Modelled a little forge for my blacksmith Pearlcatcher, Ember :3
Yes, he has a wooden workbench and a barrel full of coal next to an open flame,, his ass is NOT sornieth osha compliant!
also i may have forgot his pearl and whiskers uhhh just pretend he left the pearl inside and he burnt his whiskers off when he leaned over the fire one time (again... he is not operating a safe business by any means)
plus some wip pics if youre into that sort of thing
and heres what hes gonna look like once i gene him up! still need to save up for a trans scroll and all the genes lol
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Can I ask what made you decide to permanently close your commissions? I mean this in the most genuine way, I’m just curious. I don’t have the money to commission anyone currently, but you were definitely on my list of artists
at its core, the answer would be "personal reasons". I compare my art to a lot of other people's art, I just need to learn to stop doing that. the idea of closing my commisions will hopefully help stop me thinking "of course they didn't commision me when they have all these other better artists to choose from" - and that is all on me. not anyone else.
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I love learning things about myself
When I started considering changing my career I was really worried whether I would even like programming or if it would just be the lesser of all evils to me
Now every time I turn on the computer to study you canNOT get me away from it once I’ve started. I gotta do all my other shit in the morning because as soon as I open a file of programming exercises my brain goes BBRRRR OOO FUN PUZZLE TIME??? IT’S TIME FOR PUZZLES??? And I can’t shut it off
I’ll tell myself “I should stop at 9pm tonight and then I could take a nice luxurious bath before bed, wouldn’t that feel so good!!” but no I get so invested that suddenly it’s midnight and all I’ve done for the day is programming exercises
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I know like slappin not condonin stalkin n violence n stuff on yer yan blogs is like a standard thing n valid n stuff, but I also think that we shouldn't isolate those who've had genuine struggle with doin bad things n usin yancore to control their urges.
like I've literally threatened people with a knife and genuinely stalked before and countless other things that are arguably worse I'm not gonna admit to online that fall under the category of "yandere things". to those like me, you're not alone.
yancore is the last place we need to demonize those who severely struggle with bad urges and sometimes fail to control. it's not an excuse, it doesn't make it right, but idk I feel like yancore is literally for those kinds of people recoverin.
you're not an irredeemable monster for your past actions, no matter how recent, and shouldn't be made to feel isolated from a community that is for people who have those same urges tryin to recover.
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The other day I told a friend of mine that I never forget to take my ADHD meds because I fucking love my ADHD meds. I'm in my late 30s, I didn't finally get a diagnosis and meds until less than two years ago, and they have changed my entire life.
And he raised his eyebrow at me. We'd been discussing addictive medications a few minutes before, like the Tramadol I finally got from the pain specialist to take once a week or so to give me a break from my chronic pain, so I reassured him that methylpenidate (Ritalin/Concerta) is not addictive (at least not in people with ADHD).
His response? To raise his eyebrow even harder and say "Well it sure SOUNDS like it's addictive!"
And I had to explain to this man - who works in a healthcare related job by the way - that just because medication makes you feel good and helps you, just because you look forward to taking it, that doesn't make it addictive or dangerous. And he wasn't convinced.
The simple fact that I was excited to take a daily pill that has literally changed my life, after decades of fighting to get that medication, made him think I shouldn't be taking it so often. That it must inherently be dangerous.
I'm not even in America, but I'm pretty sure this attitude began there and then spread over here to Europe. This Puritan idea of "if something feels good, you must beware of it. Pleasure is dangerous, it is sinful, it is addiction, it is evil."
I know too many people who subconsciously believe that pleasure = addictive = dangerous = bad. Joy is a slippery slope to hell.
So here is your reminder for today that you don't need to be afraid of feeling good. If something improves your life, use it. Even if it is addictive - learn what that addiction means, whether the addiction is inherently dangerous or not, and whether the benefits outweigh the drawbacks and risks.
My ADHD meds are, in fact, not addictive. But I will take them every day because they make my life orders of magnitude easier. I will enjoy them every time I take them.
My tramadol is addictive. I will still take it. I will keep it on a schedule to avoid becoming addicted, primarily because addiction in this case would mean reduced effectiveness. But I am not afraid of my painkillers. They are life changing.
Take your meds, everyone. Don't let anyone scare you away from doing something that improves your life.
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When my ex boyfriend broke up with me, the one before my husband. I had to recreate myself. I had a set of phrases that I’d say to myself. That allowed me to take back the power that I had lost when it felt like I wasn’t good enough.
It went something like this-
Do no harm, take no shit
Always forgive, never forget
Break ups are hard. Let yourself feel it and move on. (Which is always easier said than done) determine you list of deal breakers and go from there.
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