Nell - Tumblr Posts
sometimes i love reading song lyrics like poetry, especially translations of songs in different languages, songs with beautiful lyricism and wordplay, songs that tell stories and make you wanna take a deep dive in them, song lyrics that teach you new words and things, song lyrics that resonate so badly with you, i love how music is poetry with melody
Teen-A-Day
Rebel: Milo Barr
Grade: 12
Favorite listen: You Cant Eat Cats Kevin
Favorite Watch: Darwin's Game
Dream College: Whoever accepts me i guess
Do what you want, i'm graduating and i can count how many days i showed up on one hand
"It's been terrible, I hope I never see any of you again."
Kak nisa how are you?? What's the plan for the year-end months?
Hi Nell! Thanks for asking! If you didn't drop something in my inbox, I might've forgotten that I should post some updates on my year-end productivity challenge :v So, thanks so much for ringing my bell! :D
I'm doing pretty well, thank you! Nothing too serious, but my period threw me for a loop this week :( I had some pretty rough mood swings, I think because of it. I was a total mess. I cried almost every night.
I haven't mentioned this, but one of my cats died about three weeks ago, and I couldn't stop thinking about him. One night, I had a bit of a cry remembering him. It was really tough keeping my voice down. Obviously, I didn't want to wake my dad up. I also cried while questioning my life lol >,< Now that my period is over, I can laugh at how funny it was when I cried.
As for my plan for the year-end months, I just want to end this year with fewer regrets 😅 I want to fix some bad habits and build good habits. I also want to focus on improving my job-related skills so I can gain confidence in my career 🤗
How about you?
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Thanks to @authoroflight for the original template! (Though I might have customized it beyond recognizability ksdjgnsd)
2023... I got a lot of art done this year compared to past years! Though the year started out slow, between trades and commissions, the first quarter of the year somehow managed to have at least one good drawing a month, even if March's old-sketch-paintover looks a little strange next to all the creatures. XD; May and June continued the theme of painting over old, though June's original was considerably newer than May's. It also took me forever to find it!! Several of the ones I'd been going to put for June turned out to be from different months (no date on them so was going by modified date at first, oops!). And in July of course there was the Clysmia comic, August with the Choco 'comic'. September was another low but I managed to churn out another paintover. October of course had my annual flower-drawing saga with the last one featured here, and in November I got bored and drew Comet, and December held a delightful surprise in the form of a book-illustrating commission. :3 Gonna keep that one to just a preview since it's part of something that'll be published.
But! Let's go through all the rest. Keep reading for more on the rest of the pieces.
January - This was a secret santa for my good friend @toothpaste-dragon of her OC Baz! Love this grumpy crust of an alien. :D You can view the full pic here.
February - This was a commission from @dreagonarchives of her guy Guido! Full pic: x
March - Paintover I did of my character Sleepi from Torn Apart! Since it was done over an older pic the style looks a little incongruent from my current style 😅 But this was also almost a year a go now, so, y'know.
April - My half of a design trade with @chrystallink! Doggos are a bit of a challenge for me, but it was a fun one! Full pic: x
May - A fittingly sunny pic of my character Nola. This was another one that I think had started from a paintover and just went places from there. Still a little strange-looking, but oh well. Plus a photo of some sunflowers in the background. XD
June: Progress pic of an absolute freak. An attempt was made to sketch out a hand to keep it from hiding, but I never did get back to this pic... 😂
July: As mentioned above, a comic for my good friend Dia featuring her gal Clysmia!
August: The tail end of a final ArtFight attack against Chocobir! I had so much fun putting in on the Easter eggs, and Choco is so cute!
September: The suave business lizard himself, it's Nell! Another one that's painted over an older sketch. Overall I think I improved the face shape a bit since the sketch? Maybe?
October: The final flower from Floratober 2023! I had a lot of fun and it was so great getting so much feedback this year. The wonders of posting on places other than Tumblr! lol.
November: Comet from Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san! Whenever I need to get away and draw, Comet is there as my comfort anime. :) It's been a while since I've drawn the girl and watched the last bundle of episodes!
December: And of course, December's art! From a very fittingly snowy-themed project. :) I don't know yet how much I'll be able to talk about it, but it's certainly going to keep me busy for a while!
Gonna space this one out a bit so Logolas has a chance to shine.
This is actually from back in September... 😬 I was going through a bit of a dark night of the soul back then with my job, so I guess it makes sense I wasn't up to posting much back then. 😅
Aaanyways. This suave business lizard you are beholding is Nell. He's a major player in the main Aliens story with Naru, Shiido, Korosa, Sz'nami, Ril'siiya and Tsuname. There's not a whole lot I can say about him without spoiling stuff, though I have mentioned or talked about him a handful of times on the side blogs, so there is that.
He's something of a philanthropist who's helped out Tsuname and some other Gaediens get back home. Tsuname has mixed feelings about him. On the one hand, Nell helped him out, but on the other, Nell is kinda... weird, from his perspective. But then, Tsuname's from some technologically-primitive island and hasn't been around many business folk before, so what does he know, right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
My stardew farmer, Nell (she/they), 2023 version 😌