Fairy art and pontifications of a benign sort.

[merimask]

Gift art for shvetufae .
 Is it tacky to show off someone's gift art in your own journal first?  Hmm...  Not sure of the faux pas factor here, so, no offense intended. 

I think she turned out looking warm and breezy and summery (three things I wish I were right now, in fact!).    I left her offset because:  A... I just liked it that way and B... she'd make a great icon, and there's plenty of space for text there.  *hug*  Hope you like her, Shveta.  :-)  I sort of loosely based her on some pictures I saw of you...not that you have pointy ears or anythin' like that.

The other one...eh.  Not so much.  I'm unhappy with it so I think I'll hang onto her and mess with her some more.  This is why I drew two...I figured one was bound to work.  How many artists employ backup fairies as part of their arsenal?  Not very freaking many, I bet.  *is a smart monkey*

It's snowing here, again!  I think I'll take Kiba out for a snowy beach romp.  Soon it'll get too cold to splash in the shallows...even for a husky.  Once the ice starts forming I get paranoid about taking him anywhere near water (I nearly lost my old Tucker-dog in a deep frozen pond once that way).  Huskies!  Cute, pretty, fun-loving, but REALLY not that bright when it comes to practical stuff.  My dog is just a handsome twinkie.

Everyone on my F-list is quiet and/or depressed.  Oh, people.  *hug*  I certainly know how it is.  I get seasonal blues because of the serious lack of sunlight around here, and I also remember the stress of mid terms and finals and such, plus all the holiday hoo-haw is enough to bewilder and dismay just about anyone.  

But you know, I do believe that happiness is a choice.  This season is like a fight for me, every day, to remain productive, busy, and happy.   Each day that I finish a piece, or do something towards furthering my career, or even go for a long walk with the dog...I see it as a little victory.  I know it sounds stupid but it's all those tiny battles won that add up to good days, decent weeks, bearable months.  

Just, you know...be nice to yourselves.    Be sure to find something, even ONE little thing, every day,  that you can be proud of or happy about.  If nothing good is happening,  go make something good happen (if all else fails I take a hot shower and put on some cheerful-smelling lotion from The Body Shop or something like that...at least I can always smell great!).

It's just that I've been down before and I have had to deal with a LOT of unbelieveably nasty crap in my life...and I know now that it's so easy to succumb but it's much better to fight.  Some of the stuff I went through last year was so incredibly depressing, and yet finding those bright spots was the thing that kept me going.  My stepping stones looked like scented lotions, pieces of art, journal entries, unexpected gifts in the mail from friends far away, light-hearted online chats...and then one day I was on the other side of the whole mess and thinking "that wasn't too terrible".  Because really, none of it is all that bad.  Everything is transitory...especially the crappy parts.

So!  Everyone, keep an eye on the mail in the next couple of weeks.   I'm sending out the holiday swag soon and you're all on my list.   :-)   A little somethin' somethin' for everyone. 

Comments

Faerie!!!

[shvetufae.livejournal.com]

Oh, she is so nice and summery! I love her. :) Thank you so much.

You based her a bit on me? I'm honored! And I'd be happy to have faerie ears in this life, too. :)

I think she would make a lovely icon with the text, "You might say that I'm a dreamer. . ." What do you think?

Everything is transitory...especially the crappy parts.

I am working on remembering that right now. Thanks for the love. It's so good to know I have caring friends out there.

Re: Faerie!!!

[merimask.livejournal.com]

Oh good! I'm glad you like her. :-) I had fun drawing her.

"I think she would make a lovely icon with the text, "You might say that I'm a dreamer. . ." What do you think?"

Oh I LOVE it! And what a nice reference to a great John Lennon song, too (Imagine).

"Thanks for the love."

You're welcome. :-)

[redmagus.livejournal.com]

one thing to be thankful for. good company like you.

I'm off to harass rummy, come with?

[rumdiculous.livejournal.com]

Not if I get to you first! :P

[merimask.livejournal.com]

*smooch* You're a sweetheart. :-)

And YES, Rummy needs to be pinned and tickled. I owe her my sanity for keeping me happy/goofy all last winter...she's a life saver.

[redmagus.livejournal.com]

yes she is. The question is, what flavor?

[merimask.livejournal.com]

Strawberry! Because it's my favorite. Or maybe butter-rum 'cause of the "rum" part. :-)

[rumdiculous.livejournal.com]

Oh I love how the pic turned out! She's so pretty and I love her face the most. She has such pouty cute lips. XD

Handsome twinkie. lmao

I just have to keep in mind "This too shall pass". I swear that is my mantra.

[merimask.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love your Kikyo too...seems we both got bitten by the ink/prismacolor bug this week, eh? Aren't those awesome?? I hate to say "I told you so..." ;-)

OMG Keebs is the ubiquitous handsome fluff-for-brains. I swear if he was human he'd be a really hot looking surfer-dude (or more correctly, a snowboarder...because he loves the snow!), with not a whole lot on his mind but fun.

"I just have to keep in mind "This too shall pass". I swear that is my mantra."

It's a good mantra. People like to get all wound up and unhappy because "Happiness is fleeting"...but so's all the bad stuff. IMO, if you can just hang on long enough, it all comes 'round again. Life's good, that way.

[rumdiculous.livejournal.com]

I've got an idea on how to get myself to complete projects faster. I'm going to set a deadline for each peice I start. I'll give my self two weeks to complete one pic. That way I'll actually get something done. If it's a big project, I'll give myself a longer deadline. ...I'm curious to see how this works for me. XD

Ha ha, if my dog was a person, Blossie would be a short brunette with fiesty attitude. She'd be smart too.

The way I see it, yeah happiness is fleeting. But that is a given. Everything passes and nothing is constant. A lot of people see that as a bad thing. I don't really like change but it happens so might as well go with the flow.