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These were done by the Color Pencil and Watercolor brushes I listed above

Texture pen and watercolor

It’s finally here! For Neil’s 39th birthday, we present Confidential: The Neil Josten Experience, aka… the binder! You can find the zine (for free) on Gumroad. Over 60 creators poured their love into this project, and it's now yours to use as your heart desires. Please enjoy <3

cat love as in I am small and scared and all of my instincts and my experience and your vast power say you're a threat but I am choosing to trust in your kindness despite my fear. you could kill me with one hand but I know you won't.

cat love as in I can tell you are upset and I don't understand why so I will sit stiffly beside you and awkwardly provide the only reassurance I know how to give. I am uncomfortable with every single moment of this but it is what you would do for me.

cat love as in I am small and powerless but I will curl up back to back with you and stand guard while you sleep and I will mean it with every fiber of my being.

my cat Nepenthe was a former stray behavior case at risk of euthanasia because she kept mauling potential adopters. on her second week in my apartment--having already attacked me multiple times without provocation, I will add, I wasn't special, she needed genuine help--she slinked out of the bedroom yowling at me. when I went to check on her she kept walking back and forth until I followed her, where she insistently paced between my feet and her hidey-hole in the back of my dresser, increasingly distressed. about three seconds after she gave up and hid, an absolutely torrential rain front hit. she didn't understand yet that we couldn't get wet inside. she'd been trying to warn me.

she didn't know me yet, but she knew I hadn't yelled at her when she hurt me. she knew I hadn't tried to hurt her back. she didn't understand why she was attacking me; those episodes probably scared her more than me. she knew I "shared" food with her, and that I asked before touching her. and she went out of her way to bring me into her safe space, to protect her friend.

He had the awkward tenderness of someone who has never been loved and is forced to improvise.

Someone sent us some mysterious documents. Not sure how they got our email, but they included this video with an ominous message at the end… See you March 31st 🤫

"it was used for murder."

"so? the blood is gone."

"neil-"

"disinfect aaron off this + i will use it tonight."

"IT IS EVIDENCE. POLICE KEEP IT."

"that's stupid, pigs can not play exy."