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This is absolutely wild to me, how that one soup post has been going around. I have soup about once a week, and post a photo of it, and I don't know why but THIS soup people are loving. Wild. The internet is wonderful, never stop.

The problem is. It's just Soup. I throw veggies and rice noodles in my bowl, and pour hot broth over it. Usually a fake pho broth. I say fake pho because instead of simmering broth for 24 hours, I boil water and add better than bouillon roasted chicken and pho spices. The meatballs are made with my dumpling filling. I'll make tiny dumpling meatballs, throw them in the freezer, and throw a couple into the pot on the stove as needed.

In general my steps are:

add cinnamon stick, anise pods, cloves, hunk of ginger root, cardamom pods, fennel seeds, red peppercorns or gochugaru flakes, and a hunk of chicken fat into a small saucepan. If I remember, I'll add some of the whites from a green onion. I don't bother with garlic or white onion because the buillon base those flavors in it. Same with salt. I let that saute a bit and add water. Once the water is boiling, I add a spoonful of the bouillon base (I've only ever used the roasted chicken one. I do have some of the pho base, but have not broken into it. I also prefer chicken pho flavor to beef, so this has worked best for my tastes).

As that simmers, I add whatever to my bowl. Always rice noodles. I've tried many types and brands, and my favorite so far has been waiwai noodles. Glass noodles have also made appearances, but I don't think since I've been regularly posting My Soup. Bean sprouts are great. Carrots, often. The green parts of the scallions from earlier. Bok choi if the store had The Good Ones. Whatever.

At some point I add my dumpling meatballs. Or dumplings. Again it's whatever is around. Soup is just a Throw Shit In A Bowl And Eat It meal, it's why I love it. I cook those until done, and put them in my bowl. I try to get the spices simmering for at least a half hour, but sometimes I'm impatient.

When my patience has run out, I strain the broth over my bowl. I spill it every time, I think it's mandatory you spill hot broth over your counter at this point. I cover the bowl with Something (usually the cutting board) so the noodles can cook. If you do this you have to make sure the broth was at a roiling boil so they cook all the way through. If you cold soaked the noodles you don't have to do this, but that requires an extra dish and who wants that.

I top it with an amount of hoisin sauce I do not want to admit to, and this sauce I found called "kimchili" sauce. It's spicy and lime based which is great because pho is usually served with a lime. I may also add kimchi directly to the bowl as well as the juice to make it spicier, but I haven't done this as often if I have a lot of bok choi.

EDIT: 11/11/2020: As of right now there are 3/30 slots taken! So please if you are interested let me know, and feel free to DM when possible. 

November commissions information! Holiday season special!

This holiday season is here and we are just as hopefully for a break as you all are

Human/Humanoids/Small animal

Sketches $10

NEW Colored chibis $10

NEW Line art and flats $15

Colored bust $25

Character Presentation Pose $35

Character in a setting $40

Add a flag/calligraphy/crest in the background +5$

Large Beasts/Mystical Creatures commissions

PRICES DROPPED (because I am getting better at this)

Sketches: $10

Colored Chibis: $10

Line art and flats $25

Colored bust $30

Character Presentation/Full body pose: $40

Creature in setting: $50

Add a flag/calligraphy/crest in the background +5$

Discounts and Packages Section

These discounts and promotions are for the Holiday Season starting November 9th. It's not applicable if your order went thorough before the given date.

Conceptual Character Presentation Poster

You can never go wrong with keeping attention to detail in character development. This is the more fancy-pants version of my best selling character presentation poses I have to offer. What makes it different is that you now have the option to add three sketches to the background of this poster!

They can be facial expressions, a weapon, maybe their favorite cappuccino, a birthmark or scar, a favourite teddy bear, you name it. Anything that would make your character unique to your audience!

Human/Humanoid/small animal: $45 (30% discount)

Large Beast/Creature: $50 (28% discount)

Group poster

Characters obviously need to interact in order for the success of a good story, wether it’s a fun get together or a heated four way fight. We have to make it look good. This option is full color and has lighting. Background settings are optional with this one.

Duos (2)

Humans/ Humanoid/small animals: $55 (20% discount)

Large beast/Creature: $60 (25% discount)

Trios (3)

Humans/Humanoid/Small animals: $75 (28% discount)

Large Beasts/ Creature: $85 (30% discount)

Four’s a Party

Humans/Humanoid/Small Animals: $95 (32% discount)

Large Beasts/Creature: $110 (31 % discount)

A sketchbook page

Maybe your’s feeling little aesthetic and want a simple compilation of three conceptual sketches of your character for fun

Humans/Humanoids/Small animals: $15

Large Beasts/ Creatures: $25

The Watercolor page

No water literally used, but we can make it look like it is . This option is for line art and flat colours on a page complete with two conceptual sketches

Human/humanoids/Small animals: $25

Large Beast/Creatures: $30

Holiday theme posters are optional now!

Rules

Commissions are done through PayPal only, and transactions are final. I do offer the option to keep in touch via email and DM and will send screen shots of my progress to you when possible. Most of my activity is done during the nighttime, so do bear with me if the scheduling of updates is a tad off.

REMEMBER: 1 slot = 1 character

So lets say you ask for a poster of a trio, you will take three slots. These slots are there so I may keep track of orders and not be overburdened.

Anything can be requested, just be please be mature and clear about your requests.

Detailed descriptions and photo references are much, much, much appreciated!

I won't work with you if you request anything that would entice hatred, threats or even encourage apathy/belittlement towards a person/group of people.

Examples:

If you want me to depict people falling into hell for religious propaganda’s sakes, I won’t do it.

If you have a vendetta on anyone and ask me to create vent-art over them: I won't do it.

Or if you want me to draw someone of specific ethical group getting exterminated/hunted just for breathing, I sure as hell won’t do it.

HOWEVER, if your project is geared to the authenticity of non-biased viewpoints of historical events for educational purposes, then that’s totally fine! (I've become quite the history nerd, show me what you learned!) In short, I'm just here to have some fun with you guys, not start fights.

I will be holding maybe 30-40 slots starting NOVEMBER 9th when this journal is published, depending on what kinds of orders come in. If I get a bunch of sketch requests then I’ll be sure to have available slots for the more detailed slots! I will update when slots are filled as frequently as possible.