#i think it'll get better eventually....

[ihateornithologists]

somehow the incredible combination of starting taking pills + having a super fucked up sleep schedule already + a total lack of energy to get up and make food has lead to an outcome that the only thing i can do now is lying in bed and reading vampire chronicles. WHICH IS SO BAD

[wasyago]

not drawing for others. not drawing for myself either. playing video games. okay? yay

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

trying to psych myself up to finally do oc refs by doing fandom-related refs instead: volume 1

wanted to update my yuma from whatever tf this au is so he was a bit more unique... takes inspo from a lot of different things while also trying to be its own sorta thing? which is fitting given the au ;)

bonus chibi now that i'm also figuring out how tf to do chibis lol:

[dairyfreenugget]

I could count the amount of original stories of mine that don't have horror elements on one hand and idk what that says about me

[oh-meow-swirls]

it's kind of weird to me that they didn't bother releasing sushi and tempura internationally at all but at the same time i'm kinda glad they didn't cuz like. yo-kai watch was financially failing in the west by the time 3 released. i feel like if they had released sushi and tempura the franchise would've completely tanked before we got sukiyaki which would've sucked. honestly if anything i feel like it's more surprising that we got all three versions of 2 instead of them just releasing psychic specters but tbf i think yo-kai watch was doing well in the west when 2 released. 2 is just inexplicably what killed the franchise despite being a masterpiece-

[euclydya]

we've been sleeping excessively lately and like. I KNOW it's my fault but. fuck. I don't want to be awake. so.

[i-appear-misssing]

I just had the horrible thought that I need to fall in love because having devastating crushes on beautiful, competent, authoritative women that I desperately want to please is exhausting and I need it to stop

[damnfine-dalecooper]

something has been bothering me the whole time I've been reading acosf and honestly I think it's just that Nesta and Feyre are so clearly SUCH different people that it's wild to me that their happy endings are basically identical. Like maybe not everyone's plot needs to be "heal from your trauma with your night court found family and marry a sexy faerie with bat wings"

[aeide-thea]

thinking abt like. if you introduce someone to something you're into and they're like, wow, that's so awesome, you're probably tickled that they dig it and are seemingly a kindred spirit at least that far; if you then introduce them to another thing you're into and they're again like, wow, that's so awesome, you're probably still pleased but also perhaps guiltily wondering whether they know any other adjectives; and if you introduce them to a third thing and yet again they're like, wow, that's so awesome, you're probably asking yourself, was any of that affirmation actually real or is this person just so reflexively accommodating that they've been turning off whatever independent critical faculties they possess in order to play a better yes-man???

(for values of 'you' that primarily mean 'me' obviously)

[sschmendrick]

I kinda miss hanging out with old people. All my friends used to be old people.

But the older I grow, and the more I'm expected to behave well like a normal adult, the harder I find it to keep those links. I'm lost between trying to stick to a script I don't know the words of to have a proper normal and interesting relationship for them, and allowing myself to screw up a little, be boring, be interested in stuff they aren't, having opinions they don't agree with (for silly stuff like music, though yk me), not be cool. Cause the latter stresses me out. Cause I see no reason for people to want to be friends with me if not that.

[barbieaiden]

hey! just wanted to let you know your sims and their story and stuff is like so cool to me. i know it can be nerve-wracking to post things but if you're worried cause you don't think it's good enough, just remember you're always gonna be more critical towards things you've made but that doesn't mean they're bad. i really love your renders and they're so pretty and cool!! sending some love your way!! because you're really cool!!! <3

(sorry if my wording's at all weird, i'm running on minimal sleep lmao)

aaaah thank you so so so much<3<3 the fact that my characters and writing is involved just makes it a thousand times more nerve-racking because i do take that more seriously than a render, plus the fact that these story posts take much longer to make and the lighting is a lot more difficult for some reason, idk lmao. hopefully when?? if?? i get more into it it won't be as bad as it is right now because it's like i'm-going-to-throw-up anxiety lmao

[narsh-poptarts]

2, 5, and 18 fort the artist asks?

(artist asks)

2 and 5 answered here and here!!

18. What are you currently trying to improve on?

oh my god time management holy shit i just spent literally 2 weeks with poor sleep and doing my homework at dumb hours and last minute and it was the worst, i woke up today at 8:30am after spending all night working on homework for a class at 10:30am today. i went to bed at 7am. i regret it. but also i don't because i got my work done and now i probably will pass that class. i never want to do that again. all of my homework is drawing. at least my drawings are sexy as fuck but holy shit at what cost, i need to have better time manageme--

anyways that's not what the question is asking. there's two things!!! im trying to improve on my speed at which i draw, and like. getting things on the page instead of just like. thinking about about it Really HardTM. i've been getting much much better at Just Drawing lately and im super proud of myself!!!

in terms of actual drawing type things, im trying to get better at comic paneling and flow!! like. how to make a comic/illustration be readable and still interesting to look at!!! or even WONDERFUL to look at!!! im doing pretty decent at making a piece be readable, and preventing the viewer from looking at the wrong panel at the wrong time, but im still working out how to direct the eye around the page and make it fun while doing so. i think it's just a matter of using the negative and positive spaces constructively to make something that looks REALLY really cool, but i haven't super been able to put it into practice effectively yet. im working on it!!!!

[saltylenpai]

yknow me a guy who googled his symptoms and now he's freaking out and i have to wait until monday.

I had like a vision/aura based migraine for the first time ever like a few days ago, fucked up my vision really badly, I took something and slept it off but my vision just never went back, its significantly worse than it was before and i cant focus my eyes or barely look at this post gonna be honest.

got that stared at the screen too long double vision and it just looks like i got darkened spots all over and hey yo go away im freaking out.

[microcosmiclymbic]

What do you do when you're too toxic for friends but you're supposed to heal in community?

[somelazyassartist]

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[theheadlessgroom]

https://www.tumblr.com/beatingheart-bride/713656790864232449/theheadlessgroom-beatingheart-bride

@beatingheart-bride

Gingerly, Randall took the mask from her, briefly taking a moment to look at it himself, seemingly briefly lost in thought. 

He both hated and loved his mask, this remaining thread connecting his past to his present: He’d had it for as long as he could remember, his one means of hiding his face from those around him (and he knew they would prefer it that way; the carnies were never shy about telling him to cover it up, were he to ever try and remove it around them). It also made for a more dramatic reveal in the eyes of the ringmaster, always declaring with a flourish, “I give you...the Devil’s Child!” before wrenching the mask away from his face, so that the people could get their money’s worth...

He looked the mask over in his thin, bony hands again, almost seeming to briefly toy with the notion of putting it back on: It was so odd not to wear it around someone...almost as odd as having someone tell him that they actually wished to see his face-his true face, no matter how hideous and horrifying it was...

Though the temptation was strong, Randall resisted the urge to put it back in its proper place, instead opting to prop it up beside the libretto-his stomach tightened as he did, jumping as he looked back up at the un-frightened Emily, smiling angelically at him, a smile he managed to return (albeit a little fainter) as he took a deep breath to calm himself. 

He had nothing to fear. Not with her. Never with her.