Wishcandy

Tabling at the Small Press & Art a book fair at PNCA 💗 If you’re in Portland, come through 🌈 I’ve got art prints, pins, postcards, zines, and mystery bags ✨

⁣Come through tomorrow (Saturday) for Azn Zine Fest! There will be 100 Asian Zinesters here in Portland, which is amazing and exciting to see what folks will have to offer 😋 pop on a mask and see you there 🌈⠀
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Been m.i.a lately but trying to push through some health issues still. Quietly and slowly making new art and things. Hoping to debut things at local events over the next month or so 💗💕⠀
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Or at least bring some of my new mystery bags, and make more community ✨👽✨⠀
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Edit: It’s the Small Press & Art Book Fair at PNCA. Please mind the mistake, I’m brain foggy today 😅😭

Join us at Portland Zine Symposoum today at Smith Ballroom and PSU (Portland State University) 💜 it runs today from 11-5 pm 🌈 I’ve got zines, stickers, pins, prints, and postcards ✨ I usually give deals irl that I don’t irl, but either way I’d love to see y’all 😋 Also debuting ‘s first mini zines about New England Cryptids and Peak food

⁣Creeping back in from “war torn” Portland to share some October art sneak peeks. Been sketching a ton ans starting a lot of art, but not finishing them. 🎃⠀
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I’ve been focused on treating my cptsd, and tbh just surviving day to day with having chronic illnesses too. I’d like to get these done this month, and be here to share more with y’all. But def still need help, and fundraising. 😵‍💫⠀
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Was offered rent relief and told to hold on a few months to get it, but the program is a disaster. People have been going homeless and trying to avoid that, especially with how the world is rn. Appreciate any shares of our fundraiser, and direct support, orders, etc 🖤💕✨⠀
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I’ll be knuckling down while painting, watching horror movies and Halloween things. What horror have y’all been watching this Creepy Season? We watched the new VHS, Ghostbusters, Halloween town and a ton more (if you’re on Letterboxd add me 🤘🏽😝)

⁣Last month I got obsessed with Le Poisson Steve and made a couple drawings of him. Couldn’t get it out of my head 💃🏽🕺🏽😝⠀
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Have you seen the video? 🐠🌊✨⠀
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Lately been doing my best to get back to doing art so I can post here again. But while dealing with so many overlapping challenges. Thank you for any likes, shares, comments and support y’all have given us. Everything means a lot. Hope to have the health be back here, but gotta see a guy (my p*p) about newly developed neuropathy 😩😵‍💫 ⠀
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Ever had so much happen, all at once but overlapping and sort of non-stop? Over a longer period of time? If you have, what did you do to ground yourself and how did you get out of it? If you don’t wanna walk about it, feel free to drop your favorite nature emojis in the comments 🌷🍁🌈🪐💧⠀
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Couldn't get Le Poisson Steve out of my head this spring, so I drew him 💜 (pt 1)

⁣Whenever things get really really bad, I tend to disappear. It’s something I’ve been working on. When I was in CO, I was experiencing DV. Cut out some manipulative and toxic friendships too. Escaped and moved to Portland, buuuut 😵‍💫
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So many sh*tty things have happened, so I’ll summarize:⠀
- Health worse after getting covid from friends negligence (was already chr0nically ilI/ d1sabled⠀
-Led to shingles twice within 4-ish months⠀
- Lost part time gov job⠀
- In debt from rent and basic bills because of this⠀
- In therapy for cPTSD (both practitioners said it’d get worse before it got better) 🛌
- Broke my phone doing mural⠀
- Mural got graffitied and set me back weeks⠀
- My car was attacked twice (cat and gas tank), now tailpipe falling off and other needed repairs⠀
- Fiance lost job due to able-ism⠀
- Fiance’s car broke down, homeless person moved in and stole tires, got towed = car gone⠀😭
- Fiance’s phone is off and they’re requiring back pay plus cost of their devices, in full 🫠
- Late payment from client put me in worse shape⠀
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Need help getting back on my feet, our feet. We’re both chronically ill. Would appreciate support, likes, shares, saves of our posts and shops. is my fiance 💜💕⠀⠀
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Thank you for reading and any support during semi-hiatuses. Hoping things get better soon🤞🏽✨

⁣The final drawing, the first version, and the sketch ✏✨⠀
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Experimenting with simpler goofier work an going back to expressing how I feel exactly when I feel it. When I’m feeling my worst, I tend to hide. Like a wounded animal 🐈⠀
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I don’t wanna do that anymore. I’ve grown a lot and it’s best to connect with other people when we feel down. Yet that’s the hardest time to do it. That feels like the opposite of what we should do⠀
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Do you hide (post a blue emoji)? If you reach out to others when you’re down post a pink emoji 💗💧🌸🦋🌷⠀
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Or what are some activities you like to do? I’ve spent my time sewing, sketching, playing games, and chilling on twitch 🎮👾🎨👩🏽‍🎨🧶⠀
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⁣Better later than never. Finished the DTIYS (Draw This In Your Style) Loafypus 🍞⠀
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Been pushing through a ton of bad things this year. It’s been one bad event overlapping another, trying to get through it. Healing from trauma and burnout 🛌⠀
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Coming up for air and doing my best to not drown. I’ll be here more often, and asking for help soon. We can’t go it alone and I remind my friends of it. But I need to follow my own advice 😅⠀
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Why is asking for help so hard? ☁⠀
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Do you like my goofy lil doodle? Been contemplating what kind of art I wanna do. Drop your fave animal emojis if you like it or tell me about what you’ve been up to this season 💕 it’s getting cold here 🍵🧶🍁🍂

sit more, it's okay ✨🖤🖤🖤✨

This year I’ve been slowing down and trying to get back to enjoying my art practice again. Drawing silly things but also doing smaller, quicker studies and sketches. ⠀
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When life is stressful, I’ve let these things fall off. With ADHD, habits aren’t really a thing. Forget one day, and who knows when you’ll start again. I’d like to change that (as best I can)⠀
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If you’re an artist, do you regularly sketch or do studies? If you’re not, which of these is your favorite sketch?