#but it’ll still be frustrating

[sketchncanto]

Can you show your drawing process? Your style is so amazing... I can't sketch to save my life... like simple fun ideas take weeks for me to do because I have to make them all intricate. From one striving Disney Storyboard artist (dream job) to another T_T

Thank you so much, appreciate you! 🥹

My drawing process is honestly a hot mess lol

I usually start out super rough to try to find the pose and size that I want. That part usually takes the longest bc I spend SO much time thinking of the vibe that I wanna convey, and I spend a bit of that time looking for references if I need em. After I get those things, I kinda just go crazy! As you can see, there’s a lot of tweaking involved and I usually redline myself after I’m done just to see if I can make things better (also bc I’m a damn perfectionist). And ta-da! ✨

Don’t be too hard on yourself! Scribbling and getting the ideas down is honestly the hardest part, but I’ve found that it helps to just be loose and free with your first sketches! Once you get those down, try to enjoy the process and knock it out. Done is better than perfect! And honestly, nothings perfect anyway. I always find something wrong with my art after I post 😂 it’s a learning journey!

This was probably way more than you asked for but— yeah here you go lol I hope this helped!

#if you enjoy the journey you’ll enjoy the destination!! #I’m still learning every single time I draw something #it’s hard to make it fun while you’re learning bc learning can be incredibly frustrating #BUT the more you do it the easier it’ll get! #and sometimes you’ll just have to step away and look at it another day #or work on something else #art is hard but it’s fun #but it’s hard #ask

[darlingfreddie]

It’s so frustrating when doctors don’t take you seriously like I’ve been in and out of pain for a while now and it’s always brushed off as nothing but like hello!!!!! I’m in PAIN!!!!!!!!!

#especially reproductive health like doctors just do not care #I’ve had a cyst for like a year now but every doctor I go to is like 🤷🏽‍♀️ it’ll go away on its own #it’s FRUSTRATING!!!!! #and I’ve been having bad stomach pain for a while that’s just been brushed off too #but like I can’t really eat food the way I used to and doctors still don’t think it’s a problem 🙄

[vampiremansionpoolboy-moved]

going insane over the fact that happiness and care and concern and love is underneath every interaction between newt and hermann in pacific rim

#HEAR ME OUT. they’re introduced and newt and being a groupie and behind him hermann is all huffing and rolling his eyes and shaking his #head but he’s Not Angry. no. he jumps to defend newt albeit in a somewhat mocking and sarcastic way BUT THE THOUGHT IS THERE. and then when #hermann is rambling on about numbers being the handwriting of god newt is in the background smiling and laughing and making silly #hand motions and yes the hand motion was a bit mocking BUT THATS THEIR WHOLW THINF. anyways i’m not done. when newt drifts with the kaiju #and pentecost is there talking to him and hermann and newt r yelling back in forth u can hear the unease and shakiness in their voices and #especially the frustration in hermanns. he’s frustrated abt newt risking his life and is worried abt that which translates out in anger. #and yeah maybe he’s salty abt being proven wrong too lmao. BUT CONTINUING ON. stacker could have just told newt to go to hannibal chau and #he would have done it. but instead they watch the film of him on HERMANNS computer as HERMANN controls the computer to look at the film. if #thé film was shown it was for a reason. newt doesn’t seem like the type to need reassurance abt chau before he goes. he was willing to die #for his trash drift. and stacker gave him the card and info so there’s no need to do anything else. the video is most likely there for the #viewers but it needs a reason to be there in the show. hence my reasoning that HERMANN asked to see it out of concern for newt who would be #doinf this alone. hermann demanded to see some proof to reassure himself. stacker having the card on him makes sense. him having that bulky #tape doesn’t. meaning hermann pressured him into leaving getting the tape and coming back to show him. anyways one more bit. so the drift. #hermann is clearly scared out of his mind and thinking abt the impending triple event. yet he still drifts with newt he does it to protect #him to take part of the neural load. and it takes a toll on hermann it makes a big enough mess of his brain that he ends with him bleeding #and shaking and sweating and coughing and throwing up. and he knew it would take a toll. he knew it would be a lot he’s seen the jaegers. #he’s seen what happens. he knows it will be rough. he knows it’ll be much worse for him who wasn’t drifted then for newt who has. yet he #still does it to help newt and to show his care and trust and concern and love and THEYRE DRIFT COMPATIBLE U DONT UNDERSTANDABLE HOW #EMOTIONAL I AM OVER THIS FUCKING OVER THEM #anyways one last thing. the way that they full body slapping each other on the back bear hugged when the throat collapsed (they were behind #herc and tendo so it was a little hard to see. i missed it the first time) in pure adrenaline happiness before we see the quiet tender hug #when they know everything is over for good (for now at least) when it’s time to celebrate when it time to think abt their drift and their #bond and their relationship and their LOVE. i’m so ok abt them rn actually #toad.txt #i wish i wrote this in a keep reading bit and not the tags now. anyways #pacific rim #pacific rim spoilers #newton geiszler #hermann gottlieb #newmann

[snoring-dragon-productions]

Just spent some time crying while sitting on the bathroom floor and proceeded to stay there for Who Knows How Long with my eyes closed, not quite asleep but mentally checked out of Existing.

I’m winning at life lmao

#negative tw #dragon’s ramblings #gotta love how whenever I have a Good Day planned; some fresh Hell breaks loose and I’m here trying to arrange the pieces lol #I’m just Tired. can’t even let myself get too comfortable because then shit goes bad #this is exactly why I can’t believe it when people say it’ll be better #not in a ‘it’ll never get better’ kinda way #that’s not what I’m saying at all #but in an ‘someone says they’ve got their shit together’ kinda way #because they Don’t. and it’s all just Words to me #I’ll believe it when I see it and when I see it for an extended period of time #because I don’t see it #so just stop even Trying to tell me otherwise #I’m tired and upset and confused and frustrated #and all I can do is try to weather the storm as best I can #because hopefully it’ll pass and when it does; the boat will still be afloat #but I can’t keep us from sinking on my own #and I don’t even know if the others are able to either #but fuck it; I’ll keep doing what I can #because I like to think that things would be a lot worse if I stopped #so fuck it. this is just how things are gonna be right now #at least I can type my shit down instead of screaming them at people #because I’d rather be That Person than the one actually screaming all the shitty things I’m thinking #because that sure as Hell isn’t helping anyone but whatever hgjtbughg

[samuraisharkie]

due to Life Shit I kind of stopped drawing much about a year or two after I graduated high school bc I just kind of didn’t have the time or mental/emotional/physical capacity to fit it in, despite art being something I really want to be a part of my career. It kind of makes me sick to realize how much muscle memory I lost just from that time (I had only about a year and a half total of absolutely no art but that was enough. doesn’t help that during that time I seriously injured my hands) considering I’ve been drawing my entire life. I really wish things had not gone that way and that I could have kept going, but expectations were on me to do something else and any time I sat down to draw was treated as wasting time. There’s also something weird about recovering from severe trauma that kind of adjusts how you engage with a hobby you used as a coping mechanism, which Art very much was. I almost never drew vent art, but I used it to focus on something and make myself happy and proud of work I actually could do, and once I was out of the environments that funneled me into drawing (being forced to go to church, school, anything involving sitting down for a long period of time) I found less time to actually have an excuse. Someone bought me a single college course of art classes right out of high school, and I think that was where I COULD have had the opportunity to really get started if I had actually had the money to continue and the college hadn’t been so far away. After that course ended I didn’t have that excuse anymore. I used to draw in DeviantArt and Discord art groups, but those began to fall apart and soon I didn’t have that option either. After that I doodled but didn’t really create Full Pieces unless some friend asked it of me, and it was never a commission bc I’d never trained myself to get that sort of shit done without taking too long, so I’d always do it for free. So even that wasn’t a big motivator eventually. Now that I’m struggling for work after becoming more physically disabled after COVID, all that time I could have spent honing my art skills so I could do SOMETHING with my art really is weighting down on me. I have the option to do freelance work, illustrations, pet commissions, even things like cards and cookies. I’ve seen these avenues open up for me gradually, but I’ve lost the skills I built up that I need to actually make something I’m proud of. I’ve taken to tracing old art to try and remember my thought process and my “style”… but my memory was bad BEFORE the covid, and it’s worse now, and my brain fog makes it hard to focus even if I could get back on the train of thought. I don’t remember the construction that would be in my mind’s eye. I barely can keep a clear vision in my mind’s eye anymore, worryingly. I never had a crystal clear imagination, it was always sort of abstract, but I could see the lines, I could construct a scene. Now I have to focus hard to get any sort of detail clear in my head. It’s like if you tried to look directly into someone’s face in a dream, or put in a prompt in neural blender. So I have to adjust to performing the entire thought process physically, slowly and tediously trying to figure out what I’m imagining before I can really get started. Those old art tutorials for constructing shapes and bodies and such just aren’t coming naturally anymore so I have to dredge deep into my mind to remember which advice helped “click” the best and knowing it might not do it this second time around. It’s like if you forgot how to ride a bike. It was something natural to you, you could even get started haphazardly and distracted and still be able to tell where you were going and not fall over or trip on yourself, but now it’s like you have to focus on each step and it constantly feels like it’s taking everything you have to not crash. I’m glad I can start drawing again, but it hurts that something so huge in my life has been turned into this. I’ve ranted about it before it’s just easier to notice when you’re not sketching out people’s pets or doing super stylized doodles.

#I didn’t know you could max out a ‘text block’ on tumblr also. my indication to stop LOL #long post #vent #kind of. I’m not like super angsty abt it I’m just sad that I have to spend more time remembering #instead of actually accomplishing anything with my dreams. I’m 26 and there’s 18 year olds living my fucking dream yknow #I know you don’t have a certain age requirement for art but I also know you never stop improving #and being set back before I was even proud enough to set prices for my work is kind of devastating #I just love art. I want to be an animator or something involve with creative concepts. #I want to make things I’m proud of. but what used to come easily now feels like chewing nails #the metal ones not the cartilidge. anyway #I know I’m kind of hard on myself but it’s hard not to be when you’re surrounded by people with such talent #and it feels like you’re running behind when you see people getting to their dreams so much sooner than you. #I know it’ll happen but it hurts sometimes remembering what I used to imagine id be doing at this age #and realizing past me probably had more of a chance at these careers than I do right now bc of brain damage and physical and mental issues #it’s not confirmed if I have brain damage but like. I can tell something is different. #it’s not like they’d be able to diagnose it by now or even that it’d change anything #I just have to keep going and keep trying. it’s just discouraging and frustrating #I wish I could summon all the memories from my brain back up so I could feel happier about my art #I’m happy to have the chance to start drawing again don’t get me wrong. I still like to draw. it’s just. #I can tell the difference between how it was and how it is now and it makes me mourn #ough I wish I still had a therapist lmao. Deb get the fuck back here you traitor.

[calamitydaze]

the post itself doesn't have a lot of interactions, but there's a qrt saying 'it's so over for dream' with 50k likes so. it's getting spread around. this is all so draining dude I just want the video to come out and then idk..:( I know everything won't magically get better but it's just so hard watching constant misinformation get spread around like facts. just so tiring :(

oooooh i didn’t see the qrt well that’s…. worse…… oh well. i’ve thought for the past week that as much as he has a right to defend himself, people aren’t gonna listen to a single word he says until he gets the video out and until then all he’s doing is muddying the waters. maybe not even then, but what can ya do. i hope he just focuses on getting it out as fast as possible, and that he has his lawyers review it before it comes out, cause things will only get worse from here. but who knows! depending on how solid the video is it could make a big positive difference

#it’s frustrating cause even if he deletes that facking snapchat (which imo he should do) and conducts himself perfectly going forward #we can see from this latest allegation that people will still mine his past for all it’s worth #and it’ll get believed because it’s dream #bella answers #anon #discourse

[eyesopentv]

i Love when they give minority characters their own episodes to highlight what they go through

#miles thots #superposting #it does frustrate me how realistically everyone else acts during them though #like of course no one listened to nia when she said she had a problem bc they’re all cis #and they didn’t want to listen to james when his experience as a black man is what drove his desire to be a hero bc + #kelly telling them there was something wrong at the hospital and in the heights bc they’re all white #they did a fantastic job with kelly’s episode bc they didn’t end it with ‘it’ll be okay bc we’re superheros’ and instead pointed out there’s #still a lot left to be done + that white people need to actually listen

[silvercaptain24]

Me from this morning was an absolute fool

#‘oh at least it’ll be a fitting room shift!’ #it is not #because one of my other coworkers needs to be in there because she can’t be on registers #and I shouldn’t be frustrated with her cause I know it’s not her fault #but I’m still frustrated and i just. ugh. I want today to be over #I want to go home and cry and not have to worry about schoolwork that I have to do on a book that’s going to be really hard for me to read #that I have to read #and not worry about my photography assignment or math or anything #silver rambles #vent #…sorry

[entropys]

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#had the worst day ever #last week things got a little better but today just destroyed all the progress i made #its so FRUSTRATING #how emotionally unstable i am 🫠 #like idek if im just overly sensitive or ive really just been let down over and over again #and like bc of this i KNOW i shouldn’t expect ANYTHING at all not even human decency from others #but i still have hope unfortunately so i get crushed every time something goes wrong (all the time everyday) #today i woke up early to go run some errands and got home late at night #and the whole day i only had one piece of bread and iced tea #and like. i KNOW this is exactly why i feel awful and terrible and everything is shit #which is why its even more frustrating bc i can’t do anything about it when im this depressed rn… #and like . its really annoying that everything is just going so wrong that i give up on it all bc i just can’t deal with anything #i don’t even have my best friend anymore to complain to #i really really reallly can’t do this alone but ig this is how it’ll be for a long time #it’s been like this since early july… honestly i don’t even think things will get any better soon #seeing how even tho i made some progress last week i lost it all now and i will keep losing it over and over again #im going crazy really #and i wish my parents would stop making me feel guilty that im depressed #like genuinely what do you want me to do about it????? #you get annoyed at me when i don’t eat the food you make when u know im insane and paranoid and cannot eat this ive told u a million times #and the worst thing is that they KNOW what i like and eat but they don’t make it ever they keep making the food i can’t eat #like u can’t expect me to go inside the kitchen and make it myself bc i will literally pass out and die #im not kidding when i say this bc so many times i try and i really faint bc of the distress it makes me feel #i feel like this might sound extremely stupid to anyone who hasn’t experienced it but that’s just how it is here #anyway im gonna go to sleep now even tho im probably gonna die of frustration #i don’t think i’ll even wake tomorrow x_x my head feels like it might explode any second now #we have a family gathering tomorrow but im ditching them so ill probably just sleep until tuesday 😀 great #(i say this bc its 7am rn… by tomorrow i mean today but it’s tomorrow in my head bc im still up)

[talonflamee]

the fact Volo helps you out so much during the dialga/palkia battles AND he gets an entire post-game storyline like man….. don’t make this any harder than i already know it’s going to be 😔

#talking #pokemon legends spoilers #i just. REALLY wish it wasn’t spoiled for me so fast. bc i honestly don’t think i would’ve suspected ANYTHING otherwise #it really pretty much ruins the entire plot for me. still gonna enjoy it but. yah lol #idek what i’m complaining about here. ig i’m just frustrated that i wasn’t able to fully enjoy this game #i hope this doesn’t come across as me implying this is a bad writing decision or anything. quite the opposite really #it’s more like. i genuinely adore volo i think he’s an awesome character #and i’m super autistic & the more time i spend with him the more it’ll hurt 😭

[ratsketches]

Definitely thinking of moving off Twitter onto here and Inkblot :/ it’s been getting worse and worse over there, and now with this even bigger push for AI bs they’re doing, I don’t want anything to do with the site

#so damn frustrating #going to try and follow back everyone I can on here and other sites #to be honest I prefer using tumblr so much more anyway #even if my posts aren’t like massively popular I don’t mind it because it’s nice and calm over here #Twitter just make me anxious posting stuff and even though I’m still trying to be more active on sites and talk to folks online #it’s just hard sometimes but tumblr is definitely helping a lot more #so idk I might set up some side blogs for stuff and just see how things do over here #and like I know there’s bots on here but at least it’s not the c/ry/pto ones forcing it down your throat 247 and adding you to lists #idk if I’ll still use Instagram because I’m worried it’ll go in the same direction with ai stuff but we’ll see #this is frustrating for everyone but especially freelance artists #it’s so damn hard trying to get your work out there and protected at the moment

[werewolf-apologist]

botw isn’t even a game to me he’s my brother in arms

#yes totk is v fun but i’m very bad at like logic puzzles and creating devices and thingamabobs so it gets frustrating #like botw was so fun for me bc i could just explore and go barbarian on a monster outpost w the shit i found #but now the monsters are so hard and ur supposed to rely on zonai devices and ur creativity to solve problems and that’s difficult to me #idk i’m still playing and want to level up so i withstand a single blow from a bokoblin w/o dying lmao #and then i think it’ll b easier lol #but botw is still my everything <333

[humandisastersquad]

Moving temporarily to my mum’s for my regional placement and this book I’ve had on hold for over a month is currently Almost But Not Quite ready for me to borrow and I just Know it’s gonna Finally be available as soon as I leave im sure of it

#It’s been ‘in transit’ for nearly a week now this is torture #I say as if I’m still only halfway through the previous book of said trilogy #Tho this is more frustrating irt being able to pick it up etc bc it’ll be an absolute nuisance to do while I’m busy working #even with the 2 week holding period

[irrolyphant]

I think Rod will definitely have a somewhat significant role in the Daisy Jones and the Six series. Just given from the Hollywood Reporter, “it falls to Rod to keep the personal conflicts of the band from breaking them apart.” With him being the band’s road manager, he’s going to be in charge of a lot events for them. So yeah. I think we’ll get to see him throughout the show! And I hope that when the trailer does come out, it’ll show Timothy being introduced and looking the most handsome in 70s fashion! :)

I hope you’re right! IMDb has him down for 1 episode, but I don’t take much stock in it, because it’s not exactly the most reliable source for information out there 🙈

It’s possible he won’t show up until maybe the second/third episode — he arrives a little late in the book, too, because there’s a lot of background to cover for Daisy prior to the band even getting together, and then a bit of time passes before they meet Rod. But hopefully he’s in it pretty consistently after that! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

#i haven’t seen any hints at when it’s gonna be released other than ‘late 2022 or early 2023’ #i reckon. given that we’re near the end of october & there’s still no trailer or other promo for it yet. it’ll likely be early 2023 now #ugh #i’ve gotta keep reminding myself that they only finished filming it in may so it could be a while off yet #but i’m IMPATIENT 🙈🙈🙈 #like. gimme something. ANYTHING. #an on-set photo would be nice! #ugh. i’m desperate & frustrated haha #. #📮 #anonymous #timothy olyphant #daisy jones & the six

[yonebutvoltron]

Do we have any compilation of Keith’s voice because—-

#bc his voice is haunting me #dammit the VA nailed it. srsly. Keith’s and Krolia’s omg this family #its so emotional so desperate so frustrated like he could yell at me and i’d still be in utter love. the sheer EMOTIONS #(and the slight hoarse edge to it. dammit i’m not prepared for this) #and krolia’s is so soft so gentle so calming pls the world could be falling and if i had her saying ‘it’ll be fine’ i’d 100% believe #keith kogane #vld #keith #keith vld #krolia

[pepprs]

my onboarding has been a complete and total fucking mess it’s so stressful i want to just explode. lol

#purrs #finally got on payroll but can’t submit my time sheet bc my last student / intern timesheet WHICH SHOULDNT EVEN BE THERE bc i was in my #transitional position!! is still in my timesheet center and i already filled out a docusign time sheet for that pay period so i shouldn’t ha #have to worry abt it but i can’t submit any timesheets until that blank one gets removed by someone in payroll but a lot of ppl are on #vacation so im like wtf lol. im now on the first day of my 4th week and still haven’t gotten the email to sign up for benefits which iwwas s #supposed to get in my 2nd or 3rd week and i literally need to make appointments and figure out what im paying for counseling. still haven’t #found a carpool bc that fucking asshole wants to charge me $100 for a months worth of rides which i think is overpriced personally and also #he creeps me out but i can’t search for another carpool bc there isn’t a group for staff / faculty to like ask questions and this guy was #supposed to be my connection to helping me find staff / faculty in Columbia but instead he just inserted himself and it’s like i kinda hate #you and don’t want to ride with you but i literaly don’t think i have a choice. and then ofc my supervisor decides to leave RIGHT NOW so its #like i have to go out and find a ‘cultural contact’ who can get me acclimated to staff life bc she was supposed to do it and now she’s #fucking off to ****** so i have to replace her while ALSO taking her place w a whole bunch of work stuff AND being on the search committee w #which is launching this week. and im just about to punch something. this process has been so turbulent and frustrating i just want to be #settled in and instead km hitting roadblocks every step of the way and ppl including my close colleagues are still tagging me in my student #email when they don’t have to and they KNOW i hate it and want to have my staff email show up as much as possible. lol. ughhhhhh #i keep telling myself it’s like stars. my student star has gone out but the light takes time to travel to earth and it’s gonna keep hitting #for a while and im gonna have to deal w that. but in a couple months time god willing it’ll feel better. meanwhile i have completely paused #my quest to earn my permit and find a place to live bc i just can’t handle it rn and also im isolating myself again lolllll. so things are n #not good and im scared my counselor is only gonna give me 30 minutes like last time and spend most of it talking… we’ll see. i have more #thoughts but if i don’t go now i will be late for work lol 😃✌️