A Text I Never Expected To Receive From My Mother

a quick grass tutorial

I’ve never really wrote a tutorial before so apologies if this is bad

1. okay first thing I do is pick three colors, a mid, dark, and light. I like to check the colors in greyscale to make sure there’s enough contrast between each one.

I then plop down a blob of whatever my middle tone color is.

2. next, I take my dark color and just sort of randomly place it around. I try to make sure there’s a good amount of both the mid and dark tones spread throughout. I personally like to keep it kinda messy. I also have pen pressure on for both brush size and opacity, so I can have some blending action going on.

3. for the next step I do the exact same thing as before, except with the light color.

4. aight this is where we start adding details. see how you just have a bunch of colors and edges where two colors meet? use the eyedropper and go to an area where two colors meet, eyedrop a color, and then use that color to draw in your grass blades. I do this at every point where colors meet. should note I personally like to use a square brush, but you can really just use anything.

5. you can technically stop at the last step if you’re going for a more simple look, but to add more details I go to the “empty” areas of solid color and just draw in random strokes using a color nearby. it’s just a way to fill up the empty space.

6. basically more of the same idea of eyedropping and drawing. for more variety so things look interesting, I like to add random plant shapes.

7. and so the grass doesn’t look too plain, I add random dots of color and pretend it’s flowers and stuff.

and there you have it, this is how I approach drawing grass.

*Avengers End Game trailer summed up for those who haven’t seen it yet*

Tony: *dying*

Steve: *crying*

Natasha: *worried*

Bruce: *hurting*

Thor: *mad*

Nebula: *sad*

Clint: *depressed*

The Fandom: *stressed*

Scott fucking Lang: LETS GET THIS BREAD FOLKS!!!!

my professor: don’t fall in love with the drawing. Fall in love with drawing.

This is so freaking important.

This is literally why we all draw as kids.

Because it makes us happy and we love it. And when we grow up and art becomes this tool to show what we imagine, so other people can see what we imagined, we more and more focus on the end product rather than the process that used to be so much fun.

We see mistakes, we try to get rid of them, we criticize our works until all that is left is stress and bitterness.

This is not why we drew in the first place.

Drawing used to be fun.

And I think it’s nice that she reminded me of it. Because I forgot.

Loves this song

I make music under the moniker mangokitty and this is our newest song, Humility! Enjoy. =owo=

Crazy nights with strange folks Holed up in a house Where I don’t know Anyone but you

Stumblin bout across the room

One for the brave Two for the sane Three for my ego Four for the blame These foolish thoughts that guide me home And lead me back to you Courage to give Your love its true due

Standing in the bathroom Bleary-eyed awake Is this all a mistake But you call to me so tenderly

Poison runs hot through my veins Against the frigid air The searing pain in my brain Reminds me that you’re here

this year:

you will find someone that feels like home

you will learn how to love yourself more

you will heal from things that make you sad or anxious

you will reach goals that seem scary and unrealistic to you right now

you will see life in a much softer or warmer light

you will look back on the last day of 2019 and feel very proud of yourself

Eddie: The house is a disaster. We need to clean.

Venom: Who's coming over?

Eddie: No one. We're cleaning for us.

Venom: But we already know we live like this.

I found this camera on the subway and look what was inside...

do you trust her