#esp for self portraits

[asstrongasyouthink]

#i really love this a lot#it's magnificently painted! the sentiment is beautiful! it's the queer gaze! what more could you ask for!#things like this are why i'm passionate about art#because it's so much more than just a pair of legs you know?#seeing something so mundane on the surface—a pair of hairy legs & thighs—painted sublimely and with great care is so good#there's an element of eroticism even though the subject is dressed that you seldom see given to men#an instant queering#it's celebratory and at the same time a little objectifying because we can't see the subject's face#just anonymous masculine legs#it calls to mind the classic objectifying feet-to-face camera pan that women are given in film#“first: you are a body”#a problematic treatment of women for sure but a sort of reclamation when given to men & transmasc people#and if this is a self portrait there's the extra element of “first: i am MY body”#and then there's the element of modesty vs display in the bared legs vs shod feet#which i feel grounds the subject and imposes the self over the objectification of literally faceless anonymity#it's erotic; it's mundane; it's sublime; it's playful; it's celebratory; it's magnificently queer

thanks for the tags @defilerwyrm

new piece about queer conventions of attractiveness, body hair, and my own transition <3

[cozylittleartblog]

doodle of a dress i wore in a dream .....

[myokk]

Ok this is why my fanart has been 0 this week😆😆 I’m working on this self portrait in my free time and😤😭

I really need to trust the process bc I don’t hate it as much as I did before…BUT🫠 I’m still really unsatisfied with it!!!!!!🥲 the underpainting I did was TERRIBLE and yet I thought I could paint on top of it😆😆😆😆 I Am A Fool but I’m having fun bc it’s been a long time since I used oil paints!!!

Under the cut is jumpscare numver 2 my reference😆😆😆

[lifealteringtimesandwich]

what is he catching

[kiisuuumii]

Kathryn Smith, "Situs Inversus," Self-Portrait with Cephalopod

[saint0psy]

Pick n Mix - still in this bat era and exploring textures

[mintcakeart]

two best friends in an aquarium..... they might kiss..........

[astrrorat]

Testing out styles <3

[bats-in-the-snow]

Sketch of myself on the bus ride to work

its uncolored other then a bit of lightning but i really like it, kinda captures the expression I wanted it to

[e1dritchqueer]

self portrait progress call that a transition timeline (left image is from a year ago!! Right one was today)

[cliffburton]

gary i have a self portrait to make

[sheeplief]

drew myself as a south park character. i would be miserable :3

[isnotanoctopus]

fruit and beetles. beetles and fruit.

[frankenbridez]

MATTEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *falls 2 my knees* 💐💘✨💖💥💥💥

makes that loud ass howling basset hounds do 🔊🔊🔊

🌹🍓💋red draws for my @frankenbridez ໒꒰ྀི｡- ˕ -｡꒱ྀི১

[beemynumberone]

Thoughts about Coach Washijo’s granddaughter and the boys vball team in Shiratorizawa.

my haikyuu masterlist

Coach Washijo’s granddaughter is really smart (the only one of her cousins who got into shiratorizawa through grades mind you) 

But she doesn’t play a sport and prefers doing art

She’s in the art club

And she needs to complete a project for the school’s open house exhibition

She chose to do something on dynamic objects in everyday life

And of course, she needs a muse. Which she casually brings up in a conversation with her grandpa one day

The coach suggests that she use the vball team as a subject - they’re always bouncing around somehow, it’ll be a perfect way for her to explore movement and all that

And she’s like: why not, it’ll save her from having to work long hours in the hot sun too

The coach introduces her to the team

And thus begins her regular sit-ins during volleyball practice

And the guys start becoming super self-conscious

They’re worried they might not look “cool” enough

So for the first couple of sessions, all she sees is a bunch of guys mewling in her face, esp Goshiki - that guy looks super tensed up and slightly constipated

And their performance worsens too

So one day before the coach arrives, she plainly states to the team: “Don’t worry about looking lame or anything. I’ll paint what I see, and judging from the fact that you are already on the volleyball team, I’m sure you aren’t that lame.” 

And surprisingly, that really boosts the guys’ confidence 

The guys become truly focused in their game and she watches on in awe at the dedication and passion their have in honing their craft

And funnily, she has an eye for capturing fine details at first glance 

So when the team does their drills, she can pinpoint what exactly they are doing wrongly and specifically what they can improve in (?) 

If someone seems to be using less core strength than usual, not putting enough strength in their fingers, etc etc

It works to help the team, yknow 

Also, it gives the team major whiplash to see her be so casual with their usually grouchy coach 

Like once, she got the coach to pose so she could “make a sketch” for him

And she’d got the coach to make the sassiest poses everr (without any argument, btw)

”Yes, one hand on your hip, stick your hip out like this and lean your weight on this foot. Smile!”

The coach keeps the sketch btw 

It’s really cute 

She let the guys see the finished project before submitting it

She’d decided to bind all the paintings she’d made of the guys into a book, to be displayed on a stand at the exhibition

The guys swoon over it 

And they (mainly Ushijima) get really interested in art and painting and stuff because of her 

Tendou loves that she’d drawn him cute but kept his feral-ness

Ushijima doesn’t look that stone faced hallelujah 

Goshiki looks determined, anyone viewing the painting can definitely feel the raw passion and eagerness radiating from him

Shirabu doesn’t look sulky (for once)  

And secretly, she’d been painting a separate team portrait for the guys to keep

Which they treasure very much and hang up in the volleyball club room 

Still there till now with their slogan 

Irresistible force 

Pictures are from Pinterest!

^The first panel is how I think Coach Washijo would view the sketch of his sassy pose (feat Ushijima, cause I didn’t have the heart to cut the 2nd panel out)

^And this is Ushijima as a mushroom

(Can you tell who my favourite Haikyuu character is yet? :3)

[lesb0]

2025 trend predictions

INS

big boom in literary fiction

book clubs

information influencers will be biggest tiktokers (whether misinfo or real)

women's self defense and celibate groups

local little community get togethers

professional single woman workfluencers

retired women having "golden careers" in their 60s, 70s

"graceful healthy aging"

boots, leather shoes

organic produce meals, "luxury groceries"

vegan food (the kind anorexics hate)

long dresses, maxi skirts, cullotes

buying one big luxury treat

more black women figurative abstract sculptural artists on top market charts

weird indie pop like hemlocke springs

anti-plastic movement, esp clothing!

OUTS

trad wives will be cringe

misogyny will be ultimate cringe

trump will fail project 2025

sambas. sneakers only at gym or running

eating cheap meats every day

"status symbols" like stanleys, birkins

anti-feminism, women will regret being men supporters

super tall heels

binge shopping, hauls

super popular music

bows and ribbons

overconsumption of media, books, film

"my body" self portrait trauma paintings finally die out of the market forever

AI art finally dies out of the market forever