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Zoë //she/her he/him// autistic// i like star trek and flowers and some other stuff//art blog onetobeamupart// harassment isnt activism

[onetobeamup]

MUSTRUM RIDCULLY FAT NATURALS

[qin-shi-huang-di]

i know technically it has some use in British English specifically but i um. uhh. my lord we usually spell it dikes when we mean the geographical feature these days

unless...... 😳

I AM THE SON OF HEAVEN, IF I SAY DYKE IS SPELT LIKE THAT, THEN IT SHALL BE DONE

[qin-shi-huang-di]

GUARDS, EXECUTIVE THIS RUBE FOR CALLING ME BRITISH

[corantus]

my rare and elusive and lesbo dino oc bigs. who i seem to end up redesigning every time i post about her.. what if a girl was a 3 ton killing machine who hates you

[romehbo]

"you couldnt make seinfeld today" you couldve made seinfeld in 45 B.C.

[romehbo]

kramer: *barges in* *crowd cheering* jerry! caesar just made himself dictator perpetuo!

[homunculus-argument]

"I learned a lot from making this" is artist talk for "making this sucked ass and I'm not entirely happy with the result."

[en-vos-veo-a-todos-los-seres-de]

[nutopiancitizen]

Mike Prysner, Iraq War veteran and anti-war activist.

[tigrecotone]

[onetobeamup]

I do love drawing very subtle facial expressions, a soft vague smile, a stone face that is slightly worried. I worked at it a long time bc theyre the kind of facial expressions I could feel on my face most of them time. But now I have this Massive Weakness of Cannot draw PUSHED Exaggerated facial expressions for a punchy composition

[stanfordgsb]

[baronfulmen]

[fairycosmos]

Lowkey whats the point

honestly ive stopped looking for some big revelation. ive just started saving up to buy pain au chocolat once a week and letting that be it for now

[loveridden1999]

adult grief by louise glück

[theweirdwideweb]

[rimonoroni2]

unfortunately very true. Doing Better does not always mean never being upset or never being triggered or never having trouble. often Doing Better means experiencing those things and being able to keep going/cope healthily/move on. if you’re in a bubble with no sensation, if you’re numbing yourself out, that’s not what recovering really is. it won’t help you have a happier life it’ll just make your world smaller and smaller until you can’t fit anywhere anymore. gotta learn to make peace with the hard stuff too, that’s the only way to keep going

[magicratfingers]

[fashion-runways]

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[backfliips]

A lot of people on twitter wanted me to explain how I draw expressions, so here you go

Unless you're drawing explicit realism, in my opinion, expressions should be exaggerated to some degree. If you aren't doing a 1:1 recreation, the point is to get the FEELING across. Try making the expression you want to draw and feeling how your face pinches and stretches.

Skin doesn't just "disappear" when your face moves it around --- that's where wrinkles come from! Pay attention to where your skin creases when you emote, and use it to your benefit. It's a fine line between overdoing it and underdoing it -- find your own balance.

Ultimately, every expression has a little bit of push and pull, unless your face is completely neutral (and even then, there are still some wrinkles...). Learning to think of expressions as actions and reactions is VERY helpful in learning to draw them without needing a reference, and in learning how to stylize and push expressions based on references as well!

I think a lot of people end up with stiff or unexpressive emotions in their art because they're just trying to recreate a picture instead of understanding WHY and HOW the face is moving --- and it's a tough thing that takes a while to really pick up and learn. Hopefully is helpful in showing a way of thinking about it that can influence your process and approach to emotions!!!

Also, bonus: even without the lines, the planes alone still show a LOT of emotion.

[sapphireh3arts]

today is the ten year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. a full decade ago, i lost a friend and a coworker. i was lucky. i had friends that lost several people. today, please remember and fight for all those that have died to live the life they should have been free to. i'll always remember you, Cory.

[bitchautism]

the online identity and gimmick-ifying of autism is so odd. I'm diagnosed with autism and yet I barely identify with any stuff I see about it anymore. It feels like autism is being rebranded as the Silly Guy Disorder that gives you smart and beautiful hyperspecific interests. it's not that I mind silly jokes or being lighthearted about being autistic- but when the entire social movement is based around marketing us this way, I just can't help but feel isolated from it. it feels like I'm not the right kind of autistic. I'm not marketable and digestible to common audiences, and therefore I am discarded by the movement in the name of progress and acceptance. it feels foul.

[bitchautism]

the online identity and gimmick-ifying of autism is so odd. I'm diagnosed with autism and yet I barely identify with any stuff I see about it anymore. It feels like autism is being rebranded as the Silly Guy Disorder that gives you smart and beautiful hyperspecific interests. it's not that I mind silly jokes or being lighthearted about being autistic- but when the entire social movement is based around marketing us this way, I just can't help but feel isolated from it. it feels like I'm not the right kind of autistic. I'm not marketable and digestible to common audiences, and therefore I am discarded by the movement in the name of progress and acceptance. it feels foul.