#okay see this isn't a reblog

[sarahwatchesthings]

Doctor Who S9E2 "The Witch's Familiar"

#doctor who #missy #okay see this isn't a reblog #I finally figured out how to screen-to-gif #I'm done for now #promise

[swordsonnet]

lately, i've seen more people in the online autistic community acknowledging the struggles of people with higher support needs, which is of course an important development. but for some, that seems to come with the implicit assumption that low needs autistics "have it easy" or experience no stigma at all, which is just wrong??? people with low support needs are still disabled by their autism and still face discrimination because of it. sure, they are impaired to a lesser degree than those with higher support needs, but that doesn't mean you can just erase their struggles, y'know?

#sometimes i see posts that are like 'its unfair to say that autistic people have it easy and arent really disabled...' and go yes! exactly! #but then they'll continue like '...because not all autistic people have low support needs' #and i'm like. okay nevermind you dont understand this at all #i have comparatively mild autism (was diagnosed with aspergers back when that was still a thing) #and my autism has still significantly impacted and impaired my life #i think its important to acknowledge the huge range of experiences in the autistic community #and that many others have struggled much more than me #but that doesnt mean its all easy breezy for me and other lsn autistics yknow? #(i guess i would technically be considered medium support needs or something but that's because of my chronic illness not my autism) #i wish people would just. like. listen to other peoples experiences before just assuming that they know everything about their lives #ofc a huge part of this is also some lsn autistics distancing themselves from hsn people and pretending that they're not actually disabled #but not every lsn autistic is like that. and even the ones that are are usually (consciously or unconsciously) downplaying their symptoms #autism #actually autistic #actuallyautistic #this isn't really about the post i just reblogged btw it just reminded me of it #because some of the notes on it went in that direction

[bluesey-182]

cause i see the words on the page, read each word in my head, and simultaneously see it all play out like a movie inside my head, but im recently finding out that not everyone subvocalizes and it's tripping me up

#i know it's like a whole thing that subvocalizing means you read 'slower' but first of all reading slower isn't a bad thing #and second of all I've still read 109 books so far this year so it's obviously not a problem for me #also to be clear: im not at all looking for tips to do speed reading bc i don't care to do that so pls don't offer them #i love the way i read and im not looking to change it #it might be the writer in me but i really love reading every word individually and seeing how they knit together #and how the author decided to use them. i think it's beautiful #text post #okay to reblog

[marypsue]

I am once again begging people to stop trying to make my post about grieving for someone who's become a vampire into a metaphor about being insensitive or bigoted towards real-life queer people. I absolutely understand the impulse to read it as metaphorical! I also find sympathy in fictional monstrosity! However! Queer people, as a group, do not generally kill and eat humans.

Thank you for your time.

#also. vampires are pretend and made-up and do not exist. except in the animal kingdom. #and saying 'you can't think about pretend made-up things in this way because it MUST be a metaphor for your real-life feelings> #<about THIS specific real-life thing!' is uh. you guys know why that's not a great mindset to have right #thoughtcrime isn't real yall #also to everyone who's smugly like 'well op clearly you've never loved someone who had dementia' #a) how the fuck would you know that you smug fucking self-righteous cunt. why the fuck would you think that's okay to say to someone #b) Selfish! This Man Found Time To Build A Birdhouse While Jon-Benet Ramsey Is Still Missing #i am. so tired. #anyway this is your periodic reminder that OP of that viral post has to see all of your replies reblogs and tags #and that OP of that viral post is a human fucking being

[kenobihater]

you ever write up a combination of words you're really proud of at the time bc you think it's vivid but it's actually so atrocious that you remember it eight years later bc it's burned itself into your long-term memory? just me?

#i'm literally laughing my entire ass off rn. i can't believe i found this fic i wrote at 15 and orphaned when i came to my senses abt both #my complete inability and total aversion to writing first person as well as the fact that the english language should never have been #subjected to its words being done dirty like this 😭 #also i straight up fucking LIED in the authors note??? i said i'd broken my knee as a kid which is categorically false. i fell down some #stairs and banged it up and it's a tiny bit weak ig but i didn't break it? all any teens born after y2k know is eat hot chip and lie... #still not over the first line... the flip flop bit i remembered but i'd COMPLETELY forgotten 'a shriek seeped out of my throat'. girl. what. #how does a shriek seep exactly? the world may never know... #and the use of 'groped' is also sending me 😭 AND 'crash bash whump thump' girlllll send help holy shit i can't stop coughing & laughing #the rest of the fic isn't quite this bad but it's very purple yet ineloquent and rough. it's a good reminder of how much i've improved and #honestly i'd rather read this utterly amature fic bc it's at least charming in its lack of skill rather than infuriating like some of my #oneshots that are still on my page bc they're more comprehensible but just bad enough to make me cringe. getting mad at this oneshot would #be like getting bad at a kid's stick figure drawing. like. it's just kinda cute to see someone starting out on their creative journey #my old sw oneshots on the other hand are like the awkward growing pains of puberty. you just can't help but wince at the reminder #this is okay to reblog btw bc it's objectively hilarious and i don't mind ppl finding humor in it #len speaks

[tracle0]

How to give good feedback on art (from an artist)

I often see people talk about how they want to leave good comments on art, but don’t know how/don’t know what to say. As an artist, here’s what I often look for to have something to say to other people!

The composition of the art – how different elements of the piece guide your eye, how certain parts are brighter against darker backdrop/darker against a bright backdrop. What catches your attention? How have they put the piece together to make this happen?

The lighting/shading – how have they rendered the piece? Do you like how the lighting is bright, harsh lines, or how it’s gently blended in? Do the shadows add extra depth that makes the whole piece look more 3D? Did they use funky, unconventional colours to shade?

The lineart – is it smooth? Sketchy? Are the lines thick or thin? Do they use lines at all? Are they in a colour other than black? How does it add to the piece? Do they just outline a piece, or add texture with lineart as well?

The colours – have they used a pallet of complimentary colours? Do they remind you of something specific – perhaps to the fandom, or to a season, an aesthetic, etc? Do they only use one colour? Do they use unconventional colours? Do they have one pop of contrasting colours against a monochrome background?

The anatomy – do they stick to exact proportions? Do they lean towards a more cartoon sizing? Is it like Powerpuff Girls, or like Tim Burton? 90s anime, or modern day anime? Do they make things very angular, or really smooth? What about it do you like specifically?

The texture – in the frame of digital art especially, have they used a specific brush to create a certain effect? Do you like how sketchy it all looks, or how they’ve blended the colours together? Does it look like watercolours bleeding, or a stamp/print made over the entire piece? Is it all rough, or super smooth?

The details – talk about how you love the tiny pattern on a blanket, or the multiple earrings in the characters ear. Talk about how you like how they’ve done the hair, or the little glint of light against a ring. Talk about the celtic patterns in the body, or the crooked teeth in their smile. Little things that jump out to you.

How it makes you feel – anything at all, but try to explain what in the piece evokes it strongest. Are you hit with isolation by the lonely figure in a wind-swept hill? Or joy, does that bright smile make your heart swell? Try and pick something out and babble about that.

Any meaning you can pick out – a little more tricky and often quite personal, but if you can pick something out that you think you can interpret, talk about it! I don’t think people ever get offended, even if you’re wrong – it’s interesting to see how other peoples brains work, and what they take away from something you’ve made.

Anything that stands out to you as a signature of Their Art – typically for artists you’ve followed for a long time – when you look at a piece, do you think ‘oh, this is by X’. How do you know? Is it how they draw the mouths? How they shade? The anatomy? The details? The colours? The composition? The expressions? Tell them!

I try to mix and match a few of these, focusing on things specific to the piece. Talking in depth about a piece helps an artist to know you haven’t just glanced it over and gone ‘oo cool!’ and moved on. If you want Tumblr to continue having a thriving art community, it’s beneficial to engage in and spread art around, as well as letting the artist know their work was seen and appreciated. They put the work out there for you to see for free! What can take you a few minutes of your day can make their entire week. Go support your artist friends!

#art #artist #artist on tumblr #feedback #art feedback #digital art #original art #traditional art #tumblr artist #tumblr advice #advice #yeah okay that's enough now I think #this isn't me saying 'you have to tell these things to artist every time' #god knows sometimes I see a piece and just reblog it cause I think it's cool but don't have the energy to give proper feedback on it #it's more a guide in case you WANT to do that but don't know how or don't know what's effective yknow #also as a disclaimer you really. Don't have to do this to me at all. I don't want to make ti seem like I'm annoyed people don't do that #I'm not! I'm not. Don't worry. thumbs up for you #also massive one - don't??? critique??? Pieces???? Unless specifically asked to???? #I have an artist friend and we share our sketches and doodles and pieces together and we tend to just froth over them #sometimes we might go 'oh this looks a little wonky?' or ask for specific feedback but like. even with both of us doing art. we don't just. #insert out critiques into pieces. it's rude. it saps motivation. don't do that innit

[elshells]

Hey there tumblr, I've missed you. How's it going?

#this past month has been so demanding (still is) and I'm physically and mentally drained of energy more often than not #and I haven't written in so long #but you know what? I'm okay #it hasn't been easy but I'm surviving #and right now life isn't too heck #I'm pushing myself out there more and I'm seeing my friends as often as I can while still prioritizing my own health #and I'm finally starting to feel excited about my own WIPs again! #the spark to write has been out for a little while and I haven't been able to drudge up the interest until now #so hopefully that means good things for the near future! #plus I've missed talking to my online writing buddies and I wanna see how y'all are doing!! #my life hasn't gotten any less busy but I'm gonna try my best to hang out every once in a while #anyway love y'all #rambling in the reblogs as usual oops sorry #life update kinda #ella thinks

[ranvwoop]

I've seen a few things primarily citing alloros people as the reason for like. romantic / sibling dichotomy but i am going to be honest. being aro does not absolve you of benefitting from thinking more critically about your own amatonormativity and prioritization of the nuclear family

#vwoop.noises #Unfortunately things r not that cut and dry Pensive #I lived thru the d**p fandom . #And it's okay . It's okay to have a certain view on society #But subbing out the romantic relationship at the top of relationship hierachy for a qpr is like. It's all the same #And like. This is as a partnering aro #Anyways. This isn't a grand take (tm) and I am turning my reblogs OFF i just. idk. It's something to talk about I Think #And a dichotomy i am guilty of sometimes myself! Idk it's chill #I just posit You can be bad at theory and/or annoying with any orientation. Because. Well That Fandom was primarily aro #And boy were there takes. #And a third Like you can do whatever you want It's not really a huge deal. But it is probably personally beneficial to think more abt #relationship theories tbh just like. For yr own wellbeing. I feel better now. Personally. #But also so I have to see less nuclear family hcs /Silly #This is in the lowest key a vague to the post i rbed on my main I liked it!!! Just as a cowards addition Ig... Aros can do better too

[pangyham]

Some art from 5 months ago..! posted these on instagram. Haven't had the time to draw lately, but i havent really had time to do any of my hobbies in general.

pretty sure i grinded totk the week it came out and it died down as weeks passed not because of disinterest but because i've been occupied. especially since i'm in the middle of preparing for finals.. which right now is just a chunky take home essay exam

but anyway! ah zelink. some totk spoilers below:

part of me is disappointed zelda isnt playable but i knew deep down that wasn't gonna happen so i dont waste my time complaining... don't really know when tloz will deviate from its formula and make zelda a heroine instead of a damsel in distress. however part of me indulges in her absence in totk because of the zelink anecdotes in hyrule (not that. there was a lot, but i'm a little bit deranged over these two. like zelda's diary in hateno, link's hair tie) heehee. it's really hard for me to pinpoint the common trends and patterns of my favorite ships but i will always be a sucker for implicit and anecdotal romance. oh the YEARNING and sorrows and quiet intimacy. when i found out zelda was the light dragon i couldnt stop thinking about link touching his forehead with hers or lying down on her back clutching her golden mane eyes closed and yearning and apologetic and missing. etecetera. every time i think of a new situation i get chest pains. his princess and her knight. AUGH. do you know how lethal it was when i started out totk playing as link and zelda was moving RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. THEY'RE TOGETHER. do you also know how lethal it was when we got separated and would remain separated for the rest of the game. man. havent finished the game yet but i hope for an epic cutscene of them together at some point. will probably die if(when? ;_;) that happens

zelink's relationship status is ambiguous and remains conceptual to me. not explicitly romantic, not friendship either. perhaps the most accurate label i can give them is qpr? not sure. i just enjoy these two a lot hahaha.

#please don't reblog! salamat!! #tangy says something to the void #something about being bound by duty and prophecy and finding each other in every timeline #i just really appreciate their canon interactions. they seem to get along in the way friends do but i personally dont see hints of a crush #There's no giddiness just an intimacy between them that isn't normative or conventional of friendship/romance. does anyone get me #i'm not opposed to conventioanlly romantic gestures though like. kisses. link would totally kiss her hand. because i said so #just appreciating the idea of a relationship where their intimacy and trust arent defined by being Best friends or Lovers #i realized this when i used to read zelink fics and found that they didn't quite sate my zelink wants and hcs #romantic lovers zelink isn't accurate to their canon selves and how i personally see their dynamic #it's closer to friendship but more than friendship. but i'm being redundant here it's basically just qpr okay TRUST #my art

[steves-strapcollection]

People: [read a Steddie fic]

Steddie Fic: [is about Steddie and the characters in it are largely focused on the Steddie aspect as it is... A fic about Steve and Eddie. Maybe hones in on Robin being the first gay person Steve has probably KNOWN he's fucking met in his entire life and plays on that for his Sexuality Crisis]

People: why do all the characters seem to only care about Steddie? Why do these Steddie fics that are about Steve and Eddie not show the women do anything that aren't about Steve and Eddie? This fandom has a woman problem.

#Like fandom absolutely has a woman problem #But ur rly fucking setting urself up for disappointment if ur looking for fully-formed women in m/m ship fics #Like honestly if ur expecting fully-formed characters other than the main two characters in a ship fic like..... Maybe relax? #Not all fics are gonna be like novels and even then it's like #Sometimes??? Characters are just???? A device for the plot????? And that's OKAY #Like please relax #Like this isn't a REAL ISSUE #I will repeat: FANDOM HAS A WOMAN PROBLEM BUT THE M/M SHIPS (generally) AREN'T THE ISSUE #Like u can say 'I wanna see more fics with Robin doing more than taking care of Steve or being his gay advisor' #W/o being fuckn rude about a majority of Steddie fics ppl wrote in their limited free time in the hell scape that is planet earth #Just to feel a MODICUM of joy #Like that is legit for real a thing #Sorry I know the overly bitchy post I read doesn't rly apply to me and my fic I'm just defensive on behalf of everyone else #Making this non-reblogable bc it's just a vent

[ahatintimepieces]

Now that everything is out on the table, Mari, the prince, and Hat all work hard to remember his name! Meanwhile, a certain queen questions her relationship and when she sees something she shouldn’t, she forces Mari to make a decision.

#a hat in time #ahit prince #ahit florist #ahit vanessa #ahit hat kid #my writing #fey prince au #:3c #*flynn rider voice* this is the story of how i died BUT DON'T WORRY its actually a very fun story and the truth is it isn't even mine #that quote just popped into my head as a LOOK I SWEAR THIS HAS COMFORT IN IT HOLD ON #okay but Mari as Eugene and the prince as Rapunzel.... #the problem with this au is it just creates more aus..... #whoops #ANYWAY #THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING #I hope you're having a great weekend and I'll see you next week for the final update for awhile :D #also sorry if you saw that princess tutu post early this week my bad #i meant to reblog it to main and main is usually the default??? so i wasn't even thinking about checking it but eh

[loregoddess]

love being able to blacklist a tag so I can avoid the fandom, but sure wish I could whitelist blogs I follow and trust so I could see their posts/reblogs for said tag

#this isn't about FE this is a different fandom I got annoyed with #but I know all the blogs I follow have good taste for this media so I want to see their posts/reblogs #like...there is nothing funnier than seeing a mutual reblog a post FROM ME #only for it to appear on my dash hidden behind the ''this is a blacklisted tag click to view post'' screen #like girl they reblogged this from me I think I'm probably okay with seeing the post #hilarious but also a bit annoying but also I don't want this site recommending stuff from this tag outside the blogs I follow so #to gain something I needed to give something up and peace of mind of a tad more important to me atm #oracle of lore

[getvalentined]

Man. I love Pillowfort.

I love being able to have discussions with people where we don't really agree but it doesn't feel like a fight or a game of oneupmanship, and where there isn't the risk of things getting lost in the shuffle of threads and reblogs and tags.

I love being able to say everything I mean to say without having to limit my language or truncate anything and increase the risk of misunderstanding that's already inherent to text communication.

I love being able to go "No I get that, here's my reasoning, we're both right!" and not feel like I'm about to get told to kill myself.

I love being able to have a conversation without worrying about getting super triggered because ad-hominem aggression is the exact opposite of the tone of choice for users there.

I wish I knew how to get more interaction there, because it almost always feels like I'm the one starting and finishing conversations, but that's not something the platform itself can change. I wish I knew how to get more eyes on my art, because most of the people I've interacted with there with regard to my work are pretty cool and I think it'd be nice to build some deeper connections, but that's not something the platform itself can change either.

As a platform, Pillowfort is so good. It's just so sincere, it harbors such a clear opportunity to communicate with people, it doesn't reward bad actors with engagement-based boosts. The whole environment is just so good.

I really love Pillowfort.

#pillowfort #pillowfort social #it is a shame that it's so quiet for me #but that's nobody's fault #it's not a good platform for ME #like as a creative #I dunno why #it just isn't #and I've gotta be okay with that #because it's a good platform as a platform #and I really appreciate that it exists #I almost tagged their tumblr account on this #so they'd get to see it #but they tend to reblog things like this #and I don't want anyone thinking I'm trying to get pity #because I get so little interaction over there #I'm not #I'm really not #it's a lovely platform #and I hope it continues to succeed #and I hope it succeeds enough that it isn't down to the wire #every couple months #even if it's not for me #it's worth supporting #it deserves to be successful

[bishonenspit]

just a reminder it's my personal preference that my scans (and artwork but that's another topic entirely) aren't reposted at all especially to another tumblr blog thank you xo

#reblogs are great and okay but i don't see the need to repost the same scans to your own blog and then put them into the tags again. #i don't need to scan nor do i even need to post my scans #i do it purely for the sake of digitalizing and archiving old artwork that i like and also often times spent my own money to get access to #if this happens i will just politely comment but if you ignore me or delete my comment i will just block you sorry! (just happened. twice) #it is a super simple boundary of mine to follow it really is not asking a lot #like please let's just chill and get along and don't. ignore people when they request something of you to do with their stuff yk it's. rude #idk is this me being stuck up or prissy or..? i feel like this isn't such a big deal to ask but what do i know. idk

[izzy-b-hands]

I really wish blocking someone meant their stuff wouldn’t wind up on your dash at all. Like I understand why it doesn’t, but. still.

Actually, I just need to get better abt checking source urls before I reblog. I try to be mindful, but now and again I Forget and have only myself to blame lmao

#text post #I would love to reblog their art and be supportive in that way at least but tbh #every time I accidentally reblog it I remember checking out their blog and seeing how they talked abt fans that like Izzy and the izcourse #and it's like oh no that's right you hate ppl like me and ur art might be gorg but maybe we just shouldn't interact #they do their thing and I'll be over here doing mine #what really needs to happen is I need to remember to check urls on fandom art to make sure it isn't any of the folks I had to block lmao #but sometimes I get excited bc the art is genuinely lovely and i do like it and think the person is v talented! #and then i forget to check and it's only after scrolling my dash that i see my reblog and the url and go 'oh. fuck. that's right. damnit.' #it's a weird feeling to be like yes I want this person to have fun and make gorgeous art but also it seems #they've made it p clear how they feel abt folks like me and so maybe they would prefer i just fuck off #which i tried to do by blocking!! and yet. here we are #i delete the reblogs whenever this happens so they don't have me in their notes but #i do hope they know their art is lovely and I appreciate their hard work even if we wouldn't otherwise get along with each other #idek why I'm blogging abt this I guess bc I feel like usually it's either or online? like u either hate each other or u don't #but I don't hate the folks who sent shit to me or the folks who condoned it i just wish i had found a way to get along with them instead #as useless a wish as that probably is #and i don't talk abt it a lot but it really bugs the fuck outta me sometimes that we can't just start over and try to interact generally #no messages no trying to be friends just reblog from them if u like and otherwise ignore each other #which has been a thing that's worked fairly okay in other fandoms tho things have happened in others to change how workable it was #but for some reason in this one i feel like im just always walking on eggshells to interact w/anyone bc it feels like everyone is waiting #for someone else to say something they vaguely disagree with and instead of just like. blocking and moving on w/the fandom experience #it turns into a massive mess that even if ur on the fringes of it all you still get pulled into or sent shit and just. #idk it doesn't matter bc ultimately none of this does but dang it the show has been special to me and hits all my special interests #and it's hard to let go and accept that there's no changing how things went and how they are and how this fandom experience for me is often #very fucking lonely even when i'm bursting at the seams to share and to hear from others what they think abt anything and everything w/it #no one is gonna read this tag essay lmao pls scroll on

[void-kissed]

A silly little series of renders that I wanted to make because of the Face Mini-sis incident, where I found a model for Face Nemesis that was decidedly smaller than it should have been and proceeded to laugh about for rather a long time. ..The lighting was not playing nicely on this one and neither was recreating the text boxes from the game, but hopefully it's still alright! I'm not sure I've tried to do a "comic-style" set of renders before, but it was how I was envisioning the situation ^-^

(Comments on and reblogs of my work are always okay, and appreciated, but are never required!)

Also, for some extra context (and a closeup of the mini Face Nemesis) under the readmore:

The pink bracket on the left is meant to be Citri's height, sitting down. It only encompasses the torso part of Nemesis. So, considering that the entire thing now sits on the palm of her hand with room to spare, I think it's safe to say this is a rather small scale model =P

#a call from the void #creations from the void #made using MMD #this post is okay to reblog as long as my DNI is respected! #selfshipping #sort of #love: a wish for peace (vanea) #she's off-camera but.. she's *supposed* to be in the room at least. and she would actually be if I actually had a model for her #selfship: a love to last millennia (vanea/citri) #self‑insert: vessel of nemesis (citri) #I think I might need to tone her autoluminous down. or possibly just the shininess of her spheres #you can see that things like her shoulders don't react to the lighting in the same way that her body or hair do #and it's a *pain* to try and balance #the lab itself also isn't supposed to be overly well-lit considering.. it doesn't really come across as such in the game #despite probably looking a bit too much like it's supposed to be daylight in the first two shots #maybe the third will look better if it's clicked into..?