Let Me Sing You The Song Of My People

A blog about art, games, and shenanigans.

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Basic Witch Ita Bag

Behind the scenes, I have been working on something big - my first ita bag!

Basic Witch Ita Bag launched 1 week ago and we've already unlocked all the initial stretch goals!

In addition to the bag itself, we've also funded a ton of AMAZING new pin designs by the following guest artists:

@ultrainfinitepit @kaizuart @crimson-chains @marachistudios @jaizure @abysmalkaiju @twiglightdragon @kiranightart @foxpirates-art Additional guest artists not on Tumblr:

Pokettoni Sarah MW Miller MarpieArt Cat Head Pins All these guest artists did such amazing work on these pins! Check them out and back the campaign here: Basic Witch Ita Bag

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Get Ready for ITA HOLSTER - A Multi Functional Ita Bag!

From Marachi Studios - Get Ready for ITA HOLSTER - A Multi Functional Ita Bag!

At last, an ita bag for the discerning neurospicy consumer! My ita holster backerkit campaign goes live on May 12th!

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2025 Con Schedule! Still waiting on quite a few so this will surely change!

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Store is back up! Any sales are super appreciated and will help with restock!

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Get a FREE Shiba Inu pin with any physical pledge if we reach all of our stretch goals!

Please check out my pop culture sword enamel pin campaign right here!

Just one week to go - the campaign ends November 10th! I have overtime enabled so if a backer train is ongoing when the campaign ends the campaign will continue until the train ends!

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BLACK CAT MAGIC All the pins in my enamel pin campaign have been revealed!! I'm super excited about my first enamel pin campaign! It's been a lot of work and I'm still trying to complete everything in time for launch!! There is SO MUCH to do!!! It's been fun though and I'm can't wait until these lil voids are real and in my hands, and then in yours!! The last two pins are freebie pins too!! The Vampire Cat is for backing both me and my partner @holoraindrops and the mini skull cat, which will glow, will be for backing all 6 artists in the memetos mori campaign! Share this with someone who loves void cats and spooky season! BLACK CAT MAGIC

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Less than 24 hours till launch!!! AAAAAAAAA!!

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Today's the day!!! My latest enamel pin set BloodLust is LIVE and we've already funded the first 4 pins!

Back the campaign now to get the best prices at early bird discounts~!

back it HERE!!!

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Doing a sword pin preorder! Starts Friday October 25th at 10 am mountain time and goes until November 10th at 5 pm mountain time!

Follow the project right here!

Honestly anything helps - likes and reblogs for sure! It's been a tough year with emergencies and I have been super sick for most of the year. So any help is extremely appreciated, plus I can keep making cool and fun things for you all!

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WE'RE NOW LIVE UNTIL NOVEMBER 10TH!!!

Pre order the sword pins here!!!

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Etsy sale going on now through the end of October! 15% off everything plus free lottery b grade pins for every $30 you spend!

Had far too many emergencies this year and heck more are on the way so definitely any little bit helps, including reblogs! Got a bunch of super fun items and will have even more coming in time for the holidays :D

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Doing a sword pin preorder! Starts Friday October 25th at 10 am mountain time and goes until November 10th at 5 pm mountain time!

Follow the project right here!

Honestly anything helps - likes and reblogs for sure! It's been a tough year with emergencies and I have been super sick for most of the year. So any help is extremely appreciated, plus I can keep making cool and fun things for you all!

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I’ve been feeling pretty down about my art lately. Getting more con rejections and waitlisted than I did last year definitely hasn’t helped, but it is what it is. But when I get down on myself I always return to my ocs and my favorite colours. I’ve been trying for years to develop a thinner line art style to match industry standards but I think my art just looks better with thicker lines. It’ll have to be fine :’D There are still some concept artists and such who use thick lines too. Here I kinda used them as part of the style and not just a guideline for where the colours go. Anyways, enjoy this little painting. I’ll post more updates soon including my convention schedule.

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The speedpaint for my Journey piece!

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Journey!

I love this game so much, it's really something special!

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A speedpaint of my YOI painting!

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YOI!!! My comfort show!!! Rewatched it for the anniversary and just had to paint my boys <3

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My photo memories reminded me today that exactly 10 years ago was the first time I boothed at a con! I was bullied into doing it and I had no idea what I was doing at all! But I definitely got hooked enough to make this into my career! The first merch I ever did were these portrait stickers I hand made and sealed with mod podge. I stopped making merch myself in 2015 but I got my prints done at FedEx and ordered my stickers and such from Redbubble. They looked fine, but it was so expensive! It wasn’t until I went full time in 2018 that I got serious trying to find better ways to get my merch made. I still use the first charm manufacturer I found to this day!

My booth set up has been through so many different versions over the years and it’s really fun to look back! The display and my art have changed with me as I have had my own little identity crises about who I am as a person as an artist. It used to be enough that I was the funny one, that people bought my posters because the joke made them laugh or friends kept me around because I was witty or useful. No one ever said my art was beautiful, and it drove me to a breaking point. In 2019 I threw out my entire poster stock after the con season wrapped up and spent the pandemic trying to reinvent myself. I swore I wasn’t going to just be the funny one anymore. 

2023 was a massively big year for me - the busiest and biggest con year ever for me - and I need to remember to feel proud for how far I’ve come. My style, my skill, my business, myself - everything has grown so much! And people have been so incredibly kind this year!! Every con I’ve been to this year I was just blown away by everyone’s kind words. Whether you met me for the first time this year or you’ve been around for my whole art journey or something in between - THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I love you all so much <3

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Timelapse for my Ace Attorney poster! Think it took about 60 hours to finish between the paper sketch and the digital painting?