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what it feels like listening to music and thinking about the character

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I had so much fun painting the wing eared cats that I painted some big cats too~ Maybe I'll paint foxes and wolves next :D

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If looking through my old art storage on DA has taught me anything, it’s that I need to draw for myself more often and hammer it into my brain that not everything I draw has to have some big story or a complex background attached to it.

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Posting here bc DA has apparently bricked it's internal code trying to "fix" a classic system again so I can't post/save journals or statuses. Also most of my images aren't even loading and apparently they destroyed the storage system.

How many times are they gonna go through this before they start actually being smart? Like seriously every time they pull this garbage it just makes everything more and more upsetting.

I am genuinely starting to consider shutting my whole profile down and moving elsewhere despite there not really being anything quite the same on the market that does everything I need.

Maybe I'll just transition over to sheezy or buzzly or cara idk.

I wish people didn't all flock to instagram. I hate it there.

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Gentle reminder that often creativity decides to hibernate for a bit.

It’s okay.  You’re not broken, you’re resting, and much like spring, creativity comes back.

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Daaaaaangit how did my theme for this blog get so broken on desktop?? Why are none of my header/footer images appearing properly...? ;;

Uggggghh-

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10-D for Rebecca, please.

Chose a diff outfit for her this time but I had a lot of fun w this one. :>

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For that one person who requested Sheri/Rebecca with that expression thingy, I am working on it! It's just been busy the last few days. I should be gettng that up for you to see soon. thanks for giving me the opportunity to sketch/doodle. :>

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OKAY SO LIKE

I'm going on my bi-yearly Addams Family stint bc I love them and Y'ALL I wanna write a fic/do a RP where they end up adopting Melany/Stella (my tmnt girls) so hecking bad.

Like an AU where, after the girls escape from the laboratory that mutated them, Gomez runs them over with his car (or at least...sortof does considering they're more likely to have merely marred the metal on impact bc they're basically built like tanks with flesh) and they immediately take the girls home and dote on them.

Stella adapts as easy as breathing and is basically the black lab/pink sheep of the family that is just stoked to be there and to be loved. LIKE SHE MAY BE PASTEL GOTH AND WAY MORE CHEERFUL THAN ANYONE HERE BUT SHE KNOWS SHE'S FOUND HER PEOPLE AND SHE IS ALL FOR IT.

Meanwhile Melany is suspicious of everyone and everything at all times and does everything in her power to push them away and get them to stop doting on her bc she isn't used to healthy family dynamics and doesn't like it(tm), so she's extremely distant and cold/abrasive towards them all but her attempts to make them get the hint just KEEP NOT WORKING

Like she unwillingly becoming Wednesday's favorite big sister just by virtue that Melany does everything in her power to ignore her presence and brood instead of socially interacting.

She bares her fangs and hisses at them when they try to get close to her only for them to tell her she's precious and that she has a lovely hiss.

She warns them about the fact that she's venomous or the fact that she could bend their spines like rubber and they act like it's an endearing quirk or a spectacular talent that she should show them at some point. No fear achieved, critical mission failure.

Thing tries to crawl up onto her shoulder while she's reading and her first instinct is to scream and beat it away like a spider. Still not deterred.

Uncle Fester tries to show her things to bond with her and she's like "bruh if you don't back off I will throw you out the window." And he takes that as a fun challenge.

Wednesday asking if she wants to come with them to strap Pugsly to the electric chair and she's like "what the fuck did you just ask me to participate in???" Before promptly closing her bedroom door and locking it. They still try to include her anyway.

Gomez offering to teach them both how to fence and Stella's all for it while Mel's like "... I'd rather impale myself on a silver stake, thanks." And Stella has to snort to hold back laughter at the irony while Gomez lights up like a christmas tree bc like...girl I have a wonderful definition of what exactly fencing is. And like yes she knows the definition but she still doesn't expect such an enthusiastic reaction from the man who's trying desperately to be her new father figure.

LIKE SHE'S TRYING EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO MAKE THESE PEOPLE STOP ACTING LIKE THEY LIKE HER AND PROVE TO HERSELF THAT THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY REAL AND THAT THIS HAS GOTTA BE SOME SORT OF JOKE OR GOV'T STINT AND IT'S JUST NOT CONNECTING IN HER MIND THAT THESE ARE HER PEOPLE AND SHE BELONGS HERE.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO PROCESS BEING GENUINELY LOVED AND ADMIRED AND IS ALMOST FRUSTRATED THAT THEY AREN'T GETTING THE MESSAGE - WHETHER WILLINGLY OR UNWILLINGLY - THAT SHE'S UNCOMFORTABLE AND HATES EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION AND IS ACTIVELY TRYING TO BE AS RUDE AND ORNERY AS POSSIBLE.

AND STELLA KINDA HAS TO BE THE TRANSLATOR/MEDIATOR BETWEEN THEM WHILE ALSO TRYING TO SMACK SOME SENSE INTO HER SISTER LIKE "Girl...we have a home, a lion for a housepet, a butler, a hecking library, proper meals every day, and a family that loves and accepts us unconditionally. Why are you dragging your feet so hard? This is the last place on earth where you should be actively trying to be an outsider."

"I'M NOT DRAGGING MY FEET. I JUST THINK THIS WHOLE THING IS SUSPICIOUS AND WEIRD AND I DON'T LIKE IT."

"...Mel you can just admit that being loved makes you uncomfy because you're not used to it. This isn't some government conspiracy. You're just being stubborn because you can't accept that people who can actually love us exist."

"I don't care what pop psychology jargon you use to describe it. It's still weird."

She's like a feral kitten that is all puffed up and hissing until you hold them for long enough and it's just a matter of waiting until she melts into the warmth.

LIKE DO Y'ALL UNDERSTAND HOW FERAL I AM FOR THIS IDEA??

AAAAAAAAA

I need to stop-

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I've been looking forward to Junicorn for half a year and i can't even participate properly as i'm busy with other art + art fight preparations 😩

But i sure can drop these 4 quick weirdos as my contribution to it...

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I always thought Stella was pretty!

C7?

Bless you for picking the exact reaction Stella would have had to such a compliment ngl LOL

I wasn't sure whether to clean up/ink/color this legit or not so for now I'm just doing a cute sketch. Might ink/color it at and rb with an updated version at a later date if I feel so inclined. I also wasn't sure which version you were thinking of so I just went with 2k12 bc tbh I love her design there and I think thats the most well known one she has? So yeah hopefully this brings joy lol.

Thank you anon! :>

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Doing these was so much fun! Feel free to share and try them yourself~

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Villains with no tragic relatable backstory, no motivations, who are evil just because they want to be, are not as unrealistic as you think.

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This poll is about someone making art of your original character (OC) without asking you first. For this poll, assume that the character is correctly attributed to you, and the art in and of itself is not objectionable– i.e. it's tame/clean (or no more sexualized, gory, political, etc. than your own work involving that OC). This is just about the act of someone making art of your OC without your express permission.

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

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I have so many characters that I’m sure I could somehow make original work out of but I’m terrified of what going that route w them would open me up to.

Fandom/fanon has always felt safe to me. Its a warm and welcoming and familiar space for me to be in. I’m comfortable here. So while I’d love to be a legit author one day, making a change away from fandom-based work with my art is a struggle because of the anxiety of impostor syndrome and fear of change/abandoning what I love and whatever else. I feel weird about abandoning my fandom-based projects. I doubt myself a lot and I always worry/stress about whether or not I’d even have anything good to bring to the table with original work. Even with SALVATION I encounter problems because I am terrified of it not being up to my standard/being good enough when I do finally get to do smth with it. (Doesnt help that idk if it should be a comic (smth I am not at all experienced in creating) or a novel (smth I am experienced with but have no clue how to approach/feel intimidated by all the other indie authors I see on insta and have no clue how I’d even be able to be successful like that) either.)

I also would love to write/illustrate my own children’s books a-la Serendipity/stephen cosgrove and robin james at some point. But again, same issue. I have vague ideas of what I’d like to do (though my ideas for childrens books aren’t quite there rn) but my confidence feels lacking. And again, feeling overwhelmed by the idea of publishing and not knowing what to do or what the proper steps are, aside from picking a pen name.

Idk I got thoughts about where I’m at creatively atm.

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I think "no hatewatching" is a good policy to have, but less because you have to deprive Big Media Corp of your $15 or whatever for a movie ticket, which makes very little difference to them, and more because you should not, for your own spiritual health, waste your time on movies that you know are bad and/or you will not enjoy.

Surround yourself with what is true and good and beautiful. Avert your eyes from what is cheap and soulless and ugly.