#I just need to get some new brushes

[vindictiae]

For the sake of brevity, some art below the cut.

Probably already posted deadlock but,

#my art #Fire ALpaca #I just need to get some new brushes #or make some #ᴍ ᴇ ɢ ᴀ ᴛ ʀ ᴏ ɴ » [ he that leads by terror and cruelty / dies by the weight of his own misdeeds ] #ᴏ ᴘ ᴛ ɪ ᴍ ᴜ ꜱ » [ he that boldly pushes forward / misses the beauty along the way.] #ᴅ ᴇ ᴀ ᴅ ʟ ᴏ ᴄ ᴋ » [ can't silence what's been spoken / i'm mad as hell. not broken ]

[itsdefinitely]

caught.

#mark chasity #hatchetfield #id in alt text #definitely art #implied adultery?? does that need a tw #anyway being very regular about mark chasity right now #also i just got new brushes and i wanted to mess with some of them #also also i just finished a series and i havent been able to do any requests or draw in general because im in emotional distress #the vampires are getting to me

[ifindus]

Had a go at Clip Studio Paint! Had a urge to draw my søta bror, idk why 👀✨

#hetalia #aph norway #aph sweden #hws norway #hws sweden #I love the pencil brush it has 🥺 #also first hetalia in a month?? or something like that #did this in like 15 mins tho - just something quick while getting used to all the new settings I need to learn #I have so many commands on buttons on my tablet but they don't work the same in CSP 😅 #it will take some time getting used to

[dimdiamond]

Some sketches of Chang throughout childhood to adulthood (according to my headcanons anyway, more in the cut if you're interested)

Chang as a kid preferred to play alone and he loved to pick up rocks from the shore and take them home (his collection only gets bigger and bigger through the years). The Chang family was poor and both parents had to work so the one who stayed with the kid was the grandfather till he died from old age. Chang was still very young though when he lost him and from then on alone. His parents tried to spend more time with him but they still had to work or bring their kid with them as Chang being quiet and not demanding was seen as him being an easy and mature kid.

After losing his parents and going to an orphanage, Chang is still quiet and polite but becomes indifferent to many things and prefers to be alone, spending most of his time reading any book he can find, learning French and English by overhearing the foreigners, wandering around, and mostly at the river. Meeting Tintin changes everything as he makes his first friend and gets a new family but mostly makes him see things differently, finally looking at the world with interest and confidence.

Chang is a top student in high school but his rebellious phase doesn't let either the school or his family rest assured. He no longer obeys or stays quiet, he needs to be heard and most of all to be understood and accepted. His dream is to see the world and hopes to meet Tintin again as he many times still lingers to the past, despite the fact he has new friends and a new life (as well as Tintin). Thankfully, his rebellious phase quiets down in the final year and he manages to become more open and direct to his loved ones.

Chang after being rescued by Tintin and Haddock in Tibet, he returns to Shangai, needing to deal with his traumatic experience in his home and with his family. He's underweight, he feels cold all the time and his mind is stuck to the plane and the mountains. In addition, he tries to deal with the fact that Tintin has changed and that their friendship can never be as it was.

Almost a year after the Tibet incident, Chang manages to go to his uncles in London, where he stays for about 4-5 years, studying archaeology (Professor Tarragon comes and goes at the university and Chang has the luck to be in his class and friend). His friendship with Tintin remains strong and they keep in touch more regularly but Chang doesn't depend only on this friendship and makes new friends.

After university, Chang joins Tarragon's team, and from then on he travels around the world, from one archaeological site to the other, always eager to learn and see more. He frequently visits his family in Shangai and his uncles in London and, whenever he gets the chance, his friends, including first and foremost the Marlinespike family. Close to his thirties, his eyesight shows issues and he starts to wear glasses (he wasn't a fan of this at first but he soon got used to it).

#i managed to draw yay #art block be damned i need to draw my boy #tried some new brushes and such i like how it turned out #under the cut it's all blabbering so thank you if you read it #i have so many ideas but these headcanons sum them up i guess #i am just obsessed with chang as a character by himself and his own family and life #and just mentioning i personally can't imagine chang and tintin getting together but if you do you're cool #to anyone who has watched past lives chang and tintin are like the childhood friends to me #anyway i just wanted to get it out of my system hope you like these #chang #chang chong chen #the adventures of tintin #my art

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

I just looked at the price on the back of a book I’ve had for a bit over a decade and it was four. fucking. dollars. Just four with no taxes. No extra 97cents or something before taxes. Just a round number that you would add taxes to.

I googled the price of a new edition and it was almost thirteen! Not an even thirteen, it was like 12.96 or something. Close enough that it’s basically thirteen but if you’re adding multiple items together to try and get the price on a purchase with more items it would add more confusion.

#emma posts #it was also a bit difficult to find a new copy on my phone #the edition I have was selling for wildly varying prices as a vintage book now #but that’s just a kids chapter book from a fairly large publisher #I know inflation happens and stuff but holy shit #buying things at the book fair makes so much more sense now #I bought that for 4$ plus taxes at the schoolastic book fair #it was maybe 12 years ago? #I could look at the publishing date for a better idea #the series had just switched publishers and the first few were being re-released at the time #before the new publisher and the author finished the series #four dollars though #I had to check the book because I know the current price of many paperbacks and I knew that series was still in print #but what lead to this was the price tag falling off an old brush I found from like. 2009 or 2010 #and the tag on this very large brush was seven dollars #which seemed cheap so I looked at current brush prices online but since the exact same brush isn’t being sold and brush prices vary more #it was a bit harder for me to get an idea of it. books though. books I know #I’ve even bought stuff from that publisher recently (they have a lot of novel and comic translations) #but it also struck me how the old price tag was an even four and an even seven dollars but all new ones had 97 or 98 cents #that ten dollars from helping out grandma wouldn’t have even gotten me one book with modern prices #but back then I could get TWO #even just seven could have gotten me a book and some fun school supplies back then #to have that experience now you would need to give your kid a 20$ #I understand inflation okay? I am just taken off guard rn and having realizations #I’m going to add to this post again. when I say wildly varied vintage prices I mean WILDLY varied #one dude was trying to sell it on Amazon for 55$ but on eBay it was 4 to 5$ #I bought the next three books in the series from that same print. signed. for 13$ together #I had older editions of those and wanted a full series of just the ones that were being re-released during my reading time

[ssreeder]

Instead of sleeping I read chapter 17 and as always GIRL IT WAS SOOO GOODDD. EVERY TIME I THINK I KNOW WHATS GOING ON YOU DO LIKE A 360 TURN.

I love Jee and Bato so much actually. Ik it’s really probable that one of them will die cause you hint it all the time so I’m scared.

Im also glad the boys are finally doing a little healing (apparently Zuko’s not doing very well According to you but shhhhh he’s fine).

When I saw the suicide tag I did a little guessing game on who it would be and I did a little preview of the chapter and as soon as I saw Ara had a POV I knew it was gonna be her. I’m glad she finally is doing something with her life and not stalking her victims!! (I have a love hate relationship with her) She’s also friends with Katara now, oh god Sokka is gonna take this so well!!!

THE CHAPTER WAS SO GOOD THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT!!! :D

Also random question, i think I was just reading to into everything but I’ve always wondered did people brush their teeth at torture murder prison? The general quality of life there was not so good so idk if they would even supply toothbrushes??? Like Ik they have way more pressing issues but imagine if all those people dying at the prison weren’t cause of torture murder but like of a gum infection. There’s no way Zuko and Sokka don’t have hella cavities. Watch Zuko’s gonna live through all this shit and die of a tooth infection at 20.

Anyways THANK YOU FOR THE CHAPTER!!!

Have a good day!!!!

AHHHHHH HIIIIII!!!

always great to hear from you & im happy my fic continues to surprise you haha.

as for Jeeto awwww our little babies I do hope nothing bad happens to them <3

Hahaha Ara 5 minutes after deciding she was going to live: Now I will find a way to make this Sokkas problem. *befriends katara*

as for your tooth question haha, Ara did mention she’s pulled a buckets worth of teeth so I am assuming most people don’t brush their teeth but Sokka was given a prison “welcome kit” that I think had a toothbrush in it… hopefully. THANKS FOR THE ASK FRIEND

#Also not to be uhhhh dark but #I assume zuko had his teeth brushed regularly #For ummmm reasons #Petition for zuko and sokka to lose teeth & get some awesome implants YES #GOLD DIAMOND WHO KNOWS- they could distract from their scars with their fresh new grillz #GOT THE WHOLE TOP DIAMOND AND THE BOTTOM ROW GOLD #SORRY haha i just think it’s funny hahaha #But yeah Ara is a train wreck of a person and I don’t think she can exist in a world where she isn’t causing trouble #She’s going to DO HER BEST THOUGH #I’m glad we are moving on though and now next chapter we get some much needed iroh content #So wohoooo #Thanks for the ask lizy you’re amazing #Lizywriter #Liab #ITF #leaving it all behind #ask #Tw suicide mention #tw suicide

[dreamlogic]

2024 year of charlie gets a fucking break (hopefully. maybe. tbd.)

#ctxt #i'm on medication that's reduced my post-hysterectomy pain by about 70% #i have an intake appointment with a physical therapist in march & a referral to start trigger point injections #to hopefully finally recover as completely as possible from the nightmarish neuropathy that's plagued me since uuuhhhh #going on 2 years ago. holy shit. genuinely can't believe i've been surviving & functioning as well as i have for this long #while suffering a disabling & extremely painful surgical complication. fuck my original surgeon for brushing me off during that time #but the new provider i'm working with is so responsive & thorough in her approach & seems genuinely committed #to helping me finally get relief after all this time. she listens to my feedback & is flexible in her approach #and her assistant is a great communicator who's been handling most of the logistics of care coordination for me #and what a huge fucking relief that is. to not have to drag my doctors kicking & screaming towards maybe treating me eventually #i wanna cry. i finally feel like i'm being taken seriously and cared for. and i'm not BETTER yet (might never be the same as i was pre-op) #but i actually feel optimistic for the first time in over a year that i won't just have to deal with this agonizing pain on my own forever #i might actually see enough improvement that i can start to get back to living my life instead of just surviving it #money is tighter than it's been since i got laid off during early pandemic and that's stressing me out #but i promised myself that i would put my health first in 2024 and that means only working the bare minimum needed to pay my bills for now #genuinely i so fucking needed a break. i felt like i was trying to swim through a meat grinder last year #and it wasn't until i ended up in the ER about it that i finally was able to take my own pain seriously enough #to put my foot down & make some necessary changes that are now letting me focus on Getting Well With Myself at last #in hindsight it's like. really freaking me out how thoroughly i was able to compartmentalize & dissociate from how miserable i was #bc nobody who had the ability to help me would take me seriously & my shitty boss was like. extremely textbook emotionally abusive #and on one hand that was a survival mechanism that kept me on my feet during one of the worst times of my life. so props to myself there #but it was also very maladaptive how long & unnecessarily it went on before i snapped out of it & escalated things for my own safety #it was the same helpless frustration i often felt as a kid of like 'well nobody is on my side but me so i gotta suck it up & help myself' #and i think the family trauma shit that was going on last year definitely contributed to that. idk sense of doubling across time? #and things had to get Extremely Bad before they were bad enough for me to realize that although i felt like it #i am no longer an isolated & parentified island of a child who is beholden to the whims of ignorant & indifferent adults #i actually can and should take action to advocate for myself bc i am an adult and i CAN now change my circumstances as needed #instead of just enduring them as if i'm stuck there with no agency or chance to change things #and i have a really solid support system who helped me feel like it was possible to stand up for myself to get the help i desperately need #chronic blogging

[chirpsythismorning]

📝 💐 🛼 💔⏪️💭🧊🌄❤️‍🩹

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

previous ⏪︎ now playing ⏩ next back to playlist

#stranger things #bizarre love triangle playlist #el hopper #el's pov #i was so happy when i re-listened to this alongside the lyrics when looking for songs from el's pov #'at first i was afraid. i was petrified. kept thinking i could never live without you by my side' #all season long we saw el experiencing heartache over mike and how it led to her feeling insecure as if it was all her fault #she was convinced that if mike didn't love her then she couldn't be happy #'but then i spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong and i grew strong and i learned how to get along' #el spending time away from mike at nina along with all the months of doubt prior to their fallout now having validation... #it wasn't just her loving and falling out of love with mike over the course 3 days #it was her realization that their relationship has been deteriorating for a while now and coming to terms with that in 3 days #'and so you're back from outer-space. i just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face' #this is the main line that reminds me of her brushing past mike and will in the cabin #probably a little more harsh as this song is pretty harsh in terms of the singer not being capable of seeing her ex as even a friend now #but el's earned some harshness after what just went down #that doesn't mean they'll never overcome this #it just means there is still a serious need to confront it which wont be super pretty #and then the forgiveness and acceptance can only come after that #'and you see me. somebody new. i'm not the chained up little person still in love with you' #oooooo get him! #'you think i'd crumble? you think i'd lay down and die?' #sort of reminds me of the assumptions not just mike has but also most of the audience #they think it would be impossible for mike to end things with el bc she would be so broken hearted and she doesn't deserve that #which of course she doesn't #but maybe el knows what she deserves... and it's more than what mike is able to give #'i've got all my life to live and i've got all my love to give and i'll survive. i will survive.' #she's not going to go on forever being hung up on something that wasn't what she deserved in the first place #she will survive ya'll #4x09

[ardenigh]

needed a mid-tier OC for smth so here’s some guy who likes soup

#in between playing with brushes im making #this one is alright! i like how easy it is to go from thin to thick without changing sizes. was working w size 30 the whole time #anyway this is aramis Ram For Short surname. i dont have a surname yet sdjfkdsj #he's alright ! mostly looks mad but he's either processing or he just cant see #his hair is based on the absolutely Stupid styles i used to draw for my anime OCs circa 2013 #like what was with schoolgirl me and the goofy padawan braid sdjfjk #'why midtier that's mean' well see i dont wanna get attached #sorry ram nothing personal #thats why he looks like the exact kind of person you'll get if you hand me a ballpoint pen and a diner napkin #i should make him greasier #or like. super exhausted looking #next time he comes up he'll look far worse dont worry #rams fatal flaw is that you can buy his silence and also a blind eye with some good stew #i need to draw other ocs though tbh like i have lucky drafts to clean up and hopefully ra's botanist to draw w my new awful brushes sdjfk #ITS BEEN 2 YEARS SINCE I ASKED TO DRAW THE BOTANIST??????? #I GOTTA GET ON THAT

[exopelagic]

sudden realisation that the thing holding my art back is that I never had an anime phase

#going to find a time machine and get my younger self into death note or smth #I have been driving myself insane for the past few years bc I wanna draw characters but all I know how to do is portraits #I’m trying to figure out how I could recreate smth similar now and tragically I think it does just come down to draw more :/ #however! I am also going to try using brushes which will be bad for sketchiness and better for lineart bc I might need to force myself here #I just gotta simplify things down to basic shapes how hard can it be #[has been thinking this exact thing for years and it’s not worked] #I am getting better every time I do stuff I’m just not satisfied bc art is frustrating when you know what you want but can’t get there #god it’s 2am I should not be awake rn but I could draw again tonight so I was taking advantage #endlessly frustrated by hair. why is it so awkward. I need to understand hair better how do I do this #i have a feeling it’s bc I’ve not figured out how to apply the shit I figured out abt volume yet #I’m also getting impatient bc I’ve been trying to do a study thing for some art styles but I decided I wanted to draw ocs instead of that #when I hadn’t gotten to the actually important bit which was. making smth new. but I can still do that #and I ended up doing a different style anyway (someone pls stop me rounding everything make me use high opacity square brush for my health) #the Other problem is I never wanna switch brushes. like I want to use one brush for whole drawing bc the extra clicks annoy me #I wonder if there’s a shortcut to swap brushes #anyway I’m gonna stop complaining bc drawing is fun but god I wish I’d drawn some more pokey mans when I was a teenager yknow #ideally younger. would rlly like to not have to actually think to figure this out rn #I’m probably overthinking stuff anyway honestly and I KNOW I’ll get it if I practice enough but goddamn it is hard to practice #especially when my me insists on making the bad things look better by making it more realistic #instead of figuring out why the shapes aren’t working #OKAY IM DONE WITH THIS NOW. GONNA TRY NEW ART THINGS LATER STOP TALKING <3 #luke.txt

[chickenisamazing]

I'd never cleaned the washing machine (didn't realize that was a thing u had to do 😔) and I tried really hard to clean it last week and it's way cleaner than it used to be but it's still dirty like there's gunk in the holes in the drum that I can't seem to scrub out very well and I hate to think how gross it must be on the side I can't see

#T #Anyone got any washing machine cleaning tips #We have lived in this house for 8 years 😔 not once has it been cleaned #Anyway getting this washing machine clean is my most recent obsession #At some point I should probs just let it go bc I did the best I could #I scrubbed by hand and also bought those washing machine cleaning tablets #But it still doesn't seem like enough because I can see that there are places I can't get to #But it doesn't smell bad and it doesn't look too bad either #So I guess it's fine #But I can't stop thinking about it #I need to buy new scrub brushes also I keep forgetting

[asmoonlightthroughthepines]

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#i have been barely functioning what with the horrors of the world lately (and the horrors just keep piling on) #and am being v careful to not reblog anything so as to keep this place as gentle as poss because i’m probably not the only one who needs tha #(i’ve tried to avoid any kind of horrific details and even so the very little i read will haunt me for the rest of my life) #but i just CANNOT. for the life of me. wrap my head around how people can hear of such abject violence #being inflicted upon another living being -human or animal- and feel anything but absolute horror #like how much do you have to hate jews to be able to switch off any ounce of humanity and compassion for a living being? #the sheer number of folks - including close friends - i’ve unfollowed in the last week is staggering. #literally because i do not believe that anyone should ever get raped. like i thought we all agreed on this. #APPARENTLY NOT. i’ve never seen so many feminists brush off rape. #worst is these are all folks who love to post about punching nazis and who laugh at jewish jokes #when they’re from carrie fisher or mrs maisel or crazy ex gf or schmitt from new girl #but when it’s an actual pogrom - no more punching nazis all of a sudden #something broke in me this week to see that so-called activists who i thought were kind and decent - #don’t apparently believe that all human lives are created equal #it’s like we’ve all been working hard on being anti-racist but some of us didn’t feel that not being antisemitic was worth the bother

[werewolf-kat]

The OG Agar.io... A classic.

#jelly blobs of doom #Flash games #neopets #chomby #virtual pets #gaming #browser games #wk speaks #yep I caved and I'm on Neopets again #some new stuff since I was last there of course but interesting they're able to use a Flash emulator to preserve these games! #you can still get NP from sending scores too which is nice #some games don't work though since Ruffle is still new and will need more work for compatibility I think #I miss playing the Tower Defense game SO MUCH #I'm a pro at it #but yeah any of you wanna see the occasional Neopets post when I'm playin? #still gonna keep an eye on where the new management takes the site... #grinding and actually making lots of NP is as much a pain as I remember it -cries- #I have other stuff to do in my life pls stop making things so expensive in this place #I just want a Halloween Paint Brush so BAD for my Lupe

[lexicog]

hey who want this as a sticker

#art #cat #creature #doodle #digital art #merch #stickers #my art #drew this to test new brush settings cause im frustrated with how slow i draw... it helped a bit but it wasn't good for some stuff #like the end of the tail for my life i could not line it right so i had to just use my usual brush #which i still need for cleaning up rough spots and rounding corners too. argh #anyway if it peaks interest. i would make pride flag versions with the stripes of the flag on the tail... and maybe the paws get some color #so just imagine how awesome that. #reblogs are really appreciated i'd love to get a good interest check #like only if you want though (bashful voice) (gaze averted) (gluteal cheeks blushed)

[losernumerouno]

you know what paint tool sai has the best blending tool or whatever in all art programs. i've yet to use a program that is as good as paint tool sai's

#the real og #also the brush tool setting?? how you can alter it base on your need / preference? chef's kiss #sure editing your brush can be intimidating at first but once you get the hang of it your golden #Also its line tool thing? huge help! #I'll admit that it's pretty limited on some aspects but it's still a good art program! #For it's price too it's not too bad! Cheaper compared to others that you have to pay also it's a one time payment #Unless you decide to get the updated version but they rarely release a new one lol #Also!! Their website where you purchase it is *endearingly* retro lol it looks like it got stuck somewhere in the 90s or early 2000s #And they just didn't bother to update it? Ux/ui desiger who? #When i first went to it inthought it was fake and i was gonna get scammed but thankfully it wasnt lol #paint tool sai #Pts

[justasleepyboi]

Wip! I really wanted to try out new brushes that I downloaded

#art wip #genshin fanart #genshin background #genshin impact inazuma #new brushes #procreate #digital illustration #this is all an just an excuse to draw some backgrounds #I need to get better at drawing backgrounds because I almost never draw them