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it's funny, I was talking to someone last night who didn't really know what an illustrator was. so when I introduced myself as one, he gave a speech that would've probably gone over well with a gallery artist, but which was precision-tailored to make any illustrator within a 50 mile radius go into eyes-glowing-red kill mode.

his speech was about how there is a difference between craft and art, and how people can practice craft (as in, skillfully execute a painting) without it having any artistic merit.

so I'm someone who gets paid to paint waffles for restaurant menus and dinosaurs for museums exhibits, and AHHHHHH! AHHHHHHH! you can't make art without it being something something you've made. does that make sense? like every illustrator I know has an individual way of approaching any given imagery that is informed by a lifetime of inspiration, and of passive intake of culture, and of the specific mistakes they make because of whatever their particular mass of grey matter deems as important thing to render or unimportant, just fuck it up.

I can make something that is informed by both a century of Canadian print-making and by my own particular neurosis, and it can also be commissioned commercial imagery that I regurgitate without care because I want to pay my mortgage. everything is art, nothing isn't art, art is something sticky and impossible to shake off of you.

anyway he got very wide-eyed and said "I'm sorry if I offended you," so today I feel a bit bad for having gotten so, uh.... excited.

#DO NOT FEEL BAD FOR BEING EXCITED. YOU ARE CORRECT.

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EVIL DAY

#REALLY PUSHY OLD LADY COMES IN WHEN WE ARE CLOSED!!! #I WORRY ABOUT IT FOR LIKE 3 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!! #TOO MANY NOISES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #MY LEAST FAVORITE ORGAN (uterus) DECIDES TO REMIND ME IT EXISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I FORGOT PAINKILLERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#THRICE ! THRICE I SAY! AND THE THIRD TIME I STAYED OUT!

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compels me though was a knives out meme???

#i thought it was. from star trek. for some reason. like i thought itwas way older than it is.

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the world is a better place with trans women in it

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being someone’s loser boyfriend would legit be so gender affirming for me. i was meant to be a guy who sucks

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how to make your own beanie buddy!!

first: sacrifice a beanie D: this was a damaged and worn zip the cat. farewell sweet prince. thanks for your service. anyway take that beanie to bits

iron the pieces and trace them to make a pattern (make notes about how to reassemble NOW before you forget!)

Ask your sister to use her work printer to blow up the pattern from A5 to A3! thats four times bigger!!

get some plushy fabric from the craft store and get tracing and cutting (using medical scissors from that surgery you had four years ago)

SEW THAT BABY TOGETHER and then pick apart the head because you messed up AND THEN SEW IT BACK TOGETHER PROPERLY!!

make a little face :3 eyes, nose and whiskers!!

fill that beast with BEANS using your sister's hamilton shotglass (and some fluff for the head and body)

sew her up.... and take some photos!!

optional step: repeat the process to make some siblings!

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waking up and logging onto tumblr each morning to find out whether im needlessly academic or crudely self-taught

#crudely self-taught all the way babeyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ok im about to think about the Character!! im so Excited 😊😊

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i've already started teaching him sit 💀💀💀

new foster doggy yaaaayyyy

#genuinely this dog was impossible to work with at the shelter but he's like. Normal Now. what the fuck. #HE ALREADY UNDERSTANDS THE HAND CUES. THAT TOOK LIKE NOT EVEN 5 MINUTES???????????? #my first foster dog took like 2 days to teach sit 😭😭 he was older tho #getting to work with such a young dog is very interesting so far! all my previous ones were older (2+) #i'm very excited to see what else i can teach him. he already has a basic understanding of recall that he just kind of picked up. #and he tends to like to stay close to me when i'm walking around #to think i thought this guy was too stupid to train 😭 he's just a really smart energetic puppy that was neurotic because of the environment #obvious in hindsight. although at the shelter he was really really awful to work with. #nippy tornado awful with no leash skills. not in an aggressive way but like. still not good. #AND HE WALKS FINE ON LEASH NOW!!! he still has fits every now and then but as long as he's sniffing and exploring he's fine. #he also still tries to play and nip but it seems much more manageable than it did at work. he listens better to vocal corrections. #the only things now is he's not potty trained (no accidents so far) and he's definitely prone to separation anxiety.

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new foster doggy yaaaayyyy

#the most frustrating dog at work has turned into a completely different and much sweeter dog??? huh??? #i was not expecting him to be this well behaved when i brought him home.

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#oc elena

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do me a solid and just reblog this saying what time it is where you are and what you’re thinking about in the tags.

#1:34 and I’m waiting for my mom to pick me up from work 😭

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I'm replaying RDR2 and I forgot how absolutely unserious Arthur is

Winton: "Sure as pumpkins ain't cauliflowers, the cash is in that cougar"

Arthur: "I'll turn you into a goddamn cauliflower 😒"

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leitmotifs never get old to me like holy shit dude there’s this melody that corresponds to this one guy and if you hear the melody it means the guy is there. holy shit. and sometimes it refers to ideas too not just guys. has anyone heard about this