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Feel like this one was born of renewed hope. Stay hopeful and positive as you can, everyone.
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Sunday Gnomedays 3-22-20
Or rather, the 22nd/23rd as I transition to working overnight shifts at my day job (for the time being).
Anyhoo. Sunday Gnomedays continues despite uncertainty and fear!! 💜
I missed posting for the Spring Equinox, and I am finding myself very fascinated and oddly comforted by plague mask imagery lately.
So.
Blessed (Gnomish) Persephone, with healing, comforting lavender and three such doctors. I have to believe that She doesn’t want more of us in Her realm yet, and She is here with us.
(Also, “Tock the Gnome” fans – the coats the doctors are wearing might look familiar from bonus art. Which may say something interesting about the family history of one of the main characters. ….If I decide its canon. We shall see.)
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Seven Years today
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, especially to anyone who needs light and joy right now.
More personally: today, I am seven years sober.
I don’t talk about my alcoholism much on here – and usually, I try to be more vague when I do, but with all this physical isolation I think it helps to be as open and honest with each other as we can. So – very long story short, my life is very different from where I was in my active drinking. It may not always feel awesome, but I have come so far, and I hope anyone reading this – especially anybody who’s struggling with similar issues, today of all days – tries their best to hang on. It gets different. It gets better. And the pain doesn’t last forever, even when it comes back to visit.
Be safe and careful out there, okay?
And to everyone who’s loved me and supported me on my recovery path: Go raibh maith agat. I gcónaí.
(Thank you. Always.)
(P.S. This picture featuring Queen Arella from my comic “Tock the Gnome,” and a Unicorn for healing, with faerie butterflies for hope. You can read more about Arella in the bonus material on my Patreon anytime.)
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Sunday Gnomedays 3-15-20
Happy Sunday Gnomedays, once again 💗
I started drawing this about a week and a half ago (I think?) – things weren’t quite as scary yet, then, but with my own recent struggles I guess I was grasping for some positivity and self care, which now feels extra-super appropriate.
I am honestly really worried. I feel like I probably don’t have to be as worried as I am, but the fear is still there. Two art work events that I was depending on revenue from have been cancelled, and hours at my day job are being cut because that job is in an industry impacted by travel cancellations. I’m not really sure how we’re going to make ends meet.
But I do know this WILL blow over, eventually. And I do believe that there are forces in my life that care about my well-being and want me to be on this planet. That’s not to say that terrible things aren’t gonna happen to me (I don’t live in a shiny protective bubble, after all) but if I lean on that belief, I will have a LOT better chance of getting through this. Positively. This too shall pass.
And in the meantime, we all do have each other. We can still reach out, even if it’s not in person, and support each other however we’re able.
I hope we are all as kind to each other as possible, every day, but especially today.
And if you can afford to financially contribute to the life of a creative person – whether that be by purchasing something from their shop, pledging on Patreon, buying them a coffee, etc. etc. etc. – PLEASE do. So many of us have been hit with event cancellations and probably other job issues too, and could really use the help.
Thank you 🌻
“Tock the Gnome” page update here (in case you missed it yesterday!).
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Sunday Gnomedays 3-1-20
Happy Sunday Gnomedays ❤ Featuring Tock of “Tock the Gnome” this time – and doubling up as this month’s patrons-only “In thanks” Bonus drawing!
Made public this month, trough the generosity of my existing patrons. Thanks everybody!
A note for non-patrons: this monthly bonus drawing is something I do as a patron-exclusive every 1st of the month. You can see more of these (both already posted and in the future), along with WIPs on the pages, other bonus art and stories, and weekly world-building by pledging! And every pledge gets us closer to more frequent updates, as more pledges mean less time at my day job and thusly, more time to work on new pages.
As for the image, here’s Tock as an avatar of the Gnomish goddess Anosmia. ……this was drawn during a low point a few weeks ago, but it helped, and I hope that you see something healing in it too!!
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Sunday Gnomedays 2-16-20
Something a bit random, but I’m pleased with it, especially the motion in her arms.
Let’s all have a day of star-filled bubbles, shall we?
Stay tuned later for an extra (overdue) Sunday Gnomedays post. Aaaaaaand a note for “Tock the Gnome” fans – more WIP on the next page will be up on Patreon later today! Hope you take a look 💚
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Sunday Gnomedays 2-2-20
Beeeeeeeelatedly. I am beginning February much like a dizzy albatross trying to take off.
I’m having a lot of trouble holding everything together this week in general, everyone, so I’m grateful for your patient enjoyment of my work, that we’re all flawed beings doing the best we can to hold things down, and grateful that I got to draw this Gnome and bird despite all the chaos and struggle. I’m glad, too, that every day I have another shot at doing better – and it’s true, always always always, that if you don’t give up, you can still win (winning just might not look like you expected 😅).
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