Autor's blog

Generally an art appreciator that usually lurks around in search for some good art. I may not be an interesting figure, but the artists I follow certainly are. [2026 update]: I don't really reblog much anymore except for things I'll be coming back to on the regular, like artist profiles. I don't have a following so I treat this blog as more of a Tumblr bookmark than anything.

[hockeydiva]

my collection

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

When we were children, my sister had private music lessons at her violin teacher’s house. I only visited there once, but I still remember that afternoon. The teacher had an artificial pond in her yard, a large beautiful thing with lily pads and plant life. And in the pond, there were goldfish. I had never seen such enormous goldfish. 

I spent several minutes just staring at them (and trying to convince them to bite my fingers.) When my sister’s violin lesson ended, her teacher came out to the yard and explained that these goldfish were the same small creatures that were often unfortunately sold in plastic bags at state fairs. They were only about two inches long apiece, when she bought them and put them in the new, empty pond. In essence, they were like every goldfish I had seen before, but they had been given a much larger, much richer environment in which to flourish. As a result, they had grown into some of the most remarkable, vibrant creatures my twelve-year-old self had ever met with. All because of a pond. 

Funny what lessons children remember. My sister doesn’t play the violin anymore, but that was the first time I caught a glimpse of the overwhelming extent to which it matters, the way the world treats us.

[yellow-hatco]

Reblogged again for this drawing I made for it

[221b-hound]

Give us room to grow and see how we flourish.

[watchacat]

Love your art.

No matter how it looks. No matter if it's your best or your worst work or just practise - it's still your work. It can inspire. It can brighten someone's day. Someone might learn from it. Even if kept to yourself, even if it's unfinished, even if deleted, it's your art. It is something you made. No matter if you have been drawing for ages or just begun or picked up the pen after a break. Your art deserves love. There is nothing gained from negative self-talk. Don't dull your shine.

Love your art ❤️

[lambsprout]

“and the universe said…”

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[ackee]

sigh. i miss everyone's ocs. can everyone update me on what their ocs are doing rn. or if you've made new ocs in my absence. thank you

[ackee]

"oh this must be for OP's close mutuals/followers" wronggggg. i'm nosy about everyone's ocs. so lets hear it !

[herssian]

you're allowed to draw. draw badly even. draw and then delete it. draw and rework it and then delete it anyway. draw only half of it and the other half three years later. in one style or another. in different styles in the same week. traditional or digital. you're literally allowed to draw however you want

[watchacat]

If i ever happen to hurt you, tell me. Im not trying to be mean, im just dense. And i cant read the room.

[craftofreak]

I thought maybe if I shared this little twitter ramble of mine I could end up reaching someone who really needs it.

[awwria]

Maybe Temi meeting Marchosias? Or giving him a headache? The classic little red riding hood vs big bad wolf? I don't think I've seen the motive done despite the potential.

Marchosias would think “I could capture this ghost to find a way to cure the Rot through interrogation or experimentation on exorcism methods”

Temi would think “Ooh his lab and dissection tools look cool. It’d also be really cool if the stitching on his face came loose and his head split open like a melon”

I don’t know, maybe they could build a friendship off that.

I think this song’s lyrics fit any of the Woolhaven lambs and Marchosias (non-romantically mostly):

You have the thing I love

But the need in me is way too much

(But the fear in me is way too much)

If I, open wide

One of us may get lost inside

Me or you, one of us is going to need to die

My interpretation about how the song fits (in a non-shipping way) below:

This song is about a mutually codependent relationship but I can kinda interpret it non-romantically as participants in cycles of violence. In both cases each party will hurt the other in pursuit of one of their consuming desires (in the song it’s to not be possessed yet possess the other, in this story’s case it’s to get revenge on their own selfish terms). Who survives in the end may come down to practical power or emotional strength (succeed in subduing the other but perpetuate the cycle until it consumes all OR curb your desire, despite the uncertainty and fear, and escape).

Marchosias uses technological brutality to protect himself against his fear of falling victim to the Gods. To him, irrationally, his functionally equivalent cruelty is worth it to keep himself from being subject to the cruelty of the Gods. His desire is so strong that he would prefer death over giving up his cause, and the inability to forgive is one way in which he is weaker than the lambs.

I like fun subversions of the predator and prey trope. The predator is weaker because it cannot control its hunger even for its own benefit (I’m saying Marchosias probably could have avoided a God’s cruel control without insisting on liberation only by his cruel methods, but he couldn’t bring himself to trust the Lamb to not be awful and to stop the Rot so…).

I think of it like a Prisoner’s Dilemma, the lambs and Marchosias would each be better off if they BOTH forgive and trust the other than if they BOTH oppose and mistrust the other, but opposing the other seems like the safer option whatever the other party does. Opposing is also the ONLY option if they each insist on their selfish goal.

[autistichalsin]

Periodic rent-lowering-gunshots:

Fiction is not reality.

You can enjoy things in fiction that would be awful in the real world. Like playing a murderhobo in a game! In the real world, being or supporting a murderer-thief would be pretty damn awful, while in the game it's just good fun. Same with anything else you choose to do with the pixels on the screen, like kinks that don't affect anyone real, so they're okay in fiction, but would be pretty damn bad in real life.

No one else is responsible for your online experience. They are required not to harass you, but they are not and never will be obligated to not post about ships, kinks, or tropes you dislike just to avoid you seeing them. It's up to you to blacklist words or phrases, block tags, or even block users as needed to avoid seeing content that upsets you.

No one can force you to read anything against your consent. Any content you don't like seeing can be instantly avoided by closing out of the offending post/fic.

You are not owed an online experience free of discomfort.

Nothing that happens in your imagination can ever make you a bad person. Words you write or read about fictional characters will never make you a bad person.

The claim that media consumption influences real-life behavior is intellectually dishonest and serves only to excuse the behavior of real offenders.

Fiction is a safe way to explore horrifying or confusing concepts. Therapists agree that fiction, even (or especially) about taboo topics is a good coping mechanism, especially, but not exclusively, for trauma survivors. Fiction is to adults what play therapy is to children. This doesn't stop being true if the work in question is of a sexual nature.

Sex isn't an inherently worse or better motivation than anything else. A work written to create feelings of arousal isn't dirty, shameful, or in any way less pure than works written to entertain, provoke moral questions, or for other reasons. And worth noting is that multiple purposes can exist in the same story, especially fanfiction.

You aren't entitled to an explanation for why someone reads, writes, or otherwise enjoys certain works, kinks, tropes, ships, etc.

[homoquartz]

i’ve warmed up significantly towards the concept of small talk ever since i learned that its sole purpose is to make friendly noises.

as long as you smile and nod, people are satisfied. it’s just to show that you are nice and there with good intentions. we’re small in a big world and have to rely on other people to be decent to us. so we do our little human dance to each other to say, “i’m not here to hurt you. here’s something we have in common, like the weather or sports or itchy sweaters, so we both know we’re on the same team. we both agree on a basic fact, like that it is rainy or that being itchy is uncomfortable, and this proves we can get along. i’m being light-hearted and non-threatening right now.”

small talk isn’t to get to know a person. it’s just a greeting to affirm you’re buddies in the universe.

i am motivated by wanting the other person to know i am friendly, so i have gotten pretty decent at small talk when i used to hate it.

[piratedgender]

[themisally]

[hoodiedeer]

Reminder, if you ever pay someone for a commission on Paypal (NSFW OR NOT) you SHUT THE FUCK UP in any text box it gives you.

(No this does not mean try to be a snarky comedian and say it was "bomb materials" or "fuck u" or whatever. Don't play with people's livelihoods, just shut the fuck up and don't type anything at all, it's not that hard.)

[cabi-leodrann]

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Welcome to THaB's master post =D

THaB is a Cult of the Lamb AU, made by me and co-writter @wowhy-s-silly-doodles

All the content will be more or less centralized here for easier navigation. Enjoy!

You can also find everything with those three tags! :

Through Hell and Back cotl AU

THaB au

THaB comic (if you only want the comic)

THaB has a side blog with only the comic for a smoother reading experience!

@through-hell-and-back-comic

/!\ Disclaimer: THaB has been written before the annoncement of WoolHaven. We will try to integrate the dlc's content into the comic, but some key events will stray from this game's update /!\

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-Synopsis:-

Lamb, after finally beating all the Bishops, get the news they will have to die now that their hard work was done. They do not intend on their story ending that way.

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-Prologue-

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8

-Celebration-

1 - 2 - 3 + bonus - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7

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-Cast

-Characters reference sheet

-Lamb's conlang

-Rambling about followers/Toohlegs (a bit far un the post, but you'll find it)

-Illustrations and sketchs:

Twisted - Cooking time - Sketch Collection 1 - Small Lamb - Lamb and Nari being cute - Halloween bundle - Dancing by the fire - Narcissus's consequences - Sketch Collection 2 - Damocles's tango - DTIYS 2025 - This Lamb Is Death

-Ask game : Lamb

26/49 - 38/39/40/45 - 1/21/22/42 - 29/31/32/33/34 - 16/18/30/35/43 - 44/46/47/48 - 5/8/11/15/17/25 (and other questions answered) - 24/50 - 10

-Fanart

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

-Shitpost:

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7

-Other comics (not canon anymore)-

-First follower

[theelectricdreamsofddx]

Hey, wanna make music? Yeah? Got a buncha money? No? Well that's perfectly fine, check this free stuff out:

Vital - A powerful wavetable synth, my personal favorite VST synth, very easy to figure out creating new synth sounds, with the help of the plenty of tutorials that are out there for the plug-in. (There are paid versions but they are completely unnecessary to get 99% of the features of the plug-in.)

Synth1 - A classic piece of synthesizer software.

Pendulate - An interesting, chaotic synth that you can make weird little sounds with.

Native Instruments' free plug-ins - Various cool VSTs, including the Komplete Start pack.

The Free Orchestra - A set of orchestral instruments for Kontakt Player (see previous link).

BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover - More orchestral stuff! This one has its own player so you don't have to download a separate VST to use it if you don't want to.

Magical 8bit Plug - A chiptune plug-in, intended for producing sounds like that of 8-bit systems like the NES and Master System.

Genny - A synth VST made to emulate the soundchip of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.

MT Power Drum Kit - A nice rock n' roll style drum kit plug-in.

This guy's weird VST collection - 6.4 gigabytes of weird VSTs, including some you might know, like Delay Lama and MeowSynth!

sforzando - A free player for soundfont files.

Musical Artifacts - A resource I mainly use to find soundfonts, on which you can find other various things as well.

Kilohearts Essentials - 30 effect VSTs including reverb, delay, compression, pitch shifting, transient shaping, ring modulation, phase distortion, and more.

Xfer's freeware VSTs - Exactly what it says on the tin, including the one and only OTT compressor.

Illformed - The good ol' dblue Glitch 1.3, Crusher, Stretch, and TapeStop.

Hysteresis and Fracture - Two interesting glitch effects, one being a delay and the other being a buffer.

Codec - A cool digital audio degradation effect.

Le Phonk - A slick distortion plug-in.

MAIM - An effect that mimics the sound of MP3 compression.

Soundly Shape it and Place it - One is simply an equalizer VST, the other is an effect that emulates a speaker (ex: a radio) and a space (ex: a cave).

Fresh Air - An effect that adds high end information to your sounds, to provide brightness.

ValhallaSupermassive - A combo reverb and delay plug-in that sounds quite big.

UnplugRed - A collection of various interesting VSTs, most of which have free versions.

Chowdhury DSP - I can't personally speak for all of these but their tape model effect is great for some lo-fi style effects.

TAL-Chorus-LX - A thick sounding chorus, good for "retro" sounds too.

Polyverse Wider - A great effect for widening sounds up, really simple too with only two controls.

Freesound - A good audio file resource, mainly for foley recordings.

Cymbatics Dubstep Starter Pack - A little sample pack with some good drum and synth samples.

fishmonger drum kit - A pack of samples from the album 'fishmonger' by Underscores!

WangleLine's sample packs - Free samples put out by my awesome mutual WangleLine!

aaand I might as well include this set of drums I made a while back :P

As for DAWs, it's been a long while since I've used anything other than FL Studio (not counting Audacity, which I still occasionally use for specific purposes), which, while being the only one I can directly recommend, is paid. However, I've heard good things about Reaper which has a "free trial" that you can technically use forever, akin to WinRAR. Additionally, I've also heard some good things about Waveform Free.

[marianarira]

All the torso animated studies.

[succubusboyfriend]

are you “adaptable” or are you just willing to subject yourself to existing in low key background-level ambient misery

[succubusboyfriend]

these are different things btw. actual adaptability means not dealing with being miserable long term. and being constantly mildly annoyed/frustrated with a situation but being “able to deal with it” counts as ambient misery. btw.

[succubusboyfriend]

let this be your sign to make your life just a little more livable. get a dollar store trash can for your bedside so Cup City’s invasion plans fall through. block a tag or post that makes you grind your teeth every time you see it. get some grip pads so your bed stops sliding across the hardwood a little bit every time you get in it. tell that person you need a little more support. if you get annoyed at a situation more than a couple times, change it. don’t be content with being miserable.

[demonprincex]

and the more that you start doing this, the better you will get at detecting your own feelings and advocating for yourself! This is an important start to being more of a person in the world if you struggle with that