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Hello! My name is Amara! I can go by Phoenix too. Though I've lurked on this site sporadically for years, I haven't had an account until now. I've had a slight fear of social media for a long time and am trying to get over it.

A few things about me:

21+. Physically, anyway. 😂

Female (she/her)

Pretty much just a giant ball of anxiety

Asexual and autistic (no official diagnosis but several sources have held this belief)

Mostly an artist and writer

Main interests are Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, Star Wars (mostly The Clone Wars), geology, and animation.

Tags:

#phoenix chatter <-miscellaneous rambles and small posts

#phoenix arts7 art <- art tag

#phoenix arts7 pen <- writing tag

#phoenix arts7 answered <- answered asks tag

Current Project(s):

House of Heroes: a Legend of Zelda AU. Currently posting stuff from it here but major parts will be moved to its own blog. Blog is @houseofheroesau

And I'm always open for a chat! I may be a little awkward because of some social ineptitude but I love chatting about interests and my ask box is always open! Let me talk about my interests and let the infodumping commence.

This post will be updated if need be.

#master post #it's not much but I needed to make one of these #text #talk to me I'm lonely

rainshadowartist

Heyooo again do you think the Twilight Realm would have like other species? (for example Twili Zoras or Twili Gorons)

Also are we allowed to draw your Duskblade ideas?

The Twilight Rito are moths!

A moth race in the Twilight Realm makes thematic sense to me. They survive by seeking sources of light. Plus they can come in lots of different colors. I was also inspired by how mystical the Luminoth race is in Metroid Prime 2. It was tricky getting the proportions right on this design and I'm still not fully satisfied with it. I'll likely make adjustments when I draw more of these guys, including a princess based on a luna moth.

Yes, you are allowed to draw my designs and ideas. I'm also open to feedback and constructive critiques. :)

fforsythiaaa

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

scribbly-blue-hearts

Fire Unfurl

Bit of fiery wings for y’all.

An update from this and self improvement motion study that i challenged myself to do in under a day in order to get back into drawing after several months off and unable to do anything.

scribbly-blue-hearts

Stormbite Critters - Synthasauria ; Synthetically designed reptiles.

The Galiana and Wyver are babies~

scribbly-blue-hearts

Cleaning up my files and forgot that I had all these wing studies from circa. 2015 so thought, y’know what, I don’t need to hold onto these, so have this as a little gift from me to whomst ever needs some quick wings for their OC’s, AU’s, and Art.

scribbly-blue-hearts

How do you do backgrounds? They always turn out so gorgeous.

I make a mess of what I do for backgrounds each time, but it roughly goes like this:

1- Get refs.

2- Block out the shapes and zones of the image (doesn't have to be perfect) and give yourself a basic colour palet of 5 colours (not including black and white)

3 - Use every brush ever to figure out what textures and colours look good and feel good.

4- Continue messing around until happy (or exhausted)

scribbly-blue-hearts

All 10 Sirocco Sister's wing patterns!

manuciruja

awww the like button turns into a rainbow when you press it! that's so cute...hey staff what's with all the trans women you keep nuking?

manuciruja

i think we should be ridiculing them more for this. you don't get to try and go all "queer website" when your staff likes to go on nuking sprees targeting the trans fem users

smadsel

would be remiss not to mention that the rainbow notably straight up just removed the trans flag colors from it. like they’re gone. it’s the progress flag minus the trans flag colors.

smadsel

that’s not the whole flag, now is it

manuciruja

hey staff what the fuck

villainessbian

hey staff don't you think you're being too on-the-nose

shrodingers-catgirl

HEY STAFF DONT YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING TOO ON-THE-NOSE

omoiyue

fanart of @kicsterash ‘s ‘The Amazing Traveling Circus’ 😋 they spin spin spin spin spin spin spi

kicsterash

I don't know why I don't get any kind of notifications on tumblr anymore but eeeeeee I STILL love this so much <333333

sodiumvaporss

i do have to say that no matter how shitty any sort of media is or how shitty your own creations are. always remember

newtonpermetersquare

So that’s basically how it went down

tricornking

I resent just how fucking accurate this shitpost is, congratulations OP, you effectively illustrated how Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection became accepted by the wider public using a FUCKING MUPPETS MEME, here is your A+, get the hell out of my office

Funny how I was so excited for Mermay, then got hit in the ass so hard with an art slump I just gave up

#phoenix chatter #art

katnficer

finnbin

I'm fucking crying this means so much to me

#now he's gonna have to start knocking things off ledges #and screaming for food at 5am #and throwing up Gloinks instead of hairballs

t0byinthesky

I'm fascinated by how the animators for TADC handle Caine's impossible anatomy so well. There's so much to balance and they've somehow engineered a solution for his expressions to hold during speech.

I also traced Caine answering the phone from episode 4 to demonstrate his phonemes and mouth shapes.

mewtwoandme

I decided to update Future Jeo's and Legion's human disguises and actually make somewhat proper refs for them.

I somehow got better at drawing people for some reason, and I have no idea how lol, but they look so much better!

I'll put the original concepts here (hard to believe these were from 2 years ago already).

Jericho

Legion

bijouxcarys

AUDHD is Horrific

and People Don’t Talk About It Enough

Sometimes I wish people understood what it actually feels like to live with AUDHD the combination of Autism and ADHD. It’s not quirky, it’s not “cute,” and it’s definitely not just being distracted or socially awkward. It’s a daily battle inside your own mind, and most of the world never sees the internal exhaustion behind it.

Living with AUDHD means having a brain that can’t decide whether it wants absolute structure or total chaos. One moment you’re overstimulated to the point of shutting down, and the next moment you’re stuck in a spiral of hyperactivity and racing thoughts. You crave routine but get bored of it. You want to focus but your brain refuses to cooperate. You want calm, but everything feels too loud, too bright, too fast.

People see the outside the forgetfulness, the fidgeting, the sensitivity, the intense interests and they assume it’s manageable. But they don’t see the burnout that hits without warning. They don’t feel the sensory overload that makes small things feel unbearable. They don’t experience the guilt of wanting to do things but being unable to start, or the frustration of trying your absolute best while still being labeled “lazy,” “dramatic,” or “unmotivated.”

And the worst part is the loneliness. Because AUDHD often makes you feel “too much” for everyone. Too sensitive, too emotional, too intense, too overwhelmed. So you learn to mask. You pretend you’re fine. You try to act “normal,” even when your brain is screaming.

But here’s the truth: AUDHD is not a character flaw. It’s not a choice. It’s a reality that deserves understanding, compassion, and awareness. People who live with it are fighting battles every single day and doing it quietly.

If you know someone with AUDHD, be kind. Be patient. Believe them. Support matters more than you realize.

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