#i think it's because im stuck in an art rut

[transgender-catboy]

Uh oh! Self doubt at 1am, these negative thoughts aren't supposed to appear until 3am at least!!

[iacominus]

still thinking about yumi and the nightmare painter, it was the discussions about being an artist that really got me

[courtmartialme]

can i pls hear your genuine thoughts on getting better at art. im stuck at such a horrible rut that i feel sickened almost..please. im desperate.

i'm sorry you're going through that anon :(( i think it works differently for each person depending on what kind of artist they want to be, but for me what helps is being obsessed with a specific character and studying other people's arts...

because i'm a hobbyist artist and art for me is just means to an end, that end being getting to put riza in situations, i rarely do actual studies like looking at anatomy books and color theory... i just imagine riza in situations a lot, and if i want to draw, for example, royai kissing but i suck at it i will draw it from references until i'm good enough to draw it without them so it's very situational. probably unhelpful if you want to get good at art because you want to have a career in it

the same thing applies to studying other's art, i like looking at the work from artists i admire and trying to understand how they do something...! if i like how they draw bodies, or how they do lines and colors, or the composition... i will study from it and try to apply to my own art! it's exciting to try new things and realize they look good, so that inspires me to draw more and more so i can apply what i learned to my art better. probably bad advice because from that i learn how to do something before i learn the theory for it

so studying art for the sake of studying doesn't help me personally, i have to apply things immediately to my riza art to keep myself motivated. so genuinely draw what you want, have the idea first and worry about technique later, then when you're met with something you feel you don't have skill to draw, keep it in mind to study that from references and other artists so you can go back to your original idea later... something like that!!!! i hope that helps

[kroosluvr]

(PLEASE FEEL FREE TO NOT POST THIS IF YOU ARENT COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT THIS) Hi Celeste! I'm doing this on anon because I don't wanna seem like I'm being overly friendly even though you don't know me -- but i saw your vent-y posts yesterday, and just wanted to say that I relate pretty strongly to some of the stuff you said. I'm not an artist, I'm a writer, and like, 6 months ago? Maybe a bit longer ? I was in a pretty similar rut with my writing, and had a hard time seeing "the point" and even why i was writing at all. I had a few really close friends and confidants and even my pseudo-mentor reach out and be like "hey, this too will pass. you're just 23 and have only been writing in earnest in the last 18 months." I don't know how long you've been drawing! But I do want to give some encouragement and tell you what I was told myself. That this too will pass, and you'll find that people do want to look at your art and do enjoy what you do and are genuinely brightened by it. Anecdotally, I'm not a Persona fan myself (just bc ive never gotten into playing it) -- but I am more 'online' than my girlfriend is, and she loves P5R, and so sometimes I send her your art when I see it and she always gets super excited because we both originally know you from your Arknights posts, but then found out you do a whole bunch of Persona art as well so there's something for both of us that we both really love seeing on our dashboards!

I hope this isn't overstepping or anything, and I hope that you have a great day and week!

NOT OVERSTEPPING AT ALL!!! im so sorry for getting to this so late anon, but i read it when you sent it in and it made me feel better ;w; so thank you so so much for taking the time out of your day to type this up and send it to me, it really means the world..!!!!

creative struggles really are a pain in the ass,,, i was thinking abt all of it even more lately. like it only matters because i put importance on it. so if i simply 'didnt care' then it wouldtn affect me as much. however........... thats the beauty of life, isnt it? being able to care. being able to care This much. so i guess its alright just to let myself feel things. ...

best of luck with your writing!!! writing is SO difficult uagh i truly respect writers/poets/etc frm the bottom of my heart..... SHAKIGN HANDS EMOJI.... AND ALSO pass on my thanks to your girlfrined uafudsjgsdjkfhwk that makes me so happy to hear!!! ///w// I SHOULD GO BACK TO DRAWING ARKNIGHTS!!! ITS BEEN SO LONG!!!! BUT IM SO FLATTERED YOU STUCK AROUND REGARDLESS OF MY LIL FANDOM SWAP AKJSDJKSDJKFS (SHY) (SHY)

i hope you have a wonderful day/night and week too ;w; )// take care of yourself!!!! and THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN!!!!

[ninjapaste]

dude your art is so GOOD!!! Do you take any classes or have any tips to share? that resource post you reblogged the other day was helpful but i've felt so stuck in my art. I don't know if you have anything u learned that just made something click for u or anything like that?

Tysm anon!!!👍

In terms of your questions, I apologise i advance for the long answer im about to give and possibly things you already know haha:

I guess in terms of what classes i take, Ive gone from GCSE to A level Art and design (Fine art), and both courses have helped me to learn the importance of observation studies.

However, its moreso all the art i practice in my own time that has played the biggest part in my art improvement journey. I adopted art as a big hobby around 2018, and really ever since then I tend to draw/create for myself every day, however big or small it may be.

I guess my first tip would be to indulge in a 'sketchbook' or space to work in freely, it could be any form but the importance is that its personal and can be picked up whenever. I find that having a sketchbook to draw in has really helped with productivity and creating new ideas. I think you can go into a sketchbook space with any mindset and it can work wonders, like for example if you wanted to focus purely on challenging yourself, you can do that! If you just, want to doodle without thinking, go ahead! After all, its a sketchbook for you and nobody else, so go wild!

My next tip would definitely be, when you are feeling stuck in art, to take inspiration from a wide range of different things be it in real life or on the internet, a building or a really cool tree, since I find it defintiely fuels the creation of new ideas/concepts that can provide a path out of that creative rut. I guess to an extent there may always be periods where you have that 'I have no idea what to draw!' Feeling, and thats okay! Sometimes its refreshing that helps the most. But I often see that the solution to being in a rut is usually REFERENCING, wether it be trying to accurately draw the anatomy of an arm or if I just saw a cool design/pose/style on Pinterest and i drew a bunch of wacky characters from it. In fact, I find that places like Pinterest or Resplash are such good resources to hone imagination and generally most art skills by looking at and drawinf from all the cool images (and get some of that inspo!). And if im not using Pinterest, im usually using an art book as reference! (The itsv and splatoon art book helped me so so much lol)

On the topic of REFERENCING, its mega important! Depending on imagination/memory feels pretty good at times but its always beneficial to have image references in your process when you find its good to have them. I woudl always recommend having a reference when drawing poses/expressions/anatomy because the more you use them, the more you learn about how an object like a face muscle, a torso or even light behaves and looks and the easier it is to draw/depict them.

The next tip is uh YOUTUBE, or any account/person who's art inspires you in particular. I found that certain channels like Ethan Becker, Marc Brunet, Marco Bucci and more have helped me the most to gain confidence in drawing and learning how to practice it better. Of course, theres a lot to learn from a plethora of other channels too, even ones that dont specifically promote themselves as teachers! Also, if theres a certain style/art approach or an artist that appeals to you, study it in any way you like! Analyse an artist's work or ask/find out about their personal process (or even watch a speedpaint/art stream)! Sometimes it can be a big inspiration booster and skill boost to do just that (plus the 'artist' could be any piece of media/thing too!! Like a game or something).

Ok ok last paragraph haha, on the topic of your last question. Thinking back, its hard for me to define any specific moment or thing that gave me a 'click' moment. Its more like a process of growth that starts with learning and understanding a new thing, then familiarizing myself with using it successfully/'correctly' by studying and practicing, so that eventually its like muscle memory or easier to use in my work.

Hope this helps!!! If theres anything else you want to ask, dont be afraid to dm or send another ask!!

[thrashkink-coven]

One thing I love so much about Father Lucifer and Lord Leviathan…. you know what, Prince Cerberus and Faviel too… is their pure patience and understanding of the human condition. It’s something that organized religion never allowed much space for in my experiences. We are always expected to make the best choice. To be pure and clean, to be better than yesterday.

Right now I’m working hard on improving some skills. I am disabled, I suffer from neuropathy and a chronic migraine disorder. These last few years I’ve been struggling with it really bad, but thanks to some new meds and some good habits I’m more or less coming out of my bad rut. My spirits have been greatly aiding me in getting back on my feet (literally).

But some days, like today, I just… don’t care. I wanna smoke weed and be lazy all day. I want to jerk off and eat like shit and let the dishes pile up. I want to be a nothing person, just for a little bit while I work up the motivation to do better tomorrow, and if not tomorrow then maybe the day after that. Whatever, I don’t care, at least not today. I don’t want to be mindful, I don’t want to be enlightened. I don’t want to make art or be inspired. I just want to be a slob.

And you know what? That’s OKAY!

Working alongside these powerful entities can sometimes feel like I have to be on the ball all the time. I have to be this living God who is always improving and learning. But I don’t, and they don’t expect me to be.

As much as they want my initiative and commitment, the truth of the matter is that I’m human. I’m not an angel or a God, that’s a good thing. It’s amazing that I get to witness and learn from these incredible spirits whilst still having the comfort of my human limits. I’m a human, not a machine, I can’t be great all the time. Being hard on myself won’t make me grow faster, it’ll just make me miserable during periods of rest.

Lucifer encourages indulgence but not depravity. Today I came to him and basically said “Father, I’m sorry I’m so tired. I’m sorry I haven’t been reading. I know I should be doing better. I don’t know what’s wrong with me… I honestly just want to crawl back into bed right now. Show me how to get rid of these feelings.”

and his response to that was “There is nothing wrong with you. Get some rest. Indulge in your pleasure and heal, human. If the moon can wax and wane then the human spirit can certainly do so as well.”

which honestly was not the answer I was expecting. I was expecting “discipline yourself”, “repeat this affirmation”, “get off your lazy ass, you’re better than this”.

Lucifer is always quick to put me on the right path when I’m swaying into bad habits or depressive states. But he assured me that that’s not what I’m going through right now.

“A lack of progress is not equivalent to failure.”

It affected me deeply to be called “human” by him like that, like he branded me with a definition. Feeble human who wants to be so much but can only do so much. Little human with enormous dreams and aspirations. Oh you, little human, don’t you know that you’re so small? Don’t you know that you are of the world? Can’t you just rest for a day? Can’t you just accept that? Don’t you know you are human?

It’s an interesting thing to think about when sitting before someone like Lucifer, who is always so beautiful and perfect in every way. Unnaturally so, inhumanly so. Making that sharp distinction between me, human, and him, God made me feel… understood…

Lol, something about that is so characteristically fatherly of him. It immediately made me feel so much better.

Within Christianity there’s this hard emphasis on being as much like God as possible, and as little like a human and possible, because humans are naturally bad and sinful. But I have to keep reminding myself that Im not stuck in that worldview anymore. I don’t have to be like God because Im not a God. Im a human. That’s a very very good thing. Being a human means that I get to witness God without the burden of being one. That’s incredible.

So today, I will probably just do a lot of nothing. Maybe I’ll go on a walk later and feed some crows. Whatever I do, I don’t have to feel guilty about it. I’m only human, after all.

Thank you, Father Lucifer. I love you.

[nnugatoryextravagance]

Maybe it's the almost-a-decade of shitty "art tutorials" and also art commentary drama I've sat through talking but this has been bothering me for a while so tumblr is getting the brunt of it, I honestly feel like it's just, really low blow and shitty to make fun of someones artstyle. Like just in general.

I am not talking about people who weaponize "its just my art style" to deflect criticism about them being obviously an asshole, and giving pointers for how someone can improve IF THEY WANT IT is still completely fine obviouely as long as its constructive of course, I just think it gets really shitty when the way someone chooses to draw is the issue itself if it literally isn't hurting anyone.

Sure, maybe I have no say in this because I don't believe in "good vs bad" art as a general rule, and because I have such a fluid art style that I can bend to my will as I please, but see thats the thing- I choose to draw like that and am working off of literally an entire lifetime of practice. Im well aware that I am an outliar and not everybody has as easy of a time doing that but thats what makes it even worse to me, because it doesn't feel good no matter which end you're on of it but its multitudes worse if you feel like you're gonna be stuck drawing "the bad way" forever. Practice always makes perfect, but putting art into the boxes of "good vs bad" literally never will, kill the snobby art critic in your brain, do whatever you want, it's not 2017 anymore deviantart rants are dead and you'll be safe I promise

Newbie artists I love you no matter how old you are, artists who are in a rut about how their art looks I love you too, artists just in general I love you keep making whatever you want and you'll enjoy your art someday if you dont right now I promise

[beebundt]

fwiw that rude commenter is a transphobe, a post a few down on their blog is real blatant (and in that vein I think their comment was less a judgement of your anatomy and more saying Charlie is 'too' muscular/angular)

It's rude and out of pocket REGARDLESS but I also think you're a little hard on yourself! You even said, you hadn't illustrated exactly what you were after with her, and you hadn't intended for a collection of doodles you happened to still like to blow up. You're entirely right that we should all be drawing more than conventionally attractive people, but idk. It's a process and you're a great artist who's working toward it! Don't feel like you have to answer this btw I mostly wanted to let you know that commenter was a double idiot and started rambling. Hope you have a lovely day!!

oh absolutely! i have a feeling you're right abt what they meant considering i saw the transphobic comment they made a couple posts down on their blog lmao but i wanted to add that part anyway. and i appreciate your words a ton, but dw im not hurt or upset! i get a lot of weird comments all the time, i just wanted to use that one as a platform to bounce off of a thought ive been having lately. i wouldn't post a negative remark like that unless i wanted to use it for something. the actual comment was mostly irrelevant to the point i wanted to make, which is also not meant to be super serious, just a thought soup to stir around

and i mean my interpretation of my art as purely objective, i think its important to think critically about yourself and in general. from an objective standpoint, i dont believe the way shes drawn is too out of the norm and is fairly tame (disregarding her ox/bull parts lol), thats basically what i was aiming for with that section. i constantly get stuck in a rut without improving by much because im usually just drawing to doodle after a school day and not rlly with any purpose. i tend to keep drawing the same things out of habit and it gets stale really quickly. so i know my faults and im rlly looking forward to getting better!

also rq, what you said about how we need to draw more than conventionally attractive people- while i do agree with that, in my post i was more saying its important for people to be more open-minded about how they view gender expression and attractiveness in general, myself included! i dont think how i drew charlie was very revolutionary, but ive seen so many tags speaking otherwise. which is either reflective of how small the bubble is for whats acceptable or maybe i have a skewed perception of things? for example if having a bush or something is gender envy we need to look at ourselves. bush is so normal to me. (which i dont if thats what even drew ppl to it BUT. just as an example). would those same people say the same if i drew a very fat woman with a beard, unibrow, etc.? i have no idea. but i have had my eyes opened so many times before its incredible. little things ive never thought about before through new perspective. so thats why i want to encourage it too. i hope that makes sense. thank you so much i hope you have an equally lovely day!! 🫶🫶

[tombstuck-writes]

writeblr intro 3: the bee's knees

hi everyone! it's time for an updated intro, because the 2nd one is from a year ago and I'm hoping to be more active on here again!

marty, 25, missouri

LGBTQIA+ fantasy romance is what I mostly write.

but my main wip, Knucklehead, is contemporary ya romance

my work tends to include queer and disabled themes, as i belong to both groups myself

i read mostly fantasy and contemporary romance

i like watching tv but right now im stuck in a rut where all i can watch is supernatural and dungeon meshi

im still in my emo phase and my homestuck phase that both started when i was 13, which i think has got to be a world record for at least one of those, right?

if you want to see my art you can look at the "#tombstuck-does-art" tag.

my current main wip is Knucklehead. Some stuff I wrote on here about knucklehead before is different now because I've edited it a lot. If you want to see stuff I have posted about it you can follow the "#tombstuck-writes-knucklehead" tag.

I am currently posting Knucklehead weekly, live on Tumblr. To read it, you can visit the "#tombstuck-knucklehead" tag, or, go to my tumblr site and click the "Read Knucklehead" button at the top.

i love ask games and tag games, i don't get around to actually doing them all the time, but please tag me anyway!

[beesmygod]

Somewhat embarassing writer question- how do you write characters that like screw up so well? I think I sometimes get stuck in a neurotic rut where like I always want characters who aren't The Bad Guy or something to do the right/smart thing or like not make them look bad and realize its probably holding me back writing wise

not embarrassing to anyone but me i think; i honestly take a long time to reply to questions that ask me to explain my process because i get overcome with the waves of sheer terror that come with being in front of a live audience. im know how i read from an external perspective; i represent that contingency of people who position themselves as some sort of authority on taste and/or artistic creation who themselves are only capable of making subpar and shallow works. uhhh like, its embarrassing to be caught thinking so hard about something you do that sucks, if that makes sense. esp when im a v critical person lol. so, like all things, remember that this is one idiots perspective on writing.

anyway:

i understand this problem even if i dont think i succumb to it as much as i used to. i think there are a few avenues to think about this starting with:

are you afraid of audience reaction? this is a common fear i see pop up that i think is very overblown by people who cut themselves off at the knees creatively over the mere concept of being yelled at by an imaginary person. the comforting truth is that not enough people will be reading your comic to find a reason to get mad about it and the people who do read it will be doing it in good faith. and if they do get mad....thats teh power of art babey!

does the bad behavior make sense? it doesnt have to be morally grey or logical, it just has to be COMPREHENSIBLE that someone would do what they did. a reason for an audience to react poorly to a character's choices is because the character's motivations are inscrutable to anyone but the author. if the audience is not privy to a character's intentions, desires, goals, or habits, a bad choice may come off as random and arbitrary. like, you can do that, but you can only do "i did it to be random" so many times before the audience loses patience with the cast and starts to wonder why they should care about people with no sense of self-preservation.

is it important that the character is right? i almost always default to what would be the funniest/more interesting/quickest action depending on what i'm trying to do with the scene at the original time of writing or while making the actual page lol. i only choose the cleanest option when i need to get myself out of a scene for my own sake

i hope this helps. thank you for asking something that made me think

[lostxmelody]

Hi hi, hope you're having a good day You don't need to respond to this or anything, I just wanted to say thank you for making Life's Reflection. It's become a very important fic to me, and I am very proud of you for finishing it. I know how hard it can be to finish things, especially written projects, so the fact that you stuck it out impresses me Would love to see more stuff from you in the future :D

asker. asker. how could i not reply to such nice words? thank you very much for reading, im glad my words could have meaning to you. im proud of myself too :') i can't believe i made it this far...

i used to always give up on anything i started. i quit art for almost two years even though i had dedicated so much of my life to it in school. didnt draw for the simple purpose of drawing for myself in over four.

with writing, it almost felt like i had an excuse. i was never interested in english class. i didnt take any writing classes outside of what was required in school. so if i wrote something and it was bad, well i just didnt have experience.

but thats the thing. i could tell myself all of that- and for what? i dont feel any better about myself for it. ive read countless fics that deserve to be published in an actual book. words that have so much meaning to me i think about them on a day-to-day basis. these people have an unfathomable level of talent, and yet here they are, posting their work for free. and i get to read it. isn't that incredible?

so it's alright if i can't do that. no writer can ever make something they're 100% happy with. sometimes you get a good idea, and then you throw it all away because you're frustrated. that's okay. pick it up and try again, view it from a different angle. give it another shot because you never know how your words will reach someone else.

and the cool thing about hobbies? you never stop improving. you might hit a rut, start to think you've gotten worse all of sudden, but that's just your expectations for yourself getting higher. it's good to lower them sometimes. tell yourself- hey this doesn't need to be perfect. i'm not super happy with it, but you know what im happy with? the fact that i could even do it in the first place.

[sleepingmire]

Omg Hiiii! Thank you for answering!!!!!

(I'm sliding back in your dms for some best girl Jules content)

do you have some writing or some art for her planned? ( i swear i saw a fic about her and tyr on ao3)

Also what are her relationship with characters like Freya, Sindri, Thor etc?

YOOOOO!! best anon in the world hello omg !! dude feel free to slide in anytime – these asks give me life ngl

HNGNG there was a fic that I wrote and I did keep posted for a while. It was called ‘No Light No Light’ after the f+tm song (it’s very jules and tyr coded, especially their early marriage and also it’s just a banger song in general). But I don’t know, I wrote it while I was stuck in a really bad writing rut, to try and kick myself out of it? And tbh I kinda hated it so I took it down :”))) Although, I was thinking about rewriting it/continuing it! It follows how Jules and Tyr met, and like the relationship between the Aesir and the Olympians? Which I feel like could be interesting.

As for upcoming fics and art!! Hmm.. I am currently working on a COD fic that i'm really excited about, so it'll probably be a little while before I get any jules fics out -- altho i guess it depends on what you wanna see?? But in terms of art, my uni term has just ended so im finally having time to get back into it! I want to draw her again because by the gods i miss her :')) she is so lovely to me

Okay so this is going to be a pretty long one, so the rest is under the cut.

OHOHOH cracks knuckles let me tell you

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Heimdall -- he was a little boy when Jules and Tyr just got married, and since his mother wasn't in the picture, she def mothered him alot. Doted on him, calling him her 'little magpie' because he liked her jewellery. Although, as he grew up Odin obvs wanted him to be a certain way, and esp with Odin and tyr's disagreements, jules and tyr would spend time away form the aesir gods. This created some mad issues between her and heimdall as he grew up, especially as he started being alot like Odin/the heimdall we know, he could see with his powers that in her mind she was starting to dislike the person he was becoming. But even to this day, she still viewed him as her boy, and it was actually her unconditional love/trust that got her captured !

(for some backstory, tyr was captured and imprisioned by Odin. And Odin, being actually kind of a smart dude even if he is a pos, is like ?? ayo?? Hmm maybe let's not let his Olympian (scary strong) wife who very much loves him be running around on the loose, especially is she thinks i killed him. So what if we capture her?? ((he didnt want to kill her because u know how when Olympians die it like, wreaks havoc??)) and so he basically send heimdall to be like, 'hey!! im so sorry about being distant but tyr is this way come on!' and lead to Odin, who was disguised as tyr, and when she jumped into his arms he like, put magic cuffs/collar thing that makes her not be able to use her magic? and imprisoned her somewhere in musphelheim (hot hot place for hot hot lady who, if she died or escaped, couldn't use her powered to melt/destroy shit)

After she gets out, she misses/hurts/greives him but also like, understands that he was kind of a shit person, even if it wasn’t entirely his fault.

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Sif -- Slay besties for real. Espeically once she settled in, I feel like she'd easily fall into pace beside sif, espeically since (at that time) neither of them had kids. Very much like, real houswives of the Aesir kinda energy except they are all judging everyone else together. I feel like they'd both be pretty interested in like, each other's country's versions of femininty? Like, how sif is the embodiment of being a woman in norse and Aphrdoite (jules) is also like, peak feminitny (kinda) in greek mythos.

After ragnarok I think her and jules would be working together to rebuild, and she would be hella empathetic? Especially since for the last like century or whatever she believed her own husband (who she loved dearly) to be dead. And like, thor while a pos dad and an asshole, sif loved him?? And he loved her?? And they really did try?? Idk I feel like jules would help take care of her because she knows what that’s like.

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Thor -- at least in these games, seems very women respect-y. I feel like he'd respect her and almost kind of admire her/like her more than his brother? Tyr is a little bit uppity (at least from thors perspective) and jules is a bit more >:)) commit crimes and cause problems on purpose. In saying that though, I feel like they'd probably never be too close and mainly would spend time together because of Tyr/Sif.

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Freya -- her and freya used to be besties, they both kinda knew what it was like to be the outsider (?) wife from a different place. But both freya and jules are both super stubborn/bull headed, and esp when it came down to baulder. That's when freya said something to her (to be fair, in freya's defence jules was probably way overstepping even if it came from a place of care/kind of what happened between herself and heimdal) she held a grudge in typical olympian fashion.

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Sindri/Brok -- I think that maybe she didn't interact with them too much? I'd like to thing though that maybe her and Sindri got along better than say, her and brok. I imagine that maybe one time she helped them forge something using her sunpowers, like a cool weapon or something maybe as a gift for tyr. Otherwise, they are on good terms. Also, I think especially due to the fact that like, craftsman ship was a very admired/masculine thing in greek life, maybe she'd have a bit of admiration for their craft?/the dwarves in general. Appreciating the fact that while they make very good weapons/structures/devices etc, they also make them beautiful.

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Hmm... I'm trying to think of some other people that she interacted with. OH HAHA there's a running joke in my friend group where like, Freyr is Jule's and Tyr's third (mainly because I think he's handsome but whatever) And i feel like, especially as jules has no real internal fealty to the Aesir apart from Tyr, who himself is always kinda teetering on a blades edge, she tends to appreciate/befriend people even outside of their 'allies' kinda thing. (This wily willful nature maybe also pissed Odin off, who was expecting like, maybe someone like Harmonia)

Also here are some bonus teehees and bits about tyr n jules specifically because they are little running jokes and make me teehee a bit:

Tyr, early on in their marriage when things were still a bit shaky between them and jules was taking out her frustrations/fear on him, he tried to take her to Vanaheim as a cute little like, date thing? also to get her out of Asgard. Anyway, him being a dork nerd was like 'BY MY BEARD, JULIUS!! look at these wonderful specime--' and then the flower like, exploded colour all over her dress, staining it and she was HELLA pissed. And then, a few days later he tried to buy her a bouquet of vanaheim flowers as an apology, and they were also. pollen staining ones. Let's just say he slept on the couch for a few days after that.  Now everytime they go to Vanaheim together she treats him like a child at a grocery store -- hands INSIDE the trolley, look with your eyes not your hands, PUT THAT DOWN!! YOURE NOT GETTING THAT put it back !

ALSO ! theres a running joke that Tyr has like, water-proof journals (so his tears dont make the ink run) he writes into like a tween girl everytime jules is 'mean' to him. 'dear diary, today my beloved light-of-my-life jules called me a dork and said that the french toast i made her was 'alright'. I will never recover.' followed by a page of poetry about how his beloved has betrayed him.

He feeds her well is all im saying. Mans can cook and shes sitting on the bench holding the bowl.

also jules funfact of the ask -- her name is Julius (roman/latin)/jules because its cute, but like her greek name is ιουλος (ioulos). I mainly chose the name jules despite it being hella inaccurate because 1) it's cute as hell and the nickname is cute and 2) idc that it's inaccurate, she's not real and plus it's my meow meow oc and i get to make the rules... also i dont really love alot of male greek names :')) (She was born a boy! And probably aligns more with genderfluid but mainly fem lady girlboss, she's a shapechanger becuase hmmm Aphrodite powers and also i said so)

Anyway im gonna end this up with a Spotify link to her playlist because !! I listened to it almost exclusively for like, 8 months so yeah. Love that gal.

thank you best anon in the world for letting my ramble abt my baby girl for 1.5k

[tiredrobin]

anyone know how a long-time artist can, like... relearn how to draw? i don't really know how to phrase the question! bigger explanation under the cut i guess

so like i love art and i've been drawing for over a decade now and it's been, for a long time, one of my most favorite activities. i used to do it in hopes of making it my job someday, but learned early on—and i keep learning, over and over again—that art doesn't come easy to me when i try to take commissions. it feels a lot more like dragging myself uphill through mud, like... like, i just can't really do it. and so i stopped perusing art with the intention of turning it into a job and just started drawing for fun and for myself, and that genuinely did hold up for like. probably at least five years

but i think in the last three years art stopped being an active pursuit at all and became just a fun leisure activity, something i did to unwind and recharge. i like doodling, i like sketching, i stopped putting effort into making clean art because i have adhd and i struggle to focus, and it was always deeply exhausting and disappointing every time i started a big project and then couldn't finish it due to my inattention

and like over time, but starting about three years ago, i stopped actively trying to improve and just started treating art as what it was to me, which was just. something fun to do. i didn't want to get better because i saw no real benefit from it when i was okay with where my art was at the time, and i really haven't made any marked improvement in the last three years beyond natural improvement

and now that i wanna... like. i wanna try to do big projects again? i wanna work on my art, work on improving my art again. and at the same time, i can't... draw anymore. for the last year or so my dissatisfaction with my art has been making it harder and harder to draw, and now it's reached a point where i can't really bring myself to do so anymore.

it's felt like i'm stuck in this weird rut, where i'm just going over the same lines over and over again, essentially. every time i decide i wanna try to do studies or creative exercises or something—every time i go, "i need to work on this aspect of my art", i find myself either (a) sitting there, confused where to start and how, never sure where to go, and making no progress at all, or (b) getting deeply bored by what i'm doing and giving up before i can actually do Anything. everything i did in the past—figure and gesture studies, copying show and artist styles, doing the "draw from memory and then draw from reference" tactic—none if it is working for me anymore because i just get so horribly bored that i have to stop after the first five minutes or my brain might implode

i don't really know what to do. it's like... when i try to go over the basics again, my brain is like "we already know this" and technically it's true but i can't keep Not Going Over The Basics because they're important!!!!! but i can't seem to find any resources that tell me how the fuck to unrut myself. its weird and uncomfortable and stressful and i miss art more than anything but every single time i sit down to draw i just end up doodling aimlessly for a few minutes before moving on to something else. idk. i feel like im goin a lil nuts

[snazzi-strawberri]

Hiiii friend! How are you doing? I was wondering what you've been up to (irl, art-wise, story-wise-- whichever!) if you care to share (‾◡◝)

HELLO MY FRIEND!!! Im doin swell!! Albeit stressed and busy because of school + exams coming up 😭😭 Anyways!! hmmm ngl art wise im stuck in a rut!! Like i have the motivation but not the inspiration to draw🤔 Basically im just havbing a hard time thinking what to draw yknow😭😭

As for story wise, ive been cookin up some band ocs (the ones that i posted in my art acc!) and their backstories too!! >:D It sure is fun making up stories for fictional people B]]

[goodmorningdove]

About me?

I like to entertain many ideas but i rarely pull them into reality. I think i'm wasting my summer because i do the same shit every day. I'm tired.

I have a cat i love dearly. I draw. I made a moth out of cardboard once. I love it. My brother wanted me to make more of these and sell it, but i dismissed him. I don't want to capitalise my happiness

oh i love cats!

also yeah i also feel Like That about the future. I've been working on a videogame (it's very fun 10/10 would reccomend) And i think if making videogames becomes my work life i would enjoy that very much. I enjoy the process of coding and after this game I'll partner/hire other people to do the art and music.

Creating a videosgame gives me a good sense of progress and i feel less like im stuck in a rut. AND I STARTED WITH ZERO CODING KNOWLEDGE

BUT LOOK AT WHAT IVE MADE. 0 BASE KNOWLEDGE ALL TUTORIALS FROM PAYTON BURNHAM

[snekdood]

i really dont relate to the “i hate my art” stuff, i really like my art! i think its fun, spunky, and colorful and its an expression of me and how i feel so i guess i feel like how cant i like it? maybe i dont always like the emotions but it fascinates me that i can translate them into an image that represents them. do i wish i could improve? sure, but i dont hold it over my head, and i dont think anyone should, just like you wouldn’t put pressure on yourself to “do better” at riding a bike. its all for the fun, right?