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anartsyvoid · 10 months ago

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Summer artwork collection ✨

#art #skill #pretty #dragon #summer artwork #dragons #summer #aesthetic #traditional art

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anartsyvoid · 10 months ago

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An old favorite that I finally took a photo of.

He’s got little grabby hands (0-0)

#art #skill #pretty #dragon #artwork #dragon art #blue #skulls

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anartsyvoid · 10 months ago

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Butterfly dragon ✨

I think we should all maybe appreciate the thick tail, my personal favorite :D

#art #skill #pretty #dragon #dragons #blue and green #artwork #butterfly #butterfly dragon

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anartsyvoid · 2 years ago

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Happy Pride!!!

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anartsyvoid · 2 years ago

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Behold.

Jimmy.

#art #skill #pretty #dragon #dragons #drawing #colors #dragon art #artwork #Jimmy #red #warm

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anartsyvoid · 2 years ago

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#plants #plant #plant collection #plant collector #plant room #plant parent #plantcore #plantlife #plant photography #plant inspo #fiddle leaf fig #umbrella plant #alocasia

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anartsyvoid · 2 years ago

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To a sweet boy.

“You died with July

my dear,

sweet boy,

and when the August

sun met your vacant eyes,

a coldness

coating your skin,

perhaps the strongest parts of me followed after you.

I hope they guide you to some kinder September.”

“Perhaps he knew it all, when he fell to the floor.

For labored breaths colored him as his lungs swam with fluid, the saltwater staining inside and out.

And his muscles dulled and his mind warped to static, as confusion and misery blossomed.

His heart cauterized to a choking agony. The medicine never scraped away his cursed destiny, to die of that which gave life.

But he surely was hurt, when she viewed him a threat.

Perhaps he understood then, her terror.

But he couldn’t help wonder why she didn’t follow but, ever despite himself, he was happy she stayed.”

#grief poem #grief #mourning #death #cat #passing #loss #poetry #poem #art #writing #coping #cats #kitty #artwork #recovery

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anartsyvoid · 2 years ago

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Some Christmas dragon gifts!

#art #skill #pretty #dragon #dragons #drawing #colors #dragon art #christmas gift #artwork

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anartsyvoid · 2 years ago

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And in a few months we’ll all be

Gone

And I’ll forget you

Even though I love you now.

It’s a cruel certainty.

That I will look back on these murky years,

And not be able

To place

Your name.

#poetry #poem #writing #graduation #growing #art #my writing #pretty words #short and sweet #sad poetry #bittersweet

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anartsyvoid · 4 years ago

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Freefall

#art #skill #dragon #pretty #colors #dragons #fall #flying #drawing #hand drawn

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anartsyvoid · 4 years ago

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anartsyvoid · 4 years ago

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Wiggle

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anartsyvoid · 4 years ago

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When I read thoughts and ideas about relationships written by people with very rigid ideas about gender, I'm perplexed at how they find dysfunctional beauty in a world-view that seems to me like it must be full of despair.

People with these essentialist ideas often believe, in the end, that to understand or be understood by a person of "opposite" gender is impossible. How they navigate relationships is so fascinatingly horrible.

Having a conversation with your spouse—in which you both attempt to be as charitable and honest toward the other as you can be—isn't on the table in the first place.

Instead, you must look for secret cues in your spouse's behavior based on generalizations about how "Men" or "Women" think and feel. You must approach them first and foremost as a Man or a Woman, with the assumption that true empathy or understanding are impossible, and that any common ground you share as Humans is secondary. You have to constantly dehumanize your spouse with inflexible labels that deny their individuality.

Resentment, bitterness, and arguing are not only inevitable, they are romanticized. They are evidence of some kind of endless, martyr-like Noble Struggle toward an incomprehensible Other that both cannot be coexisted with and must be.

They're so befuddled by the fumes of Gender Essentialism that they can't seem to think, "Maybe my spouse seems like an Incomprehensible Other because I haven't even tried to FUCKING TALK TO THEM about how they are feeling."

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anartsyvoid · 4 years ago

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Some fun Stardew Valley travel posters in honor of the recent revival of my og video game obsession.

Update: Prints are up :) Click here for digital download and here for finished prints

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anartsyvoid · 4 years ago

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HOW TO (NOT) START A BOOK

Listen... this shouldn't be hard, people. But, starting a book really is one of THE hardest things to do.

The thought is daunting, the process overwhelming. The whole thing is enough to make giving up seem like the easiest route.

But, did Frodo give up on his journey to take the One Ring back to Mordor?

NO. BECAUSE HE HAD A SAMWISE GAMGEE. LET ME BE YOUR SAMWISE GAMGEE.

So, I figured it'd be easier to start with the naughty no-nos. One, because it's funny (and I think I'm pretty funny). Two, because you need to know what's incorrect before you can value what IS correct. Let's get started.

Warning: this is gonna be a rant. You've been warned.

Stare at your blank page and freak out

We've all been here. Anxiety creeps in and your Imposter Syndrome whispers in that creepy voice, "Yoooouu suuuckk baaallllsss." Tell that mother fucker IT SUCKS BALLS.

Don't freak out. Don't show weakness. Show that fucking blank page or word document who the hell is in charge around here. Write, damn it!

Who cares if it sucks? It's your first draft. IT'S GOING TO SUCK.

Get stuck world building for four years and have yet to write a single sentence

I get it. I'm guilty of this, too. You have this SUUUPERR AWESOME UNIQUE world in your head that demands you put all of your creative effort in to and by Gandalf's Beard, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BRING IT TO LIIIFFEEE.

Reality Check: it shouldn't take you more than a few months to get everything down. Everything important, anyways. Unless you work a full time job, go to school or parent tiny demons from hell, world building shouldn't take you YEARS going on a DECADE.

Neither should writing books. I'm looking at you, Georgie Boy. #iykyk

Convince yourself that you haven't bought the right pen, notebook or found the right writing software to express yourself with

My secret shame. Oh, the shame. My super secret shame? I still convince myself of this.

The only way to get around this is to just fucking do it and make do with what you got. It won't please your brain. It'll be angry, wrathful even, and badger you relentlessly like a Nazgul. But, you have to trick it in order to get to Bree-- I MEAN, in order to start your story.

*GASP* BUT, WHAT WILL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS THINK OF ME IF I WRITE THIS?!

Listen, listen, listen... literally... this is what pen names (or Nom de Plumes, for you fancy writers) are for. You don't have to think of one right this moment. But, pressure off, guys. C'mon.

Also, as much as we would like our loved ones' support, they don't always "get" it, and think this is a hobby or passing fancy and not take it as seriously as you do.

What you should do is surround yourself with like-minded people or people who support you even if they don't "get" being a writer. It's those people who's unconditional love will get you through the hardest of times.

And my favorite: You will never be able to write like [insert revered author of all time here]

Shaddup. Just... shaddup. You will NEVER write like the authors you admire. That's. The. Fucking. Point.

YOU are YOU. Your responsibility as an artist is to breathe new life into old hats. Or some obscure inspirational bullshit like that. Readers will love what you write because it's uniquely YOU. Readers appreciate fresh, new takes on the same old tropes.

And if you're trying to emulate a classic author like Ol' JRR, you can't. We may still enjoy his stories today, but he wrote in a different time with different genre expectations (as in... he literally pioneered the genre... like... it's kind of hard to do in today's world. Not impossible, mind you. Just really freaking hard).

And that's it. My list on how to not start a book. Sorry, this one was a little aggressive, but... ya'll need to get aggressive. Writers can be a sensitive bunch that often need a good kick in the behind to get past those nasty blocks.

What are your resons for not starting a book? What have I missed? What are some of the ways you've gotten past the first sentence? Let me know!

~ Happy Writing, Ya'll ~

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anartsyvoid · 4 years ago

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“It Was Bad Today”

#art #dragon art #dragon #vent #mood #skill #pretty #colors

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anartsyvoid · 4 years ago

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I’ll wear white today.

I wonder when it will be better

because the storm clouds have made a home in my heart

and the lightning

has lost its horrid glow.

And I am tired.

But I am fixed

in this grief,

what I thought was temporary has far exceeded

it's welcome.

I do not know when I’m

not allowed to mourn this

anymore,

for the wound has healed but the bruises bear

tears and

I want to be better.

So, I’ll wear white today.

#skill #poetry #pretty #poems #my writing #writing #poem #words #poet

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