#i know how tough this time of year is

[daddyjackfrost]

hey, are you at uoft? I recently got accepted for computer engineering, I was wondering if you knew anything about that major at uoft?

hey!! uh, i'm not going to say yes or no but i know uoft really well. how's that?

that's amazing!! com eng at uoft isn't easy to get into so good job!! i only know what my friends have told me and what i've seen and i don't mean to scare you, but it's... a lot. uoft in general is hell. everything is 10x tougher for no reason. com eng students kind of all hate their life everywhere but if you're passionate about it, uoft is a good place to go. do be prepared for your schedule to look like hell and for basically no social life. i really don't mean scare you, but that's how it is with almost all majors at uoft and its com eng... so.

if you do choose uoft, use it and abuse it. it's the top school for a reason. there are a lot of opportunities for students so although it'll be tough, get involved!

if you have any more questions or just want to talk, flood my inbox!! i promise to try my best and respond asap!

good luck!!

[arthursfuckinghat]

"I was gonna say you're like a son to me.. but you're more than that."

"It ain't that complicated!"

How quickly that shoulder pat of comfort turned into a condescending one.

[barbwalken]

Those 7 years changed something in their eyes

[disposal-blueeee]

stuff i never finished and why

hello and good night . i'm just gonna ramble about stuff so yeah

swings

oh man i really loved this drawing . but it was a PAIN IN THE ASS .

i had a bunch of problems with this one . i spent an embarrassing amount of time doing the line . then after i started painting it on Ibis paint i realized that i should've done the line with a textured brush .

then the background . i really couldn't make it look nice even if i tried . i spent so long just trying stuff and searching for references but i just couldn't get it right . the colors and the lightning kept looking weird .

and just when it was looking decent , oh no the file is corrupted !!! and if i wanted it back i would have to go through a speedpaint of a drawing that took me 28 hours ( i actually tried it 😭😭 but it was taking so long and after some time the app crashed )

so , i decided to just give up . i was already fed up with it . maybe some day i'll try to redraw it or something

edit : oh wait a second . this drawing makes no sense without the background . edgar looks like that because there's supposed to be a puddle under scriabin's swing and he's trying to get edgar wet with it

otgw x chapter 20 / 21

i just said i loved the other one but THIS ONE . this one is SO PRETTY and i was so excited to try some new brushes and overall just finish this . excited enough to start painting edgar without even finishing scriabin's line .

i was using a small tablet my friend let me borrow . it was actually so helpful because i could draw on my phone with it !! i used to work on this when i was at school .

then i started having problems with the background . again

then my friend told me that his mom didn't agree with him giving me the tablet and that he should give it to his sister instead so i had to give it back . great . at that point i didn't feel like finishing it so

random reference i found in pinterest

this is like a month old maybe ???? i just thought " oh this would be such a fire pfp " and after finishing the sketch i was like " alright i'll finish this tomorrow " ( i never finished it )

mostly didn't finish it because i didn't have any idea to make it look lifeless and tragic . oh well . maybe i'll try it someday i still think it's cool

papa's cheeseria

this one isn't really unfinished . i just wanted to make a doodle sheet but never drew anything else so now he's just there . alone in a blank space . poor guy .

so yeah . everytime i play papa louie's games i always make the workers look like edgar and scriabin . i thought this default outfit looked pretty cool so so i had to draw it

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

the high prices of fucking Everything is so exhausting i stg

[jakeperalta]

I literally think being in the taylor fandom is making me a worse person like I am so not a hater at heart and yet I just get so irritated by the fandom that it makes me feel like the most negative bitter person :/

[seatoss]

I played Alttp & LA HD for the first time this year and they were both GREAT! 

When I picked the first one up I was kind of worried that I wouldn’t be able to appreciate the classic. I’ve played 2D games before but it’s been many years since I’ve touched one. I’ve also primarily grown up with 3D games, especially where Zelda’s concerned. Ironically though, that’s probably why the experience it created for me felt so special. It’s old with it’s own brand of challenges, and yet I really wasn’t expecting how much it would move me all throughout my playthrough. I was already giddy by all the charming details and character, so discovering just how deeply this game and it’s sequel has obviously inspired all the Zelda games I grew up playing with? I was floored. It all suddenly clicked and it was like discovering something old and completely brand new all at once. 

I enjoyed both games so much. There’s so many characters and scenes that caught my imagination and that has been calling me to draw. For now, here are some illustrations of Link in the mountain regions of the first game. The Bully and Gumball in particular (and as I like to call them) were some of my favorite character encounters. It must of been so surreal for Link to run into them only briefly after getting turned into a rabbit. They were a really amusing pair, and it was really fun trying to reimagine them!

[crescentfool]

with the year coming to a close, i hope that anyone who's reflecting about how the year went remembers to be kind and fair to themselves with how you evaluate the year as a whole.

i think there are definitely times when life throws things that are... Not So Great at you. whether if it's some external circumstance that surprised you, or maybe your mentality wasn't at it's best. i wish for anyone who's encountered those kinds of challenges to be able to triumph over them and be able to say that they got through it.

heck, it might still be a work in progress even though you've kept chipping away at it, and that's ok! the results will show themselves eventually as you work through it! and i hope that we can all remember to be patient with ourselves as we go through these processes (learning, healing, etc.), because damn, it can be frustrating when you feel like you're "not there yet."

knowing that life can be rough at times, i think it's unfair to yourself (and others) to discount and downplay any progress you've made this year- whether if it's something that you did for the first time, or maybe you came to a new understanding and insight that you didn't have in the previous year.

it's not to say that you should undermine the validity of your experience with hardship, but to take the time to remind yourself what makes life worth living. to recall what moments were the most satisfying to you- and use it to strengthen your resolve for the next year and beyond. no amount of hardship will ever take away from the fact that you deserve to have hope that things will get better.

i hope that looking back on the year, you don't leave out the things you cherish. that you can remember the good that came this year. whether if the small victories are things like meeting someone new, trying something out for the first time, or making some strides in a long-term project/obligation...!

i wish everyone a happy new year! may it be prosperous, and that your life can move in a direction that's close to what you want out of life. you're all going to do great! remember to congratulate yourself for what you did well! despite everything, you're still here, and that's wonderful. never forget that!

[castielcommunism]

He wasn’t there for Sam, I always was! He wasn’t fair! I didn’t deserve what he put on me! 🤝 I had to be more than just a brother. I had to be a father, and I had to be a mother, to keep him safe. And that wasn’t fair. And I couldn’t do it.

[malbenita]

Anya compilation July-January ⭐️

Experimented with her a lot, so here are some takes!

[emin-folly]

When you show up to work late after barely remembering to put your pants on only to have forgotten to look in a mirror first lol

A commission for my wonderful friend @stewolf7~!! They requested Barry (either comic or CW version) in a bowtie, they left his expression and the rest up to me and so, I decided to shower him with kisses, naturally~

[ragingdumpsterfire]

[ranger-kellyn]

decided to go back and rewatch the original atla bc like. i'm in a mood clearly, still killing time before my yangchen novels get in, AND i might. be a little inspired to write an avatar story of my own i've been mulling over since reading the kyoshi novels.

the last time i watched avatar was the first week i moved here, almost exactly 4 years ago now that i think about it. without looking at a calendar, i wanna say it was around may 19, 2020 i left tennessee to move to the pnw, clear across the country to a city i had no friends or family in, all at the very start of the pandemic.

the very first thing i watched when i got to the airbnb i was staying at was avatar, and i'm pretty sure i binged the entire show that very first week i got here, and i was feeling sO GUILTY. watching tv while on the clock, since my job had already transitioned to full-time remote, and i had no clue how monitored i was going to be--

in some ways, it's. weird. so much has but also hasn't changed since may of 2020.

[colecxre-17]

now i can truly live knowing i have someone who will mourn for me

[catastrxblues]

apparently chem tag guy listens to waiting room by phoebe bridgers…………………………..….. i’m going to either commit arson, kill someone, or jump off of a cliff

[dont-offend-the-bees]

We need better fucking care infrastructure. I should not be trusted with anyone's care ever 💛