orchid ⇢ what’s a song you consider to be perfect?
cactus ⇢ something you’re currently learning (about)?
bamboo ⇢ do you change into a different outfit when you get home?
abelia ⇢ do you have a particular piece of jewelry you always wear or can’t part with?
daffodil ⇢ do you have siblings? if yes, in what ways do you think you’re similar to or different from them?
mahonia ⇢ what place, thing, activity inspires you most and how do you express yourself when it does?
chia ⇢ what’s an inside joke you have with someone else?
sage ⇢ what ‘medium’ of art (poetry, music, fiction, paintings, statues etc.) is the most touching to you? why do you think that is?
edelweiss ⇢ how’d you think of your url/username? what’s it associated with to you?
camellia ⇢ what were you like when you were younger? do you think you’ve changed a lot?
jasmine ⇢ do you have a movie or book you loved but will never watch/read again?
ivy ⇢ what are your ‘tells’ for your emotions and moods? how can someone tell you’re happy, annoyed, upset or tired?
chamomile ⇢ what kind of things do you like receiving as gifts?
aloe vera ⇢ what’s something (mundane) you really want to experience in life?
palm tree ⇢ do you have a fictional villain you shouldn’t like but love regardless?
nutmeg ⇢ how’s your room/home decorated? do you have a specific theme or style going on?
papyrus ⇢ if you put your ‘on repeat’ playlist on shuffle, what’s the first song that comes up? what do you like about it / associate it with?
taro ⇢ if someone called you right now to catch up, what’re the things you’d tell them about?
"There's no hope for the future." And that's how they felt during the Atomic Age, during the World Wars, during the Enlightenment Revolutions, during thr plagues, during the Viking raids, during the fall of Rome.
Yet, we persisted.
I’m making an artist ask game that I hope my art friends will reblog so I can pester them >:)
1. Show your most recent wip
2. 5 favourites of your own work?
3. Least favourite things to draw?
4. Favourite things to draw?
5. Anything you haven’t drawn yet but want to?
6. Which artists inspire you right now?
7. Favourite works of all time excluding your own?
8. What do you like most about your own work?
9. What are you currently trying to improve?
10. What’s that one thing that inspired you to make drawing your consistant hobby?
11. Favorite comment you’ve ever recieved on your work?
12. Show your favourite drawing from this year
13. Show your favourite drawing from last year
14. How has your art changed over the years?
15. Biggest artist pet peeve?
16. What’s the most daunting part of your process? Ex, planning, sketching, lineart, rendering etc
17. What inspires you?
18. Do you have any larger projects you’d like to pursue? Like comics, shortfilm, a series etc?
19. Favourite character(s) to draw?
20. What works have you drawn fanart of?
21. Weirdest thing you’ve ever drawn?
22. When is your prime time to work on your art?
23. Do you listen to music or watch shows while you work? If so, what’s your favourite?
24. How do you deal with artblock?
25. Based on your recent reference searches, what would the FBI assume about you?
You know that part in movies where the main character turns on their car radio and the song that’s playing slowly fades in and becomes the movies background music? I like that
you gotta be able to say "die"
you gotta be able to say "suicide"
you gotta be able to talk about "sex"
they're uncomfortable topics, YEAH for SURE
because LIFE is uncomfortable. Death and suicide and sex and pain are straight up going to happen. not having words for the way it discomforts you doesn't make it more comfortable, it just makes you less able to reach out about it.
even more vital, you gotta be able to say words like "rape", "abuse", "queer" or "racist". cause we fought fucking hard to name those experiences. to identify "rape" as distinct from "sex" and "racism" as distinct from "acceptable behaviour" and "queer" as distinct from "invert"
like the function of communication is not to minimise immediate discomfort. we gotta be able to talk about stuff that's hard or sucks or causes difficult conversations.
One of the things that sucks about being an animation nerd is having to live with the fact that, from a technical standpoint, the Hotel Transylvania movies are absolutely ground-breakingly staggeringly incredible.