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Max ⭒ 30 ⭒ artist and writer ⭒ 18+ blog ⭒ multifandom

[writingsofmax]

about me ♡

Hello, I go by Max! I'm here to write and make art sometimes. I currently write for Rumplestiltskin from Once Upon A Time, Jareth from Labyrinth, Edward Nashton from The Batman 2022 and Preminger from the REVERED classic, Barbie in The Princess and the Pauper. (Yes, really.) Requests welcome. When I’m not on Tumblr I like drawing, listening to music, reading comics and playing piano ♡. I love anything fantasy, fairytale, or royalty themed. Currently I’m really into learning about composers. Likes, reblogs and especially comments are always appreciated here!  Let’s be friends :) 18+ blog.

[shitilyposting]

"I don't wanna bother you"

Have you considered that this is how your presence feels?

[walkawaytall]

I am very stressed about a thing that I can’t discuss right now that I have literally no control over, so here’s some

fanfic writer asks

that I came up with all on my own. Ask ‘em, share ‘em, do whatever.

Have you pulled inspiration from media sources other than the property your fic is related to (a plot point from a TV show that has nothing to do with the characters/setting of the fic, a line from a book, etc.)? If so, for which story? Why did you find that media source compelling?

What is your favorite paragraph from (insert story title you want to know about here, or leave it blank for writer’s choice)? Is there a reason it’s your favorite?

What is the most amount of research you’ve done for the smallest detail? What was the detail and how much time/effort went into researching it?

Share a headcanon about (character name) in (story title)!

Is there a tiny detail in one of your fics that you feel goes tragically unnoticed?

What is your favorite type of feedback to receive (favorites/kudos, comments, DMs, complete and utter silence in the pursuit of remaining unperceived?)? If comments or DMs or anything else involving a reader writing, do you have a particular type of feedback that excites you more than other types?

Share a line or paragraph you’ve written that you don’t think will ever actually be posted in anything! (Or, if you don’t hoard cut sentences and passages like I do, share anything you want that has yet to see the light of day!)

Is there a story idea you have that you would love if it could appear fully realized but that you do not think you’ll ever write yourself?

Do you prefer to read angst or fluff? Which do you prefer to write?

If you could banish a single trope to live at the bottom of the ocean, never to be seen again by any human eyes (or at least your own), which trope would that be?

Conversely, if you had to pick a single trope to read for the next seven-and-half years, which trope would that be?

What are your thoughts on slow burn romances?

Are you secretly Tara Gilesbie aka XXXbloodyrists666XXX aka author of infamous Harry Potter fanfiction serial My Immortal? (you can trust me; I won’t tell anyone, pinky promise)

Has anyone ever created anything (art, a podfic, another fic, etc.) inspired by your work? Which work? How did you feel about that?

Is there any genre, trope, or style that you find particularly challenging to write? Do you enjoy the challenge or prefer to avoid it?

Is there a commonly held misconception about one of your stories that you’d like to correct for the masses?

What does your editing process look like?

Share a headcanon relating to (insert desired theme here)!

What was the very first fanwork you ever created? (I’m talking like maybe you made a little book out of construction paper and staples with your favorite Disney characters drawn in it when you were five years old or you drew a comic about a movie you saw when you were a preteen. That sort of thing.)

Is there anything about any one of your fics that you have been dying to discuss but haven’t had the chance to?

[kotori-mochi]

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard)

Aaron Rutten (free)

BoroCG (free)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates)

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, ect Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Libresprite (free, for pixel art)

Those are the ones I can recall.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

[kotori-mochi]

Incase people missed this.

[vyeoh]

New Frame Plus for character animation! Incredible analysis by the guy that used to do Extra Credits

[aces-and-anime]

Autodesk sketchbook is also a free drawing program

[boltlightning]

like. i'll leave this alone. but HOW are historical romance books not sexualizing the fall of breeches. literally a blowjob flap. not to mention the collars that open to the diaphragm. the décolletage with a wide neckline one swift tug from being revealed. the calves on display. the intimacy of finally seeing the real hair beneath the wig. cmon it's basic storytelling

[boltlightning]

i love making a post that attracts everyone with usernames like mozartswigsweat and bonnetenthusiast and foppishrake and petticoatsonpetticoatsonpetticoats and dandyismunlimited within 48 hours. blessed webbed site. merry christmas to us all.

[notonlymice]

[insp.]

[writingsofmax]

“Do we have a deal?”

[writingsofmax]

one week and three migraines later finally finished my newest rumple illustration but now it’s a matter of exporting it so the quality isn’t trashed…

[wishful-seeker]

I would like to see more people talk about how jobs treat disabled employees.

I used to prep, wash dishes, and cook at mellow mushroom. I had chronic pain that wasn't NEARLY as bad as it is today, but it was still very debilitating. I told my employer "i cannot stand more than 4 to 6 hours. I CANNOT do shifts longer than this due to my illness." And even though i made my boundaries VERY clear, everyday i worked it was 8 hours at the least and 10 or 12 at the most. I would go up to my manager and say "look i really need to leave, my shift is over, my chronic pain is killing me." And he'd say "we really need to here, you HAVE to push through." And so i did, and after one, ONE month of that job my crps got incredibly worse to the point where i could no longer walk my dog around the block which was .5 miles. I quit, and that was FOUR years ago, and ever since that day I HAVE BEEN BEDRIDDEN AND HAVE TO USE A WHEELCHAIR. It is my biggest regret in life.

My best friend who has seen my whole journey has recently developed undiagnosed chronic pain, and she is in the EXACT same scenario i was 4 years ago. Busting her ass at a pizza place with extreme pain that hurts her so much she tells me "im in so much pain i don't even feel like a person." She doesn't feel LUCID. And her manager and coworkers are saying the same thing "if you don't help us you will let us down, we'll be in the shit."

That job thats hurting you isn't fucking worth it. I promise you no money is worth losing all your physical abilities and never getting them back. Your coworkers and boss do not give a shit about you, so don't you dare suffer for them. They will never understand your struggle and they will never try. They truly think being understaffed is worse than whatever pain you experience. They would rather you permanently damage yourself than inconvenience them. FUCK THEM. DON'T FUCKING DO IT!

[wishful-seeker]

I see people outing their shitty companies they worked at in the reblogs and I just want to say KEEP DOING IT

[randomlyfor]

quick preminger thing

[dragonhoardingwips-deactivated2]

Could you reblog this if you enjoy seeing your writer friends ramble about their wips on your dash?

[writingsofmax]

@homeless-dionysus let’s discuss FURTHER

[writingsofmax]

The way that Rumple treats Belle’s dad in comparison to everyone else will never stop being funny to me. He has absolutely ZERO patience for that man. With literally every other character, without exception, he’s always using magic and manipulation and deceit and tricks. He’s like “I’m going to pretend to be your friend but really it’s because I need you to do this for me 😈” or “I’m going to collect this seemingly innocuous item from you but it will ACTUALLY be turned into a weapon that will kill you 😈” or “I’m going to send you on a quest that seems straightforward but really it’s going to enact a chain of twenty different events that both hurt you and everyone you love, and most IMPORTANTLY, get me what I want 😈” He’s always on his machiavellian, evil rube goldberg machine, 5D chess shit. But then, with Belle’s dad, for some fucking reason, he’s always like: “okay well I’m just gonna beat you to death.”

[writingsofmax]

10, 15, 21 ✨

Hiiii killingkueen, love your moomin icon 💫

so ten “when’s the last time you laughed really hard?” I already answered in my last ask but I do have a new one to share and it also features my fiancé, who is a sleep talker. So, the other night I got into bed and they mumbled something that sounded like the word “roll” and then maybe “taft” so then I asked what they said and they just started repeating to me, “Something for Grover Cleveland.” Had no recollection of it in the morning.

15. Comfort food?

It changes for me based on what I can tolerate and consider safe at the moment but one of my lifelongs is spaghetti…. And mashed potatoes, can’t go wrong with it

21. Tea coffee or hot cocoa? Unsure if this is answering the question right but all three? I do have a troubled relationship with coffee now due to chronic illness reasons but I love it so much. And tea is always good but I stick to the herbals for the same reasons. I will say though that I am probably the world’s biggest hot chocolate fan. I’ve had like every powder kind, I order it at restaurants sometimes, I like to make my own with a dark chocolate bar and honey, I’ve also learned how to make it really thick so you can eat it with a spoon. I love hot chocolate. I loveeee hot chocolate

[writingsofmax]

just ordered my potential wedding dress from etsy and I’m NERVOUS about making it fitttttt (screams) but it’s so beautiful and was in budget that I couldn’t not risk it (it’s vintage)

[writingsofmax]

6, 10, 14!

omg hi beee 🤭💖

6. What’s your favorite candle scent? Pine. And most pine variants. I want my house to smell like the center of a forest.

10. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried? (Or just felt really good afterwards) maybe this is mean? But my fiancé and I were at a park and it was very icy and wet. There was this running wall jump obstacle course thing where you can jump from platform to platform if you’re going fast enough. But it was icy and wet. And I was like, “I don’t think you should do that because it’s icy and wet. You won’t have any traction and you will fall.” And they were like, “No. I can do it.” And so they go jump on the platforms (wet) and they’re going so fast (icy) and then they fall SO spectacularly (no traction), so very very hard (wet and icy) and they were thankfully fine, but I just about died laughing. Laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe.

14. What’s something upcoming that you’re excited for? I am excited forrrrr my bestie to come and see me this summerrrrrrr she lives hundreds of miles away from me in a different state and the last time she was here we stayed up until 4 am finishing Hamish Macbeth before she had to leave the next day at like 11 🤣 but she’s coming in July hopefully and we’re gonna go wildddddddddd (stay in and watch movies together and probably go to the zoo)

[prettyboyprettyeyes]

✨soft asks✨

What song makes you feel better?

What is your go to comfort show?

Reading or writing? Why?

Whats your favorite feeling?

How do you like to take care of yourself?

What’s your favorite candle scent?

Who do you feel most like yourself around?

Whats a fabric/texture that’s nostalgic for you?

Best childhood moment?

When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried? (or just felt really good afterwards)

Do you have a comfort item? Tell us about it!

What calms you down?

Bath or shower to relax?

Whats something upcoming that you’re excited for?

Comfort food?

What’s something you want to create soon?

How do you feel best loved?

What age in life do you think you’ll feel most yourself at?

Have you ever written or received a love letter?

Tell us about a memory you hold close to your heart.

Tea, Coffee, or hot cocoa?

Name of your favorite playlist?

Have you ever received flowers?

Who is your bestfriend?

If your soul was a color, what would it be?

If you could live anywhere with anyone you want, where would it be and who would you bring?

Do you like to garden? Have you ever grown something?

What are you proudest of?

Are you a kind person?

What do your hobbies look like?