#life is hard enough

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

#be nice to yourself #life is hard enough #brain #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #positivity #self love #healing #recovery #stop being mean to yourself

[ephiesoul]

I really love your hazbin chibis. Do you take requests for them too? If yes, do you have any restrictions for the characters you'd draw? I like the Vees (except Valentino), but I understand if you don't want to do them. Anyways have a great day!

Thank you! ❤️ You’re so sweet! Yes! I do take requests and no I don’t have restrictions

(As long as I can draw them and they look decent in my opinion, I’m not always great at drawing non-humanoid characters..)

But! I’m guessing you’re asking because the Vees typically seem to be viewed negatively. But! I’m not here to judge characters or judge people for their favorite characters. I’m here to draw Chibi’s of your favorite characters and hopefully brighten your day a little ❤️

I’ll draw them next ✨ I’ll draw Velvette first then get to Vox, (If you have a specific pose or something in mind let me know, otherwise I just kind of draw characters in whatever way I find cute/fun)

Thanks again and have a lovely day! ✨

#chibi #fanart #chibi art #art #question #answer #FAQs #hazbin hotel lucifer #no judgement #life is hard enough #who am i to judge

[isabellehemlock]

How to explain to someone why you unfollowed/blocked/curated your dash . . .

Don't. Because it's your blog.

Your little corner in the world. While it's important to have and develop the life skills of being able to maintain civility in shared public spaces with say, school and work colleagues, this is fandom.

It's the one area where you can make it as niche as you want to, custom tailored to things that bring you joy. Life and people are hard enough some days, soak up the moments of joy where you can.

You deserve more than to feel miserable as you doom scroll your dash because you're afraid of the repercussions of some stranger on the internet berating you in DMs. Would you do that to someone if the tables were turned? No, so rest in the knowledge that for 99% of others, it's not that deep (for the 1% who would have the gall, report any harassing messages and block).

So, to summarize: do what works for you and your mental health. Whatever allows you to enjoy your fandom experience the most. And connect with people who are into the same niche things you are.

May fandom bring you joy again ❤️

#fandom #fandom stuff #curating #it's really not that deep #it's a hobby meant to bring us joy #life is hard enough #let's find happy places

[lovemetaprograms]

Listen, it is not our job to make it harder for anyone than it already is, life is difficult enough

This teaching is to simplify, clarify, and embrace the beauty of life

#leaving it open #open #allow #what does your heart say? #lovemetaprograms #listen #life is hard enough #don't worry so much about all the rest. just benowhere #philosophy #life #beauty #poetry #kindness #teaching #learning

[azurexsnake]

So apparently there’s some crazy shit going on with ao3 from a while back and the site is, unfortunately, a fucking mess. I’m looking into migrating works to Dreamwidth maybe, or cross-posting between both sites? Idk yet, this info is very new and sad to me

#why can’t we just have nice things #life is hard enough #why go out of your way to make it more difficult for others #color: blue 🎨

[rosicheeks]

I think (unless tumblr has changed) you can block anons and then it'll pop up in your blocked people's list and you should be able to see who sent it. Atleast that's how it went a while ago.

Yeah I’m pretty sure that’s how it was awhile ago but I have no clue if it’s still like that.

#also there’s no way of really knowing who sent it #i have so many people in my blocked list it’s ridiculous #you’d assume they would be the one on top but who knows #also I don’t really care who sent it #i just hope they get the help they need #and I really hope they don’t send shit like that to someone who’s in a dark place #I’ve gotten plenty of rude and creepy anons #and a few anon hate #i feel like it’s just apart of being on tumblr which fucking sucks #it’s just………. #sending anon hate is a big *yikes* #that’s some teenager shit #and if you’re a teenager? get off my blog cause no minors are allowed #and if you’re an adult? #i feel bad for you #i genuinely wish the best for everyone I meet #life is hard enough #my goal in life is to spread as much love and happiness as possible #so I hope that previous anon figures out why they felt the need to send that #but whatever #they blocked ✌️ #thanks for the suggestion hun #💖💖💖 #ask #anon

[queen-of-wisdom]

They don't really care about us

So we have to

#michael jackson #music lyrics #ableism #homophobia #racism #sexism #all the ism #be kind to yourself #love your neighbor #life is hard enough #the only thing you can do #is to make it better #for yourself #and the people you love

[poppy-in-the-woods]

It's incomprehensible for me how a person who says they lover another person with addiction issues can stay with that person not as a support for them to get better but as enablers of said addiction. I get not wanting to see them suffer, but healing is not a painless process. I would rather just not be there than knowing I am causing even more damage, and making even more difficult for that person to heal in the future. Idk, maybe I'm the only one to think like that.

#poppy's thoughts #life is hard enough #I'd hate the thought of making it harder for someone I love #saying no is also hard #but sometimes pain now means less pain in the future

[sleepy-time-tea-bear]

Having a crush literally sucks. Like why does my type have to be nice people. I wish I liked people who were mean, cause then I'd at least know they liked me. But no, the person I like is literally nice to everyone and that's why I like them so much, but I dont think they like me. They're just being nice

#potato #drunk me writes like a 13 year old with a glitter pen #but oh my fucking god who allowed genuinely kind long haired bisexual men to exisr #like oh my god fuck off #life is hard enough

[applestruda]

Still in love with his new origin

#dont come at me if i messed up the skeleton #horses are hard enough already without having to worry about all the bones #joel smallishbeans #smallishbeans #smallishbeans fanart #new life smp #nlsmp #my art

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

#eating disorder recovery #ed recovery #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #positivity #self love #healing #recovery #don’t take it out on your body #life is hard enough

[vanhelsingapologist]

Publishing has always been a fucking nightmare, but now it’s a layer of hell. It’s not enough that writers be good at what they do. Writers have to maintain an active social media presence and cultivate a following. Be available.

They have to be conventionally attractive enough to look good enough to see on a screen, aesthetically pleasing, kind, funny, up-to-date on trends, socially aware but not so controversial that they turn off a brand from California from slapping their discount code on a video promoting a book.

They have to do all of this with no media training, with little help from the companies that are supposed to be doing this for them.

Of course, a lot of this isn't possible for say, the 40-something mother of two who teaches English at a school and writes on the side. She’s boxed out of an already complex industry that already has enough walls.

On some level, I think authors have always marketed themselves a little, but we’ve reached such a crazy point where we’re demanding the author become the influencer. Accessibility in publishing has narrowed from an inch to a sliver. And that inch was hard enough to get in as is.

#This is about traditional publishing but there’s pretty privilege and ageism in self publishing too #I can’t think of the last time I saw an up and coming author recording videos who was over thirty #And frankly that’s a shame #It could be that I’m not looking hard enough #but it’s more likely that algorithms are trained the way they are #truly I don’t think they should have to do any of that at all #And forgive me but (and I know it’s rich because I’m an artist on a platform) but art shouldn’t be at the mercy of an algorithm #Now there’s also something to be said about self publishing becoming easier and easier to achieve success in #And doors opening because of influencer status is real and makes publishing wider in a way #But that doesn’t mean it’s accessible #I’m not gonna plaster my health issues over the wall but that life is certainly not accessible to me! #are you healthy enough to write and make sure people on social media still want to like your stuff #are you mentally well enough to be your own pr #I’m sure people who have studied this have more to say and have said it better but this is what I’ve observed #writing #publishing #publishing industry

[rustedhills]

Disney, releasing Wish: "so it's all about legacy--the new generation surpassing the old, overcoming the evils perpetuated by them, relinquishing singular power... and there's an old man in a tower, uh... animal sidekick, i guess..., ah... magic...?

Miyazaki, just out of frame, sledgehammer raised:

#the boy and the heron #not tagging wish 'cause i'm being a little acidic #this isn't to be negative in the slightest--I really respect both films--but it's interesting to see how visceral boy+H gets with its story #what evils have to be rejected and what they represent--and how characters and the world suffer from those evils--as well as how the whole #'rejecting' part goes. in terms of animation powerhouses discussing their legacies - disney and miyazaki both - I find it interesting that #one makes a pretty safe and nostalgic movie about imagination and dreams; the other is a long trudge through the land of the dead. #b+h is a hard watch - and a look at the legacy of a man questioning his whole purpose in the world - after his cultural touchstones #have long passed by. Mahito needs to understand his grief to keep living--but if he drowns in it he'll just continue the cannibalistic and #violent world of his granduncle. how the hell do you make art when the trauma of your entire life has colored it forever? How can anyone? #maybe after a while... it's time to detonate that damn tower and keep living. #this is to say #if you have enough money to make whatever you want #Make It Fucking Count

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At the start of this project all I wanted was to 'learn how to draw' using comics as a medium and the MDZS audio drama as inspiration.

I've come *very* far from making simple, 3 panel black and white comics, and I truly do intend to go even further. Thank you to everyone who cheered me on throughout 2023, it has been an incredible year in so many ways I never could have imagined. I look forwards to drawing throughout 2024 B*)

#poorly drawn mdzs #art summary #It's so interesting looking back at how my style and technique changed throughout the year! #I used PD-wwx as the consistent factor (October is an exception) and you can see so many processes going on. #My little petri dish amoeba (with a little red bow to tell him apart from the other amoeba) <3 #Whether it's getting new markers or trying out a new shading style - it's cool seeing a snapshot of my journey like this B*) #There's certainly been a slower curve to my overt improvement *but* I have become so much faster! #My life outside of drawing has been hectic and at several points extremely stressful this year. For all the work this blog has been- #-It has truly been a life saving anchor when the darkest of times have hit. #Love is hard work. Change is even harder work. Sticking to a goal I set out for myself and striving to keep going was worth it. #And I love drawing. I think there has always been something in me that longed for this. And it is finally tangible! I can draw!!! #I wanted to make a more elaborate year reflection where I looked back at my favourite comics and jokes. #but I'll leave that to the one year anniversary. #I have also been collecting a ton of statistics throughout the year and I am desperate to share them. I'm that kind of nerd B*) #I can never say it enough: Thank you all for the kindness and support. I wish everyone a lovely 2024!!!

[evilsartcorner]

something something romeo and juliette

#sorry I have been literally so inactive #life is just hard sometimes dont mind me #QSMP #qsmp fanart #fanart #qsmp slimecicle #qsmp mariana #slimeriana #these two make me ill #I also am working on gasmask designs for bolas rojas but idk if ill ever finish them enough to post so jus enjoy this for now #miras art

[canisalbus]

To me, Machete kind of has the energy of a secondary villain/coldhearted side character in someone else's story that a lot of fans latch onto, moreso than the protagonist. Question is, would he be the villain in anyone's story?

Why, thank you! I'm actually glad to hear he gives off that vibe. I don't think he set out to become a villain but a lot of people certainly view him as one.

#in the 16th century canon he starts out as an introverted but sincerely well meaning guy that never quite manages to find his social niche #he was a sensitive kid and when subjected to enough pressure #his insecurity fearfulness and powerlessness mutate into distrust resentment aggression suffocating repression and self-restraint #I don't think he's a bad person in fact he consistently tries very hard to do the right thing #do his job properly avoid letting people down and get through life with a sense of dignity #but he is supposed to come across kind of cold impersonable and difficult to be around if you don't know him personally (and very few do) #people can sense there's something wrong with him and are put off by it #Vatican is a nest of vipers and as the stakes rise he retreats deeper into his coldblooded untouchable work persona #he has no choice but to start lying scheming blackmailing and eliminating his enemies #in order to maintain his position keep Vasco safe their relationship under wraps and his own head above water #essentially playing by the same rules everyone else in the holy see has been playing with for centuries #eventually he loses his spot as the secretary of state and is manipulated/forced to take on a role in the roman inquisition #and if people were sort of iffy about him before being the authority overseeing trials torture excommunications and executions doesn't help #and since he has so few allies and such an infamous reputation he's an easy target for scapegoating whenever necessary #towards the end it dawns on him that he's become the kind of twisted cruel corrupt person he used to fear and despise #and the guilt moral injury and abject self-loathing had largely sapped him of his will to live by the time the final assassin gets him #answered #anonymous #Machete #Vaschete lore #he thought his dream of priesthood would make him a better person more worthy of admiration safety and love but he climbed too high #and got roped up in the dangerous games that take place under god's nose and slowly got strangled to death