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hey sorry, been absent again

dealing with a lot of stuff. busy. ADHD executive dysfunction has hit me hard lately.

still here. i still try to take photos where I can, been active on my real name photo account. just got a lot going on.

not gone tho. trying to get back to pixels.

I see the news every morning and just want to scream.

This regime isn't just fascist, it's dangerously stupid and suicidal, too. That they'd even suggest the idea of doing something that would make an enemy of nearly the whole world makes it hard to feel optimistic about anything.

I can’t play rn either. I’m mostly just hiding in my photo accounts.

Cropped pixel art of a scene featuring Kirby.

Pixquare added a tiled mode and finally I got past a block I’ve been dealing with.

american culture is far too centered around punishment

Nail polish remover with acetone will dissolve it, just make sure to wash & moisturize the skin afterward.

LP, LP, ➜, LK, HP. I went back redid my Homer Akuma. This time with synched mouth and tweaks.

i've been thinking about them lately and might try giving them a facelift. maybe not like, complete redraw, they're honestly almost there as is. just edits and reworks to give them a bit of a push--maybe make them look a little closer to what might have been?

idk. after I finish some stuff?

Screenshot of a forest-themed level from a prototype version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit). The focus is on the level's graphical assets and how they look somewhat unfinished.

those assets always looked very much unfinished to me, like there was more STI intended to do to make them look more polished before the level was ultimately scrapped. like they're so close but just not quite there.

y’know something that’s bothered me for ages

a lot of Sonic 2 ROM hacks that add the scrapped “Wood” zone back in never do much with the graphic assets and just use the unfinished-looking ones right out of the Simon Wai prototype ROM. 🧵

bless u foo 🙌🏻

And yeah, things are evening out. Hopefully I’ll get my Kirby piece finally done before too much longer lol.

I’m gonna try to get back to those things. I am about to finish a new piece and want to start another one.

I’ve reached just over six months nicotine-free.

I’ve gotten some major debts paid down and am on track to finish off one more by the end of the winter (assuming nothing goes wrong).

I’m still around though. I still want to keep making digital and pixel art, and keep writing things. I never want to STOP making things.

Just been a lot.

Was a while where it really felt like nothing good was ever gonna happen again.

I guess last night gave me a sorely needed dose of hope.

hey

I’ve been quiet on this account lately, huh?

Lots going on. Spun off my photog stuff into a separate account. Back in college. Still working a lot. Apparently just barely don’t make the ADHD diagnosis requirements this I doubt).

Oh y’all KNOW I got on that physical preorder.

I’ve waited too damn long already lol.

ACT FUCKING III

had some time and gave the ol’ sunstar a Liquid Glass-esque refresh

Here he comes running! 🍄🍄🍄 Super Mario Bros. 3 Redrawn is now live on our website!
retroredrawn.com/supermario3/

#smb3redrawn #pixelart

For you Hollow Knight fans out there

Saw James Gunn's Superman while I was on vacation, finally.

Man, that movie is just pure inspiring hope. David Corenswet was the perfect casting. I haven't been genuinely thrilled by a superhero movie in like a decade, but that movie did it for me.

and on the subject of art, making progress on my Kirby piece. Finally got the background island to a point I don’t hate.

Reminder that this account is going back to art and other chat.

If you want my photography go follow my real name account @clbonneviephoto.bsky.social

Watched Netflix DMC.

It was fun. Focused a bit much on Lady instead of Dante and wasn’t super deep writing, but it was fun.

People are being really annoying about it though.

Truuuuu 😅 but also I honestly wasn't that hard to find to begin with.

It is what it is. If someone truly meant me harm they'd have gone for it several times over.

Doing either a very brave (or very foolish) thing and made a photography account with my real name (I wasn’t that hard to find to begin with).

Go follow that if you just want photos. This account will be for art and everything else.

Might make a separate account for photos and use this one for pixels and bullshit lol

Photo of a night waterfront, with islands in the distance. The scene is dark blue lit by the pale yellow full moon seen in the center-top of the frame.

Moonlit Casco Bay 🌕
#photography

Photo of the Portland ME State Theatre entrance. The lights under the awning are warm while the rest of the scene’s lighting is a cooler temperature.

Do you think there’s a quest in there?
#photography

Photo of a lighthouse at sunrise, with the sun behind the glass.

hey Sunday morning
#photography

Photo of the full moon, tinted red and somewhat softened by haze.

hazy sturgeon moon
#photography