9. What are you currently trying to improve? Currently, I'd say I'm trying to improve on my work speed again. I got pretty fast and I'd like to have that back. lol That and my grasp on humanoid form in general.

Like, I'm happy with where I am and how far I've come! But also, stopping where I am just because I'm happy with it is the death of skill. I want to keep improving!

17. What inspires you? What inspires me right now is D&D! :D (Vess in particular is constantly prompting for my attention xD) Specifically our homebrew setting, Ulei'Var, and the inhabitants within it. But tabletop RPG characters and settings as a whole pretty much have my whims at the moment.

Also, seeing the progress my friends make in their art journeys, too! <3 There is nothing that inspires quite in the same way as watching someone I care about progress and improve and grow in their artwork and passions~

I am honestly SUPER terrible at these chain lettr things, I don’t even know how long this has been in my inbox... yikes.

Okay, 5 things that make me happy right now...

1. My flat is nearly ready to be moved into! (The Bathroom reno will probably wait a bit...)

2. The TRSB Signups are coming in nicely! Much faster than last yar, it seems, which Narya and I hope means we’ve reached more people about its existence... but of course we always want more people - I particularly hope for Hobbit movie verse artists, for one ;)

3. The wind stopped howling round the house, so I actually slept reasonably well, and the radio hasn’t been playing anything truly horrendous this morning.

4. Work is a bit quiet, which means I get to work on my smutswap fic (the collection’s over here, if anyone’s interested).

5. The couple of comments I got on Inshet Zahrar recently which have inspired me to continue writing it make me really happy. You guys are the best.

Ten of the last people in my notifications are

@naryaflame (my ever-lovely co-mod for the @tolkienrsb!)

@blackwires (who can’t be tagged but seems to have spent a few days going through all my fic on here and hitting like ;) )

@c-s-stars (I don’t really know this follower, but I like you for all the reblogs and tags :D

@lucife56 (my fave Spanish artist friend - if you havent checked out her art yet, you’re missing out!)

@mainecoon76 (Fave Dworin Aunt and Co-paddler for the Silverslate canoe)

@alackofghosts(always good for a giggle, even if we go ages without talking)

@usuallysublimepenguin (An artist I got to know through last year’s TRSB and whom I collaborated with on Till Morning Breaks - her use of colour and texture is phenomenal)

@huskergal93 (another silent follower - I always love seeing the green door in my notes!)

@cycas (A very good friend I met on here :D )

That, I admit, is very unexpected!

For Ghost Love Score, I wrote the bulk of it on a train journey (and made myself sort of cry, which was a bit difficult to explain to my family picking me up for a week’s worth of extended clan holiday in honour of my grandfather’s 90th... erm.). I admit I consider it one of my least read (of the silm fics) works, though I personally enjoy it; I still don’t know if I prefer the extended version or the one that ends with Fëanor running...

Urban Gentrification owes A TON to my wildly talented(if super shy, shh, don’t scare her) co-writer @dalandel without whom it probably neer would have got beyond the scope of ‘minor side ship in AIT’. She has taught me so much (I flatter myself saying it’s mutual) and I can definitely say that the chapters only get better as we go... And yes, Maegs derserves ALL of the love.

10: Favorite piece of clothing to draw: I'd be remiss to not say suit jackets! I love the aesthetic, love the lines, and I appreciate them from many eras! Fantasy eras included! :D

20: Something others find hard but I enjoy: Hands. xD I'm that weird kid who loves drawing hands. They mess me up same as anybody else but I love drawing hands so much.

30: What piece of mine do I think is underrated: Oh gosh... Uh... Hm. I guess to answer that I have to figure out the last time I felt a little defeated when something I loved/was proud of didn't get the attention I hoped. lol

Hair: What hair color looks best on you and what’s your natural color?

:’)

And yes, at the time of posting I couldn’t decide which I liked better so the tumblr (I still uploaded full fics/chapters to tumblr back then) version is different to the Ao3 version. That holds true for a few of my fics, actually, now that I think about it. It’s so much easier to edit/add to Ao3, after all.... I’ve rather given up on posting anything but small excerpts and links on here - particularly since the nippocalypse; who knows when fanfic will get banned...

awww thank you so much <3

✨- which fictional character (book, show, or movie) do you relate to most?

Ooooh, hard question! I really like Billy Kaplan from Young Avengers for being openly queer and depressed like…moi? ;) In another note, I also identify really hard with Hinata from Naruto and I love her growth almost as much as Tenten’s wasted potential? >//< Sansa Stark is also really important to me.

Sims-wise, this being a sims-blog and all, it’s getting a little harder. I suppose Dina and I are having a lot in common, maybe that is why I want to give her jewels and everything possible for her? As a teenager I identified a lot with Angela and my best friend with Lilith and we still look like polar opposites (pastels for me, black for her, her in a steady relationship, me ruining everything I touch ;) )

🌸- what is your favorite flower?

Snowdrops! Tiny, cute and super awesome fighters! Snow is still there and the snowdrops are like “yep, yep, guess what, we’re the ambassadors of spring”

🍭- how tall are you?

Too tiny :( 158cm which is about 5′2.

🎶- favorite song right now?

At the moment listening to a lot soft music, especially No Below by Speedy Oriz and everything by Florence + The Machine ;)