#life progress

[deepdrearn]

hey tumblr here's an update: I will be unemployed in five weeks, I am madly in love with a boy, finally moved all of my stuff into my new apartment and now lie on the couch that I got from Craigslist which is possibly less comfortable than I'd hoped for but okay

[thelonelyafab]

just got accepted into my first choice police academy!! :))) it has a graduation rate of 88% and a ton of grads from there went on to become captain before their 30s :D

[thefaearealwaysamongyou]

GUESS WHO JUST GOT ACCEPTED INTO TRADE SCHOOL!!!!!

[i-ges]

I thought it looked a little too castle-y on my first try, so I re drew it with less emphasis on copying the style of my ref, and then looked more into mud house architecture.

⬇️First Go⬇️

Much prefer the new version!

[clumsypuppy]

wait for me

[leahgardner-art]

Rebirth 🐝

[defensivelee]

why does every queer turn into a redpilled anti-woke far-right comedian fan the moment you tell them they're intersexist like 'stop inventing new terms 🤡🤡 why is everything a slur now 🤡🤡🤡 that one friend that's too woke 🤡🤡' like it's actually surreal how often it happens. i desperately want to know what makes them think that shits okay.

[writers-potion]

how do you write a liar?

How to Write Liars Believably

Language

The motive of every goal is the make the lie seem plausible while taking blame off the speaker, so liars will often project what they say to a third party: "Katie said that..."

Referring to third parties as "they" rather than he or she

In the case of a deliberate lie prepped beforehand, there will be an overuse of specific names (rather than pronouns) as the speaker tries to get the details right.

Overuse of non-committal words like "something may have happened"

Masking or obscuring facts like "to the best of my knowledge" and “it is extremely unlikely," etc.

Avoiding answers to specific, pressing questions

Voice

There's isn't a set tone/speed/style of speaking, but your character's speech patten will differ from his normal one.

People tend to speak faster when they're nervous and are not used to lying.

Body Language

Covering their mouth

Constantly touching their nose

fidgeting, squirming or breaking eye contact

turning away, blinking faster, or clutching a comfort object like a cushion as they speak

nostril flaring, rapid shallow breathing or slow deep breaths, lip biting, contracting, sitting on your hands, or drumming your fingers. 

Highly-trained liars have mastered the art of compensation by freezing their bodies and looking at you straight in the eye.

Trained liars can also be experts in the art of looking relaxed. They sit back, put their feet up on the table and hands behind their head.

For deliberate lies, the character may even carefully control his body language, as though his is actually putting on a show

The Four Types of Liars

Deceitful: those who lie to others about facts

2. Delusional: those who lie to themselves about facts

3. Duplicitious: those who lie to others about their values

Lying about values can be even more corrosive to relationships than lying about facts. 

4. Demoralized: those who lie to themselves about their values

Additional Notes

Genuine smiles or laughs are hard to fake

Exaggerations of words (that would normally not be emphasized) or exaggerated body language

Many savvy detectives ask suspects to tell the story in reverse or non-linear fashion to expose a lie. They often ask unexpected, or seemingly irrelevant questions to throw suspects off track. 

[ruushes]

my hof was born to be a griffon rider, if they could've given him a griffon at the start of dao the blight would've been over in a week

[deepdrearn]

Hey it's my first weekday off and I love spending it in bed so have three pictures taken in my first weeks of New Job.

Since house and work finally have settled down - for at least two more months, other Big Things can take the stage again and it just feels sometimes like life will never quiet down again ever.

I'm seeing a couples therapist with the boy today. My feelings about this are Ambivalent. I'm proud, and have this theory that as good as it is that I'm doing trauma treatment, working on relationships might actually go best in actual relationships. So yeah I'm proud, also of the boy who is so willing to work on this. And there's hope that with work, I am in fact capable of a healthy romantic relationship, whatever that may be. And there is also a lot of pain. Some moments my back and chest spasm from it, like I'm crying but I'm not.

[thefaearealwaysamongyou]

I'm the king of productivity this fine evening because I finally sent in my first ever application for my first ever job and I had a kickass practice session with my baritone in which I somehow didn't entirely suck as much as I thought I would after not playing for a week and half straight

So yeah, bragging rights to me

[madelinesthread]

wip

[i-ges]

I dunno what I’m doin but I’m doin something, can I get a what what! I’m narrowing down some designs. Tried to get better shape language/interesting silhouettes.

Scar has a hat but I’ve been constantly forgetting to draw it, so it might not stay lol. It flew off in an explosion. Yep

Btw the gif is when Scar hears Grian call his name before the creeper. >:)

[55anana]

bwoah

[leahgardner-art]

a work in progress, for those of you who like that sort of thing :)

[pollen]

i hope you can find it in yourself to be kinder to yourself today than you were yesterday