#i hope this inspires you to keep going

[kandavers]

If you could give a stranger one bit of life advice, what would it be?

Strive to be the person that You, as a child, would Feel safe Around.

Your younger self wouldn’t care if you’re a Doctor, or Engineer, or anything like that. All they care about is whether you’re still the Kind, Fun, Loving You that they always recognized you to be. So stop for a moment and consider that. And be Kinder to yourself. Say nice things about yourself. Treat yourself to that thing you’ve always wanted. Love everyone. And take Good Care of the People dear to you.

I promise that if The Child that You once were Saw You then, They would be Just a Little Braver about Growing Up :)

#kanrambles #ask #poetic time #i hope this inspires you to keep going #i know its hard #believe me ive been there #but take a moment to look back #Would tiny me love who i am now? #I hope the answer is yes #I’m proud of you #for making it this far #And i’m proud of you #For being you #^^ #positivity

[luck-of-the-drawings]

[<==PREV PAGES] [NEXT PAGE==>(not out yet.wait a year.or maybe more.imagine.]

saw alot of comments on prev pages; saying 'i HATE that mean teacher! im gonna FIGHT HIM!!' & i LOVE the energy!! it WOULD be nice. to have that catharsis. but the story of young tidestrider is Not one of catharsis. it is a story of being so small and so special and sucking so bad.

#jrwi fanart #jrwi show #jrwi riptide #gillion tidestrider #GONNA START FORMATTING MY COMICS BETTER. W THE PROPER 'PREV' 'NEXT' LINKS #REALLY DIDNT EXPECT TO CONTINUE THIS SERIES BUT AAAUUUHH MY BRRAAAIN MY BRAIN IS SO IDEASSS. I HAVE 3 OTHER PAGES SKETCHED OUT #NO PROMISES ILL FINISH EM ANY TIME SOON OR EVER. MY WHIMS ARE THEIR OWN BEAST AND I ONLY DRAW ON MY WHIMS #THAT BEING SAID IF U COMMISSIONED ME ILL GEEETT TO YOUUU IM SORRYYYY. ART IS AN EMOTIONAL RELEASE FOR ME N BABY I HAVE EMOTIONS. #ESPECIALLY ABOUT GILLION TIDESTRIDER CHAMPION OF THE UNDERSEA HERO OF THE DEEP.for the desc here i put smth that i typed up in the tags of #another thing i made. i gotta make a proper Baby Gillion tag or smth. eventually.. eventually...I LOVE DRAWIN THIS LIL BABY GUY.. #i also LOVE depicting the teachers as just being so fuckin mean. ofc theres variation in that. just like in all things.like the teacher her #idk if itll be mentioned but the octo lady is named Ms Octburn.an octopus pun based off the name of an actual councilor i had #when i was in elementary school i got bullied alot but teachers never did anything. i hated adults and didnt trust them. #but this councilor o mine was so genuinely sweet. i remember spending alot of time w her. she doesnt work there anymore. #but that one school adult that actually earns ur trust and is there for you when they can be.its SO important for a child i think #i hope she knows how much she helped me.youll see in the next page that ms octburn isnt perfect either.but she tries. they all try.somehow. #ALL these comics are gonna be inspired by somesorta experience o mine in the school system. school is so fucked up u ever thing abt that #AND GILLIOOOOONNN IN THE MOST FUCKED UP LITTLE SCHOOL OF ALL. MAINTAINED BY A CULT. CENTERED AROUND HIM. OUR CHOSEN ONE #I IMAGINE ALOT BANKS ON HIS SUCCESS. THIS IS THE WORLD. THE WHOLE WORLD. THE PROPHECY IS GOING TO COME TRUE N UR TELLIN ME #THAT ITS THIS LITTLE IDIOT THATS GONNA BE SAVING US? WHAT IF HE FAILS. IF HE CANT GET THIS RIGHT THEN HE WILL FAIL AND WE WILL DIE #WE NEED TO TRAIN HIM. WE NEED HIM TO LEARN. AND TO SUCCEED. OR ELSE WE'RE DEAD. WE'RE ALL FUCKING DEAD. I IMAGINE THAT MUST BE STRESSFUL #in other news i hope ppl actually giggle when they read these. they ARE intended to be comical. dark humor or whatever. like its also sad #this is intended to be a sad comic series. but a funny one too. does that make sense? god i hope so.saw some1 say they had flashbacks- #-reading this. like YES!! THE INTENDED EFFECT!! YOU GET ME!! i love seeing ppl get upset on this lil baby boys behalf. i LOVE seeing ppl- #-wail n weep n cry in the comments. i LOOOVE seeing ppl RELATE to baby gillion. and i love letting u all know that this wont be a happycomi #gillion gets his happiness arc in the actual show. this series is one of unfortunate events. teehehehe. do u guys remember that show #i keep listening to the lil songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events for inspiration. GOOD STUFF!! #anyway uuhh uhh thats all i got in my brain. for now. feed me ur comments give me ur input i NNEEEEEDD THHEEEMMMM

[scarycranegame]

thinking about. transfems. and trans girls. and how cool they are.. literally if you're a tgirl or girl-adjacent transgender person i want you to know that. you are so wonderful and beautiful and kind and talented.. we need you on this site now more than ever, and im so sorry about literally everything that's happened here. none of you deserve to be treated like this; you deserve so much better, and i'm sincerely hoping that other people (especially people with power to instate significant change that affects a lot of people) will understand this and work towards making this a safer platform for all of you. please don't let anything that's happening right now on this literal hellsite make you think that you're any less than amazing; i love all of you so so so much <333 please stay safe out there!!!

#not fandom #let's get serious #transgender #trans #trans positivity #trans rights are human rights #transfem #trans girl #trans women #trans pride #literally whenever i find something new that i love so so much and i look at who made it #its always a trans girl. always #how are you all so awesome at literally everything #also this includes nonbinary transfems!!! that should go without saying #everyone whos transgender and feminine in any way at all. i love you so so so much <333 forever and always #fuck photomatt this will always be the trans people website #on that note seeing so many people posting transition pics in light of this incident is. really inspiring to me #it gives me hope that someday i'll look the way i want to as well #just... i love trans girls. it cant be put into words how much hope you all give me just from existing and surviving #please keep doing it. please keep existing and surviving #its so so so important that you live #please remember that #sorry if this post is kind of incoherent my brain is. mush. because im thinking about how cool trans girls are #scary crane rambles

[kobochasketch]

A cool Lady rockin’ a fur coat! (inspired by @fabdante‘s lovely Devil May Cry art of all the various fun alternate outfits and fabulous fur coats!!!) ;D

#devil may cry #dmc3 lady #dmc3 #devil may cry3 #artists on tumblr #hello all!! I hope you've been well! Please take this modest offering after *checks watch* a long time!!! hfbvhjfbghgb #I actually drew this way earlier this year but various things had it slide onto the backburner #fabdante's art really inspired me to want to do my own 'dmc character in an awesome fur coat'- #the decadence! the floof! #dmc character in alt outfit #(and before you have to wonder- I have absolutely considered kimono outfits for everyone nbgjrthbgh) #I had originally planned on drawing ReDante or Kat- but ended up drawing my girl Lady instead #I think a fur coat suits her really well ya know? #it was originally drawn in my sketchbook with the fur having been done with a brush pen :D #I tried to keep it on brand colorwise...and actually languished a good while on whether or not to make the fur white or not #I ended up going for the dark fur obviously but with contrasting white lapels meant to kinda invoke the dmc5 jacket a bit! :D #oh and while not my original intent- I can't help but think 'band au' when I look at this now nnfbfhg #anyway! #big thanks to fabdante for keeping up the cool art/meta pots/ and reboot kid art! we love to see it!!! ;DDD

[swordheld]

how do you think in poems? i really enjoy the tags under your posts i've always wanted to write down my own thoughts that way bc in my head they feel so thorough and magical but whenever i put it in words i feel it just gets so much flatter and i no longer see a point and give up

oh oh oh, but lovely, can't you see that you've already started? it's a perspective that you hone, over time, something that is specific to you and you alone – that's the piece of it that makes it so special! you've already begun, and it only goes forward, up, sideways from here, wherever you wish to go!

think of it like a skill, for a moment, or a kind of muscle, if you'd prefer. you have to work at it, with it, over time and differing experiences, in order to progress.

(a quick important note: not progression as in the kind of quality-check of a grading scale, but progression as in evolution. shifting change. think of the leaves and their colors across the months of autumn, or temperatures rising with the sun and cooling with the evening dark. change isn't intrinsically a qualifying thing, it can just be, sometimes. this is difficult to remember, especially in the midst of frustration, but it is worth it. you are always doing better than you think you are – harshest critic, and all that.)

which is not to say that it's a simple thing to do! compare this to the vibe of me picking up crochet recently, with my shaking hands and too-quickly dwindling adhd focus – my first attempts at making a lil headphone sprout have not been going as well as i once hoped. my stitches are either too big and sloppy bc i'm not holding the yarn tightly enough to get clean ones, or i feel frustrated due to it not looking like how i'd like it to look in my mind when i started it, or even as i begin my umpteenth attempt.

but!! i know that it won't ever look the way i want it do if i set it down and never keep trying. it'll take awhile, like everything does, even the seasons take their time, the moon and its phases; but what i do know, is that, eventually, it'll resemble something i want it to. vaguely, maybe, but it is something. it doesn't have to look exactly like the guide i'm following, or the examples i'm inspired by, because it's mine – something made by my own hands, my own time and experience with every mistake and thrilling joy along the way to learn by.

take it from me: i want to be good at things i want to be good at so badly. and that excitement makes me want to be at the skill level i need to be at in order to do so right then and there, no learning curves or building blocks allowed. which is never how it happens, unfortunately, but –

i think, gently, that we tend to overlook what a pleasure it is to learn. to see the slow progression of things, to begin and change and continue and get better. and even if it's different as we go along, in a way it's our own little kind of magic, maybe, to create and never be done if we don't want to be.

which is all to say: it's already yours. why does it have to be anything else, anything more? why can't it just be good as it is now, where it might never be again? what is there to lose by enjoying the moment of where you are?

like everything, it will grow and shift and evolve with time, maybe into something you'd hoped for, or maybe into something you don't even have the words to describe right now at all. but that's the fun of it: how even now, even then, there, across time and distance and skill, there is a common thread of things; it will always come from your heart, your experience, where you are right then and there and now.

and if you think of that like magic, well, it becomes a little like magic, doesn't it?

also, something to consider: sometimes things you feel or think can't be put into words at that moment, or even at all! something else you could try (that i certainly do) is making something else with whatever it makes you feel - whether that's another form of art, or any other kind of media. if it makes you want to go outside and take a walk or get cozy and read or play a video game? that counts too! that's still an experience, you're still feeling.

i think that counts a little more than anything else, you know?

and as a little ending fun side-note, can i share something cool? i've never thought of it that way before, as thinking in poems. in my mind it's always been a kind of perspective of personal wonder, but you're right – it's poetry, in it's own way. you gave me that – so thank you, from the heart of me. i hope your journey finds you with every bright joy.

#rainsdowninkerala #q&a. #this is truly so much longer than i had originally thought it would be so i do hope it's less rambly and more help-y? #the art of creation goes hand in hand with the exploration and discovery of feeling and it is sooooo important n fascinating to me. #truly tho this can all be boiled down into a kind of: keep going? keep going. you can only get better. #i didn't want the post itself to get even longer & winded BUT if you want a lil fun vibe? watch meet the robinsons. it's a lil silly; but - #truly nothing changed my creative experiences more than hearing ' keep moving forward ' paired with joy at the result of failure. #how it is that you never learn if you don't fail; you have to keep trying; keep going at it; and if we only ever succeeded – #there would never be that? that checkpoint of progression? it changed that frustrating moment into a kind of art; for me. #how each time i fail and feel that sadness or anger it reframes it into oh. i'm learning. i'm doing something new and i'm learning. #isn't that amazing? spectacular? that i can do this? that it's me / you / us together? #i think ab that a lot in terms of inspiring my mindset. i hope it helps you too. wishing u all my best !!!! <3

[lilybug-02]

Hi! Your art is really good it inspires me to keep going despite still feeling quite like a beginner artist

But I would like to ask if it Is possible for someone to become a good artist/animator if they aren’t very experienced with drawing or lack talent ?

Oh it is 100% possible for any person to become a good artist! Artistry also includes poetry, writing, digital art, painting, animating, sculpting, etc, so theres a ton to discover, learn about, and specialize in :)

I recommend drawing daily or often. Sounds kinda dull, but i drew for fandoms regularly over the years. Through my exposure of that, I slowly got better at art and writing.

There will always be a bigger fish, but know your a big fish in your own right! It's healthy to be proud of your creations, even if they have a ton of flaws. You made it and thats an amazing feat! Gratification does not equal arrogance.

Find Friends to Draw With. Many of my art friends are online or long time friends of mine 💕 and my relationships with them goes to show just how much other people can inspire you to keep going with your own art and ideas!

It's taken me more than 7 years to get where I am with drawing (not to scare you or anything, i started in high school), but for some it may take way less than that. It really depends on your work flow and art availability. Take your time, have fun, and remember to stay connected with people. It's hard to do it alone <3

#bread #ask stuff #hope this helps! Love your comment #Qwq im glad I could inspire you to keep going with art. Ur awesome.

[prolibytherium]

I hate when fanfictions do that shit where they alternate POVs in the same chapter/section/etc so you get like an action replay of every event from all sides like boooooo you didn't use POV shifts judiciously to conceal and reveal information at opportune moments booooooo

#I am going to be 10000% real: This post was inspired by that 1300000+ word The Beatles yaoi fanfiction which I am #making a serious attempt at reading in full as a form of extreme sport #I'm not doing a very good job though and keep dropping it to read nonfiction history books because unfortunately The Beatles rpf #does not - in fact - hold my interest very well. :/ #And this one is not as entertaining as the absolute batshit length would make you hope

[eggwishing]

little peek at somethjing i am cooking up ...

#this is rlly rough but rn im just blocking everything out #i have like 6.5 pages sketched so far this is already going faster than last time i think..^_^ #im having a blast also #im tryna rewire my brain . every time i think Blehhh i hate drawing i just want to see it done i gotta stop n correct myself #like Hey wait you actually love drawing why are you telling yourself this The process is frustrating sometimes but that comes with art #i had to redraw this one page like 4 separate times and i still didn't feel like giving up #like yeah i was feeling pressed but at the same time i was being patient with myself #like this is part of improving Stop laying on the floor and wondering why you're even doin this you've always loved it #only drawing when u know it's gonna turn out good defeats the whole purpose of learning #also i added cal last minute to this comic and im gladi did he's so creeepy #im very excited to get this done Not impatient like i was before #im impatient for people to see it yeah lol but not w myself #and im not gonna be all like “yeah we'll see how long this lasts lol” bc i think that's already setting myself up for burning out #i have hope that i can keep enjoying art like this I just need to change the way i think #and accept the messy n ugly. the perfect is the enemy of the good #aaron blaise really inspires me. he sincerely loves what he does and i want to be like that #this is also gonna be more comic-like Panelwise i think #scott pilgrim n my bro inspired me #also the way cal's face cuts off on the right makes sense in context he's peekin from behind a chair

[gemstarstarlight]

If I have learned anything in life, it’s that the Single Handsome Boy who does Bad Things will be adored.

Regardless of morality or level of Bad Things.

I think I want to call it The Ted Bundy Precedent.

#this post is inspired by #yoon gwi nam #specifically #I have filters up for reader fics #and gwi nam’s tag is so full of them I had to scroll for a while #to get to any gifs from the show or analysis or anything #(longer than I remember for any other character) #(this includes Steve Harrington) #these are real people but kpop idol tags are also gross offenders and a huge reason why I keep the filters) #it never fails #I will also accept The Edward Cullen Precedent #or The Dabi Precedent #but I like The Ted Bundy Precedent because it shows how this is not a new concept #I wonder if there are any other earlier examples of this? #or what the psychology behind it is? #I’m not gonna take a moral stance on the precedent because to me that would be like taking a stance on gravity #it’s gonna happen #I do hope people know that you are thirsting after a guy who literally threw people to zombie hordes to get what he wanted #this is not the guy who is going to give you a good experience #or put you first or take care of your needs or anything #he would Fuck You Up and not in a fun way #(also gwi nam is a high school student so some of these imaginings are fucked up on even if he weren’t a literal psychopath just saying) #they usually don’t but #as long as people know that fantasies do not make a good partner #and you shouldn’t pick them because of it #then I guess it’s fine #just buck wild #philosophy takes #bad boy syndrome #current status

[aeons-domain]

Now I'm curious about something 🤔 Reblog this and put in the tags or comments what ideas or concepts did you scrap for your OC's lore/backstory.

I know an OC's background isn't always going to be consistent or concrete and that's fine! But do you ever have ideas that you either A) didn't have time to work on, B) found too complex to incorporate into their lore, or C) feel like it just didn't fit in based on the standards of whatever universe (canon or original) your OC is in? Or perhaps a secret fourth option, I dunno!

#Hehe I'll start ofc beware the tags are lengthy and plenty hehehe #But as far as I remember I had a bunch of convoluted ideas for Madison's background #The most notable one being that she was an android who had a human soul trapped inside her and was such when she came into the events of SDC #Died at a very young age from an accident that had her in the hospital but her father managed to somehow scrounge up the core of her soul #Said soul was then booted up into an empty android which then became sentient #BUT limited in its physical features since it was the 70-80s and that her father worked in some hidden department in the government #Her father brought 'her' home and her mother grew suspicious of how different her daughter has been acting- #-Unaware that her body is actually gone and all that is left of her is her soul and memories #I was also going to incorporate some concept of a time loop but like a long loop if it makes sense? #Like a week loop of how the 'android' Madison is brought home and her mother and brother are suspicious #Said mother and brother are horrified knowing that she is no longer who she was because all that she *is* left is her soul... #am i making sense SJDKKSKDKS probably not but the huge inspiration for this idea comes from the indie game Mothered which i LOVED #you should defo try watching an LP of it!! #The plot revolves around the MC's soul and her family and the terrible but sad fate that the mother has to go through- #-to keep seeing her daughter be forced into the vessel of an android and live with them #even when they know that their daughter will never be the same again #I still kept the aspect of angst within the family but translated it through a more digestible concept #(at least I hope it is when I share more of it with posts in the future ( ´Д｀)=3) #I also wanted to use aspects of amnesia where Madison gets complacent into living with her mother as an android- #-bc as soon as she finds out that she is no longer who she is the system inside the android tries to erase said memories #And that she'll only regain them when she finds that her biological name isn't Madison but is actually Rhonda #NDKDKSKD LIKE THATS A WEIRD EXPLANATION where I got more of that inspo from a song by The Scary Jokes but eh!! #The amnesia and soul explanation plot just doesn't work for me! #ALSO i got inspired by the jojo fangame 7SU and wanted to incorporate the concept of the time loop too- #-with how in one universe we get the canon ending and in another universe after pucci resets the world #so Madison have more knowledge on what's going to happen to the crusaders #and manages to save all or most of them #Too convoluted and honestly not as fun to think about if anything it stays as a fun scrapped idea #Luckily i figured out a way to make it somewhat easier to achieve that 'everyone lives-no one dies' scenario in my lore now wahoo 🕺💃 #sorry for the typos and grammar errors just correct them in your head lolol

[nsfwitchy2]

I think if your account is terminated you should be able to buy it back

I’m fully aware of the chaos this would cause but I think it would be so so funny

#nsfwitchytalks #inspired by: I had like 2 subscriptions going on this app and I’m hoping that’ll get me my blog back #YOU ARE A FAILING APP AND I WAS GIVING YOU MONEY #LET ME KEEP DOING THAT #we should be able to sugar daddy tumblr into giving us our accounts back #it would be funny

[satans-knitwear]

this month is setting up to be a very challenging but hopefully rewarding one!! a rarity for november. usually its all challenge and no pay-off. 

ive been put forward for a course (that i start today) to explore my options for self employment. and i have been accepted in returning to my voluntary role at the animal shelter beginning next week! i have also signed up for a yoga class  beginning next week, weekly session! 

#im in a pretty terrible place right now but i am so isolated that i know im not gonna be able to dig myself out #not on my own at least. so my plan for this month is sto start making some connections. #give myself a reason to keep going if at all possible. #i also have some pretty awesome planms for this blog that ill be working on this month! #so keep ur eyes peeled #and any tips or treats you send my way would really and truly be massively appreciated. it provides me with inspiration and motivation #beyond belief thb. it also helps me retain some financial freedom and gives me more opportunity to get outside and attempt this Life Thing #your support means the world to me #i hope you guys are doing okay right now. this time of year can get so rough. #sending you all my love and high hopes for the coming weeks

[electricgaunt]

how to submit podcast ideas/suggestions to The Podcast Mines:

twitter: use @ThePodcastMines and/or #ThePodcastMines in your tweet (and here's an easy link to automatically add them to your tweet draft!)

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tumblr: tag with #the podcast mines and/or #ThePodcastMines on your post, or send your idea to Riley's asks (probably with some indication that it's for The Podcast Mines)

#the podcast mines #i hope other people submit ideas #i believe in you! #i really like the podcast and want it to keep going! #and ofc i like when my suggestions are used #i just don't want to feel like i've unintentionally forced Riley into subscribing to my solo stream-of-consciousness podcast ideas 🙃 #i'm only 1 person w/ limited experiences/inspiration 😅

[non-un-topo]

Ok girlies (gnc) if we might be getting a sequel release date soon, I need to hurry up and finish all my WIPs before the movie comes out and renders all my headcanons and my Quynh characterization moot

#i'm fully serious lol #this sort of happened with umbrella academy. part of why i stopped writing tua fanfic is because the fandom was... insane #and because every season after the first just gradually killed my buzz and my inspiration. it just disappointed in certain ways. #plus getting enough hate/angry comments on one fic will do that to you #so i really really hope tog2 doesn't disappoint but of course i'm keeping my expectations low just in case! #literally going to learn how to cast a spell so that the sequel doesn't explain how the immortality works

[vinmauro]

the banished // this is my year, i can feel it, ‘86 baby. // (spotify link)

something is coming for you, look out! race for the morning you can hide in the sun 'til you see the light. // oh mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law. lawman has put an end to my runnin', and I'm so far from my home. //  how years ago in days of old when magic filled the air, 't was in the darkest depths of mordor

#eddiemunsonedit #eddie munson #**playlists #**edits #strangerthingsedit #stranger things #st4 spoilers #icedbrilatte #usermaguire #userleah #i hope y'all don't mind me tagging you in this!! #also special shout out to kai for being an orange and purple queen and inspiring my coloring #also i definitely made this with the intent to keep it a short one but i got to 40 and kept going to 50

[kyouka-supremacy]

()

#3 am and talking with a friend about the last con I attended and thinking about all the girls cosplaying Chuuya and Dazai I saw... #How as re they doing. Do they know I would die for them #random rambles #Looking at that photo were I'm in the middle of them all awkward and happy and like. #I caught them with beer cups in their hands AND YET THEY WERE SO FABULOUS ABOUT IT. THERE'S THIS DARK ERA DAZAI STANDING SO MAJESTICALLY #WITH A FREAKING PLASTIC CUP IN ONE HAND AND A BRIGHT YELLOW PLASTIC BAG IN THE OTHER AND THEY'RE SO IMPOSSIBLY COOL ABOUT IT. #And Chuuya has this little crouched down pose that is so in character akdvdbakdvjebsks I don't know what those two people are doing now– #but I hope they're sleeping well and no worries will ever hit them #That other skk couple I caught with cotton candy in their hands!!!! I now feel so stupid for offering to old it for them off camera while– #my sister took the photo because it was literally the most adorable skk date scene ever. #But it's okay cause I'll keep it ingrained in my memory forever <3 #Anyways if you're a cosplayer of any kind I love you #also shout-out to skk cosplayers for making me ship skk on instant without hesitation or second thoughts #Literally my only regret from that comicon is catching a glimpse of Servant Of Evil Rin #(like. Victorian costume and everything) #from the bus and not urging the driver to stop the bust and go to them #Ghost Evil Kingdom Rin a saw for half second from my bus sit you'll always be in my heart #*Daughter of Evil I don't know why I said servant (actually I know why it's because it's 3am... ) #** Also the style of the dress is clearly Baroque-inspired not Victorian that's a whole different thing. Girl go to sleep