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animation commission for @brabblesblog of tav and astarion having a cute moment

if you'd like an animation or illustration, my commissions are OPEN, info here

if you're enjoying my art, tips on my ko-fi are massively appreciated :)

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I feel your breath upon my neck

A soft caress as cold as death

post-combat bath in the river 💕

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I have ADHD so I’m immune to podcast

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tiefling astarion inspired by this artwork ♡

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This mans got me in a chokehold ahahahaaa 🫠

don't tell him I said that

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i need to eat a food. none of the food in the house is The Right Food. what is the right food? only god knows. and we're not on speaking terms right now.

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Crowley vibes

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when gerard way sings "the broken, the beaten, and the damned" and when kermit the frog sings "the lovers, the dreamers, and me" they're talking about the same people btw

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statistics from the opening weekend for bg3

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What is the key to enjoying life? (x)

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Book accurate Crowley post ep6

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i am going to say something very controversial, but no one owes you attention or likes or a following.

i’ve noticed on instagram there’s been a recent trend of artists posting content like “i didn’t spend four hours on this just to get two likes” while showcasing their art, or complaining about how the algorithm hates them when they’re literal children with 100 followers.

i think it’s because instagram and twitter and tiktok are the primary places for posting art now, which are all algorithm-driven and give them illusion that anyone can blow up at any time and get a huge following from it, which is somewhat true, but results in beginner artists complaining about not having the same engagement as meme pages. they’re completely different, but algorithm based social media means that all the content is mixed together, so it can feel like they’re competing regardless. back when dedicated sites for art like deviantart existed, the users were already there to find art, and by joining groups and posting your art there, it could go directly to the target audience. that’s why artists have a much easier time on tumblr than on instagram, you can target your art to a nice because not only can you tag your art, but people can follow specific tags.

but all of that aside, when artists on instagram complained about the algorithm originally, it was people upset that, as demonstrated by instagrams statistics for their posts, a majority of their followers weren’t seeing their posts, not that their posts weren’t blowing up. growing a following on social media is hard, getting into favor with the algorithm that throws your art out to random people is hard. not everyone will get a following, and you have to be okay with that. you have to be okay with the fact that sometimes your audience will just be the 20 people that interact with your posts, ESPECIALLY when youre a kid. of course everyone posts on social media to get engagement, but you should be drawing and creating for yourself. if you get wrapped up in making what you think will make you go viral, you won’t improve or feel good about your art.

i’ve been an online artist since i was literally 10, and only started getting attention when i was 16, and only hit 10k followers when i was 19. even if you are one of the lucky ones who gets attention, it takes time. it also takes improvement. my art when i was 13 wasn’t good enough to warrant having a following count in the five digits, i was learning and improving. as my skill improved, more people liked my art enough to want to stick around. you need to put into perspective where you are on your artistic journey. if you’re 16, you have the rest of your life ahead of you. don’t focus solely on getting a following, focus on improving your craft and becoming the artist you would want to follow.

also for the love of god stop guilt tripping people into following you and interacting with your posts, you’re only pushing people away and annoying them.

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🪲 Beetlejuice Wally and Sandworm Home 🪱

I’m ready for Halloween

This isn’t Au stuff, I just wanted to draw this. Unfinished and all

I want to draw Eddie and Frank as Adam and Barbara in their Monster faces next, though I did say I was going to post even slightly disturbing stuff on my other account, so that’s where it’s going.

I’ve been think of drawing the puppets as characters of Tim Burton movies.

What would make more sense, Jack Skellington Howdy or Edward Scissorhands Howdy?

I’m leaning to Jack

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The “you were never a problem child, you were wonderful” to “a pleasure to have in class” to late diagnosed autistic heavily masking anxious people pleasing adult pipeline