"Happy birthday to me!!"

That's right, it's that time of year once again. A few of these years have been more solemn, not super cheery around this time, but I'm doing good and I felt good about this one too. I'm celebrating it with a very special Zergling, for starters! But I still needed to put something together for the occasion, it's been five years of doing these, after all! And here I am once again puffing myself up for my birthday; what better way to have birthday balloons than being the balloon yourself?

Once again fell back to using the symmetry tool and a straight-on shot as well, but I wanted to do something different this time around than I had previously. Specifically, I had usually done inflation art where my limbs are sucked into my body, the only thing that remains are the handpaws and footpaws, the rest of me is a big orb. And I never had a problem with that, I love that look a lot, but I wanted to be more dynamic with this and so I followed some cues from other inflation art, including one that was made for me, and used that as reference material to put this together as well, so now my arms and legs are still appearing from my body, but I also spruced it up further by adding some shiny bits across my body, to emphasize the bloated nature of myself! It really adds a lot to the look, I might have to do this more often!

Thank you all for another year around the Sun, and for enjoying my art. I may be 31, but I'm still enjoying life in my colorful silly ways, and I think that's most important. Thank you for coming to see! 🎈