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one of my wishes for campaign 4 is for there to be an increasing amount of love interests for matt's character. bury that man in love. build the biggest poly pile around him you can imagine.

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I predictably have a favorite- i love the soup man 🍲🥄 (and the fact that robbie daymond voices him?? amazing) [ID: A digital artwork sketch of Reth from Palia. He is a purple-skinned elf man with brown locs and a headband. He is shirtless and pointing at his face with a sad frown looking off to the side. He has his shirt wrapped around his hips and a soup ladle tucked into the wrap. END ID]

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I predictably have a favorite- i love the soup man 🍲🥄 (and the fact that robbie daymond voices him?? amazing) [ID: A digital artwork sketch of Reth from Palia. He is a purple-skinned elf man with brown locs and a headband. He is shirtless and pointing at his face with a sad frown looking off to the side. He has his shirt wrapped around his hips and a soup ladle tucked into the wrap. END ID]

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u know when u drink really cold or hot drinks and u can feel it going down into ur stomach and u feel like one of those skeleton pirates in pirates of the caribbean when they’re drinking the beer

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not sure why obsession with trains is seen as an autism thing when i think any reasonable human being with joy in their heart should be at least a little obsessed with trains. decently reliable public transport? with a rhytmic soothing motion but steady enough on long distances that you could read or draw while riding? getting to see the sights as you speed past? 10/10 best way to travel.

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on survival

-// @aridante // @orivu // @buzzkillgirls // ? // ? // richard siken// @cemeterything // moomin, tove jansson// @disenchanted-killjoy // isn't that enough, shawn mendes// @ prettytheyswag on twitter// @ coletyumuch on twitter// ? // ? // bird by bird, anne lamott// undertale// @strawberrycircuits

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✨MINI ART TUTORIAL✨

A couple people asked how I make these sorts of golden/colorful patterns

on artworks like these:

I work in Photoshop so my advice might be PS-specific in places, but I am 100% sure you can do at least the first 2 in other programs as well.

There's a couple methods I use depending on what effect I'm after:

1. Just Painting:

sometimes I just paint them by hand. I like to use brushes that have visible texture for this and use the dissolve brush mode (it creates a speckled/grainy effect).

To achieve color variation between the dots easily, I recommend enabling Color Dynamics for your brush of choice and unchecking Apply Per Tip - this makes it so color dynamics only change the color of the brush tip once you finish a stroke and lift your pen. It's super easy to paint a bunch of varied dots this way :D

2. Custom Brushes:

If I know I use a certain pattern/shape a lot I'll just make a custom brush in that shape, like so:

To achieve this look you just have to make shape that will be the tip of the brush, make it into a brush in your specific software and then increase the spacing in brush settings to your liking.

Making brushes in PS is super easy, you can find a million tutorials for it - or follow my ancient one here haha -> https://www.tumblr.com/zuzartii/179635817705/some-photoshop-tips

For extra juicy effects you can layer textures on top of your layer with the brush pattern, and try out different layer effects.

This one for example is a gold texture clipped to my dots layer, with the dots layer itself set to Lighter Color

3. Shapes + Patterns

(This might be just Photoshop specific, I'm not sure)

Another fun option is to play with the Shape and Pattern options in Photoshop. Create a Shape from the available options (I use this a lot for circles), and then choose a pattern from your library for the Stroke option and adjust the scale/angle. Patterns are just as easy as brushes to create, so this option is really handy :D

If your software doesn't have Shapes, you can achieve the same effect just by drawing/making a circle and clipping a texture of your choice to it. You won't be able to adjust the circle size/thickness as easily as with a shape, but it's an easy workaround.

4. Paths and custom brushes

This is my fave option for many of these patterns :D

It's very similiar to number 3, but instead of a Shape you create a Path. Paths are vector-based outlines and aren't part of the image untill you use them to create a shape or drawing. Paths don't come with an instant fill/stroke option like Shapes do, but you can use your brushes on them by using the Stroke Path command.

You can easily ctrl z the stroke and retry it with a different brush or a differently sized one. You can also check or uncheck the "Simulate pressure" option, which will give you different results:

I use this aaaaalllll the time for trying out different patterns on my illustrations (especially all the circles everywhere, since this way I can make the brushes bigger/smaller depending on the circle placement).

I also often mix and match between all the options I mentioned. I will typically slap on some extra texture + paint in extra bits by hand on my created shapes to achieve that more traditional look

That's the most of it, I hope it's helpful to the ppl who asked :DD

If anyone wants to know anything else/explain smth better let me know in the comments!

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Honestly it boils down to reparenting yourself & rewiring your own neuronal pathways & telling yourself a firm “stop” when you notice your mind slipping down negative loopholes & being present in the moment & enjoying being mid task rather than waiting for it to end & not thinking of inertia as your baseline and natural way of living

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what you learn from hobbies:

consistent practice opens up whole worlds of skill that you couldn't imagine

making mistakes in the process of learning is not only natural, it is also essential

activities that you enjoy can give you more energy back than you spent on them

wow everything is so expensive

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A shy little bard~

for @ cinderrain on artfight!

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made two bookmarks to sell at cons!

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“Yeah, I got one hitpoint.”

Bonus cuteness:

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A shy little bard~

for @ cinderrain on artfight!

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Had to draw this cutie for artfight!! Belongs to @ PraeVex on artfight