#and then actually. Do the Work (eugh)

[futuristichedge]

U know what. Here's a bunch of Silver WIPs in various stages of "will finish later" and "will likely stay unfinished." Enjoy

#doodles #not tagging this as characters. whoever wants to see it it will eventually find them #flashing #flashing tw #gif #animation #tw flickering #tw flashing #hopefully that covers it all for the last gif (was really trying to convey the speed of metal spinning him in the comic) #i would LOVE to finish animating the panel of throwing him but i kind of hit a wall with metal sonic <3 gotta find a lot of good refs panel #and then actually. Do the Work (eugh) #was gonna lock reblogs but yknow what. if you want it on ur blog im not gonna stop u

[blackbackedjackal]

there's cliche's and then there's intentionally leaving a piece vague but it still having meaning and assuming your audience isn't stupid so they can come to their own conclusions about how the piece makes them feel based on visual language

#that's what we did in art school #when you actually have to do shows and tell people in person your artist's statement #I like seeing how people feel and react to my work rather than care about the style or aesthetic or tropes used #it's the /meaning/ of the piece and I love how even though my experience is specific #it still feels relatable to others #in that moment where people go wow or that's so cool like #i had a guy run up to me once just because he bloboed a work of art I made #i love that shit #i miss shows but eugh pandemic :( #jackal's journal #my art historian would have a fit rn #her whole thing is Pompeii and she showed us how much enjoying and relating to things you love or find neat helps inspire you more #than worrying about how other people feel about you #like damn

[anglerflsh]

assignment is due on sunday and she given better points if you hand it in early which is fineee it's finee it's not at all terriblepractice it's. fine

#[.txt] #not even a 'you will lose points if you hand it in late' which is understandable #but. essentially the only way to get a full grade is to hand in the thing /early/. so what's the point of giving us a week to do it! #at that point it's as if the deadline is on wednesday if you lose points by turning it in On Time but Later in the week. eugh #uni tag #complaining tag #I mean also bad on me because I barely worked today. I'm missing one entire castle research. Because the video she gave us for it is broken #laying my head on a desk about it good fucking god I don't want to do this assignment I get weird just thinking about it #i'm still going to do it I just need to get the mind to actually change castle I'm doing this on because that video is useless

[featherdawn]

I've expressed how I don't like the whole wally x y/n thing the fandom has going on but the more I think about it the more,,, uncomfortable it gets on my head

like, not as a self shipping thing, if ur in love with wally go fuckin nuts! I'm more talking about how like, y/n has become a character in the fanon

which firstly, who exactly is y/n supposed to be, in wallys eyes? it seems the person his voice messages are directed to is the playfellow workshop employee, and it's possible he doesn't know that that person is not us, the outsiders viewing but entirely uninvolved with the restoration. if he does know we're separate, then it's most likely he views us as the audience for welcome home. the thoughts of an adult character having a crush on the target audience of a young children's show is,,, uncomfortable.

even ignoring all that, and assuming he knows us as 1. not the playfellow employee, 2. adults, and 3. as multiple separate people (which throws another wrench into this. which one of us is y/n? is he just seeking the world's largest polycule here?), it just feels. odd for his character to be in love with the viewer. in the show, he's supposed to be an audience surrogate, isn't he? why would he be in love with the very person/people he's supposed to represent? it doesn't make much sense from a storytelling perspective to me.

finally, he doesn't show any signs of being romantically interested in us lmao. the closest we get is an "I love you", which, congrats, a children's show character said they love you. that happens platonically all the time lol

this isn't meant to like. rain on anyone's parade or discourage ppl making wally x y/n content (a lot of it is really cute! despite my overall negative feelings on the ship, I still sometimes enjoy looking at yalls art, yall are talented <333), more just. express frustration with how ingrained it is in the fanon. people seem to treat it as canon and its not and it can be frustrating seeing it absolutely everywhere, yk?

#welcome home puppet show #welcome home #wally darling #had to get thid out of my system sorry #if u do want a story where a character falls in love with u #good news!!! that exists!!! its called doki doki literature club #and it actually works there!!! #GOD do u know how hard it was to not mention monika in the main post??? #yall arent free from her in the tags tho >:) #anyways it feels like ppl are trying to turn wally into monika (in love with us; flirtatious; obsessive; manipulative villain) #that has died down since the july update but i still see it #and bestie. monika worked bc she was in a dating sim video game #it makes sense for her to fall in love with us. to her there was only one and they would want romance bc they were playing a dating sim #that does not make sense for the main character of a children's show #i just. eugh #can we not just be besties with wally #i would not be this frustrated if it was just. a lot of content between wally and whoever y/n is supposed to be but platonic #that would actually make sense!!! hes lonely!!! he views himself as our friend!!!

[asshuka]

no.1 gust of arrows

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some crops under the cut!

#dragon nest #dragon nest archer #dragon nest sniper #elf girl #artwork #2023 #kumi #whew i actually finished the whole thing before 2023 ends #gonna post the full thing tmr #my account is still shadowbanned but nobody checks the dragon nest tag its fine lmao #this one was Hard to do i was still dealing with emotional fallout when i started and it took a while for the Will To Draw to actually #manifest. and by the end it still feels like something's missing eugh but my rational braincell decides that's all!! that's all we can do!! #i put a lot of work into this like 7+ hours for this quad and it's all done now. that's what's important

[piplupod]

thinking abt the previous post, the agency i worked at for a couple years would use bits of ABA and I just... I always nodded along to the boss instructing me on how to work with the kids with those tactics (I worked with the kids who were 6 and under) and then as soon as she left I tossed all that shit out of my brain and just treated the kid like a human being and worked with them where they were at.

and guess what !!! i had the most and fastest success out of every other worker in the entire building!! i was often told it seemed like i was working miracles with my kids bc they'd just progress so fast (comparatively) through the skill book we had to work on, and that the kids always seemed so happy and eager to come to the building after they started working with me!!

this is partially why I quit because I couldn't stand seeing my coworkers treat the kids like they were dogs (talking down to them, being patronizing, and utilizing shitty ABA tactics) and as much good as I was doing there, it was fucking me up bc they were extremely demanding that I work more than I was comfortable (or able) to, and often put me with "problem" kids who I didn't get to regularly see so we couldn't make much progress bc the kids weren't able to get to know me and (rightfully!) didn't trust me because they thought I'd be treating them the way everyone else did.

i just...... my coworkers would ask me how I had so much success and I would just shrug and say like, "just treat them like they're human and work with them where they're at" and I couldn't explain any more bc that'd require me admitting I wasn't following the boss' guidance for a lot of shit fjfkdl

#i had kids who didn't like talking suddenly become chatterboxes bc they actually felt safe and listened to for once !!! #(and ofc some kids just didnt like talking and that was okay bc they would talk when needed but just preferred to be quiet) #also yall i had no formal training for this 😭 i was thrown into the fray one day djfkdl i was supposed to just work as an admin assistant #it was just fucking bonkers there #kids had meltdowns sometimes bc the workers were so useless and didnt take the time to learn to read the child and they'd push too much #and they did things in ways that were sooo rigid so often like... if a kid is looking tired u gotta shift ur schedule around !! #but they'd just be like noooope this is our plan and we have to stick to it #my guy!! the child looks exhausted!!! they are fucking four years old !!! what the hell are u doing!!! #no four yr old is going to ever feel okay if u keep pushing them to do stuff they dont rly want to do when theyre tuckered out!! #anyways i could rant for hours abt that place lmfao #i still think abt the kids so often esp some of the ones with rough home lives #and i just rly rly hope theyre doing okay #but i cannot go back and help again bc that place destroyed me gjfkdl i hit autistic burnout HARD while there #and thats what ultimately forced me to quit #otherwise i probably would've stayed bc i rly wanted to give these kids someone safe to be around esp if their homes werent a v safe place #idk its so hard bc one person can't change the entire way things are (esp since i had no formal training) #but also if im not there then i know nobody else there is going to be knocking ABA to the side and treating the kids like whole ass humans! #eugh i hate thinking abt it bc I just... what the fuck do u do with a situation like that lmfao #i miss those kids sm though fjfkdl theyre all so cool and fun and rly good kids #i hope good things happen to them :') #pippen needs 2nd breakfast #ableism tw #aba tw

[hhawkeye]

applied for a job then on the thanks for ur application page it revealed by “full time” it meant Forty hours a week and im just like. hello. thats something you include up front

#rn i work 35 hours a week so like 😭😭😭 #if i got this job it would technically be a pay cut and also id be spending money on travelling so like. eugh #but also its something i actually wanna do so… aaaaaaaa idk!!! idk

[ectoplasmer]

FINALLY FINISHED NIGHTMARE TROUBADOUR!!! IT HAS BEEN OVER TWO YEARS!!!!!! anyway marik

#are you really sorry though…. are you. #also i don’t think that is healthy but okay!! you do that or whatever!!! #eugh the decks i have saved are all over the place #i really need to sit and just make one from scratch that actually works but. hhhhh reading card effects >_< #very happy regardless that i got to finish and experience this game lol #now to see if i can do that with capsule monsters. probably not #i got stuck on ishi’s stage and dropped it but i should really try playing it again!! #and then i gave up on forbidden memories after i kept losing against haga ahdkfhdksns #i’ll get around to them againnnn. eventually. maybe. >_> #anyway time to duel marik on loop so i can get him on my friends list ^^ #also i finally get to duel ryou again!! yaaaay!!! i missed his silly little occult decks on this game #delete later #rainy.file

[oh-gh0st]

big run in 7 hours…. shudders

#ghosts rambles #i will be doing some regular sr beforehand to get me going #idk if ill make a lobby so people can join me?? maybe?? id have 2 finnick with that. #my dumbass is gonna die a lot…. idk how itll WORK on undertow…. but thankfully its better than wahoo world. eugh #i actually might not sleep if it meants ill get silver or higher/ vp 999 this time… heh

[chiisana-lion]

eeuuuguuguhhghh

#had to make variants of male characters' eye styles earlier and the only revision is so minor i wonder if its even necessary #theyre just !!! eyelashes wth!! everyone has them!!! dammit #unfortunately after this ill probably have to go back to actually doing 2d animating work whjkjksdghjdgs my supervisor apparently asked the #head sv to give me back because they desperately need more people on cleanup duty lmaooo #i think concept work was pretty fun though maybe ill consider going for that instead in college #eugh. also. college. im really gonna have to get my crap together and start considering some now huh #duck rants about something

[bookwyrminspiration]

do you think doing a group project with friends is more beneficial/ generally better than it with people you barely know?

I think it depends on the people. There are benefits and drawbacks to both options, and which is best depends on the project and the specific people you're working with.

When working in a group with people you don't know very well, you may be less likely to get distracted entertaining yourselves. It can be easier to focus. It also keeps people from being excluded and feeling the stress of having to pick a group when they don't know people in the class. But on the flip side, if the people you're working with aren't cooperative or focused at all, that can just make the whole project a nightmare where everything falls to one or two people. People might start talking with their friends instead of your group (if you're all in person) and you don't know their quality of work, meaning you could end up with low quality work in your project.

When you're working in a group with friends, you already have that established connection and know each other, so it can be easier to fall into collaboration. You know what kind of work the other person can do generally and know each others' strengths. And because you know each other, you can chat and entertain each other throughout the process. However for some people, friends in their group makes it a lot harder to focus. They end up doing little work and performing poorly because they're having fun together instead.

Taking into account the project as well is important. If it's a minor project then I don't care as much. There will be less work overall so if it's with friends then there's less to get distracted from, and if it's with strangers then there's less to make up if who you end up with isn't a great group member. But if it's a big project, then getting stuck with people who won't help you perform your best really sucks!

All that to say that I think there's merit to each. Some people work better away from their friends while some people can work fine alongside them. There's no one right way to approach it and instead you need to be honest with yourself about which will achieve what you want.

I'm personally a "i'll do this group project by myself, actually" kind of person. I usually ask the teacher if I can adapt it to be just for me so then I have complete control over everything and can work at my own pace, which is what I like to do. And the school I go to I've had no problems doing that so far. If I have to work with others I like to work with people I know because then I can avoid the students who aren't as academically focused as I am and I'll stress about it less, but that's a personal preference.

#quil's queries #nonsie #school #group projects #very interesting questions lately !! #like. if the strangers in the group are going to do their work when they need to and actually like try and do it well. then either is fine #for me #but if these strangers are the disruptive popular kids who are going to talk to each other across the class and then go 'wait what are #we doing?' after me and the other group members have been talking everything through for ten minutes. #then I do not like that. at all #eugh #long post

[entropy-sea-system]

I am. so bored .

#understimulated #nd #neurodivergent #actually neurodivergent #fuck. brain is so empty. I feel sad. eugh #idk what do its either study or be online or maybe work on my knitting that is depressingly repetitive #I might also draw idk I like that last option #or imagine my f/o kissing me for like the millionth time.. or maybe spend time w a partner.. #just need to get off the phone....

[robitherat]

hey if anyone else wants to go and report Graveface on Etsy that’d be cool. 90% of their “products” are glorifying the likes of John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, the Heaven’s Gate Cult, Jim Jones, Charles Manson, and more. From what I could find they’re a museum in Georgia that’s not affiliated with any kind of charities or otherwise donating any money to charities/ victim support/ etc. and are just blatantly profiting off of the real-life horrors enacted by these people with a complete disregard to the violence they caused. 

Pics under the cut

Some quick looks at the kind of stuff on their shop:

Better examples of the specific products:

This was the only place I could find any kind of actual acknowledgement of the weight of what they were doing. They can say all they want about not wanting to “condone or glorify” cults and serial killers and wanting to “create safe places to talk about” them but honestly, I can’t find a single word for what they’re doing other than “glorifying” and that’s me being nice. I mean, how are you going to make fucking VALENTINES DAY CARDS depicting the ACTUAL LITERAL BTK KILLER and try to claim some kind of moral high ground! Just admit you’re a bunch of freaks and move on!

shots from their website as well. I also checked their ticket info to see if maybe they were giving a portion of money to literally anything actually helping the people these issues effect and there wasn’t anything. A quick glance at the pictures of the museum itself and it doesn’t really look like they have much in terms of memorabilia to help preserve the memory or learn from past mistakes either. So. 

Anyways. Maybe it’s not as big of a deal as I feel it is, but this whole “exploiting the victims of serious crimes and manipulation and Actual For Real Murder” is just disgusting to me. And the fact that it’s common enough for a literal BUSINESS to sell this kind of shit and have thousands of buyers who don’t see any issue with this? Even more disgusting. 

Here’s a link to the Etsy, Website, and their Instagram, where you’ll notice there’s NO depictions of their cult or killer-related merchandise. Just something I found a little interesting. 

#Not gonna lie i JUST saw this shit so idk maybe i missed something #but it just #eugh #maybe dont make products based on incidents or people who committed actual atrocities if youre not directly affiliated with groups working #to help the victims??? #fucking christ man..... #the 'what if theyre right' shit especially #oh you mean the manipulative bastards who manipulated hundreds of people to abandon their lives and families and everything they knew #only to fucking commit mass SUICIDE because of some fucking teaching about aliens and god coming to pick them up on a fucking comet? #yeah no sure saying the could be right isnt glorifying the deaths of all those people at all in the slightest #just #fuck man #im pissed about this #true crime #robi rambles #what do i even tag this as #signal boost #callout #discourse #ask to tag beccause theres a lot #and im fucking exhausted #i already reported them twice btw on etsy #so maybe hopefully well see if anything happens #heavens gate #john wayne gacy #dennis rader #charles manson #pogo the clown #murder #serial killer

[bugflies00]

oh cmon my twitter acc got suspended (??) because i replied “i hope this man dies a painful death” under a tweet abt a guy steven crowder  ithink was his name ?? who said taht shit abt idfk “funny how only blue haired lesbian feminists claimed they’re raped” or something. like twitter maybe suspend taht guy first

#i put ?? bc idk how twitter actually works it said it limited some of my acc features #it wants me to confirm my phone number which i really don't want to do..... #eugh maybe this is good actually illg et a break from twitter its bad for me #alex.rambles.txt #tw rape mention

[diancite]

just a little. almost rant below

very. hm. to me that lots of ppl on the internet are so comfortable trying to like. diagnose people with mental illness/etc or push certain labels in general(often microlabels that are just,,, unnecessary) when the person is already comfortable in their identity.

i get it in the case of someone specifically asking for help/input from others or perhaps in the case of physical illness(i got an anon a while back that brought to my attention that lupus is a thing and i was just like. wait. hang on a second). but if people express that they're already fine with how they label themselves don't go suggesting new things???

#and if its a case of. some freak just completely not getting the definition of a sexuality or something. just block and move on #the general obsession online lgbt+ communities have with labels is. eugh #i literally only id the way i do bc nb bi is. very broad. nb is an umbrella term and bi encompasses what i think i feel well enough #ppl constantly pitching microlabels to me when i was younger made it so much harder to actually discover myself too #also the notion that you can only REALLY have ever been one thing . like. ok what if i actually was [label] when i used that label??? #what if i changed?????? #also i dont inherently have anything against microlabels like. if defining your sexuality/gender in a specific way works for you go for it #not rlly my thing. though sometimes i may joke about being a gender hoarder lmao

[kitchen-coven]

Doodle tiem

#draven doodles #morally grey #god i need to work out do many designs EUGH #long boi is def my best work #4 stumpy legs awkwardly placed and too top heavy to actually walk #gods greatest mistake imo #he tried (tm)