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Being a full-time artist can be lonely. It's a lot of putting yourself out there, pouring out your cup creatively, and holding your breath when you make the results visible to the world.
Creativity isn't as easy to force as most other jobs. You're in your own head, unprotected, and it's so easy to notice when it suddenly "stops working". When you get too fed up, dysregulated, tired or sore. When the pen is suddenly too heavy in your hand or looking like a mighty fine projectile.
Creating is a honed skill as well as a muscle to flex. Using it takes focus, thought, intention. It fatigues, like any other muscle, and requires rest. You can't force it effectively, and trying can do more harm than good.
Yet, the world as it is today would demand that it be available and high quality - 24/7. It is endlessly hungry for a metaphorically limited resource.
Being a full time artist sits precariously on this juxtaposition of supply and demand. How much of myself am I willing to drain?
Positive feedback is rapidly overcome by the cacophony of things to keep up with. Refilling your own cup is so important but there's just never enough time. And even when there is time, marketing has taken a mental toll and ruled out further socializing.
It's a delicate balancing act, to put it lightly.
#im not approaching burn out i started there#mindspice#artofmindspice#furry#anthro#furrycommunity#full time artist#chronic illness#mental illness#autistic#the dark side of art#career artist#burnout#artistic burn out#autistic burnout#thoughts on creativity#lifelong artist#furry artist#exhaustion
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why aren't there more mysteries that take place in nursing homes & retirement communities. i want to watch a group of deranged retirees-cum-amateur-detectives combine their powers of:
decades of life experience
boredom-fueled busybody shamelessness
access to the most gossipy next-door-neighbors in existence
"I am too old to be arrested and/or give a shit" attitude
and solve crimes. this should be an enormous subgenre.
#their sidekick/Watson/pet hacker is a 15 year old grandkid who hangs out with gram gram on the weekends#her only power is that she has above average search engine skills and flexible knees#which is completely sufficient to round out the group's skill set#they involve her in heist style operations#on the rare occasion she gets caught housebreaking she explains her grandma locked herself out of the condo and asked for help getting in#then this sweet slightly addled old lady shows up and explains she got the address mixed up#it's so confusing when you're old & all the houses look alike and oh she's so sorry to have caused so much trouble#and meanwhile the teenager is rolling her eyes bc she's aware gram gram was a career criminal & con artist for 50 years#anyway gimme a 80-year-old con artist turned amateur sleuth who loves getting older because people are less suspicious of little old ladies#this all takes place in florida naturally
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#aesthetic#dark academia#coffee#books#academia#college#light academia#literature#studyblr#work#poems#essays#art#artists#career#life#life goals
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batman and robin: year one
(Aka bruce is still learning how to say no to puppy dog eyes and choreographed dance numbers)
#unfortunately years later bane put an end to batman’s ass shaking career#snapped it in half so to speak#any holy musical b@tman fans in the house#please#batman#dc robin#art#artist on tumblr#batfam#dc comics#dc fanart#robin#bat family#dick grayson#bruce wayne#robin dick grayson#animation#video#comissioner gordon#jim gordon#artists on tumblr#holy musical b@man#starkid
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in commemoration of reload, here’s the full hamuko paintover from november
#my art#hamuko arisato#p3r#p3#kotone shiomi#minako arisato#persona 3 reload#at a certain point i just realized i don’t really have the skills or motivation to finish it#i am not built for this kinda rendering at this stage in my artistic career#it’s just more time and effort and agony than i’m willing to spend rn yknow#but i’m proud of what i’ve done
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MISA X MITSKI
#fanart#art#artist#death note#death note fanart#my art#misa amane#misa amane fanart#misa#misa fanart#mitski#mitski fanart#im so happy with how this came out#u wouldnt even believe#lush#retired from sad new career in business#puberty 2#be the cowboy
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i'd love to celebrate my birthday with y'all! no pressure to say or do anything, just wanted to share and "invite" you all 🥰
#fnaf sun#fnaf moon#fnaf dca#fnaf eclipse#dca fandom#crab art#digital art#bright colours#animated gif#im shy and i don't want to come off as presumptuous or pushy#but i'm also learning to be honest with what i want and speaking up about it#and i want to celebrate my birthday month with the fandom that's been such a blessing to me#i'm so used to celebrating my birthday without friends because i never bring it up because i don't want to be a bother#it's also summer break so people are often on vacation or busy with work#but like#i cannot emphasize more what a blessing the dca fandom has been to my life the past couple of months#it was a welcome break from my studies and during my career change#and it refueled my creativity as an artist and a writer#and it's just so so nice to have friends that i could be honest and weird and silly with#that's why i want to share my day with you all
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Career Day
#comic#comics#fans of strange bird may like this. or.. not..? im not completely sure tbh.#been holding on this one for a minute and finally figured out how it wanted to be finished. hope you enjoy!#art tag#digital art#personal comic#lizard#roly poly#career day#a comic of fear#poetry#artists on tumblr
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She seems up to it, at least.
Silly bonus:
#it never happens au#isat au#in stars and time#isat#in stars and time spoilers#isat spoilers#isat bonnie#isat boniface#isat nille#isat petronille#both my original designs have people crushing on them#ive reached the peak of my artistic career#i can die happy now#the p in petronille stands for pansexual
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I have a job for you. You want it? 📞
Twitter: X
#steve raglan#william afton#five nights at freddy's#fnaf#artists on tumblr#fanart#the pay may not be great... but the hours are worse 😊#posted this on insta and a lot of ppl wanted to apply 😊 even offered him a job!#haha craaaazy! he's the career counselor here 😳😏
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I did a little something for @hd-fan-fair 😊😊 I hope you all like pet sitter Harry and wildlife illustrator Draco!!!
Special thanks to @bubble-gumhead, @orange-peony and @avenueofesc for encouraging me to participate, you guys are the best 💕💕💕
Based on this prompt: Draco has received news of a rare magical creature sighting and has been called in to illustrate the animal and it’s natural habitat/den. Only problem is: he can’t find anyone to pet sit his beloved animals and seeks outsider help by hiring a pet sitter through a wizarding company. Enter: Harry James Potter, pet sitter extraordinaire and living his best life hanging out with animals all over Britain, enjoying the vast and interesting towns and houses he finds himself in. Draco, loves his animals so much and asks to have regular contact through letters.
Letter's text after the cut
Dear Potter, I am writing to ask for your help again to take care of my pets. Unfortunately for me, they seem to have grown on you and they have been misbehaving with any other pet sitter. I have no idea why they speak fondly of you and find you so charming. Nevertheless, I was pleased to see that they were in good hands last time.
I hope you have a good rest and enough energy since the next seventy-two hours you will be dealing with their curious, mischievous, and overly friendly nature. Until next time, D. M.
#i saw that everyone enjoyed my patito with glasses :3#for those of you that asked for the little duck's name#my friends and I decided to call him Benedict Quackerbatch#i'm so proud of my creatures#they are good pets even though it looks otherwise#anyway i forgot to mention that commissions are open!#drarry#drarry fanart#drarry art#harry potter fanart#hd career fair#pato's art#artist on tumblr#hp fanart#fan fair 2023
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thank @turtlemurmurs for sponsoring this coffee
#my art#artists on tumblr#sketches#ko-fi sketch#tma#the magnus archives#elias bouchard#the brainrot is still here btw l just have a thesis to write#once i graduate i can show how jonathan sims saved my career
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"what do hands mean about a character?"
Their hands mean they love eachother
(webcomic)
#i almost wrote 'source' instead of 'webcomic'#that's a little twitter brain rot right there ngl#it's so bad on twitter rn yall like#straight up isn't showing my posts to my followers anymore#and art in general does. so much worse when it's actually the artist posting them#like provably art performs better when the artist pretends they stole it...#so so so glad I'm still on tumblr LMFAO#every time i use twitter i take psychic damage#'ohhhh why do you still use it' everyone is asking me this#my job. is to post art#kinda gotta post#I mean. ok that's not my job#you know this and I know this#but it's an important part of my career#its gonna be my job after i leave webtoon tho#god i hope that works#im so scared#LMAOOOO#anyways. these hands look good as hell#i think all the hands i draw look good#caus i love hands#but i loooove drawing hand holding...#the amount you can say with how a hand touches another.#im gonna be thriving with wwl#cause they have to hold hands or hell die#pump it into my veins#ok i can tell my bf js getting annoyed ive had my phone on for 3 hours in bed by#time and time again#adam and Steve#webtoon originals
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I've been binging Batman Beyond recently (Terry ily so much) and thought about how- bc of the JLU twist which I think isn't even canon to the comics BB verse but shhh bare with me- he'd technically be Damian's half brother??? Which is just so ridiculously soap opera to me. I need them to interact in a silly time travel adventure so bad you don't even understand (ID in alt)
#dc comics#damian wayne#terry mcginnis#batman beyond#batman and robin#mine#also feat the mild damian uniform redesign i like playing around with. it's fun i like her. i love u classic robin colours#the backstory for this image in my mind is that Terry knows of Damian/has maybe met him#in the future (whether we're going w the rebirth ''damian rejoins the league'' angle that i. don't love conceptually but can't judge-#-bc i haven't read. or if we go w/ some other potential future route for damian) and Terry is like. experiencing whiplash at meeting him-#-as robin. like you are 5 feet tall why r u so bossy. where is your dad good god. this is why i don't have a robin (?this is pre matt-robin)#but Terry's in an unfamiliar time trying not to cause a paradox so he puts aside his indignitude(?) at being bossed around by a kid#just long enough to make sure nothing goes horrifically wrong. hence this image takes place#<- i could've been a lot more eloquent explaining this but it's very late and i should've been asleep ages ago#anyway. absolutely crazy to me that Damian has had multiple flavours of secret brother plots and terry is a potential addition. rip damian#(also in my ideal future damian took up the nightwing mantle (EVERYONE READ NIGHTWING MUST DIE!!!) before retiring(#idk what his future career is. lowkey hes a webcomic artist in my brain but that's so horrendously self indulgent i can't condone it#also i decided to try my hands at lineart again. evil. how are you so stiff looking and difficult to do. waughh#anyway if things look weird. no they don't
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"Congratulations on your new commission, Captain."
(Chain of command who? Rex is out of the 212th, has his own Legion and Company, which means he is free to flirt with)
I couldn't not do this prompt as well, it was too tempting!
Polyamorous/platonic poses for sketching
and the other drawings I’ve made for them
#cody's eyebrow is going places and that entertains me to no end XD#rex is very freshly cleaned up and painted blue it was so hard to keep his paint lines as crisp as they are#rexobi#obirex#codexwan#cloneshipping#my art#poly sketches#answers#anonymous#Obi-wan's face is killing me every time but I had fun with his Tales of the jedi looks#artists on tumblr#I like the hc's where Rex and Cody has known each other forever since Kamino#but i also adore those where Rex started his career as a 212th ARC#and that's what's happened here too#also please appreciate rex's glowing red ear please
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Good news! You aren't required to make your hobbies and passions "marketable." In fact, your crafts, hobbies, and passions don't even need to be public if you so choose. You don't have to spend all of your energy becoming perfect if you aren't enjoying the process. You are not a product, you are a person, a creative, and your work also does not need to be a product.
#positivity#yet another post that's like... thinnly-veiled as being for myself#i find myself freezing with anxiety when i think about the things i used to do (writing especially) because...#...i had felt this force to make it ~content~ and ~marketable to an audience~ and it was so fucking daunting...#...it felt like being a gladiator in a coliseum#even now i fight the urge to equate being marketable to being acceptable and worthy of admiration and praise#i wish i hadn't burnt myself out of writing by doing this because i'm simultaneously grieving my writing and hating it#and it sucks the life out of what makes you feel like a person and it takes the art out of art#so be free! pist your art or don't! you are beholden to nobody!!!#(obviously this is not the case for professional artists who rely on their art to keep them alive)#(and i criticize heavily the idea that audiences are entitled to an artists labour)#(i understand that this isn't universal and if it doesn't apply to you then you don't have to take me seriously)#(if you are a professional artist or what have you i hope you are able to feed and house yourself off of that career!)#(i hope you are able to live a happy life and be able to keep loving what you're doing)
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