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shinondraws · 1 year

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People on Twitter being like "ooh aah but to make art you need EXPENSIVE SUPPLIES AND TECH, art is TRULY the most ELITIST pursuit and thus it is right to rip off and degrade artists because that is how we make art ACCESSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE."

Fucking hell these people don't care SHIT about making art accessible. All they are making is excuses. To make art you need something that money can't buy and that is the WILL AND DRIVE TO MAKE SOMETHING YOURSELF. Everything else follows.

You can use literally whatever you have at hand to start drawing. Printer paper and ball pen. Free art apps and mouse. That's how I and many others started.

The funniest part is that never in the history have good art materials and resources been so cheap and accessible. My first drawing tablet was the size of a fuckin oven tray and had maybe 2dpi resolution and no pen pressure. With the price of that thing you can now get a very good tablet that you can make pro work with. It ridiculous.

As for traditional art, just use fucking whatever. I used absolute garbage paper that is Bad by any measure and yet I didn't care because I wanted to CREATE and so I made these pieces that I was so proud of back in the day.

Garbage paper and garbage colours. Free art software. These pieces are still very dear to me.

People are just mad that there are no shortcuts to art. People are mad that this shit takes TIME AND EFFORT to build up.

If you want to really create something you will fucking sit on your ass and probably cry but you will make the effort to put down some marks.

I am not sure that these whiney babies even want to make art. It sounds like they just want the clout and they are mad that the shortcut they found isn’t met with awe and praise.

These fucking dildos are mad that art takes skill and effort and they are mad that artists ask for recognition of their skill and effort while they are not willing to put in any of that themselves.

Fuck you.

#ramblings #i am so tired and so angry #this absolutely won't sway my desire to make art because i realized something important #i make art because i love creating #i love the act of it #and nothing can take that away from me #and i know now that it is something that I posses and that those people don't #so fuck them

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amalgamezz · 4 months

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#aromantic #actually aromantic #aro #aro pride #love loses #good job everyone. im so proud of us <2 #edit (12/31): also pls do not quote 'not all loves are romantic/sexual' at me #1. aros have always been the first to dissect the definition of love. we are likely to know that before you.#2. are we gonna keep pretending that aros aint only an afterthought to the 'love wins' and 'love is love' crowds.#3. im loveless aro. i do not care for love whether its romantic platonic or familial etc etc.#one can do good w love. one can also do evil w love. love =/= morals. stop acting like it is.

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herd-reject-arts · 10 months

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So I'm leaving work and something darts in front of me, maybe 10ft away, too fast for me to see what it is. Peek around the tree blocking my path and I see this

Just like... a whole ass hawk. Dude's gotta be about 1.5ft tall. Massive fucking bird. And it's just staring me straight in my soul like this, even as I try to move ahead. It didn't budge. And there's only this path back to my car unless I want to walk on a busy highway. So I have the option of Death By Raptor or Death By Truck.

So I walk in the poison ivy filled patch off the sidewalk. Guy still isn't moving. Still staring me directly in the eyes. And I do this thing when animals are behaving strangely where I'll talk to them, so I'm just like, "Hey, man. I don't know you. You don't know me. This feels really threatening. I'm just trying to get to my car, dude. Can I get some space please? You're a big fucking bird. I see those claws. You could kill me right now, but I'd appreciate if you didn't, ok?"

It didn't move until I was about 2ft away. Again: I'm as far from it as I can be without walking into the street. It clearly wasn't going to budge. I walk past, thing flies up (silent, btw. Scary) and lands on a brick wall a little further ahead

Anyway. Weird guy. Nearly shit my pants when I noticed a bird big enough to carry off a fully grown cat was just... there, staring me in the face, unwilling to move away from me, a human, something it should see as a threat. I watched behind me the whole rest of the way to my car, just in case this bird decided to help me shed this mortal coil. 10/10 experience. Super cool guy.

#not vc sorry #bird #birds #aves #raptor #hawk #red shouldered hawk #i think. might be wrong on that id #accipitriformes #birds of prey #honestly a really cool guy so close up #I'm happy i wasn't attacked. i would not want to fight a guy that big.#talons on this bird were huge. big scary.#I've never heard of large predatory birds just landing in front of people like that so i don't know what gives #it didn't catch any food or anything. just landed near me then stared me down.#I don't know a lot about bird behavior so i tried to not look back at it but still.#it also didn't look injured. seemed like a healthy bird #if anyone has any idea why this thing would act the way it did I'd love to know

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ruporas · 2 days

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your love returns in tragedy (ID in alt)

#farcille #falin touden #marcille donato #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #coming face to face with the consequences of acting out of love - marcille u will always be famous #dunmeshi is really a series that keeps on moving bc it's about so many different characters and centered on the journey #rather than like... introspectively on one singular individual so i dont think we see marcille dwell on it but we can see her fatigue #her shock and surprise in the recent ep “don't hurt her she's just confused” Gah. desperately trying to grasp everything thats going on and #not to lose hope. bc undoubtedly the remains she put together was falin's - that short moment of reprieve the party had was with falin #she was able to bring her back her magic did it!! but the violence the fatal swings was not falin at all.#just pondering about holding that guilt... it's such a huge responsibility to be in charge of life in the first place and yet it is #a burden she'll keep trudging with. defying the natural orders to keep the people she love alive... i Lauv her...#also shared sentiment with the rest of the fandom but God. Chimera Falin... she is Everything....#ruporas art

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nipuni · 4 days

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"Midnight" is one of my favourite episodes!!

A speedpaint video of this will be available at my Patreon on may 1st

#doctor who #tenth doctor #david tennant #10th doctor #my art #it's so goooood!!#the cosmic horror episodes are always amazing and the exploration of human nature and the incredible acting #the shift in power dynamics and the desperation and fear aahh it's so simple and so effective I love it

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here-there-everyfuckenwhere · 10 months

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Cillian Murphy talking about Oppenheimer: yeah it’s a good movie :)

Ryan Gosling talking about Barbie: After working on this movie for so long I can only perceive the world in shades of pink… when I look at my reflection in the mirror, Ken is waving back at me…. he has Ken-sumed me, mind, body and soul….

#ray rants and junk #barbie (2023)#I love this for him btw #Ryan Gosling as Ken might be one of the most intense forms of method acting I have ever witnessed #barbie #Ryan gosling #barbenheimer #Oppenheimer

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helpallthenamesaretakenblog · 3 months

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i saw someone talk about how they have to prepare the future actor for Nico di angelo. But the real question is how are they going to prepare the paid guinea pig actor in s2?? That tiny little animal has to look scared, insecure and at the same time, has to look like a simp.

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figofswords · 2 months

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I love how in dunmeshi everyone’s like god laios what’s wrong with you you’re such a freak and then they turn around and immediately go oh my god falin I love how much of a freak you are I’m obsessed with you you’re so weird never change and then you look at them and they’re like. the same

#dungeon meshi #biggest culprits for this phenomenon are shuro and marcille #I love when shuro is like god I’ve been in love with falin for ages shes so weird and has weird interests and acts different #and then IMMEDIATELY he goes AND YOU LAIOS. IVE ALWAYS HATED HOW YOURE WEIRD AND HAVE WEIRD INTERESTS AND ACT DIFFERENT

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emeraldsummers · 5 months

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Sometimes I remember that the only reason Cas is canonically a weirdo even by angel standards is just because Misha, the first onscreen angel, made the acting choice to portray angels as inhuman and eerie, and then all of the subsequent angel actors just ignored that and portrayed the angels as regular people.

#misha: stares unblinkingly at jensen and puts on a funny voice. everyone else: yeah nahhhh #so much of the acting choices on that show were “idk i felt like it” like was there even a director?????#spn #supernatural #castiel #misha collins #this isnt an actual critique or anything its just funny #also weirdo is being used affectionately i love cas to death

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mirrorhouse · 5 months

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You have taken the whole of me. I could never accept just a piece of you in return.

#baldur's gate #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #lae'zel #bg3edit #gamingedit #videogamewomen #gamingladiesedit #*#MY FOREVER GIRL #i love her i love how she can be rude and abrasive and she knows and isnt ashamed of that part of herself #she's softer on the inside but it doesn't cancel out how fierce she is; it's not like who she is on the surface is all an act

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theswedishpajas · 1 year

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Just take it from me.

#my art stuff #super mario #Luigi #Wario #Mario #Waluigi #I don’t think I’ve ever drawn wario before #and I am scared at how well he turned out.#take the L #take the W #take the M #take the ???#meme #doodle #sketch #I absolutely love the expressions they’re making #luigi looks so tired #Wario is just proud of you #Mario doesn’t get what’s happening but acts like he made the trend #waluigi just wants to feel included but has no idea what the fuck is going on #no thoughts head empty only WAH #edit:#A friend informed me the upside down L is a real letter and is pronounced like R #and I can’t help but imagine He thinks he’s being smoothe and doing one of those sleezy purr growl things and thinking he’s being flirty #it makes the wink so much worse #I love Waluigi but god he’s so lame (affectionate)#edit 2.0:#it is pronounced like G #idk where I got R from #’’grrr“ is even worse for waluigi

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soranker · 7 months

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some guy i saw at the funky bar...........

#one piece #roronoa zoro #OOPS WAIT surprise this is not trigun or wolfwood LMAOO #I DREW THIS AFTER WATCHING OPLA which i loved <3 that was my first foray into OP #and then afterwards i started getting a ton of anime zoro clips on my ig feed and found out HE IS ACTUALLY SOOOO FUNNY AND GOOFY????????#LIKE HELLO??????? WHATS UP WITH THE COOL GUY ACT IN OPLA LMAOOO its wolfwood all over again #anyways im slowly (very slowly) chugging thru the anime ^_^ he's def my fav so far #im actually dressing up as him for halloween this year LOLOLL

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buckttommy · 1 year

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fanfic really is. like. it really is about the community. it's about the comments. it's about the story you rip directly for your heart and bleed out on your keyboard. it's about the i loved it when you... and the i screamed when you wrote... and the keyboard smashes and the i can't believe you did that!!!! and the i'm suing you for damages like it. this is community. fanfic is literally. an act of community. the greatest act of community in fandom because it comes with such raw, overwhelming vulnerability. whether you're writing kink fic or 100k words of trauma exploration, you're just like. hi hello this is my soul please embrace it and people do. oh my gosh

#i love fanfic #rebloggable #literally every other act in fandom compares to this #fanfic is indescribable fr. just. epic #jack.txt

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spartanlocke · 1 year

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tumblr users all of a sudden: oh yeah this website is SO good for art hehehe it’s waaayyyy better than twitter it’s so supportive of artists we love art so much here uwu art for the win!! ✨ 😘 💕 😋✨ artists who have spent the last 4+ years on their hands and knees begging people to reblog their art just to be ignored every single time because half this website acts like their nuts will be ripped off with the claw end of a hammer if they reblog a single drawing:

#jem blogs #i'm gonna get shit for this but i think it genuinely needs to be said #YES function-wise tumblr has definitely proven to be best for artists #but people suddenly acting like they support artists when they've been refusing to reblog our art for years -#despite knowing it's the only way for our art to get traction?#- that's some Bullshit™#anyway thanks and love to all my mutuals who always make sure to reblog my art you've kept me going for so long ♥#everyone else START REBLOGGING ART OR SIT DOWN

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sambeckdraws · 6 months

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colour palette requests - Orin

#i LOVE orin especially considering i've only played act 2 and 3 as the dark urge (trying to redeem themselves)#orin the red #baldur's gate 3 #(also i promise astarion is next he was requested the most lmao)

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burins · 5 months

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I know this is the Take Personal Responsibility for Systemic Issues website, but I keep seeing weirdly guilt trippy posts about libraries and ebook licenses, which are a labyrinth from hell and not actually something you personally need to feel guilty about. here are a few facts about ebook licenses you may not know:

in Libby/Overdrive, which currently operates in most US public libraries, ebook licenses vary widely in how much they cost and what their terms are. some ebooks get charged per use, some have a set number of uses before the license runs out, and others have a period of time they're good for (usually 1-2 years) with unlimited checkouts during that period before they expire. these terms are set by the publisher and can also vary from book to book (for instance, a publisher might offer two types of licenses for a book, and we might buy one copy of a book with a set number of uses we want to have but know won't move as much, and another copy with a one year unlimited license for a new bestseller we know will be really moving this year.)

you as a patron have NO way of knowing which is which.

ebook licenses are very expensive compared to physical books! on average they run about 60 bucks a pop, where the same physical book would cost us $10-15 and last us five to ten years (or much longer, if it's a hardcover that doesn't get read a lot.)

if your library uses Hoopla instead, those are all pay per use, which is why many libraries cap checkouts at anywhere between 2-10 per month.

however.

this doesn't mean you shouldn't use ebooks. this doesn't mean you should feel guilty about checking things out! we buy ebook licenses for people to use them, because we know that ebook formats are easier for a lot of people (more accessible, more convenient, easier for people with schedules that don't let them get into the library.) these are resources the library buys for you. this is why we exist. you don't need to feel guilty about using them!

things that are responsible for libraries being underfunded and having to stretch their resources:

government priorities and systemic underfunding of social services that don't turn a profit and aren't easily quantified

our society's failure to value learning and pleasure reading for their own sake

predatory ebook licensing models

things that are not responsible for libraries being underfunded:

individual patron behavior

I promise promise promise that your personal library use is not making or breaking your library's budget. your local politicians are doing that. capitalism is doing that. you are fine.

(if you want to help your local library, the number one thing you can do is to advocate for us! talk to your city or county government about how much you like the library. or call or write emails or letters. advocate for us locally. make sure your state reps know how important the library is to you. there are local advocacy groups in pretty much every state pushing for library priorities. or just ask your local librarian. we like to answer questions!

also, if you're in Massachusetts, bill h3239 would make a huge difference in letting us negotiate ebook prices more fairly. tell your rep to vote for it!)

#like. the nypl budget is getting cut bc Adams doesnt think the library matters!#your checking out a book a few times bc you didn't get to it in time is not actually affecting Mr. Cops Not Books #library haint #if you like the library and you like free stuff come use the library. you might be surprised about what we have!#but it's not a moral act either way.#libraries are a public good! i love the library! but so is the post office. we don't moralize about the post office.#ANYWAY.#local librarian with tendencies towards scrupulosity gets frustrated online more news at 10

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