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Hall of Maestros

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Have you ever thought of a Chinese dragon combined with a dachshund or a ferret?

you mean like. a little. wiener dog dragon ohhohoohh man

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working memory bad 💚

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Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Look buddy, i’m just trying to make it to Friday.

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This. This right here. Drawing animal characters goes back so far that people literally idolize a cartoon mouse (lookin at you, Mickey) and THAT'S ok, but if I draw MY OWN cartoon animal suddenly that's deviant and how dare I.

There is nothing wrong with creating your own alter ego, fursona, or self insert character. Just let people be people.

sorry to be cringey but can we stop this idea that every furry is a sex hungry freak that likes bestiality and has really disturbing kinks. being a furry is just thinking anthropomorphic animals are interesting and cute. theres nothing inherently sexual about being a furry. just because someone says “im a furry” they arent necessarily confessing to you how they get horny for foxes with tits or diapers on dogs or something. so when u see someone make a fursona or draw an anthro animal, dont immediately think “they wanna fuck animals”. sometimes its just that….anthro animals….are fun to draw. 

basically,

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Pose Tutorial

A small hand full of people asked me how I do poses, so here is a small tutorial on how I do them. I am not an expert though so, this is just what I’ve picked up over the years.

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((The ability to appreciate and evaluate human aesthetic is not determined by your sexuality))

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Do you have any tips on how to create a villain?

Hi :)

How to create a villain

A good villain is ultimately what makes a hero heroic and is therefore a very important part of your story.

Why do we need a villain?

opposite of the story’s hero

their goals and motivations oppose those of the hero

the hero is reacting to the actions of the villain

showcases the hero’s weaknesses

the character of the villain should be one of your priorities while planning the story

Types of villains

human villains

fantasy villains (with magical abilities, superpowers, etc.)

animal villains (e.g., Jungle Book)

abstract villains (an idea, a society, a corporation, etc.)

if you make your villain more abstract, it can have advantages, but it also makes it harder for your readers to relate to them and understand them

if you have an abstract villain, think about using human representations of that villain for your readers to project their feelings and thoughts onto

more specific types of villains:

likeable villain

unsympathetic villain

unpredictable villain

Characteristics of a villain

There are many different types of villains, but they also share a few similar characteristics:

own beliefs and morals – What do they believe in? What is morally correct for them? Do they see themself as bad/evil? How far will they go? Do they make exceptions for some people or do they not care at all? Maybe they want to do the right thing, but they go about it the wrong way.

goals and motivation – goals are things they wan to have or want to accomplish, but motivation is even more important, it explains why they want or need their goal to be fulfilled, you need to invest time into giving your villain a (at least for them) plausible reason for what they are doing

connection to the hero – the hero reacts to the villain’s actions, maybe their fates are intertwined, maybe the hero’s actions in the past led to them becoming the villain, the villain is interrupting and then furthering the hero’s character development the same way the hero is doing to the villain’s development

worthy opponent – being especially powerful, clever, a specialist in something the hero is not, seemingly unbeatable until the end

compelling backstory – people are usually not born bad, it’s something they’ve become over time, it explains the motivation, probably not just one defining moment, if you want one event that changed them, then also think about the reactions from others to that event or what happened afterwards that made them turn evil

similar characteristic to the hero – think about where it went wrong, where did they turn to the dark side? Like I said before, a tragic event does not automatically lead someone to become a villain. Losing their parents young for example can turn them either into the villain or the hero, decide why they turned in that direction that they did

More tips:

Make your villain interesting

your reader should love to hate, but also hate to love them in a way

give them their own character arc and show development

make them special the same way your hero is special

give them a magnetic personality

don’t make them too predictable or the readers will lose their fear of them

Humanise your villains

not born evil, maybe they were corrupted

nothing more frightening than seeing yourself in a villain

give them positive qualities

make the readers sometimes sympathise with them

give them moments of relatability

your readers should be interested in the villain, but not necessarily root for them (only if that’s your true intention), because it could undermine your hero’s actions and motivation

Make them lose

If your story doesn’t end with evil ruling over the world, you need to know how to make the villains lose:

give them weaknesses

let them be a slave to their own moral code

let them have fatal character flaws that in the end the basically defeat themself

give them a worthy ending, something appropriate for a great opponent

Good luck creating believable villains!

- Jana

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"The True Negativity, the Devil himself"

Shadow Lance.

SpeedArt : https://youtu.be/HuPauI8UW2o

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I drew Lance in fancy clothes or at least I tried XD, now I'm SIMP FOR LANCE ❤️❤️❤️

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The news about Yuji Naka has certainly been rough. This feels like such a cruel, bitter end to what should have been something really special, something new and different and wonderful. I'm left feeling like it simply should have been different, that it wasn't supposed to end like this. And it sucks, it really sucks man.

Before BWW I would draw maybe... One a month, seriously. I was in an area of my life where I was struggling majorly with creativity. I've never had something ignite such a fire in me, and Ive never produced so much content before in my life. I found passion again. And, what's more, I found friends because of this game, people I can't imagine my life without now. I've met so many incredible people, Ive felt alive again.

I've felt the same level of excitement for something that I haven't experienced since I was very young, to the point I didn't know I could feel that sort of emotion anymore. It was like waiting for xmas as a little kid again, back before xmas for me didn't mean tragedy and heartbreak, and something I dread having to face every single year.

I found representation in another character who has no defined gender, just like NiGHTS. I felt seen. We don't get many of those, and nothing that's so prominent in mainstream media like this. I've seen people find themselves in the inhabitants, in the idea that every problem is worthy of help, no matter how big or small. Yuji Naka set out to make something really special, and it is special, and nobody can take that from us. But the fact we've had to fight at every opportunity just to love something hurts, and it's made this end hurt so much more.

I'm not going to stop making content for BWW, I'm not going to stop loving it. I'm not going to stop believing every moment of this was worth it. I'm not normally vocal about things like this, and I don't know if I'll keep this up or delete it in the end. Usually I just keep things to myself and work through them. But if there's one thing I've learned from BWW, it's that we're stronger together. And we'll get through this.

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platonic hand-holding is very good and nice and feels happy we should all do it a lot more instead of making it an almost-exclusively romantic thing send post

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This was sketched on a whim and I got really carried away, kind of a redraw of an old pic! I’m not certain what’s going on here but it certainly ain’t good.

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Lunar boy! (Colour palette challenge)