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@sunlightafterdark

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🕊️🕊️CANADIAN ARTIST 🕊️
Healing everyday, chronic illness and mental health creator (:
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Not sure why insta took my original launch post down, but the LAUNCH IS CLOSING in 32 hours!!! but if you have any questions about processing, shipping, what the prints are made of most of that is in the product description and beyond that I'm putting free shipping on orders over 50$! The code is 5OFF50 And free delivery to anyone that's order is 65$ with the code 65FREESHIP I don't think the favour me selling off sight so we'll see. I also feel bad that after 6 month I didn't have a whole lot new prints to order just two prints and then a combo of those two, but once I sort out my happy mail (which I had to make 9 rewards last month and 6 this month) which I'm almost done with I'll be focusing on new stuff, comics, characters and plots. Also I'm gonna add a lil more of me a my life to share with you (: have a happy day by @sunlightafterdark

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PRINT LAUNCH IS LIVE

Six months ago a nurse asked me what I was living for and at that point I just stared, disconnected from everything that was happening to me and shook my head no, there was nothing, she tentatively asked family but the pain in my body and heart were larger than my love for them, something that even hurts to say today, I didn't think I'd be missed if anything they wouldn't have to bare my burdens any more, but then she asked about my job and I explained to her I was an artist and it was my childhood dream and all the things I got to do because of it and I didn't realize that I had started crying, but it hit me so hard, when I felt like I had nothing I was still an artist, I was still a creator, I still could maybe make people feel less alone, so this whole time I've been living for this moment and the moments alone with my paint, and talking to you all about your days and interest... and I know it's silly but in a way getting to be an artist saved my life, every single supporter whether you just follow me, like my silly paintings, are apart of the mail club, or just watch in silence, I love you thank you forgiving me a chance at life again, I will not let you down again ! by @sunlightafterdark

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It's just that feeling, you get it or maybe you're lucky and you don't, but just let go and feel, like death without the release of death , you own eyes that the rivers roll from, silent sobs, the world spins and so do I, so do we all

#illustration #corecore #radiohead #animation #cuteart by @sunlightafterdark

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SEPTEMBER 12th THE LAUNCH DAY .... the doors to my lil world will be opening up as I begin the process of getting better, I know I have to push myself, and I finally feel ready. Still attentive to emails and righting all the wrongs I experienced and survived..it's not a full on week long shop update but all the classics and some newbies will be there for 1-3 days!!

and I will be shipping the happy Mail bundle of 9, very soon now that the 5x7 came in!! Working on 6 for this month, just letting life take me where it may, and I feel it in my bones I'm made to make everything okay and to continue on my path of sharing lil tidbits of my brain and getting back to life to living to kindness to gratitude, to allowing you all to be real and raw with your emotions, for us all to come together and simply be happy, and see where that happiness takes us.... by @sunlightafterdark

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Some more oldies that are coming back in print for the big lil launch of the SUNLIGHTAFTERDARK online pop up (just means it won't be as open as long so I don't overwhelm myself) I hope you are all doing well and I thank you for holding me up when I was down, for sticking around when I was withering in bed, truly thank you, I'm so lucky to have found the most loving soulful friends and audience! I'm gonna make this next year a year to remember #hopecore #illustration #cuteart #painting #spilledinkpoetry by @sunlightafterdark

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A mixture of old quotes and new realizations, healing isn't always pretty, many moments of my life I've hid away from those closest to me, but sometimes when you have your people around you, a hand to grab onto, the pain subsides to a quite hum and all that is beautiful and sublime will graze your tattered soul, as you make your way to the places your loved once insist on you making it to, you may feel like withering away in silence but you are very much alive in the world, where wonders lay in wait for you, the sun is waiting to kiss your shoulder, the tall grass sways to tickle the skin of your belly ,keep going my friends, keep going 🦋 by @sunlightafterdark

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SOME MORE LIL MESSAGES FROM ME TO YOU 💕 by @sunlightafterdark

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2 months ago

IT ALREADY IS!!!...

Please read for updates on everything

Here's another fav of my oldies as I gear up to show all my new art but I'm just reminding you all that on sept 12 there will be a big print drop! (Oldies and new pieces) The first 9 rewards will be sent by that time(they are on the wat in the mail then i just have to pack them) with the next SIX premiered on Patroon mail buddies in the next week (:

Yes it's been going slow but I battle each day like it's my last, I savour every moment I feel peace and not pain.

I'm dropping off a bunch of orders today and tomorrow and will be on my desktop in the studio answering emails from 4-7pm today and tomorrow....

Commissions are started to get sorted and worked on so remember to keep in contact on the app you issues your commission or email/ i just want it to flow as easily as possible, i already love the suggestions i got!! Excited to finish them all! And maybe open more spots ♥️

I have a lot of new messages to share in my new art, and I'm not gonna lie I'm nervous, I feel hard, and did a bad job of picking up the pieces, but these days all I'm doing is for this, for you, for the love you all made me feel, I got better matched meds once again (Gish if anyone else has ever felt like a medical rat testing out all different ssrris, pain management and anxiety managing or any meds let me know because sometimes this journey is so lonely) but I'm here, still, and I'm not giving up!! I PROMISE MY LIFES PURPOSE IS SLEEP EAT ART now, and i feel thankful i even made it to this spit i thank the universe and all of you who have stood by me, i will make everything right and my products even better, this is my dream, i will never give it away while i still have air in my lungs ❤️‍🩹 by @sunlightafterdark

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2 months ago

Just a human and her affinity for fruits and strange thoughts to go along with them, it's all about life and the beauty and the chaos of it all, dancing in the street, crying in the walk in freezer, I'm here for it all-

Updates-

Sending out some mail today so check your emails tonight for updates and the other Patreon rewards some time today!! by @sunlightafterdark

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3 months ago

Here's an oldie that applies to most days actually, even the really painful ones, or the ones where you feel like everyone else is a star in the sky and your just a speck of dirt looking up, either way your lucky to be alive

Any missing postage is going out from today to Monday

The first four Patreon rewards are going up tonight

And I I tried buymeacoffee (maybe that's a bad app, or I'm just coping by saying that lol) as a lil commission thing but I'll be taking it down tonight because I get why no one would commission me anymore, what if I get sick and can't do it, what if I get to anxious and can't answer emails... I mean that's not true I really am healing and doing so much today

But I am a tad sad, those five months of being in and out of hospital took my dream job from me, always be thankful for your health!!

Anyways I still love you all excited for you to get you last few packages from me, sending love and hope as always, thank you for being here! by @sunlightafterdark

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Yes the joy does return... after the saddest days, the darkest nights, the hopeless prayers to the sky... little by little the light will return, maybe in ways you don't recognize yet, but ways that will begin to feel like home.. the road is long but full of love, and singing along, and supermarket flowers... it's not over, your just experiencing the dark side of your emotions and they don't last forever, even if they feel like they do, I'll be okay, and so will you (:

Hey friends still slowly coming back to myself, packages should reach you in the next 7 to ten business days, I'll be hopping on tonight to answer emails, and patreons will be getting a post tonight, and in a few days the may rewards shall be posted, been quietly coming home to myself, I'm sorry but this healing is going very slow for me but it's very needed... thank you for sticking around, new things coming soon (: by @sunlightafterdark

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Launch is still open for a lil while!! (-:
I'm working hard on getting everything packed, watch ur email for a notification your parcels been sent, can't wait to make more and add to my collection, hopefully there's something you wanna gift yourself or a lover for vday or just for fun, but even being here just supporting my post means the world to me, it's because of you all that I'm still here, with a heavy heart but a hopeful soul!! DONT FORGET TO USE THE CODE - LOVERS10-2026 for 10% off your order as a lil treat for the first launch of the new year! Or join my mail club for a 20% off voucher (also if you join my mail club now you get Dec-Feb rewards, explained on my mail club site) Love you all dearly, have a good day!! (Sorry the dogs are out for free and I'm missing a nail but thee show must go on) 🤷🏻‍♀️

#hopecore #illustration #printsforyourhome #painting #loveiseverything by @sunlightafterdark

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