#you got this!

[chellychuu]

One time, two times; as many times as you need! ♡

#typography #positivity #kawaii text #positive thoughts #cute #Sanrio #cinnamoroll #pink #aesthetic #you got this!

[alkalinefrog]

Hey Alka, I had a quick question for you (whenever you have the time to answer or even if you have the time), I've been taking some storyboard classes and with my illustration background, it's been hard to really find a good shorthand for characters to really get that anatomy/gesture looking right without it being too sketchy and unreadable.

How long did it take you to find your storyboard shorthand, and what exercises would you recommend to try to find it? I'm sure it just takes time and practice, I've been doing a lot more studies and gesture drawings (currently following along all the free Glenn Vilppu videos I can find on youtube) but I wanted to ask you as well because I am in love with how fluid your anatomy is, and how clear your storyboards read. And those hands my god you're a wizard!!!

Thanks a bunch, have a wonderful day!

Heya Secret, great to hear from ya! Well, what you don’t see online is how gross the rough stage of my boards can get LMFAO. Most of the boards I post are actually overly cleaned up because I'm just doing them for fun and can afford the time! I'm not really sure how long it took to develop my shorthand, I've never really enjoyed drawing detail to begin with, so when I decided to go into boarding I kinda just leaned into it!

I’ve covered a bunch of gesture drawing exercises already if you scroll through my advice tag, but ***once you have a good foundation*** here's some stuff you can try!

First you'll want to build up an arsenal of anatomy hacks you can always fallback on, particularly for complex parts of the body. The less time you spend on details, the more time you have to focus on the overall pose and storytelling. Aim to find ways to draw with as FEW lines as possible. If I had to make a list to streamline what to practice:

Head shapes - find the most efficient way to draw the front + 3/4 + side view in as few lines as possible (the challenge is still making them look structured with dimension)

Eyes - are SO important for expressions! Unless your project has characters with dot eyes, you're going to need to find a quick way to do the circle and iris in as few lines as possible. Make sure you can convey where they're looking

Hands - fists (you'll be drawing a lot of people holding poles), open palms at various angles, foreshortened fingers pointing at viewer, fingers making grabby motions----protips: 1) half the time all you need is a vague triangle/rectangle plus thumb sticking up and that's a hand 2) if the hand is relaxed, you probably don't need to draw the knuckles. Save some time!

Feet - just learn how to make sure they look like they're standing on the ground, and do some studies of what they look like when you're running. Otherwise you can usually get away with a vague shoe or boot shape (just add toe lines if they're not wearing any)

----everything else you'll practice as you go!

Jump from SUPER rough straight into clean boards to really force yourself to be economic. I've done each of these methods for work before:

Before you start boarding with a character, sketch them a few times with the intention of simplifying their design while keeping them recognizable:

You'd be surprised how little you need to recognize a character:

Depending on the scene, you can adjust how much detail you want to include:

Stay loose/more generalized with action, especially for the "inbetweens" between key poses. Clean up enough to communicate movement and make the character recognizable.

If the character's small on screen in a wide shot, edit out most details and focus on the silhouette

Save the detail work for character acting, when you really want to be specific with their expressions and gestures.

But outside of all that, be bold and fearless!! Everyone has that stage where their boards look like spaghetti! Boarding is like handwriting; you could have really shitty chicken scratch, but if you're writing beautiful poetry, who cares!

god I love drawing hands you don’t even know thank you so much!! Good luck dude!! You’ve more than got this!!

#my art #advice #ask #secretsivekept #you got this! #sorry this took a while! my mental health was in the pits for a solid couple weeks #getting better now though! #storyboards

[iluvprettygirls]

How to Be Kind! Do It Like Fluttershy, But Better!

This is for the girls who want to change, and become better people at heart. As a message to those, every human is born kind, but not every human dies with kindness still in their hearts. If you want to be kind, you have already completed the first milestone to becoming so, wanting to become kind.

💗Understand Empathy: Recognize that other people have the same ability to feel how you feel. When something bad happens, you aren’t alone with your feelings. Some hide their emotions better than others, which doesn’t mean they don’t feel them at all. You don’t have to feel pity, just understand that others are just like you deep down. They’re human.

💗 Smile! Wanna know why this is a tip? Imagine you are walking your usual route, and a well-kept person turns their head and smiles at you. What do you do? Most people smile back! Your first impression lasts only 2-5 seconds, spend it smiling, everyone loves smiles!

💗 Treat Yourself with Kindness: People will treat you how they see you treat yourself, and so will you. Feed your body, exercise it, make it feel and look good. The more respectable you look, the more people will respect you. And don’t forget to forgive yourself for things you haven’t done, you want to change right? Everything you failed at is a part of your success story that you will smile at one day.

💗 Practice Stoicism: Stoicism, in my own words, would be “The mindset of approaching intense situations with indifference, without complaint, and with deeper understanding.” Now this may seem like you’re limiting emotions, but like the saying says “There is no use crying over spilt milk!” Stoicism has helped me immensely when it comes down to being kind to others, and controlling my emotions in general. 

💗 Listen: People love to talk when given the chance. The more you listen to people, even strangers, the more they’ll think that you like them and accept them for who they are. When people think you like them, a part of them will come to like you too. Bonus points if you remember what they told you and bring it up later.

💗 Avoid Judgment: Many are afraid of opening up because of judgment. If you create an environment where you are shamelessly being yourself, and you accept others being themselves around you as well. You have created this safe space where people love just being around you because you are YOU. And that’s one of the kindest things you can do to a person.

💗 Random Acts of Kindness: Help someone pick something up off of the ground, tell your little sibling that you like what they made, call your mother pretty on a random day. Random acts of kindness won't  just make you feel good, but there will always be someone in the distance who will notice you. And because of the kindness you portrayed, it makes them want to be a little kinder too.

Remember, kindness isn’t easy, even Fluttershy had a hard time understanding it. Kindness may look effortless, but it does take a bit of opening up and compassion for humanity! Thank you for reading, and thank you for becoming the kind-hearted individual that we want to see in society!

@iluvprettygirls

#kind #kindness #motivation #how to become kind #fluttershy #mlp #you got this! #quotes #inspirational #girly girl #pink #wonyoungism #it girl #coquette #inspiration #lifestyle #green girl aesthetic #that girl aesthetic #pink pilates princess #dream girl #it girl aesthetic #girlblog #girlblogger #self love

[benkeibear]

You're going to have a great day today, the universe told me. Just trust the process and give out kindness- it will come back to you tenfold 🫶

#rhy speaks ♡ #I'm so proud of you #don't forget to hydrate my sweet #you got this!

[hamptersadness]

Trans tips!

Hi I'm Hampter and I am trans ftm. I've been out as trans for about three years and recently started on T (testosterone). So this is gonna be a long list of things I have found. ( Might take two or more posts)

Clothing

If you want to feel comfortable as trans but you can't come out you can buy boys clothes and say it fits you better the girls (sadly for some of us men we hips that do not lie😔)

DARK COLORS : Grey, blue, maroon, green. It covers the boobies and makes your curves go away.

THICK JEWELRY: Thick rings and chains looks more manly. Idk why it just does.

Hair

Ask for pixie. Yeah it's said a lot but it works Or tell the stylist (if you can) to make the edges more flat and "manly" and say they botched the cut.

CUT IT OFF URSELF hair grows back . Or you can get a friend to "coerce" you into getting a hair cut by them that failed so you had to chop it all off :)

Please tell me if you wanna hear about T and binders! I'm happy to! I got so much stuff to tell!

Pt 2

Pt 3

Downsides of T

T shot update 8 week

T shot 6 months

#transgender #trans #ftm #transitioning #tips #advice #trans help #trans advice #trans man #passing #clothing #self help #helpful #lgbtq #mental health #positivity #inspiration #you got this!

[grelleswife]

Just a little guy with some big cares and worries. 🥺

#kuro spoilers #kuroshitsuji spoilers #kuroshitsuji 200 #kuroshitsuji #finnian #finny #🥺🥺🥺 #hang in there son! #you got this!

[lover-suggestion]

We don't have to find love. We only have to remove the blockages to it.

#you got this! #advice #affirmation #growth #love #lovecore #manifestation #mental health #positivity #reminder #selfcare

[why-not-ask-me-a-better-question]

HEY! This is your sign to write something! It can be a story you’re working on, one that you just have floating around in your head, or even some homework (I see you procrastinating students out there.) Just write something that you want (or need) to. If it’s a story or prompt, you don’t even need to post it. It can be just for you.

If you do want to post it please tag me. I’d love to see anything you make!

#whump #not whump #prompt? #whumpblr #just do it! #you got this!

[dapper-lil-arts]

I know I should be feeling proud for you, but I can't help but be jealous. Good job on E.

hey that was me once! all i could think of is how "i wish that were me", but if i can do it you will too!

#its only a matter of time and effort #you got this!

[to-the-stars8]

Honestly guys, not to come off as weird or anything, but I just want to say it to someone who might need it, but it'll be okay. It's gonna work out, you're gonna get through it! I was just writing something, and it came to me that someone might need to hear this tonight, so just wanted to say it. I love you guys!

#random #im okay i swear #its going to be okay #you got this! #love you guys

[misc-obeyme]

cc i just posted my first smut 🫣🫣 its tough cuz like. i feel part of a good smut fic is bein able to describe the sensations well but i have the brand of autism that makes it tough to understand sensory inputs (combined with small fiber neuropathy) so its like. what is physical sensation supposed to be? i do not know. lol small rant over <3

NSFW MDNI (for discussion of smut writing lol)

Hi there, anon!

Ahhh, smut. The thing about this, in my opinion, is that different people are going to like different things. You can't possibly write smut that every person will enjoy, so truly the best thing to do is to write smut that you like! This applies to non-smut as well, but it's always harder when it comes to writing sex scenes.

I find it's actually better to be kinda vague about how it feels. I use a lot of the same descriptions for things like orgasms and such. I think I always use some kind of explosion description the most lol. I'm over here like and then it exploded! And there was fire!! Also maybe fireworks!!! Wow!!!!

LOL. Okay I'm exaggerating a little. But I find other details really make the smut. Things like what the characters say or if we're dealing with demon parts (since that's not something you're likely to experience irl) or if there's some kind of story to build up to it. A lot of times it's the atmosphere you create that really makes smut good, rather than an accurate description of what sex feels like.

You can get into details about sensations if you want, but I think it's perfectly okay to just describe what's happening and let the reader fill in the rest themselves. For instance, if you said "Lucifer touched your cheek" you don't really need to say more than that. You could get descriptive and say something like "the pads of Lucifer's fingers were warm against your cheek, a thin layer of sweat gathering beneath them on your skin" but that's a level of detail that really isn't necessary and would likely just be distracting.

Which is all to say that I think you're doing a great job! If you enjoyed writing it, then people will enjoy reading it. You will always be your toughest critic! I'm proud of you for writing and posting it!

#smut is tricky sometimes #I used to be so embarrassed about posting it lol #I didn't even post it for a long time #all the smut in my drafts is so bad too #but it gets easier the more you do it #you got this! #writing #writing advice #misc naughty times #anon asks #misc answers

[rude-v]

Shout out to my Schizophrenia/mentally ill, and those on that spectrum of disorders peeps out there. Some of you go through hell and back just to be here with us on this Earth and put up with some of the most horrendous bullshit that comes your way. I want you to know that I see you as some of the strongest people this Earth can have. Anybody of any disability is stronger than the average person.

I know this might just be the bare minimum to some of you for progress, but we gotta start somewhere. I just hope that maybe, just maybe, that this post can cheer you of you up. I will always be by your side in your journey, whatever it may be. Take care. <3

#schizophrenia #mental illness #positivity #keep being you bo #you got this!

[queerwordofgod]

for those of us who struggle with meditation or perhaps even journaling, you should know that some of the greatest understandings come from talking about it; when you are alone, walk around - maybe in your backyard or just in your room - and talk aloud about the divine, your questions about them or topics you wish to understand more. perhaps as though you are explaining your beliefs to someone who doesn't know anything about your faith. you will find yourself saying things you didn't know at all, but that you understand, immediately, to be true. this is the divine, sending you your answers.

#of course always take these understandings with a grain of salt #verify them - research #and speak to others about thm #journal about them #you got this! #paganism #religion #religious #pagan #polytheist #faithful #apollo #apollo devotee #apollon #helios #helpol #athena #artemis deity #artemis worship #hellenic pagan #hellenic polytheism #greek polytheism #aryll speaks

[iamknicole]

I hope in the next year and every year after that the ppl you love, whether it's family, friends, etc., treat you how you've asked to be treated, love you like you should be loved, speak to the way you should be spoken to and listen to you.

I hope in the next year and every year after the ppl you love listen to you to comprehend and do better if necessary instead of listening to respond or not listening at all.

I hope in the next year and every year after the ppl you love never make you repeat yourself about things you love, like, wish for, things that hurt you, things that heal you and that they hear you first time.

I hope in the next year and every year after the ppl you love treat you like a person they love and not someone they hate.

I hope in the next year and every year after if the ppl you love are not doing these things that you love yourself enough to get rid of them and walk away.

I hope in the next year and every year after that you NEVER have to constantly tell the ppl that you love how to treat you.

I hope in the next year and every year after you are abundant, happy, loved, healed, healthy and safe.

Happy New Year

-Nani💛💛

#happy new year #2024 #2024 & beyond #from me to you #you got this!

[thatmooncake]

the idea of your horseshoe crab moon getting stuck on his back and flailing his little leggies for help is keeping me going this finals season. Big thanks for sharing your ideas with the world

You’re so welcome Ghost :D good good good good luck with the finals!

#fableasks #you got this!

[cloverpatches]

"I hate my art style because it's just stuff I've picked up from elsewhere."

Okay but that's literally what it means to be human. The act of creating is an expression of what you've experienced and every part of you! Be proud, even if it's just silly doodles!

#art thoughts #to create is to express #You got this!