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frodo-with-glasses · 12 hours

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Where have you been?

Uhhh, France?

(That’s a Hamilton reference, btw. I have never been to France.)

So! Another Hobbit Day is upon us. On this day last year, I’d promised you all that we would take another trek through LotR, with all new drawings and poems and fanfics. I fully expected to be finished with Book One by now, at least halfway through FotR. What actually happened is that the blog struggled through the first five and a half chapters of the book before suddenly going radio silent.

So what happened?

Well, as you might expect, real life happened. I won't go into the details here—since it has nothing to do with LotR—but I can explain in DMs if anyone is interested.

Basically, a change in my family led to a reexamination of what I thought I knew about my family, which led to a reexamination of what I thought I knew about myself, which kicked off an intense period of self-improvement.

Over the course of this past year, I began to unpack my family's abuse; I learned about boundaries; I started to unlearn my old people-pleasing tendencies; I reconnected relationships that were broken, reevaluated ones that were in the wrong place, and cut off ones that weren't good for me. I discovered there was a little kid in my head who's been waiting years and years for an adult to love her, and to take her needs seriously, and I finally have the chance to be that adult. And I'm happy to say that I've come to a place where I feel safer in my own head than I have ever been.

Probably very little of that is going to show through on this blog. It's all inward stuff; foundational stuff. But one thing that might affect you guys is that I left my (dreadfully overstimulating and stressful) part-time job, and I'm now working full time somewhere else. As much as I love what I do for a living now, working 40 hours a week does mean that I am become Boring Adult who does not have as much time for interneting. With my current schedule, there is no way I'd be able to sustain the intense schedule of "must post one drawing a day" that I had in the early days of this blog; and I don't expect myself to.

But! I would like to—slowly—get this train rolling again.

I find it hilariously apropos that the last piece of art I posted on this blog was of Frodo suddenly disappearing. From Merry's perspective, he completely vanished without explanation or warning. From your perspective, so did I.

But I find myself here again, on another September 22nd, and once again I'm beginning to feel that pull; that pull to read, and draw, and create, and share, and laugh with all of you. Life has calmed down enough for me that I once again have the mental space to think about pursuing my hobbies. There are so many things I want to do—so much to do with the time that is given to me. And I want this blog to be on that list.

My current goal is to post some new book art every other day. If that's too much, I'll adjust it. But if I find my groove and really get into it, who knows? We might return to your regularly scheduled Daily Dose of Frodo-With-Glasses. We shall have to see.

Anyway. If you've read this far, thank you! If you've stuck with this blog since the early days, thank you. And if you are one of that lovely core Fellowship that has had my back and prayed for me all along, I cannot thank you enough.

This past year has been an absolute ride. Not as difficult as a trek to Mordor, maybe, but not easy either. But no matter where I walked, I knew I didn't have to take the journey alone.

Anyway! Enough sappiness. Happy Hobbit Day! I'm excited to see what the next year has in store for us. 💚

#lady glasses speaks #long post #my writing #featuring:#frodo baggins #lord of the rings #lotr #my art #fig tree au

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pierrot-dokki · 3 days

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Musings but…

I personally feel that I have a lot that I want to improve on when it comes to my art. But you know what? I’m glad that I stumbled across the HL community on Tumblr with all your amazing MCs.

I at one point had nearly given up on drawing, and I could go weeks without drawing anything. But being here changed that. I honestly think this is the most consistent I have ever been at drawing. I constantly have ideas and I’m constantly looking at ways I can improve my drawings, changing up my style here and there to see which ones I like better.

I’m just so glad I decided to pick up that pen and started drawing Gwyn, and just as glad that I overcame my shyness and shared that drawing here. I now draw every single day. Sure, I may take days to finish an art piece due to my 9-5 job but there is not a day where I don’t spend at least an hour on my iPad drawing.

TL;DR: HL fandom on Tumblr made me draw again 💖

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babygirlknies · 2 months

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two ppl in the department im in at my new job have been let go in the month since i started and its making me a lil nervy 😬🥲

#so this place has like a 90 day/3 mo evaluation period when they hire you #and ig these two were let go after that period #so me being a month into that period makes me a lil unsettled #BUT it doesnt seem like ive been getting any bad feedback #and i feel my drawings have been improving as i go #plus they said they’d talk to me/meet with me sooner about how im doing #so idk man i feel uneasy ig #marija.txt

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10-59 · 20 days

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trying to figure him out . (Lies down on the floor)

#I AM TERRIFIED TO POST MY DRAWINGS TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN……#i stopped like 3 years ago cause I realized my art was bad and nobody told me so I got in my feelings abt it lolllll #actually. looking back at my insta it’s been. 5 or so years #I like to think I’ve improved #but idk. tell me if this is bad. You Have To Tell Me #I’m NOT putting this in the main tag I’m SCARED!!!!!!#posting this and then going to sleep. the infallible technique #vlinny #j.draw #very inspired by my current fav vs artist but over my dead body will I tag him about it

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marblerose-rue · 4 months

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got asked to draw two of my old wc rp ocs :-) left is cicadahop, right is scallopstar

#my art #wc oc #squints. its been a dogs age since ive posted anything wc oc related #oc #BUT YA!!!! these guys are old. i think i made cicadahop 2018-2019 but i could be wrong/i have no way of checking haha #and scallopstar was made 2020.? i think? both are vaaastly different #if i were to play them today i think id keep a lot of things the same for cicada. shes just a silly girl who wants to make friends and #and be kind. as for scallopstar. i think id change a lot #one reason: ive gotten a lot better (I HOPE) with storytelling now that ive been playing dnd for a well over a year #and since i also run two different campaigns. two: i have more experience writing a character with an arc that turns them into a villain #three: i was really going through it at the time so. erm. LMFAO plus i was like 16 so ANDKJFGNJDFHBGJH #but yeah!!! kinda crazy looking at my old art and seeing how much ive improved #also a weird feeling to draw them again but not a Bad weird feeling. been doing a lot of reminiscing #thank god we can copy/paste tags bc if i had to rewrite this all id be so sad HAHA #the crop was weird so i wanted to fix it before it was too late lol #since these 2 are ocs im not gonna indicate this was a request the same way i will with the other requests lol

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goobygnarp · 6 months

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#good grief im gettin a lil tired of seeing 'DONT DO THIS' kinda art videos #i very much understand its a youtube thing and that clickbait names and thumbs get the views and attention needed #but it doesnt mean it doesnt annoy me or that I cant be annoyed by it #sometimes i just see it in tutorial pictures too #but the large DONTS with red Xs near the supposed ''wrong'' way of drawing is so demotivating #people start and draw in many ways than one #its what makes art their own #but when videos or tutorial posts are made and show the ''WRONG'' way to go about it #its like scolding the new artist or long time artist with that style that they're doing it wrong and that its bad #no matter the intention its not the way to go about helping artists learn to draw #and in my personal opinion #the click bait ''DONT DO THIS WHEN DRAWING'' thing is what keeps me from actually watching the vids #i get theyre probably helpful but i don't like that I have to feel some NEED or DESIRE to click on a vid cause I feel like I did a thing #wrong or that i never should have done it at all #i wish i could see more 'here are some tips that helped me #kinda vids cause yes i would love to learn what helped you rather than being or feeling wronged for drawing in a way that isn't theirs #im rambling but i have been seeing a lot of 'DONT DO THIS' NEVER DO THIS' 'IF YOURE DOING THIS STOP NOW' kinda art vids #im speakin for myself here #but im an artist sifting through art youtube or spaces always willing to learn new ways of improving my art #i dont need to feel click baited like the next 3am don't this kid to learn how to improve my inking skills #if it was more a 'this is my personal preference and I wanna share it with my audience and maybe teach some things' kinda vid #id watch that too #but im just so tired of seeing art youtube going down this need to tell folks 'YOURE DOING IT ALL WRONG. THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY"

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zerkenik · 7 months

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LAST BUNCH OF BEHEADED DOODLES UNTIL I WAKE UP LATER.. i was rlly nervous about starting to upload art online, but having a reason to draw is really helping me and i want to thank you guys for even liking my art :^)

Whole lot of rambling in the tags lol

#dead cells #dead cells fanart #dead cells bobby #dead cells beheaded #im getting more confident in my ability to draw and i want to thank you guys for it #my art hasnt felt good enough recently and ive really improved by getting myself to draw and get my stuff out there #i think its because i see people my age who are drawing way better than me and it makes me feel like i havent dedicated enough time #and practice to my art #so thank you guys a lot for interacting with my posts and stuff #its been a really pleasant surprise getting so many likes and stuff on my art #artists like saltyfinalboss (go check them out :^) have been a huge inspiration to me since i even started on tumblr #thats actually the artist that made me want to play dead cells #i saw their art and was like #woah! that game looks cool!

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mw-draws · 5 months

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any zelda fans out there?

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surreal-duck · 1 month

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between my laptop battery blowing up and probably being due for a new drawing tablet that isnt a nearly decade old model with nib replacements running out i fear i wont be able to doodle much for quite some time

will probably take out the old sketchbook at best and sudoku books at worst but even so. the agony has come to claim me once more

#duck rants about something #to the comms i have as of rn im v sorry for the foreseeable delay m( _ _')m #not to mention College stuff. get me Out of here (they are not In there yet)#im running out of food to keep myself going...... ive been scrolling twt from time to time for cute fanart but theres that mood boost that #comes from drawing things myself too that isnt even comparable and raghhh i want to draw #my own comics and years old pixiv logs can only keep me going for so long #didnt do nearly as much as i wanted to over the break but its honestly still a decent amount and more than i thougth i did in the end #and i think i mightve improved a bit!!!!! or not #apologies in advance if you see me rb old stuff from time to time though. its been one of those months #and also i need to learn to not feel incredibly ashamed at self rbing anyhow so 👊 its going great (its not)

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imflyingfish · 3 months

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bahh i want to chat about learning french but its kind of difficult. like either its super uninteresting to most people or i feel like i can come off as pretentious or whatever if im not careful and noo im just excited to both play videogames and learn a language. im literally a nerdd. anyway im going to make a post on that

#idk ive come to realise that im lowkey boring lmao #problem is i tend to have these massive interests that last for either 6 months or a year before i completely move onto the next shiny thin #like a couple years ago it was guitar #a while back it was stage lighting #now its french #smaller ones have been rats fish woodworking balloon animals musicals 3d modelling urban planning ect ect ect #and theres a part of me that always worries that im going to do the same with french #i was learning spanish but i had to give it up for french #the few constant interests in my life have been m1n3craft and drawing #but im never really hyperfixated on drawing in fact my best improvement occurs when im not focused on it lmao #idk point is i dont want to loose hope on french because i know how long it takes to learn and because the feeling of working towards it is #the best #but when your interests change so much and so dramatically it can feel like those that are most important to you are slipping away from you #idk this wasnt what i was expecting to talk about #though i do know that my siblings also go through interest phases like this dramatically so its probably not just a me thing

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noromantichero · 2 months

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