so, I'm having trouble making a ref sheet for myself. I can't seem to get the color where I want it. my line work is solid, though, and what I want to know is if there's anyone out there that can convert a photo of an inked drawing into a digital flat-color ref in exchange for some traditional artwork from me. Any takers?

Generating a frickton of artwork lately. I'll post more stuff here soon. My life has been stupid lately and it's keeping me offline a lot.

So for a while now, the largest consumers of my time not accounted for by necessary life stuff have been trying to put together a workshop, working with a youth group, and volunteering at a bookstore at the church where I attend. Being a Unity (new thought movement) church, it's an extremely accepting and eclectic environment; the bookstore is a wonderful place for me to hang out and make cool things for a couple of hours. I've always theorized that I'd benefit immensely from a dedicated work space that was free of the distractions associated with working at home, and it turns out I'm right about that. My productivity has shot through the roof.

Because of a couple of incidents with unruly vagrants, there are only two volunteers for the bookstore at present; myself, and a fellow who has experience both in running a business and a self-employed private contractor. It was he who was orignally offered a 10% commission on the bookstore's sales, but he declined; I'm there more often and his income situation is quite good, so he simply doesn't need it. It was offered to me and I have accepted, technically making me staff.

He and I talked for about an hour today, while I took a breather from helping the youth group advertise their fundraiser yard sale ( I was hooping on a street corner with a couple of sign shakers for three hours today, I feel exhausted but amazing). Our discussion ran along these lines:

- we both feel the bookstore has vastly untapped potential, which the minister also sees.

- The church administration isn't really being cooperative with pursuit of that potential.

-We have the vision and know-how to tap that potential, if we can get the administration to give us a little more leverage.

- Everyone wins if we get our way.

- My friend can't man the bookstore on weekdays, and I don't have the knowledge to manage a business but i have every other necessary resource; time, energy, transportation, dedication, and creativity.

- I need the skills to manage a business for personal reasons, and the church needs someone to dedicate themselves to this bookstore.

- My friends has the skills and is willing to teach them to me.

- I appear to be the right person for the job, excepting that I'm the only person.

- Several of the teens will be legally employable in a matter of months and would volunteer their time to let me have a day off now and then. This won't work in every circumstance but it will do for most situations, and will help them learn some valuable skills as well.

- I can see the store benefiting from having outdoor seating and speakers for music, cosmetic improvements that shouldn't be terribly expensive, a wi-fi repeater, and a door chime.

- Traffic in the store could be improved by more days open, and longer hours, both of which I will commit to even for the 10% commission. While putting me on salary is obviously desirable, one must prove themselves worthy in small matters before they can be trusted with greater.

-The store's revenue could be vastly improved by a significant jump in online presence: ebay for used books, etsy for handcrafted gifts on consignment, amazon for special orders and similar, a dedicated web page, improved branding ( tentatively "Spirit Tree Books"), A blog for book reviews, advertising of events and the fact that we're open as a venue space for workshops and the like, and possibly a youtube channel for various things. All of this is very doable.

As a result, we're discussing taking a couple of weeks to get ideas together so we can present a unified front, and scheduling a formal meeting with the administration ( which may result in a vote from the board) to present and discuss our ideas. I have every reason to be optimistic about this and very few reasons not to be. I think this is going to be very, very good. But if anyone has some thoughts about what could show up as pitfalls, or suggestions as to what specifically could be done, I'd love to hear from you.

So I was offered, and accepted, a 10% commission on everything sold in the bookstore I volunteer at and got a check today for the relevant pay period. It's not much, but it's money I wasn't getting. Hell yes.

Sorry for being so quiet. My life is being pretty much consumed by a couple of big projects and, lately, depression.

I'm very discouraged. Things have not been going as I'd hoped or planned. I'm trying to make sure things get better. We'll just have to see.

1. What is your fursona's name?
It is Nameless. It goes by Nominus Expers because people aren't comfortable if they can't call it something.

I also have four other characters named Xander, Corrydwynn, Dave, and Omni


2. How old is your fursona?
Nominus- 200,000 years give or take.
Xander, Cory, Dave- Thirtysomething
Omni- Age Unknown (old)


3. What is your fursona?
Nomi- Ancient Shapeshifting Construct
Xander- Pallid/Short-Nosed bat
Cory- Terrestrial Hermit Crab
Dave- Fox/Gray squirrel
Omni- Haunter


4. How much time have you had your fursonas?
Nomi- 2002
Dave- 2000
Cory- 2011
Omni- 2008
Xander- 2015


5. Is your fursona inspired by something?
Dave- Myself
Omni- Two of my Friends
Cory- Myself
Xander- Myself, via Stigmata
Nomi- Myself

6. How much art do you have of your fursona?
Not that much I think.
Nomi - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/19053758/
Omni - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/1673852/
Dave - https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5872446/
Corry -
Xander- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/19103641/

7. You made your fursona or you buy it?
Made it myself.

8. Why do you consider your fursona special?
Nomi- represents my ideals and values but also my deepest and darkest flaws. The other four are parts of its personality, exaggerated; put another way, its qualities are a synergy of the other's personalities, but greater than the sum of its parts. A die-hard idealist.
Omni- Represents my Shadow. He is everything about me that I am afraid of. A libertine.
Dave- Represents my younger self, but also my Rage and determination, my love of learning, and my destructiveness. He is tenacious, paranoid, and secretive but also deeply passionate, intelligent and witty. A pessimist.
Cory- Represents my much younger self, but also my Curiosity, Resourcefulness, Creativity, and my deep desire for belonging coupled with my nearly total inability to trust others. He is intoverted but very friendly, almost totally alien in his thinking, and deeply lonely. A cautious Optimist.
Xander- Represents the sort of person I'd like to become, representing my compassion and my confidence, my playfulness, but also my tendency toward recklessness. He is very kind, and takes risks with confidence that invariably pays off, but doesn't give a fuck about what anyone thinks of him. An Optimist.

9. Does your fursona act too much as you or are they different from you?
They are all very much like me, at different times and in different situations.


10. What kind of hair your does your fursona have?
Nomi has a rockin' mane that I change annually as my own grows.
Omni doesn't have hair.
Dave has a basic shaggy bowl cut.
Cory has antennae.
Xander has dreadlocks.

11. Put some drawings of your fursona you like the most:


12. What music represents your fursona?
There's a lot of good music. I'm a little sad that most of it is painful. There's not a hell of a lot of happy bouncy music that actually represents me well, in my opinion.
Nomi- Further South by Ahab,
Carol of the Bells by Mannheim Steamroller
I Love You More by Matthew West
Mitternacht by E Nomine
Lateralus by Tool
Let's have a Kiki by Scissor Sisters
Miscellaneous by Kitch ( Don't try finding this)
Omni- Wait and Bleed by Slipknot,
Lullaby/Room of Angel from Silent Hill 4
The Thing that Should Not Be by Metallica (from S&M)
The Perfect Drug by Nine Inch Nails
Love you to Death by Type O Negative
Dave- Smoke by Au5 and Fractal,
Weight of the World by Stabbing Westward
99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
Freak on a Leash by Korn
Nobody's Listening by Linkin Park
Corry- My Demons by Starset,
Lithium by Evanescence
Waking Up Beside You by Stabbing Westward
Good Day by The Dresden Dolls
Stamp on the Ground by Italobrothers
Xander- Ghost Story by Sting,
Ukulele Anthem by Amanda Fucking Palmer.
I Updated my F-List by Renard
Beautiful Disaster by 311
Bleed it Out by Linkin Park
Other, Unspecified Goodies-
Pork and Beans by Weezer
I was the Sun before it was Cool(starbound soundtrack)
Gayatri by Deva Premal
Counting Stars by Nujabes
Fragglewomp by JPOD
Loser by Beck
The Little Things Give You Away by Linkin Park
13. If your fursona were insane what music would represent them?
Nomi- The Nameless by Slipknot
Omni- Night on Bald Mountain
Dave- The Becoming by Nine Inch Nails
Corry- Becoming Insane by Infected Mushroom
Xander- As Heaven is Wide by Garbage

14. Do you wish your fursona were real?
Oh. Oh yes.


15. Do you have any games of your sona?
Nope.


16. What would you do if you met your fursona in real life?
I won't speak of this in polite company.

So, I'm making some major investments in my foundry operation. In the last few days:

- I've purchased a pair of clay graphite crucibles.
- I've cast a new, reinforced lid for the foundry.
- I've mixed a sixty pound batch of greensand.
- I've purchased the supplies to fabricate a cope and drag assembly, tongs, and a pouring shank to handle the new crucibles.
- I'm not far from being able to synthesize elemental silicon in hopes of crafting my own aircraft grade aluminum alloys.
- I've been talking with the minister of the church I go to, wherein there is a bookstore. It's a unity church so there's a lot of new-agey vibes going on and the jewelry I make appeals to their crunchy sensibilities. The minister wants to see more of my work up for sale there.
- I'm also working with the youth pastor to organize a find-raising thing where the teens make jewelry for the shop but it uses some things I'll have to make myself by casting metal. More exposure for me.

I'm not abandoning traditional artwork but I'm expecting crafting to become the major occupier of my time and energy from here forward. Things are going very, very well.

Shamelessly copied from  shineaugustine

Basics
Name: Nominus
Nicknam: Nomi, Nomi-monster
Location:Pensacola, Fl over!
Age: 31
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Zodiac sign: Sun is Leo-Virgo cusp (aug 23), moon in cancer, sagittarius ascendant.
Pets: Sentry (dog), Cinder (cat), Ixthn (goldfish), as well as another dog I'm looking after for my sister.
Favorite thing about yourself: I never quit.
Worst habit: Staying awake all night and sleeping through the day.
Fun fact: I consider myself a recovering supervillain.

Identity, Sexuality & Personality
Gender identity: n/a
Sexual preference: androgynous
Romantic preference: men
"Kinsey Scale" score: 4 = Predominantly homosexual. (you can find the test here: http://vistriai.com/kinseyscaletest )
Relationship status: Would you treat me differently if you knew?
Myers/Briggs type: INFJ- "The Advocate"
Hogwarts house: Slytherin

Routine
"Early Bird" or "Night Owl": Night Owl forever
First thought in the morning: *PAIN*
Last thought before falling asleep at night: *grattitude*

School/Work
Do you work or are you a student: Work, self-employed
What do you do well: Creative things of all sorts, cultivating the spiritual growth/personal development of myself and others.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: Travelling at will and establishing my second business or applying for patents.

Habits (Do you…?)
Drink: Not often but yes.
Smoke: Socially; otherwise rarely.
Do Drugs: Define drugs.
Have a go-to comfort food: oddly no. There's no specific food that's comforting.
Have a nervous habit: biting my nails, biting the inside of my mouth, twisting one specific lock of hair.

What is your favorite…?
Physical quality (in yourself): Eyes
In Others: So many things.
Mental/emotional quality (in yourself): curiosity
Drink: Water
Animal: Humans.
Colours: thunderstorms.
Artist/Band/Group: Starset
TV Show: Steven Universe
Video game: Terraria
Sport: Nerf, swordplay, hand-to-hand martial art, dance

I'm currently going back and forth with myself over something I wouldn't mind having some input on.

I'm seriously considering doing some heavy-duty cleaning up in my gallery, and as part of that I'm trying to decide whether to keep any of my adult stuff up here. I've always had mixed feelings about my mature artwork, and while I'm really happy with only an exceptionally few of my finished works, I'm least happy with the porn, almost invariably.

The other part of this is that I'm going to be filling in some paperwork soon that would theoretically allow me to become a sponsor for the high school age teens at my church. It's something I've been interested in doing for a long time, and I was recently approached by the youth director to see if I'd fill a position that my friend left vacant when he moved back home to Michigan. I'm concerned about what my presence online might look like. To be fair, it's a New Thought church, and what I do as an adult is my business and mine alone. If I were asked, I would have no problem with admitting that some of my income is from doing erotic artwork, and I don't think anyone would so much as bat an eye. However, out there in the real world, more people know my as Nomi or Nominus Expers than know me by any other name, so if someone were to look me up they'd have a pretty easy time finding my DA and FA galleries. While someone underage would have to be committing a crime themselves in order to view my adult works, it still gives me pause.

I know I want to clean some things out anyway. There's a lot of old stuff that doesn't really represent me anymore, and while I'm all about honoring my journey as an artist, I think it might be wise to find other ways of doing so, such as a .zip file of my art archives available on request, or something along those lines.

What do you guys think?

So tomorrow at my church, there is to be a ritual called a Burning Bowl Ceremony. I've heard of several iterations of this; most of them involve a piece of flash paper, such as magicians use. All of them involve writing on the flash paper. Some suggest writing not only things you wish to release from the previous year, but things you wish to embrace for the coming year.

Whatever the case, you write it down and touch the paper to a flame which is kindled in a fireproof bowl of some kind, and it basically vanishes before your eyes. Quite powerful, symbolically.

In the same spirit, I'm tired of just resolving things. I thought of something I like better.

New Year's Ritual
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What have I learned?

I am stronger and wiser than I would have imagined.

I am less patient and more angry, too.

My insights are often completely accurate and I do myself
and everyone around me a grievous injustice by not voicing
them insistently. My opinions, observations, and decisions are ultimately valid and worthy of consideration.

Some people are not healthy enough to have a front-row seat
in my life. I was taught that you only ride shotgun if you're willing and able to stay awake and open fire.

There is a creative solution to everything if I'm willing to find the fun within the problem.

Furry has an element of shamanism/totemism that's worth exploring. I have depths that I've ignored for too long, and bringing them to light will likely serve me well.
=====================================

What do I Release?

The habit of allowing myself to be enslaved, continuously
finding myself in situations where I feel it necessary to
completely deny myself in order to continue living. My values
are going to make this difficult. But my playing small serves
no-one.

The habit of denying myself a voice, choosing passive
aggression and conflict avoidance instead of stepping up and
refusing to allow that which grieves me to pass unchallenged,
especially if it is because I believe I will do harm instead
of good by acting on what's in my heart.

The habit of disrespecting myself, denying my needs,
choosing to be miserable or undermine myself and my own
happiness.

The habit of self-soubt, in which I do not believe I am
sufficient to accomplish what I set out to do.

The Habit of justifying my unwillingness to participate
in things I consider a waste of time by resorting to
illness, pain, injury, disease, and other victim beliefs
regarding my own frailty.

I release others from being so close to my fire that I might burn them.

I release myself from those who would starve or douse me to keep themselves safe from my flames, instead of moving back to a safe distance.

I release myself from the kingdom of hell.

I release the habit of seeing only what I lack.

I release the habit of Victimhood.

I release filth and clutter in my environment.
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What do I embrace/Welcome?

I embrace freedom: freedom in prosperity, freedom of movement, freedom in the form of agency and valid consent.

I embrace my Voice, my Truth, my validity and worthiness to be heard.

I embrace those people who can truly benefit from being close to me.

I embrace the practice of grattitude.

I embrace the practice of focusing on what I have.

I embrace the practice of seeking the kingdom in all that I do.

I embrace compassion tempered with sternness.

I embrace courage and self-reliance.

I embrace health, growth, and vitality.

I embrace Power and the Responsibility that comes with it.

I embrace cleanliness, order, and accessibility in my life.
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What Am I Grateful For?

The companions I have who've seen me through hardship and been a constant support.

The lessons, even the hard ones. No. Especially the hard ones. And for my ability to learn from them.

The principles of the universe which, by learning to cooperate with them, have provided always exactly what was necessary to solve a problem exactly when I needed it most, and have often provided for my desires in unexpected but welcome ways.

For my strengths, and for the people who've helped me to see them in new ways I wouldn't have considered.
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What am I Looking Forward to?

Continuing to receive Lootcrates!

My sister and her kids FINALLY going to Japan! And things getting somewhat back to normal as a result c.c;;;

Renewing my pass to Big Lagoon

Becoming a youth sponsor at my church, if it's a good match.

Flying to Canada for Fur,eh?

Seeing Matt again, and going shooting!

Seeing Wildmark again and going beachcombing!

Turning 32. I haven't been an age that was a multiple of eight since I was 24! Though, being an odd prime is pretty cool, I don't have to wait as long between those.

The Las Cruces Rennaisance fair?

MFF 2016



=====================================

How do I want to Grow?


I want at least one working vehicle in my name and at my disposal. I have two candidate vehicles which can be brought to working order for less than the cost of buying a seviceable used vehicle, so it's a question of money and maybe an odd second pair of hands.

I want to be covering 100% of my personal expenses and have an excess of unallocated income to do with as I please.
As I please consisting of rewards, investments, and giving to causes I consider worthy. In particular:
-I want to be able to contribute to at least one patreon account in a significant way
-I want to be a supporter of a specific social media outlet.
-I'd like to purchase a membership pass to the state parks here in Florida again this year
- I want to keep getting lootcrates as a subscription
- I'd like to be an Exceptional Friend in Fallen London
- Having memberships at a couple of places I like to shop is also very practical.


I want to complete at least one major costuming project in time for MFF. I have several possible options on the table:
- Fursuit
- Armor
- Transformers MTMTE cosplay

I want to be able to wear size 38-40" pants and L-XL shirts comfortably, as well as be able to play around and have fun and do my work without serious risk of injury.
I intend to do this by restoring my eating habits to their state as of 18 months ago, and by getting back into Fighting, Dancing, Hiking, Swimming, qigong and resistance training as well as just general playing around and having fun.

I want to fix my windsurfer.

I want to unfuck my house. This entails:
- Applying the KonMari method to the entire standing structure.
- Minor repairs/renovations to most of the rooms in the house
- Extensive landscaping.
- Repair or Replacement of the Hot water Heater and, if at all possible, the HVAC. Winter's not so damn bad without a heater but summer is fucking impossible with just window units.
- Replacing two toilets and building a new sink in my bathroom.
- Installing a work bench in my studio
- Upgrading my bed to something suitable instead of a mattress on the floor.

I want to have a mobile setup for all of my fabrication equipment which is practically portable. This just means having a workshop that fits easily on a dolly and thence into the backseat or trunk of a car, and sets up and breaks down in under ten minutes.

I want to have a passport.

I want to finish a number of outstanding art projects (looking at you, Wildmark comic).

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What do I Resolve?

That 2016 will be the best year I've lived yet.

As I was celebrating New Year's Eve at a friend's house, some of the residents on his street were putting on quite a fireworks show. We watched, and set off sparklers, and rang in the new year with good cheer. Then we went inside to watch my friend show off some minecraft mods. About twenty minutes after midnight we heard a loud thud, sounds of a dog in great distress, and a car maneuvering. As we got outside, the car peeled off down the road and we saw a dog lying in my friend's yard, inside the fence. I'm not sure exactly what happened but it was clear someone had hit this dog and then driven off. It turned out to belong to the next door neighbor, and we spent some time helping him to figure out what to do. We couldn't tell she (the dog) was dead, odd though it must sound, so we helped him get her in the car and he took her to a veterinary E.R. with my friend's dad riding along to keep him level. It was a lost cause, but mercifully a veterinary clinic is better prepared to help with handling the mortal remains of our four-legged friends; it's been so rainy here where I live that most people's yards are little better than bogs right now, so burial would have been a problem.

I recount this story for a reason, which is that I am a firm believer in signs and omens. I consider this to be a powerful one, though not necessarily a sinister one. There used to be a well-known concept called a memento mori, which means "remember that you can die". Though contemplation of death is its usual meaning, along with connotations of the eternal, I take a different approach to it. I consider it a reminder along the same lines as the saying " The trouble is, you think you have time."

Of course this is referring to the idea that there is time to waste. I've been becoming more and more aware this year that I don't have time to waste, because I keep allowing it to be wasted and it keeps making me unhappy and interfering with things I say I want, but lack the discipline (or something) to bring to fruition. This is kind of a wake up call for me though, unmistakably, and one I'm exceedingly grateful for though I am sorry it took something so extreme to get my attention.

So I'm actually making resolutions this year, but I'm doing it in a different way. I'm choosing to release some things from my experience, in order to make room for the things I want to have. I'm choosing to reflect on what the year has taught me. I'm choosing to set highly specific, achievable goals for the next twelve months so that I can measure the growth I am striving to achieve. Lastly, I'm setting down definite things I'm looking forward to, some of which I must bring about and some which will happen regardless of my efforts, so I have something to keep me going when things get hard. If anyone cares to see all of this, I'm going to be posting it in a seperate, follow-up journal.

For the last several years I have resolved to make the current year the best one I've spent on earth to date. I want to say that I've accomplished that, in spite of the fact that the years I've been making this resolution have been challenging in the extreme. I feel like making that resolution is challenging the universe to hit me with its best shot. Since I started this tradition in 2011, I've rescued my house twice, lost a dear friend, floated my family while our primary income earner was out of a job, gained two nephews, exited an eight year relationship, lost eighty pounds... the list goes on and on like that, situation after situation testing me, refining me, proving to me that I am made of sterner stuff than I ever realized.

I can't help feeling that I've been utterly wasting my time by allowing myself to believe I'm terribly fragile when the truth is clearly that I'm a diamond who thinks it's made of glass just because it has flaws and impurities.

But then again, it wasn't a waste if that's what it took for me to arrive at that conclusion.

Or whether you observe one at all. I hope today is an excellent and wonderful day for you all.

I.
Just.
Built.
a Foundry Furnace >:3

Stay tuned.

I learned a lot of neat stuff!! Such as the fact that I CHRONICALLY OVERPREPARE/PACK TOO MUCH STUFF.

Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, and had things been slightly different I certainly would've busted out those arting supplies I brought along. I regret nothing I brought, but I'm seriously reconsidering my policy against checking luggage x.x

Also, my physical health isn't that bad, since I walked what must've been a half marathon over the course of the weekend from my hotel to the con and back, over and over and over x3

I owe many thanks the the ever-amazing  thebeast76 for sponsoring my attendance at this much needed convention.

The panels I went to were excellent and I particularly enjoyed meeting  stigmata and hanging out with him and the other peeps at that art party Sunday night.

If anyone who gave me drinks reads this, you know who you are and you have my undying gratitude.

Also, anyone who was there and did not try the Dog Bowl Special at the Hyatt's restaurant, you missed out, for real.

I met some other cool people whose FA names I didn't get. I learned some awesome stuff from the guys at Pendragon Chainmaille that will improve my production but they've got something I can't even touch. If you like heavy gauge, armor-quality chainmaille you should look them up.

I also really enjoyed watching Snap E. Tiger carve fursuit parts out of foam before my very eyes. It woke up something from my childhood, because I used to do stuff like that all the time. It took a lot of the mystery and intimidation factor out of fursuit construction. Again, I learned a lot, and had a fucking BLAST doing it.

I have to get out and do this more. It was really awesome attending a convention for fun and not being behind a dealer's den table the whole time like I have been at my previous conventions. Okay there was that one time I volunteered so I got to enjoy things a little more but I was still doing a job. Having total freedom to just enjoy the event was awesome.

Flying wasn't as bad as I remember either; but up until last weekend I hadn't been on a plane since 2006, so go figure.

All in all I had a great time and some great food and fun with amazing people and I am doing this again at every opportunity.

Now to go do my best to distract myself from con crash, which set in before I even left the hotel room this morning. I swear, conventions are gonna become thursday-tuesday affairs for me.

*runs around like a headless chicken flailing uselessly at all the things I still have to do to get ready* FUUUUUUUUUU

I'm looking to do a little work, either scribbles or shiny things.

My pricing schedule looks like this:

A quick messy sketch is 5$
A cleaned-up drawing is 15$
Something with inks is 30$
Something in full color is 60$

Convention badges come in two styles:

Minimalist, which I'll have examples of soon, I do for 15$

Big Badges, which are cutouts of the upper body with a name I will do for 30$ if I can excavate my laminator from the abyss that my studio has become in my convalescence.

If you want shiny things, you'll have to go check out my other page  closetmonstercreations

So hit me up! I'd like to do five full scale pieces, or the equivalent value, in the next two weeks or so.

Anybody else I know going?

https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18205721/

The above link has all the details necessary but apparently there's an imminent eviction. That kind of thing really sucks, so if you can help out even just by boosting the signal, please do. This fandom's come through for people in need many a time. Again, I am personally in no danger or anything like that, I'm just paying it forward this time. Thanks guys.

Twenty-six things about me...
A- Age: 31
B- Biggest fear: Total loss of agency.
C- Current time: 8:48pm
D- Drink you last had: Iced Tea
E- Every day starts with: Booster Buddy
F- Favorite song: Further South- Ahab
G- Ghosts, are they real?: yes
H- Hometown: Pensacola, FL
I- In love with: You know who you are.
J- Jealous of: Jealousy is a waste of energy.
K- Killed someone?: No, thankfully. But it was close, and the world might be a better place if I had. We'll never know.
L- Last time you cried?: Probably in June or July.
M- Middle name: Tensley
N- Number of siblings: 2
O- One wish: To change the world.
P- Person you last called: I don't. People call me.
Q- Question you're always asked: You okay?
R- Reason to smile: I'm up to something/ A job well done.
S- Song last sang: Baby it's cold outside
T- Time you woke up: 4:30pm
U- Underwear color: purple
V- Vacation destination: Edmonton or Chicago atm...
W- Worst habit: doubting myself or giving in to people's demands
Y- Your favorite food: I don't have a favorite.
X- X-Rays you've had: arm, fingers, chest, teeth, pelvic.
Z- Zodiac sign: Virgo, but on the cusp of Leo, with the moon in Cancer and Sagittarius ascendant.

Like, digitally. Good lines.

I was recently reminded that this is really why I don't fucking do digital stuff. I'm frustrated about this. SOOOOO

I'll accept information on either converting a scanned image into something acceptable or doing nice, smooth, stable, clean lines on a tablet with no original drawing.

Tell me "practice" and I'll fucking waste you. That goes without saying, but no amount of practice is ever going to accommodate for nerve damage in my drawing hand giving me shakes that my tablet responds to with more sensitivity than a pen on paper.

I know there's something you people are fucking doing that's making it easier for you to do digital work than traditional or you'd be doing traditional. So spill.

Please? =3

P.S. Pardon my bold speech, and understand that I know so little about doing digital artwork that apart from like maybe a working week total of just fucking around, I'm so ignorant I don't even know what good questions to ask are ^^;;

Not from me, sillies. There's a giveaway over on Weasyl ya'll! Go check it out!

https://www.weasyl.com/journal/8933.....-head-and-more

It's circulating. I like this one.

Identification
Name: doesn't apply. (Nominus Expers)
Nickname: Nomi, Nomimonster
Location: Pensacola, Fl
Age: 30 (31 at the end of the month)
Height: 5'8"?
Zodiac sign: Virgo/Leo cusp
Pets:Sentry ( Corgi/larger breed mix), Cosmo ( Sentry's brother) Princess Mia (Sheltie Collie/smaller breed mix); additionally looking after a goldfish, a hedgehog, and several cats.
Favorite thing about yourself: Problem Solving ability, I think. Either that, or it's my determination.
Worst habit: I smoke when I'm stressed, I procrastinate endlessly, and most days I let the mental illness win because I don't have the spoons to fight it.
Fun fact: Some people would swear I have a couple of screws loose, and they're right. I literally have a pair of screws that were holding my elbow together while it healed from being shattered, but it turns out, I'm allergic to surgical stainless steel, so they had to be extracted in order for my arm to be usable again. I keep 'em in a jar and show them off to people =3

Identity, Sexuality & Personality
Gender identity: Fluid/Agender
Sexual preference: Pansexual
Romantic preference: Dudes are so much easier to comprehend for me, I'm sorry.
"Kinsey Scale" score: Which end of the scale means I've done it with ladies but most of my experiences are with the fellas?
Relationship status: asdfghjk
Myers/Briggs type: INFJ with almost no significant preference on most of those letters. I'm a "Diplomat" http://www.16personalities.com/personality-types
Hogwarts house: Slytherin. Especially at the age I would have been in Hogwarts. Anyone who knows me exclusively as an adult has NO idea.


Routine
"Early Bird" or "Night Owl": Night Owl, no matter how much I try to do anything otherwise.
First thought in the morning: "Damnit. *EVERYTHING I HAVE TO DO TODAY RUNS CIRCLES IN MY HEAD*"
Last thought before falling asleep at night: " Damnit. *EVERYTHING I DIDN'T DO TODAY RUNS CIRCLES IN MY HEAD*"


School/Work
Do you work or are you a student: I'm a housemonster. I cook, I clean, I manage my mental health, and sometimes I even do work I get paid for like art and jewelry.
What do you do well: I'm extremely good at cooking, painting, making stuff, and talking to people who need comfort and advice.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years: I don't know. Somewhere else, please.

Habits (Do you…?)
Drink: Dramatically less than I used to/for celebratory purposes.
Smoke: Dramatically less than I used to/no longer habitually.
Do Drugs: Everyone is on drugs. I like several different herbs on occasion.
Exercise: I swim, rock a hula hoop (dance/flowarts), practice martial arts, hike when the weather won't kill me, sometimes I like to lift weights or shoot baskets with a medicine ball.
Have a go-to comfort food: Ramen. Cookies. Large amounts of meat roasted over flame.
Have a nervous habit: I stim. I chew on the inside of my mouth and I fidget with a lock of hair. That used to be spinning in circles or slamming my head against solid objects or literally tearing out hair by the root. Thank God I grew out of that.



What is your favorite…?
Physical quality (in yourself): My eyes.
In Others: Faces.
Mental/emotional quality (in yourself): Patience or compassion.
Food: Lately I am a huge fan of ramen, but like, the way I make it with good stuff to go in, and homemade broth.
Drink: I love water. Iced Coffee, cold brewed, with honey. I'm a sucker for vanilla coke. I'm a fan of ciders, tequila, and rum.
Animal: Hermit Crab
Colors: Purple, Silver/gray, green. I like sunsets and forests and stormy oceans.
Artist/Band/Group: Amanda Fucking Palmer/Starset/Nine Inch Nails; 311, Infected Mushroom.... There are so many. How can you ask me about favorites? >.<
TV Show: Steven Universe/Firefly/Avatar/Star Trek/Doctor Who/ Queer Eye, can watch any time.
Video game: Terraria, Banjo Kazooie/Tooie, Classic (sega genesis) Sonic the Hedgehog, Final Fantasy 7,8,9,10,12, Xenogears, Metal Gear Solid/MGS2, Zone of Enders/ZOE 2
Movie: Frozen ( Fucking hate me for it I DARE YOU), Nausicaa, Iron Man trilogy, A Beautiful Mind, Serenity, Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog, Chronicle, The Equalizer, Big Hero 6 (Anybody noticing a pattern?)

https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/6721534/ This was brought to my attention in a journal post, and I'm very interested in having a look at it. I was not aware this was a thing, but now that I am.... This could be fun!

Want to start streaming while I do stuff. No idea how I'm gonna manage that but whatevs. I have some general questions though.

Why is it green and glitchy when i watch someone else stream? What can I do about this?

Why is my channel name the nickname that appears in the chat?
Can i change this?

Any other general advice or tips on this craziness?
GO!