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the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.
three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.
two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.
their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.
one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.
i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.
i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.
and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?
you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.
a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.
someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.
#writeblr#warm up#this is longer than i wanted i really considered removing that part about myself and what i went thru#but i think it really fucking bothers me that EVERY time i talk about being an artist#ppl assume i just like. had the skill and ability to drop everything and pay for grad school.#like sir i grew up poor. my house wasn't a safe space. i gave up a FREE RIDE TO LAW SCHOOL. for THIS. bc i chose it.#was it fucking hard? was i choosing the hard thing?? yes.#but we need to stop seeing artists as lazy layabouts that can ''afford'' to just ''sit around and create''#when MANY - if not MOST - of us are NOT like that. we have to work our fucking ASSES off. hard work. long and hard work#part of valuing artists is recognizing the amount we sacrifice to make our art. bc it doesn't just#like HAPPEN to us. also btw it rarely has anything to do with true talent.#speaking as someone with a chronic condition i hate when ppl are like u have it easy. like actively as i'm writing this my hands r#ACTIVELY hurting me. i haven't been posting bc my left hand was curled in a claw for the last week#this isn't fucking luck. after a certain point it's not even TALENT. it's dedication & sacrifice.#''u get to flounce around and do nothing with ur life'' is a narrative that is a direct result of capitalism#imagine if we said that about literally any other profession.#''oh so u give up 10 yrs of ur life to be a doctor? u sacrifice having a social life and u get SUPER in debt?#u need to work countless hours and it will often be thankless? well i wish i was that lucky''#we should be applying that logic to landlords ONLY#''oh ur mom and dad gave u the money to buy a house? and all u did was paint it white and rent it? huh.''
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hihi!! i got the COOLEST opportunity to be a spot artist for @LMKFanzine aka Megapolis Mania! and guess what? LEFTOVER SALES ARE OPEN NOW!
run along now and go check it out! we all worked super hard on it <3 https://lmkfanzine.bigcartel.com
#lego monkie kid#lmk fanart#lmk sun wukong#lmk macaque#lmk sandy#lmk pigsy#lmk tang#lmk fandom#monkie kid#digital art#fandom zine#fan zine#zine promo#cw eyestrain#bright colors#cw bright colors#eyestrain#ik i mostly post DCA content rn cause they have a death grip on me but LMK was a special experience for me!#i met so many people and made so many friends/mutuals with talented artists while also learning new things and-#honestly getting the chance at unique opportunities i NEVER thought would happen to me lol#most of my LMK fanart is buried no longer public due to my art being stolen + reposted WAYY MORE than i was comfortable#but maybe i'll post art again idk yet <3 anyway spread the word to ur lmk friends
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Top 10 CRAZY tumblr moment!!!!
When you look at an artist and love their art and it so good and beautiful and detailed and they should be a master artist and then you look at more and more art and then you check their bio and it says "17 and self taught <3" and you still draw like a 1st grader
#ha haha hahaha HAHAHAHAH SO FUNNYYY HAHA RIGHT GUYS#pog through the pain :#artists on tumblr#< WILDEST PEOPLE EVERY#ALSO MOST TALENTED
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bismuth!
#this is like my 2nd time drawing bismuth i will practice more#steven universe#steven universe future#suf#su#bismuth#fanart#art#my art#artists on tumblr#traditional art#i want to marry bismuth she's so freaking pretty#i'm really attracted to skills and one's ability to create#like everyone that i find attractive have a talent or skill that most don't have#like music or art or making weapons like bismuth!!!
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@ younger creepypasta fans, don't be worried about sharing what you make for the fear of people finding issue with it for existing. We like your art for what it is, and encourage you to keep making it, because that's what the core of being an artist is. The ability to write, draw, create, whatever it is that drives you, and literally nobody ever can take that away from you. Those kids with the shitty stories and self inserts built a fandom from the ground up, wrote and drew their characters just because they wanted to. If you don't care for it, make your own art, or move elsewhere.
The quote in anton's original post is incomplete, so here’s a better one— "find what you love, and let it kill you."
#me when talented creators i could potentially enjoy have horrible elitist takes about the nature of art and literature 😔#in the face of a community where most of its members are still young and js trynna have fun no less#ok srsly though what annoyed me the most ws the misuse of the charles bukowski quote#like skill and subject validity are so obviously NOT what he ws talking about when he said that#media literacy is in shambles rn#art#creepypasta#artists on tumblr#creepypasta art#artwork#digital art#creepypasta fanart#digital artwork#nicocantshutup#nicoarts#jeff the killer art#jeff the killer creepypasta#jeff the killer#ticci toby#ticci toby art#nina the killer#nina the killer art#eyeless jack#ej#eyeless jack art#jane the killer art#jane the killer
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They are besties now.
#a Star like him should have an awesome paiting from the most talented artist#tsukasa tenma#tsukasa project sekai#ena shinonome#ena project sekai#project sekai#pjsk#prsk#tsukasa help her with the lighting of her photos for social medias#ena is always surprise of how genuine tsukasa can sounds while complimenting her paintings#hi#Tsukasa would definitely ask Ena to paint him because
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a sketch of ellie williams from chapter 13 of my series “nobody compares to you” made by a professional artist (aka my little sister) ♥︎
just a fun little sketch i commissioned from my little sister of modern day ellie playing “i think i love you again” by aaron taylor on the electric guitar!
#my commission price was playing cuphead with them and watching movies they’ve been wanting to show me <3#and they did this in like what an hour?#most talented artist i know fr#do y’all like the snorlax plushie and indigo girls poster hehe#i’m gonna ask my baby sis if i can link their twitter on here so y’all can check out more of their art :)#nobody compares to you series#ellie williams#dealer!ellie#ellie x reader#ellie x you#ellie x y/n#the last of us#tlou#the last of us part 2#tlou2#ellie fanfiction#belle speaks#audio#digital art#art#lesbian
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I cannot imagine being a Damian stan right now. You've got both Zdarsky's bullshit (where he clearly doesn't give a shit about your boy) and The Boy Wonder (where Juni Ba clearly gives so many shits about your boy) coming out on the same day. The whiplash must be insane. I hope y'all get some nice warm soup for your efforts jfc
#damian wayne#damian al ghul#damian al ghul wayne#batman#batfamily#for all of the issues that come with having Steph as your fave having too much wild shit happening at once is never one of them#btw I quite like The Boy Wonder Issue 1. wow shocker an artist and writer who I have liked everything they've ever done#has once again written something that I am enjoying with art that makes me want to be part of its world.#it's almost like Juni Ba is really freaking talented or something#like I have some problems with it but it seems like many of those are part of the point. Damian is learning that his siblings are more#three-dimensional than he realized and that is part of this 'coming of age' story merged with fairytale#so I can't be mad at the oversimplistic defining of Dick and Jason and Tim until the conclusion of the series. that might be the point.#I hope that the series will address Steph as a Robin but if not then frankly it's not an issue unique to this series.#I'll be annoyed and disappointed but ultimately roll with it like I am with Babsgirl being here. There's too much good stuff here to get#hung up on shit that seems to be almost an editorial mandate at this point. at least that's where I'm at.#I am also very sorry that Chip Zdarsky is massacring your boy. he has 'X (Tim for him) is the best Robin so everyone else must suck' diseas#where a writer really likes one specific Robin and in trying to uplift them demeans all of the other Robins. instead of like...just writing#for that one character only or alternatively not demeaning the other characters in order to make his blorbo look good#it's wild because I actually think his writing for Tim is pretty solid. but he's not writing a Tim series. he's writing a Batman series.#and if you are going to write a Batman series and include other Batfamily members you need to actually write them well.#instead of assigning them like 2 personality traits while Tim gets to be a whole character#I accept that behavior in fanfic where I have lesser standards because it's fucking free. not a comic run that wants me to pay#tens of dollars in order to understand what the fuck is going on. he's been going for a while now it's gotta be a lot of money.#I can buy Steelworks with that money. I can see John Henry and Natasha Irons in a trade. Fuck you Chip.#it's why it takes such a special person to write a good ensemble story/a good Batfamily story. you have to be good at writing a LOT#of different characters. which I don't think most people are. I sure as hell am not. I can write maybe 3 at a time confidently well.#and you also have to give all of them at least SOME love or else people will be upset that you aren't focusing on their fave#and also the writing as a whole will suffer. Chip Zdarsky is a pretty good Tim writer. I'd maybe read a Tim solo written by him.#I would not read a story focusing on multiple characters that I like written by Chip Zdarsky. because every character who isn't Tim#is at least a bit weak/inconsistent/out of character INCLUDING FUCKING BATMAN. THE NO. 1 GUY MOST ARE HERE FOR
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The son of exy fell from grace by the hand of his so called savior. Fuck you Riko Moriyama, thank you Neil Josten
Also I don’t know if I am him, or in love with him. But it’s fine.
#kevin day#or more like Kevin gay#im sorry thats rude#no actually#im so fucking sad about him#a talent he was forced to develop for survival became the very thing that made him fall from grace#the son of exy#also guys stop painting him as this emotionless rock#he is one of the most expressive people in this series#the obsessive artist#he is so black swan#all for the game#digital art#neil josten#the foxhole court#andrew minyard#andreil#twinyards#aftg#autistic kevin day is real#autistic Kevin day#he would love noise canceling headphones#and reddit#riko moriyama
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do you think An’s solo singing career (before she met Kohane) would’ve been like. The in universe equivalent to Ado.
#Like. Long black hair. With blue in it. Singer/cover artist. The fact she gets all the crazy expressions. She sung Odo w Kohane. She’s young#And Akito & pretty much the entirety of vivid street describes her as one of the most talented singers her age they’ve ever met.#This is mostly a joke obviously lol Ik they’re pretty different but it’s funny to think about#an shiraishi#shiraishi an#pjsk#project sekai#prsk#prjsk#pjsekai#puroseka#colorful stage#vbs#vivid bad squad#vbs an#vbs an shiraishi
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hello everyone 🔞
me and my friend oftentimes talk about tfp ratchet. and by "talk" i mean engage in direct sexual harassment. anyways, i made grandpa squirt
#valveplug#he's my friend's favourite tfp transformer of course i've gotta make him squirt. for her#me? i only like him a normal amount... haha...#i definitely havent drawn him pregnant and laying eggs and stuck in a wall... nooooo#also yeah in the first one that's megatron. i just needed a distinct pair of hands. not that i would have drawn them well#most of my artistic talent was used up by that point#but whatever. we're here for robot pussy not robot hands#tfp#tfp ratchet#transformers#oh holy shit i accidentally posted this. was gonna keep it in the drafts until i could find the courage to post but#well. here it is
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"...blessed with the gift."
Honestly this pisses me off. I was not magically born possessing the ability to make what I make. I've been making plush for over a decade, constantly learning, pushing myself, working my ass off to make them better and better. Every single one I make is still a challenge. I'm not "drowning" in plushies because they're freaking hard to make and take forever to put together, not to mention their materials are expensive.
Every artist I know has worked super hard to get to where they are. Don't discredit their blood sweat and tears by saying their hard work was just magically bestowed upon them as a "gift."
One of my first plush, next to my latest (2022). Before even making that dragon I'd already been drawing and making 3D art for years, plus did a lot of plush research.
Another reason I hate this mentality is because it discourages people from trying art themselves. "Oh I'm not talented like you." BS. While it's true some people might have personalities more suited to tedious work, or better hand-eye coordination (that can be improved too btw) or whatever, it's a myth that you have to have talent to succeed at any task. You just have to work for it. Everyone does, even the very best artists.
We're all born knowing nothing. Just because my chosen passion is art doesn't mean the ability to make it was handed to me. You can also cultivate passion and pursue the skills you'd like to have, but you have to be willing to start at ground zero and build up.
Anyway. Go pursue your passions, and recognize the hard work behind other people's "talent." And bless every one of y'all who notes that you've been inspired by my art, may you go and kick ass in your endeavors.
First 3D plush (dolphin) with a recent fox (2022).
#artist rants#I usually ignore 'talent' because most people use it to mean 'skill' but this one in particular was dismissive of all the work it takes#skill not talent#art is work
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top 3 fave bbys in the burrito show (bonus SUPER LONG tags on how i feel bout the characters)
#my art#boruto naruto next generations#sarada uchiha#shikadai nara#inojin yamanaka#in no particular order except sarada is my fav- i think she shouldve been main focus- girl brings all of og team 7 together at all times#just her family history alone is very interesting and i WISH we had seen a convo with sausage boi about her uncle and just everything#but shes a pretty solid character on her own- VERY good mix of both parents yet still being her own self#shikadai is funny i really like seeing him- hes a sight for sore eyes- bro got EVERYTHING from his dad minus his eyes and maybe hair#his dynamic with boruto being besties is really fun to watch- sarada too- with both shika and sara being geniuses and all#i love inojin's simplicity and how ordinary he is.... its... realistic?#hes artistically talented yes with his ninja art stuff but everything else hes kinda... mundane? at times even bad?#Considering every other prev gen child's got all these cool stuff goin on- i like that hes just... kinda normal... i like that about him#boruto i actually do like as well- he'd make a GREAT support character- i love how big bro he is and how he wants to stand up for others#hes a lot like naruto in that way- and might be a hot topic to say this but i also like how - in his very first arc- boruto hates the hokag#not his dad but internalized that the job took his dad away from him- regardless on criticism i think that concept is really neat#i am not well versed in what the story is now for boruto- ive just kinda picked my snacks on what i wanna watch lmao#but i do wish there was more showings of slice of life for all the kids- cuz they are all really interesting- especially for prev gen's kid#>>wished they did timetravel arc with sarada so we coulda seen young sasuke & sakura interact with boruto and sarada T_T#one last note: borusara is very interesting- but i actually prefer them just being friends- at most friends with crushes on eachother#i do think its cute but i like the dynamic of it being unrequited idk its new for me i just prefer them as friends with crushes lmao#prob cuz they work as characters independently Im not really interested in ANY of the new gen hookin up- borusara is the most interesting#i mean it IS the ONLY one being pushed canonically but i like it- that boruto looks out for sarada and sarada worries for boruto#but ya i wish boruto was like mitsuki in being a side character - i think a LOT more people will find him less annoying that way#though- i REALLY want more sarada and sasuke dynamics being shown- actually the uchiha fam a TON more than what we got#they are just SUPER interesting to me lmao#im a sucker for the emo boy turns soft and has family and bonds with their kids- its one of my favourite things in media#i feel like scraping the ocean floor when im trying to find quality sasuke and sarada art pieces and story stuff#cuz ive exhausted all the content in these past what 2-3 years of knowing both boruto- and now more recently - naruto#(yes im one of those people who knew boruto before naruto- smite me)
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pov: benedict bridgerton's instagram profile
full-time husband and father & occasional artist
99% sophie and kids
0.5% bridgerton fam
0.5% art
#luke thompson#yerin ha#benophie#bridgerton#sophie baek#sophie beckett#benedict bridgerton#benophiekids#clearly benedict's artistic talents do not extend to social media#ofc appa duties highlight belongs to his violet#not that he forgets about his boys#loves it when sophie gives him 'permission' to post her picture because he thinks she's the most beautiful artwork he's ever seen#separate art account for benedict's talent#nampyeon means husband and that's what ben is proud to be#the silver in silver&grey needs no explanation
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Billkin x PP Krit "Surrender" | Official Music Video
#BKPP#Billkin Putthipong#PP Krit#Music Video#Thai Music#Two of the most beautiful and talented Thai artists your honor
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I log into Tumblr for the first time is weeks and see THIS IN MY INBOX?? i need to sit down
#submission#tgb#the golden bird fanart#my gob is smacked#my readers are the best readers#and the most incredibly talented artists#grateful beyond words#<3
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