#because joy has been

[psalm40speakstome]

Twinkling Watermelon. Episode Three.

The absolute chaos of him and his father together is bringing me back to life

#laughing so hard #it’s a GIFT #twinkling watermelon #my kdrama rambles #ryeoun #choi hyun wook #I’m not back #I just briefly had to reblog #from this show #because joy has been #hard to come by #and this drama #made me laugh #so good and it was beautiful #to feel that again #so I’m grateful

[pencilscratchins]

atla renaissance pt 3 calls to me like a siren

#back to my roots #atla #zuko #sokka #toph #avatar the last airbender #avatar #to everyone arguing whether or not it’s accurate to say they do have ODS consider a few things #a) it’s a joke i made while high #b) toph wouldn’t care she would just say shit to piss them off because she’s 12 #c) maybe welcome joy into your life. consider taking even a second of a break from whatever compels you to ruin my desire to post #and just chill. because this is and has never been that deep #art #my art #my fan art #fan art #is this the last thing i ever post on tumblr? who knows #im high and its 2am lets get wild

[canisalbus]

Alright.

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#oh OH #!!! #ask and you shall receive :O #a certified creechur #going unhinged over the lil' boots #those are 100% Tove Jansson imagery #moominvalley and it's gender neutral high heels mwah #I think he must belong to the same genus of narrow anxious critters as sniff and fillyjonk #brain combusting because suddenly I have a terrible urge to reread moominvalley in november or something hhhrhrh #I'm not a rabid fan of that many things I don't collect merch and such #but moomins just spark joy every time and Jansson has been my personal idol since childhood #an unexpected niche thing but his makes me exceedinly happy #thank you! #;_; #gift art #kuroikamome #own characters #Machete

[wyrmswears]

jay dump

#yess i know the jerma one has been done before but I WANTED TO DO IT TOO!! #also i havent seen anyone change the text for the jerma one yet #ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago jay #jay walker #jay (sorta) fucking died au is because i was like wow wonder how jay would react to seeing himself with an office job and amnesia #and so now he gets to. and amnesiac jay gets to be haunted by his literal past self #what joy #blood tw #tw blood #gif #lego ninjago #wyrm draws #suit jay #ill prolly be posting less art over the next few weeks because i have exams #then im gonna work on some ask art (anon who wanted cole and amnesiac jay i will draw it.. eventually) #ninjago au #ninjago dr spoilers #ninjago dragons rising spoilers #dragons rising spoilers

[stargirl230]

I’m so late to this but i started watching ofmd and jim has stolen my whole heart 🍊

(no reposts; reblogs appreciated)

#my art #artists on tumblr #art #fanart #digital art #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd jim #jim jimenez #vico ortiz #jim can stab me actually #i know the jim/oranges art has been done a billion times but that's because it's a lovely take so here's mine #this was overall a super fun piece to work on #especially during finals week... #im actually insane for starting a painting during exams #but we don't talk about that #what we do talk about: this entire show oh my god #currently on s2 and the part where jim says life used to mean something??? and later when archie tells them it's just life?? #tore my bleeding heart out!!! peeled it like an orange! #there's also just so much unapologetic queer joy in this show and i love it

[stealth-black-leg]

Twelve times the trans community saved Luffy (and the one time it didn't)

#one piece #trans #luffy #monkey d luffy #bon clay #mr 2 #ivankov #emporio ivankov #crocodile #sir crocodile #yamato #this looked better in my head #but oh well #graphic design is my passion #i just wanted to display how many times luffy has been saved by the transgenders because it brings me so much joy #((and yeah crocodile stabbed him but then again he also birthed him so)) #okay now for the blog-specific tags #nb royalty #gender bender #crocoboy #rubber boy #kir's originals

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Wei Wuxian eats a watermelon. Yep!

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #nothing out of the ordinary here. Just good fandom fun #Watermelon discourse has been going on and I want to let people know where I stand. #This came about because I wanted to experiment with translating the (traditional) PD-MDZS style to a digital format #and while sitting there thinking of what to draw...my inspiration came to me. #This is the equivalent of sneaking vegetables into the spaghetti sauce but its important to get your gotdamn veggies #I'm not very good at organizing my thoughts (evidence: the tags of every post on this blog). #but please do not look away from this moment in history. One person cannot solve it and no one expects you to. #Even if it is just spending time doing some research on the situation and history. Or boosting posts that are more articulate #Any action helps! ANY action! Everyone has a different level of capacity for this and that's okay. Anything is fine. Dont let it be nothing #Anyhow. did I like doing this digitally? Yes but its mixed. It was faster but also spark the same joy I usually get while drawing #I will have to get over it very quickly though. You will all see why in a few days

[thedemonscrawler]

there’s two of you now, maybe you’ve got the security clearance to get the van ending?

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a silly thing involving my Gregory from Permission Slip and @sleepyjuniper ‘s Gregory from her fic Visions (or Lack Thereof)! If you ain’t read it yet, go do that!

no one ever, ever let me draw a vending machine in a comic again

#fnaf #fnaf security breach #fnaf gregory #once again i have put too much effort into what is ultimately a silly comic #but thats okay it brings me joy #well the vending machine didn't #but that's on me #took some liberties here like i dont even know if that IS how Visions Greg escaped the mall #also MY GREGORY HAS HIS CORRECT SHOES NOW #i need to update the inventory ref #i also banged your kid up a bit more sorry June #this has been sitting as a WIP since before I posted chapter 5 #if you're wondering it its because of the vending machine goods #you are correct! #art

[qwakque]

short scarabia animation because why not LOL

song is lovegod by sarah kingsley

#my ipad literally crashed and burned while making this #hoping to finish the last 3 seconds buuut the files magically got wiped so we’ll see </3 #OK some animation notes that r kinda self explanatory #the lyrics used are ‘when the sun comes into my eyes’ and a small underlying chorus of ‘delay the feeling delay the feeling’ #‘sun comes into my eyes’ cause get it haha kalims the sun badum tss #that is also why jamil suddenly has sunlight coming on him #because kalim arrives!! jamils blocking his face from it though because he doesnt enjoy it #and so ‘delay the feeling’ is his underlying bitterness towards kalim thsts been building up for AGES and i was actually gonna work on it #more but yeah. ipad kinda wiped it #U CAN ALSO SEE HOW THE LIGHT KINDA SEEPS AWAY FROM HIM!! thats bc hes rejecting the sun (kalim) in a way and faking his joy yadda yadda #kalim al asim #jamil viper #twisted wonderland #scarabia #twst fanart #disney twst #disney twisted wonderland #twst kalim #twst jamil #IVE BEEN OBSESSED WITH BOTH SCARABIA AND THIS SONG it just kinda felt right put them together

[dashing-through-ecto]

The difference one and a half years can make

My first comic

My latest comic

It's been absolutely staggering to see the differences even though these panels have the same vibes.

#I've been reminiscing about my older comics #thinking if I should redraw the first one I've ever made because #holy shit that looks like hot garbage #but like #it's still one of my best posts #the whole thing that kickstarted me doing more comics #enjoying bringen stories to life #it's like a piece of my history #its just cool to see how fare I've come as an artist #also like... the first pic was drawn in about 30-40 min at max and the second pic took at least 2 hours if not more #the effort i put into my art has changed so much #i feel so much joy when people laugh at the dum jokes that i make in my art #even back then #all the comments and love and taggs people have left on my posts is what keep me going #y'all having fun with my art is what fuels me and motivates me to make more stuff #bigger projects #it's just been wonderful this last year

[averlym]

litany of the martyrs (click for better resolution!)

#at some point i wanted to make an illustration for each character but in retrospect maybe each is multiple song-coded.. #drew the sketch for a quincy thing after a chat with a mutual reminded me this song existed dfsghjkl and then spent weeks rendering this #quincy cynthius martin #adamandi #i'm finally done with this! the saints especially were joys to paint and the halo a menace.... this has been the most ambitious one so far. #but it also took quite long because i only worked on it <engages with quincy> when mentally okay to deal with the themes. i'm not religious #but i do identify with the irrational(?ish) guilt + family legacy + academic achievement + disregard for self. also more complex thoughts #about love [but depsite quincent being a large part of quincy's character this piece deals with mostly the Rest of it. so another time..] #anyways! in the original sketch- the saints had heads bent towards quincy so the halo spikes pointed at him. but this worked better! halos #of the saints implying/creating one for quincy was a concept from the start though. in the show they don't touch him directly here but #differences in mediums i think- i don't have time in an image to craft a narrative so everything has to be happening. also artistic liberty #misc inspiration for this includes stained glass windows. i might have maybe misinterpreted the saint costume but i think i logic-ed it out #as the cloth part following a nun's habit w the hood. and then halo above. the material is also more transparent originally but i had. um. #too much fun painting fabric folds.. if you look closely you can see the basis of faces though behind the cloth; but only the vague shapes #because smth obscurity + inhumanness// cassian is the only one i gave a mouth though. that stems from melliot's post about the saints and #st cassian as spokesperson (<- did research teehee!) that's also how i found out which costume = which saint. speaking of which. #left to right: 'st lucy take my hand' // 'st lawrence give me strength' (presses quincy forward; but hand on shoulder connotates guidance) #/'st cassian help me smile' (quincy's mouth is btwn a grimace and a smile; tilts up at side. also no direct touch bc added insidiousness.) #//'st jude [...] i hope your causes burn' (jude's hand is in two places to show movement- nearing the flame and then snatching back; burnt) #other notes: at the midst of the flame the core is shaped like a human heart /the saints and their wax are all melting like the candle for #fun visual effect and also this way they are even less tangible <real>. perks of painting as a medium i guess. // also insp from icarus? #wax and burning imagery; looking at the halo and rays as parallel to sun that burns. too close to the sun; melting; hurting; hurtling // #candles at bottom are a nod to the frankly gorgeous set// also the entire composition kind of stems from the lyric <what use is a candle if #both ends aren't burning>; the two sides between the concepts of catholic guilt and academic perfection that spur quincy #the halo above (saints and guilt; litanyofthemartyrs) and the 'halo' below (academic papers; insp from choreo for perfect at school) #the papers were originally supposed to be more glowy. but i like the idea of it now being a reflection of how quincy's priorities shift #also of note is that <candle> in centre = quincy; w burning candle + aforementioned heart in flame -> most human; idea of love + passion #last thoughts: kneeling + hands close tgt = prayer //wax dripping onto the red As make an effect that looks like blood. because i like #hiding that within the adamandi pieces :OO continuity!! // i've run out of tags but yeah! had fun with this one! every so often i go a #little insane in making art and the final result astounds even me. ngl i'm quite proud of this one. pretty colours <3333

[bericas]

isaac & scott / mason & theo | sometimes all i think about is you

#twedit #twvid #scisaac #mason x theo #twrarepair #back on my scisaac masontheo parallel bullshit btw #back on my masontheo is just scisaac if they were True enemies to lovers bullshit. btw. if anyone was wondering. #like of course scisaac and masontheo get paintaking scenes. its enemies to lovers. ofc mason calls theo a bitch its FULL enemies to lovers #for clarity the hands at the rave and the masontheo hug r parallels to ME bc its touch with an excuse for it #scisaac can brush hands when theyre holding a needle between them and theo can hug mason when its a means to an end #the rest i feel r fairly straightforward but i wanted to share the vision for that one #mason hewitt #theo raeken #scott mccall #isaac lahey #tw #oh also the last shot is the last shot of isaac and theo respectively. if that wasnt clear. #like how isaac and theo both nebulously sort of Gone from beacon hills #and the theo shot also to me looks like footage from The masontheo ep 618. btw. which just brings me joy #actually i have more to say. hi. masontheo r just so. #you know how isaac kind of has. he has the awkward tenderness of someone who has never been loved and is forced to improvise #theo doesnt even have THAT!!!! scott holds out a hand and isaac takes it with an awkward fervor #mason keeps his hands to himself because he doesn't trust what theo might do with it and theo can only help when its helping himself #bc the tenderness will be TOO AWKWARD. so isaac says he wont leave without scott and theo says we need to find him so i cant leave you #so isaac grabs scott because scott makes him feel safe and theo can only grab mason when its part of a script bc thats how he feels safe #HELLO. IS THIS THING ON. DO U GUYS HEAR ME. SCISAAC IF THEY WERE TRUE ENEMIES TO LOVERS!!!!

[nadezhda-wexler]

Better Call Saul

6x13- Saul Gone

#better call saul #bcsedit #bettercallsauledit #userttb #usersource #cinematv #userrobin #bcs spoilers #mine #it's that smoking that cigarette with her is the colour of his life #it's the one thing that brings him joy #also look at him quietly asking permission #she is bodily shaking because this has been what 6 years? #since she's shared a cigarette with him #with the man she loved/loves #okay bye

[epicfirestormer]

How are we feeling Final Space fans

#NO BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR YEARS #FINALLY WE CAN CONCLUDE THE STORY #ITS BACK #ITS FINALLY BACK FROM THE DEAD #IT HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVES OF CANCELLED CARTOONS AND COME BACK AS A GRAPHIC NOVEL #I DONT EVEN CARE I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET #I've been waiting for an ending ever since season 3 dropped you have no idea #im going crazy rn holy shit #im shaking #final space #gary goodspeed #avocato #little cato #the fire burns #the fire crackles with joy #I GET TO BE UNHINGED ABOUT MY FAVORITE SHOW #First rebels came back and now Final Space?? This year is gonna be my year

[astrhae]

#crowley only tells aziraphale to retire the act #after their lives get threatened #because crowley has always drawn the line at endangering lives #but magic with its deception and tricks and imagination #really fits crowley's m.o. of mild chaos with minimal lasting damage #and it's always fascinated me how #aziraphale finds so much joy in #doing this very human form of deception #but you see doing a magic trick well means he's succeeded in #getting away with lying a little #for the greater good #and isn't that just akkdfkdfsksd #especially with the context of job's children that we've been given now and how scared aziraphale was about lying #anyway #neil gaiman deserves everything for writing that crowley lonely GI act #and david tennant and michael sheen also #deserve everything for it akksdsks #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens 2 spoilers #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #goodomensedit

[kelocitta]

"But if we dont get reblogs and likes than why bother creating at all" Did you never doodle in your notebook in class. Did you never have a notebook of cringe doodles you never wanted people to see but got filled anyway. Was this never something you did because it was a tool of personal comfort.

#t.extpost #like i get wanting the attention god i get that drive too #but its this complete absence of like #personal stake? the doing it just to do it? that baffles me #Like i drew long before i was even allowed to have a computer and long before I had an art account and long before i #could stand having other people see most of it #Like it was something done for personal comfort and enjoyment long before the idea of being praised was ever a possibility #like hell i avoided any sort of art major or 'career' out of fear that it would suck the joy out of something i did for myself #and i still get artblock or down and what have you but ultimately people paying attention has never been the goal #so this absolute 'if it wasnt for others it wouldnt exist' mindset feels so foreign #like sure part of it but all? #also this is non rebloggable because it is personal musing and i truely do not wish to fight w/ others over the idea of what #is the right way to be validated as an artist