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I stand corrected.

No fr tho why isn't Jervis Tetch in LEGO DC Super Vilains. Is he not villainous enough? (Rambling under cut)

Have you seen him in anything other than his og TV appearance or BTAS? He's vile. Absolute nutcase. He is absolutely a villain.

He could have had the tech ability, maybe drone access or goon command via mind control tech, AND, YK, ACTUAL MIND CONTROL? If the PENGUIN and RIDDLER can have mind control, WHY IS JERVIS NOT IN THE GAME?

They could even have a whole little dlc pack with a few customize options for your character, like an Alice outfit (the pinafor [the apron dress] that you coulr customize the typical blue part to be any color) with a headband on the hair piece and like maybe one of his suits or a funky hat? Or better yet, a hatter hat with the hat tag? Yk the iconic 10 shillings 6 pence (10/6) tag.

Idk man. I just think it would be so much fun to play through a level going through his fucked up dilapidated mansion he painted and themed each room after various scenes from Lewis Carroll's books, or maybe the theme park in his BTAS appearnace. Boss fight with him would probably end with you dropping the jabberwocky on him too, poor dude. Maybe you have to go on a quest to get him various tea ingredients, maybe you'd need to find all of his missing tea equipment, maybe he'd ask you to slip his mind control devices on specific people or civilians. The more I think about it, the more sad I get that it isn't a part of this game. Maybe if they make a second game, then they'll add it, but idk. The game has been on sale as of late. I got it with all the DLC for like $8.08 USD after tax.

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THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING TO GET YOUR MEDS BEFORE THE PHARMACIES CLOSE

they are going to be CLOSED OVER THE HOLIDAYS and so will the DOCTORS WHO SIGN YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS.

if you don’t have enough meds to last the next THREE WEEKS, put in for your repeats and refills tomorrow! that’s Wednesday! do it! don’t go to hospital at New Year because you ran out of stuff!

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No fr tho why isn't Jervis Tetch in LEGO DC Super Vilains. Is he not villainous enough? (Rambling under cut)

UPDATE, LEARNED HE IS IN THE GAME (via the "Batman: The Animated Series" DLC), keeping the rambling up anyway for archival purposes and to permanently remind myself of the shame.

Have you seen him in anything other than his og TV appearance or BTAS? He's vile. Absolute nutcase. He is absolutely a villain.

He could have had the tech ability, maybe drone access or goon command via mind control tech, AND, YK, ACTUAL MIND CONTROL? If the PENGUIN and RIDDLER can have mind control, WHY IS JERVIS NOT IN THE GAME?

They could even have a whole little dlc pack with a few customize options for your character, like an Alice outfit (the pinafor [the apron dress] that you coulr customize the typical blue part to be any color) with a headband on the hair piece and like maybe one of his suits or a funky hat? Or better yet, a hatter hat with the hat tag? Yk the iconic 10 shillings 6 pence (10/6) tag.

Idk man. I just think it would be so much fun to play through a level going through his fucked up dilapidated mansion he painted and themed each room after various scenes from Lewis Carroll's books, or maybe the theme park in his BTAS appearnace. Boss fight with him would probably end with you dropping the jabberwocky on him too, poor dude. Maybe you have to go on a quest to get him various tea ingredients, maybe you'd need to find all of his missing tea equipment, maybe he'd ask you to slip his mind control devices on specific people or civilians. The more I think about it, the more sad I get that it isn't a part of this game. Maybe if they make a second game, then they'll add it, but idk. The game has been on sale as of late. I got it with all the DLC for like $8.08 USD after tax.

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can I hug soft eclipse? he looks like such a sweet boi

Of Course! He loves hugs!

(He is such a sweet boi)

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Some doodles from last week I did when I was sick :p

They would make the best caretakers fr11!!🙏🙏

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still thinking about him

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here take this free base i made for whatever crap you wanna do

use it for animations, design bases, literally anything. idk man.

some inspiration for you guys made by me again

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Omg, no one told me??

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Finished colored sketch commission for user @whirlcreamytides !

Thank you for working with me to make this cozy piece <3

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dca sketches

Tap for better quality ^^

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DOODLE DUMP TIME-

Haven’t posted my art for a while so here are a lot of Sun and a few Moons I’ve drawn in prep for the DCA Secret Santa which I plan to start working on soon!

I really need to draw more of Moon but his hat is sooo hard to do 🥲

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Chao garden but with endos becoming fnaf animatronics

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I think sun and moon would be screaming at me begging me to go to sleep because it's 4 a.m. I think they would be so done with my bullshit ngl

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It was covid lol I'm good now but be careful out there guys first sign for me was a heart rate that wouldn't go down. Be cautious of anything weird.

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Taking a quick break from Tumblr for a hot minute. Reason under cut.

I was in the ER for three hours last night with a rapid heart rate that peaked at 165 just from taking three steps. NOT GOOD! So until we get that under control, I'll be taking a break and taking things easy.

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GIGGLING RN

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Oh uh forgot to ask in the previous ask (the one with the digital piece of candy and scurrying and stuff)

How do you draw art so good

Like

Is there a method you use or is that just the style you've gotten over time?

you've activated my trap card

I'm just gonna preface that this tutorial is from someone who was not professionally trained and didn't have a lot of free time for art, so a lot of the tips I have is short cuts I use to get the best results quickly

If you genuinely want to get better at art then please look at references and practice that is always the best

However if you are like me and only really do art for fun but want to go faster then these are for you pfppt

Overall I'd say my style is influenced by speedpaints I would watch when I was younger, I like analyzing how people do things and what makes something look "good" to me

I always recommend watching them because they will often have techniques you've never seen before or do things a certain way that you can try out yourself

I consume good art, it feeds me

but seriously it can be super helpful when developing your own methodology, or just generally trying something new

Usually it starts with me pulling some references from artists I really admire and sort of sketching out how they do the things I like

For example 8um8le has like super good anatomy and poses so I focused on trying to replicate how they do that

venemous-qwille is super good at color and pulling focus so that's what I focused on in my study of them

In general I'd say my process is sketch -> silhouette -> color -> shading -> render

I really don't like doing lineart lol

I'd say for the sketch the most important part is using references and just kind of fudging it until it looks correct anatomically/physically

General rule of thumb is spend time on areas of interest, and keep non important areas light (like the stitching on his pants)

I don't do lineart because I think its unnecessary for most paintings I do

I naturally tend to put more time and focus on areas of interest (like hands and feet) and if you use a brush with opacity for the sketch, those areas are naturally going to be darker in the final sketch

Of course this is gonna be different for everyone but it's what works for me

Sometimes I do a really really sketchy layer underneath my sketch/lineart, just so I know where everything is going

Use thumbnails! They are great to help figure out the general layout of things and what pose I wanna do

Next is what I call the "silhouette" layer

This is super important for me cause it helps me refine the figure and make sure the pose/anatomy looks correct, also depending on what color I choose for the silhouette helps guide what colors I'm going to use on top

This piece is a good example of how it works. The silhouette shows me how the figure interacts with the background, how the pose looks and if its any good

The silhouette layer doesn't have to be super clean, as long as it follows the sketch decently well and shows where the figure is then its fine

I also sometimes make the silhouette layer multiple colors to help guide shading and vibe

Next is the coloring layer. I usually make this a clipping layer on top of the silhouette layer, or I change the silhouette layer to alpha lock, either way it saves me time on coloring everything in

Sometimes I am super rough with the coloring too, using like an airbrush or my fav watercolor brush just to generically block in color where I want it

Works out cause most objects have like a bounce light to them from surrounding objects, so this is sort of a cheat I use to get that effect without all the work lol

Also don't be afraid to have the lower silhouette layer shining through, having multiple colors sort of subtly shining through the piece helps lots

Next is the shading layer, this is usually another clipping layer, usually set to "multiply"

The colors I pick here is usually within this range, any color works, just depends on the piece and vibes.

Since this piece is set in a sunset forest I choose a more desaturated orange for the shading layer

I know there's a whole thing about multiply layer being a crutch (and it kind of it) but it is a useful tool when you just want some darker values across the piece but don't want to go through the process of color picking every single darker shade

Also in my opinion it looks better than picking a darker color and setting it to a lower opacity, idk I just think the color has more "depth"

Next is the hardest to explain, sort of the vibes layer

Usually its just a layer of more concentrated color on top of the normal color and I fudge with the settings and values until I get a result I like

Next is the longest step, is the "extra" or the render stage.

Usually I add a background before this step so that if I need to merge the figure better with the background I can

If I render with a white background but he's supposed to be in a dark forest, its going to mess with the lighting severely

Also this is when I add more "vibe" layers on top to get the figure to match the background better

Backgrounds in general I recommend checking out @/derekdomnicdsouza on instagram he's got lots of great tutorials for breaking down backgrounds simply

I'd say general rule for the rendering layer is to focus on the areas of interest and spend less time on areas you don't care about

I even blur stuff out on the edges I don't want people to see, partially to save time on fixing mistakes in areas I dont care about (oop), but mainly to help draw the eye to the areas I do want people to focus on

Theoretically parts of the background should like mesh with the characters, parrallel lines are a no no unless they are directing a viewer to look somewhere, things that are perpendicular help bring things together

tbh I'm still not the best at layout and probably need more practice, but overall this is what I like doing

Overall this is what my layer set up ends up being

Sort of a sandwich with the lineart/sketch as the "meat" lol

Color and basic shading below the sketch, clean-up and rendering on top

I like this method cause it's super flexible if I ever want to try something different or try to replicate someone's style

I can make each step less or more messy depending on the end result and can add a lineart layer if need be. Also if there's a part that is straight up not working or needs to be removed its super easy to do cause I can just paint over it on the "extras" layer, color picking from the surrounding area to get the same vibe

Generally rule of thumb for my style is: get the initial layout of colors, form and shading to look good, then the rendering should be smooth sailing

Really the best advice I can give to get better at art is to enjoy what you're doing and become very very obsessed with drawing a silly little guy

You'll eventually get very good at drawing them pfptpf