Skin Deep Volume 5: Obverse & Reverse Is Funding Now!

Skin Deep Volume 5: Obverse & Reverse is funding now!

This is the longest Skin Deep book to date! I'm really proud of how this came out, and I can't wait for y'all to see all the cool little goodies I've put in the book for you!

Long cat long cat long cat! 8D

Syrup belongs to KRrose.

sitting in a dark tree against an orange sunset, a very long and snake-like leopard tastes the air with an otstretched forked tongue. A smile curves their mouth, one big fang visible. They are casually sprawled with one back and one front leg dangling off the red-leafed branches.

Come fite me if you dare! https://artfight.net/~razzek

I’ve been on a roll with these but I’m about out of people on Artfight to attack. XD

If you want something like this, send me:

a3 to 10 characters (must be visual refs, NO text only descriptions; stick figure refs are fine, copyrighted characters are fine)

$50 to [email protected]

I will pick the character I like most and draw what comes to mind. You will not get to specify poses or anything, but you will get a sfw flat color piece by me.

I’ve been averaging about two pics a night. I’ll close this when it feels like I have too much. I’ve been enjoying the freedom to just look at a character and draw without having to halt momentum and wait for sketch approval.

And if you’re on Team Seafoam, drop a link, I’ll kick your butt artistically. XD (My Stardust pee-s feel free to link drop too!)

artfight.net

Art Fight

An art trading game

A monster is approaching you for sex purposes. It is about the same size as you, small pointy teeth, purple skin, red eyes.

Another "hot damn that's some blindness you got going on there" moment: watching a vod of a Tomb Raider Remaster speedrun and not being able to tell if these are the new graphics or old until I see a blue skybox somewhere. XD

What’s Visual Snow Syndrome (VSS), and why do so many autistic people have it?

I learned about this the other day, when I posted about palinopsia (visual trailing/afterimages) being common in autistic people, and a couple of our followers told me about their VSS. I did some more research, and discovered that I also have it.

Visual Snow Syndrome is a neurological condition that interferes with visual processing. It’s caused by hyperactivity and hyper-excitability of nerves in certain areas of the brain that process visual information.

The core feature of VSS is constantly seeing tiny, fuzzy “feedback” in the environment. It’s kind of like seeing the world through a staticky TV screen. Some people’s visual static is larger than others. Mine is relatively fine-grained, but it gets bigger and more obvious in low lighting.

Some of the other symptoms of VSS include:

Palinopsia (visual trailing/afterimages)

Photophobia (sensitivity to light)

Increased and enhanced ectopic phenomenon, such as floaters, phosphenes, and Scheerer’s phenomenon

Seeing glare, starbursts, and halos around lights

Difficulty seeing at night/in the dark

Seeing random flashes of light and/or color, without cause from the environment

It’s common for people with VSS to experience comorbid migraines, but VSS is not the same thing as migraine aura.

So, why do autistic people often have VSS?

It comes down to the fact that VSS is caused by the hyper-excitability of neurons in areas of the brain that process visual information. A core feature of autism is hyper-excitable neurons, especially in areas of the brain that have to do with sensory processing. So it makes sense that autism would often inadvertently cause VSS.

Here are some illustrations of visual phenomenon that VSS causes, in case you want a better understanding of what the world looks like for me and many other autistic people.

Visual snow/static:

Palinopsia/image trailing:

Scheerer’s Phenomenon (tiny bright moving dots):

Starbursts around lights:

Floaters:

I hope y’all have learned something :)

I’ve found it very intriguing to realize that the way I see the world is more unique than I once knew!

~Eden🐢