DuelFeather @duelfeather-art - Tumblr Blog

Hi, I'm Lee.

Welcome to my messy Art Blog. (At some point I'll put reblogs into a side blog... eventually...)

Some things about me:

I draw, sketch, and have a desire to make stories. (Both in written and comic format)

Most of my art I don't show. Funnily enough, this is because I get weirdly overwhelmed by wanting to fix up the photos of my art. Perfectionist is evil. Ha ha. (You can find want I've made by search up My Art or DuelFeather in my search bar.) [Will update later with links]

Almost never know what I'm doing. That said, I love to learn. Please educate me if I have made an error. Might not get it right away, but I'll try! I promise.

I love seeing others OCs as well as town/city/building layouts people make for their stories! They inspire me and make me very happy.

Only use a phone as I do not own a working computer. This makes wanting to Write rather difficult. (I make so many spelling and grammatical errors without a real keyboard it's kinda funny)

Diagnosed with Social and General Anxiety. I am working on being, even just a little bit, social... albeit far too slow for my liking. It's tough, but I am trying. (My overthinking doesn't help)

Major trouble voicing myself. If you try talking to me... there is an Unfortunately High chance that I won't respond. I'll Want to, but... I get scared and overthink.

I feel self-conscious if I talk/write too much. Or if I think I've repeated myself on accident, but with different wording. (Which, yes, was happening while I wrote this)

(Favs and Extra below)

#Lee Rambles #Hi #It's about time I did this #...#I'm gonna hide now

goatmilksoda

A question I get asked a lot while working at a public library is "how do you deal with homeless people?"

And the answer is, we don't.

The unhoused people who come here seeking refuge 99% of the time understand that they will be kicked out if they misbehave.

The people you have to watch out for are Jessica, who only came because the kid she didn't want had to visit for a homework assignment and she just *needs* to yell at her child for asking to borrow two books or stay an extra five minutes, or Michael, who came in to look at porn on our computers for whatever fucking reason, or Karen who just wanted to come by to throw a fit that the particular book she wanted was checked out and harrass our staff about our collection being too limited.

99% of the time, the people we need to ban are middle to upper-middle class white people while the homeless and mentally ill/disabled people mind their own damn business and are honestly some of the best patrons we have.

goatmilksoda

I bring this up because today we had a man come in. He stopped at the desk, pulled up a chair and said "I'm newly homeless and was living in my car. I'm disabled. It was impounded. It's raining. I don't have a phone and I don't know where to go tonight."

And we did what we could to help. He was incredibly kind and patient despite his obvious anxiety and stress, more than most able bodied, housed patrons are to us under much less dire conditions. I liked knowing that we were the first place he came.

We have so many people like this who come in everyday. Many are quiet and keep to themselves, but sometimes they talk to us.

They tell us about how they're taking a few courses on a scholarship they applied for from our library's computer at the local community college to get their diploma. Or ask about a manga or dvd or book we might have to help them pass the time.

One woman, who comes in daily with her tattered walker always says hello to me and likes to work on the new jigsaw puzzle with me when we set one out.

So like, treat unhoused people like people. Treat disabled people like people. I don't want my library to feel like the only safe space in the world, but I'm glad it can be one of them.

I'm so sick of hearing about how "the homeless are ruining everything" when they are some of the kindest, most respectful people here. Sometimes they mutter, might not have had a place to shower, and might need a little extra space for their backpacks but that's FINE. It Doesn't Matter Actually. None of that is a problem or any of my business to care about (unless they request help/services), and I also don't think it's any of yours.

stuffman

People have written a lot of touchy-feely pieces on this subject but I thought I’d get right to the heart of the matter

sqbr

[The artist, putting a simple cake next to a much fancier one: “Aw man, that guy’s cake is way better than mine.” The Audience, gleefully holding up a knife and fork “HOLY SHIT! TWO CAKES!”]

elvencantation

additions from the og artist (credit)

scientia-rex

“Holy shit two cakes,” I mutter to myself as I do fucking anything these days, this post was a godsend

ruffboi-mags

I know it’s not July yet, but guys, happy 10 years of “two cakes”. This post on god has been a godsend not only as a writer myself but as a friend of artists and writers who I love to encourage. This was legitimately a game-changer.

OP thank you so much for this.

unique-ones-enlightened

thesylverlining

I wish more people got this because some ‘low-empathy’ people are the most compassionate and sympathetic in the universe, and I hate it when that’s taken to mean ‘unfeeling and probably hostile’ when nothing could be further from the truth

quantum-jump

Or, as my dad put it,

Sympathy: I know how you feel Empathy: I feel how you feel Compassion: is there anything I can do to help?

paramourblessings

Sympathy: that sucks bro empathy: I feel that compassion: want me to send you some puppy and kitten pictures to make you feel better?

autisticcaleb

Posts like this make me feel so much better. It always seems like society treat responses to others pain as though empathy is the most important kind. I am around 85% compassionate and this post helped me not feel like I am a monster because of that for once.

jojo-the-dogg0

Equiping an armor tutorial

i'll prob make more bc i love talking ab armors

#knight #medieval #armor #medieval armor #tutorial #drawing tutorial #reblog #other artists #jojo-the-dogg0

jame7t

it’s fun to stay at the Y

M

yahenni

M

*smacks the side of my boom box to get the cd to stop skipping*

C

YOUNG MAN

A

THERES NO

It’s fun to stayy at the Y

transfeminine-anarcho-post-egg

UONG MAN

lordhavemercyyyyy-deactivated20

MOTHMAN

STEAL A MAN OFF THE GROUND I SAID MOTHMAN

theautumnaldemon

fibromyalgicaf

Edited to add: Since a lot of people are reblogging this original post, I'm adding the updated version I did that incorporates the intersex circle...

I know intersex people are still getting excluded in a lot of LGBTQIA+ spaces (let alone wider society) and I think it's crucial to show this group is included in the statement that we all deserve equal rights.

chubs-deuce

I am convinced that anyone who turns to AI generators as a creative outlet doesn't actually give two shits about making something.

Because why do you expect me to care about something that you couldn't even be bothered to make yourself by using a shareholder-fueled gimmick that actively makes the world worse with:

data theft

identity fraud and harmful misinformation

hardware hoarding (RAM crisis)

wrecking the environment (insane water pollution and waste + electricity usage for data centers that's so high that nearby towns and their citizens have to pay the price)

causing corporations and studios to underpay and fire artists and other creative jobs in nearly every creative field because AI is "cheaper"

consistently shitting on the very purpose and meaning of art

eroding critical thinking skills

preying on loneliness and the addiction-prone

Fuck off with that.

Don't serve me lazy, unethically made slop and expect praise.

Pick up a pencil, keyboard or an instrument or idk, go on fucking BeepBox.co - show me some genuine fucking effort in something you made with your own hands and brain and I'll give you your due credit and actually praise you for your efforts, regardless of the actual quality of the end result.

katlixer

BeepBox is an online tool for sketching and sharing instrumental music.

heres my bad beepbox i made

chubs-deuce

HELL YEAHHH :DDDD

Funfact, I actually made my twitch stream notification jingle on BeepBox too! :D

BeepBox is an online tool for sketching and sharing instrumental music.

smolwriter

i went at not writing island and saw all of you there

#reblog #I feel called out #Ha ha #(I don't like writing on my phone)#At some point I will get a new computer!#I just don't know what type to get...

xdarkfaeteethx-deactivated20260

If you see me like your vent post that is me giving u a lil hug, I do not enjoy your suffering

venom-princess-deactivated20250

uvb76fan

This is literally how you actually improve ADHD symptoms btw

#Reblog #Just a lil reminder

nonbinarystarlord-deactivated20

whenever i see a post about someone wondering how an asexual and a sexual can be in a healthy relationship there’s always someone being applauded for saying well asexuals can have sex too or just because someone’s asexual doesn’t mean they won’t have sex but i have never, not once, EVER seen someone say well hey, some sexuals don’t have sex. you can have a full relationship without sex. just throwing it out there

applesandbannas747

Everyone in the notes saying polyamory and open relationships are great fixes for this too are missing the point. Ace people can have sex—and, yes, some enjoy sex. Yes, open relationships can be loving and healthy for ace people too. But ultimately you’re saying asexuality needs to be fixed by access to sex somehow. To quote op ‘you can have a full relationship without sex’. Your suggestion to find sex outside of the relationship with an ace partner completely misses that point.

answrs

sorry but you’re not hiding this in the tags:

#it may be surprising to learn this. but allos can choose to be celibate. famously there are entire religious orders where this is a thing #and a catholic nun who stays celibate her whole life can in fact still have a very full and meaningful life with important relationships #it’s not the end of the fucking world #there are people who don’t drive too. there are people who have never seen a mountain. there are people who don’t play video games. #human experience is too wide to be like ohh if you never do This One Thing then you are sufferinggg like chill maybe

ariaste

The problem, as I see it, is that many people (across the spectrum of sexuality) equate sex with intimacy, often so strongly that sex becomes the only form of intimacy that there is, and that the phrase “being intimate with your partner” is understood as a euphemism for sex.

Once you separate those two concepts, a LOT more possibilities come into view, because in actuality, sex is just one of many possible ways of satisfying a hunger for intimacy. Some people feed that hunger by snuggling, or hair-washing, or other forms of non-sexual physical contact. Some people fill it with shared activities and hobbies, like playing video games or board games or doing a puzzle or going hiking or taking a class together or chilling at the library. Some people fill it by talking for hours or sharing secrets they’d never tell anyone else, either in person or online. Some people fill it with small acts of service, like cooking for someone or bringing them flowers. Some people fill it with just sitting together in companionable, comfortable silence. All of these can be intimacy.

This is how sexual and asexual people can have happy, fulfilling relationships with each other – it just requires more conversations about what the two of you specifically need to mutually feel like you’re thriving in the relationship. That answer is going to be different for every single person – and that is a wonderful and joyful opportunity to explore your options and get to know yourself better! There’s no rulebook! If you feel happy and satiated afterwards (or “peaceful” or “energized” or whatever label you’d put on the Good feeling after getting this need met), then you’re doing it right.

Also – note that intimacy does not equal “romance” either. If you have a particular coworker you gossip with, that’s an intimacy you’re sharing with that person. If hugging your mom or grandma makes you feel particularly comforted and safe, that’s an intimacy you have with her. If there’s a friend you tell good news to before anyone else, that’s an intimacy you have with that person. By expanding your definition of “intimacy” far beyond sex and romance, you start to see all these small moments of connection you’re having with MANY different people in MANY different varieties of relationship. The more you can learn to appreciate and value those connections, the more enriched your life will be. Congratulations, you’re a member of a social species!

kyoryu

NEVER BECOME A COMIC ARTIST IT WILL HAVE YOU MAKING FLOOR PLANS

duelfeather-art

I love making floor plans. I also hate it as I have no idea what I'm doing, thus everthing always looks off. My scaling sucks. I don't remember the math.

Also, it distracts me from making my comics.

#Floor Plans #Comic Artists #The rabbit hole that is architecture #Tis a love hate relationship with blueprints/floor plans out here #Ha ha

spookycriticalblog

Fuck it at this point can y’all actually start supporting indie animation and indie games made by black artists/creators because I’m really getting sick and tired of everyone hyping these racist phase mediocre white people that get 90% of their humor from 2000s newgrounds animations

tech-obsessed-shark

For the people asking “How am I supposed to find them?” Look them up, it’s that easy.

Here is an entire youtube playlist by Mannof1000Thoughts with a ton of indie animation videos AND a livestream he did where he watched some with the creators!!!

Black Indie Cartoons to watch https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2xOBojHKMmoATz6odc0Jo0KNcyO0yXJZ&si=XJ-bUub8_CoTEbUO______________________

For games, there are TONS of lists out there like these:

In celebration of Black History Month, here's a roundup of games made by black developers that should be on your radar.

The MIX is celebrating Black game developers by hosting a stream to talk organically about game development from the Black perspective.

#black animators #black artists #reblog #links

daisywords

not everything in a story has to or should be "realistic" but in my opinion there's a level of illusion that should be maintained, and I think that's the actual problem that many people try to pinpoint with the "unrealistic" criticism. Dialogue shouldn't be written like an actual transcript of human speech, but should contribute to the illusion of a real person speaking. A character is a tool of the story, not a narrative, but we're trying to maintain the illusion that they are a person. Worldbuilding should exist to serve the story, not to be a perfect simulacrum of how every aspect of nature/society etc. would actually play out for real. But there should be the illusion that it could be real, that organizations and systems would operate in such a way, that people might behave in such a way.

in conclusion: "Is this realistic?" <<wrong question. "Does this serve the illusion or disrupt it?" <<now we're talking

chubs-deuce

REMINDER THAT THESE SORTS OF COMMENTS:

ARE BOTS AND SCAMMERS, SOMETIMES USING HACKED ACCOUNTS FROM REAL TUMBLR USERS.

The first one will try to claim they falsely reported your account or something similar and will then try to redirect you to discord to talk to "staff members", sometimes using fake email screenshots for proof

The second one will likely try to pull some kind of chargeback scam on you!!! That, or they might threaten to report *you* for scamming *them* and attempt pull the previously mentioned tactic 🥱

In either case:

BLOCK AND REPORT AS SPAM/BOT

#Important #Warning #Scam #reblog

monarch-moon

Took me a few years to unlearn this, especially since I grew up surrounded by people who got weird about it at one point...

But I want to tell you to not be ashamed if one of your passion projects is a fanfiction. Original works are cool, but I made the mistake of thinking I needed to "grow up" and move on from fanfiction.

I've obviously never regretted any of my OC projects, and never ever will, but I think it's okay to say that fanfictions are just as worthy as being passion projects as original fiction.

They were never competing in the first place.

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