#treat it like someone else’s. be nice

[mars-ipan]

hey unwarranted art tip:

study your own art, the way you would someone else’s. look at what you like about it. look at what you don’t like about it.

look at your sketches. look at your lines. look at your colors. all parts of your process. maybe you wanna try x new thing next time? imagine how that would look.

not only does it let you know what you want to do more practice with, it also gives you inspo for your next pieces, and improves your self esteem because you Have To give yourself a compliment :)

#like: #i’ve been real happy with my posework lately #and i’ve gotten a lot better at drawing fabric and wrinkles! #it makes things look a lot more dynamic and i can stretch things more which is fun #i also like how my hands are improving at a good pace #but i should also work on things like simplifying hair less and understanding muscle definition #maybe do a few foot/leg studies too #sidenote i’m doing a good job avoiding same face syndrome! my designs for characters all look very different :) #i should learn more nose shapes so i can add even more variety #^ shit like this. all real thoughts abt my art btw. this is so good for you #it’s basically like a critique but you give it to yourself #HERE’S THE THING THOUGH: you gotta be objective. no putting yourself down #treat it like someone else’s. be nice #like for example. i’m currently looking at a hand i spent a very long time figuring out #when i look at it i remember my struggle. it took a long time to get it looking good #but DAMN it looks so good now!!!! those shapes and the foreshortening!!! lovely :) #it’s easy to pick out the flaws in your art. look for good things too. if you’re quick to think of flaws try to find just as many positives #it’s important to know what you like so you can keep doing it #and also remember your progress. if 13yo me saw the sketch i’m staring at rn she’d lost her shit like ‘omg WE DID THIS ????’ #anyways. i loveee looking at my art i gain so much from it #even if i don’t like the end product i gotta look at my art i musr

[mrehkka]

Some more ZAGR doodles! Haha I think their first "date" probably wouldn't seem like one. Gaz was like "we can go out to eat but don't sit next to me and don't talk to me I have a boss to beat". Zim enjoyed it lmao. Next date, they actually play games together, and since Zim ALSO games and also he has a computer as a second brain, he predicts the game's RNG for Gaz lmao

Then we have Gaz dressing Zim up haha and finally another gaming date- this time when they've dated a while so cuddles are welcome! (Gaz is playing with joycons if it's not obvious lol).

#invader zim #iz zim #iz gaz #gaz membrane #zagr #iz gaz membrane #my art #I also had an idea opposite to the other zagr art like dib tells gaz to seduce the enemy! find his weaknesses! #which leads to the first date depicted #but they all end up getting along and dib eventually is like ok I guess zim does treat her really nice #and it's nice to have someone else take gaz to gaming competitions #and gaz enjoys having someone she can talk to about games #I think zim would cosplay the vampire piggy hunter and go to gaming cons with her! #I didn't draw it but I might- I'll have to find a ref

[girls-and-honey]

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#okay so random tag post even though it's been ages #me thinks the current place i work is actually decent a la accepting-queer-ppl so?? miiiiight. consider actually putting my #pronouns in my email signature (which hardly gets used but shh) but like. the actual ones not the society/people assume anyway ones #idk i attended a virtual tech focused event for trans dov (yes early but they didn't want to put the event on sun) and you know when #everyone is just sharing their stories and experiences and it's just like... an overwhelming sense of community? anyway that #and since it was hosted by a professional org the topics were all workplace focused and mayhaps that's something i'm thinking abt for #this year. at least within our pride group I might be ready? wild bc for a long time tumblr has been the only place I feel comfy being 100% #myself. but hearing real people's stories makes me feel like that kind of community would be nice to have elsewhere too #and the whole looking to others also turns around into the leading by example thing bc then we had some breakout groups at the end for #networking which is not my favorite but! i did my intro and said I use she/her for work but will use she/they for this group and #then the next person said he/him at work but for this group he/they so that made me wonder if it was bc of me saying so first? #which if it was is kind of like oh. the way I'm looking for those people for me.. I can also be that for someone else #anyway this sounds dumb typed out but irl/professional me has always separated out queer identity so it's new to me #i'm allowed to be giddy okay. just a little. as a treat (is tumblr still using 'as a treat' i really hope so) #oh shit is this what gender euphoria feels like #alright that's it for now i think #gah emotions and whatnot #missed you all btw i'll start actually being online again soon #personal

[aashiqui-aashiqui]

was reading a fic on ao3 i enjoyed and just realized i somehow didn’t leave kudos on it. gonna jumpscare the writer of this fic and leave comments (yes plural) and kudos. i say jumpscare because this fic was uploaded in 2016 i think? and i dont believe it has recent engagement so im gonna be an outlier. anyway let me go be insane in the comments because i owe it to them. i think they’re active on tumblr too actually i might send in an ask and let them know i have brain rot <3333

#my rambles #i used to not engage with writers and kinda lurk #and recently (i say recent but this is like last few years type recent) ive been trying to break that habit of mine and engage more #because like is there anybody else more suited to talk endlessly about a fic other than the person who wrote it? no #also has someone whos put their blood sweat and tears into a piece of art it’s annoying seeing people treat art as a commodity #so like BE NICE AND GRATEFUL TO YOUR FANFIC WRITERS!!!!! #LEAVE COMMENTS AND KUDOS ON AO3 AND ON HERE DONT JUST LIKE REBLOGGGG #thats all for now folks if i have more i will edit the post and say it

[designernishiki]

it really means the world to me that little 12 year old daigo mentions that kiryu used to hang out with him a lot, meaning a teenage kiryu (and likely a teenage nishiki as well) basically babysat an even younger daigo on the reg for some amount of time. i wonder what shenanigans they got up to

#if im remembering correctly i think they said something about going to the arcade but yeah other than that #they’re so… different. I feel like kiryu would try to teach him a sport and daigo would fucking hate it #unless he could manage to change the rules around so that he can hit nishiki with the ball a bunch of times #and I mean it’s not like kiryu would be helping him with schoolwork #like let’s be real here #all jokes aside I imagine it really meant a lot to daigo to have someone treat him like a normal kid and encourage doing #stupid normal kid things instead of whatever his other caretakers had him doing #kiryu (especially at that point) is just a big child at heart in his own way- probably more than daigo was ever really allowed to be- #so it’d be a nice oasis from the cold strict monotony of daigo’s typical life. #that and kiryu (and probably even more so nishiki) is actually somewhat physically affectionate unlike probably anyone else in daigo’s life #and isn’t afraid to like. ruffle his hair or pat him a little too hard on the back or what have you #man those two have known each other basically their entire lives huh??? #like damn it’s just now really hitting me that they’ve known each other like. at least 35-40 years? #could be longer depending on if kazama introduced them prior to kiryu becoming a yakuza and all that #kiryu’s just sort of been. always there in daigo’s life. that’s sorta wild #anyway time for me to stop talking #rambling #daigo #kiryu

[teleomancer]

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#so it's Infect Your Friends And Loved Ones with the bit about 'everyone around here knows about you' #even if it's positive- the world pays so much more fucking attention to my life for being trans and it makes me.. shiver? #coffee clerk fumbled every facet of taking my order and the apology landed super duper sideways #'oh sorry! it's just that it's my first time helping *you* is all- just seen you around a lot before. you know.' yeah? know what exactly? #how's that supposed to make me feel? every month they hire someone new and we get to do the same tiring song and dance #another young-20s clerk that will not stop trying to make small talk w/me beats ones that only glare yeah- this isn't pain just frustration #and like YES it's better than the cashier that beats the shit out of my beers on purpose or crumples receipts to hand them to me #or the audible 'see- told you he's a man' commentary when he can see stubble behind a mask on days that can't bother me to shave #like the pharmacists at this supermarket make me well aware that nobody else gets their E here. the store knows the local tranny. great. #genpop cannot reliably be fucking Normal Abt Transfems to the point that it makes me wanna thank the rare coworker that just like. #doesn't treat me like anyone different or special or a threat or a curiosity or an object or a shot to gain social capital for being nice? #getting told by young-20s cis girls that calling me dude didn't mean anything b/c they're 'y'know! *also* [limp wrist mime] *girlypop!*' #hits closer to home than getting called a slur to my face because the latter asshole doesn't pretend to be my friend and just. #skips straight to making me a paper doll in their head of what it means to be me and shaped like me and dressed like me and it's.. slimy. #'everyone around here knows about you.'

[strxngerbxtches]

contrary to popular belief i think eddie would without a doubt date someone who wasn’t super alternative.

like clearly this boy has a type and it’s cute dorky jocks ok.

as y’all know i’m big on eddissy so obviously i think he’d be into girly girl types or even just preps, as long as they were like good people.

he’s definitely the type to fall in love with you as a person and not your appearance or the way you dress. he thinks you’re really attractive because you’re you.

anyone who is unapologetically themselves is his type, so no matter how you dress, what your interests are, whether you’re shy or outgoing, he’s still gonna like you!!!

he definitely has some preconceived notions about the ‘popular kids’ but honestly if you’re anything like chrissy and steve and you’re genuinely a cool person, those fade fast as hell.

hate being shamed as a so called ‘basic’ girl for thinking he’s attractive because clearly he’d never date someone who wasn’t just like him(?)

forced conformity much? the literal thing he’s so against? that man does not believe in gatekeeping and that’s a fact, he just gets excited that someone likes the same things as him, he doesn’t care where you heard of it from!

he’s a sweetheart and it literally physically makes me cringe when so called ‘alt’ people are so pressed that someone ‘basic’ finds him attractive.

obviously there’s a difference when the people attracted to him literally bullied people like him, which is why i clarified that he doesn’t care about the way you dress or your interests, he cares about the type of person you are.

so like if you’re like me and you’re a girly girl type, you love makeup and pretty dresses, you’re a fan of taylor swift, britney spears, etc. please know he’d love you ok ur a princess and i love u mwah.

#this is a rant post slash headcanon but i’m pissed #like you’re genuinely telling me he wouldn’t melt at any pretty person who smiled at him? nah babe #he’s so sweet and yall really gotta stop making him out to be all edgy and standoffish #you only really see him act even a little brash towards people who treat him badly #pretty much everyone else he interacts with he’s actually very nice to #even the cheerleaders in the lunchroom scene #he’s fucking nice i’m sorry yall are reaching with the ‘he’d only date someone really alternative like him’ #even if u don’t listen to metal he’s happy to add some of your favorite artists to his collection or introduce you to metal #he hates gatekeepers i’m gatekeeping him from the gatekeepers idc if thats ironic #eddie munson #stranger things #eddie stranger things #eddissy #stranger things 4 spoilers #stranger things 4 #eddie munson headcanon #eddie munson x reader #eddie x chrissy #st4 #stranger things season 4 #edssy #joseph quinn #chrissy cunningham #stranger things spoilers #eddie munson x you #st season 4

[sidheboggle]

LOVE coming home from a shift just to be threatened by the resident asshole and his tempted tantrum over not getting the fucking food he wants 🙄 I'm so tired of being everything for everyone and having to go through trauma every time I come home or whatever wtf. I need a fucking roommate and another break from school to move out fuck this

#ramblings #this week is so. went no contact with my ex. overtime week because people suck and call out #my training session today was taken by someone else because someone called out and they want to train up someone with more exp #to call on when people call out 🙃 #so that's nice. feeling a little underappreciated for sure #I like my job but like. a promotion shouldn't be this fucking complicated and I'm feeling demotivated at how my training is being treated

[wereh0gz]

I'm sick and my brain is going haywire and not letting me sleep so I'm thinking abt Sonic and Vanilla interacting to make myself feel better

#ramblings #i don't think he like. considers her a mom or anything #gaia forbid he's *that* emotionally open with someone #but he's like. her kid's friend whom she treats like a son whenever he's around bc she knows he has no one else. y'know #he's always welcome in her home if he needs it. she'll feed him and tend to his wounds if he comes to her hungry or hurt #lets him stay as long as he needs and comforts him in the rare moments he lets himself be vulnerable around her #i imagine she'll even tailor clothes for him and stuff #like she sees him out in the rain without an umbrella or raincoat or anything #and decides to make one for him. one that's comfy and accommodates his quills properly #idk rn i just really wanna see them interact more. i think it'd be nice #real untapped potential here i think

[astralazuli]

So there's that D&D class quiz going around, & I took it & was so deeply offended I got Paladin.

& so I have had conversations with both Bestie & Birdfriend about this grave insult & they both were like, "Well... They have a point?" & informed me that my desire to absorb hits meant for others & deep drive to help whenever I actually can & strong convictions make me a bit Paladin-coded.

& I am just so... Idk. It's just interesting to get glimpses of yourself from other people's POVs. To be told that my defining characteristics are protecting & healing others & being incredibly fighty about the things I care about... Especially as someone whose brain specifically fixates on whether I care enough, do enough, give enough... Yeah. It's just kinda wild.

Anyway, I'm now adjusting my self-perception to include the fact that if I were a D&D character, I would be an Oath of the Ancients Paladin & not a wizard & that actually that's okay.

#I don't Believe many things #because I prefer to stay open to new perspectives #& think that a balanced approach to life involves embracing a certain level of ambiguity in reality #but the things I do Believe in? #Oh I Believe them with all my heart. #I don't know how my belief system will change in the future #But I do know that above all else I believe in Kindness #Kindness to yourself Kindness to everyone around you Kindness to nature #The point of society is to ensure Everyone is treated well & can enjoy existence as much as possible #The point is Joy. The method is Kindness. #& if you aren't fighting for Everyone to be taken care of & respected & treated with Kindness #then I am not interested in your revolution. #If you hate the people against you more than you love the people you're fighting for? #You're missing the goddamn point. #(Please note I'm speaking of Kindness as a separate concept from Niceness.) #(Sometimes you cannot be Kind without being Not Nice to someone who is doing unkindnesses.) #(But I feel like a lot of people mistake that concept for an excuse to deny those they disagree with Kindness.) #(& my dudes you don't actually have principles if they only apply to people you like & agree with.) #There is no freedom until everyone is free includes the people you don't like. #While I am not free right now due to my various axes of oppression & the oppression others face #I'm also not gonna be free if we straight up murder & imprison the current oppressors #Trading one oppressive system for another isn't actually all that radical??? #Just 'cause you think 'the right people' are being oppressed doesn't make oppressing them okay? #Like I'm a leftist because I believe Literally Everyone should be allowed to live whatever fulfilling life they want #so long they as aren't doing a damage to someone else in order to do so. #Not because I think I think the wrong people are oppressed. #Hm now that I've written this fucking essay on ethics in my tags #I am seeing Bestie & Birdfriend's points... #Birdfriend legit said that I'm the '**smacks others while screaming** BE! KIND! TO! EACH! OTHER!' type of Paladin. #I guess they were right.

[iwonderwh0]

I don't wanna write fanfictions myself

I just want to see a dozen of my favourite headcanons integrated into a story written by someone else

#and actually it's kinda nice that I often read some ff and there's some hc I was thinking about #like it makes me so happy to think that people went through the same thought process and came to the same hc #and wrote a fic that integrated this hc #what a treat #although other times when I see my *secret* headcanons shared by someone else I get a little jealous ngl

[shiningnightstars]

Simp

NUH UH YOURE WRONG!!!!!!!

#starling sings #asks #anon #I WAS GONNA SAY YES HOWEVER!!!!!!! okay theres a lot of explaining to do here i will try to keep it short #so in my time on quotev me and some of my friends had this inside joke that is similar to anton's allegations #we'd claim someone else is a simp and they would deny it #and we'd gather proof that they are one and theyd continue to deny it (exactly like anton does actually lol) #and we all did that together and made a book thing with screenshots full of evidence for everyone #and honestly that was probably my fondest memory of that site. i dont have many good memories of quotev but that one was... genuinely nice. #that was the only time i felt like a kid on there and was goofing off instead of being treated as a therapist for everyone at the age of 11 #of course no one knew i was 11 but i was still super young and just acted older and more “mature” #but this was one of the few times i got to feel like an actual kid. and it was nice. #SO IM BRINGING THE BIT BACK. I AM NOT A SIMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #ALLEGATIONSIMP #WOOOOOOOOOOO #anyways. yay <2

[soldier-poet-king]

I am not obligated to argue with people on the internet. The internet is not a good place for debate or genuine discourse.

I am not obligated to argue with people on the internet. The internet is not a good place for debate or genuine discourse.

I am not obligated to argue with people on the internet. The internet is not a good place for debate or genuine discourse.

#affirmations for myself on this god abandonded afternoon #girl help. the trads found my niceness post. #its like. the garfield meme. huh. wonder who that's about #bestie it was ABOUT terfs and people being disgusting assholes #like you can hold whatever opinion and whether i agree or not is irrelevant #to if youre gonna treat someone like a human being #and not preach truth in love or whatever bullshit you wanna call ur assholery #would you say this shit to Christ's face???? no??? then stfu #also I DIDNT say niceness was a a virtue #i said mercy and compassion were #but even if i WASNT acting out of compassion and love #i would still choose niceness over whatever bullshit y'all got going on in the name of truth or whatver #literally. always alwayd always always forever and ever i will err on the side of mercy and charity #and not of what yall are calling truth and justice #bc. truly. i dont think thats it. i dont think thats divine justice. #the mercy-justice continuum is more complex. who am i to make that decision #what pride must i have to act as if i understand or speak for the divine #i know what i am and what i am capable of. and it is small kindness above all else #i cant be snarky and sharp tongued and self righteous. i cant stand it i cant abide it #i hate it perhaps more than anything but because i WAS that awful person #im not even sorry for being a little harsh. thats untrue. i am sorry. but im not sorry for believing this callous cruelty to be a injustice #an injustice perpetuated in the name of so called justice and truth

[rebellum]

I legit might procrastinate doing laundry by instead working on job applications. What has My life become.

In my defense, though...

Who'd wanna sort through and put this away?

#also i put on a vest and now i feel bad about my body and then worse that im apparently evil and fatphobic no matter how try i hard to not #like if i can put on a vest ive had for years and feel upset about how fat ive gotten because it doesnt fit nicely #how am i unconsciously treating fat people? #i dont even know how to continue to unlearn it. #i know that weight isnt a marker of health #and that even if it were like. thats okay. some people are unhealthy. thats none of my business except wrt advocating for their rights. #and i do find fat people beautiful and hot #and also know that someones worth isnt dependent on how fuckable they are #i just. i dont know what else to do. what else to unlearn

[sister-hawk]

if you've ever shown me kindness, know that you will have a special place in my heart forever. till the day i die.

#i still think about people i conversed with online over a decade ago #people who i'm not even sure you could call friends because we knew nothing about each other aside from our usernames and avatars #but for reasons my little autistic brain couldn't understand they chose to be really nice to me #they treated my like a friend when i felt i hadn't done anything to deserve it (that's the trauma talking) #i cherish them #i mourn them #i rarely remember their names because i suck with names #but i will never forget what they said to me and how they made me feel #i wonder if they even suspect i still think of them? do they think of me? do they even remember me? do they wish we were still in contact? #am i this person to anyone else #totally oblivious to the impact i made on someone's life? #i have no idea