Burtlederp Arts

Hello! I'm Burtlederp, and you probably know me from my whump blog. This is not that, this is my art blog (and there may be some whump art on here, eventually). Hope you like what you see! She/Her, Member of the Church of Jesus Christ, likes a lot of things but is really scared of doing fanart.

[thefriendlypigeon]

Prompt fill from my Patrons: "Cas healing Dean with bloody rebar in the background "

Cries in Photoshop WELL THAT WAS MORE WORK THAN PLANNED but I'm glad this is finished now 😅💀 I hope you guys don't get too triggered by the tiny asshole rebar in the background 🤣

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[straight-to-the-pain]

Kicking away the gun from their hand and pressing a boot down on their wrist, hard until you can feel the bones shift, until you’re certain they won’t be able to aim that gun at anyone again

[kira-the-whump-enthusiast]

because captivity isn’t just being held in a place it’s so much more. it’s a microcosm of death. you are forcibly removed from the people who love you and the life that you live (by dying or by being trapped somewhere you do not want to be). you become an object (because you’re a corpse or because you’re no longer treated as human). losing all control and having your life being dictated by someone or something else. you don’t even have to be physically unable to leave a place. a marriage can be a form of captivity. blackmail is a form of captivity. it is isolation and claustrophobia and stagnation. repeating the same day over and over and over again, unable to create new experiences, like a timeloop, cycles upon cycles.

and the scars. the way that once you get out the only thing you can think is “I’m never going back, ever again.” and it lingers. you can be the safest person in the world and you’ll always be scared of going back. you’ll do anything to never go back. the worst suffering you choose will always be better than being trapped.

[peachbrine]

hiii you should picture your character washing up on the shore, tossed like a ragdoll in the surf, soaked to the bone and shivering. they're probably covered in cuts from razor-sharp rocks and barnacle shells, the saltwater tinged with blood and stinging with every wave. the temperature and the fight to keep their head above water has completely sapped their strength, limp on the shore and exposed to the elements

[hellsitegenetics]

[bettabubble]

got an email from a local aquatics store with a coupon for one free worm

[bettabubble]

this is the coupon btw

[creatureofstories]

Leader Whumpee getting battered and bruised.

Leader who can’t be stoic, can’t keep a brave face, it just hurts too much-

But when they hear a team member start to speak up, the mask comes down again. They can’t afford to reveal anything. They can’t let one of their team take this. It would be against all they stand for.

Maybe Leader says to the team, near the start of the torture, that whatever happens, they are not to give in. Even if later Leader begs for it to end.

Do the team abide by this? When Leader is crumpled on the floor, a scrunched-up bloodied tissue, sobbing and crying and pleading? When they scream “Just make it stop! Please take them instead! Tell Whumper it all! Torture them, not me!”? When they look through, not at their Second in Command, both dead eyed and sniffling, but one on the floor, gagging on bile, skin lacerated? When they say to them

Why?

Do the team listen to Leader’s orders, or Leader’s pleas?

[lindsay00000008]

Thought of this while reading this post

Whumper who makes whumpee run from them

It's miles of empty dense forest, and the whumper likes the fear more than the chase itself. They tell whumpee, you don't have to be fast. You just can never stop. You either hide, or you run. If you ever do neither, I'll catch you.

So over the course of several days, whumpee is either darting across the moss covered roots or climbing into thick canopies. They only slow to a jog when looking for a place to rest, to hide and maybe find some food.

The rules of this game are muddy and malformed. It's really all about what Whumper wants to do in the moment. Maybe they leave safe spots in the woods, or food. Maybe they have a bell or a ghostly whistle they can sound to let whumpee know they had better keep running. Maybe they let whumpee rest, maybe there are designated neutral spaces where they can stay for a few hours at a time. Maybe whumper even patches their wounds there.

Yeah idk

[where-is-my-whump]

Stranger Things 5x04

[burtlederparts]

Accidentally popped off in microbiology assignment, please enjoy whatever this is:

(Question 8) Some people are bothered when scientific hypotheses change. Your friend, “Bob,” thinks that because scientists change their hypotheses so often, it shows they don’t really know anything. As a result, he prefers to follow the advice of his favorite politicians and social media personalities. Provide Bob with at least four important points to help him understand that changing hypotheses are actually a strength of the scientific process rather than a weakness.

Oh, Bob. Bob, Bob, Bob… you fool. You asinine, wool-headed, stiff-necked fool. You believe humility a weakness? You believe it weak to be able to admit your own shortcomings? To acknowledge that one is mortal, as much as any man? Do you not realize the fallacy in your logic? You say it is better to deny that there are holes in the foundation upon which you stand rather than to seek to patch those points of failure. You deny yourself countless opportunities for growth and the joy of discovery in favor of a simple, broken “truth” that satisfies nothing. You listen to those who have learnt nothing from the world around them and seek to push it away, rather than those who had sought to immerse themselves in a universe so complex that it can appear frightening, until one sees the patterns start to emerge. Politicians and social media influencers know only the shine of the lights and allure of money, and nothing of the grit of progress. They occupy themselves with what is and what was, and never give time for what is to come, and thus they wallow in their ignorance like pigs in mud. True scientists push on into the unknown. The Unknown, with its discomfort, its darkness, its fearsome, terrifying, uncontrollable unpredictability. It writhes, writhes before us, reminding us in every terrible movement that we are not gods, we are men, and we know nothing. We cannot ever truly behold the Unknown, and light cannot land upon it in anything other than glints, like starlight limning the tentacles of a kraken before it consumes the sailor’s ship. And yet, true scientists do not run in fear; the eldritch does not drive them away. True scientists record what they see in those split-second moments when the light draws shapes in darkness, and they heft their harpoon and launch it. And if they miss—they know now where not to throw. True scientists pester. We cannot truly ever know anything for certain, that is the nature of the world, hoarding its secrets like a dragon hoards gold—but scientists will follow it continuously, pestering and pestering until the dragon makes a mistake and drops a single coin or two. Coin by coin, glint by glint, the scientific world has been built and tested. And over time, some coins have been found to be wood, and some glints have been found to be tricks of the light—and in doing away with those mistakes, we have built and even more glorious foundation upon which to stand. And so, Bob, I ask you—is it better to sit in the dark and do nothing? Or is it better to go forth into the unknown and find out what is worth knowing?

[snowlilly]

OC habits ask game

🗣️ Voice 1. Are they talkative? 2. Is their voice quiet or loud? 3. Do they have unusual speech patterns? 4. Do they have an accent or dialect? 5. Do they like to sing? Are they good at it?

🖐️ Hands 6. Left handed, right handed, ambidextrous? 7. Neat or messy hand writing? 8. Do they draw/paint a lot? 9. Are they good or bad at making handicrafts? 10. Do they need their hands occupied a lot? If so, what do they do?

🍛 Food 11. What's their favorite food/least favorite food? 12. Are they a picky eater? 13. Any food they avoid for reasons other than taste? 14. How are their table manners? 15. Do they rather eat too much or too little? 16. Do they prefer to eat alone or with company? 17. Are they good at cooking?

🛏️Sleep 18. Morning person or night owl? 19. Easy to fall asleep or insomniac? 20. Light or heavy sleeper? 21. Do they move around a lot while sleeping? 22. Are they used to sleeping around others or alone? 23. Do they snore? 24. Other sleeping habits?

[phantomrose96]

[titkoks]

painting a raccoon under a red light

[wenchyfloozymoo]

[filibusterfrog]

plague doctor types

[bludragongal]

Look, that thing you want to do? Stop being a weenie and just do it. 

Bottom images are from here.

[bludragongal]

Hey, kids - I see this post making the rounds again, and I’d like to add some additional thoughts that I’ve gained in the 5+ years since originally making this post:

When I originally made this dumb comic in 2013, I was a Graphic Designer for a Radio Station in Ohio. As of this writing in 2018, I am a Storyboard Artist at Warner Bros. Animation. I am now one of “””the professionals””” referenced in the third image. And let me tell you:

…I am still making things up as I go. 

…I still don’t have character turnarounds.

… I have… some worldbuilding done. Not all of it, though. That’s going to be a permanent work in progress. 

…Making the comic is the character study/studies.

…I am still convinced I’m not working hard enough.

…You will never, no matter what you do or how far you go, ever feel like you’re completely ready to do something until you actually do it. 

Trust me. I’m a professional. 

[bludragongal]

Coming at you again from the year of 2022 and working for Disney with an update: it’s all still true. I still have no idea what I’m doing. This is getting ridiculous.

But seriously: the second you free yourself from the expectations of perfection you will suddenly be overleveled for many of life’s challenges.

[kandcake]

A little gecko uwu 🌟🦎

~Art by me