#makes a great sticker

[esprei]

Emmet month - Day 15: Summer

beach time 😎🌴☀️

#submas #subway boss emmet #subway boss kudari #emmet #kudari #monthofemmet #my art #just... casually posts stuff out of order #i didn't plan originally for this day either buuuut i was having trouble with some other art so #i figured i'd do something cute #i was also using this as a test for like... sticker design possibly... #because i might want to try making stickers soon #i know this is specific like summer theme so ;; #also probably too big for sticker but you know #it was fun either way #just as a test to start getting in that mindset #anyway he's having a great time #he's got that cool inflatable lapras

[jezzleyjezz]

Me when I draw will wood

Plus some oc stuff (also I got new stickers 🤭🤭)

#will wood #will wood fanart #everything is a lot #self ish #in case i make it #is there cheese in the great beyond #the normal album #2Nd 2Ight 2Eer #oc #oc art #my oc #ocs #stickers #good omens #doctor who #sketch #sketchbook

[amphibily]

hi i made a DGS stickersheet....that you can pre-order right now?!

more info down below!

#dail gyakuten saiban #dgs #the great ace attorney #tgaa #chuunosuke #nyasougi #nyanzieks #uusato #my art #will probably sell leftovers if i have any after the preorder period is over #shares appreciated! #wouldnt you want to stick a little guy everywhere <3 i had to learn how to make stickers the hard way but it was soo worth it

[fictionadventurer]

I went into Ruth expecting a dreary read. How could a Victorian "fallen woman" story be anything other than dark and depressing? So I was shocked right from the beginning to find a sweet, gentle, romantic story. The dressmaker's apprentice who sits in the coldest, darkest part of the workroom because that's where there's a panel painted with flowers that remind her of her country home? How could I not adopt her as a favorite character? Ruth's innocent, romantic outlook on life gave us some beautiful descriptions of the scenery of both city and countryside, and my imagination went on overdrive to create very vivid images of the story. Even the love story, which we know is going to go very wrong, starts out sweet, with a kind, charming love interest who only shows flashes of just how wrong his character is going to go.

Even after Ruth's fall, the story is so gentle, putting Ruth among kind people who are willing to risk and sacrifice a lot to help her. And then the story gets almost too gentle--after some initial struggles with depression, Ruth resolves to bear her troubles patiently and work toward virtue, and her sweet, too-innocent character gets flattened out into someone who's just Good. Life just goes on, with things generally going well, and every potential turn toward drama results in someone deciding to be reasonable, which can make the story drag.

But, in a story like this, the lack of drama becomes the plot twist! It is refreshing to see characters who don't always jump to the worst conclusion or take the worst action, who pause and consider the whole story and act like decent human beings.

And in the places when the drama does kick in, it's good drama. Painful drama. It's also (especially in the last section of the story) melodrama. There were sections of the book where I was rolling my eyes at the cookie-cutter Victorian path the story was taking--but then there'd be one line or one moment that would just stab me in the chest because of how beautifully specific it was to this story. Just enough to elevate it from something bland to something unique and fascinating.

I often had the thought that this book could be about a third of its length without losing anything--yet it should also be just as long as it was. If the story cut all its repetitive musings about Ruth's regret, and used that space to develop the side characters and and show the plot instead of telling us about it, it would be a much deeper story. I found myself wishing Gaskell had reworked this one later in her career--the way that North and South was a more skillful reworking of the issues explored in Mary Barton. In a way, she sort of did in Wives and Daughters, with the story of Molly the quiet innocent getting tangled up in the intrigues surrounding her headstrong, flirtatious stepsister Cynthia serving as a more layered, personality-flipped version of the story where headstrong, sheltered Jemima gets tangled in the story of quiet, sweet Ruth and her past romantic intrigues. (The doctor at the end of the story also feels like a proto-Mr. Gibson).

Yet I'm still fascinated by the themes specific to this story. Contrary to expectation, this "fallen woman" story isn't about sex, or gender, or how unfairly women are treated (though it does touch on that in the end). It's about sin. It's not questioning why Ruth's behavior is considered a sin or looking to dismantle the society saying that it's a sin. It comes from the Christian perspective of saying that sin is real and harms people--so how are we going to deal with that?

The story shows lots of people struggling with temptation, failing, and dealing with the consequences (or harming others with the consequences). Sin is always a case of either not caring enough to do the more difficult, good thing, or a case of "the ends justify the means", where people rationalize their bad behavior as something necessary in this specific case. It always leads to harm, but some people--and some sins--suffer greater consequences in the eyes of the world, whether or not they deserve it. I wish the story had developed and resolved this theme better in places, but the raw material there is fascinating food for thought.

This book is Gaskell at her preachiest, but also Gaskell at her kindest. It explores deep, difficult issues in a very loving way. As a story, there are ways it could be better, but I'm very glad I read it. Perhaps I'm making a point to be kinder to it because I know it's the type of story that today's readers tend to judge harshly. But amid my issues with the story, there are some lovely images, some great messages, and some wonderful characters that going to be living in my heart for a long time.

#elizabeth gaskell #ruth #(i should find out if there's a subtitle for this book because it'd be nice to have a less-generic tag for it) #this should have been like four separate posts #but i spent long enough rambling through this so i'm leaving it as is #as a book i'd say it just barely makes four stars #it's a story that i like better when i'm not reading #because there is a lot of food for thought #the story itself has a lot of great points when you're not trudging through the latest chapter of 'an entire year passed' #the imagination can distill it into the best parts and there's a lot that's vivid #also the pro-life thing! #how did i forget that? #the moment that mr. benson said 'you're confusing the sin with the consequences' i'm like 'slap that on a pro-life sticker! #the fact that the baby is always treated as a good! #that alone is worth the price of admission

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i just spent the last like hour going through all the lights out au stuff and im OBSESSED rn PLEASE

i'm not sure how to help you! enjoy the brainrot

#oh oh actually would you like a tidbit #a cute little Idea i had the other day perhaps! #so i had this thought of wally seeing how Down howdy is #poor man is sliding into that understim Depression yk yk. also regular depression bc life sucks for them atm #and wally remembers Oh! he found stickers a while back #so he spends some time searching for them and finds a mostly unused sheet #he unpeels a smiley face and sticks it right on howdy's nose #howdy: ??? what was that #wally - showing him a sticker sheet: we arent good at making you laugh... but you still deserve a smile #wally: you can take it off if you want #howdy - in tears: no its great im keeping it forever #rambles from the bog #wh lights out au #and then frank is sarcastically like wheres MY sticker #wally takes him seriously and gives him a butterfly right on his cheek #and then poppy gets some lil hearts on her beak #frank howdy and poppy each choose a sticker and put all three on wally #a peace sign on the back of his hand... a rainbow under his missing eye... a star on his forearm... #its a little sticker party! it cheers them all up! whenever one of them looks more unhappy then normal #BOOP have a sticker! until they run out... but they try to make the fun last #they save a couple of stickers for everyone else when they wake up #bc at this point they have hope that everyone Will! eventually... #anyway yall might see little shapes on the neighbors when i draw this au going forward #please know that they are The Stickers!

[tofuproductionz]

Happy Holidays! Have yourself a very bean

#barok van zieks #the great ace attorney chronicles #the great ace attorney #dai gyakuten saiban #rejected bean that didn't make the cut for the stickers but i still wanted to finish him #hes a good bean #ace attorney

[wolvmir]

Assorted box of Campbells and mertens (mostly campbells)

#fionna campbell #fionna and cake #finn mertens #The Fionna in a bow with a tattoo would make a great sticker wouldn’t it? #finn the human #fionna the human #adventure time #fanart #fandom #Cw nudity

[calamitys-child]

Bought and sold and traded so many fantastic zines this weekend and honestly my favourite interaction I had was with a very shy but very very determined kid who asked politely if I'd like to trade them one of my angry political transgender poems for some drawings they did in class. I will treasure it forever it was so cute this kid has such a fun scrappy art style and I look forward to seeing them at future zine fairs with more little drawings. Weird queer accessible inclusive art fairs you have my heart always and forever 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

#other highlights: #woman who saw my against me! shirt and came over again 3hrs later to give me a list of other queer punk bands #the fact my partner went away from the table to get us lunch and immediately got handed a chick tract by some street preacher #which then became a bonding moment with someone who makes polyamorous blackout poetry from the bible and wants to turn #their old purity ring into a leather choker #the person who chatted about my late great aunt's poetry with me and gifted me a moomin badge he made #the no fewer than four people who gave me queer werewolf recommendations #the person who specifically bought my spooky queer poem for their friend because quote 'he keeps fucking getting haunted and needs to stop' #every single person who upon picking up my 'a trans person used this bathroom' free stickers and having me say that i want #to see those in every bathroom in scotland solemnly and excitedly promised to carry out this mission

[chayscribbles]

i had a vision tonight while i was at work and absolutely had to draw it the moment i got home

gemini heist wip intro | art tag | instagram

#i think this is the fastest i've ever brought a drawing to fruition kjgfkjdfkjd #i got home and immediately went into a frenzy #i'm really in gemini heist mode lately huh #wip gemini heist #gh memes #gh art #euna li #art by chay #hm. this would make a great sticker

[frnkiebby]

PINS PINS PINS AND STICKER!!!!!!!~🎃

#honestly #one of my favorite etsy shops. #the owner is so cool and super nice #AND MAKES GREAT SHIT #LIKE LOOK AT HOW COOL THESE PINS ARE #AND THE STICKER #———- #okay i’m done now #frnkiebby #frank iero #small businesses #pins #stickers #frnkiero #my chemical romance #mcr

[girlinthebrownhoodie]

I cannot draw and yet I must.

So ofc had to draw guys from my latest brain rot.

Individual goobers under the cut↓↓

#Hoodie arts #My least favorite is the little sitting employee guy #cuz I could not for the life of me figure out how to give him that 1000 yard stare I wanted! #anyway thesed be fun to make into stickers no clue how I'd do that tho #Hoodies art #lethal company #bracken #coil head #great asset to the compan #great great asset to the company #tw blood #my art #brownhoodie art

[jomadis]

^^^ These are all the ones I've currently done, but feel free to suggest any cats!!! And ofc the categories up top aren't exclusive (like friendship/ships can be up for interpretation), I just wanted to get a feel for things and get some feedback!! Thanks for your support thus far!! <33

#i really like making these and they get a lot of positive feedback! #and I know i'm not always well versed in what people are interested in #so now is a great time to lmk which cats you want to see!! #and then they'll be made into stickers! #jomadis #art #my art #warrior cats #warriors #cat #wc #warrior cats fanart #firestar #squirrelflight #leafpool #jayfeather #wc fanart #etsy #stickers #poll

[good-realtor-bad-realtor-dynamic]

A whole piece on our Glenn being underrated and overlooked!

The article gets into some of his school days, Juilliard and his perspective on acting, his work on Sunny, leaving Sunny after season 12 when he'd thought the show should end (can't wait for that podcast conversation in 3 years or maybe even in Season 6 if they ever address Glenn Howerton Burnout No. 1), and later coming back, continuing to push his boundaries in acting in season 15 with the Ireland arc, and working with director Matt Johnson on Blackberry.

(Gonna use colours now to better distinguish screenshots of the article from my stuff for anyone not using dark mode)

A lot of it is quotes from Charlie and Rob, who are properly frustrated that he's been so overlooked (them, the original Glenn girlies!), his wife Jill, Megan and other people he's worked with, like an old drama teacher from school and Mike O'Brien from AP Bio.

(ok seriously who airbrushed and smoothed the shit out of his beautiful old wrinkly face in this photo, they need to be flogged)

There's also quotes from people, like the Lost writer who's a known Sunny fan and also co-wrote The Hunt, who watched him do his thing in Blackberry and think it's finally going to get him the recognition he's deserved all along.

CALL. THEM. OUT.

Honestly, all of this is just giving me a lot of respect for Matt Johnson, who was looking for comedic actors to play dramatic roles, specifically wanted Glenn to play Jim in Blackberry and had to fight to get him the role because Canadian productions with Canadian funding don't like using outside actors. This guy saw the vision and he was cool with Glenn getting that stupid haircut too.

Apparently, when Glenn received the script, his first thought was why me, shouldn't some bigshot do this role... he's such an idiot.

Something we've always known and the article confirms again is about how he's clearly grateful for the opportunities they have with Sunny, the kind that few writers/actors ever get with that level of creative control (something they get reminded of by other people in the industry a lot) but he's also been the most stifled by it of anyone in the cast because of his goal of being an actor more than the others, and so it gives him these mixed feelings about the longevity of the show.

I don't know if they've ever confirmed that RCG talked about ending the show around season 12.

He's not wrong. We know that once he came back to season 13, he did his rewrites on all the scripts featuring Dennis even though he wasn't fully back to writing yet. I personally don't think they should continue the show if any of them leave. They're better off taking longer breaks between the seasons like Curb does.

Good on you Rob. You tell them.

Seriously, they'd better now give him something good and interesting, so that it's not just us Sunny stans screaming into the void like usual.

#glenn howerton #charlie day #rob mcelhenney #iasip #blackberry movie #matt johnson #dennis reynolds #ap bio nbc #this whole thing makes me feel like a proud parent seeing their kid finally get the kind of promotion they deserve #i feel like i'm keeping a scrapbook of his achievements and gathering newspaper cuttings of all his Big Days like a mum might #ok that's not a great analogy as a self-professed dennisfucker (ace edition) #but i also desperately want to give him a sticker for getting his recognition like this and making steps towards his dreams #of acting in a variety of projects in all sorts of genres and having a career he can feel proud of #blackberry 2023 #juilliard #iasip cast #ap bio #rcg #washington post #glacting #sur rambles #sur #i said it on discord and i'll say it again

[skypiea]

1 card from each of my non-standard decks :3c

#kite.txt #need to make my own sticker for the golden kamuy one bc they didn’t come w/ a box or anything #I love these decks tho they’re all great #second deck (Pokémon one) is made by @sablingart if u wanna pick it up #the rest are all official

[chushanye]

"my interpretation is more meaningful than yours" this "___ piece of media is objectively bad" that. yeah, well have you considered I'm having fun? 🤨 have you considered that I strive to be joyful rather than striving to prove the worth of my opinions? 🙄

#analysis of meaning is great but dont let art elitism/perfectionism convince you you need to have the ultimate and perfect #reading or interpretation #or that the joy and entertainment you derive from a piece of media is directly correlated with how intellectual you can be about it #sometimes the goal is just entertainment #and thats okay #this is not to discourage media literacy or criticism of any kind #but it is to discourage people making others feel bad for not being #'smart enough to understand the TRUE interpretation of xyz' #like some of you are starting to sound like rick and morty 'you need a high IQ for this show' dudebros #esp when you say shit like 'cant ppl do better analysis then a 3rd grader' for shit that literally comes down to personal opinion #like ik some ppl miss the entire point of a piece very often and i find that frustrating too #but lets be real some of yall just attack other peoples interpretations cause they contradict your own #and not cause theyre actually problematic or misinterpretations #'a nihilist reading of this character is much more meaningful than an autistic reading' what if i killed you #both is good. jesus i thought yall liked bisexuals. #I AM SLAPPING A COEXIST STICKER ON YOUR FOREHEAD but instead of religious symbols its fandom #multiple readings can exist at once please ppl for gods sake #fandom #long notes #important

[sergle]

like my personal Advice To You if you’re a small artist with a modest amount of success selling your designs on RedBubble, like maybe you make a couple hundred dollars... You’ll make so much more money just buying some sticker paper, self-adhesive laminate sheets, stamps and envelopes and just starting a little Etsy shop. 

#you don't even have to have any resources you can print stickers on your home printer #and get some art prints made if you wanna do that #Obviously RB is much easier for mugs and shirts and more complex merch. that takes upfront payment from you #but so many people just buy stickers and prints from RB? and they're so easy to make? #the first month I had an Etsy shop I made x5 the amount that I'd normally get from RB #by selling the same amount of stuff #that's how big of a cut RB took. and their quality aint even that great #and my art kept getting stolen on there. and my account got hacked and it was really EASY to hack #and RB didn't do anything abt the money that was stolen from there. soooo. #sergle.txt #and if you're scared to branch out. you can have them both up at the SAME time #with Etsy being less expensive to encourage people to buy from there instead.