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[beardedmrbean]

one of those things you have to record so people don't think you're lying when you tell them about it

[lightlyteal]

Mass Effect Trilogy (BioWare)

[jewelstine]

Most of you already saw the news of last week from twitter, but I was waiting on the official convention photos to be up and post it here. After about 7 years of cosplaying, this nerd won best costume 🎉 I'm still shook and still have some sort of imposter syndrome about it, but from the bottom of my heart, thank you ❤ This has been a total win

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

It's a lot healthier to go for a daily walk than to sign up for a gym membership you won't be using because you hate that kind of exercise. It's a lot healthier to eat a frozen meal than to skip a meal because you were too tired to cook something healthy. It's a lot healthier to take a quick shower than to procrastinate an elaborate routine for days. Don't aim so high that you won't be hitting anything!

[creamypancakebatter]

this is actually really helpful and affirming thanks

[breelandwalker]

[wvterways]

[abigailinc]

[animusrox]

my photos of the total solar eclipse 4.08.24

[theminimalisto]

[bethfuller]

thousands of years apart, ships are burning

find me on instagram!

[lorem-ipsum-2099]

Spiderman 2099: by Devmayla Pramanik

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OKAY LOOK, I know I don’t usually write too much when I repost Pramanik’s art (@thewarblazer on instagram btw, go support him 😤) BUT WOW I cannot get over these Black/White/Red pieces. This series is arguably the best modern depiction I’ve ever seen, both in character and overall design. This art SCREAMS Miguel O’Hara as a character, flaws and all and I cannot get over it.

[lorem-ipsum-2099]

I absolutely adore how Pramanik characterizes Miguel and really captures the feel of 1) the kind of anti-corporation and revolutionary figure Miguel can be and 2) capturing how scary he can be 🤭

Phenomenal work as always, istg Marvel needs to let Pramanik lead a Spiderman 2099 miniseries

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Spiderman 2099: by Devmayla Pramanik

[annieartist03-2]

[kaijuno]

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[ruinedchildhood]

[tearlessrain]

I really do think an important component of activism is to make sure your motivation is based on a desire to help/improve things for the people being harmed by a system, and not hatred for the ones doing the harm. both for mental health reasons, and because either way you're training your neural pathways and it's gonna turn out a lot better for literally everyone if the question on everyone's mind after achieving a goal is "how/which people can we help next, what's the next step for improving things" and not "who do we need to attack next."

I'm not saying don't be angry, there are a lot of good reasons to be angry right now and it makes for an excellent kick in the pants, just don't define yourself by it or it's gonna poison you and potentially do collateral damage.

[roach-works]

the easiest people to attack will always be whoever’s closest and whoever’s vulnerable.

if you’re training yourself to enjoy the thrill of righteous violence, your easiest, quickest joy is going to be from attacking someone in your peer group, not whoever’s actually got the social leverage to be oppressing you.

this is called lateral violence and is the absolute bane of activist circles everywhere.

[shannonosketches]

Finally finished my set of True Psychic Tales covers!  I love these guys so much, I had a lot of fun with these.

[jaynovz]

if yall ever want like serious advice from me about how to solve burnout as a creative it's like...

literally ignore it. stop pushing. go do something else, enjoy your life, fill it with other things, do what brings you joy in the moment if you can.

go to the gym, take a walk to touch grass and look at dogs and smell flowers, cook dinner, watch tv with your friends, talk about your feelings as needed with ppl you trust, take a drive and blast your music, do the chores you need to do, the job hunting slog you need to do, read books that aren't for research, stop cordoning off your brain for The Craft or The Draft or whatever the fuck

forget about the project, stop thinking about it for as long as it takes to be excited again.

fuckin rest, basically

[jaynovz]

reiterating this--

stop pushing. stop blaming yourself for not working on creative stuff enough, stop tormenting yourself. remove all pressure and expectation. it'll be done whenever, you'll work on it whenever. who the fuck knows when that is, but it'll happen when it's ready.

stop doing shit that feels bad. do stuff that makes you happy and relaxed.

at a certain level of spoon usage from job, chores, errands, socialization and basic maintenance there will just Not Be Anything Left for your projects for awhile.

you have to let it build back up and then take your time getting back into it organically as it comes.

hope this helps someone else, bc I have learned it the hard-headed stubborn-ass fish-thrashing-in-a-net way and it's been agonizing.

[pascalcampion]

Friday Evening