can you imagine asking for something that would really really help you and you don’t think would be too massive imposition on anyone else - and somehow NOT get screamed at

🎻It was my greatest dream as a child 🎻

I am here to tell you it is possible for you too

Yes my mum’s labour was not paid but also if you, a child, suffering from an unknown disability & ask for something that helps navigate the disability, she’d scream at you for hours and then do the thing you had begged her not to do anyway AND make you feel like a grotesque failure for even asking

years ago I hired a cleaner out of desperation & through tears I admitted

- I can *feel* fabric softener & it is horrifying please don’t use it
- I lose things if they’re in cupboards please don’t put anything away

& she just… nodded & that’s when I realised my childhood could have been SO SIMPLE

Thank youuuu

Did not know what Stargate was

What a crazy age to be

I am working with a 25 year old and he has not even heard of half my references

Facts.

& happy birthday to you! A best person

🎂 THANK YOU JAMIE 🎂
I had a very nice vegan eclair, walked around the Bosphorus, and just like a real grown-up I tidied my flat