#i see room for improvement

[dammjamboy]

BETTER CALL SAUL!

#this was mostly a test run on procreate dream! #its pretty good but it has a LOT of room for improvement #which i know the developers have been working on since the app is still technically in beta! #but hey i did this in like 3 weeks while working a full time job and also working on other art so #its pretty damn powerful software #good shit if you use procreate already!! #literally the biggest flaws rn are a lack of selection tool an undo/redo button and #and the app itself has a tendency to crash or slow down if theres “too much” going on #like i had to delete all but one of the preloaded animations just so the app would run smoother while i worked #so its still very clearly in its early phase but its good and im excited to see what the developers will do with it #ok review over #better call saul #saul goodman #bcs #jimmy mcgill #breaking bad #animation #brba #video #procreate dreams

[turtleblogatlast]

Leo being put into a situation where there is absolutely no fighting, just verbal manipulation and perception games, would be amazing to witness. We see a lot in the series how good he is at subterfuge and how he uses his perception to manipulate to great effect, so it’d be so cool to really see it put to the test even more.

Manipulation is one of the most effective tactical strategies of all time, so just imagine Leo putting this skillset of his to the full test. Imagine the boys slowly get up to busting bigger and more powerful criminals, including those with networks of crime under their belt, and a simple fight isn’t enough to take them down. For criminals like this, Leo’s skills in subterfuge would be deadly.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #me back to talking about Leo’s incredibly high affinity for subterfuge #genuinely think it’s one of if not his best and most honed skill #AND IT’S A VITAL NINJA SKILL #above fighting battle tactics and the like #it’s verbal blindspots #Sun Tzu’s The Art of War literally states that “the greatest victory is won without battle’’ #and idk I think Leo would be so good at this and we see him do it in the show quite a bit but not to the amount I yearn for #but yeah like just think Leo getting sent in and his bros standing guard #of course he wouldn’t be the ONLY one involved but 100% he’d be the main player #man idk I just really really love when their specific skill sets that ARENT the fighting ones are used it’s so interesting to me #like we already know Leo can easily take in a whole room’s worth of people and know exactly how to avoid them all #we know he can manipulate manipulators into his schemes #we know he’s good at improv which is essential to the games of speech high end criminals like to play #it would be SO INTERESTING #OKAY HEAR ME OUT- #he’s asked by Big Mama to join her at a criminal ball of sorts #she needs to regain power and he needs to take down big name criminals #thus a deal #no but really it’s so cool seeing Leo specifically do his best tactics through thinking like his enemy and predicting how they’d act

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

people practice w Them <3

#posting this and then shoving my head into a hole Bye #i am! Not Confident!!! in my people scribbling abilities!! #but im trying!!! im fucking trying!!! #i already see improvement #not enough to make me go 'wee the masses are gonna love this' #but enough that i can fathom posting. i can handle it. i can do this #if i dont do it now then i never will!!!! #im still gonna scream into a pillow rip it apart and then eat the stuffing!!!! #ah... the mortification of Existing... of Being Perceived... #it is ever present and inescapable! youd thing id be used to it by now!!! #ill be on my death bed asking people to leave the room so that i can die w/o feeling horribly self conscious and Seen #no seriously every time i think about my potential death and or coma should that happen #i prematurely cringe at the Attention. people potentially crying at my bedside Eugh No Thank You Please Do That Elsewhere #either call me a loser and drop off a single flower or leave me be <3 #THIS IS A WELCOME HOME SCRIBBLE POST. IM SORRY I FORGOT #scribble garnish #uh um uh so uh wally and barnaby am i rite fellas- #in my mind they're picking up takeout for dinner <3 #yeah no im not tagging it with a fandom tag. i dont want to be perceived As We've Established #im somewhat satisfied with that first wally.... swag <3 #& do i have major gender envy for barnaby? yeah #im not used to drawing people but i should be... i need to be... #THERE ARE GUYS I WANNA DRAW! mine and others!!! ngl mostly mine!!!

[sonknuxadow]

sorry i love making polls . anyway ive seen a few of these for sonic but never for any other characters so

#only limited it to english just because i dont know if there would be enough room for all of them #so if theres a shadow voice from a different language you really like you can say them #anyway my favorite is probably david humphrey but i also really like ian hanlin. and jason griffiths pretty good too #kirk thornton ..... i mean no hate to him hes a good voice actor i like him as orbot but not so much as shadow #he has improved over the years though i will give him that #sonic the hedgehog #sth #shadow the hedgehog #putting in tags so more people see

[authoralexharvey]

Maybe I'll fuck around and get a creative writing degree who knows

#Ive Wanted to Go Back to School For A While TBH But I Cant Find A Different Path That TRULY Appeals to Me #And That I Dont Find Interest In Or Disinterest In Thanks to My Mother LMAO #I Went First For Psychology and She Demoralized Me So Hard I Dropped Out. And Then Later She Encouraged Me to #Go For An Accounting Degree. And Like Yeah I Like Numbers and Accounting Stuff But It's Not Something #I See Myself Doing For the Rest of My Life Yaknow? and Like. Creative Writing Is the One Thing Im Good at and KNOW Im Good At #Like Theres Always Room for Improvement Obvs But I Think I Have Spent a Long While Making Myself At Least Good #IDK I Think Im Ready to Be In An Academic Environment Again I Love My Writing Groups But #alex has the floor

[buttercup-barf]

Tried to adapt the OMORI cast to my art style!

I should probably do that one meme where people draw their real world portraits, huh...

#omori #kel omori #hero omori #mari omori #basil omori #omori omori #aubrey omori #i still worry that my attempts at depicting characters differently read as different art styles but. eh. #this was also done on a puter i'm not really used to so forgive the clunkiness #... i'll redo these later actually i think there's room for improvement #these were all inspired by a friend complaining about same-face syndrome. sam if you see this i love you but i will never forgive you

[witheredbouquet]

drawn for the dragonyule gift exchange on twt, so glad that i could join this year! thank you for hosting, saint starfall ♥

i hope that everyone has a wonderful dragonyule & a happy new year!

#dragalia lost #dragalia lost fanart #fanart #dragonyule gift exchange #my art #if you saw this already no you didn't LOL #sorry i don't post/use tumblr much and i messed up orz #my recipient was ritte! i dunno their socials or anything so i can't tag/link em - but i hope they it c: #food is based on stamina consumables in dragalia lost! chibi beast volk is based off his dragalia mini comic appearance! #anyway. been a while since i've taken the time to “finish” up a piece (and well. have the time to draw at all) so i'm glad i could do this! #i think i'm proud of the final result even though i still have lotsa room for improvement #(desperately trying not to nitpick things and ultimately regret posting this urghghghhhng) #one of the first times i've drawn food! i feel okay with the result hehe #learned that there's a more active DL community on tw*tter for fanart and stuff and i've never been more tempted to join shjdakfasa #plus so many zines are twitter only and i can't see most of the posts without an account #but yeah no thanks just tumblr is overwhelming enough LOL #anyway happy dragonyule/happy holidays to anyone reading this! we've made it through another year—i couldn't be more proud of us!

[5uwabbit]

Drew Heath. Sharing this tomorrow on twt or the day after u u

#actually I think slightly colored is better #he’s so cool #I wanna see Keith in his outfit like a swap y know HAHA #pokemon ranger #shadows of almia #heath #ice #lavana #I hope I did him justice there’s definitely room for improvement later #This is more realistic too incomparison to my usual #Actually I wonder what their height chart is in pokemon ranger #that would be a fun project

[hotdogmchiggin]

My favorite animal. The crap

#this feels halloweeny enough to be in season i think #drew this SO LONG AGO and then forgot i did it. so HERE IT IS #feel like ive been lagging om the transformers stuff so I drew whirl. our favorite creachure #i think whirl should be allowed little a warcrime. as a treat #also i still dunno how to do backgrounds i just put preddy color :) #man i wanna do a sculpt of whirl at some point he’s just. MMGG so shape its so fuckin fun #tranformers should mess around with more crazy bodytypes. #tried to mess around with rendering while keeping thick linework to see what would happen. maybe not a huuuge fan over being just rendered #but! thats the point of experimentation and learnding. always room to improve #i like my linework in general so might mess arpumd with it more to see what works and what doesnt #anyway uhhhhhhhhh i cant think of anything else to say #transformers #whirl #mtmte #tf mtmte #myart #LOOK AT HIM. CHICKEN CRAB. LOOK AT HIM

[dyketubbo]

loving both ctubbo and cwilbur is so hard. where are the rest of the tubblings that appreciate the sentiment cwilbur gave . like i get being anxious over the sorrys and yes sirs and how wilbur was the one to choose what they did but like come on. how was ctechnos apology better than this for yall come on 😭😭😭😭

#IM SORRY THIS IS LIKE. PURE SALTPOST but im soooo tired of people still making cwilbur out to be like. #malicious?? towards ctubbo?? #like. tubbo has been Wanting things to be how they were in the past yknow #like hes been wishing to have experiences like the early lmanburg experience #wilburs gesture wasnt about like. saddling him with responsibility Again or pulling him along on a conquest tubbo didnt want to go on #and yes tubbo had his hesitations but jesus christ i wont lie i think this was like. something that shows cwilburs mentol illness more? #the stream was abt ctubbo but it was Also about cwilbur. he like. literally has the vibes of someone whose going to try to die again #yes theres room for cwilbur to have improved here but. #i dont think characterizing this as a negative experience for ctubbo is accurate either? #ctubbo enjoyed himself he was having Fun yes he said yes sir and said sorry a lot but like. thats how ctubbo.. is sometimes? #i think cctubbo has been characterizing ctubbo as like this cruel unfeeling character for long enough that its been forgotten- #-that at his core hes like. a polite kid who finds fun in fucking with things and likes playfighting without serious consequences #and wilbur was like.. giving him something without serious consequences. and yes there were flaws in the apology #and situation overall #but.. just. jhfjenkd i dontt knowwww so many tubblings continue to read cwilbur in such bad faith #like come on. he cares about ctubbo hes trying to make up for it and ctubbo genuinely appreciated it this time he Had Fun #cwilbur was doing this as a gesture to show hes truly trying to see ctubbo as an equal now yknow? #the symbolism with the blocks and all #mask mews #dsmp #wilbur #tubbo #dsmp spoilers

[cryptid-condor]

‘unwilling participation in human sacrifice using your own sword’ has got to be up there on the list of most awkward situations to meet other people in

#linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu hyrule #lu legend #lu sky #legend stans im sorry i accidentally made him look 30 years old #i cannot draw the spiky emo side part #sorry the art is so hilariously inconsistent this was drawn over a period of several weeks #oh yeah reason why theyre using hyrules sword is cause its made of silver #and cause fae blood hand wavey stuff any other metal would cauterize the wound #i hope i didnt make any mistakes with the latin #istus is supposed to be derogatory in this context #it means that of yours so i was trying to imply that the wizard was saying hyrule belonged to gannon #idk how well it translated #vir means hero this time not man #i can see a lot of room for improvement #ill get better as i draw more tho :) #rn hyrules goin like snap snap spark spark #its time to light up the diggy diggy dark #all my rat

[fayeandknight]

This was taken an hour after getting back to the hotel post seminar on play.

I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about play and it's role in relationship building, confidence boosting, and training. Specifically how using play allows one to link the emotions of the dog during training to how it feels about performing that behavior later.

Forte thoroughly enjoyed playing with me and the big improvements the small tweaks the instructor had me make made for him.

Before I brought Forte out I was asked what I wanted to work on. I said his outs because Forte still has a tendency to chew on toys as he's releasing them. But I confessed that I was afraid he'd see a room full of people, start making eyes at everyone and I'd have a hard time convincing him to play with me.

I ended up getting really good in the moment help with his out. But more importantly the entire time I had Forte out he only once sort of drifted away from me once while the instructor and I were talking. Other than that I had Forte's full and enthusiastic attention.

I also got compliments on how into me Forte is and how it's clear I've put a lot of time and effort into our play.

#dogblr #forte #belgian tervuren #dog training #play based dog training #watching the instructor get on the floor and play bow a dog was hilarious #but watching him that this very nervous who slunk into the room with her tail between her legs #and open her up into a bouncy happy dog who was actively seeking him out to continue playing #was really awesome to see the change in person #also almost everyone attending was either a professional or serious sport person or both #but one dude was a pet owner who just wanted to improve his relationship with his dog #and all of us made it a point to let him know how impressed we were #it was such a cool experience overall #even if it rained the whole time i was there

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Phullo there, I’d like to ask you a question! I hope I won’t be such a bothersome.

So, I’m planning to write a story about Laughingstock and since I find your storytelling very pleasing I figured it’d be a great idea to ask for your advice about the writing!

My Idea in general for this story is just Howdy taking a day off from working in his bodega. And basically, he’ll be just wearing normal clothes.. shocking truly.

And thennn, Barnaby and Howdy accidentally stumbled into each other’s path. They later then of course had a very long conversation that lasted until evening maybe.

Of course there’ll be some fishy moments like them looking at each other with goggly eyes and other cheesy romantic nonsense- but it’s just mainly them having their usual conversation with a ‘couple’ of jokes here and there. It’s supposed to be a sweet memory for them to remember basically.

So, what I’m really trying to ask you for is- how the heck do you start a story exactly and not make it into just the dialogues? Like, I want my story to be kind of long but I’m afraid it’ll be just them, y’know, talking and I really don’t want it to be boring.. therefore, I really need your help.

I am so sorry if it’s such a bad timing considering the fact that you just had an interview which I am very proud for you for that! Even if it didn’t go as expected at least you did good half of it.

Soo, yeah! I’d very much appreciate your advice and I am sooo sorry that this was soo long!!! And again, a bad timing too.. but hey if you got any time, please consider answering. Thank you..

Also any response yet? On the interview of course.

hmmm... in my experience and Knowledge Accumulated Over The Years via reading And writing... the best place to start is to just drop in. no story introduction, no "it was a dark and stormy night", just Start. it sounds like your story begins with Howdy taking the day off, so maybe kick off with him getting ready / choosing an outfit, or w/ him reflexively almost opening the store before he stops and chides himself for almost forgetting that he's taking the day off

to combat the dialogue, maybe detail him leaving the bodega to go into the neighborhood. what does he see? hear? feel both physically and mentally? is there anyone else out and about? set the scene! ive been struggling with this too lately since i haven't seriously written in a while and i haven't been reading actual books

WHICH! IMPORTANT TANGENTS!! read well-written books, Not fanfic! im not saying dont read fanfic ever or i'd be the world's biggest hypocrite, but also read actual books. it's important to study how published authors write, how stories are structured, dialogue and action. because these books have more often then not gone through a Rigorous screening process. multiple drafts, beta readers, publishers reading it with great scrutiny before agreeing to publish - of course there are exceptions, but a lot of books are the highest quality they can be, and will outshine most fics. because, and i say all of this as good things, fics are unregulated. most dont have beta readers. a lot are from amateur authors new to the scene. there will be spelling mistakes, weird grammar & sentence structure, etc - most fics have Entirely different writing styles from each other. so if you only read fanfic, That is what your brain will learn, and it's gonna be harder for you to write. published books have less variation in styles, and the styles are subtler. there's less spelling mistakes if any, so your spelling will improve. your internal vocabulary will expand. even if you don't consciously study what you read, your brain will pick up on & internalize patterns, how action works, how dialogue works, how to structure a story, all that good stuff. if you want, i can recommend well-written books! i've been an avid reader since... like, ever. i've got recs galore! you can tell me your preferred genre & literary interest and i'll probably have something for you! and if you're not big on books, well... get out of your comfort zone lmao, books are fucking awesome and i guarantee there are plenty out there that you would love.

and when you're writing dialogue, intersperse it with little actions or the main povs' internal dialogue. if there's a natural lull in the conversation, explore that lull! what do the characters do in this moment? what's going on around them? sprinkle bits of setting in so that your reader knows where they are and what's going on.

plus, exploring the non-dialogue sections of your story can, and often will, spark inspiration in your brain for scenes and actions to fill out the story if you want it to be long (but also! if you just want to write the scene of their conversation, that's the beauty of fanfic - there's no requirements. do whatever you want lmao). when Howdy is going into town, maybe Wally calls him over for a quick pose - does Howdy say yes or no, and how does that decision change the story? maybe Julie invites him to join her in a game, or Eddie stops to talk to Howdy about him being out and about. maybe there are some complaints over the bodega not being open. what's the lead-up to Howdy and Barnaby running into each other? do they literally run into each other? what happens when they do? those are just a few possibilities of many!

remember, when you're writing, you're that story's god. you can do literally fucking anything. you decide what the characters do, where they go, what happens in their world. that mindset should help you bolster the plot instead of just "these two characters have a conversation", yk?

i hope this helps!

#im so serious i am talking from personal experience #the quality of my writing improves after reading an actual book / when im reading one alongside writing #which is why im getting myself back into it #i spent a while not reading books and boyyyyy howdy have i suffered for it! #i miss when i was in elementary school reading at least one full length book a week... #BUT BOOKS HELP. GOOD BOOKS #not the fuckin cookie cutter booktok recs that're just a bunch of tropes slapped together #im talkin about the quality stuff. #im talkin about authors who really see the art in writing & storytelling #rambles from the bog #but also do take everything i say with a grain of salt #i have a lot of room for improvement myself & as with my art im an Entirely Self Taught Writer #so im by no means an expert on the subject! im a medium level writer at best <3 #and im not saying that in a derogatory way! it just means i have a ways to go in becoming a legitimately good writer #& reaching the level that i want. its something to strive for! #also thank you! ive never done an interview before so i really have nothing to compare it to!

[arsenicflame]

i am once again asking that you stop making Izzy being loved contingent on him fundamentally changing who he is

#i am returning to be mad about this again #no 1 reason ill click off a fic honestly. hes completely changed and /now/ you like him? i hate to break it to u but u dont like izzy then #to reiterate the sentiment from the previous post: i want someone to look at him and say 'no notes' #i do love edizzy but realistically. i cannot see it ever working thats why i love cjizzy or bellhands (etc) so so much it opens the doors #for someone to love him for who he is. for his prickly self. for not being 'palatable' or whatever #(to also reiterate from the prev post. he has areas he could improve! but none that make him unlovable as he is) #nyxtalks #ofmd #izzy hands #israel hands #cjizzy #bellhands #please insert another izzy ship of your choice those r just the most popular ones that fit this vibe #(its also why the one (maybe only) izzy ship i dont really gel with is Lucius. because personally i cant see them ever getting to liking #each other without some fundamental changes. idk maybe theres room if the fan theory that lucius is still on the ship is true)

[ratstuckinamarble]

Someone was liking so many of my posts today and I find that incredibly endearing. Walk right into my house, look around, rummage through my things, leave as if I can't tell you were here. I'm glad you had fun <3

#that kinda stuff makes me glad I started tagging things a little better #there's still room for improvement but eh #love seeing people explore my blog~ #I'm always disappointed when people don't have a tag for their own posts cause then I can't go looking through them #rätposting

[floenz]

The I miss drawing them to actually drawing them pipeline

#this came from deep inside #also this made me yearn for spring #das fliegende klassenzimmer #dfk #johann bökh #robert uthofft #i just looked at old-ish art #and just a year ago this wouldve a) taken incredibly long to draw b) if i could even make it and not become oberwhelmed #and yea #:D #and i know theres still so much room for improve #ment #but i improved a lot in this year and its nice to see that you actaully do get better if you just draw a lot #next to tackle is composition #and colour #i feel like i still strugle to make a piece coherent