Molly Faulk

phrase? say something about genetics before you show the title ironic? a question? call to action binding = print out a version of the back cover WITH the deboss print draft, show to mariana so she knows where to put the die. bookboard = try Kelly paper? blick? gotta find BOOK BOARD so super important satin / gloss coated sheet laminated with soft touch white #100T === There's so much to say, but I don't know how to say it. I know you've sometimes struggled with figuring out who you were, so I want to take the time to write things I know makes you, you. You were very passionate and bubbly, and even through the screen I knew that. I'll miss your posts about frogs and your rambles about your OCs, and I'm so, so grateful that you were just as excited about Frey and Allon as I was. Hazbin Hotel has been really ramping up, I've heard: I wish you were there to see it. I would've loved to see your reactions to where it's going. I'll miss reading about your day and your occasional check-ins in your server. You're incredibly hardworking. I remember that you had so much passion for everything Japan, practicing the language so often and wanting to move there when you gathered enough money. I know you would've gotten there someday. Maybe on a college grant, or maybe on your own fruition, but I know you had so much of your life planned ahead of you. Even when I first met you around 16, you were already hustling trying to figure out everything in life ahead of you: shouldering jobs and trying to become independent as quickly as possible. You're stronger than I am: I don't think I could've done nearly as much as you did back then. You also were incredibly artistic. I remember you were planning to start up a store for you and your ball-joint dolls, as well as other miscellaneous crafts. I remember seeing you post about building them, sanding them, 3D modelling, all for your stories. I thought it was incredible, and I'm sorry that it never came to be. You're incredibly creative, with so many plans to crochet and 3D model things. When we met in person, we even spent a good chunk of time just sculpting clay. I wish I had remembered to pick up those amigurumi plushes of Frey and Allon that you had crocheted for me when I was there. But besides handmade goods, you also drew as well. Your style is incredible, with the confident strokes and lineweight and hatching that just screams YOU. My favorite part was just watching you redraw your old works over and over again: it could see how much you've improved over the years, and the difference is staggering. You've worked very hard to develop it, and I would've loved to commission you, had you opened them. I still have your gift art for me saved, and I'll keep it for as long as I can. I've attached the artwork you've done for my OCs. Thank you for loving my characters as much as you did. Not just that, but you've had dozens of stories just waiting to be written. All of them were so interesting to read, and I loved the route you were taking them. I'll miss reading about the shenanigans Naz, Beth, and the others of Mimic would get involved in, and I'll miss reading about Hinata's story. I would've loved to see Ocean of Souls / Tamashii no Umi on the shelves of my local bookstore someday. I think it'd be fitting. An, I'm glad we were friends, and I'm so thankful that I was able to meet you in person. ご冥福. I hope you're in a better place now.