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[kajamnikk]

PORTAL REFERENCE IN ULTRAKILL MADE ME THE HAPPIEST PERSON ON EARTH IM LITERALLY JUMPING ON WALLS

[territorial-utopia]

Huzzah! It's birthday time! I'm slowly accumulating more and more things I like (latest additions this vest I made and a travel typewriter! Still need to fix the latter one though)

Sure has been a year.

[bharv]

I can’t write anything in any languages because I am very stupid but one thing I can write about is the realisation in my early twenties around the limitations of English because when you grow up surrounded by English as a primary language you are told so often that it is the language of the greatest writers of all time, that it is the language of poetry and novels etc.

And I think it’s very easy to buy into that because of the hype around some of our great writers who are really… great!

But then! You start to learn about the world lmao. You start to learn about the precision of Polish prose in novels and the very deliberate ways of communication in plays that are so much more rigorous than the English conventions. You watch a play in the original Norwegian and realise there’s all this tonal play happening that you missed in English. You start to read Russian novels where people talk three different languages to denote social class and communication styles. You start to notice a particular kind of narrative convention in Swedish novels and Colombian novels that aren’t in British novels and you start to wonder how much more you’re missing in translation. You learn of the term “anglosphere” that East Asian authors use to describe the very limited rules that the UK and America have put onto storytelling, and how Bengali has a formal language that exists solely for poetic expression and philosophical thought that has almost never been properly translated into English because it can’t be.

And then you remember there’s a word in your own family’s language in the UK which has no direct translation to English too.

[klaxonsynth]

when the snake is solid‼️

[blaithnne]

If I may, how do you typically approach choosing colors in your art? It always has just a lovely feel to it, so I was a bit curious; don't feel pressured to answer ofc :]

I’ve been using a lot of gradient maps lately, they work by switching the greys in your piece with a corresponding colour according to its value. Basically, I colour in black and white, grab a gradient map, and then I adjust the colours by hand until I’m happy with it. This isn’t the only kind of colouring I do, but it works great if you’re in a rush or you’re struggling to find a good starting point for your colours. I’ve been operating under a time crunch for these Sketchbook Week drawings and the Plenism promo stuff I made, so for all except one I used gradient maps. I’m actually in a bit of a funk with my colours right now soooo I’ll come back and do a proper colouring tutorial for my style once I’m happier with how my non gradient mapped colours are looking !

[ianashas-palace]

Soooo... someone mentioned my Joker Joker design would be a good shadow design so I kinda went with it and spat this out

Throwing Akechi in there for fun cause ya know. Also I am quickly realising a pattern in my akeshu stuff. Akechi seems to be the one being flirted with lmao

Lineart under the cut

[pocketgalaxies]

reminiscing as a 2NE1 fan means realizing that the complete lack of actual love and respect held for these women by the industry they completely redefined is pervasive even in the way their music was written and produced

[lulu2992]

Where are they? What are they drinking? What is she saying? Why is he smiling? Is this a “No Cult AU”? If it is, why did I bother drawing all of John’s tattoos anyway?

I don’t know... I visualized this scene, drew it almost immediately, and it made me happy.

It still does :)

And I did it! One year later, I’m done posting all the “old” drawings I said I would post! :D

[antennatoheaven]

currently in hell (academics) when i should be in hell (ultrakill <3333)

[kuromi-hoemie]

me as a kid: haha birthdays are so silly, i wouldn't want a party i would hate to have to cleanup afterwards!!

me as an adult: if i stepped into any room full of people who thought my existence was inherently worth celebrating i would immediately curl up and cry hysterically about it

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: March 22

"Too Sweet" by Hozier

[bluebudgie]

I was going to point out how I randomly noticed that both of the blorbos got the same shape thingie around their eyes AND a turtleneck collar but now I'm just endearingly amused by the fact that on some days your hands simply destine you to draw like a 3rd grader

Well I guess the initial point still stands anyway. It has no deeper meaning, I just thought it was funny they both share those elements.

[saviourkingslut]

love that hoz is a squad captain in totk bc in botw i had a picture of him saved for the duration of my playthrough bc he was handsome and therefore one of my favourite npcs. go king get that promotion !!

[lucky-draws]

15.7.23

[beeapocalypse]

saw someone talking abt ideas for playable august and they brought up his scamper acting as a sort of shortcut system where it took u to a separate level of the map (a la the sewers) that your party members couldnt follow you to and there would be unique enemies up there and i LOVE that idea so much. could u imagine

[residentrookie]

roslyn by bon iver is my favorite song of all time there i said it