#if i could learn a skill

[georgelore]

fanartists will say "just a small doodle i made :)" and it's the most beautifully creative and detailed piece of art that made you cry at 3am

#if i could learn a skill #like ANY skill #it would be drawing #i fucking wish i could draw #im so so jealous dude #people are so talented #on of the sc!dnf art dream liked yesterday was a doodle #A DOODLE??? #THAT'S LITERALLY A MASTERPIECE WHAT DO YOU MEAN A DOODLE?

[aulerean]

gem's angler fish? pretty cool.

#my art #geminitay fanart #geminitay #gemini tay #hermitcraft gem #hermitcraft #hermitcraft fanart #hermitblr #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #illustration #artist #artistsontumblr #fanart #i hate autodesk sketchbook #tearing things with my teeth #ive never been able to get colours to look the way i want them to the same way i could do with photoshp #deepest sigh subscription programs my beloathed #no idea how to paint but consider this an idea to come back to later and Fix TM #ughghghghghgh #still #i think the vibes of the atmosphere i was going for are kind of there #having a real big hand/skill not matching my eye art moment #but im telling myself 100 bad pots to make one good pot 100 bad pots to make one good pot- #art improvement when #(learn how to paint and get a better program) #(soon) #(Soon.)

[luxites]

"Know your place, fool." ⛩

I really want to know more about how he became the King of Curses

#Sukuna #Ryomen Sukuna #Ryoumen Sukuna #Jujutsu Kaisen #JJK #Jujutsu Kaisen fanart #JJK fanart #luxites art #loosely based on the unwanted child / ''I bet I was a creepy kid'' line #he already has 4 arms here btw I just think he hid them in his kimono early on #he was already seen as a walking calamity/natural disaster as a human #so I'm just really interested in how others perceived him as he grew up #and when he started refining his skills and learning how far he could go #THOUGHT THAT THE BG WOULD BE SIMPLE BUT IT TOOK FOREVER #I don't usually work with these colors it was fun #I can show process pics of this if anyone want to sends an ask #I just didn't want to put them under a read more #EDIT: UPDATED CUZ TUMBLR?? CROPPED IT A BIT??? #it was only noticeable to me tho

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

True love is possible only in the next world. For new people. It it too late for us.

(Redraw for @pakhnokh's DTIYS post!)

#better drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangij #Finally I can redraw a pahknokh piece with *permission* B*) #I was so excited to see you (pakhnohk) do a dtiys! It's such a fun skill building activity & I really hope to see more people bring it back #The composition and melancholic feeling of the original piece is so lovely! Thank's for setting this up! #Lighting is still kind of my enemy. In the way that getting curb stomped is my enemy. I had fun trying to figure it out though but... #I have a long way to go and that's okay! #Sadly I feel like I overworked this and made the colours a mess B*( That's *Also* Okay - I learned something from it. #The Robert Kurvitz quote is one that I feel *really* fits the heartache of the yiling laozu and hanguang-jun era. #As painful as it is...No...I don't think there was ever a chance they could have had a true romance in wwx's first life #It was always going to be a tragedy. #Sometimes the right person comes at the wrong time. And when you realize what they really mean to you it is the wrong time once again #They get to try again though! They get to be happy B'*)

[kyoshi-lesbians]

Ty Lee | all-american bitch

I know my place and this is it

[video description: an amv centered on Ty Lee set to “all-american bitch” by Olivia Rodrigo. The video focuses on Ty Lee's dynamic with Azula throughout the years, and juxtaposes Ty Lee's bubbly flirty persona with her extremely efficient chi-blocking fighting style and shrewd observations. end description.]

cw for flashing. extended video description under the cut

First verse contrasts scenes of Ty Lee, Azula, and Mai as children with scenes of Azula threatening Ty Lee in Return to Omashu, and from then on being a weapon for Azula in her mission. Scenes mainly pull from the trio’s early book 2 action as they chase Aang. 

First chorus: on “Forgive and I forget”: Ty Lee mid-air doing a flip cuts to young Ty Lee landing a flip. young Azula pushes young Ty Lee to the ground and laughs. Ty Lee chi-blocks a kyoshi warrior on "And I act like it. She flirts with Sokka on “Got what you can’t resist” and chi-blocks Katara on “perfect all-american”

Second verse features mainly scenes from the end of book 2 when Ty Lee, Azula, and Mai are in Ba Sing Se disguised as Kyoshi warriors. Many of the scenes show Ty Lee being undignified, contrasting with the lyrics (but fitting the ironic tone of the song). These scenes include Ty Lee jumping into the sludge during The Drill, her covered in mud, and flying through the air with Mai after Appa flaps his tail at them. 

Second chorus: “Forgive and forget”: Ty Lee after her circus performance agreeing to join Azula. Other clips juxtapose Ty Lee during The Beach with Ty Lee fighting during The Boiling Rock. 

“I know my place”: Rapid cuts of Ty Lee and Mai beside Azula, cut to Ty Lee anxiously looking side to side during The Boiling Rock confrontation. On the second “I know my place”: Rapid cuts of Ty Lee hugging Mai, and Mai and Azula preparing to fight. 

“And this is it”: Ty Lee chi-blocks Azula. 

Bridge: Scenes from the fallout of Ty Lee betraying Azula - Mai and Ty Lee being arrested −  cut together with Ty Lee’s emotional outburst during The Beach campfire scenes. During the screaming and fast-paced music, there are rapid cuts of Ty Lee fighting and moments beside Azula, in between cuts shots of Ty Lee crying. 

Outro: Ty Lee bowing to Azula during Return to Omashu. Then Ty Lee crying during The Beach party, and Azula apologizing to her. 

#it's finally here... my ty lee thesis statement :) #apologies again for bringing usamericans anywhere near atla ...... but . you know. empire for an empire #this is literally the first time i've edited a video on any program at all in over a DECADE #and of course the ideas/moments that inspired me to do this whole thing were the most technically complicated to do lmao #i learned so much for this please clap #finally. shoutout to o who I literally could not have done it without! #and to every atla fanvid I studied... mutuals you are all so skilled! <3 #flashing cw #ty lee #amv #r.post

[fromtheseventhhell]

I have a question for people who fervently argue that Arya has no potential for politics but think that Sansa will be one of the main political characters, and I'm asking this seriously.

If Arya learning multiple languages, how to tell + detect lies, how to rule her face so she doesn't reveal her emotions, being able to blend into different situations, thinking quick on her feet, knowing the importance of gathering information, being someone who makes friends wherever she goes, convincing a FM to help free Northern prisoners and participating in a coup, etc. don't make Arya capable of participating in politics...what exactly is it that you think Sansa will be doing as a political figure?

#arya stark #sansa stark #asoiaf #cause I would genuinely like someone to explain to me why people argue so passionately against Arya being a political character #to the point that they pretend there's zero overlap between what she's learning and what a 'political' character should know #I always see people reduce her to being a fighter and ignoring her other skills so it's obvious you think they could be useful so? #/politics/ is such a broad term too...there are so many different ways for a character to be political and I just don't understand #why people are so restrictive when thinking about how characters can occupy that space #this isn't a dig at Sansa this is me genuinely wondering what you guys think being political means and what she'll be doing #if you don't think Arya having any of these skills qualify her 😭 #Arya and Sansa can both be political characters it isn't an either or scenario #this isn't the show where only one person can be the poorly written so-called /smart one/ #I don't need any /no one says this!/ comments either...if you aren't someone who thinks like this then feel free to move on

[fishyartist]

Ui idea tests, thrown together bc im eepy. Was planning on doing more but I spent all my days energy on the second one oops

#Danny phantom #I need to draw more or I’ll die <- guy who’s meds exhaust them #writing is so hard how do u not make everyone sound like you through a bad filter #Ik that’s unavoidable in some ways (like how art style will always look like u did it+not someone else) #but ugh. I’ll figure it out eventually takes practice+learning+all that #was planning on writing today but then I though ‘huh it might b fun to make some fake ‘’screenshot’’ concepts #also the portal basement has a more complex design but again #eepy #I think the gimmicky MySpace-inspired boxes r fun but idk how well I could keep that theme going w/ some characters #I also never used MySpace so that’s maybe just a kill issue #*skill lol #the command prompt one would basically just be for the portal #I keep saying that this project isn’t feasible buy my hyperfixated ass keeps trying anyways

[katebeckets]

you could take me to Neverland, baby. (x)

for Aster @magicandmaybe ♡ happy holidays from your secret santa!

#tmsecretsanta2023 #tmsource #mentalistedit #jisbonedit #jisbon #jane x lisbon #patrick jane #teresa lisbon #simon baker #robin tunney #my gifs #my edit #mine #the mentalist #em.mentalist #i love this song now btw and i'll always think of you :) #and i listened to your top five songs while trying to figure this edit out #i could only incorporate so much though because of my limited skill lol #this was so much fun though! i loved how these lyrics fit them #I literally re-learned how to gif just for you lmao #i hope you like it!!

[fictionadventurer]

The Little House books are actually great inspiration for worldbuilding, because their working class perspective reminds you to think about all the work that goes into getting the resources needed for daily life.

Where does the food come from? Who cooks it? Where does the fabric for clothes come from? Who spins it, weaves it, sews it? What do you use for heat? Light? Transportation? Can you get these resources yourself from the local landscape or do you buy them from somewhere else? What happens if something breaks or runs out?

Not all those details are needed for every story, but these books show how useful it can be to consider those details. And remind you that, if you tell it well enough, sometimes those details can be the story.

#little house #adventures in writing #i always say that little house was the bedrock of my interest in fantasy #so much worldbuilding! #i loved learning about a world different from my own! #and this thought brought to you by me thinking i need to do some worldbuilding on 'lily between worlds' #thinking about how i could use little house as inspiration in how they have civilization but also have to worry about a dangerous landscape #and dangerous animals #so that culture is good to a point but a real man/woman also has to have practical survival skills #and then i thought about the daily life considerations of little house #and my brain suddenly exploded with worldbuilding questions

[tennessoui]

yeah im painting shit and watching a new hope on friday night and i just think it's so interesting and devastating to me personally that old ben kenobi is able to readily admit that he trained darth vader ("a young jedi named darth vader who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil") but it takes him a whole ass trilogy to admit that darth vader and anakin skywalker are the same person

#star wars #like the first one could be seen as a personal failing #obi-wan trained vader and vader killed luke's father with the skills he learned #or obi-wan trained vader and failed to stop him from turning to the dark side #obi-wan trained vader and he admits it thirty minutes into the movie #he says yes i had a role to play and a hand in the creation of darth vader #but i will not tell you on pain of death that darth vader and anakin are the same person

[uncanny-tranny]

And another thing that gets me about the human condition is how we weren't even meant to survive this world alone - humans with humans. We chose to trust certain animals, to nourish them, to be symbiotic with them, to love them like we love ourselves. I think a lot of people talk about how selfish it is for humans to take advantage of animals, but I think that's too simplistic. It's closer to friendship - if you do not foster the relationship, then it simply won't go anywhere, and I think the implication that animals can't ever know anything for themselves, for their survival, is also human-centric and selfish (selfishness not inherently being a bad thing).

It's just nice to know that we want to be around people - we want to be around comfort and security and safety so much that we now have animals by our side. Every time I cuddle with my cat, I think that we weren't meant to survive this world alone; she is shaped to fit in my chest, and my arms were made to wrap around her.

#positivity #and i know many people are like 'but we domesticated animals for what they could do for us 😞' and that's not the full picture... #...YES we fostered certain relationships with animals because they are skilled and they are qualified so to speak... #...but we also must prove ourselves in order to keep our end of the deal. would an animal really WANT to do their work if they... #...weren't taken care of? ESPECIALLY if they're stubborn in nature? #it just seems human-centric to think that all animals are at the mercy of us and could NEVER think or feel #and even then!!! we won't ever KNOW because they have different thoughts and feelings and perspectives we won't KNOW ABOUT #maybe we should just bask in the company and love that animals give us without worrying about committing Awful Heinous Sins #YOU ARE A PART OF NATURE. YOU ARE ALSO AN AMIMAL. YOU CAN SURVIVE WITH OTHER ANIMALS #when you take the time and care to learn about animals you can even relate and feel for them and understand a little better #i just love that humans tend to pack bond so intensely that it doesn't just apply to other people #our instinct to love and care is a good thing. our pack bonding will help us survive. #to live is to be 'selfish'. it is you IMPERATIVE to be selfish

[berrybore]

I feel like people who think Percy should have done more to convince Nico to stay in the the 4th book, don't fully realise that Camp isn't a safe place for those who aren't accepted. Not only had Percy been initially shunned by his fellow campers when his parentage had been revealed, being at camp had put him under the radar of the gods, and in close quarters with one god. Percy hadn't had a choice when it came to his first Quest, he either had to leave Camp or get turned into a dolphin. It was lucky that he chose to go on the Quest, because nobody, except maybe Grover, would have helped him if he'd been forced to flee. Not only would Nico have had to deal with the campers' fear, he would have been a sitting duck for the gods, either to use or destroy. That's why, when Percy got the chance in The Last Olympian, he advocated for him, and got him a place in Camp, so nobody could doubt that he belonged there, or was worthy of respect.

Exactly. Percy had a pretty bad experience at camp for the first three summers he was there for three different reasons (being claimed that first summer that set him apart from the crowd, getting bullied in the second summer for having a cyclops for a brother, and Thalia coming back made people completely ignore him in favor of the daughter of Zeus, the new shiny prophecy kid). He knows what it’s like to be an outlawed demigod and he wouldn’t force anyone else to live the same circumstances he did. Especially since Hades already doesn’t have a good standing with the gods or their children. Notice how he was immediately blamed for the theft of the master bolt. And of course he would have had to stay there full time since he doesn’t have a mortal address so like you said he’d be under the gods’ thumbs 24/7 and made to prove his loyalty to Olympus by going on stupid quests, if not outright killed. In ttc, the Olympians almost had Percy executed just for existing, the only reason they didn’t is because Poseidon threw his weight behind him. Somehow I don’t think they hold Hades in such high regard and even if they did, Hades himself didn’t hold Nico in high regard until much much later so yea he’d be dead one way or the other.

But yea no dumping on Percy for knowing all of this is and recognizing it as a sad reality because it was his sad reality as well is not the hot take that some people think it is.

#I do think that Nico could have made some friends there after tlo if he gave it a proper chance #I know some people might have been put off by him #but he also isn’t very sociable #and approachable so he probably didn’t try to make friends either #making friends is a skill it takes time and practice #he just kinda gave up on himself and resigned himself to the whole I’m the son of the god of the dead no one wants me #if propel learned to be cool with Tyson a literal monster and Mrs O’Leary another literal monster #they would have warmed up to him #pjo #Percy jackson #Nico di Angelo

[mrehkka]

DIB WITH LONG HAIR! DIB WITH LONG HAIR!

Featuring Zim struggling with human gender displays lol

Yes zim put a braid in dib's hair while he was sleeping lol

#invader zim #iz zim #iz dib #zadr #zadf #my art #long hair dib #zadp #where did zim even learn to braid hair?? lmao #I guess technically it could be considered a textile skill too so maybe that's it #I bet zim knows a bunch of weird cool knots #dib gets wavy hair bc I said so #it suits him idk

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

There's nothing he can't do. Yet.

(Thank you to everyone who participated in the poll!)

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #bonus comic #This whole poll and comic is very inspired by a convo I had with qourmet in one of their art streams. #namely that the Art Of Grilling is a powerful skill separate from cooking. #I've also been inspired by said convo to try and learn how to grill. What's the point of having a garden if I can't grill my summer squash? #Anyways. I hope this appeases the crowd that has been in arms about the prev prev poll. #I don't think teenji can cook. I think lan wangji is just very good at dedicating himself to whatever craft he needs to pick up. #give him a day and he will be a grill dad #the most powerful beast of the summer lawn biome. #Until then he will lie awake at night. Haunted by this inadequacy. He's just like me for real (chronic perfectionist). #I think this is the first domestic wangxian post i've made. God I'm so sorry wangxian fans. #wwx could not care *less* abt lwj having flaws. I think thats the beauty of this relationship. they *know* about each other's flaws FIRST. #Love each people *because* of the flaws - not despite them (thats my unsolicited advice for the day). #also if you noticed my medium gray marker slowly giving out...today it finally died on me....

[heroesriseandfall]

Oh yeah sure Bruce made a glass case with his dead son’s clothing in it and that was weird and all. But what about when his next son copied him and made FOUR glass cases, one for each person he was trying to resurrect and/or clone? That. that was weird.

Teen Titans (2003) #43

Teen Titans (2003) #44

#STOP looking at Bruce to learn coping mechanisms!!! bad idea!!!! #tim drake #kon el #stephanie brown #bruce wayne #tim that was so weird. it’s weirder when it’s just regular clothing not even a dramatic vigilante outfit #all those fanfics about Tim stealing Kon’s t shirt to WEAR and comics Tim is out there stealing Kon’s t shirt to put on DISPLAY? #and fandom wonders why dick’s first thought was ‘Tim is grieving very badly’ when Tim said Bruce was alive. #makes me wish even more that Bart was back to normal at this time so he could properly go apeshit too. that would’ve been so fun :( #jack drake #janet drake #bat mental health #batfam #teen titans (2003) #heroesriseandfall #guy who got this job by reprimanding Bruce for his bad morning skills: who should I learn how to mourn my loved ones from…Bruce. yeah.

[hungwy]

my supervisor keyed me into the fact that the resident English-Japanese translator/interpreter is likely retiring in the next 2 years and suggested I talk to our department manager about possibly working towards filling that space since the company would certainly prefer hiring internally. it seems almost fantastical. even if I don't end up getting such a position it made me realize that the opportunity to be intimate with this language again is really important to me. I might ask a past professor or two if they know of any local tutors

#my speaking and reading skills have degraded immensely since I graduated. but relearning is faster than learning #two years is certainly enough. i could do this #i hope