#and i hope this helps

[veronicathegoddess]

idk who needs to hear this right now but leave them. i know you're scared that you'll never get over them but do it because the people you think you'll never get over will be distant memories years from now. when you look back and think about how they treated you, you'll be so disgusted because you know now that you're worth so much more, you alway were. i promise you those feelings are going to fade. going through the motions of heartbreak is hard but it's gonna be so much better on the other side. don't waste your precious time on someone who doesn't value you because you think you don't deserve better. you do and this is your sign to go get it.

#maybe im saying this #because its what i need to hear right now #but someone else probably needs to as well #and i hope this helps #rants and ramblings

[londonfoginacup]

Hi!! I absolutely love all your art!!

If I may, can I ask how you found your art style?

🥰🥰

Aaaaah gosh, what a question! And thank you for the compliment! 🥰

It's especially a compliment because I've always felt like my art doesn't really have a style. It's always been very inconsistent from one day to the next; my handwriting is the same way!

But I've been thinking this over all day, and in terms of practical advice I think I have three things--

First, collect art like you're a dragon with a hoard. I have a blog that I've kept since 2013 where I reblog everything that inspires me -- @toffeescones -- and I will often just go through and gaze at the pieces. Figure out why I like the pieces I like, figure out what color combinations I enjoy and what line density brushes I love seeing other people use (I have issues with line density I'm still working on lol). What I really like to do is look at that blog in archive mode and scroll until I find three or four pieces I'm especially vibing with, and then try to create my own piece that draws from them. This is especially helpful, I find, when trying to figure out backgrounds, textures, and styles of shading.

Second, and I dunno I might be the only one who does this, but I will find hours of speedpaints to watch. I did this more a few years ago compared to now, but another way to figure out what bits of people's styles you would like for yourself is to watch how they do what they do. It's not as easy now that livestream isn't, like, a site artists use anymore? But here's a few people I love to watch -- Christyzhouk Vulcanmoon Zesketches (that one isn't speedpaints but they do the most BEAUTIFUL animations and are the reason I started learning how to gif) ixcato

Third, and obviously this is what everyone says all the time, is just to practice.

But like, to be specific, it's practicing the same thing over and over again. Honest to fucking god, the things that have improved my art more than anything else are Inktober, and tour art.

Just. The same thing over and over and over again. Choosing a medium and practicing it every. day. is how you build that muscle and figure out what works for you.

Compare the beginning of when I started tour art, to one of the more recent ones (obvs I havent done any this year because life has been insane but still) --

The one on the right is how I draw now! I figured out how to bring things to life, how to have dynamic poses, how to flesh out my Harries, just by drawing him in the same style over and over and over and over and--

Same with inktober -- on the left is my first successfully finished inktober from 2019, and on the right is 2022

You can see my stile in both of them, to some extent, but you can see how it's fleshed out and become (hopefully) more consistent, more me.

So yeah. This is probably way more than you were bargaining for. But that's all it is! Figure out what art you love, hoard it, draw from it, and practice until you you think you can't possibly have anything original left to draw. And you'll still think that maybe you don't have a consistent style, but hey someone will tell you that you do, and that's maybe worth it.

#I had to copy and paste half this reply into a new tab because tumblr froze so sdkjfhdskjhfdkjfd hope it still reads alright #AND I HOPE THIS HELPS #AND ISNT JUST NONSENSE #GOOD LUCK ON YOUR ART JOURNEY #YOU'RE GOING TO DO AMAZING

[lyneyselfship]

how does selfshipping wokr? like.. i get what it is its easy to understand but what do you do? im so curious because this actually looks kinda entertaining😭

is it like (sorry if this is offensive by the way please dont take this the wrong way) a thing that you genuinely believe is true as in like you genuinely think you and ur guy are together or is it just a little thing u do for fun? again, SO SORRY IF THIS SOUNDS MEAN i just recently learned this existed and really wanna know more about what its even aboutalex g

No! That's okay! It's not rude at all!! You are curious and I'm here to give you the answer you want! ♡

There is a lot of things we do. For the obvious ones, we like to make a collection of our favorite f/o - Fictional others. Merchandise, pictures, fan Merch. All of that!

We also write f/o imagines. For example, someone would write like "imagine your f/o walking with you too the beach." And we love to imagine that scenario because it makes us happy and gives us comfort.

Another good thing mainly selfshipper/times/ocxCanon do. We like to bring merch or plushie. It can be small or big with us whenever we go! Because it feels like they are actually with us and we can take pictures!

Drawing or commissions. Like me, I like to draw Charmaine (OC) and Lyney together. It's a lot of fun with drawing your oc being in a romantic relationship with that canon character. And there are others who prefer to have themselves dating that canon character instead of using an OC. There are some who will commission other artists to draw it because it's just fun!

(personally, this is different for all selfshippers, so everyone is not the same when it comes to this.)

Fanfiction or character ai, I know there's probably some who don't use it. Which is fine!! ^^ but to the ones who do the same thing like I said with imagines. We can picture ourselves or our OCS in the scenarios. Character ai is more preferable for me because I make one for my personal use because some fan Fanfictions don't fit well with ourselves or OC's

Also another thing. Not all of them are romantic. Sometimes we see these characters as friends (platonic) or familial (family). Again the same thing. It gives us comfort.

There are a lot of things, I just naming the ones that I do personally and the common ones I see

To make this quick and understanding, self shipping is us showing our love for these characters. Because we feel a strong feeling for these characters and they mean a lot to us. Helping us through the hard times, etc. and there are some who just do it just for fun! Everyone has their own different reasons why they are selfshippers/yumes!

If you are a self shipper and want to add any other things that you do or others do, comment!

I hope this helps in a way!

#I'm glad you asked #and i hope this helps #asks #ask box #self ship

[hansoeii]

look at you, you're gorgeous!

#and nothing bad ever happened #this might've been what aziraphale imagined when he asked crowley to come with him #I have returned to tend to your wounds good omens fandom #hope this helps you heal #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens fanart #good omens 2 fanart #aziracrow fanart #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #ineffable idiots #ineffable husbands fanart #neil gaiman #david tennant #michael sheen #aziraphale #crowley #my art #digital art #fanart

[callisteios]

i made a character uquiz. i 100% promise you that you will get a character you know AND like

#that's my guarentee #ignore the quiz description #features some of my favourite characters. eg. ianthe tridentarius. jaws. sonny!dog day afternoon. nicolas cage. kendall roy. hope this help #im not going to tag every fandom that's rude #uquiz #quiz #personality quiz #mine #i don't know why i put the sport question i hate the sport question. #wasted like half a day asking stupid questions like 'do we think vriska serqet would prefer football or hockey'

[tizzymcwizzy]

this is a poster i made for my call to action assignment in humanities! it's a bunch of basic and easy stretches for people who sit and work at a desk all day (me)

the idea is that you'd put the poster up above ur desk and do the stretches every 30 minutes or so,, the whole routine won't take more than about 6 minutes to complete and when done regularly it can prevent wrist, shoulder, neck and back pain! :)

all these stretches can be done while sitting (although i HIGHLY recommend you stand up and move around while taking a break from working)

you can get a free digital copy of this poster here on my gumroad!

and you can order a print/poster here from my inprnt!

#i mostly made this for me but i hope it can help other people too! #also thinking about maybe putting this on smth like gumroad so people can download a high quality pdf to print themselves #lmk if anyone would be interested in that 👀 #my art #artists on tumblr #stretches #edit: this post popped off okay‚ also a lot of people expressed interest so i made a gumroad! maybe ill put other stuff there thatd be cool

[rhinestonesox]

When Senshi was young in the dungeon the majority of the adults he were with ostracized him. All except Gillin, who died to make sure Senshi had something to eat: unseasoned boiled meat that may or may not have been one of their comrades.

It really puts into perspective why he was so nurturing towards Chilchuck. When Chil reveals he’s 28 to the party, Senshi responds by telling him that he thought he was older. Senshi was in his 30s when he and his comrades got trapped in the dungeon, so it’s safe to assume that he thought Chil was at a similar age.

He met a young boy who was, from his perspective, forced to do dangerous work in the dungeon just like he was, and so, Senshi made an effort to look after Chilchuck in the same way Gillin looked after him.

Mind you, when Senshi was young in the dungeon he had to starve for weeks, eat the horse he loved, and finish it off spending the next i don’t know how many years wondering if he committed cannibalism.

Senshi understands first hand the value of nutrition and proper eating, so when he’s with the party he makes an effort to make sure they’re all eating a full and balanced diet. Not only that, but Senshi INVOLVES them in the process of getting food to eat, always preparing it in front of them and narrating every ingredient in the process so that there’s no doubt about what they’re eating.

#i woke up in the middle of the night to write this and haven’t proof read so i seriously hope it’s coherent lmaoooo #dungeon meshi spoilers #delicious in dungeon spoilers #senshi #dungeon meshi #everyone jokes about senshi giving chilchuck the talk but he’s literally just trying to take care of a young boy who needs help #i’m crying #and sobbing #and punching the air

[stil-lindigo]

Ahmed Saad or @/90-ghost's brother in law is currently doing his best to organise the evacuation of his family from Gaza. This family suffers from a combination of ailments that all require medical attention. This is the description on their GFM page:

Hello, I hope you all are doing well!

My name is Mohamed Monir Ahmad Mahmoud, I’m a hemophilia patient from Gaza. I decided to start this campaign with all the hope that you could support me in evacuating Gaza to do surgery for me and my daughter and start a fresh life with my 5 kids out of the ongoing genocide in Gaza [...] I was supposed to go out at the end of 2023 to have surgery on my knees but since 7 October, I had no chance due to the procedures on Rafah crossing, the gate of Gazans to the world. Now, my knees and elbows are bleeding with no access to any type of care and if things stand as they are in Gaza, I won’t be able to walk or make any effort because of the bleeding (currently I am barely able to set up a small fire in front of the tent to prepare food for my kids).

What I ask is 60,000, for travel costs because each one would need to pay 5,000-8,000$ to be allowed to leave Gaza through Rafah crossing and we need around 3000$ more in Egypt for our stay and to obtain visas. We will be heading to Brazil where my brother Diaa lives and there is a huge chance to do the surgeries and access health care as the health care for Hemophilia patients in Brazil is one of the most advanced in the world.

please give generously!!

#theyre only at a fraction through their progress #after ahmed's success story getting his money #i hope tumblr can muster up enough generosity to help these folks out too #palestine #free palestine #free rafah #free gaza #rafah #mutual aid #donations

[theeoriginals]

hi! im loving mirrorball on wattpad 💕 do you have anything for tumblr or are you focused on ur wattpad stories atm? also this is really random but do you have any advice for someone who wants to try writing? hope you're well xx

hi !! so glad ur liking mirrorball <3

i don’t usually have a strict schedule for anything that i write because i find that it’s a lot of pressure and it makes me far too anxious for something that’s just a hobby so no i don’t have any real priorities for any platform !

as for writing tips— just write what you want to read. if you write what you want to read, there will be passion and genuine interest behind your writing and it will show and even if you think you’re not the best writer, the emotion you put behind your writing is so much more important than skill. in that same vein, don’t be afraid to be “bad” at writing! when i first started out writing i didn’t think i was anything special but i never stopped and i have improved so much, it’s truly a skill that must be practiced and honed so genuinely the best thing to do is just do what you want.

#i hope u have a great day anon #and i hope this helps

[everchased]

can someone please get these hoes under control i'm BUSY

#gun cw #it's EVERY 5 HOURS AT LEAST #AND THEY STAY UP???? LIKE NONE OF THE ONES I'VE REPORTED HAVE BEEN DEACTIVATED #GO AWAY #anyways... #my art #edit: everyone who says i look like [insert anime guy here] has holes in their brain hope this helps some of u figure out what's wrong

[applestruda]

Starry Sleepover

First ever dtiys! Celebrating 1 year here!

Rules below!

No deadline!

Feel free to use my designs or your own

You can change up the composition as you want, but keep the main vibes of sleepover, stars, and Boatem (don't remove folks)

You can use any form of art for this dtiys (writers included!!)

Use the #BeeBoatemDtiys tag, and if you want you can optionally @ me

If you have any questions ask away! Other than that have fun :]

#gaahhh #i hope this is fun #anyways #pearlescentmoon #pearlecentmoon fanart #mumbo jumbo #mumbo jumbo fanart #grian #grian fanart #impulsesv #impulsesv fanart #goodtimeswithscar #gtws fanart #hermitcraft #hermitcraft fanart #boatem #my art #BeeBoatemDtiys #thanks for word help zera <333

[chloesimaginationthings]

How I assume salvaging went in FNAF pizza sim

#myart #chloesimagination #comic #fnaf #michael afton #william afton #scraptrap #springtrap #fnaf pizzeria simulator #fnaf fanart #five nights at freddy's #like pizza sim is just a big awkward family gathering #Michael isn’t even scared of William anymore #he just wants the dude to shut up already #the salvaging game in pizza sim is so peak btw #I hope the help wanted 2 dlc has a mini game like it!! #it would be so cool in vr.. #GET HIS ass Michael!! #he deserves to do this it’s like free therapy 💜

[hansoeii]

#i made this to make myself feel better after e6 #so I hope it can help you all recover too #a perfect kiss in the rain like crowley deserves #good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens 2 #good omens fanart #aziracrow #aziracrow fanart #ineffable husbands #david tenannt #micheal sheen #neil gaiman #my art #digital art

[triona-tribblescore]

I WANNA DRAAWW!! RAHHHGG!! Absolutely swamped with college work, im so tired TT (hence whatever tf this is lmao)

#posted this doodle on twitter yesterday but it's still very relevant today #fr cant do anything until I get 12 posters drawn make my homemade paper and finish/publish my 200 page book I'm gonna- #Send help #i miss being active sm :'(( #SORRY TO THE 60+ ASKS IN MY INBOX I PROMISE ILL GET TO YOU SOON <333 #anyway I hope everyone else is doing ok #sending love #(also husk please- stay off the internet lmao) #angel dust #angel dust fanart #husk #husk fanart #huskerdust #huskerdust fanart #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #tribbleart #<3

[andthebeanstalk]

Today my therapist introduced me to a concept surrounding disability that she called "hLep".

Which is when you - in this case, you are a disabled person - ask someone for help ("I can't drink almond milk so can you get me some whole milk?", or "Please call Donna and ask her to pick up the car for me."), and they say yes, and then they do something that is not what you asked for but is what they think you should have asked for ("I know you said you wanted whole, but I got you skim milk because it's better for you!", "I didn't want to ruin Donna's day by asking her that, so I spent your money on an expensive towing service!") And then if you get annoyed at them for ignoring what you actually asked for - and often it has already happened repeatedly - they get angry because they "were just helping you! You should be grateful!!"

And my therapist pointed out that this is not "help", it's "hLep".

Sure, it looks like help; it kind of sounds like help too; and if it was adjusted just a little bit, it could be help. But it's not help. It's hLep.

At its best, it is patronizing and makes a person feel unvalued and un-listened-to. Always, it reinforces the false idea that disabled people can't be trusted with our own care. And at its worst, it results in disabled people losing our freedom and control over our lives, and also being unable to actually access what we need to survive.

So please, when a disabled person asks you for help on something, don't be a hLeper, be a helper! In other words: they know better than you what they need, and the best way you can honor the trust they've put in you is to believe that!

Also, I want to be very clear that the "getting angry at a disabled person's attempts to point out harmful behavior" part of this makes the whole thing WAY worse. Like it'd be one thing if my roommate bought me some passive-aggressive skim milk, but then they heard what I had to say, and they apologized and did better in the future - our relationship could bounce back from that. But it is very much another thing to have a crying shouting match with someone who is furious at you for saying something they did was ableist. Like, Christ, Jessica, remind me to never ask for your support ever again! You make me feel like if I asked you to call 911, you'd order a pizza because you know I'll feel better once I eat something!!

Edit: crediting my therapist by name with her permission - this term was coined by Nahime Aguirre Mtanous!

Edit again: I made an optional follow-up to this post after seeing the responses. Might help somebody. CW for me frankly talking about how dangerous hLep really is.

#hlep #original #mental health #my sympathies and empathies to anyone who has to rely on this kind of hlep to get what they need. #the people in my life who most need to see this post are my family but even if they did I sincerely doubt they would internalize it #i've tried to break thru to them so many times it makes my head hurt. so i am focusing on boundaries and on finding other forms of support #and this thing i learned today helps me validate those boundaries. the example with the milk was from my therapist. #the example with the towing company was a real thing that happened with my parents a few months ago while I was age 28. 28! #a full adult age! it is so infantilizing as a disabled adult to seek assistance and support from ableist parents. #they were real mad i was mad tho. and the spoons i spent trying to explain it were only the latest in a long line of #huge family-related spoon expenditures. distance and the ability to enforce boundaries helps. haven't talked to sisters for literally the #longest period of my whole life. people really believe that if they love you and try to help you they can do no wrong. #and those people are NOT great allies to the chronically sick folks in their lives. #you can adore someone and still fuck up and hurt them so bad. will your pride refuse to accept what you've done and lash out instead? #or will you have courage and be kind? will you learn and grow? all of us have prejudices and practices we are not yet aware of. #no one is pure. but will you be kind? will you be a good friend? will you grow? i hope i grow. i hope i always make the choice to grow. #i hope with every year i age i get better and better at making people feel the opposite of how my family's ableism has made me feel #i will see them seen and hear them heard and smile at their smiles. make them feel smart and held and strong. #just like i do now but even better! i am always learning better ways to be kind so i don't see why i would stop

[lilybug-02]

Pain is a great motivator…

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Meanwhile Toriel:

(Loud noises don't wake her up usually.)

Artist note: I’m so proud of this :))) I know it’s a lot of dialogue and reading, but dialogue is grueling work for me. I’m glad with the art and for the amount of pages I made in such a relatively short time span -w- page 5 was super fun to work on. A lot of blood, sweat, and hours here... :) The backgrounds were a big bore tbh, but I finished them! Yippie!

#CHARA WTF DO YOU MEAN “COMPUTER”???? #lol i hope you guys dont hate me for what im doing in the next update. #IS THAT A MAC OS??? #Yes......owo'' #Kris and the Gang are LITTLE now. I've pixelated them and turned them into little game characters! #FINALLY!! #I never thought I would be going so far in the story to explain WHY Kris pulls out their SOUL and opens Darkfountains even when they killed #Berdly in Chapter 2. Pain can make people do horrible things. #Uhhhhhhhhh anyways. :3 I hope you liked it! I made this post a little too long for my liking and didnt get it out when i wanted too- #but thats okay! As long as people enjoy it :) #bread #art #deltarune chara timeline #deltarune chara timeline comic #seriously though #long post #man am I glad I switched over to the limited color palet! It helps me feel alot more relaxed uwu #This is....way over 16 hours of work q-q #chara #asriel #susie #kris #asriel dreemurr #kris dreemurr #kris deltarune #susie deltarune #deltarune #comic #my art