#this blog is anything BUT professional

[moonpie016]

Ok before I throw this drawing at y'all, (even though I, for whatever reason, don't reblog much of anything on here. Only rarely. And probably should've saved this to tag and reblog.. idk how many I could've tagged anyway.)

I could've done that. Actually, it would've been more convenient to do that. Made more sense.

I was surprised, then the surprise turned to delight, sheer confusion, and then back to delight with too much smiling and happiness. Sooooooooo.

Idk how to word this properly without sounding repetitive. But I'm very happy y'all enjoy...my presence? Yeah! And all of you are cool too! Extremely!/gen

(If I've liked your stuff already, on anything, that shows the uhhhhhh, that I like the stuff you do??? The basic of knowledge with how such things work! And think you're very cool. And appreciate the words you all provide on stuff. I read them all. :] )

ANYWAYS.

*Steps up to your doorstep with this odd comparison*

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Now I know where this archetype of character came from in my mind. Kinda. NO WONDER MY MIND DESIGN REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING! It's cus of HIM. The literal loner. Error. Which I have not drawn in a huge chunk of time. I just thought their outfits looked similar. The big jacket and whatever the collar is called, (a lapel??? Idk?????).

Uh, have fun with the nostalgia and possible memories???? Goodness.

Error's cool.

I have nothing else to say about this, I should remake Undertale stuff again. It'd be fun. :3

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[inkskinned]

i keep thinking about hobbies and how i often spill over myself to pick up new ones. i have adhd, i end up trying something for like a month and then just getting far enough in it that i move on, satisfied.

and that should be fine; but it's never fine.

i am a pretty decent artist; but i can't just make art for my dnd campaign, i should be selling dnd maps and character designs and scene setting pieces. i can't just make my friends matching earrings, i need to get an etsy and ship them internationally and take bulk orders. i make pretty good props and decorations and use them to throw my friends parties - but i should be running a party planning business and start taking paying clients and networking and putting my skills to actual use.

for some reason, i never figured out the specifics of pottery. it was a fun class and i enjoyed myself - and still, i'm embarrassed, years later, that i put in all that useless effort. everything i make has to be stunning. stellar. i should have applied myself more. maybe i'm too lazy. maybe i'm broken and selfish and needy. actually creative people would have kept going; they would be bettering themselves at every possible opportunity.

we find ourselves in this trap, even accidentally: we need to commodify our time, because it is a commodity. if we spend our efforts and our time not earning, isn't that the same thing as burning free money? and god forbid you ever take up a hobby that ends up being more expensive than you thought. you sit in your car and you look at the receipt and in your head you hear a conversation that isn't even happening - your mom or your friend or your partner all saying oh great. not this shit again. it's always something with you, and it never actually means anything.

i have realized this horrible thing, recently - i'll get excited to start a project, pick up a new hobby. and then i just... stop myself. i start thinking about the amount of time it will take, and how it'll look in my monthly budget. what if i can't even produce a good enough final product. sure, it's exciting to think about how i could make my friend her own custom dice. but i'm just polluting the earth if i don't get it right. better not bother. better not try.

restless, i get caught in the negative space. the feeling that oh god, i want to create. and that horrible sense - yeah, but i don't have the time to just put to waste.

[kalcifers-blog]

Slight design changes for Marvin and Jackie ft that one meme (original below the cut)

[claypigeonpottery]

Hi! I wanted to thank you; every time you reblog one of my posts, my followers count pretty much doubles (and reblogs and likes are proportional). And the flipside: a very high percentage of the ceramists I discovered out here came from posts you reblogged, so thanks for that too! So I guess, thank you for being a pillar of the tumblr ceramists community. <3

you’re welcome!

I really wasn’t sure there was a pottery community on tumblr when I first started this blog tbh, (I’m pretty sure there’s no ceramiblr tag) but there are a good number of us, and I keep discovering more.

I love your work and I’m so happy to share it.

I try to post another potter’s work every day. I take a lot of inspiration from other artists, and it’s nice to be able to share that inspiration with others.

and thanks for sharing your beautiful work, especially your sculptures. they make me excited to try sculpting larger pieces, once I get a little more practice 😁

(and for the potters who I haven’t met yet, I’d love if you’d reblog this with pictures of your work, or tag me in a post, or send me an ask!)

[uncanny-tranny]

I love giving advice, apparently, so if you are a newly pierced person or are planning on being pierced, here are some of the things I found helpful, as somebody who isn't a professional piercer but has had six plus piercings on my face and body, and multiple ear piercings (which I don't count, since I DIY'd them):

Normal bath towels are your enemy, proceed with caution after bathing. NEVER wipe moisture away from a fresh piercing, always pat it dry

You will hit a new piercing and it will hurt. This is inevitable, just know that you likely haven't destroyed it. Feel free to cry, though, it hurts like hell.

If your piercer gives you instructions, heed them. If you're on restrictions, please take it as seriously as possible

When you're going in for a piercing, please eat or drink something - at least what constitutes as a snack for your body. It really helps

If you're getting an oral piercing, make sure you size down after the healing period - I hadn't sized down for my last oral piercing when I first had the chance, and it was... so annoying to have too-large of jewelry

Not all jewelry is made equally. Do your research on materials, threading, and sizing. I've found that titanium jewelry is really nice for me, and I like it, but that isn't the only option. Make sure you think about your body and its needs and preferences

Close your eyes while being pierced (I found this really helps me)

Don't over-clean a new piercing, twice per day is usually a good place to start

The completed healing period is a very average suggestion - you may heal slower or faster. Try to adhere to that suggestion, though, especially if you do not feel you're healed enough

Personally, I have found that I am completely healed when my piercing feels like just another part of my body, even when it is touched. When my piercings start to feel as though they are foreign when they never do before, I know I likely need to clean them

While I have DIY'd piercings, I personally do not recommend it, especially if you are either not using sterilized equipment, or are piercing a very dangerous place (like the tongue). If you are absolutely positive about committing to the DIY mindset, please try to do due diligence in research at least

Tip your piercer. Body mods are a luxury service, and it takes years to even become a piercer, much less to be proficient at it. Tip your piercer, ESPECIALLY if their prices feel too good to be true - they likely are. Unless you are directed otherwise by your piercer, just assume that you will be tipping them for their services and budget accordingly

Make sure you understand how your piercer wants you to take care of your piercing, and ask questions. There is no question too "dumb"

If you are getting a body part pierced you are insecure about, realize your piercer has most likely seen HUNDREDS of different body parts of various sizes, shapes, and oddities. Your body is not uniquely bad, nor would a good piercer make you feel unwelcome or uncomfortable with your body. If they do, however, DO NOT go through with the piercing. You should feel safe being pierced by somebody, and, indeed, that is the bare minimum.

If you use saline wash to clean piercings, you can DIY it. You will go through NeilMed like no other, and with it being $5USD a bottle, that price can rack up quickly. Make sure you use distilled water and non-iodized salt, though

If your piercing is infected, please don't be too ashamed to seek help. It's in your best interest to make sure you don't get ill or your site gets nasty ("nasty" as in painful)

These are just some of the things I've learned being a pierced person! My piercings are something I absolutely needed, and I do not for a minute regret having them. I want that same happiness to befall you, and that happens when you are able to understand a bit more what goes into piercings. You are, essentially, getting a new body part installed by a pro, and so I don't want you to not be ready for that.

Again, I am not a professional piercer, but am rather a body piercing enthusiast with many different types of piercings. I don't have every piercing, though, so please look at this critically for the piercing(s) that you want or have. At least, treat this like a soft suggestion or ways to help you brainstorm what you will find helpful.

More tips are obviously welcomed, especially if you yourself have more insight or expertise. Good luck to every pierced person or future pierced person reading this💛

[kindahoping4forever]

Tonight's installment of feeling normal about Luke Hemmings

[onesidedradiostatic]

he looks so stupid

[sforzesco]

anyway! I’m going to change up the spelling of Kastilyo to Kastillo. goodnight.

[shiftingwitholiver]

i might have to start manifesting/shifting to a reality where this diagnosis process hurries up because now i just really want these doctors to stop taking their fucking time and let me know what's up.

[tadpoles-and-daydreams]

Writing up the terms and such for my readings on Ko-Fi and such, and uh... "I promise, I don't bite. (My cards do, sometimes.)"

This is why no one should have let me write my own Ko-Fi intro. Or let me do readings in the first place. I'm a Loki devotee, what do you expect from me?

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Oh you should ABSOLUTELY watch Shame when you don't have something else to focus on lmao. I just watched it the other day and it's good!! More emotional than I was expecting and warning it does have some suicide stuff, but overall very good and you see his whole naked body just so fast. They wanted you to know what you were getting into immediately lmao

IVE BEEN WANTING TO WATCH IT FOR A WHILE SOOO BAD im just terribly easily susceptible to distractions 🙃..... good to know the movie starts strong tho get that right out the way 😩

[prismatoxic]

perpetually torn between "'antis' is such a vague and useless term that means nothing to people outside of fandom discourse" and "people WITHIN fandom discourse know exactly what it means so it's the easiest way to get the idea across"

fancop, fanpol, fandom conservative, fandom puritan, etc--all great and descriptive terms that fit the bill perfectly and also are, like, a lot longer than "anti" and far less typical as a descriptor because everyone uses a different one and also since they're less established they're actually more likely to get people asking what they mean exactly

fancop remains my fave of the bunch but ough. fandom terminology

[st4rstudent]

I've had this idea for a while but everytime I actually gave it thought, I'd get frightened last minute. But anyways, with summer coming up (and more free time), I've been considering making an ask blog of sorts just for fun. Does that seem like anything anyone would be interested in

naturally itd be more hc based because well. heh. looks around. gets scared

[cementcornfield]

@cuckhaus i'm sorry i had to single this one out because this is so funny to me. i have no idea why you're still here but i'm so happy you are <3

[jasperscringepit]

Hello newsies moots/whoever this finds!!

I’ve been debating for a long time whether I should set up some kind of online shop/etsy to sell prints of my work (hopefully stickers and badges too in the future 👀). I’m hoping to fundraise to pay for my legal name change, but my confidence is pretty poor and I’m paranoid that nothing would sell. So just to gauge any kind of interest, should I open a shop up? And if I did what work that I’ve already done would you like prints of ? (This can include any of the Lino works too!!)

Pls feel free to put suggestions in my asks (I’m SO sorry abt the drawing recs, I haven’t forgotten you guys I promise)

[starstorm2]

dawg that bite looks nasty go get it checked out