Local Cryptid

Photo of a sleeping white and grey cat

Lilly!

Reacting with "I want you see with a good, stable job" was probably the most italian thing she could have told me in response to me coming out ngl

She also said she wants me with a stable employment and I was there like ???? me too??? I am not the one who decides whether I get accepted at a job or not????

I am at the "oh gods what did I do" phase

Update: mixed feedback. On one hand she took it pretty well on a first impact, on the other it could have gone better, she used some pretty offensive language, and I am not afraid there is enough leeway in her thought for her to form a worse opinion about this as she processes.

Feel better soon!

okay I need to change my ko-fi name, so I may as well consider rebranding. Should I go for...
a) localcryptideli (local cryptid+ my name, risk of the curse perpetuating of people reading it as local cryptid deli)
b) localcryptidcat (getting furrier)
c) something else entirely???

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I need to remember to send you those resources

Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this great page on DRAWING CHARACTERS KISSING, by the talented @bridart! Great observations on the OVERLAPS here!
#characterdesign #art #drawing #illustration #manga #anime #ComicArt

She has seen I sent something. Whether she is reading or postponing for later is unknown. Gods the anxiety...

It's sent. Good heavens I am sweating from stress.

In lack of a good time slot I am about to come out via powerpoint* presentation. Wish me luck.

*Not actual powerpoint, I use libreoffice.

No drawing for the next two days, I need my hand to recover and I need to write cover letters to apply to different jobs. Writing it here so if I end up drawing someone can kick my ass about it.

Using AI for your art references not only gives you a skewed & inaccurate view of the world, it also puts resource providers like myself & all these awesome people out of work!

Using REAL photo references is what levels up your art AND supports the stock/resource community! ❤️💪

It's fair to suggest a lot of illustrators catered their portfolio towards client tastes and were rewarded with being replaced by ai slop so honestly draw whatever the fuck you want, you're free now. There's fuck all money in this career as it is you may as well get payed for something cool

photo of an ipad screen with a drawing in progress on it. The drawing focuses on the hands of two people holding plastic containers with some kh dream eaters inside, and, below, a huge pile of different random products, with a good half at the lineart phase, and half still in sketch phase.

Gods help me

And after it's all over, we'll....
#soriku #kh #kingdomhearts

Miscellaneous kisses
#soriku #kh #kingdomhearts

You are my comfort
#soriku #kh #kingdomhearts

Stretch and smoooooooooooch!
#soriku #kh #kingdomhearts

+ the original sketch! #soriku
The moment he was dipped

And the teaching gig place came back to me and no, it seems like I cannot take that job without losing my health insurance completely.

Also my mother has been making comments about my "magnificent chest" and I just burst out crying.

Spent all day forcing myself to draw because my previous fanart for the kh anniversary was inadeguate and I thought hey this is a better idea but I have been redrawing riku all day and all I have gotten is hand pain. I can't.

Feeling cranky, empty, depressed, and unable to do even one (1) thing I can be proud of today :/

Today the EU Parliament said NO. ❌

Voluntary scanning by Outlook, Gmail, LinkedIn, etc. might come to an end on April 6 in the EU. Keep pushing everyone! 👏🥳

I'm opening 4 slots for my quick comms so I can pay a stupid bill... Because I'm an adult person... Yadda yadda...
☕ ko-fi.com/c/652768e390

Fair, I forgot it is often a hellhole there for ADHD. I got diagnosed in Scotland and once I moved back to Italy I immediately got shot down by a psychiatrist because "you did not fail school and we should not look at the symptoms but only the results" 🤡

Istg every single time I scrolled on bsky this morning I inevitably bumped into this and started cackling