#the point is at least i'm trying

[wardingshout]

Zelda goes mushroom girl

#tloz #a link to the past #zelda #link #my art #I was happy with that first one but for some reason decided it still needed a companion piece so I spent way too long on that second one... #I don't think there was any time during the progress where I was happy with it but hfduhdfu at least I got to Attempt drawing moss hell yea #I also at some point sat in Pyu's art stream and said I enjoy drawing legs As I was being murdered by the infamously impossibe (imo) squat. #it's ok I had fun !! but I need to learn how to let doodles be doodles or I'll never finish stuff at this rate dfsuhfd #if everything in my tloz tag looks like it was drawn by different people uuuh 2023 was art crisis year ngl...... #I'm falling back into my old ways rn though #anyway I think about these two a lot I think they're both stone faced and awkward ppl in different ways but they try rly hard to be friends #like I like to think it starts out so incredibly awkward and a bit sad bc they keep stepping over each other's toes accidentally the harder #they try but idk they find comfy middle ground idk in my brain they have a very interesting friendship I wanna get around to drawing it #in a proper way that might make sense.... #if I don't write 200 tags I will die maybe it's bc I grew up on dA or smth #and yes I know how to find 1 (one) type of mushroom /I/ am not mushroom girl unfortunately smh

[canisalbus]

✦ 2023 summary of art ✦

#CanisAlbus #art #artists on tumblr #own art #own characters #yea you can sort of tell when this train got derailed #there's pre and post Vasco 2023 #the good thing is I've been more productive this year than in past 5+ years combined #haven't had this much fun drawing in ages I hope it shows at least in some way or another #unless something really drastic happens I'll probably continue along this trajectory for a while #I might reach a saturation point eventually but there's no way of knowing when that'll happen #so I'm just going to try to make the most of this intense and self-indulgent oc art period #your feedback and support mean a lot to me I hope this year will be as good as 23 #thank you for bearing with me #the missing month is March I didn't post a single thing in March #cw blood #blood #cw gore #gore #cw head injury #head injury

[xulips]

nightmare

aftermath as an apology

#project sekai #prsk #toya aoyagi #aoyagi toya #akito shinonome #shinonome akito #the rough outlines of this was initially supposed to be for the week but at some point i look back at it and thought #wait this is Not akty #and dropped it #until last night when i actually refined it LMAO #oh and i guess #akitoya #just putting this out here that i'm not here to potray how akito is emotionally unstable and takes it out on toya #the post is like what i said in the caption. a nightmare #it's not me trying to potray them as toxic or anything #akito would never say anything like that #but nightmares are nightmares #and it strikes hard when we least expect it to

[insertsomthinawesome]

⚜ L u o c h a ⚜

#Honkai Star Rail #Luocha #Luocha honkai star rail #luocha hsr #isa's fanart #insertsomthinawesome #December2023 #No thoughts. wanted to draw luocha #this is my campaign to fight against my art perfectionism #which yeah i've said that before aldjglasdg #but i'm trying to get more serious about it cause its been bad #i mean its been bad for over half a decade at this point (heck maybe an actual decade #yikes) #but i wanna start really putting my foot down with it. its not going to actually change otherwise (or at least its unlikely) #i hecking love black fire so much. #black fire is so cool. its so neat. what vibes. what awesome #happy accidents were had with the glow light around his head HAHA #me double posting art in one night? In a row? Its more likely than you think

[anarchopuppy]

I need at least another $25 to pay my phone bill in a couple days (and that'd leave me no money left for food, let alone rent next month). I'm still unemployed and paralyzed by one of the worst mental health spirals of my life. Anything helps, if you can spare it

This is my ko-fi. Venmo and paypal available by private request. Love y'all

#i know the blog has been sporadic recently #i'm trying my best to keep it updated because i really do believe it's important #or at least more important than whatever else i'd be doing with my time most days #i'm so burnt out at this point i'm genuinely considering ways to leave capitalist society altogether rather than get another job ever again #squats intentional communities etc #tbh i've read a lot about those things but have had very little interaction with them personally #if anyone has personal experience and could give advice relevant to someone who can barely get out of bed i'd appreciate it #this is the most publicly vulnerable i've been in years i think...

[helyeahmangocheese]

oracle tell me why valgrace liper pipabeth AND jercy all make more sense than jasiper and I'm not even memeing but we got stuck with this comp het ass ship instead. give me one good reason.

#this was actually originally a liper and valgrace post and then I accidentally kept writing. my point is really that in the lost hero trio.. #jasiper literally made the least amount of sense. I'm not trying to hate tho #if you enjoy that ship then congrats I guess sometimes I wish I could enjoy butter noodles too #heroes of olympus #the lost hero #valgrace #liper #leo valdez #jason grace #piper mcclean #pjo

[pebbles-scatter]

being into multiple things that involve main characters that are morally grey in very different ways is so interesting because. sure, jonathan sims isn't perfect but hannibal lecter and will graham are literally called "murder husbands." in the show. in comparison, the man is practically a saint.

#kxllxalvc.txt #hannibal #tma #nbc hannibal #the magnus archives #magnus archives #jonathan sims #hannibal lecter #will graham #typing this out made me remember that will graham and jonathan sims have sort of the same power #and i can't even say which one of them got the shorter end of the deal #at least jon sims doesn't kill endangered birds and reenact bjs with the guy who he had imprisoned & who is currently trying to imprison him #not that i'm talking about anyone in particular.......🙄 cough cough hannibal cough cough #why am i pointing that scene out and not the fact he eats people

[iwanttobepersephone]

My dad bought me a "beginners guide to witchcraft" or something book years and years and years ago, but recently, I've been reading through it more often, and it's literally so fun. Mostly because the more I read it, the more I realize witchcraft is literally just self care with a different font.

"Use this ritual to connect with Mother Earth!" And it's just sitting outside for like 5 minutes. But you bet your a++ I'm gonna do that ritual anyways, it's fun

"If you're having trouble sleeping, here's some teas you can drink! Make sure you know what's keeping you awake, though!" Yeah, that's just. Self-awareness and tea. But y'know what I like tea so yeah I'll do that

This isn't even a "gotcha!" Moment btw this is literally just the point of witchcraft

#at least as far as I'm understanding thats the point #rambles #witchcraft #BTW I don't believe in the magic part but I do belive these rituals still work #PLEASEEEE do not think I'm trying to be rude to actual witches who believe in magic

[artemx746]

I really hate how Rick was like "It wouldn't make sense for these kids not to know" Do you want to know want wouldn't make sense, Richard? A twelve year old being taken on a quest where a prophecy has state that two of them will die. That doesn't really make sense, Richard. huh I wonder if there's a concept where people will not worry about thinking too critically about media and will instead try to have a fun time. I wonder if they would let go of their disbelief, maybe even suspend it somehow

#pjo tv crit #pjo show crit #pjo show #and that's honestly the point i'm trying to make with these posts #It's not fun to watch the characters not be tricked by anything and not be fooled #at least I dont find that fun #I will ignore a lot of things in fiction if it means i can have fun #If i could ignore it the first time i could ignore it again #ttc #the titans curse

[svtskneecaps]

the fact that it is basically impossible to debate at this debate makes it feel to me like yeah, the federation doesn't give a shit about the process. they're like fuck your debates all of this is a farce good luck <3

#qsmp #i'm trying super hard not to be annoyed bc to be fair it's funny #but i keep getting excited for people to actually make good points and disagree intellectually #and then they get interrupted. #like etoiles gearing up to discuss the codes and then he's interrupted and can't finish #it kills me inside #at least i'm watching antoine so periodically he starts shittalking or soundboarding with max #sometimes i hear baghera giggle at them too (like when antoine was like 'foreverrrr pleaseeee buy a microphone') #and when he glances back to check in on leo and pomme #the only saving grace #anyway yea thank god bad isn't here i feel like he would Not be having a fun time #shut up vic #block game brainrot

[pocketramblr]

Ok, but how about?

Mom Might Lives AU (she survived the Yagi family tragedy) where Toshinori still finds his way to Nana and Gran Torino and becomes their protégé. Then when he introduces these dumb hero duo to his mom love ensues.

Young Toshinori: STOP DATING MY MOTHER!

Sorahiko: You know what? I’m gonna start dating her even harder.

Or

Homewrecker Gran Torino AU

The possibilities are limitless.

Toshinori would be so distressed by Gran dating his mother that he would go full throttle in his plan to set his mom and Nana up instead. This is both a success and a failure because it turns out they all have two hands.

#Toshinori: Mom don't you think Shimura-sensei is pretty don't you think it's cool when she lifts a car over her head #Mom Might: oh Toshi do you have a crush on your teacher? that happens sometimes and- #Toshinori: NO I'm her wingman... I'm just trying to figure out if you are into her #Mom Might: Toshi‚ she's a widow. i know you want to make her smile but it's alright for her to take her time if she ever wants to reenter #the dating pool. or if she never does. #Toshinori: you literally are also a... nevermind. point is she still has less baggage than Torino-Sensei -_- #Toshinori: why don't you at least meet her for coffee? you would get along! it would be nice for both of you to have another friend! or more #pocket talks to people #anon

[canisalbus]

Maybe I'm looking too much into it but the way Machete is so tightly curled, as if trying to protect himself from the world compared to relaxed, stretched out Vasco

It shows their personality so well

.

#thank you for noticing! #I try to consider real dog body language whenever I'm drawing them in their quadrupedal feral forms #when a dog sleeps tightly curled it can mean they're cold or don't feel 100% safe in their environment #and are protecting the more vulnerable parts of their body #in that recent piece Vasco is more stretched out but he's still not fully relaxed #he's lying with his paws under him so that he can jump up at a moment's notice if he has to #if he was asleep he probably would've rolled on his side and splayed out his legs a bit more #or done a proper sploot even #you can see this in their anthro forms as well #Machete's body language is typically closed defensive and tense #whereas Vasco tends to look more comfortable in his skin and takes up space freely #answered #anonymous #I've yet to draw Machete doing the classic sighthound roaching pose where they sleep on their back with legs pointing up #probably not a common occurrence but it has to happen at least once in a while

[dollypopup]

y'all can all cancel me (again) for this, but if there's even a SHRED of 'who should I pick?' from Penelope in season 3, I am tuning out SO fast because like. . .sorry not sorry, there IS no choice. Debling is some crusty OC suitor she barely even knows and Colin is a man who she has been so supposedly in love with to the point where she'd ruin her entire family's reputation to have a potential love story with him. Penelope and Colin have background, years of knowing each other, intimacy that few people in the Ton can boast of having (letters, conversations about purpose, fights and arguments and makeups) and her and Debling have. . .a dance or two at a ball because he's a rebound for Penelope's broken heart. he means nothing. he has no nuance, he has no weight to the story, he is such an afterthought to me. either I wanna see Penelope going 'you know what? I don't even LIKE this dude. he's. . .fine, but I don't care about him even a shred as much as I care about Colin' or the INSTANT Colin's like 'you know what? we should get married' if it's not an immediate 'say less, you're already my husband, try returning me without the receipt, Debling whomst?' then I don't want it!

like. . .it's just so frustrating to see all the 'I hope Debling sweeps her off her feet and she rejects Colin's proposal and she makes him work for it and and and-' nonsense from the fandom and it's always tagged and no matter how many times I block it, it just keeps popping up. I go into the Polin tag for POLIN. I don't give a SHIT about a male love interest other than Colin. Not one. Not a shred. Not an iota.

and also. . .Debling has the 'benefit' of not having depth, or character traits, or HISTORY, so peeps can project onto him however they want, but I'm calling it now, there is NOTHING he could do or be that would make me like him more than Colin. Colin will always hit different, and I will always love him more. and if Pen's not on that same page? lol bye

you want me to believe Penelope and Colin are soulmates and it's romance for her to hem and haw about how difficult a decision it is for her to marry a stranger who knows barely anything about her. . .

when Marina was out here dropping banger lines like 'You were the only man with which I could see myself being happy' and 'I do not care about any of these men, where is Colin?'? like hello??? and she wasn't even fully in love with him!!!! but we'll demonize her until the cows come home in our fandom and make her the villain in Polin's love story for DARING to get in between Polin, yet Debling, a white man, is a darling dear perfect prince for getting in between Polin? existing in our fandom solely so Penelope can be like 'lol, Colin ain't shit, let me entertain any and everyone else'?

if that's the direction it goes then, ten toes down and on my mama, she doesn't deserve Colin and she can move because I'm on my way to court him my damn self

and that's that on that

#you know what? lol it's been a bit since i've posted a controversial opinion #tagging it #polin #sorry not sorry i ship polin. . .so i wanna see. . .polin. . .and i'm getting damn sick and tired #of all the bullshit pen/oc pen/other dude theories and stories in the polin tag #and i don't want polin to lose screentime over a frankly bleh male oc #you can't change my mind #if i don't see at least marina's 'you've seen him with the little bridgertons!' level of squee and 'i only want to talk to colin' #levels of devotion then i don't fucking WANT IT!!!!! #yeah definitely try out the marriage market #realize that NO ONE has a good time on the marriage market #try to get over him w/ whomstever #but then be like 'i don't even LIKE this dude where's colin i miss him' about it!!!!! #because otherwise i am not here #i am asleep #and i am courting colin in your place pen #i'm coming for your man #anti debling #if debling has 100 haters i am one of them if he has 10 haters i'm one of them if he has 1 hater i am the hater if he has 0 haters i'm dead #it's incredibly obvious that 'pebling' is half rooted in a revenge storyline fueled by anger at Colin and his complexity #and half a projection of wanting Penelope to have 'choices' because she is a representation and manifestation of the fans themselves #and so people think an OC that can be 'perfect' for them- whoops I mean Pen (because he doesn't have any real depth or interest) #he's a cardboard cutout we can throw whatever you want onto #so we can make him 'perfect' instead of the much more meaningful storyline of pen and colin both being messy and loving each other more #and part of it is bitterness over Polin not being insta-love #which. . .if it was i wouldn't like them as much as i do #anyways y'all ain't slick #and it's fucking WEIRD to be in a fandom that's like 'i ship this couple but i hope she gets with ANYONE else' #maybe you. . .don't ship the couple?? #like. . .to the point of wanting her necklace to be from debling. . .and her wearing it everywhere??? WHAT??

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID: a 10 panel comic featuring characters from the owl house, set after For the Future. The first panel shows Belos being ejected from the body of Raine, who's currently slumped in Eda's arm as she says "Raine, let's have gay sex", and Belos proclaims "EW AHH NO GROSS!!!". The next panel is an incredibly simplified doodle of the hexsquad reacting. The next panel shows Gus looking at Belos (pooled on the floor", before thinking "nows my chance to get inside his head again!". The next four panels show Gus removing the magic amplifier from his ear, drawing a spell circle, followed by close-ups of both his and Belos' eyes as they both glow blue. The next panel shows Gus saying "alright Belos, time to see what you-" before being cut off in the last panel as it's revealed that Gus can see the ghost of Caleb. Gus makes an exaggerated face of surprise, Caleb waves with a smile while Belos says "Caleb stop" from the floor. End ID]

(IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY THIS LOOKS LIKE ASS IT'S BC I SCANNED AND COLOURED IT DIGITALLY 😭 I drew this in my sketchbook at a fever pitch during one of my free periods) this is my only prediction for watching and dreaming, actually. Not realistic, but funny to me specifically

#the owl house #toh #gus porter #caleb wittebane #wanna tag more characters/ships than that but I'd feel bad bc everything else is so minor 😭 #it's okay this post can flop I'm having fun just being silly these days #anyway i love making comics. i just finished a 21 page endeavour I've been working on since September #and at this point i think i just make comics on autopilot. what reading too many gay little superhero books does to a mf ^ #uhhhh I'm not elaborating on this theory (rn at least. i am veerrryyy tired) #(might try and finish + post the darimila fake dating post before i conk out. i just wanna post that one so BAD!!( #(get it out of my hair completely so i can finally feel free) #I'm 90% Caleb and the grimwalkers are guilt induced hallucinations. BUT. on the off chance that they're not #i wanna see Gus do this #it makes sense. to me (<- known proponent of necromancer Gus) #(at least let him talk to ghosts you're allowed to do that on the disney channel. right?)

[exilethegame]

Different anon but bold of them to assume my need for self-preservation is greater than my need for revenge 👀 After all, I've been told to put self-preservation behind duty and other crap all my life. It's an easy swap. If I fail now it's just "oops. Guess I unleashed unknowable power on everyone who ever wronged me... and everyone else, too" What a pity. 🤷

lmao unfortunately MC will be forced to self-preserve, though I def get being in the camp of "fuck it, if I go down you're going down with me."

#pheo talks #i'm not a fan of early endings in the stuff i write!! at least not at this point #i do think it's important to remember sometimes tho that #*canon* MC is just as much a character as any of the NPCs #so while I do try to give as much wiggle room as possible #*canon* MC is still a character who I will use + shape as necessary to tell the story!

[hoochieblues]

Hey, writers of tumblr. I'm thinking about putting together a self-study course/ebook type thing on how to edit, intended for new/aspiring authors and those looking to prep their work for self-publishing.

For context: I currently do most of my freelance work through an agency that positions itself as an industry leader for author services (make of that what you will) and I get a lot of quote requests from folks who know their work needs editing, but have little idea where to start or what to expect. Frequently, either cost is a barrier to entry for them, or I find I'm having to correct or explain the same issues to a lot of clients.

I'd like to put something out on a pay-what-you-want basis that covers the most common issues I see in manuscripts. I'm thinking topics like basic grammar and formatting (especially for ESL writers and those working with translators), POV and perspective issues, filtering, pacing, rhythm & flow, dialogue, and a primer on techniques for self-editing your work prior to submission, pre-production, or sharing it in general.

Is this something you'd be interested in? What other kinds of topics would you like to see? What format(s) would you prefer?

#on writing #fine to reblog #i hope i don't regret saying that #also #first time i wished i actually have polls #so tell me in the tags or inbox me or w/e ig #also also #yes i am aware the internet is awash with writing advice but i have yet to find a comprehensive guide i can point clients at #that isn't trying to sell an ebook series and also includes all the major parts of getting your ms cleaned up. #this is honestly partly self interest. if i'm writing up a guide for clients i may as well make it accessible for everyone right? #then at least i'll have something in hand that means i don't have to explain dialogue tags ten times a week. i can just ctrl + c it. yay.