Ash & Bones @ashworks@mastodon.social

it's not a judgment at this point--language is hard and monolingual places like the US aren't very constructively focused on linguistic variation. it's more just--it has been fascinating as an experiment

it's hilarious how many people call Dzan "Dan"

-I give people an out with his nickname "D"
-No one seems to lean on the hard "Z" sound, which is what I'd expect as it's this random assumed-fricative after the "d"

Having an OC with a (teenaged)conlang-turned-Mayan first name has become a great illustration of pronunciation bias in anglophone countries

this latest twitter adjustment is not my fave. They pay designers so much money and this is the result, hrf

I am not posting my mastodon info anywhere, lol. There is way way too much whining here

Applied to two jobs as I'm looking to round out my expenses and be less in the hole. I am going to start looking more seriously at taking commissions again too, but commission don't quite take the pressure off the way that steady employment does, at least--not until I have regular clients.

My whole life has had many moments where I feel like I don't belong.

Why not own it, let it have peace, and welcome other weirdos who are kind and supportive along for the ride?

This guy's got a bunch of blooms left. I love how different these two are?? Genetic flub maybe re: the one with fewer petal layers? Dahlias have been bred into oblivion so, maybe.

I'm puttin this boy over here too before i forget. My Mastodon can't all be navel gazing #mastoart #creativetoots

Deconstruct

#wip
#mastoart #creativetoots

Alright I'm gonna post it here, too:

I'm feeling better and I'm having an emergency commission flash sale to myself jumpstarted:

$60 - Loosely inked Upper Body
$75 - Loosely inked Full Body
+ $15 for placing limited color

Prices are per character!

DMs and E-mail are open only for work inquiries.

E-mail is ash@ashworks.co

Thanks!
#commissions #mastoart #creativetoots

Reading up on goldfish and I am going to need a different home for them. 10 gal will be fine for a week or two tops, but I'm gonna probably turn one of my heavy duty plastic bins into a tank for a while instead. It's that, or I return them.

Pretty impressed with these. Haven't had a chance to do a test swatch of the caran d'ache but I'm excited to utilize them all.

Seattleites: "it's so hot!!" (75 degrees, 38% humidity)

Me, a Californian:

One more is on the way. Mmmmmm art supplies

I'll probably get the metal caps for the blackwings eventually. But these are cute.