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maniraptoranshello! this is my first blog post! i'm going to try and post here at least monthly, and keep people updated on my projects.
i'm currently right in the middle of my A-Level exams (for the non-brits in the crowd, the a-levels are the school finishing exams, after which i'll go to uni) which has meant keeping up with creative endeavours is pretty hard, because i'm kind of expending all my energy keeping myself working healthily. my parents have realised that the key to keeping me going is giving me a fiver at LIDL (it's a supermarket) and letting me buy myself snacks for a week and running off that—i mean, it works! it does keep me going! i've got a place at a really good school next year though, to do an art foundation (one year of largely freeform art studies) which i am mega excited about and can't wait, plus it takes a little bit of the anxiousness and weight off.
i've also been focusing on trying to spend time with friends + take advantage of the weather—it really does shock me every time how much better being in the sun and around nature makes me feel. as someone who's a little behind in terms of social development, i've always felt anxious about doing things at too slow of a pace (mostly uni/work and friends), but it's been just amazing to feel like i've got a friend group and am getting to be a teenager. i'm happy with where i am and super excited for next year!
my a-levels finish mid-late june, and then i'm out of school for the summer—so keep an eye out for details of summer projects (most likely comics) which will be hosted on the Projects page, and possibly commissions!
as for what i've been doing while i'm off school studying, i haven't really had the brainspace to make Big Arty Things, but i've been doing a lot of clothes + fabric painting—because it's a social activity and also coming up with a little decal is less time and effort than a full illustration. it's been really enjoyable! here's some patches i've made:
and some paint on the pockets of a pair of my cargo shorts
i use acrylic paint and fabric medium, which heat sets, meaning you can only paint on stuff you can iron, but it works great for me. i might sell some of the patches—i've just been kind of mass producing them because brain wants to make things, but brain does not want to make new things. i'll hopefully be back in my stride post exams!
another thing i've been unable to keep up with during exams is wrestling, which is irritating since AEW's big pay-per-view just happened, and there was some great stuff... so happy fopr cm punk being the new world champion! i wish there'd been a bit more time to build the feud with hangman adam page, but what there was i LOVED (it was written so interestingly and cleverly) and i really hope hangman gets another go at the title soon, because he absolutely deserves it. stellar champ. a lot of people are saying bryan danielson will win the belt next, which makes sense, if i recall correctly he's retiring soon, and hangman taking it from danielson would be a really nice full circle moment because those two have had GREAT matches. also, i'm kinda pissed britt won the tournament. she really didn't need it, and the women's roster is horrifically underused despite being full of amazing talent. i would have loved to see ruby soho or kris statlander get it, or even, let me hope here, emi sakura or nyla rose. the belts themselves looked gorgeous though!
other notes are that i love the blackpool combat club sending their nice son yuta wheeler off to compete in japan in order to engage in gang warfare with a wizard. eddie kingston rules. jade cargill rules. wrestling is good because no other broadcast sport has wizards. but wrestling does! swerve strickland rules. luchasaurus is funny to me because the dinosaur man is also a very good chess player. and also he's a dinosaur man.
that's ellis signing off for now! if you're in the UK, enjoy the sun!
i'm currently right in the middle of my A-Level exams (for the non-brits in the crowd, the a-levels are the school finishing exams, after which i'll go to uni) which has meant keeping up with creative endeavours is pretty hard, because i'm kind of expending all my energy keeping myself working healthily. my parents have realised that the key to keeping me going is giving me a fiver at LIDL (it's a supermarket) and letting me buy myself snacks for a week and running off that—i mean, it works! it does keep me going! i've got a place at a really good school next year though, to do an art foundation (one year of largely freeform art studies) which i am mega excited about and can't wait, plus it takes a little bit of the anxiousness and weight off.
i've also been focusing on trying to spend time with friends + take advantage of the weather—it really does shock me every time how much better being in the sun and around nature makes me feel. as someone who's a little behind in terms of social development, i've always felt anxious about doing things at too slow of a pace (mostly uni/work and friends), but it's been just amazing to feel like i've got a friend group and am getting to be a teenager. i'm happy with where i am and super excited for next year!
my a-levels finish mid-late june, and then i'm out of school for the summer—so keep an eye out for details of summer projects (most likely comics) which will be hosted on the Projects page, and possibly commissions!
as for what i've been doing while i'm off school studying, i haven't really had the brainspace to make Big Arty Things, but i've been doing a lot of clothes + fabric painting—because it's a social activity and also coming up with a little decal is less time and effort than a full illustration. it's been really enjoyable! here's some patches i've made:
and some paint on the pockets of a pair of my cargo shorts
i use acrylic paint and fabric medium, which heat sets, meaning you can only paint on stuff you can iron, but it works great for me. i might sell some of the patches—i've just been kind of mass producing them because brain wants to make things, but brain does not want to make new things. i'll hopefully be back in my stride post exams!
another thing i've been unable to keep up with during exams is wrestling, which is irritating since AEW's big pay-per-view just happened, and there was some great stuff... so happy fopr cm punk being the new world champion! i wish there'd been a bit more time to build the feud with hangman adam page, but what there was i LOVED (it was written so interestingly and cleverly) and i really hope hangman gets another go at the title soon, because he absolutely deserves it. stellar champ. a lot of people are saying bryan danielson will win the belt next, which makes sense, if i recall correctly he's retiring soon, and hangman taking it from danielson would be a really nice full circle moment because those two have had GREAT matches. also, i'm kinda pissed britt won the tournament. she really didn't need it, and the women's roster is horrifically underused despite being full of amazing talent. i would have loved to see ruby soho or kris statlander get it, or even, let me hope here, emi sakura or nyla rose. the belts themselves looked gorgeous though!
other notes are that i love the blackpool combat club sending their nice son yuta wheeler off to compete in japan in order to engage in gang warfare with a wizard. eddie kingston rules. jade cargill rules. wrestling is good because no other broadcast sport has wizards. but wrestling does! swerve strickland rules. luchasaurus is funny to me because the dinosaur man is also a very good chess player. and also he's a dinosaur man.
that's ellis signing off for now! if you're in the UK, enjoy the sun!
