Wait. I don't want to make snarky mugs. I'm writing a book already on how I use the tarot as a secular tool in my creative process. I can do an honest and compassionate discussion of my journey with him, in a relevant way. Check out the reference to VIII Strength on the forehead. Traditional tarot imagery shows a woman gently helping a lion with a painful tooth, this symbol above her head.

Showing off before I overwork it. Bored of the soothing music, but I gotta keep that hand light.

Did the sketch while flirty during the text fight. Did the pink background after I finally pushed him to be honest about his beliefs on record. Hate it. Tried to do the first again but my hand got too heavy and now it will have to be more saturated. Don't want it. Sigh. Glad I still have lots of paper. I guess I better listen to love songs instead of the news while drawing.

Check it out. The spider mite war claimed all but two sundews and one pitcher plant (as far as my carnivores go). Look who it is. Celia, a true survivor who also made it through a couple of hospital visits. The "weed" I found and wrote about, I think it's pinned even. She lost her leaves and is only an inch or so across, but she grows. I love her so much.

To all my "I can't flirt" peeps. My fav part of flirting with Joe while sketching this design, before our final breakup (he says he's a sapiosexual, attracted to intelligence):

"Stephen King once said creative people have creative breakdowns. Gods bless that coked out fucker. Even if his creepy fiction makes me want to kick him in the nads. I believe that's the goal, so good for him. Am I sexy yet?"

Kitten keeps wanting to wrestle or drags me the cat wand while I work on this, so I'm teaching him fetch. That way my hands are free most of the time :)

The 13th Tarot card: Death

Found an old sketchbook from when the kiddo was a newborn. I was too tired for ideas, but needed something to do, so I got a zentangle book. Completely forgot about that "let's try to pick up drawing again" phase. I filled so many pages like this with no inspiration beyond attempts to sketch the baby, so I put it aside again.

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Showing you before I attempt to ink fur textures and like, totally mess it up. I'm watching this adult dude in a video game with little kids and they are trash talking him and it's awesome. "You can't even cook pizza" "I'm better than you! I can do PEMDAS!" "I don't feel like cussing right now" "Don't kill me! I'll be your best friend." Lol, these kids.

Okay, does this make sense? Does it, sadly, only make sense if I tell you the meaning of the Ace of Cups is inspiration, and a "reversal" when pulled upside down can indicate upheaval, and thus a common cat trope? The last is okay, it just means if I do a kitten tarot series, it's best targeted at the pagans, so smaller audience if I wish to keep amusing myself this way. If you can see the "coffee as grail" humor I'm happy.

Pulled a card for the next prompt, found a thing to study reflections with, seems to have gotten his attention and the prophecy shall be fulfilled.

Made it easier to see.

Wanted to try a comic, pulled a tarot card as inspiration. 7 of wands, a challenge of overwhelming odds that can be fun to face, in a way. Joe says it doesn't make sense, that's 'cause he's never had a cat, right? I'll color it when I can use the wifi on the PC.

Why I giggle when I say, "I am trying to take my art seriously."

More bored than inspired, gave in to the inevitable for today's doodle. I wonder how many pages of cat doodles I'll end up with, given both a new kitty for the first time in a couple of decades of being a catless cat lady and the whole political thing.

The lucky clover barely survived the spider mite war, but is recovering and doing the frequent mutation thing quite well.

The embiggening is complete. Check this out, see how that grid's midline isn't centered? That's because it was drawn freehand. The grid is from my notes on using the golden ratio in comic book layouts. I internalized my lessons so well I didn't realize I was using them :)

Homemade bird treats are a hit. I soaked pellets in water to make a paste, added bird seed, smeared on a thin apple slice (circles with the seed star), and dehydrated on high. Served in toys. They have two of these up and all 3 birds have been excitedly flying back and forth between them, though they've been fed already.

#birb #petsofcoso #cosopets

Okay, now I want this on my big paper. This is an excellent chance to set up an art lesson for the kiddo on the grid method for embiggening your art.