#ideas for your notebook

[ionomycin]

Welcome home

#artists on tumblr #cw blood #i really like drawing wings if it wasn't obvious #drawing has been rough lately though #all the A-I trash going around is so depressing to see #please pick up literally any tool in your hand and create #shape something with your own hands #breathe life into something #it doesn't need to look perfect and polished and photorealistic #literally anything any person has ever drawn with their own hands #has more value than every algorithm generated garbage put together #a vent doodle drawn in the math notebook of a 13 yo girl has infinitely more value #than any stolen blendered together soulless algorithm “creation” #we're humans we create #so just #create #with your own hands and your own ideas

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

the most Dog ever. or. dog shaped Thing ever

#four different versions bc i couldnt decide #i have been watching So Many jimmy dean & rowlf clips its not even funny #well. it is funny. its really funny. theyre hilarious #wellll. rowlf is hilarious. jimmy dean is funny as well due to Proximity #rowlf is the best muppet no one can convince me otherwise #hes Everything #scribble garnish #the muppets #rowlf the dog #rowlf #did i make him too curly? maybe. but hey who's gonna hold me accountable No One thats who #you'll never catch me alive! i'll curly-fy... curlify.... curl... ILL MAKE EVERYTHING CURLY MARK MY WORDS #no seriously. mark em. take out your notebook and write this down there'll be a test later #anyway i love how Blanket he is #every time i see a picture of his full puppet its like. thats a blanket right there #puppy throw... #you know that would be a good blanket idea actually? head and arms and the rest is just a pelt #rowlf skin for your floor!

[mister13eyond]

talking to a friend about getting back into art and i think the #1 most important piece of art advice i could ever get or give is just "figure out what is FUN to you"

like i think there is sooooo much emphasis on how to build SKILL in art but a lot of it really treats art like a job or like video game grinding, like it's this thankless job that you have to work at in order to reach a Threshold and i know it's not EASY to make yourself have fun but like

imo a solid 70% of the reason i create art is because the Act of Drawing is fun to me. it's fun problem-solving and planning and putting down lines and playing with colors and tools. it's fun to depict little scenes in my head or to create outfits or to find ways to fill the canvas. never forget that creating can be fun. sometimes it's hard and sometimes you have to battle through your own blockades to get there but the ultimate goal should always be to ENJOY it, to find what you enjoy doing and then do it forever. improvement will follow enjoyment.

i think especially with all the debate about ML image generation it's more important than ever to embrace FUN. if you're only focused on the end result it's so easy to get in your own head- to think about what doesn't look good or what skills you don't have yet or to compare yourself to other artists. but photography didn't kill the art of drawing and AI won't either because, simply put, there will always be people who want to do the physical act of making art because it's fun to do! using paints and markers, splashing colors around, doing shitty pen doodles, using the symmetry tool in your art program to do abstract mandalas that are just squiggles formed into patterns. do art like you're 5 and you've been handed markers to pass the time. do art like you're bored in class and you're keeping your brain entertained by drawing stick figure comics in the margins. do art like an absent thing, do art because it satisfies your brain. the goal is not to make something beautiful and perfect, the goal is to make something because your hands need to make and your body needs to make.

#i know and love so many people who have intense anxiety about their ability to create art and who are so hard on themselves about the result #and i think that's a REALLY easy thing to feel because creating is also vulnerable & physically difficult and there is SOOOO much to master #but i think for me the people who churn out 300 colored pencil front facing hands behind their backs oc doodles on lined notebook paper- #are the ones with the right idea. they're the ones i aspire to be like #i'm not saying i never struggle either bc tbh #as someone with depression and adhd there are times where the Act of Having Fun is simply not possible #sometimes i CAN'T enjoy things because my ability to feel joy is locked behind a barrier of my mental illness #so i don't think it's an Easy thing to do by far and I don't think you can just Magically Make Yourself Happy And Having Fun #but i DO think that experimenting in a low-stakes low-pressure manner until you find something that clicks in your brain helps #doing things for the sake of doing them is the only way to figure out which ones WILL be fun to you #not all of them will. some things will feel like a slog #but i think you have to look for the passion before you're able to face the slog #if you jump right into the parts that are Hard and Challenge Your Limits it's easy to spin your wheels and get stuck #but if you focus on the super small stakes and the things that are thoughtless and focused more on Sensation- #the sensory experience of mixing paint or the scratch of pencil on paper or the smooth way a specific pen makes lines- #then you can lose yourself in the physical aspect of it FIRST #and then once you've started really ENJOYING those sensations you can start learning new ways to use them #because now you have the drive to want to do more #now you have the desire to find new ways to apply this thing you like doing #long post #even longer tags #art #drawing #artists #art advice

[eyelinerdean]

oh my god dean wanted to be a rockstar. do you think he wrote songs

#fifteen year old dean at sonny’s and robin gifts him a notebook. for all your music she says. for when you’re a rockstar and need teen angst #straight from the source. she wrote it in a little note on the first page. #and god dean is glued to the thing #even when he leaves sonny’s he stuffs it in the bottom of his duffel and takes it out when sam is asleep when dad is out on hunts #and he doodles and he writes recipes he sees on tv and maybe sometimes when he’s really sure #that dad won’t come home and sam won’t wake up. maybe he locks himself in the bathroom and writes a song. #just little snippets of lyrics or ideas or what have you. in honor of the rockstar future he’ll never have #lu.txt #dean winchester

[natjennie]

IM SO NERVOUS!!!!! IM GONNA DO A BAD JOB!!!!!!

#im not meant to be a normal human being #just casually doing a phone interview #im gonna throw up #i have the important info about the job in my notebook #and i wrote down ideas about what to say to different questions #and questions i have for them #but im so scared im gonna fumble it so hard #please just let me work at your library for 15 hours its not that many #please i'll do my best but im just not normal i cant be normal im sorry

[madderruz]

casually remembering that i made a 50+ page webcomic on notebook paper when i was 16 and quietly laying down to let the moss grow over me

#matts markers #one day i will find a way to post the whole thing because a lot of it i do really love #and its really a testament to the whole idea of like. just start. just make the thing. #dont worry about how good your backgrounds look or if everything is colored or even if it makes sense just go. just do it. #this wasnt even full notebooks it was like 12x5 at most maybe this was journal sized paper #now i just. i think too much and i have no time lol

[disdaidal]

Sometimes I really kind of envy you native English speakers who make writing and posting fics seem so fucking easy. With near perfect grammar and hardly any typos. Or those of you who are capable of writing & updating your fics whenever the muse hits you just right... and not like, once in six months. Actually, try two years lol.

Whereas me, a non-native speaker, who occasionally struggles even with basic English grammar:

I'm fine. Totally.

#personal #okay so i've been writing this one piece of fiction for a while now #actually two but i've seemed to put the other one on hold for a while at least #(i may have mentioned this already like five times during the past two weeks but my point is i'm still working on it) #many thanks to @ihni who recently gave me some words of encouragement <3 and ofc @catzy88 who gave me even more insp *saatananauru* #and i'm actually really kind of enjoying it because there's no pressure to write it and post it #i write it in small sections. whenever i feel like it. giving myself enough time to plan it and think about it. even getting new ideas #and for once i'm trying not to keep editing and fixing it as i go. i just write whatever crap comes to my mind and just let it flow #i try not to think about how many mistakes and typos i make because that way i'm never gonna get it finished #but at the same time... when it's finally time to go through it #fix typos. missing words. possibly poor grammar. i know i'm just gonna hate it so fucking much lmao #but i'm really trying my best here okay. and i'm trying not to rush it. for once #because i used to write like this as a teenager. when there was nowhere really to post your original stories (thank god for that) #so i did it in my notebooks. and i quite enjoyed it doing that way #and i'm not sure why i'm even rambling this because most of you are never gonna read it anyway lol. so who gives right #but it matters to me and i'm feeling good about writing again so here i am rambling about it. no matter if you care not. so cheers mateys <

[floral-hex]

Somehow one of my old high school notebooks ended up at goodwill and not only did someone buy it, but they found my phone number and texted me 😬😬😬 which is… not cool, but also they turned out to be nice, so whatever, I guess

#I got this and started kinda freaking out because I had no idea what was in it #and how do people keep finding my phone number??? #damn I kinda hate this digital world #anyway I figured out that one of my trash bags got mixed in with my goodwill donations a couple of weeks back #and some goodwill worker actually looked through all the trash and thought ‘yeah someone will buy this old used notebook’ #anyway they sent me a pic of a couple of pages and I’m prettttty sure it’s all just dumb highschool stuff for tv broadcasting #but they were nice and it made me feel nostalgic to briefly talk about it with someone so I can’t be too mad #I mean… I dunno #maybe it’s some bored teenager and they find this weird notebook and want to know more about it #not that there’s anything too wild in there #really I vaguely remember flipping through it before tossing it and I don’t remember anything eye catching #if it had anything I really thought was important I probably would have kept it #and it’s about 15 years old so I’m of the mind that it’s aged past my need to worry what’s in it #eventually you get old enough that the stuff you did in your teens feels like someone else’s bullshit #like… 15 years on I’m barely the same person #whatever is embarrassing in there is embarrassing for teen Ian not current Ian #but wow… I really hope they didn’t pay for that #or that they at least got a few laughs out of it #that would actually make up for finding my number #if someone else can even briefly enjoy some of my old dumb stuff then that’s pretty cool #but also… how’d they get my fucking number!? #bleghhhh #for a second I hoped it was one of my old poetry books. #I would love to get one of those back #I used to have so many notebooks of my poetry #but ya know dumb teen-to-twenties Ian had to get all moody and trash them #well… that’s life I guess #ok anyway sorry to bother you #mine #text

[rainbow-burst]

I being so fucking normal about this fit on him rn I'm beingsofuckingnormal I'm beingsofuckin nor-

#you have no idea how fucking long I've been drooling crying begging and just screaming for them to do a Lost boy kill count #like I just watched the podcast maybe like a week ago and I'm just like rocking back and forth on my bed like they're going to post a video #<--real soon #and oh my God I watched the video of the kill count in there's so many things I wish they talked about on there but I'm grateful to get it #they did talk about the sequels and.....ekkkk... I mean it's only based off of high demand so let's hope to God no one talks about it #or send any emails for them I mean if they talk about the remake that's fine I haven't really seen that one I know Sebastian stan is in it #oh my God I feel like I'm about to be so fucking annoying about the movie again I think I'm going to just start posting random shit about it #also lately I've been more happy to be posting and drawing again than usual #so I might be back on doodling and drawing random shit or actually I've been having more confidence in myself to start posting doodles #why do I bring that up because oh I don't know...wink wonk 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤗🤗 😉😉😉😉😜😜😜 #my laptop kind of sucks now so I'm going to buy a new one probably this month or next month so I'll be drawing and posting doodles #I'm also thinking about posting some of my recent sketches I have in my notebook but don't expect any Picasso or Vince Van Gogh for me #I know I'm good but like I'm not that good lol im jking kinda sorta maybe not relaly okay yeaj am BUT!!! #I feel like I'm back on my drawing shit again and if I don't finish your drawing I'll just still post it because why the fuck not I'm young #let's fuck around and have some fun why not huh #man I can't believe I'm actually really rambling here but yeah I'm happy to say that I'm going to be back on my stupid shit ❤️ #kill count

[im-still-watching-anime]

i think the root of the konoha officials issue of naruto always being Involved™️ when they don’t want him to be is that they never fully get kakashi on their side about it. if they gave the man a strong enough reason to keep his kid out of it two seconds later he would be talking to naruto like “oh! naruto what’s that over there!” while pointing at a bowl of ramen under a box propped up by a stick and it would be THE most effective method they could take to keep that boy out of things cause you know mr. no thoughts head empty would fall for that immediately

#naruto #naruto shippuden #hatake kakashi #naruto uzumaki #they’re always like ‘we can’t let naruto be involved in this :/‘ #and then send people who would literally do anything for him to stop him from being involved #i think if you got kakashi on your side logically and added the bonus that he gets to trap naruto in a box that he would Fix The Problem #he’s always like oh yeah sure guys naruto shouldn’t be involved while looking at his watch waiting for naruto to show up #they’re like iruka has gotta be the strongest defense #but iruka just wants to treat naruto nicely and talk things out which doesn’t work cause naruto is king at talking #meanwhile kakashi is over there vibrating at the chance to make his students fall into stupid traps #he has a notebook dedicated to ideas for it #idk if they could ever ACTUALLY convince him naruto should stay out of something #but i maintain he would be best at implementing it😤 #my posts

[rohirric-hunter]

It's 10:30, I'm so sleepy, my fever is coming back, I'm still dizzy and short of breath from standing up to cook dinner 5 hours ago, and my brain is -- not asking -- demanding that I find my watercolor notebooks and start an inkwash drawing right this second

#me: but im tired #my brain: *cocks gun* youre about to be MORE tired #most likely nothing is going to happen tho because i know where the inks are #i have some ideas about where the notebooks might be #i have not got the first clue where my brushes are #also my brain seems to be under the impression that i can inkwash a convincing human face? keep dreaming asshole

[sysig]

Goal: Be normal

Obstacle: Watching literally any interpretation of Treasure Island, apparently

#Why's it Stevenson again. What has he done for me lately (Jekyll and Hyde) #That was like the one book that I just straight up refused to read in school and it's back to haunt me #And honestly I'd be fine if it was just one thing! But no it's a weird fucked up web of loving stuff! #'Cause first of all it's RLS as previously states - Jekyll and Hyde author (love) which just puts me in a clone/doppleganger state of mind #Okay fine I'm already there you got me #But then you've got me in a pirates mood which my brain Is Still After All This Time in love (love!) with the Pirate Fic #And it super doesn't help that Treasure Planet is also sci-fi as if I wasn't aliens enough lol #But like the relationship between Silver and Hawkins and growing into your own person and just jfskalfsdf #Stop being good! Stop it! You're giving me Feelings and Feelings spawn Ideas and I Am Trying To Edit!! #I am backlogged to fuck btw I am suffering :'D I legit might have to pump the breaks I have so much to edit #We're talking in the hundreds - meanwhile my brain is trying to point me back to the Pirate Fic because look ♥ Authors (love) Stories (love) #Stop your nonsense! I'm trying to focus! #Doesn't help that I haven't drawn for a couple days either so The Energy is building meanwhile I'm trying to wall up against the flood #Stop making! The two halves are out of whack! I'm making way way Way more than I can keep up with! #Editing has gotten boring as well which is :/ It did used to be relaxing but I'm just so impatient now #I want to draw! But then I also want to show off what I've drawn! But I want it to be pretty! #I need to tear through this notebook - drawing brain likes this idea and editing brain hates it - 'cause the paper is subpar :/ #Dark lines with a grain that catches graphite not fun to work with - fine to draw on but a pain to edit #Anyway lol ♪ Back to what I was doing before #Update: WAIT I forgot the Feelings I had about Arrow fjdslakfdjf #The dynamics are non-specific and apply all the way around because I say so

[pizzabookbuying]

I am once again reading a romance novel that I hate.

#just so happens this time it’s The Notebook. #how is the movie better??? I didnt like the movie but it was better #I just heard this elderly male narrator read the word ‘loins’ #not to mention the extended description of Allie’s ‘erect nipples’ #????? #I WILL SAY THOUGH— #the part where Noah threatens to kill/grievously injure himself unless Allie goes out with him DIDNT happen in the book (at least thus far) #so far I prefer ‘early Noah/Allie’ from the book but ‘middle Noah/Allie’ from the movie #I still REALLY like the idea that Lon is the one reading to Allie at the end. that would have been the juiciest most delectable most #heartbreaking twist and I would LOVE that. #loving someone so much that on their deathbed you let them believe you’re someone else? because you know that even though they were the love #of your life you weren’t theirs??? THAT is beautiful

[kyouka-supremacy]

For tgp au, if Dazai is Michael, then who is Janet?

I have no idea? Oda? Chuuya and his themes of learning how to be a human?

#Like I don't think Chuuya's character really is about learning humanity as much as it is learning to believe he's human #(something he always was to begin with) #But it could still work? I guess? #The thing is that Janet is such an extraordinary entity it's not easy to translate her in other characters. She doesn't even have a past #My first name was Oda because he matches a sort of neutrality and distant politeness that fits Janet at the beginning of her story #But then again it's just very hard to see a character fitting her shoes– #because there's no character that was literally born to serve like she is. #And it's also weird to bring up Oda and Chuuya as they're both......... Dazai love interests #and Janet and Michael are not supposed to be romantically involved at all. Unless you make them be in the au? #But I feel like it wouldn't tie well with their character arcs and core themes #almost like it was unnecessary and distracting especially for Michael / Dazai #🤨🤔🧐 #Then again my au was mostly sskk centered but feel free to come up with your own ideas / headheadcanons for it!!! #bsd #people asks me stuff #Edit: Kunikida?????? Like on one hand it would never work because he's like. The epitome of unpoliteness. #On the other hand they basically have the same ‘‘‘ability’’’ and it'd be fun to have Janet go around with a notebook to evoke things ahah #Also serves as Dazai's partner I guess...

[broke-on-books]

✒️

Send me a ✒️ and I'll pick a poem I think you'd like

Okay Jayden I'm going to be honest you were very difficult here. As I flipped through I didn't see any poems that really jumped out at me strongly, and the ones that did stick out more were pretty subtle (both in the poems themself and how much i thought they seemed like you) so there's a chance I'm way off base here. BUT for you I ended up picking "Grammar" by Tony Hoagland. This is a poem that almost didn't make it into my collection, but the unique metaphor used really hooked me in both how unrelated it seems and how it really works.

Other poems that vaguely stuck out were

"A Ghazal of Oranges" by Jan-Henry Gray

"My Dead Friends" by Marie Howe

"Tenebris Interlucentem" by James Elroy Flecker

"Snow" by David Berman

"This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams

Edit: also "When I Tell My Husband I Miss the Sun, He Knows" by Paige Lewis

I also maybe got a bit of a feeling that you would like some stuff by W. H. Auden? But none of his stuff I had seemed right at all and it can be a bit on the longer side of things (in relation to short/mid length poems) so I didn't include any. Some Auden poems I like are "Funeral Blues" "In Memory of W. B. Yeats", and "A Summer Night"* but none of those struck me as quite right while flipping through.

*conflicting feelings abt the last 2 stanzas here, pretty dated to when it was written in 1934

Anyways, thanks for the ask! (And humoring me about poetry!) I very much had a difficult time putting this guess together so don't be surprised if it's way off the mark. I was mostly running off of vague vibes and feelings here

#poetry tag #answered #threephantomrey #i think the really hard part for this one is that i didn’t have any idea of what themes i wanted to go for with you #like with anu before i had a little bit of an idea and sense of it but here it was pretty much nothing so it made it hard to get started #like it was like wandering around looking for something in the dark with only a candle to go off of #which was still very enjoyable dont get me wrong i love going through poems #but harder in a different way #ANYWAYS unless im wrong and something on this list here or the main pick is really spot on im doubtful that i have your poem or anything #close to it in my notebook. which is very interesting and makes me want to read more poetry right this instant #blah

[pagesofkenna]

I'm officially counting my handwriting book project for Camp NaNoWriMo, in case anyone else is doing that this month and wants to link up on there?

#arbitrary goal is to write four pages in my notebook a day #kinda wish in the last ten years the nanowrimo system had figured out a way to count more than just word count #especially since editing is something they do for camp goals too? ah well #hmu for my username on that site or give me yours #doing the math - ive written 68 notebook pages since mid march #if we average each page to 250 words that about 17k! #if i make my 4 page a day goal i'll be adding another 30k #i dont have an idea of how long exactly i'd like this book to be #but ive got one notebook to fill up after the one i'm using right now and if i do that i'll be at 58k #which sounds like a decent length for the kind of story i'm trying to write. it doesn't have to be a full-length fantasy epic #writing