#but I'll use this app for little doodles and the like.

[bluetacos]

I tried HiPaint, not bad. If I had an Ipad, I would get Procreate, but I'm broke, so...

[keeps-ache]

so Apparently a game i was running on my computer (without a cooler thing for a good minute there, because i guess i thought i was invulnerable to heat) may or may not have burnt out some parts of my machine. and it's been a couple months since i've played it bc it just stopped working one day and i just had to accept that lmao- but anyway i'm booting the game up again today, Surely this will go differently :3

[hotchsofficialwifey]

okay hear me out... mike schmidt with goth!fem!reader (be warned: i'm not goth so this might not be very accurate lol)

he met you while he was working at the mall, eyed you from across hot topic. despite your intimidating black clothes, chains, and eye makeup, you had one of the sweetest smiles he'd ever seen, instantly drawing him to you. you said good morning to the worker with one of those perfect smiles and he immediately felt butterflies in his stomach.

he started hanging out at the hot topic more frequently. he began to pick up on your schedule, too. you'd usually come on Saturday's between 12-3pm, circle through the food court and your favorite stores (one time he even caught you at Victoria's Secret, but didn't go in, for obvious reasons). he felt a little creepy, but it wasn't like he was stalking you, just keeping you safe (this was his bullshit excuse). some part of you was simply magnetic, pulling him in like a siren, wrapping him around your finger so tightly he never wanted to be let go.

after a few weeks or so of this same routine, he got fired for beating up a man in broad daylight, and had to get a shitty job at Fazbear's Pizzeria. the only part of that job he missed was you, but his yearning would soon come to an end. he went on various apps, websites, whatever he could to find a babysitter for abby while he was at work, when he found your profile on one of the apps. you were around his age, lived in the same town, and were looking for a job as a babysitter. perfect! he got in contact with you shortly after, and you were fast to reply. you set up a day, time and location, and the next night you were there, knocking on his door.

it was as if the closer he got to you, the prettier you were. pink lips overlined with black liner, flared black jeans paired with a Siouxsie and The Banshees t-shirt, eyeliner so sharp it could probably poke him and black converse covered in doodles. you were more casual than usual, obviously, but god, you were beautiful. you hit him with one of your dazzling smiles, introduced yourself to him and abby (abby instantly liked you), and he went off to work, the scent of your sandalwood perfume on his mind.

you got closer over the months you babysat abby. he came home early in the morning, but you always made breakfast (not only were you beautiful, but amazingly sweet). he didn't pay you as consistently as you originally hoped he would, but you were begin to grow a crush on him, so you didn't really mind. it got to the point where you two even exchanged numbers, using work as an excuse, but you mostly talked and sent memes to each other. but what he admired most about you is how good you were with abby. you guys drew together, watched cartoons together, laughed together, you even did tarot readings for her. abby would fill him in on every little detail of your night together, start to finish. she adored you, and you adored her, which only made him fall harder for you.

the love confession was unexpected, but really sweet. he had invited you over for dinner before he went to work, which he often did, but after you put abby to bed and sat down on the couch with him...

"thanks for everything you do for us." he blurted suddenly. your face suddenly felt very warm, and you bashfully replied.

"it's no big deal, really. i like spending time with abby..." fuck it, you thought. "and with you." you stared at each other for a moment, tension in the air, before he kissed you. slowly, softly, easing you into it. it got heated quickly, and one thing left to another, and he was forty minutes late for work (but it was so worth it).

a/n: okay, this wasn't as focused on the goth part as I wanted it to be, but wtvr. i'll be doing headcannons for goth!reader later!! for now, here's some backstory lol

[goddessinnerglow]

Become Your Best Version Before 2025 - Day 3

Identifying Limiting Beliefs

Hey Goddesses! Today we're going to talk about something that might be holding you back without you even realizing it, those sneaky limiting beliefs that like to camp out in our minds. You know, those little voices that whisper "you're not good enough" or "you'll never be able to do that"? Yeah, those ones. I've been there too, and I want to share some things I've learned along the way.

First off, what exactly are limiting beliefs? Think of them as those stubborn thoughts that pop up whenever you're about to try something new or chase after a dream. They're like those well-meaning but overly cautious friends who always tell you to "be realistic", except they live in your head rent-free.

Think of your mind like a garden. Some thoughts are like flowers that help you grow, but limiting beliefs? They're like weeds that can take over if we let them. Today, we're going to do some gentle but necessary weeding.

The Beliefs Audit

Grab your journal or open your Notes app (seriously, do it right now, I'll wait!). Let's start with a simple but powerful exercise. Complete these sentences honestly:

"I can't achieve my dreams because..."

"I'm not good at..."

"I'll never be able to..."

"People like me don't..."

"I'm too ___ to..."

Notice any patterns? These are your limiting beliefs showing themselves. And hey, recognizing them is already a huge step forward!

Where Do These Come From? Take a moment to think about when you first started believing these things. Maybe it was:

Something someone said to you long ago

A past experience that left a mark

Messages you absorbed from family or society

Past failures that you're still carrying

Understanding the source helps us see these beliefs for what they are: stories we've been telling ourselves, not unchangeable facts.

The Belief Breaker Challenge

Here's a powerful truth: just because you've thought something for a long time doesn't make it true. Let's try something: Pick one of your limiting beliefs and ask yourself:

Is this absolutely, 100% true?

What evidence do I have that contradicts this belief?

Would I say this to my best friend?

How might my life be different if I didn't believe this?

The Belief Makeover

Once you've spotted these limiting beliefs, it's time to give them a makeover. For every limiting belief you've identified, write down an alternative perspective. For example: Instead of "I'm too old to start something new" Try "My experience gives me unique advantages in learning new things"

Take each limiting belief you wrote down earlier and write its opposite. Feel resistance? That's normal! We're challenging thoughts that might have been with you for years.

Here's your action plan for today:

Choose ONE limiting belief to work on first (don't overwhelm yourself!)

Write it down

Write your new, empowering belief

Each morning this week, read your new belief out loud

Keep a small note in your phone of evidence that supports your new belief

Take one tiny action that proves it wrong, for example, maybe you've always believed you're "not creative", try doodling for five minutes today

The Permission Slip

Here's something fun: Write yourself a permission slip. Seriously! "I, [your name], give myself permission to believe that I am capable of [whatever you're working toward]." It might feel silly, but sometimes we just need to give ourselves explicit permission to believe in our potential.

Remember, gorgeous, your limiting beliefs are not facts. They're not your destiny. They're just thoughts, and thoughts can be changed. It takes time and practice, but every time you challenge a limiting belief, you create space for something better to grow.

You might be surprised at how many doors start opening once you begin questioning these old beliefs. And hey, if you're reading this and thinking "This won't work for me", congratulations! You've just caught your first limiting belief in action!

What limiting belief are you ready to let go of? Drop a comment below, sometimes just naming it publicly takes away some of its power. And, you might find others are working on the same things.

See you tomorrow for Day 4 of our journey to become our best selves before 2025!

♡ ☆:.｡ Keep glowing, babes! ♡ ☆:.｡ With love, Goddess Inner Glow.

[qwertzze]

I WANT MORAE OF YOUR DADDY LONG LEGS GIJINKA!!!! GIMME A DOODLE PAGE DEDICATED TO HIM IF YOU HAVE TO I LOVE YOUR DESIGN OF HIMMMMM ❤️❤️❤️

Wrote this once already but Tumblr deleted in when I breifly windowed the app, man is everything working against me getting this out

Probably not worth whatever hype the wait gave you, but I tried

Alt version with others in the cast drawn from memory (with my finger)

Now to the meat of my notes!

A comparison with the original is the first thing I'll do

Color choices -

Maroon for the skin and much more defined black and white for the clothes. This was done to make a more prominent difference between clothing and the rest of it, to add something of a feel of uniform (it may not make sense to you, but it does to me)

In the new one, I made DDL entirely out of black and white. This ties into a design I do for a lot of the hosts, especially ones that aren't animated using assets. It's to make him more casual while also being more inhuman. With less identifiable features, the goal is to make his presence odder and less human

Hair -

In the original, I made it more realistic, and it was basically just what first came to mind. I'm honestly not sure WHY I did it like that. The two lines are to make it clear it's hair, and add the idea it's slicked back

In the new design, I made his hair protrusion thingy both longer and gave it less height. Most of that is me drawing it from what I remembered of the design, not what it actually was. I gave the ponytail a much less realistic gravity, and no hairtie to add onto the minimalism in detail

The references I used -

These two, that's it

Kit Kat's design -

Pretty much the only thing I think I did decently here

I know Sacri already made her a human design, but I wanted to put my own spin on it, and I didn't want to have to make her bit too much of a big deal

Yes, her hair would've had to braids at the beginning of the series, and one of her chocolates being broken was replaced in my mind for her hair being chopped off

Necklaces are to represent that little circle thing on her wrapper, and the skirt is to represent that frilly crease thing

Her shirt was probably torn and repaired, and she just doesn't care enough to replace it, that's my take on the wrapper being ripped

Last thing -

Two eyed wink :]

[heartfullofleeches]

The name for our new mascot Yan has been decided- For reference, Rayne is a character attached to a large brand and more notably the face of the mental wellness companion app developed by the company that "owns" them. My drawing pen should be coming tomorrow so I'll do some doodles on my tablet, but for now some fun facts about Rayne in the meantime-

Timid little guy.

Most if not all of their physical plushies smell like fresh rain.

If you tap on their "face" enough in the app - there's a rare chance of it falling off! (Disclaimer: Please don't do this, it makes them extremely anxious.)

Often seen with a shovel they swear to use to "Bury all yours troubles." Best to keep a password on import folders or they'll use it to dig through your private info and find more troublemakers for them to bury.

Very poor eyesight. Begs you to tap your screen/touch them off so they know you're still there (they can still "see" you - it's just nice to feel your touch."

Encourages you to drink lots of water and treat yourself to a nice snack every now and then. Everyone deserves to indulge every once in a while. Let them show you :)

Their favorite food is blood sausages

[celerydays]

What program do you use to make your fanart? Is it on just an average ipad or is there special ones just for art? Your work looks so good! I’m wanting to try digital art but unsure where to start :)

I use the Procreate app for all of my digital art! ✨

It should be available on any iPad 💗 I personally invested for my birthday this past year and I have the 12.9" M2 iPad Pro, but I'll even occasionally use my fiancé's iPad Mini and the Procreate app on there in a pinch since it's so small and portable~

The only real difference is that performance might suffer a bit, the larger an art piece is or how many layers your work has, depending on the iPad. But if you're just starting out, I probably wouldn't find that to be much of an issue!

(More rambling about digital art origins under cut ✨)

There's definitely a learning curve, especially if you're more used to drawing traditionally! It can help to still sketch traditionally (if that's what you're used to) and then upload a photo of your drawing to your tablet to work over digitally (this is personally how I started out and I used to just make little digital doodles by tracing and coloring over my traditional sketches.)

A small doodle from my sketchbook that I traced and colored digitally, from around 2011-2012, I think? Uh, happy Doctor Who day today!

My very first digital art set up was actually a tiny Wacom Bamboo tablet where the drawing space probably wasn't even bigger than my hand, and a super old bootleg version of Photoshop CS2 which was already a version that was 7 years too old for the time (CS5/CS6 was the most updated version by the time I had started on digital art).

Everyone else in my class had the bigger/fancier/professional-grade Wacom Intuos and I remember my professor taking one look at my baby tablet and just going like "how tf are you drawing on that" lmao.

But still! Experimenting and doing little exercises can get you a long way – I would say to approach it with similar exercises you would do as if you were learning to draw traditionally for the first time.

Shade in circles/nail down basic lighting. Gesture drawings. Random scribbles. Just things that help you get used to the feel of digital art!

Test out different textures you can achieve with one brush, then expand it to see how other different types of brushes can behave and add to the experience.

For proof that even just one brush and not the best/most updated tools can work: these are two of my first more "serious" digital art projects I did in college (with my tiny tablet and mega outdated version of Photoshop) and 99% of the rendering was just done with the "soft airbrush" brush.

But even then, we were taught to create our base sketches traditionally and upload them to the program to work over.

Then one day I decided I wanted to just be able to also do all my sketches digitally and just worked on getting used to sketching straight on my digital program. It was then that besides the all-powerful undo-redo buttons, I started to really make use of the transform/canvas flip/liquify features which I don't think I can live without now lol. (Caveat: I'm now a little too dependent on those features so I keep a traditional sketchbook to do silly doodles in occasionally to exercise my hand because sketching traditionally without the buffer of those digital tools is pretty difficult for me now lol.)

That was a little long-winded, I'm so sorry hahaha. I hope something in this rambling could be taken as somewhat helpful for starting out on digital art!! 💗

[crabsnpersimmons]

Hey Crabs! I have a small question! 🦀

How do you make the pictures of your traditional art look so good!?

They are always bright and easy to see! But when I take a photo of my drawings, they always have a blue or yellow tint to them. So how do you make it look the way you do?

(Also, I want to gobble up your art it is so yummy and pretty! Sun and Moon are so precious in your style!) ❤️

Thanks! And I hope you’re having a good day! :D

no prob! there's actually a couple things i do, so here's the tl;dr:

Lighting: i use daylight or light from a neutral white lightbulb

Editing: i use my phone's built-in gallery app to lightly edit the colours so they're clear and as colour-accurate as i can get (from my screens at least)

and i'll go into a little more detail with some examples under the cut

1. Lighting

a habit of mine that i got from my IG days (ugh...) is using daylight whenever possible. daylight just lights up the whole area more evenly and relatively neutrally. this is my set up:

glamourous

basically, i put the artwork near a source of natural light and prop up a reflector (in this case, a blank page from another sketchbook) that helps distribute the light more evenly across the page, so that even the side that is furthest from the light gets some light that bounces off from the reflector. i don't always have a reflector tho, like if i'm only taking a picture of a small drawing and not an entire page, there's no need.

now, if it's dark, then i rely on my desk lamp, which uses a neutral white lightbulb. regular lightbulbs come in different temperatures, from warm to neutral to cool—so that might explain why your photos are coming out with a yellow or blue tint. warm lights are common in houses because they're cozy, while blue lights are common in working areas because, like daylight, they keep us more awake. neutral white is in between the two.

here's an example of my Moon doodle that i did recently under different lights: warm (from my bedside lamp), neutral white (from my work desk), and daylight (i don't have any cooler lights in the house, so i couldn't quite get the blue tint 😅)

now technically, NONE of these are colour accurate. so i always follow up with some light photo editing

2. Editing

now, i have 2 personal rules when it comes to editing my photos:

1) try to make it as close to the original as possible; and 2) don't spend too long on it

these are just my personal rules because... one) i'm lazy and i don't want to spend too long fixing every thing in my drawings, and two) i feel it is dishonest for me to make dramatic changes to my traditional art and still call it traditional art. whenever i do make digital enhancements (like colouring it digitally) i will tag it so no one would mistake it as purely traditional art. that's just me tho! there are no rules when you're having fun with your art and mixed media art is a thing! so do whatever you find fun and enjoyable.

also, i will try to make it as colour-accurate as possible, but i also recognize that not everyone's screens are calibrated the same way. my phone is set to a "Natural" colour setting, but on my new laptop (which i haven't figured out how to calibrate yet) is vibrant as all heck (like oh my gosh, maybe i need to start tagging everything with bright colours now, because what if someone else's laptop is this insanely vibrant and saturated??) but either way, i try not to spend too long on it because i know i won't be able to accommodate every screen.

anyways, for what i actually DO... i kinda just play around with different settings. if i took the picture under daylight, then there's not too much i adjust, usually it's the warm colours that are desaturated, so i try to make the reds pop more without effecting the blues too much.

or for my doodles, sometimes the doodle on the other side of the page is slightly visible, i'll tweak the lights and shadows and contrast levels until the background is clear enough (as long as it doesn't disturb the doodle i'm taking a photo of)

now, if your photos are coming out too yellow or blue because of your lighting, you can adjust that by tweaking the Temperature setting. here's an example of that warm Moon doodle:

already looking a little better, right? so don't worry if your photos aren't coming out accurate, there are work arounds!

here's the before and after of the Moon doodle by the way:

despite having daylight, i still needed to adjust the colours. specifically i needed to brighten up the reds and yellows, and bring back the page's natural yellowness. i also tweaked the Definition setting to make less hazy (sometimes i like the haziness tho, so i'll leave it as is sometimes).

and one other reminder: it doesn't need to be perfect, it just needs to be. a big reason why i keep coming back to traditional art is the fact that i can't control everything. i can't undo lines. i can't move things around. and i can't take the perfect picture. but it doesn't need to be perfect. drawing and sharing my art is supposed to be fun! and i don't want to put any barriers around that, or else it becomes unnecessarily stressful.

all that is to say, try out these tips if you want to, but don't treat them as hard rules and don't focus on trying to achieve perfection. just go have fun!

[grumpycakes]

I haven't seen new art from you in a while, are you alright? <3

so Yes, no, yes, no, yes??

It's complicated

Yes. I am gainfully employed as a graphic designer. This is good for living, but bad in that I use up all my FOCUS ON ART energy doing that and come home fried and don't do art.

No, I'm not doing.... great. Never at a threat of not being here anymore or completely stopping but just sad and feeling stupid self worth bs. Additionally since all the apps have changed and I was never... big to begin with, I feel like I'm screaming into the void and getting this chasm of silence. My favorite sites have always been the ones where people get to yell with me about their favs or interact w me. The lack of interaction is... stifling. I feel unwanted and it demotivates me to even think of working on my own projects

Yes, I've been kinda consistently commissioned and commissioned to do BIG art pieces, so all my time I set aside for art go into those things. Meaning I don't make little arts

No, I've been busy as hell. Partly w the other commissions, making it so even if a doodle i feel guilty for posting it when i SHOULD have been working on commissions. Partly cause it's the GD holidays and I have to logistically figure out sending presents to my sisters ACROSS THE COUNTRY and getting gifts for loved ones, and making food, and keeping up with life. and I don't do that... well... without neglecting a lot of other things.

Yes, I'm okay. I've been making up stories for my OC Blorbos, and doodling them. But I forget to post them. (also unsure if anyone would want to hear about them)

I have a set schedule of streaming Mondays and Fridays to kinda force myself to work on art. Cause I know I WANT to and I know I will enjoy it once I do, but convincing gremlin ADHD executive dysfunction brain to believe that is hard.

I feel like a failure of an artist, and I know this .... lean art period will give way. But it might take changing a lot of ... mentally unhelpful situations in my life. More than ever I'm feeling disorganized and helpless.

I want to be like the bigger artists with consistent art and merch and content. But like all things in my life, I'm heartbreakingly feeling like I'm so behind and don't even understand how to do it to catch up.

I'm hoping that once I clear the Marvel Trumps Hate Auction Fills I'm working on I'll have a little space to work on things.

Thanks for checking in. It's... reassuringly unexpected to be noticed.

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #203

I did a lot of scattered things today.

First, though, there was therapy. And on the way to there, I managed to snag a few really nice pictures of a tree for ya:

I talked a lot about you today, especially as related to how your story will influence how people in my world see and interact with abuse survivors. Thankfully, my therapist understands the implications and why I feel so strongly about what happens to you; it's going to affect actual human lives in my world. If you are slaughtered like a rabid animal, I have to wonder how many people who relate to you will fall into hopelessness and despair, thinking like they can't change their circumstances.

My world absolutely does not like people like us. They would say that we are better off never having been born. They would say that our lives are tainted and have no value. I live in a world where people say, "hey, you should totally ask for help from the people around you if you need it!" but in the same breath, they'll call you inconsiderate for "trauma dumping" if you do. They say, "you should totally open up! just be yourself, it's fine!", but then their sanctimonious platitudes quickly dry up when they realize that we don't have happy answers to the standard social questions, and all of a sudden, you're either "oversharing" or "evasive". There's no winning for folks like us in social situations, typically.

…Apparently, the only solution for it is radical acceptance of the loneliness and isolation, because people have their own traumas in response to the unreasonable expectations that society as a whole places upon us, and it doesn't look like any of that is gonna change anytime soon, because, again, as mentioned in my last letter to you, people in my world, for whatever reason, dislike talking about solvable problems. It makes them uncomfortable, so the brainstorming required to build a better world never gets done, and so more people get hurt, and so on and so forth.

It's a vicious cycle. And I'm not smart enough to know how to break it on a mass scale. And even if I was smart enough to know, my voice doesn't belong to a body or a set of life circumstances that are considered valuable, so it's not as though anyone would listen to anything that comes out of my mouth or out of my fingertips anyway.

…What can ya do, ya know? So I just weave my stupid little trees. Make my stupid little music boxes. Make my stupid little acapellas. Doodle my stupid little pictures. Cook my stupid little noms. Write my stupid little letters. Help as many folks as I can in the meantime with my stupid little bits of advice. Pretend like everything's not on fire, just like everyfuckingbody else, because doing otherwise is apparently "rude" and "cringe" or whatever else.

So that's what I did today. I worked on planning a stupid little music box to sing to. Why not.

There's a fancy one called a Muro Box. It's got some 40 notes, and it is a mechanical music box that sounds beautiful. But instead of using music box paper, it uses midi files to strike the tines. My music box paper has only 30 notes, and using the paper comes with technical limitations as to how quickly notes can play; this one has no such limitations, it seems. So I decided to play with it, using midi files I already made. There's a phone app you can use and it makes the music box play. Here's how it goes:

If you like, I can set my midi file to play on it; I have the app on my phone, so it won't take but a minute - just lemme know. It's the midi file that I made of "In the Earthen Womb" from Illusion of Gaia, which I then adapted to play on a 30-note box; as it turns out, it doesn't need to be adapted on a 40-note box, and so this one sounds a little better. I want one of these, but it's not in production for real yet. But you can bet your bottom that I'm gonna get it once it comes out. Making music boxes will be so much easier as a result.

In the meantime, I'll be content with my 30-note one. I've mostly finished planning the basic structure of a new tune. I'm hoping to tweak the results for accuracy in the coming days. And then, rather than punch out music box paper, I might simply arrange pre-recorded notes from my music box, with the help of Audacity, to get around the technical limitations of using paper. We'll see how it goes.

Oh right. On the way home from therapy, I ended up needing to stop at the bakery. I was marked as absent, which is strange, given the fact that I was taken off the schedule for Tuesdays, going forward. The manager of my department was absent - he is on vacation. So instead I had to go to the manager of the whole store to get it corrected. And it did indeed get corrected, and that was very good.

I decided, for my trouble, that the thing to do is get hotdogs. LOTS of them. For science:

I wanted to see which one was best. So I got all of them, and I put cheese, onions, ketchup, and mustard on them:

I decided that the best one was the knockwurst. But the White Eagle hotdogs were probably a very close second. I liked the bratwurst least, I think. And this was all I ate today, because I probably ate too much in one sitting, and my guts still feel kinda weird from it, even though this took place like 9 hours ago. Oh well.

I wonder if you've ever done stuff like this. Like, comparing similar food items to see which one you like best. Or accidentally eating too much in one sitting and feeling weird for the rest of the day as a result. I wonder what some of the more ordinary memories you carry are like.

Well. I'm gonna finish up today's letter, methinks. It's getting late, and I gotta wake up early-ish tomorrow. So I had better shower and get to bed.

Please stay safe out there, okay? So that someday you can find your way to a nice shower and a comfy bed, too. I love you. And I'll write again soon.

Your friend, Lumine

[kiwikiswia]

what a great last night b4 I go back to boarding school! it's time to be annoying to the people I love n enjoy being around by sending them low quality gifts!

anyways,

starting with the yuri liker @anonymocha ocs (I assume eva is your sona that's why I drew her) + kaalaapocket whatever the hell is r1999 about (I hope I drew kb right) . love seeing you being insane in the tl it's like watching a rat in a glassbox having fun /j

then for @escapeboat n their ocs. teeheej. sneaks to your blog and throws this at you.

@norri-toad @9617saphs @lostkalei @cookiewitch-trin hi :pkNom: (+ a bit fixing I forgot trin wears glasses..)

you're telling me this app has a damn image limit💀

alright that's all !! full thing under cut

+ sort of an announcement?

I'll be much more inactive on using social medias (aka not lurking as much as I did) because I'll be back to my boarding school tomorrow so.. yea. I only have access on my phone every thursday and sunday fyi. This info was meant for if you want to send me smth then don't expect a quick response yeagh

I made these drawings b4 my long ahh hiatus so despite this being just a little doodle I hope y'all still like it!! alr bye

[takonxmz]

🧍🏻‍♂️🧍🏻‍♂️🧍🏻‍♂️i... hrngnfg *inhales*

HELLO. I AM OPENING SOME COMMISSION SLOTS !!

👁👄👁

Reblogs to boost this post would be suuuuper helpful and appreciated! Thank youuuuuu

Below the cut are my ToS and commission request form links (I am also doing $25 pet doodles)-- but also feel free to DM me or leave a comment on this post for any questions, concerns, srs inquiries etc.!!??????

Here is my Terms of Service doc!!!!!! 🔗⤵️

And this is the Google form you can fill out for a formal request 🔗⤵️

If you are uncomfortable reaching out via email or DMs first, feel free to just go for it, and I'll reach out to you once I get to your submission!

it's OK if you don't have the funds, reblogging this post would be helpful too! here's my silly little Twitter promo too if you are OK that app and like to retweet stuff 🔗⤵️

And, naturally, you can find all these on my carrd 🔗⤵️

anyway aaaaaaa OK thank in advance

[watashime-ciel]

Hoy by Tronic, but it's my fav RH characters?

this is something that came up to my mind in church. yup. church. i have the first part doodled

its basically like a drawing for every sentence in Hoy. i'll include the translation

its not like it has a meaning. i just believe this song is nice for them lmao

TW // S/H mention; i am sober app,

"Hoy tratamos de entender (1), ¿por qué los malos viven bien? (2)?" "Today we're trying to understand, why do bad people live a good life?" (1)Yellow looking down a bit pissed off. his right arm with bandages, visible healed s/h scars. (2)Yellow's phone with I Am Sober opened, a short time appearing on screen

"¿Por qué llorar nos hace bien?" "Why does crying makes us feel better?" Cecil curled up/sitting on their bed, a shadow-y figure of J.J on their side

"¿Por qué pensar hace crecer?" "Why does thinking makes us grow?" no drawing, just the text

"Hoy tratamos de entender (1), ¿por qué la moda es tan... weona? (2)" "Today we're trying to understand, why is fashion so... stupid?" (1)the Rockers dressed with Watashime Slug's Juuryoukku's outfits, J.J looks annoyed. (2)the DJs dressed with more RAISE A SUILEN looking clothing, Yellow looks disgusted to the Rockers, and Blue is a bit ashamed. rivalry yaaay

"Y el que se quiere ver mejor se ve peor y más weon." "And the people who wants to look nice look worse and stupid." MC Adore with her different outfits from the game

"No puedo creer... Un punky con gel." "I can't believe it... A punky with gel." an inside joke/reference i have with my friend about the Rockers and Cecil's mother, one day i'll focus on it

"Eso es de TV... (1) Y es la moda (2)." (1) Cecil's mother critizicing J.J. (2) J.J not giving a shit and smiling regardless, and Cecil is panicking because of their mother's comments

"Mamá, llegué." "Mother, I'm home." MC Adore sitting on her bed, Connie (Red Woman) being close to her

"Queremos beber el ron de papá," "We want to drink dad's bottle of rum," Kohai on the couch upside down. bro looks fucked up

"Y escuchar Green Day." "And listen to Green Day." The Rockers together, J.J playing the guitar, Cecil singing, Green Day on Cecil's phone

"Y es bueno saber que tengo a quien querer." "And it's good to know I have someone to love." The DJs on their bed. maaaaaybe there's gonna be a little smooch. maybe

thats all i'll do. because the song is longer but i cant think of a good thing to draw lol

[stripeixii]

I went on a journeu

Traveling far and wide...

I was looking for a group drawing website lol

Well specifically one that functions on mobile.

I found one (coincidentally it was the one I used years ago just rebranded and honestly I'm actually really happy bc I missed drawing on that site so much)

So here's what I managed to try;

Paintberri

☆ colour wheel colour range good selection

☆ okay mobile compatability (had to use in browser)

☆ I think it has a group drawing feature? It's likely not in real time based on how it seems set up

White board (one of them?? I think there are a few but this one was mobile friendly)

☆ terrible colour selection lol (unless you pay almost 10 buck then is a kinda okay one)

☆ pretty good mobile accessibility (had to use in web browser)

☆ probably has decent group usage function but I didn't really see a way to join a group so I was drawing on my own board.

Clearly works best for quick doodles and sketches, not the best to use for any thing over just doodling with friends

Hellopaint (previously iscribble)

I think it's also called something like malmal?

☆colour wheel range of colour, good selection

☆ decent mobile accessibility both in app and browser however the app is kinda glitchy

But it's very new and still in the beta testing kinda stage so I'll forgive it

☆ very nice group access, fun the chat and draw with people in real time, had someone answering my questions about the site at like 5 am lol

★ bonus points to all of them bc I can zoom in and out to read the browser options or make sure I can select the right tool

Even hellpaint's app let's you zoom in and out of both the app interface and the drawing board.

Paint erring gave me a little trouble because the pinch zoom gesture registered on the canvas so I constantly had to delete random lines going through it.

[samandie]

These are some things I've had to learn all throughout 2024 and even long before, and I want to share in case someone else needs this message, too.

🌙 Be honest about who you are. Don't try to pretend to feel a certain way about something or mold yourself into someone else so other people will like you. There are people who will match your energy, you just have to be willing to let go of that insecurity.

🌙 Be forgiving of yourself. You're living for the first time. You're going to make mistakes. You're going to be rude. You're gonna have a shitty take. You're going to piss people off. You're going to be the problem sometimes. And that's okay. Being human means making mistakes. It doesn't make you uniquely horrible. Learn from those mistakes, and continue on. I promise no one is going to smite you dead.

🌙 Sometimes, you're not going to understand why someone feels the way they do about something. Whether that's their identity, their interests, their favorite breakfast food, anything. Just let it go. You don't know them or their life. You only know yours. At the end of the day, we're all carving our own path. Let people shape their life how they want to, and if you don't vibe with it, simply move on. It doesn't make them horrible. It doesn't make you horrible.

🌙 It's okay to make mistakes.

🌙 As scary as the world can be, remember there is always good, too. Don't let yourself spiral into oblivion over things out of your control. It will be okay. I promise.

🌙 If you're in a relationship, and you feel in your heart that it's hurting you, you have to leave. I know you may love them, I know you may think you see the good in them, and that good outweighs the bad. But that doesn't make the bad disappear. You deserve happiness. Don't waste years on a person not willing to give the same that you put into the relationship. There isn't gold at the end of that rainbow. I promise.

🌙 It's okay to make mistakes.

🌙 You're allowed to have bad days. You're allowed to be selfish. You're allowed to put yourself and your health first.

🌙 Don't doomscroll. I mean it. It's hurting you.

🌙 Learn to be okay with being offline. I don't mean never touching technology again. I mean don't let the internet and all of the shitty people on it be the center of your life. It's okay to go take a nap or watch a TV show you like for a few hours instead of arguing in the TikTok comments with someone who's opinions will definitely not change by the end of that argument. Do whatever you're able to exist on your own terms without the mass outside influence that is social media. If you find your mental health plummeting over these things, as much as it might suck, you might need to turn your screen off for a bit.

🌙 And if you feel confined to your phone or computer, due to being disabled in some capacity or possibly being in an unhappy home with little to do to entertain yourself otherwise, find things that make you happier on it. Play a fun mobile game. Talk to friends. Make Picrews. Doodle in your notes app.

🌙 It's okay to make mistakes.

🌙 Your identity and the labels you use are your own. Don't let random Twitter knights tell you what you can and can't feel. You don't have to tell anyone, but don't suppress yourself even in your safest places out of fear of rejection from your community.

🌙 Who cares if the fandom is dead. Write that fic. Make that post. If you send it to me, I'll read it. Might even convert me.

🌙 There is no such thing as 'cringe'. See point one.

🌙 You're not 'wasting time'. You don't need to rush to hit all the perceived checkpoints of existence in the same timeline as everyone else. Everyone's life and needs are different, including yours. You don't need to do any specific thing to have a good life. You're doing fine. I love you.

🌙 It's not solely on you to fix the world. It's okay to take a breather from all the chaos happening right now. Your mental health is the most important thing.

🌙 IT'S OKAY TO MAKE MISTAKES.

🌙 You're doing great. Whatever you're going through, know that if no one else does, I love you. I acknowledge all that you've done and I love you. If nothing else, I love you, and I'm happy you're here.

[ohwolfling]

Things I did to reset after a few days of intense chronic pain with increased ideation:

First things first, check in with the site So You Feel Like Shit, to take care of some basics. It walks you through when you last ate, slept, took your meds/vitamins, had some water, etc, and gives you teeny tiny goals to help you get by. It's non-judgemental, requires no sign in or anything, & doesn't limit how often (or not) you use it. The following might resonate with you if you don't know what else to do and you can do it in whatever order you want. This is just what makes me into a person.

PLEASANT ROT. I took massage balls, my rice heating pack for my shoulders and neck, and a full body heating pad into a comfy chair with my preferred blanket, and also took an ice pack for my chest so that I could stand all that heat AND reset my nervous system. Once I was comfy, I set up my Kindle to hang out with Lestat. I'll do a podcast that doesn't make me feel like I need to pay attention or the Endel app in my bluetooth headphones usually but tonight my roommate was playing the new Star Wars game so I let that be my background noise. I set a timer once I couldn't read anymore and let myself scroll TikTok asmr vids for a half hour.

JOURNAL. Sometimes I don't feel safe or stable enough to write about my feelings so I'll just doodle or make lines and shade in squares. Tonight I decided to use my journal to write down some Irish vocab staples and then moved into phrases that felt relevant to the struggle. The Irish for homesickness btw is Tá cumha i ndiaidh an bhaile orm.

LAUNDRY! I physically pulled the cubes out of the little shelf and threw them onto my bed, threw the clothes in my hamper into little piles near the appropriate cube, and then shoved them in. I still have a pile of clothes to hang up but hey, if I don't get to that, I still made progress. ANYTHING on a floor, chair, bathroom door/counter, gets tossed into the washer to do a fresh load.

GET CLEAN AND COMFY! Stripped down, used antibacterial wipes (I showered yesterday but also sometimes it might be longer due to pain/mental health/freak plumbing incidents, whatever), and put on fresh comfy clothes combos so my current night clothes can also hit the wash. Regardless of weather, put on a base for warmer temps and set aside a hoodie/sweatshirt and socks jic you get cold.

FEEL CUTESY! For me, this means braiding my hair, putting on a perfume, lighting a candle with a smell complimentary to that fragrance, and setting my ambient lighting just so. For you, could be slugging, a little lip gloss, flexing in the mirror, whatever.

HYDRATION! I fill a big mason jar with water to add a lil flavor packet to it and fill a regular water bottle for regular water. Now I have options and can refill the Brita filter. When I have extra bottled water, I use resets like these to make sure I have 3 or 4 in the fridge & two room temp by my bed, jic things get bad again.

SNACK TRAY! When I'm down, I don't really know what I want so variety is key. I put tortilla chips & spinach dip, a handful of almonds, a spoon of peanut butter, half a piece of cheesecake, & the aforementioned flavor water on this tray. If hunger returns, I am ready.

DISTRACTION! while the laundry is doing it's thing, I have booted up Dimension 20 on a screen and a little strategy game (Dawnmaker) on the other.

After my next rest- whenever and whatever that means for me- I will either repeat this process OR I can make a little to do list of other things that might bring me joy, make the next week easier, or stuff that just needs to get done. Everything on that list will be something that takes 20 minutes or less because I know that I'm still physically and mentally drained. The goal is not to overdo it to prove myself. The goal is to keep on keeping on.