#the creative process

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

Alright fellas new au time here we go

I’m pressed for time rn so I’m just gonna copy paste what I’ve put on discord but uh basically. Sun n Moon r both deities and also the undercover ‘haha hello fellow mortals’ leaders of their respective temples and Reader is a sad n nervous n shy Mysterious Stranger who joins th temples in search of a new meaning in life,, and yea they all fall in love lol not even sorry

Ok copy paste here we go,

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Ok I was blanked out on my meds n sleepy when I put this in a diff DCA discord but now I can’t stop thinkin abt it so I’m gonna drop it in here too:

hhhhfjfgfhf gods/deities sun/moon au where they r their own priests and y/n joins th temple to escape their Mysterious Sad Tragic Backstory and Sun/Moon r doing this doublespeak act of being both deities and their own follower LMAO

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y/n: i guess the moon deity didn't like the offering i left for them,, : (

sun, fuckin SEETHING: aw don't say that! SOME deities just,, work in mysterious ways!

later, moon: just chillin in the Astral Plane or smthn

sun, kicking the door in: MOON WHAT THE FUCK YOU COULDVE AT LEAST SAID *THANK YOU*

-BONUS POSSIBLE READER LORE:-

okay more abt gods/priests sun n moon au.

Y/N is a *former* god- they used to be a small-coven deity, basically like a folktale god known only to the local village, when the people who believed in them turned on them (were they arrogant? did they do nothing wrong and the people were just peeved at their lack of action during tragedy? maybe it was just a slow turning from them being seen as a benevolent god to a spiteful one?? idk) and their temple was burned to the ground and their name forcibly removed from any records. rip y/n's godhood lol

In the process of losing everything that beholds them as a deity, they were stripped of their deity traits and cast to the mortal world/plane as basically Just Another Dude to attone??? ig? idk anyway they go on a life of wandering trying to find a new sense of purpose and then one day come across Sun n Moon's place and r like 'maybe i was meant to be a follower? and not a leader??' and rlly they r just a sad and lonely and confused lil moron

#bones of a rabbit au #deities au #godhood lost au #deity sun and moon #fnaf dca #fnaf au #fnaf sun/moon #ideas #au rambles #the creative process #fnaf sun/moon x reader #lost deity y/n #lost deity reader #ok I rlly need to go now bye shdgdjdhd

[aleanbh-and-lime]

So I haven’t painted anything in 3 years and I got the urge two days ago so I unearthed all my neglected supplies.

Watercolour is my go-to medium, but they’d all dried out beyond return, so I ordered new ones and used some forgotten acrylics I’d found.

My therapist is insistent that I try new creative outlets - particularly ones I’m not good at - to test my limits with perfectionism and executive dysfunction, which, like… okay it is helping a lot, actually, but does it have to feel so uncomfortable the whole time?

So I’m there painting last night and I’m seeing a new beauty to acrylics and how they don’t blend the same way, they can be so much more precise etc., and I’m now really into the acrylics scene. Meanwhile, I’m currently waiting for my watercolour paint delivery and I’m concerned I’m about to neglect them a whole second time ‘cause I got myself a new acrylic fixation.

Then there’s the added issue of trying to fit this new venture into the limited time left around all my other hobbies (writing, reading, piano, singing, and calligraphy, if anyone’s interested) which feels pretty daunting.

But then I realise; somewhere between taking up this ridiculous amount of hobbies and now, Ive become too preoccupied with the possibilities of my day to remember to worry about the quality of my work.

My mindset has shifted from ‘I’m scared to start this because what if it’s bad?’, to ‘I can’t wait to see what I make today!’ and I didn’t even notice the change.

The things I’m creating might be mostly crap, but I am creating a lot of stuff. More importantly, I’m enjoying the process. And one day the stuff I make will be good, like, really good. And they will never get the chance to exist if I don’t make all these lesser versions first.

I mean, now I have the too many things, too little time conundrum, and I have amassed more terrible paintings than I know what to do with, more badly-played songs than I can remember, and learning calligraphy left-handed is like fighting an uphill battle, but it’s a much more pleasant issue to have than being terrified into inaction.

The point I’m making is:

If you’re fortunate enough to have a good one, listen to your therapist.

#perfectionism #therapy #executive dysfunction #wise words #painting #fixation #multiple hobbies #the creative process #novice #Aleanbh.txt

[tenderbittersweet]

I read some fanfic I wrote 12 years ago, and god bless everyone who left kind reviews and encouraged me to keep writing even though those fics suck. Leaving kind and positive feedback goes such a long way in helping people want to keep honing their craft. And even if someone’s art, fic, video “sucks,” there’s almost always something nice you can say about it that will make the creator keep trying!

#the creative process #fandom #fanfic #fanart #fanworks #writers writing #art #artists on tumblr #personal #op

[youarestellarverse]

I make no promises but. I think my writing brain is coming back from the war.

I've written 514 words on Appendicitis Fic in the past 6 hours after a dry spell of almost a month. 🥺

#the creative process #stellarverse

[pics-and-fanfics]

Looking back at all the “every version of me” posts I’ve made since I started talking about it on here, and I think it’s kinda funny but also sad that the blogs I followed when I first got into this hellsite are blogs I don’t interact with anymore because I’ve drifted away from Marvel

I mean, I still love the Marvel fandom, but it’s just not my thing anymore, you know? And I’m getting so into DC, and I’m really hoping I don’t have that happen again

But that’s not why I wanted to make this post, I wanted to look back at the original idea of Every Version of Me, back when I was just seeing a bit of batfam stuff in my feed and I was just curious (help I’ve been yanked down the rabbit hole)

The original document, which is what I use, but I basically erased it and rewrote it, bc at the time I really started getting into this fic was like early/mid last year, and I wanted to just have a fresh slate

The original idea/doc was put into words in October of 2022 (wow over a year ago) (no, that’s not my real name, deal with it)

And the first picrew I ever made of Skyler (which I still have) was made on May 11, 2023

The original idea of Skyler was an AFAB transmasc with anxiety, depression, ADHD, possible PTSD, asexual, bi-romantic, and a lot of trust issues

His biggest fear was never being good enough, and that Bruce would realize that Skye wasn’t “perfect” aka good enough, and would toss him aside, like everyone else had done

He had trauma from being raped as a kid multiple times and nobody believing him

I think he had an eating disorder? I’m not sure anymore, it’s been practically forever

He had tried to kill himself before, he’d been shoved into hundreds of foster homes between the ages of 7 and 13, bc almost none of the foster homes lasted more than a week. He still has the pocket knife he stole.

He idolized Red Hood, bc that’s who saved him one night when it was cold or he was getting beat up by bigger and stronger people. I don’t really know how or why, but I know that Red Hood saved Skyler, and now he idolizes him, he wants to be just like him. (Think the “big brother I wanna be just like you” edits)

Skyler never changed his name, because it’s something his parents gave him, and it’s one of the only things he had left of them, besides the languages they taught him when he was itty bitty.

Skyler was (and is) Italian and Russian, and knows how to flip you off in more than 3 languages.

Skyler is one of the blorbos that has lasted the longest, even if they did take a back burner a few times, but they never left.

I love Skyler, and I hope you do too.

❤️✍️

#every version of me on ao3 #writeblr #the creative process #my writing timeline #character lore #oc lore #rape mention #tw rape #tw rap3 #suicide mention #tw suicide #suicide #rape #I love Skyler. It might not seem like it but I do- I really do #Skyler buyers #Skyler Wayne #Skyler Buyers-Wayne

[lauramkaye]

Keep Your Bad Art

You know when you finish a piece of art/writing/music and you're so disappointed because it didn't turn out how you wanted? And you just want to throw it away and never think about it ever?

Don't.

Keep it.

Because being an artist-any kind of artist- is a process that involves experimentation and practice and trial and error and growth and it's very easy to get discouraged along the way, especially in today's social media environment when you are seeing everyone else's BEST on their feeds all the time.

When you get frustrated about your own growth as an artist or feel like you aren't getting better it helps SO MUCH to be able to look back at your own past work and see that you actually HAVE.

I made myself a little collage with a few works I've done over the years since I started seriously working on my art so that when I am getting frustrated I can remember. Obviously there are a lot more pieces in between but these were all black and white portraits so I liked seeing the progression.

If you had shown me the last picture right after I drawn the first one and told me I would one day draw it I would not have believed you.

I'm excited to see what we'll all be making in another 3 years!

#my art #art #art is growth #don't compare yourself to others #the creative process

[0m3n-0f-d3ath]

My five wips staring at me while I start yet another

#artists on tumblr #I’m so sorry my five wips please forgive me #istg #I just love starting something then staring something new #while not going back to finish that original thing #this is why I haven’t posted art in a looong while #the creative process #more like the creative struggle #though lamo I’m actually writing haikus

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Sun Center, Ingo Swann, 1975

[Guillaume Gris]

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“To a large extent, creativity is self-generated in areas of the mind beyond or beneath the individual’s willful, conscious control. All he can do is discipline his consciousness to accommodate the needs of the creative process.” ― Ingo Swann, Everybody's Guide to Natural ESP: Unlocking the Extrasensory Power of Your Mind

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“People fill in the unknown with what fits with THEIR known.” ― Ingo Swann, Penetration - the Question of Extraterrestrial and Human Telepathy

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“An ARCHETYPE is defined as “the original pattern or model” ― Ingo Swann, The Wisdom Category: Shedding Light on a Lost Light

#Guillaume Gris #Ingo Swann #space #Sun Center #ESP #the creative process

[fandomfloozy]

What if I told y'all that getting my PhD was all a ploy so that I would be able to write fanfiction as accurately as possible?

Huh?

What if I told y'all that?

#sci fi doesn't sci itself #there's gotta be just enough sci to make the fi viable #and by god im gonna make it sci accurate #(this is a joke btw) #(kind of) #(i might be saying this is a joke more to convince myself) #(where does the bit end... and me begin?) #writing #fanfic #the creative process

[yourspineislookingsharp]

what a fucking society we live in that creatives can feel like absolute shit and our first though is, but am i using this feeling enough, can we not have our moments of quiet decay and be spared the guilt of non-productivity, must we alwayts burn for our craft and craft from our ashes even when we have nothing left to create with??????

#text #my rambles #text post #cheese #the creative process

[tenderbittersweet]

Creative endeavors, be they “ugly” or “perfect,” are great ways to self-regulate. Making something achieves several coping skill goals:

Redirecting your thoughts and emotions

Harnessing your energy for a “good” reason

Directing your feelings away from yourself and others and onto the “canvas” of your choice

Taking control of your thoughts and emotions

Choosing not to punish yourself

Proving to yourself that your work and effort can make something brand new and totally unique

Embracing your thoughts and emotions in a healthy, constructive, or creative way, which keeps you from ruminating

Allows you to reflect back on your creation once you’re out of the thick of it ->

What triggered the negative feeling(s) & thought(s)?

What were your mentally and emotionally experiencing?

How can you prepare yourself the next time you find yourself in a similar situation?

What boundaries can you put in place?

How can you communicate your needs?

When I say “create” something, you don’t need any sort of art supplies or tools beyond a pencil and notebook paper. Your “art project” can just be mindless scribbles.

If you want to use art supplies but have no budget for anything “nice,” resale shops sell loose bundles of crayons, colored pencils, and markers. Dollar stores have stationery sections, often with sample packs of brand name goods like Crayola.

You can make art from anything around you: books, magazines, newspapers, cards, envelopes, calenders, notebook paper, computer paper, paint, glue, pencils, markers, white out, pens, etc.

Speaking from experience, whatever you make will always be better than hurting yourself or others in the long-run.

#mental health #mental illness #coping strategies #coping skills #grounding #grounding exercises #grounding techniques #the creative process #recovery #personal #op

[krashsmashthewizard]

#the creative process

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

Sometimes I see other fic authors post little snippets of their wip and I think “hey! i should do that.” then I look at my wip and it’s like this

#the creative process #is that I have no idea what the fuck is going on #and I have written out dialogue in my notes #from #scenes that haven’t happened #fanfics

[biscuitsandwiches]

Me Whenever I get halfway done with a drawing

I need help

#art meme #There's always a new WIP to start #ADHD Artist #Oh Look new Shiny #I'm glad I work digitally or i'd be killed in an avalanche of paper #Why Finish Picture When Can start new one instead? #The creative process

[kuwdora]

me: okay been in a writing frenzy. this has been a lot of words in less than a month.... what if i take just another small break to catch my breath from the vilgefortz fic? also me: oh!! I can start my philippa vid!!

me: *wakes up three days later with a 3 minute vilgefortz vid* huh. well. I guess I'm not actually surprised. but. aahahah.

#so many witcher netflix feelings right now #still just having fucking vilgefortz on the goddam mind jfc i have so many other feelings about the show right now c'monnnn #gotta get him out of my system before i resume my yennskier programming ayiyiyiyi #the vidding process #the creative process #the writing process