Catching-Smoke

Firstly, sorry I've been absent from this site for so long, I just use Tumblr much more now.

I post all scribbles and drawings on there so if you want to take a gander! Step into my domain

I have a secondary NSFW blog that I post the very NSFW drawings I've done. Ask on tumblr if you want to know what it is!

I made a Society6 page. For those of you who don't know it's a place for artists to post their work to my purchased in print form, or on a canvas or a mug or a t-shirt etc.

The website company does the printing and sending and such so the artist can just upload and then continue working. It's brilliant.

I'm pretty new with it so I'm still deciding what to put up there. If you have any ideas as well then that would be great  

Hello,

I haven't posted any journals in a while so I thought I would this week as it is NEDA. National eating disorder awareness week. Now, even though this particular group is American, I think it's important to make people aware of it. 
I myself am from England, but I appreciate helpful groups such as this, for all kinds of mental health issues. The UK version is B-Eat.

I care about this one in particular because I have struggled with an eating disorder for 6 years and although I am not at my lowest, in weight or state of mind, I am still recovering. I understand it's a slow process and so I find helpful and informative campaigns like this to really boost motivation.

I thought I'd signal boost onto Deviantart because I see there are a lot of mental health issues on here, whether it be low self-esteem or similar, and I want people to understand that, however frightening, talking to someone or even getting someone else's perspective is extremely useful. It can be the first step to recovery.
In the very least it lets you know that you are not alone in feeling certain ways.

There are a lot of helplines out there, however they are sometimes hidden. Society is becoming more aware of issues like eating disorders, but we are still in the early stages of fully educating people about them. 

So even if you have none of these problems, sometimes it's good to just read a bit about them. You probably know of someone with an issue and maybe you can begin to understand.

Thanks for listening,

Happy NEDA week 2014!


UK Eating Disorder Help Website
American Eating Disorder Help Website
Australian Eating Disorder Help Website
A list of a few specific State help websites in the US

Thanks for all those lovely birthday messages! So nice of you!

My birthday was spent half exploring New York; wandering accidentally into the center of Brooklyn, eating my weight in meatballs and chicken at Carmines on 44th Street, having delicious cakes at Magnolia bakery (the one near Rockefeller not the one on Bleecker Street, although I did go to that one few weeks ago, Sex in the City fans will know what I'm talking about, even if I have never really watched it...). I then had to catch a plane from Newark Airport and spent the entire evening and night flying back to the UK. It was a strange one, didn't really feel like my birthday but I still enjoyed it. 

I've recently received several requests to draw Percy and Annabeth and other 'Percy Jackson' fanart. There is a reason I haven't drawn any before.

I did not read the Percy Jackson books until last year, and that was after I saw art from a certain popular Percy Jackson and Harry Potter fanartist on here. Basically I just wanted to understand the drawings so I read the books. The issue I have now is that I kind of imagine her drawings in the characters of the book so if I draw any fanart I'm worried it the characters would basically look like hers. (Except inferior, as she is a much better artist than me).

I'm sure you know who I'm talking about, she is a phenomenal artist. Jealous.

I guess it's just one of those things I'll probably never draw. So sorry about that.