We make our own myth, we don’t wait for the oracle

~ Syb // she/her // actual barn owl // adult person~ ~ personal // gardening // fic writing // fan art // making things // joy and love  ~ if you think that sideblog is me it probably is~

[sybilius]

hello and welcome

This is the personal blog of Sybilius, general hub for whatever content that strikes my fancy, good vibes, art, project posting. 

You can call me Syb (she/her). I am an adult cis woman, bi/polyam, white and Canadian. I tag many a thing but if there’s anything you want tagged you can drop me an ask. 

GENERAL TAGS OF INTEREST

- #gardening - General gardening posts or posts about my garden. Lately people consider this to be feature content on my blog, which is charming.

- #laugh rule - Things that made me laugh, might do the same for you!

- #personal - things pertaining to my life. I will use the no-reblog feature if I don't want it reblogged, which is rare. If it’s just tagged personal, you can reblog if you relate.

- #poetry - poetry I found and enjoyed.

- #art - art I found and enjoyed.

- #the practice continues - of or relating to surviving and turning over the joys and struggles of being alive. Tag is referential to Zen Buddhist practice.

- #my fic - Fanfiction that I write on Ao3.

- #my fan art - Fan art that I have made for various things! #my art is a lesser-used tag.

- #sybchess - for when I post about my forays into improving at chess. Normal chess posts are under #chess. I am a fandom freak first and everything else second, so when I poke my nose into the Ao3 tags about chess, it will be tagged #chess rpf .

OTHER PLACES YOU MIGHT FIND ME

I’m a big side-blogger, so the following are also me:

@bleak-nomads - Misc Older media sideblog, ostensibly Spaghetti Westerns and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. I launched the Blondie/Angel Eyes tag on AO3 and am still terribly fond of them. 

@fang-revives - pro-wrestling sideblog! I’m a big fan of the fake punch theatre :D

@regrind-the-lens - House of Leaves x The Mountain Goats blog that is content Targeting an audience of one (me). 

@gutterinouterspace - Misc moody media blog: Pathologic 2, Disco Elysium, formerly True Detective.

@fire-tempers-steel - RGG/Judgment fanblog!

[sybilius]

Yay :)

[zhoudadudugongjin]

me: i just think zhuge liang would be really good at performing oral. i know it in my bones. also liu bei told me personally. and so did lady huang. everyone else at the dinner table:

[sybilius]

(Nodding in fervent agreement)

[sybilius]

Liu Bei letting Lü Bu into the provincial headquarters. Peak idiot himbo moment 🙄🙄🙄

[sybilius]

DO NOT offer him the province you moron!!!!

[sybilius]

Liu Bei letting Lü Bu into the provincial headquarters. Peak idiot himbo moment 🙄🙄🙄

[couchnapping]

flaccid penis... it's chic, it's hip, it's the next big thing

[couchnapping]

it's the next thing

[gondorrevealparty]

Polycules should be able to trade people like sports teams do

[gondorrevealparty]

Listen -- you're a good defender and your pussy is fantastic, but that's not what our team needs right now. We're trading you to Greater Boston in exchange for someone who has a car.

[undeadhousewife]

[eeby-deeby-dark-and-creepy]

Ok now I’m curious… Which do you prefer:

I have lived in and out of the city, I prefer the city

I have only lived in the city, I prefer the city

I have only lived out of the city, I prefer the city

I have lived in and out of the city, I prefer out of the city

I have only lived in the city, I prefer out of the city

I have only lived out of the city, I prefer out of the city

Bald/vanilla extract/I reject dichotomies under all circumstances/I can’t read

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[andwhatnot1]

May I enquire as to your art experiences? 👀👀 curious as to your knowledge of the Way of Conté... I too am familiar with sharing kneaded erasers with art friends hehe

Hi hello!! Thank you for inquiring! Your post brought back a LOT of memories, and it seems it's true for the other way around too, hehe Ah, handing the half of kneaded erasers to friends, sharing the 'good stuff', the good fineliner between each other, borrowing paints... having an artist friend group is such a distinct experience! I miss it a lot, and it is what I'm striving to recreate in this online space as well :')

As for my knowledge of the Way of Conté...I don't pursue art as a carrier (just as hobby that is close to my heart), but I used to go to an art high-school, and it was the last time I touched conté and even a kneaded eraser. Conté was my saving grace there, because I loved the contrast charcoal and other similar materials could achieve on paper, but they were too messy, smudged too easily and I had less control over them. (Barely just looking at my old drawings can stain my hand. We used to seal/fix the drawings with hairspray. NOT a perfect DIY method. ) So conté was just the perfect one, without all those compromises. What I also loved to do with is was to use it on toned paper, which could serve as the mid-tones for the drawing.

Anyway, you got me very curious about your art experiences too (sitting down for some conté talk!) as well as what other art medium you like (and what's your favorite 👀)! I saw a lot of different things being used in your art posts, which I find really motivating (as I confined myself to digital art mostly these days..trying to get out of my comfort zone slowly!)

[sybilius]

Omg we are like artistic cousins... I too went to a fairly Involved art high school. Never did it as a career but it was my outlet through university till now. Lots of different blorbos in lots of different mediums <3

Relate HARD to "i created so much Big Art in high school". I have a 4ft x 4ft self portrait on wood that is sitting in my basement right now that. I can neither get rid of due to what a formative piece it was for me, but I cant really hang it because, well, its a lot to have BIG PORTRAIT of teenage me.

I stick to physical media because I do ostensibly do a Computer Job and so a hobby that involves less screen is good for me! It does however have the disadvantage of taking up physical space, mediums run out and cost money, OR get bought, used for 1-2 projects and then moulder for a while. You would not believe how many moves I did with my paints before accepting that I was never going to have the space, time and desire to do canvas mixed media again.

I have slowed down a bit in the last few years due to Job and getting into gardening + sewing, but a good new blorbo and some vacation time can usually bring me back to the sketchbooks :D

[sybilius]

More process on the Him. I am happy with this direction! The conté will find its way back in a supporting role. For now...the Hatch

[sybilius]

Little conté study of Sun Shangxiang to refamiliarize myself with my conté set. I am a little challenged in materials / tools here. I lack right now a kneaded eraser which is really essential to doing a bigger piece...will try to nab one from the city this weekend.

I also think this palette and vibe is a bit off for what I want from my Zhuge Liang piece...contemplating a change in medium...

[dogpuppy]

[an-amusing-gentleman]

[sighinastorm]

Only 500 reblogs… who unearthed this ancient relic?

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April 26th, 2013

[woman-becomer]

imagine a goat with a hat

STOP-

what hat did you give the goat what is the instinctual hat you gave to this goat

[iphigeniacomplex]

[girl in a low cut top voice] i just dont know what it is but everyone is being sooo nice to me today….[grows grave and guarded] they’re conspiring against my reign and they think me a fool

[sybilius]

Almost finished Perdido Street Station and while it is undoubtedly a masterwork of imagination, my biggest hot take is it badly needs a comic book adaptation. It feels like it aches for that kind of seedy, chaotic, splashed across the page rendering. The writing is great but I dunno, something about the way it is written just feels more suited to a nice literary comic book. Someone should do this.

[starlightomatic]

Have you seen Star Wars

No I have seen none of it

I have seen less than a full movie

I have seen at least one full movie

I have seen at least one full trilogy

I have seen the first two trilogies of the main series

I have seen some other combination of at least six Star Wars movies

I have seen all nine movies of the main series

I have seen some other combination of at least nine movies

I have seen all nine plus at least one other Star Wars film

I have seen every Star Wars film ever made

I have seen every Star Wars film ever made + read/played other Star Wars content

I have seen, read, and played all official Star Wars content ever made

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