[lobstabear]

To my 25 - 35 year olds, you've reached the age where people around you are starting to give up on themselves because they think it's too late. Don't let that energy rub off on you. It's not too late.

[knittingontheroad]

I became a tattoo artist at 49.

Married the love of my life at 50.

Got my Class A CDL at 59.

You've got time.

As long as you're breathing, you've got time.

[kazimo]

More assorted doodles bc I can't get them off my head

Edit: More of them disguised as disciples here and here

[nchntd]

In the club

[vacuously-true]

I think I’m literally never gonna be sick of this masterpiece. I think watching it on a loop for eight hours could fix me. Dancing’s what clears my soul. Dancing’s what makes me whole.

[dimmadoome]

I just love that this very video is an accumulation of thousands of years worth of art made by people who have never met each other. The concept of this video was so completely unfathomable to every single artist who made the sculptures and yet they’ve all put something toward the creation of it.

[i-restuff]

ITS BACK ON MY TIMELINE

[vvampart]

my g3 ghoulia yelps redesign <3

[abyssalaquarist00]

pick up that non-fiction book

[abyssalaquarist00]

not all of us can live in fantasy 100% the time like i see some people on here do and it's refreshing to learn something new. its been philosophy, essays, and history for me and i feel much more at home on planet Earth for it knowing that people have been struggling and wishing similarly for millenia.

its not that fiction doesnt have its place, its important and healthy to exercise the imagination, but non-fiction can do so much to boost and supplement that. if not for yourself, for your art or for the people you're around

[abyssalaquarist00]

"representation matters!" but you wont read or engage with non-fiction works about any demographic outside your own

[abyssalaquarist00]

this version of the post doesnt seem to be getting much traction but this is arguably the most important reason why we should be reading nonfiction in addition to fiction

[creatingblackcharacters]

Stamp of approval

[rneliflua]

"shipping and blorbofication are not inherently at odds with understanding a story's deep themes" and "some people can't grasp the themes of a story because they never learned how to engage with stories outside of the lens of shipping and blorbofication" are two statements that can coexist

[rneliflua]

blorbofication to me is when you love a character in such a laser focus way that you somewhat detach them from the narrative from which they are inserted and treat them in a way roughly similar to how you'd treat an oc for which you still have no story and just like to put them in situations just for fun. which there's nothing wrong with btw, it's just that it can easily lead to people forgetting the character engine in a narrative and not just a barbie doll

[theconcealedweapon]

[rosslynpaladin]

Look we have records of Medieval Knights crying out in their sleep, having emotional outbursts or flinching at the sound of clashing metal. We have records of people all through history who were treated badly by people who should have loved them, and having problems knowing who to trust. We have years worth of artists putting their human pain at broken hearts and broken promises into music that makes us cry.

Yes people have been traumatized by awful things for all of history and just like them You didn’t deserve to be hurt either.

[nebylitsa]

“suffering doesn’t make you better, it just makes you suffer” - maus

[shinraalpha]

"Pain doesn't make people; it's love that makes people. The pain is inconsequential; it's love that saves them." - caduceus clay

[quasi-normalcy]

Where's that post about how Van Gogh didn't make art because he had depression, he made art because he had a brother who loved him and tried his best to support him and keep him alive through his depression.

[rottingtrouble-child]

I saw this video about a doctor who performed an MRI on a 5 year old and discovered she essentially had “brain damage” from excessive iPad use, as the white matter in her brain couldn’t form properly due to an understimulated environment.

Hmm it’s almost like there’s supposed to be adult figures responsible for monitoring her screen time and making sure she develops properly… certainly this isn’t the result of neglect at the hands of her parents…

[rottingtrouble-child]

“This 5 year old is brain damaged by excessive iPad use”

Translation: This 5 year old is developmentally impaired by neglectful parents who used an iPad as a stand-in for social and environmental stimulation / interaction for hours at a time during critical early stages of child development. The iPad is the cop-out.

[rottingtrouble-child]

“Children don’t have the strength to hold pencils anymore because they only use screens.”

Translation: Parents aren’t making the conscious effort to help their children develop necessary skills and letting iPads raise them.

When are people going to realize the iPads and whatnot are the instruments through which the neglect is happening through and not the cause? How the fuck do you let your child have such a severe lack of physical strength in their hands that they can’t hold a pencil properly?

[rottingtrouble-child]

People will see a study suggesting children with higher screen times have poorer or negative developmental outcomes and immediately say it’s the screens causing this, and not the more likely fact that higher screen time = less engagement time with their environment, physical exercise, parents, family, and their peers, all of which are NECESSARY for a healthy upbringing as a social species.

It’s like saying a dog who was kept in a cage all its life and left with atrophied muscles was damaged by the cage, and not by the fact its owners were too lazy to play or walk their dog in order for its muscles to build properly. The cage is the instrument of neglect and the owners are the perpetrators, in the same way parents are the perpetrators and weaponizing screen time as an excuse and painting themselves as helpless bystanders.

[bloodysapphic]

painting practice with doomed yuri

[dxxtruction]

1:48 AM

[kastrullhaj]

Young man teaching old man modern tech.

[rthwrms]

HOW TO START (2026)

[kaitlynillustrations]

I was inspired by lots of cute Polly Pockets from the 80s and 90s for this piece! 💕 I love how each Polly Pocket has a unique world inside it so I drew some dolls exploring other toys and making friends! 😊

Prints are available at kaitlynillustrations.etsy.com 🎀

[fishfingersandscarves]

scene from a haunting just for company by valkyrisms

[umulata]

“I need the three of them on a subreddit banner, some kind of face holding would be nice” OMG SAY NO MOAR I thought enthusiastically- and just like that I got to draw this ✨ thank you iwtv_vampirelestat (on ig) for giving me the perfect opportunity to squeeze these terrible people together 💕

If you are a DM aficionado, this subreddit is waiting for you: let the red tape of destiny lead you there 👁️u👁️🌸

[kimwxller]

I am the vampire Madeleine Eparvier. And my immortal companion is Claudia. My coven is Claudia.

[mickxtii]

hello everyone... as you can see, ive watched iwtv.

details + GORE under the cut.

in the first drawing, claudia is wearing thom browne fw24 couture and madeleine is wearing julien fournié fw10 haute couture inspired dress and a hand bag from dolce and cabanna fw18 ready-to-wear + matching gloves

the idea stemmed from the thought that bc of her dysphoria/dysmorphia, claudia might like wearing clothes that aim to deconstruct the anatomy of the body

this is my thoughts on the second drawing:

the third drawing is rockstar!claudia:))

okok now for the gore,,,

a redraw of the flayed angel by jacques-fabien gautier d'agoty, as claudia

its with the same thought of deconstructing the body but also linked with all the comparisons of claudia and angels:)