thoughts in orbit

a small collection of some things i've been thinking about lately. some of these might be worth individual blog posts, but i think i'm just trying to tidy up and put everything in one place first. i haven't written much the last two months, so i kind of feel like i've forgotten how to, haha! i love artfight. maybe my favorite time of the year — some truly "for the love of the game" type shit. it motivates me to get better at drawing. this year was a little different in that the desire to improve (although #tbh i've always been quite casual about drawing) hit harder. maybe because of all of my new incredibly talented oomfs. i am trying to be a good sport and actually work on this instead of moping around. i think i also need to get rid of my perfectionism paralysis; i am nowhere near close to the level of "good" i'd like to be and i have to accept that i am going to suck and make a lot of bad drawings. i'm especially grateful to have friends that trust me enough to commission me as i…