#DAMN I just learned something!

[time-slink]

one of my favorite things about bdubs is that not only is he an amazing builder but he's taken the time to learn the terms? a lot of the hermits make jaw-dropping stuff but they're running on intuition— which is impressive in its own right but bdubs keeps dropping terms from 2d art, 3d modeling, architechture, photography, so on and so forth. u can really tell hes passionate about learning :D

#shush slinky #like he mentions learning what greebling is in his latest vid and i was impressed bc its not something youd pick up just by building in mc #(still watching as i type) n now hes mentioning reading drawing books n incorperating that into his builds like damn!!! #even if he doesnt post it often its hard to forget hes a brilliant artist too bc he uses the same skills in mc

[allmightyscroll-swag]

Shout-out to @onejellyfishplease for creating a fic that my brain latched onto so violently that I think of it on a weekly basis

Man, i can't imagine having the feeling of something literally buzzing under your skin writhing to be let out let out let out- being comfortable.

Original sketch below cut;

It was way more moody but I was like. no . The boy is overwhelmed the arts gotta be BRIGHT and EYESORE-y

#im not one to make fanart for fics i read #like. at all #i can't remember a time where a fic affected me so hard i drew something for it #but THIS? #THIS FIC? #oufufufh #scratch that actually. #this AUTHOR? #this ARTIST? #god im so emotional over their snapdonnie #LIKE??? WHY MUST YOU DO THAT TO HIM AND HIS FAM P L E A S E IM CRYING #i don't know how to draw body horror and overall gore but DAMN MAYBE THIS IS THE MOMENT I LEARN #just. god. i love all of their Donnie's so much. #all four of them. #id say I'm feral over it but that feels weird #i am in love tho #if you couldn't tell lmao #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #rottmnt donnie #rise donnie #donatello #scrolls art

[stevethehairington]

really fucking sick and tired of people who really fucking love the eddie book jumping on people who don't like or are even remotely critical of it's posts and like crusading their opinions around from the top of their high horses and shoving it down our throats.

if you like the book, great! that's awesome! love that for you! i am genuinely glad that you were able to find good in it and enjoy it!!

but not everyone did, and not everyone is going to agree with you. so, instead of going on some grand crusade where you find every single post that includes anything even remotely negative or negative adjacent or even neutrally critical and spending ALL this time and effort trying to provide unwanted rebuttals to every single thing, maybe you should just stay in your lane and find people who DO like the book and chat about it with them.

because i can PROMISE YOU, none of us appreciate it when you come onto our posts and start accusing us of "hating on" the author or "being rude" about her and her work and RIDICULOUS shit like that.

being critical of something and pointing out it's flaws is NOT inherently hating on it. i, frankly, do not know where people got that notion, but it's not fucking true so can we fucking quit assuming it is? and, critiquing something is also NOT the same as saying this is shit and it sucks and the author is a piece of garbage. again, where the fuck that came from is beyond me. you can be critical of something and still enjoy it. as soooo many of you love to point out, it's not perfect, why should it be perfect? so D U H. of course that means criticism can and should arise???

also. hot take (by which i mean ice fucking cold because it's NOT a fucking hot take), but going around toting FALSE facts as part of your "defense" does not make you or your argument look good. you, like the author, should maybe do a basic fact check first. 🙃

tldr, if you like the book, that's genuinely great, but stay in your fucking lane and stop seeking out posts from people who didn't like it to start shit in the notes.

#flight of icarus #stranger things #this has happened to me and to so many of my friends and im fucking SICK of it #i didn't even hate the book either!! i thought it was just okay #and yet i STILL get all these book lovers jumping down my throat about things i say about the book #things that - HONESTLY are not even like that scathing!!!!! #like god damn all im asking for is a little BASIC effort from the author and they all think thats me asking for her head on a platter #its NOT #i have no problem with the author #she's whatever to me honestly just a vessel through which the book was given to us #ALSO she is some nebulous blob way outside my orbit. AS IN any critiques i have of her and her work are NOT direct assaults on her??? #like i dont fucking KNOW her #im not saying any of this to her face #she is a published writer she should KNOW the risks she is taking when she publishes her writing #not everyone is going to like it! there are going to be people who are critical of it! there are going to be people who hate it! #critiques and pointing out mistakes and wishing for things to have been different is not a fucking direct attack #those things are actually pretty fucking common responses to ANYTHING #and a lot of times theyre actually meant as useful helpful things geared towards improvement and not something to tear someone down with #some people on the internet need to go touch grass and learn how to CRITICALLY THINK again #the world is not as black and white as you think #n e ways. rant over. if you stuck around through all of that kudos to you. i am just. at the end of my rope with this bullshit.

[guardian-angle22]

911: Lone Star | S4E15 Donors

#911 lone star #911lsedit #grace ryder #judd ryder #detective something or other who cares #tw: flashing lights #i've been wanting to make this set since this damn episode aired and it just kept getting pushed back on my list #i just love how protective judd is #he knew immediately oh that's the FELLA. he's the rude ass one who said that shit to my wife #gotta give him a piece of my mind! #and grace coming through with kindness & giving the detective credit but also with a little kick of southern sass #like 'you learned your lesson right dumbass?'... but nicely lmao #but also the protective arm judd has around her 🥰 #my gifs #episode: s04e15 donors

[lit-in-thy-heart]

been trying out a new writing technique recently and it's called chilling tf out and reminding myself that fic is written for fun.

#making a little joke but also being genuinely serious #with my merwaincelot wip i've embraced having little overviews in brackets for what i want to happen #but idk how to write it just yet #if i'm feeling stuck or bored #and if i'm getting tired or the idea of writing an ending is getting overwhelming then i just call it a day and do something else #and yeah it's taking longer to write things (perhaps gone are the days when i wrote and posted a fic in the same night) #but it's working wonders with my brain #and it's amazing how as soon as i relax i get hit with several new ideas #just trying to adjust my thinking in that projects over a long period of time are not something to worry about #like i'm also planning a knitting project that i'll be doing well into september #(mainly bc yarn is expensive and my needs are hella specific) #but that's okay! #not everything has to be done and dusted immediately! #i'm glad i took a break from writing and i think it did do me good but damn i'm happy to be back #and enjoy still learning how to get even more out of my hobby #but anyway i'm just feeling a lil proud of myself today so #lit talks #personal

[essektheylyss]

Okay I did get distracted by a grade being posted and I am about to be both a nerd and a millennial but god ngl I do hate classes where you get full points on all your assignments but don't actually get any actual feedback on them. What is the point. If it's a class where everyone gets passing grades for making the effort but you get actual feedback and comments, that's great! But I would genuinely rather get points docked and get extensive comments on what I did well and what needed improvement and why than this.

#what is the POINT #like at that point it feels like busy work frankly! it doesn't feel like anyone's worrying about whether or not I learned something! #and like I can self reflect on my own learning. I'm good at that. that's fine. but a) not everyone can #and b) it REALLY does not help the perception that a degree is something you pay for but don't actually need to learn anything to get #which is a MASSIVE problem rn. there's no actual value placed on LEARNING THINGS. #like I know for a FACT that I have turned in B+ average assignments at best in this class. #just cuz I only have finite time and I gotta stay sane and it's not an area I'm going to go any further than surface level in. #the overview is good and important! but the work I'm doing is reflective of my investment and frankly it should've earned a B+ at most. #like at least if you're docking a point and telling me what for I know you READ the damn thing. christ alive. #you may ask yourself 'oh my god why are you like this' and the answer is. have you looked at my blog. #anyway. okay nOW I'm going to bed.

[reel-fear]

Wow, so umm... This looks bad, not only is it inaccurate due to using the wrong ink demon design [unless this is confirmation BATIM Ink Demon has been outright retconned... Which would make me pissed enough to make a new post just about THAT] but from an art standpoint this is just... Confusing and poorly done.

I wouldn't care if this was fanart, of course you should support young, indie artists... But for a Graphic Novel making sure your cover doesn't look like something Butch Hartman shat out in an afternoon is kind of important. Remember they're going to be asking us to give money to them to read this. The artist likely won't see any of that money and neither do the authors most of the time, not to mention this art screams of the artist being underpaid and overworked.

Like they Had to get something on someone's desk and their boss said 'good enough'. A concept Joey Drew Studios is very familiar with considering the allegations of poor working environments that Kindly Beast. Not to mention Mike Mood admitting in a Reddit AMA that they did in fact rush projects like Showdown Bandit. [Which they sold at full price]

He also says they can in fact say no or yes to designs involving their IP. Either Mike or Meatly had to say yes to this cover, according to his own damn words.

And do you really think this company in particular would care enough about its fanbase to not sell them garbage? They have done exactly that on several occasions. It's not like they care particularly about art either, considering their previous use of AI Art. There was no apology or even posts addressing it... Instead, they just rushed out an archives update to their game to get people to stop talking about it... Even forgetting an entire character in it. Again

This company is [or at least SHOULD BE] on thin ice when it comes to being suspected of misleading their fans or rushing out crappy products to them.

So with all that context in mind, I'm gonna talk about why this cover sucks ass.

The light sources are all over the place? Why does it look like someone put maces or knight armor on his shoulders but it's just flesh?? It looks both gross and weird [not in a good way either]

To explain more I'm going on a rant below but sadly this seems to have been confirmed to not just be a rough pass but the final cover and man... I am not excited about this graphic novel just at all. This felt like it really drained any possibility of it turning out good for me and I already had expectations low.

Okay first point, the light sources?? And there is no consistency here with the shadows or lighting, it looks like there's a hundred light sources all at once but none of them are even consistent!

the arrows here represent all the different light sources I can make out and yet the the shadow clearly implies there's only one. I understand wanting to use highlights to give the character a more clear shape but then just give him one or two lights behind him or in front of him? No matter how u follow the light sources, the highlights make no sense and the shadows make even less sense.

Why are the shoulders like that? Like on the legs it's a little understandable, at least those are clearly very heavily affected by perspective, for me I think they are so exaggerated it makes it look like one of the legs is either huge or one is small but that's maybe subjective.

However, the shoulders are unjustifiable, what happened there, what did they do??

I could pick on so much more honestly, how the color choices of piss yellow with no other colors being used, and the harsh pitch black being used for every part of his body is weird. How it looks straight out of Butch Hartman's recent crappy art. But to put bluntly bad start! Also what the HELL is going on with this background??

Seems once again the Bendy team is fine with sending out stuff thinking it's "Good Enough" for Bendy fans and honestly the people trying to tell me to "Be Grateful" for this are just proving that no matter how many times you betray your audience some of em will defend you!

Which is sad tbh. If anything we should be putting MORE pressure on the Bendy team to do better. Cause we deserve better than this, honestly we do. There are amazing artists in the bendy community who could do so much better for a cover. They've employed their fan artists before... Wouldn't it be great to do that for such a lore important book? The book that gives us the identity of one of the main characters in BATIM? The character you spend the entirety of Chapter 4 fighting to save? Not to mention will give several major characters their human designs?

But I guess this is... Good enough...

#ramblez #batim #batdr #bendy and the ink machine #bendy and the dark revival #sorry I've been on a positivity streak with bendy I know but I have to be honest and being honest I think this sucks lol #Im sure plenty of people Disagree and while I would argue this is more objective than subjective people will ignore me if they want to #maybe Im just a hater idk #but I do know one thing I sure do hate this and Im pretty sure Ill hate this novel and its designs #but maybe I wont ya never know #anyways if they do retcon batim ink demon I will make a post abt how much I dislike batdrs ink demon design #and why I think all the people saying its better than the og seriously arent understanding #what made batims ink demon good or character design in general tbh #to put bluntly just bc something is popular opinion DOES NOT make it right or a good idea design wise #not everyone is qualified to be a character designer and thats just good advice in general tbh #anyways yeah thats it sorry im being mean today </3 #I simply think corporations shouldnt be able to rush out crappy products to their fans and get paid for it but ig thats a hot take now #but esp with how bad that updated employee handbook was too and it still had stolen renders from fans in it... #yeah I dont think theyve learned a damn thing

[mewkwota]

To keep something very clear:

My Castlevania works are not related to Netflixvania at all.

I strongly dislike that adaptation, and am very uncomfortable with the thought of what I draw for this series being grouped alongside it. Moreso, I am not interested in any discussion on NFCV period, please keep that topic to your own spaces and away from mine.

While I cannot stop you from interpreting my work as you wish, I can keep you from looking at it if I were to find out.

Thanks for your understanding.

#this applies to anything I post even if I don't have a tag to clarify it (I shouldn't have to keep doing that) #and anything I may have made viewing it positively is sorely oudated #I may sound like a broken record but I think it's about time I updated this to be very obvious on how I feel about all this #I don't really care for engagement I just post what I like #and that damned show is something I do not like #so I will no longer be tolerant of it to preserve my sanity #(I've never had to deal with a plague like this but I may as well start learning how) #and if you take this personally after reading this I don't know what else to tell you #I am not interested in being convinced to like it again and am simply curating my space

[redrobin-detective]

The only timkon dynamic I will accept is Conner looking at Tim who is bossy, deeply damaged and unhinged and who only gives a vague half-fuck over little things like legality and what people tell him and being like “babe you are the messiest dude I have ever met but, god knows why, I trust you with my life and my heart because whatever is wrong with you is incredibly sexy.”

Meanwhile Tim is looking at Conner who is wearing bedazzled jorts, a crop top and fringe jacket that says baby slut on the back who is arguing that as a clone who’s barely 5, he should qualify for the under 10 discount at Denny’s because he needs to feel some emotion at 2:47 in the morning and thinking “this is literally the most embarrassing and ridiculous human shaped person I have ever met but he has seen me go off the rails so many times he just buckles in and rides it out and also we have established abandoned anxious child to abandoned anxious child communication and it would take too long to break another boyfriend in so I guess I need to marry him and shit”

And I will literally not take anything else, thank you and goodnight. 

#timkon #I want them to have the healthiest most loving relationship possible in the most weird and fucked up way possible #seperately they have so many problems #and sort of fall together at the beginning in a rush of not knowing what else to do #but slowly learn to heal bouncing their love and assurance for each other back and forth until they become better people #but at the same time holding each other close and being like 'there is something so messed up about you but I kinda dig it bc I'm messed up #Tim being manic is gotham and Kon is just like damn thats hot #Kon is being his usual flamboyant self and Tim is like well I can't NOT fuck him #and no one understands them or their dynamic but its cool #they got each other and even tho neither will ever be normal #they can find happiness with someone who *understands* #this post is half sap/half crack bc they're ridiculous but I have so many strong feelings about their love #i want to like Timber I honest to god do but Im so mentally ill for timkon I just cant

[wraithsoutlaws]

you know i had a fun little vp idea i wanted to do for the cyberpunk anniversary but i haven't had the energy to even touch it recently so i'll just settle with saying that this game impacted me in ways i never thought it would when i first picked it up 3 years ago. i knew i would enjoy it, i had been looking forward to it for a long time, and despite a ~controversial~ launch, i had a fucking blast from day 1 (on ps4 no less). regardless of bugs and memes and public dunking, the story grabbed me like nothing else could at the time, and it reignited so much of my passion and motivation for art that i had lost in the clutches of mental illness and i'll always be grateful for that. it introduced me to so many wonderful people (some whom i carry very close to my heart), and maybe most personally surprising, it gave me an outlet to understand parts of myself that i had been too afraid to acknowledge for a long time, the courage to accept and embrace myself as non-binary, and allow myself to just BE without trying to convince myself i'm crazy. that's not what i expected from the get-go but it's been a really fun journey to be on ngl

#yeah this fandom been a little rocky in places but i would be lying if i said this community here wasn't special to me #so much love and passion and creativity to be around and be inspired by #so many people who have been impacted by this silly little heartwrenching game #devs who have poured their heart into it to deliver something genuinely incredible #its one of those strange things that really did fully change the trajectory of this little leg of my life #to think that until 3 years ago i hadn't even touched art in a decade #now there are lovely people who want to spend money on my work #3 years ago i bought my first (and only) refurbished ps4 to play this game and now im sitting on a fancy gaming laptop #ive said it before but vp has been such an important creative outlet too #its allowed me to live my dreams of being a film director. a cinematographer. a writer. #the whole game has let me be so damn self-indulgent sometimes i feel like a kid again just unashamedly playing barbie #finding the JOY of just. creating. #i learned so much about myself through an OC because of this game #it went from 'huh what is this feeling? gender envy?' to being like full blown 'oh yea. i get it now.' so much of my life makes sense kfslf #and i met people who mean the world to me on top of it all #woof anyways #i know i say it a lot but genuinely thank u to yall who have encouraged me and supported me and who enjoy the things that i make #youve made such a difference in my life without knowing it!

[hydrangeyes]

I really do love how the fandom has their ship but man do I wanna see a bit more of the rivals to codependent to lovers route more

#satosugu #in which them beefing in the gym was hilarious to me and i wanna see that be a part of their early friendship stages #and THEN it turns out theyre both so stupid they just wanna kiss each other #you know that whole yakuza vibes where fighting definitely means more than just fighting #idc what anyone says #alot of yakuza could have been solved if they'd shut the fuck up and talked in some cases kissed even #anyway #i need fics where they talk about how fucked gojo's mental state must be over all #cause your telling me someone who was born so powerful and is hated because of it and only treated well (in a distant sort of way) is okay? #like damn geto had him snatched with that one scene #i need more shoko love frfr also #also does geto ecen eat given he has to eat curses and shit like they cant put that shit in some soup or a smoothie or something??? #i need a fic where gojo cries but like the quiet kind cause he's always been the stronfest and strong people would never cry like a weakling #type shit #i want a fic where gojo learns new emotions as he's taught to unlearn the damage his title and family have given him #like genuine joy or non deadly fear or or crying is okay #i need geto to have a support system thats not just gojo like theyre each others number one's but theyr both fucked up #they needed adult nanami in their lives imo cause my guy seems to be the only one who got it

[limpest-noodle]

I’ve been waiting for so long for Julia to bust out the physical art supplies, so the moment when she chose to redesign Mario in the style of Aardman, I knew we were in for a fun time

#drawfee #drawfee show #julia drawfee #julia lepetit #Luigi #aardman #what the hell julia #like I was expecting something weird but not construction and electrical work #like damn she really put all the effort in #this is wilder than when she casually learned blender for a character drawing challenge #I’m just in awe

[atelierlili]

Peeta had to be a ninja at hiding any other previous love interest otherwise Katniss would have dragged his ass for all of us to read in the first book. I know in my heart she watched that boy like a hawk. That girl is jealous and petty with a captiol P. The whole star crossed lovers might have even fall apart out of pure SPITE. She wouldn’t believe his affection for her on the principal that he’s had other lovers before her. (She’s crazy that way. I know she is.)

“I don’t mind if you see me-“

Oh yeah, of course he doesn’t. How else could he not be caught with his tongue down Emma Rasberry’s throat behind the the gym.

Peeta would NOT be able to breath, I guarantee you.

#everlark #Katniss would spill the tea like she was at a Victorian tea party #they’d be in the cave and she’d bring up every single person he’s been with like it’s a fucking list #like damn Kitty and even Peeta wasn’t keeping track #he’s be embarrassed and maybe slightly flattered she’s kept an eye on him #the capitol would be soooo enthralls lmao #this is my long way of saying #I genuinely think Peeta was pretty much single and a virgin before the frist book lmaoo #he just has that charming rizz cause he practises with the granny’s or something #also like he has older brothers to learn from #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #thg #the hunger games

[epickiya722]

Like, damn, this is how I know some of you don't care to understand what someone is talking about and how they feel and go as far as to using slurs against that person.

Imagine writing a post that simply states that "Gojo said something racist, but it was out of ignorance and he learned from it, he isn't a bad guy. We all learn".

And then someone calls you "retard" and "dumb".

Do y'all see what I see? Like, you say this on a post about being offensive? Actually, you know what, I'm not surprised. Because if you're using those words, no doubt you wouldn't see something racist. You're part of the problem.

"It wasn't racist". And this is why we reread and pay the fuck attention, folks!! In the manga, in the manga now, the translation shows that what Gojo said is racist. Here's two, count them, two translations of that!!

So if Gege Akutami, remember the mangaka of JJK, had Miguel state to Gojo what he said is racist, it was meant to come off as racist. Otherwise, why in the hell did Miguel have to school Gojo? This is probably Gege's way of saying "some of you need to fix up your behavior, it's okay to learn, stop feeling like a victim just because someone corrects you over a stereotype".

#IF THE MANGA HAD MIGUEL A BLACK MAN SAID THE STATEMENT IS RACIST IT WAS RACIST #this is not something made up some people are quick to assume black people are all athletes and whatnot #i cannot play any damn sport #but y'all gojo learned he LEARNED #what was the issue of someone learning not to offend someone? #hell if i say something racist please do correct me #just kiya's thoughts #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #jjk 255 #jjk manga spoilers #jjk spoilers #gojo satoru #satoru gojo #miguel oduor #miguel oduol #miguel jjk

[seekingthestars]

not to just whine about things but

things with my grandma are Not Good, which is stressful and thinking about the mortality of people i love is Not Fun Ever

and this means that my dad is Very Stressed and Frustrated about things and also Exhausted (and i think reaching a limit)

which means that my mom is Stressed and Frustrated about things

which means that i have to listen to them both vent to each other and also separately vent to ME

which means i am Very Stressed and Uncomfortable when i'm ALREADY stressed about work stuff and general sarah's-life stuff

and there is absolutely no good solution to this. none. at all.

but i am very tired.

#personal #i'm trying to find my peace where i can #but damn #life sure is a lot #i did decline a friend's wedding invite which i felt bad about but also immediately lifted a whole boulder of stress off my shoulders #but it was an out-of-town wedding and i would have had to book an expensive hotel for minimum 1 night #but she wanted 2 nights bc she wants to do a welcome party the day before too #and take a day off work #and spend $$ in gas and meals and i'd have to find something to do that entire saturday before the wedding #and i looked at my life and how stressed i am and how much of a monetary commitment that was gonna be #and how much other stuff i have in may (which is a TON) #and i just quietly noped out of the situation #slowly trying to learn how to take care of myself and put my own physical and mental wellbeing first weeeee /waves pom-poms tiredly