Cynthia Lizardi 🇵🇭🇺🇸🎨

trick or treat was a blast tonight with friends! now relaxing to nightmare before Christmas 🤣

best of all that night, kiddo came up to us and said he thinks he is aura-farming 😂. some girls said his costume was on 🔥. he was very happy and THAT makes me happy as a mom 🥹

for this not in the know, he is a crossbow cultist from a Roblox game called "99 nights in the forest" which is super popular with young kids right now. A game where in the woods, you have to find 4 lost kids, hunt and craft, and survive attacks from a giant Deer, Owl, Ram and cultists for 99 days.

I am super happy with how kiddo's costume came out this year. At trunk or treat, so many kids, recognized his character & he even roleplayed by "stalking" the playground at the event lol. I kept hearing "99 nights!!" "it's a crossbow cultist!" "bro, I love your costume!" best of all: he is happy.

My son and I playing in a corn pit at a fall fest this past weekend, wnd progress pics of his crossbow and his costume for fitting.

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210" It reads: "Dear Joel: I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country. I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities. Sincerely yours, Charles M. Schulz" At bottom is an illustration of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a kite wrapped around the dog house.

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

Kiddo wants to be a crossbow cultist from a Roblox game called 99 Nights in the Forest. Who am I to not cater to his wishes?

Working on my son's Halloween costume. He told me he wants to be a "crossbow cultist from 99 nights in the forest from Roblox". Ok challenge accepted kiddo. Definitely easier than Molly Macaw from last year 😅

Did some bookbinding using upcycled book covers from The Book Rescuers in Largo, Florida and planing wood pieces to make more cradled panels for painting. I'm falling into other hobbies outside of painting. Am I avoiding painting? Maybe 😂.

Goo goo gajoob 😂

I found a friend to body double with via discord and it makes all the difference, from doing dishes I dread or the painting I avoided for weeks... I believe there is a body doubling discord channel somewhere that offers different rooms for this but...of course I forgot what it's called 🫠😅

Same for me. Felt like I had to be a nail hammered down to fit in with a board of screws. 🤣 Like, God forbid you express emotions, ADHD emotions?! Message was: push that down, be calm, don't draw attention. It's something I am working to reverse and is it hard!

Close up of inside hexagon sun: swallowing a magic stone, or amulet, as told in indigenous filipino folktales. Inspired by Filipina superhero Darna, who swallows said stone, and attains super powers to help others in need. Prismacolor pencils and acrylic with gold pigment. #mixedmedia #coloredpencil

It's nice to go back and actually experiment with different techniques. I love mixing metallic pigments into paint, and painting with string dipped into acrylic wash. Both are methods I've used since my undergrad classes. #artprocess #gold #surrealart #portrait #art

Fun to take my own reference photos for paintings. Even if you have to grab a cotton ball or odd object to stand in for something else 🤣

Also back at painting after a needed break with cartoons. 😀

I did not know Kpop hunters was the movie and soundtrack I needed in my life. But yeah it can live rent free in my brain. 😆

Been a hot minute y'all. Latest WIP of "She dreams to be a hero" for my Neurospicy series. 1 pic of picking grains of Coquina sand for a tiny stone in the painting. Just #artistthings

Love that I am watching Back to the Future with my son. Sharing nostalgia is nice. 😍

WIP for "Can't filter out the noise!". I may swap yellow and red to be like alternating mouths. The teeth motif, from various indigenous Filipino groups, can mean protection, defense or ferocity. Defense against evil spirits who stop to count the teeth & become too dizzy to do harm. #digitalart

WIP today of "I can't filter out the noise!" I used the tracing layer option in Rebelle, to block the colors. I've realized the colors picked, are not all in my chosen palette but I can fix that with glazes. 😜

#digitalpainting #rebelle7pro #digitalart #filamartist #artprocess #escapemotions

Choose 20 Paintings that have stayed with you, or influenced you. One painting per day for 20 days. No particular order. explanations or reviews, just paintings #BlueSkyArt #Choose20Paintings #Art

8/20 "Composition IV" (1911) by Wassily Kandinsky

Started a sketch for another painting for my #neurospicy series. "Can't filter out the noise!" My flavor of #neurodivergence makes me averse to strong sounds, smells, etc. My brain has a hard time ignoring it, sometimes it is painful if too loud. #adhd #audhd #autism #digitalart #wip #art

Choose 20 Paintings that have stayed with you, or influenced you. One painting per day for 20 days. No particular order. explanations or reviews, just #paintings #BlueSkyArt #Choose20Paintings #Art

7/20 "The Broken Column" (1944) by Frida Kahlo

#digitalpainting #WIP for today for "Laundry Pretrification" in #rebelle7pro. Haven't decided on her hair yet but she will not be bald forever 😂. Torn between long snake hair or a faux hawk of baby snakes.

#digitalart #tampart #art #adhdwomen #adhdawareness #decisionparalysis #neurospicy

Choose 20 Paintings that have stayed with you, or influenced you. One painting per day for 20 days. No particular order. explanations or reviews, just #paintings #BlueSkyArt #Art #Choose20Paintings

6/20
"If My Friends Could See Me Now" (1991) by Pacita Abad

Choose 20 Paintings that have stayed with you, or influenced you. One painting per day for 20 days. No particular order. explanations or reviews, just #paintings #BlueSkyArt #Art #Choose20Paintings

5/20
"Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket" (1875) by
James Abbott McNeill Whistler

#adhdthings decided today was a good day to photograph textures to turn into brush stamps for use in #Rebelle7pro. Edited on my phone but will make brushes later lol.
#digitalart #digitalpainting #artprocess #textures #artist #sand #shells #string #photography #custombrushes #digitalbrushes

Choose 20 Paintings that have stayed with you, or influenced you. One painting per day for 20 days. No particular order. No explanations. No reviews, just paintings #BlueSkyArt #Art #Painting #Choose20Paintings

4/20
"American Pastorale" (2016) by
Elisabeth Condon (photo of art by Phillip Reed)

Part of my #neurospicy series about being neurodivergent in a neurotypical world. I titled it "Zoomies" for the pacing my son does when has to pace to get his thoughts out.