#just practice

[callmegaith]

very casual style and shape studies of David and Dale. These were very fun and TBH I love the shapes I use for David and Dale already so I dont see myself changing them but it was nice to use different features and shapes for them to see how they would look c:

#not tagging in main cuz this is a nothing burger drawing #just practice #but will tag #dale vandermeer #david eilander #I LOVE ART #I LOVE MAKING ART #ITS SO FUN

[frownyalfred]

Hello! 💕 As your blog is not a writblr, please feel free to ignore this massage!

(also, for context of the question, I do not read Bordeline because I don't read magical media)

I sincerely love your works. Especially, I love how you write dialogue. Not only you write the characters in character, but you write in a concise and simple way (as in, easy to understand), yet showing the reader exactly what the characters are feeling/doing.

I was wondering if you have any tips for writing dialogue, and generally writing this concisely yet staying somewhat true to the core of characters?

Thank you for your time!

Hi anon! Thank you so much!

I have strong feelings about dialogue, to be perfectly honest. I probably get more flowery and loose with my descriptions, but I will re-write a single spoken line over and over if it's even slightly off.

I think, as you mentioned above, the whole idea of show, don't tell is perfect for dialogue. If you find yourself cramming all of your exposition or thoughts into one or two lines, it's going to feel unnatural and/or cramped.

We as the author generally have the full picture when writing -- we know where the dialogue is going. The trick is remembering that the characters don't -- they're going one line at a time. They don't know what the other character is thinking at all.

I have a post somewhere about writing more realistic dialogue (I'll try and dig it up) but generally I work off of the idea that the simpler, the better. Keep it short enough for one breath, keep it to words the character would use, and don't feel like every line needs to advance the plot somehow.

I don't always know how to explain it, but when I write dialogue sometimes, it really just seems to flow -- I'm barely thinking about it, just letting the conversation move onward. Rarely do I know exactly where it's going to go or end up. Sometimes I stare at two lines for like six hours and can barely get anything written.

Dialogue is very hard, and very individual to the writer. Keep practicing at it, and I guarantee it will improve -- mine definitely has, as several commenters keep telling me 😅

#asks #anon #writing #writing tips #sorry if this doesn't help much #just practice #keep reading and writing anon #make a note of the authors you like and see if you can evaluate their choices in their writing #myfic #theresurrectionist

[ittybittybumblebee]

Some skullies

#my art #ittybittydraws #ya can tell which i spent more time on and which i didnt but eh #just practice

[katsutacle]

reichenbach, oberon and chaldea x family

#art #fate/grand order #fgo #oberon vortigern #spy x family #not much interesting this tine around #just practice

[sleepymesblog]

#just practice #animation #2d animation #art #gif #my art #my animation #my gif post #art style

[miss-miopia]

No soy buena dibujando comida, mucho menos haciendo iluminación AJSGHAJKA

he hecho tantas cosas fuera del Lore de Mio que no me gusta dejar la página sin publicar mucho tiempo

Ah si- también hice esto-

#digital aritst #art digital #welcome home oc #food #food art #digital art #just practice #little mio

[xlounzrhot]

Painted Lips

Just a quick, fluffy, SFW but slightly suggestive drabble I did as a warm up.

He leans against the clown, gripping their oversized polka dotted onesie as they sit in the bean bag. They’re chatting with some of the other mimes and jesters, exchanging jokes and pointers. The air around him still smells like popcorn and soda but the fragrance of the clown mixes with it perfectly.

They throw and arm around him absent mindedly in the mix of conversation. It makes him shiver, no matter how many times they kiss him or touch him it still affects him like this. He mumbles something about paint and lips that he almost hope they don’t hear.

“Hmm?” Their bubbly voice is warm on his mind. “You say something?” They lean closer, warm breath washing over his face. Their breath smells like candy.

He’s reluctant to shake his head and deny it. “No... Nothing.” 

The clown snickers. “Baby if you wanted a paint job, why didn’t you just say so?” they purr.

It made his heart go erratic and his face go red, particularly at the term paint job. Some of the clowns in the tent giggle at them. “That’s not-” He starts only to be cut off by a pair of sky blue painted lips pressing into his own. He looses the ability to think about anything else that the clown kissing him right now. 

He wraps his arms around them and squeezes tight. His cheeks turn an even deeper shade of red when some of the clowns start cheering and whooping. They share the same blue smile.

#xlounzrhot #clownsexual #coulrophilia #clown #suggestive #clowns #painted lips #drabble #practice writing #just practice #romance #pda #loving that divider

[endusviolence]

Rowling isn't denying holocaust. She just pointed out that burning of transgender health books is a lie as that form of cosmetic surgery didn't exist. But of course you knew that already, didn't you?

I was thinking I'd probably see one of you! You're wrong :) Let's review the history a bit, shall we?

In this case, what we're talking about is the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, or in English, The Institute of Sexology. This Institute was founded and headed by a gay Jewish sexologist named Magnus Hirschfeld. It was founded in July of 1919 as the first sexology research clinic in the world, and was run as a private, non-profit clinic. Hirschfeld and the researchers who worked there would give out consultations, medical advice, and even treatments for free to their poorer clientele, as well as give thousands of lectures and build a unique library full of books on gender, sexuality, and eroticism. Of course, being a gay man, Hirschfeld focused a lot on the gay community and proving that homosexuality was natural and could not be "cured".

Hirschfeld was unique in his time because he believed that nobody's gender was either one or the other. Rather, he contended that everyone is a mixture of both male and female, with every individual having their own unique mix of traits.

This leads into the Institute's work with transgender patients. Hirschfeld was actually the one to coin the term "transsexual" in 1923, though this word didn't become popular phrasing until 30 years later when Harry Benjamin began expanding his research (I'll just be shortening it to trans for this brief overview.) For the Institute, their revolutionary work with gay men eventually began to attract other members of the LGBTA+, including of course trans people.

Contrary to what Anon says, sex reassignment surgery was first tested in 1912. It'd already being used on humans throughout Europe during the 1920's by the time a doctor at the Institute named Ludwig Levy-Lenz began performing it on patients in 1931. Hirschfeld was at first opposed, but he came around quickly because it lowered the rate of suicide among their trans patients. Not only was reassignment performed at the Institute, but both facial feminization and facial masculization surgery were also done.

The Institute employed some of these patients, gave them therapy to help with other issues, even gave some of the mentioned surgeries for free to this who could not afford it! They spoke out on their behalf to the public, even getting Berlin police to help them create "transvestite passes" to allow people to dress however they wanted without the threat of being arrested. They worked together to fight the law, including trying to strike down Paragraph 175, which made it illegal to be homosexual. The picture below is from their holiday party, Magnus Hirschfeld being the gentleman on the right with the fabulous mustache. Many of the other people in this photo are transgender.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of a group of people. Some are smiling at the camera, others have serious expressions. Either way, they all seem to be happy. On the right side, an older gentleman in glasses- Magnus Hirschfeld- is sitting. He has short hair and a bushy mustache. He is resting one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of him. His other hand is being held by a person to his left. Another person to his right is holding his shoulder.]

There was always push back against the Institute, especially from conservatives who saw all of this as a bad thing. But conservatism can't stop progress without destroying it. They weren't willing to go that far for a good while. It all ended in March of 1933, when a new Chancellor was elected. The Nazis did not like homosexuals for several reasons. Chief among them, we break the boundaries of "normal" society. Shortly after the election, on May 6th, the book burnings began. The Jewish, gay, and obviously liberal Magnus Hirschfeld and his library of boundary-breaking literature was one of the very first targets. Thankfully, Hirschfeld was spared by virtue of being in Paris at the time (he would die in 1935, before the Nazis were able to invade France). His library wasn't so lucky.

This famous picture of the book burnings was taken after the Institute of Sexology had been raided. That's their books. Literature on so much about sexuality, eroticism, and gender, yes including their new work on trans people. This is the trans community's Alexandria. We're incredibly lucky that enough of it survived for Harry Benjamin and everyone who came after him was able to build on the Institute's work.

[Image ID: A black and white photo of the May Nazi book burning of the Institute of Sexology's library. A soldier, back facing the camera, is throwing a stack of books into the fire. In the background of the right side, a crowd is watching.]

As the Holocaust went on, the homosexuals of Germany became a targeted group. This did include transgender people, no matter what you say. To deny this reality is Holocaust denial. JK Rowling and everyone else who tries to pretend like this isn't reality is participating in that evil. You're agreeing with the Nazis.

But of course, you knew that already, didn't you?

Edit: Added image IDs. I apologize to those using screen readers for forgetting them. Please reblog this version instead.

#transgender #trans history #transsexual #transphobia #Magnus Hirschfeld #holocaust #holocaust denial #book burning #j.k. rowling #jk rowling #just in case you missed what i mean by all this: go fuck yourself anon :) #trans people have always existed #and we will always exist #if you really wanna pick a fight with me over well-documented history then you better bring in some sources to back your shit #queer history #queer #lgbt+ #lgbta+ #lgbt #lgbt history #edit: i finally got around to those damn image IDs. i am so very sorry for totally forgetting that's my bimbo moment of the month #also real quick i thought about adding an image of the actual building but the only one i can find has a Nazi parade in front of it #it was taken the day of the book burning raid and honestly if i were to include it then i'd add it to the first few paragraphs #and i think the story's better told when you uphold the hope Magnus Hirschfeld and all the researchers he worked with had #also keeps being brought up: yes Hirschfeld was a eugenicist. it was a popular belief set that was only discredited after WW2 #Hirschfeld died in 1935. he literally didn't live long enough to see science turn against those beliefs and practices #considering how he changed his mind on transitions i like to think he would've changed his mind on eugenics too if he'd lived

[jakeperalta]

I'm curious. what job would you do if money was no object (you just automatically had an income you could live comfortably on)? including work like volunteering, studying etc. please share in the tags :)

#under this premise part time work is valid too! #personally i think i'd probably study. maybe do another masters maybe part time across two years this time #if i were to do a job job i think i'd try out working in a library (ideally an academic library). which would technically be more studying #since i'd need to get a library qualification first #i'm just very curious what people would choose if it was purely a choice of what appeals to you over the practicality/necessity #talking

[violet-catsarelife]

Dick: Dami. Damian no. Do not add a garrote to your costume—

#Because I refuse to believe those ribbons are just for aesthetics lol #I mean they do look nice but #my boy is practical #jason todd #red hood #damian wayne #dick grayson #nightwing #batfamily #dc fanart #violetdoodles

[melmov]

Batboys profiles

#just some practice #doodles #pls don’t expect this from me ever again I can only do good profiles and nothing else #bruce wayne #batman #dick grayson #nightwing #jason todd #red hood #tim drake #red robin #damian wayne #robin #batfam #batfam fanart #batkids #batdad #art #my art #digital art #fanart #doodle #dc #dc comics

[nicktoonsunite]

2 DECADES

also alt version for no reason whatsoever

#danny phantom #danny fenton #dannypocalypse #dannyversary #sam manson #tucker foley #popping back in tumblr just in time to post my dannypocalypse contribution #but also its been 20 years......wow........i can practically feel myself crumbling to dust #dewdles

[prokopetz]

Deity who's unacquainted with concept of evolution creating a world with, like, twelve different kinds of creatures, thinking "yes, that's a good number – nice and symmetrical", then going on vacation for a couple million years and being very upset at what's waiting for them when they get back.

#concepts #theology #evolution #worldbuilding #they keep throwing extinction events at the world in an effort to get a clean slate and start over #life just keeps getting weirder in response #they're practically at their wits' end #and that's a lot of wits to be at the end of

[therestisvoid]

i'll have what i'm having

#gmod #meme #gman #practice #i'm not dead. just busy. and shy #gir #rtvs #incredible sexxx

[squidsmeister]

dungeon meshi is my favorite road-trip comedy film

#dungeon meshi #my art #laios thorden #senshi #marcille #chilchuck #chilchack #izatsumi #laois #laius thorden #sorry guys I don’t know which spelling is correct here #chilchucks car is a beat up beige Honda civic #laois never got a license because even though he’s actually a good driver he just never cared enough to do it #plus he wants to travel in some wacky way. like on a five person tandem bicycle or some shit #marcille never got a license because just fucking look at her #plus she gets motion sick in cars. she just would #senshi walks everywhere and has no need for cars #izatsumi just learned what a car was two days ago and she’s pissed that chilchuck doesn’t have a lambo #chilchuck doesn’t have time for any of this. he has to get his daughter to soccer practice at 5

[qweenofurheart]

the first two photos were later sold to a local newspaper and the last one was posted on dick grayson’s instagram with the caption “opps want to see me fall 💪🏋️‍♂️”

#i was doing anatomy practice and so i just made it nightwing themed ☝️😀💡 #he’s so fun to draw #my art #batfam #batfamily #batman #batman comics #batfam fanart #batfamily fanart #art #dc #dc fanart #dc comics #dick grayson #dick grayson fanart #nightwing #nightwing fanart #tim drake #tim drake fanart