since Atiq didn't really have anything goin' on in the Forest today I started painting something, which I don't think will get done tonight so have a little wip~

...also if Atiq seemed...slightly erratic...I was actually using him to go to different places in-forest so that I could have reference to look at while I painted haha I used his in-character behavior for my own purposes.
Best multi-tasking.

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BOOP


another piece of it.

I'm actually going on a small vacation with my family like tomorrow, so I might not get to finishing this today even though I'm super into it right now. I'll be taking my computer tablet with me so I can do some art, but I only loaded that up with Krita, and I need my photoshop brushset for this particular painting haha

APPARENTLY.

SALEM.


My cat wanted to help, he sat right on the keyboard and Atiq nearly did a backflip off of the ledge he's on lol

yes that's exactly what we wanted XD

the real reason Atiq is feeling off tonight, the Chief Grump is piloting him

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*posts at 2 am because she's not paying attention*


Atiq has an adorable face and I needed to do some doodles of him tonight.


He babysat some fawns today and it was the cutest thing. No need to worry about any squished fawns though, Atiq is extra careful and mostly made of fluff.

I also thought I'd doodle him gazing down from his thronewatching from his new favorite perch at the Playground...he sees all

Also enjoy bed-head Atiq, that boy is a mess after a nice nap.

_{And then a sneaky new boy, he's only in there because I planned on foolin around with some poses and ended up liking the first one I did |D he'll show up eventually...by eventually I mean when I kick my unmotivated butt into gear lol}

_{there I go stealing Poets of the Fall lyrics for titles just like ooooollllddddd times haha}

I don't feel very good tonight. I haven't had the best evening.

...or past couple years but I learned how to have more ok days than bad after a bit and try fixing it.

Tonight I guess I was just holding in a lot of built up stress in a constantly stressed house, and someone pushed a button that just set off the anxiety and sad-sack-ery...and the best lesson I learned as a creative person throughout my life is that no matter what, create. It's my blood and breath and the best outlet I have for whatever is stuck inside my head.
Pen is the easiest thing for me to doodle in, everything comes out of it freely and I needed something that wouldn't fight me back, something that would yield to me for once.

I also hoped hopping into the Forest just to sit and maybe hang out with a few pals would do it's usual trick of relieving some stress (idk what chill-magickry I infused into Atiq when I made him but having him on a screen next to me is just so calming), BUT it wouldn't let me connect today, which prompted me to draw in my sketchbook. Because that'll show the network? I guess? lol

Also the sketchbook I was using has a weird, flat "step" at the spine instead of a curve, and tbh my eyes are super blurry so it was hard enough to edit, so sorry for the odd line in the middle, I tried haha