u kno i had to do it to em

pinned post babey

hi, i'm celeste, a graduate student and hobbyist artist. i like drawing my ocs and almost nothing else lmao

all follows/reblogs come from @shiny-rayquaza, i post photography rarely on @syrcidia

quick links:
toyhou.se (oc repository)
flight rising (dragons!)
ko-fi

also anyone got a neocities? it's like geocities but for the 2020s since geocities died a few years ago

i made my own site and it's pretty sick tbh

i passed my oral qualifiers and now i'm a phd candidate pog

brilliant stars arceus v alt art living rent free in my head so i had to make this

one of my friends asked for a galaxy tutorial from me uwu

inkblot invite list

for anyone who's interested, the inkblot invite list is opening tomorrow for an entire week! not sure when it'll open, but last time it opened at 6:30pm EST

linky link to the page

it's open!!!

inkblot invite list

for anyone who's interested, the inkblot invite list is opening tomorrow for an entire week! not sure when it'll open, but last time it opened at 6:30pm EST

linky link to the page

me: i'll be graduating in like 1-1.5 yrs

my advisor: of course
my advisor: also here's 2348023984903 tons of work btw

did a redesign of an oc, now with braid braids

gonna try out inkblot.art since they're opening invites for closed beta this weekend

might be interesting

got my invite today, used it for a couple of hours, here's my ~review~:

general info:

• visually, it's a mix of dA/instagram/tumblr (you have "latest" and "explore" pages like dA, posts themselves look instagram-esque, your personal page is like a blend of tumblr and instagram)
• you can like, reblog, and comment on posts and use hashtags for discoverability
• meant for ages 16+
• you can upload nsfw stuff but Bad Shit (hateful art, sexual crimes, etc) is prohibited

pros:

• reblogs only show up on your timeline/dashboard and don't clog up your gallery
• there's a bit of customization for your page, you can upload a banner pic and change the color if your buttons/background/text color (there's also widgets but right now those are for pro members only while they debug it)
• there's a dedicated comics upload section
• can mark your account as mature (for 18+ ppl only)
• works on mobile (no app tho yet)

cons:

• user engagement feels a little low (people tend to like but not reblog posts), might be because user count is still low while they're in closed beta
• still some bugs to iron out with the UI
• some parts of the site are confusing and not explained well (there's a way to mark your stuff as having a cw but i don't know how to do it, i only see the nsfw/gore toggles; people not knowing you can add hashtags, etc.)

if you wanna try out this site for yourself, they open their signup list on the 3rd weekend of every month (friday-sat US time). signup slots are unlimited but they send invites in batches of 100 spaced out every 2 days to make sure servers aren't super strained.

@mier commented on this post:
oh nice i still havent got mine but im waiting for it

definitely check your promotions tab if you use gmail, mine landed there instead of the normal inbox (probably because of the word "invitation" ) so i didn't see if for a while rip

gonna try out inkblot.art since they're opening invites for closed beta this weekend

might be interesting

got my invite today, used it for a couple of hours, here's my ~review~:

general info:

• visually, it's a mix of dA/instagram/tumblr (you have "latest" and "explore" pages like dA, posts themselves look instagram-esque, your personal page is like a blend of tumblr and instagram)
• you can like, reblog, and comment on posts and use hashtags for discoverability
• meant for ages 16+
• you can upload nsfw stuff but Bad Shit (hateful art, sexual crimes, etc) is prohibited

pros:

• reblogs only show up on your timeline/dashboard and don't clog up your gallery
• there's a bit of customization for your page, you can upload a banner pic and change the color if your buttons/background/text color (there's also widgets but right now those are for pro members only while they debug it)
• there's a dedicated comics upload section
• can mark your account as mature (for 18+ ppl only)
• works on mobile (no app tho yet)

cons:

• user engagement feels a little low (people tend to like but not reblog posts), might be because user count is still low while they're in closed beta
• still some bugs to iron out with the UI
• some parts of the site are confusing and not explained well (there's a way to mark your stuff as having a cw but i don't know how to do it, i only see the nsfw/gore toggles; people not knowing you can add hashtags, etc.)

if you wanna try out this site for yourself, they open their signup list on the 3rd weekend of every month (friday-sat US time). signup slots are unlimited but they send invites in batches of 100 spaced out every 2 days to make sure servers aren't super strained.

gonna try out inkblot.art since they're opening invites for closed beta this weekend

might be interesting

bruh what

i got a bill from a medical testing lab for a test they did in... 2020??? literally 1.5 years ago???

kind of want to revive my Hellsite art blog but the last time i posted was like 2020 and my art doesn't look the same anymore and i want to purge the entire thing

was trying to go for a "lava meets the blue/silver sea" kinda look but idk how well i succeeded

lowkey interested in starting a blog for my nail polish but also that's like so much work on top of doing a phd

i don't know what i'm doing sfdfjksf

2021 is cursed, both my grandpas died this year and one of the outdoor strays i was feeding disappeared :(

made a design for a t-shirt contest for my department

ngl i hope i lose because
1. the prize is just a free tshirt
2. the people who are voting on this are cliquey and don't deserve it
3. i want to use this for my lab's tshirts instead

dang youre gonna have a hard time losing bc that design goes hard <3

;w; thanks

but tbh these people like to support their friends' designs regardless of the quality so like i might actually lose

made a design for a t-shirt contest for my department

ngl i hope i lose because
1. the prize is just a free tshirt
2. the people who are voting on this are cliquey and don't deserve it
3. i want to use this for my lab's tshirts instead

got a new tablet for black friday, testing it out rn

idea for a deity, thinking about it but will probably make changes tbh

another god from my homegrown worldbuilding project, their aspect is life/death and disease

a scene from an rp i'm a part of

please look at my Sick digimon son

promise i'm alive i just got destroyed by grad school

oh and some asshole who got into a fender bender with my dad 2 years ago is suing us for emotional/physical damages that have caused him great emotional distress and basically ruined his life even though his car didn't get a dent on it