I Keep Not Posting Things I Want To Post Because 'no One Is Gonna Be Interested In That' But I Don't

Reluctant Jamette- Book Cover Design 2

Art post #1 || Here || Art post #3 || Art post #4

These were the final sketches that I used for my cover design. I did the split-down-the-middle thing to represent how Tamika is mentally separated from these powers that she doesn't want.

The last two sketches show her and Jamette facing each other. I can't quite remember what I had in mind when I came up with this (this is why you take notes!) but I think it was just the continuation of them being separate from each other. I do have plans for the 'Jamette' in her to start fighting against her will.

Daily Doodles- Day 40- 28/05/24

One of my OCs! She's a princess witch named Iris, but I don't do witches anymore, so I have to give her a new story. She'll probably stay a process though 👑👑👑

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Daily Doodles- Day 109- 02/08/24

Started my first day of work on the 2nd and I didn't do much (mainly a small tour, meeting co workers and setting up my computer), so I had time to make a whole illustration!

I was feeling very 'pen and ink' and 'storybookish', so I drew a lost boy in a dark forest (or something) with creatures peeking out at him.

I had brought along my pen, pencil and sketchbook with me just in case. Once I'm settled in, I obviously won't have time to be drawing, but I'll still be bringing my sketchbook, because lunchtime exists and I can multitask!

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Daily Doodles- Day 75- 29/06/24

I drew myself! I've been on YouTube shorts, seeing other artists doing cute drawings of themselves, so here's mine!

I drew myself as I am in an outfit that I own.

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Had to once again purge my blog from things not of God. Backsliding leaves you with a lot of work 😓

I originally made this blog to have a space to post my 'for fun' art and to share my writing, but I ended up falling right back into the things that I had given up on this journey to be closer to God.

Temptation is not a sin, but there's a reason why the Lord's Prayer says 'And lead us not into temptation' It's VERY easy to fall back into sin.

I contemplated just leaving Tumblr again, but I've decided that I'll limit my interaction with it instead. I'll only come here to post and I've deleted the app from my phone for a little bit.

I did NOT delete Instagram and Facebook to free myself, just to get trapped by ANOTHER social app!

I'm honestly surprised that Gaiman isn't being talked about as much on here.

No, actually I'm not. He's on here isn't he? So he probably has a fan mob here as well.

I'm not on Twitter, so I have no idea what's happening there. I found out through a random video popping up on my YouTube.

I'm not surprised tbh. Wasn't he a male feminist? An oxymoron if I ever heard one. A man that truly supports women won't put a label on it, because it's called 'being a decent human being'.

This has me side eyeing other well known/popular white male authors 👀 👀👀👀👀

New Redesigns of Some Old (old) OCs!

I had this comic I used to draw for my sister to read when I was about 8-10 years old. It was called Sammy's World and was about a girl named Samantha, her two best friends, her crush on a nice boy and the rivalry for said boy's heart that she had with her arch nemesis, a spoiled rich girl.

Now doesn't that storyline sound familiar? *cough* Miraculous Ladybug *cough* *cough* Dork Diaries *cough* *cough* Anything disney *cough* the 2000s in a nutshell *cough*.

I'm rewriting this for fun and I'm going to make the story more silly and light-hearted. There might even be a bit of the supernatural thrown in!

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Each Drawing From Top to Bottom

-Carlos and Sammy with obvious crushes on each other, but are too dense to see that the other likes them too. At least they can talk to each other and are pretty good friends (looking at you Marinette!)

-Sammy in her daydream dance ballgown. Of course, this story has a 'The Big Dance' and of course, our main girl has to daydream about attending in a dress her parents can never find, much less afford. Too bad she isn't a budding fashion designer.

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Some Single Character Illustrations!

From left to right:

-Samantha (Sammy) in her everyday clothes.

-Aubrey the perceived rich-girl nemesis. Very rich she (her parents) is (are), nemesis? Eh, well....

-Mimi- twin #1 and one of Aubrey's creepy minions (not for the reason you think)

-Bibi- twin #2 and Aubrey's other creepy minion (I said not for the reason you think!)

There are more characters to come, like Sammy's friends and more of Carlos. I just have to draw and colour them in tediously, but surprisingly relaxing (ly?) with coloured pencils.

Hand Sewn Three- Tiered Maxi Skirt- Part 3

Part 1 | Part 2 | Here | Part 4

Update on the skirt!

In part 2, I cut the seam allowance that connects the waistband and the first tier too short, so I decided to cut a strip of fabric to sandwich them between to make it look nice and prevent fraying.

I cut it about an inch and a half in width and ironed down the folds that I wanted.

I MADE SURE the iron was on the synthetic setting! No more melted fabrics here!

I first folded it in half, ironed that down and then folded the ends to meet in the middle on that fold.

Then I ironed that middle fold once more so it stayed. I ended up with a significantly thinner strip like this.

Here I'm just showing the length comparison. I cut it a bit longer than the waistband so I had extra to work with.

I cut the seams down again so they looked less jacked and would fit between the strip.

Then I pinned it down. This part was surprisingly easy!

I sewed it down using a running stitch and now I have a nice, clean if a little bulky seam!

Next update is the sewing of the second tier of the skirt!

Daily Doodles- Day 188- 20/10/24

Still watching Cells at Work and it reminded me of an idea I had back in the day. It was about drawing my own versions of the cells, but as eldritch type creatures.

My art leans more cutesy these days, I just rolled with it. This is a version of a red blood cell! She holds oxygen and/or CO2 in her 'hat' and 'skirt'.

These are other red blood cells with different 'outfits'.

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Private Eye might be throwing stones from their own glass house, but I still enjoyed this:

[Text reads: Book review - Nevermind by Neil Gaiman. Strange, otherworldly tale in which a weird, gothic author is accused of inappropriate sexual behaviour over several decades. Mysteriously, by some dark magic, nobody in the real world pays any attention to the allegations, everyone looks the other way, and strangely cannot see anything wrong with the writer's conduct. What on earth is happening? Could it be that sinister forces, i.e. vested interests in publishing, film, television, theatre etc, would rather this story disappeared for good? Yes.]

Won't it be a terrible waste of the money he must be paying Edendale to bury this story if we all refuse to drop it?