Hello Again!

Hello again!

I've been quite busy today (doing absolutely nothing. Nothing-time is very important), but I figured I'd fit a quick post in before bed since I want to try to make this a regular thing :]

In my last (and first) post, I shared a closer look at my profile picture. This time, I figured I'd give my header the same love!

It is -quite obviously- not a painting, as much as I wish I could paint with such high precision TTvTT.

It is, however, a photograph! I took it at an aquarium/butterfly enclosure a little while back. (along with several other pictures of course, no one leaves a photography session with less than 100 pictures lmao)

This picture is actually part of a bunch that were taken before I realised, to my horror, that the camera settings were completely scrambled, and not at all appropriate for the lighting and environment around me. I was using my parents' camera, so I was (and still am) very unfamiliar with the settings, the button placement, and how everything works in general.

When I inserted the memory card into the computer at home and opened the folder, my heart immediately dropped. Every picture I initially saw was almost completely dark due to the bad exposure settings :'D

As distraught as I was over my predicament, I am nothing if not stubborn. This, and my love for photo-editing, kept me busy for the next two hours or so. I opened and edited each under-exposed photograph with the -very limited- software I had access to on our pre-historic stationary computer, and I actually managed to save most of them! :D

It's far from an amazing photograph, especially when compared to the ones I took while in photography class during first year of high school (all of which I foolishly deleted before handing in my computer :']), but I still really like it! I'm glad I didn't just delete all of the photos that looked unsalvageable at first glance, because then I wouldn't be able to share this cute little guy with all of the internet!

So, very long story out of the way, I hope this miraculous shrimp-photograph gives someone a little bit of dopamine tonight ^-^

yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

About to make some art, wish me luck lads

Hello friends! ^-^

Here's some more old art of mine, although it's fairy recent compared to other stuff I've made lol

I honestly find hands to be so much fun to draw, especially when they're the main focus of the piece :]

As it turns out, I did like this piece a lot more as a sketch, but I still like the way it turned out in the end so I'm not too mad about it ^-^

I doubt it'll come as a surprise to anyone when I say that the long nails were an afterthought, I personally think they turned out lookng pretty out of place :']

Nonetheless, I still really like this one! The hands turned out really well in my opinion, and I had a lot of fun making it which is all that matters ^-^

Boring stuff aside, I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!

Yours truly, Stickbug 🪲

THERE WAS NO HONEY PLBGBTJRBR

I have been betrayed by the one I trust most, my own flesh and blood, my kin

Me, staring into the void in a headache-induced haze: I hate existing

My sibling (@lukas6246), looking up from the loaf of bread they're slicing and starting the kettle: You could hate it with coffee

After quite a bit of time spent contemplating what to include in my first post on this app, I've decided to keep it simple and give you a close-up of the painting I've used as my profile picture. :]

That, and pictures of two very real cats whom I have the pleasure of cuddling on a daily basis! Their names are Asta and Bosse, respectively. ^-^

I'm very aware that they both look like fluffy, adorable super villains scheming to take over the world, but I'm also very aware that nothing else would be quite as fitting for these two little antagonists.

I'm very new to this app, and I'll be learning as I go, so please try to be patient with me as I try to figure out all of the features. :']

English is also not my first language, so please forgive me if I use a word or phrase in the wrong context.

With all of that said, welcome to my very not-so-planned-out art journey! :]

I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day,

Yours truly, Stickbug. 🪲

Ughhhhhhh I've been meaning to make art for the longest time now, but adhd has a gun to my head and is forcing me to scroll pinterest lest I want to die an early and gruesome death