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[barleytea]

a lot has happened since i last posted! quick rundown 

- i got married! woohoo

- i brought ripley (golden retriever) home last year. she is now 19mo. she is my sports dog and i’ve been having so much fun with her. we do dock diving, nosework, barn hunt, rally, and trick dog. she’s gotten her CGC, ORT, RATN, TKN, and DS. we are working towards her TKI, RN, RATO, and DM.

- ares is 3 years old (turning 4 next year) now and earned his CGC. gonna try to get his TKN and TKI soon!

- i’m working at warner bros now, on batman: caped crusader. my animation bucket list is basically complete!

[xandrei]

holy hell, your series of vintage photo inspired art is SENDING ME. pretty sure it was what subconsciously inspired me to start writing a fic about kanej sitting for a portrait, like a *painted* one. So thanks for planting that in my brain. :'D

Tbh seeing the original photos sent ME so I'm glad to pass on the feeling! Also don't be shy and drop that fic link when u finish 👌🏼

[ockitten]

So one of the most difficult thing for me about posting art is that I want to create and show off things that’ll make not just me but others happy

However I know that not everything I draw will make everyone happy and likewise when I draw things just for others sometimes I’m not happy. Whether it be the subject or what is asked of me 

I think one of my biggest problem lies in self motivation, I want to create for myself but it’s hard for me because I can’t make myself fully love an idea without thinking “But will everyone else love it?”

BUT, I want to see if I can remedy that!

What I want to do is take some vague suggestions

That sounds confusing but hear me out

What I want to do is just make a list of things I like and have you guys choose from the list

I mean, who knows, this could fail but I’m not above trying. I’ll make the list below and you guys can ether reply or send asks on what you would like to see from said list! Repeats answers are AKO, it’ll help motivate me to draw more of it if I’ve got ideas.

I’m shy about showing things I like in the public eye. So please help me get over this :’’’

List of Things I like:

Original Characters, Cute Animals(Cats are my Favorite), Flowers, Sweet Foods 

List of Fandoms I like:

Pokemon, Fate Series, Idol Anime (Pripara, IdolMaster, SideM), Precure, JJBA, (basically if you’ve seen me draw it I’m still probably into it)

Thank you

[news14-arts]

rng kamisama sees me, hears me, and answers my prayers.........

[dearbaphomet]

Me laying in bed at night, face burning hot and a little sweaty: I love ghouls.

[joryoq]

Sometimes men be like “what’s up with you, your temper is showing are you on you period or smth?” like NO!!! I’m calmer than a horse after injection of ketamine when I’m on my period!!! The fuck????? Somebody just got me pissed that’s why I’m in a bad mood the fuck is your logic?

[barleytea]

hello it’s been quite a year and i’m here to do my annual update lol, cleaned up the main page a little and stuff.

last year i was hired to be a storyboard artist on young justice, and i’m sure many of you know one of my career goals as a younger 20something was to work on a dc comic project. silly me thought it would definitely be comics, but life finds a way and instead i worked on a cartoon! i was also lucky enough to be asked to freelance on deathstroke: knights & dragons last year so that was actually my first foray in a dc project - but young justice really brought it home for me as they were characters i had been dreaming about drawing in a professional capacity for almost ten years.

i was also asked to freelance boards on star wars: galaxy of adventures season two. i was lucky enough to be handed the kylo ren episode. this was another career goal and one that i never dreamed i could achieve as, even though i’ve interviewed twice for lucasfilm, they were based in SF and i couldn’t justify the move.

i am currently boarding at titmouse on an adult geared animated show, definitely something i haven’t worked on before so it’s been very exciting and the talent in the crew is enormous.

i also started therapy this year. 2019 was a hell of a year and 2020 was one too, and i felt that getting professional mental help would help me sort out my anxieties and insecurities. i’ve learned a lot about myself as well as unpacked the root of some of my deeper issues, and hope to better myself as the days go on. 

anyway i hope you all are doing well, i am currently quarantining with my fiance, dog, and kitties. we are all well and hope that next year things will be better.

[xandrei]

can we agree that using "prev tags" is rather disappointing and unwieldy for folks to sift through? as a creator, i get a lot of notifications and it's fun (and sometimes harrowing) to see the tags in my notifications.

usually it's fun and i love seeing the comments! there's a ton of insightful things ive seen when skimming through notifications.

it's sometimes scary too bc people leave criticisms or negative comments (this is *rare* but it happens).

not to mention folks using screen readers will then have another thing to navigate to in order to get context, depending on whether the person using "prev tags" is fully tagging the content.

TL;DR: please don't make people guess if it's a compliment or harassment in the tags or if it's content that someone doesn't wish to see.