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heyyyyyy look at me I made a self-portrait this is crazyyyyyy

anywho, I dare-say that I have started to figure out how I like rendering skin, so next i need to tackle clothes and backgrounds. I'm pretty happy with this one and now I am going to eat some celebratory 2:00AM cereal :D

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GUYS, I even added a BACKGROUND??? I'm going nuts, someone needs to hold me back-

Anywho, I wanted to draw a pretty lady and I ended up with this. I'm pretty happy with it, but I'm still having trouble with figuring out how I like to render and add texture. But YEAH :DD

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Hi, my name is Kiwi and I have Vaxleth brainrot so I made fanart of a college au fic that I love by @acharliek on Ao3

(i am newer to digital art and refuse to do backgrounds, be kind to me<3)

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Wow, look at me, posting art of my dnd character. Crazy.

(she's just a girl in the world)

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shading colour tips

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple

orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red

yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach

green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal

blue- shade with purple

purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)

pink- darker shade of red

white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??

black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol

grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)

brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

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Watching the Atom Eve special and holy shit...it probably wasn't intended this way but it reminds me of my experiences growing up with then-undiagnosed autism

The always feeling different but not knowing why? Being mocked by your peers and told by your parents they wish you were normal? Feeling safe enough to be yourself to a long-time friend only for them to then shun you? The feeling of freedom when things finally click?

Again, I don't think this was intentional (it may have been idk lmao), but this just hits so close to home. I love it.

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I think about how we domesticated and then abandoned pigeons far too often for it to be healthy

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pov: you're me sitting in the other room listing to my grandpa watching fox news spew homophobic and transphobic bs

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((hey, this is important))

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Allow me to impart some knowledge upon y'all.

Tics are not cute. They are extremely painful, and you calling them cute is devaluing my pain.

Please stop fetishizing my disability.

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these are really helpful tips for those who need it.

❤ Alternatives to self harm ❤ (Some of these repeat, but i wanted to group them into sections) ❤ I hope this helps someone. ❤

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Reblog if your page is a safe space for anyone of any nationality and ethnicity.

Reblog if your page is a safe space for anyone in the LGBTQ+ community.

Reblog if your page is a safe space for anyone with a disability or disorder.

Reblog if your page is a safe space for anyone who has experienced or is experiencing trauma.

Reblog if your page is a safe space.

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I patiently await the day when I meet another with tourettes and our tics just bounce off each other and its going to be the best

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i typically tic most when i am with friends and family(i have no idea why, that’s just how it goes for me). i tic more when i am stressed and anxious. 

one time my mom and i were talking about Jews and i said hitler really loud, i also say satan plenty enough.

i have an echo tic which makes me ‘echo’ what people say, and it often turns into a tic

they can be, but mine normally aren’t.

YES. when ever i see another person tic i tic, and it turns into a never ending cycle of ticking.

sometimes i randomly think of something and it turns into a tic, so i kinda know what will come out, but its very strained because my tics aren’t normally sentences.

Questions for people with Tourettes!

I notice a pattern in Youtube videos by people with Tourettes, so I want to ask:

How much does the environment affect your tics? Will you tic less in some places and more in others? Or is it related to how relaxed or anxious you are?

Do your most offensive tics (if you have any) seem to crop up in environments where you know those are bad things to say / bad gestures to make? (ie saying the N-word repeatedly at a Black Lives Matter rally or giving people the middle finger at church / temple.)

How suggestible are Tourettes tics? Like, if someone says something to you enough times, will you start to repeat it as a tic? 

Are there tics that are only triggered by certain images, music, phrases or any other stimuli? 

Is the mechanism behind your tics acting up in response to someone else’s tics similar to having the urge to yawn / actually yawning because you saw somebody else yawn?

If you tic entire random phrases (ie “elephant pajama recitals!” / “Saturn ate the Queen’s makeup!”), do you know what’s about to come out before you say it, or does your mouth just blurt it and leave you as surprised as whoever hears you?

–Btw I fully understand that tics are not you shouting out or gesturing exactly what you’re thinking, and I know not everyone has swearing / vulgar tics.