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@Oatmeal-monster in August 2022

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me just trying out the splinterland art challenge because the characters look good to make DTIYS of and also, because i want to just try competing more often because why not? competitions are somewhat motivational to me. Anyways, it just looks like a blob right now, but just wait til i detail her up software: medibang paint duration: 1 hour, 8 minutes

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So I've been making this forest nymph for most of the afternoon and I gotta say, I love the blending that I've been doing here. It looks pretty smooth now and the shading isn't as overwhelming as I used to do since I'm heavy reliant on the watercolor brush for everything Software used: medibang paint Duration: 2 hours now

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For today, it's kitchen time for me. Yesterday was interview day since I basically gave up on doing follow ups for this other lab I applied to Anyways, I have rogue (mung bean sprouts) that I still need to wrap, then a can of peaches that I need to make into pocket pies. Hopefully later I can draw again

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I just finished my kitchen activities. I'm always surprised when I end up stuck in the kitchen for hours yet whatever I cook get eaten in less than 10 minutes. These peach pocket pies are no exception apparently

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i can't believe it's taking me so long vto finish this. i might be doing way too much details lately yet i don't think people notice the details enough 😅 especially when i timelapse this. Anyways, i just need to finish blending and detailing the cloth, blend the hair, add overall highlights then final render then I'll be done with this one ;;-;; i hope software: medibang duration: 2 hours, 42 minutes

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I couldn't help myself 🤣 the puppy is just sooo cute when she sleeps like this 🤣 This is miko, the one that's always hungry between the 2 puppies. And the one that always wants to eat something even though she just had milk! She's a hecking cutie!!!

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Gas ran out so I'm just having the bread I made yesterday and the pocket pies. I have to report to the lab today for a bit to finalize some stuff then on Monday, I hope it's my official official start

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Spent the entire day in the lab today for... A lot of stuff 😅 but mostly to get oriented with their lab culture. I'm actually surprised they used an industrial incubator as a fridge in the pantry. So now... I'm not sure what's personal and what's sample

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TO DIVISORIA I GOOOOOO It's been a while since I last visited divisoria. It's one of the biggest market places in the metro and it's basically China town so expect me to bring home Chinese food 😂 I'm gonna buy work clothes since my current company is very strict on the dress code and they have specific pants and shoes for the lab

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Philippines national railways. This is the first and oldest railway system in the Philippines and surprisingly it's still in use. The trains they used have upgraded a lot since I last rode here and I still remember when they still used the really old train models. Now they use the China and Japan hand-me-downs

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Sewing for a bit today because I promised someone I'd help them with their cosplay costume 😅 I probably shouldn't have agreed because I wanted to draw today tbh. Oh well. I'll work on this piece by piece, I guess

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The entire afternoon passed and I've only finished the wrap around for this costume I'm making. I swear he owes me big time for making me make this multi-layered costume 😤😤😤 next time I see my friend, I'm making him treat me to a whole cake

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First day sampling in the lab and my tummy is happy :") We always have so much bread. We also had cakes to sample this morning. There was nothing complex about the testing. We basically have an all-you-can-eat buffet here, actually

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Currently hanging out in the lab while waiting for my shift to end. And right now, I'm questioning if I made the right choice by going to this lab. I honestly do not know. The good thing is, I don't have to stress over food. Bad thing is, my schedule is 6 working days

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The feeling when I left the lab at 6 but it's already 7 and I am still stuck in traffic. This is why I need a motorcycle one day, sadly it's unreasonable to get one right now. My head hurts from this crying baby next to me and I swear, I want to throw the kid out the moving car because the parents just makes the kid cry more

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for today, i just want to paint because my brain is tired from reading and remembering while my body is tired from the commute. I really hope i can get home earlier tomorrow. I've done 3 shades of gray for this one so far and I'm almost done blending all the colors before I do the final cleanup software: medibang paint duration: 47 minutes

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I was working on this until I got sleepy. I gotta say though, it's so fast to work on black and white because I'm at 75% progress and I think O can finish this while on break at work later Software: medibang paint duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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So one of the puppies died... And everyone at home is just sad We plan to hold a small funeral for her later before we bury her tonight. Run free, Hana

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I wonder if there's a transport strike today because I've been waiting outside for a while now but there isn't any passing public vehicles I can ride to get to work. Day 2 of being late. Gosh I hate the metro because of sudden strikes. They are extremely annoying and companies don't understand the struggle of commuters enough

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Doing pH analysis today and it's not that different from the procedures I used to do in my old lab. I really feel bad for all the food I have to destroy every day, actually

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I have a mini sweets haul from the manufacturing area ☺️ The manufacturing rejects often gets distributed to the company's employees and I asked the manufacturing guys to save me some. So now I have sweets even at home

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I think... I'm done with all the samples we need to do sensory evaluation on. Like... It was fun at first but now I just feel fat and I think I'd be happy to eat any form of vegetable at this point

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So apparently there's this wish van in the mall near my workplace. I don't know who the artist is, but it's the guy that sang "binibini" he's singing from inside and I kinda hung around to listen to the live because I like this song UwU

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Hello from the manufacturing lab 🤣 Gosh I hate my uniform because of how suffocating it is 🤣 And this is why I don't enjoy working in this lab despite the amount of free food

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My mom got me a cute dress yesterday UwU I definitely love it! It actually adds color to my otherwise black and white wardrobe, actually. And I rarely have clothes with bright colours such as this

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Friday morning, I've only been in the lab for 15 minutes yet I was already summoned to help with destructive sampling of donuts 😞 Now I don't even have the appetite to sample the rest of my samples because we found a bug in the mix. Luckily the other samples from that batch wasn't contaminated so whatever got dispatched last night would be fine

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Samples destroyed and samples checked. There was another issue this morning about contaminants and bread turning green. And I'm not sure I want to keep eating the samples here 🤣 I think I only want Starbuck's coffee now at this point

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I was sick yesterday yet I was still forced to report to work I spent the whole time with Miko (this cute puppy) the moment I got home because she sleeps a lot and I needed all the rest and stress relief I could get 🤣 she's such a scaredy baby though, she doesn't like it when I go missing

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Still in a dilemma with my life. I need some insights on people working in BPO to convince my family that it isn't such a bad idea. Thinking about it is affecting my mental health a lot but oh well, they don't understand that I can't work 6 days a week since I have house duties too. I've also been organising my time-lapse folder and I find rewatching them satisfying. Anyways, I'm finally done with this after not being able to touch my tablet for 3 days or so Software:…

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trying to join the splinterland contest again for week 202. This week, I'm going for the water nymph since i did the forest nymph last time. I think I love nymphs too mucfh because of mythological origins. hope i can make more progrese on this tonight so i won't have to worry about catching up too much software: medibang paint duration: 22 minutes

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Me being so desperate for enlightenment on the BPO industry that I turned to Reddit to maybe find other options cuz I hate 6 work days and I think it's inhumane to be working for that long. Plus I hate the burnout so idk what to do with my life 🤣 anyways, my mom says I could always wait for my first cut off then go AWOL if I come to a decision by then, but she won't let me borrow money anymore after 🥲 so I have 2 more weeks to think about this, good luck to me and I hope…

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They're building the new lab still and I'm already thinking of telling my supervisor that I plan to resign. I decided to try out the academe first (as per Reddit suggestions (3 people suggested)) Anyways, the new lab looks like I was sent to heaven 🤣🤣🤣 it's so white but it gets so dirty so fast

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Something to look forward to in Starbuck's this December. Conti's cake imitation 😅 it's a promotional item the research and development launched and we get first taste. I gotta say though, it's so overly sweet that it hurts my cheeks

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So this used to be the lab office but since we started construction of the other lab, they vacated it to make more room for production. It looks like a horror movie place since they removed the office cubicles tbh

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We're slowly putting the instruments in the lab but watching the workers move them gives me a heart attack 😂😂😂 I feel like they'll drop the expensive equipment at any moment omg-

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So we made ribonettie pasta for dinner UwU My sisters find it unique but I like the ribbon pasta texture cuz it's a little chewy but it's good UwU 4 So now we're back to talking about world war 2 while we're cleaning up

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Sneaking off samples that I haven't tasted before 😅 I rarely see this one in production. I was told this is produced in the night shift, which is probably why I don't get to taste this one a lot. It's good though, tastes like ice cream when chilled

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In the end, there's nothing much for me to do in this lab because they aren't open to changing policies at all. Right now, I'm helping them reorganize and move stuff while looking for a different job. My old profs suggested teaching so I applied for a teaching position today

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The new lab looks like a mental asyluummmm It's so white then the cabinets will be gray so idk anymore. It gives me more of a reason to get out of here just to maintain my sanity

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Give me that 1 hour sketching time UwU That's actually all the energy I had leftover today. I walked the entire road from my workplace to the terminal again today so hello 3km walk. Anyways, I turned in my formal resignation letter and it felt good cuz I won't have to put up with that mess much longer Materials: blue and violet pens Duration: 42 minutes

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So last night, my mom came home and gave me this huge sketch pad!!! I was really happy she remembered I ran out of sketchpads. Now the problem is how to cut it so that it fits in my bag 😅 since I don't know how to draw on a large scale anymore

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I'm at work now and I'm just confused where we'll do anything in the lab. For now, they placed us in the meeting room and I'm kind of jealous that the office guys have this kind of facility but the lab barely has any facilities yet it's so essential to production

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🤣🤣🤣 my progress so far look sooooo weird! It really looks like they dude got beat up, but actually it just has a lot of Shadows and since there's no shadows yet, I can't really make it look good yet

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Okay my progress isn't as bad and as slow as I thought it would be despite work 😅 Maybe I'm too fast for manufacturing ;;-;; cuz I'm already done with everything I had to do. I'm just waiting for another hour before I collect more samples. Materials: blue, violet, pink pens Duration. 1.5 hours so far

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The baby is getting bigger and bigger yet she's still a sleepyhead OnO We're pretty much ready to go to sleep now UwU I hope she doesn't wake up in the middle of the night just to chew on my toes, cuz I swear, she has a habit of doing that

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First time I tried out the Starbuck's bistro and the plant-based lasagna thingy is so saaaddd It just has so much tomato cubes and such soggy lasagna noodles. I kind of want to just go to Greenwich for their lasagna. It's better

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More samples even if we have a laboratory to prepare 😂😂😂 I have no idea where the chefs get these product names from but this one is called charlie-chan. I think it's like chow mein or something

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My sister woke up chappo just for pics 😂 This is definitely the face of someone who's so done with us 🤣 dang why my dogs be like this. Good thing he still loves me

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How it's started Vs. How it's going 🤣 This is taking pretty long because I haven't been giving this drawing as much time as I hoped I could almost to drawing. Oh well, at least tomorrow I'm on rest day so I can give my drawings time but before that, I guess I'll try attending the interviews I have lined up :") Materials: ball point pen Duration: 1.7 hours

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So I skipped work today because I'm going to interviews later 😅 and yes, I arranged them so that they're all in a single day because it seems like a waste of money to go on interviews on different days. Anyways, the baby slept with me!!! And I'm kind of amused because she sleeps like she owns the bed too. So now I'm questioning if all my dogs were spoiled since puppyhood

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Went for the BPO interviews and they all told me they'd get back to me soon. I actually hope they don't forget about my application cuz if all else fails then I'll really have to go to the police force to be a forensics chemist 😭😭😭

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Okay guys so hear me out- The guy I've been seeing is in a band and he wouldn't tell me his band name but after 2 months of talking, he finally told me his band name and we listened to their songs (cuz he picked me up after my interviews) and like... Wow! Their songs hit deep (his songs cuz he mostly writes) so I'd appreciate it if you guys could listen to them too https://open.spotify.com/artist/5v3Pm6onpGC3AHLCO6Da45?si=Wd3uZ6ppRAi0_Pnmn4ce_g&utm_source=copy-link

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That moment when you come home and you see your sister sleeping next to a puppy that's sleeping on a stuffed toy. I can't understand how these two manage to sleep together but what works, works 😂😂😂

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Waiting for my tablet to update while watching the pup sleep 😂 Miko definitely takes after her mom because she loves stuffies too. First she was sleeping on an ice bear stuffy, now she's sleeping with my totoro stuffy 💕 why so cute?

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My sister bought home the bagong (shrimp paste) I liked from the north! So my sister was on a business trip for 2 days and I told her to get me this and tinapa flakes because she was going to Quezon province again :") now I can have good binagoongan again

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Let's go Shanghai! I'm making a lot of these for the week since my sisters start classes again and they need something quick to cook for breakfast. Hopefully this actually lasts a week

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My purple mood looks so goooddd 😭😭😭 I'm pretty proud of this one omg- Cuz I thought it wouldn't turn out okay at first but wow was I wrong I can't believe it took me this long to actually finish working on this one though 😅 but oh well, at least I finished it! Now it's time to work on something else... Or I go digital for the rest of the day 😅 I feel like I should practice digital again if I want to get into the NFT market in hive Materials: ball pens, white jelly pen…

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working on something again while i wait for my sisters to finish preparing. we're going out for dinner tonight because everyone wants ramen. meanwhile i just wanted to stay home for today 😅 welp, here's my new attempt to join the splinterland contest

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Heyyy I planted my second tree in forest 😅 It pretty much shows how often I use gcash. It's actually not the case, I just woke a lot cuz every time I check back on my gforest, I usually see those 56g energy so I know it's mostly from walking

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We had dinner out tonight and I gotta say, my sisters eat so much- This is the reason why I need a job 😂 so I can sustain these dinner outs with them while not missing any bills. Tonight we mostly has Japanese food but we also got silvana for dessert

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Mornings are good when you wake up to a clingy baby on your arm 😭💕 I think the puppy trusts me too much that she wants to sleep on me and with me all the time. I really am a dog magnet

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Last silvana and the last bits of coffee extract I made :") Heck I need to buy coffee beans again soon. It's hard being so caffeine dependant 😅 and the worst part is that I'm not the only coffee addict in the house

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It's funny when most of my friends are scientists. I have a friend that's studying for his microbiology licensure exam and I guess he was overwhelmed by the 6 subjects he's studying so he chats me up and says he doesn't want to study anymore, he just wants to go home to the province and grow magic mushrooms that he'll sell to drug researchers. And when he sent me this. A mushroom would cost around $30 already. So... Maybe I'll join him when he decides to push through with…

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I feel pretty productive today UwU I drafted a lot of articles for read and for hive so now I just need to edit them more later and attempt to add more articles in the next few days. I also need to schedule them so that when they send me off, I won't be that stressed out about thinking of topics

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he's stressed out I'm back to drawing on the sky because band boy is stressed out and I could only draw him to keep me distracted as well. bad move but at least I'm not disturbing him, I'm just merely observing. anyways, this is my quick sketch for the night, I'll go sleep now. software: medibang paint duration: 1 hour because i experimented a bit but if i didn't experiment, 36 minutes

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The more this baby sleeps with me, the more I kind of don't want to give her away. Every morning I wake up to find her hugging some part of me now 😅 today she's hugging my leg and my heart is meltinggg 😭😭😭💕💕

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What I really appreciate about chemistry is the community. It's a really small community and the people all want what's best for you. They're supportive and offer what insight they have if you're struggling. It's a good community and I'm happy to be a chemist today UwU

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me who's struggling to finish anything these days but I'm hoping i can finish this one because it looks like it's going smoothly so far. let's just see when i start on the body layers because that's usually where things go wrong for me 😅 software: medibang paint duration: 1 hour, 7 minutes

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worked on this for 30 minutes but before that, I worked on accomplishing all my requirements for the crime lab. or at least, the ones I could accomplish today. i have lots of clearances i still need to get for some reason. anyways, she's coming along pretty good so I think I'll finish her by the end of the day. software used: medibang paint duration: 1 hour, 37 minutes so far

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For tonight, we're having tinapa (smoked fish) pasta since they wouldn't let me cook palabok for dinner. They said we should try something new but honestly, my palabok craving just intensified with this

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Ayyeee I'm doneeee Kind of? I'm kind of stressed so i have no idea what else to add to this but i think it looks okay? My sister told me to sleep on it because i might be less stressed to figure out what else to improve. But right now, I'm pretty okay with the outcome. Software used: medibang paint Duration: 2 hours, 8 minutes

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I got whitelisted in the hive nft showroom :") Now I can mint thereee But for now, the goal is to save up a bit of hive and think of what to put there while I'm at it. I was thinking of putting my traditional art in since I've seen some in there

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On today's episode of how I woke up with the puppy 😅 She's cuddling into me too much. I think it's because of the cold and rain which is why she wants to warm up next to me these days

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Pretty late for breakfast but today, we're having a very typical Filipino breakfast of champorado and tuyo. Perfect for the rainy weather we've been experiencing since last night! Now I'm just waiting for my sister to come back with the milk

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Was looking for the mini notebook I kept my mental thoughts in and look what I found UwU It's the celestial jellyfish I made a few months back. On a side note, I'm getting chemistry tutoring requests ;;-;; but I have no idea if I can accept them

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For today, I'm continuing my sewing project because my friend won't leave me alone. He's currently in my room, just watching me sew because I kept forgetting to do this 😂 I wanted to write so bad today 😩

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6 yard long wrap around scarf finally doneeee Gosh that took me 3 hour to hand stitch ;;-;; I hate that my sewing machine ruins this kind of fabric so I had no choice but to sew it by hand. I am definitely never gonna help my friend with his cosplay costumes again. Ever

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Sometimes I just want to play with my molecules because it's so amusing 😅 and it's basically a chemist's Lego blocks. I made ethanol btw since I'm also teaching my sisters organic compounds today

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Today we found out that the baby likes being tucked in with her toy and in warm blankets. Every time she goes missing, we somehow end up finding her in blankets on someone's bed 😅 so now we're not sure if we should build her a bed while she's still here with us

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So today, my sister told me to change palettes because my default palette always looks so... dead and edgy. So right now, I'm going for something that looks alive enough. Too much blushing amd not enough shadows, if you ask me. But it's a change in palette so I should try to finish this to see if I'll save these colors. On a side note, my sister found a sketch of my ex and she kept asking me why i never told her about it. Software used: medibang paint Duration: 47 minutes so…

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An hour later and i think I'm almost done. I'd say I'm at 60% because I still have details to blend in, hair to style and highlights to blend in. But hey, this one is going pretty smooth too. I hope my tablet cooperates with me until I finish... but battery is at 37% and I'll have to charge soon Software used: medibang paint Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes

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I'm doneeee Or more like I ran out of energy to keep staring at a bright screen UwU Either way, I ran out of brain to keep thinking of what else to work on. This is why I struggle again when there's no reference 🤣 but oh well, I need to improve if I'll be minting again. Software: medibang paint Duration: 2 hours, 49 minutes

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It's early bed time for us and Miko doesn't want to let go of her toy. She sleeps with the toy all the time and even carries it wherever she goes 😂 it's cute, I swear so I guess she'll be bringing this with her when I take her to my best friend's house

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So... I went on a date with band guy again 💕 cuz he told me he wanted to see me before he got busy with band promotions and all because they're launching a new song next week. Being me, I wanted to help promote the upcoming song so if you guys could presave this on Spotify though. It would be a huge help https://SimilarSky.lnk.to/DiBaleNalang

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In a traditional art kind of mood today while thinking hard on my life choices 😂😂😂 anyways, I found ink again 😅 so might as well paint with these so they don't go to waste

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How it's going so far. I think I want to do dichromatic sketches after this to test out how well I can blend colors now. For now, I'll call this monochrome drawing a warm up for my eyes Materials: ink, pens Duration: 54 minutes

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Quick sketch doneeee It definitely is different when I'm motivated 😜 now let's see if I still have motivation to do a dichromatic sketch later. I wanted to draw someone just for the sake of testing some pens out. Materials: pens, white ink, yellow ink Duration: 2 hours

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It's 10:40, my body is in pain and I'm sick 😅 I have no idea why I keep getting sick these days but I think it's my body adjusting to the ber months again and the erratic weather

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Ho ho OwO after being bedridden for almost 2 days, I'm well enough to paint again. My sense of taste still feels off because everything either tastes like medicine or it just tastes weird. Either way, I can drawwww

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I can finally play with the pup again since I'm not that contagious anymore. I have no idea why she likes being held like this but it makes her happy for some reason. I think she learned from the older dogs that belly scratches are good

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More sleeping baby from me UwU I tried to wake her up so I can clean my room but she was whining then crawled on my lap to sleep more. And this is how she chose to sleep 🤣 what's with this baby and sleeping belly up

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I made the wrong choice with this one... too much skin details and markings- I lack the patience for this XD Oh well, it's a good way to make sure I'm well, I'm gonna think of it that way. Anyways, she's for the splinterland art contest and this time, I want to try a bit of glow effect Software used: medibang paint Duration: 1 hour so far. I barely made any progress

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Choco eggies from my grandmother!!! Yesterday we received a huge box from my grandmother in the US! That's why yesterday we were just trying to do unboxing while trying out the clothes she sent too. This is part of my mini haul. Choco eggies!