it is so incredibly sad to constantly see kids on instagram and tiktok who are younger than my brother have to literally beg for shelter, food, water, medicine, and their right to exist as human beings
i mean, this young girl is only ten years old, yet she is essentially responsible for convincing random people scrolling through instagram that her and her family’s life are worth fighting for
on top of that, their gofundme is not even 10% funded and time is running out, please if you can’t donate, just share
please don’t let this little girl die begging
We lost everything because of this war💔
We ask you to support us with all shame, but we are forced to do this, and I hope you help us through the gofundme link Even if it's just something simple🥹🙏
Sending you a bunch of love and big old support. Take your time.
Considering I haven't gone a day without reblogging stuff/posting on this blog, I'd just like to put it out there that I'm going to be taking a break for a bit. IRL things have got me really bogged down, and mentally, I've been somewhere else.
I'll pop in to post the last couple of requests in my inbox, but I've been writing a lot lately. I think the burnout is finally catching up with me. And as much as I love writing Muerte, I want some time to try and write other characters and my OCs. So after the requests, hopefully the next thing you'll see from me is the start of my big fic, which I'll be taking nice and slow.
That's all from me folks. Much love. 🖤
death as a dark souls boss
My name is Samah, and I am reaching out with an urgent plea on behalf of my family in Gaza. We are 28 in total, struggling to survive after our home was destroyed by an airstrike last October. Now, we live in a tent, constantly exposed to danger and fear.
Life has become incredibly difficult, especially for the 15 children who have lost the chance to go to school and live as children should. Our only wish is to live peacefully, to feel safe, and to experience joy once more.
In these dark times, hope feels distant. That’s why I’m asking for your help. Your support can bring safety and comfort to my family, reminding us that we are not alone, and that kindness still exists.
Please join us in this mission to restore hope and offer a brighter future for my family in Gaza. Thank you for your compassion and generosity.
@el-shab-hussein @nabulsi @irhabiya @wellwaterhysteria
this is the funniest tweet i’ve seen in months bye
I had a dream about Death wolf and I started to ponder about some stuff.
So, general idea of this wolf's appearance was manifested because Puss was a cat (Cats are afraid of wolves due to their genetic code). And it made me wonder what this would be like if he were manifest as other animals as well as a human.
My first thought was, he would possibly be an albino with his signature eyes. Mayhaps a few scars around his body with a mix of any marking or sigils somewhere on his body.
The second is a hulking giant with a deep dark hair and darkened skin. Again with his signature eyes but add on black paint splash around his temple. Similar to his wolf face shadow or fur?? Chains wrapped around the waist and forearm.
This is a random thought after I had that dream. I'll write it down because I still don't know how to draw men.
Oooo I love your writing and I wanted to put in an ask, what about modern day reader and death watching clean TikTok’s? I’ve been obsessed with them and i just imagine both of them dead ass sitting on her bed watching some lady put way to many chemicals in her toilet, while reader says something along the lines of, “in my entire immortal life I have never seen someone use that many cleaning products”.
-orchrid anon
There Was an Attempt:
Distractions
[Modern Days! Honestly a bit excited for this but also: MC has probably seen Team Friendship die and probably requested to be with them right before Muerte takes their souls (despite not liking seeing the people she’s close to die. It would be a development for her and Muerte definitely asked her more than once if she was sure). Plus, I don't know how many lives Kitty has left, but she probably has to watch Puss and Perrito pass away too if she still has, like, 4 or 5 lives left. Kitty is the last friend MC has to bury.]
They were supposed to be cleaning. Just like they do every weekend.
Instead, the both of them were now laying on their shared bed, (Y/n) with her phone in hand and scrolling through videos of people cleaning their houses instead. It was supposed to be a one minute break. But the next thing she knew, she was trapped scrolling through the videos. Muerte even tried dragging her out of it before eventually giving in.
“Fine, one more minute,” he had said, putting away the vacuum cleaner and settling down beside (Y/n) on the bed so he could watch her for one minute and then they’ll go right back to work.
Stupid new devices and their ability to take their attention so easily away from anything.
Even Muerte didn’t know what time or how long they’d been laying down on the bed, the vacuum cleaner and the rest of their chores forgotten as (Y/n) holds up her phone, watching some lady in a video dumping way too much chemicals in her toilet.
“I have never seen someone use so many cleaning products on one toilet,” she grumbled. “And I’ve lived a long time. Isn’t that toxic? Won’t she die from using that many products?”
Muerte shrugged, mildly amused. “I guess we’ll see.” He turns to the clock on the wall, letting out a sigh and patting (Y/n)’s side to catch her attention. “Now come on, we need to finish before the sun sets.”
“Yeah, yeah, just one more video, please?”
Muerte sighs. “Fine.”
---
It wasn’t just one more video.
“I bet I could chug that.”
“(Y/n),” Muerte warns, his eyes squinting at her at the joke as she laughs.
“It was a joke, querido,” She feels Muerte’s tight grip on her waist loosen a bit, shaking his head as he leans his head against her own, watching her continue to scroll through the cleaning videos.
Eventually it turned into those fridge restocking videos.
“We need to get one of those,” She hummed, watching the lady put dividers into her fridge.
“No we don’t.”
“Yes we do. I’m going to order it online.”
“Estrella.”
“Muerteee,”
---
Eventually, Muerte had decided to just snatch the phone away from her, tucking it in the back of his pockets.
“There, now can we please, get started?” He had his hands on his hips, eyes glaring at (Y/n) who had her bottom lip jutted out in that cute pout of hers, her hair already a mess from laying down in bed far too long.
“Fine,” she huffed, rolling onto her back and lifting her arms up at him. “Pull me up?”
Muerte rolls his eyes, grabbing onto both of her hands, about to pull her up when he was tugged into bed instead. (Y/n) falling into fits of giggles as he grabs onto her waist and pulls her out of the bed when she tries to escape, throwing her over his shoulder and walking out the room with a victorious huff.
“We’re finishing this!”
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, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)
Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)
Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)
BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)
Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)
Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)
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. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)
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. Mostly nature art)
Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)
Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)
Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)
Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)
Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)
Pikat (art advice and critiques)
Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)
Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)
Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)
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. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually 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. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )
Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)
Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)
PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)
Krita (Free)
mypaint (free)
FireAlpaca (free)
Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)
Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)
IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)
Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)
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.
"also apologies for any spelling or grammar errors, I have Dyslexia and it makes my brain go XP when it comes to speech or writing"
YOUR ART AND IMAGES ON TUMBLR ARE BEING USED TO TRAIN AI MODELS.
The opt-in is automatic, but you can turn it off in settings.
Go to "Blog Settings" -> "Visibility" -> "Third-Party Sharing" and turn it off. (Visual example here.) You need to do this with every sideblog.