This has been - and I know I say this for a lot of things, but it applies more than ever here - a long time coming.
This is the piece that first inspired Art is Poison. You can actually read more about my struggles with this comic's inception within that post, which I would encourage you to do. The four and a half months between then and now that I worked on this intermittently were fairly protracted; marked with self-doubt, questioning, and uncertainty about whether it was worth seeing through to the end.
The last six pages were the hardest to get done. I think that by the time I got that far, I'd ran out of mileage that "doing it for myself" could grant me, which gave way to questioning whether I did it right, and if anybody would even understand what it was I tried to say with this comic, never mind relating to or appreciating it.
In any case; I did do it, and it's the biggest project I've taken on in many years now, which is quite the achievement. It feels good to bring it to a close, rather than giving up as I've felt tempted to do from the moment I had the idea.
I'm proud of this piece.
I hope you like it; but if not, no worries. Thank you for giving it a look either way. 💝












Sweet girl!
I wonder if maybe we just need to fill your entire space with reminders that people love and care about you. So that no matter where you look, there will always be a reminder <3
Or accessories and clothing, collars, cuffs, etc might work just as well, tangible reminders that are harder to forget?
Regardless, love you hun, and hope can find ways to keep the warmth alive inside you between interactions!
This turned out really good, I'm glad you finished it and I'm glad you shared it <3
I’ve been wearing my collar at least a bit every day since I was with Garnet and she became my owner, but I’m looking forward to having more agency over my own living spaces to do a bit of this too. It’s still easy to take things for granted, but every little bit helps.
do we have to go over how blankets work again sweetie, you roll onto them; not off them. <3
We also gotta get your glasses fixed if it's such a narrow cone, if only you could see behind you right now you'd see so many friends cheering you on, hoping you find something that brings you that comfort and warmth all the time.
It makes things trickier to see, but being reminded that they’re there always helps 💝