Del @WelshPixie@mastodon.social

Second one - #ReadMyStuff .

It takes moments to look at a piece of art and digest it enough to complement the creator. If you create visual art, it's *relatively* easy to get positive reinforcement when you post stuff.

As a writer, people actually have to invest time to read what you've written before they can feed back.

If you're writing something and want readers, use this tag.

If you have some free time and want to encourage a writer, browse this tag to find stuff to read & support. <3

https://www.wattpad.com/story/159069986-warden

I'm #writing a m/m #gay #romance novella set in a #fantasy world.

The content is broken into bite-sized chapters so you can read in small doses if you don't have much time to read but would like to check it out.

It's got some fun characters and amusing interactions, so I'm told. ^.^

When I joined masto, I gravitated towards following creative peeps and noticed a thing that's pretty common to all of us: we feel guilty for promoting places that people can buy our work or otherwise support us financially. So I started the #CreativeToots hashtag for that very reason. Got an Etsy page? Online store? Patreon? Selling a piece of art? Throw that tag on it. Do it with unfettered abandon. Everyone else: Look at that tag for artists to support. Buy their stuff. Help them create. <3

I create line art for colouring, digital mandalas, photography, writing, crochet and jewelry. Places you can find/support me:

http://delsdoodles.com/
https://www.amazon.com/Meditative-Garden-Mandala-Coloring-Serene/dp/1454710284
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheCrochetyPixie
https://screwylightbulb.itch.io/how-to-draw-mandalas
https://www.patreon.com/welshpixie
https://www.redbubble.com/people/welshpixie
https://www.facebook.com/delangharad/
http://instagram.com/welshpixie
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/welshpixie
https://500px.com/welshpixie
https://www.paypal.me/delsdoodles

#MastoArt #CreativeToots

Here, have a fractal ^.^

#CC0 #Fractal #MastoArt

Also, if you'd like to receive some random original signed art (from stuff I've got lying around), I'll pop the following sized pieces in an envelope for you (examples below);

$5 - A6 (postcard size)
$10 - A5 (half letter size)
$15 - A4 (USA letter size)

Prices include worldwide postage. You can indicate if you'd like a colour piece or black and white, and if possible I'll accommodate :)

Pay here > https://www.paypal.me/delsdoodles and include your post address (or DM me).

#MastoArt #CreativeToots

I've lost a few Patreons in the last couple of months. I get it, money flow is turbulent for a lot of people.

If you're in a position where you can support and you'd like to get some pretty desktop backgrounds, mandala art tutorials, colouring pages, and even signed original art, I'd appreciate it. <3

https://www.patreon.com/welshpixie

#MastoArt #Patreon #CreativeToots

Stretchboi

My friend and I went on a guided 'new moon walk' at our local nature reserve last night and it was amaaaazinnnggggg. I was pondering whether or not to take my camera because it would be dark, but I'm SO glad I did. Got photos of so much fun stuff! :D

Full album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/welshpixie/?

CONTENT WARNING: Contains spider and bug pics.

#Photography

Also saw these but I'm not sure what kind of duck they are - I think a juvenile male and a female, which makes them harder to ID because the plumage is non-standard.

I was pointing the camera straight ahead and felt something watching me. Glanced down to see this guy peering at me over the grass from the water's edge.

#Photography #Birbs

Whiskered terns. I've never really paid attention to them before, or perhaps not seen them properly in action, but they're very graceful birbs.

#Photography #Birbs

Hartlaub's Gulls and whiskered terns (latter are the smaller ones with black heads). The black blobs in the background are red-knobbed coots, and the snakeheads poking out of the water are reed cormorants.

#Photography #Birbs

Hanging weaver nests (trivia: the male builds the nest for the female and if she doesn't like it, she rips it down and hurls it to the ground and he has to start over!), a large white-breasted cormorant and smaller reed cormorants, and a wee bitty little grebe ^.^

#Photography #Birbs

Dragged @warpgate9 out to take me birding this morning. Not hugely successful, but did get a few nice shots.

Here's a pair of yellow-billed ducks.

#Photography #Birbs

My coffee pattern this morning courtesy of @warpgate9 is an avant-garde anteater doing a fancy dance

And the last one from this bunch, an intact sea urchin skeleton. #Photography

Random beach pics. This stretch of beach starts a few minutes walk from the house. These were around 8am a few mornings back. :) #Photography

A pair of white-breasted cormorants #Photography #Birbs

Terns I think, possibly Swift Terns? I see some yellow beaks and black heads but the beaks look too slender to be gulls. #Photography #Birbs

Lookit these wee Guineafowl babs foing for a walk #Photography #birbs

Had breakfast at the nature reserve cafe a few days back and this flagondry was stuck inside, gazing forlornly at the outside world. I rescued it, of course.

#Photography

Went to the dentist this morning and Jaco parked down a side street. On the way back to the car we noticed this place. Googled it, menu looked good and friend said they do the best burgers. Here now :D

http://thecaferacer.co.za