#learning troubles

[spectral-squid]

My awe is tisming again and I simply cannot comprehend how one improves at art.

I wanna learn pixel art and get better, but my brain just thinks about it and goes, "How?"

I see people say to keep making pixel art every day, and my brain just goes, "But wouldn't that just mean you'll keep making tons of art with the same skill/quality level and nothing will ever change?"

I feel like I need something more tangible, or something, I dunno. Just, as of right now, I simply can't fathom how I would learn and get better at pixel art. Sure I can watch a tutorial with the basics, but after that, what? I'm just left alone and have no comprehension of how to improve from there.

[wandixx]

okey, hey guys, it's a bit different from what i usually post but i really kinda need help

how do i stop procrastrinating?

i have big exams coming and i need to study for them because i don't know shit but now i'm stuck in the "can't study 'cause too stressed" -> "stressed 'cause still not studying" cycle and i have no clue how to get out

and it's not even that i don't want to learn stuff that i'm supposed to study, it's all quite interesting. i just can't force myself to actually open a textbook and write down the notes or whatever instead of doom scroling/reading fics/watching random shit on yt

[pythosblathers]

This isn’t cute. Lesbians only draw their favs as medieval knights when they’re catastrophically smitten

[encounteratnearpoint]

This is killing me. In the episode Qpid, Picard’s old flame Vash reappears and she and Picard are catching up, having a flirty conversation over morning tea.

Then Dr. Crusher unexpectedly shows up and immediately tells Vash that she and Picard have morning tea together very often.

She then proceeds to sit down in the seat Picard was sitting in and starts DRINKING PICARD’S TEA??

Then she offers Vash a tour of the ship, leaving Picard alone in his room.

Power move of the century.

[akiacia]

wiege!baggie

[starry-bi-sky]

no thoughts head empty de-aged blood blossom danny

if ONLY because i was at work yesterday out in the play yard and one of the babies from the one year old room walked up to me, held up her arms and went "up. up" and i caved like a wet fucken nOODLE and im inflicting that onto Bruce

so im just picturing like, roughly 18mo Danny, just absolutely teeny, walking up to Bruce in the Batman suit, grabbing his cape and pulling on it to get his attention or plastering himself to the side of his legs (<- real experience i've had) and when Bruce looks down at him Danny just goes "Bah-man, bah-man. Up."

and im teLLING YOU. Bruce would cave in a fucking heartbeat.

or if he crouches down, Danny will just crawl onto him anyways. wraps both arms around his neck and tries to raise his leg over his knee so he can wrap himself around his waist (<- ALSO A REAL EXPERIENCE I'VE HAD)

also he can't fully articulate himself yet, he doesn't have all of his teeth quite yet and phonetics are harD, so he can't say Bruce it just sounds like "boo" or "booce" like 'boost' but without the 't'.

[honehonn3honey]

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Happy birthday my dear angel @andypantsx3

I came to wish you a wonderful day with all the people you love. May this year be a year of peace, lots of soups and wine, time to dream and write

I hope you like this little gift. This year I was more prepared! Many kisses! Mwah mwah~

My main idea was that it only looked like a photo but in the end I made it from the full post... So I also leave it here down

January 3: Actually I was very excited about your birthday and this update is just me trying not to tell you that I’m excited about your birthday in your inbox because it would reveal that I have a gift for you. Yes

[fire-on-fuel]

the most important distinction between boba fett and jango fett is that jango fett grew up on a farm and then in a traveling mandalorian merc clan and boba fett grew up in a city sized lab and then juvie and then every gutter in the galaxy from here to nar shaddaa

[wandixx]

I recently finished relatively big project that literally couldn't let me focus on anything else for too long because my blorbos just kept banging around and I thought that now I'll be able to get some other work done BUT it can't be so good, can it?

Me: Hey, now I can focus on important stuff like my finals!

My brain:...

Me: Now I can focus on important stuff like my finals, right?

My brain:...

My mess in the satchel: Hey, you look! This thing you started some time ago and still really like the idea!

My brain: Hey, let's work on that, we can shove our Danny&M'gann (Danny/M'gann) agenda into it and don't be too obvious! We even have resources to make it work!

Me: No! We have stuff! We have like four "essays" to write, math and IT to actually learn! History finals to prepare for! We love history! We can use it for passion project if we focus on it!!! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!!!

My brain: But the angst! The misunderstandings! The chance to make people trauma dump!

Me: No! I'm stronger than that!

My brain: The hurt/comfort! The soft touches and gut punches!

Me:...

Me: God damnit

Does anyone have tips on how to work around that, because I really need and want focus on my school stuff, I swear! Please help

[cookiesart]

FRIDAY NIGHT FUNKIN REDRAW 🍒

+ Close ups!

What wonderful timing this was!! I wanted to showcase my improvement and then the game was updated! This franchise was what actually inspired me to start branching out to digital work, So I owe it a lot!

Twitter / kofi

[choccy-milky]

finally drew clora and seb's kids!!🙌🙌

Celeste Sallow: OK THIS IS THE NAME IM SUPER PROUD OF BAHAHA because not only does the name celeste relate to the stars (in typical ravenclaw fashion...clora picked the name) but celeste sallow is also an alliteration. BUT, its an alliteration that begins with a C, which means clora gets to match with celeste in the form of both of their names starting with a C, whereas sebastian gets to match with celeste because both of their names are an alliteration/they're alliteration allies🥹ITS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS!🥳

Lewis Sallow: as for lewis, if you've read my fic then you know that seb has a vendetta against names that start with an L bahaha, but 'lewis' was actually HIS idea. when celeste was born, seb wanted to find a muggle story to read to her, since clora's favourite story is ALSO a muggle one (sherlock), and he wanted to stick with tradition. so he ended up finding alice in wonderland, which he loved because of how adventurous and clever alice was and of how much she reminded him of clora and celeste (both personality and looks wise). it became his favourite for those reasons, to the point that when they had lewis, sebastian overcame his L-name hatred by naming their son after lewis carroll.

Houses: celeste could have been sorted into either gryffindor or slytherin, but ultimately ends up in slytherin because she wants to be like seb. kinda like how clora also probably could have been in gryffindor, tbh. as for lewis.....him being 10000% in ravenclaw doesnt need any explanation BAHA, just look at him.

Appearance: since clora has a tiny bit of veela blood in her, thats obvs passed down to their kids, too, and so they mostly take after her as a result of it. but there's still little bits of seb that shine through in each of the kids: for lewis its his brown curly hair, and for celeste its her complexion/freckles. and the fact that celeste looks so similar to clora only doubles up sebastian's stress/protective instincts when he watches her BAHAH. he's ofc still proud that she takes after him so closely, but seb also cant deny that he wishes it had been their SON that had taken after him instead, to keep her out of danger.

Celeste & Lewis: for celeste and lewis’ relationship, celeste is a super proud big sister, and treats lewis kinda like how seb treats clora. if there's anything that needs to be done, she offers to do it for him. and although she doesn’t have the patience to read stories herself, she loves playing outside and having lewis read to her in the background, and loves to act out/use his stories to fuel her imagination. and lewis makes sure to pick stories that he KNOWS she’ll like (which mostly involve heroic and daring feats of adventurers or pirates. he's tried to read more classic fairytales and romances to her a few times, but celeste always gets bored). she loves to draw though, so sometimes when lewis reads books that have no pictures, she'll draw them herself.

Celeste & Seb/Clora: celeste is a daddy's girl LOL and always tries to impress seb with the stuff she does, especially after hearing how HE was at her age, and so its half to impress and half because shes competitive that she wants to do the same/be just as good. and seb always gets a kick out of hearing her feats in the crossed wands club, or in defense against the dark arts class, and he also goads her on, telling her she'll have to do better than that if she wants to be as good as HE was. and whenever celeste gets detention, clora always stresses and asks why, whereas seb just tries to keep the smirk off his face. as for celeste and clora, clora also reads to celeste, and bakes and cooks with her, which is something celeste actually likes doing. not only because it keeps her busy and she likes to help and get messy in general, but also because she likes the fact that it results in good food afterwards LOL, and constantly asks when things can be taken out of the oven. also, for as tomboy-y as celeste is, she honestly doesn't mind/likes the clothing that clora puts her in and likes when clora dresses her up, bc it makes her look like one of the princesses from the storybooks, and it just amuses her more than anything else. once she enters hogwarts, though, its mostly trousers. but she still DOES like the occasional girly clothing.

Lewis & Seb/Clora: lewis is a momma's boy LOL and unlike celeste, doesnt care about duelling or of proving himself or anything like that, and is only concerned with stories and his future studies. so ofc clora had to show him sherlock, which he naturally loved. it even inspired lewis to want to write his own stories, so that he could challenge his own skill and see if he could, but also because he wants his mom to read them, and likes the idea of writing his own sherlock-esque story with equations and mysteries to be solved that he can offer her. lewis also wants to write a book for celeste as well, bc although he wont admit it, he basically wants to write a story tailor-made for her and her interests. one that he thinks will have everything she’d love in it. and part of it is genuinely because he WANTS to do it for her, but the other part of it is also for his ego, and to see if he CAN write a compelling story, and write something that would actually get THE hyperactive celeste to sit down and read it in its entirety (not to mention of her own volition). as for with seb, lewis looks up to him more than anyone else, due to how well-rounded he is and how hes so good at practical stuff AND studying, and he kinda sees seb as a main character/protagonist from one of his books, and uses sebastian as inspiration for his own stories. if hes stuck on what he thinks the dashing main character should do next, he'll ask his dad what HE would do, which results in seb getting very weird questions that he nonetheless is always happy to answer. also, when lewis is older and finally learns the full story of what happened with clora and seb and ranrok and rookwood, he writes their story in novel form, except he just changes their names/some of the details, and it becomes a best seller LOL. and i didnt know where to put this, but the four of them all read a story before bed every night, with lewis in the middle and seb and clora on either side of him. though celeste stands at the foot of the bed, basically doing a charade/mime show of what theyre reading, and putting on a little play to go along with it BAHHA.

OK thats all i can think of for now ive yapped enough😩 if youve read all of this ur a real one.... ive also considered giving them a 3rd (and last) child, which would be a boy that looks exactly like seb, and seb would just be praying like please.....let this son take after me🧎‍♂️🙏 BAHHA

[yesloulou]

Charles goes surfing in Melbourne | AusGP 2024 🇦🇺🌊 via ariannaoioli on tiktok

[caguaydreams]

espilver nation I made a little something for y’all 🎁✨

tumblr won’t let me upload the gif version so mp4 it is

[sun-e-chips]

A rough start to Suns day, then back at home some delivery people had the audacity to talk shit about the park

Yeahhhhhh Suns learned to have a lot of patience but once that’s crossed… oh boy

[seaglassdinosaur]

Haymitch struggling to break the unspoken rules of the Hunger Games. Seeing opportunities to fight back but choosing not to, because it’s hard to cross that line.

He puts the knife back in the basket. He lets the Gamemakers charge for the access pipe. And he’s ashamed of it, because it isn’t fear of the consequences that stops him, but something internal inclined toward bowing down.

Because it takes conscious thought to make something ‘okay’ to do. To logic through why a rule is arbitrary, or to be fine with consequences—being a nuisance or a criminal, or to separate the rule from the moral implications. It requires active deconstruction, or very firm lines you refuse to cross, both of which require a lot of time and thought to do and form.

Without the time and practice, it’s difficult to do—difficult to do regardless—in the quick, immediate moment. And Haymitch feels ashamed, that despite his resentment for the Capital, his intentions of messing them up, he still hasn’t fully deconstructed.

[snoelledarts]

Get in losers, we’re going questing.

Art for Chapter 9 of Grace of Gods, out now!