it's part of the growth.

 

WIP: "The Nice List"

 

Am I the only one saying, "NOW it's time to listen to Christmas music"? 😛

I think these lyrics are so cute and I’ve been trying to make an animatic of it ever since I have heard this song! Maybe one day I'll make a full vid with the whole song 😊

I wanted to title this as something funny, but it now has a deeper meaning than I expected

 

I made this doodle yesterday, and then tonight I came from bible study that reminded me of this doodle ... but not really in a good way.

At tonight's study, we went through Luke 17:11-19 about the ten lepers Jesus healed—however, only one out of the ten lepers came back to give thanks to Him. As we observed the text, we see how the other nine lepers, though they claimed to want to follow Jesus, really wanted the gift more. Being healed and accepted back into society was what they truly wanted, as good as that as, but they wanted it more than the actual Giver Himself.

Someone also mentioned as they look back on their prayer life and how God blesses them by giving them what they want, and how easy it is for them to indulge in the gift rather than giving praise to the One who gave the gift.

And I felt that.

latepost, Inktober 2021

 

Inktober 2021

It's been a while since I last posted, but I'm happy to say that I've completed my first Inktober!!! :)

Day 3: Vessel

The past couple of months have been crazy: having back to back vacations, adjusting to serving on Friday's, preparing my sister's baby shower, and trying to remember what it feels like working full-time hours again (yeup, got a new job two weeks ago!).

Day 21: Fuzzy

Aside from all the busyness, I was really trying to push through doing Inktober. I've always wanted to do it, but was never able to stay committed. I didn't really follow the prompt list, but I enjoyed doing a doodle almost every day—helps me stay motivated/inspired to make doodles again, and also reminded me of the homework I used to get.

Day 24: Extinct

Check out the rest of my Inktober doodles on my Tumblr!

(but be warned, I have gotten rusty lol)

"Piggyback" comic

inspo

and Happy Friday the 13th! lol

"Lights Blown Out"

The gift that you give to me

Is not wrapped in red and green

Yet somehow

It’s with me now

Winter brings clarity

Of how much you mean to me

Struck me cold

You’re my home

"30 Days"

Won't say much about this doodle, but this was actually drawn a year ago and I just held back on it. So this year I thought of finishing it. Inspired by Never Shout Never's Christmas single.

first ink for Inktober is Lukanette?

October 13th was a day that wrecked me: I watched Part 1 of the Season 3 finale for Miraculous Ladybug (which was kinda by accident 'cause I didn't know it was a finale episode). It wrecked me so bad I wanted to draw a doodle, making it my first doodle of Lukanette. If you've also been reading my blog, you can tell which Meg & Dia song inspired me. :)

Dia & Khalif

I know you're scared of the unknown

You don't wanna be alone

I know I always come and go

But it's out of my control

My inspiration for this doodle

"Koala"

About three weeks ago, Meg & Dia—a band that I've loved since I was a freshman in high school—released their latest album after eight years! happysad feels more mature compared to their other albums as well as bringing a new energy with its synth pop songs. Haven't stopped listening to it since I bought it, and I was inspired to make doodles from my new fave song although it's my guilty pleasure lol.

Feel free to use my iPhone backgrounds! As long as you give me credit. :)

"Confused Rollings and Wheels"

"It is impossible to be submissive and religiously patient if ye stay your thoughts down among the confused rollings and wheels of second causes, as O the place! O the time! O if this had been, this had not followed! O the linking of this accident with this time and place! Look up to the master motion and the first wheel ... "

—Samuel Rutherford, The Loveliness of Christ

my summer so far

I hate love triangles.

and please excuse my blue markings

KH3 is finally out!!!!

"Their hurting will be mended when you return to end it."

— Kingdom Hearts Re:coded

Though I did what I thought I had to do

I still lost you ...

Although it sucks I can't play it till after graduation (Lord willing), it's been alMOST 13 YEARS I'VE WAITED FOR THIS DAY!!! Wanted to draw a little doodle as part of my excitement—and to also serve as a reminder I want to save the Wayfinder trio. :(

I have made many renditions to these images and couldn't pick which I liked, but I decided on posting all of them since this is a very exciting day for me lol. Underneath are some lyrics to songs that have also inspired me and got me pumped to creating these. :)

Viva forever

I'll be waiting

Everlasting like the sun

Lost in the shadow’s lonely embrace

I’m trapped in a web of my own mistakes

"The Phantom of the Opera is there inside my mind ..."

[literally tho lol.]

On September 29th, I watched The Phantom of the Opera on broadway for my mom's belated birthday. It was the first time I've watched the whole thing as well as actually knowing what the story is ... and still to this day, I rave about it. Honestly, I loved it so much that I watched the movie when I got home. In broadway, Christine Daaé was played by Emma Grimsley and the Phantom was played by Quentin Oliver Lee. Big shoutout to them for making it a memorable one!

"Get It Right"

What can you do when your good isn't good enough

And all that you touch tumbles down?

'Cause my best intentions

Keep making a mess of things

I just wanna fix it somehow

But how many times will it take?

"Rose-Colored Boy" comic

low-key, no pressure

just hang with me and my weather

"The Mighty Hand of God"

Even though our hearts are prone to wander
We could never run beyond His reach
Nothing in the world could separate us
From the love of Christ our King

back at the time-lapse and first time I’ve done a running animation!

that "Glaciator" episode tho ...

"Out of the seven billion people, baby, you're the only one."

On Monday, I watched the latest Miraculous Ladybug episode and that junk messed me up ... so I wanted to draw something lol. I was also listening to "Numbers" by The Cab and it inspired me to make this doodle. I originally thought of it having no candle, but thought it would be cute since it didn't show Chat blowing it out heh.

Arnold & Helga

"I don't know. I think your heart is more pure than you know."

Words cannot explain how satisfied I am with Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, and I'm pretty sure every 90's kid who loved the series growing up can vouch for that. <3

There's no animation, but here's an inked version.

Fake Happy Stub

because it's still my favorite Paramore song in After Laughter.

did you get to watch their music video?