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"holy shit...I-I'm...nothing to you"

Hey, no, don't say that. You're everything to me"

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Steve From “Blue’s Clues” Just Checked In On “The Kids He Raised” And Gave Them A Safe Space To Offload After Donald Trump’s Election Victory.

Interestingly, Steve doesn’t even speak in the 59-second video, but appears to give viewers a comforting presence as he enters the outdoors shot and “offers them” a hot drink.

And many of the comments thanked Steve for offering them this safe space, with one person writing: “As a trans man, I felt this to my core. I took the breath with you then started bawling. Thank you.”

“The man who is a staple of my childhood didn’t say a single word and it brought me to tears. Steve, thank you. I don’t know where we go from here,” somebody else wrote.

Another popular comment reads: “He didn’t say A WORD and said everything at the same time. This man should be guarded at all costs.”

“Neither of my dads checked in on me today. But you did Steve. Thank you,” one more acknowledged.

“So much responsibility on Steve’s hands to make sure we are okay. We need to make sure he’s doing okay too. I mean I’m not doing great, but he’s still looking after the kids he raised,” somebody else added.

While another concluded: “I bet you didn’t think you’d still be raising us all these years later, Steve, but thank you for still being here.”

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Rainy Day

Oh to enjoy the fresh scent of rain on your walk home after enjoying some opera with your partner

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STOP BEING SELF CONSCIOUS ABOUT YOUR CREATIONS STOP SECOND GUESSING WHAT YOU REALLY WANNA DO STOP DEBATING IT'S WORTH. LET YOUR ART SERVE YOU INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND

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Trick or treat

Hopefully there's something in the mix you like <3

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So many of my human friends seem to be having a really hard day...I don't know if anything I can do would make it better. Poor little things. " I can't fix it, but I'm here. Please know that you are loved, and the world is better with you in it. just...please don't go"

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LD 1 - Lost and Found

Starting something new! I’m so excited to try out this format hehe. I'm inexperienced enough in digital drawing that doing full color jobs on anything still really intimidates me, I usually just prefer doodling and keeping things in black and white (especially since I like making comics and those take long enough without coloring). But I was inspired by these new character ideas to use a texting format so that I can still tell a story without having quite as many drawings to make. This way I can practice coloring while indulging in a new project 😊 

This series will be called “Long Distance.” Unlike Salt & Pepper, I have no posting schedule of any kind for these, I'll just be posting them whenever I make a new one. I can't wait for you guys to get to know these two 🥰

Keep reading for their full-sized "photos"

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You are the child of Death. Everyone always assumes that you were adopted, but you are in fact Death's biological child, although they are unwilling to tell how exactly this happened.

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Smuckers Unfuckable

sipping on drinks you can’t pronounce in bars you’ve never heard of

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hey! if you are an adult in the g/t community could you reblog or interact with this post? i’d just like it to be easier for us to find each other

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"I know this is hard to understand, but I'm still me. I promise you're safe. You'll always be safe with me"

I've decided to finally start putting the story I've been making up in m head for ages into art. Hope you enjoy this journey with me

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A new scene, flooded ruins of amphitheatre. Eh, overdid it with the waves. Carved shell fragments, stone, quartz sand and resin in a spisula shell.

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Tiny: *lying on their bed, feeling sad and anxious.

Giant: Are you okay? (Soft voice activated)

Tiny: *shakes their head.

Giant: Wanna talk about it?

Tiny: *shakes their head again.

Giant: Oh. Uhm, can I just keep you company?

*Silence

Tiny: *suddenly grabs one of the giant's fingers and hugs it.

Giant: *gently scoops the tiny up, holding the little one close to their chest.

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I want to tell a story to the artists and would-be artists out there.

When I was 19, I made a large oil painting of the nerd I would eventually marry. I poured all my attention and care into this painting. It's the only art I have from back then that still holds up as a work I'm proud of today.

I entered it into a judged show at the local art center. It got an honorable mention. I went to see the show with my beloved model. One of the judges came up to talk to me, and highlighted that all the judges really liked the painting. It would have placed, except, you see, the feet were incorrect. They were too wide and short, and if I just studied a bit more anatomy-

I called over my future wife, and asked her to take off her shoe. Being already very used to humoring me, she did. The judge looked at her very short, very wide little foot. Exactly as I'd lovingly rendered it. I would never edit her appearance in any way.

The judge looked me in the eye, and to his credit, he really looked like he meant it when he said "Oh I'm so sorry."

Anyways the moral of the story is that all of those anatomy books that teach you proportions are either showing you averages, or a very specific idea of an idealized body. Actual bodies are much more varied than that.

So don't forget to draw from observation, and remember that humans aren't mass produced mannequins. Delight in our variation. Because it's supposed to be there.