I Wish/Blurred Reality

Hello! This post right here is gonna contradict the one before.. So I enjoyed the cats but after actually getting a MYO/Make-Your-Own (aka permission from a species creator to create a character of that species) I tried designing my first cat. At first I wanted to draw them after my babygirl Ruri but after some doodlings it didn’t fit right. So I hit pause until I saw a moot drew a bear instead and that got me inspired so I drew my first ‘cat’ a mouse. So happy to be giving the species another chance, I just wish their lore and trait list and dos or donts are a little more structured but that’s just my opinion as a beginner

This piece took me 12 hours 4 minutes, realistically roughly 3 days ish with breaks in between. I included ALL of my current jackalope fairies and a baby version of my Vampichi, Latte (the little baby on bottom right corner). It was made for this month’s Vgen Challenge : Wish and my thought process was that, I as an artist WISH to make my creation ‘come alive’ at least on screen. So the girl is my persona, Jasmine, she’s just happy that her little bunnies came out of the ipad screen, while Petal, our alien mascot is surprised as well. To make the whole vibe looks more dreamy, I added a cloud train, kitty trains and a couple cloud bats. The room itself was actually inspired by @rainbowloft on Instagram. Her room is such a dream! 

This piece was posted mandatorily on my X account, but to my surprise they gain the most tractions and I got 6 new followers! Honestly X/Twitter’s algo has been shit lately and there’s barely any interactions so to me, the 10 likes I got felt like 1000. I literally thought to myself: oh so this is how it feels like to have a ‘Viral’ post LOL (ik it’s not even close but the engagement for me is THAT bad so yk gotta celebrate every smoll moments yk) I do hope I win the challenge though.. if you use Vgen, please vote for my art <3<3<3

I also wanted to say that this piece was my greatest gift from my 28 year old self to ME! — I just turned 29 on 20th!! I spent the 18th and 19th on designing some new characters as another mini presents..

Salm, a Vampichi with special Halloween Meat Trait! Inspired by Salmon the fish

Dream, a Bunny Wish Snail from the Species’ November MYO Event. The theme for this event is ‘Dream’

Mandatory note that ‘Vampichi’ is a closed species by Mushies and Sha while ‘Bunny Wish Snail’ is a closed species by Pumpkin Cat Carnival. Both are super cute and speak to my soul that’s why I’m staying yk the drill. That aside there’s still one more MYO left to make and it’s my first Somni! Honestly I don’t have any ideas yet but I know I want the bat to be simple enough so I don’t need to fuss over the details when drawing them. 

Aside from the new ocs, I also won a cute vamp from the vampichi discord <3 I’ll share the character later once I drew them but this month truly is magical <3 (Latte also got featured so I got a few new art of her!)

To recap! I got 10 new watchers on DA, 6 on X, 3 on Vgen, a couple new characters, amazing art from fellow artists, new arpg to enjoy (somni), more importantly, a sense of improvement and satisfaction with my own art. I actually enjoyed drawing the large piece above and plan on making more unreal art featuring my girl sona and other characters! 

I got a pair of mules from the local shoemaker, 1 domi sticker sheet, new iPad case, (not shown but) a bunch of MLP cards, 1 UR Rainbow Dash card, and my room design sketch! (I’m tbh in the middle of renovating them and bc it has such a weird shape, it was hard arranging the furniture according to good fengshui and my taste but my sister did a good job! 

Room Design by my sister @ylverre on X
This is honestly my fav present!

Okay, that’s all about today. On 20th we went out to take away some Chinese food from Eastern: Birthday Noodle, shumai and wangshui dumpling, pochai with 3 eggs, chicken lemon sauce, and tofu with shimeji. It was so delicious. I also finally had my dream cake: cookies and cream ice cream cake for my birthday. 

Though it wasn’t a perfect day, it was in its own way ‘perfect’ to me because it felt like any other day, just a little bit special-ish. 

All in all I wanted to say that I’m super grateful for all the support and love I’ve received from the past years. I hope my dream can flourish more so I could uplift those around me. 

XX Jasmine