#i feel good about it

[eldritchlittleblackdragon]

Well I did the thing and called my congressman. I stammered and didn't sound very convincing probably (especially since I was trying to tailor my reasons to something that would appeal to a conservative republican because my congressman is one and it sounded very fake coming from me imo) but by god I did it. I did it scared and I did it clumsy, but I did it!

[rubywonu]

first exam tomorrow…wish me luck guys 😭😭🙏

[windfaemaiden]

I'm doing gametober and since day 2 is a game you want to play, I drew Rena from Star Ocean 2 because I CANNOT wait for the remake coming out soon. One of my favorite RPGs ever looks like its getting huge QOL updates and some new mechanics I'm excited for.

[shallowseeker]

heya, just saw your post about the procedure today and wanted to send some good energy your way! hope all goes smoothly and recovery is quick and as comfy as possible, friend.

thinking of you!

<3 <3 <3

[zenaidamacrouras1]

Today the 8 year old had someone steal her favorite green pencil and then claim they didn't steal it.

We had a lot of conversations about it, but the takeaway she had was this:

It's so easy to think of solutions to a problem, but it's so much harder to do the solutions. Especially when you're having a lot of feelings. Behaving like a grown up is easier said than done.

I was like, preach it, sister.

[haechannabelle]

weekly tarot reading ! what do we think besties

[dr-dendritic-trees]

I got back to editing my novel! Congratulate me!

[reinmeka]

just deleted my main twitter and instagram 🫡

[lucky--owl]

I got my interview done and I feel good about it PLUS the starbucks i ordered right before it started as a little treat arrived just as i was finishing up :)

[lulullia]

Vladleen Photo | Lyphuriaa

Isn't Lulu so cute?? She probably had to beg for days to convince Vlad to make such a cheesy gesture…

God this one was especially hard, not really because of what I was drawing but because of how. It made me learn about a bazillion things not to repeat ever again.

All things considered though, it came out pretty good! I wanted to give up so many times and there were so many catastrophes I'm really surprised in how clean it looks.

I'm even more surprised that I was able to push through and bring it to the finish despite it all, it's something to celebrate ;-;

A lil' summary of what this piece taught me ⤵

I really need to study the rest of the human anatomy. The legs were difficult, the feet too. I only realize this now because I mostly draw torsos and simple poses. Also, first time I draw characters interacting – it was fun but it's really something I need to practice more!

If I plan on using the sketch as lineart, please for the love of God use an opaque brush. The amount of time I spent fixing the lineart because it was semi-transparent, I might as well have drawn 3 layers of proper lineart.

Keep an eye on the background color. Because of some transparency stuff, I didn't realize some parts of the drawing only looked right with the current bg color – so when I thought I was done and changed it, I stared in horror at the ugly artifacts all around the drawing. It was painful to fix.

Sometimes it's easier to just draw over the sketch, taking the lines I like, instead of cleaning it up. Because using the sketch layer – especially with an opacity brush – leaves around a ton of barely visible artifacts. I had to "select opaque" to see them and clear them out, and it was also painful.

Generally, going into a drawing without a plan for what style it's gonna be is a bad idea and results in a lot of problems down the line.

Better fix any problems I have with the drawing as early as possible, because I'll end up fixing it anyway, only if I'm too far in the process it'll cost me more time.

I need to stop drawing too detailed an anatomy if I know it's gonna get covered by clothes anyway… T-T

Phew, I'm still shocked that I managed to make a decent piece even after all these problems. Somehow I feel pretty good about it, I think the joy of seeing it finished made all my bad experience with it go away.

It's great, especially since I've been struggling a lot with self-doubt about my creative projects recently; this shows me that no matter how crappy something seems to be, if only I push through and finish it, all that bad energy turns into incredibly good feelings of accomplishment and pride.

Hope that's useful; now I really want to make a mini story game and see how it turns out…

[girljeremystrong]

everyone fingers crossed for the toronto maple leafs tonight

[robyn-i-guess]

liking someone platonically is so embarrassing like. yeah i admire you. yeah i think about you all the time. yeah i look forward to every time i see you even if it's only for a minute. yeah it's all platonic and yeah i couldn't explain this because it'd sound romantic. fucking hell

[stimmingandstruggling]

more good news from tiktok: they’ve started blocking celebrities.

they’re calling it block party 2024. just blocking and ignoring countless celebrities who havent said shit about palestine. influencers, actors, anyone who went to the met gala, whatever, they’re getting blocked. and people keep talking about how cathartic it is, how good it feels, how they never realized they could DO that. there was some kind of subconscious law against blocking famous people, but it’s broken, and people are LOVING it. and it’s WORKING. a social media/digital advertising coordinator was talking about how ad companies are PANICKING, because they can’t accurately target anymore. so many big influencers, including fucking LIZZO started talking about palestine the MOMENT their follower counts started going down. and the best part? no one is forgiving them. lizzo posted a tiktok asking people to donate to palestinian families, and all the comments just said you’re a multimillionaire. put your money where your mouth is. blocked.

i feel like i’m witnessing the downfall of celebrity culture, right here right now. people are waking up.

[asleep-human]

this is the most i've thought about anything ever, this poll is more important than my ACT or my AP tests

[skrunksthatwunk]

see 0 note flop posts aren't that bad when they're personal but 0 note fandom posts feel literally so bad. like if you don't wanna play toys with me anymore just say that. i'll pack up my super cool awesome things and go and i'll sit on the other side of the playground by myself and i won't even look at you. fuck

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

License to Kitty.