#I'm sorry I don't do free art I only want to dedicate my skills to my obsessions

[nouverx]

Just for clarification, I am open to art requests BUT ONLY for prompts/ideas that are interesting to me and give me inspiration. Since I'm into Hazbin Hotel lately that's most likely what I'll draw, I'm very open to any cute ideas and scenarios that will come my way (especially if it's about the murderous deer man ❤)

However it's not supposed to be a way for you to get free art about your ocs ahah. Plus I'm free to draw whatever I want and I might never draw your prompts, please don't take it personally

Thank you ❤

[gunophilia]

Hello, before I get too far into it, I'm just going to give my main point right away:

I get it.

Writing is hard. Art in general is hard, but in my experience, finding the motivation to continue a story is one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life. Trying to find the words to explain it is difficult, ironically, how do you really explain the overwhelming want to do only to loss all motivation the second you actually try? It's not that I don't want to write, I absolutely do, and I have all these stories and plots and ideas inside my head but the second I try and put pen to paper it feels impossible.

I guess I'll compare it to something else, albeit in a similar field. When I was younger, I loved to dry. Every moment of freetime I got in elementary school was dedicated to doodling all over my worksheets and notebook paper. And I was terrible at it, absolutely horrendous, but the best part was that I didn't care. I liked drawing, it never mattered to me how good it was. Until someday it did, and I realized that my skill level didn't match my standards, so I stopped. And every time afterward, when I would draw, no matter if it was a doodle in the corner or I tried to sit down and focus, I always gave up because it felt pointless. I'd lost my motivation, and so I gave up for years and I felt disappointed in myself. The same sort of thing happened with writing, one day I realized I wasn't happy with what I was doing because it felt armature.

At some point, about almost a year ago, I decided completely out of the blue that I wanted to try drawing again, so I bought a tablet to make sure I had to commit and couldn't give up like all the other times, I had a sit down with myself, and I asked this question:

What do I want out of my art?

And the answer was simple, to just enjoy doing it. So that was my goal, not to get better, but to just rediscover the joy thay drawing brought me. It definitely took a while, until I was able to look at other pieces of artwork and see things I liked and wanted to do myself rather than to compare myself to them. After a while I was drawing for myself, just to have fun, and I didn't care if it was good or skillful, all that was important was that I liked it and that was enough.

I still struggle with writing, I have a storyline that I want to follow but it's still just so hard to find the motivation, and I've decided that yes, one day it is going to happen, but it doesn't need to be today, so even just writing a silly little side story or even just a couple sentences of notes is enough for now, because it's still something.

Anyways this got away from me and I think the message for lost, so I guess I'll just put it plainly here, art is hard, and even if you love doing it that sometimes actually doing it seems impossible, especially if you feel like it's something you have to do over wanting to do it.

Sorry for the essay, but I'm feeling sappy tonight and a post of yours reminded me of my own journey.

I hope this was helpful, and if not, then I'm so sorry and please feel absolutely free to ignore this.

Have a good one, and I hope writing is something you can enjoy doing just for the sake of doing it. <3

are you me from an alternate universe? (jk) your story is very similar to what I've been going through. sometimes I get a spark of inspiration, but that by itself is not enough to get me to actually sit down and do the work. I sit down, realize how much time/effort will need to be put in, and give up before I start. it really sucks. i feel like i cant/shouldn't work on anything unless it can be finished in one sitting.

[nobodyimportant41]

Hi! This is a translated version of my own challenge that i'm doing also in tmblr (so sorry if i spell something wrong!), i call it:

"The aspirations challenge"

Before we start:

You must complete the aspiration of the generation (the one they name after)

This challenge is going to be really long because of how many aspirations

At least for now, im NOT incluiding the aspirations that come with busting the dust, high school years and the refresh of spa day.

The order of the gen may be not in alphabetic order just for the sake of storytelling

You can use any mods of cc

You can't use cheats for advantage, but you can use them for storytelling or certain goals (like having twins)

The sims can look whatever you like, but they must reflect they personality

Knowing that new aspirations will come, this challenge will change

You are complety free to skip/change certain rules in case you dont have the dlc

Gen 1; serial romantic:

Story:You always were able of getting everything you wanted with your beauty, this made it super hard to be in an commitment to you.

When you turn a young adult, you decide to challenge yourself by starting an stable job! But you will go easy on you, so you would spend the rest of the time clubling and woohooing anyone! And when you mean ANYONE,you REALLY mean it!

Traits:

Romantic

Non committal

Materialistic

goals:

Max the wellness and charisma skill

Max the style influencer career (trend setter branch)

Leave at least two sims at the altar

Have only one kid

Once per in game year,have a plastic surgery (with mods or "cas.fulleditmode), each cost 10,000 simoleons.

Never get married

Never get caught cheating

PH character values:

Irresponsable

Gen 2;soulmate:

Story:you always feel inferior, everyone else were better at sports, at arts, at making friends. Everyone you care about only used for your beauty....

Even after that,you feel the need of helping the others by becoming a doctor. You thought you were married to your soulmate but..one of your workmates is REALLY making you questione it....

Traits:

Good

Melancholic

Socially ackward

Goals:

Max the bakery and knitting skills

Max the doctor career

Donate something each weekend

Go to charity with your family and/or friends once per week

Adopt at least one kid, this will be the heir

As an elder, retire and dedicate that time to your family and dotanions

PH character values:

Compassionate

Uncontrolled emotions

Gen 3; friend of the animals:

Story:you weren't mentally sane, so almost everyone ignored you, this make you love pets,since they are unable of judging, so when you see a hurted dog in the streets, you decided whats your all time goal is going to be:BUILD THE BEST VET IN THE WORLD! No no.. IN THE GALAXY!of course, with some borrowed things..

Traits:

Kleptomaniac

Erratic

Animal enthusiast

Goals:

Max the mischief and pet training skills

Have a five stars vet clinic, and steal objects for this one.

Never use friendly or funny interactions with sims -except ask to move in-

Have each type of "pet" (like hamsters,rabbits, birds,etc)

Have 4 cats and/or dogs (im deeply sorry)

Have at least 2 well mantain cowplants (do they even count as animals?)

PH character values:

Uncontrolled emotions

Gen 4;master chef:

Story:You grown up being neglected,you had to clean, educate and cook for yourself, doing this you realized that you were born for opening a restaurant! This was your life goal, you will do ANYTHING just for getting a better review, and if that implies marrying a food critic you don't love, you WILL DEFINETLY do it!

Traits:

Foodie

Unflirty

Perfeccionist

Goals:

Max the gourmet cooking and cooking skills

Max the culinary career (chef brand), retire and open a five star restaurant

Become a three stars celebrity (remember, youre a very important chef)

Marry a food critic and have a toxic relationship with them

Become a spice hound

Learn all the recipes in town

PH character values:

Good manners

Responsable

Gen 5;Master mixologist:

Story:To escape your family situation, you were mostly in CRAZY parties with your friends, you honestly feel they as your family! But, even after that, when your parent die you feel... bad,you feel that you were always in their shadow, you only want to surpass them.. Or do you really want to impress them?

Traits:

Party animal

Ambitious

Dance machine

Goals:

Max the dance and mixology skills

Max the culinary career (mixologist branch)

Have a party club with your friends

Have a club meeting every saturday

Have 5 partners

Drink at least once every drink

Marry a sim with the party animal or dance machine trait

Gen 6;Academic:

Story:You grew up in a very poor household because your parents spend most of the money in their stupid parties. You hate the idea or being as stupid as them, so you spend most of the time thinking about ways to make money...and to win debates! You REALLY like winning, especially debates!

As an adult, you decide that you will go to university to learn more about robotics and so you do!

Traits:

Genius

Self centred

Ambitious

Goals:

Max the robotics and reserch and debate skill

Max the engineer career

Make at least two servos,max one of them (or both, if you hate yourself)

Date/marry the first person you debate with, then divorce/leave it to marry one of your servos

Get at least 2 A+

Gen 7;Archaeology Scholar:

Story:If you had to say whats your favorite place is it would be definitly be the museum,you always had being an history euthusiast!. You all time dream is becoming a famous archaeologist who is know for their INCREDIBLE talented made books!

Traits:

Creative

Ambitious

Active

Goals:

Max the archaelogy and writing skills

Work in odds jobs, then in your adulthood leave it to only dedicate to write books about archaelogy

Become at least a two stars celebrity

Have max friendship with a jungle adventure skeleton

Complete the archaelogy relics collection

Have an alien baby (adoption,abandoned kid,etc, you choose)

Gen 8;Computer whiz:

Story:Even tho you were an alien, you always feel like you were part of the family. So,when your blood family wanted to contact with you, you decided it was time to use your natural talent with numbers and start learning about rockets to avoid it; But hey! At least you discovered your passion!

Traits:

Genius

Geek

Ambicious

Goals:

Max the programming and video games skills

Max the tech guru career

Create at least 10 apps

Explore sixam, but never tell it to your kids

Marry a geek sim

Have two failed relationships before getting married

Have a family game night each week

Gen 9;Nerd brain:

Story:You always been obssesed with space, but your parents always told you about how dangerous it was. You were already mad, but things got even worst when you discovered that your parents WENT TO SPACE?! You were furious, you couldn't even think of getting into a rocketship because of the SAME PEOPLE who WENT TO SPACE. From now on, you will desobey whatever they say to you!... at least you have your grandparents....

Traits:

Adventurous

Active

Ambicious

Goals:

Max the handiness and rocket science skills

Enter the athletic career,then, when you discover your parents secrets, leave it and max the astronaut career

Upgrade to the max your rocketship

Leavo someone at the altar

Visit the secret lot in Oasis Spring

Marry an alien

Gen 10;Renaissance Sim:

Story:You always were a prodigy. Everyone knows that. But the thing that no one understands is that being excellent brings more problems than solutions. You always liked art, especially the violin! But people tells you to stop thinking in arts and focuse in science because it will pay you more. Will you follow your dreams or the others dreams?...

Traits:

Genius

Art lover

Ambicious

Goals:

Max the violin and two other skills and reach level 6 in six other skills

Enter to, at least three different careers,max the last one

Have twins

Have a kid with all the positive parenthood character values and the other with all the negative ones

Have a big change in apperance and whises after your midlife crisis

Gen 11;Spellcraft & Sorcery:

Story:Yeah....you always were the black sheep of the family. While your sibling was showing up their straight As you were just thinking about magical spells and your favorite tunes with your Fs.You couldn't help but don't care! After all, people will recognize you as THE spellcaster. Capable of dominate the strongest spells and of course, your "innofensive" jokes!...And maybe your voice

Traits:

Lazy

Music lover

Goofball

Goals:

Max the mischief and singing skills

Work in odds jobs

Complete the brooms collection

Have an enemies to lovers type of relationship

Declare as an enemy a sage

"Accidentally" kill one/your enemy with your spells

Learn all of the untamed and mischief spells

Gen 12;Master vampire:

Story:You never had many friends because everyone knew the reputation of your parent. In one of daily visits to the school library, you found a book that you hadn't saw before.It was a vampire book, you liked fantasy but never read this one! You become OBSESSED with this one.Will it be better to become a nocturn beast?

Traits:

Bookworm

Socially akward

Neat

Goals:

Max the vampire folcklore and writing skills

Work publishing vampire books (turn off fame)

Have a well mantain garden (vampires also can love plants!)

Live in a victorian manor

Cut your relationship with your parents when you move out

Marry an human, then transform it

Have at least three kids

Gen 13;Angling ace:

Story:When you were a kid, you used to fish something and go back to your parents to ask for help for feeding those poor little kittens. It wasn't long when this become an habit! After all, they are only four things that you adore the most: Helping people,your family,cats,cooking Oh! And of course: water! Specially fishing! You REALLY like fishing

Traits:

Family oriented

Cat lover

Child of the oceans

Goals:

Max the fishing and gourmet cooking skills

Max the conservatist career

Become a merperson

Complete the fish collection and pin each one of them on the wall

Go to charity every friday

Have at least two cats

Gen 14;Country caretaker:

Story:You always had an....complicated relationship with your parents,while they wanted to go fishing to put that poor animal in a simple wall or even worse:FOR COOKING, you always see animals as your besties!. One day,the fight went so bad that you decided to move to a small cottage in an even smaller town, no friends,no family,no electricy or water..but you still being happy because you could afford a cow,a horse and two chickens!

Trait:

Animal entushiast

Vegeterian

Loves the outdoors

Goals:

Max the gardening and cross stiching skills

Never get a formal job,instead become a farmer and sell your products

NEVER eat or sell your animals

Live in a lot with the off the grid and simple living lot traits

Participate in every Henford-on-Bagley fair

Never use a mean interactions on animals

Gen 15;The curator:

Story:Your family teach you all about farming so that you run the family farm, thing that you didn't liked much. You know that you could do much better! Your all time dream was completing collections! You only wanted to move to Willow creek and be charismatic enough to exchange collectables!... sadly, you focused so much in collection that you forgot your family...

Traits:

Self centred

Ambicious

Eco fiend

Goals:

Max the gardening and charisma skills

Max the gardener career

Complete the crystals, elements and one more collection

Open a shop with your collections

Have triplets, at least one has to be taken away

When gen 14 pass away, decide with your siblings (if you have them) whos going to run the farm if you don't have siblings, sell it to a random townie or friend

Gen 16;Eco inovator:

Story:Growing up rich, you were mostly careless,you had the most expensive clothes, food and even bed! But, as a teen you discovered that not everyone cares about nature as much as your family; the world was becoming each day more contamineted! You never cared about helping too much. Could this be a change in your life?

Traits:

Childish

Self centred

Glutton

After drinking the re-trait potion:

Self assured

Dog lover

Eco maniac

Goals:

Max the handiness and fabrication skills

Max the civil designer career

As you turn into a young adult, drink a re-trait potion

Rescue two or more stray dogs

Live in one of the greenest city lots in the world

Have an affair with a celebrity

Gen 17;Freelance botanist:

Story:Yeah... you never were the most sane; while your siblings were playing or chatting you were also talking, BUT TO PLANTS. You become so obssesed with plants that your all time dream is become a plant-sim! But sadly, nobody believes you when you say they exist...

Traits:

Erratic

Loves the outdoors

Lactose intolerant

Goals:

Max the flower arraiging and gardening skills

Sell your plants with a stall

Become a plant sim

Plant a money tree

Complete the plant collection and plant each one of them

Have a greenhouse

Gen 18;Jungle explorer:

Story:If theres a word that describes you is materialistic; if theres another word that describes you is mischievious. When you discovered that they were lots of valuable relics in Selvadorada, you didn't doubt to go. You only went to scam people, but when THAT client come to your stall you fell in....love? Sadly they were mad at you because of the prices!

Traits:

Materialistic

Slob

Kleptomaniac

Goals:

Max the selvadorian culture and logic skills

Sell the things you find/steal (mark up prices to 300%)

Marry a client and have an enemies to lovers relationship

Learn all the selvadorian recipes

Get married only after your midlife crisis

Make enemies with a good sim

Gen 19;Purveyor of Potions:

Story:In Selvadorada, you always knew that there were lots of things that can cause sickness; thing that always drive you crazy! Whats the fun in going into nature if your getting dirty and sick!?! Your all time dream is becoming a succesful doctor! But you aren't really good at seeing blood.... if you could only make curative potions....

Traits:

Squeamish

Neat

High mantiance

Goals:

Max the wellness and painting skills

Max the doctor career

Make at least once every potion

Own a potion shop

Live in an haunted house

Complete the broom colection

Gen 20;Outdoor enthusiast:

Story:When you were little, your biggest dream was becoming a florist! But finally in your adulthood you accepted that you couldn't make many money off of it.... But in one of your trips to Granite Falls, you discovered your talent!: Painting landscapes...maybe you could work in painting!

Traits:

Creative

Outgoing

Lves the outdoors

Goals:

Max the painting and flower arraiging skills

Sell your flower arraigings as a young adult, stop it when you become an adult and max the painter career

Marry a loner sim

Have a painting club and have meetings every week

Divorce to marry your soulmate

Complete the insects collection

Gen 21;Championship Rider:

Story:Your parents were the definition of happy bohos.They loved painting and nature...while you didn't really liked it. Your biggest dream is becoming one of the most popular influencers! One day,while you were looking up the tendencies, you discovered that the most popular one was...horses?..yeah,you didn't like it,but if it makes you famous...

Traits:

Ambicious

Mean

Romantic

Goals:

Max the riding and video making skills

Become a simtuber

Become a five star celebrity

Have an affair with a fellow celebrity

Win at least 10 competitons (i recommend to write the progress somewhere)

When you move out, dont talk to your parents ever again

Have twins and only care for one

Gen 22;Expert nectar maker:

Story:You were the neglected from the family. The only ones who really cared about you were your grandparents! But,sadly,your parent didn't let you go with them very often.So you often spend your time looking up for your horses,reading cooking books and;your favorite one:baking and making mermelades! Your two dreams were getting out of the house and sell your bakes good. But without money,how are you going to make it?

Traits:

Horse lover

Foodie

Vegetarian

Goals:

Max the nectar making and bakery skills

Sell your nectar and bake goods

Make every nectar at least one

Have at least 3 mini goats and/or sheeps

As an elder,try to reconnect to your sibling (you decide if you success or not)

Have three failed relationships before you find your partner

Rescue an stray animal

Gen 23;Beach life:

Story:You admire your parents. You feeled that they had a PERFECT and organized life while you...lets say that you couldn't be in only one thing..So,to celebrate becoming young adult,your parents give you a free trip to Sulani since you adore the beach and they wanted you to relax and think about your future;little they you that you will become OBSSESED with the beach!..and with your partner

Traits:

Child of the ocean

Child of the island

Non-committal

Goals:

Max the wellness and fishing skills

As a teen, work as a lifeguard and max the athletic career

Have at least five partners

Marry your first partner

Have at least six Kava parties

Become friends with an island elemental

Have at least four kids

Gen 24;city living:

Story:You always feeled different,while your siblings were playing in the beach, you were playing videogames or playing the piano;or ehy not: a videogame about pianos! Things go even worse with your parent's dead (gen 23s partner), the family was even more separated;you love them but..it was too much! You decided to move temporally to San Myshuno,not knowing that you will stay there FOREVER!

Traits:

Geek

Outgoing

Insider

Goals:

Max the videogaming and singing skills

Max the tech guru career

Complete the My sims figure collection

Have a club meeting every week,go most of the time to karaoke bars

Go to every San Myshuno's festival

Meet your partner at a blind date

Gen 25;Mt. Komorebi Sightseer:

Story:You always work as hard as you can so that,someday,you can become a really important military officer! You first move to Strangerville for work. But when you discovered the shady things your workmates were doing,you escaped to the farest place you could go: Mt. Komorebi. Of course, you first didn't really liked the place. But,slowly your liking it more and more everyday!

Traits:

Ambicious

Paranoid

Active

Goals:

Max the fitness and skiing skills

Max the military career (officer branch)

As a young adult move to Strangerville.Close to becoming an adult,move to Mt. Komorebi

Declare as an enemy one of your bosses

Go to every Mt. Komorebi festival

Have at least one science baby (next heir)

Have a bad relationship with your kid/s

Gen 27;Strangerville mystery:

Story:You grown up fighting with your parent because they won't accept that you LOVED Strangerville and wanted to discovered what was behing the whole mystery. And things went even worse when you started dating the child of your parent enemy...but you decided that you didn't wanted to become a puppet of your parent. So you decided to escape with your couple to Strangerville!...while both of you were just TEENS only to discover the town mystery...

Traits:

Paranoid

Hot hetted

Ambicious

Goals:

Max the logic and fitness skills

Max the militar career

As a teen,move to Strangerville with your partner without telling your parents

Become best friends with the owner of the curio-shop at the moment

See your partner getting possesed

Became enemies with a fellow militar and/or scientist

Gen 28: Fount of Tomarani Knowledge:

Story:You always were kind of jealous of your parents. They were so in love, while you couldn't help but always broke up with your partners because you only cared about gossips...

As an adult, you decide to move to Tomarang, not because you like it, but because it was pretty well known that not for nothing it was known as the "capital of the gossips"; even more than San myshuno! But when you started to talk to the natives, you started to LOVE the tomarani culture!

Traits:

Un-flirty

Child of the village

Nosy

Goals:

Max the mischief and charisma

Make money by odd jobs

Break up with at least two sims

Marry a child of the village

Live since you become a young adult until you died as a tenant in Tomarang

Complete the tassels collection

Gen 29; Chief of mischief:

Story:As a child, you used to spend most of your time telling the younger ones about how the monster under the bed was going to kill them. The reason behind it? It was super fun for you watching how they run away in tears...

When you grew up,of course you still doing it! But,OF COURSE that now your classmates weren't kids,they were teens and will insult you with justification. The fact that half of the class hated you and the other half didn't care. Except for your best friend! You were both partners in crime! And maybe also for woohoo...

Traits:

Mean

Goofball

Cringe

Goals:

Max the mischief and videogames skills

Max the tech guru career

Have a woohoo partner which is also your partner in crime

As a part of you mid-life crisis, start to date them (you decide how this ends)

Even after graduation,still annoying your classmates

Have two kids with different sims

Gen 30;Public enemy:

Story:Your older sibling hated you,your parent's enemy's children hate you, kids in school hated you...You were mostly alone, building machines that only you liked... But as an young adult, you finally realized that you didn't wanted to be a crybaby anymore, you wanted to be respected! It doesn't matter if it because your great or bad reputation, they will learn NOT to mess with you because your reputation!

Traits:

As a teen:

Melancholic

Generous

After turning a young adult:

Mean

Kleptomaniac

Evil

Goals:

Max the mischief and handiness skills

Max the criminal career (boss career)

Kill at least one of the sims that reject you when you were younger

Grow at least one cowplant (they can kill!)

Be in a gang (with Extreme violence or with a club)

Drink the re-trait potion

Gen 31; Seeker of secrets:

Story: Since you were a child, you daydreamed of being a popular influencer! You didn't knew yet what your channel will be about; but you knew that it will be the number one! For becoming popular among your classmates, you started to inventing juicy gossip! The thing you didn't think about was that they will mostly dislike you instead of admiring you...

Traits:

Nosy

Self centred

Goofball

Goals:

Max the video making and charisma skills

Become a simtuber

Become at least a three stars celebrity

Have at least two secret lovers

Have only one kid

Gen 32;

[chaoticscriptures]

NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE JUST RAN INTO A LOT OF TOXIC ROLEPLAYERS!

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[artufex]

He's another Internet rando and aspiring cartoonist's (longwinded) opinion:

I think your artwork and storytelling are great. I've said before how much reading Rigsby Jeordie's story has been really relatable and cathartic as a queer black kid in rural America (though I was from the South, not the Midwest). I am also really invested in Cheap Thrills Jeordie's story and how it ends. I'm also a lot more invested in Beth, Anna, Eric, and everyone else in RWI than I was in CT (no digs at CT, I just think you've become an even better storyteller over time).

Beyond that, I'm really sorry there hasn't been as much of an audience overlap between the furry and the human stuff. It sucks when artists get pegged by others into a niche that may not fit where the artist wants to go.

It always takes hard work and dedication, and you've got that in spades, but there is a bit of luck too. Luck on finding your audience, luck in appeasing "the algorithm", luck in finding the fans zealous enough to share your work, luck with getting fans who can afford to support you monetarily.

And I'm not saying you're taking any of that for granted, I don't think you are, but I'm pointing out that a lot of our individual successes come from circumstances outside of our control. You do what you can and hope to get the recognition you deserve.

That can be demoralizing, but it's also freeing in that we can just focus on what we can control: trying to self advertise, encouraging others to share our work, and, most importantly, enjoying the process of making art.

I think it's impossible to not care about numbers while living in a capitalist system. Our livelihoods are tied to spending some, typically large fraction of our finite lifetimes laboring to generate "value" and receiving a portion of that value as wages. We're socialized to see everything as monetizable and to validate our worth through capital or attention that we can translate into capital (for ourselves but mostly for platform owners and advertisers--which is why we're seen as "content producers" and not artists). If something isn't profitable or isn't popular, it's not worth doing.

That's how we're incentivized to think, but that kind of thinking is the death of artistry. That's why I think it's really important to try and focus on the joy of creation and the satisfaction of a job well done. What's the point in having a popular comic if you hate making it? If the focus is making profit, why not focus on something more reliably profitable like the assured income of a steady day job? Forgive me if I'm overstepping, but I think you keep making stuff because there's something you want to express, something that only you can do in the way that you do it. And, of course, making any money at all from something you enjoy doing certainly helps.

For my part, I love CT and that was why I initially became a Patron, but I also love RWI and now I'm here for both projects. I want to see the stories you're telling, but more than anything I want you to be invested in telling these stories, because those emotions, that investment permeates your work and, IMO, makes it worth reading and worth telling people about.

There's a lot of things in life that we have to do. I really hope that you don't come to see Cheap Thrills, or furry art, or any art (besides commissions) as an obligation to anyone but yourself. Or that Rigsby, WI is somehow worth less than CT or other comics because it's not as popular as CT was/is. I would hate it if your passion died, or if you quit posting art. I don't know you personally, but because you are a person, I think both you and your work are valuable, separate from the money and attention your work receives.

Again, as an internet rando and a fellow artist, I don't expect my words to fix anything, but I hope you'll consider that popularity and profitability may not be synonymous with artistic value or a cartoonist's skill.

I’m starting to think my comics might be bad, and not even in an interesting way. Just boring writing with mid art

[kainablue]

I think I'll go on hiatus

With work and personal life, I can't find enough energy to spend on other people's wips. I want to dedicate my time to improving my drawing and coding skills and, hopefully soon, I'll restart my visual novel. I'm also reediting my book in Serbian, which I can't post here.

I'm sorry if I'm being selfish, but right now, tumblr doesn't give me the pleasure I used to experience. I only feel it as obligation to check the activity on my profile. I don't feel like I'm interacting, it's like I'm just doing my homework

Don't get me wrong - I still think that tumblr is the best platform out there and that writeblr community is one of the kindest there is! But right now, I need to place myself and my craft first.

The only blog I'll try to update regularly is @howl-of-the-blood as soon as I start working on my visual novel again.

You can find me far more active on @/KainaBlue on Twitter but it's NSF*W and on @/BlueKaina_legit which is my SFW Twitter dedicated to Slavic culture, art, books and my visual novel.

I'm trying to put things on queue but at some point it might run dry.

I will still check tumblr regularly (and I still have the app on my phone), but I will use it to just scroll and consume. Feel free to DM me if you want to get in touch with me.

I apologize to all people that have me on their taglists - I won't be able to interact with you for the time being. I might sound silly, but I am emotionally invested with this community and your work. That's why I need to make some distance.

Love ya!

Kat 💙

[thewolfmanslayer]

Honestly the amount of people who say artists and writers should do stuff for free, or try to rip them off on comissions still royally piss me off.

I think the worst part of it is the entitlement, I dont want to make this too much about generations but a lot of commissioners are millenial/Gen z's who grew up on the "steal and pirate everything" mentality, take everything that you can because no one else is going to hand it to you. which I can get behind, when you are screwing over MULTI BILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES. NOT THE STRUGGLING ARTISTS AND WRITERS who are trying to keep food on the table as desperately as you probably are!

It's simple, you wouldn't walk into a restaurant, order food and tell the server "sorry I don't have any money, but I've got like a few thousand followers on social media, I can get your name out there, get the restaurant some exposure" NO! They don't need "exposure" they need you to pay the damn bill!

On top of that, most of these artists and writers ALREADY HAVE FOLLOWINGS. They already have thousands of people following them, waiting for the chance to get a commission, who are willing to pay for said commission, they don't need "exposure" when they're already out there! He'll even the artists and writers with a few hundred don't need it, they'll get more followers as time goes by, their skill alone will see to it.

And what is with people trying to get free art and writing? It's not going to work! You can't harass someone until they cave, trust me, you'll be long since blocked before you even have the opportunity. I don't do comissions, online anyways, but my own friends and family, people who actually know me STILL PAY ME whenever they ask for me to do art for them because they KNOW it takes TIME AND EFFORT.

How many times do we need to have this discussion???? Like when is it going to finally click that people who need to pay their bills just as much as you do AREN'T going to do this shit for free!?

Here's the thing about art and writing, that you've heard a billion times but still aren't getting; IT. TAKES. TIME. AND. EFFORT. TO. GET. DONE. the art isn't going to magically appear and the writing isn't going to suddenly write itself, if either were so convenient YOU WOULDNT BE ASKING AN ARTIST OR WRITER IN THE FIRST PLACE!

Look at that, you see that? The first picture I did back in 2012-13, the picture beside it? I did that TWO YEARS AGO. I didn't suddenly know exactly what to do, or had anything close to a god given talent for drawing (I'm not that talented). The first picture WAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST I COULD DO AT THE TIME THAT I MADE IT. In the time between these two drawings I admittedly took a break from art, but then I got back into it four years ago. EVEN STILL that was four YEARS of starting over from the basics, relearning everything, learning new things, wanting to actually improve my art.

Which, guess what, DID NOT HAPPEN OVER NIGHT. It was HOURS UPON HOURS of my limited free time as an adult drawing over and over and over and over again, every single goddamn day to get to the point that I was able to make that redraw look as good as it does in comparison. He'll, my art now puts them both to shame! Because I spent the time improving my quality!!

Now look at these artists doing comissions, they've probably put EVEN MORE of their time to get that good! They've put in LITERAL YEARS of sweat, blood, tears, frustrations and dedicated hardwork. Some did the same as me, self teaching and lots of practice, others probably had to go to school, which definitely wasn't cheap. But all of us put in that time and effort TO REACH THESE POINTS. Of being better artists, developing our styles, getting faster at drawing.

And maybe you think that this is super easy, right? That I or every other artist can just fire some art off and boom its good and done in like an hour?

FUCK. NO.

Even now it takes me several hours a day OVER MANY DAYS to make something exceptionally good! It doesn't matter how good an artist is, it still. Takes. Time.

Maybe the issue is that you don't understand how much actually goes into art, let me break it down for you, the steps that most people follow to finish ONE drawing.

-Rough draft: general character outline, get a feel for what I want to draw.

-Rough sketch: I start doing a bit of pencil to start filling in details like mouth, nose, eyes, hair, clothes. Ect.

-Penciling: I go over the rough sketch and clean everything up, maybe do some editing, this is when you can start making out all the details.

-Ink: I trace over the finished pencil with a pen tool and actually have the line art, everything looks clean, presentable, it actually looks like a character now. I'll spend time editing this and possibly redoing the inking many times over to get to a point where I like it.

-Flat color: I decide on which colors to use for skin tone, clothes accessories. Ect.

-Shading/highlights: I figure out where my light source is and how strong it is, I then apply the correct amount of lighting and shadows to the color to give it depth, I also have determine the texture of skin, clothes and accessories to make everything look real and natural.

-Blending: I smooth out the shading and highlights so that it looks more natural and isn't too hard (noticeable difference between color) so that it looks as natural as possible.

-Finish: I go over last minute details, finish any editing or corrections that need to be done. Once it's good I call it a day.

Each process is longer in length then the previous, with the exception of the final editing (as long as everything looks good) and even the rough draft can take some time. Over all this is SEVERAL HOURS of work for a SINGLE DRAWING.

So is it sinking in yet? How much is put into doing even a single character drawing? God forbid if its done with background. This isn't a "scratch a pen around and be done with it in ten minutes" kinda deal, no, this is SEVERAL HOURS OF SOMEONES LIFE BEING PUT INTO THIS

And if you still have the AUDACITY to try and wrangle free art from an artist then there's no helping you, you're just a selfish piece of shit, no question and I want nothing to do with you.

Someone might say "But I got free art/writing from.-" look I don't give a shit if someone did something for you THAT ONE TIME, these other artists and writers? Totally seperate and different people. You're one freebie experience does not, and should not apply to other artists and writers.

"But what if I really want this commission but don't have the money right now?" Well, that's tough shit. Save up and properly commission them when you can, it's not their problem.

"But what if I'm in a really bad financial situation and really want it?" That sucks, and I'm sorry, but again, not their problem. Chances are this is their only source of income and they need to make money so that they don't end up in a similar situation.

"They have a gift! They should share it!" What kind of cheap ass- LOOK, just because someone is talented or really good at something does not automatically obligate them to do anything for total strangers in anyway shape or form. These are living, breathing people, the same as you. They need to eat, they need to pay rent/mortgages, they need to pay vet bills, send their kids to college, do their taxes and everything else that YOU YOURSELF need to do. Asking anyone to spend their time doing something for free, when that something is how THEY ARE SURVIVING is beyond asinine. Not only that, this obviously isn't a hobby to them, it is very clearly THEIR JOB. Would you want to do a job where you didn't get paid at all? Doing a shit ton of work for absolutely nothing? No? Didn't think so.

"It shouldn't be about the money!" Well unfortunately, as with almost every other job, it is. We live in a world where we desperately need to make money in order to survive. That's the painful fact of the matter. If money never had to be an issue ever again then this would be a very different story. But it's not, plain and simple as can be.

Look, these people are just like you, artists and writers who are just trying to get by in a shitty ass world, using the one thing they have that let's them have an income. Leave them be, don't try and trick them, guilt them, or cuss them out when you don't get your way. Either properly comission or leave them the hell alone, plain and simple.

[miss606writes]

hello! can i ask which is your first zine? i'm wondering if you could give tips on applying for a zine as a mod when you don't have previous zine experience? sorry for the weird questions!

Hello!! 💞 Not a weird question at all!

My first zine as mod would be @knymysticzine! They took me in as inexperienced as I was and patiently learned me everything I needed to know, and more!

Some tips that I can think of from the top of my head:

If possible, start out as contributor! This helps a lot to learn the process and ways of a zine before you step into the bigger role of modding.

Apply for positions like a mod intern (where no experience is required), a writing/beta or art mod if you're a writer or artist, or even a social media mod if you're good at social media!

Take a look at the current team, if possible, before applying! You'll want to work with an organized team who has already done successful zines to show you the ropes! And inexperienced team might overwhelm you/teach you wrong.

Don't lie on your application, even if it's a zine you really really want to mod for! This breaks faith and trust in you as mod, and again, sliding into a high risk position unqualified might overwhelm you.

Don't bite off more than you can chew! This might sound ironic coming from someone modding as many zines as I am, but you need to look at the amount of free time you have available and know your own limits and then from that gauge how many zines you can mod at the same time. For someone starting out, I'd suggest staying to one for at least a few months until you're fairly far into the zine process!

Show your dedication when applying! When answering the app questions, answer them with vigour and be specific of what you can bring as mod!

Remember to take criticism objectively! Usually your mod team is just trying to help and teach you the ways, so don't take criticism too personally. Mull over what was said and thank the team for helping to guide you in the correct direction!

Be proud of your creativity! Sometimes mods get so used to the ways of zine modding that they don't consider better ways to do things! As a green mod, you might come up with a lot of creative and more efficient ways of doing things! Share your thoughts with your mod team!

DON'T ATOP APPLYING!!! I was rejected from zines (applied as contributor) for a whole YEAR!! And then I got my first acceptance email!! And then I built experience as contributor and I started applying for mod positions! And I was rejected again and again and again until I finally got that acceptance email and I was overjoyed! From there on I was able to build my experience to what it is now. So don't be disheartened and quit! Keep going!

Familiarize and teach yourself skills that will help you as mod! Figure out how to make sheets, forms, carrds, anything and everything! This will look good on your application and will help you a lot when you get accepted- it will limit the time you'd have wasted trying to figure everything out!

I'm sure there are more, but these are the only ones I can think of at the moment! I hope they help a lil! Goodluck on your journey of zine modding!

Love and light 💞

[cs-discourse]

here we go

https://cs-discourse.tumblr.com/post/179953845684/uuuuwuu-every1-whos-concerned-abt-biased-judging

ok this attitude has been pissing me off long enough that it's time for one of my Big Ole Posts (tm) about how shitty this is! thanks. 

uuuuwuu every1 whos concerned abt biased judging in comps is just soooow entitled !!!1 i cant bewieve ppl wouldnt want some1 whos literally explicitly stating at this point that they trust their friends more to "demonstrate dedication to the character" they assign to a design to b an influence in judging comps !!!!!11 bc artists Never weigh in on other artist's comps, so obviously thes ppl just want fwee merc designs !!!1!!1 also my last braincell just died pleas h

so here's the og post in question for quick reference

i honestly have no idea why people keep bringing up this idea of bias in judging competitions because, while i do think there is a type of bias that certainly exists, i think a lot of so-called "bias" that people have is ... not whatsoever like what people think it is lol. artists are people and there's always going to be SOME kind of bias no matter what you do, because it's literally fuckin impossible to NOT be biased. by that i mean:

your taste in plots/types of characters/medias influence your judging

quality of writing or art can influence your judging

the person who's applying for the adopt you may have previous judgement about

even if you say you aren't biased, you STILL have preferences and tastes in things that you prefer more than others, which in of itself is a kind of bias

people who know you (friends for example) will naturally know what your taste is. 

a competition is judged based on what form the artist thinks is best, right? 

NEWSFLASH EVERYONE'S IDEA OF "WHAT'S BEST" IS DIFFERENT FROM PERSON TO PERSON ..... "BEST" is literally the most subjective thing there is, and while i agree that there are certain aspects of art and writing that you can use as objective measurements of tangible skill, it's... still subjective. what people think is "best" will vary from person to person because we all have different tastes. so, essentially, this boils down to the idea that the winner of an adopt competition will ALWAYS be the form the artist liked best, because that is what the artist perceives as best. so like. when people appear biased in adopt competitions towards friends or certain circles, it's probably because they're literally friends because they have similar tastes in things, and therefore the form the artist likes best is naturally going to be from someone who shares similar tastes. 

so whenever i hear about """bias""" in competitions i just kind of roll my eyes tbqh because it's usually followed by complaints of "BUT I PUT IN SO MUCH EFFORT" or "I WROTE SO MUCH MORE THAN THE WINNER" uhhhh. if adopt contests were won by effort alone it wouldn't be a contest, it'd be an endurance test lol. literally just "who has the most time to waste writing out 60000k words of absolute meaningless fluff"... because, i hate to break it to you, but ANYONE can write 5000 words of mindless drivel that has literally no substance to it. 

now in caps for emphasis. takes a deep breath

THERE IS NO SKILL NEEDED TO BLOAT YOUR WORD COUNT. 

YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW HOW TO WRITE WELL TO WRITE 5000 WORDS.

YOU JUST NEED TO KNOW HOW TO TYPE AND PUT SENTENCES TOGETHER.

quality > quantity, always. like, i'm sorry you put in so many hours of effort but, those people who win with MUCH smaller wordcounts... did they not work to get as good as they did with writing? you put in 5 hours into one tryout. but others, take me for example: i have been writing for over 10 bloody years. i've worked hard to improve my writing, so you can't tell me i "didn't put in as much effort" as you because i did. i put in YEARS of work to get better so doing simple things would take me LESS time now. inb4 IT'S UNFAIR! dude, the literal definition of a contest is for the best to win. it wouldn't be a contest if it wasn't like that lol. it'd just be charity. what you should be doing instead of complaining about it is ASKING FOR CRIT and WORKING TO IMPROVE like a good sport? i get that it's discouraging but you should be prepared to lose when you join a contest. it's valid to be upset about but the moment you say you deserve it more than others JUST because of your effort, then i have a problem. 

and you know, there's gonna be times where i think a comp winner is objectively less skilled than other tryouts. honestly i just kind of shrug that off on account of different taste lol. sometimes that's just how it be, bc of those predetermined biases i mentioned before, and maybe a judge and i are just in completely stages of life so what i call quality might not appeal to the judge. that's also fine. anyway this really got off on a tangent but i'm leaving it in bc i think it needs saying. back to the og post

 > i cant bewieve ppl wouldnt want some1 whos literally explicitly stating at this point that they trust their friends more to "demonstrate dedication to the character" they assign to a design to b an influence in judging comps !!!!!11

wtf didn't i address this in a different post

here let me link it for you

https://cs-discourse.tumblr.com/post/179841459154/post179838988303-the-difference-is-that-you-have

which was replying to this: https://cs-discourse.tumblr.com/post/179838988303/179837734509-idk-anon-i-kinda-agree-with-the

i said it once but i'll say it again: artist entries aren't main adopts lol. people don't work for artist entries. all you fucking do is post on one like "can i have this pls" .. there is... no effort put into that lol. main adopts you WORK for. it's a CONTEST. claiming an artist entry is NOT a contest. if a bunch of little nasty gremlins come running up to me like a hungry horde trying to be the first one to claim my design, i think giving friends first pick is COMPLETELY FINE, BECAUSE WHAT DID ANYONE ELSE DO TO "DESERVE" THAT DESIGN? nothing. you did. nothing. you're literally coming here with this attitude that NOT GIVING THINGS AWAY TO STRANGERS FOR FREE SOMEHOW EQUALS BIAS? i literally do not understand your logic whatsoever. like. i'm trying really fucking hard. at least with main adopts the "payment" is the effort you put in trying to answer the artist's prompt. i know i sound super dumb repeating myself but i don't know how much simpler i can make this concept tbh

and this is EXACTLY why i say ya'll are fucking entitled because merc and any of the kal artists could be making REAL $$$$ selling their own designs and adoptables and art and NOT deal with all the bs ya'll throw at them. they're literally here because the ENJOY MAKING ((( FREE ))) CONTENT for you, and they're not obligated to do this. they can stop whenever they want. if you had to pay per hour for the length of time collectively worked by ANY species artist staff, the lot of you would be fucking broke. i'm actually constantly shocked that species artists work like, 8 hours or more on some of these gorgeous designs just to give them away for free in a contest. 

so, yeah, as someone who hasn't spent my entire life on CS (i've only been here for a year and a half), ya'll seem pretty fucking entitled to me lol. the world outside CS rarely gives out such gorgeous designs in write-to-adopt contests so i'm honestly baffled at the amount of bloody entitlement i see

>bc artists Never weigh in on other artist's comps, so obviously thes ppl just want fwee merc designs !!!1!!1 

this part i don't actually understand what you mean. do you mean they... help judge other comps? or like, enter them? i don't get what you mean by "weigh in" but listen, lol. just because something DOES happen doesn't mean it gives you a good reason to assume the worst. i mean... of course it happens. it's statistically impossible for skewed contests and bias to NOT happen, because there's always going to be cases of it happening. but like, what proof do you have that merc will be biased lol? like, real proof? because your main point i've basically debunked and don't believe in at all. do better than "i cant bewieve ppl wouldnt want some1 whos literally explicitly stating at this point that they trust their friends more to "demonstrate dedication to the character" they assign to a design to b an influence in judging comps !!!!!11" because this doesn't make any sense to me for the reasons i already listed above lmao. if artist entries were supposed to be contests they'd be contests. what the hell makes you important enough to get first dibs on a stranger's work. ARTIST ENTRIES AREN'T EVEN MADE TO BE GIVEN AWAY, THEY'RE MADE AS ARTIST ENTRIES.... LIKE.... JESUS i struggle to understand ya'll

anyway im done here, if you wanna actually talk and debate this hmu on discord at lysander#9229 bc if you actually talk to me instead of spew this hot mess on the blog i might actually listen to you and change my mind and be nice about it instead of being a condescending bitch. 

wait one more thing

>also my last braincell just died pleas h

yea clearly

p.s., why do you ppl keep going to the blog to give critique on merc's designs when on literally every other design merc makes there's this:

https://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3950980

here i even linked it for you. idk why it's so hard for yall to give constructive crit like decent human beings

[momo-de-avis]

I'm going through a really long burn out. I don't have the energy or inspiration to draw anything, but I love drawing, a lot. I tried to reflect on the reason for this burn out and I'm 100% sure it's because of school and the stress of it. To make matters worse this year I need to choose what I'm going to follow next year, and I know it's arts but my mom is really against it so this burn out is making me terrified because my mom will use this as proof I'm not really meant for arts. 1/2

2/2 So I can't take a break from whats burning me out (school), I don't want to show I'm not drawing (and this stresses me even more and worsens the burn out) and I can't do something I love. My school productivity is getting worse (plus my classmates are loud so I can't concentrate in school) and I'm getting closer to a meltdown every day. I have no idea what to do...

Hey anon, sorry I am just now answering, just got on my laptop.

I completely understand that fear: that putting your drawing aside might mean to others that you don’t care. But first of all, you do need a break. Stepping aside from our creativity is productive. You have to let your mind clear a little, and your body rest, so you can return fully concentrated etc. 

But you don’t have to completely stop or just set it aside. 

Here’s my advice on what I think could help you keep yourself motivated while not engaging directly in drawing so you don’t burn yourself out, and also a great way of showing your mother you are serious about your choices: engage yourself in art in different ways. For example, you could read art history books, or watch youtube documentaries about artists, or just movies about artists you like (we can all look up some cool movies for recommendations!)

You could find a few resources on drawing stuff like, techniques and whatnot, and read more about it. Even anatomy books, back when I was trying to learn how to draw, anatomy books were great to boost my creativity and were really helpful like, learning about the human body helped me a lot in improving my skills. 

You could also experiment in other areas: try some aquarels, or pastels, or you know what? Get one of those shitty colouring books with mandalas, a few crappy coloured pens and paint. I swear that’s super relaxing (according to my therapist---and I’m quoting her cause she’s the expert---scientifically proven to improve our brain when under stress) and it’s still an activity related to what you love. 

Stress really hinders our productivity and creativity. Like, balancing that with school is really difficult. And it does feel like you have to sacrifice one in order to succeed at the other. But I promise you that, though it does feel that way, it will not be what happens, it doesn’t reflect reality. Sometimes, we are forced to set our passions aside to fully dedicate ourselves to school, but the trick is seeing it as a pause on creation rather than creativity. What I mean is, because you are not actively creating, it doesn’t mean you aren’t practising and stimulating your creativity. It means you are letting your brain and body rest for a little, but you can definitely engage in many other ways. Though I know that when we are super focused on creating (and especially when there are external factors pressuring us into being perfect, or proving the world we mean serious business when we’re going head-first into our passions) it’s very hard to accept a thought as simple as ‘I need to stop for a moment’.

Don’t worry, anon. A pause doesn’t mean you’re stopping. Stepping back and taking a deep breath doesn’t mean you’re setting your passions aside.

Find ways of stimulating that same creativity. In your free time, try to cultivate that joy for the arts, for drawing, for painting, etc. Read books about it, watch movies and videos and documentaries, DYIs and stuff, and stimulate your brain but in a more relaxed way. Also, make sure you take pleasure from doing these things, don’t do them because you feel obliged to do it. It’s really important that we feel pleasure when doing these tasks. It’s really important to be very mindful of our very own comfort and pleasure.

But it’s okay---it’s more than okay, it’s perfectly reasonable and understandable---to take some time off. It sounds like your stress is starting to hinder your creativity and I just want you to know it’s perfectly alright to step back and take a deep breath. If it works with you, you could even make yourself a schedule. One thing I did at one point in college (because I had so much to read but there were books I wanted to read for my pleasure but didn’t have the time) was make a timetable for my reading hours. I decided that like, tuesdays and wednesdays or whatever were for art theory stuff. I didn’t define right off the bat ‘I’m gonna read Jacques Rancière on these days!’ I just defined those days were for the complicated stuff, and then two more days were for complementary reading for college, and then weekends were for whatever the shit I wanted. It actually worked, and I am terrible with timetables or schedules as a whole. Creating a time frame for certain things to happen while not exactly defining what those things were (so, in other words, I wasn’t compromising with myself) worked and still gave me room for me to like, move freely. I didn’t keep it strictly. Occasionally, I said ‘ Fuck you, Jacques’ and decided to read whatever instead of what I had set for myself. But instead of being angry, I knew I had accomplished the goal throughout the days before, so I was okay with that.

I think that balance, between setting goals that don’t require compromises on your behalf, and defining for yourself a specific time frame where you tell yourself ‘this right here is for me to do whatever the fuck I want’ is very important and can be very useful when we feel like we’re collapsing under the stress of Have To Do versus Want To Do.

If it helps, also try to like, understand what the order of priorities are right now---but don’t put drawing at the bottom just because it doesn’t relate to stuff that seems urgent (like, it doesn’t relate to exams, or a certain homework you have to do, etc). Keep it on the top 5 or something, because as you said, you want to study arts---that means it is important. VERY important. But if there are other things that topple it for the moment---for example, you have a math exam coming? It just means it’s currently more important and urgent because of the relevance it has in your current-life. That is the short-term moment, with significant less impact on the long-term moment. Art has more impact on the long-term moment, so it shouldn’t be taken less seriously no matter what everyone says---it only matters what you say. To sort of make a list, or a set of goals, or understand what the current priorities are, it might just help you organize a little better. For example, for me, it helps me understand just how I can balance the things I need to do with the things I want to do. In other words, if I have my priorities straight (which is rarely) I can more easily say how much time I can spare to do this or that. It’s a tool to keep my mind clear I suppose.

And hey! If you need stuff that might help you like, resources and books and stuff, tell us. I mean, I’m more on the art history side, but I know artists who know artists and there are A LOT of artists on here you are willing to provide! So let us know!

I’m rooting for you, anon!!! ❤❤❤❤

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Jimmy & Janis

Jimmy: Alright? Janis: Not too shabby, Jimothy Janis: How about you? Jimmy: Been better Jimmy: You know 😏 Janis: Goes without saying Janis: we both make do like but all things considered Janis: think it was 'reet' as you would say Jimmy: You're so full of craic Jimmy: No wonders I miss you already like Jimmy: But yeah it was alright Janis: 🍀 Janis: Take the compliment even though with present company its not asking much of me is it Janis: No shade to Cass or Bobs Jimmy: Want another, do ya? #thirstyworkthis Jimmy: Full of 'em thankfully Janis: Who you calling thirsty?! 😉 Jimmy: Denying it? Jimmy: Bold move Janis: Your word against mine Jimmy: Fair. You are louder than me Jimmy: Gonna get drowned out Janis: 😳 Janis: Prick! Janis: Not my fault that you just grunt like a caveman at all times Jimmy: If you aren't about it, do something about it, mate Jimmy: Just saying 😏 Janis: Ha.. what, teach you proper English? Janis: Not sure I got the time or dedication to the cause tbh 🤔 Jimmy: Nah you haven't got the vocab 🇮🇪 Jimmy: Need more than 🍀 is the drama Janis: 🖕 Janis: Drama is the only subject you're about, more like Janis: not working with an unwilling pupil Jimmy: You can't be my muse across every subject, mate Jimmy: So thirsty like Janis: Ugh Janis: I hate you Janis: So glad you're not here now Jimmy: Can't shut me up from this far away though Jimmy: We both know you've got means otherwise Janis: Such a blatant hussy Janis: all becomes clear now 😂 Jimmy: Skerries brings it out in me Janis: Well what happens in Skerries, like Jimmy: Shit. Hang on Janis: Okay Janis: Is it? Jimmy: Sorry Jimmy: As you were Jimmy: What did I miss? Janis: Damn, didn't hear me lamenting under ya window? Janis: Guess the thirst isn't THAT real Janis: You good? Jimmy: Funny Jimmy: Shame you weren't, could've caught me when I was tempted to throw myself out dramatically like Janis: That bad then? Janis: 'Cos you went away, like? Jimmy: My dad just had a weekend worth of opinions he simply had to share with me about how I've been spending my time Janis: I can imagine Janis: You aren't free childcare though Janis: I know my fam are lax about certain shit others aren't but he is taking the piss Janis: Right? Jimmy: It isn't like I even mind about looking after them, he's acting as if I'm desperate to be rid when I'd rather have 'em than leave them with him Jimmy: None of us wanna play happy families with him and his missus Jimmy: Have your fucking alone time Janis: Soon to be asking that, gotta be realistic Janis: Esp. with how little he's given the kiddos re. you're Ma Janis: What a headfuck, can't just transition seamlessly, son Janis: and as for the rest of that shite, he just KNOWS that'll make you feel guilty, Jim Janis: I don't know anyone who puts as much work in with their fam, he's not got a leg to stand on there, just knows what'll work on you, that's all Jimmy: yeah Jimmy: it fucks me off though, it really does Jimmy: Feels like ages since we went away already and I'm only just back through the door Janis: I know Janis: Sometimes I wish we could just take 'em and leave for good Janis: Not really though, I know that's a lowkey fucked thing to wish considering Janis: Not trying to be an insensitive cunt, just hate it when he gets to you, if I could do something about it forreal, I would Jimmy: You do Jimmy: Not trying to make you feel awkward bout it but you do really help me Jimmy: I wouldn't be able to hack half as much of this if you weren't about Janis: 'Course you would Janis: You did before, like, since you was 13 Janis: That's mental Janis: Don't usually wanna gas you up this much but you're fucking strong, and I know you had to for 'em but still are Janis: Own it, big 'ead Jimmy: Alright Jimmy: Still wish you were here though Jimmy: Or we were there Janis: Duh, I'm a delight Janis: and not going anywhere anytime soon so Janis: you're in 🍀 Jimmy: About time I had some Janis: That's the spirit Janis: just hit your Da with that quality bants 😎 Janis: won't have no comebacks, I bet Jimmy: 💪🏆 Jimmy: Sooner I can get my own flat the better Jimmy: Debating jacking school in but then who'd be there to get Mr Lucas' rocks off Janis: Won't someone please think about Mr Lucas n his needs?! Janis: Such a hero Janis: Forreal? Be a shame, like Janis: Not just for the art department Jimmy: I know. I wouldn't get to spend all day eye fucking you for starters Jimmy: 🎻 Jimmy: I dunno, sometimes it's the only peace I get from dickheads, kids and mad dogs but they aren't paying me to be there like Janis: Can't have you using your skillz on the CG punters instead Janis: Get restraining orders or their order over ya like Janis: Makes sense though, shame there ain't a compensation scheme like Janis: Maybe you could get run over and then say the Dr fucked you over Janis: double bubble Jimmy: Get your nan round to beat me up again Jimmy: Have a go too, be a hero, mate Jimmy: If anyone asked there was loads of 'em and I didn't see a single face, sorry Janis: 😂 Janis: and defs not a pensioner and a teenage girl either like Janis: probs the 'RA after you, like Janis: sell that shit to The Sun, boyo Janis: full of good ideas, me Jimmy: Quality Jimmy: I am gonna have to get another job at least Jimmy: any ideas there? Janis: Hmm Janis: Lets put our heads together Janis: What are your skills, Mr Taylor? Jimmy: 😏 Janis: 😒 Janis: There's a market for it Janis: Mia could be your sugar mama, play your cards right Jimmy: I'd happily go broke in that case Jimmy: Live in this box room forever like Janis: You got principles now? Janis: Didn't have 'em when you was sucking face with Tam 🤔 Interesting 😂 Jimmy: When Mia's concerned it's called common sense Janis: Don't reckon you got staying power to be nothing more than another flavour of the month? Janis: She does go through them, admirable in a way given all she's seemingly working against Jimmy: I know I haven't Jimmy: Kissed goodbye to my new boy appeal ages ago Janis: I dunno Janis: I still reckon you're alright Jimmy: 💕 Jimmy: Cute Janis: 🤢 Jimmy: [Sends a picture of Twix] Speaking of Jimmy: Absence has made the heart grow fonder for someone Janis: Real MVP Janis: been wearing you out instead of her Janis: You owe her, like 😜 Jimmy: I'm gonna bin off school Jimmy: I can make it up to her then Jimmy: Just for the day, keep calm dad Janis: Lol, really prove his point, like Janis: Teen's prerogative Janis: Fair though, I'm pretty knackered Jimmy: yeah why not Jimmy: you don't wanna come over to keep us both company then? Janis: You don't have to ask Janis: if you just wanna 💤 Janis: Not gonna be that bitch Jimmy: what kinda bitch you gonna be Janis: I've not decided yet, watch out world Jimmy: Keep me posted Jimmy: Twix needs to get a jump on her competition Janis: Look, baby girl, if its a competition between you and school then it is none Janis: but the lad here needs a break Janis: I'm soz 💔 Jimmy: 😎💪🏆 Jimmy: Challenge accepted Janis: You turning sleep into a sport now? Jimmy: Have you seen Twix when she gets going on a dream? #Athleticaf Janis: Aww 😍 Janis: why you taking on the champ, gonna have you picking up her shit- oh wait Janis: s'a dog's life forreal Jimmy: She was the one being #goals all along Janis: Truly Janis: can I come over actually Janis: I want to Janis: Call me thirsty all you wanna Jimmy: I want you here too Jimmy: We're even Janis: What was that? You actually admitting defeat? Janis: 😮 Janis: Never thought I'd see the day, Taylor Jimmy: Don't get used to it, like Jimmy: But I do owe you one for sorting Skerries Janis: I'll take it Janis: Even if it was hardly selfless of me like Jimmy: I'm alright with you being selfish if it means getting away from the shit Janis: Easily sorted Janis: S'my default, ask the fam Jimmy: I would but I'm gonna see how long I can carry on pretending families don't exist 😎 Janis: Not gonna say challenge accepted when you're being a good boy Janis: but I like the sound of that too Janis: plus, unfair, numbers wise Jimmy: You are at a disadvantage Jimmy: Never usually let that losing streak stop you though Jimmy: 😏 Janis: Fuck off Janis: Selective memory sore loser 😒 Janis: I got this in the bag anyway, you can't be cunty to kids Janis: I'm away there, all my fam be grown...ish Jimmy: You're gonna have to jog it for me cause all I see in my past are wins, mate Jimmy: Not that you can trusted if you've forgotten how much of a dickhead I am Janis: I know you find it hard to keep up with me but Janis: at least try, mate 😉 Jimmy: Don't have to. I'm a natural at beating you Jimmy: 💪🏆 Janis: 😑 Janis: I feel its my duty to inform you this isn't how you make girls like you, you know Janis: otherwise your chances of getting a new gf to stick are slim Jimmy: It's alright I don't want a new girlfriend Jimmy: And I know what works on the one I've got 😏 Janis: What a charmer Jimmy: You aren't denying it 😎 progress Janis: What's your game? Janis: Suspect Jimmy: No games Janis: Yeah right Janis: got my eye on you boy Jimmy: You always do Jimmy: 😎💪💕 Janis: 🕵 you're a shady character that's why Janis: could be a 36 y/o russian spy Jimmy: 😲 Jimmy: with this face? rude Janis: deep cover Janis: obvs want me for the olympics cos why else Jimmy: busted Janis: fans gonna be gutted Janis: never mind will they won't they Janis: rollercoaster from fake start to fake end Jimmy: We're gonna need new #s Janis: #whendimitriisnottheone #comradeBYE Jimmy: 😂 Jimmy: I'll get the vodka shots in Jimmy: Win you back like Janis: Not that easy Janis: but not gonna say no Jimmy: #thirsty Janis: how did we end up back here Jimmy: Too true for you to keep avoiding, mate Janis: what you think Janis: queen of avoidance Janis: won't see me for dust Jimmy: I'll see you tomorrow, babe Janis: Only by proxy Janis: 'cos my true love is there Jimmy: 🎻💔 Janis: Don't worry, we can still have mindless sex Jimmy: 👍 Jimmy: Alright Jimmy: Done Janis: Heart healed real fast Janis: Called it Jimmy: I'm easy Janis: Didn't wanna say it, kid Jimmy: Ask Tam she'll tell you Janis: I bet she would Janis: Unlike you I do my best to avoid her though so no tah Jimmy: Don't know what you're missing there, mate Janis: Ha, you can get fucked Janis: I'm not having a threesome with you and Tam Janis: not even for the #drama Jimmy: what about for the #craic? Jimmy: You'd be lucky anyway she's only about me 😎 Janis: So jealous 😒 Janis: Twat Janis: How about a mmf threesome, bet YOU ain't so keen now Jimmy: Depends who you're considering Jimmy: If it's Mr Lucas I'm well in Janis: All fun and games now but you know he'd be way too down Jimmy: 😒 Jimmy: Too real Janis: Mhmm, that mouth gon' get you in trouble one day Janis: what am I gonna do with you, eh? Janis: 😇 over here Jimmy: I'm the bad influence like Jimmy: Take that dad Janis: Yeah, I'll just tell him, like Janis: Problem solved Janis: Please him no end having to have a chinwag with me 😂 Jimmy: 😂 Jimmy: done deal Jimmy: not like we're trying to avoid him or owt Janis: oh, just thought we were trying to avoid our own, like Janis: there goes my bruch goss sesh Janis: gutted Jimmy: Keep up, mate Jimmy: Gotta totally isolate ourselves for that teen angst cliche Janis: Umm Janis: 🚩 Janis: are you going to tell me next that no one else cares about me but you? and that I need to block everyone and give you my phone Jimmy: You can tell your fam that next time Gracie's blowing up your phone Janis: I'd pay to see her rescue mission but Janis: I'll let it get to the danger zone before I do anything, standard Jimmy: Fair Jimmy: Can't fault you there Janis: Give you time to get proper creeper Janis: up ya game Jimmy: I'll take that Jimmy: Challenge accepted as per Janis: G'wan then Janis: Don't scare easy Jimmy: I already figured that out Janis: Clever boy 😉 Jimmy: have my moments Jimmy: Don't even need school, see? Janis: Still wanna jack it in then? Janis: Let Monday pass, see how you feel Jimmy: I don't wanna really Jimmy: Just being a crybaby about being stuck under this roof Jimmy: 🎻 Janis: Fair Janis: I feel it Janis: You can always squat in the barn if you're quiet Janis: won't charge you Janis: much Jimmy: I can be quiet Jimmy: If you don't blow my cover we'll be alright Janis: Excuse me Janis: I'm stealth as fuck Janis: you know you got caught the other day yeah Janis: was saving your ego but Jimmy: Nah Janis: Did so Janis: you know Gracie got her 👀 peeled for you forever Jimmy: Damn Jimmy: Should've known that she'd still be obsessed with me Janis: You? Okay 👌🍆 Janis: watch you don't rub your shine off dickhead Jimmy: 😂 Jimmy: Thought you'd be buzzing she's switched her allegiance like Janis: Still not getting rid of her is it Janis: Unless you both run off into the sunset and leave me in peace Jimmy: Yeah alright Jimmy: You've got Twix you'll be sorted Janis: Like you give a fuck Janis: finally getting the twin you wanted all along like Jimmy: Naturally Jimmy: Just playing the long game Janis: Bit of a weird way to play it but Janis: this your usual approach? Jimmy: You're the first twin I've dated Jimmy: Lucky Janis: I really feel it Jimmy: [Sends a pic of Twix looking adorable] Jimmy: Bet you do Jimmy: 💕 Janis: Look at what you coulda had Janis: now you're gonna have to get a pug with my sister Janis: sad Jimmy: More of a cat person anyway like 😏 Janis: are you trying to get with my mum? Janis: sicko Jimmy: Nah just over mad bitches, you know Janis: Defs wanna avoid this entire fam then Jimmy: Nah their alright Jimmy: And not just by comparison Janis: Hmm maybe from the outside looking in Janis: They aren't but what am I gonna do, emancipate myself? I've got less cash and less of a place to go so not the brightest of ideas Jimmy: Guess we're stuck Jimmy: Twix has a lot of love to give but fuck all cash Janis: Preach Janis: Useless sugar daddy Janis: should take a leaf out my sister's book clearly Jimmy: Bit late for that Jimmy: You're too loved up Janis: Nah Janis: Tell Twix to speak for herself Jimmy: [sends a voice clip of Twix howling] Jimmy: Done Janis: 😂 Janis: aren't you in enough trouble rn boy? don't start her off! Jimmy: She's a bad bitch Jimmy: Can't be told Jimmy: I blame her training meself Janis: Oh, Twix, where you gonna go? Think on, girl Janis: Get what you pay for Janis: You want results, you gotta cough up for my services Jimmy: You can't need new kicks already, mate Jimmy: I know you've been shopping like Jimmy: The social's got you exposed Janis: What makes you think I was paying? 🤔 Janis: Mean she didn't buy you a 'round? Shame Jimmy: I know you weren't Jimmy: Gonna pay when Twix hears about it though Janis: Sure the flat whites are already hunting her down too Janis: Awkward Jimmy: Tam's probably trying to stretch her skin into a suit as we speak Jimmy: She's gonna need a touch of your luck I reckon Janis: Not your usual type, long and lanky then? Janis: That'll be a toughie but she's nothing if not determined, bless her Jimmy: Dunno I can't remember Jimmy: 🤷 Janis: Nice Janis: Such a gent Jimmy: I wasn't trying to be Jimmy: She bumped into me and we had a dance to make it less awkward Jimmy: Far as that politeness went Janis: No need to lie 😂 I'm not the one that's gonna be crying about it Jimmy: No need to be jealous cause I'm not Janis: Whatever, weren't together Janis: not against any unwritten rules or other shite Jimmy: Still Jimmy: If you were jealous, like at Cass' party, no need to be Janis: You what? Janis: I weren't, you were being rude, that's all Jimmy: Alright Jimmy: 🤷 Janis: Always wanting me to be jealous Janis: 😒 Jimmy: Nope, just saying Jimmy: I'm that dickhead like Janis: What dickhead would that be? Jimmy: A jealous one Janis: Nah Janis: You ain't Janis: why would you be? nothing to be jealous about Jimmy: Forget it Janis: Can't say that, never works, like Jimmy: There's a first time for everything though Jimmy: Worth a go Janis: 🤷 Janis: fine, hit you with the shrug right back Janis: be like that Jimmy: I'm not being like anything Jimmy: I just don't wanna say it. Okay? Janis: Alright Janis: What do you wanna say? Anything? Should I go? Jimmy: Don't Jimmy: It's not your fault like, being too good for me and that Janis: Are you mental? What are you even chatting Janis: Fuck leagues, not even playing the same sport, and I ain't bragging Janis: For once Jimmy: Bollocks Jimmy: You're fucking stunning like, and that's just looks Janis: 🙄 Janis: Please Janis: that's the start and end of my qualities Janis: don't even make the most of that, like Jimmy: Shut up Jimmy: It isn't Jimmy: And you don't need to, that makes it worse, or better depending on the lens you're viewing through Janis: I've told you, I know what I am Janis: Ain't under any illusion I'm a catch Janis: Not fishing for sympathy like Jimmy: I'm not throwing any sympathy out Jimmy: Or compliments, just facts Jimmy: You are a catch, mate Janis: Blatantly not 'cos no one else thinks or has thought so Janis: what I'm saying, there's nothing to BE jealous about Janis: no one gunning for you 'cos I'm off the market, is there Jimmy: Only cause they can't compete with how #goals we are Janis: Yeah, that's the joke Jimmy: It doesn't have to be Jimmy: I'm not laughing Janis: No? That might've been your reality but it certainly hasn't been mine Janis: There's a reason I was a 'dyke' with no friends, and those reasons haven't disappeared Janis: You would laugh, you do Jimmy: No Janis: Forget it Janis: I'm using mine now too Jimmy: Don't Jimmy: I don't want you to forget what I'm trying to say Jimmy: Even if I am messing it up Janis: you don't have to Janis: say anything Janis: just 'cos I'm being a fucking sad case Jimmy: I want to Jimmy: There's so much shit I wanna say to you, alright? Janis: But you don't know how? Janis: Alright, Liam, fucking hell Jimmy: He was on to something Janis: Maybe Janis: 😏 Janis: You don't need this though, my shit ontop of yours, forreal, so you can forget about it, alright? Jimmy: I'm not that much of dickhead Janis: Ugh, can't you try? Janis: Always claiming the title and now where is it when we need it, eh Jimmy: Sorry Jimmy: Got no control over it like that Jimmy: Basically none around you, like Janis: You mean that? Janis: No bullshit, no bants? Jimmy: You know I do Janis: Good Janis: 'cos me either Janis: and I am jealous, really jealous Janis: and you know that too, I know Jimmy: That's why you have to hear me out Jimmy: There's no reason to be Jimmy: I swear Janis: Alright Janis: I'll try Janis: Its not personal, but I know its shitty to be on the other end of it regardless Jimmy: Good Jimmy: I can't lie now, I quite like it Jimmy: Nobody's ever been that bothered about me before Janis: Well they're thick then Janis: I Janis: I dunno Janis: Not had anyone to myself before Janis: that I wanted to keep Janis: not letting go easy, like Jimmy: Don't Jimmy: Me and you. Alright? Jimmy: That's how I want it Janis: Alright Janis: I wish we had a place to go now too Janis: Bad Janis: out of the question storming out in a teen angst rage tonight? Jimmy: It's out of the question for me not to Jimmy: I'll take the car Jimmy: Find us a place Janis: You're already in trouble I guess Janis: Lets do it Janis: I'll be waiting outside Jimmy: I'll be right there Janis: 👌 Janis: what are our chances of sneaking me in though? 🤔 seems silly to come back home only to come back tomorrow like Janis: up for the challenge? Jimmy: Put a coat on it's freezing out Jimmy: You know it 💪🏆 Janis: Cute 🖤 Janis: but as I've pulled, will do Jimmy: Funny Jimmy: Got the car keys that's the first hurdle like Jimmy: Don't even need luck Janis: Thank God, like Janis: just that good, yeah? Jimmy: Yeah Jimmy: 💕