Hello 2023
I'm obviously late, but I've been learning to manage some new changes IRL. I hope you're all doing well! Thank you very much to whoever gifted me core! 
A big 2023 goal of mine is to be more active with art, and so far I have been doing so. I don't have many completed works at the moment, but I'm experimenting a lot more and working on art at least once daily. I'll definitely have more finished works this year than last year for sure! I'm also starting to open up commissions more to help pay off some bills and the credit card since we had some big purchases we needed to make last year (car, surgery, holidays 
).
I'm not sure how to finish this, so yup. 
Hello (I can't think of titles)
Honestly, I've been meaning to type out a journal for several months now, but 2022 has been a fucking year. Long story short, corporate at work has been an absolute dumpster fire and things have been rocky to put it mildly, my dad ended up going to the ER earlier this year, I got COVID, and the usual world being cruel and driving my anxiety up the wall.
On the plus sides, I'm back in school to finish my degree and have a much more solid (and hopefully stable) career path now, we have a clinic cat and he helps a LOT with coping things at work, I'm recovering from a surgical procedure I've been wanting to get for a while and I actually feel much more comfortable with my body now (unexpected plus tbh), we got a newish car (found a fairly recent model for a good price, still hurt the wallet but the better gas mileage has been a blessing), and I've finally restarted psychiatry and therapy.
Part of my therapy is getting my desired habits to just be things I do instinctively. One of the goals I'm going to be aiming for is at least 1 hour of drawing a day, most likely in the evening after work and while my fiance is at their job for the most focus/chill out. I'm hoping to have more works to post in the upcoming weeks and that they become regular again. 
The ultimate goal is to open commissions to help with finances now that they're a bit tighter. I've some speedpainting commissions up right now, I'm still fairly undecided on what I will do for more detailed works. For activity, I'm currently most active on Tumblr and Instagram, They're just easier to access at the moments and are currently where I keep up with most of my friends outside of Discord.
Hopefully you all are doing alright. It felt nice to type something out here again.
Hello!
Hey there! It's been a long time since I've posted anything concrete on here but I wanted to check in and say hi to watchers old and new. One of my New Year goals for 2022 was to draw more often and I figured coming back would help to do just that.
So, hello! 
Currently, I go by either Nova or Bubbles online. My pronouns are she/her or they/them. Latina (🇲🇽/🇸🇻) but my Spanish is not great (I can understand but speaking/writing is a whole nother story). In general, I tend to be a very private person so I don't talk too much about my personal life online. I'm also rather quiet and shy when first interacting with new people, please don't be alarmed if I don't always respond to new messages. I'm much more talkative once I get to know you better, but I've been a lot more quiet lately due to being busier/stressed IRL.
I really enjoy animation overall. I'm also a sucker for zombies in media. I adore animals and nature (this does include insects and spiders). As for dislikes.. the usuals: NFTs, bigots, creeps, people being assholes. I also hate raisins and flies. I love messing around with colours, so most of my work tends to be very bright. I am capable of drawing darker/more adult content, but I'm pretty strict when it comes to my filters and where I post the latter.
You can find me on other sites below, listed from most active to least:
Twitter: PG-13, likes can be 18+. I do post opinions and politics here, fair warning. This is also where I'm most likely to post WIPs, doodles, and sketches that I don't post here.
Tumblr: More art-focused nowadays - may have WIPS/doodles, but not always. I may create a second blog for my less cutesy art.
Furaffinity: Where the strict filters come into play like they do here on dA - adult content should not be viewable unless you are 18+ and have an account (you also need an account to view my page at all)- please don't lie about your age to view adult content, I will block you if I catch you
I also participate in ArtFight on a yearly basis I have a personal Discord for friend and DMs, message me if you want to add me but please be aware that I won't accept friend requests from minors.
I'm not sure what else to say, so that's it for now? Looking forward to posting more and getting to know all of you better.
Obligatory Covid-19 Journal+Future
Obligatory I'm Still Here Journal
and finished my uni application today. Fingers crossed! I also got my first job working at a veterinary clinic doing a little bit of everything tbh (long story) and it's pretty much made the majority of what I eat, live, and breathe since I've been hired. I won't lie though, the job nearly broke me. I admittedly had a breakdown mid-September. I'm doing far better now than I was before, don't worry. I got my meds changed a bit and have been working on my self-care since then. 
I was hoping Sword and Shield would boost my motivation but... yeah I'm pretty disappointed with it so far. 
For me, the cons outweigh the pros (I breed and train competitively, losing certain moves, wonder-trading, and so many of my favorite mons plus megas and zmove were huge deal-breakers.) and it just feels like gen 6 all over again?? Hopefully that means the next remake will be fucking AWESOME. Seriously, I'm still waiting for Sinnoh and I've got pretty high expectations for it if they are indeed continuing with the switch. And tbh, they set the bar pretty high with ORAS being the gen 6 followup.