Village in the Forest

Speaking of, I've been wanting to give keeping a planner another try. Usually the planner ends up being ignored after the first few days. I just simply forget it exists. Hobonichi planners seem to be quite popular and I've been tempted to get one, but I cannot spend so much money on one when there's a great chance of me forgetting to use it. I still think I'll benefit from having one to keep track of all my shop activities.

Anywho, am going to reheat some leftover pizza for dinner now...

It started with Lotte's tummy grumbling and Akko suggesting "let's have a snack!" Lotte is trying to talk some sense into Akko. "It'll be midnight by the time the pie has baked, then we have to wait for it to cool down and honestly getting grounded again would be very inconvenient," she argued. "We can use magic to speed things up." Yeah... nah. Oh, and Sucy is lost in thought, wondering how to sneak in a mushroom. (･ω･;)

My goodness, these girls are so perfect in their Nendoroid forms! It will be fun making their dorm room to scale. ^___^

My preorder of Nendoroid Sucy arrived this morning today, yay! I had fun unboxing her (there's a few video clips of this at my personal Instagram account: villageintheforest) and playing around with poses and photographs. Nendoroid Akko and Sucy are just too adorable for their own good!! I want to squish them!!! Now to hope GoodSmile decides to release Jasminka. >w<

Edit: added a few details I forgot. >w<;;

Started this on a whim thinking to just sketch and outline (because commissions are priority) but ended up painting and finishing it in one long sitting. Random bursts of inspiration are a curious thing. >w<

Random bursts of creativity at night can many times turn out as my favorite illustrations. >w

Ah, I hardly ever give in to this sappy holiday but since I am on a Little Witch Academia illustrating spree why not. >w

I made a trio of Little Witch Academia watercolor illustrations! I'm very happy with how they turned out. ^___^ These (and a few other goodies) are available for preorder at a discounted price at my Etsy shop.

The start of this new year 2018 is a great reason to re-introduce myself here. • I'm 39 years old yet I act like I'm a kid/teen; adulthood is hard and I fall into denial most of the time PLEASE DON'T JUDGE ME ^u^; • I work full-time retail but hopefully next month I can step down to part-time which means MORE ART TIME YAY and more time to update my shop with lots of illustrations • Pastries will be the death of me Art is my passion and I am hoping, planning, for it to become my main source of income. Lots of hard work in store for me to achieve my goal but I will not give up. 💪 My favorite art supplies are: • Canson cold-press and hot-press watercolor paper • Pentel water brushes • Daniel Smith fine watercolor tubes • Faber-Castell Polychromos and Prismacolor color pencils • Copic sketch markers and multiliners • Dr. Ph. Martin's copper plate gold ink Just to mention a few of them. You'll still see me using other art supplies every now and then. :) I want you all to know that I am super grateful of your support. ♡

It's been ages since I last shared my art here. These are my latest illustrations: a peppy peppermint elf/fairy creature and her home. ^___^ I am mostly active on my tama_draws account on Instagram. Follow me there, too, if you want to see more of my art and get shop updates. <3

IT'S LIVE, GUYS 🤓 I am so thrilled about this! It is my first Kickstarter project so I hope you all like the rewards for the various pledges. 🙇 These designs have been patiently waiting for a month now in my Macbook and I honestly cannot wait to have them all made into hard enamel pins for all of our enjoyment. We have 20 days to make this happen! -internal squealing and flailing- Updates will be posted on tama_draws@instagram and in Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1543614605/kikis-delivery-service-harry-potter-enamel-pins

Potter Week Prompts Days One, Two, and Three Best Friends, "Must be a Weasley", and House Colors I am a Hufflepuff through and through! And I would have lots of merchandise of our mascot (post earrings, plush doll, hair accessories, teacup, etc). 😅 The needs for that badger mug, tho! 😍 Side note: I may turn the badger items into a sticker pack. 🤓

A few illustrations I made these past few days. The first and second are characters I am working on for a book I am planning to write. Noticed how I "fixed" my mistake on the George and Fred piece? 😅

What trend is this? I find it amusing.

Home again, still sick, watching sitcoms on Netflix, in the most uncomfortable position possible, and drawing. Maybe it's time for a nap...