Sunrise, parabellum

*flings you into the last video game you played*

These guys are totally gnomes.

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This was suposed go be for halloween 🎃 but animations takes time! !

Bonus: Based on true events (I was so afraid of zombies because of it)

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I started doing it when after brain surgery my husband had trouble forming responses to questions for a while, and realized that the habit was helping my students engage more truthfully with me.

Some examples:

Yes/No: “Did you clean up your room like I told you?”

This/That: “Did you clean up already, or do you still need to do that?”

Yes/No: “Are you going to sit quietly?”

This/That: “Are you ready to sit and do our quiet activity, or do you need some time by yourself first?”

Yes/No: “Are you doing anything fun for your birthday?”

This/That: “Are you having a party on your birthday, or are you going to relax?”

I think many children (and adults!) are averse to telling adults “No,” especially when a command is implied. (“Did you clean your room?” “Are you going to sit quietly?” Hmmm if I say ‘no’ I will be in trouble with the adult.) So they are actually pretty likely to just lie and say what they think you want to hear.

Then one day I put in this order and the barista cocked her head to the side and said, "You mean a mocha?"

And I cocked my head to the side and said, "What is that?"

It turns out that combining chocolate and coffee was an idea that someone had already had! And that you can buy that specific thing, with its own specific name, at virtually every café in America!

So obviously I was a quiet uncultured Midwestern boy, and had not accumulated the vast amount of sophistication that I now possess. But one of the things that I find interesting is that for a fairly long time, people were just making me a hot chocolate with a shot of espresso without comment. They probably thought that I was being picky, because while these two drinks have very similar ingredients, they aren't quite the same thing, and it's possible that someone could prefer one to the other.

My favorite spooky season is here! And I'm so full of ideas but I haven't had time to draw because of all the chaos of moving to Sweden 😭 Once I'm settled in my new home, I'm gonna make so much spooky art 🎃🎃🎃

Easily the best thing I've ever drawn

For the prompt "Steampunk Inventor Pearl and Mechanical Lapis"