#I'm an amateur with an art degree

[toastsnaffler]

not 2 sound mean but I genuinely love it when I find insta accs of art uni students who are my age + their stuff is kinda mid... these guys have spent YEARS in a school specifically designed to develop their skills etc + I can keep pace w them! there's hope for me yet <3

#not that their art is bad per se I just see it and think hey I can do that!! even tho I'm just an amateur!! and its a nice feeling #maybe I just have a bit of a god complex lol I never rly get jealous or insecure of other ppls creative abilities anyway #its nice to know I'm capable of making rly cool stuff without paying 9k a year for it (wasting that $$$ on my bio degree instead...) #PLUS I'm dodging the incredibly fucking toxic (uk) arts uni communities... the horror stories I've heard. win for me <33 #.diaries

[nekropsii]

What a about Caliborn makes him so cool in your opinion?

Go keep track of his progression as an artist alongside his development as a character and think about how these are intrinsically linked. Ponder the fact that he is both at his most obnoxious and at his most amateur when trying to ignore his unique style explicitly brought on by his canonical learning disability and mimic others rather than truly be himself. Consider how his explorations of art are genuinely cool, not a bad thing, and how we get some really neat multimedia stuff out of it.

Caliborn may be a shitty little teenage wretch but the way he is portrayed as an artist and as a disabled person is both really good and very real. It comes from a place of love. His learning disability is handled with a degree of gentle care that you would not really expect from Hussie. The place Caliborn's art style ends up in is so fucking sick and I actually unironically love it. The technique he uses is really interesting. It's intentionally reminiscent of an Etch-a-Sketch, and I'm a little obsessed with it.

This is so fucking good. I mean this seriously. He's right - that is some Pure Art Skill.

I just love the way art is employed as a necessary component of his character arc. It's so neat. You don't see visual cues that intricate too often. Usually it's just in character design, but watching his entire art style and even his medium of choice change several times over is fascinating. You can really tell Hussie had a lot of fun with him. He's also just really, really fucking funny. Just about every sentence that comes out of his mouth is Grade A Absolute Fucking Gold, and I'm honestly obsessed with his dynamic with Dirk. This may get me thrown to the wolves, but I personally think Dirk and Caliborn have way more chemistry than Dirk and Jake. Maybe that's because we actually see Dirk and Caliborn interact on screen... Lmao.

Necessary Topic: I don't know why people hate him so much. Like, I understand hating his misogyny and fatphobia, sure, but those are deliberate character points and not just Hussie-isms. I see people act like Caliborn is indicative of Hussie, as if Homestuck-era Hussie wasn't, like, famously really fucking good at writing female characters and absolutely not a misogynist. Caliborn's a parody of Homestuck Anti-Fans - which is a term we really ought to bring back, god, anti-fans are absolutely still a thing and good lord they're everywhere - who really were just shitty little bigoted haters. Calliope, the opposite side of his coin, was representative of, essentially, "the best kind of Homestuck fan" - an ultimately sweet young teen girl who willingly dedicates almost all of her time to this piece of fiction she loves so, so much, who draws a lot of fan art for the joy of it all, has OCs that don't fit any of the design conventions in Homestuck whom she pairs with the characters in it for innocent fun. Someone who has a lot of theories and analyses, writes a lot of fanfic, and is genuinely just having a lot of fun. Everyone loves Calliope. Even the characters in Homestuck love Calliope. They just think she's the cutest, sweetest little thing they ever did see. Caliborn was the worst kind. He sucks on purpose. No one likes him. He is a total nuisance to characters he is by all means trying to impress. I love them both.

It's also just funny that he's a canonical Intersex Transmasc who is probably Gay and this has, like, no relevance to anything about him, really. So no one really talks about it. Gender Hilarious, Gender Nefarious.

#homestuck #homestuck meta #homestuck analysis #cherubs #homestuck cherubs #caliborn #calliope #caliborn.pdf #nekro.pdf #nekro.sms

[brattysofiax]

Hi 👋 Bratty you don’t mind if I ask a Q or 2 please 🙏. I used to work in the Porn & Sex Industry. I know everyone has different tastes and fetishes. As a female what is it that makes you want to be degraded used abused and marked. ???

I myself have never understood the concept behind this idea as most women just want to be loved.

Now you have an absolutely beautiful and gorgeous body with amazing art work of tattoos which I must admit I’m a big fan off congratulations 🎉 on that.🥰

I do understand that the girls in the movies are been paid so to some degree it’s just work and it’s their job. Do you actually enjoy being hurt and marked up at all ??? Please 🙏 don’t take offence I’m just being curious and concerned and maybe a bit confused.

Hi, thank you for your questions.

Firstly, I'd like to explain that I'm not exactly in the porn industry. I have an onlyfans, I film amateur solo content. No one is paying me to do impact play on camera, and I haven't ever filmed that. I do impact and degradation play in my personal life, because I enjoy it. Sometimes I take photos of the marks I am left with, because I like the way it looks and I like to have photos to look back on and remember it.

Of course I want to be loved, and I am. If anything, he degrades, uses, abuses and marks me because he loves me and he wants to please me as much as I want to please him. It's all fully consensual, we have conversations about what I want and don't want often.

I enjoy degradation because it turns me on, it makes me really wet. I like being hit because I enjoy the sensation, I like the fear, I like pushing myself and seeing what I am capable of handling. Being used and serving someone makes me feel proud of myself and fulfilled for being able to please them so well. Maybe there is some deep psychological reason to it, but at the end of the day, I just enjoy it.

This is just my personal experience. There's lots of information online and various books that go into this topic, if you would like to hear another perspective and a better explanation.

And thank you for the compliments. I'm not offended by your curiosity, I'm happy to answer your questions.

#asks #about me #kink talk

[sintarija]

✨Meet the Artist 2024✨

It was my birthday yesterday, so it was time to update my Meet the Artist meme! 🎂

This might also be a good opportunity to introduce myself, especially considering I gained quite a few new followers in these last few months. ❤

So! Hi, I'm Lea, an amateur artist from Croatia. ✨ I'm on my last year of my master's degree, and I volunteer as an assistant editor on a local speculative fiction magazine. This is my art blog, but you can also find me on my personal under @kudravi-nesit and on my reading & writing blog @carica-ficus. You can also find me on Instagram and Youtube. 🌺

#meet the artist #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #my art

[gorjee-art]

Have you ever wanted to draw something but you fought due to your skill level at the time you decide not to do it

Oh all the time! I've always thought of myself as a typical amateur artist that--- tries, to varied degrees of success. Comparison did not help with that either, so I just kinda sat beside myself with little bits of encouragement to go one step at a time and tell myself "Maybe one day I'll be able to do this properly." I've always wanted to make ornate detailed backgrounds that just ooze atmosphere and setting, to the point the viewer will feel present in those pieces, smell the crisp air of an open field with the crackles of flowing grass or feel the dread of large ancient temples long lost to time. But--- my skills mostly pertain to character art and expressiveness, I'm TERRIBLE with perspective and visualizing myself in a specific space. But luckily, with slow bits of practice and time, I'm getting the atmosphere right and I feel as though my days of finally drawing gorgeous scenery is drawing near.

[ryanstudy]

A Studyblr(?) Introduction

Hello, welcome to my studyblr.

I'm Ryan.

I'm 21 years old.

He/him

I am taking a language, and linguistics degree.

I am studying Japanese as part of my degree. Additionally, I have taken some Ukrainian classes on the side, I made an attempt at teaching myself Esperanto in college, and I studied German in secondary school.

I have just finished my 2nd year at university, and will be studying in Japan for 1 year from the end of September.*

I play taiko, I ramble on for hours about marimo, and I like to draw (and I occasionally make amateur animations).

I am unapologetically dyslexic.

I'm here solely for the vibes.

I'm almost 100% sure this blog will quickly become a studyblr-langblr-bookblr-art-general-shenanigans-travel blog.

I will be documenting every cup of tea, or coffee that I consume.

*If I eventually get my visa (I will, I am just impatient).

I mainly made this blog so that I can track my own progress, and to make sure that I study. I can admit, I currently do not study as much as I should. Let's see if this blog fixes that. I also want to use this blog to document my study abroad experience, once I am in Japan.

Lastly, I have no idea how Tumblr works.

#studyblr #new studyblr #studyblr introduction #langblr #university student

[hjbender]

Hey I'm curious, if you did get back into academia what would you go for? Would you go back for multiple things if you could?

The timing of this ask couldn't have been better; I just got home from the library a few minutes ago, and my selection is a pretty good indicator of my current academic interests:

Shark Trouble, Peter Benchley (nonfiction)

The Math Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained series)

Astronomy for Dummies, Feinberg

The Wave: In Pursuit of Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, Susan Casey

Easy Algebra Step-By-Step, 2nd ed., McCune & Clark

I've almost finished Carl Sagan's Billions and Billions, which I've been reading piecemeal since February (it's a good supplement to his extremely enjoyable Cosmos series), and of course a rampaging monster novel for pure entertainment. 😆

The math books are to brush up on my algebra skills in anticipation of learning calculus (guided self-learning), and I have a deep (ha) and abiding love for the ocean and sharks. I'd originally intended to check out some amateur radio books—I'm a Level 1 Technician but I let my license lapse and need a refresher to renew—but there were none to be found. I'll look again later.

But to answer your question, if time and money were no object, I'd go back to school for multiple things—and probably end up a lifelong scholar. I'd work on earning my Masters in English or Creative Writing first (I have an Associate's in the former), maybe even a PhD (oh, to be Dr. Hal Bender!) and take more language classes, too. A degree in Art and/or Illustration would be agreeable to me as well. Wouldn't mind getting back into symphony either, though I probably wouldn't study music formally. Same with Film; I learned more about storytelling from a film class than I did in any lit class I've taken.

The arts are my most developed skill set, but I love the sciences, particularly oceanography, geology, GIS, and computers. I've only recently taken a keener interest in astronomy (thanks, Carl), though I don't see myself ever getting a degree in it. (Unless?)

TL;DR, I just want to live in a university and learn and write stuff and make art and travel the oceans and understand how everything works. Become wise as well as knowledgeable. I'm glad I've got a library to help me work on achieving that.

#ask bender #academia #goals and aspirations #continuing education #adult learning #support libraries #stay curious #carl sagan #<- this guy singlehandedly rekindled my desire to continue my education #even if i don't do it in a university. i can still read and keep learning

[koiponderingart]

Hi!!! You already know this but I need to say it: You are so talented! Your Bucky/Winter Soldier series is out of this world, and I wholeheartedly admit I stare at your art for too long whenever I come across it on my dash, especially your 'Daybreak' piece... A thing of beauty.

Thank you for your comment (I've read it like 100 times). I gotta say, I'll definitely stick to it because it's therapeutic, although I struggle with so many things related to it, especially style. I'm a total amateur so I really don't know what the heck I'm doing. I just have this need to paint or draw sometimes to take my mind off things and I do it.

I've had my eye on watercolors since highschool (I'm 35 now), but I never dared to try it out until four years ago, but I’m not as constant as I would like to be (because life), and I'm still trying to find my footing. I guess I know what I would like the pieces to look like (the general idea) but I lack the skills to "get there.”

I suppose there's also a lack of terminology involved, like, when I search tutorials or something I rarely find what I'm looking for so I improvise by looking at similar pieces, or art that kinda look like what I want. I'm also aware that the quality of the materials that I use (mostly the pigments and paper) play a role here, as well as my lack of technique, but I plan to keep on learning so the last part is totally on me.

I just don't know what I would do without watercolors! I love the sophisticated chaos that they can bring to a piece of blank paper :) And thank you again for your comment. You made my day. I'll print it and hang it on my wall <3 (and sorry for babbling so much) (I’ve reblog your art on my secondary blog before so I really don’t know why I wasn’t following you 😳) (Ok, I’m following you now lol)

You are so incredibly sweet! I don't know what you might or not know about my own painting journey but let me assure you, your off to a great start!

I actually picked up watercolors after a long break from any art at 39 (I am 45 now) so never be discouraged it's "too late". Also, and I mean this with every fiber, please feel free to ask me any questions you have about watercolor.

I have learned quite a bit and keep learning along the way! I am happy to share tips, tricks, my favorite tutorials, classes.

You have a great eye, I can see that already, and honestly picking a dynamic pose that draws in someone goes a really long way. Don't sell yourself short, and never apologize for being passionate about your art. It's wonderful to see someone write they love painting.

Watercolor is universally known as the easiest painting style to begin, but the hardest to master. And to a degree you have to just let it do what it will! (Infuriating at times).

Again feel free to reach out any time with questions, and thank you for your kind words about my work. I'm happy to even share tips on painting tactical black and metal. (Shockingly fun).

Take care!

#watercolor

[tsintzask]

hey hi hello there

So I am finally getting around to writing a proper intro post lol, so hi, i'm tsintzask, or tsin for short. i use that handle everywhere online pretty much, so if you see a tsintzask elsewhere, chances are it's me.

i have had this blog for a long time now, but only really became active here after reddit decided to ban the app i was using to access it. I was an /r/196 user who migrated to my unused blog, basically.

I'm from Greece, and I study computer science in college. As of writing this, I am about to get my degree and start my masters program, so that's going pretty good.

i would consider myself an anarchist, though i don't think humanity is currently ready for that kind of world - i think there's just too many evil people around that would seek to take advantage of things. still, the current system has got to go. the fundamental idea behind capitalism is to prioritize money over people, and that's just plain evil.

As for other stuff about me, i have been told before i have neurodivergent vibes (it wasn't in like in a derogatory way, but as a serious thing) and yeah i kinda see that. I ought to go get checked sometime

i like a lot of things, as you can see in my blog description: D&D, Pathfinder, Pokémon, Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, Terraria, insects, cats, memes, cute/wholesome stuff, theater, basic human decency. And I wanna gush about my likes a bit-

D&D and Pathfinder

I've been a player in both d&d 5e and pathfinder 2e, and a DM in d&d 5e. we're talking whole years of doing this. making characters is really fun, and playing them is even more fun! I mostly play online over Discord, but have played a lot irl too, and still do.

Pokémon

While i'm not as into it as i used to in my teens, i have played every game from pokemon pearl up to ultra moon, but not any further as i don't own a switch. that is subject to change if/when i get more into piracy. I've also played pokemon emerald and leaf green in emulators, and i've played mystery dungeon: explorers of darkness. one of the few video games to actually make me cry, btw.

Genshin Impact & Honkai Star Rail

this is my most recent fascination, i've been at it for a couple years now. mihoyo makes their games so incredibly gay and i love that. while i've been a bit burnt out on genshin, i am currently enjoying star rail a whole lot! and i ship a bunch of stuff that sometimes contradicts each other, so if you see conflicting ship arts in my reblogs, there's why. part of it is that i ship kujou sara with every other girl in genshin

btw, feel free to friend me in either game, in the EU server

Genshin UID: 741043259

Honkai Star Rail UID: 700410303

Terraria

oh man, terraria. all of my high school energy and two of my undergrad college years went into this game, it's just so good. I occasionally do modded runs every few months now.

Theater

I'm not a theater nerd or anything, but I did go to an amateur theater group for a couple years. was fun, i'd do it again for sure!

Basic Human Decency

I just think being nice is good. i don't get argumentative often; I used to argue often, but i try to keep most of my interactions with bigots/assholes/etc as a simple joke on their expense before i block them. also, it's taking some effort, but when i have something negative to comment on someone i don't actually have reason to dislike, i've been trying to just let it go and ignore instead.

#pinned intro #196

[capricioussun]

don't feel bad about self reblogs, it's always awesome to see your art on my dash and I'm sure I'm not alone with this!

Awe, that's very sweet of you to say!

Tbth i have a really strange relationship with posting online – on one hand, I love just posting whatever and really really enjoy interacting with others, but on the other hand, I'm not sure if it's RSD or what, but i experience like. Social recoil? Where i tend to immediately regret and/or worry over the perception of stuff i post (way more than would be considered normal), especially with posts or reblogs that hardly really garner any interaction at all.

I know it's normal for artists of all kinds to be disheartened by things like that, and I don't necessarily create for others, but that is why i post it online- i mean...why else would you? I see that a lot, people feeling poorly about low interaction, and others trying to encourage them by telling them to make art for themselves and to not worry about it, but that's always come across a little odd to me. No, you probably shouldn't be doing something if you're only doing it for attention, but isn't interaction the point of sharing the things you make online?

Especially so in the case of people who really want to make a living being an artist in their chosen "field". To some degree, you do have to treat it like a business. You do have to sell yourself and try to "grow your audience" if you have any chance of making any sort of income at all, just like any self employment type of job. It feels condescending to see others tell artists who get frustrated with social media constantly doing things to make it harder to have any reach at all that they should care less about the algorithm or numbers when a lot of these people don't have a choice. It feels like hardly a day goes by I don't see posts on twitter or tumblr of someone taking emergency commissions just to cover rent or food for a few days.

Got a bit off topic there, but i sort of rest in a very strange place with my art in that, skill level wise, I'm very much an amateur, but due to Life Issues I won't get into, I can't hold a "normal" job, and I've been constantly kind of battling myself for a couple years now on how to approach trying to make Doing Art Online my career.

I need to put in the work to improve my art so i can not just post more frequently but hopefully get more commission work (which i would honestly also enjoy, I love making things for others, it's one of my favorite things about being able to post online), but i also want to improve my skill level so i can make the things I want to as well (I'm also unfortunately plagued by the Kind Of Wants To Do Everything desires and also want to make plush, music, 3D and live 2D models, and I'd love to get into streaming proper at some point).

So aaallllll of this to say, self reblogging is a big thing for artists on tumblr these days, esp as i see more and more talk about how low interactions gotten on here in the past few years, it's rough! But i also feel like im not...skilled(?) enough to do Proper Online Artist things. I guess. Which is dumb but ah I do not control the chokehold whichever mental issue has on me

#was gunna delete all of this and just respond like a normal person but I'm very sleep deprived right now so you get the evil version #might wind up coming back and doing that anyway via edit if the Fear finds me #my cat just came over and yelled until i lowered my hand to pet her and she rubbed her nose on me and left 😭 #she used me as a damn tissue #okay anyway #sorry anon you were being nice and i made it weird </3 #/lh #anonymous #i have a super complicated relationship with posting online and being annoying and struggling with Life Things #it's a balancing act for sure #ty all the same #clear sky sunset #sunny with clouds #edit: put his ass under a read more bc ough

[tysonfurybattlepass]

As someone who went to college and got a degree in what they loved (even a typically safe degree by most standards) and still ended up working 17$ an hour fileing papers, it's not something you need to beat yourself up about. It's not to late too get that degree later or to get a job you want without the degree. Hopefully better things come to you soon, I'm just a lurker on your blog but I truly believe you deserve it.

hey, thank you for this message. it means a lot to me to hear from someone who has the experience i often romanticize in my what-ifs.

i struggle with the rather silly belief that, at 23 years of age, i am too old to even try any more. too old to go professional in my sport(s) of choice, too old to go back to school, too chronically ill to quit my day job that provides me health insurance, too old to have any potential left. cognitively i know this isn’t true (athletic prime is around age 29-30, and my mother got her degree at age 45 and is incredibly successful in her field), but i greatly tie my worth to my quantifiable achievements, of which i have few. a handful of silver medals in varying sports, a mediocre 3.6 high school diploma, and a decent understanding of character design but incredibly poor technical drawing skill achieved entirely through trial and error because i was too proud to take art classes as a middle schooler. oh, and one state amateur title in boxing. the second state amateur title i lost to the girl i had beaten previously for the first one, lol.

anyway, all that to say that this is a mentality i struggle with all the time, and i hope is relatable to other young people whose circumstances make it difficult to pursue what they want, all while the news seems to be filled with teen genius success stories that only serve to make us wonder “what is wrong with me?”.

i greatly appreciate your perspective as someone with a different experience than mine, and your encouragement means a lot. thank you.

[doubleddenden]

Okay so I've been playing Star Rail and I'm gonna do a lil amateur review because I do that sometimes

Here's my take

1. I like it. I got it for pc and it's fun when I can play it.

More under the cut

2. It is free to play with micro transactions, however I've not spent any money on it and I find it quite playable and easy to get into. That being said, I started with a lot of free stuff from starting so early and codes, so my experience may have differed if I started later.

3. It's a turned based RPG akin to JRPGs like Digimon Cyber Sleuth, Persona 5, etc, but a little easier to comprehend combat wise

4. Story and setting so far is something sort of like a mix of Star Ocean- specifically 4 with the planet hopping- or Rogue Galaxy, with... well, a LOT of mystic, techno, scifi, and religious babble. Enjoyable tho. I love space trains so much. It's dumb but classy. There's also a LOT of optional lore you can collect and read to really help you get immersed if that's your thing, and characters will have a lot of dialogue to give you more world building lore too. That being said, they do kinda just toss you into the ocean with really complex shit right out the gate with no vuild up- I've been told that having SOME knowledge of the Honkai Impact series can build upon what's given, but it's not entirely necessary.

5. Graphics are great, I like the art style and how polished everything looks. Art style works for the game and it looks gorgeous. I do think the NPCs kinda look plain, but that's about expected.

6. Music is passable. Not really finding any ear worms just yet, though. The summoning music and the train music are great though.

7. It might be me and my somewhat shit connection, but I experience lag and disconnection sometimes. This can get pretty frustrating

8. Characters are fun and have fun dynamics with each other. I already dig The Trailblazer, Dan Hung, and March 7th's dynamic- I will say, wtf is this name? Like I know why, but still, not just March, March 7th specifically is her name. Is her full name Saturday, March 7th, 5023 AD?

9. Voice acting is... decent enough. I play English dub because I have reading difficulties due to unmedicated ADHD, before anyone starts screaming at me to change languages. There's some strange takes or line reads sometimes, sometimes the voice will read something different from the text, and there's a couple of voices I wish would just sound... different. But the majority is passable to really good. I've also heard some unexpected voices- you could say they are TRASH, but I find them TASTEful.

10. Character design is pretty fun imo- definitely a bit of Genshin style, but it is by the same people so you kind of expect that. But they're fun to look at, have fun weapons and moves, and have great art. My one complaint would be similar builds and designs for some characters, but that's minor and also expected. But I will say, I do prefer a good anime style over indie cartoon or realistic style, so to me I think it's great.

11. The menus are... very complex. Easy to lose track and get lost in. I swear the pause menu rearranges every time I open it.

12. It shouldn't need saying, but: It's not Genshin Impact- that's fine actually. In fact it's great, turn based rpgs are really fun, especially JRPG styled, which i like to play (Dragon Quest 11, Digimon Cyber Sleuth, Persona 5, Pokémon, etc). While I do like exploring open worlds and having a lot of freedom and real time fighting, sometimes it's nice to have a simpler point A to point B system with smaller maps, and especially nice to have auto battle. There's a bit of carry over from Genshin, but i think it works for what's given. I do miss my emergency fo- I mean, my adorable best friend Paimon, but she and all my other Genshins are Impacting in the other game while I Rail some Sta- wait I'm not finishing that sentence.

13. It is gacha. You kind of expect it- some people won't like it, I kinda like it to some degree, but I do got issues. Basically watch your spending- again, I haven't felt the need to, unlike some games that feel like you have to to get anything done. But it definitely would help to speed things along if i were. When you get a good character, it's a nice feeling for me, personally. That being said they do give you 3 pretty good ones right out the gate, and you do gather in game materials to help you summon at a fair pace anyway, so you're rolling decently enough to get something out of it.

Overall an 8/10 so far. I wanna keep playing, but unfortunately this damn meat mech that is my wretched bodily prison of my soul requires sleep, and I have things I have to do.

#honkai star rail #star rail #doubled plays game #den reviews stuff

[missoblaine]

✨ Welcome! ✨

About Me ✏️

Hello! I'm MissOblaine! I'm a twenty-something Gemini board game nerd/writer from Melbourne, Australia and I'm so glad you've found the social media extension of my little writing corner on AO3 📝

I've been loving fanfiction since I was thirteen and joined AO3 after watching Naruto for the first time in 2022. After I finished my creative writing degree, I pretty much stopped writing completely, but fanfiction brought me back to the art and allowed me to rediscover what it was like to write for myself.

I write primarily for SNS and 99% of my fics are AUs (sometimes very specific AUs!). I also enjoy experimenting with different forms and styles of writing so you'll likely see something weird and stylistic from me every quarter or so.

Ask Me Stuff! 💬

Please feel free to ask or message me - I'm always happy to discuss writing, give behind-the-scenes on my fics, or recommend a board game!

Ask Game Questions 🙋‍♀️

Ask Game Answers ✅

Tag Games 🏷️

My Fics 📖

All my fics are on AO3 here but I've also linked them all below ⬇️

2022

artifice / a thousand birds [SNS, T, 3k, experimental]

you illuminate me [SNS, M, 6k]

It Started in a Closet Series:

1. Deep and Meaningful [SNS, E, 7k]

2. Down to Fuck [SNS, E, 7k]

3. Different Strokes [SNS, E, 9k]

4. Damn Straight [SNS, E, 12k]

turn my pages gently (read me like a paperback) [SNS, E, lavender prose pt 1, 11k]

2023

The Games We Play [SNS, board game cafe AU, E, 197k]

we deserved a better story [Sakura & Hinata friendship, M, 3k, experimental]

running down to the riptide [SNS, poetry, M, 6k, experimental]

A Better Way to Relax [SNS, E, 6k]

parallel [SNS, poetry, G, <1k]

Sharks! [ItaSaku, SNS, crack, T, 4k]

the nebulous concept of tempo [SNS, E, 8k, experimental]

The Lost Arcanas [SNS, prompt fic, ratings change each chapter, in-progress]

cover me in colours (let me be your canvas) [SNS, E, lavender prose pt 2, 8k]

Take Me to Your Igloo [SNS. E, 16k]

Team Meeting [SNS, E, 6k]

I Won't Be Home for Christmas [SNS, T, 7k]

let's go down to the tennis court [SNS, T, 6k, experimental]

they'll hang us in the louvre [SNS, E, 2k, experimental]

Give and Take [SNS, E, 5k]

The Heart of the Cards [SNS, E, 4k]

2024

green lights [SNS, poetry, E, 8k, experimental]

the sound of twinkling glass [SNS, T, 4k]

tangerine [SNS, poetry, G, <1k]

Akatsuki Presents: The Phantom of the Opera [SNS, KakaObiRin, amateur theatre AU, E, ongoing]

#important

[yorkshirewerewolf]

The Yorkshire werewolf: AI Art, my opinion.

I have always had a love of arts and crafts. Also, I'm an aging tech nerd as well, so when the opportunity arises to mix both genres together, I found a new passion - AI Art!

I have tried a few Android and iPad apps to generate an image based on my original text prompt. Then, I transfer the image to my iPad via the "Procreate app" to tidy up and evolve the image.

It's a hit and miss process, but sometimes the results are pretty amazing.

I use free AI apps or online websites, each giving varying degrees of success.

There is, alas, an elephant in the room.

Many incredibly talented, hardworking digital artists, illustrators, etc., will almost certainly suffer financially due to the almost overnight success of this innovation.

So, as an enthusiastic amateur AI artist, I ask you to remember to support grassroots pen and paper artists whenever possible.

I will be sharing some of my original AI-generated art. Please feel free to add any apps, websites, etc., in the comments.

Also if you want to use any of my work please feel free ( if you are really wealthy or a professional please make a donation to the internet archives charity)

Here's to a brave new world!

#artificial intelligence #art #scifi #scifiart

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Submitting my bachelorette application for the ship asks!!

I'm 20 years old, a Capricorn, and obsessed with all things pink and green.

I've recently taken a liking into vintage fashion and will forever be a massive proponent for sustainability. On that note, I'm also a vegetarian and have been for a majority of my life, I love cooking, although I would most definitely consider myself an amateur. Middle Eastern cuisine and traditional Spanish food are so fun and colorful to dabble in.

Banana bread is my favorite dessert to bake, and bananas happen to be my favorite fruit as well. Who could hate bananas? They're versatile and efficient, require little to no preparation and are incredibly convenient to travel with. Of course, as long as they don't rot immediately.

I'm incredibly hands on, I'm not particularly wonderful at any specific activity but I have an incentive to learn, such as refurbishing my own furniture, or painting, making jewelry for myself and friends, etc. If I can create something with the materials and tools I have on hand, I'll do my level best to do so.

I adore the arts and currently pursuing a degree in Journalism at my university. Politics and International Relations have always been a strict passion of mine that I would humbly state I'm very versed in. I would love to establish myself as someone who can incite substantial change in our community and also encourage others to do the same in whatever way they deem possible.

I've done an extensive amount of traveling over the last year or so, and it's been nothing short of beautifully chaotic fun. I hope I get the opportunity travel more and experience existence through the lens of different peoples.

Sadly, I would consider myself a procrastinator, I've been working on that facet of my persona though.

I hate, HATE modern aesthetics. Beyond sick of that shit, the next person who turns their kitchen into a white, sterile, section of their home will have to answer to me. :(

I also have very staunch opinions in case that wasn't apparent in my previous paragraph.

That's about all I can think of for now.

<3 <3 <3

Ahhhhh this one was probably the easiest one yet! I 100% ship you with Sam!

I'm not even exaggerating when I say you sound like Sam's dream girl. Everything you've said lines up with him and how he portrays himself. You could be the Yin to his Yang so easily. The arguments would be INTENSE though if you ever disagree on something. I see him being hardheaded about a lot of things LOL. Nothing you couldn't handle though! You'd have him wrapped around your finger babe.

#shelly's saturday sleepover #shelly ships #greta van fleet #gvf #sam gvf #sam kiszka

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halp

anybody know a good way to start doing commissions?

i've never reached out to the internet before about money, but i'm getting kinda desperate.

TL;DR - i really need money and i'm looking into doing art commissions online. i'm an amateur but willing to take small amounts. i'm not a professional but i can do proofreading, moodboards, short video editing, poetry, or basic photoshop. if you can't help, spreading this post or even my art is much appreciated <3

i'm pretty much too disabled to get a job, among other things. i've been diagnosed with IBS, OSDD, anxiety and depression. i'm pretty sure i have ADHD, too. i regularly struggle with back pain, nausea, dissociation, and a slew of other symptoms that would make it pretty much impossible to get a job. not to mention i don't have a driver's license or a car, and i live in the middle of nowhere. i can't afford an uber and the only way i manage to get rides to appointments is through insurance. i've tried looking for remote jobs online, but they all require degrees and experience i don't have.

we can barely pay the rent at this point.

the only thing i can think of right now is getting whatever scraps i can through commissions. i'm not an extremely experienced artist, but there are small things i can do. i'm good with moodboards, poetry, and i'm a novice at video and audio editing - meaning i can help put together a trailer if i'm provided the footage. i'm also pretty good at editing writing. i don't have medical knowledge or anything like that, but i'm good at proofreading and can make suggestions for prose - such as ways to improve a sentence, details, or dialogue. i can also try doing basic photoshop and graphic design for things like editing people together or a cover for a story.

i'm honestly just doing the best i can with what i have, at this point. if anyone is interested, you can check out my side blogs, and i'll be posting some of my amateur editing in following posts. if you don't have advice or aren't seeking an artist, spreading this post would be much appreciated.

i have a patreon but haven't really used it, i'll reblog this with the link once i find it.

#commisions #getting started as an artist #reblog please #please help if you can