#so I went all??? huh

[mother-harrington]

I’m such an awkward WEIRDO oh my god

#so in like november I matched with a guy on a dating app #and he was like ‘do you remember me?’ #so I went all??? huh #and it turns out he played hockey for the club I take pictures of yeeeears ago (when I had basically just started out there) #he’s only a few years younger than me it’s no big deal #and then he goes ‘I always had such a huge crush on you’ #to which I was flabbergasted like excuse me #so then we snapped a little bit and he just disappeared #in late December he explained that he was having a rough time psychologically and was taking a break from social media #so I was like alright #and then he went off again. #and I haven’t talked to him since but I keep thinking about him because he’s cute and like WHAT SO YOU MEAN you had a crush on me #so I’ve been checking the dating app daily to see if he’s back and he hasn’t been #so I found his brother on Facebook and asked him to give this guy my number #and THE HE CALLED ME #asking why I talked to his brother instead of him and I was just like WELL I didn’t have your number bro #so we laughed a little and he said ‘ok well now you have my number’ and we hung up #he must think I’m so weird/a stalker 😭 #fuck #I was just hoping to send the message that ‘hey I’m interested’ #but now I look insane #geez

[inkskinned]

the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.

three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.

two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.

their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.

one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.

i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.

i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.

and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?

you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.

a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.

someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.

#writeblr #warm up #this is longer than i wanted i really considered removing that part about myself and what i went thru #but i think it really fucking bothers me that EVERY time i talk about being an artist #ppl assume i just like. had the skill and ability to drop everything and pay for grad school. #like sir i grew up poor. my house wasn't a safe space. i gave up a FREE RIDE TO LAW SCHOOL. for THIS. bc i chose it. #was it fucking hard? was i choosing the hard thing?? yes. #but we need to stop seeing artists as lazy layabouts that can ''afford'' to just ''sit around and create'' #when MANY - if not MOST - of us are NOT like that. we have to work our fucking ASSES off. hard work. long and hard work #part of valuing artists is recognizing the amount we sacrifice to make our art. bc it doesn't just #like HAPPEN to us. also btw it rarely has anything to do with true talent. #speaking as someone with a chronic condition i hate when ppl are like u have it easy. like actively as i'm writing this my hands r #ACTIVELY hurting me. i haven't been posting bc my left hand was curled in a claw for the last week #this isn't fucking luck. after a certain point it's not even TALENT. it's dedication & sacrifice. #''u get to flounce around and do nothing with ur life'' is a narrative that is a direct result of capitalism #imagine if we said that about literally any other profession. #''oh so u give up 10 yrs of ur life to be a doctor? u sacrifice having a social life and u get SUPER in debt? #u need to work countless hours and it will often be thankless? well i wish i was that lucky'' #we should be applying that logic to landlords ONLY #''oh ur mom and dad gave u the money to buy a house? and all u did was paint it white and rent it? huh.''

[ohdeargodwhy]

Lazy afternoon on Richmond Green

(when she noticed Ted turning up at Trent's flat a lot, Trent's daughter made him a matching bracelet. Trent went to great pains to let Ted know he wasn't obliged to wear it, but Ted was so touched by the gift he'd never dream of taking off what he immediately accepted as one of his most treasured possessions)

#tedtrent #tedtrent fanart #tedependent #ted x trent #ted lasso fanart #ted lasso #trent crimm #my fanart #my art #ted lasso art #richmond green #i spent a bajillion years on this so please go wild in the tags it makes it all worth it #trent crimm fanart #i need to not look at this anymore because otherwise i'll keep editing and editing #zoomable btw :))) #tedependent fanart #crimmlet #lmao i really went all in on the textures huh

[mblue-art]

skelesona & lust ft nnn couple shirts (lol)

💙 romance™ 💜

#suggestive #skelesona #indigo #lust!sans #lavender #mblue art #LN #L bought them for the silly hahas. jokes ensue #(i miss them so muchhh aaargh) #(ive been sketching here and there but theyve all been wips) #(i like when they show up in my head 🥺🥺🥺 a v pleasant surprise everytime) #shoutout to that one fb artist i followed- they drew their ocs in shirts w these texts on and i went #'huh ykw i bet L would get nnn shirts for him and N. he rlly would. for the funny.'

[dragonpropaganda]

five pebbles really is the character of all time huh

he’s an incredibly vast biomechanical god, he’s a like 2ft tall muppet, his associated colour is cyan but he’s bright pink, he’s a video game level, he’s just a little guy, a little birthday boy, he loves his family, he hasn’t talked to any of them in a very long time, he has terminal brain cancer, it looks like blue spaghetti, he loves his sister, he killed his sister, he’s That person on discord, he’s a history nerd, he’s stuck in a box that is also himself, he’s incomprehensibly intelligent, he’s a total dumbass, he talks to small animals, he can fry your brain instantly, he’s suicidal, he doesn’t want to die, he’s so very, very big, but so very very small, he’s a thematic demonstation of a colossal, uncaring world, he’s just another victim of that world in the end

#uh sorry i went off on one there five pebbles truly is the guy of all time huh #unparalleled character tbh #it's sad to see people flanderising him into a villain #he literally helps you!! #rain world #rainworld #rw #five pebbles #rain world iterators #all of the iterators are so Character tbh #they all need therapy a hug and a nap

[melit0n]

👍

#thumbs™ #you know what's weird? seeing yourself on Pinterest and Twitter #I was just having a scroll and I was like 'huh. that's my Euclid post' and then went further and saw my crypid photos posted as well #gave me a little warm feeling #so I'm sharing all my thumbs up photos with you guys #I don't know #I'm in a good mood so why not! #sleep token #st #mel's rambles #vessel #vessel sleep token #mel's photos

[fairyroses]

He was about to kill you, Lex. Or divulge something you didn't want me to know.

— SMALLVILLE, "Forever" (4.21)

+ bonus from "Arctic" (7.20):

#smallville #smallvilleedit #svedit #lex luthor #jason teague #lionel luthor #clark isn't in these scenes but they're still very much #clex #sv 4x21 #sv 7x20 #dcmultiverse #my gifs #'why can't you see what's right in front of your face lex?' god. god. godddd. #I think there's a really interesting discussion to be had (with many potential viewpoints) #re: to what extent lex actually knew the truth either consciously or subconsciously at any particular time #and how much he was just in denial about it (and why) #I'm not really prepared to have that discussion in these tags but like #let's face it - lex figured out that clark had powers all the way back in 1x12 #just because clark convinced him he was wrong at the time doesn't mean he just forgot that whole thing #and yet it seemed like the more seasons went on and the more obvious the truth became #especially the fact that clark was so heavily tied to all the alien weirdness of smallville #the more lex seemed to (subconsciously?) push back against accepting or recognizing that truth #I mean that's literally what he's doing in the 4x21 scene with jason #so it's like he both desperately wanted to know clark's secret but also didn't want to know at all #and that's just SO interesting #I mean jesus the 7x20 scene is supposed to be peak evil lex and yet he STILL has to be pushed into accepting the truth #and he does so with his eyes glistening because yeah he wanted to know clark's secret once upon a time but he never wanted THIS #(remember when lex told jonathan in s1 that he just wanted clark to have a happy normal life bc clark was such a good person? #and then he's told in 7x20 that to save the world he has to KILL clark and take that life away from him hahaha [crying] it's fine I'm FINE) #wow I really said 'I'm not prepared to have this discussion' and then just. proceeded to have it anyway huh. lmao oops

[cryptid-condor]

pose practice with everyone’s favorite guy

#persona 5 #p5 yusuke #yusuke kitagawa #all my rat #helloooo im back again #i love yusuke hes so great im foaming at the mouth to get his confidant #UHHHHHGGGG i cant figure out a shading style that looks good with thick lineart! #i went on a fucking HUNT to find out what those characters mean #they just say yusuke #idk what the red box means tho but ill figure it out #it shouldnt have been so difficult but i couldnt get any translator to translate it and i couldnt find anyone mentioning it on the internet #i had a whole background planned that i was working on and i turned all the layers off and i was like huh... that looks way better

[8bit-mau5]

Gonna try to post all the owed art I've finished in big ol batches so I don't spam you guysss. ANYWAYS I had a lot of cool characters to work with last year. I'm not sure WHEN i made the switch to add gradient maps to my single-layer busts but I'm glad I did tbh

#8bit beeps #artists on tumblr #Gabriel's arts #commission #dnd #dnd art #i also didnt need to do all that with the backgrounds but #i got so caught up in working on them i went 'huh i wonder how i could make them look prettier' #my faves have to be 1. 3. 6. and 8 :'3

[automatic-midnight]

Ritsuko Akagi in Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0

#fun fact I made my friends (who’ve never seen Eva) watch this movie and they were basically dead silent the whole time until this scene #when gendo gets first shot offscreen and then it’s shown to be Ritsuko we all all lost our shit #like I went crazy the most but that’s the biggest reaction I got out them besides huh what’s going on #Evangelion #neon genesis evangelion #nge #ritsuko akagi #thrice upon a time #anyways Misato really has faith in Ritsuko because I would simply never stand in front of someone like that if they had a firearm #headcanon misato taught Ritsuko to shoot during the 13 years because I know her STEM ass would not know how to shoot #eoe anyone she was pointing the gun with her eyes closed GIRLIE #Anyways ask me about my headcanons about the 13 year timeskip I have so many Thoughts regarding them #my gifs

[skitskatdacat63]

And this too, is vettonso to me:

#theres just something to me about how fernando has a special designated chair #and seb is always curled up on the countertops #i already went into this in the tags of my prev post so yeah #lol though i will say all the seb pics are 2011(+ one 2009) and all the nando ones are 2012 which is annoying(to me only) #UGH AND ALSO THE NAVY BLUE AND BRIGHT RED DIFF MAKES ME SO !!!!!!! #i am such a sucker for opposing colors. it just really appeals to something in me #and like the fact that the rbr suit has red accents on it as well #and both have yellow 💛 and both have animal motifs #anyways when i draw them fucking in the chair will you still be with me- #huh what who said that #i saved these pictures for normal reasons!! perfectly normal. shut up #f1 #formula 1 #sebastian vettel #fernando alonso #vettonso

[allastoredeer]

The Egg Bois have no one to take orders from after Sir Pentious dies. Then they see Lucifer and immediately follow him around and unlike Alastor who didn't like being tailed by the annoying yappy yokes, Lucifer is enthralled by them because they are like little ducklings forming a line as if Lucifer is their mother

One egg boi, Frank, is the only one that stuck to Alastor, and Al makes it clear he wants him to go away but Frank stays with him. One time when Al was cooking, Frank asked if he could help and Al thought for a moment, grinned, picked up the egg, and plopped him in the boiling pot. Unfortunately, Frank did not hard boil, in fact, he enjoyed the hot bath, and the rest of the egg bois ran inside as Lucifer entered the kitchen and screamed in horror at the display but the rest of the eggs hopped around Al's feet, pulling at his trousers asking to join the bubble bath.

FRANK STAYING WITH ALASTOR IS SO CUTE MY HEART JUST EXLODED

Alastor trying to boil Frank is just fogjwenweln 🤣 I can see that. The fact that it's not working AND Frank's enjoying himself AND the other eggbois want to join in makes it all so much better.

Also, the other eggbois following Lucifer around like ducklings 🥺 that's adorable.

#I saw a post about the eggbois forcefully adopting Alastor as their new “boss” after Sir Pentious dies #and I think about that a lot #Like they automatically flock to him because they're confused about where Pentious went #they have no one to direct them #and the last person who they did take orders from was Alastor #so they went straight to him #I think about it so much I'm actually considering writing a little one-shot about it #where Alastor is annoyed at first #but he grows kind of fond of them over time #they're like a bunch of little Niffty's but there's multiple of them and they don't have all of her feral gremlin energy #and ANGST TWIST #Alastor gets used to their presence and enjoys having them around #and then Heaven finds a way to get them back to Sir Pentious #but Alastor doesn't want them to go now #they're HIS eggbois #if Pentious wanted to keep them then maybe he shouldn't have died #huh?? did they ever think of that??? #of course they didn't #lol #i love this #hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin hotel alastor #hazbin alastor #the radio demon #lucifer morningstar #lucifer magne #hazbin lucifer #lucifer hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel lucifer

[naffeclipse]

Thank you so much for all the kind birthday wishes! I'll try and respond to them soon! You guys are so sweet and I love all of you <3

#naff nuh huh #okay so reason why i'll be slow to respond is in the tags so please don't keep reading if you don't want to read about being sick #SICK WARNING READ NO MORE #anyways #went to my favorite Brazilian grill last night for my birthday #loved it everything was great the coconut limeade was delicious #but the second we left i threw up everything in my mom's car #then all through the night #i was throwing up bile and uhhhh not doing so great on the other end #i think i got food poisoning #my stomach cramped so hard that i just wanted to lay down and never get back up #soooo #start of birthday: we're so back #end of brithday: we're so over #no one else who ate with me got sick though #so i'm not sure what did it but my whole body revolted #it was a really nice birthday despite all of that <3

[dollypopup]

Colin Bridgerton seeing Penelope's titties for the first time in Season 3 be like

#luke newton #colin bridgerton #polin #god this man is SO fucking fine #someone sedate me #he's really gonna be out here turning us all into chest hair girlies huh???? #also damn that sleeve went TIGHT when he lifted his arm #this man has already made me insane when he's fully clothed what will i become when he's naked???

[ohitslen]

They are serving alright

Alternative vers. under

Inspiration:

Ann Demeulemeester Fall 2018 Ready-To-Wear Fashion Show

Alberta Ferretti Fall 2018 Ready-To-Wear-Fashion Show

#they really made me do a full render after the universe knows how long huh #I couldn’t help it. I saw those outfits and went crazy because my first thought was OH ITS THEM #Because I can no longer look at anything with any remote resemblance OR ANY AT ALL without me relating it to them #this took me. so fucking long. #both my wrist and fingers are dying but look at how pretty they look #it was very worth the all nighter and the pain #also graphic design is my passion or whatever #but that doesn’t matter. just look at them. oh how I love these two SO MUCH UEEEGHHH #trigun in where everything is the same but the fights are like in Zoolander #just thinking #trigun #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun stampede #trigun fanart #wolfwood #vash #nicholas trigun #vashwood #trigun 2023 #I think it’s important for you guys to know that I never decide on one color sample for them ever so that’s why they may look different #on each drawing I do. #also wolfwood in my mind is all of his iterations made into a soup. and so is Vash but WW is my most notorious victim #because this is supposed to be 23 WW. supposed to be. #lenssi draws #eyestrain

[cloudysfluffs]

tickling your human host is SO unfair

(ns//fw and/or fetish blogs please dni🙏🙏)

#my art #tickle art #um. i dont know what to say about this #this is EASILY the most self indulgent thing ive ever posted. so much so that i worked THIS HARD and still considered not posting it #might delete later :pensive: #but you guys SAID YOU WANTED SA//M AND MA//X ART!!!!!!!!! bet you didnt think itd be about this guy huh #im gonna be real with you all papier///waite is just my favorite character Of All Time. easily #why? dont ask questions. just look at him #SPOILERS for tdp obviously #but the first time me n rocket played 304 together #and we saw the reveal of. THESE GUYS. #we both paused the game and went 'HMMMMMMMMMM' out loud #because we both thought the SAME THING. #honestly summoning a tentacle god is lee behavior. whats he gonna use those for? wrecking you? #the answer is yes #imagine being ticklish and also being a lee and accidently fusing with your Favorite God #and he can READ YOUR MND. and picks up on being a ler SO fast. #THATS BEEN THIS GUY'S LIFE FOR 100 YEARS #sam and max the devils playhouse spoilers #sam and max tickle #anyway. *closes eyes for the last time*