Hello followers. You’ve been so supportive of me and my art lately, and I want to return the kindness. And at first, I thought I might hold a contest to do a drawing for one of you, but I don’t really like that idea because it seems so cold. And I really want to do something that will have a positive impact on all of you in some way.
So I want to do something different, and I’m inspired by Valentine’s Day—but instead of Valentine’s Day, I’m calling it Imperfect Love Day.
I propose the following: that you create something for someone you care about using means you’ve never tried before. If you can’t draw and have always wanted to try, now’s your chance. But it doesn’t have to be just drawing. You could write, cook, knit, sing, give to a charity, anything at all—but do something you’ve never tried before. It won’t be perfect, and it shouldn’t be; your effort will be your gift. You can sign it, “I tried something new for you. Happy Imperfect Love Day.”
I’m really excited to try this myself! I promise to do something out of my comfort zone, something I know I’m not good at, to show you all how much you inspire me with your kindness and support. <3
On February 14, give your imperfect perfect gift to someone who inspires you, and tag it #imperfectlove so everyone can see it.
Good luck!
I guess skype plays video advertisements now with sound turned on so this is me on the brink of just switching entirely to Discord.
I legitimately don’t understand why Microsoft won’t just let me give them money to turn adverts off.
I’m not against paying for things, I’m really not. I use Skype every single day and would maybe not happily but certainly willingly pay for Skype to cover advert costs AND YET HERE WE ARE.
Because Microsoft isn’t the most consumer intelligent company out there.
You can block Skype ads via Control Panel in Windows.
1. Open-up the control panel.
2. Open-up “Network & Internet” then “Internet Options”.
3. Go to the “Security” tab.
4. Click on the “Restricted Sites” icon, then the “Sites” button below it.
5. Type https://apps.skype.com/ into the text box and click “Add”
6. Close and apply the changes.
7. Restart Skype & the ads should be blocked.Reblogging because NEAT.
Reblogging to save a life.
They have sound ads so yeah, this is a great reblog.
when i was 12 i babysat this girl for a few years and she would come to me and show me her art, drag me by my wrists and point at the pieces she’d made during the week. and she’d be like “do the voice” and i’d put on a sports-announcer olympics-style voice and be like “such form! this level of coloring! why i haven’t seen such perfection in crayola in a long time. and what is this? why jeff, now this is a true risk… it seems she’s made … a monochrome pink canvas…. i haven’t seen this attempted since winter 1932… and i gotta say, jeff, it’s absolutely splendid” and she’d fall back giggling. at the end of every night she’d check with me: “did you really like it?” and i’d say yes and talk about something i noticed and tucked her in.
she was just accepted into 3 major art schools. she wrote me a letter. inside was a picture from when she was younger. monochrome pink.
“thank you,” it said, “to somebody who saw the best in me.”
Legit had a dream last night that Thomas the tank engine fell off the railway to the afterlife into purgatory and spent centuries trying to escape a ghost train sweatshop, only to end up back in the real world as a lost and confused human, distraught that his chance at a peaceful train death had been ripped from him.
I don’t know what I did last night to cause this but I need to never do it again.
#WHY THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE?#Why was he on the tracks to train Valhalla what had killed this beast of the ages?#Why did escaping the sweatshop lead him back to the real world instead of letting him move on?#Why did train purgatory resemble a foggy Scottish moor?#Why did the real world he showed up in resemble feudal Japan???
I’ve only just remembered upon retelling this dream to my friend and had to rush here before I forgot it again. I explicitly remember human Thomas’ last words upon looking morosely out upon feudal Japan were very close to “I did not waste so many of my years to end up back on this miserable planet.”
Like, if this dream had featured humans or frankly ANYTHING other that a sentient train it would have been totally serious. There was not a single funny moment in this dream WHY WAS IT THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE?!
I hate it when people are like, “I’d draw more, but I suck”.
Guys.
Guys.
You’re always gonna suck at the beginning. I sucked, your favourite artist sucked, your Cool Artist Friend used to draw faux Disney paws when they started out.
Art isn’t easy. It’s actually pretty lame sometimes.
But if you don’t draw… If you hold yourself back? You’re never going to improve. Being self-depreciating in your work won’t help you, because if you don’t appreciate your effort, do you really expect others to?
Be confident. Open commissions, take trades, even if you’re fucking terrible. Someone will want your art, someone will want to help you grow, and you’ll gain experience by drawing things in ways you’ve never drawn before.
Please don’t believe that you can’t get there, or that people won’t appreciate gifts or fanart because you’re not Picasso. It sounds silly, but the heart of what you draw is what matters, the effort you put in, how hard you try to get better.
So don’t worry about it. Just relax, and draw. Draw people, draw furries, draw fuckloads of porn. It doesn’t matter.
Just create.
I believe in you.
To our all precious artists
