#do stick people work

[golyadkin]

I cannot express enough that if your reaction, as a hobby artist, to not getting that many notes on your art is to say "maybe I should just stop doing art altogether" you need to stop posting art to tumblr

not necessarily forever, not even for long, but just stop putting your art on here and start doing it for you again, remember why you enjoyed doing art in the first place and stop relying on the attention of faceless people on the internet for your enjoyment of your hard work

believe me, I get it, nothing crushes the artistic soul quite like labouring for hours on a piece only for it to get like 10 notes, so you need to find your own source of joy in the act of creation and a lot of the time that means making art and not showing it to anybody

#not art #listen #for real #this is not about any one person because i've seen posts about it from a bunch of people #you think i post everything here? buddy i dont even post half my stuff here #every drawing you see is preceded by five more just like it #that never see my cursor close to the save button #i have a sketchbook i draw in regularly that i do'nt show to a single goddam person #i make cutout art from gels i steal from work and stick them to my windows and do paintings in my living room just for me #because that it the only way you are ever going to be able to retain your original love of art #is by doing it for the sake of doing it #not for the sake of seeing how many people stop and stare #anyways i'm sorry if this sounds terse #but i'm so sick of seeing artists put all their self-esteem and happiness in the hands of a blogging website #stop selling yourself short by measuring your self worth by how many reblogs you get and what people say in the tags #your artistry and your happiness are worth more than that #if you're an artist for a living that's another story #but even then #even then #anyways sorry i'm done ranting

[owlf45]

youtube stealers are getting a little ballsy

#bastards. anyway im finally watching hbombers video #listening to it while im on the bus or walking to work and classes #such a fucking vibe #love this guy #really demonstrates the pure livid rage of what it means to be... *to be stolen from repeatedly*. the pure disrespect #like i think people sent me asks before hbombers video was always about the money while after it was about realising just how rude it is #also since imaginary chapter might be late im thinking of doing a surprise like last time (the double update) #<3 #it might take a bit longer but stick w me i prommy i will deliver the goods darlings #itll be worth it prommy prommy

[idolomantises]

Bugtopia is coming out next month and I'm both very excited and very nervous. I'm sure people won't go in with crazy expectations or anything since the series was originally just me throwing random ideas around, but I spent a lot of time plotting out the story and characters (while still keeping it mostly episodic).

It's gonna be different but I'm really proud of how it turned out.

#txt #a lot of times i get into my own head and think 'oh no what if bugtopia becomes that webtoon people collectively shit on' #but i reassure myself that i gotta have faith in my work + regardless on how people feel. im still happy with what ive developed #i mean i do hope people like it KLSM;DFMK like sure i made this story based off of my own work and things i like but i want it to be #enjoyable! a webtoon that really sticks with you

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

I simultaneously want to live a lifestyle where I can regularly afford to EXTRAVAGANTLY tip service workers, whilst also living in a world where topping culture is not normal or necessary because minimum wage laws do their damn jobs and actually allow all workers to comfortably support their selves & families without relying on the arbitrary "generosity" of entitled customers

#not a shitpost #anyway tipping is not the norm in many countries bc employers are held to a higher accountability re: liveable wages #and in the U.S. specifically tipping as a cultural norm is DIRECTLY descended from post-civil-war racism #I highly recommend googling that shit bc there are MUCH better sources than my dumb little blog #but basically i believe it arose in industries that employed (exploited) a large newly unenslaved black workforce #by offering service jobs that paid unethically low wages (to post-emancipation black americans with VERY few options/resources) #with the excuse that 'tips' would 'reward' good performance and make up the wage difference to 'deserving' workers #while actually it was a control tactic that enabled racist white customers to financially abuse underpaid black employees #keeping in mind that many white americans at this point resented the new legal right of former slaves to earn money and hold jobs at all #ANYWAY I'm rambling and I don't have a list of sources that's just a summary of stuff I remember reading #I apologize for any accidental misinformation this is why i normally stick to dumb clown biology horror posts #(the nose is the fruiting fungal body. honk it thrice to Release The Spores) #...no wait wait wait i thought i was done BUT: #it's no coincidence that tipping culture has continued predominantly in industries more likely to employ women and people of color #and people without access to higher education. because TIPPING IS FUNDAMENTALLY A FORM OF FINANCIAL ABUSE MEANT TO ENFORCE SOCIAL HIERARCHY #ok whew i think im done #oh P.S. LEAVE A FUCKING TIP for people who provide you services in industries where tipping is (unfortimatrly) standard #Yes even if they do a crap job. TIPS AREN'T A 'BONUS' for 'good performance' they're literally something exploited workers need to SURVIVE #you should be able to screw up occasionally at work without being terrified of being able to pay this month's bills #Humans are human. Which means we are DEEPLY FLAWED and IMMINENTLY DESERVING OF DIGNITY AND COMPASSION. #There i did it i summarized my personal core theology nobody asked for. and in entirely too wordy a process okay i am going to BED

[fishyartist]

Oh yeah also this scrungly ass computer doodle from when I was trying (failed) to write shit today <3

#my art #fan art #danny phantom #I want to stick Danny in a time loop. unfortunately the only way my brain processes time loops is in a video game way #which is. SUCH a pain in the ass. #I’ll get it one day but til then I lie on da floor uwahhh #I do have cool ideas working w/ that tho. plus it’s a dif (more self-indulgent) direction then other people go in! #plus it actually makes me interested in working w/ clockwork because he’s more directly tied into the fabric of the story yk? #idk. prolly not explaining myself well. if u care ask me specific questions that might help ^u^! #otherwise. guy alert ^

[pinstripe-doodles]

been sat on this one for a while because ive got mixed feelings about it but hey

curse au iz + jim

#pins doodles #i was trying to do something different and it didnt work out [Big Shrug] #oh well you live and learn right? #anyway curse au iz+jim stick together because theyre the only winged people left on the breakup boat after ivan dies #i was gonna have izs completely fucked right wing just sorta hang limply but it was too difficult to work my head round haha #so much like ed i just took it off #anyway this is my silly little au i dont have a complete story for or anything just an excuse to draw claws and horns on my favs honestly #curse au #ofmd #izzy hands #jim jimenez

[uncanny-tranny]

While you shouldn't go out of your way to fuck over fellow workers, the advice going around that says, "be indispensable to your bosses!" are also setting yourself up for failure. What people don't tell you about "being indispensable" to your boss is that, for one, you aren't indispensable to them, but also, you will only become the Go-To Guy, somebody who suddenly finds themself doing two, three peoples' jobs for the pay of one.

Ask me how I figured out the hard way. If you can, jealously guard your labour, time, and energy, because lord knows your boss won't do that for you

#politics #a toxic work environment will prey on your insecurities in your labour and ability to work and use it against you #i wasn't ever insecure about my work ethic but i was always trying to be efficient and fast and that still is being used against me lol #i put in the 'dont go out of your way to fuck over fellow workers' part because i've also experienced that... #...if you go put of your way to do that to 'stick it to the bossman' just know your bossman is not being affected.. #...but what will likely happen is the lives of the people you work with are being made harder... #...if you're trying to stick it to the bossman than steal from 'em lol (for legal reasons this is a joke. a witticism even.)

[thelostgirl21]

"...there’s something star-crossed about these two. There is a deep connection there, but the turmoil, war and politics of this world are pretty intent on pulling them away from each other." - Joey Batey (x)

Yeah...

Just so you know, if you're a guy with a 3 syllable name that begins with "R", and you so happen to experience a strong case of love at first sight for someone that sort of happens to be named "Juliet" or "Julian", you might find yourself facing a few obstacles getting in the way of your relationship.

Just saying!

#Jaskier #a.k.a. #Julian Alfred Pankratz #Radovid #Radskier #The Witcher #Romeo + Juliet #Radovid + Julian #I sense a pattern... #Thankfully since Joey was quite adamant he didn't want to do the romance if they were planning on going with queer stereotypes #I'm assuming they'll be avoiding to go the “bury your gays” route with these two #Also read an article at some point where he mentioned that it felt important to make sure that the queer romance would feel as significant #and important and have as much influence on what happens in the show as the heterosexual ones (I'm assuming Yenralt). #So that's sort of why I'm cautiously hopeful they'll work things out... #And continue to further develop the romance in future Seasons... #And yeah... For people that are familiar with the books let's simply say that we have a really good reason to wish for Jaskier #to have someone that truly loves him to take care of him and support him through certain rougher times ahead... #Trust me on this it's not a want it's a freaking need #I won't be able to emotionally survive the end of the series if it sticks to the canon book ending if Radovid isn't there #and they don't give these two some sort of a happy ending... #My Posts #My Stuff

[bumblingbabooshka]

MOM WILL YOU WASH MY BACK THIS ONCE AND THEN WE CAN FORGET AND I'LL LEAVE WHAT I'M CHASING

#snw #strange new worlds #T'Pring #T'Pring art #bea art tag #how are people not going gaga over T'Pring....mother issues reveal??????????? #Vulcan girl mother issues isn't enough for you people??? <- extremely light hearted #I literally think part of why she sticks by Spock so hard and so often is because her mother hates him and will lord the failure #of that relationship over her literally forever (her dad also wants them to make it work) #not wanting to hear 'I told you so' from someone who already thinks you're lacking and that they know best is a strong motivator #Spock daddy issues and T'Pring mommy issues what will they do (divorce)

[brbuttons]

Some BS2 sketchbook stuff from the other week. Because stylising characters is hard. ✨

#the Sinclair here was what ended up being the big piece we posted the other day #there was also an Eleanor but we didn't like how her eyes came out #we should post our sketchbook work more #modern social media has really jacked up our need for organisation but tumblr it's like lmao people don't care we just wanna see blorbos #show me the businessman I do not care if it's a stick figure with a cigerette saying YALL #🍰 atticus #Bioshock #Bioshock 2 #art #fanart #augustus sinclair #Sofia lamb #subject delta #big sister

[oddly-casual]

All those people with the ‘Mikey’s gonna get bodied’ theories need to shut up bc I’m starting to believe them look at this

Why does it always feel like he’s further away from his brothers, what does this mean, I’m gonna go all Pepe Silva if y’all don’t start chilling the f out

#mutant mayhem #tmnt #tmnt mutant mayhem #tmnt mm #mutant mayhem mikey #i always felt it was weird that Mikey was taking up focus with a lot of the promo material #like even before the Movie was released Mikey was either infront of or right beside Leo when it game to promo things #and now It’s sticking out like a sore thum everywhere and it worries me #i know Mikey was the favorite turtle for a lot of people working on this project and well #yknow what happens when the writers have a favorite they’re gonna ruin this poor kid probably #at first I was like ‘ha ha that’s a cool theory but I they all have reasons nothing bags gonna happen to mikey my little baby’ #‘my little pebble will be fine he’s fine’ and then I see stuff like this and I’m like ‘why he so far why are you singling him out to us-‘ #guys help if he gets ran over by a car what do we do like as a fandom #what’s the contingency plan here bc I don’t know

[paging-possum]

hm. might fuck around and draw some other peoples ocs just for funsies when I have time its a nice change of pace from what I usually do

#im not gonna do requests since I dont want to promise too much to anyone #but if people are interested in me drawing their ocs I guess like this post? and then I'll go through and find some to draw when I have tim #mutuals I might just draw ur ocs regardless I hope thats okay #ive been wanting to do that for a bit but I always get worried it'll be like...weird or something? IDK but im fuck it we balling #I keep getting really caught up in really big complicated ideas and like #its nice to just draw something a little different than that #I do have some bigger projects on the backburner but I think it'll help to just doodle some new guys as warmups or smth #to remember how to work with the basics instead of like. one million factors. #also who knows if ill stick with this when it isn't 11:30pm but I have been looking forward to artfight and im realizing I dont have to wai

[cerise-on-top]

Nikolai with a s/o who always has a hand on his chest? With consent ofc, and it’s always to feel his heartbeat. I think of this all the time and it’s always super cute in my head.

Hello! That is pretty cute!

Nikolai Always with Reader’s Hand on His Chest

Nikolai is a pretty laid back and chill sort of man, so he usually doesn’t mind you putting your hand over his heart. Maybe not while you’re walking, though, he doesn’t want you to trip. It’s very sweet to him: You wanna make sure that he’s alive? That he’s still with you? That his heart is still beating? Trust me, not even death could take him away from you. He’d dig his way out of his grave after killing the reaper with his bare hands himself. You can always put your hand over his chest while you’re at home together, though. It’s nice to feel you. After a while it would be reassuring to him as well, feeling that you’re there, that you’re with him. He thinks it’s sweet that you always want to be touching him, because if it was up to you he’d do the same thing with you. After some time, once he’s realized that you’re always touching him whenever you can, he tries to get into positions that facilitate you touching him a bit. Usually lies on his back when you’re cuddling so you have full access to him. Can and will fall asleep like that, but will also want to hold you back. Will also put his hand over your heart as well so he can “get back at you”. In reality, feeling your heartbeat is also just nice and reassuring to him. However, he sometimes might lie on your chest in order to hear it as well, something like it lulls him to sleep, after all. You can put your hand over his chest in public as well, though, he doesn’t particularly mind cuddling in public either. There’s a good chance you’ll be nicely clothed, though, so you won’t feel his heartbeat unless you slip your hand under his clothes. You can do that, he doesn’t care about strangers staring in public. However, once it’s time to continue walking around, release him. You can continue your antics once you’ve found another nice bench to sit on.

#cod #cod x reader #cod nikolai #cod nikolai x reader #tomorrow is finally friday for me right now. I am so tired. but tomorrow I'm gonna take a long long nap #I have the next two weeks off but I can't promise that I'll be able to post too much during that time for driver's license reasons #I'll try but I have a lot of errands to run then #besides it's not like I get too many requests in per day luckily. at one point I got 4 requests in one night #now I get one. maybe two at most per day. which is good. it's relaxing and doesn't stress me out too much either #at one point I had eight requests sitting in my inbox despite working on them ever day. that was really stressful #but these days I'm more willing to close my inbox. people usually don't mind the waiting too much anyway #I do work as fast as I can though but I'm gonna stick with posting one request per day. that's a much better pace for me #haven't written for Nikolai in a while though. I'm glad people still like me writing characters other than the girls as well #but it seems as though for now I've become a cod girls centric blog haha #I don't mind. I'm just glad that people like my writing enough to want to request it. I'll write for just about anyone of the main charas #two exceptions apply but I refuse to write for them. i just genuinely don't like them #but I like Nikolai. he's good he's nice. he seems like someone who'd be great at giving bear hugs

[i3utterflyeffect]

i actually cannot stop thinking about the idea of someone being erased now. i forgot the eraser vic has isn't alan's but genuinely i need to know how an eraser works for sticks. it's so scary not knowing

#CAN YOU JUST... KILL SOMEONE? #DOES IT ONLY WORK FOR STICKS MADE IN THE SAME COMPUTER. HOW DOES THIS WORK. #i will ACTUALLY start screaming if vic starts erasing people. this is not a joke #pitch posts #i think vic is capable of murder. they would #but holy god if that does actually happen i don't even know what i'd do #i'd probably just? explode??????????? #tommy's stickmen tag #someone else PLEASE listen to me on this im obsessed with this idea it will actually kill me if im the only one thinking abt this

[inklore]

for those readers who don’t think a character would do this or that and don’t like to see writers write them in a certain way to the point of being argumentative over pure fiction: maybe try doing one of these 🫣 or even 😌 just shut the whole eye socket, look away and move on, because i can promise you complaining to a writer over their own headcanons / depiction of a character is literally goofy as hell

#and by goofy i mean stupid. you look stupid #like get a grip #these are not real people lamsksj #that’s like you buying a book and reading it even tho you hate the author and the book just to really ‘stick it to the man’ ??? #commenting on a writers work saying they don’t deserve the character and that they’re gross for writing something you don’t like is #literally stupid and does nothing but show your ass #close them eyes bby #move on #go read something you do like #here laur goes again..

[lucalicatteart]

Finally finished my weird hanging painting thing (originally a secondhand partially-done 'paint by numbers' kit that I found at a thrift store and kept to repurpose lol)! Imagery somewhat based in my own worldbuilding projects, and text written in my constructed language for one of my fantasy species, but also vaguely inspired by old tapestries and illuminated manuscripts and etc. I've never been great at neat clean patterning or text, but it looks cool from afar, and I always enjoy making "props" or things that are somewhat like real objects that might could exist in my world. :0

(additional pictures/info under the readmore)

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Here's what it was originally! I probably didn't have to actually have a river running down the middle because it further makes the composition of the whole thing weird (various connected yet separate locations and things happening, instead of one unified event being portrayed), but I wasn't sure if I'd be able to fully cover up the already existing paint that was there.. and I can also kind of justify it by going with a more "all the imagery is just symbolic so it doesn't have to make exact sense" approach lol.. How is one half of the grass green and the other is suddenly snowy? shhhh.. it's not literal.. shhh...

Made a vague sketch, then painted over it, and then added more distinct lines in black pen. Center image first and border second.

The very last thing was the text, which actually took forever to translate because my conlang is still only like.. partially done, and some of the grammar is not worked out exactly how I would like it to be, so a few sentences I had to think about for a long time before just going "eh, this is probably not how I would do it if I considered it more, but I'll go with it for now" lol . I also am not entirely satisfied with all of the characters for the writing system, but again, it's good enough for a quick project, it doesn't have to be 100% accurate and perfect because it's a fake language that nobody knows anyway lol.

I thought about breaking down the text and translation here like I have for some of the tidbits of Avirrekava (the language) in things I've posted in the past, but I think it would take too long and is not interesting to anyone but me ghghj, so for the sake of getting the post out quickly, I shall not spend an hour typing All That lol.

The general jist of the writing though is that it's just about the Avirre'thel being cast out from the other elves, after abandoning their magic for immortality as a means to truly attain perfection (an important concept in elven culture), the usual, blah blah blah, but how it's Actually A Good Thing, because the gods are wrong and immortality is Cool actually and they like the shitty frozen lands they were sent to, so it's fine that everyone else is being a Hater about it lol

Lastly, here's a few photos outside in the sun to TRY and show the gold detailing actually shimmering or showing up! It really doesn't come through in photos, but there's plenty of little golden spots to highlight light or Importance.

Mostly the fire, the pink sparkle that represents magic, the red drop that represents blood, the light behind Inaashi's hands and head (common symbol for the elven religion/one of their main gods, shout out to anyone who read the ancient elven religion post and recognized that lol), the sun, and the symbol for the Avirre'thel/country of Navyete at the very top. I did a few other gold bits, but they're not highlighted because they're Significant, more just that it looked more symmetrical to have some gold on the border too lol.

Other things of note: The animals are not actually significant to Avirre'thel culture really, I just wanted to put a cat and a bird because I like them lol. (I also wanted to have a few funny looking creatures, as I was slightly trying to go with the 'in some old medieval painting the anatomy and perspective is very weird' vibe, though I think some of the other parts of it look too Normal to pull it off entirely). Same with the four leaf clover, which means nothing in their culture - but these are the only areas where stuff was just added self-indulgently .

Bligabata (giant cabbage that grows along rivers in Navyete) making an appearance! The architecture of the building IS based on actual concepts for ancient elven/older Avirre'thel architecture and metalwork. The Avirre'thel who's turning away from Inaashi/elves/magic and collecting blood, is doing so in a Special Bowl, as is part of their culture (collecting it in the hands, or just in a normal vessel would be disrespectful, they have Specific Bowls which is the only thing blood can be kept in, etc.).

The figure that represents Jhevona (and thus, a closer connection to magic, celestial imagery, etc.) is in weird ugly teal, which is not necessarily a color or design associated with them, as I don't have much common culture (like clothing) worked out for Northern Jhevona (who the avirre'thel would have come into contact with) yet, BUT everyone else is in more Typical colors (a northern elf in green, Inaashi in lavender + white + blue, an Avirre'thel in darker purples and reds).

Some things, like the four figures in the corners, and the two people + fish in the stream, do not currently have a meaning, but in-world they would.. Like, I could make up lore for how they're culturally significant and it would be true because I am god of the world, but I don't have anything currently. But just know.. they DO mean something, I just haven't decided it yet, maybe kind of fill in as I go, come up with a meaning later lol. Probably along the lines of an old myth from the ancient elven religion, a story, etc.

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I don't know, probably other stuff, but that's my Trying To Keep It Short rambling for now lol. I'm just glad I finally finished this! For how vaguely sloppy it is up close (everything being completely freehanded, only used rulers once when doing the initial sketch and lining where the border should be + my hands are shaky + the canvas is bumpy + my handwriting is scratchy and terrible + etc. etc.) it still took a REALLY long time, even when not trying to make it all perfect. Especially if including the text translation + writing, which took like 3+ hours itself.

Maybe all the asymmetry/lack of things being centered is NOT because I was too lazy to measure anything, but is actually because in-universe, it's a practice illustration made by some young apprentice who has to work on little canvases for years before he can be trusted will a full sized mural or tapestry. It's his first week on the job! of course he's uncoordinated! don't laugh at him!!! lol

#worldbuilding #elves #I AM WORKING ON A NEW PAVENTURE POST also !!!! I know I keep being like 'oh I'm going to get back to that! I'll stick to it this time!!' #and then another whole month goes by without me posting a new poll adventure - however - this time I DID fully intend to so #*do another one soon but my beloved beautiful perfect cat unfortunately passed away AND there was a heat #wave ANd I felt sick for a while for unrelated reasons so I just genuinely was not focused on posting online at all #I am trying to get back to it though along with other things hopefully so. #ANYWAY #avirre'thel #irithoas #maybe???? not super relevant to elves but I'll keep it intheir tag anyway also. Just since their lore is so closely tied with avirre'thel s #stuff and they're mentioned in the post. Or the gods are. Inaashi is. #OIGUGUGUGUHH I should have done a tapestry with the FCJhjkING triplets!!!!! Sehalanora Semoniyare and the other one whatever the hell #his name is. ... sehalanora my beloved .. (I'm referencing the ancient elven gods - for those who dont know) #It's funny that I rarely watch tv shows and when I do I rarely if EVER care about characters at all in any capacity #with maybe like a handful of even then extremely minor exceptions so I cannot relate to the concept of like 'having a blorbo' or whatever #but then for my extremely niche worldbuilding content #.. it's like OMG MY FAVORITE character!!! my favorite obscure god from a religion #that I entirely made up myself for a cultural group that I also made up that literally only I and maybe like two other #people who are able to sit through my novel long dry and wordy worldbuilding posts care about!! you all know them DUH!! #even WITHIN modern elven culture in the world at the moment in current day most people do not give a shit about them hghj #BUT .. I should have made a painting of the siblings actually!!! I stand by that!! #I mean I like Inaashi and Nisateyu and everything too. Actually all of them are fine except for Ea'ivuyera I guess. whoever the #like War and Order bootlicker god is basically. and the Evil dumbass one. but all the others are fine. I'm suprised I'm even able to rememb #that many ancient elven goofily long names ghgh.. But I could have maybe made it about the elven gods #The thing is just that.. i Don't have ancient elvish worked out as a language and I knew I wanted to put text on it #so it kind of HAD to be something written/drawn by the Avirre'thel #Knwoledge of the ancient elven gods is still a thing in their culture. But usually more as a joke or just a common fairytale knowledge #sort of thing. not really something to make a painting of. Inaashi is here less because of Inaashi The God being genuinely significant and #and more just she's there to Symbolize the elven religion as a whole. just like all the other figures are mere symbols of things. etc.