#i dont want an art career

[pinacoladamatata]

feeling kind of stressed like i'm running out of time to draw solas

[atticcreationz]

As someone who wanted to switch disciplines in college but whose request was denied a support signature by a tutor because he didn't personally like the field I wanted to go into, Gorgug's talk with Porter hit home. Also as someone who's made some funky character builds for the sake of a story lmao 😅. God I love Dimension 20 (particularly Fantasy High)'s ability to take nitty gritty D&D rules, like prerequisites for multiclassing and taking levels for flavour, and weaving them into the story in a very meaningful way and turn them into beautiful character moments.

[puppyeared]

people who do STEM or administration as a career full time and continue to do art as a hobby, I am scared of you but like in a hot way. youre like if we were allowed to have cold drinks in winter. i look at you and think of miles morales with his two cakes. do you want to make out sometime

[heynhay]

How draw like you T^T

Do you have any advice for learning to draw better? Like, resources or practices or anything?

Time. and referencing. No way around it but to put in the hours.

[moeblob]

He isn't in Engage BUT I can still give him freckles. Because everyone deserves some freckles as a treat.

[figofswords]

the post grad why did i get an art degree what am i even doing what do i want in life where am i going crisis has finally hit i want to. lie down in the dirt. or something

[sewer-sermon]

no but it really does fuck me up a little that ive barely had time to make art lately. and my energy has been so low that even when i do have time, i don't have the will. i know this is something every artist and their damn mama goes through eventually but it still sucks so bad, i wanna be making shit!!! playing with colors!!! expressing myself, like i was born to do!!! but this is my baseline now and the more i get into the workforce and shit the worse it's probably gonna get. sucks so bad

[inkz123]

Man finishing school term and wanna rest, draw and work on comms more, but then like 2ish weeks later, boom, gotta fix stuff to start the new school term again

Mannn i just wanna do nothing but draw blorbos and backed up ideas and all the sketch wips i havent even finished ; ;

Idk school for me just throws off the vibes fr fr

[littlestpersimmon]

what usually inspires your art/storie themes? I love it btw! you have amazing work.

Southeast asia first and foremost.. my home and my favorite aspect of myself. I'm mixed, moms partially Chinese and dad is partially of sephardi jewish descent, but I love philippine cultures and the surrounding cultures of maritime southeast asia the most.. After this. Just chasing the feeling of happiness and nostalgia. When you are ocd like me, you are perpetually afraid and paranoid of things, so drawing is my escape.. like it sounds pretentious but this is how I feel. I love also trying to make my drawings look like illuminated manuscripts and tapestries, and I used to collect old fairytale books bc, I don't know! I just love how it looks and feels.

[incorrect-riordanverse]

im so mad that this is a side blog account and not a main account. i started this blog when i was still relatively new to tumblr and i think i was… like. fourteen years old or something. i never thought i would continue for this long, and i never knew so many people would like the content i put out here (i have over 9k followers which is literally mind-blowing, like wow….).

because this isnt a main account, i cant respond to replies left on my posts, i cant really reply to anyone unless i reblog !! i cant even follow people with this blog, it just comes up as my main blog (which is not pjo-related… rip my failed attempts at organising my fandoms to different blogs). so my avenues of interaction with a lot of you are seriously impeded.

so i just want to say i am so thankful for all of you, i read every single person’s tags who reblog my stuff, i read all of your replies and every time im crying screaming rolling around on the ground in agony over the fact i CANT REPLY!!

i know my posts are super inconsistent these days, im glad so many are still here! i think i may change some of my content eventually (never gonna get rid of the incorrect quote stuff, i’ll just be adding some other things like pjo headcanons or analyses or something), just to spice some stuff up on here.

[yanderespamton78]

charlie tries to just enjoy something without comparing herself to others for one second challenge (impossible)

[skunkes]

I don't think your art is bad, actually it's really good + it's why I follow you. Why do you think you have no prospects?

im not interested in any industry art jobs (which is why i didnt go to an art school) (and not that I'd be good enough for any) and i got a useless degree

(just general fine arts bc my parents wldnt let me not go to college and anything Useful would have killed me halfway as i am lazy and stupid).

My stuff will never be good enough to make a living off of outside of that, so, no real tangible prospects or future for me, really

[ultimateyakazoo]

would people be willing to commission art from me on the basis that im a mildly successful musician over art qualifications like they did with ringo star

[good-beanswrites]

Added my Double drabble to Lights, Camera, Sing Your Sins! I snuck it into chapter 2 so I figured I'd make a quick post with it here :)

“Hey, stop bumping me.”

“You’re bumping me – I can’t see!”

“Just scooch over.”

“My toes!”

Mikoto looked back at the group of prisoners huddled around him, packed tightly so that they could peer over his shoulder at the monitors. His hand paused from where it had been sweeping the stylus around, rearranging his latest creation.

“It’s not that exciting guys,” he laughed. “Let me at least show you some of the finished pieces, I’m sure this is boring…” 

Not that the other pictures were that exciting, either. He pulled up the other frames he’d been busy editing. There came a chorus of oohs and ahhs, but Mikoto knew it was just out of obligation. He flicked through a few of them as quickly as he could.

It was the type of art he loved to do (with some input from Red now and then) but it didn’t really suit any of the other prisoners’ tastes. He’d heard enough questions about his field to know it wasn’t all that impressive to most people. 

Sure enough, Kazui squinted at the screen. “You made all these?” he asked. “Like, you drew them?”

“Er…in a way. I drew some of the elements, and had to do some work to make the effects look right. And the color coordination takes time too.” He scratched the back of his head. “I know it doesn’t look like much…”

When he glanced over, though, Kazui’s expression was one of awe. “No, no, you’re very talented!”

Haruka’s finger tapped the screen. “Can you go back to that one?”

Mikoto clicked back to a photo of himself sitting on one of the train benches. It was meant to depict Red, made abundantly clear by the blood spatter, colored eyes, and savior label that had been placed with much deliberation. Blue had insisted on it, though Red only agreed with the addition of quotations. Their guilty verdict had been crushing for both of them (though not wholly unexpected), so it was important to show all sides of them, now.

Although it had been one of his favorites when working on it, he suddenly wondered if his personal flair had gotten out of hand. It was hardly distinguishable as the original shot, with too many textures and additions obscuring everything.

Fuuta whistled. “Man, that looks sick. You should have done my video…”

“Mine too!” Mahiru said. “I love the bright colors you’re using in all of these. And the paper and ink just looks so crafty!”

Kotoko leaned in to get a better look. “I really like the focus on the eyes here.” 

“O-oh, thanks!” He could feel his chin lift at the commentary. “I got the idea a bit ago… it’s kind of a running thing now? I drew some of them here –” he scrolled though a few frames. “And a scribble over the face here to keep the theme going. Little ones here, a string of them like this. Heh, I drew about a thousand different eye designs to get any actually liked. Then I have these big ones, see? I’m debating on including a blue version, too, but maybe I’m going overboard. I think Jackalope might have a heart attack, seeing all this crap.” 

“He’ll get over it.” Yuno answered his joking smile with a genuine one. “I’m so glad you’re having fun with these. It’s all very… you.”

Mikoto’s gaze fell onto the last frame he’d pulled up: another messy one of Red filled with pink and blue, with the text save you repeated nearby.

“It’s both of us.”

[little-cereal-draws]

Why do I have to be anything?? Why can’t I just simply be???

[creekfiend]

I dont want cuno to become a cop i want cuno to become the worlds most horrible installation artist