Stayed for the Mental Illness

Speckles! | Any Pronouns | 22 | I draw when the stars align #ArtSpeckles for drawings

[solanumwarrior]

It's in the small things

[artandbrimstone]

champion of death, how far is your home now?

[fforsythiaaa]

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

[courtjulester]

avoiding my statistics homework so this is my vision of hummingbird UI credit to this post for the actual joke

[specklesoffire]

Played sasasaap a month ago and LOVED this interaction between them. Really happy with how this came out and am sharing a rough doodle since work is still kicking my crabbing butt

[jupitersmusings]

good things will happen 🧿

things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿

[overlord-fire-bubble]

THIS ONE FUCKING WORKS. REBLOG IT.

[tiny-kt]

this for real fucking works

[cricketcat9]

Fine, I’ll wait

[bardace]

Shut Up, I Don’t Care

[specklesoffire]

Siffrin doodle from my grocery list. Work has been kicking my ass too much to draw!!!

[finny-bear]

hum along, wanderer!!

song: unmei - sumika

[specklesoffire]

Mock-up band poster for my fellow kirbyhead friends from last year :3

[specklesoffire]

⋆.˚ ✶⭒.˚ Fashion inspired by Siffrin's home ⋆.˚ ✶⭒.˚ Notes and individuals below ── .✦

I wanted to draw each character with some of Siffrin's fashion! Though the country is believed to have garments utilized for practicality and comfort over design, I still thought each character would prefer to add their own charm to their outfits - with stitching and alterations provided by Isabeau :)

Bonnie insists on having a bigger hat than Siffrin (it would be much bigger if I could fit it in the lineup haha). Many stitches were added by Isa to their cloak.

Mirabelle likes her outfit too much to change! Though she does get a sun hat with lavender

Isabeau has a cloak he can easily move over one shoulder or enclose himself in similar to Sif - versatile to the situation AND fashion statement!

Odile has a long layered cloak for easy accessibility for tasks or placing her hands on her forehead in a disappointing motion when puns are made (very important)

Individuals below! ✦

[specklesoffire]

Repainted a wip back from season 4 :')

[spr0ut-b1t5]

navyseal shenanigans my sillies <3333

[rozer0ry]

Byler finale comic or something part 1

[rozer0ry]

Part 2

[rozer0ry]

Part 3

[rozer0ry]

Last part

[waveoftheocean]

9 years late to the party but i finally watched stranger things ><

also happy day before the finale ep, fingers crossed it's a good end to the show! 🤞

[zemuoga]

CLERADDINN AS A BLESSING FOR VOLUME 2 TONIGHT BYLER IS ENDGAME DONT EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT I MADE SURE OF IT!!!

[specklesoffire]

At the part of the art making cycle where I'm looking back at my old art of the past years and realizing that I COOKED. I DID PICK GOOD COLORS ACTUALLY. I COULD DRAW HANDS. I DID DRAW INTERESTING POSES. My art summaries were so colorful!!! I need this to be the year of colorful art again