Sarah’s Sketchbook

🍂Welcome to my graveyard🍂 Current brain rot: ARCANE https://sarahfarinaillustration.carrd.com

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you aren’t truly the oldest unless you decimate your younger siblings in an Easter egg hunt every year

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huh you know my Gorillaz hyper fixation resurrecting was definitely not on my 2026 bingo card

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went to the museum yesterday in search of inspiration

[markovchaingang]

men and women are not opposites. men and women are not enemies. men and women are two parts of a broad coalition which fights against a mutual enemy: inkjet printers

[mewvore]

Sometimes you need to read something twice to get it. You might need to watch a movie three times to understand it. You might have to have that album on repeat for a week until the lyrics make any sense. You're allowed to engage with it and can keep engaging with it until it means something to you. People will see a painting at a museum and laugh about not getting what the big deal is but like you can come back, you can see it at another time, and maybe that next time it'll be different for you. I'm of the belief the "media literacy crisis" would solve itself if more people just sat down and did it again. Watched, read, played, listened, etc like I don't think people are getting more ignorant necessarily I just think we're not glorifying personally replaying things nearly as much as we should be.

[sarahfarinaillustration]

i reblogged earlier but i’m just dropping by to tell you that i loved your isaac piece so much. the vintage horror style poster works so well for him and the font placement was perfect 😩 it’s soo beautifully macabre 🫶🏽

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 🙏 This is one of my favorite pieces that I’ve done recently and I’m so happy to hear people enjoy it! ❤️ Little secret, it’s not just a mash up of vintage horror posters 😉 there’s also a reference to a Leyendecker piece and a nod to vintage ad’s.

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I’m cursed to suffer a perpetual cold deep down in my marrow every year the wind shifts

[art-of-arcane]

Behind the Scenes Arcane Photos

[oidingus]

Bad day :(

[bambistjames]

non-writers will never understand the mental illness of writing an entire conversation in your head while doing dishes and then forgetting every word the second you open a blank doc

[vamprisms]

she is gone and i long to follow

[triplemoonascension]

[fictionadventurer]

One of the more profound things I’ve heard recently came from a Mr. Rogers documentary. In a clip from his show, Mr. Rogers had just visited with a musician, and tells his audience that some people play music, and some people don’t, and that’s okay.

And then he said, “The important thing is to find something you feel good about doing.”

That phrasing struck me. “Something you feel good about doing”. Most people would have phrased it as “something you enjoy doing”. Or “something you’re good at doing”. But Mr. Rogers’ subtly different phrasing leads to a profoundly different connotation. “Something you feel good about doing” may not be enjoyable–people who work in hospitals or in disaster zones might not enjoy much of their day, but they probably feel good about helping people. “Something you feel good about doing“ may not be something you’re particularly good at–you may be a terrible artist by any objective standard, but if you feel good about making your art, then it’s a worthwhile endeavor. Looking for “something you feel good about doing” can help you find a truly satisfying life path.

That phrase is also helpful with daily decision-making. Too often, I can make choices based on “what feels good.” I put aside tasks that are too stressful or avoid activities that seem too difficult, in favor of mindlessly browsing the internet. And I enjoy myself. I feel good while I’m doing that. But at the end of the day, I don’t feel good about how I spent my time. However, reminding myself to do “something I feel good about doing” can motivate me to accomplish those more difficult tasks. It can push me to do something outside of my comfort zone, to try something new that I might not be much good at. And maybe this is a blindingly obvious philosophy to everyone else. But I’m grateful for the reminder. 

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felt like changing up the composition on this one

[edelwoodsouls]

i need a frankenstein adaptation where frankenstein is played by an actual nineteen year old. all the adaptations imagine him as this grizzled thirty/forty-something man and he quite simply is not. that is a bedraggled wet cat of a university student with more money than sense, fuelled entirely by coffee and delusion

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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a film that needs to be experienced in theaters

[xxxprosp3r0neilxxx]

Victor Frankenstein syndrome aka you spent nights over nights crying and bleeding over this work and now that it's finally done you're just like "nvm. it's trash" and go to bed