#(not rly. im at work rotating them in my brain)

[queenaeducan]

No one speak to me for another 10 years

[arolesbianism]

I wanna take a crack at making some fake screenshot graphics for my Sif Odile duo loopers au but I do not feel confident enough in my ability to mimic isat's art style and I also have a crippling fear of drawing backgrounds

[andromeddog]

hi! i really like your wwi art! i was wondering if there’s any tips for drawing helmets? specifically german helmets (im doing an art project about all quiet on the western front)? thank you for your time!

hiiii anon ty for enjoying my work!! your question makes me a little nervous bc i am really uh not good at drawing helmets. esp the stahlhelms…. but i will try to give u at least a little bit of insight to how i approach them!

um did u know? the stahlhelm is actually my worst enemy. it’s such a fucking stupid shape i hate hate hate. the side view is p iconic and recognizable but oof that front view just kills me. u have this HUGE semi rounded dome on top and then a bit of an angle once u get to the skirt/visor. no matter how u view it u can see the distinct way the skirt pokes outward, i think thats rly important to getting the shape right. i know i sound like a broken record but reference is reaaally ur best pal. google, pinterest, books, ppl are big fans of stahlhelms (some for…. iffy reasons) so u can find a lot of them online

one thing that has super helped me has been looking up 3d models! sketchfab or turbosquid r the ones i browse the most…. its rly useful to b able to rotate the whole thing and see its full shape, not just the one angle u get from a picture! that also helps ur brain visualize it as a full 3d object, which translates into a drawing (the more u study it/look at ref the better u will understand how it sits irl)

urgh okay. and then just examples of how ive drawn them. but again! peep that distinct angle! idk some of these r more successful and others r ummmmmmm. truly u can see how i use shading to just completely cover the areas im not confident with haha. rly examining these i can just see how wack the shape of these helmets are…..

oh also i would recommend checking out @/thespookedookie here on tumblr, they do some seriously incredible work centered around ww1 and aqotwf! they r a great source of inspo i love their art and style and everything

ok thats rly all i got! i’m sorry im not more helpful, u caught me in the middle of a series of bad days so i am not at my best or most coherent. but i hope this can help with your project in any sort of way! feel free to send any more questions u have, i will try to get to them in a timely manner :)

[xx-psych0-rabbit-xx]

hiiii hi :) list of assorted renfield thoughts

- he would fucking love sudoku. and minesweeper for that matter.

- he and quincey have brother dynamic . and autism to autism communication

- in my heart. him and mina do crosswords together

- i like the idea of him being a writer or painter.. writer moreso kind of just because my brain associates him more with typewriters

- i also think before dracula made him have a bluetooth connection to him and then seward happened that he was a sports guy. tennis in particular (existed in that time period!)

that's allthe ones i can think of rn but i rotate him in my head all the time pls feel free to send asks whenever u want to talk abt renfield

(just remembered i never figured out how minesweeper works ADJKSHADKSFKFA)

but no bc im obsessed with renfield and quincey getting to be friends i NEED them to be i love them i need him to have friends.also him and mina doing crosswords together is so nice <33

these are all rly cool tysm mwah mwah/p

[starxscream]

3, 4, and 6 for that oc thing :)

3. Favorite OC?

GAH THIS ONE IS RLY HARD LMAO I HAVE A LOT OF FAVORITES? My skrunklies just kinda. rotate around in my mind. Some days it'll be one character and the next day another...

BUT to answer this in FAIRNESS I'll probably say Diogo! I've put the most effort and care into him and he's come a long way since he was first concepted, I suppose if I were to be "known" for any oc- I'd want it to be him! I also use him in DnD with my friends (which has some REALLY funny stories) along with him being a main character in mine and my bf's shared universe and story so....the bias is real actually. Who am I kidding it's Diogo he's my favorite /lh

look at him :) he's been thru a LOT of design changes but finally it's smth I rly love.

(Art by Rob <3!)

4. Favorite OC design?

I can say this one also changes often but I'd be lying I'm absolutely obsessed w/Opal's design. He's just very fun and vibrant and I ADORE how they look. Sea Slug :) I just rly like looking at and drawing him so GKNHKGHNK

Also he's inspired by RouxIs who's design I already love tenfold so once again Bias Is Real Actually LMAO

(initial sketch was done by Rob while edits + everything else/the tiny backview was done by meeee <3)

6. Describe your character creation process?

CHARACTER CREATION IS PRETTY WEIRD WITH ME I tend to make the "character" first before the design! I need to have some, idea where I want to go with the character so I can give them the proper personality/wardrobe whenever I work on the art.

So after chara dev THEN I usually move onto the design lol sometimes as I'm doodling a design I come up w/an idea for them and rework the sketch to better reflect it. Either way I like having SOME semblance of an idea of what I want them to do/be like before I start designing! It also helps me visualize some ideas before i just go into it- bc have problems visualizing designs and putting them to paper just out of the blue

Working on the art side of a design is. hard NGHKGNKH and I'm not immune to looking up references- esp for outfits bc those are HARD to design. Good Lird. Usually sketching the base design is the easiest for me bc I have a general good idea what I'm going for in terms of appearance, but when I move onto colors I GET REALLY PICKY LOL. I can spend like. 20 minutes trying to decide between two almost near identical colors. Colors. (derogatory)

But to get my ass to work on the art of a design I have to be in the right headspace bc I am. VERY selective with how I design characters bc a lot of times I can't properly convey whats in my head onto the character bc I can visualize them up there in the brain and through words but I can't get it down on paper. (Which is why im VERY thankful for Rob, I can explain what I'm going for in detail and he's REALLY GOOD at drawing from that and I appreciate it a lot. He helps me a lot w/the art side of designing) Art hard <3 I am a better writer <3 GNHKGHKGHGH

Gestures vaguely. Character creation wild and I do not always follow this process LMAO esp when it's a character that I like, bought from someone (Like Rob's adopts or smth) then I just do the chara dev part but even then I'm picky w/which designs I get that way bc I need to make sure I CAN use them as a character and I don't just like the design and have 0 ideas for them. Bc being able to use and write about a character and talk about them is more important to me than just having something I like visually but unable to really "do" anything with them!