#but I just. cannot figure it out

[dix-rose]

pov: I'm trying to calculate if I bomb this exam on friday will I actually combust into a million pieces

#stupid shit #I want to stress that this is fine please don't ask me if I'm okay #I'm just so done #I wish I could just bomb it now and get it over with #and I'm not saying this in a oh teehee I'm sooooo dumb kinda way #I mean I might actually do bad on this test #my mom is like “you'll do fine manifest good things” #well mom I unfortunately cannot #because I actually have no idea what I'm doing in this one particular section #and it's probably because there are too many steps and if I cannot do it in three steps at most my brain simply refuses to do it #but I just. cannot figure it out #and I fucking hate graph on this specific website she uses #because it won't just let me put it in if that makes sense it wants me to use a slider #and I don't understand how to use it properly I guess because I obviously know WHERE it's supposed to go but can't slide the slider properl #and I'm tired of looking at math #and I hate that I have to be doing this in a degree that doesn't need math #AND THE WORST PART ABOUT THIS TEST IS THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO ON CAMPUS TO TAKE IT #I HATE THAT #I have a particular system that I have when taking tests #I have noise I have my specific chair I HAVE A SYSTEM #but noooo I have to go on campus for it even though it's a fucking ONLINE CLASS #anyway I hope this is just me being tired and overwhelmed and I'll figure it out tomorrow or something

[arunneronthird]

actually i think they should do stupid things together sometimes, i also fully embraced the fact that none of them have any fashion sense

#taking a break from drawing angst so i can get energy to draw more angst #robin #nightwing #red robin #red hood #damian wayne #dick grayson #jason todd #tim drake #batman #dc comics #my art #this is obv a yotsuba ref but there were only 3 people in the original and i shit u not #i spent 10 minutes looking at it trying to figure out which guy to take out #turns out didnt work i love them all too much #this is the style i use when i just cannot deal with figuring faces out btw #ladies. gentlemen. you have eaten well.

[cubedmango]

worlds most well-adjusted 14 yr old

#kieran #rival kieran #pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon sv #the teal mask #the indigo disk #my art #idk if hes actually 14 thats just my guess #also i cannot fucking figure out how to draw his new hair properly . someone help #feels like i havent posted doodles on here in Forever sooo gonna try getting back to doing that again

[inkedmyths]

One of the hard parts about being a writer with a vivid imagination is that there are So Many Ideas, and they fall into so many categories, such as

Fics I want to write

Fics I want to read

There is just One Scene and I could write it but it would be waaaay more cool if I had all the build up to the scene but unfortunately. I can only figure out the Scene

I keep changing my mind. Where am I going with this

This has been done a million times before. But. Hear me out

I will 100% Never Write This. This is just my Emotional Support Idea no one can ever know about bc it makes sense only to me

Would be better as a comic...

This will be my magnum opus if I can just get my 50 pages of ideas into a coherent narrative

All I have are vibes

And, of course

WIP I started and haven't updated in 2 years and oh god its beEN TWO YEARS???

#ink thinks #also its sooo much easier to just. think the words and places than it is to put them onto paper #i cannot figure out why it just is #fic writing #or trying to #goddamn man #1k #5k #10k

[amphibianaday]

day 1421

#uh just a heads up if you expand the tags to see all there's. a lot. very long #amphibian #frog #poison dart frog #based on my most popular frog to date (day 651) #inspired by everyone pointing out what they think it looks like #here's a fun secret fact the original guy is actually a phantasmal poison dart frog (Epipedobates tricolor) #(according to the original artists title of the drawing) #not Anthony's poison arrow frog (Epipedobates anthonyi) #i feel too awkward to really point it out though because they look the exact same. i cannot tell if there is a difference #im half convinced the same frog was just discovered and named twice #its very curious btw if you go on the (english) wikipedia page for either species it doesn't mention the other #while hereptiles.info (no idea if this is a trustworthy site) lists both names as common names for the same frog (incorrectly??) #while inaturalist lists them as two different frogs. curiously with tricolor having wayyyyy fewer photos #ok anyway that's my rant i went on a whole journey trying to figure out if these are the same frog or not and i have no answer #i did some more 'research' and i am more confused. some sources seem to imply they are now considered the same species ( e. tricolor) #i think my conclusion is i am willing to agree the drawing looks more like e. anthonyi. it seems like tricolor is generally less vibrant re #and the white is darker and more green? #i feel like thumblr should stop me from typing more in the tags at this point this is a whole essay #at this point i am failry convinced this is specifically the Santa Isabel frog. isthat the real subspecies or morph or whatever #or just the name pet sites are using to sell it?? #i even found some sources (frog selling websites) refering to it as “Epipedobates Anthonyi 'Santa Isabel' Phantasmal Poison Dart Frog” lol #Anyways if you read this far hi. species are confusing. i am not a frog scientist #the first few tags are like an hour old now i just kept trying to figure it out and adding more tags

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

he is just. so shaped. so so so So shaped.

#im Attempting some new tactics #it doesnt really show! but i am! #starting to fuck around w/ watercolor brushes... #holding him up like a little bee and saying I Just Think He's Neat! #< i jest! i think much much more about him #that i cannot share without devolving into an incoherent mess! #so. i just think he's neat :]c #scribble salad #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #frank frankly #im also trying... to do... (dramatic thunderclap) BACKGROUNDS #i know i know. very scary. they're still very messy #but... i like objects? i like Things? i like to look at a page and see put together clutter! #maximalism babey! #which is deadly when you're an artist methinks. but. whats one more agony added onto the rest! #it will be a while until i figure out how to Accomplish that put-together clutter.... #im still bad at colors! im trying to swim before i can walk! Yikes!

[feathered-serpents]

I’ve said before that my mom, while pretty okay with queer stuff overall, sometimes has trouble grasping that straight actors can play non-straight characters. And seeing her go through this with David Tennant as Crowley has sure been something

I think the funniest thing my mom ever said in her scandalization that David Tennant was playing (I know not technically but in her mind) a gay man was when I told her Crowley was in love with Aziraphale and she straight up responded

“No that can’t be true! Crowley did things with women that proved he was straight!”

And I am still. Trying to solve the mystery of what the fuck she meant by that because I can only remember Crowley having three meaningful interactions with women in the show

One he put in a catatonic trance

One he hit with his car

One was possessed by Aziraphale

#I’m not saying Crowley hates women I just cannot figure out what the fuck she was thinking of #We had this conversation three years ago btw #still pondering the mystery #good omens #good omens 2 #no she has not watched season 2 yet #i am very excited #ineffable husbands

[pummelingbat]

ah, the fitful sleep & the fire engines that i dream of when i dream

#reanimator #reanimator 1985 #dan cain #herbert west #danbert #my art #sorryyyyyy im just posting from the backstock of images i have from the last... six months..... #while i figure out the finishing steps 2 my. reani comic. its not even a zine anymore. #have something sweet... something nice......... #also i cannot believe its taken me a full year to post something with TMG Tallahassee lyrics as the caption. #shocking amount of restraint. frankly.

[tesco-finest-aromantics]

i feel like the queer community lost when we started policing labels and making sure everyone used the Correct™ labels instead of letting a person decide what feels right for them

#caique posts #inspired by a post a trans guy made asking if it was okay for him to keep identifying as a lesbian even though he’s now a man #and all the comments telling him no because lesbians can’t be men #and also all the other posts of people asking if they’re ''allowed'' to use certain labels #why do you need permission? #who are you even asking permission from? #we’re not cops #do whatever you want forvever #also inspired by an article in a zine in the 80s/90s of two FtMs in a T4T relationship #one of them described the relationship as being between a butch and his sissy boy #i cannot ever imagine anyone calling themselves that nowadays #because of ''only lesbians can be butches'' and ''sissy is offensive'' discourse #i’m sure there are people out there who would want to describe their relationship like that but don’t feel they’re ''allowed'' to #anyway lots of baby queers are tying themselves in knots trying to figure themselves out #and they’re more concerned with using the Correct™ label instead of the one they feel most comfortable with #yeah i just don’t like it #knowing you’re queer should be a liberating feeling #instead of something anxiety-inducing because you’re worried if you’re using labels wrong

[gigamuffinsofie]

mr walking spoiler

#i. cannot stress enough. this man used to give me stomach cramps #im back in the BOX!! #stanford pines #watch my artstyle change everytime my interests do #i am NOT giving up on drawing sailor stuff don't worry im just taking a prolonged break so you're just getting impulse sketches for now #i think 16 year old me would be very happy that i did eventually end up drawing ford #because i could not figure it out as a teen #gravity falls

[crow-with-a-pencil]

Unhinged clown robot with the personality of an alarm clock [affectionate]

#my ârt #fnaf daycare attendant #moondrop #look there's something about this I'm not happy with but I physically cannot figure out how to fix it #i futzed around with it for so long my iPad ran out of battery just to make me stop #fnaf #anyway look guys I figured out how to actually to digital paintings :D #in a way that's fun at least #*yeets art directly at you* #I know I keep saying this but I might actually have time to do more drawing this quarter

[aristoteliancomplacency]

I present to you the work of another painter of fish plates. Y’know how you use ‘scare quotes’ for various purposes, including indicating that you’re not actually sure about The Thing?

Well, this guy was so bad at whatever he was painting that we call him…

The ‘tadpole’ painter:

Here’s another example:

This one was sold as part of the Graham Geddes collection at Bonham’s auction house in 2008 for £2,040.

They describe it as ‘three fish including a wrasse with dorsal spines, an angler-fish, the rounded body with multiple black dots, two large round eyes with pupils, an open mouth with teeth bared, and a ray with pointed face, the body with multiple black dots’.

Which like… bold fucking move missing out the fact that they have legs. Though I can’t say I envy whoever had to write the description.

#first one is: #from ‘Greek red-figure fish-plates by Ian McPhee and A D Trendal #from the Macinagrossa collection in Bari #which I think is a private collection? #Trendall and McPhee refer to him as ‘a very minor artist’. #v rude. #imagine the auctioneer writing the description like ‘sooooo… uh. anyone know what this is supposed to be?’ #and a colleague just pointing out the fact that it’s the ‘tadpole’ painter and shrugging apologetically #because it was looted we do not know where it originally came from #(though many were found in tombs) #anyway. my personal head cannon - and I cannot emphasise enough that I have literally no evidence for this. it is just a flight of fancy #is that someone has to bring their child to work for a few days #and just let their kid play around and decorate plates that were write-offs for one reason or another #and some kid just sat their happily painting their crude little fish on these plates whilst their dad worked away #Fischteller #fish plates #tagamemnon

[kokoasci]

lines, maybe

#me when i cannot do lineart #i’m like. idk. struggling to figure out if my comps are cool or if everything i make looks the same #i kind of wish i had my old artstyle expression but i also like this one. i just don’t want things to look too boring/the same you know?? #this week has been rough idk maybe i’m rambling sorry #bungou stray dogs #chuuya #bsd #sketch #wip #kokoart

[snety]

devastating! guy has yet to write and illustrate their (his) (her) comic sees no fan content for it created (because it does not exist for public consumption yet)

#🐟 #NOT ACTUALLY DEVASTATING #its just crazy bc my guys occupy so much of my brain space i cannot fathom them not being in other peoples brains as well #like a cup spilling over etc etc #i just need to write everything. and draw everything. and then figure out where i wanna post it #3 simple easy steps! > lying #the act of creation is crazy asf

[daily-grian]

Cha Cha Cha has been stuck in my head for like a week but somehow I only just noticed the wings on the shoes today

#mcyt #grian #hermitcraft #grian fanart #daily-grian #mod owl #eurovision #the outfit just gives me bird vibes even regardless of the wings on the shoes and i cannot figure out why #its like bird of paradise vibes or smth

[poetic-mac-n-cheese]

Ok I need someone smarter than me to be meta about why John changed Gideon’s name in the way he did. Not that he changed it at all, that one I can understand from his perspective, but specifically why he changed it to something with clear gender markers.

Gideon Nav is perfectly neutral bordering on traditionally masculine, but KirionA gaiA is clearly female. Gaia is literally the feminized version of Gaius according to Latin grammar. In a society of John’s own creation that is apparently past most of our current gender and sexuality norms, how and why would he choose that? Is this another way to show that he’s not as progressive as he thinks he is? Is it about him actually not understanding Gideon at all and forcing her into a weird box? Is there some kind of cultural or linguistic aspect I’m not seeing here? Is it nothing and I’m overthinking? What is going on?

#the locked tomb #tlt #john gaius #Gideon nav #kiriona gaia #Nona the ninth #tlt meta #emperor john gaius #we should totally just stab Caesar (Jod) #anyway someone please give your thoughts I cannot figure this out #k thankssss!!