A drawing of an elegant snow warrior maiden. The background is of walls of icicles. She's in motion, stepping towards the camera a determined look on her face. She holds a sword low but at the ready. Her dress melds with the snow seemlessly and has intricately draw hoarfrost patterns against the dark blue. She also dons light blue armour with icicles hanging from it and an ice shard crown. Her hair is two-toned, black on top and glacial green blue on bottom.

Close up of the hoarfrost patterns on the skirt of the dress

Close up of the icicles in the background

Glacial Will or something XD The working title was Icicle Hell for obvious reasons. Not what I imagined but I love this piece nonetheless!

#traditionalart #mangaart #art #winter #mixedmedia #ice #snow

Happy Halloween! I wanted to draw something ethereal and peaceful to kinda juxtapose that with how spiders are perceived. Redraw/Redesign of the second pic. Despite my mistakes here I genuinely do love how it turned out!.

#halloweenart #traditionalart #mangaart #artredraw #fashion

Got a Job at Scooters. I'll keep applying for Ecology Jobs & Ecology PhDs but I do need something to pay the bills in the meantime! I chose this job because (I need money) I wanted to learn mixtures- I enjoy learning new things! Glad I managed to get this job. It won't be forever but it is for now

augh I misspelled one of the tags ;;

#PhryneFisher

Collaboration I did with one of my little sisters!! She drew the Middle, based on the book cover and I drew the left, based on both! I love my sisters version, it's very geometric and fun! Bonus WIP pic :)

#missfisher #PhryneFischer #traditionalart #mangart #books #murdermystery #fanart

Rejected from another phd program. I can't say I'm surprised since Universities are halting phd admissions due to Trump Withdrawing research funding. But I'm so embittered lmao and I cannot afford to do a PhD in another country. Will I just have to wait four years? I feel completely screwed over.

9 differently sized jellyfish doodles, in black with a white background. They all seem to be floating, with graceful and smooth undulating tentacles

Jellyfish Sketch
#sketch #jellyfish #digitalart

Went to see Nezha 2! It was really fun, and my friend and I were the only ones in the theatre!!

Delicious and Yummy
#food

Concert weekend outfit! Sorely needed something fun tbh and going to the Aespa and Taemin concerts was exactly the remedy I needed!

Just got rejected for a PhD program. I'm really sad about it ngl and I hate the entire process of applying to them. But I will keep trying!

There was a glitch & I had to post w/out alt text:
A woman in an ornate red & gold dress stands on a balcony with an empty expression. She is surrounded by trees. The red dress is the only thing in color.

The red & gold Quinceñera dress that inspired the art.

Red Noir~
Wanted the focus to be on the dress, hence it's the only thing in color. Quinceñera dresses are so lovely and I was inspired by that! Not the best at coloring but I still love it! Besides I'll keep getting better.

#traditionalart #mangaart #animeart #dress #art #style

Swordfish skull and vertebrae in a museum display case

Me too, swordfish. Me too.

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Work in Progress!
#workinprogress #wip

RIP my overuse of the word enjoy lol but it was apt. I liked the books! But didn't like them at any level beyond "enjoyment" XD be it love, adore, savor or revel in.

The Spellshop - cozy fantasy has a stakes/tension problem for me, apparently. I don't need universal stakes or anything but holy hell. My right eye for some tension and conflict that isn't solved in a chapter. Please. I'm so serious. Cozy Fantasy can learn from Cozy Mysteries in that regard imo.

Book Lovers - reread for me, and I actually rated it 5* when I first read it, so there it will stay though it's probably more 4* for me now. The aspect I really love about it is that it's an all encompassing slice of life romance. The aspects characters lives entwined w/ the romance really well imo

I enjoyed Misery Hates Company! I wouldn't say it was anything super special, but I really enjoyed the mystery and thought the setting was illustrated so well! I also enjoyed the characters. I just liked reading it and had fun.

The writing in The Eyes are the Best part is very evocative. The tension was really good! But overall I think that the plot was lacking. It was a little too contrived and convenient for me.

January's Stats~
The Perfect Crime is a short story collection and it's really good overall, with a focus on stories from diverse authors. I'd recommend it if you like crime fiction. Some stories are better than others but overall I truly enjoyed it.
#books #reading #storygraph

The picture is from Wikipedia-Supplied by DickDaniels (theworldbirds.org)

Sometimes the Sudan and Arabian Golden Sparrow are considered the same species, or different. Least Concern! On the endangered scale which is always lovely to see tbh. A relief.

XD remembering that one time I was editing a friend's script and pointed out that his "mythical golden sparrow" was a bird that actually existed and would not be in North American Pine Forests XD He was explicitly trying to avoid using a bird that actually existed too
They are very lovely birds!

I love Loons! They're one of my favorite birds~

A pencil drawing of a muscular guy, facing to the left but side-eying the camera. His expression is smug. His hand is on his head, like he's styling his hair or getting it out of his dace. Behind him is a pencil rendition of an 80s graphic of the sun, with palm frond silhouettes and horizontal lines increasing in width at regular intervals to the bottom of the sun, making a gradient effect. The character is Caleb from Love and Deepspace.On one side, it says "Sun's out" and on the other it says "Guns out"

He's fun and interesting. I like him.
#loveanddeepspace #calebloveanddeepspace #ladscaleb #lndscaleb #fanart #ladsfanart #traditionalart #mangaart #animeart

Do universities usually send out emails about financial aid packages/offers and needing certain forms filled out to students they haven't accepted yet? & letting them make a school username/email? I'm inclined to think not-but I could see reasons they might. Unsure-hopefully I was accepted?

Proud of how this cake turned out so far!

Hi guys! I hope you don't mind waiting a bit for art lol I'm a slow artist XD I cannot post art every day. But I hope that you guys like the art I do post, even if it's slow going. Thank you! Here's a WIP

#wip #workinprogress