Every. Single. Day.

I wanna be the man that girls with daddy issues fall in love with, but never get serious with.

You are rocking that mustache by the way. You should grow it out.

One selfish bump for the new layout. BD

Whee, thanks. (8
I can't help but loving the concept of mushrooms growing out of living things. It's kind of horrible and neat the same time...

bumping this now.
And oh Shanol you, I keep missing comments around here. D:

Woah, sounds like you got real lucky with the apartment. Hopefully the stress eases once you get more settled into everything. It's good to hear from you!

That sounds so freaking awesome. Really happy for the both of you.

It'll take time to get used to bills and whatnot, but I'm sure you'll do just fine. (:

I got that too :\ I don't know why tumblr's done it but it's annoying. Usually changing the number in the front of the image link to 36 seems to fix it, or if not give or take a few numbers.

I remember Hummingbird O: she used to hang out with Corvus and someone. Might have been Ephire not sure.

Also Null sat on Cirrus and liked her guts once LOL

Mrr, Tumblr did it again on this blog, I just fixed this yesterday. Luckily simply updating this blog fixed it. I hope.

Draak - Aaa yeah, I remember Hum and Corvus. And yup, Ephire was the other character she liked to hang around with. Two crows and a hummingbird, birb buddies. (8
And..... I have a very, very faint memory of that Cirrus' guts thing. Amg, Null, you disturbing thing!

Mjrn - Indeed! Also sorta reminds how much this place has changed since those times. Which is not a bad thing, but still makes you feel this small longing when looking through all that old stuff.

I have a friend of mine who grows his own food in a tiny garden much like the one you mentioned. It's pretty neat, and if I had more of a green thumb I'd probably do the same. Also tends to save a bit on money, even if it's slow going.

Etsy is a good website. Have you tried Society6? Dunno about you, but whereas I always pictured Etsy as more of a place for paintings and handcrafted materials, Society6 has a lot of cool deals with art designs on clothing and such. Clothing, bags, even coffee mugs. I believe you can sell prints on there as well in different styles as well? I may have to recheck that, but it's still a really nice place. Lot of good shit if you know where to look.

I know muse is pretty hard to come by. Especially with stress and so much to do and eugh. :s But have you ever thought about doing commissions for characters or so on things like physical canvas's or even t-shirts? Or even putting something like the prints you already have on shirts and the like?

Ah I'm glad to hear this and hope to see you in forest soon ♥

About the resemblances, I'm afraid we can't do much about it.
Recently, I've seen a character with almost-exactly Cutlass' design (b&w, same black mane, long back stripes but no scar) and I'm pretty sure it's coincidental, if not well this player lacks imagination. There are so many characters anyway, active or not you'll probably miss most of them :') I agree the best thing to do is, as writers and filmmakers, to add a little note that any resemblance is coincidental. Nothing force you to remove the design though, you own your art and ideas, not ressemblances. < hope it makes sense

<sub>The world is so large, and there have been so many people that practically any design and any idea has HAD to be thought of in one way or another by more than one person. And you'll never be able to make everyone happy, or cater to everyone. I'd take it with a grain of salt really, and not worry all that much about it. No one can own a color scheme, or certain pattern. If it makes you feel better, I'm sure leaving a little time to let people see if any of them by chance look like a character will work well but be wary of people who may try to take advantage of this.

I adore your adoptables and was lucky enough to get a hold of two of them so I do hope you continue to make more</sub>

Keepy - Ahh, I think I've recently seen the same character. Didn't contact the owner, though. I want to believe Cut still stands out enough as a character. c:
And yes, I'm indeed going to add this note to my adoptable blogs/submissions from now on, but also want to encourage people here on tef to contact me if something is way too similar.
♥

Lostinecho - That is very true! And I've seen many people altering the designs and making the characters their own anyway. But I really don't want anyone feeling bad so I'm willing to work things out with people if there is the need for it. Of course, I also hope people will keep in mind that in this vast world of internets or even within this community, there will always be similar looking characters and to certain extent we all have to accept that.

And no, I don't believe the problem was about my adopts looking similar but more like looking similar to the pre-existing characters, other people's designs.

Hadou - Haha, I can be such a worrywart. But people have been kind and awesome and understood my side as well so I'm not like, panicking anymore about making people mad at me. : D
Annnnnd I totally didn't even think up about people trying to take the advantage of this idea. That's a very good notion, gotta be careful.
I'm also glad you're happy with the adopts <33

Apoidea - I do get easily worried but I'm feeling much better now. Thank you. (:

I don't think I've seen any TEF characters that look like your adopts either I lurk around those on DA

And also like, it's impossible to keep track of every single TEF character too (even more so if you don't pop in regularly). So coincidences are bound to happen every now and then with such a fairly large userbase.

But aw man does it bother me when people don't contact you about things, and you only hear about it via someone else.

Well, I understood there have been some similarities in the past as well, not only with these new ones.
What my intention with this blog update was to let people know that they shouldn't feel bad about contacting me if there is something with my adopts making them feel uncomfortable. Have courage, people.
I understand what it feels like having a doppelganger skipping around the forest. Sometimes we just have to accept them but if there is something I can do to prevent some of them happening with my adopts, I will.
But the designs really have to be very similar in overall to give me the reason to change the design, rather than just having one single trait the same as another OC. (until it's like, something very prominent idk.)

But I wanted to make people feel more at ease with this matter. <3

Hmm. Well, I'm already helping one character get unstuck through my RP plot I've got setting up. Perhaps I could help him too? check out my blog about looking for players and see if you see anything that he could get into that might help his development any. Feel free to add me on Skype too, if you want to talk about anything off-plot. I have a knack for coming up with possible ideas, or ideas that may inspire a new idea for you.

I get developmentstuff mostly through rp and talking about the character with someone regardless of how big or small the detail is. It all helps o:

Also you can try making a character tumblr for them? (if you havent already asdasfa)

I, personally, always found inspiration from the elements you can find in books, shows, or even video games. Or even portions of your own life: the good and the bad and the gray area between. I even have a character whose personality is driven by the influence of one of my dearest friends. That, and the fact that there were always jokes of him having the humanized personality of "a damn cat." I guess he gave me enough light in my life to work his persona into my brain, sketched and mapped out. Know someone long enough, go through hard times with 'em, you'll read 'em like a book. Especially if they lay their pages open to you. Now that I think about it, I believe there's a little bit of my friends and family in some of my characters. Sometimes it happens randomly, sometimes not.

Buuut going on with the 'elements' portion:
I suppose it kinda depends on what you want. Taking elements from books, feelings, vibes, anything that strikes your muse and that fits well with the character you have — it's kinda like filling in a slot or taking something apart. Taking a word, a quirk, and then sectioning it out and describing it. Point 1 [ 1 being the character itself ] turns into point 2 [ 2 being a trait or quality ] which spreads out into 2a, 2b, 2c [ these symbolizing the meaning behind that trait and quality, debunking if you will; the Hows and Whys ]. It can, quite literally, go on and on and on. Especially if you have an immortalized or ageless character. What new thing can come along? What specific numbers will that "thing" affect? So on and so forth.

I always, always have ideas for "to be" characters, side or main ones or even ones in the middle. Whether it be a feeling or a fleeting word that just sorta . . . sticks there and doesn't go away. It's all a matter of reigning in any other emotions or vibes you get from that character design [ like the Point 1, Point 2 mapping I did an example of above ]. What sort of story fits or maybe one that doesn't quite fit at all, only to have a turning point that makes sense somewhere along the way.

There are a few good "master lists" on tumblr that can help with this sort of thing, too. I liked this one for a while: ✗. But at the same time, I wouldn't go entirely by the book with some of those master lists. You gotta keep a little of your own opinion and craftsmanship on the character, too. It is your character after all. Make them what you may consider unique before worrying about what others may think. You're the base, other people with their characters who interact with yours can help shape whatever else you may have left after all the initial finalizing. There are bound to be people who will take interest even if the design itself doesn't happen to snatch their attention first. c:

...Oh man, that's a bit longer than I originally thought to write . . . and the thing is I could probably write loads more... WELP.

Have fun with it!

I can relate on so many things you have mentioned here, especially the anxiety things.

I work the same, if I know I have things to do but I am at the point where I really want to draw instead, I refuse to draw cause 'It would be wasting my time which I should use doing other things instead'- kind of deal.

Usually when I have many things to do and get stressed over it, I focus on taking on at least one of those shores/duties and try to complete at least one of them, or even just half of one, just beginning on whatever needs to be done might be an accomplishment on it's own sometimes.

I'm sorry you don't feel motivated drawing, I hope it comes back to you!
For me personally, it usually helps to go out for a walk, preferably in the woods or somewhere not so close to town. I recently did this, and I got tons of inspiration and motivation to draw and just basically get by the day!
I hope you find your way back soon enough, whenever it might be going out for a walk or change the curtains in your apartment. ´v`/

Summer's too hot for me. Makes me very lethargic, and it doesn't help that I work outside, so I'm under constant exposure.

I don't do well with extremes, I prefer the middle ground. Spring and Autumn are perfect in terms of that.

You just gotta remember- breaks are perfectly fine to take.
Everyone deserves a break now and then.

My motivation has gone out the door too. I feel for you quams.

I'm that much more tempted to get an Instagram just by looking at your pictures. Gorgeous.

Really hope things get better for you, and soon...

Glad yo better, hubs. And your Insta pics are really great. :{

Sending some positive vibes your way!!
Also I agree your Instagram pics are very pretty, which reminds me.
-sneaks to follow on said insta-