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Sketches of Anhydros circa mid 2021 🏹 🪽

#OC #Anhydros #self reblog #no new art for the foreseeable future sorry ;;#if someone likes my post after a while I reblog it as it’s gotten newfound interest

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Lately I have been getting deeper into the fragrance hobby. I mentioned this several years ago in an older post but I’ve gained more interest since then. I’ve been browsing through my mother’s fragrance collection and samples and trying (and keeping) the ones she doesn’t wear regularly or at all as well as some of my own fragrances I bought over the years.

I have some favorite scent notes that I tend to gravitate towards and in no particular order, they are fresh, woody especially oud, sage, tonka bean and cedarwood, green, vanilla, sea, and sometimes gourmands and fruit especially citrusy ones like bergamot, and florals such as geranium, rose and osmanthus just to name a few.

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Oh, I was serious. If anyone remembers, several years ago I created an entire original character based on what I assumed an osmanthus perfume would smell like.

I used to take inspiration from seemingly the most mundane things in my artwork and fragrances happened to be one of them.

#that one time I was inspired by my imagination of what an osmanthus perfume would smell like #and I created an entire original character in a few hours #his name is osmanthus devilwood #a tree deity of an enchanted forest #unfortunately he was never much more than a concept as he was stuck in sketches and WIPs

#text post #fragrance hobbyist #it’s not super serious but I liked fragrances since I was a kid #i also want to thank everyone for their support and any feedback and encouragement from the other day about my art #if anyone remembers #I made an entire OC based on my assumption of what an osmanthus perfume smelled like several years ago #yeah I tend to prefer more ‘unisex’ and traditionally ‘masculine’ fragrances #and I know that technically there’s no gender in fragrance among many other things #it’s just a marketing ploy

I wanted to talk about my artwork for a sec. Now that it’s been about two years since I last drew anything and probably longer since I actually enjoyed the process, I have been looking back at my work over the last few years lately.

I have come to the conclusion that I do like my drawing technique but as I got better at developing my style, I absolutely didn’t care too much for the direction I was going in. Perhaps I needed this time (and more?) to rethink my ideas?

#text post #delete later?#I have been deleting and hiding any drawings I really disliked in my files and social media #doesn’t matter as much after cracking open an old sketchbook if I turn the page fast enough #sometimes it’s good to hold onto old work to catalog your progress #but other times is also okay to forget about your past mistakes in your work #I just did not vibe with a lot of my older stuff #it was a very irritable feeling? almost a combination of embarrassment guilt and shame?#like something was off and it wasn’t ‘me’ per se #there are characters i don’t even vibe with anymore #like what WAS I thinking those times??? 😵‍💫#it’s a weird thing where I like my drawing technique but hate the drawing terribly sketch or otherwise #idk if this makes sense #I’m feeling rather tired and directionless lately though so I dunno #idk 🤷#I know I can do what I want with my artwork but that isn’t the feeling I’m describing

THE SABOTAGE 😩

I just decided to take a look at what was in my pencil case after a long while and I discovered that my most favorite mechanical pencil of all time was BROKEN. A Pentel GraphGear 1000 0.4mm, the only one of its kind in my possession… I’m not exactly in the position to buy a new one either now…

I felt the urge to draw again numerous times this month after two years but despite the fact I do have other pencils, now I’m *really* not feeling like drawing anymore so there’s that. 🥲

#mechanical pencils #I mean I can tape it?#glue is probably not ideal for this situation #cursed is what I am 🥲#if this was meant to be encouragement from the universe I missed it #because I gave up again…#I am normally not very superstitious but this is indeed some kind of weird sign #I draw with tiny little lines and can range from 0.2 to 0.5 minimum #see 0.4 was a very uncommon size that sat nicely between 0.3 and 0.5 and was a tad more precise yet not as fragile as anything smaller #it’s the ONLY mechanical pencil I own that takes 0.4mm leads btw #it’s only like 12 bucks for a new one but I’m not even comfortable spending THAT much in my situation #last time I shopped for new art supplies a few years back I bought spares of my 0.2 mechanical pencils after IT broke #I didn’t even expect THIS one to have such a weak point

Sketches of Anhydros circa mid 2021 🏹 🪽

#oc #anhydros #old art #sketch #I wanted to get a better feel for his character #I was browsing my phone for older artwork I did #I remember I didn’t like these drawings very much #now looking at them 5 years later they aren’t so bad #I mean especially since I have not drawn for at least two of those years #I created him in late January 2021 btw

Earl Grey/bergamot tea w/honey and a slice of my homemade coffee cake

#cw food #food photography #coffee cake #tea #dessert #heart shaped dishes #yes instead of drawing this is what I’ve been working on #cooking and baking various things #I look up recipes online and put my own spin on them for various situations

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Puffy twists 🏹

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I miss drawing like this T_T

#Anhydros is a comfort oc most definitely #it was the summer and it was hot #so I’d find a good ref and draw an oc in that hairstyle #instead of spending a lot of time on a serious drawing #it was pretty fun at the time I guess #Anhydros

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“Oh, ‘dreams’? I had those once…”

#harpy guy #I think this is still relevant #not my most technical work #but rather loose and experimental #it has been three years #the colors are inaccurate scanned vs photographed #unfortunately #this is my current phone background too

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Mourning doves are back 🕊️🎀

#mourning dove #oc #harpy guy #the mourning dove is my bird of the day again on my bird app #I have not drawn in almost two years #and these drawings are three years old #sowwy uwu #maybe when this curse is lifted I will try again

Tfw you legit think you *really* have lupus but your rheumy had skipped town earlier so you have to take matters into your own hands because your symptoms are happening *now*

+++Story time…

So I just had a birthday almost two weeks ago and I asked for an ice cream cake. It was a pretty aquatic blue and purple mermaid themed yellow sheet cake.

Unusually, my family hardly wanted any cake at the small gathering aside from pizza. Knowing how i hated food waste, I had one or two slices of cake a day with a little gingerbread ice cream as a topping…until earlier this week…

My face had slight redness in the shape of a butterfly across my cheeks as well as redness on my forehead and chin that was itchy, painful and burning. Also went to my scalp and I shed a little hair. I felt widespread joint pain, body aches and fatigue worse than my usual. Apparently my immune system was like “WTF are you doing???” I thought it was allergies or my skin care routine but I’ve never had allergic reactions like that and it wouldn’t have been delayed for a week. 🤷

I’m just glad I got by this time with some green tea, honey, ibuprofen, lots of water and rest for a few days. Gonna have to save this one for whenever I am able to get a new rheumatologist soon…

#text post #cw medical #cw food #may delete later #long post #the cake was wasted at the end regardless #other than that I am better #just not one hundred percent #I may be of a light complexion but it’s still melanated #redness isn’t as intense on my skin tone so the average unaware person may not think it is what it is #thought it was eczema too but that doesn’t just disappear on me after a couple days #some awareness #too much dairy was a trigger for my symptoms #unfortunately the cake order was messed up #it was a yellow layer cake with vanilla icing and chocolate cookie pieces #but it was missing the fudge layer #and most of all it was missing the rainbow sprinkles 😔

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Mourning doves are back 🕊️🎀

#self reblog #was thinking about him #this is out of season though #a design update is needed one day

I liked this one, too. 🧜‍♂️ ✨

#sketch #merman #circa early 2023 #my merman based on the Connemara marble #another old WIP of some watercolor painting practice #colors are loosely derived from the Irish flag 🇮🇪#yes his eye makeup is glittery and shimmery irl #I wanted an excuse to try out my fun glitter and shimmer watercolor paints #I was so proud of myself for the way I painted his fins #I have a ‘finished’ one but the colors are too inaccurate so I may have to take another photo #it’s SO hard to capture the colors well

I just thought the cropped version was pretty 🧜‍♂️

#sketch #watercolor #it’s an older WIP capture of a watercolor practice sketch from a couple of years ago #it’s of my pretty merman loosely based off the Connemara marble #I was just looking through my original character folders on my iPad #I feel like 2023 was the last time I *actually drew* anything successfully to a degree #I’m not sure when I’ll get back to drawing but at least this is my way of picking up where I left off kinda? idk

Tfw you absolutely love color theory and you get to officially study it in a class only to find that unbeknownst to you, you’re suffering from a seemingly insignificant yet extremely rare form of mild color blindness called tritanomaly that affects how you perceive blue light…and blue is also your favorite color… (what an utter betrayal)

#text post #sounded more poetic in my head #color blindness #anomalous trichromacy #tritanomaly #I have not been evaluated yet but it still affects me and how I perceive color #I’m not a medical professional #yes it is true that I love color theory and I did well with the basics…until it came time for me to actually do some studies myself #it’s such a fascinating topic in art #it was my entry level art class in college and there was a color theory section where I passed one part but nearly failed the other #it’s too bad that I won’t be able to fully grasp it #that’s why it’s better for me to stay focused on the things I am able to do and go on from there

So I’ve got a confession to make. There’s a very real possibility I have “slight color blindness” and I never noticed it until recently.

I looked up a condition regarding “difficulty with perception of color” and eventually I found “anomalous trichromacy”. It’s more like I can see a wide range of colors but there’s sometimes a glitch or an “anomaly” that makes certain colors appear different, or more muted, (not actually full on color blindness).

This model I found online and cropped features a condition called “tritanomaly” but I feel like it is pretty accurate to what I experience.

When I look at a particular part of a wide color spectrum, the colors in my peripheral area start to look muted, or in other words, both the default example and the representation of the condition start to look the same.

So that likely explains my difficulty with coloring my art and digitally in this case I’d adjust brightness and saturation a zillion times before settling with something “decent”. Could also be why I prefer only lines and value or if I do color, it’s solid color, sometimes with accents or gradients.

On the other hand, perhaps this could push me to explore more alternative color schemes in the future (mainly for my own personal reasons).

#text post #color blindness #I’m not a medical professional #I haven’t been evaluated yet but I bet I will have a rather difficult time finding a specialist #anomalous trichromacy #tritanomaly #also being neurodivergent can create various sensitivity issues with color #I also almost failed my color theory assignment in an early college art class but did well everywhere else #so in other words this is only more confirmation that i physically cannot operate based on other’s artistic standards #other chronic conditions aside that is

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🏹Sagittation🏹

Anhydros loosely based upon St. Sebastian.

#thinking about this old thing #I really dislike the background elements…kinda makes me think of literal background noise #I can’t believe it’s been nearly THREE years since I drew this #I really need to make some new art for the sake of keeping things updated #thing is I really don’t feel up to it still and I’m not sure if I will #and maybe next time I won’t sign AND DATE my art down to the DAY anymore

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