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If zombies were real, you wouldn't first be warned by the approaching horde by their smell, by their groans, not even a cloud of smoke of the dust they raise coming closer from the horizon. It would be the flies. Hordes and hordes of insects, corpse-flies laying eggs on the carcasses of people who still walk, eating the eyeballs from their sockets, climbing across their unfeeling leathery skin. And the buzzing. The inescapable, deafening buzzing. Everywhere. Like you did not just kick a hornet's nest, but the very ground you walk on was a hornet nest, and each step caused another explosion of insects.

Insects, corpse flies, the buzzing. Their swarms blacken the skies, more horrifying than their migrating meals. The deafening cacophony of constant buzzing, the horrid noise of the living who feast on the dead who feast on the living. The buzzing.

The endless, inescapable buzzing.

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Some self-indulgent doodles cause that last piece ruined my mood. Lol

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Some self-indulgent doodles cause that last piece ruined my mood. Lol

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Also I forgot to post this here

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Also I forgot to post this here

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ARTISTS WHO ONLY MAKE ART THEY LIKE 2% OF THE TIME SAY MARCO!!

RANT TIME: On some real shit though, I'm very much tired of being able to look at other people's art who's styles are consistent, cohesive, and pleasing and then looking at my art and only being able to see where I can improve and not what I did well. I know my art isn't the worst, and people only post what they're relatively proud of, but it's hard to filter out in my mind. Especially when all I see when I look at my art is the hours and mistakes and not what I've accomplished.

Like, I don't need people to tell me I'm a skilled artist, but I've literally got no art friends who I can talk about these specific struggles with and it makes me feel like a kid playing dress up with a bunch of adults when I talk to people who don't quite understand the struggle lol.

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ARTISTS WHO ONLY MAKE ART THEY LIKE 2% OF THE TIME SAY MARCO!!

RANT TIME: On some real shit though, I'm very much tired of being able to look at other people's art who's styles are consistent, cohesive, and pleasing and then looking at my art and only being able to see where I can improve and not what I did well. I know my art isn't the worst, and people only post what they're relatively proud of, but it's hard to filter out in my mind. Especially when all I see when I look at my art is the hours and mistakes and not what I've accomplished.

Like, I don't need people to tell me I'm a skilled artist, but I've literally got no art friends who I can talk about these specific struggles with and it makes me feel like a kid playing dress up with a bunch of adults when I talk to people who don't quite understand the struggle lol.

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i genuinely don't care how good a piece of ai generated art or writing looks on the surface. i don't care if it emulates brush strokes and metaphor in a way indistinguishable from those created by a person.

it is not the product of thoughtful creation. it offers no insights into the creator's life or viewpoint. it has no connection to a moment in time or a place or an attitude. it has no perspective. it has no value.

it's empty, it's hollow, and it exists only to generate clicks (and by extension, ad revenue.)

it's just another revolting symptom of the disease that is late stage capitalism, and it fucking sucks.

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Thank you to everyone who got me to 100 likes!

WOW didn't expect this to happen! Thank you ☺️☺️☺️

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Thank you to everyone who got me to 100 likes!

WOW didn't expect this to happen! Thank you ☺️☺️☺️

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Turns out I don't actually hate painting, I was just painting things I thought I should be instead of actually being inspired. whoopsie lol

comment if you'd like to progression slides of this piece, and I'll post them!

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Turns out I don't actually hate painting, I was just painting things I thought I should be instead of actually being inspired. whoopsie lol

comment if you'd like to progression slides of this piece, and I'll post them!

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idk man the nervous system makes me kinda nervous

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Not much of a painter, but I drew it anyway

Artblock tip from someone who struggles with it: Make a list on your notes app or something and add things that inspire you as you see them day to day, even outside of artblock. That way, when you're dealing with it, you've got a list of references to keep you drawing 🙌🏾