My New OTP.

Assembled several shots into this! From a 720p video, so not as clear as it could be. Even so...

THE BOX DIAGRAM LIVES!

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Unsplash -  photography, illustration, and art

Pixabay - same as unsplash

Pexels - stock photos and videos

Stockvault.net - stock photos

Veceezy - vectors and clipart

Getdrawings - simplistic images and drawing tutorials

Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)

Canva - needs login but has lots of templates

Library of Congress - historical posters and photos

NASA - you guessed it

Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie

Even Adobe has some free images

There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without infringing copyright! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own. 

Please add on if you know any more sites for free images <3

mistakes and all, here she is 🎉 I'm still working on drafting and sewing her outfit, but I am THRILLED to move on from the face. one thing I really struggled with was the eyes, and in the end I'm still considering making her new ones with what I learned trying to make these. They're obviously a rough fit. As for her hair, I can't stop fussing with it and I'm not sure how to get it just right. Ah well.

My three favorite things! Dolls, Design, and Space! n_n

Tessellate by romantique ♔ osmose on Flickr.

Ghoulia had been one of my favorite G1 dolls, so I was pretty disappointed how bland she looked G3 (even though she had green skin!). This is inspired, tho. Might reconsider getting her now.

I'm going to put this as succinctly as possible, and this is just my opinion so please take it with a grain of salt if you disagree, but stock G3 Ghoulia is pretty awful.

I wanted to attempt to do her justice because I definitely saw potential because her doll isn't bad, but Mattel putting her in rags and making the same poor choices they always make made her really unappealing to me.

So I made her some pants, swapped out her ill-fitting shirt, made her a better functioning/more art accurate beanie, gave her a better looking skateboard, and repainted her lips.

Anyways, I like her significantly better now. Pants patterns will be available soon.

My monster cat in progress. Here are some photos of his “wings” - it’s a thick-thick embroidery on a wire base. Oh, this laborious embroidery took so many hours and days. I have been working on these limbs already a month and a half.

I’m off to the woods ! It’s been too long, I need to sit in a creek and forget some things.

Why it’s Helpful to Hear Terminology:

I’ve seen some debates about whether having a pretty word for a symptom actually makes any difference, and I’m here to say that it did for at least one person.

I recently learned that sensory overload is something adhd people can experience too, and learning a word for why I always felt “sick” and had to go to the nurse in middle school brought me so much peace. When I learn terminology for my experiences, I feel validated.

It’s like proof that I’m not just being dramatic or weak. Kind of like when I realized that the reason I’ve never been any good at sports was because I’ve had asthma all along. I thought I just tired out quickly.

It’s like having a name for my struggle gives me power over it.

So, TLDR: Terminology can help us feel validated in our experiences, and that can be a great encouragement.

You were a laundress in a castle owned by a prominent but reclusive duke. There were other laundresses, but you were the duke’s personal one, largely because of the bloodstains on his clothes and bedding. You asked no questions and passed no judgment. He’d never spoken to you directly, but he did send you small gifts and treasures, for your… discretion.

Early one evening, he decides to thank you in person.