#influential!

[meraarts]

I’m bored and nosy. Please reblog this with the book you’re currently reading.

[sleepygaymerdisease]

[ID: Tweets from Emily 'Soup Lesbian' Gwen (@theemilygwen) on twitter with the following text:

Well, just left a job interview crying because the hiring manager told me they liked my application but were disappointed that I didn't bother dressing appropriately. I tried to explain that I haven't been able to afford new clothes in years but I just couldn't handle it.

That comment and my reaction was one of the most mortifying moments of my life. I thought I put together a decent outfit for the job with what I had, and hearing her say that just destroyed me.

Anyway I'm still looking for work and struggling a lot. Even $5 would help pay for a meal. ko-fi.com/emilygwen

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Please help Emily Gwen, the creator of the lesbian flag. If you show me that you donated any amount I will draw you something. You can also support them by buying something from their Threadless store!

EDIT: I still appreciate any donations made but I can't guarantee a drawing anymore 😭 sorry if that's a deciding factor for you

[markscherz]

Peer-reviewed instructions for coping with a Bad Day™:

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[twinsfawn]

if any of these celebrities were worth anything they would have used the giant platform that the met gala provides and made some kind of visual statement about palestine, even if it would have gotten them kicked out

[icarus-suraki]

RIP Vivienne Westwood (8 April 1941 – 29 December 2022)

[rayroseu]

"Because i want you to live a long and happy life"

[comicaurora]

Do you have any advice for trying to avoid ripping off other people's works in original stories? I've been stuck in a weird writers block where anything I do to try and string plots together end up just being plots of other stuff I've read. Is that a problem you've come across before?

Honestly? This might be a hot take, but just get it out of your system. Write the story that's just your three favorite plots in a trenchcoat. Any writing will make you better at writing. To me, this is the storytelling equivalent of doing frame redraws or art style challenges. Art done for practice doesn't need to be free of all influence, and in fact pursuing that total originality is detrimental to the learning process because it forces you to continuously reinvent the wheel.

In my experience, through the process of just writing what you want to write how you want to write it, you'll find both that it's easier to find originality in the execution than you expected, and that originality has very little correlation with what makes a story good. When you go to write the plot you recognize as the plot of something else, you'll probably find yourself making changes. A different character moment to highlight an overlooked concept that spoke to you, a slightly more cruel twist of fate for a character to wrangle. Little original concepts will find their way in, because having ideas is the driving motivator behind creating art. It's always there, even if it's being sneaky or uncooperative.

Most of the time, inspiration is less "this story is good I think I'll replicate it in every detail" and more "I love parts A, B and C of this story, which tells me valuable information about the kinds of story elements I find compelling, which helps me guide my own writing towards things that involve the parts I like most about A, B and C." You'll always be able to recognize your own influences, but from the audience's external perspective, the you-ness that defines your art is much more obvious than it'll ever be to you.

[spacedlexi]

wanted to draw something new today :)

[burnandshiverconsulting]

[cursedtrekedits]

thank you to @brookbee, @gay-spock, @twinkboimler, and @spocksautismdiagnosis for your ideas! writing a vulcan gossip mag was a group effort

[nyaa]

同人CGソフト PenZenIchiNyo Encyclopedia / ペン禅一如 1996-2001 by Sumi Keiichi

[sciderman]

deadpool (2008) #20

[blackvelvetofnight]

just a few of my favorite sam wolfe connelly pieces

[dlartistanon]

Seeing them in RS reminded me how good their dynamic is. I will not stand for Zofia erasure. Zofia is the one who has mentored and supported Maria all this time. Zofia openly shows her care and concern and was willing to die with Maria just so she wouldn't be alone.

[leafdoodles]

Hello! I stumbled upon your color palette challenge today and I got to say I absolutely love it!!! It’s so good!!! Like i love all the tiny details and the textures! And your style! If you’re still taking requests I think it would be cool to see 53 and Scar (maybe as HotGuy). Also if you don’t mind me asking, what art program do you use??

Have a good day/night!!

AH THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS!! This was actually so fun because I got to lean into the Screentones for the comic book effect :))

And I use Photoshop! I’ve used it so long, I’m just too stubborn to learn a different program. Monitor wise, I use a Huion that I plug into my laptop. Thanks for asking!! :))

[lesbianshepard]

"why are you focusing on hating jk rowling getting money instead of the actual laws being passed?" yeah bro those laws do seem pretty awful and transphobic. i wonder who's lobbying for them?