Raisca's Ramblings: October 2025

Monday, October 27, 2025

Yellow

And the next in the Colors series is.... *drum roll*

Yellow!

18 x 24,5 cm

Erin - The Dreamer

Meet Erin!

This Tealing might as well be my inner child, let's be honest.

Dreamscapes weekly prompts - October #4

This is it, friends. Last one.

I enjoyed making the visuals more than thinking of the words, I'll admit. Ahah
I have an idea to use these in the future for something else. Maybe.
I'll also be deleting them from everywhere except my blog. (I'll keep the October prompts up for another week or so)

Thank you to those who accompanied the weekly prompts, left a like, made some art, or where simply curious to see what words came up, how the image changed every week, how the scenario changed every month.

Here are this week's prompts. Enjoy!

If this inspires you to make something, show me, I want to see!

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Friday, October 24, 2025

This week has been a blur. I have done *nothing*. How does time go by so fast? It takes me so long to even just think, to make a decision, even a small one.

I haven't made new images for my Inner Worlds in so long! I've been making the Tealings, yes. But now that I've decided I want to make 12 of them, it feels like a chore! I'm no longer making them just because, there's a plan to follow now. So the Inner Worlds are calling and I'm looking at them in the distance, longingly.

I've also been crocheting a blanket.
Remember when Danny Elfman surprised the world when he took his shirt off on Coachella a few years ago? Ahah. People were surprised with his physique. And also the tattoos. No one expected all that, ahah.
Anyway, I liked the tattoos and thought the ones on his arm would be cool for a blanket pattern. So I made the pattern and started the blanket!

And then put it aside for a while.
I grabbed it again recently and it's been growing well!

I'm not sure about the proportions, I think it's a bit too tall, or a bit too narrow, (and it was even more so at first) but I don't care. It's just for me!

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

I had developed the habit of reading every night. And I kept up with it for about 1 year and a half, I think? The thing is, I was just reading fanfic. And there's nothing wrong with that, but I was sticking almost exclusively with FFVII fanfic. For a year and a half (thanks, Rebirth)! And it's not that I'm tired of the subject yet (!!), I'm just picky with my fics and I've ran out of good ones (that interest me) to read.

So I made the mistake of grabbing my 3DS and checking on all my Tomodachi Life Miis. And... and I added a few more. Guess what, they're FFVII characters. Are you surprised? I'm not. Ahahah
If you're wondering, my other Miis are Tales of characters (mostly from Vesperia and Xillia), a couple of OCs and... lol and the cast of Critical Role, ahahahah. But they're Miis, so their names are Miiatt, Miirisha, Miiavis and so on, ahahahah

And now I've also added the FFVII characters.

They're too many, they all want to play and eat and get new clothes, HELP.
I'm kidding, I have lots of fun with it!

It's such a silly and simple game made for kids, it's shouldn't be this entertaining! But it is the game I end up choosing to play, cause I can play for hours or just 5 minutes, and it all works either way. I don't need to get into fights and kill bosses and wait for a lull in the story, or a save point.
I love nice long RPGs, but I have to be ready to give them all my time, which I don't really have at night, I only have a couple of hours before I'm too sleepy to do anything, and I'm always getting interrupted by the cat, who wants to get out and get in, and wants pets and attention, and wants to get out and get in, and...

But, actually, what I wanted to say was (surprisingly): I've been feeling an urge to read more books. Physical books. Be it new ones or going back to the ones I liked 20 years ago and giving them another go and see if I still like them.

Monday, October 20, 2025

Green

I didn't expect it, but it seems I have started a new series!

What will I call it? Something colorful. Obviously.
Maybe I'll keep it simple - much like the titles, Blue and Green - and simply call the series Colors.

...Or maybe it's too early to call it a series. What if I don't make more? 😅

17 x 23,5 cm

This past week I went to a journaling workshop.

Did I need a workshop on journaling? No. But I wanted to socialize a bit, meet new people. And meeting people with remotely the same interests is pretty hard, so this was a nice opportunity.

But I kept telling myself I shouldn't waste money. That is would end late and I'd get sleepy and I'd still have to drive home. That I'd probably not fit in, that I'd feel out of place - as it tends to happen - that it wouldn't be worth it.

I forced myself to go anyway.

Did learn anything new? No.
Did I click with the people there? No really. ~~Maybe just a little bit with one or two.~~

Was it worth it?

Well, it wasn't not worth it. The feeling of inadequacy was still there, but I didn't feel that out of place, honestly. There might be a seed there somewhere that has the potential to grow. Maybe.

There's also a collage group happening weekly in the "big city". I've also been flirting with the idea of going for ages now.

I hate going to the big city. I have to take the car to the city, pay for parking (I'm not even sure I can pay for more than 2 hours at once, which wouldn't be enough, and then I'm not nearby to put in more money), and then pay for public transports to get to the place. And pay for the collage event, of course (which I'm not against, don't get me wrong). It's a lot of paying for this and that and going to a place I don't like. And honestly, every time they share photos the table is a huge mess of papers which also doesn't feel very appealing. So that one probably won't happen any time soon. I'd like to meet collage people in real life, but mmm'yeh no. -_-'

Alexander - The Pioneer

Meet Alexander, my second Tealing!

(Sorry, he's already leaving, heading toward some adventure or other!)

Dreamscapes weekly prompts - October #3

I've been thinking if I'll keep this up for a whole year (meaning, ending in March), or if I'll stop at the end of the year (meaning, December).
Or maybe I'll stop at end of this month (which is also the end of the year for some).

I did plan it for a whole year, so I've proven to myself that I can do that. Part of me says I should stick to it until the end cause *consistency*. But the rest of me is tired of it, considering there's no engagement at all anywhere. Not even from myself, let's be honest. So what's the point?

Anyway, there's still this week and the next, for sure. Enjoy!

If this inspires you to make something, show me, I want to see!

You can tag me on Cara, Instagram, Threads, tumblr or Bluesky.

You can also join my Discord and share there!

Monday, October 13, 2025

Constance - The Nurturer

Meet Constance!

She's the first of my new series of half-people-half-teacups-with-flowers-mushrooms-and-sometimes-crystals. I'm thinking of calling them Tealings. You know, like Halflings, but with teacups.

What do you guys think? Also, I want to make 12 in total, so The Twelve Tealings sounds cool.

And considering they are 12, I'm loosely (LOOSELY!) basing them on the 12 astrological signs. Can you guess which one Constance is based on?

I'm gonna try something. Only post one day a week. And I'm going with Mondays, cause I'm already used to it.

This is to try and see if it will help with staying organized enough to make things consistently, but with a loose enough schedule that it won't make me feel restricted.

The plan is, post things on Monday, work on whatever until Friday (surely I'll make at least *one* thing in that time, yeah?). Use the weekend (it should take an hour or two at most!) to organize and prepare to post whatever I made during the week. And then post on Monday.

Let's see how it goes!