dylan_mx | Entries tagged with hope never dies ;)

So, I've mostly been rewatching series lately. Or, well, also watching old tv series/episodes for the first time (for example The A-Team episodes I had missed on tv runs). (More precisely I haven’t seen anything after 2022, more on this later).

I can't decide if this is ok or a sign of impending doom – aka becoming one of these old people who think "everything was better" in their youth.

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Current Mood: contemplative

As per my last year post I'm progressing with collage experimentation.

Finished projects are two a5 cards, the fronts are one Roman themed and the other with Rupert Giles (my sister's favourite) and the back have a simple book page background with a 'Thanks' stamp

( here's one of them - cut for photo )

I still need to get better at taking non blurry pictures, taking a good photo is 90% of my troubles about collaging!

Junk journaling techniques as inking borders - distressing - stamping and mixed media is what I like to do most, but the JJ aesthetic is usually vintage in a cottagecore way, while I'm using mostly fandom cut outs* for the focal point and trying to keep it less cluttered.

*mostly comic reprints, some photocopies and old magazines cut outs I saved

Besides creating, I've been wondering around looking for fandom analog crafters, but my searching skills are either very rusty or internet has become too big ahah! I will not desist!

A part of me doesn't even know which socials to look into: I'm sure Tik Tok has more people than DW, but there everything is so fast and I don't even want to download the app... reddit? tumblr? I honestly don't know, so for now I am sailing the quiet lands of DW 👍 it's what feel most like home :)

Current Mood: artistic

I'll start with saying I'm good, just a lot to catch up!

Here's a partial recap :)

RL:

📑 A great news! Passed three exams: ecology, applied ecology and immunology, now I've got TWO EXAMS TO GIVE IN JULY AND I CAN GET MY DEGREE.
It is a time to reflect on my journey and to fight the anxiety of the Unknown that lies Beyond. 👻 I am scared. But I arrived up to here, I won't give up!!

🩺 I am using the small "pause" March will afford me to fix my medical appointments (definitely a lot to check up ahahah) I don't think we'll find anything we can't fix, but still it will be quite expensive...
I want to write more here on dw, but I'll see how time treats me. I think rn tumblr shitposting suits me better ahah

Fandom:

🔥🧙 Merlin BDSM Fest is less than 3 weeks away!!

[thanks @fyscka for the banner art]

We are working hard to ensure a nice event for all kind of Merlin fanworks within the BDSM theme, and it's the perfect way to warm up for Kinkalot.

My goal rn is to make seven fanworks, so cheer for me! 💪

Housekeeping note: I think I will make Pillowfort my main art account from now on. I can never remember to post my drawings everywhere anyway.

Account is https://www.pillowfort.social/XenoMoss
I'm still going to write here, but I will not be posting the art files (unless I have some reason to).
So the usual commentary, WIP talk and rl updates go here, but otherwise I think DW is not optimal for displaying art... Pillowfort has many problems, but I think it's better to have an art only account there.

Thanks for all the comments on my past art. I do feel at home here. Managing multiple art accounts is taking a toll, I'd rather use that time to draw more and study ♡♡♡

Current Mood: hopeful

Despite my very optimistic predictions I only passed 1 exam (out of 6). But 1 is still MUCH better than 0 <3 And I learned a lot about microorganisms, the professor was so passionate I really enjoyed her enthusiasm, she almost converted me to the microorganisms path 😄

This Kinkalot I got 3 wonderful gifts (Perwaine) ♡♡♡ I'm working on some Merlin fanart (read: Perwaine) myself, even if I've got SO MUCH ART I want to work on :O

I cannot decide what to do first because everything seems SO IMPORTANT all the time!!

Right now I've just finished doing a template for character sheets that I hope to use for some comics, I also did some gesture and some fixings of old stuff that I like for sentimental value, like a Merlin magic reveal piece with Gwaine ♡ but I don't know if it's even worth pursuing since I don't feel like angsty/emotional pieces are in my target right now... I'd like to see it finished but I have energy and time which are very limited! CHOICES!! AAARGH!!

I'm reading (between other books) The Making of a Story by Alice LaPlante, it gives some insight on writing and it gave me a starting point to learn about writing. I have finished a fic that I hope to post on AO3 soon, which is very self-indulgent, the kind of thing that I wanted to see in the world so I'm doing it myself ahaha!

Writing feels like a completely different endeavour than drawing, it's honestly making my brain's gears screech sometimes!

The CSP trial on tablet has expired so I've decided to try Krita and I think it's really good!! I do a lot of thumbnails and real life/urban sketching with it.

I hope October treats me well, at least I'm happy that I can now wear sweatshirts and see the mist rising ♡♡♡

Current Mood: calm

I hope everyone is spending a nice summer <3

I'm still unwell, but doing work with therapy and the tools I got 💪💪💪 Sometimes doing what you can with the circumstances you're given is the best you can do 😔

I decided to do a deep clean of my room and it's been an ongoing process (started around April).
I clean like a drawer or two at the time, to make small manageable chunks. I don't have a lot of furniture but I'm very inconsistent, because I can't do it everyday, but I hope to end before the end of fall.

I'm also reading the KonMari's "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" so I'm trying to hold each item as I clean and be grateful for it.

I've never been a big buyer, so far 99% of what I own sparks joy. I still decided to let go of some comics, but more because I don't think I'll ever read them again and I like having more space, I still don't know what I will do with them because they are perfectly good and I'm sure someone could enjoy them.
While I was reading up on donating and stuff I came across this very interesting reddit post on dealing with trash [link].
Very interesting!
I agree that guilt is an hindrance in basically any process: To move forward and take action is better than stay immobilized by guilt.

Guilt is one of my worst demons and it's always though to ground yourself and remember that guilt does not serve our goals.

My reading is still ongoing: I read as I clean and I'm still at my library/books part. I had to divide the book section in subcategories because I got a little bit of everything!! Euro comics, Italian comics and Italian indie comics, USAmerican comics non Marvel and Marvel, manga, Artbooks etc.!! I want to take stock of all that I have. I can't reorganize much: no space, and this is really a problem when you have a 30cm tall comic which can only fit in one part of the library XD but it's nice to take a look at what I have and appreciate it.

Anyway, even if I don't agree with everything in KonMari's book, I feel like the considerations still have a lot of value. I really love her approach to personal growth and having a gratitude based approach to life <3

The Netflix series was super sweet and I really loved seeing people use cleaning as a tool for meditating on life and the future! I will for sure make treasure of what she teaches if I ever get my own house.

Will possibly make more posts if I feel better.

Also Kinkalot will start next month, I won't participate but it's so nice to have it going <3 I'll be cheering as much as I can 🎉🎉

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: Maneskin - Beggin'

Hey there!
It feels way more than a month since I last posted 💦 I compared the start of the year to a tornado and it's still very relevant 🌪️🌪️🌪️

I am not well, but still going to therapy.

🎨 Art-wise I am very happy to say I did a wonderful line for a Valvert collab with Emm and can't wait to see her coloured version and to colour her lines myself <3 🎨

One of my most recent art goals is to get better at fat bodies >:D I'm ready to unlock my final form

I've been going through my WIP folders to check my old stuff... a lot of art got forgotten in my switch from SAI to CSP and now I'm looking at what was good and what is just useless files that can be discarded.
So, since I had a merman phase now I'm checking all these wonderful mermen and I fixed some of them and I am thinking about posting at least a couple for mermay ^^

Honestly I need to talk about it with my therapist bc a part of me doesn't feel like posting any or even to keep working of the rest, mostly because I don't really care about these? I mean these are not characters and are not OC (in the sense they have no name or backstory) I just drew something based on aesthetic and so it's pretty meaningless ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Well anyway rn I have bigger fishes to fry (pun intended).

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Let's stay hopeful

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