#slowing down tips

[feminineenergylife]

Feminine Tip:

Slow down

Learn to live life in the moment.

We often get caught up in living life in a hurry & rushing through everything. Rushing to eat breakfast, rushing to work or rushing to get the children ready.

Take your time & enjoy simple things. Like savoring your breakfast or coffee in the morning. Or walking slower to truly take in the nature of your surroundings with appreciation.

[kimeoshi]

hello it's me again! Your biggest fan (LMAO) The one who asked for tips on coloring...

Another question has came up on me while I was coloring (finally aughhh). How do you shade hair? Without it looking unnatural?

Thank you for your help before!!! 😊

Hello and welcome back! I'm glad my previous advice helped! That is a difficult question as I do admit it is a bit challenging to me as well. It is guesswork + studying references, adjusting tid bits until it looks right, my own process relies on a trial and error approach.

Therefore, I suggest you pick some pieces you like where you find the hair gorgeous, and figuring out how the artist does it, or how might they do it, per active learning principles. Try to deduce it. While the following guide can be good for your starting concepts too, it's important to adapt it to your style and preferences. And I even encourage you to go against it, as creativity thrives on experimentation.

That said, I'll guide you through my own thought process, however. (With a quick Ratio sketch, because I really love to shade his hair; fluffy hair is very forgiving.)

Let's start off here (I'll be skipping the black and white part for simplicity's sake from the previous guide. I'll also be using a white environment with a pale overlight):

For highlights, I begin laying down a Glow Dodge layer with a hard brush that doesn't have full opacity, and draw a halo-like shape. After that, I refine the shape by erasing parts of it with a rough eraser to get the desired effect.

Alternative to the Glow Dodge layer, you can use pure white, or other layer types such as Lighten, Screen, Add and Overlay, etc.

In the following pictures, note that I adjust the layer's opacity freely.

Above, I simply blended it a bit to my own liking.

With an airbrush I softly start introducing shadows (Multiply layer, dark purple/blue color).

Then, I start introducing sharper shadows in a separate layer.

You can use a lasso tool for this to map out a jagged like shape which should remind you of mountains. You can blend this out too at certain segments.

(Sidetrack: if you feel like, I suggest reading up on the balance of hard and soft edges in painting, the topic is very interesting and I am still trying to grasp it as well, yet I find it immeasurably useful. This can come in handy upon rendering principles. A very skillful master of it is the artist Yuming Li.)

Furthermore, I add reflections. I've used a Lighten layer with a subtle blue color. As this is subtle, I want to point it out that it appears on the lower parts.

For a final touch, I pick out the skin's color and airbrush, shift the picked color to a more saturated one and apply it near his face/to the bangs, with an airbrush.

For the fundamentals of hair shading I usually wrap it up here and go off to rendering. I use a painterly brush to do this and pay attention to the jagged shape I mentioned earlier. The brush I use is already tilted, so it's easy to manipulate to make such shapes.

Additionally, I experiment with Overlay, Multiply (or any!) layers with either airbrushes or hardbrushes— as I said there isn't a specified way of doing this. Go wild; for such is the nature of hair. Add any shapes or lines you find appealing, introduce new colors from the environment nearby too to make it moredynamic and interesting as well.

EDIT: An addition! On Rendering tips and advice

(apologies on leaving this out initially! I only realized I should include this now )

Including astray curved lines to simulate how hair flows also builds to the hair-like quality. I also prefer to use it closer to the silhouette of my character as it adds further detailing and a fluffier look in the end!

Attempt to render each strand according to this diagram in mind, note the parabole-like(?) shape for the light, and note standard 3d spheric shading for shadows.

[positivelypositive]

🌻

here to remind you...

...that if things seem too stagnant right now, then maybe it's time to take a little break.

a change in routine, a little relaxation, or even a short trip can break the monotonous circle that we sometimes get stuck in.

allow yourself to switch gears. it's okay to go slow sometimes. let yourself relax ✨

[luminlunii]

It's honestly turning out to be more of a job then fun when I'm drawing art requests. I'm probably going to open a kofi as a tip jar and a patreon soon ;-;

Burn out is kicking my ass lmao I am kind of suffering a little bit

For what it's worth, I'll keep drawing the remainder of the art requests I wanna do, but I'm most likely going to stop posting consistently. I'll still answer asks and the like too I will just be less involved on Tumblr

[possumsinpeoplesuits]

Just so y'all know, it's always okay to make fun of bootlicker imitation yeehaw.

If some lifted truck in the city only thing country about them is the country club all hat no cattle motherfucker wearing clean boots who can't handle anything spicier than a saltine with social circle with an much diversity as a pack of printer paper and a hard on for police intervention starts talking about living in the country, you do what I do:

Give them weathering tips for their LARPing gear and point them in the direction of some acting lessons, because they're not convincing anyone.

Every time the southern US comes up, 90% of the insults are just making fun of the poor and the disenfranchised as if the people hunting squirrel in trailer parks while leaving the expensive private school vanity ranch estate folks completely untouched.

Now go on, do your duty for Queen (the band) and country (Dolly Parton) and heckle those fuckers like you're Statler and Waldorf from the god damn Muppet show because that's the amount of respect they deserve.

[yutamayo]

Gonna make a Toji AMV at my brother's request

He wants me to use this song:

I'm gonna try n make this asap as I can't make the FMAB one until me & my brother finish rewatching it together ~

Wish me luck! (maybe I should use it on horse races)

[yourmentalhealthpal]

Amidst life's chaos, remember to pause and breathe. ✨ You're doing better than you think. Embrace the journey, trust the process, and remember to be kind to yourself along the way. 💖

[yellowistheraddest]

ive been watching a lot of art streams recently and honestly i need to slow the fuck down because i realised that i basically dont think when i draw because everyone else like stops and evaluates stuff and tries to fix it as they go, meanwhile i create a flaming car crash and then i try to fix it with a single tiny screwdriver

[dearweirdme]

hi rain

Back on my defending Jimin bs. What taekookers have to understand is that jkkrs are insane, they will use anything and I really do mean anything as ammunition. Jimin didn't even mention JK and hasn't really all year unless asked about him. any jkkr holding onto the idea that tae is driving this wedge between their dumb ass ship is delusional and wasn't coming down from that fantasy anytime too soon. I thought jimin was hilarious and personable in his live and to me clearly missed taehyung and wished he was there.- Bym

Ps. Heyyy how you been I hope life slows down for you so you can relax and hang more ♥️

Hi BYM anon!

Jkkrs have had an odd year I think. I’ve been keeping up with them a bit and except for a few highs (Jk’s live and Jimin in NY) there’s been much doubts. Doubts because it’s been very obvious even to them (though they won’t admit it) that Jimin and Jk haven’t been as much a part of each other’s lives as they have with others. Jimin has been close with Yoongi, and doesn’t shy away from mentioning or showing that. And Jk has obviously been close with Tae. The difference is obvious. They’re throwing around all kinds of reasons, like ‘laying low for the military’, ‘Jimin is not willing to show us’, ‘they had a rough time’.. whatever just suits the moment best I guess. Tae is a disturbance to them. His mentions of Jk (due to actually spending time with him) to them come off as Tae stirring up shit. It doesn’t even register in their mind that Tae is the one being sincere here. To them it will never make any sense, because their core belief is wrong. They base everything on Jk and Jimin being together.. and if that’s your starting point you’ll always be confused and you’ll always need to place the cause of your confusion somewhere else.

Tkkrs hating on Jimin is sadly enough not a new thing. I suppose to some it’s hard to see Jk interact with Jimin freely while he can’t with Tae. And we have seen Tae hurt at times when Jk and Jimin interacted, so that is tough. But it’s not Jimin’s fault. Or it’s that Jkkrs and Jimin are a bit the same to them. But Jkkrs do not stand for Jimin. Imo Jkkrs are very often very wrong about Jimin, so they can’t stand for him.

The whole Jkkrs and Tkkrs situation is the oddest thing to me really, because so often it gets treated as though it’s a competition about which couple is the realest. I actually got an ask about me being hypocritical because I don’t regard both ships the same 😂. Ofcourse I don’t, one is real to me and the other is a group of people being mistaken. I don’t judge them the same, because they aren’t.

[shrimplicitly]

i feel like i shouldnt have this problem but if youre from europe and ur taking ur special little vacation to america, fucking tip!!!!! fucking tip!!! idc if you disagree with the practice or whatever bc ur country pays a livable wage, mine doesnt!!! take some dollar fucking bills and put it in the tip jar!!!!

[sabraeal]

NaNoCryMo Day 16

Excerpt:

A scene waited for him when he descended into the common room— Ruslan Mechin standing over Galina, glass shattered and alcohol dripping down the counter top.

“I see,” Ruslan drawled, not looking bothered by any of it in the slightest. In fact, he seemed rather amused by it all. “Your temper runs as hot as it did when you were sixteen.”

“And my blade is still better than yours,” she snapped, glaring over the remains of her drink. “Whether you carry some fancy title or not.”

“And your sword will always carry a hilt whether you are better or not.” Ruslan’s mouth split wide into a smile. “Or who you open your legs for.”

Her hand reached out— not for her sword but for the nearest bottle— and Caiyur quickly stepped in. “I think you are bothering the lady.”

“She’s no lady,” Ruslan promised him. “Not by blood or behavior.”

“And you’re no lord,” she fired back. “Whether you play dirty to get it or not.”

[raccoonfallsharder]

✩࿐࿔ take a damn bath [new 11/20]

smut-free | gn reader | no use of y/n | drabbles | word count: 1,375.

✩࿐࿔ take what you need. ࿔ reminder one: eat somethin'. ࿔ reminder two: go to frickin' bed already. ࿔ reminder three: get outta bed & get your shit done.࿔ reminder four: take a damn bath. [new 11/20] for @hibataao3 ♡ ࿔ reminder five: leave your frickin skin alone [est 11/27] ࿔ did you take your meds today ࿔ drink some damn water

the world is hard, and sometimes it's difficult to complete daily tasks & take care of yourself (aka rocket bullies you for your own damn good).

look sometimes you just gotta take a minute to relax. do whatever you need to do to slow your breathing & your racing brain. luckily for you, rocket's here to help. dedicated to @hibataao3, the most perfect, iridescent, lavender-scented little bubble to ever grace the air.

this is about as wholesome as it gets (for me) i think. can be read platonically or romantically. mcu-based, meant to take place post-volume 3, but headcanon however you want ♡

“Can I help you?” you ask mildly, not tearing your eyes away from your current task. There are so many things that still need to be done today – plus you haven’t even hit your doomscrolling quota yet. Nevertheless, you can feel Rocket leaning against the frame of the tambour door leading from the Knowhere streets and into the cantina, thumbs hooked in his pockets and one knee bent while he studies you. “You can barely help yourself, kid,” he drawls lazily, and you raise an eyebrow and stick your tongue out at him without glancing up. He clucks in mock disappointment. “Frickin’ childish,” he adds.  “I’ve got a lot to do,” you tell him pleasantly, “so if you could kindly fu–” “Watch your language,” he interrupts snarkily. “...ya fuckin’ brat.” You snort in spite of yourself and finally look up, giving him the attention you know he so desperately craves.  “What is it, dude?” He tilts his head, studying you. “When was the last time you took a frickin’ bath?” he asks after a moment.

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if you find any of these at all helpful, they're meant for you.

feel free to ✩ request reminders✩ via reblogs, asks, and tumblr or ao3 comments if they would be helpful for you. it may take me a hot minute to get to them depending on life n stuff, but i will do my best

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@suicidalshitstick ✩ @evolvingchaoswitch ✩ @wren-phoenix ✩ @pretty-chips (total word count: 3613)

[positivelypositive]

💜

here to remind you...

...that taking it slow from time to time is not the same as making excuses or taking the easy way out.

it shows that you care about yourself and your mental health. it's actually tougher to let the control go and slow down.

appreciate yourself for being aware enough to slow down. you deserve to take it easy and rest a little every now and then ✨

[ecstasyiphigenia]

the lack of ability to recall information is really just an annoyance and i should be thankful that it is only just an annoyance but oh dear god it drives me crazy

[barbreypilled]

there is a certain way that ppl born between 1985-1950ish engage w disabled ppl that I can only rly describe as I feel like they want me to teach them the true meaning of christmas

[dravidious]

Typing Tips That I Stumbled Upon Randomly:

The Ctrl key lets you jump between words really quickly. If you hold Ctrl and press the left or right arrow keys, instead of moving your cursor 1 character you'll move it a whole word; if you want to edit that word that's 3 words back, you can just hold Ctrl and left-left-left, and you're there.

Even more useful in my opinion, if you hold Ctrl and press Backspace you'll delete the entire word you're on. That's just really nifty because a lot of the time when you're deleting you want to delete the whole word, so this is much faster.

Also, idk how well-known this is but holding Shift and moving your cursor will make you highlight any characters you move over. That's useful on its own, but combining that with Ctrl lets you quickly highlight whole words or sentences, so you can easily copy+paste them. You can also hold Shift to edit any selections you made with your mouse or something.

Also it took me too long to realize that the Home and End keys are actually really nice sometimes. Home takes you to the start of the line you're on, and End takes you to the end. Hold Shift while doing that and you can highlight the whole line. Very nice for programming. Also holding Ctrl and pressing Home or End takes you to the top or bottom of the page, but I barely use that.

A similarly useful key that I also overlooked is the Delete key. It's like the Backspace key, but it deletes the character in front of your cursor instead of behind it. Just like with Backspace Ctrl+Delete lets you delete a whole word in front of your cursor.

Also Ctrl+A lets you highlight the whole page.

Also even when you're not typing and instead just browsing a web page or something, you still technically have a cursor; if you click a piece of text, then hold Shift and press the arrow keys, you'll start highlighting text.

Practice Exercise: Click on the t in this word, then hold Shift and press left and right on the arrow keys! Now try holding Ctrl+Shift while you press the arrow keys! Hold Shift and press Home or End! Hold Shift and use your mouse to left-click on different spots in the paragraph and see how your selection changes!