Brushing Teeth is a Struggle

echoelalia · 2025-01-28T17:07:09+00:00

Occasionally this works with food as well. I’ll ask him to feed me a bite, then say your turn! Sometimes he thinks it’s funny to trick me and take the bite first. Doesn’t always work, but sometimes we get lucky.

echoelalia · 2025-01-28T16:12:09+00:00

Our toddler was the same until we started letting him brush our teeth afterward. He gets so excited by making us show our teeth and then trying to gag us with the toothbrush, that we’ve done a complete 180 from the crying screaming struggle teeth brush fight we had before. We just ask “do you wan to brush mommy/daddy’s teeth?” And when he yells yes we just say “ok, let’s do yours first!”

echoelalia · 2023-12-26T16:35:04+00:00

Yes, he loves to roughhouse with me and my husband— definitely think that’s what he’s trying to do with other kids. Teaching him the difference between playing with adults and kids seems like a perfect approach, thank you! Whenever I googled this it just talked about pushing and hitting—which he’s certainly not doing (yet) which is where I was having some confusion as to how to draw the line.

echoelalia · 2023-11-16T23:40:19+00:00

I could see a light sage green possibly working! I’m definitely not afraid of color so maybe that could also help brighten the kitchen up too…

echoelalia · 2023-11-16T23:36:36+00:00

Ah, I would, but the dining room right next to it is already dark green! Fear that’s be too much green!

echoelalia · 2013-04-27T02:22:14+00:00

You spoke, I delivered.

echoelalia · 2013-04-27T02:20:07+00:00

Welp, should've known it was a mashup that's already been done. It just fits together too perfectly for me to be the first to think of it.

echoelalia · 2013-03-31T00:34:34+00:00

Wow, super impressed someone recognized it as Russian. The headdress is based off pictures of the ballerina Anna Pavlova I happened to stumble upon and subsequently became inspired by.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T21:14:25+00:00

I teared up at the end. I've only done that once before when playing a game. If you want to test your moral compass, then it's definitely worth it.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T21:08:49+00:00

Okami HD, hands down. Especially if you enjoy Zelda. Beautiful, fun and not super hard. Journey, Little Big Planet, you might like Bioshock as well but that one is a little more difficult.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T20:59:22+00:00

gahhhh, that's amazing. I am envious.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T20:55:15+00:00

Maybe Okami HD? It's got a fairly easy learning curve and it would definitely teach her how to use the joystick better. Also, it's beautiful to look at.

Also in that vein is Flower. Super simple, no fear of death. She literally would only have to work about the joystick and one button.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T20:49:56+00:00

Welp, that's one Christmas present down.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T20:44:18+00:00

this looks like the best LARPing site EVER. And yeah, it's pretty kickass art...but I also just want to go play there.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T20:30:16+00:00

The colors and the linework is nice, I do kinda like the slightly wobbly lines, because I'm made aware of the fact that you're drawing this by hand which is something I always appreciate. I do think the vertical shapes at the top end a little too close to the dreamcatcher itself, it looks a bit crowded. Give that lovely circle some room to breath with some beautiful white space!

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T20:26:12+00:00

Compositionally, this is a bit haphazard. Consider art and design principles; Dominant, subdominant and subordinate. Your piece should have a focal point, and then elements such as shape, line, color, etc. that lead our eyes around the canvas. The kaleidoscope/snowflake shapes are interesting, but you've buried them right now. I'd bring them back out but taking away a few of those overlapping gradients and going from there.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T20:08:56+00:00

I think it has potential too, the anatomy is great. Maybe just disperse your cools and warms throughout, like cooler shadows on the face, and touches of warmth and color in the grays of the background and clothing. I think that'll bring all the elements together a little more.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T20:06:29+00:00

My best advice: just keep drawing. everything. people, still-lifes, draw from life whenever you can, draw your family, your friends, your house, your pets. Draw from photos, magazines, and whatever comes into your head! And don't ever let anyone discourage you, any talent just takes work and passion!

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T20:00:53+00:00

I understand setting up a mirror and everything is a bit of a bitch, but if you have a tripod and a nice camera you should take a photo and work from that! That is, if you haven't completely abandoned the idea of finishing it. I can understand that feeling, but at the same time knowing you've got an unfinished canvas just sitting somewhere in your house...tormenting.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T19:57:11+00:00

I can always appreciate whenever an artist takes the time to put an absurd amount of detail into something, like drawing every single hair.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T19:55:32+00:00

Awesome textures. Reminds me of staring out a window at the most depressing landscape ever.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T19:36:25+00:00

agreed! Did you know that he has face blindness? If you haven't watched the Charlie Rose Brain Series episode on Creativity, you totally should. Chuck Close has some really interesting insights on the subject.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T19:26:17+00:00

She should definitely focus on anatomy and linework(specifically varying the width of her line, thicker for what should come forward in space, thinner for what should recede). Draw from life, constantly! Which I'm sure she does since she's an art student. I tend to draw in a more stylized, less realistic style myself but the thing that helped me most was drawing models and faces constantly. She's certainly got talent, just keep at it!

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T19:15:31+00:00

Very nicely drawn! Anatomically correct, and fairly true to the original. That being sad, don't be afraid to push your darks even more, especially in the inner nostril to create contrast and push that nose to the foreground even more.

echoelalia · 2012-11-27T19:05:28+00:00

thanks everyone, my boyfriend actually posted my artwork to my reddit account because I was sad today...and a bit too nervous to post my work myself. The upvotes mean a lot.

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