i'm gonna be honest right now bc i'm so sick of seeing people be disgusted by my identity everywhere i go: if you still hold up the bible as a reason to be offended by the existence lgbt+ people, then you must also uphold the beliefs that
wearing clothing made of two different materials is bad. leviticus 19:19
that anything a woman touches while on her period is made unclean. leviticus 15: 19-20
slavery is okay, child slavery included, and that slaves should obey their masters. leviticus 25:44-46 NLT, ephesians 6:5 NLT
if your son is rebellious, you can stone him to death. deuteronomy 21:18-21
a variety of physically disabled people aren't allowed in god's alter, so as not to 'taint' it. leviticus 21:17-23 KJV
giving birth to a daughter makes you unclean for 66 days. leviticus 12:5
if a man's brother dies, he has to impregnate the wife. mark 12:19
women should have no authority over men. timothy 2:11
you should discipline your child by throwing them into stone walls. psalm 137:9
if you disobey god, you must eat your own children. leviticus 26:27-30
i have nothing against people who practice religion, but if you use your religion as an excuse for your disgust towards the lgbt+ community, then you have no reason not to uphold all of these beliefs as well, rather than simply cherry-picking to justify your homophobia and transphobia.
i often see the microaggression (video on that here) "i don't hate gay people, it's just against my belief uwu" said blindly, thinking it justifies- irrationalises - the way my stomach drops when i see people talking about how gay people should be more quiet about they're identity, how they shouldn't make it obvious, how they shouldn't make it public. everyone seems completely unaware how harmful this ideology is because lgbt+ people have always had to be quiet.
lgbt+ people are constantlyat risk of violence, which is why, now when lgbt+ acceptance is slowly becoming a norm, that we are so happy to be able to flaunt it. we've never been able to before without the risk of being mocked, beaten, even killed- and there still is still that risk constantly in so many places in the world. and when we are mocked, it's these microaggressions- "i don't support gay people" "gay people make me uncomfortable" "being gay is wrong" -that quickly bleed into "gay people shouldn't exist". mere days ago, a 9 year old child who came out as gay killed himself due to being the target of such bullying.
so. i will continue to talk about how i'm gay. i will continue to talk about my excitement for gay media. i will continue to support my lgbt+ siblings because that is the little power i have. love. i have love for my community, and i will not shut up about it.
so anyway, i'd rather die than use this site again. peace, nerds.
it's been literal years since i last did lineart in traditional art but i wanted to try it out again recently idk i need some cute brushpens bc i have like just a lot of sh*tty colours atm + i need 2 get back on my digiart grind peace
ive never made rant posts abt this in detail bc idk the mod perimeters on it, but it's genuinely so upsetting to see young ppl on sites like this and dA etc using really gross terms for certain things w/o actually knowing what they mean.
i know that most ppl using them like that are young and just dont know better, but that's the biggest issue with it :'(
i mean, my point is that ppl think they know what smthing means, but the meaning is actually rly gross and upsetting. i haven't seen u say anything im talking abt though so dw abt it
i should be asleep but i did a quick colour study instead one of the best tips i got for art rn is to focus on broad shapes and patches of colour rather than small details. im trying to live by that rnnn
oh rip! basically, artfight is this website that hosts a yearly contest, where for a month there are two teams (each w way over 1000 players), and you earn points with 'attacks' that are performed by drawing other ppls characters. you like, make a profile and upload characters you have to it, and then send art back and forth to ppl for points. it looks super fuuuun
im so torn between continuing to paint over the sketch for this, or to just yolo it and actually do lineart lineart wuld be like.. better but im tireeeddd
imo you shouldnt invest in digital art if you don't like drawing on paper. it's easy to trick yourself into thinking that digital art will somehow make you enjoy it more, or will make your art better, but if you don't like traditional art than digital art will usually be just as frustrating.
lol i get that. perspective is tough but a necessary evil for that sweet sweet art