Forgive Me, I'm Stupid.

Forgive me, I'm stupid.

First art of the new year is all about re-structuring your internal monologue.

In my early 20s I was working full time in London with many social commitments and a variety of hustles and side projects.

In my later mid 20s I cater to many sensory and social drain needs I have and indulge in special interests while respecting my lower energy reserves and celebrating my different way of processing the world.

Did I get more autistic? Nah. I got less fake.

I admire the many DTIYS and CTIYS (Draw/Color this in your style) I've seen on Tumblr, and I decided to do my own contest.

Rules

1. You can draw this in your style or I can provide a finished drawing with a transparent background upon request.

2. When finished, upload it with the tags "stormanbates dtiys", "Casey Jr." "The Lost Years", "TMNT Uno", "TMNT Moja", "TMNT Yi", "TMNT Odyn", "TMNT Lita".

3. The prompt for the drawing is such: Casey Jr. shining a flashlight on the eggs he's in charge of keeping safe, admiring the little shadows of the little turtles inside.

4. You have creative freedom. You can choose whatever pose for Casey you want, you can have a background or not, you don't have to put them in an incubation chamber like I did, you can add characters, do whatever you want.

5. The deadline is May 31st. The winner will be chosen on June 1st, and their prize will be a free drawing from yours truly and bragging rights.

Your art is so cute!

Thanks! Your art is cute, too!

Fanart inspired by the story on AO3, A Tale of Two Brothers. Donnie was struck by a dart filled with Anti-Empyrean, which causes him to have brain damage. Now, he can't walk, talk or do anything besides eat, sleep, and chirp. In one of the one-shots, Leo spends 2 hours trying to win a stuffed puppy for Donnie at the bowling alley, which he succeeds in doing. Donnie hugs his plushy and is very happy. The story belongs to @risefan2598. Enjoy.

Huggin and Muunin feeding Casey Jr.