#simplymindspace

“Ruka?” she looked up at her friend, but almost past her, her face blurry at the edges. “I’m bored. Dying is boring.” Haruka sniffled. “I’ll remember that.” “There’s no reason to be afraid,” she cleared her throat, “of basically waiting for a bus. I think–I think it’ll come soon, though.” - I love this. I love that so very casual nature and delivery of this. I  It's such a simple and matter of way of saying this while also being quite a brilliant way to keep Haruka at ease. There's no reason to be afraid, this just another facet of daily life. It's fine, so don't worry and don't get worked up.

First off all your comments were so amazing and I really want to thank you for them, they totally made my morning, oh my god. You made me feel so good! You’re amazing. 

I have been blessed on this day with fooze art of SilMil Venus. WHAT A GREAT DAY

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Your SilMil Venus is always and forever a delight. Capable of appearing and being soft, but can turn absolutely indomitably fierce on a dime. Yet can hold the complexity of both melded together and I adore that. PLUS YOUR ART IS FOREVER BEAUTIFUL AND LOVELY AND TREAT TO MY EYE.

Yaaaasss omg there's so much that was so good. I read it slowly over the course of the day so that makes it harder to really dig in afterward but god I love your Michiru. I ADORE the art piece behind the glass analogy. It's just so gooood! Part of the world but set in isolation to be adored, as tho touching her mars her value, makes her common. POOR HARUKA! THE FIST SMASH AHH! I'm so glad you did this one!!!

Thank you so much!!! I actually have a followup in the works somewhere about haruka and her probably-broken hand and her Really Well Handled Emotions. 

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Haruka here tho, just damn. The ways of which she becomes so pleading and is so very lost and confused. She has no idea, no idea what fueled this. She was loved and suddenly she's being fed every which way and turn in which this simply isn't true. Her desperation to figure it out because of course it has to be something SHE did for it could be nothing of Michiru, only her, only she can be wrong. And since she is wrong fine let her make it right.

The details here are really cool, things like moving the bow and off setting it and using the tiara as a hair tie keep familiar parts of Neptune's uniform but  also feel really nice and new. You've also got a really nice sense of movement in the skirt and the lacework on the edge is awesome

ahaha the lacework is a brush I found, I didn’t know about them!! So I can’t really take the credit there, but thank you! I want that cardigan.

A bunch of other really nice comments behind the cut

I LOVE THIS! You've progressed so far, I'm so impressed by you! It's crazy what like...actually forcing yourself to do something can do, huh? LOVE her pose, how her gun's on her shoulders!

Thank you! I was really discouraged when I finished it but I can definitely see that I’m getting better and TRYING, and that is really whats worth it, I think.

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I sincerely hope it's starting to feel worth fighting against the beginning struggles. The fruits of your labors are all too evident.

I TRY TO. I look back at my earlier stuff and I can already tell I’m getting better at some stuff even if other stuff is really slow in coming. 

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The art itself, I love your colors here. For all the more neutral and muted tones, the blips of brighter color do well to draw the eye without dominating the piece itself. The eye is drawn to the center and then the rest of the piece comes into view. I love the textures you include and create. AND YOU KNOW WHAT WHATEVER YOUR SHADING IS GREAT. The bold pool of shadow on her face with the blue of her eye cutting right at the edge.

I THOUGHT THE IDEA WAS SOUND BUT I HATED THE EXECUTION. I legit have no idea how people shade, I used transparent watercolor and blending, it’s frustrating and not good ahaha. 

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There is something I cannot help but love, beyond the art itself, YOUR DRIVE. Your will, that despite your hardships and struggles, keeps reaching and pushes so hard forward. I love that you take on these challenges and work your way through to the end. I adore seeing the mode of talk you used with your art change. The acceptance of what is, but also the nods you will give yourself. You have improved and it's ever evident.  I admire how you keep going with this, I admire how experimental you let yourself be, letting yourself breathe and not be limited no matter how limited you might feel in skill. It's so easy for me to see the eye you have for this, the mind working and thinking and piecing it all together. I have such a love for seeing you work at this.

Thank you! It’s really hard sometimes for me to be bad at things, especially when I really work at them, ad it really is a push for me to keep doing this every week,knowing that what I see in my head is never going to be what ends up on the page, and that there’s only tiny things that I can look at and think are good. THANK YOU FOR APPLAUDING MY EFFORT

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I love the grass in the background and the scarf in particular, and the dramatic hat shadow as well about the drawing, and my reaction to the snippet is basically *delighted laughter* "hi I love this and I love her"

It elates me every time I see you take that challenge to keep at something that has proven such a frustrating journey for you. It elates me because I see your want and wish and zeal for it and I also see innate abilities that exist within you that will only be more obvious and grow in their own respective nature as the rest follows suit. For all that I can see and feel what you pour into words, also do I see that in the art you create. Keep sharpening that blade Doc

Ooooooohhhhh will have to scope these out!!!

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