#drawing something else to avoid burnout

[akaiitwki]

Sleeping Beauty

Padparadscha - Houseki no Kuni

[batfossil-fr]

comin soon... this + some other recolors will be public (and when I finish them, I'll reblog this with the recolors). if you want to be pinged for this you can sign up here!

[montybooks]

Hiii

first of all I wanted to thank you for your AMAZING Light headcanons! I really like how you characterised reader :).

I've recently got into death note and I wanted to ask if you could do similar headcanons with L ? (Im not rlly far into the story so pls no major spoilers)

Some headcanons! Eat my child eat it up!!!

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🍰 L Lawliet x Shy, Quiet, Weird/Freaky!Reader Headcanons

(I kept it similar to the light headcanons in a way! Especially how reader is characterised!)

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1. First Impressions:

• L is instantly drawn to you because you’re one of the few people in the room who isn’t trying to hide how strange you are. You just… exist in your own weird little bubble, and that makes you fascinating.

• You say something odd during a group conversation—like comparing people to moths or muttering about how blood looks under a microscope—and he zeroes in on you.

• You don’t try to impress him, and that alone makes him want to know more.

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2. A Connection Beyond Words:

• Your quietness doesn’t put him off. L finds comfort in silence. In fact, some of your best “conversations” are just long periods of shared space—him working, you doing your thing beside him.

• When you do speak, it’s either unsettlingly insightful or deeply strange. He loves the unpredictability of it.

• “Do you think ghosts ever get tired of haunting the same place?” you ask once, eyes on the ceiling. L doesn’t even blink—he gives you a ten-minute theory on ghost fatigue.

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3. Your Weirdness Matches His:

• You once gave him a gift that made most people uncomfortable: a perfectly preserved animal bone or a poem that read more like a curse. L thought it was “wonderfully unique.”

• You’re both emotionally strange. You’re not outwardly affectionate, and neither is he, but you understand each other—a glance, a shift in posture, a shared look is enough.

• He watches you when you’re doing something odd, like talking to a plant or sketching morbid doodles, and you catch him smiling with his eyes.

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4. Daily Life Together:

• You get him weird snacks he didn’t know he needed. “Try this; it tastes like depression and sugar.” He’s obsessed.

• He lets you sit on the floor with him, knees tucked up, eating sweets and talking about existential fears like they’re casual weather updates.

• When you’re anxious or overstimulated, he doesn’t press you. He offers you quiet, a hoodie, and a gentle pat on the head with a “There, there,” like a cat.

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5. His Possessive Side:

• L doesn’t do jealousy in a traditional sense. He just watches very closely when someone else talks to you—analyzing everything about their intentions, behavior, and risk level.

• If someone flirts with you, L doesn’t confront them. They just find their secrets mysteriously exposed on a public database days later.

• He never outright says “you’re mine,” but he’ll drop a spoonful of cake into your mouth while staring someone else in the eye.

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6. Emotional Vulnerability:

• You’re one of the few people who can get L to sleep—because he only sleeps when you’re nearby. It’s a trust thing.

• You once found him awake at 4 a.m., sitting in the dark, overthinking a case. You simply sat beside him and said, “It’s okay to be a person sometimes.”

• That moment? Core memory. He talks about it once in a rare emotional slip: “You said something once. I think it saved me.”

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7. You Notice Things Others Don’t:

• You’re observant in a weird way. You once asked, “Why do you look sad even when you smile with your eyes?” and he stopped typing.

• You pick up on his burnout, his loneliness, the way he avoids touch like it might hurt. You don’t try to fix it—you just exist beside it, and that’s more healing than he expects.

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8. Freaky-Soulmate Vibes:

• You both say things at the same time sometimes, usually something grim or bizarre, and just accept it without comment.

• Your love language is weird comfort: bringing him something unsettling that made you think of him, or drawing creepy doodles on his notebooks.

• You once asked, “If you had a Death Note, would you tell me?” He replied, “Only if I was sure you wouldn’t turn me in… or take it for yourself.” Neither of you broke eye contact for five seconds straight.

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9. Physical Affection (When It Happens):

• L isn’t great at physical affection, but he allows you to lean on him, braid his hair absentmindedly, or rest your head on his shoulder while he types.

• You touch him like he’s fragile porcelain, which unnerves him at first… until he realizes how safe it feels.

• Sometimes you fall asleep with your arms around his waist while he’s still crouched at the computer. He doesn’t move for hours.

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10. If You Ever Left Him:

• He wouldn’t beg. He’d just… watch you go. And then lose interest in everything else for days. Weeks, maybe.

• You’d get strange messages in your inbox—photos of cats, an old inside joke, maybe a cryptic puzzle only you could solve.

• He wouldn’t let go emotionally. He’d carry the idea of you like a ghost—his favorite haunting.

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I made sure no spoilers were in here!!! Hope you looooove this one!

[kyoukorpse]

Do you have any tips for drawing?

OKAYY this has been sitting for a while my apolocheese... i thiiink i might have answered a similar ask before (i did in fact) with some drawing tips... so this time i think i'll give some art advice on avoiding or coping with burnout <- guy who has spent most of its 20s with burnout, art block, and building a new relationship around art while working full time

one thing for sure i had to learn was how to trick myself into looking at art as a fun hobby and not more work, and it took a long time but it worked for me. takes some mental discipline, but well worth it. art comes easier when you see it as something fun throughout the whole process, and not more work. you have to want to do it.

don't always force yourself to finish something all in one go, especially without breaks. take breaks to get up, stretch, eat, drink, take care of yourself. you'll associate art with feeling better that way too. also, not everything needs to be done in one day, especially when it's for you. i stopped finishing things in one day a long time ago and it helped me find time to draw even on days i work. i always have time for art if i don't put pressure on finishing it the same day!!

NEVER force yourself to draw if you don't want to, same goes for writing or any creative endeavor. you'll burnout faster by forcing yourself and it'll feel like a chore and you'll grow a negative connection with your art which will make it harder and take longer to heal from. its taken me Years to remind myself of this but now i can come home from an 8 hour shift and still want to sit down and draw after i get home and take care of myself first.

if you feel like you're burning out or there's a creative wall preventing you from doing anything, ride it out. it sucks and it's upsetting, but the best thing to do when you want to make something but just Can't is to let it be, and gain some perspective doing something else for a while. play some games (especially new ones), watch new shows, new movies, try a new craft. Honestly, dabbling in anything new that shows other peoples' creative processes, and doing something new to create something, does wonders for art block. you get a new perspective on things and you'll come back to your creative process with a new lens on things and new solutions as well.

i think this one's most important but oh my god. please. please. love your art. love what you make. be proud of it. i save all my art to my phone and look at it all the time, even older pieces from years ago. find what you love about your art, yeah you'll find mistakes but that's not bad either. learn from them, grow, but oh my god please love the process as much as the outcome too. love the way you sketch things, the way your lineart changes details as you go along, how much the colors make it come to life, and be proud of the end result. loving your art and the time you spend to make it makes all the difference, it's not a chore, it's a form of self expression and that's what makes it all worth it. LOVE YOUR ART.

okay that was my sentence i hope you liked it. (:

[chefkids]

Have you considered making a list of all the predictions/possibilities and then checking off which are right?

Some of these are serious and some of these are not so serious

Tina goes full Mom on Sydney

We see flashback of Tina being a mom and starting off at The Beef

Mikey trying to set shit on fire

Richie flashback to Tiff leaving him because he's spending so much time trying to take care of Mikey

Richie accepts that it's over with Tiff

The staff hates Carmy, loves Syd

Richie plans on quitting but is convinced not to

Sydney gets sick/burnout and is forced to take time off

Carmy is put on time out for being insane

Nat, Tina and Richie threaten Carmy about how he's acting and how Sydney will leave him

Carmy meets Emmanuel

Syd meets Donna

Carmy helps Syd move to her apartment

Sydney throws up on Carmy

Sydney avoids signing the partnership agreement

Syd gets him to write up a new partnership agreement in her terms at the end of the season

Sydney calls out the I'm sorry sign for being useless

Carmy draws something specifically for Sydney, not just using the menu planning as an excuse

Carmy makes an overtly romantic move on Sydney

Nat, Tina, and Richie makes comments about the nature of Syd and Carmy’s relationship

Nat asks Carmy why he’s actually doing all of this when he had said “Fuck stars” and why he’s doing all of this for Syd and he finally opens up about his feelings to her

Carmy cooks for Sydney

Syd and Carmy table scene part 2 things go bad and she turns Carmy down

Big sydcarmy fight happens about her leaving and he basically says "I can't do this without you" and she says "Well I can, I did do it without you"

Sydney is offered a job somewhere else, tells Carmy she’s going to take it, but doesn’t in the end

Carmy tries to shut down The Bear cause he doesn't want to do it without Syd

Sydney has a feelings realization moment like Carmy did with the panic attack

Carmy tells Syd "I love you" while apologizing

Sydcarmy kiss goddammit!!! It's time!!!

They receive bad reviews that send Syd and Carmy in a spiral

Marcus receives some sort of high praise or award

Carmy gets credited for Syd's dish, rivalry/jealousy conflicts for how he's getting recognition and she's not

Power outage at the restaurant again

Carmy/Syd starts a fire at The Bear, probably Carmy sleep cooking

Carmy hallucinations/sleepwalking nightmares while cooking

Carmy ingests hallucinogenic mushrooms, accidentally

Sydney stabs Carmy

Someone yells at Sydney and then something awful happens to them #sydkarma

Carmy has a dream about Syd

Carmy's old Chef actually comes to The Bear

The Bear Cookbook offer

Natalie is mad at Donna because she thinks she didn't show up to F&F night

Ebra's sandwich window is popping off

OG neighborhood locals hate on the restaurant and try to sabotage it

Marcus makes a new donut

Marcus handles grief pretty well actually, meanwhile Syd and Carmy respiral with their own mommy issues/death grief

Carmy becomes paranoid about every guy after he finds out Marcus ask Sydney out

Luca offers Marcus a job

Carmy avoids going into the walk in for a while

Richie/Fak try to secretly set Carmy and Claire up in a “chance encounter” so he’ll see her again

Claire tries to get back with Carmy because Fak tells her that he loves her

Carmy turns down Claire and tells her he was not in love with her

The extended Faks try to beat up Carmy

Claire connects the dots between Syd and Carmy

Fak realizes Carmy likes Syd and is completely shook

Pete tells them they have a very very small chance of meeting Jimmy's payment deadline

Donna apologizes to Nat and Carmy

Donna gives them the money to save The Bear. Sells her house?

Chris Storer is forced to respond to his crimes

[candyheartedchy]

I notice that you seem to post a ton of art consecutively and as someone who has a nasty habit of giving up pieces for not looking perfect, or overall lacking an ability to produce more than one piece every once in a while. I wondered if you had any advice on how you seem to manage to draw so much and so consistently?

(Love your art btw, I can’t quite describe it but your art -and way you line especially- really scratches my head the right way)

Most of the time I’ll have rough sketches/wips that I have save and eventually return to later to clean up and post. Unless I get an idea in my head and have to draw it right away or else I’ll forget. Though I do get burnout from time to time from drawing a lot and I honestly should be taking breaks more often, but I’m stubborn.

Now don’t get me wrong, almost every time I post a drawing, I immediately hate it or get embarrassed of it right after (unless it’s something that I think looks decent enough to reblog again). And I guess drawing something soon after is my way of coping with this feeling to avoid having to look at it for too long. But I also draw a lot because it allows me to express my emotions and not keep them bottled up.

For advice, I would say be more relaxed with your art. If you get frustrated and give up on pieces because they don’t look perfect, try mindlessly drawing, like draw whatever comes to mind and experiment with styles. Also try to notice what emotions you draw from to fuel your work. Some draw out of love for example, others out of anger, just let yourself be emotional with your work!

[cherrybombfangirlwrites]

Hate is a Strong Word

I haven't been very active on here because of burnout and being in a bit of a creative drought and I've been trying to go easy on myself and let myself rest. But I do have a humble offering of a cute little snippet with Raven and Sapphire and some silly banter in early Sleeping Beauty's Bodyguard, with Sapphire airing out her frustrations a bit :). Thanks for the prompt @flashfictionfridayofficial !

Wordcount: 516

Warnings: none, just cutesy fluff and silly early relationship banter here

While they sat at one of the side tables at the tavern and inn, Raven looked over the map and tried his damndest to keep Sapphire from drawing too much attention or attracting trouble.

Sapphire huffed, “I’m restless, I can’t sit still for long-”

“I know,” Raven said in a low voice, hoping nearby tables wouldn’t hear, “Just a little longer, alright, prin-”

Her face lit up. “You can’t call me that out here, can you?”

Raven bit his tongue, finally grumbling, “Yes, I can’t. No one can know who you are…”

A gleeful smirk crossed her face, “So?”

He sighed, and said, “Sapphire. I know you’re restless, just try to tap your feet or something, alright? I just need a little longer to study this map.”

She tapped both her feet and hands for a few moments, then asked, “So where are we going? How much farther?”

Raven tried not to sound too exasperated when he sighed, “I need to take you to the Secret Palace on the other side of the Feather Forest, near the Dryklan border. It will be a long journey, even on horseback. Especially since we’ll need to avoid people as much as possible and try to take our journey through the deeper forest.”

Sapphire slumped back in her seat with a defeated sigh, “Right… Secret Palace, where I’ll be in a small cage for the rest of my life, or until my father and stepmother both change their minds.”

He shrugged, “Well no, you’ll have the whole secluded palace.”

She huffed, “But I’ll be locked inside.”

Raven hesitated before saying in a soft tone, attempting a joke, “It won’t be all bad, you’ll have me.”

She rolled her eyes, “Oh yes, my bodyguard, who's a fun killer and very determined to do his job, will be keeping me company in the palace I’ll be locked up in. I can’t wait.”

He folded his arms, giving a halfhearted glare, “You don’t actually mean that, do you?”

She shot him a halfhearted glare right back across the table, “Do you think I was being passive aggressive?”

“You have that look on your face when you’re upset, unless I’m mistaken.” He started folding up the map and tucking it away, “I’m starting to think you hate me.”

“Hate is a strong word,” She said. After a minute of watching the other customers in the tavern, she said in a small voice, “It’s not you I hate. It’s everyone else trying to lock me up. You’re just doing the job my father pays you for.”

Even though she’d just said she wasn’t mad at him, Raven felt a pang of guilt deep inside him. He thought about the route he’d plotted out on the map, before saying softly, “Well, it will be quite a long journey to get there. You won’t have to worry about it until we get closer. We’ll take our time, better to be safe than sorry.”

She looked up from picking at her fingernails briefly to him. She didn’t say anything, but he could’ve sworn he saw a flash of gratitude in her eyes.

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[fallenclan]

asking for a friend (me)

you've been updating this blog, near daily (if not actually daily) for several months now, and with fully lined/colored art.

how have you avoided burnout?

good question! really, i don't fully know--some of it is just because of how passionate i am about this clan, it's a lot of fun for me to draw this stuff! another part is that over the years i've learned to recognize when i've had Enough of drawing for now, so when i start to feel the telltale signs I'll stop and go to do something else for a while. mostly it's just a matter of knowing your limits, i think

[phoenixisobsessed]

in what order do you do your asks? do you go from what's sent the oldest first or do you just do it in any order

I am a oldest to newest type person, except if a specific ask feels more time relevant / I get REALLY excited about it (mostly also a tactic to avoid burnout, AKA drawing the things I most desire and not forcing myself to draw something else when I have motivation for that thing). And text asks like this, are just answered whenever they get sent / when I have time to respond to them.

I think the ask I did today was the first one (so far) I haven’t done in oldest to newest because 1. It was talking about things I have said in recent posts, 2. My guy has art-block, they needed help soon as possible ong 3. Anything involving my persona / ocs gets me going feral because omg people actually care about them?? But, that’s basically it.

I’ll go back to oldest to newest again tomorrow, today’s case won’t be a common thing. Only special little ones. I’ve been VEEERY excited to do the next one too…HEHEHE

[raptorian]

Day 🎉 78

AAI2 COLLECTION RELEASE DAY!!!! As a celebration I compiled most of the images I made from the daily series all on one canvas. I left out some doodles (mostly the W.I.P. pics for the plane. Never doing perspective again.) so these are mainly the highlights! I also went back and counted each separate doodle/image I drew of Sebastian/Eustace, totaling to: 49. Forty freaking nine in 78 days. And yes, I am still, not normal about this character (technically I drew him 50 times if you count the doodle on this image).

In all seriousness though I had a lot of fun doing this daily series, and if you wanna hear me ramble more about it you can find it under the cut, otherwise I hope you enjoy playing AAI2 as much as I did!

Welcome.

This won’t be too much about AAI2, so if you’re looking for that then I’m afraid you’re in the wrong place and you should look to my past posts for that!! If you’re still here, thank you for taking the time to hear me reminiscing about all this 👍

For starters, I never expected for me to go as long as I did. After watching the trailer live during the Nintendo Direct I decided that I’d just hop onto my tumblr account I hadn’t used in years to share my hype with everyone else. I had played the fan translation a few years back, and while I certainly enjoyed the game, I wasn’t really crazy about it. So coming out of a bit of a creative burnout, I posted a few doodles and thought that I’d probably stop after a few days.

And then I kept going and going until I just decided, what the heck, why not post something everyday until the game came out? It’d be a fun little thing I could do over the summer + it’d actually get me to practice drawing humans (which I had avoided like the PLAGUE). I genuinely thought that I would last at most 2 weeks.

While I still think I have A LOT I could improve with when drawing people, I’m genuinely happy with how much more comfortable I am drawing them. Here’s just one example of me struggling to draw heads ages ago, god forbid drawing the rest of a person lol.

Honestly the biggest takeaway I want to leave with this is just taking a break every now and then to draw the things you enjoy. And I know, practically every artist says this, but you hear so often how people experience burnouts, have a lack of motivation to draw, or feel like it’s a chore now. Personally for me, I started learning how to draw because I REALLY loved the Wings of Fire series. Similar to now, I’d draw dragons everyday and it pretty much led to me deciding I wanted to become an artist as a career.

I genuinely loved every bit of drawing, but it sort of diminished as I stopped drawing for fun and took it more seriously, leading to me feeling constantly unmotivated for months at a time. Obsessing over the silly Ace Attorney characters reminded me of why I wanted to learn to draw in the first place: so I could create whatever I wanted and be as self indulgent as I wanted lol.

TL;DR: My AA obsession/hyperfixation cured my burnout and brought back my love for drawing, and I recommend anyone who feels the same way to take the time to draw the character, show, game, etc. you love the most!

[cookabeara]

Hi again! Just sort of curious: how do you avoid burnout as an artist? I myself used to draw a lot but I always end up getting frustrated and drop it all together for a while before picking up my pencil again and laying out some doodles. I see your art all the time on here (bc we stan a Gith w her cute werewolf gf 🩷)!!! What drives you and keeps you motivated? And when you do feel tired/burnt out, how do you restore that energy?

Hiiii 💞

honestly when I'm completely burnt out or unmotivated to draw, it really helps to just. Not Do It lmao. i completely put down the pencil. when i feel the frustration coming, it's a sign to stop and do other stuff. unfortunately, i do have to wrestle with the unnecessary anxiety of "but people expect art from me!" WHICH IS NOT TRUE!!!

i also find it good practice to just doodle or sketch at times. i'm a bit of a weirdo and most of the time when i have an idea it's something i see through to a finished colored piece. i have to remind myself it's okay to low-stress sketch for fun!!!!

i've always found my motivation...from myself, mostly LMAO. before i posted anything online i drew purely for myself. however it absolutely helps to have a supportive environment 😭 i get excited to share my art with people!!!

idk i guess it's very basic but. draw for yourself. i'm motivated to draw things because they're for ME!! everyone else is just along for the ride. does it help that i have others who enjoy what i create?? OF COURSE!!!! 💞💞💞 but it's all fun for me in the end.

[goingbadly]

I'm watching yellowjackets and I can't with the teen-to-adult Nat transformation so here's a reconsideration of the character. Who would the teen Nat grow up to be and what kind of teenager is implied by the adult Nat character. Meta under the cut.

(also yall their face and eye shapes are so radically different)

really the thing that doesn't make sense to me about the character in the show are markers of class. I grew up around people who come from trailer parks and did a lot of drugs as teenagers at school. None of those people grew up to look anything like adult!Nat. There's something about how she looks that just screams "I grew up with money."

Some of that is about the clothes, the plastic surgery, the jewelry. The actress has talked about how she's brought her personal style in, and... yeah. It looks like it. If you knew this girl in high school twenty years ago, the hot burnout from nowhere, she now wears sweat shirts and yoga pants all the time. She might wear something else to dress up (I barely avoided drawing the spaghetti strap tank top with the straps showing) but for her daily, she's in... this. Also every one of these girls that I knew has long hair? Which is maybe a personal/location thing, but whatever.

she also has a billion tattoos. Wild to me (real rich person signifier tbh) that Adult!Nat doesn't.

the teen version of Juliette Lewis's Nat has her different face shape. Unlike show!teen!Nat, Lewis!Nat is richer. She comes from a stable family she doesn't like. She has money to experiment with style and is developing something more personal with a taste for the right statement piece. She could still be a party girl! And, she's not dirt broke OR spending all her money on drugs.

they both retain the magic power where their roots don't grow out for weeks and weeks

[flowertab]

50-follower celebration results

Results are in from the poll, and the top vote by far was character fan art requests! (Second place was NWoS speculation, with screenshot redraws and character headcanons in a tie after that. I’ll make a note to give these a shot later on for those who were interested!) Thanks for voting!

Send me an ask with a character! I’m thinking of keeping this open for the remainder of this month.

I was initially thinking of keeping things PL-themed, but I’ve decided to include other franchises for the sake of anyone who didn’t follow for PL content, even if it’s the most prevalent. That being said, I probably won’t draw anyone I’m not really familiar with, so your best bet would be a franchise you’ve seen me post about on this blog. Top examples would be Professor Layton, Super Mario (especially RPGs), and LOTR/The Hobbit. But if you have something else and you’re not sure, you’re still free to ask!

Please be aware that, especially if I end up with more requests than anticipated, I may not answer every request. I will likely pass over any that I’m unfamiliar/uncomfortable with (keep it clean!), or even something I’m just really not motivated to work on. Please don’t take offense or think I’m ignoring you; I just feel this is the best way to ensure I give my best effort and avoid burnout. Thank you for your understanding!

I’m looking forward to it and hope you enjoy! :D

[gibbearish]

something kind of. bitter. abt tons of posts from about a month ago being like "anyone daring to even consider the words 'compassion fatigue/burnout' is a piece of shit for trying to assuage their own guilt over not paying as much attention as they should, much less telling OTHER people that it's ok to look away when it's not your place to say that because you're not the victims. 'wah wah my mental health' well at least you're not being bombed so you'd better be thankful you're not in their position. if you're not constantly tortured with graphic visions of genocide then you aren't actually doing your part" vs posts now being like "psa, if you're constantly being haunted by images you've seen and it's affecting your mood significantly, that's not normal and there's a word for that!" like. wow yeah damn if only someone had tried to warn people that this was a thing before it started to set in. such a shame no one did, oh well. and i know it's probably not the same people making those posts, but it still. Feels. and i know i've already made a post to this time before but idc the shift has put it back in my head so i guess take 2 on why i found this so annoying in the first place

it was always with a vibe of like, "this event is so horrible that the regular precautions to avoid compassion fatigue shouldn't apply, fixing it is more important." which. /is/ true in a sense, however those two things aren't actually related in the way that framing that way implies, paying attention doesn't actually /do/ anything concrete that would be lost by taking breaks from consuming news about this. there's the implication that the more people that pay attention, the more people in power will be forced to behave knowing that the world's eyes are on them. but like. this far in, they know everyone's eyes are on them by now, and have decided to proceed anyways. just kind of... looking at them harder isn't going to change anything. and also like.... "when the event is this horrible, why would you be thinking about that instead of putting them first"? because. the more horrible the event. the more. likely learning a lot about it will fuck you up? thats. that seems pretty obvious to me? like. there's more Shit For Your Brain To Torment You With 24/7 if more shit is being done and reported on. the worse something is, the worse it'll make you feel to spend all your time thinking about. yes, some people will be ignoring it because they genuinely don't care, but that doesn't automatically mean the ONLY way to care is to Pay Constant Attention No Matter What.

and like. yes, we should do all we can to help palestinians, but some people act like because we're not being killed and they are, we owe it to them to take on as much of that trauma as we can by proxy? like since we aren't having to go through the actual thing, any negative affects we go through can never compare and are therefore irrelevant, and we should instead only be thankful it's not happening to us. i've said this before but it feels very much like the old "finish your vegetables, there's kids starving in africa" thing parents would say, where it's like. ok, i get that the sentiment behind what youre expressing here is "you should take care to be thankful for things you take for granted, because there are people out there suffering without this," but theres always an implicit "and if you don't use yours right, you're hurting those people by wasting what they could've used" when that just !! doesn't actually follow after the first part, that is not the conclusion you should draw there!!! i would obviously give my leftover vegetables to someone else sooner than throw them away but until warp technology is cracked i am limited by things like distance and expiration dates and stable temperature zones, and i would obviously give my leftover Not Being Bombed to every palestinian if i could but until The Way Reality Works is cracked i am limited by. yknow. the way reality works. abstract concepts like that just arent transferrable without a LOT more direct involvement than just. looking at some posts or not.

and i think that's the crucial thing that bugs me abt both of these is not just that the conclusions they offer are wrong and manipulative, but that the /premise themselves/ are, and they take something HUGE for granted, which is "the thing i want you to do is Right and will Work, therefore i'm justified in forcing you to do it, regardless of any discomfort this causes as it will still have a net positive impact." eating your vegetables is Good for you, so forcing you to eat more when you don't want them is justified, and your reasons for not wanting them don't matter. palestinians have asked us to keep reading and sharing their posts because it helps them, so shaming people for not wanting to is justified, and their reasons for not wanting to don't matter. nevermind that overeating can be bad for you and children are indeed capable of telling when they're full or of having slightly smaller stomachs than the serving sizes their parents dish up, nevermind that they can have food sensitivities or even just /dislike the flavor of something/ and we don't force adults to finish foods they know they dislike, nevermind that compassion fatigue was already an existing concept long before this, nevermind that this is The Mental Illness Website, nevermind that reblogging a bunch of posts with graphic videos that will keep you up all night and be filtered by half your followers anyways doesn't stop fucking BOMBS. it's all we can do, nevermind that it's largely symbolic, therefore if you're not doing it for ANY reason, you are Bad. so do what i say in order to be Good even if it hurts you. it's just such a manipulative, PATRONIZING way of going about things that it just grates at me every time.

[jcboloso]

12: Spicey

In order to avoid burnout, I need to find time and place for me to draw something.

For example: I will draw stuff at 5:30PM to 8:00PM(time) in a Bubble Tea Shop(place).

And then after that, I'll do anything else like getting some rest or playing/studying chess.

[frostbitegator]

Half a year has already come and gone, and believe it or not, I still do these daily calendars for my own personal reasons (as well as a monthly highlights calendar).

I'm aware I don't draw very much, and there's massive gaps in each month with not much art produced. I still like leaving a paper trail of sorts to remind myself what my productivity looks like every year and when I'm most and least active.

February seems to be a recurring active month for me for some reason (in terms of art quality), and things take a nosedive in the summer.

I'll keep doing these, because it reminds me to keep going (and to also pace myself to avoid burnout). I'd recommend anyone else to do something similar, and see their art progress and style changes over time!