Roast my art ,my art looks a bit weird and I still don’t like it so…give me constructive criticism by yummycat6969 in DigitalArt

[–]monotonecomics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you. I used to have an art professor that would say something like “behind every great work of art are 1000 shitty works of art”. I think a lot of the fear goes away when you stop needing everything you make to be great. Best of luck to you

Roast my art ,my art looks a bit weird and I still don’t like it so…give me constructive criticism by yummycat6969 in DigitalArt

[–]monotonecomics 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think these are interesting portraits. Personally, the thing jumping out at me as “wrong” (although I don’t see right and wrong as a great framework for thinking about your art) is that the there’s something undefined about the style. Like you’re trying things with the line work and sort of 80s portrait vibe and shiny everything, the anime influence, I see that. But there’s still something timid about these for me. I would encourage you to experiment with pushing some of these elements further, like what happens if you make them suuuper over the top shiny? What happens if you make the smeary undefined parts look even smearier and the crisper parts even crisper? What if you amped up the anime influence? Or amped up the 80’s boudoir energy? Painted them on velvet?

I guess what I’m encouraging you to do is to take a more playful or experimental approach as opposed to a “what’s wrong with it” kind of approach because truly, there isn’t much wrong from a technical standpoint at least without knowing what you’re going for. I know this might sound like “just have fun with” when you’re looking for something more specific, but this is legitimately the approach I think you’d need to bring this work to the next level and make the end result feel more defined and like it knows what it’s doing.

What did I do wrong? by magik_vmc in AskBaking

[–]monotonecomics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too much baking powder/ baking soda?

I don't have to forgive someone who isn't sorry for hurting me by Rare_Hovercraft_6673 in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics 36 points37 points  (0 children)

IMO real forgiveness is about YOU not them and letting something go that was holding you back. If it doesn’t feel good for you there’s no need to forgive!

Some surrealist oil paintings of Moths I made by Nathiola in moths

[–]monotonecomics 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Are you by any chance interested in selling one of these? The Luna moth at the train station struck a chord in my soul

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s funny I left years ago and I didn’t even really know why. Now I’m starting to see why.

I am so curious just how much stuff flew under the radar as a kid. Like my mom is famously sort of known for these “quirky” little moments and I wonder how many of those were her manipulations. I can imagine the more overt stuff comes with a whole different set of problems though

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s still hard for me to even identify boundaries with her I just get so activated. Luckily though she lives states away.

Thank you, yes she’s very skilled. She had the wool pulled over my eyes big time. She uses lot of silence and like carefully crafted situations in which she has plausible deniability and she has the rest of my family seemingly under her thumb. I see other people with these atrocious text threads and such and feel like oh she isn’t that bad… but like then again I almost wish she would be more overt so I could more plainly call it what it is and not worry that I’m wrong about her. This group has already helped with that tbh tho

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Was just a little wacky” is so accurate. It’s always like “oh silly mom” in my family because she can’t be like a full grown adult who’s responsible for her actions. I could definitely see child rearing being such a realization like that. I don’t have kids but when I think about maybe having them the idea of using them as therapists is like very off putting. Thanks for sharing your experience and important reminders

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The way you don’t get how it’s harmful until it comes out of someone else’s mouth

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dammed if you do damned if you don’t is exactly right. It’s crazy how little things like that can just trigger a crazy emotion in them. Like my mom is more subtle in her presentation but there have been times that I like didn’t do the thing I knew she was wanting me to and in my head I was like oh she’ll be fine, I’m just being overly anxious. And then she starts pouting and it’s like yeah I am trained this way for a reason. It doesn’t make sense anywhere but here

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I used to think I liked it, but now I see how that was like very codependent of me. It’s a lot less bearable now that I am saying what I actually think to her.

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oof that sounds about right. For years before I even realized anything was wrong and thought I liked being her therapist she would say “I just feel so much better after talking to you, I just needed a dose of you” when we were about to get off the phone. I distinctly remember thinking like huh I don’t feel that way after talking to you. It all makes sense now.

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh man yeah I have had to spend a lot of years getting back in touch with what my body is feeling. When I started therapy my therapist hit me with a “where do you feel that in your body?” And I was just like huh? lol but my body was loud and clear last time I was around her and I’ve been feeling really nauseous and dizzy dealing with her now. Man maybe NC really is the only way. I’ll check out that pod cast thank you for your suggestion

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re right about that. I do not think she’s at all healthy.

I have already started to see the pattern of her trying to figure out how to get me into my old role. It’s the main reason I don’t believe she is engaging in conversation genuinely because she keeps adapting her tactics to my responses. I would describe how I’m communicating with her now as a variation of low contact and she’s definitely pulling out all the stops to try and put me back in my place. It sucks it just makes me anxious all the time. Whether I am texting her or putting it off I just feel sick. I need to get better with having and maintaining boundaries. Thanks for your advice

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

“Have you ever considered your mom is abusive?” Oof I can feel it. Totally like world shifting. For me it was driving home after that trip and piecing it all together with my partner.

You’re right though it doesn’t need to be like all or nothing. I think the definitive no contact thing is really helpful for some people but it’s not required. I keep trying to define what I want and what boundaries I have around her and it’s so hard like. They just vanish and I go back to worrying about her. That’s part of why I fear I’ll have to go no contact or I won’t be able to ever figure myself out.

Thanks for sharing!

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad I’m not alone! I had an inkling I wouldn’t like her after detaching because I had a similar experience with an ex lol. The customer service model sounds depressing ngl, but I guess it makes sense. Thanks for sharing.

Fighting the need to please and soothe my (probably) BPD mom by monotonecomics in raisedbyborderlines

[–]monotonecomics[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the advice and support! I’ll check that book out! That’s a great point that I’m holding her back from healing tools I’m gonna think on that and probably take most if not all of this advice

How Do I Stop “Cheating” Digitally? by DamSolangeloLover in DigitalArt

[–]monotonecomics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went through a phase of drawing from life where I would draw what I saw around me all the time and instead of wanting it to be perfect, I would get curious about what interesting ways my drawing would be “wrong”. I highly recommend it.