#CHARACTERS

[slo2004blog]

@lemonlovemeanslove

there are many young merfolk out there, so i felt the desire to create a badass elder for mermay :) she’s as much derived from as she is dedicated to the vuvalini of MMFR– i also sincerely hope she brings joy to my mutuals older than me who always delight and inspire me, and to all older women in fandom, really, who i continuously thought of while working on her. i hope it’s obvious but just in case: she’s beluga / inuit (Edit: *inuk is the singular term and what i should have used instead of inuit; a sweet anon let me know!). and yes, a name and backstory eventually developed! haha

[oritoor]

Ashoe

[torufukuda]

dad_1123_02 Black Cat Taxi. It’s a whim so you never know where it’ll land. 黒猫タクシー。気まぐれなのでどこに着くのかがわかりません。

[madcat-world]

Gold Priestess - TeoLehog

[elumish]

One of the most common ways that I see characters who are supposed to be extremely competent not work is by not actually showing them being competent.

This is a common trope with films with the Most Competent Woman who has to train the For Some Reason More Important Man and then swiftly gets outpaced by him despite having years or decades of experience, but I also see it a fair amount in books.

Namely, it shows up when a character is supposed to be the best fighter / assassin / thief / negotiator, but to have them actually succeed at their task would make the plot of the book fall apart, so they end up being written as kind of incompetent.

There are a few ways to avoid this problem:

Don't have the story tell us that they are the best. It's more believable that they're not immediately succeeding when they're good but not amazing than when they're supposed to be the most successful ever

Have them be stopped by reasonable forces. It can be a trap or an ambush, or it can be something else that they had no way to predict or plan for, or it can be such overwhelming force that it doesn't matter how good they are. Maybe a natural disaster strikes!

Actually show their competence. Don't just tell the reader that the character is the best but actually show them doing it in the action, reliably, consistently. Show their knowledge, their experience, their skills

[oliviersilven]

Black mask concept

Sketch+Cintiq+Photoshop. Blog: http://oliviersilven.blogspot.com/2025/01/black-mask.html TUMBLR: http://oliviersilven.tumblr.com/ All Artwork Copyright Olivier SILVEN.

[artfight]

Hello! I'm new to artfight and I just want to know if two characters who are a one set have to be on separate reference sheets or can they be on the same one?

Welcome to Art Fight! You may include both characters on the same reference sheet if you'd like.

[tasteslikezombie]

Anddd one more ☆

[black-suns-rim]

Family portrait

This was some rendering practice. My motivation to draw has been nonexistent thanks to university, but in the meantime, I am working on part 2 of the trials for the Ethereal Star AU

The reference under the cut

[chaoticgremlinmakingart]

Well funny enough it’s uh…

It’s Bruce. Specially from this photo

I would be fucked if the room is filled with water. If not I’ll cry because a shark will die but would probably still get killed by Bruce. Bruce got on that boat to kill the captain. Nothing will stop that adorable killing machine.

@dropoutdaisy your turn loser

You’re stuck in a room with the last character in your gallery. How safe are you?

Thanks for tagging me @artsy-girl-76 @schnarfer @oonajaeadira @jeewrites (I’m so sorry if I missed anyone!)

Does this guy count?

YOU GUYS. It told me the gif was “too big”…. I’m not safe AT ALL 😅

Tagging @burntheedges @grogusmum @perfectly-imperfect-me23 @ishabull @davnittbraes

[rae-butter]

I’ve been kinda obsessed with the idea of misogyny and fame lately, and I just wanted to throw this out there for everyone writing it—don’t use it to make men look bad. Show how detrimental it is to women.

There’s always a lot of focus on men, how evil they are and the theme of most stories is how women don’t need men, but that still puts a lot of focus on men—when I want to see women being misogynistic to each other, how the abuse shapes her worldview, and how she copes with it, then her breaking free from it in her own time, and finally seeing her own worth.

A woman doesn’t have to break free from a man to prove her worth, but if doing that is the only way to reclaim her identity, then go for it.

[adam-trademark]

The Megan Taylor Harvey Collection

All signed by Megan Taylor Harvey.

Ringo artwork by Emi Star.

(October 19, 2024)

[kahixxi]

Todays Shinpei: kinda insane

[spacefinch]

In no particular order:

Kagome Higurashi (Inuyasha)

Phoebe Terese (Magic School Bus)

Trainer Lyra (Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver)

Kira Nerys (Star Trek Deep Space Nine)

Akane Tendo (Ranma 1/2)

Sabine Wren (Star Wars Rebels)

Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)

Shinobu Kocho (Demon Slayer)

Bluestar (Warrior Cats)

Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (Marvel)

10 FANDOMS, 10 CHARACTERS

list ten favorite characters from 10 different fandoms and tag 10 people!

Love Momozono / Cure Peach (Precure)

Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)

May (Pokemon)

Satsuki Kiryuin (Kill La Kill)

Elodie (OK KO)

Buttercup (The Powerpuff Girls)

Envy Adams (Scott Pilgrim)

Pinkie Pie (MLP)

Claire Francois (I'm in Love with the Villainess / I Favor the Villainess)

Princess Daisy (Super Mario)

Other than Love being number one, this list is not in order

@mockguffin @wallflower-koharu @vaugarde @moonscape @princess--bongwater @zukoromantic @malewifefirestar @minakosroom @route505 @red-rose-corner and anyone else who wants to participate! Those who've been tagged do not need to participate if they don't want to btw.