#closetedlavender52

[hel7l7]

I don't know how many people have asked this question, if any, but how to you make your art? Do you cut pictures out of magazines or print them out? And is it in a notebook or separate sheets? I am very curious and would like to know how to create similar artwork. I am not looking to copy you, not even post my creations. I just want to know the steps into creating my own piece to convey my emotions. I admire what you do and it really speaks to me.

I never mind these questions!  HOW I MAKE MY ART?  Well, to be completely honest, it’s not always exactly the same. But there is some sort of basic process I use. I made a youtube video a while back.  The description of the video also has some words on the process.  DO I CUT PICTURES OR PRINT THEM?  Good question! I always cut my pictures from magazines. Because environment and shit... It feels weird to print pictures when there’s so much paper around that would go to waste otherwise.  Now that I’m working on allowing myself more things (therapy is doing it’s job I guess.) I got a little photo printer, so I might use that some time. But the prints are quite expensive, so I think I’ll keep that for other art projects and for just the fun stuff ;)  Long story short: I cut them out.  NOTEBOOK OR SEPARATE SHEETS? Notebook. As preference at least. I find the paper often nicer to work with. And I don’t know. More journal-y or something.  I have used separate sheets in the past. But I just find that it doesn’t work as good for me. (Altho it doesn’t have the line in the middle when I scan the art and I do love that part about it.)  I also reblogged some older asks that might be usefull!  - B. 

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[gettin-bi-bi-bi]

So, I have known for a while that I am bisexual but only recently found out that there are stereotypes of what a bi person is like. For example, apparently some stereotypes include making finger guns and cuffing your jeans. There are more but this is where I'm coming from. Anyway, I am afraid that when I come out at school people will discredit my bisexuality because I have never done these things. I am very confused why these are stereotypes in the first place. Help me navigate this!!

These “stereotypes” really aren’t anything to be taken seriously tbh. They aren’t even actual “stereotypes”. They are more something that bisexuals themselves have picked up on as “typical” things that bi people do. Apparently! But if you made a study on that you would most certainly find that a) many bisexual people do not make finger guns and b) many people who do make finger guns are not bisexual. It’s basically just a joke in the bi community. Like those “bi people cannot sit straight in chairs” memes. It’s just a thing that bi people have decided to claim as Bisexual Culture. Maybe as a reaction against actually biphobic stereotypes, you know? To give us some funny and harmless “stereotypes” that aren’t really founded in anything that’s scientifically measurable, to even out the biphobic bullshit we have to deal with.

You should definitly not worry at all about not having done any of those things. First of all: it’s not cuffing your jeans that makes you bisexual. What makes you bisexual is you wanted to identify that way bc you recognice your potential to be attracted to more than one gender. That is ALL that needs to be “done” to be bi. It doesn’t matter what you look or dress like, what gestures you use or how you sit. Those things aren’t your sexuality. And there is no right or wrong way to be bisexual.

Some people like to express their sexuality through their clothes but you don’t have to in order to be bisexual. Also, many straight people and even other queers don’t even know of these supposed “bi stereotypes” so they wouldn’t even know that’s something they could judge you by. And even if they do judge you by it then that’s very shitty of them and not your fault. Just be yourself. You don’t have to perform anything to be part of the bisexual community and you don’t owe it to anyone to prove your bi-ness by following all those stereotypes.

Maddie

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