obliviousally | charms, art dump, rambling

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charms that i got made through

knifeorchid's discord group order earlier this year! it's very, very fun to see your art as physical items. i also absolutely adore the hook one - i thought it would make a great charm back when i first drew it

made all these cute little merch graphics with canva, since half of my awake time is spent at work and without photoshop or something, and canva's great for this kinda shit and i don't have to really wrack my brain over graphic design lol

dumb destiny polycule stuff lol drifter (coyote) in the back, kailani (opossum) in the middle, danior (hyena) at the bottom. this is kind of in limbo b/c the pose arrangement is frustrating me and something about it feels just out of my skill set, so it's on the backburner for the time being

furry drifteris - the eris kitty got 600+ likes and 100+ retweets over on the bird app, which was pretty cool, tbh! of the two, i actually like the drifter one better lol

ancyn raging - experimenting with expressions, dramatic lighting. this one hasn't gone much further than this stage, i open it up and fuss with it a little every now and then

fingers in baby food jars - another ancyn (destiny-verse angel.........kinda?? she's definitely markedly different atm) with some disembodied arms (b/c i couldn't figure out what the fuck to do with them on her lol) and a hand's worth of her dead-but-not-final-dead partner's fingers in jars like redneck reliquaries

desma with a glaive - the warlock-specific 'edge of intent' b/c the shapes on it are Good

real real rough thing from a pose of cate blanchett for 032C magazine
this is really rough lol idk what i'm doing with it yet or who it's gonna be (leaning towards ancyn maybe? could also end up being ally lol) but i really liked the pose when i saw it

yeah.......

other than that, uh

i picked up a new phone (on payments of course) this month - moto g power 2022. my old one (moto g6) still works OKAY but it was doing shit like not charging, or having to be sat a Very Specific Way to charge, or just turning off whenever it felt like, often in the middle of the night when i had an alarm set. sometimes it would decide it was 'too cold' and shut off at the end of my scooter ride so i couldn't end the ride in the app. it was slow, but i'd adapted, but it was still s l o w

new phone does have some finickiness, which i knew going in, but i wanted as new as i could get in my budget. it feels like it's not as fast as it SHOULD be for a phone that's three years newer than my g6, but since i've been using it normally now it feels decently speedy in comparison. also, more space, a really nice camera (in comparison). it's bigger (taller) which is kind of annoying, but i'll get used to it

i also managed to put my screen protector on with NO BUBBLES OR DEBRIS UNDER IT. the true accomplishment here

work has been..............................something. a lot of something. both of our student workers quit within a week of each other, out part timer transferred to another branch. we GOT a teen librarian from a different branch transferred over (heard rumors of issues with the manager there). had, like, three incidents to do paperwork on with neighborhood kids last month, including one where they threw a whole kid's scooter into our foyer and at the inside automatic doors and then went around pounding on the windows in the front of the branch

i have four days off for christmas, which is nice, i'm hoping to maybe try to accomplish some kind of art but i'll probably just end up playing destiny b/c i can't manage my time anymore lol

tonight, tho, i'm going over a friends' place for a holiday dinner and that should be nice (idk if tony's going with or not, he was invited but is also sketchy with holiday stuff)

forgot i wanted to add reading stuff too lol...

📖 Little Monsters, Volume 1
interesting premise, nice art. i liked the muted, kind of scratchy vibe this has visually. interested to see where it goes, there's not a TON of plot in the first volume, but you get to know the characters a little bit

📖 The Closet #1
i thought this would be..........more? maybe it will be in later volumes lol. WELL, LIKE, i thought it would be more actual monsters kind of thing (and maybe it will turn into that? manifestation of fears or something) but it's mostly interpersonal relationship drama seen tangentially through the eyes of a child. which is fine, just not what i prefer lol. the main character is just a shitshow of a pathetic human being, in the bad way lol which is great writing, but man is he unlikeable lol

📖 Carole & Tuesday, Vol. 1
this is super cute so far! i haven't watched the anime yet, but i've been aware of it. my only gripe is that sometimes they draw carole's neck really long and it's disconcerting lol

📖 Die, Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker
i am......kinda? liking this? the art is BEAUTIFUL and there's an interesting story being told here, but it's not sunshine and roses. the plot IS pretty dreary, which is fine, but probably not what someone who reads the premise of 'adults have to return to the d&d fantasy world they played in as teens' would be expecting

i also didn't realize this was by kieron gillen and i REALLY did not like the writing in 'the wicked + the divine' when i first read it years ago (i don't think i finished the first volume??) so maybe i'll give that another shot just to see if it was as bad as i remember in comparison

📖 Home Sick Pilots, Volume 1: Teenage Haunts
the art in this is beautiful, the plot is a little convoluted but this one feels like there's enough plot fed in to keep you wondering that'll probably be elaborated on in later volumes (though the ending of this vol does take a turn i didn't expect lol so it could go from 'girl pilots house like a mech' conceptually to literally)

📖 Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog And Chainsaw
i kept seeing thinkpieces about how the women in this SUCK(affectionate), and we had the first couple volumes on the shelves at work, so i figured i'd give it a shot. i don't hate it! the devil designs are pretty cool and it honestly doesn't feel AS fanservice-y as i'd expect. i think i've got vol. 3 sitting on my desk atm, so it's got me willing to learn more at least lol

📖 Sports Is Hell
i'd seen this on the shelves at work, but someone requested it for a hold and i started skimming through it at the desk. figured i'd give it a quick read b/c it's pretty short. it's WILD biting satire of politics under the veneer of sports - you can see the juxtaposition of sports riots (good) vs. activism riots (bad) and the ever-constant battle between how to be the Right Kind of Activist or revolutionary

i've got a............tall stack of graphic novels on my desk currently that i need to power through lol