Amber Grey

A cluster keychain that is "sun" themed, so lots of yellows and yellow-oranges. One strand is on a chain with a red aventurine bead, plastic beads, and a star bead. The middle strand is the longest and has a star bead, a golden fluorite bead, tumbled yellow opal, pink aventurine, and a sun charm that splits with three extra charms at the bottom (two orange crystals and one large clear crystal with gold splatter). The last strand has a dyed red agate bead, crystal beads, a gold resin bead, and a bow charm. All links and keyring are gold colored.

My hand holding the keychain with fake greenery blurry in the background: A cluster keychain that is "sun" themed, so lots of yellows and yellow-oranges. One strand is on a chain with a red aventurine bead, plastic beads, and a star bead. The middle strand is the longest and has a star bead, a golden fluorite bead, tumbled yellow opal, pink aventurine, and a sun charm that splits with three extra charms at the bottom (two orange crystals and one large clear crystal with gold splatter). The last strand has a dyed red agate bead, crystal beads, a gold resin bead, and a bow charm. All links and keyring are gold colored.

This one took me a while to figure out, but it looks SO GOLD in person, it's so pretty. 💛 "Here Comes the Sun" themed keychain.

☀️ I sell my handmade keychains here: ko-fi.com/s/00c2f16485 (I have loads more, feel free to ask me about them!)

#crafts #beads #jewelry #handmade #art

Jennifer I completely agree 🙌💗

I was a little too tired to work on music again last night. I might have a window to record today, hoping that works out 🤞

Seeking Joy #NowPlaying Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Seeking Joy #NowPlaying #nowplaying #originalmusic #streaming

Can’t make anything if you feel awful! Sometimes it can’t be helped but trying to eat healthy and sleep and exercise and laugh really does make a difference 🖤

Musician (or anyone) Self-Care – #SelfCare A few tips for musicians (and other human beings) that might help you care for yourself.

Over the years, I've learned a few things about self-care -- too often the hard way.
Check out some pointers that might work for you, too.
#SelfCare #rest

That’s beautiful Steve, thank you for the encouragement 😁✨🙌

A bust sketch (the sketch cuts off just below the chest) A college aged guy looks off to the side with a tender gaze and calm expression. He wears a black hoodie and has wispy hair which covers his eyes a little. He has light hair and is athletic in build. The camera is overhead of my red moleskine sketchbook, manga brush pen, and uniball black pen. My desk is white. Have a lovely day!

Study from A Sign of Affection, ink straight to paper 🖤 #drawing #sketch #ink #manga #traditionalArt #marker

Thank you for saying that 😁💛🙌

A sketch of a male wooded with several scars across his face and neck. He has mid length hair and several braids woven into it, as well as a pendant with his wedding and engagement rings. On his sternum he has a big tattoo of the symbol of Tyr

Small sketch of Caleb - a cleric of Tyr and my baby Rhiannon’s missing hubby 🥹💕

Even when inking digitally, I must draw.... Every ... Brush stoke

I thought it would be better to split up art and music but I don’t want to. I want people to know I work on both and I’m happy about it.

Ran through Home and Nevermind, as well as some chord progressions I’m pondering for other songs, for studio time today. I got the news I needed to hear to relax my mind a little for now, so I might do another session this evening. 🖤

The starters of Pokemon Gen 10, Browt, Pombon and Gecqua sitting together as they make different expressions based on their personality.

I had to draw the cute lil ones from the new Pokemon because I think they're all so stinkin cute!!

#pokemon #pokemonwindandwave #pombon #gecqua #browt #chocolart

I’m sorry, it’s such a mess right now.

A bath full of Capybaras! They're surrounded by yuzu fruit and ducks and being attended by a Capybara furry and two humans.

Capybara Bath 01

The fact nobody's snapped her up immediately is a crime let me tell you.

Great character design exercise: draw your character in 5 forms/eras:

1. Infant
2. Child
3. Young and adventurous
4. A strong adult
5. Monstrous and evil

But you gotta keep the same core character (it can end up telling a story about how this character handled life).

The transitions between everything are so dynamic and flow smoothly. It’s so alive and fresh!!! 🖤

Cut together a little reel of my animation learning progress in 2025.

I aim to have a lot more and better stuff coming soon. Too much for a 2026 reel, I hope.

In the alt text, I misspelled Hina on the second mention. Sorry!

Hina is being held gently by a mysterious gentleman who cradles her cheek. She holds his hand and looks uncertain. Her hair is long and pink, and his hair is green and black and draping over his face, covering one eye. He wears an earring. Her shirt is highlighted purple and his scarf is green and gold and grey. Gina’s shirt is ruffled and the sketchbook cuts off just above their elbows. The camera is overhead of my red moleskine sketchbook, my blackwing 602 pencil, and my tomboy eraser. My desk is white. Have a lovely day!

Study of Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite in acrylic and pencil 🦇 #markers #art #pencil #sketch #traditionalArt #manga

Next milestone for music is to get “Home” recorded for This Could Be the Beginning. (Album 2) 🎶🎵

Setting my own limitations on tools has been very helpful creatively. If you feel overwhelmed, try setting yourself up for an experiment where you only use one tool or a small set of tools for a period of time. You might get some momentum. 🖤

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Thank you very much for listening and such a thoughtful review!! The second album This Could Be the Beginning is being recorded and is about 60% done. Hope you’ll try it out as well when it’s complete 😁🙌

Narrow Escape, by Amber Grey 6 track album

#JustListened

This album by @ambergreymusic.bsky.social was what I needed this morning. It's simple, calm, very pretty and emotional, almost fragile sounding.
There's some fantastic storytelling happening between Amber's voice and guitar.
Beautiful music!

Highly, highly recommended!

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Happy birthday 🎂