The Wolf Den

A Nap in the Woods New illustration!! Once again I'm real happy with it, as I can feel my painting skills improving, specially in terms of value grouping, which has always been hard for me. I've been reading some fantasy lately and so I wanted to convey the whimsical feel of an enchanted forest. The sleeping character is inspired by Vivi from FFIX and the wolves from Princess Mononoke. A friend told me this is considered macro, but there's no Falco and no destroyed buildings so I'm not so sure 🤔 Furaffinity Bsky Twitter

I Am Trying Not To Fall Apart I wonder what it feels like to live a life that doesn't constantly force me to save myself. I’m so tired of dragging myself out of the ruins. Tired of carrying myself through it all. I’m overwhelmed by the noise inside me. Overwhelmed by the noise that never stops crashing into me. Why does breathing take so much effort? Why does remembering leave behind so much pain? Why does every hello carry so much goodbye? As if I were trapped in an endless loop where one wound barely heals before another opens. I sit alone in dark, quiet rooms and don’t know what I’m feeling. Sometimes I think I can hear the exhaustion in my bones. So I do nothing but try to hold myself together. And maybe that's the most exhausting part: that my life is nothing but trying, over and over again, not to fall apart.