Art Trash

listen i am so tired and busy as all hecks but it would be bold of y’all to assume that i wouldn’t stubbornly do some dumb animatics in my rare spare time

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some people on insta said i should post my workout routine since i mentioned how im so happy with the results, so here’s my little workout guide for my fellow trans folk! I focused on getting a more masculine body because obviously that’s what I want. I’m so happy with the results, this workout is saving my fucking life!!!! I can’t get on T soon so this has really been keeping my dysphoria in check. I barely get body dysphoria, i love how my clothes looks on me, i love feeling confident for once in my life!!! HOWEVER Don’t go overboard with working out my friends. Do not work out in a binder, you MUST take days off to let your muscles heal, and you CAN’T starve yourself! Fitness is all about health and diet! Take care of yourself. This is also MY workout routine, you may not get the same results as I have! Every body is different. 

Yen Press’ English adaptation of the yuri manga anthology Whenever our Eyes Meet…: A Women’s Love Anthology will releases digitally and in print on June 18th this year. The single volume anthology contains various yuri stories all set in the workplace.

Yen press describes it as such: “ The love between girls never stops blooming in this collection of office flings and workplace romances.”

Whenever our Eyes Meet was originally published Kadokawa in April of 2018 in Japanese. The volume contains 14 stories by different mangaka including Harukawa You, Seta Seta, Yuki Yukiko, irua, Satsumaage, Suzuki Senpai, and more.

Oh, and…

“So it’s like…”

Humans have a way of working where we operate by pattern. Every single thing humans do, not just in creativity, is operated by pattern. Even the way our brains all work. There may be differences, but they all work pretty much the same (brain patterns), and to compare how two different brains work leads to advancements in science and knowledge.

Every single piece of media is based on a pattern or a format, and that’s how it’s more recognizable and easy to consume. There’s so much media out there that it’s impossible to create something that’s completely uninspired by something else, whether that be one or multiple sources of media you’ve viewed previously.

This concept that unoriginality is an inherently bad and offensive thing to point out is harmful to creators, because, whether it was OP’s intention or not (and I doubt it was), it pushes the notion that getting inspiration from other people’s work is a bad thing and all work must be completely original and uninspired, and to do otherwise is wrong, and to have someone compare your work to someone else’s is also wrong. This can completely hinder or halt someone’s creativity.

Also, please, don’t beat yourself up if your work was compared to someone else’s, because if you’re having that much self-doubt, you really need to take a step back and figure out why that is. There’s an underlying issue there that needs to be looked at.

My favorite art teacher in college would always repeat this mantra:

Copy

Emulate

Create

First copy the masters. Like literally copy. It’s the best way to learn how the masters manipulated colors, values, composition, etc.

Then, emulate other artists. Like those “do this in your style” challenges! Take something you’ve learned from copying the masters, or take the style/composition/color-palette (or whatever!) from an artist you admire, and make something based on it.

Finally, and ONLY after the first two steps: CREATE something, taking into account everything you’ve learned from copying and emulating the masters. (Like the above posters have said: it will not, can not, be totally original. This is a practice of appreciating that fact)

The same teacher who taught me the above was also fond of saying:

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Please, do not repost on Tumblr or any other site, or take these outfits for your oc for permanent use! Also, please please please do not delete my comment!