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I'm just here for shits n giggles. FFXIV Art Blog: tumblr.com/lucien-aventine

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About Me

I love my small bundle of OCs and putting them in situations™. Drawing my characters and making comics helps me express myself better with the added bonus of entertaining or connecting with others.

The current obsession is FFXIV but I would make DnD characters as well as play a few non-5e tabletop RPGs. I enjoy gaming (singleplayer and co-op games mostly) and watching anime in my free time. 

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FF14 Art Blog: Lucien Aventine

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[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.

[fixated-draws-things]

i'm VERY attached to mii vivian

[fixated-draws-things]

heehee

[athanza]

From Veronica Tucker via Pinterest

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[lostsometime]

ok sorry to double reblog BUT I just looked him up and he does these fantastic videos where he breaks down HOW he actually mimics the other artists’ styles. Like for ed Sheeran, he explains how he brings his voice forward in the mouth, while Adam Levine sings in the back of the mouth, stuff like that. It’s SO COOL, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone actually break down how to do this sort of thing, as a skill, instead of just treating it like a neat trick they just happen to be good at. https://www.tiktok.com/@justinjmooremusic

Check him out he’s so cool

[victusinveritas]

Meet Pando, not a forest but a single tree. Every trunk of the Quaking Aspen is genetically identical & connected by a single 80,000 year old root system, making it one of the largest and oldest living entities on Earth!

[foone]

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk through the body of a God?

[carmelia-rose]

@derinthescarletpescatarian

[beardedmrbean]

perfection

[florianflux]

sniles so sneetly at you

[babyjanedough]

Already know I wanna send this to people on June 1

[isuckattechnology]

Audio:

Erika, referencing ebenezer scrooge: You, boy! What day is it?!

Brennan, as a young boy: It's Pride, bitch!

[parkore]

legitimately one of the funniest videos in earth

[valtsv]

trying my best to haunt the narrative but no one really gives a shit

[valtsv]

[beardedmrbean]

Outsmarted by an orange cat, how embarrassing

[were--ralph]

SCREAMING AND CRYING AND CLAPPING PEACE AND LOVE ON PLANET EARTH

[kalbi-duamm]

[flower-cute-posts]

the masculine urge to gain +10 inventory slots and immediately become more powerful (Available HERE)

[ca-rolinee]

"I like seeing tall men wearing them…" ✨Same girl, Same✨

[lengthy-artery]

discord letting you have custom emoji has really ruined my ability to communicate effectively on other apps. what do you mean i cant send jalute. what about givehand. cryingpat. torment. sittinghere. tvek. cant even send my wonderful beloved frogheart. whats the bloody point

[solradguy]

Going to the library tomorrow to find out if I'm allowed to print hypothetical boobs for the GG copybook I wanna do

[solradguy]

Libraries don't fuck around when it comes to copyright law

[femmehysteria]

real gaming

[hurrayprilmusic]