#The learning curve is not that bad

[would-holden-caulfield-like-nge]

Jimmy and Gary have a pleasant chat!

[itseghost]

sketch of my warden :] really enjoying origins so far

[torchickentacos]

What my first (water-soluble) oil painting is teaching me:

Wooden palettes are great if you like splinters and not being able to clean all of the paint out.

It takes forever to dry and I'm going to turn it in for class while it's wet and that's just going to have to be okay.

You need way less black and blue than you think you do and a LOT MORE white than you think. Or maybe I'm doing something wrong? Really unclear. Maybe don't take advice from a post about how I've never done this before.

Don't sketch everything out in pencil unless you want it to mix into the paint when you go to paint over it. I haven't had time to figure out underpainting, but do that instead probably? idk.

Green is an incredibly annoying color to mix properly. There are too many shades of green.

Linseed oil has a really weird, specific smell? I'm getting used to it but everything in my life smells like linseed oil right now.

There is dog hair in my painting. Much like point 2, there is nothing that I can do about this, either. It's just part of the painting now.

Don't let your first painting be on an 18x24 canvas. Don't do that to yourself. Go get some of the cheap-ass tiny ones from Michael's. Oh my god. If this wasn't for a grade I wouldn't be putting myself through it.

If you DO end up having to use a large canvas, just splurge on larger paint tubes. Even if the tiny ones have enough paint, you're going to spend the entire process stressed out that you won't have enough paint and it's really just not worth it emotionally.

Art youtubers and how-to blogs talk too much and I personally feel better off just fucking around and finding out at this point.

All that being said, I painted this and I don't hate it! It's a tiny part of a larger painting that I'm much less happy with, but I like this little rectangle of it :) The last time I painted was probably in like ninth grade so this feels like a pretty okay first current-day attempt, all things considered.

[tripably]

You Know You Can't Fool Me: The Comic Version

Yeah. Uh. I'm simultaneously proud and humiliated by this... creation. Here's the story in it's original form, which I'm infinitely less embarrassed about lmao.

Thank you @julcheninred for hosting the challenge ! I drew magnificiently badly for six (?) hours straight but I also giggled the whole fucking time so. Time well spent? :-D

[turtleblogatlast]

[ cw: technical child endangerment / ]

Y’know every time I see the turtle tots playing with their original weapons I’m always flabbergasted that Splinter let Leo have a literal sword as a small child.

And then left him unsupervised with it.

Like, at least the others had blunt weapons (though still dangerous in their own right, especially Raph’s blunt tipped sais) but Leo’s katana are so easily lethal that it’s a miracle he seemed to be a natural with them. Because, if he wasn’t a natural then…oof.

It’s at least a good thing he only got one sword at first and not his usual two. Splinter would’ve needed to count his lucky days because OOF.

[ame-to-ame]

still working on tweening and etc but small self-indulgent sneak peek hehe

[r0bee]

I choose to believe nothing bad happened after the end of BTS, they lived happily ever after etc etc

[Red - Pale Waves // amberprice]

[blu3berrydraws]

--- Anon requested: Days go by and nauseous for zukka. From this palette meme.

[alukaforyou]

aaaa @motherish in new york :D we had soooo much fun💕 she got me this dbz book?!? and i did another tattoo for her! check out the 6 months heal on baby goku heh🐉

we went to anime nyc i was mainly looking for jjk and csm merch, there was sooooo many good things! saw a surprising amount of vocaloid stuff too :0 legs hurt sooo much after walking the artist alley ^_T 💸💸💸

i found a place where you can order soysauce marinated crabs directly from korea 1 day shipping it was SOOOO GOOOODDD sushi and i TORE THAT SHIT UPP 🦀 we were toooo obsessed with it 😵‍💫

🧛🏻‍♀️ then we looked thru my vampire knight artbook & fanbook from 1928199 yrs ago when i was Obsessed w that series, the amount of lore / plot i remembered was crazeeee the art for vampire knight still looks sooooooo pretty 🫨✨

the trip was tooo short but sooo fun it was amazing to see sushi again aaa meeting online friends irl...........🥹💗💕💖🩷

[stellewriites]

thanks for the tags @dwarvenagenda & @pricegouge !! 💓

it was fun to check my stats for this year :3

funny to compare how i started my year vs how its ending (fandoms im writing for, fic length range, themes and tropes i’m preferring, etc).

i’ve found that although ive maybe written less and had less interaction in general from readers this year i’ve truly found some amazing people that i consider good friends on here now :’) and i wouldn’t swap that for anything!!

blank copy below and npt: @pricetagged @ohlawdthebirds @sentientcave @syoddeye @gloard @wraithdance @buttdumplin @luvrodite @mikichko @lewistoferrari @disgustingtwitches

[saintprivateer]

me and Leon zooming in on chickens with the binoculars!!!! hehehe

[mars-ipan]

i’m such a goddamn perfectionist with rhythm games… i get a fc and i’m still like “damn 7 whole greats…. my accuracy was kinda low on that song” like girl . come on now

[renegadeem]

Slight Tactical Breach Wizards spoilers below

I snorted this game like it was coke and it is just as addictive!!!

All levels, all dreams with every confidence challenges, and damn it only left me wanting more.

Solid contender for GOTY in my opinion. Unique art style, charming cast of characters, fun and witty writing, filled with lore that gives you just the right amount of answers to “a wizard-did-it” ratio.

Kellen and Banks were also totally fruity for each other.

And fuck Steve Clark. All my homies hate Steve Clark.

Torn between trying to draw tactical wizards yuri or starting a new game on hard.

[disenchantedif]

why are you alwaysss fucking sick?

[bumblingbabooshka]

Learning Curve Hall-of-Famer right here. Tuvok making Chell clean the transporter room with the equivalent of a toothbrush as, I assume, a punishment of some sort & Harry coming out of left field with a 'You missed a spot <3' just to kick him while he's down. Harry, the man's gonna be there LITERALLY all day. Absolute bastards these Starfleet types <- said with love

[scullysflannel]

Do I have to watch all of season 1 to be able to watch the rest of Halt and Catch Fire? Cause I just watched the pilot and did not really find any part of it compelling lol, was about to fall asleep a couple of times

Thank you for coming to me with this. I'm gonna be honest with you: You have to watch season 1 to get the full effect of the rest of it. You don't have to like it (I don't! Sorry to its defenders, but I find most of season 1 so painful, until the last couple episodes, when it starts to get it together). But I think you have to watch it, not really for the plot but for the emotional experience. I've never seen any other show capture the feeling of really deep, lived-in love like Halt and Catch Fire does by the end. It's the way it feels to know someone for so long that you have to love them, and you have to know the characters when they're young (the story starts in 1983 and ends in 1994) to really feel the change. And it's not like they made season 1 itself bad on purpose as some kind of three-dimensional chess game, but it adds to the journey in a funny way. You're going from not necessarily liking the characters to loving them, they're going from not necessarily liking each other to loving each other, you're going from not liking the show to loving it. It just hits so much harder if you've gritted your teeth through season 1. I wish it started stronger, but it's worth it! I dragged my feet through most of season 1, paused for two years, picked it up again with the season 1 finale, and then finished the whole rest of the show in one week. And now I'll go to bat for it as one of the best shows ever made.