#I hate doing traditional art 🙃

[cinnq-bxnni]

Day #3: A Shy Liking 🤭

cuz they so pale gay :33

@lotftober2024

[l0ganberry]

Now I definitely know I'm going to hell.....

Sorry not sorry

[mjblue]

Dorcas Meadowes headcanons developed (mostly) in the void

Hey Marauders Tumblr! I'm pretty new here, but I've seen people making lists like this of their headcanons, and as somebody who has never really interacted with fanon, I thought it would be interesting to share some of mine to see how they compare to what other people have come up with. I’ve had these for years, and my inspiration for them was literally just a few pieces of art on Pinterest (so, interestingly, the ways in which my headcanons are most similar to popular fanon tend to be in the characters’ appearances), the canon books, and my own overactive imagination. I'm starting with Dorcas, because from what little I've gathered she, Marlene, and Mary seem to be the characters for whom my interpretations are the most different from what's already out there (although it's fascinating how close they actually are sometimes).

Please do lmk what you think!!! I've put the list below the cut so as not to annoy people who just want to scroll ↓↓↓

First things first: like I said, I developed these before interacting with fanon much, so I am a Gryffindor Dorcas truther (I know a lot of people have her in Slytherin now, sorry 🙃)

“The weird and offputting one” (said with love)

One sibling. A brother, two years older, in Ravenclaw

Intelligent and creative. Would have been in Ravenclaw with her brother, but adamantly refused, as at the age of 11 she found him deeply irritating and could not stand to be in his presence

Very emotionally level. Difficult to excite, difficult to anger, difficult to deeply wound

Fatal flaw: stubbornness

Patronus: tiger 🐯

Acquired something of a reputation for casual meanness throughout her school years (though, importantly, not for cruelty). It wasn’t that she didn’t always think before she spoke; rather, it was that she cared more about what she thought than the feelings of those around her

Fashion-adventurous. As a child, enjoyed bright colours, patterns, and loose cuts; as an adult, enjoyed black, jewel tones, and artfully distressed items (would likely have enjoyed the goth subculture, but alas, ‘twas after her time)

Mastered colour-changing spells in third year so she could match the beads in her braids with her outfit, nail polish, and mood

Along with James and Lily, one of the few amongst her friends to have a happy upbringing

Would have done well in art school (mixed-media sculpture)

Did not dream of labour. Worked occasionally as a professional duellist, and won nearly all of her matches when she did, but devoted most of her time to the Order and her portraiture (which she hoped to one day make a living from, though she was unwilling to sacrifice her abstract, vivid style to satisfy her more traditional customers)

Genuinely confident in herself from an early age, including in her sexuality (asexual biromantic) (because gosh darn it this fandom needs some ace rep)

Figured the ace part out when she kissed her first boyfriend and hated it, but still wanted to know his mind and hold his hand; figured the biromantic part out when Marlene went on a date with her first boyfriend (which, in Marlene’s case, was comphet) and Dorcas also hated it

Confessed her feelings to Marlene straight away when she realised, but only to get it off her chest; never expected her feelings to be returned. Proceeded to date around a bit, and was pleasantly surprised a short while later :)

Had one Muggle grandmother, with whom she was very close. Passed away the summer between Dorcas’s fifth and sixth years (just after Dorcas received an ‘O’ on her Muggle Studies O.W.L.)

Took the maximum four out of five supplemental subjects after second year, mostly because a Ravenclaw bet she wouldn’t

Proposed to Marlene the night of James and Lily’s wedding, privately, in a dark corner of the dance floor after the newlyweds had left

Siouxsie and the Banshees #1 fan. Tragically too busy avenging her recently-murdered fiancée to listen to Juju, although she did hear “Spellbound” once or twice on the radio

Also an enjoyer of the B-52s

Anyway...I think about my version of Dorcas a lot (could you tell lol), and I'm pretty invested in these headcanons because they form the basis of her characterisation in the fanfiction I write, so I probably won't be changing my mind anytime soon, but it's always fun to hear what other people think! Seriously, please let me know :)

[the1975attheirverybest]

Oh nonono I'm not saying he's repsonible for their longevity or anything like that but traditionally a manager that can do their job is who books them shows and gets thier deals and name out there. I don't know if he actually did that for them but what I was saying is that if he did function in the traditional sense of a manager at one point its a fucking miracle they managed.

Although your absolutely right the longevity and success of the band is entirely up to the musicians skill and work but like I'm saying thwy did all that I spite of him do not mistake what I said for praise he's a clueless bumbling idiot, I have no doubt Matthew also probably did managerial work at the time but we don't know that so I won't say for certain. All I meant was he is not a successful manager but they are aucessful band? You knwo what I mean? Like in spite of him. Which is why him constantly talking about them annoys me. Sorrybfi that doesn't make sense im a bit all over the place today.

(Also your right he doesn't look that old and i hate it but yeah he's very hello fellow kids)

OH you meant a fuckin miracle that they lasted despite having a manager who knows nothing about anything. Which is a perfectly correct way of phrasing it. My bad. My brain is not working today. Karma for shutting on Jamie 🙃

Yeah I think in some respects, Matty having a big and loud personality, and a willingness to do all that’s possible cuz he believes in art so much probably compensated for SOME of Jamie’s negligence and got them where they needed to be. We don’t know that for sure yeah but we do know that matty taking time to promote DH artists by going on a tangent during a 1975 interview is more work than Jamie has ever done so….I could see it being very likely. Yeah.

[mirioho]

what made you interested in pursuing art more seriously or more intentionally? hope you are having a good day. i love your art and tumblr page design! you're very talented :)

Hellooooo anon, first of all, thank you very much for sending this in. And second, I am very sorry I did not answer this sooner. I think you sent this a year or so ago so you have my sincerest apologies 🙃 idek if you're still following me but

(long winded answer below)

(Skip ahead to paragraph below heart emojis if you don't wanna read my art journey and rant and just get to the actual answer to the question)

I did not intentionally maliciously ignore your ask. Rather, I kept it around because, ironically enough around the time you sent this ask is when I just...stopped doing art for a long while. I was, for a lack of a better word, very depressed, and I was incredibly unmotivated and I hated everything I drew and I disliked even the act of drawing itself.

Whether it was traditional or digital, a study, a sketch, a proper art piece, experimentation, I didn't like any of it anymore. Which was disheartening because art had always been one of my only creative and sometimes emotional outlets. It was a passion. It was My Thing, so to speak, I guess.

I wasn't doing great mentally but it didn't help that I had been comparing myself to various artists online. It felt like no matter what I did I just wasn't happy with what I was doing. And it felt like even if I tried I wouldn't be able to reach the heights others seem to a lot more easily (especially if I saw that they were younger or had less time doing art than I did). I couldn't help but think everything that I did was wrong.

Or worse, not enough.

Good, but not good enough.

Great, but not enough.

Amazing, but not enough.

That's not to say people did not like my art. They did. But I didn't like it.

I didn't pick up my personal sketchbook for a long while. Even when I had deleted most social medias off my phone, I still couldn't bring myself to draw. It felt like a chore.

But sometimes I'd log into Tumblr on my mobile browser. Just to see this ask. I kept coming back to it. To be honest it's the first real ask I've ever gotten complimenting my art like this. And it felt sad to have received it when I'd pretty much decided to quit art.

But I still didn't delete it. I kept the ask even though I thought once in awhile I should reply with a "thanks but I don't do art anymore sorry" or something a bit more witty. Idk. But I'm not witty. But I am apparently very sentimental considering I've kept this ask as what I now think was hopes of someday coming back to answer it properly if I ever got out of the rutt I felt I was stuck in forever.

And I did get out.

Comparison is one of the worst things an artist can do to themselves. In comparing, i set unrealistic expectations for myself and my art. And in doing so I nearly lost the one thing that I think genuinely makes me happy. (I'm not even kidding like I couldn't even do a silly doodle without hating it) I personally think it's great to have big goals and big dreams with your own art. But to expect yourself to reach those things right off the bat or in a shorter time frame than is realistic is just going to put pressure on your shoulders that will inevitably make doing art feel like a burden since it feels like you're working so hard and not seeing any results. But it's because the results you're expecting aren't things that happen so easily with everyone.

There's also the fact that in setting these unrealistic expectations and comparisons, I began to dislike my art because I wasn't doing it for myself. Not really anyways. I was doing it for my expectations. But not for my enjoyment. I could only enjoy it if I met my expectations. But I never did (since they were so high and not reasonable) and so I stopped feeling the satisfaction and joy that comes with creating.

So, obviously in the time I was away I had to focus on 1. Being more realistic in my expectations and 2. Having fun. These seem very obvious things for any artist to do or remember but I needed the reminder apparently. And I try to keep that in mind everytime I do art now. I try not to be too harsh on myself and just enjoy the process. Because the process of creating is very nice and I missed it quite a lot. I missed getting an idea, sketching it out and slowly but surely bringing that idea to life. Even if it's just a silly fanart. It makes me happy to see it because after so long not creating a thing and hating it all, it's like welcoming back a dear friend. And that friend is me and my art.

💚💖💚

All this to say, I decided to pursue art more seriously and intentionally because I like it. I like the process of creating. I like the end results. Art is something I've always done and it's something I hope to always do in the future. It's not my job. But it's a hobby I pursue with intention because it feels good to share my art and it feels good to have it be appreciated and it feels even more fantastic to actually have someone like it so much they want to buy it (shout out to that person who earned me 25 cents on my first Redbubble sale. I actually cried). It's satisfying and validating, I, of course, won't let myself get swept up in the validation from others anymore. But I pursue it with purpose because art was never just some little thing for me. And hopefully it never will be.

But thank you again anon for your ask, I am very sorry I gave you unnecessary art journey details and rants in this answer but I hope you know your words were very helpful and if I'm being honest very motivating. To think at least one person liked my art enough to say it in ask form was something that made me feel better every now and then.

[sag-dab-sar]

Note to readers: I wrote this before checking their blog. This person claims they've experienced "apotheosis" (divinehood/deification: wikipedia info) and that they have a "genuine claim to the label godkin" and in a separate post states "I am not human. I am magic." Also outright tells Haides "So you, Hades, you fucking bastard, dickless coward with a poorly-shaven beard and no sense of true pride." and says that Hades godspouses should beware because they "hate your hubby and he hates me" 🙃 So why am I interacting? Because this took way way too much work, so I'm not deleting it. But the person I'm responding to, you can just ignore this because I have no patience for anyone claiming any level of divinity, even if its a past life, nor patience for anyone who outright insults any Theos especially to that degree and openly hates them. As for readers do not send this person hate or harass them if you have a problem with them/their statements just block. Stay out of their inbox don't be an asshole.

-🔹-

Anyways moving on...

But it's still.. You have to take the time to get to know a deity.

Fun fact: No you don't!

How many Athenian's had to get to know Athena before worship? Everyone? No. Most people? No.

How many people of Ur had to get to know Inanna & Nanna before worship? Everyone? No. Most people? No.

How many Japanese people need to get to know their local Kami (Ujigami) before worshipping them? Everyone? No. Most people? No. (Kami aren't 100% synonymous with "Gods")

How many Taiwanese & Chinese people need to get to know Mazu before worshipping her? Everyone? No. Most people? No.

How many Hindus need to get to know Shiva before worship? Everyone? No. Most people? No

Its almost like polytheistic practices are followed by hundreds of millions of people.

You absolutely DO NOT need any sort of interpersonal connection with a deity— you don't need "quality time" like some sort of friendship to get to know them at literally any point: be it your first week of worship or your 12th year. Nor do you need to have any sort of sign, knowledge of their personal preferences, or whatever other UPG this community won't shut the fuck up about. More loud emphatic discussion here.

The prep someone needs to do is accepting that working with a deity will change your life and circumstances, mentally or otherwise. There's no avoiding that.

I must be some sort of miracle then because I certainly did no preparation. I've been practicing for over a decade. Polytheism is not hard. It just fucking isn't. Have some more emphatic discussion here.

-🔹-

Polytheistic cultures past and present wove the Gods (and many other types of spirits) into their lives and communities. Because The Gods and a variety of spirits are just apart of life.

You don't need to "get to know" Hestia before worshipping her. Not every ancient Greek person took the time to focus on religious practice enough for such a feat of "getting to know" her. For them it's simply a fact that the hearth played a role in domestic rites [1]. She was also fundamental in some cities' politics [2] stressing how inseparable religious beliefs and political activities were. Ancient Greek festivals were plentiful, mixed "religion", sport, art, and sense of community [3]. Not all participants got to know the Gods being celebrated— and their worship was no less sincere.

You don't even need to "get to know" your personal Diĝir, they could be nameless, related to your profession, related to your family, or one of higher cosmic Gods [4] [5]— kind of like a patron saint though not exactly. Its a thing that sounds alien to Mesopotamian tradition since paying honor to the Gods, was necessary for the well being of the person, the household, and the city/empire [6], it wasn't some personalized cultivated spiritual endeavor by every Mesopotamian. Gods where not some separate domain. Not to mention divination was a profession [7] since it is utterly absurd to imply every ancient person communed with the divine for guidance by themselves.

You don't need to "get to know" Amaterasu-Ōmikami or Oharashisama [8] before installing a Jingū Taima [9] within a Kamidana— which Ise Grand shrine distributed 4 million in 2011 [10]. Japanese people might have Kamidana in their homes— but they also might in their workplace [11] (not all have Jingu Taima). Because Kami are not some separate religious thing that needs to be deeply learned by every individual person in Japan. Japanese people make the first shrine visit within the first 3 days of the year called Hatsumode. And its not a small number, 3.5 million visited Meiji Jingu, 3.1 million to Kawasaki-Daishi, 2.7 Million to Fushimi-Inari and also 2.8 million to the Senso-Ji Buddhist Temple [12] and there are thousands of shrines in the country. Kami, (as well the various Buddhist spirits that I don't know enough to talk about but here is some info), are simply apart of life, they aren't entities you need to square out time in your day to "get to know," them.

You don't need to "get to know" Mazu before going on the Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage, that 4 million people attend each year [13]. She has 5000 temples and her veneration is listed by UNESCO as a representative of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity [14]. One of her Temples, Thian Hock Keng, is designated as a National Monument of Singapore [15]. Chinese folk religion isn't some sort of central institution. It communal. You can go to a temple, buy some incense, pray with it, and leave it in the incense holders (if they are there) without ever "getting to know" a God or spirit [16]. Trying to define it as a religion in the western sense fails to capture the actual tradition because the practice is cultural and readily mixed with other Chinese philosophies not some religious "identity" [17].

The idea that any ancient pantheon required everyone to have interpersonal (getting to know) relationships with deities or that culture's variety of spirits is utterly absurd, we are talking hundreds to thousands of people depending on time and place.

So. No. You don't need to get to know them. This should make the meaning of my original post crystal clear.

🔷 Notes 🔷

▪️ THIS EXCLUDES CLOSED PRACTICES

▪️It is important that you follow tradition when worshipping Kami and be respectful when visiting Shinto Shrines & Buddhist Temples (info) and also when visiting any variety of Chinese/Taiwanese Shrines/Temples (info).

▪️I didn't add a section of Hinduism because I ran out of energy whilte writing this. I was using these three as the proof of living traditions— there is no reason to think these principles were different in 'dead' traditions.

▪️Didn't even attempt to proof read this I'm so tired by the end. Whatever dyslexia did in a first draft just go with it.

▪️Read article on Haides (link) or better yet peruse his Theoi Project page (link)

▪️Sources:

[1] Referencing a review written by John Gladhill of Household Gods: Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome by Alexandra Sofroniew. Link

[2] "Hestia: Hearth, Goddess, and Cult" by Mika Kajava in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 102. Link.

[3] "Ancient Festivals and Their Cultural Contribution to Society" by Ioanna-Soultana Kotsori. University of Peloponnese, Kalamata, Greece. Link.

[4] Summary of "The Personal Deity in the Ancient Mesopotamian Religion" lecture give by Prof Ichiro Nakata Doshisha University. Link.

[5] Treasures of Darkness Chapter 5 by Thorkild Jacobsen. Internet Archive — though it says borrowing is unavailable.

[6] "Living Deities: Ancient Mesopotamian Patron Gods & Their Statues" by Iilias Luursema (MA & MS) in The Collector. Link.

[7] "On the Beginnings and Continuities of Omens Sciences in the Ancient World" by Amar Annus in Divination and Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World, University of Chicago.

[8] Daijingu Temple of Hawaii had their Jingu Taima listed as for Oharashisama, the household God. Link. While generally Jingu Taima are seen as representing Amaterasu-Ōmikami as mentioned in source 9. From what I've read Jinja Honchō, Association of Shinto Shrines, doesn't actually define Jingu Taima.

[9] "Jingū Taima" by Nakanishi Masayuki in the Encyclopedia of Shinto maintained by Kokugakuin University. Link.

[10] Wikipedia page on Jingū Taima. Link. Citing a Japanese article "神札:頒布１４０周年記念、神宮大麻の歴史など紹介 伊勢・徴古館で企画展/三重" Roughly translated: "Jingu Taima: 140th anniversary of its distribution, introducing the history of Jingu Taima, special exhibition at Chokokan, Ise/Mie." Link.

[11] "Why do so many Japanese Companies worship Shrines and Kamidana" by Yasuhiro Matsumoto blog. Link.

[12] "Hatsumode" on Japan Experience. Link.

[13] "8 Things you didn't know about Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage" on Taiwan-scene. Link.

[14] "Mazu Belief and Customs." UNESCO. Link.

[15] List on Singapore government website Roots. Have to scroll a few down. Link.

[16] "How to visit a Chinese Temple" on Chinese Highlights. Link.

[17] "Exploring Chinese folk religion: Popularity, diffuseness, and diversities." by Zhang, C., Lu, Y., & Sheng, H. in Chinese Journal of Sociology, 7. Link.

There is no such thing as a beginner deity.

There is no necessary changes you need to make to your life in order to worship a deity.

There is no psychological preparation that needs to be done.

You don't need to break a habit. Reframe your psyche. Finish medical treatment. Reach a life 'milestone'. in order to worship a deity.

If anything you should approach a deity to help you through these things.

Learning the religion can occur at the same time as worship. They can be parallel events.

You can begin worshipping a deity the day you read this. There is no future point in time where you will somehow be more ready to approach a deity.

You are already ready.

[leadendeath]

GREETINGS EVERYONE 🔥

Hi I’m Synth and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

I do art when I'm not overcome with everything. See it all HERE: @leadendeath-art

Old furry/fursona-centric blog was @constantpenumbra but tumblr hates furs and loves hiding blogs for no reason 🙃 no notes on anything my detested. Go there to see an archive I guess.

#my art is the tag for... my art. on this blog. Support me with a reblog and I will think about you for weeks. Illnesses impair me from performing at my best, but I still try.

I take comms 👀 always under 50 dollarydoos! just send me a message or ask here ‼️Currently I have open PWYW traditional art comms here! AND furry badges- with an embroidered twist! wow‼️

I am leadendeath most places, and the places I'm not, you may ask for if you so wish.

I have a silly amount of sideblogs, they are for niche subjects which I like to split up for ease of categorization. This is now my new main, it was my furry blog but now my main/primary. My old one was @finalrestingplace.

i've never stated what i would like people to tag for, but i'm making a change for that now. Please tag #cats and #scars for me, i would appreciate it immensely. i am not body-shaming, it's for personal comfort and cheaper than therapy.

Be warned- some unsafe for work stuff here, please Do Not Follow if under 18, but just reblogs (of sfw content) are allowed if you’re just passing by :) I don’t tend to tag unsafe for work. As this is not a pr0n blog- it is for sometimes artposting of SFW- I don't block ageless blogs, so please let me know if my following you makes you uncomfortable and I will unfollow quick-fast! If I see a minor interacting with Not SFW the block is automatic however.

Not a fan of spam likers but spam REBLOGGERS? 😳👉👈 (any rebloggers do interact. it’s what this site’s for! please share your tags with me please)

On RP blogs- not my thing but if I follow you, it’s for your art, not for RP! Feel free to follow me back if you like but we won’t be interacting in-character.

Unfortunately it's been made apparent to me that I should add that I am mentally ill to my bio, so if I say strange things or do apparently strange behaviors such as turning off reblogs, posting a lot then none for a while, talking about not being able to do stuff I could do before… then that's why. Cringe! (wanting to get better though, i'll get better, i must)

[rommaru]

4, 8, 12, 16 for the Art Ask game. 🙂

Thanks for the ask! ✨

4. Fav character/subject that’s a bitch to draw

In general, men who aren't twinks. I'm better at drawing feminine bodies, that's why I don't oftenly draw my beefy OCs. Muscles are hard to understand.

8. What’s an old project idea that you’ve lost interest in

Comics are my biggest weakness. All my comic projects are undone 🙃 The only one that has gone far is this one. I think a lot about making short comics for the story of my demi-gods but being a slow artist wouldn't help as I can lost interest on one drawing if I haven't touched it in days plus I can't focus on one panel each time. I even have a Fenro comic I started in January, it's just there collecting dust.

12. Easiest part of body to draw

The torso, it is the one I have to do less corrections, plus is the one that guides me to shape the rest of the body. I usually draw the head first, then torso, then limbs.

16. Something you are good at but don’t really have fun doing

Linework. I’m quite proud of that skill but it is not something I always enjoy, especially on traditional art yet I don’t hate it.

[parcai]

I thought you wanted to be a lawyer

yeah until i was like 14. and that's why i liked it, i think. it's liberal arts and politics: basically my bread and butter.

but like it's still part of my overall point tho 😶 even if it's not a traditional art job like i was implying earlier. have y'all ever crunched the numbers for being a lawyer? there's a reason i changed my mind on that career and it's not bc i stopped being interested in that field.

being a lawyer is one of the worst fucking "prestigious" jobs, ratio wise, and it's even worse bc people talk about it like being a doctor or an engineer for example. i'm not going to get into bc i've already been upset for like 3 years 🙃 but on god it's so annoying. stem is great, and i'm not even bad at stem or anything, but i'm just v frustrated w the turn of events

like how fucking pathetic is it that all i want to do is enter a career i'm going to hate, so i can get rich enough to stop doing things i hate 😐 it's a never ending cycle, and the irony is not lost on me.

[felidthing]

🙃 and 🌗 for the artist asks!

🙃 Which is easier: faces facing left, right, or front view?

definitely left since im right-handed. right facing isnt actually too hard, but i HATE drawing people facing forward. hate it so much. i can never get the eyes right whether its size or positioning or whatever. also the straight ahead eye contact is Augh

🌗 Is night or day better for drawing?

my "art frenzies" almost always happen at night, when i draw like six things in a row. but i usually do finished/clean art during the day! so i guess night is better for ideas and sketching and day is better for executing those ideas.

^ thats all based on digital art btw. all my traditional art is sketches anyway but i draw throughout the day pretty much whenever i go out somehwere