#this artist is so talented

[inkskinned]

the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.

three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.

two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.

their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.

one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.

i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.

i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.

and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?

you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.

a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.

someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.

#writeblr #warm up #this is longer than i wanted i really considered removing that part about myself and what i went thru #but i think it really fucking bothers me that EVERY time i talk about being an artist #ppl assume i just like. had the skill and ability to drop everything and pay for grad school. #like sir i grew up poor. my house wasn't a safe space. i gave up a FREE RIDE TO LAW SCHOOL. for THIS. bc i chose it. #was it fucking hard? was i choosing the hard thing?? yes. #but we need to stop seeing artists as lazy layabouts that can ''afford'' to just ''sit around and create'' #when MANY - if not MOST - of us are NOT like that. we have to work our fucking ASSES off. hard work. long and hard work #part of valuing artists is recognizing the amount we sacrifice to make our art. bc it doesn't just #like HAPPEN to us. also btw it rarely has anything to do with true talent. #speaking as someone with a chronic condition i hate when ppl are like u have it easy. like actively as i'm writing this my hands r #ACTIVELY hurting me. i haven't been posting bc my left hand was curled in a claw for the last week #this isn't fucking luck. after a certain point it's not even TALENT. it's dedication & sacrifice. #''u get to flounce around and do nothing with ur life'' is a narrative that is a direct result of capitalism #imagine if we said that about literally any other profession. #''oh so u give up 10 yrs of ur life to be a doctor? u sacrifice having a social life and u get SUPER in debt? #u need to work countless hours and it will often be thankless? well i wish i was that lucky'' #we should be applying that logic to landlords ONLY #''oh ur mom and dad gave u the money to buy a house? and all u did was paint it white and rent it? huh.''

[pastawayallday]

I couldn’t resist, I had to draw something from Firefight by @remedyturtles . I’m obsessed, I legit cry at every chapter.

#rottmnt #save rottmnt #save rise of the tmnt #donatello #my art #leonardo #firefight #fic fanart #ao3 fanfic #tw blood #sorry about the blood but this scene was so beautiful I had to #brotherly love #i hope i did it justice #save me firefight save me #this fandom has so many talented artists and writers

[quanxisdoll]

sharing my fav palestinian music artists and their songs !!

from gaza, with love by saint levant (A REPEAT ON MY PLAYLIST FOR SOME TIME NOW SO SO GOOD!)

mama eh by elyanna (her voice omg)

sokkar by elyanna

ala bali by elyanna

this by elyanna (i got the chills)

balak by zeyne & saint levant

nostalgia by zeyne

wala forsa by zeyne (the y2k vibes omggg)

ana mien by zeyne

i wanna be your right hand by nemahsis (I NEED FICS WITH THIS SONG RN)

dollar signs by nemahsis (THIS TOO!)

paper thin by nemahsis

criminal by nemahsis

STREAM THESE ARTISTS & SONGS PLS !!

#wanted to share this here to boost these artists because they are actually so talented #free palestine #palestine

[thefallling]

Top 10 CRAZY tumblr moment!!!!

When you look at an artist and love their art and it so good and beautiful and detailed and they should be a master artist and then you look at more and more art and then you check their bio and it says "17 and self taught <3" and you still draw like a 1st grader

#ha haha hahaha HAHAHAHAH SO FUNNYYY HAHA RIGHT GUYS #pog through the pain : #artists on tumblr #< WILDEST PEOPLE EVERY #ALSO MOST TALENTED

[uncanny-tranny]

You! Internalize that you do not always need to "improve your art/craft" now! It's great to learn and develop your skills, but you do not need to come from a place of hating where you are now! You certainly do not need to force yourself to improve if it is coming in between you and enjoying the things you do. Improvement for improvements sake does not have to be the only goal, nor the only one that "should matter"

You are allowed to have motifs, enjoyment, ameturism, and "less skill." Kill and devour the capitalist in your head that dictates that you must always improve for everybody else's sake and your "productivity."

#art #i've bought some knitting needles and i don't plan to be a goot knitter. i want to be a 'good' crocheter though #i think i denied myself learning to knit because it 'should mean' that i improve upon my skills every picosecond of the day #look - i want to be a good crocheter for MY sake. i want to be a mediocre knitter also for MY sake #i want to be like squidward - able to do so much art in a vast array of mediums without being the best #also squidward is a *good* artist and a mediocre clarinet player and that is GOOD #he's genuinely a very talented artist. his music is a different beast though <3 #a jack of all trades is a master of none - but better is he than a master of one #gentle reminders

[rabbithaver]

do you understand my vision

#metal sonic #sage the ai #infinite the jackal #orbot and cubot #sage robotnik #i don't have the artistic talent to render this so i did the next best thing #sonic the hedgehog #sth #terin.txt

[omaano]

"Obi-Wan’s magic had always been at its strongest when he was protecting someone. Perhaps that’s why it was easier to defeat their remaining assailants after Cody went down injured."

I had the absolute best of time working on this illustration commissioned by the wonderful @wanderingjedihistorian for their fic What It Means! If you like a good fantasy setting, swords and sorcery, Jedis as mages and the Clones as knights do check it out!

#codywan #obi wan kenobi #cody #commander cody #fantasy AU #tcw fanart #star wars tcw #the clone wars #my art #star wars fanart #fanart #knight au #knight and mage #I put so many hours into this ohmygod #I also packed it full of details that are barely visible.... but at least I know they are there #feast your eyes on the peak of my artistic talent at the very moment I can literally not outdo myself after this #I've managed to pull off tricks here that I thought I will never be able to do wow #like getting Obi-Wan's face right on the first try XD I was so mad #but he has the fanciest beard I've ever drawn #for once and after 5 hours I'm kinda at peace with Cody's face which is a very nice feeling #you'll see this cross your dash a couple times you have been warned #the price of my pride you'll get to pay :D

[redevilries]

@ younger creepypasta fans, don't be worried about sharing what you make for the fear of people finding issue with it for existing. We like your art for what it is, and encourage you to keep making it, because that's what the core of being an artist is. The ability to write, draw, create, whatever it is that drives you, and literally nobody ever can take that away from you. Those kids with the shitty stories and self inserts built a fandom from the ground up, wrote and drew their characters just because they wanted to. If you don't care for it, make your own art, or move elsewhere.

The quote in anton's original post is incomplete, so here’s a better one— "find what you love, and let it kill you."

#me when talented creators i could potentially enjoy have horrible elitist takes about the nature of art and literature 😔 #in the face of a community where most of its members are still young and js trynna have fun no less #ok srsly though what annoyed me the most ws the misuse of the charles bukowski quote #like skill and subject validity are so obviously NOT what he ws talking about when he said that #media literacy is in shambles rn #art #creepypasta #artists on tumblr #creepypasta art #artwork #digital art #creepypasta fanart #digital artwork #nicocantshutup #nicoarts #jeff the killer art #jeff the killer creepypasta #jeff the killer #ticci toby #ticci toby art #nina the killer #nina the killer art #eyeless jack #ej #eyeless jack art #jane the killer art #jane the killer

[yeehawpim]

Did a collab with @julnites! I did layout/writing and he did the art.

Check out the finished version there!

#original comic #artists on tumblr #julnites #fairy tales #little red riding hood #layout #writing #collab #my art #my comic #go follow them he's super talented!! #this was so fun

[harrylovesspaezle]

put some respect on taika's name.

there aren't many acting performances that have actually made me scared but taika in that storm sequence? the murder suicide scene? confronting frenchie? gravy basket? i was nervous!! this is genuinely one of his best performances to! date! i have seen him act in many things and i am not messing around when i say that this man a fantastic fucking actor.

taika can do scary talented things and i am so fucking tired of it being overlooked. give that man some respect, without him that show is nothing and you all know that

#i am not easily impressed but shit man #this guy made me actually scared #obviously it was supposed to look like that but he looked so insane #i was on the EDGE! OF! MY! SEAT! #do not mention palestine. this is not about that and i do not agree with him signing that fuckass letter #this is about his artistic talent #taika waititi #ofmd #our flag means death #ed teach #edward teach

[digitalsnail]

my piece for the You and Me Against the Universe! pearlina zine! 🦑💗🐙

#splatoon #splatoon 3 #pearl houzuki #marina ida #pearlina #there are leftover sales rn! #please look its SO good #so many talented artists and the merch is amazing??? #sfw #clem art

[serialunaliver]

well back in MY day it's digital art that was controversial

#remember the 'are traditional or digital artists more talented' debate #I mean digital art has a stabilizer that helps with my tremors when drawing so it's ideal for me

[kaylees-art]

I made this Strawberry Shortcake design for a contest, vote to help me out! 🍓🍓🍓

#strawberry shortcake #nostalgia #y2k #kidcore #toycore #dollhouse #cute #my art #tbh theres a lot of other submissions that are ai or traced which is super sad to me #so if you guys show a little love for the real artists on there id much appreciate it #lotta talented people on there who deserve to win

[7-ferrets-in-a-coat]

Get Fanarted ‼️‼️

I will do a pt2 eventually bcs theres way more lambs and naris i like

but im tired now and i coudlnt fit All of em on the same canvas </3

Close ups !!!

Designs by @runningwithscizzorz

Designs by @spilycoris

Designs by @quanticq

Designs by @circuscountdowns

Designs by @itsartlee

Yuri!!! Designs by @dogiperson

Designs by @h0nkshroom

Designs by @asmodeauxx

Designs by @unsatisfiedghostt

#artists on tumblr #digital art #cult of the lamb #cotl narilamb #narilamb yuri #i love these designs to DEATH #u guys r so talented n creative GRAHH

[gayvampyr]

i hate when people try to defend ai art with “but i want to be able to make pretty pictures like you guys!!” ok grab a canvas go to youtube and watch bob ross. grab some pencils buy a sketchbook and a beginners drawing book and learn like the rest of us. we didn’t spend years honing our craft just so you could plug it into a machine that spits out a poor mimicry in .2 seconds so that you could feel like you made something you didn’t work for

#ai art #wanna make cool things? learn #the rest of us got here not by being naturally talented but by putting in the work and effort #it takes time and dedication. you don’t get to surpass the skills and work and time we spent trying to create something for you to look at #because you just think it’s too hard #commission a real artist if you want a customized picture #don’t just steal #i get that it’s hard. believe me i’m working on it every day and it’s very easy to get discouraged #but im not just gonna give up and be like ‘whatever i can just farm from other peoples stolen crops’ #i want to make cool stuff so i’m putting in the effort to learn how #that’s kind of how it works #text post #top posts

[ghostlychief]

this is how I will be imagining ghost from now on 🫡

creds to @ chatskaja on Twitter

#HES SO #this is amazing #talented artist #I also love how we still csnt completely see his face #so good #Simon ghost Riley #Simon Riley #ghost cod #ghost mw2