Momentomorrigan - Inner Thoughts Made Outer

I decided that I want to get rid of my @/dobe account for personal use bc it’s SO expensive 😭 I got a free trial for clip studio paint though and I’ve been working on my first fully csp piece and it’s actually going SO well. I’m gonna wait until the 3mth trial is over so I don’t have to pay for it just yet, but I’m definitely committing to this

what will it be, boss? the comfort of misery or the pain of change?

arcane aesthetic-like artists

Alphonse Mucha - arguably the most obvious influence with art nouveau, if you’ve seen fanart of characters in elaborate nature-themes frames that was his whole shtick

(though interestingly he considered his most important work the Slav Cycle, twenty massive paintings—i’m talking dimensions from thirteen to twenty six feet—that i have to mention because i had the pleasure of actually seeing a couple in person)

J. C. Leyendecker - couple descending staircase and couple dancing are frequently used reference images and rightfully so, he has a more grounded style than mucha but it’s still rich with detail

Erté - lots of stylization but leaning towards 1920s aesthetics and bolder colors and contrasts

(i will endeavor to add more later but right now i’m very tired so i’ll try to go sleep)

MISS CONGENIALITY (2000) dir. Donald Petrie

an ornithologist pointed a microphone at a bird sitting alone on a wire and caught the sound of the bird singing a song at a decibel so low that it would be impossible for another bird to hear it, meaning the bird was singing quietly to itself I love life

Crow companions 🪶

You know, I always say things like “I hate people” but I try to have some empathy and to retain some optimism, but today is one of those days where my empathy and optimism have betrayed me

This a a reminder to not fall victim to the sunk-cost fallacy. Just because you invested time and energy into something, does not mean you should indefinitely waste more time and energy on it, if you decide it’s not what you want anymore. This goes for anything, from books, to relationships, to jobs, to hobbies, etc.

If it’s not serving you anymore, move on.

been doing a LOT of analog note-taking / journaling / planning lately (new years' resolution fulfilled! yes!), and I've slowly but surely started writing mostly in cursive again.

that said, I'm old (almost 35, ew) so I have questions.

if you want to RB this and put you age / locale / whatever else you think is relevant in the tags, that'd be very cool

this is what larian was hiding from us