#No Obligation

[fuzzyghost]

[cheweycats]

I'm definitely the nervous type to put this out here, but I do have a ko-fi I'm still setting up commissions, but I have tips set up just for the fact that my family and I are trying to keep things going lol,,, There is no obligation- I just felt like it's time to post it <:)

[tilbageidanmark]

It's me

[lemon-grey]

I’m so sad about the Life Shit today but I want to think wholesome thoughts about my blorbos. If you have a wholesome thought about one of them please. Feel free to send it

[punkrockmixtapes]

The Linda Lindas - "No Obligation"

[camillekaze]

it's become a bit of a bummer to post here on tumblr (and really most social media) so I launched a pretty cheap patre0n where I will post publicly but the membership will let you see some of that stuff earlier as well as some process/WIPs and some spicy stuff! I might even migrate some of my merch stuff there but baby steps as I sort out how to use this thing and recapture my love for drawing and sharing art.

[phantomdoofer]

Something I really need to get off my chest this morning.

Short version:

Art should always be an expression, never an obligation.

Long version:

Recently I've seen a lot of people posting things like "I'm sorry I'm behind" and "what should I do," like they feel like they owe us something.

Listen. You don't owe us anything.

I absolutely love seeing other peoples' stuff. It's the highlight of my day. But at no point do I feel like I deserve it. It just makes me happy to see people expressing themselves. Even if I don't like or reblog stuff, I still enjoy the fact they're doing it, especially in a world that wants people to just shut up and conform to certain standards.

When I was in college, I quickly found myself resenting my work. Nothing was satisfying. Except the little random doodles I did in my notebook between classes. I treasured them. I didn't realize it then, but it was because I was doing those for fun, for me. I wasn't doing them out of some kind of requirement.

And I see that a lot on here. That feeling of obligation. And seeing others going through the same thing I did tears me up inside. As cringy as it sounds, I'm actually pretty damn empathetic. So I don't like it when others hurt.

So what I want to say is: do your art for you. However you express it: drawing, writing, singing, dancing, sculpting, cooking, whatever - do it for you. If others like it, great! If not, at least you did it. Look at it and tell yourself: I created this. There's nothing else quite like it in the entire universe. It's mine. Don't burn yourself out trying to please others.

[underachievers-please-try-harder]

Track of the day // The Linda Lindas - All In My Head

From the album No Obligation, out October 11th on Epitaph.

[rubeslovesthesmiths]

gUYS

Interact wit mee pleasssseeeeeeeeee

[renna-draws]

can’t have an art blog without introducing ocs you’ll probably see more of in the future (if for no other reason than i have... a lot more art for them)

marie (left) and alex (right) are a couple of my oldest ocs! they share the spotlight in my novel faoladh, which will, with any luck, get finished and published in the next few years. marie is an anxious vampire with PTSD and a service hellhound, and alex is the chronically+terminally ill lykan (werewolf) that she meets and falls in love with. 

i love these two so much you have no idea

[bitchi-gami]

Rules: Tag nine people you want to get to know better! Tagged by @calico-noir - bet you didn't think I'd get it done this quick -

Favorite color: Blue, any kind

Currently reading: Death with Interruptions by José Saramago, once you get used to the run-on sentences it's pretty damn good

Last song: "I Can Make the Pain Disappear" by Fear of Tigers

Last movie: The 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice (I'm a slut for Keira Knightley)

Last series: The Last of Us on HBO, but I only got halfway through the first episode before @profess0rjam and I needed to pause and consider a world with no Shrek 2 or Dead Space or Bethesda-owned Fallout or Supernatural or AO3

Sweet, savory or spicy: Savory, I will take cheese over sugar on most days

Craving: Macaroni and cheese and the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 DLC, "Phantom Liberty"

Tea or coffee: Lmao coffee, I try every three years to be a tea girl and I can't do it, and yet at least once a week I'm sucking down an iced coffee that's larger than my own head

Currently working on: Assorted Cowboy Bebop-inspired Fallout art, a post-canon Fallout 4 fic series, discussion questions for a Discord book club, and leveling up in Pokemon Go

Tagging: @shotce, @flightriskiam, @unfocusedfish, @winterpaladin-ao3, @just-another-wasteland-merc, and anyone else who wants a momentary spotlight

[getvalentined]

Hello friends! We're coming up on the end of the month and I still have two (2) invitations available on INPRNT for anyone who wants to sell high-quality physical copies of their art without having to worry about actually doing the printing/shipping/etc. If you're interested, please drop me an ask or a DM! Mutuals and followers get seniority on a first come first served basis.

I'll delete this post when/if both invites are claimed!

[rymoire]

New Year, New Me ? NOPE.

New Year, New Determination ? YES.

Here a "Meet The Artist" as Messy as my mind 🤣😈

(Close up to my messy character sheet)

[rish-you-were-here]

Happy pride

[hoofpeet]

14 year old artists listen to me right now (gripping you by the shoulders) STOP caring about your "internet presence" right naow. Draw slower and stop trying to boil your art down to an acceptable marketable brand

[starsonmarsy]

can someone send me $20 for a lil treat