I finished a first draft of an original novel for the first time since 2019. :')

oh no i found a new album that made me screech bc most of the songs remind me of my OCs anyway

love watching scholars debunk racist/white supremacist ideas about how vikings lived/did things lmao this guy really said "get your trad wife agenda off my history"

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#Smutcember 30 There's a scene that happens in the last book I really want to write, after Narok & Kas have been separated for 15 years (against their will). It's going to mostly be sad/bittersweet but I love angst, I wanna write it so bad LMAO

paradisal sniper

ship dynamic of all time

Jeanne d'arc

EVERYONE GET MORE INSANE ABOUT YOUR OWN OCS NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wishing every JP artist a very "join bsky so I can see your art again"

close up of Narok's face bc it amuses me #OCs #art

“Father you cannot be mad at me for I am very cute 🤪” (finished ver) #OCs | #OCsky | #art

As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative

so my original plan was to immediately jump into S&T edits on jan 1st but I think I need to continue to research/work on my plan a little first. also still recovering from the shitshow that was the holiday season at work.

Underrated point of discussion with the AI + social media uproar is giving thanks to patrons of the arts, especially non-artists, who are willing to put in the effort to support artists at a time when it has never been easier or more normalized to do the opposite.

Posting this is giving me a lot of anxiety, but I am being persuaded by a friend to do it. I am not expecting miracles nor would I be comfortable with that, so let me talk a little. 🧵 ✨As in, read the thread if you stop here before doing any reposting, commenting, or even donating.✨

Something something I dont write narok emoting with his ears and tail enough but this is bc he purposefully tries to down play it but the closer he gets to Kas the more comfortable he feels being allowed to emote something something

instead of making art purely for more engagement or follower numbers, may i suggest making art so you can force what followers you have into seeing your cute OCs eating burgers or cooking with an air fryer

wip!

HERE'S MY ART OF MY OWN IDIOTS

Commissions are open on VGen! Pet portraits and characters 🌸8 slots Rt's are highly appreciated! 💕 vgen.co/dliok #Vgencomm #VGenOpen #commission

Hi~! Thank you so much for the artshare~! 💕 My name is Ash and I'm an OC artist, I mostly just enjoy drawing my big dumb guys being cute/handsome! >w< I'm proud of most of my work but here's a few:

Thank you for the art share! And welcome to all the new or returning artists 🩷 I'm Lena and you'll catch me drawing my OCs and the occasional fanart. I'm working on the script for my manga/light novel behind the scenes right now 🩷

🌟We're getting a lot of new users, so let's do an #artshare🌟 -Introduce yourself -Post your favorites of your work [art, writing, crafts, anything!] -Label your NSFW -Interact with others -Tag your friends [optional] ✨Shop and commission promos okay/recommended, too!✨ #art #artwork #oc #fanart

#writingcommunity, kick off the New Year right with the Butt Pirates! 🍑 T4T queer romance 🏴‍☠️ Polyamory done right 🍑 Disabled MCs 🏴‍☠️ High heat, cozy vibes, seafaring adventure 🍑 Map magic And between 12/31 and 1/7, you can join the crew with the ebook for $0.99!

LRP "there's no way you could read 120+ books in a year and remember what they were about--" you underestimate my tism.

I don’t think people understand how easy this is to do and it has nothing to do with “porny” books. You could read 120 lit fic books in a year, but people choose not to. Romance readers like to read the same way gamers like to game or crafters like to craft.

It's okay, you don't have to do engagement tricks and the commercialized shtick here; you can just be a person and post art, it's gonna be okay, it's gonna be alright I know twitter taught you this & sucked your soul out & art memes became the only way to communicate it's over now, you can be free

ok it's been almost 48 hours since i saw avatar 3, i rewatched the other movies, read some comics, consumed fan theories. i think i'll know peace in my brain again now LFKSJGLGJF

could be wrong but I think people took bluesky not having an algorithm to mean you can just post whenever and run and accumulate however many likes you believe you deserve but no, you still gotta engage with others and be a part of the community

evangelicals might be the largest grifters to ever exist in human history lol

Cadeau ko-fi pour Zhaitan ! 🔥 Le style art nouveau lui va bien, j'adore !

#Smutcember 28 Depends on characters and tone. Like I don't use "dick" in TCC bc it feels too "modern" for me. 🤣 (but I've used it in other stories) Overall I prefer euphemisms in sex scenes.

#Smutcember if i have to say it i'm gonna say it as quickly and clearly as possible: breast, nipple, cunt, clit, cock, ass/hole. (Owen/Kenzie’s dialogue uses dick and Wesley will also say dick if one of them already said it earlier in the same scene; otherwise W says cock to match the narrator.)

It took me 14 years to reach 3400 followers on Twitter. I've been on BlueSky since June 2023, so roughly 2.5 years and I'm at over 13k here. I honestly never thought I'd ever, ever have an audience bigger then Twitter. But when I only had 500 followers here, my posts got better traction than twitter

“Father you cannot be mad at me for I am very cute 🤪” (finished ver) #OCs | #OCsky | #art

Narok has green-gold eyes (from his mom). The gold undertone is considered a sign an individual has Wilder magic. Wilder magic allows him to see the world's ley lines and connect to the spiritual plane. It resembles a weaver's loom full of different colored threads.

nsfw // tbh I think Narok would metaphorically perish if Kas sat on his face but he'd be happy about it later

#Smutcember 27 NSFW text // This is a planned scene at the end(?) of book 2, after Narandra have been separated for a bit. I wrote it for practice so pls excuse the roughness. I'M TRYING TO BE BRAVE. 🤣 1/

i have no one to talk about my JC Avatar hyperfixation with (it reactivates like a sleeper cell every time a new movie comes out) so i made 3 yap/rants on my private tiktok to feel something anyway this is me confessing i forgot about social media for the past 12 hours

Share your couples art!! But I only have Nimlach and Griddlehark in the brain

#Smutcember 26 Narok is a shitty communicator in his younger years, but being with Kas helps him get better at it (a lot of this is trauma related.) Narok grew up in an environment where expressing your needs/feelings was "bad", so he boxed everything up. Kas grew up having to speak her mind. 1/

My mom was trying to get me to do a Bible study yesterday like I dont know what that damn book says. 💀 wish I'd thought to say that along with "but I dont think you or anyone in that church does"

#Smutcember 26 Narok is a shitty communicator in his younger years, but being with Kas helps him get better at it (a lot of this is trauma related.) Narok grew up in an environment where expressing your needs/feelings was "bad", so he boxed everything up. Kas grew up having to speak her mind. 1/

I know that usually if you hang around long enough you "get it" eventually, but here's some quick explainers about different types of posts going around for art. A lot of new people reply to art trains or halt the train by not copying text, so here's the difference!

Welcome back to bsky from the exodus, friends. Don't forget, tagging your art is actually useful here and you can view ALL tags by just a certain user by clicking this!! Another tip, use your feeds!!

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

Merychippus to all who celebrate!

PLEASE post your ocs!! On Twitter I used to have very little engagement compared to my follower count and I draw almost exclusively OCs. Here I was able to grow and meet many more awesome OC creators! Just remember to interact and not wait for likes to magically appear on your art