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redstonedust

assume for the sake of this exercise that all the neccescary jobs that arent being filled by people get done by robots idk. i was talking to my mom about this recently and she was adamant that she's happier when working so. curious what yall lean towards.

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whalesharkpasta

Yes I would do nature working like restoration stuff planting native plants or working with native animals and monitoring them or trapping invasive animals maybe or seed saving stuff like that !!!!!

#it depends on your definition of work#i would lean way more into art and gardening#do art projects and get involved with community projects and grow food with other people#i would not labour 40+ hours a week under somebody else's whims for some vanity purpose to serve#i would not do any one thing for any amount of time i don't want to be doing it#i would sleep a lot more and spend more time with the people who are important to me#i don't want to 'work'#i want to live my fucking life#but it's not that i wouldn't be doing something
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Anonymous asked:

Related to the art question, what's the art piece you've made that you're most proud of? (Or most recent if that's a too broad question)

Oh, I love this question, thank you!!

To be honest, I'm starting to get to a place where I'm pretty fond of my own art! I have it up all over my walls at home.

But the piece I feel really proud of is my acrylic Damiark painting:

For me, this is the culmination of some very real traditional painting skills I ended up building just from trying to occupy my time and hands with something.

When I was younger, I really wanted to do graphic novels, and focused on graphite drawing. I didn't really see myself becoming a painter... I never would have thought I could be one. I never really worked with color, at all, period.

Now, I think, working with color is deeply fulfilling to me.

This painting required me to do a perspective sketch, be able to successfully mix my own colors over and over again throughout multiple days and weeks, convey different textures and weights of multiple kinds of fabric, and play with color/character theory for visually differentiating characters based on their undertones.

This was really the first piece of art where I had to recognize how much effort I put in and how much I accomplished in what I set out to do.

Like, not to understate it, but this piece made me realize I'm at a new stage/level with my art than I've been in before.

Compared to traditional art I painted three years ago, this is a huge feat... not just artistically, but also in my mental health journey.

#answered#anon#i'm so proud of this piece
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eric-the-bmo asked:

hello! ramble to me about whatever topic is your favorite atm! it's very fun to hear someone talk about what they're interested in (aka i saw you were sad about lack of asks, and want to somehow help? plus listening to people infodump is fun)

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Ooo hello and thank you so much! It's been difficult to think of a topic to ramble about that's not heavy and dark... honestly I'm still going through a lot after losing my cat a few weeks ago.

But let's see... One of my fave topics though is Psychology, and because I also love art, artistic expression, and the power of human connection, I'm going to talk about how encouragement does way more for helping develop somebody's craft than criticism does!

People might have a lot of different reactions to that information, either because it seems obvious or because they might think it prevents people from improving their weak points... but if you lean into encouraging someone to see their strengths and to keep doing the art or craft, they're going to try new things and improve whatever technical skills aren't refined yet.

I've had the privileged to watch one of my friend's kids get into art and stick with it. There's a lot of people, both adults and peers, who can be really harsh on creative people-- I don't entirely know why, but I don't like it-- and yet, with some encouragement for trying new things (adding lines for clothing folds, playing with glow lighting, etc.) his art is really coming into its own.

And I think that's beautiful!

Pointing out weak points has its purpose, when it's explicitly solicited, and imo when we're in more of an intermediate place with our crafts (where you feel more in control of what you're doing and challenges feel fun and within your ability).

Otherwise, you're just crushing somebody's spirit. And as cheesy as it sounds, I think human beings are intrinsically creative and artistic.

#answered#eric-the-bmo#art#sorry if this is not super interesting but i appreciate the ask!!
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orange-catsidy

faqs:

is this real? / i thought pro wrestling was fake? wrestling is 'fake' in that the fights are choreographed and the winner is predetermined, but the physicality is very real. there's no way to 'fake' getting whipped with a metal chain so hard it leaves welts.

why ARE they chained? this is a specialty fight called a 'dog collar match' where both participants are, you guessed it, fitted with dog collars which are then chained together.

is this legal? / how can this be allowed? why wouldn't it be? they're both consenting adults who planned and agreed to it.

but they could be seriously hurt! they know, and they accept the risk. pro wrestlers are well aware of the injuries possible in their line of work, and they do it anyway because they're crazy people.

IS there aftercare? of a sort, yeah - there's a medical team on hand to patch everyone up, and lots of coworkers backstage to give them a 'job well done!'

why are they wearing thigh highs? they're kneepads/shin guards for protection. looking like sexy thigh highs is just a bonus side effect!

ok, but why's that guy in a shiny speedo? personal preference. wrestlers can design their own outfits and some prefer full coverage long tights, while others wear less to show off the gams.

is that cm punk? yup! he unretired last year.

why do straight men watch this? i'm still trying to figure this one out. 🀷

#pro wrestling is just bdsm with an edge of unsafeness#used to watch a lot of wwe with a friend who was a fan#mainly the women's wrestling cause they're πŸ‘€ but im not above watching the dudes dominate each other
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"You're so lucky you can hold a job" yeah thanks i routinely feel so overstimulated and have no accomodations to the point where i want to tear my skin off with my fingernails and i regularly cannot do anything at all when my work shift is over, but im definitely really lucky to have it

#if i have to sit through one more hour long meeting without a break i will snap my own neck#if i get one more ping in slack im going to break my work laptop and then my fingers one by one#but yeah im really lucky lol#lucky im so good at dissociation#if i continue to hear another human voice say words i am literally going to puke
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golyadkin

I cannot express enough that if your reaction, as a hobby artist, to not getting that many notes on your art is to say "maybe I should just stop doing art altogether" you need to stop posting art to tumblr

not necessarily forever, not even for long, but just stop putting your art on here and start doing it for you again, remember why you enjoyed doing art in the first place and stop relying on the attention of faceless people on the internet for your enjoyment of your hard work

believe me, I get it, nothing crushes the artistic soul quite like labouring for hours on a piece only for it to get like 10 notes, so you need to find your own source of joy in the act of creation and a lot of the time that means making art and not showing it to anybody

#this is true but also in general its nice to have your work appreciated#people ignore my art in discord servers too it fucks with me real bad#and i can't figure out all the little factors either#i feel hella autistic about it#like there's a whole set of unspoken social rules about it#ultimately though i cant ever stop#i am an artist it is a big part of who i am#i process through art#my home is my own art gallery#i had a period of time where I stopped bothering to share my traditional paintings cause nobody liked seeing them anyway#and then a friend of mine asked to see them explicitly and it was the first time i took pictures of my walls covered in my own art#i wish more people did that
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castleprincess asked:

Hello, I absolutely adore your art. Have you ever considered putting your art on notebooks, jotters, or journals and selling those. The way you draw black women is gorgeous and I just know I would have loved journals with your art on it.

Again, thank you so much for creating and sharing your art. It truly is a privilege to see it.

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prinnay answered:

Hello and thank you! (and sorry if this message is late!!)

I actually had some nice dot paper journals made and they just arrived last friday! I only made a dozen each as a test run though (might make more if people like them?? I'm all ears for suggestions). I am sick right now so I haven't had the extra energy to put them up in my personal store yet, but I'm going to try to plop them there by the end of the week! They are of these 2 images for now:

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messrsage

sex is a natural part of a lot of peoples lives and it is realistic to portray it in media just because of that. it does not need to be meaningful to the story or serve a purpose anymore than brushing your teeth or eating a meal does. we still include those things because it's just something human beings do. it's a part of our everyday lives. purity culture should have no part in the creation of art. it is a form of censorship.