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i'll keep you in mind with whatever i end up doing ❤️

i don't know exactly what i'll decide or how i'll go forward. i suppose this is mostly a note that, should i slow down, it's fine. i'm just kind of worn down. friends who don't already have it can request my discord username, but no promises regarding responsiveness. thanks for understanding.

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to be clear, i don't feel that this is a depressive withdrawal. in fact, i feel better than i have in years. and it's making me think about my relationship to my work and who it's for. creating for only four or five freaks is a guiding star for me, even if i've yet to get there.

the need to perform, which is inherent to having "audience," is scary and draining. more and more, i'm tired. i don't want to always deal with people who make no effort to understand, and i want to put energy reserved for performance towards closer connections.

Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 13/07/2026

strongly considering weaning myself off of a public internet presence. it just kind of scares me lately.

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you ever get art of your character so good you have to close your eyes and have a moment before you can really look at it

Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 09/07/2026

Well I'd be happy if you ever felt like it! Hit me up if you want anything in exchange. :)

Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 09/07/2026

Honestly I've been wanting to pay you to do so, I just didn't want to assume that's something you'd be open to out of the blue lmao.

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 30/06/2026

expanding social circles and realizing a good chunk of people just hate wild birds and see them as nuisances. makes me so sad.

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 25/06/2026

me n partners' mmo mains :)

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 21/06/2026

sprout's so cute to me. it's that being a little bit fucked up.

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 20/06/2026

Yeah! Whatever's comfy. :)

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 16/06/2026

I'd be happy to get it to you, assuming I can figure out shipping nowadays haha. Maybe a trade?

Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 16/06/2026

trying so hard to get over my fear of traditional painting

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 09/06/2026

i think i could iterate on his design forever

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 05/06/2026

guild wars 3...... man......

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 31/05/2026

I don't have anything filtered out or set to hidden and still can't see replies. Functioning website.

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 10/05/2026

That being said, I have toyed with the idea of running a very small art secret santa event for folks this summer. Not sure if anyone would be interested?

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 10/05/2026

tbh the scoring rules around 3d have always felt pretty wonky

Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 09/05/2026

in the middle of losing my mind yet again. but we went on a community bird walk this morning and saw two barred owls, so it's okay actually.

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 02/04/2026

my yucky little grandma

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 02/04/2026

getting closer to making him work in-game. it won't be perfect but it is a lot of fun.

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 28/03/2026

nine years of rain world already? i love you man.

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 26/03/2026

day 1 of learning to mod bg3 because what else am i supposed to do when the character i want to play is a fat satyr. smh have to do everything myself.

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 23/03/2026

teaching myself to make obnoxious tabletop simulator tables for my partner's upcoming Slugblaster game

Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 16/03/2026

it's not a "be happy" button but god it's not every. single. day. being nothing but wanting to die. i can laugh a little. christ.

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 16/03/2026

not to be dramatic but this is kind of life changing so far

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 07/03/2026

should i start also posting the original doodles these are redraws of. anyway, another one.

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 05/03/2026

i decided to try redrawing years old poses

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Payne 🗝 @thieves.quest · 04/03/2026

early aughts au where their starting position is being in the process of making an experimental thesis film. now i can, of course, give them the blair witch camera lmao.