#and I’ve been like so unmotivated to draw lately

[skillzissue]

PSST PSSTT HEY HEY HEY

okay so I know it’s been awhile but shhhhh time isn’t real.

ANYWHIZZLE~ so do you guys remember that one animatic about that one AU I stayed up for like three days to do?

>:)

[ivyloveheart]

Me: Today I will draw something!!

*after sketching one (1) line*

Whew! What a lot of hard work! Time to go to sleep.

[xxspirit]

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🚨 Warning! Yap alert!! 🚨

(About requests and some new changes to Camellia’s design, I bolded the main points)

Just a heads up, that I am closing requests, but will be finishing up the ones I have already been sent, thank you for sending me requests! It was a very nice refresher to change it up for a bit. I know I haven’t really posted a lot of requests, but I have a LOT more to draw- I’ve been kinda unmotivated lately, but I’m slowly getting back into it now.

I do want to say that I am not doing requests for personal oc’s. I apologize for not saying this sooner. 🙏

(Yes I do also have this in my blog’s bio, but I will be deleting that shortly.)

I do have upcoming projects for- I think you can guess, but I don’t really want to spoil much cause usually when I do I end up scrapping the idea after I hyped some people up for nothing which I hate when I do that ughrhegdn-sorry :(

But yea the main reason why I wanted to take a break from drawing Cami- and Dreamberry is one- was running out of ideas for them, and two, I was giving Camellia a slight make-over. Nothing big just proportional adjustments(HEHASKNEEECAPSNOW OMGGMGMFHHFH), color adjustments(I’ve been all over the place with the colors, and I wouldn’t consinder this drawing to be his new color palette- I gave this piece more of a pink hue- but I do want his green’s to be warmer and a little bit lighter/softer), and the biggest difference, his pupils and eyes!

I feel like his little flower pupils clashed with the design a lot since it didn’t really match with any other part of his design, these ones match a lot better now, but I still really like the flower pupils so I made it to where when he gets really excited he just go:

I also made his eye color darker, made it the same color as his scarf so you could actually see the pupils instead of having to outline it

[dailymothanon]

can you doodle Denver? I feel like he’d collect stickers. There’s so many stickers in Denver that cover entire traffic cones and the backs of stop signs. An entire roadblock I saw once was covered in stickers to the point where I couldn’t see the wood of it

i feel like you could give Denver some pizazz. He’d be lookin real snazzy in your style, lol

Just for now have a little sketch for his concept 😓 I’ve been feeling a lil unmotivated to draw lately + I oughta fix my sleep schedule so, I’ll try making an actual piece of Denver soon! I do really like designing cities however, so the requests are fun to think about, I think traditionally drawing will help me a lil better

[yourpalmickeymouse]

Hi Mickey! Oh gosh I haven’t been in this blog for a little while now, how have ya been? (I’ve been busy with things but I’m mangling them okay I suppose) ✨

I have a question to ask, how do you deal with burnouts (or how do you deal with being unmotivated)? Because I have been quite unmotivated lately, with not doing many drawings as I used to and I’m stuck doing this animatic about…. Uhhh actually best if I don’t mention it 😅 (it’s a bit complicated for you probably ehe), so I wanna know how ya deal with them and maybe I could get tips from you…😅 thanks that’s all I got (for now ), sorry if this was awkward 🥲

Anyway I’ll be signing off now, see ya Mick!

-Sunny☀️

(Also! I wanna give you this cause I can :D hope it isn’t too bad)

Hiya Sunny1927!

It's so great to see ya again! I'm swell, thanks for askin'. Also thanks a bunch for the drawing! I love it!!! 🥰

I'm gonna put it with my other one.

Now for your question.

Ah, burnouts. Those are not fun at all 😔. I definitely can relate to wantin' to start a bunch of new projects, but yet not feelin' the energy to actually start on any of 'em. It's like your body's just not listenin' to what your mind wants. I actually was talkin' to Clarabelle 'bout this and she had some interestin' advice.

She said that sometimes if a project feels too big, we can sometimes feel unmotivated to get started. In that case we could either try and start smaller with tiny things we feel we can do quickly and without much effort. For example when I wanted to work on this giant complex plane model 🛩, I found it was easier to just focus on completin' a single piece each time instead of the whole plane. It took while, but I ended up finishin' the whole model.

She also said that even doin' something that seems unrelated at first, can help inspire you. For example I was really wantin' to get some sketchin' done for a project, but just couldn't get started. So I took a break to watch some TV 📺 and ended up watchin' a really unique show that inspired me with some sketch ideas and I ended up motivated enough to work on the project again.

But I think what she said that really stood out is that we should listen to our bodies. Sometimes our bodies just want to rest, and even though we might see it as bein' lazy or not gettin' what we want done, it's actually more like rechargin' batteries. The time we spend just existin' isn't exactly wasted time.

Clarabelle is one of the wisest friends I have and her advice definitely helped me out. I hope it helps you out too! 😊

- M.M.

[pomefioredove]

hii! i’ve been unmotivated to play twst lately, even more since i failed to get riddle’s bday cards yesterday and since i know i wont get him this yr 😞 so i just wanted to pop in and ask how do u stay loyal to twst and keep playing the game? bcos i feel so guilty not going and farming gems for vil’s bday 😞😭 thank u for reading and pls dont feel inclined to answer this lil anon ask!

oooh anon, I really understand this.

truth is, I rarely get the special cards. I play events more for the story, I log in for the birthday lines, but unless I really really want it, I don't even try. and I would not directly give disney my money under any circumstances. so I usually don't get too bummed about it

(I think rollo is the first card I've actually been trying really hard to get. I'm about two draws away from building a shrine for him)

but yeah! I'm disabled and have constant fatigue that makes it so that my energy reserves can only be focused on one or two tasks a day, and I try to use that on the important stuff like school and taking care of myself. so I struggle, even with doing things that are fun to me, like playing the game. it's also why I take so long to respond to asks and messages lol

it took me like... almost a year to get through all the books, with months-long breaks in between. I get it!!! motivation is hard. I frame playing the game as a sort of treat for myself and try not to get my hopes up about the cards

[facewithoutheart]

Thanks for the tag @valeffelees & @hushed-chorus!

Me & writing keep fighting… I’ll talk a bit about it under the break for those of you who are curious. Otherwise, here’s a bit of my exchange fic I wrote yesterday that brought me joy:

Daphne blew me a kiss, already on her way up to the fifth floor. “You’re a saint, Basil!”

After waving her goodbye, I picked up Sophie with a faked groan, settling her on my hip. “Let’s see you attack my shin, now.”

She kicked air with a grin on her face.

“That’s right,” I booped her nose. “Thwarted.”

Petra pulled at my pant leg. “What’s,” her eyes crossed as she forced the pronunciation, “‘thwarted’ mean?”

“It means I have seen Sophie’s plot,” I tickled her stomach to draw out giggles, “and have mightily stopped it.”

“What about my plot, Baz? Huh?” Petra tugged on my jeans. “Thwart my plot!”

If only Simon could hear her, I thought as I reached down and pulled Petra onto my other hip.

Let’s all take a moment to picture Baz with a twin on each hip, wearing jeans, and laughing.

Amen.

Tagging @annabellelux, @im-gettingby, @captain-aralias, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @martsonmars, @sillyunicorn, @scone-lover, @stitchyqueer, @forabeatofadrum, @thewholelemon, @raenestee, @onepintobean, @technetiumai, @palimpsessed, @tea-brigade, @bazzybelle, @larkral, @ileadacharmedlife, @johnwgrey, @artsyunderstudy, @cutestkilla, @fatalfangirl, @whatevertheweather, @moodandmist, @shrekgogurt, @skeedelvee, @aristocratic-otter, @ivelovedhimthroughworse & anyone else who wants to share ❤️

Sharing because I know it can be heartening to not be alone in writing troubles. Lately I’ve been fighting two problems: interest and flow.

Interest… the trouble with having written a lot is that I’m now really unmotivated to write anything that isn’t “a good enough story to tell”. (According to my fickle brain and attention span.) And the trouble with that is… I don’t seem to want to tell any stories right now. It’s something I’m trying to work on, and something @artsyunderstudy wrote in a fanfiction ask game answer about how she decides what to write has really been sticking with me. So, thanks Ashton 😘 that answer has really helped even though tumblr won’t let me link it 😤.

Flow… I’ve always been a chronic editor and I’m constantly thinking of ways to sharpen and enhance my writing. But editing mid-flow is the quickest way to kill creativity. Judgement doesn’t deserve time in the creation space but I can’t seem to keep it out. I think if I can fix problem one though, it’ll help with problem two. Like. If I’ve got something compelling enough to say maybe I won’t get bogged down so much in the weeds trying to say it.

And actually writing this out has helped me, ha ha. FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS. OH, I’m a writer but it wouldn’t help me to actually write about why I’m having trouble writing. It’s not like I routinely process my life using words. Oh no. 🙄.

[spock-smokes-weed]

So my so my depression has been really bad lately (lmao what else is new) but this time it could have some really bad consequences because now I’m living on my own and it’s starting to get in the way of my school work. I felt like I was drowning and absolutely no motivation for things I love (like drawing) and today I opened up to one of my advisors about it (as a transfer student I have like 5) and she straight up told me to drop a class and focus on getting my mental health stuff figured out.

She gave me all the resources for campus mental health and gave me a game plan on what to do next. I’ll be honest I’m so bad at advocating for myself, and never in a million years would I have thought about DROPPING a class after the point where I can’t get my money back. But I’m in a place where everyone wants me to succeed, and my advisor made it clear that my success only comes if I’m doing okay. Which I’m not. And I haven’t been for a long long time.

So yea. I’m going to visit back home this weekend, and when I get back I’m gonna meet with campus health, drop one of my classes, and focus of getting to a place where I don’t hate myself so much. I already feel so much more unburdened knowing I won’t have to worry about this other class and I can start learning how to use my time more wisely.

I type all of this to say I really hope to draw more soon because it’s actually killed my soul how unmotivated I’ve felt to draw. Finding my passion again is gonna be top priority because I want to be drawing every day. The soul is insatiable but the flesh is burdened. 

[emilsgrippers]

This is more of a personal post nothing rlly TD related so just a heads up. It’s also more of a vent so…don’t read if u don’t wanna

I’m really sorry my content kinda went so downhill lately.

I have been in a bad place for a long time—due to friends, the way things are going, my living situation, and just the way life in general is going.

Me, my mom, and one of my grandmas went somewhere for Halloween—to dress up and have fun, you know..halloweeny things.

Yesterday, on Halloween, I got insanely sick. Head throbbing, throat burning to where I couldn’t speak or breathe…and I just had to deal with it because my body physically won’t let me take any medicine. While I’m typing this, I’m still fighting this god awful sickness and I feel like death reincarnated

I feel like I’m nothing without some kind of reassurance..like without someone constantly in my ear saying “you’re awesome truss!” but that shouldn’t be someone’s job.

One of my main escapes from how god boring and mentally draining my day-to-day life is—is drawing!!—or posting silly things online to you guys..

I really like drawing, I have fun with it I enjoy it..but more often than not, if doesn’t get too much recognition. It does get some—and I’m very thankful!! But stuff like this::

My furina drawing took about 2ish hours, and I’m very proud with the result, but it got about 16/18(? Haven’t re-checked) likes which of course heavily unmotivates me.

I love putting detail and lots of time into my stuff…but I just feel like it’s all for nothing—hence why I haven’t been posting much art, I just don’t feel like the people like it.

With my headcanony stuff I post every other day(mostly), it also doesn’t do very well. I always kinda think that it’s because I headcanon the same two characters over and over again….but they’re my favs and I don’t want to go out of my way to make headcanons for characters I personally don’t care about too much… IE chase. (Sorry chase)

I know very well that nobody is obligated to like all my content, but I’m trying my hardest to share my cool Bridgette stuff to all my Bridgette fans out there—but I just feel like it doesn’t get there and it bums me out.

But also—I’ve seen a lot of mh mutuals vent or stuff,, and my main thing would normally always be to stop and say something comforting—because I always want to make sure someone’s okay but I just. I’m not in a half decent mental state and I can barely conjure up an “itll be okay”. So to my moots whose vents I scrolled past in a panic: I’m really sorry, and I hope you’re all doing okay. You’re all amazing, and I hope you’re doing better.

Enough about my content & stuff though and heres my apology::

I really am sorry that I’m kinda just..falling off. Staying somewhat relevant is very important to me because I am ultimately nothing. I don’t have many friends, and I’m a very isolated person..though not by choice. The only friends I really have kind of..hurt and or play w/ my feelings? More often than not, atleast. But that’s nobodies problem but my own

I’m still whipping up little headcanons and au things , and I swear when I (hopefully) move and get out of the disheartening place I live—I will make it my mission to draw more…post more..etc…and I’m sorry I didn’t immediately start off this account with that intent. Thank you for continuing to follow my account despite how rough my content has become. I am..very very VERY thankful for you.

[goos3-345]

Piper Drawings!

Done a quick traditional drawing of Piper to some lyrics from her playlist (Diner by Billie Eilish) and then coloured them with pencil :3

I’ve been doing quite a bit of trad drawing lately, mostly on an evening too, and it’s pretty nice actually! Gonna aim for at least one drawing done a day (even if I don’t post them all) to get me back into the swing of things, as I’ve been really unmotivated to work on anything atm.

Anyways hope you like this drawing of Piper!

(The hair was supposed to have highlights, but the gel pen was taking SO LONG to build up, I gave up lol)

[pastelprince18]

Sorry I’m a bit long with posting, this one took a bit <:] with summer still here (even tho it’s been disgusting with so much rain lately) I wanna do summer pics

I wanna do a redraw specifically for two reasons 1 was bc I wanna get the flow back to drawing since I’ve been side tracking or been unmotivated (I shouldn’t force myself but I miss drawing a lot..)

And two I’ve wanted to do this pic for like two months now ;w;

[whumpsoda]

Omg Darius is giving me everything I needed in my life! Like fuck looking back at these sketches has me like fuck shit ugh my heart its fluttering a little bit

IM SO SO GLAD YOU LIKE THE DESIGNS <333

I’ve been so unmotivated to do anything lately but I want to draw my ocs so badly… I will do it soon istg

[gay-wrath-art]

September Joy List

Another month, another list. These are in no particular order.

Lemonheads

I’m not sure why but I’ve just been crazy for these lately. They’re a little difficult to find around here but they are so delightful.

Illustrator for iPad

I’m really learning the tools on the iPad version and it’s speeding up my workflow. I was able to create lots of stickers very quickly this month. It always feels good to get into a flow state while I’m working, and this program makes it easy for me by being able to just draw a vector by hand instead of using anchor points. 

Arcanis Animal Tarot

The latest in my tarot collection, these cards are absolutely gorgeous. The animals are drawn in a simple and fun way and it just brings me joy to look at them. 

The Anti-Planner by Dani Donovan

This book has kept me going in the last few weeks and it’s killing my procrastination. It’s not really a planner. It’s more like a recipe book. It’s broken down into the feelings that cause procrastination: feeling stuck, overwhelmed, unmotivated, disorganized, or discouraged. From there it’s broken down into more specific emotions (for example overwhelmed breaks down into feeling intimidated, over-committed, panic, and burnout). You go to that feeling and there are exercises, games, and advice for the specific type of procrastinating you’re doing. It’s been a real game-changer for me. Plus it has a lot of humor and drawings in it. I highly recommend it for everyone.

Creating

Creating stickers and little guys has really renewed my passion for art. I wasn’t really feeling all that creative or very good last year. But this burst of creativity that I’ve had this last month has really got me going again. It started when I decided to draw a little every morning before work and it’s really been helpful. Creation is a powerful drug.

[kamenriderserotonin]

Was tagged by @heated-drama-between-men ((doing this here so toku mutuals can see it too))

Current time: 10:25

Anything I've been doing lately: studying like an idiot with too much faith

Anything I intend to do later: Draw a lot like really get into it

Anything I recently watched or played: oohh so I’m actually playing in my ps2 because my PC controller broke :’( so I’m playing Jak 3 ((having lots of fun ngl)) I recently watched evil dead rise it was uuh *chef’s kiss*

Anything I want to watch or play: I’m going crazy about the Yellowjackets new seasooooonnnnnnn uugggghhhh and I really really wanna play animal crossing + going crazy about High school heroes and the new cherry magic movie but I-m juuussstt aghhhh so unmotivated

I'll tag @dragonoffantasyandreality @2030kamenriders and @t-u-i-t-c

[rakksune]

I’ve been so unmotivated lately and it’s like I want to draw but I want to uh okay I don’t know where I was going with this

[satorisoup]

soso srry 4 bein’ late 2 tell u this but ur bokuto pfp ‘s sooooo cute !!!!! :< I swear he looks like js the softest thing in the word when u draw him !!!! qwq how have u been lene ? :O hope everything & everyone is treating u well <3 mwah !

EEEK XIN MY SWEETIE !! (つω`｡) hihi my precious !! ^_^ m’ soso sorry for the late reply omigosh… please forgive me !! T^T

UWAHHH PLS !! :,> you flatter me sho much teehee !! >//< THANK YOU SOSO MUCH OMIGOODNESS !! that means the absolute world to me sniffle :< i adore kou shosho much, my soft pretty baby SOB !! dis is tha bestest compliment in tha entire WORLD !! T^T i draw kou how i see him through my eyes, so hearin’ dat you see him softly through my art too has me giggling, i swear !! <3

SOBSOB i’ve been good !! ^_^ it’s been pretty busy lately but, i’ve missed bein’ on tumblr more !! T^T i’ve just been a bit unmotivated, bur hopefully i can fix that teehee !! <3 i’ve missed talking to you !! :< THANK YOU SOSO MUCH FOR ASKIN’ MA LOVE !! >.<

WAHHH how are you doing xin ?? is life treating you well ?? i must tell you, i absolutely adore your precious theme teehee !! >//< i’m sending you the bestest wishes EVAAA & m’ huggin’ you soso tightly !! MWUUUAH !! <3 🍓