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ans-arcade · 2 months
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ANS Gift Exchange 2024!
Let's build some community and help others to find each other! This is a gift exchange similar to a Secret Santa, just instead of suggesting prompts when you sign up, we have a focus on discovering other fanmixers, editors, artists, writers, and more, getting a chance to see others' creations that we may have missed before. Just send an ask through here saying whether you are a fanartist, editor, writer, or anything else, and we will send you the account name of someone you hopefully haven't seen the work of that also writes, draws, edits, etc.., and based off of whatever you love there, anything wonderful that they've made, you create something for that person!
You'll have six months (July 2024) to create something for them; there are no prompts, just you get the chance to observe and discover and then create something.
It's just a fun way to appreciate the fandom, with all of our diverse talents and skills, and come together as a community, and grow a bit closer.
If someone isn't willing to create for a particular pairing or willing to see content for a particular pairing, just say so, when you sign up, and we won't give you a person who primarily or only creates for that pairing. We want it to be fun and not stressful!
Your decision to not see something for a particular pairing will not be publicly shared, so don't worry about that.
Though if you do that, you may have a greater chance of already seeing someone's created work, but that's okay too. If that happens, you just get to send some more love and appreciation to whoever you're creating something for.
Otherwise, we will pair you up with someone who may create content for that ship, so if you do not want to see or create for a specific pairing, let us know, so we don't pair you up with someone that may be difficult for you to enjoy the wonderful creations of!
As for how much of someone's creations you get to enjoy, it depends on what you have time for or interest in or motivation for. Since the goal is to appreciate someone as well, you have to view at least one of their creations, but you will have six months to view as many as you want to. If you look at one of their creations and are inspired right away and have a great idea of what to gift them, then you can create whatever it is for them right away and view their other creations later. Life can get busy, and some people have created a lot, so we don't expect you to be able to have seen everything they have created. Since that can be massive numbers of creations or even longer ones than you might be able to enjoy within six months.
Early posts are welcome if you have created something in less than the six months and late submissions are welcome too; life gets busy and sometimes ideas are fleeting.
The goal is to find someone new to you in the fandom, and to draw us all closer together. On that note, you will not get the name of someone who did not sign up for this event to create for. They may get your name as well or get someone else's. So, who knows one of your newest fans could be the one you also got the name for.
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artofjim · 9 months
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5 Years of Drawing: Part 1
Originally posted on ko-fi.com/artofjim
July marks 5 years since I started learning art and drawing every day.  As they say, time flies when you're having fun, and time has really flown!   I want to use this blog post to reflect on some things I've learned, look at some old work and compare it to current, and emphasize my gratitude for all of the support I've received in the last half decade.  This is a long one so I'm breaking it into 3, but it should give you a ton of insight into my journey as an artist that brought me here today, and hopefully help you carve out your own path!
Before July of 2018, I would occasionally get it in my head that I wanted to draw.  This would be prompted by seeing some cool art online, or needing a way to pass the time on trips.  I'd spend money on new sketchbooks and tools, and doodle for a weekend in them.  That would be that, and my sketchbooks would sit until the next time I felt like drawing again, which was no more than a few times a year.  I had a little natural talent at copying proportion and detail, but there was no methodology to my picturemaking and I relied heavily on replicating others' art.  Because of the inconsistent schedule and lack of interest in learning,  I usually say I started drawing after all of that.  Here's some sketches from before 2018.
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This is a direct rip of Nate Van Dyke, with a couple additions of my own. 2014?  I learned about ink and decided that was the only medium I wanted to work in.
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Around the same time. Every artist has been here at some point, I think. I found some photo portraits of homeless people on pinterest probably and took it upon myself to draw them. Lots to unpack there but we should move on (please we must move on oh God). Again, I wasn't trying to learn, I was just copying photos and other art with no rhyme or reason to it, and very rarely.  I just loved that kick when people would look at it and say it was good.
2018
In 2018 I was working in Tacoma and there was a great little book store called Culpepper's across the street.  Jerry Culpepper had ran that store for decades, and had no great love for comics.  As a result, anytime he got graphic novels in, he'd hide them in an unorganized shelf and price them way, way down.  This was also true of artbooks, but I wasn't interested in those (yet). Jerry and I had an amicable relationship, with him busting my chops about the coffee shop I worked at being too expensive, and myself ironically bringing him free drip on my breaks.  I remember him going into great detail explaining how "Black Panther was absolute shit! Waste of my time seeing that film!"  I probably went in there once a week and dug around, spending tip money on anything that looked interesting while Jerry peered down at the titles with a furrowed brow.  My love for comics started at this time, and some of the first graphic novels I bought were from Jerry Culpepper. The League of Extraordinary Gentleman and A Small Killing, both written by Alan Moore, and drawn by Kevin O'Neill and Oscar Zarate, respectively (a great place to start, if you ask me!).
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Still have them!  Jerry always priced books with pencil on the first page.  He'd usually charge me at least 30% less than this, and shave off sales-tax if  I paid cash.
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I bought so many comics and bothered Jerry so often that he started giving me stuff for free (again, he had no interest for comics and was intent on filling his store with civil war history and first edition antiques). I'd pay $20 and walk out of there with an armful of graphic novels, video game concept art, Japanese editions of collected Ukiyo-E plates, published artist sketchbooks, and all sorts of odd things I wouldn't normally look for. That's the beauty of local used book stores, you cannot predict what's waiting in there for you.   Those early Culpepper finds were, and still are, very influential to me. I dig through my bookshelf for them regularly.  I think it's very important for creatives to have a personal, physical collection of things that inspire and interest them, because they will bury into your style way more than temporary online influences.
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"Culpepper Books: here you'll find a man struggling to get the hell home with as much money and few books as possible before he retires" -Jerry, during his last week of business when I asked him for a caption
In late-2019, Jerry Culpepper got an offer to end his lease early from a big developer and decided to retire right as the pandemic started to hit, which was definitely the right decision for him.  While writing this, I searched his name to see if I could find his online collection, and learned that he passed away in 2022 at the age of 70.  Here is his obituary if you'd like to learn more about my old friend at the bookstore who impacted my life more than I could have realized at the time. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tribnet/name/gerald-culpepper-obituary?id=32332566
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My last purchase from Jerry
Now that I was reading comics a lot, I became hip to Jim Lee, comic art superstar of the early 90s known for his work on X-Men, Punisher: War Journal, and countless other titles soon after.  Jim Lee streams on Twitch, and one day in July I popped in to watch purely out of curiosity and ended up following along with his live tutorial drawing Wolverine. There's a recording of this tutorial here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wxoH_eZgrw I had never had drawing explained to me in the analogous way that Jim Lee did.  Much of the concepts he was demonstrating are very fundamental no-brainers to me nowadays, but back then, despite drawing off and on my whole life, I had never been exposed to them.  I specifically remember him relating the teeth to a can of soup, and the triceps muscles to parallel canoes.  This was mind blowing to me, and sparked an obsession that is still roaring to this day. Here's my results from drawing along with Jim Lee that day.
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A little heavyhanded on the spot blacks there, Jimbo...
Even though the idea of using simple forms like soup cans and canoes had been demonstrated so brilliantly by Jim Lee, I immediately went back to my old ways of rote copying.  Only now, I was doing it for a few hours a day.  I also started streaming art on Twitch during this time, and I'm amazed anyone watched because I was completely directionless.I was reading a lot of Frank Miller and the interest in ink was renewed, and I would just copy things straight out of comics, line-by-line.  I didn't have the tools or direction to study in a more meaningful way, so I just copied and copied and copied, with no real improvement besides hand-eye coordination, and my ability to copy from image to paper.Jim Lee had also mentioned Bridgman, and I found a copy of his big book at Culpepper's and copied a few pages (poorly) before giving up. 
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Notes?? Why would I write down anything from the book?  This is drawing!!  Sarcasm aside, this was the extent of it.  Whatever concepts I pulled from it, I didn't cement with mileage so it was all for not.  Granted, Bridgman is not beginner friendly at all.
I also took part in Inktober for the first time in 2018, and actually attempted concept creation.  I knew I was bad at drawing heads, so I decided I would twist every prompt into a helmet of some kind.  Strange method.  You can view the completed pieces here, if you really want to: https://www.instagram.com/p/BokqcKngdlz/
2019
In 2019, I began to become invested in history, and really enjoyed drawing historical garb.  Japan especially grabbed my interest, and I bought tons of books about it from Jerry.  I'm surprised I didn't try to copy more Japanese  art, especially Hokusai's ink sketches.  I was filling sketchbooks regularly by now, still just copying for the most part, and getting a little better at it!  When I look back at those sketchbooks now, there's a  common "Jim" thread present even if I wasn't being very original.  I want to point out that I don't think there's anything wrong with copying references, ever, but especially as a beginner artist.  The way I was doing it, though, was from a limited perspective: drawing straight to final linework and not considering anything but the 2-d image.  I wish I had pursued fundamentals more, and varied my tools, but I just didn't have exposure to those things.  I was still wielding a brush pen like a club on every drawing, and using expensive markers that bled through the page.
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I learned about Karl Kopinski, and some of the other star artists from Super Ani, and didn't know about all of the mileage and proper practice between where I was and where they were, so I tried to just do what they were doing. Of course, KK appealed to my interest in historical costume, and I copied a bunch of his drawings in my sketchbooks. I also dug into Sergio Toppi, attracted to his painterly hatching and masterful ink compositions, and learned about Moebius. I picked up a Final Fantasy 1-7 artbook for $10 (thanks Jerry) with tons of drawings by Yoshitaka Amano in it, and tried to match his watercolors with my bleeding Copic markers. Because there was no method to my drawings beyond copying mark-by-mark, there was an element of luck involved that decided the success of each drawing. The artmaking journey, then, was just chasing that next lucky winner drawing, which is not sustainable long term! Sure, I might get lucky more often as I copied more accurately, but I wouldn't know why, and I had no lens to understand what made an image work.
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Toppi copy
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One of the lucky drawings
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Kopinski copy
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Amano copies.  Notice the difference in quality between the Toppi samurai above and these; this is the element of luck I'm referring to.  There was no repeatable process, just diving into the final lines and gambling on it.
Beyond that, I wanted to create, not replicate.  I would watch Karl Kopinski, Kim Jung Gi, and Peter Han create worlds on the spot, with no reference, and have no idea how to accomplish that.  I figured it was my poor visualization ability holding me back.  All I thought mattered was drawing a lot, and drawing a variety of things.  I would stream on Twitch and take requests to draw anything anyone wanted for ten minutes.  I drew 20 different outfits from the Camp-themed Met Gala.  I drew video game characters, Power Rangers, cartoons, and Kermit the Frog smoking a blunt.  Occasionally, I'd try to draw people and places from life. 
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My first ever POV sketch
I knew that clothing was something academics studied,  so I "studied" some drapery as well! All that meant for me was copying, line by line, a few reference photos.  I downloaded Autodesk Sketchbook, a free drawing program, and tried my hand at digital art.   If I wasn't just attempting photocopying, I did try my hand at some imaginative work, with a degree of realistic rendering. Here's those paintings, just so we can compare to my current paintings later.
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I would paint over Bill Sienkewicz sketches, this is one of those
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This funny little fellow is a Japanese God, Fukurokuju. The drapery is looking especially mushy.
In mid-2019, I decided I would challenge myself to making a comic for Inktober.  I was very naive, but still took a lot of time planning for it before October started.  I scripted out the pages, did some character "designs," and even  worked on turnarounds.  My thought was that if I took the time to figure out what a character would look like from any angle, I could just use that as reference when I needed it.  This is true, and how animators do it,  but I created this sheet by smashing together references and finding an image for every expression and angle I could need.  I also sculpted the main character's head so I could use it as reference.  I had not rediscovered the power of "form" yet, despite Jim Lee's great tutorial that started all of this, and the literal sculpted 3d form sitting on my desk.
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Here's a few pages of my Inktober comic, Dog Days.  I made it 13 pages in and burned out super hard, since I was working full-time still and spending at least 8 hours a day on the pages.  The cyst on my wrist got massive and I was not sleeping at all.  I took a break for a few days to go on a trip and just never came back to it.  Surprisingly, I haven't ever experienced a burnout since then.
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If you're interested in checking out the other 11 pages, they're available to Ko-Fi Members for $4.50/month, along with my other comics.
For my first comic, I am extremely proud of that work.  There's a sort of energy that is now inhibited by experience and judgment.  I was fearless and committed to every page, because I had no idea how long it would take me or what challenges I might face.  I  don't think I will or should ever finish it, because I cannot replicate that vibe.
I returned to drawing a few weeks after the burnout and dove back into Japanese historical drawings, becoming obsessed with the photos of Felice Beato, who brought photography to Japan right as it modernized.  Some coworkers of mine were my first ever commissioners, asking for some work relevant to what I was already studying.  The first was a family portrait taken in the early 1900s.  The second was a 6 panel piece on the history of Taiko drumming.  I think they spent more on the frame then what I charged them for the piece, which is hilarious to me now.   I also experimented with some blacklight ink and collage, which was a nice change from all the inking I did in October. 
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I did these on expensive Awagami rice paper with ultra-archival Noodler's fountain pen ink.  I was fooling myself into thinking that expensive materials were necessary for any sort of "professional" work, and that they would elevate it.  In the end, it just made the process nerve-wracking and left no margin for error.
I will continue with years 2020 and 2021 in my next post to keep this one from getting any longer!  Follow my Ko-Fi to get  notified via email when that comes out, or tune into my social media: https://linktr.ee/artofjim
If you'd like to support my art career and get some goodies in return, become a Ko-Fi Member in exchange for art in the mail every 6 months, monthly giveaways, access to my comics, discounts in my shop, and more.  Starts at $4.50/month, goes up for better rewards. https://ko-fi.com/artofjim/tiers  Thank you to all of my members, past and current, for enabling me to pursue my greatest interest in life more comfortably. 
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widdlediddle2 · 2 years
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Heya, hope you're having a great day! Just wanted to let you know I love your art-style, and think you're one of the best artists on this site, both for LWA, and for quality Amandakko content. If you could, would you mind sharing how exactly you learned to draw? I've always wanted to learn how but my previous "mentors" always said I had no talent for it. But I want to prove them wrong, so if you know any books, videos, or other resources for learning to draw, it would mean everything to me!
Oooh this is a good one! Firstly, thank you!!❤️❤️ and secondly I am self taught! So literally anyone can become an artist if they wanted too!
My main advise (you might be sick of hearing this because I know a lot of artist say it but it’s really good advise) is to practice!
I usually practice by splitting fundamentals into weeks so like one week I’ll work on my anatomy or another with lighting Yknow that basic stuff!
There’s an art tip that says to draw every day but don’t do that plz it can lead to burnt out so draw at your own pace
The way I started really was just by drawing lots of characters from cartoons I watched🧍‍♀️then after time passed I just gotten more better at doing it? You won’t always get the perfect drawing on the first try so practice practice practice
most art videos will help you and tell you where to start but I can’t name every art video I watched cuz there’s too many so here are the channels I recommend looking at:
https://youtube.com/channel/UCNNOvB507MRfny7Jcv8MmOw
https://youtube.com/c/EthanBecker70
https://youtube.com/channel/UCGz8UsnQO9C2xz_ZlsxAMRQ
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(I can’t put anymore links for sum reason?? So I just put a pic of their prof) some art accounts I like and reference off of:
Bentosandbox
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Patchimlikit
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DDub1618
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Loish
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Arai Hiroki
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But anyways those are some artist I rlly like
I hope this helped and if you need any more art advise anyone is free to message me at anytime :)
I may not be as experienced as any of the artist on this list is but I can show you some art things I learned!
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yourolddunsparce · 2 months
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Y.O.D here signing on,
If you’re all unaware, there is a reddit user by the tag of u/DropWatcher that compiles a list of hip hop related content that drops approximately every week. While r/hiphopheads has arguably fallen off in terms of actual discussion, these weekly drops are a fantastic way to view new and upcoming talent, or maybe there’s a drop from your favorite artist you missed because it’s not on streaming! These threads are simply a godsend, and this account deserves all the praise in the world.
When I was originally writing this post, it was last week, and the biggest drops of the week were a JID freestyle and a surprise album from The Game. In that span, we've gotten drops from the likes of 21 Savage, Kid Cudi, Boldy James, Bruiser Wolf, and a Lil Nas X single. My ass is slacking, but I can't let procrastination get another dub, so we stay grinding.
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We are so fucking back.
JID - 30 (Freestyle)
Listen, when I hear that Conductor tag, I have to lock the fuck in. Conductor Williams broke through 2023 with some major placements for Drake with a few tracks off of For All The Dogs and it’s ensuing Scary Hours edition (8AM in Charlotte, Stories About My Brother) on top of his regularly scheduled tracks with Westside Gunn (Suicide in Selfridges, The Revenge of Flips Leg). These productions were the most prolific among a busy year that included collaborations with the likes of Rome Streetz, Little Brother, and a full fledged EP with Conway the Machine. I say all this to outline how quickly his demand is rising in comparison to where he was a few years ago, where he described himself in 2016 as “eating shit” for about 2 years in this video regarding his music placements. Now he’s here working with Christo (An underrated producer in his own part) and Tane Runo to lay beats down for JID, a superstar further asserting his prowess with this freestyle.
For those not yet aware of JID, I'm sorry to say you're lying. A top 5 Billboard 100 hit in Enemy with Imagine Dragons (derogatory) and his critically acclaimed "The Forever Story" highlight his ever growing career, and if this single is anything to go by, his momentum isn't stopping anytime soon. His braggadocios bars aren't anything particularly special for the Atlanta native, but he still sounds as hungry as ever, especially towards the latter half of the track. He's set the stage for a huge year with an upcoming feature on Lyrical Lemonade's ALL IS YELLOW compilation album (dropping Jan. 26th) and Forever & A Day, an album previously teased on his Instagram Live. While he states in this live that the album would drop "coming fall time," this live was made at the end of August of last year. Whether it will drop remains to be seen, but for now, we can enjoy him talking his shit over this funky, bass-laden beat.
The Game & Big Hit - Paisley Dreams
This highlight is a little different, as I don't necessarily think this is a great project for either artist. I showcase this project more so to put eyes on Big-Hit, the previously incarcerated father of producer Hit-Boy, who's fresh off a 6 album run with Nas, my personal pick for the greatest rapper of all time. The King's Disease and Magic trilogies are some of the best work Nas has put out in his 34-year long career, largely due to the variety of beats Hit-Boy put him on. Without diverting too much from my main objective here, I wanted to highlight the insane work ethic of the 36-year old California native who managed to produce, among other projects:
The final installments of the Magic trilogy with Magic 2 and Magic 3
Two solo albums, one that features his father heavily
A few singles for artists like Benny the Butcher and Rapsody
The one I wanted to draw more eyes on, however, is his work with Big-Hit on his debut solo project, The Truth Is In My Eyes. With respect to Paisley Dreams, TTIIME (get used to nonsensical acronyms) is a much better showcase for Big-Hit, who still sounds quite nice for being in prison for 30 years. He clearly didn't stop writing even in prison, and he's able to hang in with a cast of solid features and guest producers (Snoop Dogg, Benny the Butcher, The Alchemist). In comparison to Paisley Dreams, Big-Hit is content leaning into an aggressive delivery, trading lyrical depth to become an energetic foil to The Game. The Game can still pack a few punches with his lines, "I keep a blower, Nintendo cartridge" is the only instance I've heard someone spit this bar. Considering this tape was supposedly conceived in an entire night, it's an impressive flex for all artists involved.
Da Flyy Hooligan & Wun Two - Nocturnal Hooli Vol. 1
A small, yet grimy EP from two artists I was either barely or not familiar with at all. You may recognize Wun Two from their collaboration tape with Conway the Machine last year, a small addition to an extensive list of drops from the Buffalo native. I certainly didn't recognize Da Flyy Hooligan, however, and I have to apologize for not being familiar with your game. He's actually had a few tracks with Griselda affiliates on some previous tracks of his, including Keisha Plum, Camouflage Monk, and the Flygod himself. You can give them a listen on his tape Hooli Hansen -0 Da Mixxxtape. I don't particularly fuck with the U.K's rap talent, but Hooli (can I call him that?) showcases his storytelling abilities specifically on the tracks Lifechecc and Exzhibit. Combined with Wun Two's signature haunting production, which I can only describe as lo-fi Griseldacore, it all comes together for a neat little project. If you're a fan of any Griselda adjacent projects, this is definitely worth your time.
Nicholas Craven & Boldy James - Penalty of Leadership
Ever since I discovered the fantastic Manger on McNichols late last year, I've been craving for Boldy James to drop, especially after a relatively quiet 2023 by his standards. It's entirely understandable, however, as he was still quite fresh from a car crash that required extensive neck surgery. Three days removed from the anniversary of that car crash, he dropped his second collaboration album with Nicholas Craven, who stated he was recording his verses as early as 5 days after being discharged from the hospital. Needless to say, his work ethic is fucking inhuman, and he's still spitting some of his slickest bars to date over Craven's signature drumless loops.
Browsing a few music sites, you might find a little criticism for the simplistic loops that Craven seems comfortable sticking with, but I've always enjoyed the unique samples he seems to dig up. Jack Frost is probably my favorite example of this, as it puts Boldy over an upbeat, 70's sounding beat that emphasizes the strings and vocals to craft a catchy track, setting up the album well for what's to come. Boldy himself sounds a little deeper then previous efforts, but it's easy enough to attribute that to his injury and growing age (he's 41 what the fuck!!!). It doesn't affect his actual rapping abilities in the slightest, however, and he still maintains a smooth flow across the project while spitting about his daughter getting good grades in the middle of a coke rap track. Favorites off this album have to be Straight As, Evil Genius, All My Tokens (that guitar fucking hits), No Pun Intended, and the aforementioned Jack Frost. A worthwhile project from both artists.
Lil Nas X - J CHRIST
Every day Lil Nas X succeeds is a day we collectively continue to win as a people. He literally recreated Jesus crossing up the devil, what more could you want in a music video?!
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Dave East could never.
In all seriousness though, I'm not crazy about the track. It's a fine comeback track, but the HUMBLE piano doesn't do it for me, and I'd like to see LNX pop off with a different soundscape every once in awhile. It's not my favorite hook either, and it's not the most lyrically verbose track, but it's a catchy single, who am I to expect a masterpiece? Hoping an album announcement is on the way, Montero was a great project and I'd love to see what else he has in store!
I'll post tomorrow about 21 Savage, Bruiser Wolf, and Kid Cudi after I digest their projects more, because I admittedly only had 2 Bad on repeat this entire weekend. Sorry to say, but song of the fucking century. Bruiser Wolf on top. Your favorite could never. GGs to everyone for trying.
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Y.O.D, goin crazy on the pole, bipolar...BRUISER
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chuckletown’s most beloved scenes: @jokerownsmysoul / @lovingonarthur 💙
#joker#joker 2019#jokeredit#joker2019edit#arthur fleck#my gifs#queue#where do I even BEGIN there's so much to say!!!!#you're definitely one of the most wonderful people I've ever met on tumblr ❤️ following you is delightful#you're so fun to talk to I love how enthusiastically you talk about arthur 😍#I think arthur is so lucky to have you because you're perfect for each other you are what he deserves!!! 😭#if arthur were with you I'd feel peace in my heart knowing he's in good hands 🥺💙#flahur is definitely one of the most endearing things in this fandom I love reading about it everyday 🥺#I love how passionate and romantic you are - you exude so much love and warmth#and you're so emotionally strong and intelligent I admire you and I'm proud of you#you're an incredibly talented writer - reading your stories helps me imagine an intimate relationship with him#and I really cherish that because you've brought me closer to him through your words#not just through fics but also our conversations on here and on discord#your edits and drawings are great too!!! you're so talented and artistic you have a beautiful soul#and don't even get me started on how nice and kind you are to everyone#you've made so many people feel loved and appreciated by your lovely comments and tags#I'm sure you've made many people's days (mine included)#to me you are the person who makes this fandom /a fandom/ for all of us - you are the glue#it is an HONOR to call you a friend and to be in this fandom with you 💙💙💙
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I'm not trying to be rude or offensive in any way asking this, but have you thought about focusing on another platform for your art like Instagram or Twitter? I know you're already on Twitter but it seems like here people don't appreciate you for the amazing and talented artist you are and you shouldn't have to deal with this. Once again not trying to be rude just asking
Don’t worry, you’re not being rude at all! I do appreciate the suggestion, but I’m afraid that’s the first thing anyone ever says to me in these instances. Yes, I am on other platforms. I post my art on my Twitter pretty much the same time I post it here (the Cyberpunk pieces still did just as poorly over there…) and I’ve had a DeviantArt account for 12 years that I still post to.
Ah, Instagram… I have a love/hate relationship with Instagram, in that I hate it and it loves to piss me off. 
My biggest pet peeve is the aggressive cropping. I don’t do art with Instagram in mind, thus I don’t always draw my pictures within Instagram’s restrictive crop limit, leaving my pieces horribly chopped off at the top and bottom with no way to recenter it. 
Also, if I draw a panel-per-image comic with varying image sizes, it will crop all of the images down to fit the most square one, cutting off important bits (which is why I can’t post the original Cyberpunk comic I did over there, or any of my DaveMight birthday comics) 
Besides, there’s no exposure over there. If I want people to find my art, I’ve gotta, what, sit and wait for someone to dig far enough down in a certain tag to find it? That’ll almost never happen. At least here other people can reblog your stuff (rarely…) and expose it to their followers who might not have gone down the rabbithole search engine. This is probably why there’s so many goddamn art thieves over there, too.
Finally, I’ve got, like, 25 followers over there, and the ones that aren’t also over here on tumblr or twitter anyway are just those “Hey, I like your stuff! Follow for follow? =3″ people who have zero interest in my art and are just trying to get more followers for themselves. Also my account was hijacked by someone in Russia the first day I had it, so I really have no love for Instagram at this point. I still got it, I still post to it every now and then, but… It’s just not doing anything for me. 
I have a Pillowfort, but until they open it up to people without having to pay $5 for an account, I don’t see any point in posting there either. I… Really don’t know what else to do beyond that.
Edit: Oh! Also I sometimes post to Newgrounds since the Great Titty Ban of 2018, but uhh... Yeah. They are not kind to gay art over there. Big regrets, might just completely delete.
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Just wrapping up my 14th chapter of the Wattpad series Social Manipulator! A huge thank you to everyone who help me make this and who is still aiding me.
@wildtendermythologia @valkyreskye you two are the ones that have had my back through thick and thin while making it all up to this point. I couldn't ask for more dedicated friends like you two. And the art works you guys have made??! Way to murder me thx xD
@gamrlinafrye you know so much man. Theories, angst ideas you've helped create, AU's, ships 👀.. The discord, you know the one!
@retro-remix where do I begin? You pretty much started everything! You were my first critic and because of you I met some amazing friends. You helped me become a better writer and I always looked forward to our conversations! You always helped fuel ideas I had and thanks for liking that Dragon!AU with Darkiplier and Victoria! :D I absolutely loved coming up with ideas for that one! Also I seriously need to edit that other story, I could do so much better rip.
@sarchopathic you Lil bastard if it weren't for the laws of this land I would've killed you, you little sinner. Imagining Mark screaming like Finn from Adventure Time when Victoria showed up was a priceless idea tho. Also thank you for staying with me during the 👀👌
@221biotchplease thank you for liking the moodboards I made for the story! I still can't believe you read through it so fast though??? Like holy shit dude!
@raimeyl I can't thank you enough man. You are so awesome and one hell of a talented artist! One of these days I need to pay you back for all the support you've given me. You are an amazing friend, one I at times feel like I don't deserve but I'm honestly glad I've met you man 💙
@mexicanesecat HOLY FUCK. You deserve so much praise with all the art you've created! Granted I know you haven't had a chance to make the drawing you wanted but your life comes first! And I'm still thankful you wanted to at all! You're a great friend and I hope you're getting plenty of rest man! 😊
@fairykats we don't really talk much about my story but I just wanted to appreciate you talking to me in general. I love talking to you about Supernatural and Mark and Jack! :D also I think your dog might need another haircut?? Too much floof dude
And finally @markiplier and @therealjacksepticeye, this literally couldn't have been created without you guys and your amazing ideas. Thank you guys for even making these characters and letting us have fun with them.
And for anyone else that wants to read it, there's a link on my profile page! Sorry but I wanted this to be specifically thanking people and it felt weird including a link.
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(some other people I wanted to thank!)
@erinacg @itsbigbunny @turquoisemagpie @fatesinthenight @amycampbell00 @mustachiomadness @jmweezy @nedahert @olive-is-a-jim @ivyrosequartz @thexscarletxwitchx @jenni-with-an-i @sketchygabz @chelseareferenced @liljoja-art @xmoonyxbunnyx @lum1natrix @itsjustkyss @mamataco @missgalaxygrump @ideasmadeofrandomness @d-structive @jellymadebutler @sweetie2136
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