Thanks! I'm definitely not abandoning it, I did the original sketch in 2016 for either Alien Day or inktober.

An unfinished painting of ellen ripley from the alien franchise.

After not looking at this one for nearly a year, I see so much that is wrong, it really frustrates me, I'm going to scan it and rework the underlying drawing. The real issue is that I don't have uninterrupted time to work on art like I used to. #art #alien #ripley #adultingsucks

#fightclub #ihateautocorrect

Work in progress, 3 field mice as witches at a midnight offering in a small clearing in the forest.

Decided to tackle their faces this weekend, and I'm finally happy with them. Hopefully soon I'll start painting. #workinprogress #watercolor #mice #witches #illustration #traditionalart #art

Drawing of marla singer from fight club

Face details of a drawing of Marla singer from fight club

#marlasinger #nightclub #chibi #art #fanart #sketchbook #traditionalart #traditionalartist #drawing #sketch #drawing

My sweet chonker. #cat #blackcat #thereasonimbroke

😲

photo of the new water heater in the closet

This happened yesterday. Sunday when I was vacuuming, I noticed wet around the baseboards near where the water heater is. I guess it was time, the old one was about 13+, the tech said we were lucky that it lasted that long, usually it's 10yrs. #housedrama #waterheater #moneypit

Display case containing hand drawn and painted flowers, grass, with needed felted bees and painted butterflies.

Original layout sketch for April's theme.

The April display case is done.
I'm really happy with the way it turned out.

#april #aprilisearthmonth #earthmonth #conservation #artsandcrafts #handmade #traditionalart #traditionalartist #bees

Butterflies are done! I'm so ready to be done with this project. I need to stop by the store tomorrow on the way home from work and pick up some transparent nylon line to hang them in the display.

#handmade #butterflies #gouache #needlefelted #traditionalart #displaycaseart ##artislife

The bees are done, working on finishing the butterflies. #needlefelted #bees #butterfly #handmade #crafts #pollinators

pencil drawing of the bunny from 'Wish it Away" from the 1983 movie The Twilight Zone.

🅷🅰🅿🅿🆈 ​ 🅴🅰🆂🆃🅴🆁!
#twilightzonemovie1983 #wishitaway #eastebunny #art #sketchbook #sketch #traditionalart #pencildrawing

[Correction: #highpriestess I have 𝑪𝒖𝒑𝒔 on the brain because that's the suit I'm starting with for the one I'm working on. ]

watercolor illustration of a treefrog as the queen of cups from a tarot deck.

A long time ago (2014) I made a painting for someone as a birthday gift.
#art #watercolor #mixedmedia #illustration #painting #traditionalart #tarot #queenofcups #treefrog #artislife

One left. Getting anything done during the week is nearly impossible, good thing tomorrow is Friday. #needlefelted #bees #traditionalart #handmade

a sketch/drawing of The Child also known as Grogu from The Mandalorian .

That time I drew 'The Child' - before we knew the name Grogu
#TheChild #sketchbook #drawing #art #traditionalart #lunchsketch

Flowers painted on cardboard and cut out.

Display update.
Flowers have been cut out - i really like how they turned out.
#art #traditionalart #flowers

I finished the painting portion of the display today, tomorrow they all get cut out, tonight I'll work on finishing the bees, tomorrow ill sort & print photos, create additional info graphics, then installation is Fri-Mon. #art #traditionalart #display #aprilisearthmonth

photo of a black cat sleeping in his bed in a strange position.

took this 6 years ago, and still is one of my favorite pictures of Dominic (pardon the kitty litter). #cat #blackcat #dominicdoublestuff

Thank you! <3 That was exactly my point. April is Earth Month, I have 1 more bee to make, then cut templates for butterfly wings, paint giant cardboard flowers, then I have to do research for some little info cards about pollinators.

Photo of a display case for Black History Month, displaying African Art, and Photo Biography Cards of current trailblazing African Americans.

Display case of Notable women throughout history and current times from all walks of life.

𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒:
I've volunteered to be in charge of the display case at work, seems like they're always coming to me well into the month for ideas. CorpComm & I will meet last week of the month to discuss what we're going to do for the next month. #womenshistorymonth #blackhistorymonth

𝗕𝗲𝗲-hold!
I just need to make the wings and this one is done. After I took the first picture, I ended up starting over, the way I was winding the wool wasn't adding bulk in the right places.

picture of a desk with craft items and a reference photo of bumblebees.

Today: making oversized needle felted bumblebees. #makingstuff #bees #needlefelting

Is this dead in the water, I haven't seen an update in a very long time.

Today's #lunchsketch Dominic if he were a serious cat.
#art #cats #sketch #sketchbook

(pic of detail listing regarding my scanner) So the issue with my scanner isn't about the scanner, it's photoshop not recognizing the 32-bit drivers, it's also probably windows too. Last time windows didn't recognize half of the scan settings, and the scanner is 20+ years old, I didn't get it new, husband rescued it from a previous job - they got new and were throwing all the old out. I just have to scan outside of photoshop. I had an old version of vuescan that I ended up buying because the free version puts a big black diagonal watermark across the scan. It'll be a few years before I have the funds to get a new one, so I paid the fee to unlock it. I'm glad it's not the scanner, because 12x17 flatbed, and I cannot afford to replace it right now, eventually I know I will have to.

So, the issue with my scanner isn't about the scanner, it's photoshop not recognizing the old 32-bit drivers, it's also probably windows too. The scanner is 20+ years old 12x17 flatbed, I can't afford to replace it right now, I just have to scan outside of photoshop. #artistproblems #oldtech

in progress - painting of pennywise the clown

I've been on vacation the past week, working furiously to get those cards done. Now that's over, I can relax, I don't have to be back to work '𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑇𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦. I think tomorrow I'm going to try and finish up Pennywise so I can move on to other stuff.
#pennywise #watercolor #fanart #welcometoderry

Over head shot of my desk.

This is the last sketch card set for a while, this one really stressed me out. Windows update poo-pooed my scanner and I had to take photos to submit. Still working to payoff Dominic's medical bills. Almost done...

I hope everyone had a good holiday!