#Practice your craft

[trickstersaint]

fr though you have to write bad poetry. poems are not handed down to you fully formed by god they are things that you have to work on and practice your skill at creating. nobody would expect you to sit down at a pottery wheel and end up with a perfect vase with no practice. it's a skill! art is a learned thing!! you have to make the shitty little pots with dents and marks and your fingerprints all over them in order to get better. and you're allowed to be proud of those first little pots you made too

[cozylittleartblog]

small PSA: if you shop at craft shows or artist alleys, please bring more than apple pay or a virtual card - especially if you're not comfortable entering your card number manually. not all of us have fancy card readers, so please also bring your physical card or cash, even if it's only as backup 👍

[onebizarrekai]

I don't remember if you answered this question, but did you go to art school or are you self-taught? Have you studied from YouTube videos?

nah, I never did art school. I learned a few things from books when I was a kid and got signed up for a short summer art class one time, since I was thinking about being a professional artist and my parents were trying to help me along. I learned how to use digital art programs from tutorials when I was a teenager, but I haven't used tutorials much besides that. pretty much everything I know has been from observing other artists online and experimenting. so yeah, I guess that means I'm self-taught, haha.

I went to school for music and vocal performance, but I could tell a long story about the university I went to, how they weren't really qualified to train musicians and how I dropped out. I've already been working professionally as a performer for 7 years, working with a private teacher and as a teacher myself, and I have tons of experience that I never would've gotten at school, so it's all working out really well.

[hiddenhues]

It’s that simple . You valuable. You are needed here . You have a lot to offer to all of us … to this big puzzle that we call life , earth and universe :)

Happy New Week

[assi9art]

ADHD gods said to make junk journals today. not sure what ill do with 18 of them tho....but its better than having material collecting dust :D

[witch--tips]

you NEVER need to wait “until you have the money” to start practicing witchcraft. you do not need ANY money for witchcraft. you can have all the money in the world and practice witchcraft every single day without spending a single cent on it. everything you need you already have, inside of you and around you as well.

[herbs-spice-and-everything-nice]

Sometimes I wish there was a resource where it was like "Select a magic user from your fave media and we'll list all the books you should read/videos to watch to learn the level of knowledge and path they're on"

with a submission section you can submit characters and they can add them after review

bc yeah I know each path is specific to the witch but it'd be great to have such a direct studying source with vetted sources

Strega Nona? Boom a list of green witch, kitchen witch, familiars, and folk magic resources

John Constantine? Bam a list of resources of demonology, classic sigilcraft, the Old Gods, spirits and hauntings, protection magic

Sally or Gillian Owens from Practical Magic? Protection spells, hexes, love spells, graveyard craft, covens, ancestral magic, general witchcraft basics

Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service? Familiars, kitchen witch, ocean witch, folk magic, forest magic, herbology, potions, tarot, love magic

Just overall magic that's been shown in the media overall or directly what the character knows, there are soooo many more but like this was just off the top of my head

[uncanny-tranny]

Fiber arts (crochet and knit, especially) tip I found helpful: It's great to be a yarn snob, but first, find what you actually like to work with. When you're beginning, you might be working with acrylic, and that's fine. There are plenty of great options for acrylic, and even that one material can be vastly different between brands (honestly, I think people don't recognize this enough! Acrylics are actually a diverse material!). However, you might like working with other materials more as you progress, and it's good to see what you'll like! I've been working with 100% cotton recently, and I really, really like it - much moreso than the acrylic I bought when I first crocheted, and I never knew that I would have liked it more.

It's okay to work with whatever you can, especially when it's your only option. When you get the chance, though, think about some things you like in a material. What textures do you like? What colour options do you prefer (bright/muted/natural)? What is realistic for you when it comes to caring for your projects once they're done? These are all important, and they're things that are specific for you. There is no such thing as a "bad material," only materials you like and want to use. It can be intimidating to feel like you're not at this pristine place of yarn-snobbery, but truthfully: it doesn't matter as long as you make things that you like, and being able to explore what you like can be really helpful.

[trans-yllz]

"wearing leather/fur or eating animal products is unethical" SHUT UP SHUT UP WE ARE PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM!!!!

[icewindandboringhorror]

If you became super rich and could design your own house, but could only add THREE unnecessary/random/expensive home additions (like how people will have bowling alleys, movie theatres, closets with museums of shoes, car display rooms, spa rooms, wine cellars, etc. in their mansions) - what three would you choose?

[simply-sithel]

First attempt at woven basket was twisting some split reeds and grass and winding them around split segments of a ridged stalk. Easy enough but rather delicate. I liked the calm and meditative task of splitting the reeds but the stripped blades of fresh grass looked better even tho they were more obnoxious to twist in.

[aculeus]

The drastic decline in the quality of my art is something that needs to be studied...

[higgsboshark]

So I went out drinking with some other manager types and

Other manager: I hate it when I catch employees faking sick

Me: I know right? I keep telling them, you gotta lie well enough that I can plausibly say I believed you. Don't half ass it

Other manager: What

Me: What

[fisheito]

gosh okay if it's okay can i leave some extremely persistent brainyakus for babyyakus.... like obv you can just leave this or post or just share w whoever you want i'm just some dudegirl clanging pots and pans in your boxes but! i have always loved the idea of like...... baby yakumo being taught some form of sign language (Klein Sign if u will allow the goofery) bc the mouth shapes and tongue movements of the spoken language are hard for him to grasp even with full immersion and support!!!! i also think he would have some anxiety actually using his voice bc Y'know. It's Yakumo. he does eventually become more comfortable with verbal speech ofc but oh my god i am losing my mind at (baby yakumo voice) pep-per......... once again thank you mxr requiodile for my god life. and truly what are pigs but big potatoes....... ONION OWWIES..........

my last spam i will leave u with is also! ever since i unlocked homecoming ssr yakumo and it's dropped that he made his own ceremonial clothing i became OBSESSED w the idea of grandma taking babkumo to The Crafting Circle of the village. maybe he needed a bit more immersion into human spaces before he started school so he's just cowering in grandmas lap while she's knitting and mending but slowly he starts just like wandering around, looking at all the things happening with all the crafters just letting this uncanny child gaze in wonder over all the comfort items and soft blankets and warm clothes being made. and then there's at least one giant ass loom and those things are HUGE and make a lot of clacking noises. babkumo inching closer to it but doing these big scared jumps every time it makes noise but he's just so O.O like this giant scary thing makes such nice things!!! he's been wrapped in scarves fresh off this thing!!! and then whoever is working the loom pushing the shuttle through and just patiently waiting for yakumo to very tentatively push it back toward them. tbh i don't even really think that's great weaving technique but idc we are socializing this yokai via fibers and stich-n-bitch. thank you again for the generosity and enthusiasm ;w;

i am leaving this here for everyone to see because i like it and i want to show it

[lunasun1verse]

A reminder that it’s ok to take breaks from the craft. It’s ok to step back and not touch your altar for weeks or months while you study and/ recuperate.

Don’t feel like you’re a bad witch for taking a break. You can absolutely overwhelm yourself if you aren’t careful.

I haven’t done a daily pull all month, and I don’t feel bad. I do light a candle daily and burn incense to make sure I stay connected, but I don’t feel an ounce of sadness or remorse for it. My deities are honored other ways, and they understand that life gets entirely overwhelming.

Do not feel bad for taking breaks.

Today’s song is Luminary by Joel Sunny

What a lovely song to listen to. It makes me feel like I’m touching the heavens or flying through the air. Ironically, I first heard this song when I was scrolling the YouTube shorts. A guy was showing AI generated visions of what different Bible verses would look like if we saw them irl. Such a beautiful song.

[terrorbirb]

I CANNOT find this one specific color in a ribbon and it makes me mad :(

What would you call this color? I think I may not have the right search terms.

To me it's like a desaturated bordeaux, but obviously that's hard to search for ribbon of. Should I be looking at dark red?

Last time I paired it with green but this print is different

I'm trying to pair for the print on the left, and I want to use the same floss color. I think I may have to change my search to teal or a yellow green

I'm actually thinking of maybe trying like a cucumber green

Because I think that would look very 18th century

This is what I'm remembering to go with the green.