#this also belongs on the art blog

[linkedin-offficial]

various gaolers + lore art (hi flight rising tumblr)

[bogkeep]

it was always a strange dichotomy. every middle school classmate i had told me i'd be a millionaire when i grew up, a Famouse Artisté. it's easy enough to imagine as a teen, i suppose: skill equals fame equals money. i was doubtful about this prophecy, not because i wasn't confident in my ability to draw, but because it was hard to imagine a world where i'd be paid for it.

it was an ice breaker game at summer camp. horrible one, really - everyone in a group were given a character profile. now we had to imagine that it was the zombie apocalypse, and the helicopter to safety was two seats short and we had argue why we deserved a spot. the character i got was an asshole doctor of some kind. i don't remember if i argued my way into the helicopter or not, but i do remember the feeling that's been hanging over me my entire life - if the apocalypse happens right now, i have nothing to contribute.

there's something really painful about it. i have cultivated a skill for my whole life, i can make art and tell stories that are entirely unique to me, there is no way to get someone else to create in the exact same way i can, and yet - i've contributed more to capitalist society by sitting in an empty hotel reception for eight hours a day.

which made me develop anxiety, to boot.

i illustrated two children's books. they're some of my best work. the contract i signed was industry standard and the indie author who had hired me was incredibly kind... but even after stock sold out i had earnt little more than some pocket change.

in high school we had an outing to dig our own snow caves that we would spend the night in. in teams, thankfully. i have so little physical strength to speak of, most i could do to help was clear away the snow rubble and toss it outside. i know, i know, my classmates reassured me it was an important job to do, i was an invaluable member of the group, sure - but it's that feeling, you know?

what would my task be in the communist solarpunk commune?

a person cannot be useless. it's a human being. they just exist, no ifs and buts about it. one can only be useless in the eyes of an ableist, capitalist society that sees no value in being alive beyond production and profit.

sometimes i receive messages from internet strangers to tell me something i said - often several years ago - was helpful to them. maybe it was a throwaway comment on a forum. maybe it was replying to a question they could've googled the answer to. maybe it was an encouraging reply to someone's artwork. turns out it mattered to someone. huh.

of course you can learn new skills. i have learnt plenty over the years! i have also learnt that there are limitations to what i can do. that some of the obstacles i face are not in fact obstacles everyone faces. it's not that i can't break tasks into smaller steps, it's more that half of those steps are going to be "rinse your hands because you Touched a Thing and now you're going to have to touch Another Thing." i wonder if that's adding to my cognitive load or something.

i was never raised to be a man, so by all accounts i do not understand why i'm so haunted by the spectre of toxic masculinity - what would i do if i was a medieval peasant and a war broke out? what if i was in a pre-historic hunter gatherer society and i was expected to hunt? what if i was a humble farm boy discovering the sword of the chosen one and the world depended on my non-existing courage to face certain death?

look, it's stupid. these are not scenarios i will find myself in. besides, pre-historic humans depended on community and taking care of each other. that's how we survive.

i'm not useless and i decided to make peace with being useless anyway.

we're surrounded by digital clocks. we can't really escape them. do we need watchmakers? would they save me a spot in the zombie apocalypse helicopter? no, don't answer that. i'm just happy i found something that requires a light touch and an observant eye.

[slavhew]

Hello!

If you're not too busy, would you mind listing some of the things you think count as death flags for Mr. Spender?

There's the obvious fact that he's the "old" mentor to group of young protagonists, but what else do you think would count?

OHH BOY ok so I'd think I'm a crackpot for this but since we're talking about Zack "Foreshadowing" Morrison. I have some thoughts

No harm in leading with the (chronologically) first thing that jumped out at me:

This one IMMEDIATELY made me antsy whenever I came back to it after my initial read, and considering Zack has referred to it on twitter in the past as one of their favorite jokes it's definitely not been forgotten about.

Second, the sheer amounts of near-misses, jokey or not, of Spender narrowly avoiding specifically lightning

Again, not much, but it's weird that it happened thrice, latter two of which had real gravitas rather than an one-off joke.

And third, Spender himself. He's repeatedly shown himself to be kind of a self sacrificing idiot, as well as prideful to a fault. Granted, it's both him and Mina trying to take on all the responsibility of saving Mayview and its inhabitants from their fate.. But Spender is exactly that right measure of doesn't-value-himself-enough (chest footprint aftercare or lack thereof), having an obscene amount of power (enables his loner act + pride) and poor judgement that has the capacity to put him at great risk. And it has!

Spender has not only shown low enough self-esteem to view himself as the de-facto scapegoat for the safety of the town, but also prideful enough to make very bad calls that end up in people, often himself, hurt (COUGH FORGE INCIDENT COUGH)

This is all conjecture, but it's definitely enough to make me worried about him :') Even if all this doesn't mean he'll necessarily die he's definitely getting (even more) seriously injured at some point. I love the guy but he's so far doing a horrible job of convincing me he wants to live bad enough to circumvent at least that

[blueberrythefrog]

Hi, hi hi!!!! Since a lot of you wanted to see my OC, here they are!!!

My partner @moonionraccoon helped me with their sketch and I did the rest!! Alt without Kinito wanting to strangle them and the text!;

and as a bonus, here is them wearing their reading glasses when they look into your browser history! (Without Text): (Which they will regret eventually)

[pothospant]

his default recall is so cool..........

[whatsnotbutters]

There's one thing Gleampaw wants more than going home right now.

@new-era-wcrp

[honeysweetcorvidae]

hm.

[djsangos]

not to post 2 pics 2 days in a row or anything (does it anyway)

but i accidentally burned dinner like the fucking scatterbrain i am flopped to the floor in pure rage and frustration heard giggling only to open my eyes and find my GIRLFRIEND that TRAITOR standing over me with their phone out laughing at me like how DARE you make fun of me in my lowest moment i was trying to COOK FOR US

so we ended up just ordering doordive instead cant have shit in inkopolis

[artsybanchou]

Art fight over! Here's the last few attacks I did before the cease fire was called.

Up top is Rene by Mazitdynasty (of @mazitdynasty fame) who btw WILL BE IN AN UPCOMING COMIC THAT ALL OF YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR: GRAVITATIONAL PULL. GO LOOK AT THE TAG TO SEE EVERYTHING ALREADY OUT. REMEMBER THE NAME.

After that is a revenge on Alex_here, who drew my DnD character, Werat. All of these characters actually attend Rainbow High so I went ahead and put them in Rainbow High.

And floaty guy is Scribbleses' Trouble (@scribbleses here on tumblr). Naturally this drawing got named Honey, You've Got a Big Storm Coming.

[grimweathers]

i was bit by my once-every-couple-years tiny (TINY) writing bug for the steddie microfic january prompt but. i'm already over double the word limit and it's not quite done lmao. maybe i will just post it in full on its own separately and then try paring it down for the challenge? idk.

[sighcomics]

i'm sorry if i sometimes spam you with likes but i love everything you do so much!!!!! ꒰ა ♡ ໒꒱ you are amazing

spamming doesn't exist in my vocabulary! this is the ultimate praise, i'm melting !! spam away 💖🖼️

[themetropolisborough]

@solbucks-hq HAS SPOKEN AND HIS NAME IS CIDER 🧃 here’s part 2/3!

[sinful-sketches]

Woah first drawing of 2023

[chxosmxnifesto]

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Handled with care by Octi ʀᴜʟᴇꜱ|ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ                                            

[gimblegamble]

I think its time to cananabananalize an old art blog's Doc arm design

[tisthegrimreaper]

Choose Your Method

We know our beloved Slashers have a method and weapon for slaughter, but what would be yours?