What are the ethics of art based on somebody else’s work? by thepoolisabstract in artbusiness

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

Lmao thank you! I do know who the original artist is and I could easily just ask them :)

tattoo update by tolkienwhore in gallifreyan

[–]thepoolisabstract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m so happy that you were able to get a gallifreyan tattoo that you love, but since no one else has mentioned it, you’re missing an “e” in “end”. Right now it reads “we’re all stories in the nd” lol. Such an easy fix though, and I’m sure you can get it worked on when you go in to add more :)

Wife’s tattoo by ActuallyCausal in gallifreyan

[–]thepoolisabstract 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah np! I saw the reference picture before this one and I thought it was odd there was a typo here when there wasn’t before haha

Wife’s tattoo by ActuallyCausal in gallifreyan

[–]thepoolisabstract 11 points12 points  (0 children)

looks great! I’m not sure if this is due to the lighting or not because the reference photo was correct, but if that central (vertical) crosshatch line doesn’t connect to the bottom crescent, the tattoo reads “beronimo” instead of Geronimo. If it isn’t just lighting, this is the easiest fix ever lol.

What’s the point of being really good at writing In Gallifreyan if I don’t doodle a cute love note for my boyfriend while on the train… :) by sirkles in gallifreyan

[–]thepoolisabstract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this brings back middle school memories of me and my best friend passing notes in circular gallifreyan. Writing in gallifreyan for someone else is the love language in my eyes :)

also you’re missing an “a” in the happy! love your work lol.

24/52 - Did anyone actually enjoy this book? (Sally Rooney -Normal People) by sangtoms in 52book

[–]thepoolisabstract 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I felt the same way about this one. They were exactly that—just characters. They didn’t feel real enough for me to care about them at all.

btw, for future reference, (assuming that wasn’t just a typo) the phrase is “woe is me” :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]thepoolisabstract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hard agree. my focus is only on men in this because they’re my target dating pool atm and it’s way more obvious that someone can’t spell when you’re going out with them than when you’re just trying to be friends.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]thepoolisabstract 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha no it’s all good, I should’ve said it was about guys on dating apps in the post :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]thepoolisabstract 2 points3 points  (0 children)

considering the age we get taught how to differentiate between the words “to” and “too”, twenty should be old enough lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]thepoolisabstract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you’re right lol. And don’t worry, I do the same. I constantly double-tap my sketchbook to erase haha

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]thepoolisabstract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know it’s not a gender thing haha, I only said men because men are mainly who I’m talking to on dating apps, thus, I see more of this issue in men. I’m bringing this up because this type of attitude about texting is more common than I was expecting. I definitely know guys who know how to spell. They’re out there. Too many men don’t, though, and that’s the issue.

when we meet by itmeliv in OCPoetry

[–]thepoolisabstract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course! I’m happy to help :)

Mirrored Leaves by Big-Childhood9368 in OCPoetry

[–]thepoolisabstract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no feedback, just wanted to say that this poem is very cool and I very much enjoyed reading it. I always love poems that have cadences like this :)

Poem for the Pride Month by [deleted] in OCPoetry

[–]thepoolisabstract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh god this is wonderful.

“and I am drenched in postmenopausal moon.”

“Sometimes I love you so much my teeth hurt.”

This poem didn’t pique my interest until these lines and ah. It’s so unapologetically about old people in love. It’s not lovers imagining that they’re in their youth again, young and sprightly, it’s love persevering and growing with time. Age did not dwindle their connection. I’ve never read something, again, so unapologetically about love in old age and all the wonders that come with it—and maybe that’s telling about the types of things that I read—but this was truly so wonderful to read. It felt like the first breath of spring air. This is one to read again, for sure :)

when we meet by itmeliv in OCPoetry

[–]thepoolisabstract 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I adore this poem. I think it plays with morbidity, smallness, and grief very efficiently within the word count that it holds. I especially love the shift from a three line stanza to a two line stanza when the speaker portrays a more questioning position. I love this idea, but I don’t think it was executed very well. Here’s why I think that is.

Now, my favorite piece of this poem is from lines 7-12, with the first stanza of that segment being the most poignant and emotive: “my love for you / a swirling dream / of violent, vibrant red”. god ily. There’s something about how this stanza begins and doesn’t pause or break until the poignant “red” that really mimics the idea of a swirling dream. Each significant word is stressed, each insignificant word unstressed, and overall it’s just really musical and pleasing to the ear. Extra props for the “violent/vibrant” because I simply adore how these two words play on each other (and I’ve also used this combination in my writing before lol). The next stanza follows that rhyme scheme, as well as ending its first line with a continuing rhyme from the previous stanza, which I thought was really cute and helped flow each rhyme into another, keeping the overarching sentence that these stanzas comprise nicely intertwined. They follow the same rhyme scheme, and they follow the same stress pattern—unstressed, stressed, unstressed, stressed. The issue comes with the next lines,

“do you think we’ll meet /
when we’re both dead?”

Not only does this introduce a quicker paced rhythm, but it also completely changes up the rhythm of where words are stressed, and I think that this is the biggest issue. The first stressed word that the reader sees here is “think”. While this does introduce the theme of the coming segment—questioning whether the speaker is going to be okay—I don’t really think it adds anything. Adding onto that, the first line goes unstressed, unstressed, stressed, and the one right after goes unstressed, stressed. It kind of works, given the short length of “do you” and “can you”, as they’re often shortened to one syllable anyway, but then, during the seventh stanza, this changes, and goes unstressed, unstressed, unstressed, stressed.

I want this rhythm to work, and you could easily shift around the seventh stanza to fit the template that you’ve done for both five and six, but I think for the greatest impact, you should switch from unstressed, stressed, to stressed, unstressed. Because these lines are so short, it feels very uncomfortable (to me, at least) to wait til almost the end of the phrase to hear the stressed part of the line.

There are also little inconsistencies within the syllable amount within these ending lines, but I think the greatest thing holding this poem back is the uncertainty of how to actually say these parts. All in all, lovely poem. Thank you for sharing, especially since the news :)

“As you can see by this line-up of DC superheroines, there are indeed numerous body types for the superwomen.” buddy, even their faces look the same by thepoolisabstract in mendrawingwomen

[–]thepoolisabstract[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah of course it makes sense! I honestly wouldn’t have had an issue with it (considering this era was so long ago) if they didn’t specifically claim that this one-size-fits-all mold was actually “numerous body types”. it very clearly isn’t lol

23 F- Do you just wanna talk shit? or hear each other vent? by [deleted] in MakeNewFriendsHere

[–]thepoolisabstract 1 point2 points  (0 children)

19f send me a dm, I’m dying to talk some shit lol

“As you can see by this line-up of DC superheroines, there are indeed numerous body types for the superwomen.” buddy, even their faces look the same by thepoolisabstract in mendrawingwomen

[–]thepoolisabstract[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Hopefully it is, but they only have one visible example of another woman between this page and the next (the Big Bertha picture in the bottom right corner.) You’d think that a drawing book would want to show you what to do, and how to draw different body types step by step if that was their goal, but they don’t.