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gaycicada · 18 hours
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Tips my animation teacher gave me:
. Cultivate obsession (if you really like a media or thing. Draw the FUCK out of it, get lost in that sauce)
. If everything sucks literally just ignore it, go watch a movie until obsession reclaims you, you will have improved somehow
. THE CIRCLES. PONDER THE ORBS (no actually, almost all organic movement is part of a circle, take note of this, you must replicate it)
. Keep a sketchbook, small and discrete, draw the poses people make, it must not be pretty, it should only capture the flow and essentials of a pose, each sketch will likely only take 5-10 seconds
Obviously there’s more to it but so far following this has been really good for my art in general,
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gaycicada · 2 days
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"life is good right now" prompts
running through the rain and friends not shrinking away at a hug
pressed flowers on the windowsill
legs tangled into each other, living quietly in each others' presence
raised brows of acknowledgement in the hallways
curved smiles and side looks
falling into a system without needing to speak
late nights and eager whispers
blasting an album you've tried before, disliked, and now love
late nights and early mornings but with a sense of purpose
talking to strangers over little things you love
seeing your friends do well
talking to an old friend you haven't spoken to in a while
finding conversation where you couldn't before
letting go of feelings and letting whatever comes your away come gently
starting to anticipate things again
starting to feel happy again
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gaycicada · 3 days
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Lyctorhood ✨
support me on ko-fi
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gaycicada · 13 days
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you know he would have been one of Those kids
inspired by this pic:
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gaycicada · 16 days
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reblog if your name isn't Amanda.
2,121,566 people are not Amanda and counting!
We’ll find you Amanda.
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gaycicada · 20 days
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gaycicada · 21 days
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I turn to Ares.
Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK
⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon
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gaycicada · 23 days
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Unsplash -  photography, illustration, & art
Pixabay - same as unsplash
Pexels - stock photos and videos
Getty Images - photography & illustration
Veceezy - vectors and clipart
Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)
StockSnap.io - stock photos
Canva - needs login but has lots of templates
Library of Congress - historical posters and photos
NASA - you guessed it
Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie
Even Adobe has some free images
There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without plagiarizing! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own. 
Please add on if you know any more resources for free images <3
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gaycicada · 23 days
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You’ve fallen for the classic Butch blunder! Never tell a femme you’re ovulating!!!
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gaycicada · 28 days
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Little Pony
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gaycicada · 29 days
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gaycicada · 1 month
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One day I’ll make more fanart I swear but unfortunately there’s little gecko Teifling thing my brain made called Desmond Vassago that’s lording over my mind weather I like it or not. So here’s a doodle turned class art project of the criminal himself.
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gaycicada · 1 month
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NOTE TO SELF-SLOW THE FUCK DOWN!
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gaycicada · 1 month
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In case no one told you growing up
Bras last longer if you let them air dry. Don’t put them in the dryer.
If you have a problem with frizzy hair, don’t dry your hair with a towel. It makes the frizzies worse. (I recently read an article that said to use a t-shirt? I brush mine out and let it air dry.)
Whites wash best in hot water. Everything else can be in cold - save on your electricity bill.
You can kill 99.9% of germs in a sponge by putting it in the dishwasher for a cycle or by microwaving it for 2 min (be sure to make the sponge damp before microwaving and to put a cup half full of water in with it and please DO NOT squeeze the sponge until it has cooled off)
Airing out your room/house and letting sunlight in every so often can decrease the number of household pests like silverfish and ants.
Black underwear is best during your period as stains are less likely to be visible.
To save money, put aside 10% of each paycheck into a savings account. It’ll add up.
Unless your hair has something on/in it (like grease or mud or something), using conditioner first can actually be the better choice. The conditioner holds in the good oils that help you hair look sleek and beautiful, which shampoo would otherwise wash away.
Speaking of shampoo - if you have long hair, washing just the bits that touch your scalp is generally enough. The rest of your hair gets cleaned with just the run off from your scalp.
If you put a tampon in and it’s uncomfortable/you can feel it, you didn’t do it quite right. A properly placed tampon is virtually unnoticeable by the wearer.
Apply deodorant/antiperspirant a couple hours in advance of when you need it. This gives the product the chance to block your sweat glands. Using deodorant just before going somewhere where you’ll sweat (this means walking outside for people in high humidity places) results in your sweat washing the deodorant off and starkly limiting its usefulness.
After running the dryer, use the dryer sheet from that load to brush out the lint catch - it gets everything off in a fraction of the time it’ll take you to get it clean with your bare hands. Paper towels also work well.
Wash your face everyday, or as often as possible. Forget which brand of cleanser is best. Just washing your face everyday will guarantee you clearer skin. And do you best not to pop pimples, as tempting as the urge may be.
Fold laundry asap after taking it from the dryer to avoid wrinkles. This may seem obvious for dress shirts and silly for things like t-shirts, but you’ll notice the difference even then once your shirts stop looking like unfolded paper balls.
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gaycicada · 2 months
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i love pictures of the international space station which are just completely overexposed because that is just.. unequivocally an angel.
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gaycicada · 2 months
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the default way for things to taste is good. we know this because "tasty" means something tastes good. conversely, from the words "smelly" and "noisy" we can conclude that the default way for things to smell and sound is bad. interestingly there are no corresponding adjectives for the senses of sight and touch. the inescapable conclusion is that the most ordinary object possible is invisible and intangible, produces a hideous cacophony, smells terrible, but tastes delicious. and yet this description matches no object or phenomenon known to science or human experience. so what the fuck
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gaycicada · 2 months
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