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someone is yelling outside and my CAT wants to go to the window and gawk so bad. girl you are so rude that is none of your business

#the cat(te) cries

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her name is penelope. she weighs 7 pounds, she only plays with the stick part of teaser toys, and she actively chases my thermos to lick the lid

my favourite kind of cat is the cornish rex because of the way they just do not look fucking real at all

#every time a delivery person or a guest sees her they have to double take and ask if she's a cat #one of my friends thought she was hairless from just seeing pictures and videos #i call her a little rat girl and she planks when you pick her up #there is someone with a near identical rex on insta and we all just call every cat with this pattern penelope #least real cat breed can confirm

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Outlining cancelled. Had to write the phrase "the stray feral calico cat" to differentiate between a sentient anthro character and the normal-ass stray cat she befriended because she thought it was funny

#the cat(te) cries #this is about mitzi btw. im outlining for her!!

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Screaming crying throwing up (came up with an absolutely gutwrenching plotpoint and dialogue exchange but has not hope of explaining WHY it's so fucked up to anyone)

#the cat(te) cries #the amount of infodumping. the amount of autism (affectionate) #do you understand the video essay i'd have to write just to convey why like 4 lines of dialogue from me own brains have been destroying me #for t w o w h o l e h o u r s #doesn't help that it comes like 3/4 of the way through something i DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I PLAN ON WRITING good god #i don't wanna write 17 chapters of plot i wanna beam agony into an unwitting onlooker's head

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i hope okta crashes and never comes back one day and the entire company dies about it

#the cat(te) cries #slowly but surely we're moving every single thing we do to some Okta service at my work #and the new stuff is all Worse ofc #and i rly can't help but wonder how secure it is to have all your shit under one service and have your employees use one login for it all #idk idk man im just having a bad week and im feeling bitchy #delete later

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"oh yeah i hide all my interests until I'm absolutely sure the person i'm talking to shares them because i think people will get mad at or make fun of me if our interests are different"

"Well I've never SEEN anyone make fun of you for your interests" ya that's because i don't talk about my interests. were you even listening

#delete later #the cat(te) cries #this isn't about anyone in particular it's just something i've noticed like. #when i say I don't talk about X i immediately get something like that and it's just. #yeah that's because it's working. i'm not gonna start Talking About Things now bc the anxiety is doing its job. #im soo safe and protected and likeable because i only parrot what ppl like back at them that's literally the point-

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You need to make silly little AUs of your OCs btw. It's an essential part of the writing process.

#the cat(te) cries #mentally i constantly insert mitzi and her cast into everything i get obsessed with #and unironically putting them in scenarios outside of the main story and having ppl interact that normally wouldn't #has improved their character dynamics SOOOOO much. put those bitches in situations it will serve you well

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You need to make silly little AUs of your OCs btw. It's an essential part of the writing process.

#the cat(te) cries #mentally i constantly insert mitzi and her cast into everything i get obsessed with #and unironically putting them in scenarios outside of the main story and having ppl interact that normally wouldn't #has improved their character dynamics SOOOOO much. put those bitches in situations it will serve you well

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if i had the ability to make my brain animatics real i would be unstoppable

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if i had the ability to make my brain animatics real i would be unstoppable

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if i had the ability to make my brain animatics real i would be unstoppable

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Hey buddy, your shape language has been looking a bit angular lately... are you okay?

#the cat(te) cries #posts for insane people (character designers)

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what charaxter archetypes do you keep writing into your characters that surely say nothing about your mental state. i keep making little guys who have trouble viewing themselves as a full person and instead just fixate on the role they expect others to expect them to play.

#characters who were made to be/are a copy on someone else and now struggle to find who they are on their own #just. so much name and identity fuckery. hmmmmmmmm #not mine

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Sometimes i think "nah remote work wouldn't benefit me i need to Go Places" and then i have a day like this where i feel watched and feel like I'm doing everything wrong and am waiting to Get In Trouble every time i hear someone just. Get up and walk around. And it's like. Yeah actually I DO wish i could work behind the comfort and safety of my own walls

#the cat(te) cries #delete later #nothing has sparked this btw. it's just one of those days where people Existing around me makes me want to turn invisible 😔👊 #like my coworker keeps getting up and i KNOW she's just going to talk to someone or ask me a question but #i immediately just go 'oh fuck she's gonna See me doing Something. i need everyone to stop having eyes for a sec'

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Oooohhh that sounds fun - and also horrifying to see with her hair down aha! They'd definitely be some pretty gnarly antlers 👁

My commissions are OPEN!

I don't have a name for this character yet but ofc I have an entire story for her LMAO. If you'd like to read a lil info under the cut ;)

She's part dragon, and she can use small bursts of magic to breathe fire and alter her dragon features a little! The spikes in her hair are her horns. Do not ask how this works.

She's a travelling student in a modern fantasy setting where just about everyone is part monster in some sense. She has an intense interest in history and ancient magic. She starts interning at a home that takes in creatures from the "old world" - misunderstood horrors sealed for centuries, reclusive urban legends, etc, and tries to help them reintegrate into society. She mainly just shadows the actual employees but some of the residents open up to her quite a bit, welcoming her enthusiasm for what they have to say!

(And totally nothing bad happens! She doesn't get WAY in over her head with a few particular people, nope not at all :))

I actually DO have sketches for one of the other characters so far which I might post 👀 those are also in my comm examples but I mean like. Separate. Maybe after I finish designing him completely. For completely related reasons does anyone know where I can find examples of peasant/commoner winter coats/jackets from the 1800s and before ahahahaha-

#reblog

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So a free tool called GLAZE has been developed that allows artists to cloak their artwork so it can't be mimicked by AI art tools.

AI art bros are big mad about it.

#not mine #reblog #OOOOOH i read an article about this while they were developing it #glad to see it's available now!

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My commissions are OPEN!

I don't have a name for this character yet but ofc I have an entire story for her LMAO. If you'd like to read a lil info under the cut ;)

She's part dragon, and she can use small bursts of magic to breathe fire and alter her dragon features a little! The spikes in her hair are her horns. Do not ask how this works.

She's a travelling student in a modern fantasy setting where just about everyone is part monster in some sense. She has an intense interest in history and ancient magic. She starts interning at a home that takes in creatures from the "old world" - misunderstood horrors sealed for centuries, reclusive urban legends, etc, and tries to help them reintegrate into society. She mainly just shadows the actual employees but some of the residents open up to her quite a bit, welcoming her enthusiasm for what they have to say!

(And totally nothing bad happens! She doesn't get WAY in over her head with a few particular people, nope not at all :))

I actually DO have sketches for one of the other characters so far which I might post 👀 those are also in my comm examples but I mean like. Separate. Maybe after I finish designing him completely. For completely related reasons does anyone know where I can find examples of peasant/commoner winter coats/jackets from the 1800s and before ahahahaha-

#my art #drawing #artist on tumblr #illustration #digital art #krita #digital painting #original character #OC: tbn #hm. maybe i should go through that tag and start. yknow. naming the OCs #commissions open #monster #dragon #the d/ont s/tarve posting is done. for now. i have IDEAS i wanna draw but who knows if ill feel confident enough to do them #im more comfortable drawing humans now but I still. idk. feel like i won't do non-OCs i like justice?