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omg hi ok pls forgive me

That skirt drawn is so adorable I actually would love to maybe know where u (or your wife bc idk who is who ;-; ) got it from bc AHHHHHHHH !!!! It's so pretty !!!! 💖

The crazy hair one is me! the one wearing the skirt is my wife ! :) we got it thrifted, actually. I'm not entirely sure but it's tag says "ROMWE" which I think is a SHEIN brand.

Obviously neither of us condone fast fashion but we live in SoCal, so a lot of people buy those kind of clothes and then throw them away or donate them to thrift stores. A big score for us, because we both use our clothes for a long time!!! I've gotten a few pieces I'd never buy from certain companies directly but don't mind getting second hand that way. After all I'd rather get use out of them than have them be in a landfill. If you take care of them they last you a decent while. If you don't have any good thrift stores near you (we have to commute for ours) theres online avenues that do the same thing! I'd advise giving your money to companies like SHEIN directly if you can help it!

#ask #no art here #obv everyones situation is different and i know we're all poor as shit #but people DO donate those clothes if u want em so keep an eye out! #depends on where u live tho #if youre looking for that kind of stuff that isn shein pyramid collection can also have the same vibe #i know less abt them but theyve existed for a long time

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It was our ten year anniversary the other day so I drew me and my partner’s cutest outfits as of late 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

#illustration #my art #lesbian #lgbt art #femme4femme #lgbt comic #(not really but it goes w the little comics indraw of us sometimes) #wife things

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Unstoppable Force (my love of seeing other people's takes/stylization on my OCs) vs Immovable Object (my gripping fear of not doing other people's OCs enough justice when I draw them)

#no art here

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I'm not one who really cares about commission wait times and I'm not an artist but thank you for being so open about delays. Most people I think are fine waiting on a creator to finish their orders as long as they're kept abreast of the situation. It's not like a lot of artists have safety nets to fall on when times get hard or emergencies happen.

Thank you, nonny! I feel terrible about it, ngl. I really don't like that it happened. But it did and now what's left is to finish what I owe and I'm very grateful that I've not gotten a single negative comment or reaction. I never want my brief statements regarding what's been hindering me to seem like excuses because they're not - they're just explanations behind what contributed to the situation.

And it's true. I didn't have a safety net until the start of this year, which is why I can afford to stop taking orders right now so it doesn't snowball any further. It's going to help repair some much neglected mental and physical health on my end lol

#no art here #ask #i also think generally the atmosphere around commissioning artists has gotten a lot kinder towards the artist #than evenlike. nearly 10 years ago when i started yk #and/or i only attract chill sweethearts which i'm good with LOL

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Hi again! I just wanted to give another update on the status of commissions because I don't like keeping my clients in the dark. Long story short, everything's the same as my last post! I'm not going to be reopening again until I'm completely finished with my current queue, no exceptions.

At the start of the year I speculated I would be done by the end of April, which is not the case. I'm famously bad with time and also April tends to be the point of the year where life just gets incredibly chaotic. This year was no exception.

I recently got a (good and helpful!) medical diagnosis that will actually make work easier once I've adjusted to the treatment I'm receiving. It's already helping and I'm excited for the future. However right after that a family health emergency AND a pet health emergency happened back to back and I've frankly been too out of sorts to even touch my tablet. I'm fine and everyone else is fine (knock on wood it stays that way), it's just put a delay on my already quite delayed queue.

I deeply apologize again that the wait has gotten this long and thank you guys for being so patient. Even with the unexpected and very large delay I've not had a single person show anything but extreme kindness and lenience for me and I really appreciate it. If I'm quiet on social media please know I'm not just running off and ignoring anyone, I'm actually trying to hunker down and bang out the work I owe. I'm jumping around queue but more or less finishing the full and half bodies from last year and then hopping on finishing the sketches from this year. Hope to share some of the art I'm getting to do for you guys soon <3

#i'll be posting this to twitter too #already put it on kofi! #and i'll be pinning this to my pinned post #i did get ONE done this month but its not the grind i was hoping for bc family shit just. is like that for me lol #no art here

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goodnight everyone (:

do your daily click

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#queue #no art here

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sunlight

#!! chris art on my dash! hell yeah broski #friend art #not my art #queue

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Hello hello I just saw your “dost thou even shred” art piece and I reeeeeallly like it. Is there any chance you’re going to sell prints of it again?

hey there, thanks so much! I've moved my shop over to Society6, you can find it here along with a new design I recently added https://society6.com/makkon

#have that print from a few years ago i just havent found a good spot for it since we moved #ITS SOOOOO GOOD #would recommend buying from makkon #not my art

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guys im almost 28 and got diagnosed with ADHD :'). i thought i was just a lazy idiot moron dumbass dipshit alien robot but apparently it was The Disorder

#anyways im getting medicine for it tomorrow wish me luck #sorry for lack of commission updates i uh. think we might've found the root cause #you mean ive been disabled the whole time ive been beating myself up for not working neurotypically

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In this house we love and appreciate Rosemary with all our heart 💕

#SHES SO GOOD #horizon walkers #not my art

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Recent sketch commissions I’ve liked

#just so y’all know im not dead #see pinned for more info! #dungeons and dragons #illustration #commissions #sketch art #my art

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'don't get inspired by my style' is such a funny thing to say. do NOT let any art i make have any lasting impression on you. only view my work if you are going to men in black mind wipe yourself later. the territorial defensiveness over "art styles" is a disease of the mind stg

#no art here

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#context: his bio dad is a tiefling #waterdeep 2.0 #dungeons and dragons #dnd #half orc #tiefling #also his default design wouldnt change bc his horns are short enough for his helmet #so he just has a cute tail #my art

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She's a good dnd oc

drawing is hard but look....u made her happy

#LOOK AT HER #LITTLE CUPCAKE #yes ill always put my players pcs on my art blog w/o fail #waterdeep 2.0 #not my art

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#oughh #op ur so big brained #not my art #bg3 #durgetash

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Caspian's new look going forward now! We have a few fun tweaks to his overall look now. That's odd, he seems to be missing something.... hm 🤔

#not my art #waterdeep 2.0 #OUGHHGGH LOOK AT HIM #WIZARD BOYFRIEND

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What if you were the cutest little druid/rogue changeling

#not my art #waterdeep 2.0 #LOOK AT MY WIFE’S BABY. I LOVE HERR