I Did This For A Contest On The Fates Amino. It's Not Really Done, But I Had A Time Crunch And Figured

I did this for a contest on the Fates Amino. It's not really done, but I had a time crunch and figured something was better than nothing. Actually, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. It's the first time I've attempted anything approaching realism with watercolors

this is totally how their first meeting in Warriors is gonna go, right?

I join sites like tumblr because I think it'll give me a chance to interact with people, but then I look around other people's blogs and feel like I'm back in highschool, desperately searching for someone to sit with before giving up on both companionship and life in general and sitting by myself in a corner with my drawings to keep me company.

I have, like, two, and they make my day

no matter how many followers you have the same 10 people will reblog posts from you

There is nothing I respect more in an artist than doing things that your critics hste just so they can hate them more. Bravo

Tetsuya Nomura Finally Explains His Obsession With Zippers and Belts - Niche Gamer

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“At that time, people teased me about zippers and belts and whatnot and I’m the type of person if somebody eggs me on I’m gonna do it more!”

So we finally have an explanation for this nonsense:

And that explanation?  One word:

I wish this was posted on the front page of fanfiction sites. Everytime I go chapters without a single comment, I just want to say fuck it- no one's reading my work- why should I keep posting?

okay just got done typing up a Long Ass Comment for a fic that i love and bc writers Live™ for comments but a lot of ppl seem to find it difficult/scary to write them, here are some tips from me, who has been on both sides of the fence:

we will nut over literally any context for how u read our fics, nothing is too specific or embarrassing

i once received a long ass essay about the exact circumstances under which someone read the new chapter including action and dialogue and i still treasure that comment to this day

if u read the fic a few days ago and are still thinking about it, open that bitch up and tell the author “i read this fic a few days ago and i’m still thinking about it”

THAT SHIT KILLS US I SWEAR

do not worry about being annoying!!!!! oh my god i can’t overstate this enough you are NEVER being annoying by leaving comments. examples of situations in which comments are Not Annoying:

commenting on every chapter

this is honestly our fav thing, those regular commenters are the real MVPs and i’d die for them. it doesn’t seem thirsty or obnoxious to us it’s our lifeblood i pr omi s e u

also this is guaranteed the #1 best way to get senpai to notice u, if that’s what ur after

adding an extra comment w a thought/detail u missed

adding an extra comment w a thought/detail u remembered from 4 chapters ago

commenting during a reread (this is only ever flattering!!!)

commenting an 800-word essay that takes several solid minutes to read

this seriously never comes across as irritating, time-consuming, or trying too hard; the author is the one who wrote thousands upon thousands of words in the first place and we eat that shit up

(ok i lied, there is one exception to this. the one thing that is annoying is demanding updates, especially if u do it on the same day as an update was published. this makes us sad, avoid this :c)

but aside from that: comments, great, always!!!

acknowledge how hard writers work. every time someone tips their hat to me for the effort i put in, it’s like the 12 hour binges, inability to think about anything else even while sleeping, longggg inspiration walks, and constant self doubt become worth it!!!!

let us know u talk about our fics w ur friends…. this is like, the ultimate compliment……… i’m still lowkey waiting for the day someone pastes an excerpt from a chat log they’ve had about one of my fics because i Know it has happened and i wanna see it……………i wanna know what has been yelled……………..

just say thank u!!! a simple thank you means so much more bc it shows us we have actual readers and not just numbers on a screen sfjdgslksg