#IF I DONT GET LAZY I MIGHT DOODLE SOMETHING
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Hon, I completely forgot about this song until right now that you mentioned it and now I'm bawling over how well it fits
Hey FunnyGummy fandom, send me some song suggestions for Pomni x Gummigoo to add to my playlist, I need to get in THEIR MOOD 🌀🐊
#IF I DONT GET LAZY I MIGHT DOODLE SOMETHING#funnygummy#ALSO THIS SONG IS SO SAD#My friend told me about it like a few years ago for a shared ship we had#BUT I DIDNT THINK ABOUT IT FOR THIS#AAAAAAAA
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some different ethnicity cob designs
the groups of colour at the top of their head is some ideas for their display colours
im not sure what to call it because i dont know if i should settle on their coats being feathers or fur
i vaguely based their designs on fancy pigeon breeds
this is the brainstorming doodle lol
the smaller creatures are the idea for another mod (roamers) being a subspecies of the main guys
i dont know if im gonna do that yet i might try something else
for example i have another mod installed called sea dwellers, so i thought maybe i should make the roamers npcs into a creature who descended from the sea dwellers and evolved to live on land
besides that i have to think about what biomes each ethnicity would live in, and considering Minecraft has so many biomes.. i was thinking of making these 4 the main bases and then making different textures for different regions or something
if i dont get lazy 😅
i think the 4th one could definitely live in the cherry blossom biome, or in the jungle and bamboo biomes if i put more green in their palettes
originally i gave them different snout shapes (as you can see in the brainstorm doodle) but i did a test model and it just didnt translate well into the minecraft style or rather what i was going for
so i decided to cut my work and just make all the snouts the same, i think the difference in patterns and colours is good enough of a differentiation
i might keep the different snouts in future art of them though
#art#digital art#small artist#worldbuilding#creature design#speculative evolution#speculative biology#digital artist#minecraft
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greatly dislike waving my ko-fi around because im ashamed of asking for money but just a reminder i have a ko-fi and if you dono any amount you can get a doodle from me (just put what you want in the message) and if youre wondering why im saying this tl;dr my mother is probably losing out on a $3,000 refund on an engine that was spitting metal into the oil all because another relative of mine has put off helping her get one (1) single picture to use in the refund case and her ticket to get a refund ends today so his laziness is essentially making my mother lose out on money that she needs to thus get a New car and if She doesnt have a car then I dont have a car and I cant get a job if We are relying on my relatives vehicle because hes very prone to being angry and taking it out on my mother. so if you have some bucks to spare that i can thus hand over to my mother to help her in any way my kofi is out there
if you wanna help out i also have some stuff im going to try to be putting up for sale, some of the items include:
some drawing tablets that were left with me
a dio brando action figure in box
a filipino sailor moon board game
and much more, so if you want something out of it i might have something to sell you???
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hey nish, so here is my ask for the match. thank you again, hope its not a bother!
i am an intj and more of an introvert. i can adapt well depending on my interlocutors and can be really shy as well as extremely outgoing. i love staying outside in the comfort of my house but also like hanging out with my friends even if i loose my energy pretty quickly. i am usually described as someone with a rather calm aura but the moment im really comfortable i am rather crazy lmao. i tend to lose focus quickly, ramble a lot (and forget to whom i said what) and can’t see for shit. i am a lazy perfectionist who hates things being done incorrectly but i want them being done quickly. i can be seen as arrogant but im a huge overthinker. I hate showing my feelings and have a hard time accepting my failures. since im always the youngest in my different friend groups, people tend to baby me which is really advantageous.
regarding my hobbies, i do ballet and modern jazz for more than fifteen years and it’s an art and sport that i am really dedicated to, creating choreographies and being kind of a scary mentor when i want to even if i like being like a big sister » so the youngest (im one of the oldest now). i also used to play tennis but outside those sports, i hate physical activities. i love manual activities such as making jewelleries, embroidery, crochet, drawing silly doodles and painting (even if i can’t wait until it is completely dry). i like reading (esp criminal novels) and love animes (my fav are haikyuu, hxh, fullmetal alchemist and bsd). id like to watch kdrama but i dont have enough time and can’t stay focused for so long anyways.
i am a sucker for light and dark academia and you’ll find me most of the time with velvet pants or oversize jeans and a pullover. finally, if i had to choose only five svt songs, it’d be 24h, home run, i don’t know, fallin’ flowers and hot.
thank you so much, i hope i didn’t ramble too much. love you!
hehe not at all! i loved reading all of it <3
when I read intj, i immediately thought about jun/hao/wonwoo but when I read it further, i thought that you might suit joshua more. but!!! when I read about the ballet portion, i just couldn't help thinking about dino!
so i match you with, wonwoo!
he is one of the most considerate individuals I've ever seen, he would be able to differentiate between your moods and energy levels and take care of you whenever you're out; it's like— he can just understand if you're drained or anything and would politely excuse you both from the gathering if he feels as if you're getting overwhelmed.
he would keep you grounded— scold you when you're wrong and empathise with you when you just want to rant. kind of like a very sturdy shoulder to cry on and your biggest motivation for any project.
he would absolutely love your calm-crazy dynamic, he loves it whenever you're so happy that your calm demeanor of an intj morphs into something more childlike and adorable. he also likes the fact that you have "maknae" tendencies, and would absolutely adore it.
he's not a perfectionist per se, but he has friends who are and rest assured that he will do his absolute best to help you take a break/ break your overthinking thoughts and help you get rational again. (vice versa)
you'd think that having a few hobbies to share might be a problem but it actually isn't; wonwoo is very happy whenever you're doing what you love and it makes him want to engage in your hobby with you. you both push each other to step out of your comfort zones and try out different things <3
and god, if you ever make him a bracelet, or crochet a small keyring for him, he's gonna treasure it; I think he might cry in secret too 😭
he also likes the fact that you don't like physical activities because then he doesn't have to do it, you both would probably spend your days cuddling or trying out each other's hobbies or cheering each other on!
he would be your biggest hypeman for your ballet and jazz music <3
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its My Blog i answer all the asks if i want
honestly im doing this bc im mildly bored DFLSKJDF and dont have much time before band
1. Art programs you have but don't use
I draw using Procreate 99.9% of the time. But I also have Sketchbook, Pixel Studio, Rough Animator, and FlipaClip on my iPad. On my computer I have Paint Tool SAI and Krita.
2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even)
Forward 100%, but left is easier then right.
3. What ideas come from when you were little
Animations, of any kind. I was really into animation memes back when I really was drawing and drew a shit ton, and I got a lot of inspo from that!
4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw
My Avali character, she's so pretty and smol but she is a PAIN to draw...
5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself
On here I only really post stuff with Zee I think ? But I usually post all serious art (so excluding doodles unless I'm really proud of them)
6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it)
I don't know, I guess my dreams? Well I don't dream a lot, it's mostly nightmares, but sometimes I'll still get inspo. Also a lot of my older characters were based on my issues, such as self esteem issues, imposters syndrome, depression, etc etc.
7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate
Painting. I sometimes paint, only really for crafts though. It's not really my thing, but god some people are FANTASTIC.
8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in
I've planned lots of little games I wanted to do with my OCs. I wouldn't really say I lost interest in the long term. I'd like to still do them someday, but right now I don't know. But I have a whole game with a mechanic thats based on karma and doing right and wrong..? I'm kinda excited, maybe in the future it will be good!
9. What are your file name conventions
I don't draw on my computer often, but usually its just '(character name)' and then a number, or a quick thing of the scene. But I have most OC art on my computer, properly sorted into files.
10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw
Scarves, which I only really learned drawing Zee (and one fanart I drew of Shin ljkdf). Also earrings if that counts
11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what
Youtube is usually what I listen to. My favorite is horror games.
12. Easiest part of body to draw
Head and hair (not the face lol just the head) and legs. I don't know why SDLKJ
13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing
I used to really admire Roxxie (@ RoxxieKitsune on twitter), and I've kinda fallen out but I still really admire her work and style
14. Any favorite motifs
I don't draw near enough to have one LJKDSF
15. *Where* do you draw (don't drop your ip address this just means do you doodle at a park or smth)
Desk, home or at my dorm. Or in class if I'm that bored LDSKJDS but no I can't lay in bed and draw...
16. Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing
Uh I don't know...? I don't really think I'm good at anything LKJDSF
17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? if so, what
Not usually, but sometimes I'll have a snack like chips or some soda/water.
18. An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken
Ahahaha uh well. I mostly draw digital now, my drawing tablet for my computer has a bent charger but I fixed it enough to work LSDKJ. Also my iPad recently got a crack on the screen (it fell off the music stand at band D: ) and when I took art class last semester I broke a bit of smaller stuff like charcoal and pastels...
19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.)
Flowers. I suck at them, but they're fun to draw! And galaxies, I've painted them before and they were fun.
20. Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy
I kinda enjoy backgrounds? I'm picky and lazy but when I have the motivation I do enjoy it, and trying to make the actual focus of the art fit in the background.
21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways
I love how San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk by Monet looks. In fact, I recreated it for an art project (we had to use pastels and only 3 colors plus black and white to recreate a famous painting. It was a lot of fun) and I just love the texture on it.
22. What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any
I stretch all my fingers and wrists. I don't know, I do the same thing before playing clarinet lkdjf
23. Do you use different layer modes
Oh all the god damn time. I LIVE for them. Overlay and Add are some of my favorites, but I tend to use Multiply the most
24. Do your references include stock images
Sometimes. Most of the time its like official photos taken for reference, or drawn references.
25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by
I don't know, I don't think my art has been compared to a lot..?
26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended
I mean once I drew the antagonist of my story and everyone I showed it to simped for them. Which, valid I guess, but damnljkdksl
27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with
Haha no I don't warm up... I don't draw enough anyways for it DSKLJ
28. Any art events you have participated in the past (like zines)
I participated in artfight a few years ago! But thats about it... I think once I develop my art more I'd like to participate in zines
29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically
Honestly I get inspired from everything but I would say edits? Even if they may be seen as 'cringe' sometimes, I love the effort put into them. I've done similar things before and damn is it DIFFICULT, you have to appreciate it.
30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated
A few years ago I drew two pieces for goretober and honestly? I'm still really proud of them. One was for dissection and the other was for burn or something and the second one is really simple but I love it so much.
Weirdly Specific Artist Ask Game
Didn't see a lot of artist ask games, wanted to make a silly one.
(I wrote this while sick out of my mind last year and it's been collecting dust in my drafts, I might as well let it run free) 1. Art programs you have but don't use
2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even)
3. What ideas come from when you were little
4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw
5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself
6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it)
7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate
8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in
9. What are your file name conventions
10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw
11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what
12. Easiest part of body to draw
13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing
14. Any favorite motifs
15. *Where* do you draw (don't drop your ip address this just means do you doodle at a park or smth)
16. Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing
17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? if so, what
18. An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken
19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.)
20. Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy
21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways
22. What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any
23. Do you use different layer modes
24. Do your references include stock images
25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by
26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended
27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with
28. Any art events you have participated in the past (like zines)
29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically
30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated
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now that 2023 is over (and i didnt overslept like yesterday), i figured it was time to properly talk about my thoughts during the year. back in early march i decided that i wanted to make my art accounts more active by doing weekly drawings. honestly i thought i would've stopped after the first month, but surprisingly i kept up the weekly upload schedule up until the end of september. obviously i didnt keep up with my weekly schedule after that, but it is pretty crazy looking back on all of the drawings i did, easily the most i have done in a single year. just looking at my archive on tumblr speaks for itself when you see the content from the years.
as for what's next in this year, it's hard to say if i would keep up the weekly schedule since it probably isnt too realistic without leading to eventual burnout like last time. however, i do enjoy drawing whenever and that is something i dont want to stop doing, i just wont be too hard on myself with deadlines to avoid that same mistake like last year. i also decided that this year i want to start up a small comic that i will be doing throughout the year, obviously im not expecting a lot of people to read it but hey it would fulfill that desire i had last year of keeping my art accounts active while doing something im interested in. i havent decided how the pace of the comic will go yet and i dunno how soon i can get that started, but maybe it will start in february? dont hold me to that, i get distracted easy whenever it comes to any side project as some people might know (doesnt help that i've recently been playing granblue versus last month). also i have a few unfinished sketches i never finished last year, i dont really have any plans on finishing them, but at the very least it cant hurt to share them.
however, i also decided that weekly i'll be answering some year old questions i have in my tumblr ask inbox as a way to buffer some doodles while working on the comic. though i only have 4 or so questions to last me a month, so if you want to ask me anything (within reason), feel free to ask me anonymously if you want to ask me multiple questions, i have no idea it would be you anyways. just know that your question wont be answered until february since i want to answer these really old questions first. this lets me do some fun doodles while keeping my art accounts active during drawing downtime. speaking of accounts, i still gotta post my past drawings onto bluesky, pixiv and etc, i've just been really lazy so honestly it's hard to say when those will be at the same status as my twitter and tumblr. but they'll serve as more options to show my art in the scenario that either site randomly dies one day. whenever i do update them, i'll also make a new pinned with my current accounts to reflect that as my current one was just a placeholder so my pinned wasnt a wall of text like this one is.
thanks everyone who checked out my art last year, it means a lot to me. doing drawings is a fun hobby and i enjoy looking back on the drawings i've done.
tl;dr upload schedule wont be consistent for my sanity, but i plan on making a comic this year, also ask me questions on tumblr to give me an excuse to do doodles weekly
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the trio
#my art#fe awakening#chrom#lissa#frederick#listen i was telling myself to branch out i should draw all the awakening recruitables in order of when you get them#or when i get them in my playthrough or something idk#i still havent gotten to kids yet so i guess i could try to catch up but#i am super lazy and dont know what im doing with armor soooooo SHRUGS#i might not bother the attempt cause idek how many of you guys wanna see simple awakening doodles like this for everyone you can recruit aha
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The Freaks and Nerds
Eddie Munson x OC, Nancy Wheeler x OC
Author Note : This is the first chapter I havent wrote in a long time but as of us I fell for that metalhead so i hope you enjoy.
Allysa POV
“Billy” Max screams out in a wretched scream.
As I go to pull El back I look up and see the mind flayer ripping through him.
I grab her arm and something shocks me away from her. I fly getting slammed into one of the kiosks.
I see Max and El run towards me and behind them mind flayer starts thrashing around destroying anything in its path.
After it falls to the ground we all these men in army clothes come running in.
“Allysa Wake up!” I hear Max scream before everything goes black.
I wake up out of a cold sweat in my room as the same nightmare plays over in my head.
After the Byers moved to California I decided to stay here in Hawkins. I lived in Hawkins my whole life, It was my home. El wanted to stay with me but Owen made it very clear how do you expect a rebellious teen who can't stay out of trouble to raise a child.
I stumble out of my room to look at the clock to see I only have about thirty minutes to make it to school. I run back to my room tripping over my combat boots as I throw on my baggy black ripped jeans with my black sabbath t-shirt. Now putting on my boots I just tripped over and my side bag. I walk over to my nightstand and grab my pill bottle containing my headache medicine. Ever since I got that concussion I've had crazy headaches, Lucky Owen’s team sends me my prescription every month.
I take one of the pills out as I walk to the kitchen to get a glass of water. I grab my keys off the counter and walk over to dad's old lazy boy recliner and grab my jean jacket conveniently covered in doodles by my best friend Eddie “the Freak” Munson, my only consent in this hell forsaken town. Eddie and I have been friends for years. Growing up on two different sides of the spectrum. The police chief's daughter and him the son of a felon. My dad always tried to keep me away from him, but there was just something about him. He made the whole world stop around me. I can be myself around him. I don't mind the stares or names.
“Keys? Check. Bag? Check.” I say out loud going over my mental list so I dont forget anything. “Jacket? Check Helmet?”
I went over to the couch to see that it was in the middle of the coffee table surrounded by DnD figures. Remembering Dustin and Mike came over last night to practice for Eddie’s campaign. Now that they are in high school I don't babysit them anymore. I started their obsession. What else I was supposed to do with four middle school boys.
When Eddie heard I was helping his members in defeating them from his drummer Tyler Buckly. He came right over to him knowing all the tricks to get past my dad's security system.
The timer on my watch is going off, reminding me I'm late. I look on the couch
see that Eddie forgot his lunch box here last night.
“He would lose his head if it wasn't attached I swear” I say sarcastically as I grab it.
I walk over to my 1979 Honda CX500 motorcycle. She wasn't the most reliable thing but she got me where I had to go.
I put Eddie’s lunch box in my side pouch on my bike. Got on my bike and put my helmet on and off to school.
As I pull out onto the main road I hear a police horn and look in my mirror to see im getting pulled over. Eddie’s fucking lunchbox that isnt for a nutrishious meals might I add.
I slow down and pull to the side of the road and park my bike.I take my helmet off.
“Mrs.Hopper please get off the vehicle” He says over the speaker.
“Powell just come out please I have to get to school” I say in an agitated tone.
Powell hops out of his vehicle and slowly and dramatically walks up to her.
“Do you know how fast you were going?” Powell gives a disappointed look.
“The speed limit and I'm late for school Powell please don't start with me” I say rolling my eyes.
“That is Chief Powell you didn't come to get your dads honorary metal” he says in a sad look.
“To make your ego bigger I dont need a stupid metal” I say annoyed.
“Get to school Hopper and keep your head on straight okay? He says with a hand on my shoulder.
“Whatever” I say as i nudge him away put my helmet off and hoping i wouldn be late.
Eddie’s POV
“Dude how did you lose that?” Tyler says behind me.
Tyler Buckly is just another one of my new sheep. When I put a flier on the bulletin board for auditions for our new drummer. I wasn't expecting nobody to show up but he did. He was the perfect fit to our clan of freaks.
“I had it here last night before I went to see Allysa” I said out loud in frustration.
“Bro you really went to her house? You got it bad” he said laughing and leaning against my van.
“Speak of the devil here comes her highness now” he said as I hopped out the back to look as Allysa pulled into the parking lot.
I try not to stare as she pulls off her helmet, her red hair flowing down past her shoulders.
“Munson!” she says my last name as she storms towards me.
“Yes princess?” I say as she stands in front of me. Her face has an angry expression but yet still smiles at my nickname i gave her.
“You forgot something last night and I got pulled over” she says as she throws my lunch box my way. I knew I had it before I went to her place last night. I brought it inside with me knowing she cant resist a smoke session even if she is training my players to defeat me.
“Why did you get pulled over? Tyler asked, looking at Allysa. “And why was your lunch box at her place?” he then asked, looking at me.
“Just trying to get a new recruit for Hellfire” I smirk and wink at Allysa.
“Never gonna happen Munson” she said as she rolled her eyes “Besides i will just distract you”. As she said that I swear my heart skipped a beat.
“You guys going to the prep rally this morning” Tyler said as he threw the end of his cigarette on the ground.
“Fuck no” Allysa and I said in unison.
“Stop copying me” I said looking at her, she just stuck her tongue out and put her helmet in my van. “ It's okay if I put this in here and get it before Hellfire starts” she ask looking at me.
“Of course princess” I say and bow, making her giggle.
“Smoke sesh in the usual spot” Tyler says nodding his head towards the woods.
“Is that a question, Buckly?” I said as I closed and locked my van.
We all make our way towards the spot in the middle of the woods Tyler in front of me. I turn to notice Allysa slowly stops keeping up with us. She looks lost in thought. It's not hard to notice she looks tired. I slow down to let her catch up.
“You okay?” i ask her she jumps “Sorry didn't mean to scare you”
“You're fine just had a bad nightmare again last night” she says with a half smile.
“About the fire? Still can’t believe you were there but hey at least you had that sweet uniform” I say making her laugh.
“Didn't help that i had pigtail braids making me look like Dorthy from Wizard of Oz” she says between giggles. I lend my arm out for her to wrap hers around my mind and I intertwine them and we start to skip.
“We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz” we sing in unison as we go past Tyler.
“You guys are idiots” He says taking a sip of his flask.
#eddie munson#eddie x reader#joe quinn#stranger things#steve harrington my beloved#max mayfield#robin buckley#steve harrington#stranger things spoilers#eddie stranger things#joseph quinn#stranger thing s4#nancy wheeler#mike wheeler#dustin stranger things#the hellfire club
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I need to share soft sign language buddies ninogami headcanon because they’re taking over my brain always:
(This got so long, so youre welcome if youre also starved for ninogami content)
Nino’s mom is Deaf , so he grew up signing as much as speaking. When he was younger he always signed as he talked.
It turned out he’s also Hard of Hearing, so sign language is way easier for him to understand most of the time.
However, though he’s great at making friends, he’s very awkward when it comes to talking about himself. So never comes up in conversation.
It’s not a self-deprication issue. It’s just a “thinking of things to say is hard and I’d rather have someone else do the talking” thing. He’d rather talk about anyone except himself.
Additionally! He’s great at helping other people, but he’s terrible at asking for help. He does not EVER want to be like “hey i cant understand what you’re saying, my ears dont work great,” its his worst nightmare
And it doesnt help that there have been a few cases of people being rude about it when he doesnt hear them after they repeat themselves. And possibly worse, there have been even more cases of people giving over-the-top apologies instead of just,, telling him what they said. So it’s not worth the trouble in his mind
with his few close friends who still dont know, it feels like its too late and it’d be awkward to bring it up, so he just… doesnt. He’s procrastinating on telling them he cant hear them
He stopped signing as much as he talked in middle school because strangers would always be like “woah thats so cool, how do you know sign language” and he’d just panic because he was an awkward tween, and he didnt know if he was comfortable telling them he was HoH, but ALSO just saying his mom was Deaf and not mentioning himself felt like directly lying by hiding information, so he just took the “lazy” way out and signed less in public.
Sometimes fighting the anxiety was not worth it so he just let it win in that case.
Nino is so nice and energetic and loves people, but he is way more introverted and anxious than his friends think.
But when they start to get closer, Kagami who is ever-observant, notices him signing a little bit, (not ever to her, not ever on purpose, but he’d sometimes sign a word he needed to remember while speaking or sign along to emphasize something)
and she luckily for his anxiety, she doesnt know how to have a normal conversation either.
Her (platonic as well as romantic) love language is studying and research, and Nino seems very cool and she likes him, even if she is awful at holding a conversation with him or doing anything to show it.
She thinks he’s so cool and such an amazing talented kind friend. She has so much love for him that she doesnt know what to do with it. So she channels that energy into learning to sign through the internet and whatever tools she can find
And then after a while of this, she’s like “oh no, he’s gonna think that’s so creepy, I cant tell him I know sign language or he’ll be so uncomfortable”
So, like a whole idiot, she hides that she’s learning sign language from anyone. Because OBVIOUSLY if word got back to Nino, he’d assume it was because of him and that she was a weirdo he shouldn’t be friends with
But also Kagami accidentally falls in love with sign language because she has undiagnosed autism. She always assumed that communicating was just going to be impossible no matter what, but as she gets proficient in sign language she’s like,,, oh,,, OH,, this is very nice
Even just signing while she talks makes it so much easier to keep words and sentances straight, but she only does it when she’s alone with her mother, who is literally blind and would never know.
They become closer friends in late high school, and by that time a lot of Nino’s anxiety has worn off and he’s become completely comfortable letting teachers know when he needs to hear somthing, and middle school feels like a distant dream
At some point, Nino invites Kagami to his house a few times, and he signs with his mom. Nino is like “I can interpret for you,” and Kagami is like “wow thanks, I’m so lucky, because I obviously do not know any sign language, why would I have learned it, and also for the record it is brand new information to me that you can sign,” and Nino is like “cool? Its not a secret but im glad i told you if you somehow didnt already know,” and Kagami is like, “yep :)”
But then eventually as they become really close, they are texting one night, (Kagami can still barely get out of her house, so they need to communicate remotely. And both of then HATE phone calls bc its so hard to understand whats happening, but neither of them have admitted this to anyone)
Nino admits that he likes using sign language better than talking, and he wishes he could use it with his friends, but he’d feel so guilty asking them to learn an entire language just to make him slightly more comfortable. He can talk and hear OKAY so he shouldnt put the pressure on them.
and Kagami is like “you could always ask, worst case scenerio they say no, and i dont think thats an unreasonable demand” and nino is like “it is though,” and kagami’s like “ok so haha funny story, please dont hate me” and nino is like, “…what.” And kagami confesses everything and nino is like “why… why would i hate you for that?” And Kagami is like “oh wait youre right im stupid,”
And then Nino’s also like “hey if YOURE more comfortable signing too, then why dont YOU ask your friends to sign for you. Do you see what i mean? It’s hard to ask-” and kagami is like, “as your friend i will prove it is not.”
So then Kagami ends up confronting Adrien and Marinette the next day and is like “Hi. This is a sign language dictionary. Learn from it.” And they’re both like “what?” And she’s like “oh wait sorry. Backing up. I’m autistic. I decided like three years ago. Forgot to tell you. And I need you to learn to sign a little bit so you can understand if i sign something at you. If you want, of course. Please :D.” And theyre like “ok sure yeah i can do that.”
(Theyve already learned and accepted that shes extremely direct in asking for things)
So then she texts nino and is like “i did it. Youre welcome.”
But anyway both of them are uncomfortable in crowds and parties: Nino cant hear anyone and Kagami tends to get sensory overload, so they start signing mostly in those situations, and then it starts to sink in that they’re allowed to sign whenever and that the other really IS also comfortable with it.
(Both of them are much more willing to make sacrifices for others than to try something new and intimidating for themself, so this is the perfect situation to trick them into getting out of their comfort zone, ironically by trying to be more comfortable in the long run)
so they will just sit together and hang out and have long conversations while just chilling somewhere in a park or at cafes or whatever. Both of them become chattier than they’ve ever been because talking and understanding is so much easier, and its addicting
And their close friends all become proficient enough in sign language to have simple conversations.
But also Nino and Kagami start sitting together automatically even in group hangouts, and they start hanging out more with just the two of them, and soon neither of them feel bad about asking to hang out in quieter places, because they can justify it knowing that it will also help the other one, and together that makes both of them also more comfortable asking for little accomodations from other friends, if only to prove to the other that they can do it too.
And Kagami has the lesser-known autism side effect where she makes WAY TOO MUCH eye contact. She’s aware of it but that doesnt make it go away. Normally she feels so awkward about it, and overthinks her gaze because she doesnt want to scare people away. But when signing, you literally HAVE to be watching the other person constantly, so she has an excuse to just be herself, and its so relieving
(and also its kind of fun to look at Nino anyway because he can get so animated and his smile is really nice and oh no she is in love a little bit)
And Nino always struggles because he emotionally ALWAYS needs to be the nice polite one. His anxiety sometimes gets the better of him and he’s constantly worried about sending the wrong signals to his friends and coming off as rude somehow. But with Kagami, he can literally just ask?? And she will tell him her honest opinion without making it weird. And its so comfy and so good and he really loves hearing her unfiltered opinions on so many things because she sees the world in such a unique way and she gets so passionate about such little things and then oh no, he is fallen for her before he can realize it
And they also learn that they’re both artists, they both love to just observe the world because even if they;re awkward, people are actually pretty great most of the time, and its fun to observe them and try to capture the world, and they just sit together and sketch, or they watch each other sketch, and the thing is, both of them draw ONLY FOR THEMSELVES, its not a ‘skill,’ and they don;t want it to be, its just private art for relaxation. Somehow, though, its okay if they share their art with each other. They can just sit in comfortable silence for hours while one of them sketches something and the other watches patiently
And they start to get more comfortable with one of their heads resting on the other’s shoulder as they watch them doodle, and sitting so close their legs press together, and soon enough their hands start brushing against each other’s as they walk next to each other and then all of a sudden they’re casually holding hands whenever they’re not signing because it’s nice
They try to share headphones so Nino can share some of his favorite songs and his compositions with Kagami. But try as she might, Kagami can not handle the sensory of only having one earbud in. Nino knows her tells by that point, and he’s not about to let her suffer for a stupid reason, but she REALLY does want to hear his music. They somehow end up with Kagami putting a pair of headphones around her neck and turning up the volume a little bit so she can hear, while Nino rests his head on her shoulder so he can hear just enough to know where she is in the song
And then he has to sit up and scootch away just enough to see her hands so they can talk about it, and they both pretend not to notice how nice it was to snuggle as they sign. Its fine, though, because now they get the excuse to just look at each other again and sign overdramatically with exaggerated facial expressions, and no one else around can overhear their conversation, and Nino likes to go a little over the top when signing onomatopoeia and acting out particular parts of the song rhythm that he likes, and Kagami laughs, and they both mentally save the image of each other in this moment the same way that they look at reference images for artwork, memorizing the lines of each movement and the things that make each smile unique,
and Nino also shows up at every single one of her fencing tournaments, and he sits as close as he can and signs encouraging messages to her from the crowd whenever she’s not actively competing, (that her blind mom can never catch, which is somewhat of a bonus to Kagami, because every element of their friendship that her mother cant interact with makes this more personal and special and HERS). Every little sign she sends back at him, even a simple thank you, always feels so good and rebellious and free because shes supposed to be focusing on fencing but shes deciding to care more about friendship. And even if she’s expected to leave immediately afterword, she’ll find every excuse possible to find him and give him a hug, which he’ll always accept even though she jokingly warns him shes sweaty and gross
And eventually they are special best friends and it brings them instant joy to see each other and theyre able to interact for no reason other than that they want to and like each other
(And then they kiss)
#ninogami#ninami#nino lahiffe#kagami tsurugi#miraculous ladybug#ml#fic tag#dont want to tag this with the other ship because the tumblr algorithm is weird#and i dont want it going in the tag because theres no content for that ship and this directly opposes it#but i respect nino and alyas relationship so much they are so good and perfect#but im also terminally a multishipper#and ninogami is so darn precious too i love them#i just try not think about the circumstances with alya in this shup#ship#just imagine she and nino are still close bros and alya is dating marinette or adrien or whoever else you want
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Hi, i was looking at this doodle of yours that was called " Ru as the Red blade" ( i dont remember the full name, srry ). And i was wondering how you color your faces bc they look amazing, how do you pick colors? And how do you make it look so smooth with the coloring? Because i have such a problem with coloring my drawings! i was looking mostly on the face in the middle.
First of all, thank you! I'm very glad you think so haha
But oof I'm honestly not sure what to tell you because I mostly just eyeball colour and sort of ... wing it :') I should probably put more thought into it but I am really very lazy and colouring is one of my least favourite things to do when I'm drawing so I usually just kind of want to get it over with lmao
If you're having issues picking colours I recommend the eyedropper tool, which might be obvious but it can be incredibly useful. Take a screencap or a photo that you like and pick the colours from there, and that's usually a good starting point. Just keep in mind that most of the time you'll have to adjust for lighting and any kind of colour correcting filters, but if you play around with the colour wheel a bit I'm sure you'll figure it out :]
As a very general rule of thumb I tend to shy away from too bright and/or saturated colours for the base (the base colours before I add lighting and shadows etc), so I usually go for more muted colours from roughly this area on the hue cube
But you can always adjust that according to your own preferences or the specific piece you're working on. I should also mention that colour theory is important and knowing how colours interact with each other and change depending on the colour they're complimented or contrasted with is indeed very useful, but negl it's also A Lot and if you just want to doodle a Thing and pick colours that Look Good it's okay to trust your gut feeling and not overthink it
I also use swatches a lot, I think most art programmes have them. If there’s a colour I like or that I use more often I save it in my swatches so I can always find it again (or I could if I organised them properly like a responsible artist(TM))
There are a lot of pre-made swatches you can download too, like for different skin colours and materials like metals and stuff like that. That might be something to look into for you as well?
I'm not sure if this was helpful to you at all or if you already knew all this and were hoping for something else or something more specific, but I hope I could at least give you some pointers?
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hi! id like a genshin matchup :)
my pronouns are she/her and im straight.
i like punk, however i am quite soft. i like drawing a lot, i do ice skate, and generally i am kind of lazy. i also like fighting! any kind.
i have brown hair with red highlights, brown eyes. im 5'4.
i dont really have a type, however i have something insife me for confident men.
i am sensitive, confident but shy and i have severe anger issues and paranoia.
【A Time of Celebrations】 - Matchup for Genshin Impact!
I’d match you with… Kazuha Kaedehara!
He isn’t lazy, but he definitely likes to take things slow and just enjoy time with people, especially you!
My personal headcanon is that Kazuha can’t actually draw if his life depended on it, but he’ll try and doodle and stuff while you draw yourself
He likes all sorts of music, and if you guys can find literally any way to incorporate his little whistle thingamajig into said music then awesome, yall should start a band!
He doesn’t ice skate often, being surrounded by raging storms constantly doesn’t really encourage you to do it, but if you’d take him to dragonspine and teach him then it’s something he’d really enjoy doing with you!
He doesn’t really react to any bursts of anger you might have, Kazuha has a harder time at staying angry over something that isn’t ‘big’ for him, so he might have a harder time understanding but once he does then he’ll do what he can to help
He’ll try and get you to meditate but won’t force it if you don’t want to
eyy! you both have red highlights? cool, you can both touch each other’s up when it starts fading, or do your own separately by each other
Genshin people in general can’t allow themselves to not be trained, with or without a vision, so training is probably something that’ll happen frequently
Weapons? cool, he has his own sword so whatever you choose would be good, he’s not too good at fist fighting but he’s quick and observational, so he has that going for him
“Hah, shall we continue, or would you like some water?”
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~ intro ~
welcome to my cafe!! here i give out a lot of things to anyone and everyone! i refer to this blog as starry cafe and everything is cafe themed. this blog is mainly for those who kin from the media i do orders for. please read through everything before interacting!
the rest of the post is under the cut!
im mod alex, and im a trans demiboy that uses he/they pronouns! i am a neurodivergent minor and am currently the only mod working on orders. i may not be able to deliver orders for some periods of time due to school, and i apologize in advance!
you may call me starry or lati if you’d prefer to!
you may also call me by my kin names too!
current kin name list: sorbet, hunter, koto
~ dni criteria ~
do not interact if you are:
racist
ableist
a p\dophile/MAP
lgbtq+phobic (homophobic, transphobic, etc.)
anti neopronouns
anti xenogender
transmed
a terf
a nazi
kinphobic/anti kin
“super straight” or anything similar (the identity is inherently transphobic)
a proshipper/anti-anti
a nsfw and/or kink blog
inc/stual or support inc/st
just here to troll/spam the ask box
if your name is tyr, i would prefer if you use a different name
~ sources ~
main sources:
danganronpa (localized games only)
cookie run: ovenbreak
doki doki literature club
the owl house
animal crossing
bug fables: the everlasting sapling
other sources:
(i may have to deny requests for these due to limited knowledge)
danganronpa 3: end of hope’s peak academy
danganronpa zero
genshin impact
my little pony: friendship is magic
undertale/deltarune
steven universe
~ blacklist ~
h/ji towa
monaca x nagisa shingetsu (danganronpa)
despair!junko enoshima x anyone (non despair is okay! i have separate non despair junko sprites i can use)
boscha x willow (the owl house)
pre-timeskip spike x any adult character (examples: any of the mane 6 x spike will not be done) (mlp:fim)
~ the menu ~
edits:
icons (can have multiple characters, specific themes, and/or lgbtq+ stuff!)
backgrounds (phones and pc only)
aesthetic/mood boards
ship edits (only if the characters have fullbody or halfbody sprites i can use)
minor sprite edits (danganronpa, cookie run, bug fables, and ddlc only)
art/writing:
doodles (mainly sketches, i will not accept requests that are too complex or have more than 5 characters in them)
headcanons/small write-ups (they might be called something else but im not sure. ill basically do a bulleted list of how i believe the character would react) (these will take longer to come out and can only be done for main sources)
misc:
kin help (basically what other blogs would call kin assigning. i take kinning to be very personal so i am uncomfortable with assigning people kins, but i can recommend some characters for you to consider!) (please specify which sources you’d like for me to pick from or ill default to my main sources) (this is not for canon calls, all asks in that style will be denied)
meme edits/doodles (please specify the character[s] and specify the meme. i can edit videos as well, but those will be a lot more simple)
opinions/personal headcanons (ask for my opinion for anything from any source, includes fandom specific things as long as they dont have things that are on the blacklist)
~ other important things ~
you will have to like a post if you use anything in it. reblogs and credit are also encouraged and appreciated!
i have a main blog mainly for my art and ramblings. it is undergoing some rebranding so i cant link it rn!
if i use my art in any of my edits, credit is required
the blog is currently cafe themed so tags and such will have that theme. i will be referring to requests as orders and anons as customers and other terminology that has not been decided yet
i use tone indicators when i feel they should be included
i use they/them for chihiro fujisaki
i use he/they for sorbet shark cookie (i will try to use they but im a dumb kinnie that self projects way too much so i will slip up sometimes sfhhdfjg)
i may use they/them for mukuro ikusaba (when im in a mukuro shift i get uncomfortable with mukuro being related to things that could be perceived as feminine, which includes her canon pronouns [she/her])
~ outro ~
that’s it! im sorry for such a long introduction post, im too lazy to make a carrd haha
i hope you enjoy your stay at the starry cafe!!
#kin blog#kin help#kin edits#intro post#also gonna use this as a tag dump#~ mod alex#~ customer question#~ customer small talk#~ ooc#~ order up! the request has been delivered#~ returning customer#~ the menu doesnt have that item! the request will have to be denied#~ this item needs some specifications. the request needs some more information to be accepted#~ promo#~ personal order
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the only thing i can think to send an ask about atm is something that i have been avoiding talking about bc we do not acknowledge or validate our feelings here, no sirree
(i am a bad role model. hello people who see this, your feelings are valid and communication is important. i am trying to get better and i will bring you all down with me. get in, bitches, we're doing self care <3)
no but yeah on the topic of Said Thing i finally mentioned to someone i need to talk abt it with that we need to talk! progress! lowkey proud of myself
halloween is gonna be so fun! i am going to my friends house and i have No Clue what we are doing but its gonna be so great bc i love these friends <3
i think if i can stop being lazy abt taking pictures of my art i will send mutuals little halloween doodles :o excited for that
also if i manage to do that, tubbunny will finally emerge from my sketchbook for tumblr to see, so. :eyes:
confession time: i have never played minecraft. i Want to, both bc 1) my friend has recreated ancient roman buildings and stuff in minecraft and it seems So Cool, 2) my best friend has gone on a rant abt how evil creepers are, among other things, and i would Like to Experience This, and 3) your posts about it make me go :OOOO - like not even the dsmp/mcyt stuff, but just the stuff abt the game itself that you post seems very cool. also all of my old coping mechanisms are failing so. i need a new hobby. so far minecraft and embroidery are the top contenders. the only Issue is that i dont have a computer, i'd have to steal my mom's, and i Dont Like asking my parents for things
okay that's a ramble that was lowkey scary to write about. but i am feeling.... Something right now, perhaps just a lack of impulse control or brain-to-keyboard filter, so! now we can prove to my brain that people will not automatically hate me for having not done certain things or whatever! (or we can prove my brain right, which i mean. that's cool too. science experiments, baby)
jeez this is long... uhm. i will return shortly, gonna go take medications now bc i was supposed to do that half an hour ago! and also feed my bunnies bc i did not eat dinner today and i usually feed them after i eat so- that did not happen-
validating feelings is very important, telling the person you need to talk is a big step and i am very proud of you <3
ooooo :] for my halloween, other than the deez nuts pumpkin obviously, im going to my grandma's house to spend the day with her and my cousins, then coming home and watching movies and eating candy and stuff with my like. immediate family and my aunt (who lives with us. kind of) and im really excited!! its gonna be cozy and fun :]
OOOOOO HALLOWEEN DOODLES!!! its okay if you dont, but if you do itd be super awesome :D PLUS TUBBUNNY YESSS <3333
oh :O lots of people havent played minecraft before, thats totally chill ^-^ i practically grew up on the game & minecraft content so its like second nature to me (though i must admit that i never really mastered it. to this day i've never beat a survival world on my own without cheats JSDLFJS). if you ever download it, i bet youd like it! plus you can play on mobile if you want, its just bedrock edition, which is better or worse depending who you ask. it does cost money though, so you might have to ask your parents about that. but if you ever do end up playing i bet youd enjoy creative mode. you can make so many cool things!! :D
meds are important, make sure you take them!! <3 and yeah, feeidng your bunnies is probably good. sdjaskdfjsfkl take care stardust, thank you for the ask!! <3
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Random ask but been bugging me a bit. What do you mean when you scan drawings? Like I've seen artists always mention about how they scan traditional drawing and upload them to their computer but like how??? Again sorry for the random ask, my baby brain is trying to gain big kid knowledge and experience lol.
I wh--
wha
what are they teaching you guys in school I
first let me preface this by saying you don’t ever have to be sorry to ask a question and even though i’m having an internal crisis about my age it is absolutely not your fault for not knowing and i am happy to answer and happy to help and i am not in any way trying to embarrass or poke fun at anyone but myself and also good thing you asked this this year when i actually have access to my trusty old scanner again lol.
groovy public service announcement with hip and modern music in the bg: learn to use a scanner not just for doodling but also for life!! old people will be amazed and astounded by your command of technology in a professional setting, it’s a life skill at any age. Using it for doodles is a great motivator.
meet scanner-kun
Step One: Draw a Drawing
i’m using scrap paper because i’m lazy and because sometimes fitting a sketchbook in a scanner is a hassle because you might have to hold it in place. (There are sketchbooks like grumbacher which come with removable tabs that i’d recommend for stuff you want to scan but dont want to tear out of your sketchbook.)
(its edward prince of the magpies)
Step Two: Pop it in your All in One Printer/Scanner that you totally definitely maybe have (or borrow someone else’s, you can do this for free at your local library and tbh their scanners are probably bigger) And Make Sure It’s Facing the Right Way Please
Step Three: Find the cables for your all in one printer/scanner that has been in storage for 3 years and actually hasn’t met your computer and needs to be introduced to it and thus you need to download the scanner app and oh my god this took slightly longer than expected aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
(a newer printer/scanner would be easier but mine is an oldboi and my computer has had some issues in the past so it’s a few apps short of a brain) (Oldboi scanner connects to laptop-kun via a USB cable because it pre-dates wireless printers that are much more common these days)
There is a button on the scanner I could press, but it’s probably actually better and easier to do it by opening the scanner app on the computer because you should preview your scan first in order to crop it and make sure it all fits and isn’t at a weird angle etc etc.
Step Four: Preview your image and make any adjustments necessary. I’ve cropped it but I’m not messing with the settings (the resolution would be important if you plan to print the image later and you might want to change it from colour to greyscale, but if you forget you can still do this in your editing program of choice really easily.
Step 5: Hit that scan button
and voila, your scanner has created an image that you can save, put on a usb stick, email to yourself, print, or whatever.
The scanner did a pretty good job of ignoring the big smudge i’d made by accident near his face, but I will want to open this up in an editing program like CSP to make my sketch easier to see. Scanning tends to wash things out a little (and with reflective material it doesn’t always show up well)
My guess is that fewer people have printer/scanners these days because so much “scanning” can be done with a phone - there are scanner apps you can download to your phone that are a little more precise than just using the camera app and can take scans of things larger than would fit in a printer/scanner, I just don’t have patience for them and haven’t really used them.
Step 6: drink and contemplate your own antiquity
am i really that old does everyone just use their phone these days
Step 7: Editing your drawing
I won’t go into this because it depends on what program you use to edit but It usually helps to adjust the brightness/contrast of the lineart layer (I have this under Edit > Tonal Correction but it might be in a different spot in other programs)
and if your program also has level correction that’s really helpful with cleaning up lineart
as you can see it’s picked up all the gross smudges - so i move around these arrows to try to get them as clear as possible : ) I think the arrows are for white, grey and black respectively (or at least, bright, midtone, and dark).
in csp what I would do is hit “convert brightness to opacity” which should make all the white areas transparent so you can colour under the line art. You can usually achieve something similar by changing the layer to “Multiply” in other programs.
voila! Now you can use the sketch as is, draw over it or under it, make copies, whatever you want.
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How do you motivate yourself to draw for other people? A lot of times I can't draw unless I get into what I call an "art mood" which is basically when I get the urge to draw (usually because of outside inspiration) but that's been harder and harder to do recently. So what do you do to stay motivated?
Motivation can be a real struggle for any artist, so you’re not alone. Even these days I fall into the lazy artist moods where i just don’t draw for awhile, and sometimes that’s okay and even good to just take a step back and take a break as needed.
When I first started to draw I only really drew for myself (ocs and rp groups on the old deviantart) and just never really did any fan art or requests or anything. I ended up getting stuck drawing the same thing and just lost motivation for awhile. I got to a point where I felt like I had to be good at art, but I wasn’t at the place I wanted to be... Thus it started to get really frustrating to draw because I just didnt like anything that I was doing anymore.
One day I figured I just needed to get out of my head and I made this tumblr account! I didnt tell any of my art friends or really mention it to anyone, I just started to draw fanart and posted any drawings good or bad. The first request just came randomly and it was kinda nice, it got me drawing characters and ideas I wouldn’t have thought of and just let myself play around with art and different ways of drawing/ colouring.
At the time I still hated the ‘bad’ drawings, but I quickly realized that people just appreciated seeing art of their favorite characters and it was okay if it wasn't perfect. I realized that if I couldn't draw myself, It was a really nice thought to know I could make someone else happy by drawing something for them. So that kept me motivated to do a bunch of requests in a small amount of time and slowly get a little better as i went, because when I was having a hard day I could still put out something that might make someone else have a better day.
So TLDR; I motivate myself by knowing someone else appreciates it, and that’s kinda worth it to me. I don’t know if that works for everyone, but I guess I just had to find something that made me want to keep drawing.
If you’re feeling like you just need to get going i’d say try drawing some things you don’t normally draw, doodle some really weird faces in pen just to do something silly and let go a bit, draw someone randoms OC just because they might appreciate it, or draw in a style you dont normally just to see if maybe you like that better. All and all though, take a break if you need it. Its okay to take things at your own pace and have fun with it.
#tkasks#long post oh nooooo#motivation#art tips#i write too much#I hope this might help a little#good luck!#Anonymous
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dreamwidth update: Word update, Nano update, Life update
been meaning to update just like ive been meaning to do a lot of thingslksdjgldkfjgdf
So here I am 20 days into NaNo and still banging it out like a champ. I’ve had two goose egg days so far, but I’ve had a lot of very productive days as well (esp thanks to lassarina!) and as of today I’m about to be only ~1200 words behind actual target. That’s ~32K of absolutely original fiction I’ve written this month and I’m on track to making it 50K.
The amount was never a question for me - last year, after quitting my job and signing up for the Winterhawk exchange, I wrote 57K in 10 days; that pretty much proved to me that NaNo wouldn’t be about the wordcount - but it was about the habit. Can I write every day on something? Can I write original stuff every day? Can I write it around all the other words I do, for pay and for fandom?
I mean, yeah, sure, looks like I can.
I’ll admit, I went into November with a changed mindset. Having realized I’d been out of industry work for a year absolutely hit me in the head with the what do you have to show for yourself rock, and it led me to a new sort of determination I haven’t seen in a while. NaNo - the act of doing something daily and tracking it - was really just a crutch to get me into new habits. And it’s working — somewhat.
I’ve been much better during the day about dedicating time to words. I can write over 5000 words in one day before my brain really starts to sink. I can switch between original and work and fanfiction as I need. And I’ve been writing (nearly) daily for 20 days now, which was the goal, so yay.
But - as my fucking dumb gay ass should have predicted - regiments and discipline come in steps. And when I’m spending time on original fiction to that degree every day plus my work words, plus fanfiction stuff, I still don’t have time to do much more than... keep up. I’ve made no real progress on unfucking the house; I can keep afloat, but that’s it. Any extras cleaning I’ve done over the last few weeks has been UNdone by days where i can’t get to thinks.
[And, also, crucially and critically: I am sick. I’m sick for the first time in MONTHS, possibly since LAST WINTER. It was a good run while it lasted, but I’ve now been sick for over ten days, sinus infection / flu / fever / cough / sore throat / runny nose / sneezing / aching / stuffed head / gross feeling / no willpower to do anything / naps every day and not the fun gratuitous kind. I do need to note this because it’s also robbed me of any extra energy I might have had for additional activities.] [I don’t mind because it wasn’t like I was ever going to get sick again in my life, and this really just proves that it was having me out of a crowded office situation with tons of people and their tons of germs that helped me stay as not-sick as I did for so long.] [ Plus I always get sick on November so it’s like oh, hey, you again?]
The key will be — December, I want to say, but December always sucks. Holidays take up a lot of space for me and my family - not just time, really, we only spend a couple days together, but the energy of preparation and gifting always becomes frantic and gross by the end - and I have another niece birthday visit coming up that’ll eat up a weekend. The key will be taking this daily motivation and hanging onto it through December, and into January, and letting it morph itself into something that encompasses more than writing.
Now that I have the daily habit, I want to do the same with drawing, to just doodle something daily and let myself practice at that. I need to set days and times aside for house projects and have them be priority — not let the specter of Nano Words or Work Words be more important (Nano is of course a fallacy i use to be lazy; work words are important cause they pay).
I’m not really sure where I’m going with this ramble. About four or five days in I had a real low period and almost decided to quit NaNo because it was interfering too much with the rest of my day and words and chore schedule and grumble I didn’t know what I was doing and I should be writing work and commissions anyway and such whining. Then I woke up on day like six or seven, my head clear, realized that had been An Episode, and just pushed on with the wording. 20 days and over 30K is a success for me on projects; it’s the maintenance, the daily bits.
I dunno. There was gonna be a point to all this but now I’m just talking about the process (but in the most BORING way POSSIBLE because i dont want to get INTO the PROCESS and now I’m just CAPSING at RANDOM)
Anyway. Still here, still writing, still having successes and failures big time. Still broke! Who knew!
(It will always be a shame that ppl at tumblr cant see my brilliant DW tags; i use IFTTT to cross post, but i haven’t yet found one that will swipe up all of my DW tags and include them on the tumbles)
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