:O

27. Woah. She/her. Literally just here to consume media like a vacuum. Vrooooom my serotonin now.

[pointlesscandies]

A Dog and A Plane // Episode 1

sorry but I cannot, in good conscience, ignore this line

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[nattousan]

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

[nattousan]

*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[nattousan]

in other news, I am losing my mind hairline

[nattousan]

SHE'S DONE!!

Bird number 9: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis

my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on

this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg 🙏

[nattousan]

*does a little jig*

BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos

the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise

ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!

Also thank you everyone for your kind words and support throughout this whole process, it's been a genuine treat thinking there are potentially thousands of you out there cheering me on while I paint this 🥹

[nattousan]

aaaand another one bites the duck,

we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos

the 16th is looming in the distance so i'm trying to get thru these as quickly as i can so i can have as much time for the GBH as possible. i still need to do the names next to all of them so i've got about a week and a half to finish everything which is GREAT because i have adhd and nothing gets my ass in gear like a fuckin deadline, let me tell you

[nattousan]

power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,

the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis

and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day 😭😭) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.

Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp

[nattousan]

thanks for the reminder, kid

[nattousan]

at long last, we've reached the end...

Bird number 14 out of 14,

The Great blue heron, Ardea herodius

thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.

i'll see y'all soon :')

[heavensgateiowa]

the plight of chuay

[krist-perawat]

im sorry but the mary had a little lamb is taking me tf out

LOOK at him lmaooooo

[rikkimora]

"Wow, a TutorYim cameo in love upon a time!"

I said with joys. I was then shot 57 times.

[showvyaps]

Honestly love how consistent Rome’s horniness levels are. Raffy goes stern boss for less than ten seconds, and Rome immediately needs to fuck him in their office bathroom about this.

I would say it’s absurd that that’s the man Rome, the singular most fuckable person in that university, wanted so badly he kept abandoning his dignity and spine over him, but clearly Raffy is not only exactly Rome’s type, he also matches Rome’s horny energy every time, and he’s the number one supporter of Rome’s career now that they’re dating, so honestly? Seems like abandoning his spine a couple times was worth it. He actually managed to have a successful I could fix him-run with Raffy. (Well, Raffy’s still an occasional bitch and I’d put money on scheming always being on the table, but clearly Rome is into it, as long as nobody suffers unduly because of it, so.) Good for Rome. I think their future looks bright. (That of everyone around them, whenever they have to contend with RomeRaffy just Existing in public, however? Much less so. Considering the fact those two seem able to make absolutely anything work as foreplay).

[showvyaps]

Raffy somehow landed himself Rome through nothing but being hot, pathetic and mean, but also, Rome landed himself a tall pretty bitch of a man who went full throttle on supporting Rome’s career and matches his freak to a degree that’s an actual menace to the public, so, honestly, good for Rome. Rome is very much the epitome of if you see my boyfriend bitching do not interfere, I’m exactly where I want to be.

[jellybooms]

aoufuse textposts because i miss them

[showvyaps]

Everyone in that office definitely knew what Rome and Raffy were doing in that bathroom. Rome was not subtle in that meeting. Also, the poor people who work with them have definitely run into them getting it on at work before. Do we think there’s an office betting pool on this. Maybe there’s even one in the larger Thai club or indie music scene; I think you can only book Rome so often before you know that booking Rome means an 80% chance you’ll overhear him putting his manager through the nearest available surface at some point.

[future-roadkill-art]

I’m not gonna be able to clean this up or finish anything until after finals but Blood Ocean Eel Anglerfish Siren thing Simon has been haunting my dreams.

[lazzarella]

RAFFY + NOT HAVING FEELINGS FOR ROME AT ALL (NOT EVEN A LITTLE)

ONLY FRIENDS: DREAM ON

[lazzarella]

GF PAYWEEK X AOUBOOM

[mewsthumbring]

My Romance Scammer Awards

Most Enlightened: North explaining that he chooses to believe the good and ignore the bad.

Most “Got Away with Murder”: Tim’s parents 😒

Best Set Piece: Yu’s cage

Most Valuable Players: the stylists, makeup artists and hair dressers who worked with Junior. I see you, I thank you, I love you.

[elogval]

Boys 👬🖤

[kuno2480]

Professional Disagreements

Written by @dont-over-think >>>Read here<<<

My part of the collaboration for @franmayanarumitsuminibang !

[kuno2480]

Bonus gift <3

[uppoompat]

Though I can act unreasonable and don't behave well sometimes, if one day you feel like you no longer want to be with me, just tell me straight. Because if you disappear, I would be in so much pain.

WE ARE (2024)

[baijingting]

DUANG WITH YOU ด้วงกับเธอ (2026)