One reason that people have artist’s block is that they do not respect the law of dormancy in nature. Trees don’t produce fruit all year long, constantly. They have a point where they go dormant. And when you are in a dormant period creatively, if you can arrange your life to do the technical tasks that don’t take creativity, you are essentially preparing for the spring when it will all blossom again.

Marshall Vandruff, one of the best teachers I have ever had, on artist’s block. Said during a webinar done on Visualarium to advertise his upcoming online course on animal anatomy (source links to webinar)  (via pale-afternoon)

THIS QUOTE HELPS SO MUCH OMG

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This is actually really important to know – like, the number of times I mentally beat myself up for not producing 2000 words a day like “good” writer friends (remembering also that said writer friends don’t also have normal jobs that take portions of their time and creative energy) when actually it’s totally normal and fine not to be in a constant state of massive creative output.  You just have to trust that even if the ideas aren’t flowing right this very second doesn’t mean they won’t start flowing again soon.

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CRIES AND THEN GARY AND SAMANTHA WATCH THE FIRE TOGETHER AND OMG <3

Original writing = few notes
Fan writing = lots of notes
Get published, write fan writing of original writing = all the notes?!

I don’t want to log into my writing account because I really need to clean up my follow list… but I also really want to share some writing so here you go:

From Lyndoch to Boston was thirty minutes in good traffic. She played with the radio, I told her to put her seatbelt back on. Then there was this whole ‘thanks, dad’ sarcastic comment thing and I wanted to tell her that I wasn’t a murderer, but it seemed like that would be a bad idea, so I didn’t.
Instead I said something stupid, but not nearly as insensitive.
“So I don’t know how much Theo told you about Wonder Woman and I…”
That grabbed her attention in an instant, and I kept my eyes carefully fixed on the road ahead. There were a lot of windy paths in the forest to get through before hitting the major roads.
“He said that you really liked her.”
I could tell by the sort of lilt in her voice that she was trying not to laugh at me, but still wanted to tease me.  "Yeah. She was my first crush.“ That wasn’t a bad thing to mention, was it? On a date? "Do you want to know why?”
“Does it have anything to do with her being an Amazon woman who wears a belt and a bathing suit?”
“No, no, none of that…” I shook my head. It was true; her uniform had always seemed so impractical, and I just couldn’t get past it. “It’s because Batman trusts her.”
Lauriette recoiled, staring. “What the- you can’t just mix comic books like that! What are you talking about?”
“In Justice League, where all of the DC superheros team up, Batman trusts Wonder Woman. Which is saying something because he doesn’t trust anyone.”
“Wait, let me get this straight. You have a crush on Wonder Woman because a guy trusts her.”
I shrugged. “Bruce Wayne knows what he’s talking about. They were close, Bruce and Diana.”
“Diana?”
“That’s Wonder Woman’s name.”
“…really?”
“Yeah. There is a lot of support for their relationship, too, implied and otherwise.”
“Oh my GOD!” Lauriette cried, slumping in her seat, one arm over her forehead. It was almost Theo-level theatrics. “You are such a nerd! You might even be worse than my brother!”
I drummed my fingers on the steering wheel, taking the next turn before trying to defend myself. “Hey, he’s way worse. At least I have the facts to back up my argument.”
“No, that’s WHY you’re worse.” She laughed into her hand, nudging my leg with her foot. “Oh my god. I’ve never been on a date with a certified comic geek before.”
Frowning, I pulled my foot just out of reach, leg twisted awkwardly to still reach the pedal.
I thought everyone liked Batman.

I seem to be incapable of drawing guns, so let’s pretend that one is being aimed at him and I’ll deal with it when I eventually get back to my work desk… Some day.

Creature from the black lagoon. And by that I mean vaporeon woman. I guess it’s a pokemorph day.

Also I forgot to do demon. Oops. Tomorrow!