Art Summary ? Yippe???

art summary …? yippe???

A LOT of these characters don’t belong to me shfkajdhahsh, only January, February, march, half of June, and November belong to me!

The improvement is ok, I switched to using kleki/scratch bitmap editor with a school trackpad to using kleki on a phone to now using ibisPaint on a phone. This year has been utter SHIT for me both irl and online and there was a couple of silver linings but mostly it was very shitty. 2023 was a very rough year for my mental health, hopefully 2024 is better (maybe.)

I probably could have drawn a lot more scenes but it’s a whatever, scenes are fun but also sucks a lot of energy from me

here’s to a better year

i think i made this same post like a week ago but im making it again anyways in case i didnt but. next breed needs 2 be bulky as hell. built like a barrel. literally the only bulky dragon we have is snapper and maybe sort of obelisk? other than that they're all pretty slender. i want an absolute boulder of a beast

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.

hi gang what’s up no one asked for me but !! Here I am!! Ok let’s see hm hm

January - Scrawny by Wallows (oh?? This sounds super optimistic, since the song is about being confident about yourself in a crowd that seems cooler than one is. That sounds…?? Good?? Manifesting in it)

February - Remember When by Wallows (lmfao second wallow song in a row I see… ok this one doesn’t really make sense to my monkey brain since it’s about reminiscing about a past lover but fun fact yet being haunted by them. Fun fact! I don’t have a lover?? Lol?? But I really like this song though, to me it sounds like two childhood friends reminiscing over the past but they’ve grown distant because of distance. Sounds like someone I know… hopefully I get to see them soon? They were a cool person I miss them.)

March - Dirty Imbecile by The Happy Fits (oh dear, this song is about the 2 personalities a person presents to ppl, the insecure quiet voice and the loud and confident one. At the end, they combine together to make a whole person, who’s flawed. This sounds like a negative character arc from the January song LMAO maybe I lose my confidence then.)

April - She Wants Me (To Be Loved) by The Happy Fits (Oh GOD??? What is up with the romance songs?? Yknow I think the title of the song is enough to say what this song means,, uh I like this one girl so maybe it’s about that …? This month sounds particularly rough. Womp Womp ah well at least it’s a jam.

May - Cold Turkey by The Happy Fits (GOD WHY SO MANY HAPPY FITS SONGS…. This is what I get for listening to them on repeat every morning for a month lmao. Uh this song is about the bitter aftermath of a breakup..??? I’m worried what the hell…. Doubt I would get into a relationship but still, I’m a lil concerned but ok)

June - Fight or Flight by Conan Gray (not a happy fits or wallows song which is new?? Yay?? But instead a CONAN GRAY song which is about a BREAKUP. YEAH. What is future me UP TO???? Clearly I am. Going Through It. It’s about a relationship not ending on your terms and singing about the pain. Man looks like I’m going to go through a rough time? Maybe the relationship change and a breakup means change. And change is scary but it doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Just sounds like lots of high emotions rn.)

July - Comfort Crowd by Conan Gray (another Conan Gray song… lmao. Ok so this song is about your close friends. Like you’re so close with them that even if a conversation cuts short or a silent follows it’s not awkward, it’s comfortable because you know them THAT well. Pidge healing arc after uh what seems to be a couple months of breakup??? Yay W)

August - So Alright, Cool, Whatever by The Happy Fits (GODDAMN I THOUGHT WE WERE OVER THIS?? The song is about lingering regret and longing for a past partner. GODDAMN… it seems that I was really smitten with this person enough for a GOOD two months worth of heartbreak huh. And even continuing into this month! I mean it’s a good song at least. Sounds like a rollercoaster of emotions ASDFGHJKL)

September - Out of My League by Fitz and The Tantrums (Uh this song sounds positive for a change ?? It’s about having such an amazing partner that you’re scared that it’s too good to be true and they’re too good for you, hence “Out of My League”. Sounds like I found an amazing partner but insecurity is talking. Wow can you imagine /j but seriously I hope this relationship isn’t spoiled later on.)

October - Boys Will Be Bugs by Cavetown (Ok I actually don’t get this one. Like this song is about toxic masculinity and the pressure forced on men to conceal their feelings? And I’m not a man so this isn’t really applicable to me. But maybe it’s about someone close to me that’s going through it. But he’s graduating this year :( or could be about a new guy joining the guard and facing criticism for doing a “girly” thing?? Theorizing here but that sounds really rough for that hypo-guy. Ouch. BUT ALSO this song sounds really bitter in general. Like kit if meaning. Huh.)

November - Burning Pile by Mother Mother (At first I was worried. Like what. It sounds negative but maybe it doesn’t have to be that way? To me, it sounds like I’m really tired of everything and I’m throwing all of my problems to save for a future me. But rereading the lyrics, it could be about taking all of the anxieties, all of the worries, all of my problems and throwing them in a theoretical burning pile so I can have a peace of mind. Maybe I’m moving on from that rough relationship earlier, letting it go. Wow do I need that LMFAO.)

December - Moving by The Happy Fits (GODDAMN not another one! This song is about the fragile tensions of a relationship, maybe I’m going through a rough time with this partner yet I don’t want things to go to hell like it did last time so I’m begging them to stay?? I dunno I’m sick of writing my thoughts on a romance song PLS I’m tired of this romance arc what a year, what a year omfg…)

GODDAMN I wrote a monster ermmm I guess I Think Too Much but anyhow

@thegarlicthief @otterlydisastrous @birdwren @ariddesolation @causeofcharlie get over here gang I wanna see what your playlist cooks up

i wanna start a tag game so: let your spotify predict your 2024!

shuffle your on repeat playlist, and the first twelve songs represent your 2024

january- guns and ships- hamilton (idek what this could represent but okay)

february- we fell in love in october- girl in red (PLEASE)

march- say no to this- hamilton (…i have nothing to say about this)

april- castles crumbling- taylor swift ft hayley williams (damnit sad month then?)

may- you’re losing me- taylor swift (FUCK TWO SAD MONTHS?? breakup songs are even worse now that im actually in a relationship. please. better not be accurate)

june- astronomy- conan gray (please stop why am i having so many sad songs)

july- stoned- ed sheeran (oh fuck this)

august- new year’s day- taylor swift (hm okay. idk what to say about this)

september- heather- conan gray (i consider heather to be a happy song AND it’s mine and my partners song so i’m taking this as a good one)

october- 18- one direction (yessss we’re going okay now)

november- king of my heart- taylor swift (YESSS)

december- all too well (ten minute version)- taylor swift (i take it back ugh)

no pressure tags!!- @autumnleavesforwinter @weeping-in-the-willows @swiftieannah @felizusnavidad @jittyjames @anixknowsnothin (please help me get this off the ground, but also if this flops you saw nothing)

Weird question incoming; Is it okay if some of my OCs are transgender, even though I am cishet myself?

I'm trying my best not to handle them in a hurtful or stereotypic way, but I have this constant imposter syndrome and I thought that asking someone who's opinion is 100% valid on this matter would help a bit

yeah of course lol. in fact, it’d be weird if you avoided having minority ocs because you thought you couldn’t handle them well. obviously im not the end all be all on transgender issues (as much as that would rock) but if you’re aware of harmful stereotypes and avoid them where you can i see absolutely no issues with that.

i have black ocs even though i’m pale as a ghost. i have disabled ocs even though i’m very much able-bodied (most of the time. i think) and it would be an odd choice to avoid making them. the people who see your ocs and the lack of representation in them don’t know about your reasoning for that, they just see an artist they like not representing them in their art, and that’d suck.

anyway. tldr GO FOR IT BABY!!

yall have got to be more normal about Southern people and I'm not kidding. enough of the Sweet Home Alabama incest jokes, enough of the idea that all Southerners are bigots and rednecks, and enough of the idea that the South has bad food. shut up about "trailer trash" and our accents and our hobbies!

do yall know how fucking nauseating it is to hear people only bring up my state to make jokes about people in poverty and incestuous relationships? how much shame I feel that I wasn't born up north like the Good Queers and Good Leftists with all the Civilised Folk with actual houses instead of small cramped trailers that have paper thin walls that I know won't protect me in a bad enough storm?

do yall know how frustrating it is to be trans in a place that wants to kill you and whenever you bring it up to people they say "well just move out" instead of sympathizing with you or offering help?

do yall understand how alienating it is to see huge masterposts of queer and mental health resources but none of them are in your state because theyre all up north? and nobody seems to want to fix this glaring issue because "they're all hicks anyways"

Southern people deserve better. we deserve to be taken seriously and given a voice in the queer community and the mental health space and leftist talks in general.