#i am going through some stuff.

[wifiwuxians]

can we start over?

don't answer that.

[id: a somewhat unfinished, black and white simple drawing of xue yang and song lan. both appear to be bandaged up; xue yang, across his right eye, left leg and chest. song lan, along his neck and left forearm. song lan also has a patch on his left cheek. xue yang is leaning defeatedly into song lan, who is looking away in mild discomfort, but is otherwise static. /end id]

#xy&sl #as per the norm. #xue yang #song lan #my art #mdzs #i am going through some stuff. #some shit has been resurfacing and i'm trying to just deal with it as it comes. there will be more art this month but #maybe not so much Me tjdhgjd #anyways this is yeah just. what it is #if i cant be well i want them to be well. sorry that everything is them now. i have my reasons #comfort characters and all that shit

[nedeii]

wip X2

#i never post them but maybe it wouldn't be all that bad idk #still having some weird mental hurtles to traverse >_> #and explore #and learn from #kicking my perfectionism to the other edge of the universe would be step no 1 #i used to be way less scared and going through my oooold stuff there's a sense of freedom i kind of like #and now i visibly lack it #SO MAYBE I WONT FIX THOSE WONKY SHOES WHEN RENDERING #WHO KNOWS #anyway #hello tumblr #I'll try not to be a coward and post something sometime #thanks for sticking around #sky 星を紡ぐ子どもたち #thatskygame #wip #skyblr #are these too many hashtags am i going to face THE CONSQUENCES is this instagram if you post more than x you PERISH ohnoohno

[corrodedcoughin]

some thoughts about Steddie and blowing kisses

It started as all things do with them, as a joke. He doesn't know when it started but it did, as part of his routine when he leaves Robin he blows her a kiss. Just a touch of his fingers to his mouth and a wave of his hand. Nothing elaborate. And Robin's response is equally routine, pretends to grab it and stick it in her shirt pocket.

Everyone is used to it, nothing new, just part of their relationship. Eddie is hanging out at family video with them both when Steve goes to take his break outside, desperate for some fresh air after being stuck in the stuffy store. As he is heading out the door, he sends Robin a kiss, she puts up her hand to catch it and that's when the routine changes. Eddie vaults over a display table of tapes and mimes grabbing the kiss and eating it. He’s like a wild animal, snorting and snuffling crouched on the ground, looking up at Steve when he's finished with a deranged smile

'Thanks for that Stevie, I was starving.'

Both Robin and Steve are trying so desperately not to laugh but they can't help it, Steve stumbles out the front door with a 'what the fuck' coming out between the gasps for air and Robin is applauding Eddie from inside the store. Eddie obviously gives a dramatic and over the top bow.

Eddie is involved in the kiss routine from then on and the response is always a surprise. Steve has witnessed his air kisses being hit by an imaginary bat achieving a home run with Eddie doing a victory lap around the parking lot, being clutched out of the air and stuffed in Eddie's back pocket 'for later', caught in Eddie's hands and let out the window like an unwanted insect, inhaled in like a hoover, cowered against and fought like it was a life threatening dragon 'Sir Steve, Lady Buckley stay close! I will slay the beast!'

They escalate and escalate until one day Eddie is standing next to Steve when he blows the kiss. Steve anticipates his response, he'd be lying if he said he's now only really blowing these kisses to see what Eddie will do, see the smile it brings to the other boy's face and tries to push down the butterflies in his own stomach when Eddie sends a wink to Steve at the end of the performance. This time though? Eddie pretends to grab the kiss out of the air, places it to his cheek, with a blush creeping up from his neck and leans forward. He leans and lets his lips brush Steve's cheek in return. Steve is frozen solid, trying desperately not to let his legs buckle in surprise and feels Eddie smile as he whispers 'figured I better start returning these. think I've got a lot to make up for.'

#here it is #the post to try and make up for sad Steve yesterday #no promise on if it’s good or bad that’s up to you #Eddie has deflected the kisses to Robin in lord of ways but those are some of my favourites #there are more though #as always this is not proof read because I can’t read my own stuff. #this is because of flowers anon #and anyone who reblogged tvr sad Steve post saying some interaction of ‘me too’ #because friends we are all in this together I promise you that I am going through it with you #it might feel awful but you are not alone #I’ll try to get some silly Steddie shit posts going if you need them or anything #anyway sorry here’s this feel free to ignore #stranger things #steddie #eddie munson #steve harrington

[katabay]

L'APPEL DU VIDE

okay so. jack! jack. what a collection of guys. the overlap between jack and the beanstalk and jack the giant killer, though. that sure is something! sometimes king arthur is there, which always takes me by surprise.

this. specifically. is an idea I've been kicking around. jack and the beanstalk is not a story I've ever enjoyed, as a kid it was probably my least favorite to read. as an adult, I was INTENSELY fascinated by reading j.g. ballard's the drowned giant. I think about it frequently, and somewhere during a re read of it, I ended up revisiting jack.

combining different versions of jack into one character is not a new concept, but it IS a fun one! the version I've been assembling together plays less with the fun elements of a jack story (and adjacent folklore stories), and focuses more on the potential for tragic elements with the addition of the usual grim and jagged narrative edges that I personally enjoy.

jack with the backstory of the devil and the three golden hairs, only jack doesn't find love, he's TIRED, all he wants to do is go home, but there isn't a home to go back to. what is the point of being born lucky if this is what it gets you? jack the giant killer, only he doesn't want to kill giants, jack who saw a body of a giant when he was a small child and cannot bring himself to do as a king commands. jack, who climbs up the beanstalk and stops halfway to look down. etc.

to go back to the drowned giant real quick, both to set the tone about jack seeing the body of a giant as a youth, and also because I've been haunted and obsessed with this excerpt of it ever since I read it:

J. G. Ballard, The Drowned Giant

anyway! this was originally like, a two illustration concept to get out of my system. however. I'm halfway through outlining a narrative. so. maybe it will also be several illustrations and also comic.

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost

#original tag #generic medieval tag #WAHOO. alright. #i dont have any additional commentary in the tags. reading the drowned giant years ago Did Something To Me #and it connected with whatever it was that made me dislike the jack and the beanstalk narrative (i know what it is. its just not really #all that relevant to this post. also im tired. its time for bed) #through the power of Why Not. i will now. turn it into a story???? #i think. its definitely been taking up a lot of space in my mind lately #the only thing stopping me from turning it into my Side Project to do when i need a break from doing Bad Governance edits #is that. ive run out of notebooks???? to start a new story in. and i am Old and i only outline stuff by hand #eventually i'll get to daiso and pick up some new ones and work on this for real. until then. im going to continue to write about it #in my personal journal where i dump all my thoughts and ideas into

[unknownarmageddon]

Grief and anger hand in hand

Dust belongs to Ask-Dusttale Death’s Doorstep (this band AU) belongs to me

Lyrics from I Am My Own Muse by Fall Out Boy

#Hehe. lore and such #Very very happy with this one I tried some different stuff and I think it worked well #Armageddon art #death’s doorstep #dust sans #dust!sans #dusttale sans #Undertale AU #sans AU #AU sans #utmv #Murder sans #This is when he’s in high school. Right after his brother died #I could write something more in depth but I am Tired #essentially he’s got a lotta shit going on and he #impulsively ran out to his garage and destroyed his guitar right there #cause so much was out of his control and he fucking hated it #And he was mad at too many things. And he was going through it he wasn’t thinking #idk how to explain it without it sounding stupid my brain is half dead /nsrs #also this. Like I said. Takes place several years before the “main” plot of the DD stuff #so I know this guitar looks like the one I usually draw him with #and that’s cause I fucked up with my last highschool-era piece and gave him the same guitar as the present #so let’s say he destroys this one first. Goes through two more. Then eventually ends up with another that looks just like this one #idk if that made sense. Hopefully #OKAY shutting up now my bad #Eye strain #tw eye strain #cw eye strain

[muriers]

@mcyt-femslash - Week 4: Snow/Cultivation

So I know the "cultivation" part of this prompt meant like, plant cultivation, but I'm taking any excuse to draw wuxia au gempearl

#geminitay #geminitay fanart #pearlescentmoon #pearlesentmoon fanart #trafficshipping #traffic series #secret life smp #mcyt femslash #aprilshowersbringsmcytfemslash #mulberry's art tag #literally think the audience this appeals to is one: me #but that's all i need to draw something #anyway my thoughts for this au is that gem is like a sect leader's daughter so she's really high up in the world #and pearl is like a master swordswoman hired to protect her bc a lot of other sects try to attack the sect heir #mostly just vibes with this au ngl bc I am going through a tg//cf hyperfixation so their designs are lowkey inspired from that #(<- added slashes so this post doesn't pop up under the tg//cf tag by accident) #but anyway.... maybe there's also some secret identity stuff going on with pearl ;)

[sunsetsandsunshine]

Bro the TMNT fandom can be so freaking tiring sometimes. Like- I love this franchise but some of y’all are just ruining it. And by “some of y’all” I mean the people who are shipping the turtles with each other.

One minute you think someone is nice? And then they ship T*est. Talented and has an amazing artysle? Draws T*est. They’re following you and you want to see what they’re blog is about?

FREAKING. T*EST.

They’re brothers. I’m so tired of the “Don’t like? Don’t read 🥺” bs. OFC NO ONE WILL READ IT- You’re shipping siblings. Get some help, man.

#Maybe go to guidance #Get some therapy #Like y’all disgust me bro #Also the whole “They’re not actual siblings” stuff #Like- what- that’s just straight up BULLSHIT #Or maybe I’m just stupid #Idk 🤷🏾‍♀️ #All I DO know if I see one more T*est shipper follow me I’m going to lose it #And don’t even get me started on all the s*x stuff that I keep seeing #They’re teenagers- what’s wrong with you… #Tmnt #TMNT #Tmnt 2003 #Tmnt 2012 #Tmnt 1987 #Tmnt 2007 #Rottmnt #Tmnt Mutant Mayhem #Basically all the TMNT iterations #Like I am just so scared to like and reblog art that I just quickly look through the persons blog to make sure they’re an a-okay dude #It’s so messed up- it’s just common sense not to ship siblings #Like what r y’all doin 💀 #This isn’t getting you anywhere in life- #It just won’t #AND MOST OF THEM R ADUTLS #SIS GO PAY UR DAMN TAXES

[senselessalchemist]

Bow problems (+ other nonsense)

#saroart #dead cells #the beheaded #the collector #they just wanted a nice bow #the collector can do a lot of stuff but i don't think he's good at bows #i was drawing a lot of antagonistic beheaded/collector content so i wanted to do some more cute junk #okay a lot is an exaggeration. still #need some guys being buds content sometimes #weird monster guys doing domestic shit is my favorite genre #i got a bonus at holiday time and im tempted to buy a tablet i can use portably #esp because holy fuck i don't know how to draw anymore #but also i just spent stupid money on tickets to live podcasts so i probably shouldn't #unrelated im very upset today because fucking UPS didn't ring my goddamn doorbell and so “”missed me“” and couldnt deliver my specialty meds #why must i get my meds through ups #because the us is a hellscape and i am beholden to my health insurance company #ups who has literally never managed to get a package to this apartment #tbh im stressed as fuck about having to go through this every goddamn month

[sunnys-side-upside-down]

Blorbo's Eepiest Soldier

Thank you everyone for your kind words, I'm doing better and am back to it <3

#helloo! #thank you all for the well wishes #I have really appreciated every kind word #I'm doing better now and have gotten back to school work #i am so eepy though #eepiest soldier #im also being overworked on my capstone game team and the team lead even told me shes over working me so thats #fun #counting going to this capstone class and meetings and such im putting like 25+ hours in a week for it #and i do have 2 other classes #and a social life i enjoy having #haha #but im happy to do the work cause its good portfolio stuff #except when my producer comes up to me and says "yknow how ur in charge of all the 2d art and concepting and branding and ui and pr? yeah g #make a 3-4 page detailed comic for plot at the start of our game cause we dont wanna cut plot (even tho we dont have time for it) and we #dont wanna show plot through interactable objects and dialogue/text so more work for you even tho u legit dont have time for it #ngl tho i have genuinely been enjoying designing icons and doing model concepts #i made some fire designs recently #please hire me a game company tm #anyway enough of capstone talk #love you all!!! #im excited to graduate and finally be able to change my bio!! #hope you all have a very lovely rest of your day <33 #furry #fursona #digital art #art #eepy

[stiffyck]

Confessing this to your blog because you lowkey inspired me to do this by being so open with your thoughts on fanon (thank you /gen)

Just recently blocked the trafficblr and life series tags.

The way people wouldn’t stop talking about scar and Grian having sand permits this season pushed me over the edge. Hermitcraft has become a safe place for me, and the life series fandom has always been bad for my mental health.

Scar and Grian can be separate entities. They ARE separate entities. They are two different people. They don’t always have to be roped into the same box.

Anyway never feel bad for blocking tags. It can help your feelings a lot, and it affects no one but you.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk

(This is not meant to be hateful towards anyone who does enjoy the life series fandom. These are just my feelings on the matter and everyone is entitled to their own opinion)

Yea thats honestly very fair. i might do that as well because as much as i love desert duo and 3rd life its started to get real annoying. i like the fact that these two fandoms overlap so much and i do find some of the angst and the ideas interesting but this has just been bugging me lately sdsdkjf

like it feels like people cannot view scar specifically without grian by his side. grian? sure people throw in mumbo and now even gem to him. (which okay. they can also be their own people come on.)

idk i just wish people talked about more stuff than just the stuff thats related to the life series and grians fishing addiction.

im always baffled that people dont talk about angst from other peoples episodes??? like i watch scar a lot. i always think "oh this has got to spawn some angst right?" but no. if grian is not invloved no angst sdkjfhs. the death loop he was in recently? the way he blew up grians bookshelves around his enchanter? like theres a lot of stuff i thought people would go insane over but. no.

gem? gem and her lighthouse? her whole build is supposed to be horrory and cursed but i barely see anything about her or her builds.

anyway yes i get what you mean and blocking tags is the best way to go about this sorta stuff sdkjfhs

im glad people are having fun with it but i also wish more people were insane about other stuff

#im so insane over all the angst im getting from scars s10 but theres barely anything out there and im tired always making the posts myself #idk sometimes i just wanna go through scars tag and reblog all the insane angst posts people make #but theres like. almost nothing. #“be insane about your blorbo. make the stuff you wanna see.” i am insane. i do make stuff. #i just wish people actually talked about it with me sjkdfbs #and added on #and just. idk. #anyway yea im gonna go block some more tags now sdkfjhskdfh #have been meaning to do it for a while #asks

[arcielee]

To my Tumblr kindred spirits... I see your boops, I see your hugs, and I love you all. 🥰 I usually take the time to reply, but this week has been rough for me and I am feeling drained.

I do appreciate everyone of them though. Thank you. 💜

Me to you all:

#for real #i love my tumblr kindred spirits #i just have a lot going on at the moment #i just don't have the energy to go through and respond with the detailing i usually give #and i feel bad to half ass it? #but i also feel bad because i am not ignoring them #i just have some stuff and things that need my attention #but thank you #seriously #each one leaves me a grinning fool 💜

[feathercreates]

Here, have a comfy Viktor who’s absolutely delighted to see you. ❤️

#viktor arcane #arcane #league of legends #lol viktor #arcane viktor #viktor x reader #viktor x you #WHENEVER THIS MAN SMILES I JUST MELT #HECK I LOVE HIM #been going through some real tough stuff lately #and just wanted to see a happy smiling bean #lookin' comfy and ready to listen to me rant and complain and offer love #I am determined to make more happy / slice of life Vik #otherwise I WILL DIE when S2 rolls around #gotta stock up on making him warm and comfy #also I am vibrating with joy because I can finally draw again #omg #it's been so long

[noivern]

after. way too many hours and getting stuck A Lot. and deeply unhelpful cats. finally completed the blender donut tutorial

#blender #i may need a 3d art tag feels weird to just label it with the other stuff #now i want to learn retopo and rigging and shapekeys and. and and and and. #very mad to learn that doing 1 tutorial hasnt turned me instantly into an expert on all of it. unacceptable frankly #3d #i dont like how holding on the last frame looks too still i shoulda rendered some more at the end to get slightly varying twinkles but i am #Not going back for this. my poor 1070 Chugs through rendering

[gay-horse]

this art is from february last year

#mlp #eqg #rainbow dash #equestria girls #op #my art #i have not been able to draw very much at all lately but im going through some old art and i didnt post this one #theres actually a lot of stuff i havent posted i am just embarrassed of my scratchy sketches

[excali8ur]

You ever look through your follower list and realise how many people are following you who you absolutely cannot stand.

So anyway. Time to do some spring cleaning. Bioessentialists & transphobes get the fuck off my blog. Ace and aro exclusionists get the fuck off my blog. SWERFs and “no kink at pride” types get the fuck off my blog. Right wingers get the fuck off my blog. Antisemites get the fuck off my blog. None of you are welcome here.

(And if none of this applies to you, you’re totally welcome here!)

#personal #Bleh. #I hate having to do these posts why can’t people just be decent #I’ve been lazy though #Now I’ve got blogs following me who have bios threatening to mutilate ‘AMAB people’ if they interact #Fucking disgusting. Eat shit & delete your blog #I know this is my art blog not my personal blog so people aren’t really gonna get much of a sense of who I am from it #But I wanna make it clear I’m not willing to interact with people who think that stuff is okay. #I wasn’t even looking through my followers for this stuff I was looking for petty fandom reasons dghdvdjd #Ugh #Anyway. Going to bed #ALSO. THIS ISN’T REBLOG BAIT #I’m just trying to scare off some people from My blog #Just so you know-

[starflungwaddledee]

do you have any tips for leaving compliments on other people's art ?? your tags are always so well phrased !

oooo oooooooooooooo uuhhhhhhhh hmmm!

firstly, thank you!! i'm rather glad to hear that! i try quite hard to leave meaningful comments so it's nice when folks notice or appreciate it!

outside of commenting on the work, i first consider the tone of what i'm saying and who i'm saying it to.

i always try to make sure that what i'm saying will be appreciated by the person! that's the point. for the most part i leave comments to bring joy to the op, and thank them for their hard work, for being here and sharing art that made me happy! if i'm speaking to a mutual or friend, there's gonna be inside jokes and probably an amount of casual yelling. possibly even a little friendly roast, if i know them well enough. if i'm speaking with someone i don't know as well i try to keep it a little more professional, but i keep in mind that this is a fandom so an amount of yelling and screaming is expected. i tend to think about what i would like from someone else.

also if i notice that a caption or a blogs about is not in english i double check. if english is not the first language of the artist i make sure to construct tags that are easily translated and i use only and exclusively positive phrases. saying things like "delete this!!!! /pos" or "eating my own hands" can be totally lost in translation. i also keep in mind the age of the OP. don't tag as though you're Looking Disrespectfully at the art of a minor, even if that's your favourite blorbo.

as for how to comment on art or storytelling itself, this is indeed a learned skill, and it can be helped by training your eye to understand different things in artwork. but it's easy to start practicing! this is intuitive to me now, but an easy way to begin is to pick out one or two things that really stand out to you on a piece. (examples could be line quality; is it smooth? neat? textured? full of emotion?, shading: is it crisp? atmospheric? realistically rendered?, or colour choice: is it vibrant? is it moody? is it perfectly on model?) and draw attention to them and how the artist successfully used them to make the piece work.

if the piece includes design-work, pick something of that which you like as well. (clothes, colour choices, abilities, parallels to other characters, totally new or unique concepts that you haven't seen before. if you see your favourite colour combos or notions, let them know, but if it's a stranger remember they made the design for themselves, and you just share (good) tastes!) if you really want to make an artist/designer/storyteller's day, try to find the Little Thing that they've snuck into their art or design that ties into the story or lore that they are telling. even guesses to this end tend to be appreciated!

generally useful things you can also comment on are how well an artist has utilised a medium for its strengths, especially if the medium is a little unusual. if someone @'d me in particular i make sure to acknowledge that too because they probably read me for something and i should acknowledge the effort!

another thing i also always, always encourage, is to try to periodically share and comment on the work of people who are either less experienced or who have less visibility than you. especially if you have more of a platform! if you want to keep your blog clean of too many reblogs for aesthetic or professional reasons you can even go through and remove them later, but sharing the work of smaller accounts- even temporarily- makes such a huge difference! and encouraging + supporting younger or beginner artists is something we should be endeavouring to do as much as possible!

at the end of the day, i always just try to be very earnest in my tags.

there is generally no reason to withhold any praises i can think of, because it's usually nice to have your work perceived and appreciated! i personally loooovvve long rambling tags, screaming tags, stuff like "AAHH NOOOOOOO (THE BLORBO)" and so on. i try to leave the kind of thoughtful comments that i like (and am lucky enough) to receive, and i try to share artwork from a wide variety of people!

#asks #it's something you can get better at with practice and with training your eye to see Little Things in artwork #at understanding the components that an artwork is made up of; and picking the bits that are actually Popping Out to you in the moment! #i hope this helps?? it just takes a bit of Time. moreso than just hitting the reblog button! so i understand why not everyone can do it #i tend to shove stuff into my drafts for weeks/months and will go through and add tags when i have some downtime. #but all my stuff is also queued for the most part. #also if i ever tag something an OP is uncomfortable with; i am trusting they would reach out to me!! #sorry to all the folks who's pictures of galacta knight i have reblogged just going like UHHHHHHH because my brain short circuited #starflungs personal tag #<- sorta?