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Stephanie Brown exists in Scribblenauts DCU! :DDD (screencapped...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:20:00 -0400

Stephanie Brown exists in Scribblenauts DCU! :DDD (screencapped from the Nintendo Direct from this morning)

Edit: She’s the one in the demon mask (you can just barely see her blonde hair peeking out lol). Check out Damian being a derp on the side….

Links to trailers for those interested

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:32:46 -0400

Final Fantasy ~~versus XIII~~ XV

Kingdom Hearts III (look how beautiful the graphics are. LOOK.)

Final Fantasy Versus & Kingdom Hearts 3

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:21:00 -0400

THE TRAILERS. THEY JUST SHOWED THEM AT E3.

THEY’RE REAL.

AND SO BEAUTIFUL.

I CRIED.

painted-bees: katyamola: fyeahartstudentowl: bigbigtruck: jul...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:01:38 -0400

painted-bees:

katyamola:

fyeahartstudentowl:

bigbigtruck:

juliedillon:

romy-chan:

I made this comic solely to explain how the interview went, so please ignore how ugly it looks. This was easier than trying to just write it down for me.

I am a very emotional person especially when I’m nervous, so this event hit me quite hard.

More news soon.

Oh honey. Oh god. I’m so sorry. Okay. This is not a school you want to associate with. These are bad people. They are not better than you. I don’t care how prestigious they think or say they are. Going there would have been a waste of your time, because you are so much better than anything they could offer you and they do not have a fucking clue what they are talking about. Trust me. I struggled through a college full of people just like that, and got nothing out of it but wasted time and resentment. All they did was tell me I was phony and a failure for wanting to actually learn how to draw and paint, and that is all kinds of backwards. All that self-important grandiose bullshit about illustration and technical skill not being “art” is just hiding the fact that they can’t paint or draw for shit. They live in an echo-chamber, and they only worship the absolute newest trends in the handful of areas of modern art they deem worthy, to the exclusion of all else. That is NOT art, that is elitism and egotism, pure and simple, and that sure as hell does not help the students. They are NOT better than you. Your beautiful artwork and expressiveness and illustrative style are powerful and important - everyone’s is. Saying someone’s work is “not art” and therefore not important is not a critique. It’s an asshole thing to say, and offers absolutely nothing of importance or value for potential students.

Now, that isn’t to say there is no value in modern and post modern and abstract expressionist etc. art - on the contrary. The more inclusive you can be in your influences, and the more you can look at and study, the better. (Branching out is always a healthy thing to do!) But if that’s ALL a school has to offer, if an art school tries to tell you that technical skill and illustration are invalid or unimportant, if they try to tell you that Rembrandt and Van Gogh aren’t worth looking at or studying because they are dead, if they dismiss artists they don’t approve of as “kids who like to scribble,” if they tell you that you don’t have a place there unless you conform exactly to what they want, then you need to avoid that place like the plague, because they are not there to help you, they are not there to teach you, they are there to find people who can make the school look even more self-important than it already is.

Sorry for the rant. XD I’m still haven’t quite gotten over how crappy my art college experience was. (For those interested, the crap school in question was Sacramento State University. After I left, I attended a handful of classes and workshops at the Academy of Art University in SF and Watts Atelier in Encinitas, CA ,which helped me SO much more, as the teachers were interested in actually helping students learn the skills that art schools are supposed to teach you. You know, painting and drawing and inking and sculpting and all that good stuff.)

Uh, so yeah. >_> Basically look for schools with a good technical program that stresses life drawing, painting, drawing. Art is one of the few careers where people care about your portfolio more than where you got your degree (unless you’re gearing up to work for a Pixar or Dreamworks or something, in which case it does help). So find a place that will help you be the best you can be, and don’t worry about how prestigious or fancy they think they are. <3

Echoing Julie’s remarks here. I spent my college years at an institution like the one in the comic that valued ~soul expression~ and AbEx over developing technical skills. At the time, I thought it was all peaches, because I was (and still am) super into making and observing AbEx art. Fortunately, I was required to take classes in Photoshop and Illustrator— without those, I would not have gotten a job after college.

I graduated without having learned ANYTHING about drawing, about color theory, about perspective or line weight or form. At thirt*coughcough* I’m still drawing like a high school kid and trying to make up for the damage of those wasted years.
Fuck “real art”, fuck “high art”, fuck “low art”. Learn, develop, grow, evolve, create.

I don’t often reblog stuff, but this comic and the commentary are incredibly important.

A lot of people ask me about college, expressing fear and nerves about whether or not they’re “good enough” or doing “the right art” to get in/do well. Fuck that, kids.

Find a school that will help you grow, no matter what art you do. Be open to criticism, yes, but if the school you’re talking to talks down to you or says that what you’re doing isn’t ~*~*~*”REAL”~*~*~ art, tell ‘em to fuck right off and walk the fuck outta there. That attitude is wrong. THEY are wrong.

You deserve to have an environment that nurtures your art and your skills and offers classes that will help you the very most that they can. Nothing will hurt you/your art more than cutting off the corners of your square peg to fit into a round hole.

/raises fist in solidarity

/extends middle finger at art elitist assholes

possibly one of the biggest mistakes of my life.

I think this basically sums up the mentality of any “fine arts” institution.
I got a lot out of my education, but I had to do a lot of barking, biting and posturing to wrestle this mindset out of my instructors at the beginning. I had to teach them.

Lecturing ‘higher ups’ on their problematic methods and ideas in an effective way is not something a lot of people can do very well, especially in a school setting where we feel an instructor’s word is law (and during a time in our career where we may feel like we “don’t know anything”). So it’s important to do your research on schools before hand and make sure the school you apply to is one that is suitable for your needs. Interviews like this are a good way to know for yourself that this is not the place you want to spend money on and attend.

Bullet dodged, OP. Best luck finding a place that’s not full of shit <3

thefrogman: By Sarah [tumblr | twitter | deviantart]

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:15:08 -0400

thefrogman:

By Sarah [tumblr | twitter | deviantart]

I was looking through some older stuff on my dA and pixiv and oh...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:45:15 -0400

I was looking through some older stuff on my dA and pixiv and oh hey I actually coloured my pictures once upon a time, what happened??? Like I legit don’t think I can even do the top one anymore…

perplexingly: My favourite tragic love story is that of an...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:00:46 -0400

perplexingly:

My favourite tragic love story is that of an artist and their art

I'm so happy that you liked my story! Your headcanons and art really inspired me and honestly, you make me want to start writing serious d/D the way I did when I was first in fandom so it's pretty much a massive honor to write anything for you. I hope this isn't too gushy or anything, but I'm really happy and short of flailing all over and then writing more fan fiction, I don't know how else to express myself. You pretty much made my weekend with your enjoyment of my story so thanks for that!

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:21:00 -0400

Omg… I’m so flattered like…. can’t form sentences. I’m literally tearing up like. Hearing that I inspired anyone, in anyway, is just the highest form of compliment ever. Not to mention that this is coming from a fantastic writer such as yourself. I’m just… dead. I’m dead. I’m currently writing this as a ghost on my ghost laptop k.

And yes omg plz start writing serious d/D. Seriously, I can provide you pictorial incentives should you need it *throws tablet & pen at the screen*.

The Rivaille tag exploded today lol. They used that song from ep...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 22:59:00 -0400

The Rivaille tag exploded today lol. They used that song from ep 3 when Eren passed his 3DMG test as Rivaille’s BGM! The producers are trolling ereri fans…

So I ended up drawing the thing (COMPLETE)

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:07:00 -0400

Teenage!Damian/Middle-aged!Dick, NSFW

Due to request, all 3 parts are now together. :)

(because of the whole mentor thing they had in the past uwu i’m going to hell)

——- *BONUS*——-

Age Before Beauty - Dick/Damian

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:40:37 -0400

synphstories:

Title: Age Before Beauty
Pairing or Characters: Damian Wayne/Dick Grayson
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Back in Gotham for the first time in months, Damian winds up oversharing after he and Dick share a few drinks.
Contains: alcohol consumption/drunkenness, some kissing/potentially sexual themes
Notes: Earlier in the week, Snackage was talking about a teenage Damian with a middle-aged Dick and well… I’ve been writing this story ever since that day because of how much the mental image (and then Snackage’s art for the idea) appealed to me. Damian is over eighteen and I’m going with the highest estimation of their age difference here.

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Read More

*stop drop and rolls*

I love the way you write so much gosh. Like how you add these other subplot-ish things in there (Bruce being an old grump with a cane? omg is that a ref to Batman Beyond?)

Dick with gray hair. *G* Why didn’t I think of that?? It’s fantastic.

Also, “I’ve been writing this story ever since that day…” lol, I’m sorry, but I’m not sorry if this is what came out of it. (¬‿¬)

So I ended up drawing the thing (2/3) - Dick

Fri, 31 May 2013 23:22:16 -0400

Teenage!Damian/Middle-aged!Dick, NSFW

(continued from Part 1)

Yup there’s a 3rd part, because I like my porn to have a point. :p

I'm looking at your list for Jason Todd stuff and I was wondering what is your opinion on Red Hood and the Outlaws? Mostly cause the clerk at the comic store recommends it for JasonTodd fans and such.

Fri, 31 May 2013 12:08:00 -0400

No.

NO.

That thing is an abomination of Jason’s character. Lobdell basically takes the most shallow bits of Jason’s character and runs into the mountains with them to breed horrible, lackluster stories that feature a 2D cardboard version of Jason, rife with stereotypes that should’ve been left back in the 90’s.

So I can’t say I recommend it. I have lost braincells reading it and to this day I have not made it through a single issue of Lobdell’s run. Tynion IV’s run is written better, but he’s chained to some of the stuff Lobdell put down before him for continuity’s sake, so it’s upgraded to status of “maybe once in a while”.

To be fair though, I know of people who actually really like it. So you’d really have to check it out for yourself to decide. If you have a strong social conscience then it’d probably piss you off.

I forgot to say there are more panels to that (at least one more anyway). So Dick will be visible...

Wed, 29 May 2013 23:06:45 -0400

I forgot to say there are more panels to that (at least one more anyway). So Dick will be visible next time. \*G*/

So I ended up drawing the thing (1/2)

Wed, 29 May 2013 22:56:00 -0400

Teenage!Damian/Middle-aged!Dick, NSFW

omg I’m so happy I’m not the only weirdo who finds teen!Damian/middle-aged!Dick couple...

Wed, 29 May 2013 19:48:00 -0400

omg I’m so happy I’m not the only weirdo who finds teen!Damian/middle-aged!Dick couple really, uh, intriguing? Is this a magical pairing or what???

PS. varevare, I’m sorry. Please work hard!

A thing

Tue, 28 May 2013 19:39:00 -0400

Just popping in to say that I’ve decided to open up a mini store for prints, since it appears people are actually interested in something like that (which is great and coolbeans ~~and does strange things to my ego which I now have to stamp down lol~~). So I shall get that up and running once I figure everything out, and the website looks sufficiently cute and/or minimalistic enough. (◕‿◕✿)

P.S. Meanwhile, if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see pop up there, let me know (either here or ask or w/e) and I’ll see if it can happen, since some of the older stuff are in a lower res.

Cutesy-wootsy realism practice using glazing technique because...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:05:03 -0400

Cutesy-wootsy realism practice using glazing technique because I’ve been wanting to try out digital glazing forever like you don’t understand it’s my favourite painting technique. *wheeze*

Reference used.

In which Robin is self conscious and Batman is never...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:59:48 -0400

In which Robin is self conscious and Batman is never satisfied.

This was funnier in my head.

Bat doodles

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:32:00 -0400

Bat doodles