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Art show in June, for any welly followers.

#i dont think i have many/any #but fyi anyway

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so this is a finished page. like a picture book for grown up who like to be sad.

#my art #wake up check phone #wucp #page 5 #i can do this real fast #i have learnt my lesson from odf

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#my art #tattoo design #the more i have to dress nicely and not swear at work the stronger the impulse for More Tattoos

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hi new people, fyi

#yo #i draw good

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Hi, just a note to say I absolutely adore your Expanse art! Thank you for sharing it with us! 💜✨

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Thank you!

#the expanse #fan art #really should do more

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(other Expanse fanart can be found here)

#my art #the expanse #amos burton #bobby draper #i could have watched 50 seasons of these two

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#my art #just needed to spend a day painting something #i want to do a detailed pencil drawing like this #but my back is fucked atm so i can't

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free original fiction:

unfair exchange (description at destination)

downtime, hallucinatory flash fiction on death, decay, Fungi and erotica

virolution, short monologue on the role of the virus in evolution

grown gown, short piece on exploitation and mushrooms

a change of clothes, medium length reverse selkie story with bonus podfic recording which is also free

the forty hour train murder, novelette, does what it says on the tin

luke, short 'historical' trans comic by me and @theninjazebra

the terrible forgiveness of Michael shale, a style experiment set in 1920s nyc & featuring a fabulous faggot

all free to read. some of the publishers above take donations & one or two of the links are 'pay what you like' with no minimum but they're all accessible without payment.

#dereks writing #with some bonus my art

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#my art #new me new tree #i've just had a very long and very tiring week #and about to head into another very long week #so ive spent my one quiet day drawing and watching white collar

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#my art #wip #more show stuff if it turns out ok

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hi new people, fyi

#i'm saving to replace my work machine next year #so like #get some art

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Impulse buying art supplies at 4.30am on my phone in the dark is def a sign of something, but I'm not sure what.

#i shouldn't complain - it's an intense week #but noy actually bad #life is actually kinda good #but the kind of person who responds to everything in life with s t r e s s #and ive now stopped drinking

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#my art #the line art #cuz i'm not convinced of the colour version

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#my art #finally feeling better #so spent a blissful day watching shit tv and drawing #my favourite use of my time

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complaining about shit on socials is the most annoying form of complaining, but -

kids, children, youths - there are no rules in art. none. don't stress about what fuckin school of colour theory is the shit this week, or what fucked trend is selling, or whatever. just fuck around, see what you like.

there are no rules in writing, no rules in music, no rules in visual art, or any other medium, form, format, or dimension. there's just what you like or don't, what matches what you're trying to express in that moment, or not. and the most fucked, random shit can find the other 2 freaks on earth that Get It.

Like, understanding what other people are mostly likely to understand from your work is useful, but only to a point. same way it's useful to know the physical properties and techniques of a medium, if just to fuck with it better.

but you can't Win at art, and you definitely can't lose or do it wrong. there are no grades, no prizes, no hierarchies. the human culture around art? yes. but the work itself? no. too ephemeral, too fleeting, too subjective. that's kinda the point.

#posting about art because i am yet again too sick and tired to make anything useful #downside of having a real job is people and their germs and my sub par fuckin body #problem with being blah is i go on social media and then get shitty #THERE ARE NO RULES #i promise. #i also love how much this attitude pisses people off #“you're doing it wrong” #no i'm not #and neither are you

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#music #the chromatics #whole load of memories and personal history packed into this specific cover #Youtube

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#i've been making flyers again #artists on tumblr