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[softseaside]

For everyone who couldn't grab a reading sample of my comic "Sea of Flowers" at the Polaris last year, it's on my patreon now! It includes the first 14 pages of Chapter 1!!

Don't forget that all tiers are 20% off for this month because of our first-year-anniversary!🥰

[Sea of Flowers] The first 14 pages of Chapter 1! | SoftSeaside

[Sea of Flowers] The first 14 pages of Chapter 1! by SoftSeaside on Patreon. Join SoftSeaside's community for exclusive content and updates.

(Please keep in mind: Since this is a reading sample, the final version of these pages will likely have some minor changes as well as different dialogue!)

[softseaside]

For everyone who couldn't grab a reading sample of my comic "Sea of Flowers" at the Polaris last year, it's on my patreon now! It includes the first 14 pages of Chapter 1!!

Don't forget that all tiers are 20% off for this month because of our first-year-anniversary!🥰

[Sea of Flowers] The first 14 pages of Chapter 1! | SoftSeaside

[Sea of Flowers] The first 14 pages of Chapter 1! by SoftSeaside on Patreon. Join SoftSeaside's community for exclusive content and updates.

(Please keep in mind: Since this is a reading sample, the final version of these pages will likely have some minor changes as well as different dialogue!)

[kiyomitakada]

world heritage post

[notahorseindisguise]

its not nice to call someone light yagami

[kohiu]

[ltwilliammowett]

The Danish training ship “Georg Stage” (1934) dresses in rainbow colour, 2021 

[dragon-in-a-fez]

not the kind of gay ship I’m used to seeing on tumblr but cool

[dubiousculturalartifact]

ship georg is an outlier but SHOULD be counted

[softseaside]

Last year, I had the idea to make sticker sheets that are based on my D&D characters but to keep them generic enough so you can still use them even if you don't know my characters :D

So here's the first of my four new sticker sheets! This one is inspired by Elrru, he is a moon elf rogue with the Subclass "Phantom". 🌙👻🗡️ I'm pretty proud of this one, hehe.

If you are curious about him, you can check his tag (which I should definitely update bc wtf) or read this introduction about him on bsky and this insta highlight.

[softseaside]

And here comes the second of four DnD-inspired stickersheets that I planned for the Polaris💕 This one is specifically inspired by my boy, my love, my legend Blauauge 💙

Since Ni'onthe and Blauauge are both sailors it was kinda hard to decide what to include in which stickersheet but I feel like that Blauauge is definitely more of a sailor than Ni'onthe who just happened to be very curious abt it 🤔Btw some stickers here are inspired by his tattoos hehe

Previous stickersheet "Phantom" (based on Elrru)

[softseaside]

And here comes the second of four DnD-inspired stickersheets that I planned for the Polaris💕 This one is specifically inspired by my boy, my love, my legend Blauauge 💙

Since Ni'onthe and Blauauge are both sailors it was kinda hard to decide what to include in which stickersheet but I feel like that Blauauge is definitely more of a sailor than Ni'onthe who just happened to be very curious abt it 🤔Btw some stickers here are inspired by his tattoos hehe

Previous stickersheet "Phantom" (based on Elrru)

[softseaside]

Last year, I had the idea to make sticker sheets that are based on my D&D characters but to keep them generic enough so you can still use them even if you don't know my characters :D

So here's the first of my four new sticker sheets! This one is inspired by Elrru, he is a moon elf rogue with the Subclass "Phantom". 🌙👻🗡️ I'm pretty proud of this one, hehe.

If you are curious about him, you can check his tag (which I should definitely update bc wtf) or read this introduction about him on bsky and this insta highlight.

[parakeet]

just saw a 'comments' tab on someones blog you know where the following and likes tabs would be if enabled and it was just showing all the replies theyve made on peoples posts. this is fascinating when did this feature come out

[parakeet]

EMERGENCY - ITS AUTO ENABLED!

if you've made replies on posts there is now a tab on your blog showing every post youve replied to and your reply.

if this is not what you want, either go to your blog and click comments and disable it from there or just go to your individual blogs setting pages. just change it from blue to grey if you dont want everyone to see your replies AND the post you're replying to

PLEASE BE ADVISED that it is set to disabled for blogs that have not made any replies but it will turn ON if you reply with that blog in the future.! i just tested it with my main, which was greyed out but it turned on the moment i left a test reply

figured i'd get the word out bc i have not seen a single mention of this and i'm sure there are plenty of people who maybe comment on things they don't want on display for everyone to see on their blog lol. you can still look at your replies with it toggled off just no one else can, like locking the following and likes list

[parakeet]

so for some reason this feature was actually announced on the tumblr engineering blog. interesting choice not to reblog it to the staff or tumblr blog, esp considering they asked for user input on how to implement it, but i suppose considering the response to the last update maybe the replies would be too overwhelming...

so couple of clarifications. comments are disabled as default for primary blogs that have their likes disabled. they are seemingly enabled for all other blogs that have replied to posts

posts you comment on may show on your followers 'for you' page if you leave your replies publically available. they may, in the future, show in on your followers dashboard if your follower goes to their dash settings and enables this. apparently, if your likes are enabled, your followers can already see those on the dash if they've gone into preferences and selected to do so, which I was unaware of, and that seems to be disabled at default, but it's possible i disabled it previously and forgot about it ig

[softseaside]

My patreon is exactly one year old today!! 🎉 For this special occassion, all tiers are 20% off!!

Get access to one year worth of exclusive art (sfw & nsfw), comic behind-the-scenes & timelapses for 6,40€ or less!!✨

Read more about it in this month's free newsletter!

[JUNE 2026] First Patreon Anniversary!! 🥳🎉 and other news~ | SoftSeaside

[JUNE 2026] First Patreon Anniversary!! 🥳🎉 and other news~ by SoftSeaside on Patreon. Join SoftSeaside's community for exclusive content and

[softseaside]

My patreon is exactly one year old today!! 🎉 For this special occassion, all tiers are 20% off!!

Get access to one year worth of exclusive art (sfw & nsfw), comic behind-the-scenes & timelapses for 6,40€ or less!!✨

Read more about it in this month's free newsletter!

[JUNE 2026] First Patreon Anniversary!! 🥳🎉 and other news~ | SoftSeaside

[JUNE 2026] First Patreon Anniversary!! 🥳🎉 and other news~ by SoftSeaside on Patreon. Join SoftSeaside's community for exclusive content and

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

[nattousan]

Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

[nattousan]

hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

[nattousan]

speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

[nattousan]

birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

[nattousan]

*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[nattousan]

in other news, I am losing my mind hairline

[nattousan]

SHE'S DONE!!

Bird number 9: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis

my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on

this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg 🙏

[nattousan]

*does a little jig*

BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos

the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise

ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!

Also thank you everyone for your kind words and support throughout this whole process, it's been a genuine treat thinking there are potentially thousands of you out there cheering me on while I paint this 🥹

[nattousan]

aaaand another one bites the duck,

we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos

the 16th is looming in the distance so i'm trying to get thru these as quickly as i can so i can have as much time for the GBH as possible. i still need to do the names next to all of them so i've got about a week and a half to finish everything which is GREAT because i have adhd and nothing gets my ass in gear like a fuckin deadline, let me tell you

[nattousan]

power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,

the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis

and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day 😭😭) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.

Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp

[nattousan]

thanks for the reminder, kid

[nattousan]

at long last, we've reached the end...

Bird number 14 out of 14,

The Great blue heron, Ardea herodius

thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.

i'll see y'all soon :')

[idrawr16yt]

Sometimes I think that there are not enough details in my ST draws...it's because I often draw during breaks and draws are really small😊🙈

[doyoulikethis-videogame-song]

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Do you like this Video Game Song? #3106

I like it and I've definitely heard it before

I like it and it sounds familiar

I like it and this is my first time hearing it

I don't feel strongly about it or have a complex opinion

I don't like it and I've definitely heard it before

I don't like it and it sounds familiar

I don't like it and this is my first time hearing it

Remaining time: 1 day 4 hours

[shencomix]

[lesbiangiratina]

Youre always so kind and gentle with me olive garden