Last summar, I started working on a new project - Morningreigns! A fantasy adventure story inspired by My Little Pony (and too many DA animal oc stories to count) about a world of talking horses and magical creatures. The story follows Midnight Dove, a lonely wandering pegasus who flies from village to city and beyound. Despite the land entering a new era of unity and collaboration due to newly invented transportation, Midnight feels lonely and disconnected. Its a story about cultures, friendships, nature, and everything in between. If you follow me elsewhere or have visited my characters page, you've seen a lot of the characters from this project already!
The world has its own lore and worldbuilding, including some original species and cultures! There are farming and tinkering horses, scholorly northern unicorns, artsy southern unicorns, gender neutral zebras, carnivorous griffons, and singing and athletic coastal pegasi! I also plan to add sheep, deer, and giraffes too. There's also the locations, such as the Emerald Gulf, a tropical green water paradise, The Stardust Valley, a sparkly snowy mountain region, and The Crystaline Barrens, where large gemstones and crystals scatter across arid plains. Theres so much more I can't even mention without spoilers :3
Midnight is a character I'm really excided to get into too, I really want to write a character who's autism manifests in similar ways mine does without it being a sona. If she was the main character of a real cartoon, I think she'd be my favorite next to Candlelight Flicker. I'm also very partial to Ash Inkwell and Cozy Morning... They're my OCs they can all be my favorite!
I want to use this project to write about different environments and landscapes, as well as explore different fictional cultures and meet hoof kinds from there, as if I'm peoplewatching through Midnight's eyes. I also want to explore how different cultures intersect with being disabled, gay, trans, etc. That sounds really heavy for a silly cartoon horse project, BUT I promise it will be pretty chill and lighthearted :3
This was a pretty aimless ramble but I hope it was interesting! I hope to make a page dedicated to both of my current projects up soon, but I just wanted to talk about it a bit before then. I hope you enjoyed! Please check out my characters page if you haven't already!
BonBonPocket 1/6th Dolls, fully dressed and displayed on doll stands. From left to right: Popping Candy, Corrupted Heart, Paradise Lost, and Enamored Heart.
In the last couple of years, I've expanded my interest in dolls from western playline dolls to some blind box chinese BJDs, most of which are 1/12 scale (very teeny!) with sculpted hair. They've quickly gotten a dedicated area of my doll shelf. I think they're the perfect blend between a highly articulated doll and an anime figure!
Initially, my partner and I both tried to put these dolls out of our minds due to their price (about $50usd each) and size (1/6th scale aka 12inch tall). But we both really fell in love with them. I was particularly fond of "Popping Candy" and even started drawing my sona Daisy in her outfit. After a lackluster xmas season, we thought "fuck it!" and bought the full set.
These dolls come in blind boxes, meaning you don't know who you get. There are 6 standard designs, one "hidden" (rare) design, and one limited edition (not included in the blind box). We got the standard 6 and the limited editon. Each doll comes with a set of hands in different poses for more display options.
Close up photos of the doll's faces and hair sculpts.
These dolls are STUNNING. Their designs are really solid and I love their simple yet unique faces. Their hair paint jobs have soft gradients that give them a lot depth.
Their bodies are super sturdy, and with their huge boots, they easily stand on their own. Their clothes are well constructed and higher quality than the smaller 1/12th blind box BJDs I have. My only complaint is two of the dolls' tops are unhimmed, meaning they have a chance of coming apart if you're too rough while dressing them.
In conclusion, I'm extremely happy with them and they've quickly become standout pieces in my collection. Once in hand, the cost and size issues we previously had were totally worth it. Honestly, I hope they release a second series with different fashion styles (I'd also really like to see darker natural skin tones). They're not beginner friendly, but I'd recommend them if you want to branch out into 1/6th blind box BJDs and enjoy any of their designs :3
New Years Retrospective and Hopes for 2025!Jan. 1st, 2025
Happy New Years!
Since I'm starting this journal at the start of the new year, I wanted to write a retrospective and some future hopes regarding my art, personal life, and this website!
I spent much of 2024 focusing on my mental health, and I made some major progress! A couple years ago, I was diagnosed with multiple trauma disorders that had been untreated until that point. I had to unpack a lot of shame and fear, my own trauma, and what my loved ones might think of my diagnoses. In the last year though, even my worst symptoms have been so much easier to manage and I just generally feel more safe and happy :3!
I didn't make nearly as much art as I wanted, but I did feel pretty okay while making it! I used to do commissions full time, but unfortunately I had to quit because it was overall unsustainable for me and damaged my relationships with my art. A lot of 2024 was also spent finally shedding the pressure to monetize and market (ughh) my art! I try to remember that it takes time to heal from a decade of overworking myself and perfectionism!
I also started this site in 2024! It'll be a year old in march and I'm really proud of how far its come! I'm really really glad for all of the support I've gotten on this site from neocities users, to social media followers, and my partner (who helps me moderate mwah mwah). I have a lot more planned for the site this year, including more artsy pages with original art.
As for the new year, I have a few hopes of various sizes. The biggest being moving into a bigger apartment. It'll just generally be a quality of life upgrade for my whole family, especially our kitty. As for art, I'm currently working on a second project named Morningreigns, a written story about a pegasus explorer. I hope to futher develop the story and start releasing chapters in early 2026 as well as start casually drawing THRIVE IN SPITE characters/scenes again. I'd also like to get back into animation and animatics. Thank you for reading!
