things I like

[sparth]

Vestige. a brush test morphing into a full sketch. painted while listening to: Ian Hawgood - Celia Ashen

[sparth]

images from 2019.  you can download the high resolution images on Gumroad, here: https://gum.co/sparthPSD2019

31 images in high resolution with all layers and channels done for each day of Maysketchaday.

[sparth]

glitchy landscape

[sparth]

3 new book covers for Aleph and the Brazilian market. These are for John Scalzi's "Zoe's Tale", "The Human Division", and "The End of All Things".

2023

[maluceh]

“i love this little thing, this little thing i made… i love it so much i’d die for it, over and over again.”

[nastellablack]

[aeteut]

Professor R. J. Lupin

By likeafunerall, and reposted with permission.

[dharmaart]

Study in pencil of a Nordsvensk brukshäst (North Swedish Horse).

[sparth]

90 minutes sketch versus 10 minutes sketch.  personal work, 2022.

[jbaxteranimator]

Giselle getting out of her carriage. The drawings for this scene sat on my desk for months waiting for me to finish that crazy dress!

[minuiko]

The world is brighter than the sun now that you’re here… [x]

[gwynvys-deactivated20220101]

“So Ginny poured out her soul to me, and her soul happened to be exactly what I wanted.... I grew stronger and stronger on a diet of her deepest fears, her darkest secrets. I grew powerful, more powerful than little Miss Weasley. Powerful enough to start feeding Miss Weasley a few of my secrets, to start pouring a little of my soul into her..."

[thoughtkick]

“Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.”

— Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

[naramdil]

people are never the neat little image you carry of them in your head. they will let you down sometimes bc they are human the way you are. they have thoughts theyll never utter the way you do. they have felt shame the way you have. guilt. rage. greed. lust. no matter the rose colored glasses you look at them through, the light they may bring into your life, the way their presence dazzles and warms you. they are still a person with their own volition who will on occasion, do something you perceive as inconceivably out of character. but that’s the point, they aren’t a character. and nor are you. and these are things you must remember. and you’ll have to remember to allow them a place on the ground beside you rather than the golden pedestal you kept them on. and you will feel the grief of recognizing your innate humanity. when you finally recognize your fallibility do not forget to acknowledge it in others. and though it may be painful you must learn to forgive them for it the way you must learn to forgive yourself, too.

[paulfrankjuliusthemonkey]

coming to realize for me growing up is just more and more growing into the understanding and compassion to leave people be. nothing is about you. everyone is communicating their own projections and working through things and coming into their own understanding. it’s a projection and you can extend your own grace to people to work through and grow at their own pace and just mindfully accept them where they’re at just like you’d want other people to do for you. it has nothing to do with you. you don’t have to always make it a fight, because it’s not an attack. their outlook says nothing about you and there’s no reason to be defensive. you can be secure and grounded in yourself. get to point where you can trust in your own self and the people around and that you care about to understand as well. it’s letting go. giving up the struggle because you’re solid in your self. turning away from the instinct to project.

[retrodrome]

[notnoajay]

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