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maruti-bitamin

One summer's eve

watercolour on arches paper cold pressed

cara/insta/bluesky/ store

sandmandaddy69

randomitemdrop

Item: some sort of large rideable Jinsect (Jeans Insect)

fangirlinginleatherboots

just so yall know

art block is your brain telling you to do studies.

draw a still life. practice some poses. sketch some naked people. do a color study. try out a different technique on a basic shape.

art block doesnt stop you from drawing, it stops you from making your drawings look the way you want them to. and thats because you need to push your skills to the next level so you can preform at that standard

think of it as level grinding for your next work.

gallusrostromegalus

As a scientific illustrator- this is 100% true and going to review your basics will fix it every goddamn time. Not only does it keep your skills sharp, when you’re not emotionally invested in the final product of a piece, you relax and your brain makes more/better art juice for you. So, when you get back to that big/important piece? You’ll know what to do and how to do it.

Nothing in nature blooms all year round. Rest, and take care of yourself.

angstandhappiness

Neat

elveny

So what’s the equivalent for writers?

lynmars79

@elveny there’s actually quite a few comments in the notes for writers!

Things like just writing basic descriptions of things immediately in view, items, the weather, etc., while engaging in all senses. Drabble prompts. Basic journaling. Reactions to things read/watched. Looking up the dictionary Word of the Day and coming up with a sentence to use it in. The old idea of just copying a physical dictionary page to learn definitions. Go through the alphabet, picking random words for each letter to define and/or write a single basic sentence about.

If you want to do the equivalent of an artist doing a master’s copy (where they recreate a classic piece of artwork): copy (handwriting or retyping) a paragraph/page from a published story to slow down and really see how the word choices and structure works and why.

Then do it again but make your own edits/revisions and see how/why they work, or don’t. Start minor remixing and riffing.

Little, no stakes use of words. Just dropping words on the page not in a story but in fragments, descriptions, and simple sentences, and also studying how other writers do it.

This post is a few years old and often comes around again, and I usually find some ideas by trawling through the notes.

uncertainlys

i hope everything works out in the end because i am so so scared

uss-edsall

every girl wants to get in a vehicle and flip 3-6 switches overhead in the process of turning it on

cipheramnesia

When I’m going to get frozen waffles and ramen from Walgreens.

stirfriedweasel

More things should be operated with big thumb switches and knobs and dials and shit.

cipheramnesia

Me, getting a drink of water at night.

the-zenith-calls

My favorite scenes in the LotR books are the ones where Legolas has vital information and just decides it's not important to share.

Like when Gandalf spent literal PAGES trying to figure out why the vibes were off in Moria and Legolas chimes in with just "it's a balrog :) that shit's evil :) we're so fucked :)" like what do you MEAN you knew already and just didn't tell him??

Or at the beginning of Two Towers when Aragorn thinks there's something nearby so he puts his ear to the ground to listen, and then like 10 minutes later is like "hmmm i hear horses" and Legolas is just like "mm yep. there are 105 blond bitches with spears" like you just let your friend put his face in the dirt and you can SEE them??

Legolas please gain a sense of urgency

knives-in-the-dishwater

It's because legolas hasn't spent enough time with non-elves to remember that they don't know what he knows.

gandalf is scratching his head in moria, and legolas is thinking "oh man, the wizard noticed something off *besides* the obvious balrog that we all are aware of??"

"I wonder what aragorn is listening for? must be hard to hear, what with all of the horses. How many horses are there, actually? 1... 2... 3..."

taavicleric

"What do your elvish eyes see?" is Aragorn saying, as politely as possible, "Because the REST OF US are at a significant disadvantage, Prince Dipshit."

blackshvck

the idea that every summer will be as hot if not hotter than this for the rest of my life is unbearable i need to (remembers suicide jokes are bad for my mental health) murder an oil executive

astriloquum

matineaux-deactivated20260222

kind of weird how parts of your soul are left in various locations without any warning… like yes i’m always at the top of that hill, sitting at the bus stop, in the cool light of the Japanese restaurant, standing at the pier etc etc

hi-im-ryn

skopostheorie

Once I "made" a custom emoji for my mum by crudely drawing a hijab on it and now whenever she wants me to buy a coffee for her I get a text like this

cnmcn

absolutley enchanted by cobepee

pandakong

Splotch #5 for Splotch Summer 2026!

Use this random ink smear on blue paper to imagine and create a new piece or illustration.

See pinned post and tags for more!

daily-reminders-that-ur-enough

You are doing a good job. Yes, even now. You are doing enough. Take a moment and say to yourself “I am doing my best”. Even if there is room for improvement, that can come in the future. In a day or an hour or a minute from now. But, at this exact second, recognize that, no matter your mistakes, you are good enough.