#this is just my side hobby!

[intotheelliwoods]

Gonna ask this to a few people that inspire me, but how do you take inspiration from things without feeling like whatever you make is just bad in comparison? Or like a downgraded version of the thing(s) that inspired you?

(If this is too negative feel free to delete/ignore, I'm sorry)

Oh gosh this is such an interesting question since, I dont think I really have feelings of thinking my version is bad? Or that I am just a copy?

I am honestly just grateful my work became as popular as it is in the first place haha- low expectations going in to begin with. That and, I am very aware my art style isnt as defined and polished as other peoples styles, but I have come to terms with this! And hey the improvement in my own artwork over the past year is a massive trip if you go back through some of my older stuff- I am improving, slowly.

I mean, 2AL started by complete accident, and was "inspired" from me wishing the Leos from OMO or MNMC would hug it out already- but if you were to compare 2AL to one of those, they are very different. Hell even comparing OMO and MNMC, same starting point, but still very different.

I think my only advice to other people trying to make an AU is to try and find some core theme/idea and work around that, rather than gather a bunch of little things from other sources you like into a big pile. Find some key message to start up a base with.

#asks #no seriously 2al was by COMPLETE accident #and then it exploded so I kept it going #oh well #also like!!!! #seriously #the people you are probably comparing yourself too #chances are just have wayyy more experience and practice than you #like!!!! dude sometimes it hits me how many of my friends and other “big blogs” are either #1. professional artists who do this shit for a living anyways #or 2. have been drawing digitally for way way longer than me #digital art is still new territory for me so I am giving myself some slack here #that and I have no interest in art for a career #this is just my side hobby! #yknow!!!! #for FUN!!!!!!!!!!!! #and wheres the fun in going #“damn this person who has years more experience than me and draws for a living is... somehow better at drawing than me this is so unfair” #answer: theres no fun in that #but also fr- #I have only been doing digital art consistently (in this style specifically) for. #a year- #deadass. #I have not done much art before all this outside notebook paper doodles #and the occasional once every month or two painting #all this is so new to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #im learning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #I deserve to give myself so so much slack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #I have also improved so much in the past year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #oops tag ramble

[strawbie-doodle]

havent drawn all of them in a WHILE ✸

#critical role #bells hells #critrole #ashton greymoore #orym of the air ashari #imogen temult #chetney pock o'pea #fearne calloway #laudna #fresh cut grass #bell's hells #art #my art #almost gave up on this so many times #but that chet wolf and side profile ashton were just too good to give up on #and as always fearne looks so good #really proud of the imogen here too i think she looks so cute #i had to redraw her so many times im so bad at drawing her :[ #ANYWAY HI I FINALLY MAKE ART AND POST IT #been having the worst art block ever :( #its made me so depressed and then i got even more depressed cuz i wasnt being productive but i couldnt do anything cuz i was depressed #:((( why does my hobby make me sad and want to quit #um anyways did you guys watch that new dungmeshi episode #the tonal whiplash was fucking crazy i loved it

[lady-charinette]

Rei shooting himself in his dominant arm, most likely permanently injuring most if not all of his nerves so he could effectively only use his left hand.

Rei most likely not being able to play any video games anymore, his main coping mechanism and hobby throughout the show, something he did in the beginning to the point of neglecting to take care of Miri and doing house chores.

Rei most likely, after extensive physical therapy and relearning how to use his right hand as his dominant one, trying to find other stuff he could turn into hobbies except gaming.

Rei most likely finding true joy in not just playing games himself, but watching others play them.

Watching Miri and Kazuki battle it out in the kid friendly and later on more action video games together and having fun and bonding over how bad of a sore loser Papa Kazuki is and how well Rei taught Miri how to play by supporting her with tips from the sidelines.

Rei most likely finding that, even if he can't play himself, he enjoys watching his loved ones play his video games in his stead because he gained something so much more to hold dear in his heart by losing his arm.

#buddy daddies #bd #im totally (un)normal about this #imagine rei -during physical therapy- attempting to play video games but finding he cant hold the controller properly with one hand #kazuki feels bad for him and tries to help him out at first - he holds on side of the controller while rei holds the other #they're awkward af during gameplay and it doesnt work at all #rei's reflexes are faster than kazuki's and they keep losing or being killed in the game #still rei appreciated kazuki's efforts and learned to move on through his slump - he found it much easier too #miri feeling sad for rei papa for losing his hobby that she tries being just as good as him to make him proud #the three as a family realizing that WHAT they're doing doesn't matter as much as long as they're doing it TOGETHER #pls im sobbing someone call my nonexistent therapist #miri unasaka #rei suwa #kazuki kurusu #kazurei #buddy daddies spoilers #bd spoilers

[lemongogo]

< 2023 trgnz

#not to get all sentimental or whatever #but im really happy w how trigun has developed / influenced my art these last few months #its jst made me feel overall more confident in what ive drawn #and that i can connect w my art in a way that i never have before ?? #LIKE THATS SOOO CHEESY BUT ITS SOOO TRUEEE #before trgn i was feeling soo dejected and unmotivated and like .. generally unsure if id ever really find my footing #and even tho idk maybe not much has changed frkm an outside perspective #but i just feel so happy w it . at least rn . SO IM ENJOYING IT RN☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ #theres still so much i want to work on ykwim but its such a crazy feelign to like .. #actually using my art in pfps (not tmblr sryHAHAGA) or like . printing physical copies of my stuff bc i genuinely want to decorate my walls #w it or like .. Wanting to put in more effort in a way i never rly have before #its still so hard 4 me smtimes and like frustrating😭 when im artblocked or not sure how to progress w something #but its made me feel like i can Know that i will figure it out in time . and thats SOO crazy tew experienxe IDKKFFFKK #and its soo silly that trgns whats made me want to like ..push tht aspect pf my hobbies . SOO SILLYYYYY #anyways i wanted to see some of these side by side #its so jarring 2 me that i have all of these .. and that they r generally pretty consistent style wise . compared to before at least 😭 #ANYWYSSTYY #trigun #my art

[turtleblogatlast]

There’s something so intensely funny to me about Donnie loving to dance…but being the absolute worst at it

Like just looking at their scores for the dancing game, Mikey clears everyone, Raph holds his own, and Leo tried just hard enough to beat Donnie, and I find this all so dang funny

This isn’t to say he’s bad at it, we know they all have at least some skill in that area, I just like the idea of characters enjoying something but not being super incredible at it just because they like it! It’s a humanizing trait that I don’t see often

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt headcanons #no but fr I hold this close to my heart #side note but I also like to think of Mikey being amazing at dancing but it’s not all that high on his list of hobbies #man’s a ballet dancer and master at their version of ddr but it’s whatever yknow? #just some fun ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #knowing how Donnie is with his video games also makes me hold this hc closer

[king-krisu]

Idk if I mentioned it before but like a month ago I actually got a job translating because of these stupid concert videos etc that I've done all summer so...... I guess the brainrot can cause smth good lol

#käärijä #jere pöyhönen #its just a side gig but it was pretty funny actually #i had talked to my boss about it and she was like Hey we need someoke to translate these editorial letters can you do that? #and i was like Well its not like its my hobby so! 🤡

[yardsards]

a pet headcanon of mine is that after they're done with the sigil removal, emira expands her horizons and starts studying the psychological side of healing, pulling in some resources from the human realm and combining it with boiling isles methods (i imagine the field of psychology in the boiling isles, while existent, was often pushed aside as just a lesser branch of the healing coven back when belos was in charge. i do imagine there's often magic like the memory tweezers involved)

and i imagine she ends up focusing in on like, art therapy and self-expression, because she knows how important that can be, after having her individuality stifled so hard when she was young

#eliot posts #toh #the owl house #emira blight #canon gave us so little on her compared to her siblings and i feel A Need to expand on her because of that lol #also i like the idea that she does still enjoy illusion magic and focuses more on the artistic/creative side of it #she also gets into non-magical art at some point #<idk if that hc came from me or f1ddlyb1ts or if we both came up w it independently but it's included in one of their fics #and then i think she explores writing some and even a bit of music and bard magic #projecting my ''cannot stick to just one creative hobby'' here #raine mentors her because if amity can get lilith and edric can get eda then emira should get raine #also all of the blight kids have formed a good relationship with darius as their probably future stepdad #but emira especially vibes with him #like ''hey dad i'm going for manicures and bubble tea with your boyfriend. i'll be back by seven'' #boiling isles bubble tea has eyeballs instead of tapioca‚ naturally

[anantaru]

do you think kaveh would like women? asking bc i keep seeing ppl say kaveh would only be interested in men and i’m a woman who rlly likes him and i’m feeling particularly sensitive today 😭 u dont have to answer (ofc!) i just felt like asking you bc i like you and your thoughts

I FORGOT TO ANSWER THIS ASK BUT KAVEH LIKES YOU FOR YOU, HE LIKES AND LOVES YOU AND CHERISHES YOU 💓 i think i already said something similar but no sexuality is confirmed (PSPSPSPSO THEY ARE NOT and it's okay to have headcanons and opinions just don't push them down someone's throat)

and people desperately trying to ruin a ship for others because they do not agree on it is just insanity to me. again, kaveh and others are pixels, they aren't real and you can headcanon them however you like and kaveh (or any other character) likes you because of you, you can write them how you want and imagine them how you want 🙇🏻‍♀️ if anybody actually gets mad at this they automatically confirm to me that they do not have other things to worry about besides fighting over a pixel in a video game that should bring joy and comfort and a way to escape from real life struggles at least for a little while 💓

#the reason i started writing is because i had no hobby that was low energy #like i am big on sports and just studying in general but it can get draining #taking my work as a ballerina into consideration as well and the travelling #i needed something that can calm me down but excite me and aside from playing game i found this #games* #not only did it give me the opportunity to make my hobby into a side hussle but i also found myself greatly comforted by this blog #and the characters especially heizou #a fandom is supposed to bring you joy and not question wether a character likes you or not💓 #˚✩彡 anon' #꒰୨ 𖤐 ୧꒱ answered'

[mightbebobbie]

this is so off topic from my usual text posts but my god ive been thinking abt replaying elden ring lately, simply bc i want to murder mohg for what he did to miquella,, hoping the dlc releases soon!! in the meantime i will continue to play league of legends lol

#bobbie talks #my degenerate side hobbies are gaming #mostly soulsborne #league and horror games #i do enjoy a little cod here and there but i refuse to buy mw3 it looks so bad ill stick to warzone thank you #but like elden ring is my favorite game ever maybe its just so beautiful #i have not stopped thinking abt elden ring since its release i must play more #too bad my pc is dying on me and i cant afford to upgrade it rn since im getting a new IPAD YAYY

[birb--birb]

The Pale Elf

3D print sculpted by Bulkamancer, printed in Siraya Tech grey UV Resin on my Elegoo Mars 2, and hand-painted by me! I cannot be more pleased with how he turned out 🥰

Detailed shots under the cut

Had to share all these gorgeous details, like the TEXTURES on this models are just gorgeous! All that filigree and bead detailing is raised which made painting it much easier, but still very tedious (so worth the results though). This was my first time painting a face bigger than tabletop mini scale, and boy was I intimidated. Had some friends point me to ball-jointed doll makers and learned about detailing faces with chalk pastels, so I used pastels to give his cheeks some colour, blush the tips of his ears, and make the shadows under his eyes. I could go back and add more colour/texture to his hair but I think its best if I leave it, lest I play with it too much and end up ruining things. I have to keep reminding myself that just cause I can see things in macro lens photos, doesn't mean I'm actually able to go correct those things 😅

Regardless, I'm so so happy with how he turned out, and its crazy that I can look at this and go "me!!! I PAINTED THAT!! ME!!!", and now I have a stunning model of everyones favourite lil rat bastard (affectionate) vampire mans💕

#Astarion #astarion bg3 #bg3 astarion #astarion ancunin #bg3 #bg3 art #baulders gate 3 #baulders gate 3 astarion #miniature painting #3d modeling #scale model #mini painting #model painting #I saw someone on social media with a fully painted astarion model #and was like WANT but having one professionally painted was $$$ #and I thought to myself “I have a printer...I can paint...I'll just make my own!” #those artists deserve every dang penny they charge cause this took me like 30 hours #and before anyone asks no I won't be selling him or taking commissions #this was art just for me <3 #I've already got an artsy side hustle I'm not making yet another hobby of mine a job lols #also bonus points to anyone who notices the rip in the back of his doublet #I didnt wanna wait to print a new one (and was out of resin) so I just went with it bc you can't see it from the front anyways hahahah

[warmsol]

simblr has been more quiet lately, i hope everyone is okay and taking care of themselves. ♥️

#at least MY dashboard has been slower lately! which is funny because i follow 700ish blogs 😭 #(4-5 of which are bg3 and i definitely see more bg3 than sims lately ajdkdjs) #anyway whether it’s school or work or other hobbies/things taking up time i wish you well :’) #i’m definitely still hanging around just posting more on my side blog (calidosun) and still obsessed w bg3 lmaoo #but that being said i NEED to get a halloween or fall themed post done before the month is over. i’m itching for it. 🎃 #wish me luck though because keeping my game open for more than a hour at a time has been difficult lately 🫡 #alright love u gays

[detransraichu]

okay y'all this summer i'll make a youtube channel with a series where i just play videogames while high and try to talk abt deep feminist/activist topics and somehow make sense. it'll probably be a mess but a fun mess :3 i also want a series on that channel where i do feminist & sapphic media analysis, mostly of anime and old school cartoons bc i feel like there's way less media analysis vids abt animated media than abt other kinds of tv/movies! i want to make them about older kinds of animated media and compare it thru feminist lenses with animated media made these days!! i'm just very curious to see how they compare by delving deep into them. and i mean... it's an excuse to binge cartoons :P i also want to do it anonymously so i can get a little bit radfem without fearing abt my safety yay /s. i'll start off with just a series of clips of the shows i'm talking about in my vids but eventually i want to commission a little drawing of smtg that'll represents me with different expressions/reactions and use it on my channel hehe. i also want to put vids of my bunnies every now and then! and eventually some let's plays too. I'M SO EXCITEDDDDD

I'M SORRY TO BE CRINGE BUT BEING A YOUTUBER IS MY DREAM

#lay text #IT WOULD LITERALLY BE THE MOST PERFECT JOB EVER BC I FUCKIGN LOVE VIDEO EDITING AND WRITING SCRIPTS AND RAMBLING ABT MY INTERESTS #i obviously will also focus on other stuff that's more likely to pay me #BUT I WANNA DO RLY GOOD ON YOUTUBE!!!!! i know i can do it i truly believe in myself like i just know i'd be great at it <3 #if that's delusional or narcissistic or whatever then fuck off i literally do not care i shall still chase my dreams hehe #it'll start off as a hobby but i will work really hard and eventually thru hard work turn it as a job even just a small side gig!!! #if anything i'll be gaining video editing & writing experience!

[random-conspiracy]

FIGHT FOR THE ARTS AND CRAFTS!!!

FIGHT FOR THE LEGACY OF A CULTURE!!!

The book binders, the shoemakers, the secrets of fabric and wood. What will happen when all is automatized, what will happen if we grow far and far away from the things we use and do.

Fight to keep alive the legacy. The wisdom and knowledge macerated by generations. Someone has to carry the torch!

#ahshashahsa ok I know it sounds like shit you'd find in a pamphlet #But I think a lot of what it means to be part of a hobby of a subculture and all of that #And I just saw the post about the user that started into bookbinding to bind beloved fanfics #and MAN #What will happen to the shoemaker in my town when he dies? #There are another 15 but they all will eventually die. And many people buy more shoes from fabrics in the other side of the world #The book binder closed his workshop years ago #and here I'm trying to bind a book with a youtube tutorial #what will happen when the secrets of tools and craftmanship die? #The little secrets. The secret wisdom. The correct way to cut fabric #The best posture to weave a basket. The divinitaion meaning of every card in a playing deck #Being part of a hobby is like being suddenly part of a whole guild #but we're so far apart #will someone pass the knowledge of how to make a nice table? will someone remember? #if a tree falls in a forest

[wonder-worker]

"[Elizabeth Woodville's] piety as queen seems to have been broadly conventional for a fifteenth-century royal, encompassing pilgrimages, membership of various fraternities, a particular devotion to her name saint, notable generosity to the Carthusians, and the foundation of a chantry at Westminster after her son was born there. ['On other occasions she supported planned religious foundations in London, […] made generous gifts to Eton College, and petitioned the pope to extend the circumstances in which indulgences could be acquired by observing the feast of the Visitation']. One possible indicator of a more personal, and more sophisticated, thread in her piety is a book of Hours of the Guardian Angel which Sutton and Visser-Fuchs have argued was commissioned for her, very possibly at her request."

-J.L. Laynesmith, "Elizabeth Woodville: The Knight's Widow", "Later Plantagenet and Wars of the Roses Consorts: Power, Influence, Dynasty"

#historicwomendaily #elizabeth woodville #my post #friendly reminder that there's nothing indicating that Elizabeth was exceptionally pious or that her piety was 'beyond purely conventional' #(something first claimed by Anne Crawford who simultaneously claimed that Elizabeth was 'grasping and totally lacking in scruple' so...) #EW's piety as queen may have stood out compared to former 15th century predecessors and definitely stood out compared to her husband #but her actions in themselves were not especially novel or 'beyond normal' and by themselves don't indicate unusual piety on her part #As Laynesmith's more recent research observes they seem to have been 'broadly conventional' #A conclusion arrived at Derek Neal as well who also points out that in general queens and elite noblewomen simply had wider means #of 'visible material expression of [their] personal devotion' - and also emphasizes how we should look at their wider circumstances #to understand their actions (eg: the death of Elizabeth's son George in 1479 as a motivating factor) #It's nice that we know a bit about Elizabeth's more personal piety - for eg she seems to have developed an attachment to Westminster Abbey #It's possible her (outward) piety increased across her queenship - she undertook most of her religious projects in later years #But again - none of them indicate the *level* of her piety (ie: they don't indicate that she was beyond conventionally pious) #By 1475 it seems that contemporaries identified Cecily Neville as the most personally devout from the Yorkist family #(though Elizabeth and even Cecily's sons were far greater patrons) #I think people also assume this because of her retirement to Westminster post 1485 #which doesn't work because 1) we don't actually know when she retired? as Laynesmith says there is no actual evidence for the traditional #date of 12 February 1487 #2) she had very secular reasons for retiring (grief over the death of her children? her lack of dower lands or estates which most other #widows had? her options were very limited; choosing to reside in the abbey is not particularly surprising. it's a massive and unneeded jump #to claim that it was motivated solely by piety (especially because it wasn't a complete 'retirement' in the way people assume it was) #I think historians have a habit of using her piety as a GOTCHA!' point against her vilification - which is a flawed and stupid argument #Elizabeth could be the most pious individual in the world and still be the pantomime villain Ricardians/Yorkists claim she was #They're not mutually exclusive; this line of thinking is useless #I think this also stems from the fact that we simply know very little about Elizabeth as an individual (ie: her hobbies/interests) #certainly far less than we do for other prominent women Margaret of Anjou; Elizabeth of York;; Cecily Neville or Margaret Beaufort #and I think rather than emphasizing that gap of knowledge her historians merely try to fill it up with 'she was pious!' #which is ... an incredibly lackluster take. I think it's better to just acknowledge that we don't know much about this historical figure #ie: I do wish that her piety and patronage was emphasized more yes. but it shouldn't flip too far to the other side either.

[ozymoron]

i have so many pictures of clouds and sunsets but i have no idea if anyones actually interested in seeing them

#⚠️ #photographys like a little side hobby of mine i feel weird calling it a hobby since i just use my phones shitty camera but i try my best #with what i have

[owlf45]

when it comes to the unfinished fics that haven't been updated in 3 years and had an authors note that said the next chapter was ready and would be out in a week and the author has no other social media that i can find (not naming names but i have like 3 fav fics like this), yes, I'd take the mediocre continuation half bc i wanna know the author is safe and half bc i have reread the entirety of the fic several times and i need to see where it goes as long as it makes sense.

oh i get that. it's always scary when there's no way to check in with the author too.

since my DC binge, i went back to ff.net just to scope around and see if i could find my old favs. luckily i managed to find some of them crossposted to AO3 and follow the authors' new works there, but it was hard going back in time and seeing so many authors i adored who were just... gone. one of my favorite authors, someone who honestly contributed a lot to my writing style regarding mystery and slow-burn thriller, had passed away.

obviously we never met and im not even sure i left comments on their stuff (i was pretty shy about it) but i raved about their stuff for weeks. i still remember it being the highlights of my month years ago. parasocial relationships yes yes yes, but seriously. the joy i get from getting emails after years, or seeing someone move their account and getting to see them interact again... it's not unnoticed!

(also yes, rereading the whole fic after an update is soooooo mecore i love it when i do that and then get re-obsessed all over again. its amazing.)

#tw death #tw sui impled #--> #the author actually took their own life very recently. which was gut wrenching. and of course ff.net comments were horrible about it #being on the reader side of things really changed my perspective i think. since yknow its very easy to be on the writers side of things #and not realize #like yeah im just a fic author but also i like to think there's people out there who think of me from time to time #my asks #sorry this took such a dark turn! but i get it anon #tbf im sure most people just move on to other hobbies or grow out of it. i know for some of my old ffnet accounts and... quora?? i just fle #i dont know if i have anything on there anymore tbh but I'm sure some people just.. go off and do their own little thing in the world