#but as an artistic choice

[akl-sketch]

Inside me are two wolves - one wants to play Baldur’s Gate and the other wants to draw Baldur’s Gate.

#bg3 fanart #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 astarion #bg3 gale #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #gale #astarion #changed Astarions color palette #artist choice #my art #bg3 #Astarion grimes down so good #tw: blood #astarion ancunin #bloodweave #original: SNL

[inkskinned]

"the curtains weren't blue on purpose. why should we care?"

my love! let me ask you this - did you eat breakfast today? this tiny moment in your life. just think about it. did you?

for some of you, the answer is yes and for some of you it is technically and for some of you it is does coffee count. some of you reached for cereal or gmo-free overnight oats or frozen waffles or 3-day-old pizza. sometimes we eat the same thing, every day, for weeks. i get tired of eggs randomly, only to go back to craving them desperately. i'm cuban; i take my coffee like my father showed me, very milky and sweet.

some of us ate in a hurry. some of us hate eating breakfast but if we don't we will get nauseous later. some of us took our meds first or took our meds after. some of us have a kitchen 5 feet wide and sometimes it's the biggest room in the house. some of us are confident there will be food in the pantry and some of us flinch and say well, the paycheck is coming. some of us turn on a podcast while we eat or we scroll our phones or write in our diaries.

some of us are choosing, specifically, not to eat breakfast. some of us are too busy. some of us are pretending we "just forgot," but we are ignoring the warning signs that everything feels too-heavy. some of us are so consumed with anxiety or grief that we can't eat. some of us can't stand up long enough to make our coffee. some of us have no table to sit down and eat.

i cannot tell you what an artist "meant" by their choices. but they did have to make a choice, conscious or otherwise, to give you information. to give you a little bit more light. each of these choices are little stars of data; connecting speckles for you to weave through, drawing a line.

you cannot use a mirror in a dark room. for some of us; we will not care that the curtains are blue, because that will just be a data point and not enough light to see by. for some of us, the blue curtains will be the same as our childhood bedroom. it will make us seasick. for some of us, blue will be the color of frostbite. it might look like a pixel up close; but from a distance, oh! the picture blooms.

i cannot tell you what will stick out for you. what will carry meaning. some of you will read the sentence "i didn't have breakfast today" and say "this means nothing." some of you will read that and say "oh, me neither." some of you will say "this means the character is probably a little grouchy." some of you will say "oh, i wonder if they're okay. why didn't they eat anything?" ... art is a mirror. i am holding hands with you, over space and time, and asking you to feel something with me.

i want you to read my work and find a blue pair of curtains. i want you to read my work and find things in it that i never imagined placing. i have no way of knowing what will resonate with you, that's true. and maybe i just was hungry while i wrote this, and thinking about the eggs in my fridge. but if you found meaning, that meaning is yours. it cannot be erased just because i didn't "intend" it. you created a different world by interpreting my work. it's collaborative! that's beautiful! that's stunning!

just! imagine looking at the night sky and saying - it's stupid to have a favorite constellation or a favorite star. they're just there.

because here's the thing - across centuries and cultures, we look up. we still find meaning in the stars. these beautiful, lovely scattered accidents. are you looking? they call. and we look back and say oh! of course we are!

#this got away from me #but like #u know #reading is a form of creation #and sometimes the choice that the author makes might SEEM random #but it's like. bro that's telling u something. #also hate the vibe where authors/artists mock their audience for finding meaning in something #nahhhh #if u make art u need to be okay with people finding their own reflection in it

[allysketches]

in his primadonna girl* era 😌✨

(*playing the damsel in distress and getting locked in a tower in the middle of the french revolution so his boyfriend can rescue him from being beheaded 😏)

#good omens #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #good omens fanart #my art #neil gaiman #what is this... me?? posting on a regular time and not in the dead of night???? no way #anyway he is the best #in his sassiest era #also can you tell I can't draw the complex ruffle design or whatever it's called to save my life?? lol #hope it came across as an artistic choice #not incompetence (which it is)

[still-snowing]

smooch!

#wow remember when i was an animator yeah me neither #wangxian #wei wuxian #lan wangji #mo dao zu shi #I love them your honor #this looking rough was an ✨artistic choice✨ or at least that’s what I tell myself #mdzs #my art #I’m so sorry I’m not online more but I’m trying to avoid tears spoilers like they’re the plague

[liquidstar]

look this site really is awful for ppl with OCD so i just wanna reassure anyone that you are not Tainted Forever for consuming a piece of media with questionable content. the fact that youre able to recognize it speaks to your critical thinking skills, which is good, certain depictions should be critiqued. but you dont need to ruminate on it to the point where you begin to feel guilty for simply witnessing gross or creepy writing choices. you dont have to vindicate yourself to the fictional tumblr discourser inside your head, saying that youre now a bad person bc you watched the wrong anime. your actual response to it still matters of course, but thats that and this is this. just seeing it is neutral, you didnt commit a thought crime. its literally fine.

IF YOU ARE USING THIS POST TO ONLY FURTHER YOUR STUPID PEDANTIC BLACK-AND-WHITE DISCOURSE TO GET A "GOCHA" OVER THE OTHER SIDE YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. DON'T USE OUR DISORDER TO VINDICATE YOUR BEHAVIOR. THOUGHT CRIMES ARENT REAL BUT ACTIONS STILL MATTER. PEOPLE WITH OCD ARE CAPABLE OF THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT OUR ACTIONS AND RESPONSES, EVEN WITH INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS AND RUMINATIONS. TREATING US AS IF WE CANNOT, ONLY TO FORCE US TO USE YOUR STRINGENT UNNUANCED DISCOURSE OPINIONS ABOUT "PURITY CULTURE" (TRIGGERING TO THOSE WITH OCD) AS THE ONLY REASONABLE GUIDE DOES MORE TO EXACERBATE OUR OBSESSIONS THAN HELP US. YOU ARE THE ISSUE AS WELL. YOU ARE ALSO THE TUMBLR DISCOURSER INSIDE OUR HEADS. DO NOT USE US FOR YOUR DISCOURSE. WE ARE PEOPLE, NOT HYPOTHETICALS TO USE TO EXPLAIN IF YOUR FROZEN INCEST FANFICTION IS OKAY OR NOT. TREATING US AS IF WE CANNOT AUTONOMOUSLY HAVE OUR OWN OPINIONS ON WHEN MEDIA IS TANGIBLY HARMFUL IS ABLEIST. FORCING US TO ABIDE BY YOUR IN-GROUP'S SET OF UNEQUIVOCAL MORALS IS ABLEIST. ACTING AS THOUGH THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR US IS MINDLESS MEDIA CONSUMPTION IN WHICH "EVERY DEPICTION OF XYZ, NO MATTER HOW POORLY DONE OR EXPLOITATIVE, IS ALWAYS OKAY AND IF YOU DISAGREE YOURE ACTUALLY AN EVIL 'ANTI'" IS ABLEIST. THOSE ARE THE SAME BLACK-AND-WHITE MORALS THAT SEND US INTO OBSESSIVE SPIKES, BUT FLIPPED. A SET OF MORALS IN WHICH QUESTIONING THE IMPACT OF A PIECE OF WORK MAKES YOU AN "EVIL CONSERVATIVE PURITAN "ANTI"" DOES NOT HELP MORAL OCD.

YOU ARE THE DAMN TUMBLR DISCOUERSERS MAKING THIS SHIT WORSE FOR US! YOURE THE EXACT SAME BUT WITH FLIPPED BUZZWORDS! YOU'RE MISSING THE WHOLE DAMN POINT!

#the fictional tumblr discourser inside your head is like the opposite of critical thinking its just extremes #blocking that helps you form better thoughts and come to a better understanding of why said content can be harmful in said depiction etc et #and to be clear shutting off all critical thoughts is not the solution either bc then you end up with.... Those People #the ones who jack off to lolicon on ao3 and think its the same artistically as lolita x_x #this post is not a vindication for that sort of thing. or say like actively supporting an openly bigoted series or author #those are different things because they are actual choices and actions. you chose to respond that way #thats what i mean when i say your actual response still matters. as in your actions surrounding it

[suntails]

knight of dreams

#twirls my hair. first non-video silver ive drawn outside of scribbles since like. early january. HRJGKKG i missed him <3 #i think ive said it before but ill say it again: its rly convenient artistically to have a character w such a B&W palette #it makes color choice that much more intentional it leans into so many paths of potential. makes my brain ITCH wonderfully its so FUN #my lil dreamer. king of dreams. gonna save da day ^_^ #twst #twisted wonderland #twst silver #suntails

[silkysong]

printers smell fear they say

#helloo o o this took me. ridiculously 2 days. ignore its in dark mode its a last moment artistic choice #cult of the lamb #gateway inc #baal #aym #and a special little cameo :) #my art

[milkywayes]

badass weekly anniversary edition

#mass effect #mass effect fanart #shakarian #femshep #commander shepard #Garrus Vakarian #shepard x garrus #video games #alien #art #digital art #artists on tumblr #milkyart #they're the patron saints of badassery and everyone knows it. #that's why they were the logical choice for this very special cover for badass weekly's 1000th anniversary! #LOL I could've done a mockup but I don't want anything to distract from them so

[mrghostrat]

fhuhgkahkuh @giveintomay sent me this and said "streamer au" and i haven't stopped laughing in 5 hours

thanks everyone for waiting for patiently between chapters, have some aussiefication crack. this is the real reason they don't collab stream.

#ineffable streamers #good omens aussiefication #good omens #gomens #aziracrow #aunty donna #i love u zach ruane #rat draws #didnt draw his eye because his glasses fogged up #its an artistic choice

[maedictus]

Tinúviel was dancing there to music of a pipe unseen. And light of stars was in her hair and in her raiment, glimmering.

#water sleeve dance is the only correct choice for lúthien's dance in my mind #house of flying daggers is my biggest inspo for doriath and beren and lúthien aesthetics #just love beautiful cinematography with gorgeous costume design #beren and lúthien #lúthien tinúviel #silmarillion #tolkien #my art #art #artists on tumblr #artwork #illustration

[abd-illustrates]

🐟Sai🐟

Some more art from this week's video! In which I made a couple more Genshin Impact OC’s! More to come, but for now this is number 2 outta 4: Sai! A famous Inazuman fisherman & Claymore-wielding Hydro user! 🎣

[DO NOT EDIT OR REPOST TO OTHER SITES / ACCOUNTS]   ♻️reblogs are lovely tho!♻️

#artists on tumblr #abd illustrates #genshin impact #fanart #character design #original character #there he is! the silly lil guy! #not pictured: the fish claymore - his true weapon of choice

[theastroghost]

hi it’s been a sec! have a comic!

i headcanon that leo isn’t fond of kids and had to warm up to casey jr

#he is a father by choice #artist of tumblr #digital artist #artist on tumblr #procreate #illustration #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #save rise of the tmnt #rottmnt casey jr #Casey jones #rottmnt casey jones #leonardo hamato #f!leonardo #f!leo #f!leonardo rottmnt

[pyroguesstuff]

art is Hard and the yearly taz hyperfixation is Particularly Potent this time around so uh. enjoy the intersection of those two things, i guess

#this exported blurry as hell but i can’t be bothered to fix it lmao #hope the dozen or so taz fans on this app enjoy the fruits of my labor #and that highschool me is proud of the long lasting consequences of their podcast choices #digital art #artists on tumblr #digital illustration #lineless art #dungeons and dragons #the adventure zone #taz taako #taako taaco #the adventure zone balance #taz balance

[anumia-art]

Ace pride hummingbird! I had a lot of fun with this one. I was primarily inspired by the violet sabrewing and marvelous spatuletail, both of which are very real and very cool birds native to Central America and Peru, respectively. Look them up if you haven’t heard of them, you won’t be disappointed. :)

#ace #ace pride #asexual #lgbtqia #subtle pride #hummingbird #pride hummingbird #digital art #krita #artists on tumblr #my art #I just had to make the tail feathers look like spades. #There really was no other choice.

[ffcrazy15]

Someone needs to do an analysis on the way the Kung Fu Panda movies use old-fashioned vs. modern language ("Panda we meet at last"/"Hey how's it going") and old-fashioned vs. modern settings (forbidden-city-esque palaces/modern-ish Chinese restaurant) to indicate class differences in their characters, and how those class differences create underlying tensions and misunderstandings.

#This is neither a criticism nor a compliment of that artistic choice #I just think it's really interesting #Like even looking at the Five: #Tigress talks in an older style than the others because she was mainly raised at the Jade Palace #While Mantis talks like Joe-schmo off the street because he *was* a streetfighter and an ordinary guy #Shifu and even Tai Lung talk like they're from an old-fashioned novel or kung fu movie #Po talks like a modern guy you'd meet working in a twenty-first century family restaurant #Part of Tigress's initial disdain for him in the first movie is clearly because she considers him to be low-class/a commoner #(And therefore an intruder into the world of the Jade Palace and the rest of the Kung Fu masters which appears to be semi-noble). #Shen looks genuinely off-put and disgusted when he has to respond to Po's greeting with a “...hey.” #And when Po wants to appear more legitimate as a warrior he adopts a more “legendary”/old-fashioned way of speaking. #In the aesthetic language of KFP old fashioned=noble/upper class and modern=common/lower class. #This translates entirely naturally—I think especially to an American audience—but it is wild once you notice it #Because you realize: “Hang on—shouldn't *all* these characters be talking like they're living in the medieval era?” #“And what does it mean that they're not? What is the movie attempting to convey with this—probably entirely subconscious—artistic choice?” #kung fu panda

[suntails]

knighted

#MOMENTS THAT MAKE ME EMOTIONAL. BAUL CALLING HIM BY NAME NOT CALLING HIM HUMAN. WEAK AT THE KNEES #i think ill only have time to draw these two pieces before i leave for the holidays so i want them to be a set. i think its fun #talked abt it on twt but artistically its SO fun that book 7 has the 'good guys' w the colors of the night. greens and purples and darks #and the 'bad guys' of the humans strike their queen down with a brilliant yellow light. the light IS the darkness is conceptually yummy #trying to lean into color choices and intentional comps lately. lilias piece reading L>R feels like the angle pushes down on him #here sebek faces with the eye's movement so its more positive. like hes climbing towards his beautiful bright future. ouughj #never before in fandom have i wanted to so clearly break down my own art choices like a historian but diasom does smth to my brain #twst #twisted wonderland #sebek zigvolt #baul zigvolt #ch 7 spoilers #suntails