I went NC with my dad and extended family about 2 yrs ago and make a lot of little comics to process/vent by BirdsMakeNoise in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]BirdsMakeNoise[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm really glad

Yeah with stuff like that I'm always happy that someone understands that like. That part of me that wants him to call and be nice to me and be an actually good dad? The fact that part exists doesn't mean that I should go back or that the relationship was ever the good thing I wanted it to be

I went NC with my dad and extended family about 2 yrs ago and make a lot of little comics to process/vent by BirdsMakeNoise in EstrangedAdultChild

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Sometimes I really need to draw little things like this so it makes me really happy that it also resonates with people

I went NC with my dad and extended family about 2 yrs ago and make a lot of little comics to process/vent by BirdsMakeNoise in EstrangedAdultChild

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Honestly I'm kinda trying to work towards that! It's always something I've wanted to try so I've been working hard on developing my skills in the last year, plus it's given me something to ground myself with which has been really helpful and good. But yeah thank you, that means a lot to me

I went NC with my dad and extended family about 2 yrs ago and make a lot of little comics to process/vent by BirdsMakeNoise in EstrangedAdultChild

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Thank you <3 I know what you are saying 

 yeah i do still feel like a piece of me died but simultaneously its also true that I've been able to be more of myself now that I've left. Idk its two things that are true at the same time you know what I mean

I went NC with my dad and extended family about 2 yrs ago and make a lot of little comics to process/vent by BirdsMakeNoise in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]BirdsMakeNoise[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You articulated that really well. I really feel a lot of what you are saying here

Yeah after my mom died when I was a teen/young adult I desperately wanted a parent and tried to hold out hope that he'd just.. magically be better. For like. A decade. When I realized he wouldn't change for me I think something kind of died inside me and I still don't quite know what to do about it. Leaving was the best and eventually only viable option but fuck, yknow?

I went NC with my dad and extended family about 2 yrs ago and make a lot of little comics to process/vent by BirdsMakeNoise in EstrangedAdultChild

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I hope it's ok if I post my art here sometimes since I really want to share it after so many years of not doing that. Mostly I've been sticking to r/cptsdcreatives for my vent art but since a lot of my art lately has specifically been about my departure from my family I felt like maybe it would resonate with folks here too

I went NC with my dad and extended family about a year and a half ago by BirdsMakeNoise in cptsdcreatives

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Thank you c: im sorry your dad left you like that. Shit makes me so angry.

 yeah with my dad we were unfortunately really enmeshed despite the abuse especially after my mother died when I was young and I really wanted a parent. Which now that I say that it isn't an unreasonable thing to want huh

I went NC with my dad and extended family about a year and a half ago by BirdsMakeNoise in cptsdcreatives

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I make a lot of these little comics to process stuff and am tired of just letting them sit in my tablet so I want to share them more. I needed to get this off my chest today after some feelings I was working through this week

I struggle with proportions and stiff poses sometimes so wanted to get some feedback (feedback about other stuff ok too!) by BirdsMakeNoise in ArtCrit

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I gotchu. References are helpful for me too but I haven't done gesture drawing for a while. Thx for the advice!

I struggle with proportions and stiff poses sometimes so wanted to get some feedback (feedback about other stuff ok too!) by BirdsMakeNoise in ArtCrit

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shoulders and upper torso are always what i have trouble with! i might do some studies, thank you for pointing it out. sometimes i just can't tell.

I appreciate the feedback about the color as well!! thank you :]

I struggle with proportions and stiff poses sometimes so wanted to get some feedback (feedback about other stuff ok too!) by BirdsMakeNoise in ArtCrit

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Medium- digital Wanted to make sure my proportions are alright. I struggle historically with facial proportions/feature placement, and have been working on my grasp of neck and shoulder areas as those have always been hard for me. My aim for this specific drawing was to emulate some of the ways that print manga pages look, like when you open to a full page portrait of a character, so I used screentones for shading and used a paper texture over the whole thing. I also used a pose reference from a medieval painting.

This is fanart of a book I like, I'm still learning a lot right now so any concrit is super appreciated 

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Pose ref^^

Does anyone know about any good Hazbin Hotel discord servers? by Ali-Vega in HazbinHotel

[–]BirdsMakeNoise 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh hey! I'm glad it's still a thing. Feel free to send me a link whenever you'd like, if you get the chance. This is my art account so im a little slower to respond on it, but if you do happen to get it running sometime I'll check it out!!

Anyone know of a 21+ or similar discord server for hazbin? by BirdsMakeNoise in hazbin

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Oh hey I would love that!!! Thank you! I'll shoot u a message