#i know i'm late but HEY

[inkskinned]

at some point it's just like. do they even fucking like the thing they're asking AI to make? "oh we'll just use AI for all the scripts" "we'll just use AI for art" "no worries AI can write this book" "oh, AI could easily design this"

like... it's so clear they've never stood in the middle of an art museum and felt like crying, looking at a piece that somehow cuts into your marrow even though the artist and you are separated by space and time. they've never looked at a poem - once, twice, three times - just because the words feel like a fired gun, something too-close, clanging behind your eyes. they've never gotten to the end of the movie and had to arrive, blinking, back into their body, laughing a little because they were holding their breath without realizing.

"oh AI can mimic style" "AI can mimic emotion" "AI can mimic you and your job is almost gone, kid."

... how do i explain to you - you can make AI that does a perfect job of imitating me. you could disseminate it through the entire world and make so much money, using my works and my ideas and my everything.

and i'd still keep writing.

i don't know there's a word for it. in high school, we become aware that the way we feel about our artform is a cliche - it's like breathing. over and over, artists all feel the same thing. "i write because i need to" and "my music is how i speak" and "i make art because it's either that or i stop existing." it is such a common experience, the violence and immediacy we mean behind it is like breathing to me - comes out like a useless understatement. it's a cliche because we all feel it, not because the experience isn't actually persistent. so many of us have this ... fluttering urgency behind our ribs.

i'm not doing it for the money. for a star on the ground in some city i've never visited. i am doing it because when i was seven i started taking notebooks with me on walks. i am doing it because in second grade i wrote a poem and stood up in front of my whole class to read it out while i shook with nerves. i am doing it because i spent high school scribbling all my feelings down. i am doing it for the 16 year old me and the 18 year old me and the today-me, how we can never put the pen down. you can take me down to a subatomic layer, eviscerate me - and never find the source of it; it is of me. when i was 19 i named this blog inkskinned because i was dramatic and lonely and it felt like the only thing that was actually permanently-true about me was that this is what is inside of me, that the words come up over everything, coat everything, bloom their little twilight arias into every nook and corner and alley

"we're gonna replace you". that is okay. you think that i am writing to fill a space. that someone said JOB OPENING: Writer Needed, and i wrote to answer. you think one raindrop replaces another, and i think they're both just falling. you think art has a place, that is simply arrives on walls when it is needed, that is only ever on demand, perfect, easily requested. you see "audience spending" and "marketability" and "multi-line merch opportunity"

and i see a kid drowning. i am writing to make her a boat. i am writing because what used to be a river raft has long become a fully-rigged ship. i am writing because you can fucking rip this out of my cold dead clammy hands and i will still come back as a ghost and i will still be penning poems about it.

it isn't even love. the word we use the most i think is "passion". devotion, obsession, necessity. my favorite little fact about the magic of artists - "abracadabra" means i create as i speak. we make because it sluices out of us. because we look down and our hands are somehow already busy. because it was the first thing we knew and it is our backbone and heartbreak and everything. because we have given up well-paying jobs and a "real life" and the approval of our parents. we create because - the cliche again. it's like breathing. we create because we must.

you create because you're greedy.

#every time someones like ''AI will replace u" im like. u will have to fucking KILL ME #there is no replacement here bc i am not filling a position. i am just writing #and the writing is what i need to be doing #writeblr #this probably doesn't make sense bc its sooo frustrating i rarely speak it the way i want to #edited for the typo wrote it and then was late to a meeting lol #i love u people who mention my typos genuinely bc i don't always catch them!!!! :) it is doing me a genuine favor!!! #my friend says i should tell you ''thank you beta editors'' but i don't know what that means #i made her promise it isn't a wolf fanfiction thing. so if it IS a wolf thing she is DEAD to me (just kidding i love her) #hey PS PS PS ??? if ur reading this thinking what it's saying is ''i am financially capable of losing this'' ur reading it wrong #i write for free. i always have. i have worked 5-7 jobs at once to make ends meet. #i did not grow up with access or money. i did not grow up with connections or like some kind of excuse #i grew up and worked my fucking ASS OFF. and i STILL!!! wrote!!! on the side!!! because i didn't know how not to!!! #i do not write for money!!!! i write because i fuckken NEED TO #i could be in the fucking desert i could be in the fuckken tundra i could be in total darkness #and i would still be writing pretentious angsty poetry about it #im not in any way saying it's a good thing. i'm not in any way implying that they're NOT tryna kill us #i'm saying. you could take away our jobs and we could go hungry and we could suffer #and from that suffering (if i know us) we'd still fuckin make art. #i would LOVE to be able to make money doing this! i never have been able to. but i don't NEED to. i will find a way to make my life work #even if it means being miserable #but i will not give up this thing. for the whole world.

[dragondawdles]

the beastie <3

#totk spoilers #<- (? yet another schrödinger's spoiler she shows up during the beginning sequence but uhhh just 2 be safe) #totk #light dragon #the light dragon #totk light dragon #loz #tloz #zelda #id in alt #dragon doodles #(I don't know the TAGS for this fandom grrgrhgrgrhg I'll decide eventually) #hiiiiiii so the uh new zelda game was good. I beat that after 140 hours like a week ago (explode emoji) #and now I'm brainrotting zelda HARD which means I have feelings about like 17 dudes all at once #we'll have to see if that means I'll bombard you with characters!! lately art's been blah but I've got some stuff cooking hopefully #hey I'm happy with this tho!! happy with tha beastie :] #this worm is my best friend

[knifearo]

ultimately when it comes to shipping and fandom space treatment of aspec characters i just don't accept "aro/ace people can still date/have sex" as an answer from nonaspecs. like yeah. mhm. okay. now i think we both know that you're not saying that out of real interest in the diversity of aspec experiences. so you can turn in your seventeen-page essay on why and how you plan to examine this character's aspec identity within the context of a romantic or sexual relationship complete with evidence from canon and peer reviews from multiple aspec people within the next week or i'm putting you in the pit from the edgar allen poe story

#you know. the one with the pendulum #'hey. why are you as an allo person shipping this aspec character like this' #'oh aspec people can still date/have sex!' #'yeah. now can you answer the question that i actually asked you' #like goddamn just say you don't care they're aspec and you want to fulfill a sexual/romantic fantasy with them. that's Fine #it like. sucks. for sure. lotta aspec people will be unhappy with you. but everyone is entitled to their own wants and experiences. #but i'd prefer you just be honest with it rather than using our community's conversation points as retroactive justification #and ONCE AGAIN. you guys are real fucking cavalier with this shit and it shows a real fundamental lack of respect for aspecs #when most of you would NEVER ship a canonically gay character with the 'other' gender. cause again. it would suck. #you can do it. nobody's Stopping you. but it would suck. #and we understand that putting a queer character in situations that erase that queerness is shitty! until it comes to aspec characters! #and whoa... there it is again... people don't consider aspec identities to be queer... crazy how it always comes back to that #anyway. you all know what i'm talking about. have seen many posts about this lately #it is [ long sigh ] unfortunately a very hot button issue with the advent lately of alastor hazbinhotel #which. again. god i wish there were other canon aspec characters to be having this conversation about. #but we'll have to do our best with what we have #aromantic #aromanticism #arospec #aroace #talking #aspec #asexual #asexuality

[ikemengoessbrrrrr]

EYYYYY BACK FROM HIATUS!

I can finally draw these beloved turtles again❤️

#But I don't promise to make new arts so often tho #even though I always active 🗿 #but Hey #still love them #OH AND HAPPY TMNT 12 ANNIVERSARY! #I KNOW I'M LATE SGSGSGGS #rottmnt tmnt 2012 crossover #tmnt #rise of teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt 2012 #rottmnt

[princessamericachavez]

like yes yes eddie needs to choose and buck needs to be chosen but also 

Eddie needs to get over the very big trauma of losing his wife. Last time he dated someone he had literal panic attacks at the thought of her being mistaken for Chris’s mother and as much as we saw him work through in therapy we never?? really?? talked?? about?? that?? So, yeah, Eddie needs to realize that he’s at a point where he’s ready to risk his heart and give love a second chance 

(and maybe realize he already did becase there already is a partner in his life who gets consistently confused for Chris’s guardian and it feels natural to him?? but he still needs to realize he’s ready for love)

And Buck needs to be ready to be in a relationship where he’s loved for who he is, where he doesn’t bend and twist to fit someone else’s expectations. And for that Buck needed to die, and needed to come back, and now he needs to process that trauma and steady himself. 

(and Buck loves so quickly, so openly, so loudly, and he gives so much of himself and he wants to be loved that way, and maybe he’ll realize that he already?? is?? loved?? but he needs to let himself accept it)

so basically, it’s not only a matter of choice... eddie needs to be ready to love and buck needs to accept that he is loved if they are ever going to find each other properly together

and that, my funny little friends, is the point of their arcs were we are at right now

#buddie #911 fox #evan buck buckley #eddie diaz #i'm not going to lose hope over this because i remember a million shows where this had been the path #how many relationships this castle and becket have before they finally were at the point where they could be together?? #hey remember when chenford were in two fairly stable long term relationships because they needed to open up to love again #AND they needed to be in the /wrong/ relationships to finally realize WHAT they wanted??? #eddie deciding he's ready to date/love again is a NECESSARY step for buddie and what they needed right ow #just like buck processing his trauma and maybe having a potential relationship in which he gets to say 'no this isn't right for me i deserve #more' is what he needs to realize he HAS that love #anyway the couch isn't a theory it's a laimotif and its a proper literal metaphor in the show #and we know where that's been popping up lately #so like unless they suck at their job i can't see this being the end #CHILL #911 spoilers #ish

[wyvunn]

@feanorianweek day 1 - Maedhros

#feanorian week 2024 #tolkien #silmarillion #maedhros #traditional art #watercolour #yeah I know I'm already late #but hey this year I'm participating!

[hooked-on-elvis]

#lately i've been obsessed with this picture #he looks so sexy #i can't #i CAN'T! #70s elvis #i'm sorry but there's no way not sexualizing EP #his looks... #his energy... #his voice... #it's all sex #hey but i'm still respectful #elvis was MUCH MORE than just a pretty face #we all know about it #but what a pretty face honey #body and soul #sighs

[varilien]

and nobody will, nobody can, take it away this time he’s gotta feel good before he dies

#trigun #trigun fanart #trigun anime #vash #vash the stampede #wolfwood #nicholas d. wolfwood #vashwood #good morning everyone i'm queueing this at SIX FUCKING THIRTY IN THE MORNING because i watched the new stampede last night #and have basically just been sitting here shaking violently for the last seven hours!!!!!! #this week's gonna be fuuuucked i just know it if i'm still up when this posts at 10 u either cheer me on or mind ur business okay thanks #hey unrelated to the agonies of this recent stampede saturday bullshit (affectionate) do y'all ever think about that moment in episode 23 #when vash is alone curled up in a ball unable to sleep PRAYING to rem to help him make up with wolfwood before it's too late #:) #anyways #i'm gonna go throw myself into the sea now lemme know if y'all need anything

[jugacolours]

#snow white with the red hair #akagami no shirayuki hime #zen wisteria #zen wistalia #zen wistaria #shirayuki #zenyuki #akagami no shirayukihime #ans #okay #HERE IT IS #a whole chapter completely coloured #so now you know why i haven't posted a colouring in a hot minute! #this took me suuuper long #not just because it's a huge project #but also because i've been quite unwell lately (mentally & physically booooo) #but hey #it's done and i'm proud of it #this is my love letter to the ans community for all of their support of my colourings #i truly hope you enjoy these coloured pages! #anyway zen when are you gonna propose to our girl #hmm? #it's been an honour to spend the last few weeks colouring these two #<3

[cozylittleartblog]

I thought newgrounds died years ago. Pleasantly surprised to see it's still around

i haven't used it since middle school to play demented flash games and watch animations, i was also surprised to know it survived the flash purge lol. a lot of people are recommending it though and it never hurts to have yet another platform to fall back on. i didn't even know it was a regular art site either tbh 🥴

#ask #anonymous #anon #newgrounds #it has a post limit that i just hit lol #fifty posts in one day is too many #it always has kind of an edgy vibe in my mind though so i never made an account even though i've been hearing about it the last #couple years with all the other social medias fucking Failing artists the way they've been #i don't think my art really suits the website but hey fuck around find out. maybe it's fine. i dunno. i dont even use it how would i know #So Now I'm Using It And We'll See #spending lots of time uploading art to new websites lately between sheezy art and now newgrounds

[chirpsythismorning]

Season 5 Opener: Out of Context

Bonus:

#stranger things #mike wheeler #*mike running late* #*mike and stairs* #labyrinth teas #no but the theory that they already filmed the opening of s5 during s4 filming is looking pretty interesting rn... #bc this interview was during s4 press aka after they filmed for s4... #finn... try not to subtly spoil the show challenge? failed part 16 #'you mean the end?' #'what do you mean you don't know yet?' #'hey no running--' #'you're late. again' #'we're gonna miss the opening' #'what are you doing? it's ten after!' #'you have thirty seconds or i'm leaving without you. THIRTY SECONDS!' #'jesus. how am i gonna survive a whole week without you guys' #*s5 opening at the end of said week...* #another detail i noticed is that these moments all happen later and later in the opening of each season #s1 it's around 3 minutes #s2 it's around 6 minutes #season 3 it's around 8 minutes #and season 4 it's around 13 minutes #yall. i think mike is gonna be late 15 minutes into s5... #aka #15 after... #no i dont think mike will die #i just think he might go on a side quest 'labyrinth/paladin absolution after breaking an oath' style #hence mike by himself isolated from the others in that one funkopop shot-listing ross posted (they only completed ep 1-2 for that...) #crack theory i guess

[yourmythicalbest]

best rhett and link vocals in no specific order, according to me, a classically trained opera singer who still cares too much about rhett and link

#rhett and link #good mythical morning #gmm #HEY RHETT AND LINK #UNPRIVATE THE SONGS FOR WHEN #AND ALL OF THE OTHER BITS YOU HAVE HIDDEN FROM MEEEEEE #LONG TIME NO SEE GUYS #so a lot of these are older or live because i think they sound a million times better without piles of pitch correction #but damn i just fucking love their voices #i miss the harmonies and their vocal blend #truth be told i've been listening to nonstop bee gees since 2020 and it makes my brain go brrrrrrr #because the vocal blend and harmonies are unparalleled #but fuck if rhett and link don't scratch that same itch for me #it's been really good to be on my rhett and link bullshit lately #and i figured if there was anyone still active that follows me here #i might pop in and say hi #and let you know i'm still alive and a fan #Youtube

[noodle-anime]

help i thought too hard about trigun and now i'm insane realizing that vash is a product of apparently asexual reproduction aka virgin birth from a species that accesses a higher dimension and provides water (life) on a lifeless planet

vash wanders the dunes in exile preaching peace & love to humanity (who, let's not forget, fell from the heavens and their technological paradise onto a burning, barren planet), is constantly persecuted for it, and accepts the shedding of his own blood as an act of his love towards humanity and as a form of atonement

and

is being lured back to another member of the "elevated" species (who wants to remake the world in his own image)

by a man who calls himself vash's friend

while carrying a fucking cross

#I KNOW I'M LATE TO THE PARTY BUT. WHAT THE FUCK. #listen. listen. in my defense i've only seen the beginning of trigun 98 and it tries really hard to be a clown picture. #and then after stampede i looked at the clown picture too hard and found jesus. what the fuck am i supposed to do with that. #i need to read the manga #does this make sense #trigun #trigun stampede #i'm losing my FUCKING mind #also hey y'know how the cross was historically a form of brutal execution and is now again an instrument of bloodshed in ww's hands

[certifiedwerewolf]

Remember that episode of Suite Life where Zack pretended to have ADHD because his schoolwork was shit and if he had ADHD he'd have ADHD accommodations and a special education class and once he had accommodations his performance improved? And he eventually came clean and got in trouble and had to go back to regular classes where he would have to just buckled down and work harder? And he was portrayed as lazy Zack being lazy by wanting ADHD accommodations because of course HE didn't have ADHD, and he was being disrespectful to REAL people with ADHD who needed everything made easier for them?

Anyway I want to rewrite that to have it where Carrie, suspicious that he's faking, has him tested, and the test results come back BEFORE he comes clean but are looked at AFTER, and Carrie is forced to eat her words of reprimand about how Zack just needs to "buckle down and work hard instead of taking the easy way out".

Also

Zack: I don't have ADHD

Bob: Are you sure? Because you sure act like you do

#anyway new headcanon that zack is late-diagnosed adhd king #he brings up this event as an adult and one of the people present points out that #hey if those accommodations helped you maybe you needed them #kinda fucked up that no one bothered to have you tested #(maybe they did have him tested idk #i just feel like if carrie was worried about her son's school performance and something improved it #maybe she should have tried latching onto that #except of course everyone thinks adhd is 'lazy but at least you've got an excuse' so that tracks #this is almost as bad as that time she caught him crossdressing #and when he confessed it was to win money for bikes she clutched her heart and said #'oh thank god' #because you know #heaven forbid the alternative #that he's a boy who likes dresses or transfeminine in some way #/god forbid/ you have to accept your son #actually #add transfem zack to the pile #i'm going to fix this show #one 'actually that was kinda fucked up' post at a time)

[starsandskies]

Hey guys, I know I hardly ever advertise my Ko-fi, but without going into details, I had to leave my home yesterday in a rush. In the process, I've lost a bunch of money (emergency moving services, things I had to leave behind like my desk chair, and other stuff), etc. So if you enjoy (or used to enjoy before I went that inactive) my content and can spare a couple of coins to help me start from scratch, I'd be eternally grateful.

I'm still getting settled at my mom's (temporarily, I need to find a new place), but as soon as possible, I'll open some emergency slots (probably ko-fi portraits like last year) too.

Here's my Ko-fi.

Signal boost would be appreciated ♥ Thank you!

#starsandskies #ko-fi #I'd also start catching with the commission waiting list as soon as I can #next week probably #signal boost #I know there are people worried but I'm fine I promise #that's the reason I've been so quiet lately #but hey the show must go on #and I promise I'll be active again as soon as I get used to the new situation

[widowshill]

aldo cipullo for cartier + hadestown.

aldo cipullo, love bracelet, photographed by gary bernstein / hadestown, "chant II" / cartier love bracelet advertisement, 1970 / hadestown, "chant II" / cartier "nail" and "love" illustration for women’s wear daily / hadestown, "epic III" / cartier "nail" bracelet, a. cipullo, 1971

#i'm just compiling this for personal reference (our late 60's early 70's rich people hadestown-adjacent au) but. whatever #maybe people find it interesting ! #➤ roger collins & victoria winters & burke devlin. ┊ to know how it ends‚ and still begin to sing it again. #compilation tag #a kiss may be grand/but it won't pay the rental [...] diamond's are a girl's best friend #hey little songbird/you got something fine/you'd shine like a diamond down in the mine [...] he'll write you a poem when the power is out #.... #there may come a time / when a hard-boiled employer / thinks you're awful nice / but get that ice or else no dice #that's a different edit but i am thinking about it