Eight more creatures are waiting to be discovered and I need your help! What will the next animal crossing look like? You are the randomness element! Out of all the possible combinations, you might be the one to determine the result by choosing one number from each list in the comment section below!
Available numbers for animals: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10
Available numbers for things: 2 4 5 6 7 9 10 11
If you missed the first two creatures, take a look at Robot Moose and Moon Raccoon as well! ^^
Do you ever feel like you are being pulled in all directions? I can’t complain of being bored at least, but sometimes I feel like I have bitten more than I can chew by taking up too many things at once. Especially when every single one of them is so fun and satisfying to work on. It reminds me of book hoarding xD You know when you start reading one and then you find a couple of others tempting you to peek into them at the same time. It can get overwhelming fast without a proper structure or planning. Something I’ve been lacking. Focusing on many things at once has created this illusion of not getting much done. Maybe it is not an illusion at all. But how to trick your brain to work on only one thing at the time when you know you have other things waiting to be worked on that are just as fun? What to do, what to do...
Song of the day: Marilyn Manson - WE ARE CHAOS
How is it possible to keep making such cute things? This one definitely looks very @m31. I keep saying this but this is a new favourite of mine. How many favourites am I allowed to have? Ah... it's just got that perfect cute style of yours that I love so much. This series is the best thing to happen to your blog in a long time. It's resulting in an unprecedented volume of creative cuteness and I highly approve. ^_^
Maybe it's an illusion for you... for me I've found the more things I take on at once, the less I actually get done. I think I especially suck at multitasking, like a lot more than others. Honestly humans can't really multitask. We're just expected to be good at context-switching, and some of us are, but I'm really not. That's the world we live in, though, so I continue to try to adapt...
I'm not 100% sure; let me know if you figure it out for yourself. I've been trying some things to tackle my own version of this problem. Something I'm having a lot of short-term success with recently is the Pomodoro technique. It allows me to dedicate the next X minutes to one specific task, with frequent enough interruptions to both keep me sane and also provide opportunities to acknowledge and correct a distraction ("oh... it's been 25 minutes already? I got distracted reading this Wikipedia article...")
As for the long term, I've been trying to integrate GTD into my life but it's proving a bit difficult to keep a disciplined approach (in fact, writing this comment inspires me to pick it up again).
An interesting and quite relevant underlying concept in GTD is that it is exactly this sort of mental "clutter"—I want/need to do all of these things!—that cripples our productivity. I know that, for me personally, this rings especially true; my mind is constantly racing with ideas, anxieties, aspirations, commitments... and in conjunction with my ailing mental health over the past year or so it created this feedback loop that simply spiralled out of control. I'm still picking up the pieces... slowly...
So anyway, to deal with this, one of the core concepts of GTD is capture; removing stuff (ideas, aspirations, etc.) from floating around in our brains. When we have all that stuff floating around up there, we get anxious to let go of it because it might not come back. GTD provides a framework for getting those things out of our brains and into tools (as simple as a notebook, or as complex as a smartphone application) which we trust to hold onto them for us so that we can deal with them at a more appropriate time. The theory is that with all that stuff out of our brains, we can truly focus on the thing we want to be doing right now.
Like I said, I'm still working on getting there. Maybe you should have a look too though. Someone I know might be able to get you the book... :P
EDIT: Oh, and... I pick 7 and 11 again since they are still there xD
How is it possible? You just have to love it and give it the best shot of coming into reality, I think? Aww and you are allowed to have as many favorites you like! Yeee, makes me so happy that you love it! And let's be real, cuteness overloads can never be enough, so cuteness I shall aim for! ^^
I think I am not great at multitasking either. I mean, I can do several things in the same day, but not at once. And even then I don't feel like I have made enough progress because of having to drop one thing and moving on to the next.
I actually have not observed much of distracting of myself once I sit down to do a task of some sort. It is getting started that is the issue for me. Telling myself clearly now is time for this and just start working. I got to kick myself sometimes. I hesitate because of having too many choices on what to work on, on what to focus on. And I feel anxiety while sitting in that period of time undecided.
This GTD thing sounds interesting, I will look into it more, thank you for sharing it with me!
7 11 Ahaha! Cracked me up with these! xD
Too cute! :)
Aww! Thank you so much @ackhoo! I am so happy how it turned out and that you liked it :)
I do like it very much!
The more I looked at it, the more I liked it! :) The sturdy legs, the trunk that curls into a wave, the colour and how the shades change on its body, and more! "Jello"... lol, perfect!
I realised after commenting, that I didn't leave my numbers.... How's about: 2 and 6 - my birthday numbers! ;)
Thank you for this delightful Wave Elephant!
Ahaha, yea, can you imagine such a creature existing and chilling outside your window? And the water bouncing around as it would move xD
Hehe, yay! More numbers! And those are quite special, thank you for sharing them!
And thank you so much for your support and curation via qurator as well! Much appreciated! :)
You're very most welcome! :) Have a great day!
It looks awesome, Andro!
I really like how you did it and the whole idea behind this! :)
Yay! Thank you Whacky! Once I revealed the numbers I sketched it up within minutes. So happy with the end result too. While this piece is quite tiny, it kept me occupied couple of days xD Watercolors are unforgiving, so it was actually the third attempt of this little elephant thing. Maybe I just wasn't patient enough the first day, I just put it down and tried the next day. I decided it was ready, but once I made the photos for post, I realized that I needed to go back in a bit more. You know? Sometimes taking pictures reveal things to improve. So I ended up retaking the pictures for this post as well with the exception of the ones in between stages.
Struggle can be real sometimes xD
I can relate to what you wrote.It is indeed difficult to feel a pull from many directions. Usually the pull is created by our own minds, through thought and then through actions. I like elephants, I would love to see them in real life, like in a safari. I know they have a great memory and they bond between themselves much more profoundly than we humans can comprehend.
I like the colours and the story behind this! Looks like a dreamy elephant, almost like a constellation
I absolutely adore these! ^^
One just simply comment a choice of numbers?
May we have a 4:2 then?
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Ahaha! Yay, happy you like them!
Yep, that's the way ^^ Aaaaaand what a great choice of numbers! The answer to life, the universe and everything :) May the odds be in your favor as I will pick the winner at random from everyone who participated with their numbers!
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I have a very good feeling about 4 and 2! Also, the splishy splashy elephant of cuteness looks adorable. Would love to have one in the backyard, i am sure it is nice and cool to relax by, in this unbearable heat!
I saw this on twitter and I was like " OMG THIS IS WAY TOO CUTE". also, I'd choose 10 for animal. I wonder what will come out of it it.
Thank youuu macchi! I am so so happy this served as a tiny dose of cuteness for you today! ^^
Animal 10 and what will be the the number for thing that we will blend your chosen animal with? Yaaay thank you for participating! I will pick the winner of the next strange creature from all the participants at random.
oooh I am soo looking forward to that ! hope you're also having fun doing this as well.
Wow! I love elephants!
I love elephants too! I got to pet and feed one last year in Thailand. They were adorable and gentle despite them not being treated so well in some places :/
It looks actually so sweet
Thank you so much @edgarsart! :) I'm really happy with how it came to be!
Score!!!
And I got the best one by far.
Who doesn't love a happy Elephant?
The trunk looks a bit like a tentacle too, which makes it more wave-y in my opinion and the proportions are perfect for cuteness. Thanks M :)
Happy elephants are the best! ^^ They can be quite playful and joyful creatures if they are let to live in peace.
At first when I sketched it, I was like oh but the trunk is way too big in comparison to the rest of the body but it just seemed to fit to the idea so well. Yup it does indeed look a bit like a tentacle too, no doubt.
Thank you for picking it! I am so happy I got to work on this particular combination!
I also like the junk in the trunk ;D
I think you should do a lot more of these kinds of "mashups" - they are cool.
Awesome creation. It has a nice flow about it.....pun pun pun pun pun.
I really like the colors and the water color medium as well. Very cool.
#posh ed
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Nice one
Thank you! :)
Very adorable 😍
Wow, I just loved this illustration. Colors, design, description; everything is perfect. And I didn't know your work, but now I want to see more of it (yeah, I'll look at your profile/posts and follow you C:).
Oh! And I choose the numbers 8 (animal) and 2 (thing)
Wow amazing baby elephant like my art baby girl
Very very nice.
Is very beautiful
I love elephants and this artwork is so cute!
This elephant looks great! I love elephants!
Hi there,
Nice elephant :)
Do you have Discord?
I would like to ask you something about the Curangel curation project.
Wish you a lovely day!
Aww, thank you for liking this little strange elephant! It is liking you back kitty, that's for sure! Pets