#don't want to be in your presence.

[cyarsk52-20]

And y’all wonder why I never go after white men.

Cuz who the fuck wants them on their team? (No offense to the white men following me)

but seriously. I don’t go after white men like I do white women

because if the support of white women collapses so does the GOP party.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

about that one lan qiren & jin guangshan art: .....does that mean wen ruohan has both or is he as flat as a board on the opposite? XD

Mans so flat they rotated him 90 degrees and he disappeared from the narrative.

[jesuis-assez]

↠ Tim & Lucy ↳ 5x04 - The Choice

[muzzlemouths]

ok wait while I'm thinking about it already, I just want to let y'all know that you do not have to be worried about annoying me by tagging me in things, especially fanart. I will never be annoyed by it I will jump for joy I will clap my feet together and shout WAHOOO I will cheer and applaud and flap my hands and smile from ear to ear. I promise. I promise. please don't be afraid to hit me with that @ it's like receiving an AO3 comment tenfold. it waters my crops. it cleanses my pores. it makes me so so happy PLEASE tag me please please please ple

[blueskittlesart]

What advice would you give beginner artists?

it's fine to want to do more stylized art, but nothing will help you improve quickly like studying from life. even if you want to draw very stylized figures, life drawing is still going to help you understand how the human body works and then you can build your stylization off of that understanding. I also recommend studying specifically things you're looking to improve--if you feel like your poses aren't dynamic, ask your model to do some quick (1-2 min) dynamic poses and work on getting the gesture down. if you're looking for anatomy, ask for longer, more static poses and really study the contours of the body. this also applies for portraiture and character art--my expressions and facial structure improved like CRAZY when i started doing portrait studies from life! (note: i know live model sessions aren't accessible for everyone. i'm a huge advocate for nude models, if you can find a studio nearby that's affordable to you that offers sessions, that's the best you're gonna get. however, there are sites that will give you photos of nude models to draw from, too, or you can even just ask friends or family to pose for you when they aren't busy, that's what i did before i started getting model sessions from my school!)

materials are not everything but sometimes a good material can make a difference. it's important to know what's worth it and what isn't for your skill level. invest in some decent-quality supplies or a good art program, but understand that you're still going to need to work to understand your materials and use them to their fullest potential. (if you're a digital artist buy csp. trust me on this. get it on sale. it will change your life. also do not fucking use photoshop)

tracing is ok. listen to me. TRACING. IS. OK. tracing is how you learn. don't trace other people's art and pass it off as your own, obviously, but there is literally no problem with tracing real-life reference photos. I routinely trace references for backgrounds and the like. there is no reason for you to kill yourself trying to make complex perspective and shit up from your head when you can very easily just overlay a photo and get what you need.

in that same vein, USE REFERENCE PHOTOS. find pics online or take pics of yourself and USE THEM to see how your poses work. it makes it SO SO SO much easier. the understanding that you need to create a pose out of nowhere will come with time but you're not going to get that skill unless you have a foundation of understanding how the real human body works, and the easiest way to get that understanding is by copying photos of real people.

last but not least, there's generally a sort of 'rulebook' that new artists are expected to go by, especially online, when it comes to digital art. when i was first learning, it was all about lineart and cell shading, two things that I didn't really like. Nowadays it seems to be all about rendering. the single most important thing i can tell you is if it sucks you don't have to do it. if you hate lineart just color your sketches. if you hate shading don't shade, or find a different way to shade that you enjoy more. if rendering is annoying or difficult for you DON'T BOTHER!! art is supposed to be fun. if part of your process is annoying or upsetting to you, cut it the fuck out. don't torture yourself just to do art the "right" way. i guarantee your art will look better when you're having fun making it anyway!

[the-casbah-way]

forgive the brief jesus chris superstar rant but. there is a very important difference between the pharisees being villains and the pharisees being antagonists. they're technically antagonists because they're actively working against the interests of our protagonist, but i don't believe they should ever be played as villains. they're not evil or bad or wrong. they're terrified just like literally everyone else in the show is, and their actions are completely justified. to me that's the entire point of the musical. it's not about christianity; it's about the impact the roman empire's brutal and violent imperialism had on everyone on all levels. including jesus and judas, but also including the pharisees, and even herod and pilate. when a powerful coloniser forces their presence on innocent people they are the only winners. everyone else suffers, even the puppet kings and high priests who look like they're reaping some sort of benefit from it all. that's roman propaganda. the romans kept native rulers like herod and caiaphas in power to maintain the illusion of provincial autonomy, and keep populations appeased and therefore under control. everyone in the show is acting out of fear of the romans. the one roman character we do see (pilate) is acting out of fear of his own emperor. it makes no sense to cast the pharisees as two dimensional Bad Guys, especially when the same productions that do that usually offer a sympathetic portrayal of pilate. it would be so easy to stage and direct a production in a way that makes it obvious that the pharisees are doing what they're doing because they truly have no choice, and not because they're pure evil and want to kill jesus for the sake of it. it's not only an antisemitic trope but also undermines a really important theme of the musical. if you can see the humanity in the violent roman governor installed forcefully on conquered land then you can afford some humanity for the pharisees too. they are victims of pilate and victims of rome just like everyone else

[im-getting-help]

OMG Oliver, why did you lie? why did you tell me that your parents were addicts and dealers? that you didn't have siblings? why would you say that your father died? you came to my door crying and telling me a story about how your dad died in an awful way. Why?

Oliver, being completely honest:

[firecatwashere]

it's been a hot minute since i've made any sort of even remotely personal post on tumblr but i'm getting top surgery next week and it feels so absolutely surreal that the feeling of being in waiting mode for a flat chest will be over so soon but i'm so excited

[andy-clutterbuck]

6x11 | Knots Untie

[suddencolds]

.~

[duusheen]

Nothing like the fresh country air and his hat 🎶

anon, you're a genious.

[tangledinredstring]

My reaction to FHJY episode 13

Ah cool, lore and info dumping. I love it, give it to me, I NEED to know more about everything. And all the dads, a whole pantheon of Dad-hood going on here, excellent work, fabulous art, 10/10 no notes.

*final 30 seconds of the episode* Oh wait, ooh no, oh nooOOOoo, oh, I don't like this guy, his voice is doing unpleasant things to my brain, it's as if a sound could feel slimy.

*stinger* NOOOOOOOOO!

My only hope for Bobby Dawn is that he is still around when Aguefort comes back from the Time Quangle, so we can see what insane thing is done as punishment for existing.

[townofcadence]

what does someone need to do to reverse a social link with artair this is definitely not liz shhhh

@chibitantei

THERE IS NO ESCAPE. (<- this text is red. Get formatted mu hahaha)

[sesamenom]

dear british silm people: where approximately would be a good place for the Dagorath final battle to happen?

[vulturevanity]

normal thing to say about your dear friend who you think is really cute and charming and hard-working and basically the perfect wife material

[urlocalwormtoday]

on one hand, cringe culture is dead. on the other hand, it festers in me like a virus. on the third hand, do not ask where I am getting the hands, the word cringe is carved into my bones like a default setting and I cannot escape it anyway

i wanna make a tadc oc </3

its happening. I am returning to my roots the world is ending

I guess it's either embrace it or tear yourself apart trying to rip it out of who you are, and the latter never works. I've tried

CELEBRATE BEING ODD CREATURES GUYS !!!!! CELEBRATE HAVING INTERESTING AND OVERALL STRANGE PRESENCE

sheepishly, I am allowing more of myself to creep onto this platform like lichen. or a weed. nobody bring any weedkiller near me I will spontaneously combust I'm dead serious