#pheel daily challenge

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Aaaand this is it, Day 365/365!! I thought ending with my dragons celebrating New Years would be most fitting hehe

Happy New Years everyone!! Still got 6 hours here. But thank you everyone for all the support and everything this year ❤️ I can’t believe I actually completed this omg and yet i still feel like i haven’t drawn enough h a h a h a but i hope to keep drawing and improving, and I wouldn’t be this far without your support and friendship so thank you everybody!! I don’t think I’m gonna do a daily challenge next year but we’ll see how things go!! I’m definitely not gonna stop drawing and i have lots of ideas and things i still want to draw :D

Day 365/365

#dra6ons #dragons #new years eve #my ocs #alderstrom #nurupantarata #freyisbreen #siphooskii #islacura #anattawam #pheel art #pheel daily challenge #its gonna be weird not using that tag now...........

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My Quarantine Continuum: Day 28

I notice myself not calling friends and family as much anymore. I’m not disconnected – I’m lucky – married – but there seems as if there’s nothing left to say. If most dialogue doesn’t literally begin with, “What’s going on,” it is at least implied: What is going on? Not much. Groundhog day continues for most: Waking and cooking and cleaning and whatsoever activities you use to keep busy. For those of us with passions in the arts or fields that require great study to become great at, time can be well spent. Still the monotony is unrelenting and challenging to dissolve, especially sans the most basic secondary needs: Fresh air, nature, human interaction.

For me the most disturbing weeks have been the first and last, the latter pretty much no matter what week we’re in. The former for other reasons: In the first week I was as happy as I remember being in recent memory. The dark circles around my eyes disappeared as I slept great and still took a mid-day siesta. A mandated “stay-cation,” and it was logically more relaxing than any vacation I’ve been on. No bags to pack, no travel to the airport, not even a walk to the store because it was dangerous. The first world pandemic of horror expressed at home as gluttonous pandemonium. Our groceries and wine were delivered and both indulged in nightly. I spent my afternoons leisurely catching up on busy work I hadn’t been able to then plunging into creative projects that for years have been stuck in the sludge of priorities. I spent evenings in laughter, catching up with loved ones overdue for a phone call, basking in longer phone conversations than we’d had in years (and I pity those who lack the courage to transcend texting). At first I was elated, then quickly self-aware of how disturbing this was: We’re in a Goddamn quarantine because an international virus is dropping people like flies. Why am I so content? Did I actually need rest and time off this badly… and will I ever get this again?

Somewhere around day 10 everything shifted. There is a principle in Chinese Medicine – really all of medicine – that emphasizes the importance of dosage: That which can heal a condition may also in the improper dose exacerbate it. Have you ever been exhausted from too much sleep? Gotten a headache from too much coffee? All the mind and body want in every moment is homeostasis, which means our perfect prescription is ever-changing based on our place in time and present activities – which means being assigned a particular medication in perpetuity is usually questionable.

By the end of the second week I grew tired of calling people. We all had less to say, which occasionally made social interaction more depressing. In a not so odd turn of events social distancing generated more pathological social distancing. I regularly have to sleep during the day and can’t sleep at night and it’s become more challenging to detect what the body wants. Whereas cooking every meal was briefly a fun project and no doubt healthy (I lost 4 pounds in 9 days), now it turned me into Bill Murray in Groundhog Day: tedious at best, mania-inducing at worst. Nightmares of more dishes in the sink and chopping vegetables, staring blankly into the refrigerator wishing some kind of ghost would pop out of it to prepare just one meal, psychotic ideations of simply water fasting until this was all over just to absolve myself of the repetition. My back hurt from loading and emptying the dishwasher, also probably from sitting at my desk. I had less stamina for working on projects as the demand for initiative wore on me, and what I really wanted was sleep. I could see the quality in my work suffer when work became all that was. Absence makes the heart grow fonder; the heart, in Chinese Medicine refers to the mind, and “fond” might arguably translate as stimulated. Absence makes my mind sharper. Now in our new normal on Day 28 I look forward to new things, simpler things:

1.     Days where I feel energized enough to call a loved one. Some calls last 3 minutes – today’s lasted 3 hours. I am grateful phor my phellow philosophers philling my mind with pheelings of phreedom.

2.     Group texts with homies that make me laugh…

3.     Still fantastic meals if I do say so. If you can google you can cook, and I’ve learned by going slower at the sink and cutting board respectively, I’m able to mitigate some irritability.

4.     My almost daily run in the park (I do the mask and distancing), sometimes followed by a few minutes of Qi Gong, sometimes even an extra block walk out of my way back home. The weather’s been unfortunately irresistible. We leave our shoes in the hallway, “outdoor clothes” in the foyer, and Purell immediately upon entering.

5.     That 7:00 cheer for the heroes has become my daily highlight, thus serving as a nice reminder of the concept that enough giving of sincere gratitude eventually comes full circle in nourishing its’ giver.

6.     Finally, I’ve never spent more time on social media. It’s a nice distraction, a way to pseudo-connect and get an occasional laugh. I’m grateful for it (but what might this suggest about those who are always on it while not in the middle of a pandemic? The proverbial quarantine of a hollow existence…).

As we supposedly, optimistically reach a plateau in cases I fear I’ve also hit a plateau of illusion. Just as fish don’t know that they’re wet, maybe I no longer know that I’m quarantined. I know that I miss my mom and brother, friends and clients, but their absence has transformed within my consciousness, just as it did when I lived in Los Angeles. We’re just not together anymore. They’re not a part of my world. Though in Los Angeles I knew when my next flight home would be. I knew when I’d see them next – when I’d hug and kiss and laugh with them all. Here we don’t know. For the first time in our lives we can’t know. Some say the end of April while others say August. Both extremes seem unreasonable. I just can’t see a celebratory Cinco de Mayo this year - equally impossible to envision is still being in this fuckin’ apartment on July 4th! If that’s the case I’ll just move to China. I hear Wuhan’s chillin’.

Thank you to the front line, the grocers and delivery folk. Couldn’t do it without ya!

Fuck you to the fools responsible for our lack of preparation, the ignoramuses who don’t distance, and sociopaths who kept working past the point of reason, incidentally harmed others and revealed themselves as part of the problem.

#quarantine #covid #nyc

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Mememe!

5 things challenge - tagged by @everysinglepheel thank you~! :3

5 things in my bag: 1) A notebook 2) A copy of the book Dracula 3) My 3ds 4) One of my ygo decks 5) Pencil and pens~ Plus my Zorua plush, that works as a keychain kinda xD 5 things in my room: 1) As Pheel, a lot of Pokemon merchandise xD 2) My sketchbook 3) The laptop I use daily~ 4) Some non-pokemon plushies, including Pacman and Domo 5) Two death stars from star wars 5 things on my to-do list: 1) Draw something 2) Read more books 3) Sleep at a more reasonable hour 4) Find a job 5) Learn how to manage my money more efficiently ‘>-> 5 things I’m currently into: 1) POKEMON. ALWAYS 2) The ygo tcg 3) Recently I started watching JoJo’s~ 4) Music -w- 5) Fur Cute animals

Tagging: @savior-of-the-dreaming-dragons, @afurrydoodler, @krokorokin, @gaburiaslair, @bahamutlover & @gungnirind. Have fun doing this~ ... or not doing it, that counts too.

#tagged

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More christmas drawings!!

Keystone and Dusty for @peridotsfish! 

Alexander for @kidpolaris! Fasenso for @delta-eon! Reshiram!Black for @perapatherapper!

Clikat for @princess-leslie! And Estrella for @nightly-noivern :D

day 362/365

#not my oc #christmas #roggenrola #spiritomb #reshiram #noivern #troll #homestuck #clikat asicor #estrella #reshiram!black #fasenso #alexander #dragon #pheel art #pheel daily challenge #kidpolaris #peridotsfish #delta-eon #princess-leslie #perapatherapper

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I was hoping to do more, but I’m running low on energy so i think this is it for christmas drawings!!

But here we have Valsparra for @lakelake-art! And Omega-Xis for @gabuslair!!

Merry christmas :D

day 363/365

#not my oc #dragon #valsparra #lakelake-art #omega-xis #megaman starforce #gabuslair #pheel art #pheel daily challenge

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made a christmas avatar for my mainblog! i kinda miss having kyurem tbh but i love arcanine a ton too and i already did christmas kyurem last year so boof!!!

day 337/365

#arcanine #pokemon #christmas #pkmnart #ms paint #digital art #pheel art #pheel daily challenge

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I can’t believe tomorrow’s the last day of the year!! My daily challenge is coming to a close... I figured for the second to last day I’d draw a little pic with the most ‘me’ pokemon :D Arcanine, Kyurem, and Dunsparce have been my top 3 for some time now, and they’ll definitely always stay close to my heart!!

day 364/365

I have a bigger drawing planned for tomorrow but there’s a chance i might not have it done in time so here’s hoping xDD

#arcanine #kyurem #dunsparce #pokemon #pheel art #pheel daily challenge

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Woo I’m done with finals!! To celebrate I drew a skateboarding kyurem!!

day 353/365

#kyurem #pokemon #skateboarding #pheel art #pheel daily challenge

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Finals had me pretty preoccupied but I wanted to do something cute for Hanukkah, so here’s Deborah the Kadabra celebrating with her close friend (perhaps girlfriend?) Gronga!! 

day 354/365

#pokemon #aggron #kadabra #hanukkah #gronga #deborah #pheel art #pheel daily challenge #my ocs

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Sometimes you just gotta draw a snake

day 331/365

#snake #snakes #reptile #colored pencil #pheel art #pheel daily challenge

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While looking for other photos I ended up stumbling upon my old Tomodachi Life screenshots, so here’s a redraw of one. Half my characters are Pokemon which makes things... interesting xDD

Featuring Vanta the Kingler, Bergot the Absol, Fiamma, 1337 Joe, Fellow Seth, and Altamont the Doduo. And starring, of course, Dora K., ready to sing about science. 

day 355/365

I need to do digital art more haha

#tomodachi life #kignler #absol #doduo #my ocs #vanta #bergot #fiamma #1337 joe #fellow seth #altamont #dora k. #1337 joe & fellow seth #pheel art #pheel daily challenge #digital art

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Happy birthday @dailypokemoncrochet!! 

day 343/365

#pokemon #espurr #dailypokemoncrochet #pheel art #pheel daily challenge

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*robot beeps*

day 346/365

#samus #samus aran #metroid #smash bros #pheel art #pheel daily challenge

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It looks like my Druddigon, Sera, has a gift for you!!

i’ve been neglecting sera omg how did i let that happen

day 357/365

#druddigon #pokemon #sera #my ocs #pheel art #pheel daily challenge

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Woo, USUM comes out today :D! Here’s a Nebby to celebrate!! (I’m not getting the game til next week though)

Day 321/365

#nebby #cosmog #pokemon #pokemon usum #alola #pheel art #pheel daily challenge

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My dorm building did a painting event today! I’m not really used to using paints but here’s a Gligar! I chose Gligar cuz i mixed some colors and ended up with Gligar purple hahaha

day 315/365

#pokemon #gligar #acrylic #pheel art #pheel daily challenge