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rearranging-deck-chairs · 2 years

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#i mean i gotta have some weird freudian stuff in here right #i think that like 90% of my writing style gets made sense of once you realise that my trains of thought follow similar patterns as etymology #'how are THOSE things connected'#well you see. through 6 degrees of separation #like precision caesura and cement #can make connections really well #not so good at interpreting them tho #i wonder if that defeats their purpose #i mean does it nullify any meaning that couldve been there #do i make my writing meaningless by acknowledging that i dont juxtapose to convey meaning - meaning coalesces in juxtaposition #and the juxtaposition is just for fun #im...#oh my god am i just putting all my toys in a row?#maybe i am #'that was a nice shape now if i do it /another/ way'#the point of the thing is the connecting. not like. some kind of meaning that i have in my head #im not making connections to convey meaning im making connections /to make connections/#i think that makes me a bad artist #or at least it makes my art bad #i still have fun with it so maybe im not a bad artist #but i wil admit to this and not promise to stop #i think THAT makes me a bad artist probably #bc if i really cared about... art. good art. meaningful art. then i would not be content with making meaningless art #once i realised thats what im doing. right?#an artist with integrity would do something else #'i shouldnt do this but i am and im not gonna stop'#'i should...apologist for something?'#i also believe subconsciously theres somethingimmoral to sharing art that you dont believe to be. like. of quality #i think it's fine to make art that is not the best you could have done. but if you share it with the world THEN that becomes immoral #i dont know why i believe that. it's probably about integrity again

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pteropods · 1 year

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I am actually so serious I think it really messes with a childs creativity and joy to tell them to never make a mary sue OC. Like that unbridaled form of joy where you make a self insert OC who super cool and everyone loves them and they have every superpower in the world SHOULD be something a kid makes, it nourishes their ability to create things for fun and not be stifled by "oh but what if my character is too overpowered and cringey...". whatever

#^ 10 y/o me was obsessed w/ art YTers who would always talk about good and bad art and mary sues and stuff #I think kids should be encouraged to make bad art and stupud OCs as much as possible abd im so serious about that. i think its actually #amazing for their development as both as person and artist

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bixels · 1 month

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The Ryoko Kui interview's reception is such a disaster over a pretty normal (yet still flawed) interview between a non-Japanese fan and Japanese artistic. This is discourse for discourse's sake, and it's no surprise that almost every Twitter user I've looked at who's using this interview to parade Kui around as a goated mangaka standing strong against Western ideology is anti-trans.

Like, I do think the interview was kinda wonky with its focus on fandom culture, which Kui clearly didn't have much interest in. But sometimes that happens. Sometimes interactions between two people, especially a fan and a creator, two people who view and interact with a piece of media in completely opposite perspectives, don't click. Does this really need to get blown up into a "West vs. East culture war" issue.

Anyways, Kui saying "I don't consider my audience's interpretations when writing. I leave it to their imaginations, but I have my own read on things too" is the healthiest, most normal thing an artist/writer who wants a non-parasocial audience could say. Artists and writers use this line all the time. If Kui didn't enjoy autistic Laius or Farcille headcanons, she would have probably voiced/signalled her discomfort, like she did on the topic of Senshi fanservice. Overall, Kui handled the interview really well. Props to her to sticking to her guns and keeping a healthy disconnect from the fandom. While I think the interviewer could've/should've been more tactful and restrained, the flaws in their questions is not a symptom of the woke mind virus trying to wriggle its way into the pure Japanese psyche. It's the sign of an over-eager fan who sees a piece of fiction differently than its creator.

#personal #delete later #this isn't even worth talking about in depth #but it's crazy that we're rehashing the “artist intent vs fan interpretation” crap again.#read stuart hall's encoding/decoding.#is it so terrible that laius reads to nd people as autistic even though the writer wasn't thinking about it #is that really something to criticize #also you may think the last sentence is me exaggerating but that's literally what the twt discourse is about #anyways i feel bad for the interviewer who's getting harassed over this #i'm seeing every side of discourse be super uncharitable toward them because it's funnier to make them sound outta touch and confrontationa #like. i'm seeing posts from cool people making the interviewer look like they asked “why did you make laius autistic??”#when the actual text of the interview goes “a lot of nd people interpreted laius as autistic. did you have that in mind when writing him?”#and obviously i think a lot of fandom people upset about this are weird too. joking that kui. a real person. is probably autistic is weird #but who am i more willing to criticize. the overeager parasocial fans taking things a too far and making things kinda weird #or the “kill the woke mind virus” weeabo/otaku terfs who still use the r-slur against queer/nd teen anime fans

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hinamie · 3 months

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quick lmhs itafushi because god help me i have Not been able to get the concept of yuuji smiling/laughing into kisses out of my head

jjk atla!au with @philosophiums

#my art #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #itadori yuuji #fushiguro megumi #itafushi #fanart #jjk fanart #yuuji #megumi #jjk atla!au #atla!au: art #lmhs #shade skin with green without making the characters look Nauseous challenge #...success???? i mean i sure HOPE success :'>#i blocked in a green (bc lmhs i...usually block in a green...) but then i thought. i will try putting hints of it on the skin Also #and i like it !!! i fr one do not think they look seasick #i love lmhs itfs because the colour scheme is so Earthy (pun intended). moss green... warm browns... my beloveds <333 #but even more than that #i love love loVE. drawing yuuji looking at megumi like he is all that exists in the world #bc i Also look at megumi like he is all that exists in the world #also im sure this is a common artist thing to have designated Spots fr characters when drawing them interacting #like fr me . normally when i draw itfs interacting in any way (read: smooching) i default to putting megu on the Right #so this admittedly threw me a bit GHSGJ #anyway!!! i realized it has been a whole WEEK since my last lmhs itfs and that simply will not stand.#my quOTA D: D: D: my self imposed QUOTA #i am going to get a bad grade in long term passion project :( sam is going to kill me and then Fire me #speaking of sam i shant say much but yuuji is currently experiencing The Horrors(tm) in draft1 so he can have a distraction :3 my treat #one of us has to be nice to him and it seems it is my turn #anyway i amn eepyyyy goodnight smile :)

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suntails · 10 months

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knighted

#MOMENTS THAT MAKE ME EMOTIONAL. BAUL CALLING HIM BY NAME NOT CALLING HIM HUMAN. WEAK AT THE KNEES #i think ill only have time to draw these two pieces before i leave for the holidays so i want them to be a set. i think its fun #talked abt it on twt but artistically its SO fun that book 7 has the 'good guys' w the colors of the night. greens and purples and darks #and the 'bad guys' of the humans strike their queen down with a brilliant yellow light. the light IS the darkness is conceptually yummy #trying to lean into color choices and intentional comps lately. lilias piece reading L>R feels like the angle pushes down on him #here sebek faces with the eye's movement so its more positive. like hes climbing towards his beautiful bright future. ouughj #never before in fandom have i wanted to so clearly break down my own art choices like a historian but diasom does smth to my brain #twst #twisted wonderland #sebek zigvolt #baul zigvolt #ch 7 spoilers #suntails

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deoidesign · 5 months

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skyxiiocrkblog · 3 months

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Listener and Yapper

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ink-the-artist · 1 year

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Dude some of those popular so-bad-its-good movies are unironically outsider art and I don’t think they get enough appreciation for that

#Neil breen is absolutely an outsider artist #Mark Regions ‘after last season’ is an outsider art film #yes they are bad movies but they are so unique in how they’re made #the decisions don’t really make sense bc they aren’t rly drawing from how other films are made #or from any technical knowledge of film making #those decisions are entirely from whatever is going on in the creators mind lol #of course the most popular one of them all The Room also is outsider art #genuinely very cool to me that the movie is so beloved lol #like yeah it’s enjoyed in an ironic way it’s unintentional comedy #but I think a big part of that enjoyment comes from the insanity of it #it’s so uniquely Tommy Wiseau no one else could have made it #these movies are SO sinciere

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nuclearanomaly · 2 months

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pose ref

#ffxiv #Ninira Nira #Estinien #Estinien Wyrmblood #Estinien Varlineau #wolstinien #once again owing my life to the artists that makes poses refs catered to me specifically #I liked the vibe of their og expressions too but then i was like what if I just... open estinien's eye and make him look at the camera #and yeah yeah yeah alright alright alright #that's himst wife #p r o t e c c #from what idk bad thoughts probably #I have thoughts from a part of EW that the pose made me think of which led to this tbh #one day i will do something proper with them I say #:o)#anywho I liked the energy enough to ignore all the rest of the pose as a treat for me #what is colouring we just don't know #art: mine

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puppyeared · 4 months

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i feel like im not making any sense but does anyone else feel like there are stories that let u run with them and ones that spell everything out for you

#im reading that post that says artists are directors of audience reaction and not its dictator:#'you cannot guarantee that everyone viewing your work will react as you are trying t make them react. a good artist knows that this is what #allows work to breath. by definition you cannot have art where the viewer brings nothing to the table ... this is why you have to let go of #the urge to plainly state in text exactly how you think the work should be interpreted ... its better to be misinterpreted sometimes than #to talk down to your audience. you wont even gain any control that way; people will still develop their opinions no matter what you do #im thinking abt this again cuz i was thinking maybe the thing that lets adventure time work so well the way it does is cuz it doesnt #take itself too seriously that it gives the audience enough room to fuck with subtext and then fuck with them back yknow. i think it was #mentioned somewhere that they werent even planning to run with the postapocalyptic elements that are hinted in the show but changed their #mind after the one off with the frozen businessmen and dominoed into marcy and simons backstory. on the other side there are stories that #explain too much to let the story speak for itself and i think it ends up having to do more with the crew trying to lead ppl in a certain #direction than expand on what they have and i see a lot of this with miraculous. like when interviews and tweets are used as word of god in #arguments and it becomes a little stifling to play around with it knowing the creator can just interject. u can say its the crews effort to #engage with its audience but it feels more like micromanaging. and none of this is to say there ISNT room for stories that spell things out #theyre just suited for different things. if sesame street tried abstract approaches to themes and nuance itd be counterproductive #a lot of things fly over my head so i need help picking things apart to get it- but it doesnt have to be from the story itself. ive picked #picked up or built on my own interpretations listening to other ppl share their thoughts which creates conversation around the same thing #sometimes stories will spell things out for you without being so obvious abt it that it feels like its woven into the text. my fav example #for this might be ATLA using younger characters as its main cast but instead of feeling like its dumbed down for kids to understand why war #is bad its framed from a childs point of view so younger audiences can pick up on it by relating to the characters. maybe an 8 year old #wont get how geopolitics works but at least they get 'hey the world is a little more complicated than everyone vs. fire nation'. same for #steven universe bc its like theyre trying to describe and put feelings into words that kids might not have so they have smth to start with #especially with the metaphors around relationships bc even if it looks unfamiliar as a kid now maybe the hope is for it to be smth you can #look back to. thats why it feels like these shows grew up with me.. instead of saving difficult topics for 'when im ready for it'#as if its preparing me for high school it gave me smth to turn in my hands and revisit again and again as i grow. stories that never #treated u as dumb all along. just someone who could learn and come back to it as many times as u need to. i loved SU for the longest time #but i felt guilty for enjoying it hearing the way ppl bash it. bc i was a kid and thought other ppl understood it better than me and made #feel bad for leaning into the message of paying forward kindness and not questioning why steven didnt punish the diamonds or hold them #accountable. but im rewatching it now and going oh. i still love this show and what it was trying to teach me #yapping #diary

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all-my-ocs-are-evil · 3 months

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i feel like i've lost the ability to draw so here are some doodles/ 1st draft designs I made for some of the monster high girlies bc I've still got the urge to draw despite that. they all need some work but I feel like I've gotten to a good starting point.

ive got quite a few ideas for the rest but we'll see if I ever get to them lol

beware the tags! (i never shut up)

#digital art #doodles #artists on tumblr #fanart #fashion #monster high #ghoulia yelps #draculaura #lagoona blue #frankie stein #idk how but ghoulia's glasses are prescription bc I say so #my fav thing to do when ive got art block is to play dress up w characters lol #ironically enough tho #it's hard for me to design outfits for other people bc I just start dressing them how I would if I were doing a closet cosplay of them lol #the pinterest boards ive got for not just the main ghouls #but some of the side charas as well are so full that I had to do something with them eventually #lagoona's fit needs the most work (im bad at athleisure) but she's the most fun to draw XD #i really wanted to lean more into beach gyaru for her but trying to make it work w her usual athleisure style is hard T-T #frankie needs work the second most #her shoes are basically ripped from pinterest XD #draculaura is fun until i have to colour her #i can already tell shes gonna go through a many colour variations if I continue #also dont think about the heights too much bc I sure as hell didnt

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howliteart · 3 months

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Zielona visage doodles!!

The first one is her "incognito" visage, where she's not obviously a dragon. She's a half night elf (half human), hence the shorter ears and less glowing eyes.

And Zielona's different appearances over time, which really is mostly these three. I wanted to see her "intermission" look when she's all anima'd up but hasn't taken a page from the dracthyr visage book yet.

#green dragon #green dragonflight #visage #dragon visage #world of warcraft #warcraft #artists on tumblr #art #illustration #my characters #personal art #zielona #posting personal art early to patreon makes me very bad at remembering to post it publicly later lol #tricks my brain into thinking i already did

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paintpaintpaintman · 2 months

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s(hr)impers stand up

unite for Narinder hips

I've never animated before and it is very hard but quite fun! I've been workin on it for a couple days, and I've learned a lot. It's far from perfect, but it definitely exists and it's a start. I'd like to start animating more because of it :)

Shout out to @aychama for inspiring this i lobe you and your work always ❤️‍🔥

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gen4grl · 28 days

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you would think after all the yapping i do about these losers i would have a plethora of art uploaded … no… so here is my first kantrio post lol

i did these over the last month while watching the olympic weightlifting and jamming to kpop (stan red velvet and kiss of life BTW!!!)

#pokemon #pkmn #trainer red #rival blue #trainer leaf #i made them classy and smoke from a joint idk maybe i should of done the classic aussie teen experience and make them smoke from a water #bottle bong 🤩 red is a massive foodie so ofc he has the multiple options of snacks ready lol my go-to fried food was a capriccosia pizza 😭#i’m always conflicted on the blue smoking hc (just cigarettes yall lol) i often see fanart of professor blue smoking and i see the vision #50/50??? let me ask the audience 🗣️ i think i’m bias cause i am cursed with thinking men who smoke are extremely attractive lmao #there is 100% lore behind that second piece but i am so burnt out and i don’t think it’ll fit in tags lol #also just have a raging fear of sharing anything kantrio related LOL like raging projectile vomiting level anxiety #blue fears repeating the toxic cycles he grew up in but oops he’s doing exactly that in the second piece 🧐#wowzers … as kieran would say lol … i love writing and thinking about blue and his emotional growth over those 3 years red was missing #but hey sometimes something hurts so badly it takes you back to that sad and scared child version of yourself right?#strength to me is like: red >>>>>>> leaf >> blue🤷🏻‍♀️ they technically both canonically beat blue in gamecanon so … my girl is strong sorry #ain’t standing shy timid leaf in this house …#also - despite being acespec myself i didn’t know demi was under the ace umbrella! i think it suits red super well imo :p #pan aswell bc i don’t think he gaf 😭 also shout out to one of my fave pkmn artists kiriato 🫶🏻🤧 i was going through such bad art block and #their work inspired all of these :3 i love their stuff sm espcially their comics 🥹 i drew all of these using their brush sets too!!!#trainer blue #blue pokemon #red pokemon #leaf pokemon #pokemon art #pokemon fanart #pokemon frlg #trainer green #rival green #my art <3 #kanto au

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gemharvest · 1 month

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(id in alt - do not repost)

damned to the end from the start; we can't really help who we are

#artings #wyd!RGBau #wyd!gf #wyd!pico #blood #fnf #friday night funkin #girlfriend fnf #friday night funkin girlfriend #pico #pico newgrounds #pico fnf #picogf #pico x girlfriend #ship art #digital art #digital artist #fanart #fnf fanart #i have had this idea in my mind for like. since i got people using the preview snippet for this in my shorts feed #hoooooly shit. this song.#hey no promises cuz i have so many projects rn yeah? but this might get a sequel piece or something. for fun #fun thing ok i obviously got palette inspo from the cover for this song LOL but like #the arrows on gfs side make me think of the fucking. good news for people who love bad news album (modest mouse)#so thats why the green i chose for the arrows/ feathers is specifically that green #also its a good green. but also really like the color green so i think many hues of green are good greens

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sergle · 6 months

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how come you don't draw the ppl / characters you have the hots for

there's a certain kind of artist that can do that... a better type of artist................. and an artist who can stand to look at the reference material for more than a few seconds at a time.

#i can't look at someone i'm TRULY attracted to for very long before needing to basically walk it off and this is not a joke #but also there are a few Types of artists and one of them is the type where most of the work is self portraiture #or like. self adjacent. hence all the art. of. fat women. that i make. sort of more of my likeness #but also if you do a bad job drawing someone you think is hot then it's sort of like well. maybe i should consider killing myself #sergle answers #sometimes you don't want to. BESMIRCH. something that you like. by not doing it justice when you draw it #weird coming from me bc I used to draw EXCLUSIVELY fanart but also I wasn't thinking about it that hard at the time

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