Where Ilika creates

Former known as Tarisha. I'm a self-taught artist and I love cute and beautiful things, stars, cats, dresses and flowers.

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This game is ... tight and absolute cinema, if you know what I mean :)

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Random doodle :D We did a challenge a while ago, and I still like this one very much

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Since profile pictures are a great deal to me, I would like to know what to you use as your profile picture?

My photo

My portrait (art that looks like me)

My favourite character

Something abstract that feels like me

I don't set profile pictures

Other (specify in the comments)

Voting ended onJan 14

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New profile picture! I really like this style of face and decided to create one for myself.

Next comes some personal rumble, concerning this blog and things that have affected it. So feel free to skip it if you're not interested. I have no idea how many live followers I have, actually :D

A few recent years have been creatively challenging for me, meaning that I was struggling with creating new things, especially drawings. I wanted this blog to be about my art, thoughts and many other beautiful things, but it has been pretty dry. Thank you for sticking with me despite that! I really appreciate it.

I really want to continue doing art, especially fanart. And I've firmly decided to stick to the cute style, like the profile picture above. I don't have one style, I keep switching between the things that inspire me. I've tried my hand on semi-realistic and other styles, but cuteness, like chibis and close to that, are truly my favorite and bring me most joy.

I really want to try writing reviews. So far, I've just posted very short posts that I've watched or played something. But I want to go into more depth and hopefully that will be useful to someone. I play games and watch series and films. Not a lot, but I like talking about them.

I want to try polls and challenges. I like answering and doing them myself. I want to create them as well. I have no idea where this idea is going to take me, though.

I'm also studying AI. There are some really cool things it can do. I definitely don't want it to replace real art, but it is often just a way of having fun.

So, let's see where this year is going to bring me and this blog. I want it shine like a little star ^_^

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This may be an unpopular opinion, but I really enjoyed the new Superman movie. I like the other ones, too. This one was different, but very nice. I liked the way the characters were portrayed and the way the story went. Also, the dog <3

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I do feel Fear faint inside my head just like that in certain situations. :D

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Can't stay away from Hogwarts world for too long... Back at Hogwarts Legacy with a Hufflepuff this time. I wish there was a game where you could play an adult in this world. I want to be a Hogwarts Professor.

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Soooo... I've finally watched Brigerton. I loved the dresses. And the story was pretty good, too. So romantic <3

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She said yes ^_^

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My latest (post patch 8) and my favourite Tav so far, with Gale as LI. An elf, a bard, on the good side, thus a bit difficult to raise relationship with Astarion, but that's okay. He'll get used to it =) And this is probably the first playthrough when I've started to really appreciate having the druids in a fight, especially starting from level 8.

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I didn't expect to fall in love with Once Upon a Time, but I did. And I watched all the seasons. And this weird combination of characters will forever live in my heart.

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This is silly, but I've got this weird satisfaction from arranging all the stuff I collect in the valley in those chests. It took me a while to learn how to use those chests though. I mean I just thought there was only that one chest in the house and that was it. Great game. It's so relaxing.

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Dreamlight Valley. I'm hooked. I can't stop playing this game. It's so adorable and rewarding in a sense. And feels like a cosy blanket on a rainy day ^^

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So... I finally played Hogwarts Legacy. It was interesting experience. There were many good moments, but also some things I didn't quite enjoy. Overall I'm glad such game exists. I will definitely play it again after a while.

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So... yeah... I've finished my first playthrough of Dragon Age: Veilguard. This screenshot kinda sums up how I feel right now. I still need to sort things through. But this game is pretty amazing and incredibly aesthetically pleasing and I'm glad I can play again and again and pet every cat I see :D

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Rook 1.0

So far my expectations are fully justified.

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Boooop!