Nashoba's Brain Drippings

Hi, I’m Nashoba Hostina, but that’s a mouthful, so feel free to call me Nash or Shawna. I… uh crap, I should say stuff about myself, huh? Um, I’m the creator of the urban fantasy webcomic Eldritch. I’m a competitive costumer, who specializes in monsters and props. I like steampunk and folkore. I read a lot. I make art. I’ll be posting my art and stuff here, but it’s also a personal blog, so, you’ll also see any shiny things I happen to find. If you’re here because you like my werewolf junk, Odds are you really just want to follow http://lycantherapy.tumblr.com/ instead. If you wanna skip to just my art, please see my deviantart: http://nashoba-hostina.deviantart.com/ If the comic is what you’re looking for, head here: http://eldritchcomic.blogspot.com/ But if you’re here just to hang, feel free to grab some tea, pull up a chair and we’ll have a grand ol time.

[nashobahostina]

So… I’ve had a hard time. When I started this piece, it was simply about breaking the bonds that hold me back and hold me down. Between then and now, someone tried to trap me with the most horrible, malicious lie I’ve ever had the misfortune of hearing. It was a thinly veiled threat and a betrayal in a way that I have never experienced before. I find myself rather reminded of the story of Fenrir, bound by those he trusted, but will herald the end of the world once he breaks free.

[nashobahostina]

A Naturalist's Grimoire by Nashoba-Hostina

I spend a lot of time in the woods these days, for a plethora of reasons, some good, some bad.  The problem is that this has significantly hindered my ability to make art.  So, I started carrying a field notebook, so I could sketch and study the world around me.  However, I also wanted the darn thing to look cool, so I leathertooled a cover and added a 'window,' behind which are several pressed plants, including moss, fern, and the leaves of maple and mulberry trees, dandelion, raspberry, clover, and mint.

[lycantherapy]

Hey guys, been a while!

Life has been busy with all sorts of nonsense, but inbetween work, spending time with my partners, and prowling the forest, I have been up to more art! One of the flashiest is this!

Perfect for howlin’ jams in the woods.

[nashobahostina]

End of last month, I did a lot of work on Cthulhu art. Not sure why. Also, the symbols are just jibberish. Unusual for me, but whatever. Anyway, enjoy the squidface!

[70rgasm]

Forbidden Planet by Fred M. Wilcox, 1956

[entomotheist]

I make all my friends watch this movie. It’s important to me. I grew up with it, and I also have id monsters.

[metaflesh-deactivated20180415]

a good thing to do for your friends with anxiety disorders: if you have a question you need to ask them or something you need to tell them, explain the subject of the question/the statement in the same message as your opening one!

so basically: instead of saying “can i ask you a question?” and sending just that (which, as a person with an anxiety disorder, makes my anxiety go into hyperdrive) go “can i ask you a question about ___?”

it’s a little thing but honestly few things make me anxious like “i have a question for you” or “there’s something i need to tell you” without immediate explanation. thanks!

[briedoof]

“call me, nothing is wrong, just wanna talk on the phone” would be so much better than “Call me.”

[endlace]

Actually please to all of this please.

[awkwardprincessally]

YES PLEASE.

[thecheshirecass-deactivated2018]

YES THIS OK????? Like I have trained my husband to say “nothing bad, I just need to call you because it’s too much to type.” It helps SO MUCH. Just let me prepare myself, because I guarantee my imagination will take me to much much darker places.

[revanchistsuperstar]

Might I add, if someone with anxiety has just said something to you that’s a lot to process, and you need some time to think about what to say in response, please consider a quick “I’m not ignoring you, I need to think about what to say and I don’t want to say the wrong thing.”

Because that definitely saves your friend with anxiety a lot of strife and assuming they’ve ruined your friendship forever. Nothing is crueler than a “Seen 2:25pm” when it’s 10am the next day and you’re waiting on a reply to a huge confession.

[howto-joelheyman]

Normally I don’t acknowledge my anxiety very much but to any of my friends this would genuinely be helpful. Thanks 

[thatworldinverted]

Bonus: even if you don’t struggle with anxiety, this can really help cut down on miscommunication caused by text-monotone! My roommate and I use these a lot to keep from accidentally getting into arguments.

[palmpetals]

somebody i can kiss

[targetwetales]

I worked at a craft store the summer before college.  Here are my best (and the best of the worst) moments:

- A man bought 190 mason jars with lids.  I asked him if this was for a wedding, or if he was making jam.  He was doing neither.  He did not have plans for mason jars.  He just thought they were a really good sale.

- A woman bought her brother and his fiance a giant rainbow bow for their wedding present.  She whispered that they had been married before, but that the fiance had dressed as a woman and they wanted to make it real now that it was legal.  She shouted that rainbows are gay.  Her style is unusual.

- A little girl left finger-painted handprints on the inside of the back pockets of the pants I was wearing.  It was the most terrible case of “mistaken mother” I have ever experienced.

- A little girl came in looking for SWAPS for Girl Scout camp (pins you trade with other scouts at camp).  She asked me if I could help her even though I am too old to be a Girl Scout.  I showed her my lifetime membership card and the SWAPS on my keyring.  She told me I am her best friend, and came back two weeks later with a SWAP she had saved for me from camp.

- A woman came through with wedding supplies for her granddaughter and a very nervous outlook on the price.  I asked her what my name was, pretending to forget about my nametag, and when she got it right, pronounced her my good friend and gave her my friends-and-family discount.  She cried.  I might have too.

- A father bought his little boy a doll set.  The boy told me that the last set had been for his friend, but he had liked it much more than she did, so he was getting his own.  His baby sister was chewing on a monster truck.  I liked this family.

- I became known as the cashier who would give you the discounts under my register if you were nice.  The little old ladies who came in every yarn sale loved me.  My coupons and I were their heroes.

- The substitute teacher who had bullied me came through my line and smugly told me that her total was wrong.  I smiled politely and informed her that I had already given her the educator’s discount, but would happily take it off.  She was much less smug after that, as her daughter laughed her out of the store.

- A large woman with a 5 o'clock shadow came through my line.  I told her I liked her skirt.  She responded with the biggest smile I have ever seen.

- And finally, my favorite one:  a nine-year-old girl came up to my register with a stack of t-shirts and told me she had folded them for me, but could not reach where they belonged.  I told her most people would have left them on the floor.  She informed me that I was the cashier who helped her Girl Scout troop mate, and I quote:  "dang it, you do good things for good people!  I want to be a good people like you!“  and skipped out the door, before remembering her mother was still shopping and skipping right back in.

Sometimes, I love retail.

[zenpencils]

KEVIN SMITH: It costs nothing to encourage an artist

[lil-perverted-princess-deactiva]

IMPORTANT

[nashobahostina]

So... this is the cover to my sketchbook.  It’s mostly tooled leather, with a suede pocket, glow-in-the-dark stars, a domed inlay of my Lunavotum: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Lunavotum-Lycanscribe-179312634, and key-tipped bookmark, all sealed with a latch.

[sdzoo]

These big black birds represent a huge conservation milestone for 2016. After being extinct in the wild for over a decade, ‘Alalā have returned to the forests of Hawaii! Help us wish them luck and watch the incredible moment they returned to their native forest. (full video)

[speciesofleastconcern]

ZOOS PREVENT EXTINCTION

[ghostofthemountain21]

YES! YES yes YES yes!!!!!!!!!

[buzzfeedreader]

[thecrecre]

This made me cry! I have never felt more appreciation for such a post. 😌

[supernormalstep]

I colored my Undyne faces and did some Alphys faces too!

[nashobahostina]

Precious babies

[lycantherapy]

Just some snarlie goodness because life’s been rough.

[batmanisagatewaydrug-deactivate]

reblog if you’ve ever been horrified by your own Customer Service voice

[c-bassmeow]

she is so FAKE 

[phroyd]

Sophie Scholl’s last words: 

“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause? Such a fine sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?”

Phroyd

[geekrest-blog]

All it needed was a little groovy love.

[sorrymydick]

When did pimp my ride come back?!

[nashobahostina]

... I REALLY want this.