I absolutely agree with your selection hehe when I'm drawing Rook, those are usually the songs I put on the most too, so it feels accurate. I also think that for non lyrical songs, Seals in particular from Galápagos reminds me of Rook too! With lyrics, I also think that he would enjoy Linger Longer (especially with the line "for life has a passion for living")!

And I've actually been working on another song based piece, like my Chenya art based on Wriggle (that I realize I did not post I think..... oops.. ummm, I'll see if I can post that at some point LOL)

The inspiration song for this WIP is Green Grass - Live in Fingringhoe Wick! I've just absolutely adored the sound of this song and it's been on my mind for ages that he'd enjoy it or sing it, whatever, and I finally got around to sketching it!!

i want to draw more ships. cc x cc, oc x cc, oc x oc, doesnt matter. maybe its more than two characters, i dont care. i want them to live their best lives. i want them to live their worsts.

perhaps i could draw them doing what they WANT to do. for jamil? he wants to spray that bitch with raid- that or hes trying to picture faust without bug features and that could be funny too i think

so ive always thought i could stay quiet on a roller coaster. better yet, i thought i could just handle roller coasters pretty well

needless to say, i had to not go to rehearsal cuz i lost my voice (both from the trip but also cuz i got sick)

so the first two rides, i almost couldn't fit in. that was terrifying and i was Not Feeling Good but also even on like. the most basic of rides I WAS SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF IT WAS SO OUHFHDHF

we didnt even go on any of the extreme ones i was too scared.. but then towards the end i was actually feeling more adventurous and would have liked to have tried a more intense one! but we were waiting to watch our friends go on a really intense one... and then it had a little maintenance while people were still in line and on the ride, it'd have to relaunch... we'd wait longer, a few more rides go, then it has to do the relaunch and tests again...

ofc we're thinking "the moment we leave, that's when they'll be going on the ride"

ha. haha. three hours and a little bit of rain later, we have to pull them from the line because we had to make sure we made it back to our bus (it was a school trip after all)

but it was still really fun and i would like to torture myself again. my favorite was the slow train that tours around the park.

I think the first time I watched Steven Universe was a little bit into its first season, just before Lapis debuted. I remember seeing Garnet and thought how cool her design looked. And then I looked at the other designs of the other characters like Pearl and Amethyst and I was like “I have to check this out”. I remember telling people about it and I got my friends hooked on it too, especially when the Gem plots started to kick in. The more I watched, the more I got sucked into its world and lore. And then, with my friends in one of their old houses, I created Fire Agate. And for Gemsona Week in 2015 she debuted. The rest is history. 

I started drawing more gemsonas and participating in monthly events and challenges. In 2016, I saw people were making ask blogs for their gems and in September of that year I started mine. Fire was a different character then, when she was involved with other characters my friends created. I started working on gem fusions and all of that fun stuff. My audience, which I was trying to create for over a decade, started to grow. I made new friends and I got closer with others as we watched more SU episodes and developed our characters together. 

Then 2017 came and it was the darkest and hardest year of my life. I cut ties with a now ex-friend who was extremely toxic to me for over five years. It was incredibly hard as I still cared for them, but I knew I couldn’t be around them anymore. That their influence was harming my mental health. I thought things would get better from there. There was a lot of stuff I was looking forward to and I saw that my designs and fusions were getting popular. I was excited to see what the future hold. And then... my mom died. My life changed in a way I never expected. I was lost for a long time. I had amazing friends and supporting family there with me through it all and I can’t thank them enough. But Steven Universe also helped me through that time. Even with the dreaded “filler episodes” that people hated so much, I found catharsis in it. It’s cheery, positive, but sometimes intense episodes took my mind off of what happened. Not to mention all of the gemsonas I created.

Steven Universe has been there with me through the best and worst parts of my life. My art and character design skills grew with it. I grew with it. I met so many wonderful people. Despite all the drama the fandom spurred up, I’m still glad I became a part of a community like this. This show means so much to me, flaws and all. Also I like to say some thank yous:

Super big thank you to @gemsona-hq​ for reblogging my art, giving me a leg up and helping me get an audience for my work, and making those monthly gemsona challenge (I should consider finishing up the ones for 2018!)

To my audience who’s been supporting me through the years and is kind enough to deal with my Dark Crystal content

To my friends, especially @tkpinkerton​ and @sentaiaddict​, who stayed with me through that dark moment in my life. And the fan content we created together is still so special to me. 

To Rebecca Sugar and the entire Crewniverse who worked on this incredible show. It’s touched and changed my life in so many ways for the better and I don’t where’d I be without it.

And thank you Steven Universe for all the great memories you’ve created over the years.