#you make me happier with my art and i love you for that

[shesus-crisp]

Having FINALLY finished Side Order as compensation for not being able to play Grand Fest anymore (cries) and taking into account the official lyrics for Suffer No Fools and Three Wishes (cries again, harder this time), I have to say I could not be happier at how blatant theyve made it that yes, Pearl and Marina are gay, yes, they always have been, and yes, they are being gay right now. Marina's jump-cuddle-hug in OE? Gay. Pearl's declaration of love on live television after the Final Fest? Gay. Marina's anime drawings of Pearl? Gay. Pearl? Gay. Marina? Gay. These - look at me - these two cephalopods?? Gay!! 🏳️‍🌈⁉️👍🗣

And I gotta say, confirmed obvious yuri does hit different, especially when you were already invested in the unconfirmed version that could've been supposed to be interpreted as friendship. The way they throw themselves after each other in SO, their elevator dialogue, Marina's laptop desktop picture being of Pearl, her diaries talking about their relationship as an actual relationship (haven't gotten all of them yet, excited for more gay shenanigans in there), their performance at the Grand Festival, all of this is so so nice to see. Their lyrics to Three Wishes still make me cry with how heartfelt they are.

While the Squid Sisters sing about their journey so far, and Deep Cut about their journey that lies ahead, Pearl and Marina, especially in their chorus, sing about they complete each other, and that being together "makes today/every day perfect", which is why they don't need to dream of another time; They have each other right now. "My north star", "Overlapping cycles, binary stardom", I mean come ON. Lesbians try to not write poetry about each other that would make William Shakespeare jealous challenge, difficulty impossible.

I just have to scream about it somewhere how fucking happy and emotional these two fictional gay people make me, whether in songs like We're So Back or Three Wishes, in cutscenes, in dialogue, or in hidden text that rewards you for completing a very fun DLC again. And their entire Grand Fest appearance, interlocking hands in the middle of the cover art, proud, open, fucking LESBIANS. Raaaaah Off the Hook you will always be peak ‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥

[dotted-clouds]

more shitpost doodles from twitter side account

[shokupanko]

First Fukase Friday of 2024! This one took 5hrs lol I wanna to be so extra (─‿─)

[artem1sc0re]

If I had a nickel for everytime I redrew this scene, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?

BUT WHATEVERRR, ITS JOSH!!!!

(I got given a compliment whilst drawing the first one so that’s cool :D)

[definitelyjunehomestuck]

oh, people are quitting chainsaw man cuz it has difficult themes of sexuality, which they refuse to engage with because it made them uncomfortable? time for me to finally read chainsaw man, i guess! i love complicated themes that make people uncomfortable! confronting complex ideas that i need to actually think about is enrichment for me! :]

[suzuberto]

"How much delulu do you have for your oc x canon ship?" Yes

DABI JUST NEEDS DOGGO LOVE I KNOW IT

Image ID

--- Image 1

3 different situations. chibi paper doodles. Shun (OC), Dabi (BNHA)

Shun bites Dabi's cheek and pulles it like a mochi with a "nom" sound. Dabi doesn't look like he minds

Dabi gives Shun head pats saying "good boy" and messing his hair while the dog looks heavily blushed, startled and frowning in confussion at the new pleasant feeling, with a "huff huff" sound. There's an arrow pointing him "error, he stopped working"

Dabi sees Shun with his bangs up and hair pins, then casually says "that looks good on you" to a Shun with a blank expression "?… !" that then appears in front of him other day with a similar look, crooked and embarrassed smile while wagging tail, waiting a compliment. There is an arrow pointing him "new usual look" and Dabi laughs "pff"

--- Image 2

whiteboard chibi doodles. Shun (OC), Dabi (BNHA)

They're holding hands, appearing to be falling while smiling at each other

Shun bites Dabi's cheek and pulles it like a mochi. Dabi doesn't look like he minds

--- Image 3 - 4

1/2 the reason short comic. chibi paper doodles. Todoroki family (Shoto, Dabi, Fuyumi), Hawks (BNHA), Shun (OC)

The brothers have drinks and are sitting side by side "So, why did you choose him?" asks Shoto at Dabi while the later is supporting his face on a hand with a calm and bit bored look "hmm…" Dabi looks at a 3 people group not too far from them. A close up of Hawks, Fuyumi and Shun in a cheery and drunk talk, with an arrow pointing the dog. Shun and Dabi look at each other and the dog wags his hand to him, smiling

2/2 the reason short comic. chibi paper doodles.

"PFFHAHAHA" Shun (OC) changes back his attention to the group and they all explode in laugher shortly after "well…" Dabi (BNHA) starts answering Shoto's (BNHA) question after softening his expression and having a small blush "He's stupid and makes me laugh" says with a smile "stupid?" asks Shoto, a bit concerned "pff… yeah, he also makes my day shinier, and my life brighter. I feel loved and secure" adds with a soft sigh, smiling

--- Pic 5 - 6

1/2 ice cream short comic. chibi paper doodles. Dabi (BNHA), Shun (OC)

Dabi calmly having an ice cream while a curious Shun comes at top speed to him "looks good, what's that? Can I…?" he starts with shiny eyes and wagging tail "sure" Dabi answers with a blank expression and smears the ice cream in the dog's face

2/2 ice cream short comic. chibi paper doodles. Dabi (BNHA), Shun (OC)

Shun licks his own face with a oversized exaggerated tongue with a "mlem" sound and happily exclaims "Delicious! thank you!! I love you!!!" to a Dabi that just smiles softly. On the back, a random mob thinks "wasn't he too rought?" looking with worry at the two, Shun having a wagging tail and hearts floating over him

[martritzvonmercie]

seeing you so enthusiastic about p3 has made me genuinely want to try getting into the series again so i just wanted to say thank you :]

WAH THANK YOU THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL… THE MITSUHAMS…

[kasimova-dariia]

Just dropping by to say I love your work

[samuraisharkie]

due to Life Shit I kind of stopped drawing much about a year or two after I graduated high school bc I just kind of didn’t have the time or mental/emotional/physical capacity to fit it in, despite art being something I really want to be a part of my career. It kind of makes me sick to realize how much muscle memory I lost just from that time (I had only about a year and a half total of absolutely no art but that was enough. doesn’t help that during that time I seriously injured my hands) considering I’ve been drawing my entire life. I really wish things had not gone that way and that I could have kept going, but expectations were on me to do something else and any time I sat down to draw was treated as wasting time. There’s also something weird about recovering from severe trauma that kind of adjusts how you engage with a hobby you used as a coping mechanism, which Art very much was. I almost never drew vent art, but I used it to focus on something and make myself happy and proud of work I actually could do, and once I was out of the environments that funneled me into drawing (being forced to go to church, school, anything involving sitting down for a long period of time) I found less time to actually have an excuse. Someone bought me a single college course of art classes right out of high school, and I think that was where I COULD have had the opportunity to really get started if I had actually had the money to continue and the college hadn’t been so far away. After that course ended I didn’t have that excuse anymore. I used to draw in DeviantArt and Discord art groups, but those began to fall apart and soon I didn’t have that option either. After that I doodled but didn’t really create Full Pieces unless some friend asked it of me, and it was never a commission bc I’d never trained myself to get that sort of shit done without taking too long, so I’d always do it for free. So even that wasn’t a big motivator eventually. Now that I’m struggling for work after becoming more physically disabled after COVID, all that time I could have spent honing my art skills so I could do SOMETHING with my art really is weighting down on me. I have the option to do freelance work, illustrations, pet commissions, even things like cards and cookies. I’ve seen these avenues open up for me gradually, but I’ve lost the skills I built up that I need to actually make something I’m proud of. I’ve taken to tracing old art to try and remember my thought process and my “style”… but my memory was bad BEFORE the covid, and it’s worse now, and my brain fog makes it hard to focus even if I could get back on the train of thought. I don’t remember the construction that would be in my mind’s eye. I barely can keep a clear vision in my mind’s eye anymore, worryingly. I never had a crystal clear imagination, it was always sort of abstract, but I could see the lines, I could construct a scene. Now I have to focus hard to get any sort of detail clear in my head. It’s like if you tried to look directly into someone’s face in a dream, or put in a prompt in neural blender. So I have to adjust to performing the entire thought process physically, slowly and tediously trying to figure out what I’m imagining before I can really get started. Those old art tutorials for constructing shapes and bodies and such just aren’t coming naturally anymore so I have to dredge deep into my mind to remember which advice helped “click” the best and knowing it might not do it this second time around. It’s like if you forgot how to ride a bike. It was something natural to you, you could even get started haphazardly and distracted and still be able to tell where you were going and not fall over or trip on yourself, but now it’s like you have to focus on each step and it constantly feels like it’s taking everything you have to not crash. I’m glad I can start drawing again, but it hurts that something so huge in my life has been turned into this. I’ve ranted about it before it’s just easier to notice when you’re not sketching out people’s pets or doing super stylized doodles.

[sappsorrow]

do you have any tips on seducing a beloved mutual (affectionate)?

Don't get it twisted y'all, @ferrame did the seducing. I was in oblivious lesbian hell. She sent me an illustrated love letter sprayed with her own perfume and I was like "she probably just means this as a friend though"

[strange-alchemy]

[arts-i-enjoy]

Something I've noticed from subbing to just a couple of very small patreons (like fewer than 50 members) is how SHY people are about talking to the creator that they are paying! What's up with that? I wonder if it's because most of these patrons come via tumblr, where there is the culture of talking in the tags/reblogs and comments being your "outdoor voice"/basically it being RUDE to talk to people.

I think that's fucked up, especially in the context of artists (just to be clear every time I say artists that is inclusive of writers). Like these are people that are making a thing and showing it to you, they don't just want silent nods of approval by way of reblogs/likes. They want FEEDBACK. They want CONNECTION. I think a fundamental part of creating and sharing art is the goal of connection. And I don't think people realize how truly disheartening it is to post something and then get completely silent likes/reblogs.

For the love of God they are TALKING TO YOU. TALK BACK!!!!

[lepakonpaska]

[happy rambling in the tags because i love my job so much ✨️🌻]

[woolydemon]

Apollo hairy and with acne, Klavier roots growing through and no-op, your art is very warm to me thank you

WAAAAAH THANK YOU 🥺🥺🥺💖💖💖💖 klapolly having these traits is so so special and important to me,, they are just like me fr ..........

[kurara-black-blog]

Me, at 12: I wanna be a writer!

My parents: Uh, but that's such a difficult path! You should get a stable job first and write on the side!

Me, at 18: I'm not sure what I should study in college...

Parents: Don't you like games? You were passionately talking about the story of that game I can't remember the name of even though you showed me it thrice! Maybe you should look into that? I heard that graphic design jobs are high paying and have lots of options!

Me, at 25: Ok, I finally settled on a college course I feel good about

Parents: Shame you don't write anymore, you used to love books so much

[loveleftmelikethis]

summer glowup guide ᡣ𐭩ྀིྀི₊ ⊹

happy summer break!! it's time to rest and reset, and become the best version of yourself! here's a little guide and some tips ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

makeup/skincare:

♡ throw out any expired products

♡ clean any brushes or applicators

♡ reorganize your products

♡ remember to wear sunscreen everyday and reapply if you're going outside for more than an hour!

fashion:

♡ sort through your clothes and donate any you don't wear

♡ wear cute and comfy clothes that will keep you cool

♡ go shopping or thrifting as a fun activity

academics:

♡ remember to rest, and take it easy. this is your break after all!

♡ throw away old journals or papers you don't need

♡ empty and clean our your backpack, pencil bag, purses, etc.

♡ when test scores come back- be proud of yourself, and try to figure out any mistakes you made

♡ make a study schedule for any work or studying you want/need to do!

♡ don't procrastinate on studying if you have an exam in the fall, like the PSAT. you don't want to wait until the last minute!

♡ set goals for yourself- ex: five hours of studying a week, one module a day, etc.

health:

♡ drink lots of water!! as it heats up, staying hydrated is even more important

♡ eat at least three full meals a day, or at least snack regularly

♡ stay active! exercising at least three times a week is a good way to get started

♡ take your meds on time! -> this is so important. taking my antidepressants regularly has helped me feel SO much better and happier

♡ be patient and loving with yourself. your body is not going to change in a day, and you don't need a perfect beach body to look amazing and be worthy of love. what matters much more is that you are as healthy as you can be

hobbies:

♡ it's finally the time to do all the things you didn't have time to do during the school year!

♡ writing, drawing, painting, playing an instrument, crocheting, knitting, reading, making arts and crafts

♡ try to find stuff to do that gets you off of your phone/the internet

mindset:

♡ summer break is a time for resting, but it's also a chance for you to improve yourself! didn't like how you acted or the grades you got last year? you always have another chance!

♡ reflect on yourself, the things and people that make you happy, and the things that don't. it's not easy getting rid of toxicity and negativity- but being at peace, even if it's alone, is a wonderful feeling.

♡ be patient with yourself. you are not going to change in a day, and it takes a long time to form habits and get to where you want to be. but taking small steps and making changes every day is so important.

♡ be kind, be loving, and be the kind of person you want to be.

i love you all and i hope you have an amazing summer!! ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚