#i still need to learn how to draw that ngl because i have been wanting to learn how to draw anthropomorphic animals

[cookiescr]

unfortunately, i would be looking for a full-on animal with a human shape, with fur and paws and stuff like that. thank you though! if i ever need a human with a few animal traits, i'll see if it's something you'd be willing to try!

Ohh ok that's understandable dw! Feel free to contact me whenever if you ever need a comm like that :D Have a good day!

[trigunsbbygirl]

I loved your writing! And I just loved the Vash isekai reverse, could you make a do knives too? How would he react to staying on earth and also some headcanons

lol I said I was gonna draw, you know, like a liar. I saw this and my brain said I must write- but!! thank you!! I'm glad you liked the Vash one!!

I mention trimax but there's no spoilers since I've never read it, just thoughts and analysis from twt. and so! this is stampede Knives I'm talking about!

also talk about the last episode of tristamp so spoilers for that!

•Knives is really confused when he first arrives on earth. and when you first met him he kinda??? just goes along with your flow because he really has no idea about what's going on.

•you're worried about this man, he looks dazed and confused and you don't know if he's been drugged or had a stroke or something cause he's also asking where he is. you ask if he needs to go to the hospital or has anyone you can call, but then he asks what planet this is when you really take a look at him.

•and it hits you that oh, this man looks a lot like Million Knives. you had been so caught up in worry that you just glossed over his appearance.

•Knives is waiting for you to answer and he notices that you've all of the sudden gone timid in body language, voice nervous when you answer 'Earth,' then ask for his name.

•your, what you hoped was just a delusional theory, is confirmed when he answers that his name is indeed Millions Knives.

•he's kinda amused seeing your eyes widen in fear, but he's also curious, is there a version of him here? or did life somehow prevail on earth and his name is known? why do you act like you know of him?

•you stumble over answering that, how's he gonna react that people read/watch a story that involves him for entertainment?

•and so you just vaguely say, "well, there's this story and you're in it, but like, you don't actually exist in the real world.."

•Knives just raises an eyebrow at that. that just gave him more questions. and so, he demands that you show him what you mean, and sure enough, that's himself he's looking at on your phone.

•ngl I'm a little torn on how Knives ends up living with you? I suppose it would be him being like, "human, show me how this world works" or something like that, and you're like "uh? okay? but where are you gonna stay?" and he just responds, "you'll be housing me."

a bit of a crack way to put it, but yeah, he just forces himself into your house because there's no way he's living out on the streets, and well, he has no fucking idea where to go so.. congratulations! you've got a roomie!🎉 (also, if you live in the city, the noises are lowkey overstimulating him)

anyways

•angry little man doesn't know what to do at first. there's no plants like him, there's no Vash, so, he can't exactly chase after that utopia for plants..

•but he is pretty upset seeing the state of the world and how a lot of people aren't really doing much or just don't care.

•kinda still wants to do that whole, killing humans thing, but there's almost 8 billion people here, and a bunch of militia and weaponry, and he doesn't really wanna deal that. plus if they bring out the nukes on him, Knives thinks that would just cause way more harm so, he decides to just try and enjoy the world Rem talked so much about.

•although, if he sees someone litter, he has to hold back on his murder rage. Knives has learned that his actions have consequences here, and again, he doesn't wanna deal with that. but! he does throw the litter back at them and chews their ass out.

•going into learning, Knives forces you to take him to a library, and later on, teach him how to use your laptop. but after that, he kinda refuses to ask for help with learning about Earth. Knives does catch on and thread how everything works and entertwines pretty quick though.

•he finds natural disasters very fascinating, however it makes him wonder why humans continue to live in places with reoccurring disasters. well, he doesn't actually care, neither the answer, it just makes him think of how humans continued to live on Gunsmoke despite the harsh environment. no matter what planet humans are annoyingly stubborn he supposes.

•it takes Knives a long time to actually warm up to you, and even longer to start exploring hobbies.

•you had gotten Knives a keyboard piano once. it's not that big and it doesn't sound as good as he wishes it could, but considering your small house and that money is an important thing, he'll make do with it. Knives never did say thanks or show you any appreciation, but he does play it often.

•Knives might even start getting into composing music with more instruments later on too. he found the composing side of YouTube after watching a lot of orchestra videos and he kinda got interested in composing with more than just a piano.

•he again, demands you take him to the library and he reads a lot about music theory and how to write his own music before trying it himself. Knives actually gets really good it and you joke saying he should upload his stuff to YouTube and Spotify. he just brushes it off(he won't admit he's happy that you like his work.)

•Knives is really fucking good at mobile and arcade rythym games. he saw you playing on your phone once and he kept watching until you asked if he wanted to try. it took a while, but he got the hang of it pretty quickly. (you're a bit jealous of just how quickly he got it lol)

•he doesn't play them often, especially early on, even though he starts to enjoy playing. some of the songs like faster paced ones kinda overwhelm him or bothers his ears.

•I didn't put this on the 'things that confuse him post' but, Knives doesn't understand objects like figurines, plushies, charms, stuff like that. what purpose do they serve? when you answer that you just like the character and wanted to show support for the show/game, Knives still doesn't understand. he thinks it's a waste of money</3

•he especially won't understand spending money on gacha games. Knives will make you budget yourself if you aren't already. he thinks it's a bigger waste of money, especially if it's a gacha where you just pull for cards, you can just save them onto your phone no?

congratulations! you're free of gacha addiction!/j (do not show him how people have spent thousands on gachas or how some have sent death threats over pulls)

•Knives keeps your house spotless. he refuses to live in a dirty house. but he won't do the dishes, your laundry or clean the toilet. those are your responsibilities and Knives makes you do them daily and weekly respectfully.

•I feel like, overtime once you two are together, Knives gets into cooking. now he doesn't really eat much, but he does enjoy the process (and he wants to make sure you're eating good)

•he forces you to hike with him or go to the park every week. he loves being out in nature and observing everything. sometimes when Knives comes across certain plants or animals, he'll make a little comment or bring up a fact he read about.

•loves when it rains, he finds it really soothing

•Knives tried to read trimax once, he got curious one day, but he couldn't finish it. it sent him into a panic attack. likewise, I don't think he could watch the last episode of tristamp, watching himself burn like that would freak him out a bit, whether he went through that or not yet.

•he gets into painting! it kinda started as him just sketching plants he finds in the wild to drawing landscapes. you gifted him paints one day he's been enjoying using them

•I think he'd like using gouache paint. he usually only draws close ups of plants and landscapes. Knives got a small kit and artbook, and he takes it with him when you two go out for your weekly walk.

•he has secretly drawn you once, but you didn't hear that from me-

[leoruby-draws]

hello hello hello

i just want to say i love your little drawings so much they're adorable and so full of life and everything feels exciting in them and i love how you draw and make really fun stuff for many of the minor characters, you're doing such a good job with them and it gives me so much joyy

Hi Hi Hi

Thanks for liking my stuff! Happy to bring you joy, drawing these brings me joy!

Also its fun to get into and draw minor characters because their reading lists are super short lol! But I like to give a little love to characters that most people might not know about, in fact here's some random drawings that I had in the back-burner for the past year! Never could find a chance to just post them:

Here's a cute drawing of Cyclone, Maxine Hunkle! Wanted to give her a cute costume makeover. Kinda has a magical girl look to it huh? Took a bit of inspiration from Ojamajo Doremi, but also she's meant to resemble Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz! Both the princess and the witch. I have a bit of idea of what I'm going do with her, but that's for later.

Got a drawing of Gan, Jason's friend from the Knight White books. Not sure if she exist in my Training Wheels au, but I like her a lot. Her rapport with Jason was fun to read.

Here it looks like the Outlaws are trying to recruit new members, from the Relative Heroes group, Damara Sinclaire (Allure) and Tyson Gilford (Blindside). They're not likely to join, preferring to stick with their own group. Just as well since Damara's powers might make things a rather chaotic, she doesn't need that drama in her life lol. Tho I like the thought of Tyson helping out now and then, his invisibility would be pretty useful.

Here's some random assortment of heroes, Ray Terrill the...Ray. Amethyst, tho top pic is uncolored (im lazy) but theres a Sailor Amethyst to make up for that.

There's the first Green Lantern (Alan Scott) with his kids,Jade (Jennifer Lynn Hayden) and Obsidian (Todd James Rice). Wonder why their babies here, de-aging mishap?

Jason and Toni gossip about their fellow teammates, and down below Jason decides to annoy a young Kyle Rayner. A universal constant!

Todd can't help but join in!

Also some cute father-son bonding! I sent this to someone else earlier, so imma just stick here too.

For a really minor character, here's Jay, Eddie and Rose meeting up with a very strange new friend!

And lastly here are the Metal Men, or should I say the mini-Metal Men. Read some comics about them, including a bit of silver age as well (they get destroyed pretty often, kinda funny ngl). I thought about what kinda sidekicks they could have, but I didn't want to look up metals or learn about metallurgy or chemistry or whatever. So I just made them smaller, its just temporary though, aren't they cute? Look at poor Copper, she just wants to join in!

Anyways, hope that wasn't too much, tagging all of this is gonna suck.

Sorry I haven't been posting, due to Tumblr being a pile of shit and trying give our stuff to ai websites. So I thought I would download nightshade and glaze, but that didn't work out at all (I got a new laptop but it still wont render for me at all). So I'm just gonna hope my opt-out in the settings will be enough for now. Sigh!

Hope you like all this anon, might be a while til I post again. Later!

[idrellegames]

How do you maintain love in your playerbase knowing that some of the people there are the same selfish people who are leaking or trying to leak/pirate the hard work of indie devs and writers? Ngl my project was nowhere near as big and popular as yours but something like that happened to me and I slowly lost interest in my project. I still keep up with IFs I like but can't ever seem to manifest the interest and love I used to have for my work after it happened the first time. People say things like giving up is just "letting them win" or that we should just be happy that someone out there enjoys our game and hearing "reasons" like that make me realize it's hopeless to get any respect for my work

First of all, I'm really sorry your project got leaked. It is an unfortunate side of being a creator - especially an online one. Regardless of the form, regardless of whether you're an hobbyist or a professional, art is a hot commodity. People want high quality entertainment, but they don't want to pay for it.

I've been avoiding addressing the IF leaks outside of this post because I don't think it's productive to throw any more attention on the situation. Leaks happen, they are always going to happen--if someone wants something and they can't afford it or don't want to pay for it and they want it badly enough, they will find a loophole. At the end of the day, it's a very small community of people who are pirating and shoving them into the spotlight is only going to draw more people who were maybe on the fence about downloading pirated content into doing it.

I am pretty steeled when it comes to this topic now. IF isn't the only place where I have experienced my work being leaked. I come from a theatre background and it is very easy for your original work to get produced without you even knowing about it.

A show I worked on in 2012 has its script available online as part of the library of the university where it was produced. My co-writer and I don't collect royalties from it; the intention is for it to remain free to produce for amateur and university companies. However, because of the political and sensitive nature of the script, my co-writer is very adamant about directors contacting her for permission to produce it and to follow certain guidelines before putting it on. Learning about a production in Australia months after the show closed didn't feel great. It wasn't about money, it was about ethics.

With the IF leaks specifically, I think there's a bit of a disconnect happening here between the people who want to play the games and how they view the indie creator who made them. They see paying a Patreon sub as the same as paying a big company for a product, and if they can't afford to pay it or if they don't want to, then no harm is done by pirating it.

But that's not what the relationship is.

Patreon is not paying for a product, it is supporting the creator's livelihood. I am extremely grateful for my patrons. A game the size of Wayfarer is not something that can feasibly be done in the spare moments between day jobs. But capitalism stops for no one and to make this game, I need to be able to afford rent and groceries. A living wage, as some would say.

Are leaks disheartening? Yes. But I also think that people who play pirated content were never going to sub to Patreon in the first place. And, as mentioned earlier, the number of people involved is relatively small. Thankfully, I'm not that much at risk of leaks actually affecting my income at the moment. But I would be concerned and would take a firmer stance if you Googled Wayfarer and the first search result was a pirated copy (and then I would probably follow the appropriate steps to have that result taken down from the search results).

I think the worst thing you can do as a creator is confront leakers directly. That is only going to blow back on you and put more of a spotlight on the fact that your work is getting leaked. I much would rather focus my time and energy on encouraging my community not to pirate my content than chasing down leakers and making PSAs about it.

For the folks who can't afford a Patreon sub or to anyone considering pirating my content, I would encourage you to apply to be playtesters when applications are open. If you bug test for me, then you can play the alpha content for free.

Outside of that, I take measures to protect my work as much as I can. It's not a perfect system (I don't think it's possible to make your work 100% pirating proof - if people want it badly enough, they will find a way to get it), but I know I've done as much as I can and I am content with that. I don't let it bother me. I have more important things to do with my time.

And for the people who do pirate my work - Bravo! Congratulations! It's very entertaining how petty you are.

[wachtelspinat]

I've been in a rut as of late, and I really want to get better at form and anatomy. Your style is one of my favorite ones ever, what would you say were your biggest inspirations throughout the years?

hey, first of all i’m so very sorry for the late reply. hope you get to see this still since it’s been a while since you sent this ask... sorry

secondly, thanks a lot! i try to give some insights here, this question's always kinda hard for me to tackle because i'm having a hard time identifying my style and what makes it tick, idk... i guess it's a combination out of everything i like, starting from the artstyle of tf2 to various styles of my mutuals and people around here (but i think tf2, wanting to draw humans ever since i first laid eyes on tf2 and the cartoony artstyle of it all are my major fuels, ngl). 

as for anatomy and form: this is a matter i just recently pushed myself into because i felt really stuck in my ways. like... i never really did studies in my life, so when i wanted to draw i kind of had to count on it to ‘just work’, idk if this makes sense... i always felt like i didn’t actually know what i was doing there, and i worked with ref a lot (i would always recommend using ref, no matter what, what i want to say is that i realized i had not enough fundament to truly fool around in the way i liked to). and now that i started actually doing anatomy studies i feel so dumb because yeah. it IS making things easier x) i understand tho that for most it’s a motivational issue... you have to find a way to make it work for you. like doing studies, but implementing what you learned into a sketch of your blorbo, as an example.

as for resources, it’s hard to find good tutorials, mostly because the place is flooded with art bros trying to tell you “you don’t NEED anatomy and here is why” and then they make a sketch and you can SEE that they put SO MUCH ANATOMICAL KNOWLEDGE INTO IT. so there’s a lot of bs out there. there is good stuff out there tho, but it might take you a while to find what’s best suited for you. i could make a list of yt channels that really helped me but the thing is, everyone is at their own lvl and with different goals in mind, so i don’t think this would be very helpful.

what i can link you to tho are 2 videos that really opened my eyes in regards of a) finding your style and b) getting better at drawing a certain topic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLfH9yOGs3o - this video tackles the whole ‘finding your style’ topic. because i often give the tip that you don’t find your style, style finds you (and i still think that is in its regards correct, because you just get subconsciously influenced by the media you consume and like and your fave artists’ style’s if you really dig them) but the ability to actively WORK on your style is there. it’s just something you have to put a lot of work into. but we’ll never stop learning, so there’s that. (she describes it with her landscape drawings but really this works for anything... from dynamic linework to just trying to find the right energy in your pictures)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ufz75UvHs - this one really helped me getting over my fear of ‘drawing something ugly’ (big words from someone drawing ugly men as a hobby) but hear me out... because i have a weird brain that makes me recoil from something my mind thinks is ‘imperfect’ i really often get stuck with my art and either don’t experiment at all or get stuck with a sketch and spending hours on it trying to fix it... so approaching this matter like the video described just... melted that away. because when you draw 20 faces a day just telling yourself “NOBODY will EVER see this” you start loosening up... or at least i did. it’s also good for an analytical brain or people who strongly lean into that. this approach was especially nice while being stuck in an artblock... because i could easily just fool around and it kind of changed how i see doing art... like... nothing is ever perfect so i don’t have to make it perfect, i can analyze my art through a more neutral lense than my emotional attachment to it now... does that make sense?

last but not least, there are a ton of good resources out there for anatomical studies, my fave is still “anatomy for sculptors, understanding the human figure” by uldis zarins sandis kondrats.

SORRY THIS GOT A BIT LONGER BUT i put A LOT of thought into this as of late so yeah... maybe it’s gonna help someone too

[dialalagirl]

Hello!! I've always wanted to do a match up so this would be my first one. I love your page

So let's start with how I look.

I'm 5'7 and a Lil curvy, I wouldn't say I'm thick I just has bigger thighs and a hourglass body ( from my mama ayy ) . I have short curly red hair ( auburn more specifically) with wispy bangs, round brown eyes and freckles all around my face. Im very pale and have a round face.

Style: is a combination of dark academia and femmes fatale style clothes. Lots of flowey sleeves, collared shirts, flared jeans and layerd skirts that kinda stuff. I tend to take a long time Getting ready. If I'm leaving ima look my best lol

Personality: I'm a very extra person, I like doing loud makeup, self care. I'm the friend who dresses up just to go to the store lol. I'm a introvert because I need to recharge socially by myself but I'm definitely not shy I do enjoy just yapping with strangers and chit chatting with service workers etc. ( I'll always end up making 3 friends if I go out lol ) I am a very " let me do my own thing " type of person, I'm very organized, I have my habits and routine and in general I don't like people telling me what do to.

I grew up with a lot of siblings in a chaotic household with a toxic parent ( literally a sakamaki at this point) so I know how to. Thrive in chaos and I'm usually the one yelling at people what to do like " stop yelling " or " pick it up " etc.

Sometimes I be a instigator I ain't even gonna lie. Like not INTENTIONALLY but I'll be like " you hear that [ blank] was cheating? Tell [ blank] and put the phone on speaker I wanna hear ! " I'm a chesmosa ( gossiper) ngl I love hearing drama it's so funny. But this is also my whole family lol

I am considered a " golden child " in my family because I'm a good kid ( for the most part ) I listen to adults, I'm very mature, I do good in school etc. So one may say im a little spoiled because I'm definitely my families favorite, especially since im the first born and my mother is also a family favorite.

My Hobbies; I pretty much just like chilling, napping being on my phone, and just never leaving my house ( unless I'm getting coffee) I like drawing,reading dancing and listening to music.

Flaws? I've been told im too complacent and I don't care about things as much as I should, I don't address things and if I'm pissed but keep it to myself while also being passive aggressive. I'm not very open about my feelings but still want my issues to be noticed. Sometimes I do tend to come off a bit mean and off putting mostly with people I'm comfortable with because I'll never be rude with strangers. It's takes me a really long time to be close to somone because I don't really trust people with my personal Self.

Pros: I'm good at matching people's vibes because my so chill I can nearly hang with anyone even if their really differnt from me, I also tend to have good intuition on people especially if their weird I've always been the one to call them out ( privately )

Goals/ values: im value my freedom in the sense that I need to be able to always learn and be able to see or experience new things even if it's just learning new tips on my phone or reading about plants in a book. I HATE being bored it's actually makes me feel like I'm going insane. And I value loyalty. If im close to somone I need to know they always have my back because I'll always have theirs I CANNOT do betrayal because then I'd easily become paranoid. Even if I don't agree with them fully ill still stand by them ( and then call them out in private )

Random:

My Zodiac is Aquarius, and moon sign is leo. Im a INTP.

Hate school overall but I really enjoy writing analysis essays and argumentative essays.

I enjoy dancing to hip hop, jazz and mexican music.

Im Hispanic so I'll yell at people in Spanish ( even tho I'm not completely fluent) and I'm always randomly doing merengue in the kitchen lol

I love surreal horror and psychological shows and crime documentary

With all the jokes I make I outta be a stand up comic I'm always making jokes with and about people ( honestly my mouth be getting me in trouble ngl )

Im definitely very girly and switch up between the dark style of Dove Cameron and then boom bright Sabrina Carpenter

MESSED UP sleep schedule because I like the night time and DREAD the morning

Im homeschoold! Have been since 1st grade

Californa girly! Born and raised here! But I LOVE being in Vegas ( I have a lot a family there ) the bright, loud city makes me happy.

Me and my mom are SUPER close, she had me really young so were like best friends. She's a single mom so I'm a second helper with everything ( basically a second parent ) which is another reason my family favors me.

that's it's! Sorry if this was long imma yapper, hope this was enough info for you!

glad to hear you enjoy the blog! nothing is ever too long here at diaballstothewall, don’t fret

in any event, your prize on today’s diaboy wheel of fortune issssssss…. dun dun dunnnnnnn…. kou! because:

your body type and overall girly style is very idol-aesthetic, so very much him. he too would rather die than leave the house looking unkempt

EXTRA is this boy’s middle name. he will be rizzing the service harder than you and will always push you past your social energy battery. when you protest, he finds it all the more fun to punish you, his m-neko-chan, into compliancy

in another life, he would have thrived as a golden child. despite it all, he is very insecure and secretly envious of the fact you have what he doesn’t and would try to piggyback off your status to have even more acclaim in your family circle (as if his idol status isn’t enough)

gossip? girl, spill him all the tea, he will lap up every last drop and spread it all on his socials. and no, HE WILL NOT AND CANNOT BE SILENCED 

he is also a ride or die type person, believe it or not. once you managed to worm your way into his superficial heart, he will be prepared to defend you to the very end and be your perfect shield in the upper echelons of society 

he relates to your need to keep a perfect facade with strangers, lives for the ceaseless thrill of city life, and has no patience for boredom. safe to say, he will always keep you on your toes and living in the moment (for better or worse)

hope you are happy with your matchup!

[sherryrowen]

This one I made it a little over 2 years ago, but I still think it looks really good, and there’s a funny, (actually not so funny) story behind it.

A while ago I posted the speedpaint video of this drawing in a short in YouTube, and somebody in the comments complained at me because I had traced over the original picture. Yes, I did traced over the picture, that is not a crime, they complained saying that it is “rude” and went on to say that tracing is offensive to the original creator of the picture pointing out the effort they put in their work and how it “hurts” them when someone just “draws all over it” and their video blows up when that person didnt even credited them. Here’s the thing, last time I checked, wasn’t there a trend of artist tracing over other peoples pictures/selfies? Honestly thought, that made me feel a little guilty ngl, I mean I didn’t even know who the guy was, I found the picture on Pinterest without any credits or links to who the he was!! But I digress, I did ended up doing some research and I ended up finding out who he was! His name is George Pomogisebe, he’s a Russian model and influencer, he can be found in Instagram as @pomogisebe , so if you guys are interested, you can go check him out.

Now, the next few things are directed for all new artists out there who are reading this, (but if you’re a veteran, you can read this too if you want to, just letting y’all know you might have heard this before), listen, when it comes to tracing, the situation gets complicated, but all comes down to what you do after you’ve done it. There’s nothing inherently wrong with tracing, it is a tool that helps you learn, and tracing over real life pictures is something that helps greatly, to learn things like anatomy. What is wrong is claiming ownership over a piece of a work that was traced based on another artist original art work, claiming being the sole creator of something that was copied of someone’s else hard work is wrong. However, I’m not saying that you can can only trace real life pictures, and that you cannot trace someone else’s drawing, when it comes down to tracing other artist’s art work, there are two things you should always do, or at least try to if you intend to trace their work; first, ALWAYS ask for permission first, and second ALWAYS credit the original artist! Many artists are cool with tracing or redrawing if you ask them for permission and make sure to credit them, but this isn’t always the case, and if an artist tells you that you cannot trace their art works, then you should respect that! Respect the original artist wishes for their art work! And if for some reason you cannot get answer from the artist and you still trace their work, MAKE SURE TO CREDIT THEM!

I cannot stress this enough, there’s always been a big issue with tracing in the art community, and it is mainly because of malicious people that want to feed of off someone else’s hard work. If you see some one that traced over another artist’s art work and is claiming it as their’s, be careful, FIRSTLY do not go harass them over it, because that is also wrong, double check if this was done on purpose, perhaps they may have forgotten to credit the original artist by mistake, it happens, we are humans, and forgetful; but if you do see that they did this on purpose, and/or is not the first or only time they’ve done it, you should go report them, let the original artist know what is happening so they can take matters into their own hands.

That’s all, here’s the drawing!: (sorry about my ranting, I just needed to vent a little, and hey! I ended up teaching others something)

AND here’s the original picture: (credit’s to @pomogisebe on Instagram)

[johaerys-writes]

For the writer asks! 🌈💝💥🤲

[Writing Asks]

🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with?

There have been chapters in High-Flying Birds that I struggled with, and it is a fic I continue to struggle with sometimes haha. Mainly because there is so much I want to write, many little moments that are hard to arrange in a coherent chapter or arc, and there are also many things I feel like I have to write (or stay 100% faithful to canon) and that if I don’t readers might be disappointed or *I* will be disappointed with the end product looking back lol. It’s also a fic that I've done a lot of research for, so there were chapters or arcs that were a long time in the making (and one of the reasons why I'm so slow to update it lol...... it just all needs to marinate in my brain). One of the chapters that I struggled with in particular was The Sacrifice, because trying to condense Euripides' 'Iphigenia at Aulis' in a couple of chapters and also make it engaging and coherent was really hard.

Another fic I've struggled A LOT with, and I mean A LOT sometimes, is my DA longfic A World With You. Maybe it was because of my inexperience while writing certain bits, maybe it's the DA lore itself that is sometimes confusing but there were certain arcs that gave me such a hard time. I felt like I kept writing myself into corners and had to delete and rewrite a lot, and it was just pure agony lol. I do feel like I learned a lot through these struggles though so I don't begrudge them too much 😅

💝what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

Ooh good question. I feel like you're a walking disaster and yet- is a fic that I did not expect many people to read-- I expected max 2 or 3 people to follow it but I've been pleasantly surprised by how invested people have become in this story. It warms my heart to see readers care so deeply about these boys; not to get overly personal LOL but I've poured a lot of my heart in it, it almost feels like cheating sometimes because several scenes or exchanges in it are things I or people close to me have experienced, and it's also sort of me appreciating but also heavily criticising the culture I've grown up in (something I hope comes across lol.) It’s so rare for me to be able to write something so close to my own reality that it feels like a niche in and of itself, and I'm so grateful for everyone who has been tagging along.

💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it.

Okay so I'm going to cheat for this one because my least kudosed fic is something I wrote ages ago for an exchange and I don’t have much to say about it, BUT my second least kudosed fic As It Was is one of my favourites because I wrote it for @mogwaei who is one of my favourite people, featuring Solas and their OC Maordrid from their fic Ouroboros, which is one of my favourite pieces of literature! Like ever!! And has had a profound impact on me and I love it and all the characters in it to bits!!! I still go back to this fic I wrote from time to time and drown myself in Mao/Solas feels 🫶 I feel like I captured something that is important to both of these characters, a small part of the connection they share and some of the things that draw them to one another. I'm quite proud of it ngl.

🤲what do YOU get out of writing?

Oh boy that's a good question haha. Like what does one get out of doing anything creative? It's definitely a great pastime. I spend many hours daydreaming/writing/editing/posting, time that I could use to do literally anything else but I just love the feeling of getting immersed in a different world, another person's mind. So escapism is a big part of it too I guess-- focusing on a fictional character's life and problems is so much better than focusing on my own LOL. I can tell you that my anxiety has been so much better ever since I started writing consistently, and it's why it's so important to me to set aside time every day to write.

Another more personal reason writing is important to me is because as an autistic person, writing about people and their feelings and how they interact with the world really helps me understand and process my own feelings and experiences in a way, since that is something I struggle with on a daily basis. And having this routine of writing also helps me gauge my mood/ emotions/energy levels, like I don’t always realise when I feel like shit or why I feel like this or what to do about it, but when I'm too tired or out of it to write I know it’s perhaps time to take a break and maybe reflect on some stuff lmao. And!! Of course!! Writing is great when it comes to processing traumatic or painful stuff. Like when my dad passed away last year I found myself writing a lot about grief and loneliness and losing people/situations that are important to you and not really knowing what to do about it, and I did that without even really realising it so I'm grateful for having this creative outlet that lets me process stuff in a somewhat healthy way lol.

This got unnecessarily long SORRY haha, but thank you so much for your asks 💙💙

[forgottenaine]

ooc | Aine & Saoirse

Saoirse is an honorary part of the Calleary/Lorcan family now and there is nothing anyone can say to Aine to convince her otherwise!!! <3333

Aine is the sort to know about all of the servants in her employ and she seeks to develop a real friendship with them, beyond just a professional one -- especially when they are like Saoirse and all living and working in the same household together! But I feel like this extends doubly to Saoirse, who she has entrusted to help with the care of her two children, who she loves more than anything else in the entire world!!!

I don't think she made this appointment lightly, and I imagine that she knew Saoirse before she ever came to work for her @ Lorcan? I was going to joke that she saw how she handled/mothered her two older chaotic brothers and was like "that is as good of a reference as any" but there might actually be some truth to that alsjflsajf

Aine is here though to do whatever she can for Saoirse?!? Lorcan isn't too far from Malconaire, but she would have always been welcome to take as long of a leave as she needed/wanted to visit her own family (Aine never wanted her to miss out on being w/ her own fam for the sake of Aine's, y'know??) And I think that Aine is an involved enough mom that she is okay to handle things w/o Saoirse for an extended period if she ever needs it!

But you just know that those kids adore her so much!!! I was thinking a little bit about their personalities and I thought I'd share them with you.

Peadar loves adventure!! Stories about knights and dragons and pirates and princes fascinate him!! (he would be a huge fan of lord ormond's life ngl ;D)

He's always had a lot of energy and loves to explore! He's got an active mind and asks a lot of questions/is v curious

loves to learn and I feel like he is a bit of a lowkey nerd

(I feel like he loved running around the shores back at calleary while visiting there, but would also enjoy going to his aunt eabha and asking her questions about the ocean, etc!)

Used to be full of laughter and smiles like 24/7 but he's a bit more serious since his dad has disappeared

he always knew that he would be lord lorcan one day but he didn't think that it would come this soon??

unlike his mom, probably actually thinks that his dad is dead but would never say that out loud b/c he doesn't want to hurt her

he's only ten years old but he feels the need to protect both his mom and his sister in his dad's absence

is even more studious now than he ever was, because he wants to be v prepared for that moment when he can just take lorcan back from rian!!

I do think he still does have moments where you can see his old self and he does still like playing with saoirse (especially if cliodhna is involved so he doesn't feel bad about acting childish)

my poor boy just feels like he needs to grow up too soon :(

Cliodhna is only two years old and so she is just starting to develop a little personality

it is clear that she's going to be v extroverted

smiles and waves at literally anyone who pays her any attention

I feel like she's super adorable and just has a bunch of people wrapped around her finger already and aine is a little afraid that she'll be spoiled (spoiler alert, she probably already is a lil!)

she's also v smart for her age!

knows how to stack her blocks and can put together easy puzzles but also gets a kick out of putting them together wrong and seeing everyone's reaction and just laughs at how ridiculous she is being

already is developing a sense of humor and is also a lil mischievous

will probably be deeply influenced by finn and fiona when she's older alsdfjalsdfj

in fact, once totted in the room after fiona when she put a swan into uncle cormac's room and wouldn't stop giggling about it

Both of them adore Saoirse, though!!! I feel like Peadar makes her presents/drawings and even Cliodhna will bring her a flower that she's picked while they are out playing!!! I think Saoirse does them both a lot of good and I think that, honestly, Peader especially benefits from having her around b/c I think he feels like he has to be grown up and strong for his mom, but he doesn't feel that same pressure when it is just Saoirse and his sister?? (Also this would literally break Aine's heart if she knew!!!!)

[dgdraws]

My art year in review!

I learned so much this year and made a ton of cool stuff! These are my favorites from each month, but it was so hard to choose. A lot of stuff didn't even get posted--I'll be sure to at least post the ones that made it to this list!

It's amazing to see how much I've changed and learned over this year, and to see the things that are emerging as part of "my style."

Here's to another year of delight, creation, connection and fun!

Some monthly reflections beneath the cut, but here's the highlights:

I participated in 3 art challenges, Artfight, OC-tober and Huevember.

I made fanart for the first time!

I created a piece I conceived of before I started drawing

Made some big breakthroughs in techniques and skills in April, July and November

January: My first branch into full character design, Rodd is the culmination of training on Hero Forge renders to make dnd portraits! I was doing this cool thing with neon rim lighting, I should bring that back!

February: I saw a piece on here with this amazing glowing effect, so I color picked it and experimented to figure out what relationship between the colors was making it do that! The answer was saturation. This rose is meant to be glowing from within, and I think I did a good job for my knowledge level at the time! As Chuck Tingle would tell us, it's beautiful because only I could have made it in that moment on the timeline.

March: I spent a million years on every detail of this one, it has at least 5 clipping overlay/saturation layers for lighting, multiple line work groups and I want to rework that background but! I never felt more accomplished than I did when I finished this one. I learned a lot, especially about things I could skip or simplify. And the symbolism really pops off ngl

April: I read Gideon the Ninth for the first time this month and I immediately needed to draw Jeannemary Chatur, Cavalier of the Fourth House, the worst teen to do it. She's the first fanart I ever made and posted! I also discovered a new pen tool with this one, which CHANGED THE GAME.

May: This one is an idea I had written down before I ever picked up the tablet and stylus. I thought I might commission someone to make it, the image of it came to me so clearly during our VTM session I just had to make it real somehow. Well I did it! This is one I will come back to redraw in like 5 years bc I love the concept so much. Also rife with symbolism and inside nods to the Low Kings.

June: I made a bunch of ref sheets in the run-up to Artfight in July. Caleb hadn't even been in my plans to upload, but I had time and inspiration! I will be uploading this and a few more of him <3

July: This is one of my faves from Artfight! This character is Blueberry, by way of OrchidEatsBread on artfight. I have still never played... rainworld? But I love me a slug cat. In July I drew a TON of people, it really drilled anatomy basics into me and how to get clothes looking like actual clothes a bit more. Also solidified some things I would consider "my style" at the moment, like no irises, and my approach to noses and mouths and fingers!

August: Another fanart for the Locked Tomb series, I never posted this!!! Will be rectifying that soon.

September: I got really into javascript and css this month, and I made this to be a landing page image on my neocities website XD I'll get back around to that eventually...

October: At the last minute, I discovered OC-tober and the prompts from @/bweirdart, a worthy follow up to the rush of Artfight two months previous. I developed so much stuff for the Low Kings, including this drawing/character, Amayah/Girl-Z, who has been a figment of my pintrest board for 2+ years.

Huevember: Chasing that OC-tober high, I found Huevember! I did not expect to actually do every day, but it proved to be an amazing exercise! I learned so, so much about color, discovered amazing new brushes and techniques and found I really enjoy working in those one day capsules! I loved a lot of the stuff that came out of this month, including my highest note post ever!!!, but this one is still my phone background and I'm maybe developing an OC world around it. We'll see what happens in 2024.

December: I got hit HARD with the writing bug this month, so this was my only choice for this month but I WOULDA CHOSEN IT ANYWAY. I unlocked something here that I'm really excited to visit again, in fact I'm working on a companion piece rn! This is also fanart btw, prepare for me to get even weirder about this guy in the coming months.

If you've read this far, thank you so much! I have so much fun writing these little reflections and making my posts on here.

xoxo, wren

[silvesi]

H E N L O

3, 8, 11, 12 for the vampire ask game!!!

Everyone say hi to my new friend creaked.

ANYWAY I CAN FINALLY ANSWER THESE NOW I MADE A POST [here] EXPLAINING THE VAMPIRISM.

11. How much restraint do they have around blood?

He's convinced people he has more than he does, somehow. This is usually because he will just vibrate for 5 hours until sneaking off and savaging someone. hey man the uh. yeah your. guy just ate like 3 pact soldiers. ok now he's gonna eat you too, no witnesses. UNFORTUNATELY he's an assassin and great at hiding this around anyone he isnt close to! if youre close to him its…uhuoh. More of an issue. He's nearly killed Dralsin twice, and succeeded once.  

This was more of an issue when he was younger, and he does learn to tell people the signs and regulate better.

Blood is more of an issue in [RP]. Otherwise, from around LWS4 ish it's "do not give him the magic rocks. do not give him the magic rocks. under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Keep him AWAY from crazy powerful magical sources"

So that's hilarious. Especially with Aurene. This guy is trying to teach HER responsibility and how to share her magic? THEN SHE TEACHES HIM HOW TO CONSUME VOLATILE MAGIC? girl. It's a back and forth I think, of "hey be careful with absorbing god magic, Aurene." "Ok stop licking bloodstones then??" Like:

3. Are there perks that outweigh the condition, or is it too difficult to enjoy?

For Feds, the perks don’t outweigh the condition at all - although, you MIGHT have been able to convince him they did during HoT before he fully understood its nature.

-The fact he doesn’t really hear Mordy is the main one for him. After losing Dralsin to it and seeing Larry struggle so much, you can see how he might be convinced it's not so bad.

-In a similar vein, the fact mordrem ignore him. This is more obvious in [RP] AU, where he doesn’t have to deal with the egg and such - so he’s mostly undetected the entire time, and abuses this power to cause UTTER CHAOS and gather so, so much intel on one man reconnaissance missions. This idiot can walk straight into a mordrem camp. The pact both love this and are terrified by it.

-[RP] Uh. Hua thinks the biting is kinda hot I guess?? 

-Can tell u what vitamins ur deficient in lol

8. How do they feel about their condition as a whole?

It pisses him off. It annoys him. He HATES it because what the HELL was the purpose of that and is in a victim mindset for a long time. He gets more of a handle on that during HoT and steadily begins to accept it, and then- SLAP do you want a bloodstone explosion to drive you batshit insane. Oh yeah you do. 

After that? he feels like shit but everyone EXPECTS THINGS OF HIM and UGH!

Then LATER he’s all pleased he’s finally fixed it with a dragon but THEN people are like ummm now you used an elder dragon? thats terrifying and i do not trust you.

That? That is his tipping point. Because he has tried so so hard to keep it under wraps and under control and no matter what, someone seems to have an issue. So once again, acceptance. Finally. But, now in the way of: I’m gonna EAT SOMEONE and you better be OKAY WITH IT. FUCK YOU. Honestly outwardly copes with it really well, and it becomes very easy to accept it as part of him. He’s got a very good little trick going on here! Because it’s still volatile as fuck but he actually just stopped caring. It’s like… violent acceptance. He's getting there.

I figure he doesn't need to feed traditionally so much as of around LWS4 with Aurene sharing her command of magic and such, right? Here is how to EAT VOLATILE MAGIC and he's like oh cool. sick. I'm gonna dragon magic this crap away? Haven't thought on it more because I still have a lot of story to do, ngl.

12. I forgot the wording. A CURE? WELL

RP? yes. He started looking into it because he wanted back to feeding weekly instead of every damn 24 hours after @/alma-draws Morred swirled his got dam head around AGAIN. This is the FUNNIEST SHIT right now because it's @/kralkatorrik 's Tiyrnan having to deal with this. He's trying to give him Ley in slow release patch form rn. It's...going! it sure is. going.

It's not a cure, its a stopgap.  But!

Before this he was just eating really random magical stuff by the way. Until he thought hm. Maybe I should get help and not microdose on bloodstone and idk, chak organs.

[visible-artist]

(rant)

hi. so it’s been two..three..years, i think? holy shit. the person who’s reading this probably has no idea who i am, and thats fine, i just need to let this out.

tbh i’ve just suddenly remembered this account after procrastinating on my assignment by rewatching every sanders sides video after not engaging with the media for since i left.

ok jk i think about this account every day, i also think about my deleted instagram account that i deactivated after reaching an art block everyday. (it seemed like a good idea at a time, but now i’m devastated, i was literally at my peak at the time, and thomas himself had been following me, but oh well) lesson learned: i’m never giving into art block ever again.

but as for the reason for my art block… it was this. i don’t even remember anything anymore from that era but i did remember having an inconsistent schedule and using all the energy i had when i had it, which is INSANE —because i was only fourteen. the upside had been my skills increasing a drastic amount, but i literally couldn’t bring myself to post anything anymore and my motivation for drawing was practically non existent. (FOR TWO YEARS)

obviously there were many factors that added to my art block, but i guess this had been the main one. what’s ironic is that the thing that morivated me to start posting again was finding my old fanart from this account (i popped off ngl, almost got emotional) i may not have gotten a shit ton of following or interactions, but just seeing the amount of creativity and passion i had made my month. (and I needed this, so much)

this post is kind of a mess… i’m honestly just typing what’s on my mind right now. i just really missed this account. and i’ve started a new one on ig: @kozuwinx for anyone who wants to support me there, i would really appreciate it.

i dont know if i’ll start becoming active on this account, i’m getting pretty busy with school now too, and i don’t want another replay of burnout…still, i’m so grateful for everyone who supported me here, even if those who did probably don’t remember me now. (and i won’t blame them tbh.)

i just wanted to say thank you i guess, and share this story to anyone who might be struggling with the same thing. i don’t know how to end this but this is it. love ya all ✌🏼

[klausfromkalos]

Who am I ?

I'm Klaus and I use he/they pronouns, a teacher at the Pokemon Academy in Santalune City (Neuvartault), Kalos. I'm originally from Johto but I moved here just before I started the Gym Challenge. And I'm in my mid-twenties.

I am still a trainer, but it's not a big thing anymore for me and my team. They enjoy battles every once in a while, and are fine if they don't (except Marie)

Also, you can ask things to my Pokémons (or myself of course !)

Nido, the docile Nidoking, he is my first Pokemon and is always out when I'm teaching (tag : #nido the nidoking ) Marie, the brave Quadsire, she really loves battling, I use her every time a student asks me for a training battle (tag : #marie the quagsire ) Piotr, the serious Persian, he is always serious, and for some reason, he is the one my students prefer the most (tag : #piotr the persian ) Talia, the rash Umbreon, she likes being pet, like she really likes being pet, and will be grumpy for a while if you stop just for 2 seconds (tag : #talia the umbreon ) Lerouge, the relaxed Skarmory, he likes sleeping and flying, and he is a rescued pokemon. All pretty normal (unfortunately for the rescued part) things for a Johtonian Skarmory (tag : #lerouge the skarmory ) Charline, the adamant Gogoat, she is the only Pokemon I caught in Kalos, she only likes me and lets no one (except me) pet her (tag : #charline the gogoat )

ooc under the cut

Bonjour, Bonsoir ! I'm starting this blog (in hope that I don't forgot about it in three weeks) bc I've been enjoying pokemon rp blogs for the past weeks. I had the idea for a longer time. I'm still learning, so please be nice

If anyone wants to know, I'm considering that 100 pokedollars = 1 euro. Because I went reading on some french forums where people discuss to know how we can convert pokedollars into euros. I found that's just easier to do 100 pk$ = 1€. Pokeworld economy is a nightmare when converts in our world

Also, it can be relevant to know that I'm using the metric system

I will post in two languages (french and english, but mainly english). I'm french and neurodivergent, so my sentences can be weird when read. If it happens, ask me to be clearer, I will not take it badly (je mords pas les gens). My name's irrelevant, but I go by just K (pronounced "Ké"), ngl I like K :p, I use They/He (Iel/Il in fr) but I'm fine with neopronouns (iel is a neopronoun in french ! ;3)

(No NSFW here. )

If interacting with an adult makes you uncomfortable, it's not a place for you

I also play as @spiritualhoenn and as @not-quite-a-murkrow

EDIT FROM 25TH MAY 2023:

So, I'm back here o/ Well, I really needed this break, though I should have talked about it before disappearing. But yeah, I'm back.

Just a few things; 1) I'll be slower to respond to anything and I'll interact less with any kind of high-stakes plot, bc I can't do it that much and no everything is set down in my life, I still need to plan like 5/6 medical appointments and I hadn't had any news about them for about 2 weeks, so I'll need to go easy on a lot of things (bc like a lot of people here, rp is one of my escapism) 2) I could disappear again, I'll try to say it before doing it -but most of the time when I disappear it's because I'm triggered -and I don't have a lot of clues why some things trigger me or even what triggers me. But I'm actively trying to take care of my mental health

EDIT FROM 07TH MARCH 2024:

3) My main (klausfromkalos) is restarting slowly, the others are not 4) I'm really happy to come back people ^^ <3 <3 <3 JE VOUS AIME LES GENS. BISOUS BISOUS !!!!! <3 <3 <3

EDIT FROM 19TH MARCH 2024:

If you see one of my drawings out that isn't on @ocelaw or on my Ko-Fi, stone the guy

[omoghouls]

Tooo lazy to draw it out so- Ethlam and Zev's time table (pre to post games)

Ethlam

Pre-game: Very dalish (never left the clan, has only seen humans once maybe twice) his mother is the Keeper, and he works alongside her to help the clan with his magic.

Prologue: Did the mission/spying solely because his mother asked him to ngl, but will never blame her for what happened (no one knew this would happen)

Game: Still very strong in his Dalish heritage (it sometimes did muddy his thoughts of how to plan things out on the war table, especially in the beginning), but did learn to control those emotions for the most part.

Trespasser: He and Zev had a huge falling out right before the event- Zev wanted to join the Veil Jumpers (because he saw what Ethlam had done and was like "Yeah, that's what I want to do but, 20x better") and Ethlam basically forbid it because he knew the dangers that came with artifacts especially ones that were fade touched- ofc Zev blew up at him and just, left.

Post-tresspasser: Felt so lost. What he thought he knew wasn't as it seemed. Solas, someone he thought to be a friend, turned out to be /that/ and although it was from mercy, took his hand. He let the Inquisition dissolve, allowing the others to maintain it as he went to go back to his clan. Ofc visiting Dorian when the two had time (there's a secret eluvian not too far from the settlement that does transport to Tevinter- or close enough thar he and Dorian can make plans to meet there)

Veilguard: It's been 10 years, and that was he and Zev's first meeting since the fall out, and by god, did it eat away at Ethlam. The two spent 10 years holding a grudge over a disagreement. But Ethlam sees how courageous and quick on his toes Zev was, how he was able to manage a team - and knowing that there's yet another looming end because of false Gods, he and Zev make up.

Post-Veilguard: He moves to Tevinter, and he and Dorian finally live together (he gives the reigns of the Inquisition/of the South aid to someone who had been training under him) and he aids Dorian in his work in the council. Ethlam is currently helping rebuild what was damaged in the battles but does have plans on starting up a lil herb thing (let him have a peaceful life😭) and reconnect with Zev♡

Zev

Pre-game: Veil Jumper. Left his Dalish clan not long after Ethlam & crew had defeated Corypheus and wound up falling into the Veil Jumpers (literally, he fell from a tree directly onto Strife xD) was incredibly upset when Ethlam told him he couldn't join them ("They're dalish, Lamb!" "They're playing with fire, and I don't want you harmed!" "Well, it's not up to you anymore! Maybe I'll actually be able to help our people,unlike you, Lamb!") So he just left after their argument. Many times, he had thought of reaching out to Ethlam but would always find an excuse not to. He isn't as that connected to his dalish heritage, like, he knows the language and the stories but, just never felt as connected.

Prologue: Setting off for adventure with Varric and Harding to seek out Solas- still good friends with many of the folks from his Jumper group. Horrified that now Solas is vibing with him ( "You're saying yall put up with him?? HOW??" )

Game: Doing what he needed to survive at this point. This isn't something he'd ever wanted. To be relied on by so many, to see and learn of the true dangers that come from basically everything- awe fuck, he's finally understanding why Ethlam was so concerned and over protective of him-

Post-game: He moves in with Emmrich after everything is said and done- Zev helps out with rebuilding. That's actually where he and Ethlam start their recovery of their relationship (reconnecting and having laughs over the sillier parts of their stories- and also figuring out that Emmrich taught Dorian) ;u;

[iguessyouregonnamissthepantyraid]

spoilers:

getting one bad note out of the way: this will be a wildly unpopular opinion but rocket's flashback scenes were so dark and so over the top that they almost circled back around and felt like too much for me personally to connect with. idk it might've just been my mood that day and i'll change my mind later, but that's how i felt last night

that being said i was a PUDDLE when they got him awake and peter and groot were hugging him. i'm gonna go ahead and add "the peter groot rocket hug in gotg3" to my list of Hugs Of All Time. they love him so fucking much dude

everything else i loved:

number one absolute top highlight is mantis making a guard fall in love with drax and it being VERY clear that she has done this MANY times before hsjhdjhdjk

"maybe we have to touch him the other way. we should draw straws" EASILY funniest thing drax has ever fucking said. hey guys maybe one of us just needs to give our good pal peter a handjob and he'll feel better, who's up for it

drax!!! with kids!!! you weren't born to be a destroyer, you were born to be a dad!!! i'm screaming!!!!

nebula. NEBULA. the way it's so explicit that she cares so much about all of them. "i'm family" "so is he" and then her crying when she found out rocket was okay and all the times she physically protected peter and then asking him if he's okay after gamora left, like..... bruh. bro. broski. we love the growth

i want to personally thank james gunn for just letting peter quill be COMPETENT. one example (among many!) is the guards coming into the room on orgoscope and he's immediately like "are you guys KIDDING me barging in here DO YOU NOT KNOW SAFETY PROTOCOL" like that's! my! man!

i can't believe i'm saying this, but i loved the way they handled gamora. obviously i wish infinity war hadn't done what it did, but this movie handled it so well. she's not the same person they all know and peter does love her anyway ("you're not her, but who you are isn't so bad") and she really, really, really felt like a different gamora. props to zoe for real. also oddly enough the one thing that REALLY got me sobbing hard was gamora returning to the ravagers and like... they were all so happy to see her? and she was so happy with them? even without the guardians, she still has a family that loves her? i'm tearing up now just thinking about it?

peter being like yeah i tackled you out of the ship right after hitting the self destruct button to mercilessly explode a guy and gamora's VISIBLY like...... okay.......... that was hot ngl

the "you need to learn to swim" metaphor! holy shit! peter needs to move on from gamora and learn to stand on his own! GOD

the peter and his grandpa reunion.... don't touch me don't look at me don't breathe in my direction i've waited almost a decade for this. fuck dude

i loved adam. i only know him from the gotg video game but i loved him in this. i wanted him (a) a little annoyingly overpowered and (b) kind of a clueless idiot and that's exactly what i got. i only wish we got more of him. i'm glad they wrapped him in a blanket at the end

last thing, i knew going into this that there would be one use of the word "fuck" and i love that it wasn't some big dramatic moment but just peter trying to explain to nebula how to open a car door lmfao. wouldn't have it any other way

anyway the more i think about this movie the more i like it. i'm glad none of the guardians died because it would have felt cheap otherwise. and it's so nice that they all went off on their own little individual sabbaticals before they'll return in a few weeks and stay together forever as a team again <3 don't tell me that's not what happens because i spoke to james gunn personally and he said i'm right <3

saw the guardians movie

[kriimhild]

Im asking as anonymous because im have social angsiety and this is the only way i feel i can remotly do it i have debated around a month of how to just go about talking about this and today i tryed to join the security breach show server on discord and imiditly left cause of how scared i got i havent posted my own stuff on my blog bevause im scared and just wanted to know....how the heck do you do it how the heck do you have the courage to do what you do? Heck im trying to write i fan fiction only to scrap it like once every two days....

It's something that artists have to learn (if they want to). In order for people to remember you, they have to know you. And the easiest way to do that is to publish. I see a lot of people afraid to publish, and mostly because they're afraid of disappointment. The negative feedback they might get. All I can always say is think about what could happen. I've never written next to my drawings that I am in a developing phase, because I'll always be in a developing phase. Even now. But if you feel safer that way, Feel free to make a fine print stating that you are a beginner. But never write something like "I know I'm suck. Don't look at it, I'm so terrible." If someone still says it sucks, give a big, thicc shit. As long as they can articulate what they don't like about our art, we should be happy with that, because it smells like a constructive criticism, which is very important in development. And if all you get is "lol you suck, your art's suck!" kind of message, then…well…what do you do with that? Delete the hell out of it and ignore. Someone's not paying attention to what their kid's doing again. At the first hand, you work for your own entertainment. There'll be people who love you and protect from any bully. You know, one of the hardest things about being an artist is learning to hold up your middle finger when you need to. I'll tell you smth. My partner's one of the most serious critics I know. He looked at my recent animation and said it had little to do with the lyrics. Ngl, I felt like shit. It wasn't the art the main problem, but the fact that I can't English properly and I'm listening to the rhythm, because I'm an instrumental person. For almost two weeks I've been trying to figure out how the two are related. If it doesn't work out, I'll just do it the way I originally planned. The audience will decide if they like it. If not, I'll think about my next clips. Do whatever you want, it's your imagination, your hand, your pen.

(I found this on Twitter, and I love it) We try to keep the server safe and clean, and the whole staff puts a lot of work into making sure that everyone's comfortable and has a good time in the community. It's not easy, because every day more people join and it's harder and harder to keep an eye on everything. Nevertheless, we're trying. If someone behaves rudely, we'll look at them with an angry-mom looking. I think the server is a safe place for a young, fresh newcomer to get to know people. We can't look after artists one by one, but we try to give out support and advice as much as we can. I don't know how much this message has helped, but I hope that I've encouraged you to share whatever you have with the world.