#but it’s hard :(

[scarymonsters-andsupercreeps]

Miss Pants!!!!!!!!

#I’ve been trying to figure out how I want to render stuff #it sucks lol #I want to be able to replicate what I did for that one drawing of DIO #but it’s hard #anyways #jjba #jojo's bizarre adventure #jjba fanart #jojo no kimyou na bouken #my art #hot pants jjba #jojo hot pants #hot pants jojo #JJBA part 7 #jojo part 7 #steel ball run #jojo sbr #jjba sbr #sbr fanart #sbr

[purplelupins]

*reads some fics for the character I’m writing*

*finds one that’s written so beautifully*

*looks at mine*

*considers not writing the fic*

#nora speaks #GOD #trying not to compare #but it’s hard #don’t mind me #I’m just having a am I even a good writer moment

[sketchncanto]

Can you show your drawing process? Your style is so amazing... I can't sketch to save my life... like simple fun ideas take weeks for me to do because I have to make them all intricate. From one striving Disney Storyboard artist (dream job) to another T_T

Thank you so much, appreciate you! 🥹

My drawing process is honestly a hot mess lol

I usually start out super rough to try to find the pose and size that I want. That part usually takes the longest bc I spend SO much time thinking of the vibe that I wanna convey, and I spend a bit of that time looking for references if I need em. After I get those things, I kinda just go crazy! As you can see, there’s a lot of tweaking involved and I usually redline myself after I’m done just to see if I can make things better (also bc I’m a damn perfectionist). And ta-da! ✨

Don’t be too hard on yourself! Scribbling and getting the ideas down is honestly the hardest part, but I’ve found that it helps to just be loose and free with your first sketches! Once you get those down, try to enjoy the process and knock it out. Done is better than perfect! And honestly, nothings perfect anyway. I always find something wrong with my art after I post 😂 it’s a learning journey!

This was probably way more than you asked for but— yeah here you go lol I hope this helped!

#if you enjoy the journey you’ll enjoy the destination!! #I’m still learning every single time I draw something #it’s hard to make it fun while you’re learning bc learning can be incredibly frustrating #BUT the more you do it the easier it’ll get! #and sometimes you’ll just have to step away and look at it another day #or work on something else #art is hard but it’s fun #but it’s hard #ask

[detentiontrack]

Just got an anon ask saying they don’t actually believe that I was r*ped and I’m just making things up and looking for attention on the internet…… I just want to know what the hell goes wrong in someone’s brain to make them think that’s an acceptable thing to say to another human being

#trying to not feel triggered #but it’s hard #maybe I should turn anon asks off for a while #tw sa #tw sa mention

[audreythevaliant]

Urgg when do I get to stop making big life decisions??

#I know agency is a privilege! #and having a fiancé that tries very hard to care about my opinion is something I’m very thankful for #but I also sometimes wish that I could just surrender to wherever life takes me #that’s not very courageous of me and it’s not how I’m going to act because I have not been given a sprit of fear #but it’s hard

[akindplace]

Struggling really bad with migraines. I can’t be here a lot because it’s awful to look at the screen. I’m struggling to walk straight lines because of the dizziness and I can’t sleep because of the pain. The thing about being constantly sick is that… it’s so boring. You can’t really do anything because of the pain, but you also wish you were doing literally anything else instead of being miserable in bed. Most of all, I wish for low pain days and less fatigue. Oh, and I also want so bad to be by the beach.

Queue is on as usual, and it’s safe to say I won’t be around as much as long as this crisis continues.

I hope everyone is doing okay. I wish you all low pain days, less fatigue, and a long seaside vacation.

Lots of love,

Liv

#this turned out longer than I expected #oh well #it’s 2:20am and I can’t sleep because of the pain and the ringing in my years #idk man I’m so tired of the sameness of day to day life with chronic pain #I’m trying to remember that I can find joy in the little things and try to slowly build a life that makes me feel stable and safe #but it’s hard #because of the pain of course

[skyward-floored]

Trying to figure out Volga and Impa’s dynamic before Stuff Happens is proving to be really hard for some reason

#I thought I’d try just writing a little scene with them to try and get a feel for their characters #but it’s HARD #and IDK WHY #I can’t pin them down #Volga especially but both of them #are being very difficult #rambles from the floor #hdw au

[weaveandwood]

Everyone is posting such beautiful writing and art and my imposter syndrome is really popping off today.

#my ramblings #I had my sketches fm Friday get a LOT of notes and now I feel pressure #and my writing feels so amateur #I have to remember that I’ve only been writing for a few weeks #and drawing for a few weeks #but it’s hard

[icksam]

GOLDEN TRIO!!!

and LUNA LOVEGOOD!!!

made these rough sketches last night well after 12am. woop woop

#harry potter fanart #harry potter #hermione granger #ron weasley #golden trio #golden trio fanart #luna lovegood #i really love luna lovegood #i also really love drawing the golden trio #but i always struggle with their character design #because they LOOK a SPECIFIC way in my head #but it’s hard #to REALLY draw what my mind says

[princess-grapesoda]

me playing survivor while my brother watches is just me calling cal a simp for Merrin and him calling me a simp for cal

#I started that game in MAY #I’m busy ok I really should have more than 10 hours of play time #but it’s hard #IM JUST A GIRL #star wars jedi: fallen order #jedi survivor #Star Wars #cal kestis

[calsvoid]

what do you mean i have to watch glee to write glee fanfiction

#writing #fanfic #glee #i’m a seblaine shipper trying to watch just the smallest of clips of a wedding to write my blaingst #because i want to stay accurate to canon #but it’s hard #also the double wedding is so awkwardly done #maybe i have issues but i would suffer so much if i had to share my vows with someone else #what were the writers thinking

[voiceshearingyouloud]

Being abused by a parent fucks with your head so badly. My mum has been acting especially horribly recently, like she straight up said to me ‘I just don’t know how to parent you, and I think I never did’. It’s funny to me because that sounds normal to be cause like. Yeah she really doesn’t, but I’ve told it to people and they tell me it’s not something a mother usually tells a child. Right before that I told her that it hurt me that she had told me she was divorcing my dad and then changed her mind and didn’t see why it would have freaked me out that she said that, and now I have to keep the secret from my dad. But after I told her I was upset by her actions, she just sat in silence for five minutes straight, not saying a word or making any facial expression just dead on not acknowledging I’d said anything.

It boggles my mind that she wouldn’t even say ‘it was an accident, I didn’t mean to hurt you’ or something, anything other than silence even if she doesn’t want to apologise. Thinking about this has my brain split because part of me is like this is normal, of course she acts like this, and the other part can feel something crumbling in my brain trying to reconcile it with how a parent is meant to act. Idk, this isn’t really a coherent post.

I’m really not killing it since that happened, I’m staying with a friend for a few days so I don’t have to see her (or my dad, who said ‘she’s got a lot going on right now’ and ‘you deserve better answers than we can give you’ when I told him). It’s helping a bit to keep me a little less wired, but I switch between being totally numb about everything to falling to pieces and crying for an hour when I think about it.

#it hurts that I really thought things were better and would stay better #my ptsd has calmed down enough that I could be around her and talk about mundane stuff without getting triggered #and there’s some part of me that for some reason is so determined to have a good relationship with her #so it hurts especially that even after trying things are exactly the same #but my partner reminded me that this is how abuse works; that you get out and think things are better and they’ve changed and you still lov #them so you try again but of course they haven’t changed. #so I’m trying not to blame myself for coming and living with them again #but it’s hard #anyway. I should tag this with something lol #anne speaks #child abuse tw

[skinreflectsthesun]

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#we have this vacation coming up #and I looked through my old swim suits just to see if anything still fit #and it did nottttttt #and I got so sad about it #and I’m trying not to be #but it’s hard #anyways #should’ve just went and bought new swimsuits

[eredins-a-king-aint-he]

I feel like half the reason why I don’t post much art or even draw a lot these days is bc I’m stuck in the idea that everything has to be a finished piece

Like I love seeing other people’s sketches, so why shouldn’t I post mine?

I do think that part of what’s stopping me there is that for some reason sketches often get a lot more attention than finished works that I’ve put my heart and soul into? Which is kinda sad when a sketch takes me an hour and a teaspoon of attention/thought and a finished piece can take over 10 hours and every ounce of focus and love I have🙃

#cedar rambles #does anyone else have this issue? #I’ve been frustrated over the second half of this for a while #I adore my finished pieces and I’m so proud of them but they seem less liked than my quick sketches #idk I feel like at the end of the day I just need to keep reminding myself that how I feel about my own stuff is what matters most #but it’s hard #cause I like the validation #idk

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

i have the same issue with smut writing oh my god. like i can consume it easily but when it comes to writing it i feel so awkward and like it’s the worst writing i’ve done

but i also grew up in a heavily religious community so i wonder if there’s a correlation with that

Yeah like writing smut is honestly such a struggle sometimes even though I can read it pretty much fine.

I didn’t grow up in a heavily religious household however I did go to public school in the Bible Belt and was required to have a health class so I was basically fear mongered that sex is bad in every way possible and that thinking sexually is bad so I think religion does correlate with it a lot imo.

It’s been a battle against it since I’ve started writing fanfics which I hope to get over someday. It’s nice to know I’m not alone tho

#asks #it’s also why I get a little frustrated #when people pressure me to add smut to my fanfics #like yeah i would like to #but it’s hard