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Clockwork Dancer - Submitted by Raisinbranagh

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when u listen to cool music and u get PUMPED and you open phtoshop to draw something really hardcore w dynamic lines and intense perspective

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anyone else still sometimes catch themselves thinking about how after all those years of idolizing dave strider and after all that time in the void session wondering and anticipating and nervously awaiting this theoretical possibility that he might get the chance to meet him, dirk finally fucking sits down with dave one on one hours from the final battle and like wow fucking surprise motherfucker

he gets to find out his literal worst fears were ACTUALLY true! the version of him that dave knew actually did, in fact, do his level best to ruin dave’s life and was an abusive, toxic influence from day one and throughout to the point where dave can’t even look at him without flinching! 

this coming at a time when dirk is already horrendously low on himself, his relationship with Jake literally just blew up like 3 hours ago and if the AR thing went down even remotely the same way there was also that and holy hell dude what a time to be informed about the existence of Bro Strider. Dirk is sitting there thinking he was a toxic influence to Jake from moment one and probably all of his friends the whole time and here Dave is confirming everything from a parallel perspective? 

you can just see this horrible gut clenching moment when this utterly defeated Dirk just meekly accepts that this other version of himself is reflective of his true innermost self and has justifiably ruined any chance he ever had of impressing or even knowing Dave

– and then you see Dave just immediately lift it off him, even get kinda angry at him for having the audacity to even try accepting it that way, you can FEEL Dave’s fucking confusion because he went in guns blazing expecting a confrontation with someone as impossible and inscrutable as Bro was. Dave went in expecting to punch a brick wall and get nowhere, and instead he got Dirk “you’re absolutely right and I’m so fucking sorry I ruined your life” Strider 

and from Dirk’s pov, listening to this, watching this, having this realization that this dave isn’t an untouchable, aloof, mysterious and mythical heroic figure of legend at all, but that only makes him MORE worthy of idolization in all the ways that genuinely matter – and simultaneously thinking that he’s already sabotaged himself out of the chance to know him at all.

It’s like, god, you know those hyperrealistic nightmares people have sometimes that are so fucking scary because they’re indistinguishable from real life, the ones where after you wake up it takes a long time for the understanding that it was actually just a dream to hit you and then you want to cry with relief? 

For Dirk this had to have been so much like that, the whiplash between being 100% sure that Dave was just going to say what he needed to say and then never speak to him again (and knowing Dirk would have considered it completely justified and never questioned his right to do so jesus christ) followed IMMEDIATELY by Dave just being like no you don’t get it, THIS you, this version of you, what I am looking for deep down in my fucking SOUL is for this you that you are right now to be a person that I can have in my life to tell me that I’m okay, that you’re okay, that WE’RE okay – and after fifteen minutes talking to you I can already immediately tell that you ARE that person. 

Dirk’s friends were always only interested in denying the possibility that Dirk could ever truly become a monster, they could never have possibly understood just how DARK Dirk is at his most self destructive, and that’s part of why their reassurances were always hollow for him – they didn’t GET IT, right, they never could have followed the rabbit hole all the way down, so what did they know? But this guy, Dave Strider, has literally seen Dirk at his worst, has lived through the actual reality of the worst things living inside the full-picture potential of Dirk Strider, has dealt with that to great personal detriment and is fucking STILL sitting here telling him “I can tell that you are different, I can tell that you are better, and I am willing to trust you and help you to become a better person than the guy I knew because at the end of the fucking day, you are too important to me to give up on”

like yeah confronting dirk with all of that was what dave needed absolutely but BEING confronted and ultimately forgiven by dave was what dirk needed too, just as much

in conclusion homestuck is good

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*INTERNALLY SCREAMING* I need fan art of this.

I don't think y'all realize that if Keith is really from Texas, it's highly likely he knows Spanish. Aka he'll be able to understand Lance when he goes off on tangents and be able to communicate that way

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theres only two genders

davekat and johndave 

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Need a quick (hilarious) reminder before season 2 of Voltron: Legendary Defender?

Yeah me neither, but I’m still proud of this.

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So maybe your art sucks. Maybe you started drawing at fifteen instead of eight. Maybe you started “too late” Maybe you’re 26 and you just pulled out your art supplies from middle school and you draw worse now than you did then. Maybe people look at you funny when you say you want to go to an artistic university when you’re seventeen and you’ve never taken an art class in your life. Maybe you’ve bounced around with things you’d like to do with your life and people won’t take you seriously when you say you’d like to be an artist. Maybe you started later than normal. Maybe you can’t shade and maybe you can’t draw that other goddamn eye and figure drawing will be the death of you. Maybe your art sucks. Maybe it gets three notes when you post it. Maybe you want to quit because “what’s the point” Maybe you want to give up. Maybe you will. Maybe you’ll throw away your art supplies and burn your sketchbooks and tell yourself there wasn’t any point. Maybe you’ll be 45 and you’ll stumble upon an old drawing and you’ll sigh and crumple it up. “It was too late anyway.” But Maybe you won’t. Perhaps your art will get better. You’ll have a breakthrough one day when you finally figure out how to shade. Maybe you’ll draw two perfect eyes and you’ll hang it up on your wall. Maybe you’ll sketch out a figure drawing and it turns out ten times better than you expected. You’ll get accepted into that university and you get to prove everybody wrong. You’ll be 29 and you’ll be selling your paintings and making people happy with your art. You’ll be 22 and looking back on your sketches from six years ago and you’ll smile because wow they suck but you remember how proud of it you were. So maybe you started late. So what? You started. So don’t stop.

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This is so cool! Guess I'm gonna go to Hot Topic soon :))

Did you know that hot topic sells your art on t shirts?? Like the one that was on welovefine? I saw that they were on there and I instantly recognized your art!

yeah they’re legit/legal, currently trying to get them to credit me for the art on the SU one tho lol

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Omg I love your number 1

Top five songs of all time

oooooooh ohmygod this is so hard why

1. Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

2. Let Me In by Grouplove

3. Ribs by Lorde

4. Ophelia by The Lumineers

5.  The Chain by Fleetwood Mac

ohmygod that was hard

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3’ Tall Ugg Boot Filled With 40 Razr Cellphones, Dumped

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Real Artist Problems:

drawing

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Omg my gosh I will always love these

i am a blessing to this fandom (i have like ten shallura-files saved on my computer name ‘’reminder that i am terrible.png’’. i’m here for all your ooc shitpost ship cravings)

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what she says: avatar is one of my favorite shows.

what she means: avatar: the last airbender is one of the best shows i have ever seen. words cannot describe how much this show means to me. every single one of the characters were diverse, three-dimensional, and well-written, with arcs and character development that were all beautifully orchestrated. the characters were all so human, with flaws, and ambitions, and compelling back stories and motivations. it even shows how the antagonists weren't evil and heartless monsters, but how they were just as human as the heroes. the stories the show itself followed were just as beautiful, mixing humor and playfulness with important, hard-hitting life lessons that have shaped me as a person. the show stressed the importance of friendships and familial bonds, and how everyone is not only deserving of redemption, but can achieve it. it showed the strength in kindness and humility and forgiveness, and how you aren't defined by your past. it showed that just because you're related by blood to someone doesn't mean they're your family, and how friends can be your family too. the show even depicted how animals can be like family. it showed how unhealthy relationships and abuse work, and it showed how you can move and work past those things. it taught how to deal with grief and pain, and how those things can help you grow as a person. it showed that even if everyone is telling you something is right, it doesn't mean it is, and that you should stand up for what's truly right. the visuals were absolutely stunning, and the soundtrack is the best soundtrack of any show or movie i've ever heard. the stories and the characters of this show have resonated with me deeply, and are still affecting me today. to me, nothing will ever compare to avatar: the last airbender.

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this was supposed to be a short exercise for fun but i always get carried away…

i am most proud of that cape. i did that in one go and felt like a god

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this was supposed to be a short exercise for fun but i always get carried away…

i am most proud of that cape. i did that in one go and felt like a god

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i made a meme for class and no one laughed :-(