Making stuff makes life worth it

Hi everyone!! Way back in January, I signed up for an event hosted and organized by the wonderful @absolutely-existing - the 2025 Brotherband Gift Exchange! This was a wonderful experience, and I'm really glad I chose to push myself with my art for this- I've broken my record for layers used at a horrific 82 over a much more reasonable seven total hours of work.

I'm really happy with the end result, and I'm really really grateful to the organizer(s) of this event, as well as whoever's making my gift 👀 (this post is scheduled in advance, and I haven't seen it yet!!) You can see more art and fic created for this event over on @brotherband-exchange-event-2025 if you're interested, and I really recommend giving some love to all the incredibly skilled creators involved.

Anyways, to get to the main event, drumroll please...