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It's feels weird to look back on actually; I shot Never Sleep back in December, and while on paper it isn't that long ago it feels like a different time entirely. I feel like I've changed so much, both physically (new hair, various new piercings, lost weight, slight boob growth) and as a person, mentally/emotionally. I still love the set, but I feel it's very me-then, not me-now... if that makes sense. (I guess that's one of the side-effects of SG's queue system, aha.) Not necessarily a bad thing, just a reflection.

Life hasn't been all that thrilling lately... Which is fine by me, if I'm honest. I'm actually becoming a bit of a home-body - I rarely go out any more; all my down time (when I get "me" time) is spent drinking brews and painting and making cookies. It's been generally accepted that I've gone from "party-animal" to "tea-guzzling old woman".




Fact is, I haven't enjoyed a night out in a while now. The last two have been godawful, and have made me question why I'm wasting what little money I have on making myself feel like crap, both whilst drinking and the morning after. We always go to the same old crappy bars too, so I've pretty much given up on times like that... Lately I prefer to have the odd bottle of wine with a nice meal with loved ones...

... Or to just to stay at home and refuse to wear pants.


I feel like I get so little time to myself lately, and I don't want to waste it. It constantly feels like I'm trying to cram 30 hours into a day... I'm so excited for where I can take my art in the coming months, for ideas and techniques I wanna try - but it's a constant struggle to find enough time. it's been stressing me out to the point of illness lately.

I'm taking steps to fix it though, my health's almost back to normal. And on the bright side, things should get better very soon if all goes to plan. I really hope it does.

At the moment I'm working on a pretty big oil painting based on AnnaLee's stunning Parhelion set, which captivated me the moment I saw it.

It's the most ambitious painting I've ever done, and I feel I'm learning so much from it; I can't wait to show you guys the final result when it's done.

But it's also pretty demanding and time-consuming, so the only other things I've managed to get done are scrawlings in my sketchbook, mostly during work breaks and things.
Like this one of Marceau:

Or these:


I've been doodling alot of the Joker/Harley Quinn the past few days too, just for fun. Such fun characters to play around with...


Hopefully I'll have more than just sketchbook pages to offer next time.