“I am nothing. Lifeless.Soulless. Hated and Decived. I am Death. I am the monster breathing men would kill. I am Dracula.”
Bram Stoker´ Dracula ( 1992) Dir.Francis Ford Coppola.
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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her

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“I am nothing. Lifeless.Soulless. Hated and Decived. I am Death. I am the monster breathing men would kill. I am Dracula.”
Bram Stoker´ Dracula ( 1992) Dir.Francis Ford Coppola.
nose job turkey
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WHO IS ENTERING MY HOME AND STEALING MY SOUL???
Hmc while i watch this ball coming toward me
Did you know that you can make fake 3D pixel art in Blender by just like turning anti-aliasing off?? And pixelizing post-effects? Sounds super simple but it took me forever to figure it out.
i like when ppl reblog posts “so&so just did this by taking adderall” and its usually an amazing or wild feat and i just gotta say, as someone with adhd. this is why my insurance doesnt cover adderall. this is why adderall is classified as a narcotic in my state. im glad yall are havin fun abusing meds i need to live. hope it was worth it.
this post is okay and encouraged to reblog bc yall keep turning a blind eye to this nonsense
my friends cat needs help !
Help Kyo receive surgery and save his life! https://www.gofundme.com/help-kyo-receive-surgery-and-save-his-life?pc=tw_dn_cpgntopnavlarge_r&rcid=r01-155659033888-cd51707ee25f4b77
Hello! My name is Yamirelis. I have a cat named Kyo and he has been sharing his life with me for the past 4 and a half years. For the past 2 months he has been under observation because his lymphatic tube has been releasing liquid that accumulates around his lungs. We were able to find out because he was limping. We tried to find a solution before resorting to surgery because of the incredibly high cost. However, the surgery is absolutely necessary to fix the problem. After extracting the liquid and after a few days, his limp went away. Unfortunely, the liquid starts accumulating again as days pass by. I have been paying for all this process, and my heart is broken because I don’t have enough money to pay for the studies that will find the root of the problem and for the surgery. As for now, the sooner we make the studies, the better. Kyo is so full of life and he doesn’t know what’s going on in his body. He’s active, playful and loving. He means so much to me and more than a pet, he’s my son. I definitely don’t want to give up on him. Please help me give him more years of life! I will be eternally grateful. Here are the estimates I was given for the tests prior surgery. The first stage of tests and procedures.
The second stage, which would include a CT Scan. These estimates don’t include the price for the surgery. The specialist gave me an estimate of $2,000-$2,500 just for the surgery.
the holy grail
wrong
im sure i am missing some but we’re getting there
@tarradash
self discipline tips
here are tips I discovered very recently:
something is better than nothing. 5 minutes of work are better than zero. Just because you missed something on your schedule doesn’t mean you can’t still work on it, even for 5 minutes. Grow and build on this.
second drafts / reviews can be done after.
Don’t think you are going to do your very best work on the first try. Take the weight of perfectionism off your shoulders.
don’t think about doing it. just do it as fast as you can.
build on your productivity, not your failures.
If you come from a past of procrastinating and now feel motivated to change and discipline yourself, do NOT try to do everything at once.
if you have a set of different goals to accomplish, begin with the most important one. Wait until the rotine of working for that one settles in (you feel productive and comfortable-ish), and then begin with the next. Repeat.
this way you’ll be building your way up and not juggling everything at the same time, hoping everything works out.
be patient with yourself, you’ll get there!
set smaller deadlines for your goals
have monthly and weekly-ish deadlines
e.g. if you are doing a project, due 22nd Feb, set personal deadlines, like have Introduction written by 2nd Feb, have Methods written by 10th Feb, have project complete by 18th Feb.
take them as seriously as you possibly can, don’t miss out on yourself.
write realistic daily tasks and don’t stop until you finish them. after them you can do whatever you want
on writing realistic daily tasks, the secret is knowing you can only do so much in one day, but trusting you can accomplish everything in the course of any period of time (a week, or 2 weeks or a month, etc.) because you will combine the work from all these different days.
it’s very tempting to write down all the tasks you need to accomplish in one day to just get over with it, but the real deal is you won’t accomplish half of them. You’ll feel very unproductive then, wich leads to demotivation.
spread daily tasks in the time necessary.
have a consistent sleep schedule.
if your mind isn’t ready everything will fall apart.
have one rest day per week where you plan nothing, do whatever you want except studying. this can be harder than you expect!
(don’t forget these are effective only if you actually put them into practice! good luck babes!!)
I’m thinking of posting my rates online.
I’m going to get hate for it, and I’ve been told it’s looked down upon if you want people to take you seriously, but I’m not ashamed of how expensive or inexpensive I am.
I think it would help me a lot because I know like 80% of people don’t wanna open their email app lol.
I think a lot of people would be a lot less intimidated by the idea of commissions, both as the artist and the customer, if more people had a real idea of what it would/should cost. Because most people don’t even have a ballpark guess and don’t know how to ask.
Also sending a message to an artist asking for their rates, I think a lot of times, feels like you’re then obligated to commission something right then, and if you don’t, it feels like you’re insulting the artist. But I imagine a lot of people would love to know ahead of time so they can save for a piece they really want to commission. Or if they know offhand what the rates are, it may inspire more spur-of-the-moment commission requests. Like, damn, a have some extra money this month, I could get that commission I’ve been wanting.
Well I’ll just tell you then!
and then explain/give some tips for artists and clients…
COMMERCIAL ART
My standing commercial rate starts at $500 an hour.
Shazam that’s it.
That’s not unusual. If you hire me as a commercial client, you’re buying the right to resell. So if a piece takes me 20 hours, that’s $10,000 for me, but limitless potential profit for you.
That rate varies if your profit potential varies. If a company hires me to illustrate a promotional poster, I lower my rate because a promotional poster isn’t earning profit directly. But if you want to sell my art on a poster, then my rate will go up—because you could potentially make millions selling that poster.
How did I figure that rate out? 1) My experience (25+ years) and portfolio (amazing), 2) my uniqueness and style, 3) my time, 4) my cost, 5) industry demands/what other art related professionals earn, 6) my clients (big!).
This is not a salary rate btw. This is a commission rate.
The difference? Let’s say I do five commissions a year (we dreamin but ok!). Let’s say that’s $70,000. Once you knock off taxes, it’s more like $50,000. That’s pretty middle of the road for earning in the US.
PRIVATE ART
This is y’all.
I don’t price private commissions by hourly rate. Instead, I price them flat. It’s less intimidating to folks and simpler for me.
A drawing from me comparable to what you see here starts at $1200.
Shazam again.
That price might vary if you want something complicated, but I do a very specific kind of art, and you know what to expect. Other artists (for example an artist who develops a concept rather than paints a portrait) have more complicated pricing because they do more complicated, varied stuff.
Now, let’s say I do two of those a month. It works out to just under $30,000 a year. So it’s not much! And if I want to be a full time freelance artist, I have to work hard. Commercial is sweeter, but private is easier.
HOW TO PRICE YOUR OWN SELF AS AN ARTIST
1. Start with minimum wage. Do not charge less than this for absolutely anything. (Likewise, if you hire an artist who charges less than this, and you don’t tip them the difference, I’ll know, and I’ll crawl out from under your pillow at night and yell at you in your own room.)
2. Add your experience, schooling, and portfolio. How long have you been doing this and what have you made to show for it?
3. Add your clients. If Frito-Lay or Google or Beyoncé wanted to work with you, it means your work is as valuable as those clients.
4. Add yourself. Can anyone else do what you do? Does anyone else’s art look like yours? Can anyone else tell your story as a (queer woman, indigenous man, disabled trans person, older black mom from Michigan)?
TIPS FOR INQUIRING ABOUT WORK/PRICES
1. Look for inquiry instructions. This is important because many artists can’t check every platform all the time. They may only accept texts or filter everything through an agent. If they tell you to send an email, they may never check DMs.
2. Be polite and brief: Say who you are, ask if the artist is available to work, ask what their rates are. If they have a price sheet, look for instructions on how to contact them/check for availability.
3. It’s not necessary to fully describe your idea at first, but definitely say the idea! “A portrait of my cat, a portrait of Kristen Bell, a cover for my novel.”
4. Ask if they accept Paypal. Ask if they accept installments. Ask if they require a downpayment. Ask if they do trades. Ask if they can do anything for $X that you can afford. Hint: Most artists want to work. We’re good at finding ways to work with people who want to support us.
5. If a price is too high, simply say it’s not what you can pay right now, thank them, and move on. If you tell an artist they’re overpriced, I will eat your ears off your fat head don’t think I won’t.
6. A good professional artist will NEVER expect you to hire them after you’ve inquired about pricing. We are delighted to earn your interest! Don’t work with any artist who gets upset or gives you a guilt trip if you don’t follow through.
7. Expect to pay for art. I report your “exposure” emails as spam fyi.
OTHER TIPS
If you can’t afford an artist but still want to support them, ask if they have a ko-fi or a website you can share. Client-directed feedback is also great. For example, telling a comic company how much you liked a particular artist’s cover.
That’s all I got! 💛
THE GREATEST SAGA OF OUR TIME
GUYS, EUGENE FINALLY SAT (x)
He made a fucking banner
a horribly honest comic about my biggest problem atm, jealousy. and my irrational emotions.
jealousy is a difficult emotion and hard to admit to, because it makes you a right out mean and petty person (or at least me.). I think people feel jealous for differing reasons. Perhaps this stuff is really obvious, but i guess it wasn’t for me. I feel pretty sad today! anyway i pray to the gods that i’m not the only one who gets these fears.
I never thought I’d be in this position, but here goes.
My boyfriend of two years, Russell ( @misterkriminal ) needs surgery fast due to a hernia that’s become so bad he can barely stand at work. We’re both minimum wage workers and can’t go to anybody for help - we’ve set up a GoFundMe to try and raise funds for when he either looses his job because of the surgery or has to take a month out from work - leaving him unable to pay rent ($500) or car repayments ($100) and other miscellaneous bills.
We’re also LDR, so I have very limited abilities - the fundraiser is in GPD due to initially sharing the fundraiser among friends and family, with poor results. Nobody seems to want to help us, so I’m asking Tumblr if they can donate anything at all, or just reblog.
Thank you for taking the time to read this! I can’t offer much in return, though I can proofread and edit with a 2:1 in Creative Writing and have an advanced understanding of HTMLCSS if anyone wants some minor theme/skin work. I have a KoFi http://ko-fi.com/itslem if anyone would like to donate for an RP template on jcink/proboards!
Thank you again, just the support means everything <3
GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/rv9arq-russells-hernia-surgery
I’m stunned by how much attention my KoFi has gotten over the last two days! Thank you all so much, but there’s still a long way to go.
At this point we just want enough to cover bills, I’m throwing in £125 of my own money soon, and we’re both selling our old video games and consoles.
I will edit and proofread and give feedback for any written piece of media - reviews, poetry, prose up to 2000 words including fics, and plays, for a flat £10/$14.
To add to this, I will also write up detailed profiles for OCs and short fics for them provided a setting, scenario and character details for £5/$7 per 500 words
I can re-work tumblr skins and design jcink skins + entire functional HTMLCSS for integration - which will depend on the extent of design and code done (usually 0.15$/£0.11 per 1 line of code for big projects or a flat £10 for re-colouring, redesigning basic elements such as sidebar and navigation bar)
My coding work can be found on my Kofi (http://ko-fi.com/itslem), and my writing will be up on a new Tumblr soon - if you don’t want to wait for that, feel free to message me and I can share my work with you.
russell’s a really old friend of mine and a total sweetheart! i’m in a rough position right now but i’ll try to donate some money, soon!
if any of my followers could help or reblog, that’d be awesome! thanks guys!!! <3
im going through an art block right now and it sucks aha
i hate basically everything i draw or get frustrated very quickly with it
People often say to me: “You draw like some kind of inhuman machine. If I eat your brain, will I gain your power?” The answer is yes, but there is another way. The key to precise drawing is building up muscle memory so that your arm/hand/fingers do the things you want them to do when you want them to do them. Teaching yourself to draw a straight line or to make sweet curves is just a matter of practice and there are some exercises you can do to help improve. If you’re going to be doodling in class or during meetings anyway, why not put that time to good use?
This is so important to mention to all artists. The reason PRACTISE improves drawing ability over time is it increases the literal, technical movement in your hands and arms through /muscle memory/.
THIS IS VERY GOOD, to all the people that like my lines. I do similar but less constructed doodles like these in my sketchbook all the time, it basically just teaches your hand how to move
i?? draw??? i draw??
dnd stuff. experimenting with coloring styles