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please let me grow old, I want 50 more shibas in my future

The prompts for this week were old fashioned things and I went with a day at the museum for some cuties. I really wish New Horizons gave us more to play with but they gave us a lot to begin with soooooo I can only hope the next title will be just as fun cause I still play NH

drew this for a mother's day gift

I didn't want to flood my feed again, especially with such embarrassing moments.

1. Me as a child. I was my grandma's (dad's side) favorite and she would dress me in a little red riding hood cloak and walk me around the backyard. I don't have any photos because I couldn't bring them with me, but sometimes I think back on those days. I was named after my grandmother and I ended up becoming the black sheep of the family, cutting contact with everyone.

2. Childhood home. I loved that house but had so many bitter sweet memories. I wish I didn't have to look it up for this picture because the new owners made it... pretty terrible.

3. First pet, Lady was already in home by the time I was born but Dusty was the first one I raised. They were both wonderful dogs and probably the reason why I have dogs today.

4. Good lord, teen fashion... At 14, I decided I liked wearing a daily uniform and I wore a black duster and jeans pretty much every damn day. Still practice the personal uniform trend to this day though lol

5. My first job was at Petco. I enjoyed the work but the boss would easily lose her temper with others and yell at me??? Like lady pls.

6. First big trip. I remember a bit of going to Nova Scotia, and of Peggy's Cove Lighthouse. It was the first time I could spend my own money and spent it all on Pokémon cards (it was like $15). My mom said I was wasting my college fund money on useless shit. Spoiler, there was no college fund, and her hating all my life choices continues to this day... BUT I still have ALL those Pokemon cards. Brought them all the way halfway across the world with me =3

7. A proud moment. I think me leaving behind literally everything expect 2 suitcases worth of my shit and moving to the Netherlands was the biggest. People often ask me if it was a tough choice. I wish I could respond, "If my family had loved me, it would have been harder." No regrets.

I've been struggling for a clear vision lately but whatever it's fine

I’ve got such a complicated relationship with art, mostly because it was a way to express myself and my parents didn’t want that. I was a child of immigrants that wanted me to blend in, keep my head down, listen to others and do what I was told. 

When I would draw, they would discourage it, when I wrote they said it was a waste of time. I had no outlet that was appropriate for them and so I created less and less the older I got. My role was that of something they could brag about (when I became a doctor, which obvs didn’t happen) and to compete with their siblings. When I didn’t meet those expectations I was “nothing but a disappointment” and “a regret”.

The only time I was useful was when they realized they could use my talents for their own gains. People only call you selfish if you don’t give them what they want. They don’t care about what you want.

It wasn’t until I was able to run away halfway across the world that I could truly be an artist without their words to hold me back. I finally began drawing again in 2016 and went digital in 2019. 

I could have become an abusive narcissist like my mom or an alcoholic like my dad but instead I’m giving myself to art. My skill isn’t close to where I wish it could be and my voice is small, but it’s my voice. Something AI will never be able to replicate in a thousand years. 

I believe this trend started with patouret on Instagram but seeing so many artists on my feed do it, I wanted to join in as well.

I'm always playing catch up but the weather lately has been terrible and honestly this took 100% brain power to do. I'm super pleased with it though

half of "art history" which was interesting and fun to explore. still have 3 days to do

cave paintings, greek vase, woodblock print, stained glass

Wrapping up the end of theme "animals through the ages"

babies

not sure how I feel about the outlines on piloswine but I'm trying new things

if there's one thing i really struggle with, it's line art. so this daily challenge is not only challenging me to draw every day, it's pushing me out of my comfort zone so i can learn and grow. i always look at my work and say to myself, "i can't wait to see where i'll be 5 years from now"

taking a break from drawing prompts to update my phone lock screen

I get that what I draw is my style, but I hate it, not gonna lie lol

these are for the doodle prompts and I'm in the middle of hating everything I draw, but I'm gonna push through cause that's what you do

sometimes you need a good doodle. Mrs. Bardot gave us a free brush so I had to use it with that classic b/w flavor

I'm incredibly behind again but here's art as of late

I'm behind on a lot of things since I had a stay at home vacation but I'll make sure to catch up on the prompts

i love those before and after pics, my god they so cute

bbf

do you see the eyes????

if you know you know

outside pls

i really wanted to do draw decidueye for this but i struggled so hard. maybe ill revisit it in a year when im better at this lolol

almost forgot this one, salt and pepper

breakfast anyone? don't have the tea

i got kinda busy but not too busy for this

2 small round bois

the shiny Vanillite is soooo pretty

babies

i love them

A Swanna and a sunset