An Artist Draws Near!

Songbirdo, She/her Hello there! Welcome to my corner of art and miscellanea. I am not consistently active on Tumblr anymore, but I'll have sporadic bursts of activity now and then. I do art, switching between botannicals, animals, OCs, and whatever fandoms interest me, though as a full time teacher with a hand injury those are not very frequent at the time. Things you can expect of me: Fire Emblem, Baten Kaitos, Dragon Quest, Tabletop gaming, biology, insects and spiders, traditional art, art in video games, and bad puns.

[neko-mancy]

just saw a "only one bed" fic with the major character death warning

[dontbreakthechain]

#i guess that's one way to solve that problem

[idabbleincrazy]

“This bed ain’t big enough for the both of us.”

[polteergeistt]

[urgetocreate]

Nikita Chan (Chinese/American), Late Night Through The Lily Field, 2025, Colored pencils on paper

[maskerat]

Vaultkeeper Cardinius [commissioned ref sheet].

If you'd like to support me, you can do so through my Ko-Fi page.

[ladyscolopendra]

Azura, Lady of the Waters

I'm going to go on hiatus to prepare things for art fight, and tomodachi life of course so i wont be as active as i have been this past few weeks

3/23/2026

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

roots and cradles. and big WET eyes. despite how it ended, some bit of the lady who cared for a child not hers /did/ have a chance to shine through. that's not a bad thing. it's no bad thing to've been raised to care

[pseudomantis]

[is-the-owl-video-cute-deactivat]

a squirrel or perhaps a cardinal posted this

[phaeton-flier]

How about you mind your own damn business

[bloodraven55]

back on my posting iconic xena lines bullshit

[mx-macintosh]

y'all need to relearn the word erratic and stop using schizophrenic/bipolar/psychotic as a replacement

[mx-macintosh]

y'all need to relearn the word particular and stop using ocd as a replacement

[weresoul]

People need to relearn the word "egocentric" and stop using narcissist/narc as a replacement.

[thatpreciousthing]

People need to relearn the word "impulse" and stop using "intrusive thought" as a replacement

[answrs]

People need to relearn the word "lying" and stop using "gaslighting" as a replacement

[artist-refs]

[Why Hands and Feet Are the Hardest to Draw (And How to Master Them)]

Why are hands and feet so difficult to draw, and how can an artist get better at them? The answer lies in a mix of anatomy, psychology, and a long history of artists struggling (and sometimes succeeding) with these forms.

[energyprison]

people really think "i HATE this [genre/medium], so that should tell you how good this is when i say i liked it" is a good place to start their review from. like why would i listen to you. you hate the genre/medium. the one you like is probably not very good as an example of the genre or medium.

[energyprison]

it makes you sound like this

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

thinking about the them again

[sebijy]

[tellius]

[lostinhistory]

‘We genuinely have too many potatoes, I cannot stress enough’: 42,000 pounds of free taters headed to Denver

Twenty-one tons of potatoes are up for grabs at Potato Palooza on Monday.

The nonprofit’s set to receive a donation of 21 tons of tubers this weekend from suppliers in the Midwest. Hoping to get the starchy vegetables to people in need, the nonprofit will host a “Potato Palooza” event on Monday in Park Hill. “Anyone is welcome to come. They can bring tote bags, wagons, you could back up your pickup truck if you wanted to,” Hissong said. The event is 9 a.m. to noon at the Park Hill Food Recovery Hub, 6090 East 39th Avenue, on July 27.

This is the dream

[wobblefloss]

🥔 ⚠️ 🥔 ⚠️ 🥔 ⚠️ 🥔 ⚠️ 🥔 ⚠️ 🥔 ⚠️

People near Denver, Colorado.

Potato alert. Potato alert.

Free food. Unlimited free potatoes.

Potato alert.

🥔 ⚠️ 🥔 ⚠️ 🥔 ⚠️ 🥔 ⚠️ 🥔 ⚠️ 🥔 ⚠️

This concludes this broadcast of the emergency potato system.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[succstosucculent]

@ominous-signs

[ominous-signs]

Official ominous sign

[ominous-signs]

We need to bring this back full swing so bad

[cryingbard]

If you see this, it's not too late.

[indirectcomedian]

xena gave us trans drag lesbianism as a treat

[autisticexpression2]

There are layers to this. Earlier in the episode, Xena discovers her secret while they're sharing a locker room. A woman she has got naked with turned out to be trans. It's the exact scenario terfs are always fear-mongering about, but Xena just shrugs it off.

Also, the kiss was a big deal not just because it was gay but because the trans actress was HIV positive. They wanted to show the world that you can't contract HIV just from kissing someone. Bear in mind, the AIDS crisis was still fresh on people's minds in the 90s.

Happy Pride.