Midway, a Jaded Artist

21 M (he/him). I like to draw cars and stupid two-legged animals. Twitter, Instagram (Not so active here).

[searchsystem]

Carl Hauser / 174 – R-38 / Radio (Concept) / 2023

[crypti-cole]

The World Stops for you

[dovesick]

super bright artfight attack on gloomeykat (artfight username)

she’s a digimon themed oc

[cryptonature]

It takes work to curate your online spaces, but if you don't do it, corporations will do it for you using a couple harmful key principles. 1) Negative emotions hold your attention better than positive emotions. 2) Calm/contented people are less likely to spend money.

[queeranarchism]

Curate your online spaces starter pack:

Blacklist, block and mute at will. You don’t owe anybody anything.

Turn off those notifications.

Decide when you log on. Don’t use social media at breakfast if it will stress you out all day. Don’t use it before you go to bed if it will keep you up. Find a fun ritual to replace it, like a video game or craft thing.

Consider which platform allows you to avoid topics that upset you. For example: tumblr is kinda shit for fan fiction because everything ends up in the same tag. The older forum-style platforms are much better for finding content you enjoy and avoiding content you don’t.

Leave online communities that don’t spark joy. You don’t need to stay in a place where everyone is always fighting. You don’t need to stay in communities where you are afraid to speak your mind or to make mistakes.

Ask yourself: could this ‘debate’ also be a conversation instead? Don’t debate people who seek debate to upset you. Don’t debate people who seek debate to get an audience for bigotry. Don’t debate people who seek debate to win instead of to learn. Don’t debate people who do not acknowledge your humanity.

Repeat to yourself: doomscrolling is not activism. Nothing in the world gets better just because you read, liked and reblogged posts about how terrible things are. 

[Tweet by Kingfisher & Wombat @UrsulaV: “O best beloved, if you are doomscrolling Twitter today, ask yourself if there is anything you can personally do. If there is, do it. If there isn’t, remember that anxiety is not activism. Your misery does not improve the world a single iota.”]

[dduane]

THIS. And a half.

[neomikey]

Oh yeah, ALL of this.

[neotheta]

Hello world, I’m Neo and I draw stuff. This is my fursona.

[midwaydrafter]

Early morning commute

[midwaydrafter]

"Yeah, sure. This thing does not look pretty and some people will look down upon me when I'm driving it, but every time I come back to the parking lot after class is over, this car will still be sitting waiting for me and willing to get me anywhere, most of the time.." - Lio

[midwaydrafter]

A couple drawing which was meant for cartober art challenge, but I eventually gave up after like day 2 :’(

[midwaydrafter]

A couple old sketches

[midwaydrafter]

My other character, his name is Lio :)

[midwaydrafter]

Throw everything at them!

A fan-art for Ivycomb which was done back in 2021 :D

[midwaydrafter]

Out of the bus to meet an old friend, he seems to be a bit unenthusiastic but he's really eager to see you.