[fiendfluid]

“Would you please…sssssSSSTOP SAYING THAT NAME!“

[incidentalcomics]

How to Finish

I drew this poster for Jon Acuff and his FINISH book tour. Big thanks to Jon for this collaboration, his book has some great ideas about how to complete creative and life goals.

[dedalvs]

Love this, but reblogging it specifically for “Get rid of secret rules.” That’s one of the most amazing illustrations—and points—I’ve ever seen.

[apricot-studies]

so important especially for perfectionists who procrastinate and never finish, or even start because they set such high standards for themselves.

[rhythmic-idealist]

“Kill until” and “get rid of secret rules” are, I have to say, what really did it for me.

[tealpaws]

please watch this

[tuesdayknight]

When ur high af and your parents try and talk to you

[fordarkisthesuede]

JOURNAL 3 BLACKLIGHT EDITION REVEALED! (Part 1)

Today’s a special day! Today is not only Father’s Day, but Alex and Ariel Hirsch’s birthday! Let’s celebrate by cracking open your copy of Journal 3, prepping your blacklight and invisible ink pens, and jotting down everything here in the special edition so you can have a copy for yourself without resorting to eBay or shady second-hand Craigslist deals!

I was lucky number 02149 to get a copy of the special edition of Journal 3. Well, lucky as in “I could afford to buy it and pre-ordered it back in March the exact day I heard about it going on sale.” Still, I am PSYCHED to share this with everyone! Admittedly I didn’t take photos of every single page – only the ones with black-light effects that were more than ink spatters. Some I had to take [kinda big] pictures of individually, to be able to read the text properly, and others were multi-page spreads that I couldn’t resist capturing in their beautiful glowy glory.

Of course I’ll be captioning them all for you, in case you can’t download/read them. Also, there’s a few secret codes in here! But did you really expect anything less? Also also, this is a 9 page word document (not counting pics), so I’m splitting it up into 3 parts. Especially considering the size of these pictures. 

Keep reading

[polturn]

the “draw your mutuals OCs“ thing. Look at these beauties

Immm not gonna tag them here but all the @s are ppls twitter handles

[ineffectualdemon]

So I saw this video on tiktok and since Kiddo and I are both super bad at remembering to do things and to do lists just don’t seem to work I thought this was worth a try

So the key fobs came today and I filled them out.

As you can maybe see some are specific to me and some are more specific to kiddo but most are just general chores

The bracelet things should arrive Monday and then we can give it a go during this lockdown and I can report back how well it works!

[thebibliosphere]

ADHD reward system? Please tell me your secret!

My therapist has been helping me find a reward system that works for me, and as it turns out, gold star stickers are really helpful for making me feel like a tangible goal was met, and helps give me that sweet, sweet dopamine release that comes with completing a task, something which us ADHD’ers really struggle to achieve and are already coming at from a disadvantage with our brains regularly not producing enough “happy” hormones as it is.

It was supposed to be “a sticker for every time you finish a chapter”, but after some revision, my therapist said that was too tall of a goal, and that I should pick something smaller. So instead I now get a star every time I finish a 500-word milestone, placing the sticker in my writing calendar/journal thing that I use to keep track of my writing, and ironically, I have started to produce more work than when I was stiving for one chapter a day.

To give you an idea of how staggeringly effective this has been for me, I’ve written over 30k of original fiction in the last week. (75k total if you include my social media and blog stuff, which I currently do not but likely should.)

So this is what it looked like when I was attempting to do a chapter of edits and revisions a day during the month of December 2019 (note: I was supposed to start this in Nov, so you can see how well that worked out for me lol):

ID: A calendar showing days of the month with a shiny star sticker showing a completed task.

And this is what my writing journal looks like now that I’m doing a star for every 500 words:

ID: an image of a handwritten journal with the dates mapped out, followed by a shiny star sticker for every completed 500-word milestone. There are 65 stars in total for the month of January 2020. It’s also tinged by a green light cause I’m doing a chronic pain experiment, so far with positive results!

So as of today, January 8th, with ever star = 500 words, then 65*500 = 32500 words totalled in 7 days. This does not include, like I said, my social media output where I am far more productive, this is just my fiction and some editing work for friends.

(Which side note: this is not to flex, or to say that others should be able to achieve this level of output. I am a professional writer, this is my main job and only source of income. And also, I was forged in the fires of understaffed editing hell where we would be expected to churn out 100k+ a week in edits and revisions to keep on track. I have the time and a learned skillset I have spent years amassing to be able to do this and am working towards a rigid deadline. I simply have not been healthy enough in a long time to manage it, and am finally working my way back up to speed after years of illness. Don’t look at this and think, “I’m not achieving enough”, every victory no matter how small is worth celebrating. And I say that with the utmost sincerity, as someone who spent most of the last 2-3 years unable to get out of bed.)

I’ve also started using it to help keep track of bills and chores around the home. So every time something gets done/done on time, whoever completed the task gets a star on the calendar. This includes Oppy the Not-A-Roomba, who does a very good job of taking care of the house on a daily basis:

ID: an image of a chore calendar denoting various tasks that have been marked off with a holographic silver star sticker, including our robot vacuum who does an excellent job and deserves all the stars. (Our names got blurred out cause ETD doesn’t want his real name out there in the world, so that’s what is blurry.)

This system is useful for several reasons, the primary one being a sense of achievement and continued motivation, and the second, to allow you to review each month to see where you are doing well, and where you might otherwise be struggling.

For example, if I have a bad day for writing or decide to take a day off, I write that down in the calendar rather than leaving it blank, so that I have a record of what went wrong (or right, if I am electing to self care that day and take a day off) and how my overall progress is doing.

In terms of house stuff, this has been especially useful for ETD and myself, as it shows us where we are managing to do a good job with the house, and where our executive dysnfunction issues really trip us up and where we need to make improvements. And I don’t just mean in an “I should try harder way”, I mean you have to actively sit down and be like “hey! What is preventing me from completing this thing” and trying to figure out effective ways to either get around it or resolve a larger issue at hand.

So for us, the biggest thing we tend to miss is doing dishes after dinner, meaning we get left with a pile-up of dishes to deal with first thing in the morning, and my ADHD can’t handle that. It won’t let me eat until I’ve cleared all the mess, but I usually don’t have the energy to clean up if I haven’t eaten, so it’s this awful cycle of ineptitude. We’re doing better with the star reward system, cause it’s showing us our progress loud and clear on the fridge door, but we are both usually so fatigued and exhausted by the end of dinner that doing dishes is just one thing too many for our mutual disorders. So, the solution for this would, of course, be a dishwasher, cause if we had one of those, we could load stuff in, turn it on, and let those dishes get done while we go to bed then put them away in the morning. We can’t afford to do that right now, and we have other appliances we need to buy/replace before we can do that (still don’t have a tumble dryer, or a washer I can access, rip) but it does give us a tangible goal to work toward, and also, the motivation to keep on top of things because it goes from “an endless task with no end in sight” to “there’s a solution for this, we can manage a while longer.”

Now you could be saying, but Joy, I’m an adult! Surely I shouldn’t expect rewards for completing every day tasks that I should be able to do?!

To which I say, neurotypical people get rewards all the time and get an unconscious dose of dopamine/serotonin from their brains every time they complete a task. They’re playing the game of life on easy mode, the gold star is your achievement for completing it daily on Nintendo 99 hard mode. IF THE STICKER WORKS, TAKE THE STICKER

YOU’VE EARNED IT.

[thebibliosphere]

Because I get asked this frequently: no, you do not need to be diagnosed with ADHD to use ADHD hacks. Whether you have depression, some form of executive dysfunction or are just going through a hard time right now and need a little extra boost, and you think something might make your life easier/more motivating, then please, utilize it.

In doing so you are helping to normalize the kind of tricks and tools those of us who are neurodivergent need, but are often criticized and looked down on for using. But also, and most importantly, you are helping yourself! And that is a wonderful, good thing. You don’t need to suffer more to make your life better.

[greentrickster]

hey by any chancz do you happen to have any ace attorney fic rec?

I sure do!

(Also, if you want to just run through my bookmarks list on AO3, I would recommend anything on it, though mind your filters - I’m an adult, and some of the stuff I read is aimed at the 18+ crowd, so please use discretion!)

The Invisible Lawyer, by happy_mystic

Leans beautifully into the magical-realism aspect of the Ace Attorney universe, and features some high-quality Pheenie-era content! A longer one-shot, this is a great choice for some lunch break reading or a nice slice of AA content right before bed!

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Kristoph Gavin: Bastard Attorney, by Ravenoftheskyes

If you’ve seen a thread with a title like this floating around sometime over the past half a year and gone, “Gee, I wish someone would write a fic for this”... then you’re in luck, because Ravenoftheskyes did! A crack!fic in the grand old tradition of the genre, it’s five chapters and about 7k words of Kristoph Gavin and Dahlia Hawthorne being salty, terrible bros facing off against Manfred von Karma in court. A fun ride if you’re looking for some of that good AA-style dark humour!

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Texts & Turnabouts, by Yanagikana

Multiple text conversations between the various AA characters, and actually done with a text-message creation program, so don’t let it’s word count of zero fool you! It features a lot of the goofy fun you’d expect with text fics, but also goes unexpectedly serious at times in a really good way - this fic actually has my favorite Phoenix-Klavier post-AA:AJ interaction I’ve seen to date! It’s on-going, but doesn’t have any incomplete arcs as of the moment, so feel free to hop in and have a good giggle!

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Turnabout Sole, by Collaberal Damage

Narumitsu post-Dual Destinies body-swap fic, do I really need to tell you more than that? ten chapters, about 17k words, and complete, it’s the sort of fic you read over a nice lazy breakfast or for an extended mid-afternoon break, drink it on down like some drink you like to drink, I was going to use a specific drink but ‘delicious’ is a highly subjective concept that I decided not to get into.

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Fate, Choice, and Everything in Between, by The_Eccelctic_Bookworm

Narumitsu soulmates fic, and an interesting take on the soulmates premise in general. Uses the ‘words on skin’ approach, but - and this is the neat bit - the words appear only after your soulmate has said them, they have personal significance to you, and they can fade if the relationship/feelings fade. Basically it’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen done with soulmate marks, a bit more than 4k, and complete, so you should probably read it. Also, why aren’t there more soulmate AUs in this fandom, I thought it would be lined with them when I first got here and it’s not????

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Fifty Flights of Stairs (Plus One), by theacegrace

Okay, time for a genfic! And hey, look, Raymond Shields! Takes place during AAI2, when Miles and Ray have to climb a lot of stairs to get to Kay. It’s a great slice of interaction between these characters, and covers some stuff that it would have been nice to see in the game. A bit under 4K words and complete, one to read with a plushie or friend on-hand, in case of feels-induced hug cravings.

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Miles Edgeworth and the No Good, Very Bad, Week of Cases from Absolute Hell, by mullhund

The events of Ace Attorney Investigations 1, as transcribed through the text conversations Edgeworth has with Phoenix during them. If you need a good laugh, give this one a read, I howled the first time I read it, and still giggle with every reread! Featuring perfect levels of snark and sass from our favorite legal duo, and a bit over 3k words, this features the parts of these two that make them a fun couple!

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Everything that I, Green Trickster/tiedyedtrickster, have written!

Because of course I’m going to recommend my own stuff! Besides Saturation, I’ve also got Teenage Rebellion (a cute one-shot involving Pearl), my Flock Together series (a small set of one-shot wing!fics set in the same universe), Fae Taken (my on-going fantasy/folklore involving Miles getting stolen by the faeries as a child and Phoenix going on a quest to get him back)! Those are all the things I’ve written in formal fic-format - I also have a bunch of stuff that are collected posts for various AUs I’ve done a lot of world-building for here on tumblr and wanted to organize better. These are easy to spot, they always have ‘AU’ in the title! ...except for The Ace Benders, because it’s sneaky like that.

Hopefully somewhere in all that you’ll find something to your taste! ^U^

Thanks for the ask!

[olwolo]

today i offer you some of my designs for the dsmp characters that i’m happy with, tomorrow? who knows.

(basically i like to change my character designs depending on where the story is and incorporating my headcanons too so this is pretty much a reference line up that helps me remember all that)

[shesgotwhatittakes]

While cleaning out my room I found a paper that my therapist gave me some time ago to deal with obsessive and intrusive thoughts. Sorry the paper is a little crinkled and stained, but I figured I’d post it in hopes that it will help someone like it helped me.

[shesgotwhatittakes]

Here it is again with text for anyone who can’t see the picture

That thought isn’t helpful right now.

Now is not the time to think about it. I can think about it later.

This is irrational. I’m going to let it go.

I won’t argue with an irrational thought.

This is not an emergency. I can slow down and think clearly about what I need.

This feels threatening and urgent, but it really isn’t.

I don’t have to be perfect to be OK.

I don’t have to figure out this question. The best thing to do is just drop it.

It’s OK to make mistakes.

I already know from my past experiences that these fears are irrational.

I have to take risks in order to be free. I’m willing to take this risk.

It’s OK that I just had that thought/image, and it doesn’t mean anything. I don’t have to pay attention to it.

I’m ready to move on now.

I can handle being wrong.

I don’t have to suffer like this. I deserve to feel comfortable.

That’s not my responsibility.

That’s not my problem.

I’ve done the best I can.

It’s good practice to let go of this worry. I want to practice.

[smatter-deactivated20220909]

This was very helpful. I especially like the “I have to take risks in order to be free.” OCD can be scary sometimes (all the time)

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

The “getting it done in an unconventional way” method.

The “it’s not cheating to do it the easy way” method.

The “fuck what you’re supposed to do” method.

The “get stuff done while you wait” method.

The “you don’t have to do everything at once” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be permanent to be helpful” method.

The “break the task into smaller steps” method.

The “treat yourself like a pet” method.

The “it doesn’t have to be all or nothing” method.

The “put on a persona” method.

The “act like you’re filming a tutorial” method.

The “you don’t have to do it perfectly” method.

The “wait for a trigger” method.

The “do it for your future self” method.

The “might as well” method.

The “when self discipline doesn’t cut it” method.

The “taking care of yourself to take care of your pet” method.

The “make it easy” method.

The “junebugging” method.

The “just show up” method.

The “accept when you need help” method.

The “make it into a game” method.

The “everything worth doing is worth doing poorly” method.

The “trick yourself” method.

The “break it into even smaller steps” method.

The “let go of should” method.

The “your body is an animal you have to take care of” method.

The “fork theory” method.

The “effectivity over aesthetics” method.

[garden-ghoul]

today’s mood is “I am going to die in torment, soon, and I need to not think about that”

[ggracee]

any tips for if someone was gonna start making animatics? i love yours sm

Ohhh thank you so much, I’m planning on making some sort of process video, but I can at least share some things I think about when making things

Storyboard!

I usually drop projects if I don’t have a plan. The Simon video? I finished that suuuper quick because I sorta knew what I was doing.. even though I didn’t board like half of it. I get bored of ideas real easy so if the video takes too long to finish im outta therrre.

Pick colours and textures ahead of time

I find that picking only a handful of colours and textures to use, it’ll tie the video together, and also makes the process faster for me

Some colours I keep to colouring only the lines, but I think it could’ve still looked nice with out doing that lol

Background??????

I think they make things look more... finished, but I’m lazzzy, so instead of hand drawing it myself, I grab an existing photo, cut it up and mash it to suit what I need it for.

I also try and match the style, textures, and colours I’m using to how I’m editing the photo, or else it’ll be too distracting from your drawings!

Programs!

I use Paintool Sai and SonyVegas to do everything, but really all you need is a drawing application and a video editor.  [Although I REALLLY wanna use after effects cause you can do more interesting edits!!!] 

Took me a while to figure out that organizing my time line will make my life easier eeeeee

Audio

I try to make sure the pictures match to the dialogue beats [same with songs of course!]. You know you did it right when the video is still interesting to watch, but the drawings are scribbles. If you wanna see what the simon video in its sketch form check it out here. I feel like this is the most important part 

I’ll probably think about a lot more things, but heres a list of things for now!!

[wehavekookies]

put together some sketchbook pages from practice stuff made over last couple of weeks.

[kiera--b]

Again this is my personal take on color! It really depends on the situation and what you personally value, and in the end practice is your best friend.

links:

genice’s color practices

color palette challenge (one iteration of it; there’s lot of people who made them)

(not mentioned, but helpful)

Patrick (H) Willems’s video essays on color in film; specifically his ones on

Wonder Woman and Marvel

I thought he had one on John Wick too but I can’t find it. If you like saturated colors though, check that movie out!!

those are only a couple of exterior references, there’s lots out there!! so good luck & I hope this helped!!

[megasaurusssss]

Every Single Name in The Magnus Archives: Season 1

I just finished listening to season 1 of The Magnus Archives. As someone who is both terrible with names and also (probably) has some auditory issues, I decided to take note of every single name I heard from each episode. Some might be misspelled and possibly listed out of order. I also included some titles or phrases that I thought were important at the time I was taking notes.

Let this be a guide for people like me!

Angler Fish (EP 1) Nathan Watts, Michael Macauley, John Fellowes, Jessica McEvan, Sarah Baldwin, Daniel Rawlings, Ashley Dobson, Meghan Staw

Do Not Open (EP 2) Joshua Gillepie, John, Breekon & Hope Deliveries

Across the Street (EP 3) Amy Patel, Graham Folger & ‘Not-Graham’, Desmond & Samantha

Page Turner (EP 4) Dominic Swain, Katherine Mendes, Ex Altoria, Jurgen Leitner, MacGregor Mathers, Pinhole Books, Mary Keay, Gerard Keay, Michael Crew

Throw Away (EP 5) Kieran Woodward, David Atayah, Matthew Wilkinson, Alan Parfitt, Michal Parfitt 

Squirm (EP 6 ) Timothy Hodge, Harriet Lee, Jane Prentiss

The Piper (EP 7) Clarence “Lucky” Barry, Owen, Willfred, Joseph Rayner

Burned Out (EP 8) Ivo Lensik, Raymond Fielding, Annie Suma, Agnes, Edwin Burroughs

A Father’s Love (EP 9) Julia Montauk, Robert Montauk, Det. Rayner, Christopher Lorne, Maxwell Rayner, People’s Church of the Divine Host

Vampire Killer (EP 10) Trevor Herbert, Nigel Herbert, Sylvia McDonald, Robert Arden, Alard Dupont

Dreamer (EP 11) Antonio Blake, Graham, Anahita, John Uzel, Getrude

First Aid (EP 12) Lesere Suraki, Kayleigh Brice, Gerard Keay

Alone (EP 13) Naomi Herne, David, Evan Lukas, Michael Getty

Piecemeal (EP 14) Lee Rentoul, Paul Noriega, Toby McMullen, Angela, Salesa, Hester

Lost Johns’ Cave (EP 15) Laura Popham, Alena Sanderson, Alistair Popham

Arachnophobia (EP 16) Carlos Vittery

The Boneturner’s Tale (EP 17) Sebastian Adekoya, Irvine Welsh, Ruth Weaver, Michael Crew, Jared Hopworth, Jurgen Leitner

The Man Upstairs (EP 18) Christof Rudenko, Toby Carlsile, Diane

Confession (EP 19, p1) Edwin Burroughs, Christopher Billham, James Mann, Father Harrogate, Father Singh, Bethany O’Conner, Mentis, Annie Kesuma, Ivo Lensik

Desecrated Host (EP 20, p2) Breekon & Hope Deliveries

Freefall (EP 21) Moire Kelly, Robert Kelly, Simon Fairchild, Harriet Fairchild, Joseph Puce

Colony (EP 22) Martin Blackwood, Carlos Vittery, Yassir Kundis, Jane Prentiss

Schwartzwald (EP 23) Albrecht von Closen, Jonah Magnus, Willhelm, Hendrik, Johann von Württenberg, Hilda/Helga, Tobias Kohler, Hans Winkler, Clara, Rudolf Ziegler, Elsa, Michael Keay, Mary Keay

Strange Music (EP 24) Leanne Denikin, Nikola Denikin, Josh, Irene Harlem, Gregory Petry, Gregor Orsinov

Growing Dark (EP 25) Mark Billham, Katherine Harper, Natalie Ennis, Mr. Pitch, Hither Green Dissenters, People’s Church of the Divine Host, Getrude Robinson(’s death)

A Distortion (EP 26) Sasha James, “Michael”, The Flesh Hive, Jane Prentiss, Timothy Hodge :(

A Sturdy Lock (EP 27) Paul MacKenzie, Marcus MacKenzie, Diane

Skintight (EP 28) Melanie King, Andy Caine, Peter Warhol, Antonia Farron, Georgie Barker, Sarah Baldwin, tall dude not touching the ground (see: ep 1)

Cheating Death (EP 29) Nathaniel Tharp, Fiona Law, Faro, Death (plural?), peeling flesh (see: ep 28)

Killing Floor (EP 30) David Laylow, Tom Hann

First Hunt (EP 31) Lawrence Mortimer, Arden Neeli, some werewolf dude probably

Hive (EP 32) Jane Prentiss, The Flesh Hive, Oliver, Getrude Robinson, Arthur Nolan

Boatswain Call (EP 33) Carlita Sloane, Peter Lukas, Tadeas Dahl, Sean Kelly, Kim Dwoug, Nathaniel Lukas, Lukas Family (see: ep 13)

Anatomy Class (EP 34) Lionel Elliot, Elena Ballard, Erika Mustermann, Juan Novak (haha it sounds like Joan of Arc), Diotr & Pavel Patrov, Jon Doe, Fulan Al-Fulani, Juan Pérez, Laura Gill, Risheeda Sidana

Old Passages (EP 35) Harold Silvana, Rachel Turkey, Alfred Bartlet, Jurgen Leitner, Gerard Keay, Robert Smirke, Breekon & Hope Deliveries

Taken Ill (EP 36) Nicole Baxter, George Baxter, William Gordon, Josh Gordon, Alenka Kozel, Bertrand Miller, Hannah Rumirez, John Amhurst, table from ep. 3

Burnt Offering (EP 37) Jason North, Ethan North, Lucy North, Getrude Robinson

Lost and Found (EP 38) Andre Romao, Mikade Salesa, Charlie Miller, David

Infestation (EP 39)

Human Remains (EP 40) Elias Bouchord, Jane Prentiss, Getrude, Tim Stoker, Not-Sasha, “Michael”, Martin Blackwood

Obviously I went back to some of the episodes where a character was only named later on, like the priest. 

Let me know if I missed any, or if any names are misspelled :) No spoilers, thank you! I only just began listening to S2!

[kennothythebard]

wowee im still bad at sharing my patho fics so heres a list of the new fics I’ve posted:

Join the Yacht Club is a super fluffy candyshop au songfic, Artemy/Daniil with some Artemy and Clara friendship thrown in there

Win Some, Lose Some is a post canon fic about the healers being friends and playing never have i ever

and Whose Heart Could I Break Today? (the Burakhovsky and healer friendship Road Trip AU fic) is still going strong with semi consistent chapter updates 

other less relevant fics (fics ive promoted previously) in the read more

A Thousand Blind Eyes, a post-canon Clara-centric angst fic

Some Nights, a post-canon fic about the healers friendship