#Artie Talks

[artemispanthar]

If every porkchop were perfect

bonus:

[artemismacaron]

Been floating around the Lore Olympus Critical tag and I gotta tell you, the second to last episode of this series is actually kind of a joke.

Like I *wish* any of what was going on felt like it was supposed to matter. But it just seems like I was dragged around being promised some kind of story to be met with what is the equivalent of watching paint dry.

Ouranos was set up to be the penultimate villain, the final bad thing, and OF COURSE, he acts just like Kronos in terms of childish villainy, and there is just no pay off to any of this.

Oh. And Metis and Rhea got summoned from the not dead anymore because... I guess?

And like, all of the fertility goddesses just fused together and are obviously going to win because girl boss power? And I'm all about that sure but... Mind you that Persephone is a totally shameless and advantageous person with her position as queen of the underworld. Hera is, putting it mildly, a bitch and a racist-- MINIMUM. Metis was extremely manipulative of her daughter and kind of to Zeus as well, not including the fact it was later implied she certainly could have done more to help the usurping. Rhea is probably the "least" problematic of the bunch but also at the same time IS SHE THOUGH?

I dunno, I'm glad it's over. Can't believe I made a text post about this, but I wanted to throw my two cents somewhere while watching my husband play Mass Effect 3 lol.

[aerialworms]

Why do you create?

I'm curious! Fellow creatives (artists, writers, musicians, vidders, gifmakers, coders, etc etc), what drives you to create? Why do you make the things you make?

(for the purposes of this poll, please pick the biggest reason, even if they all apply - which one motivates you the most right now?)

Please feel free to elaborate in the tags!

[nice-jewish-trans-girl]

Made a fun meme for all of your uses

[asktravellingeclipse]

had to repost this because i forgot a few details </3

anyways *drops this then disappears again*

[artiemisiaa]

300 more boops im almost there

[troubledtimeinravenloft]

I've been thinking big time about Alek Gwilym and how I run him in the game that I play. As well a being a player in wonderful Strahd Campaign by one of one the best DMs I also run one.

I read I, Strahd about a year into timing the game and had already substantially done homebrew to the valley to make it feel more lived in than 5e. (At the time I was vastly unaware of the earlier ravenloft setting) And decided fuck it why not.

I'm a trans woman and love having take characters my ireena is trans! So. I decided why not. Have Alek Gwilym be a trans feminine butch who uses he/him pronouns. He personally takes his own gender incredibly privately and in life the only people that really knew were Strahd, Rahadin, Ilona, and Patrina Velikov. I love running him with a complicated relationship to gender both in an incredibly misogynistic group such a the army but with his own identity as a soldier. Though bits of this shine through when he is called Mom or mother by the bastard of Strahd that he raised in my game. Most of his companions at the time though it was vaguely and confusingly emasculating but to him there was nothing better. He was recently revived by the party and had been forced to do a lot of introspection that he by and large avoided in his first life.

[artvid707]

How would you all feel if I posted a mascot horror fanart that’s not fnaf

[aerialworms-art]

October wrap-up

So! October is at an end! And I have not finished Spocktober/Trektober. Let's see how I did!

My goals for the month were:

To have fun :3

To get used to finishing drawings

To get used to posting them, too!

To have fun :3

To improve my sketching and lineart skills

To end up with a bunch of finished drawings (of Spock!!!) :3

To let go of a bit of my perfectionism

TO HAVE FUN :3

So how do I think I did?

Having fun:

I had a lot of fun with it this year! In previous years, I've pretty much immediately devolved into an anxious mess because there were too many options and I bit off more than I could chew. This time around, thanks to my guidelines (only inking, not spending too much time on each day, sketching and thumbnailing in advance), it was a lot easier to let loose and have fun thinking up ideas and enjoying the process. Plus, I let my friends know I was doing it this time around and got encouragement and support, which was lovely.

Getting used to finishing drawings:

I did better at this than I thought I would! There are several drawings I've finished this month that I would have given up on if not for this goal. Do I think they were all my best work? No. Did I learn from the process? Yes! And some of the ones that have gotten the most notes were ones I thought no-one would like and struggled to finish. So! I also figured out new ways of motivating myself to finish things, which is also very helpful.

Getting used to posting things:

Also went better than I thought! Although I didn't manage to maintain a cushion of queued posts like I wanted to, the response I've gotten from actually posting my art has been amazing! I've gained several new followers (hello!!) and gotten so many nice comments, and went from being afraid of posting anything to tentatively looking forward to people's reactions, which is a huge improvement for me. Getting that accountability of posting publicly also helped keep me going when I felt like giving up - seeing my friends laugh when I showed them my silly comics or getting nice comments really made me feel like sharing my art is worthwhile. So thank you to everyone who reblogged my art, commented, liked, etc. I'm glad you did!

Improving sketching and lineart:

I definitely think I improved my art skills. Getting into the habit of thumbnailing really helped take the pressure off the sketching phase, and trying so many different ideas pushed me out of my comfort zone and forced me to try drawing things I wasn't so confident on - look how many hands I drew!!!! As for the lineart, I think I've gained a bit more experience in using pens, although I did buy a whole new set of them halfway through the month which put me on a new learning curve. Lineart's never been a huge favourite of mine, and I do miss using my tablet to do lineless art, but the nature of the challenge did help me to loosen up and experiment to keep my mind engaged the whole time.

To end up with a bunch of finished drawings of Spock:

Check! I have 14 finished drawings, with another four sketched and needing inking, plus a whole load of thumbnails to work from in future. I may go back and add colour to some of the days for funsies, but there's several that I can just put on my wall as-is and be proud :)

To let go of a bit of my perfectionism:

I definitely did! Like I said, there's a few of the ones I've posted that I'm not too proud of and know I could do better on, but I've spent all month purposely smacking my hand away from perfectionism, and I know I've tried my best given my limitations. I'm still proud of myself for getting this far, and for posting when I was anxious, and for improving my skills, and now I get to stick up my art on my wall and be proud of it! I'm not magically cured by any means, but I do have a bit more evidence that perfection is not a good goal to pursue, so I'm going to keep this experience in mind for the future.

So what now?

I do have thumbnails for almost all of the rest of the prompts. I am doing NaNoWriMo this month, and I have a digital piece that I want to finish for the 5th (holy shit. three years.) So I think I'll take a little pause on these prompts, but I don't want to stop. I'll keep coming back to them, and keep posting them, until I run out of prompts or motivation, whichever comes first. I've really enjoyed seeing people's reactions to my Star Trek art, especially the comics! I also have a backlog of SPN fanart I want to post, so I'll probably queue some of that to come out soon.

TL;DR: Watch this space!

And if you've been following along/commenting on/reblogging my art this month (or anytime), thank you so much! It's folks like you that make sharing art worthwhile!

[artemispanthar]

The faintest whisper that there's the possibility Steven Universe may come back and it's like a great cosmic hand reached out to wind the little turnkey in my back and I spring to life again to putter about the internet in anticipation

[artemismacaron]

Got some new peekers from SpaceDey!!

Please y'all check out their shop, they also got adorable charms💚

😭 Please look at Manon and Luke I'm in love 😭

[aerialworms]

I love imperfection. Imperfection is good, actually. I love spotting weird continuity mistakes or noticing wobbly lines in art or seeing a wonky cuddly toy or helping a friend fix their hair. I love looking back at my work and noticing things I hadn't noticed before that I'd do differently now. I enjoy finding mistakes! I enjoy seeing other people do things differently to me! I enjoy connecting with people through our imperfections - our brains are weird in the same way, we vibe; i need help, will you help me; I noticed you put yourself out there despite being imperfect, teach me how. Imperfection is what proves we're alive and living. It's what allows us to connect to each other. Perfection isn't relatable. It keeps us apart, keeps us at each others' throats. I don't want to be perfect. I don't want to be 'good enough'. I just want to be good. I want to be imperfect. I want to make mistakes and learn and grow and change and enjoy myself and be proud of myself for simply trying. I want to connect and to show other people that they're not alone, they don't have to be perfect either. We can be imperfect together.

[nice-jewish-trans-girl]

my star of david necklace broke after passover seder a few weeks ago and i still feel so glum about it honestly. I miss having it. The clasp popped off the chain. It was a gift from my sister and i feel so bad

[asktravellingeclipse]

:3 this is the only time I’ll actually color in Eclipse LOL

[knightinkosherarmour]

one of the cutest things about my butch is just how similar our taste in clothes are but they are smaller than me so watching them wear it is just seeing them swim in it aa bit before they wash and dry em. I love it honestly. I might complain a little but... its wonderful watching em in my jackets

[troubledtimeinravenloft]

I made some memes for the session we had on Friday