Got the world on my TV

pfp by mayumi mitome.

[winharlie]

hi i'm Dane! im an artist, pianist, and vintage tech enthusiast, among other things. i'm a very busy person so don't expect updates too often. most of what i post will probably be very silly and self indulgent.

this blog is sfw but I am an adult and would prefer if only adults followed. thanks for stopping by!

[winharlie]

i am never finishing this ship chart omg

[theotherwesley]

Sometimes you get a fictional character that stays with you for long enough that they become Nursery Real. This is not a new phenomenon; I have no way of proving this, but I imagine this has been happening for as long as people have been telling stories. This relationship is far and away beyond any responsibility of their creator/s (assuming the creator is not yourself), totally independent of their intentions, the same way the person sewing together a toy rabbit for sale, one of a hundred such, isn't necessarily predicting that this one in particular will become someone's most important companion, in joy and in despair. This creation may not even resemble who or what they were when they were a toy-- worn into a new shape from being much beloved-- and as a consequence it becomes much more difficult to share them, because they have become a piece of your heart. (That's alright. Some things can just be for you. Not everything meaningful can be shared.) They have grown up with you as your understanding of what it means to be a person has grown. You can no longer look at them and think: "this character is my favorite part of this story" but "ah, it's you". "To me, you are a person, and I have loved you in every way that one can love." And you know, as you must know, that they exist as an idea-- certainly they cannot take you to the hospital if you fall ill, or do your shopping, or intervene on your behalf during a quarrel you are not present for. But you can nurture each other in a real way, and they can give you strength in a real way; having a relationship with someone who is made of thought is an exploration of vectors of the soul and selfhood and love that I have not yet found to exist anywhere else. Yes, they are an idea, and perhaps when we die and become an idea ourselves, we will meet again in recognition. This isn't your favorite fiction, this is your velveteen rabbit.

[winharlie]

security breach stamps i made waaay back that have been sitting on my laptop for several years. thought i would go ahead and share them too.

free to use, credit appreciated! template by Timarena.

[winharlie]

made some stamps. might make some more.

free to use, credit appreciated! template by Timarena.

[winharlie]

antique store date with the felt creature

[winharlie]

happy finchlow friday except its sunday but every day is technically finchlow friday to me (i cannot escape them)

[winharlie]

more of him. sometimes he has some kind of tail and sometimes he does not.

[winharlie]

i need everyone to pretend that i know how to draw a keytar correctly

[winharlie]

they should've gone to copyright lawyer school together

[winharlie]

as promised, the one and only opal! i tried to do a relationship chart but wound up with no room for anything in depth. so.

opal's been with me since '21 and i care about them deeply. fun fact: their name is based on the yamaha OPL sound chip family! i don't know why

[winharlie]

people seemed to like the first time i drew them on top of a photo so here's a another one but i used one of my own photos this time and also the cheat is there (they're doing the same poses again because they couldn't think of any others)

[winharlie]

he is called felt craft because he was made

[winharlie]

We stick together like glue!

aww what a cute couple of friends, i hope nothing horrific happens to either of them (more info under the cut)

august finch is a classical pianist and winslow’s best (and probably only) friend from before The Horrors. they're also (friendly) rivals! between the two of them, finch is the more business-oriented and pessimistic one who tries to keep an eye out for his pal while also being pretty oblivious to how the world actually works. finch is a pretty well-achieved performer with a reputation and everything and winslow thinks that's just the coolest thing ever and follows finch around everywhere so they can both talk about music all the time. finch is generally pretty closed-off to most people but of course winslow is the exception. they're just a couple of clueless nerds that really only have each other until The Horrors

this is a really bad intro to finch and this whole Thing but there is like a whole iceberg of lore between these two. they occupy so many of my thoughts. i'll do a proper post about finch eventually but for now i just want you to perceive him. go my finchlow

[winharlie]

the cheats but I didn't use a reference for literally any of them so they're all kinda Wrong a little bit

[winharlie]

cannot decide whether i like this one or not

[winharlie]

treating my sketchbook like a coloring book until I've got the time to sit and draw again. this one was fun tho