littlelav107

[littlelav107]

A lot of people ask me what my biggest fear is, or what scares me most. And I know they expect an answer like heights, or closed spaces, or people dressed like animals, but how do I tell them that when I was 17 I took a class called Relationships For Life and I learned that most people fall out of love for the same reasons they fell in it. That their lover’s once endearing stubbornness has now become refusal to compromise and their one track mind is now immaturity and their bad habits that you once adored is now money down the drain. Their spontaneity becomes reckless and irresponsible and their feet up on your dash is no longer sexy, just another distraction in your busy life. Nothing saddens and scares me like the thought that I can become ugly to someone who once thought all the stars were in my eyes.

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one of the funniest things to me is being mutuals with a ton of larger blogs but just being immune to blog growth. your awesomeness does not In fact rub off. certified flops ONLY on this blog.

[littlelav107]

i despise every part of me - i see every flaw that you don't see

i love every part of you - i see every perfection that you don't see

forever the contradiction, forever doomed to despise oneself over and over again

for i am blind to my perfection, and you are blind to my flaws

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i feel like they would cook traditional FN and SWT food together as a family, like involving the steambabies and all, and they would make that a whole thing as Christmas preparations every year

also yearly tradition to go to ember island! just a short family trip either before or after Christmas day itself to continue the festive mood

totally the kind of people to keep the outside decorations simple but inside the palace is WHERE IT'S AT!! involving both gold and silver + red and blue aspects ofcc :33

What do you think some zutara family Christmas traditions would be?

I’ll start!

I think that Iroh would come over every year and the whole family would make Christmas cookies together. Sokka comes over Christmas Eve and eats most of them though. He also likes to hype up that santa gives coal.

I think Grandpa Hakoda goes insane with spoiling the steambabies with gifts. He can’t help himself.

[littlelav107]

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard)

Aaron Rutten (free)

BoroCG (free)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates)

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, ect Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Libresprite (free, for pixel art)

Those are the ones I can recall.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

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[littlelav107]

me when THE THING has entered MY BRAIN and all previous thoughts have been erased and replaced with THE THING

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i just saw a video mention my blorbo's name and suddenly it's like i am an awakened sleeper agent and AAAAA MY BLORBO AAAAAA ILOVEHERILOVEHERI-

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some of my old song lyrics on my laptop that seem very cn29-yearning-like to me now

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out of my reach, March 2024

"but ah, you're out of my reach out of my reach all you do is fly and i can't even try you're outside what i can do i'll never deserve someone like you

but ah, you're far in my dreams far in my dreams all you do is fly fly inside my mind you're just way out of my league what can i do, you're out of my reach"

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too much to ask, March 2024

"one is to beat her two is to win her three is to even get to see her four is to be her five's to be free six is to never be, an option seven's to find love eight is to find peace sitting in the coldest summer breeze is that too much to ask?"

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[littlelav107]

@yumewayuki thought of you while reading this (in the most /p way possible)

i know because of the enemies to lovers of it all, zutara is often paralleled/seen a similar ship to dramione. i'm definitely not here to disparage that or deny anyone their fun, but i don't see them as very similar dynamics except on a few surface-level points. on the other hand, while i don’t ship anything super aggressively in the hp universe, i've got a soft spot for harmione and i've recently been fascinated by two common anti talking points against them that i also see as really common talking points against zutara antis. (this is not to say that i think they are super similar ships either; they're mostly not.)

is the way people will insist that harry/zuko these ships, both of whom are abuse survivors with trauma, are "too dark" for hermione and katara and that they can't/shouldn't have to "handle" it. i always find these arguments very patronizing and rooted in misogyny, and also not great messaging on how they think about abuse and trauma survivors.

is how people insist that people shipping them devalues the friendship. a) i don't know how it does that when no amount of people shipping something non-canon changes the source material b) they have other friends anyway (why, for instance, does the canon KA or romione not devalue those friendships?) and c) saying that you like/thinking a couple could work romantically or find the concept interesting does not mean you don't appreciate the canon dynamic as is. i wouldn't ship zutara nearly as much if i didn't find their canon dynamic and eventually friendship so compelling.

what i find especially aggravating about these arguments is how often they're used by the same people and how they contradict each other? like, which is it? are they too dark and unhealthy or do you love the friendships between them sooo much that it devalues the very concept of friendship for anyone to ship them romantically (even though if you honestly find the dynamic that unhealthy, i don't know why you want them to be friends either.)

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excuses for "you look like you just cried"

for context, I have a face where it's obvious that I cried (most strikingly, the surrounding parts around my eyes kinda swell a bit and it looks like I'm slightly squinting) and unfortunately for me i cry very easily and get very emotional

and there was one point where I did just cry and did my best to wipe it off when my parents asked if I just cried. before I could answer, my younger brother went with "she had like a dust thing stuck in her eye earlier, but it's gone now"

SO! that's why I made this post. look - at some point, you do need to explain if you're genuinely struggling, but maybe you can't right now. so here are some excuses for "you look like you just cried"

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= you had a dust particle stuck in your eye and tried to get it out by blinking really fast, making yourself tear up in the process

= you're sneezing a lot

= you just had some soap/water in your eye (works well when Breakdown In The Shower™

= you just woke up and your eyes are adjusting

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might add more later on!

[littlelav107]

A hitman who advertises his services the way a commission artist does

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I just accidentally made un-tea?????

I made green tea, but I forgot there was an old bag of chai in the kettle, so I mixed chai water with decaf green tea, then I mixed in like a half table spoon or something of that honey from the dollar store that they aren't legally allowed to call honey because there's too much corn syrup in it and some almond milk and a single drop of coffee creamer because we ran out and???? It tastes like??? Nothing????

It has LESS flavor than my tap water! HOW do you EVEN-

I think I made a flavor that's only perceptible to shrimp, that's the only explanation

[littlelav107]

Aren't plushies beautiful? They were created so a sick child had something to hold. They were created so an adult living alone might have a friend to keep them company. They were created for a teenager to clutch to her chest as she cries. They were created to accompany a college student to his geology classes. They were created not for any material benefit, they don't change tires, but to be loved.

They were created for the purpose of love.

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This is the most powerful call to ratio I've ever seen. It's like she's performing an incantation.

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@sweetvinegar @nonexistent-tales

the average twitter vs tumblr community experience

[littlelav107]

"save me, substance abuse!" i cry. before you can moralize to me about the dangers of addiction, a noble and powerful steed gallops into the room - my horse whom i have named "substance abuse". you learn an important lesson about making assumptions. i snort a line off its back