Then I’m glad to know that was the result (even though on this occasion it was a wonderful accident/dumb luck on my part) & your feedback is going to be invaluable going forward for other artworks of her (& other trans characters I’ve yet to draw), so thank you. 🙏

*you’re seeing

Glad you like it. 🫶
Tho I must be honest, I didn’t have any plan when it came to her hand placement. So whatever clever thing it is your seeing - cause truth be told, I can’t - may just be a wonderful accident. 😅

I reckon I've jabbered on long enough now & should probably stop. 😅

But permit me to say on a final note: keep up the outstanding work & thank you for being a shining example of the true beauty & positivity that Nature & Art has to offer this world.

Not to mention it really makes me really want to truly devote more time to work on my own garden (as soon as the damn rain takes a vacation, cursed British Weather!).

You say in your pinned post you like to make art celebrating nature or small moments of everyday life. Congrats. You succeeded.

As I've been learning from following other creatives & watching a few wildlife documentaries: Nature truly has this indescribable way of healing not just itself but those who take those moments to embrace it, & I see that in both your present art & the artistic journey you've taken to get here.

I don't know if I'm able to put it into proper words; but there's something quite poetic about how you as an artist went from themes or war & darkness to this refreshing portfolio (grown from the ravaged remnants of the past one might say).

Quoting Arkham Knight's Poison Ivy: "Nature Always Wins".

I'm not going to bring up A/I filth much in this commentary but I will reinforce my belief that it will never achieve what the work of real artists like you can; such as having these memorable features or awakening emotions + triggering theories from an onlooker. Which brings me to this...

Everything - especially the overall palette - looks so much more vibrant & saturated, much like the blossoming flowers or ripened fruit you have featured in your work (this piece in particular). Yet there's still this strong sense of familiarity that this art is indeed you (Hi Xeph! 👋).

But looking at the progress you were making back when Insta was still of any use, & what you make today... I sometimes struggle to accept it's the same artist (complimentary). Going from a more bleaker almost monochromic style to these glorious bursts of colour...

I sometimes think back to the old days where dA was still of any use & the art you used to make back then (which I personally still think fondly of, it is after all how I discovered you in the first place). It was darker, grittier, one might say 'war-torn'. Different to what I see in you make now.

*deep breath* Okay. You might want to brace yourself, cuz I'm about to go all out with this comment.

And before I start, let me take a moment to apologize in advance if anything I say brings up difficult memories for you in any way 🙏 (hopefully that'll make sense as I go off rambling).

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I had considered these 2 other works involving Winter + Robyn + Fancy Shoes, but when I recently re-uploaded them with ALT Text the only engagement they got were from a few hyper fetishists who I wish would just ignore my art, & that made me very sad & unsure about sharing them again. 😞