Finished the absinthe poster!!!

This probably is the most challenging of the style studies Ive done. Ive found that the semi-realistic neo-classical style is one of the hardest to replicate in 3d, and the bizarre shapes of the decorations were also very difficult to wrap my head around in 3d.

The lineart is all done in blender with grease pencil. the lettering was drawn as a vector in affinity designer before importing it into blender as a svg.

This was rendered as 4 layers, (foreground, main lineart, colors, and an opacity mask for the background decorations) plus 2 color gradient layers I made in affinity photo, before compositing the whole thing in clip studio paint. The color layer had lots of post-process in blender's compositor also

A fascinating study of coyotes living in urban areas and how humans have influenced the species. Coyotes appear to have benefited from urbanization, with their range expanding drastically over the past 100 years, despite the fact that cities are a far more dangerous setting for them than rural areas. The book also dispels a lot of the myths and misunderstandings about urban coyotes, with 20+ years of scientific study to back up the claims. All that, along with some really solid photography, makes Coyotes Among Us an enjoyable read.

Sometimes you just gotta draw yourself as a beautiful animal person

In the span of this month, my boyfriend is paying for himself to get a driver's license. On the 25th, he is having a hospital stay for various health concerns (which I don't know the nature of). After that, he is taking a flight out from where he is, in order to come to me. His current living situation is barely a living one at all, he's been a victim of relentless abuse from his entire household for nearly his entire life and it's slowly killing him.

He's been living off Social Security for the entire first half of the year, and that's only because he was able to stop his mother from taking every dollar from him and using it for rent (and then saying he needs to start paying rent to her).

My parents and brother do not like him, so him moving in with me and my immediate family is not an option.

Our main plan was to move in with my cousin in Massachusetts, but since he is not family, that would be subleasing, which is grounds for her to be evicted. She is still expecting for me to come stay with her, so I can possibly convince her to let him stay in my room for a short while, but after that I'm not sure.

My grandmother wouldn't be able to take on any more people, since she already has my other cousin and his girlfriend living with her.

If there are any queer or queer-friendly people in New England willing to take on two extra people, please let me know. My Discord is @fearb33k33p3r. If you want to text my phone number, I'll give that to you there.