Unfortunately—and for reasons I will not disclose—I hit a complete wall and cannot finish Artober all the way to the end this year. That’s okay. I will focus more on picking things back up with the webcomic and applying for grad school.
Day 22 - T-Shirt Bard
Program: Procreate / Brush: Various
He was told it says something slutty.
Day 23 - Babygirl
Program: Procreate / Brush: Textured Line Art by Olguioo
The quote is from a screenshot of a Tweet by Ovaryactor. I found it a while
back and my immediate thought was
Oh my god, it’s Beat about Ruckus. . .
. . . or Whoo about Jingles, honestly.
Day 24 and 25 - New Artist Name
Program: Procreate / Brush: Textured Line Art by Olguioo
This one is my new profile picture for Instagram, Cara, and Facebook. It features my weird birdsona in a psychedelic haze. Fun colors and a little cursed—just the way I like it.
I decided to change my handle on all socials to
gooie_muffin or
gooiemuffin because I don’t
like CraftiYetti anymore. Gooie Muffin has been a beloved username of mine
since my first Runescape account when I was 13, so it only made sense to run
with it. I’ll keep my Substack subdomain (which can be changed only once
without breaking links) the same until I am confident about changing it.
Also, yes, I am aware that Gooie should be spelled Gooey—again, I was 13.
Ahh, good times. . .
Day 26? - Pumpkin Time!
I’m counting this because I’m tired (look, it’s a raven!).
My Next Big Dream
In my farewell speech to the Japanese elementary school, I had promised—half
to my students and half to myself—that I would go back to America to pursue
my “next big dream.” Before I finished undergrad, my ultimate career goals
were to 1. Teach English in Japan, and 2. Go into Library Science.
I waffled about it for a couple of years while on JET. I’d heard it was a
difficult field to break into, that the good jobs were sparse, well. . . I was
told getting into the JET Program would be difficult, and look where I am now.
Job hunting has been such a soul-crushing slog that I decided, you know what?
Fuck it.
One Google search and an information session later: I decided to just go for
it. I will apply to the Masters of Library and Information Science program at
the University of Washington!
Links to brush sets I used:
- Procreate Deluxe Brush Set by LineBeinkampDraws
- Starter Brush Pack by Olguioo
- Comic Balloons and SFX Mini Toolkit by Manero Brushes
- Comic and Manga Inspired Procreate Brush Set by Josh Wayles