#Hopefully I have time in the future to make more fanart of these characters!

[pinterestmom5]

what about 5 (opal)? I’ve seen lots of designs for that one

I couldn’t just pick one!! here’s @alirex-art’s white opal and @8nigiri’s blue opal together !! I have individual drawings under the cut, I’m obsessed with these designs they’re literally stunning and I love them so much

[whateversawesome]

Spy x Family's Secret Story

A few days ago, I learned something interesting at school: some stories have secret stories.

Hopefully, I can explain it: a secret story is what is not told explicitly in the narrative, but that the reader can understand by the character's behavior, thoughts or actions.

The most interesting part is that this secret story is, in many cases, what pushes the main story forward.

So, of course, I had to apply this to my sxf brainrot 😏 It took me a while to figure it out, but I think I got it...

Remember this panel?

It's one of the most celebrated panels in the manga. We finally got to see Twilight shirtless 😎 and we've enjoyed countless fanarts of it (thanks to all the wonderful artists 👏) Well, it was precisely this panel and the timing of it what made me realize about Spy x family's secret story.

This is the first time we see Twilight naked, right? This was also the first time he realized he was vulnerable.

Here, Twilight, master of disguise, best spy of Westalis, rips his disguise, admits that he has weaknesses and shows us that he's injured because of this vulnerability.

Think about the symbolism of it; a person is at their most vulnerable when naked and we didn't see him in this state until he had that conversation with Yor. Even though the arc was about catching Wheeler, the secret story of that arc was about weakness. Wheeler himself mentioned it several times and it's not a coincidence that in this arc Twilight shows weakness not once, but three times:

1. By not killing Yuri (and getting shot)

2.By getting hurt during the confrontation with Wheeler and lastly...

3.When he sees Yor again!

It's also not a coincidence that he got physically hurt because he showed weakness. I suspect it won't be the last time this happens. Keep that in mind for the future...

All this is related to that secret story l mentioned at the beginning. I think SxF secret story is precisely that, not weakness, but vulnerability.

That conversation he had with Yor was about that; she was trying to convince him to be vulnerable with her (more on that here). And his thoughts were about that too; he's telling Yor in his mind he lives in a world where he cannot be vulnerable.

And that last line!!

It's exactly what secret stories are about: unsaid things.

The fact that an arc about weakness and vulnerability started and ended with Yor and where Twilight acknowledged his weakness is very significant. Do you see it too? All this happened because of her and I think he knows it too.

Twilight's struggle with vulnerability is what pushes the story forward and ultimately what makes so many of us connect with the characters. Clearly, he's losing the battle with himself and he's trusting and relying on his wife more every day; we see it in his behavior. We all want that to happen too!

Because, what is more human than to become vulnerable because of love?

[crazy-ache]

Cat!Elain Now Complete (Happy Elain Day)

Summary: When Elain is unexpectedly transformed into a cat, Lucien thankfully comes to her rescue. Well, she would be more grateful, if he also wasn't so incredibly infuriating.

Notes: NOW COMPLETE! Rated T (10/10 chapters, ~27k). I’m posting the FINAL chapter on Elain Appreciation Day 2024 put on by @elainweekofficial because I thought it would be fitting to celebrate our main character with her (hopefully) fitting end.

Read Chapter 10 on AO3

Elain must make a decision about her future.

≽^• ˕ • ྀི≼

Thank you to everybody who has supported and enjoyed this story with me! This has been the most fun I’ve had in a long time. Cat!Elain will forever have special place in my heart.

Special thanks to the below for their fanart (please show them some love):

Cat!Elain & Lucien Doodles by @jadedbugart

Chapter 6 Blobs: Cat!Elain, Lucien, Eris & the Hounds by @bonecarversbestie

Meow! Elain & Lucien by @deaiquiri

More Cat!Elain & Lucien Doodling by @jadedbugart

[homecomingvn]

Hey everyone! It's, uh, it's certainly been a minute.

If my brief return a few months ago and then radio silence yet again is any indicator, I'm sure most of y'all probably know where this is going.

HOMECOMING, as of now (and for the indefinite future) is going to be on hiatus, and maybe discontinued.

This project initially started out as a silly idea, a culmination of my love for the yandere vn community and the wonderful games it has created, and my original plot and cast of characters. In the beginning, I was trucking along, working on scripts, planning out routes, spending hours of research on coding and how to get this thing up and running. Not to mention, the attention my silly lil project garnered was a lot. At least to me. I've had a semi popular writing blog before, and was no stranger to inbox asks, and how they pile up, or the notes that popular posts can get.

I was far too ambitious in all honesty, and once the glitz and glamor of a new project wore off, I hit a massive wall. Hard. It seemed that to actually work on HOCO was much like pulling teeth - whether it was writing, drawing, or even *thinking* about it, I found myself sinking further and further into a imposter syndrome of sorts.

And well, I guess making this announcement is sort of proving it right.

Even so, I've always known when to take a step back, when to settle down -- and now, I'm just making it official. I owe you all at least that much.

The blog will be staying up - I have no plans to delete it in the slightest. I'll just log out of it most likely - I'll still be around on my personal tumblr, where I'll hopefully start being more active there again.

Nothing could have prepared me for just how much care, how much love you guys have shown HOCO - so much so, it's still hard to believe. All the fanart, the fanfic, the memes - they're all saved to my phone, in their own album. Thank you to all who have made amazing creations for my silly characters, as well as the countless asks y'all have sent - maybe one day I'll be able to answer all of them.

I really hope one day I can return to this project with fresh eyes -- I'm hoping real, substantial time away from it will help that process. There are other, personal projects that I've been doing that have helped that creative spark again, as well as indulging in traditional fandom activities, mostly fanart. Unfortunately, I think it's safe to say that my time in the Yan VN community is over for the time being, at least until/if I start working on HOCO again. (Or whenever I play the latest updates of 14DWY - I am the Leon Fan Club President after all ^^).

I've been rambling too long, and I think it's time to close this chapter for now. Thank you all again - and one last Henry for the road. They were there since the beginning of HOCO in 2019, so it feels right for them to be here at the end.

[pmdttas]

Aaaand that wraps up Chapter 1! Hope you all enjoyed! Chapter 2 will be coming soon!

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Thank you all SO MUCH for the positive feedback on TTAS! It makes me so happy that you all are enjoying the story so far. I’ve been wanting to share this story for some time, and I’m so proud that I’ve stuck with it!

I talk about more updates under the fold. If you don’t care about minor changes to the format and style of the comic, you can skip.

The most important takeaway is that the comic will be staying on an every other week schedule. More details about that below!

I mentioned at the beginning of this comic that I’d be working to figure out what exactly works for me vs what doesn’t.

This comic is a learning experience. I’ve never stuck with a comic long enough to understand what all it takes. I greatly appreciate your patience!

That being said, something was learned from Chapter 1 - being that pages take a lot longer when there are more characters to draw. (Big shock, right?)

So starting in Chapter 2, the pages will not contain my drastic shading styles. I’ve already experimented with this in the last scene and it just makes my life a whole lot easier. Coloring everyone is already a lot of work, and it would mean stretching the already lengthy posting schedule.

They will still be colored, and I might use shading for dramatic effect, but it will not be something I do for every panel in every page. I hope you all understand.

I’m also going to be changing the text. I really wanted the text in the comic to stand out, but I’m not sure if my reasoning was due to stubbornness or just wanting to do something different. I played with this in the last scene as well, and I think it looks much better. Hopefully you’ll agree.

Last thing - because of how busy I’ve become, TTAS will stay on its current posting schedule of every other week. Unfortunately, with how much longer it takes, plus many other responsibilities that have fallen into my lap, I don’t realistically see myself posting every week. I really hate to say that, cuz I know it will stretch the life of the comic a lot, but I know this is what’s best for me so I don’t burn out or have to take constant hiatuses.

It’s possible that I might post more frequently in the future if my schedule frees up or for specific chapters. We’ll see!

In the meantime, you can go check out the ask blog @ask-pmd-ttas-gang on Tumblr! I’m going to post additional art stuff there, answer questions for the characters and artist, and reblog any fanart I see!

Okay, that was a lot of updates, but I hope you all will stick around to check out Pandora’s story. Cuz let me tell you - this is just the beginning! We have a long way to go. :)

- Ash

[fictionalsownme]

EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS 💞

SKETCH $10 - COLORED $20 - RENDERED $30

Hi everyone! Unfortunately times have gotten very tough the last few weeks, I'm in the process of moving right now and things will be better once that's done but resources are running very thin until we can get there ;v; I'll explain in more detail under the cut for anyone who wants to know or is curious, but I'm not here to trauma dump or guilt trip or anything 💞 I also want to say that I know times are incredibly tough on everyone right now, so if you can't support, please don't feel bad! 💞

I'm gonna keep it super cut and dry so no matter what you want, if it's a sketch it's $10 total, if you'd like it colored it's $20 total, and if you'd like it rendered it's $30 total. Can be fanart, OC, self insert, anything you want! If you want an extra character we'll just take the base price and multiply it by the number of characters :) prices are negotiable, especially if doing multiple characters!! And if you want to support but can't afford $10, just let me know! Any little bit helps, I'd love to do a little doodle for you or something like that :)

Payment is through venmo, kofi, or paypal! Please DM if you're interested, thanks for reading :)

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So yeah to kind of explain what's going on, I moved out of my parents place two years ago, and recently we realized that we just can't afford it anymore, so we're moving back in :) we're actually very excited about it, I have a wonderful relationship with my family and it'll be a great opportunity to save money and set up our futures a little bit!

The problem came up when my dog got sick. She's a nine year old pitbull mix, we've had her for five years now. She is the absolute sweetest girl in the whole world, and we found out this last month that she has heart failure. I won't keep you on the edge of your seat, she is doing much much better now. But it took lots of expensive tests, medications, and even an emergency vet visit at 2am to get her back to this point. You can probably imagine that considering we were already running out of money to the point that we have to move back home, these unexpected expenses have completely crippled us financially. We're very lucky that she's doing better, since there were a lot of treatments she would've benefited from that we just couldn't afford.

Now, all we need to do it make it through the next five weeks paying rent and utilities and groceries and stuff-- and we'll be pretty much home free, including being able to afford more treatments for her. So yeah! Commissions will hopefully help us across that finish line. Thanks again for reading :)

ps, this is my dog. her name is Asia :)))

[journalsouppe]

Ghost trick!!!! Loved this game it was exactly what I expected from a Shu Takumi game. I do hope they plan to make a sequel or crossover, I really loved the mechanics of this game.

Writing typed below! (plus some extra commentary)

Rating: 9.3 Played: Su 2023 Port: Nintendo Switch Favorite? Y Replayable? Y Recommend? Y

Comments:

LOVE missile

really fun premise - you died and don't know who you are

DON'T GET A CONCUSSION MISSILE

not the PM erotica T-T

LMAO Payne and Wright

the kazuma pose (skull)

I'm in love with Cabanela

Lynne not again T-T

Sissel in the painting...

NOT THE FEET OUT AT WORK T-T T-T

omg the security camera murder and the meory are different. I know your tricks Mr. Takumi (I didn't realize Yomiel shot the gun twice here LMFAOO)

mmm... chicken kitchen

is everyone in love with Lynne?

I'm actually so obsessed with the Ghost Trick art style

ALL of your medicine????

he's already dead... and they used an electric chair.....

THIS IS SO FUCKED UP

chicken kitchen and execution fates were really fun

man I really want an AAxGT crossover

love how oversized all the objects are

MISSILE IS BACK AHHH and he has different ghost tricks omg... then how did the lamp know about mine

so many mysteries omg I love it

how was I supposed to get sissel to the top (skull) (I was genuinely stuck and when I restarted the level it spawned me at a different place LMAO)

SISSEL? IN THE PARK?

HE SAW ME AND TURNED TOWARD THE SCREEN (Skull)

but his name wasn't sissel... who is the lamp....

love this crazy arm contraption

red suit man had radiation in his body... so I/Sissel died near it... but who am I... (I forgot about the cat LMFAOO)

Temsik... kismet... mmmm kismet (kismet is the name of my favorite restaurant)

STOP looking at the screen

yomiel...

I WAS YOMIEL'S CAT T^TT^T

ZAM RAY WAS OLD MISSILE

little Lynne T-T

Sissel has temsik...

Game Dev Notes

really fun animations and character design

unique gamplay - I love moving thru objects

love the character dialogue - great humor and timing

extra puzzles and challenges similar to professor layton

characters have tons of personality in design and posture

LOVE the cool toned shadows on the sprites

great music

fun and sweet ending credits

Summary

Shu Takumi has done it again (even though this is a remaster lol). What and incredible mystery game with really fun mechanics. There were definitely a couple times I was stumped on what to do or was stuck bc I missed my window of opportunity, but I think it worked well since the puzzles were difficulty and you couldn't just immediately breeze past them all. I also really enjoyed gaining missile's abilities later and having to think of the puzzles in different ways. The characters and animations/sprites were really fun. There's so much personality in them without even saying a word. The game also reveals character information in a really good way as you slowly learn more about the mystery of the game yet also feels like you're getting farther from learning who you are. I also just love how this game is just made with so much love for Takumi's real pets and how Sissel ended up being Yomiel's beloved cat... what a sweet ending oh my god. Each level had such a fun and unique design while also adding a twist to the puzzle, like the stealth level or submarine sinking level. The game also has many unlockable achievements to encourage replayability as well as concept art and other illustrations to unlock. There's so much added to this game and you can really feel the love and care the team put into this game, I hope there are more Ghost Trick games in the future or hopefully even a Ghost trick x Ace Attorney crossover -- I wonder how that would play out esp with Maya's spirit abilities. All in all, such a sweet and fun game. Not too long either. Can't wait to replay it to get all the achievements and make fanart!

[sassyshoe]

🪻Commissions are open🪻

Hey everyone! This is my first time doing this so please bear with me, hopefully this isn't too complicated. My commissions are open, still working on my price sheet because my first attempt did not look good. So here are the basics↓

I ONLY take cash app at the moment, I know this is inconvenient but when I gain a bigger following I'll try to expand.

I also would like to have a down payment first, ideally half of the price (meaning if your commissions is 20 you'd pay me 10 before and 10 after)

I will not draw NSFW or very complex backgrounds, no animals either (I can do basic animal people like: ears, a tail, and horns, but that's kind of where my skill level ends) I'm sometimes bad at drawing from references of real people so please keep that in mind.

Headshot/Bust~$10

3/4~$15

Full body~$20

Sketch with no lineart or color~$0

Flat colors~$0

Basic shading~$2

Full shading~$5

Basic backgrounds (colors and shapes)~$0

More complex backgrounds~$3

Each additional character in the same drawing+$10

The maximum amount of extra characters is 3↑

I WILL do fanart gladly!

I will do traditional art but it will be priced much higher due to shipping and material costs, as well as the time it takes me to make it.

Once again I only take Cashapp

These prices may go up or down in the future, I may need to do emergency commissions soon so they might go "on sale", I'm willing to workout bargains too (not a guarantee I'll accept it though)

I also have the right to refuse any commissions!

If you guys would please buy or share that would be incredibly helpful. As some of you know I've had a rough last few months and a lot of it has had to do with financial stress 😅 we've had a different bill get shut off almost every week due to my parents poor financial decisions, that's not including the other unimportant subscriptions we have. My parents have used up a lot of the local resources in town so my only option is to do commissions. We have a large family and Christmas is coming up, I was really hoping I'd be able to get things for them but we haven't been able to start buying them yet and it looks like we may not be able to. So if you do buy a commission it will either go to something important like bills, groceries, other necessary expenses, OR Christmas presents 🙏🙏 I know presents aren't important but traditions like these really mean a lot to my family.

[muta99]

꒰ 🐮 ꒱ — Muta Talks.ᐟ ㅤ

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☆“Hello Everyone.”☆

☆“I want to start this post by typing this could be a phase that I might be going through and if it is, I’ll delete this post.”☆

☆“I want this out in the open because I wasn’t sure how to address the situation I’m in.”☆

☆“I want to redo/reboot/restart LMK Muta. In the beginning, I was into what I was doing, finally happy with the outcome. However, there would be times when I wished I did my concept ideas because I felt like they were better.”☆

☆“It led to me thinking how it doesn’t make sense to have a different backstory, design, etc for Muta, my sona/self-insert. The problem was by doing that it gives the idea of Muta being two different characters with the same name when it’s supposed to be ‘one’ character which ended up being too much work.”☆

☆“I felt rushed into this without giving myself time to properly express how I want Muta in LMK to be. I do think I’m overreacting because I could easily restart. It’s my story, right? Yes and no.”☆

☆“I dedicate time and effort into drawing Muta as if she was part of LMK. Creating original work, having characters interacting with her, heck, even creating fanart with Muta in them. Which sucks because it feels like I’ll waste everything by redoing everything.”☆

☆“So, I decided to, possibly, restart everything. Create and draw the story light-hearted, comedic, not (too) serious, some angst, and that’s it (hopefully). Harmless fun which is great because I would be putting actual ‘Muta’ with slight adjustments in LMK. The bad news is I would have to do everything from scratch which is not easy considering how much work I would have to do.”☆

☆“In the end, I would be happy. Adding my sona into the story without creating a new backstory with unnecessary characters, that will never be shown, and creating an ending that which I would be unsatisfied with because my heart would not be into it. Muta would be Muta, not another character with her name.”☆

☆“This would probably mean I would have to delete the original LMK!Muta story. I don’t know. There’s a lot I want to do…”☆

☆“Thank you for reading this. It’s embarrassing for me to let you know about this not-so-serious situation I’m in.”☆

☆“I might have more to say, but that’s for future Muta.”☆

[jsuika]

JUST FOUND YOUR BLOG AND I LOVE YOUR ART!!!!

Your line art is so smooth and the colors too! How are u underrated

Thanks :]]

Actually I remember doing thick linearts before to make it look like y2k bubbly styled and I was thinking of going back again since I wanted to make logos or icons like this one:

These ig were just a lil practice if someday I'll be making one (or more of these). Also this is just an example btw, these are artist-made game icons. Imo, if it were me to be commissioned to design one or if I was assigned by a game dev, then most likely its gonna look like something that y'all won't know who did that thing lol.

Besides, I'm pretty sure a lot of people were inspired by my artstyle. 😭 Also in case you guys don't know what these are, I'll show you guys mine. (NOTE: You can still check on archive, I don't mind though-)

Examples of my artworks with thick lineart:

The first one was Hatsune Miku fanart

I kinda remember drawing this back in the day since 2023, the sketch version (on my other sketchpad) was discontinued. Supposed to finish it but, sadly I gave up because the hair was something that reminded me of an Inkling from Splatoon (rarely I noticed the first miku fanart also reminded me too lmao).

I wish I'd do this again hopefully if I could use my artstyle, then yeah. Watch here if you want to see the speedpaint :3 : https://youtu.be/sRE3-snDGkM?si=op3tISbGFTjLCcdB

Next one is Bomb Rush Cyberfunk fanart

Okay LISTEN, I may not be good at anatomy but might as well tried especially RED's head. For the BG, I only duplicated the character + added a screenshot/fakescreenshot/whatever, to make it look related to both y2k & frutiger aero (same applies to Hatsune Miku).

Nothing to say much but I've been thinking of making more character concept arts in the future & maybe work on shoes since they look a bit too complicated much.

Overall, I'd say it isn't bad. I'll just leave as it is for now (until some BRC fan shows up and sees this).

Last but not the least, my very first artist-made album cover

I remembered drawing this for future use if I ever find a music composer either if they can do DnB, game soundtrack or whatever but it slightly depends on them. Also shout out to Lxchee Music! They're the ones who compose music like these. They even commented on my speedpaint video!!! (after using their songs lol).

Such a shame that I am limited to drawing only however, I wish I also was a composer of this whooooooole album then everyone's gonna listen to my bangers. One time I used to make music in Beepbox.co (a website where you can compose there).

There are some music-composing softwares that most people use for their game making & also songs. I wish I'd even use FL studio or other music-composing. Reminds me, I also have one friend who makes music (unrelated to dnb or any genre) using accordian & any other instruments that he uses. I swear, he is so good in composing Nintendo Orchestra-music related I can tell.

Conclusion

No worries though, I didn't say I hate using thick lineart but its sometimes too much for the anatomy still and might not fit pretty well. I can still do another one hopefully just to focus on more y2k aesthetic. But if it were me to learn anatomy, might as well use thin lineart and just increase to make it look like there is perspective on it.

Anyways, ig this might be a long one but I do hope you understand what I mean-

[bisonofyesterday]

Bison’s Big Cool May 2024 Art Dump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

back at it again, next month's pride month, juneteenth, AND my birthday! (not in that order, my birthday's the tenth, (i'm sure my THOUSANDS of LOYAL FANS will give me MILLIONS OF FANART OF MY NOT VERY PUBLIC ORIGINAL CHARACTERS !!!!)) wow! i did quite a bit more than i thought i did this month

As is probably obvious, i played through and beat Cyberpunk 2077 AND its DLC, a really good game actually! i was shocked!

er, narratively, i mean, of course the gameplay is still pretty jank even after many many updates, but NARRATIVELY a thought it was a really solid story! and the DLC was PHENOMENAL! genuinely! anyways here's a bunch of cyber/cyborg characters and fanart and stuff of my OCs who are ever so inspired a little now

wow! in other news, i drew up this dog person after watching the Sonic OVA fully for the first time (very smitten with the idea of a technicolor animal post-apocalypse), also those Phenomenal guys remember them? wow!

my April writing experiment, By Jove!; is still extant, and i MAY post the story itself here in the near future, i wanna touch it up and draw for it still first, but have some drawings that may or may not necessarily happen in the story!

as well as these characters who assuredly DON'T appear in the story

my comms are closed for the time being, but about a week from now i WILL reopen them! here's a repost of what i did for @oretal that i'm still particularly proud of

as well as, finally, a finalization of my current iteration of my persona! supervillain or children's tv show host? you make the call!

hopefully i'll have something more tangible next month, but until then, stay frosty (especially in this 100% climate change-responsible heat, systematically destroy oil corporations!!!!!!)

[zealthearcknight]

NEW YEARS RESOLUTION TIME BABEEYYYY!!!

I have some plans for some fun things I want to at the very least try to accomplish this year:

Finish the Supersonic Wonderbirds model sheets. (The turnarounds are done but im currently working on extra stuff like illustrations of each characters abilities and skills, weapon turnarounds, detailed character info ect...)

Make a mock up for the cover page of the first Wonderbirds book. (Don't expect pages, I have no plans to work on pages this year, that may change I dunno ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

More random Wonderbirds doodles in general, as well as maybe fake screenshots. (Fake/ not fake kinda maybe not really, since they might end up being canon in future)

More random doodles in general.

More fanart of my favorite characters/ things.

6. I also wanna do more with Zeal, not super sure but im gonna try playing around with some ideas.

7. I have been working on a fun little something else more like a weekly/ monthly comic involving a new character and world which I will hopefully post some ideas and sketches for sometime soon.

8. Drawing streams?????

9. Drawing challenges?????

I hope you guys are enjoying my work so far, im super happy with what ive been working on this past year and I am looking forward to next year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

[kazuo-n-crinan]

Finally got around to make fanart for The Wayhaven Chronicles! I present to you Detective-Agent Val Batra!!

As always thank you @kazukitnacho for your instructions❤️ it took a while to finish this off but hopefully I can add another post with a moodboard or Val's expressions or something.

Things of note:

I wanted to portray different moments in each of the books to better showcase Val as a character. Book I is when "Murphy" had her and Mason cornered; Book II is exposing her neck scar while at the carnival; Book III is at The Bidder's Nest.

My first round I played as they/them and picked the name Val because it sounded cool, and later started thinking about the Meaning™️ of it all. I decided to default with "Val" even when I started playing with she/her, so that's that.

Behind The Name says the surname "Batra" can be either Indian or Arabic, so I wanted to reflect that through her character design. In my mind (because I didn't comfirm it xd) Rebecca took Rook's surname, so Val's ethnic heritage is directly connected with her father's!

Regarding Rook, I think Val is the living image of the man -his face, his height, his built- but the complete opossite of him. Where he was charming, she's intimidating; where he was impulsive, she's cautious; where's he was friendly, she's stoic; and where he was stubborn, she's flexible. They both grapple with being funny but genuine. So basically Rook but with Rebecca's personality. However, as of Book III, I see Val becoming more and more like Rook in the future.

Talking about Rebecca, the first time I played and she was introduced, I was like, "oh- we're Jewish! Cool!" (shorsighted assumption in restrospective but bear with me) so I added that into the mix. I might elaborate more on this later but for now Val's favorite pastry to have with her coffee definitely is chocolate rugelach! Those things look so tasty!!

Textually she has black hair and grey eyes, but in my mind I see the grey being borderline black- like, dark as a tunnel. I really love the idea of light being reflected on/through them, and when putting it all together the black eyes/black hair are so so cool.

She dresses subdued or smart. She's into science and deduction, so she's a huge nerd who spends all her time doing research instead of combat training. She's a mind over heart, overall optimistic teamplayer, and she's always by the book.

My main influences for her design were Alba Flores and Saffron Vadher. So beautiful!

The font I used for Val's signature is Southam Demo Font and you can find it in 1001fonts.

[cartoon-buffoon]

Recently I was watching one of my favorite Sonictubers playing Alex Kidd, a different Sega game. Anyways I deeply love this YouTuber's content, I'm a regular in their stream and my first ever piece of proper digital art was fanart for them (oh god this drawing sucks but looking at this you can tell I HAVE improved!)

Anyways shitty fanart of their character getting robbed by Fang The Sniper aside, in the Alex Kidd playthrough they call me out by name? Obviously it's in a joking manner and their shout-out to me is just a brief gag but they do say "shout out to Toon Buffoon" (high-key check out this channel, it does good Sonic reviews and the characters have lore within the reviews). But yeah, watch the video for yourself and see, THEY DO SHOUT ME OUT! Upon hearing this the first time I was shocked and as you can see by my comment I'm beyond flattered and it was this that made me realize I've made an impact on at least a few people?

Like I owe a lot to SpinyNorman and his YouTube channel. That fanart I made above was something I did with my fingers whilst waiting to receive meds yet I decided to share it with him, he complimented it, and that inspired me to draw more and actually have fun with it. I don't just wanna strictly talk about my favorite YouTuber though and getting back to what I said: my support of this FAIRLY SMALL CREATOR and their great content (seriously go watch their vids if you like Sonic) made me go "people register I exist...". Like, this may sound I'm fucking with you but I genuinely cannot fathom the idea people are aware of me and my dumbass existence. From my name being shouted out, to the new followers here on Tumblr, to a few comments over on my AO3 it makes me genuinely happy. When I started posting stuff I was an socially anxious wreck, now while I still am I can't help but be thankful for all the people I may have left an impression on to the point they register me as somebody. Whether this be my uhh, fanfics, or maybe it's just me cheering someone up, or something else I did that left an impression, some people DO see my name and or pfp and think "oh it's that one fella" and that makes me happy. I'm thankful I can be of entertainment and or camaraderie, if you're a person I met on here I can't thank you enough for whatever interactions we may have had (its mainly two people, Mr-Pgeon and SkitSwap, shout out to them), still I have interacted with others.

Sorry if this is nonsensical because my ADHD and emotions are working in unison to make a lot of this rant detached, but my point is: THANKS! I can't fathom the idea people like me and honestly when I made this Tumblr it was during a time when I was genuinely contemplating killing myself (I still contemplate it, just less now). Now of course my IRL friends have gotten me through rough times, shout out to my betas Z and Quartz, however the people I've met online have also helped me. Knowing what I do has left an impact, a positive one at that, makes me happy. Whether it be cheering somebody's art on, having them enjoy one of my fics, or perhaps talking, I'm glad to not have ended myself and I really do wish to keep on going and keep creating so I can hopefully make more people's days in the future. Sorry if this sentimental, I'll probably go back to talking about how I want a variety of cartoon rabbits to bang me soon, but I still just wanna say thanks ❤️.

[firestorm-shiba]

[introduction]

hello, and welcome to my blog!

I am firestorm_shiba, you can also call me Fig (not my real name, but it’s time I grab myself a cool internet nickname…) :)

decided I should make a little(ish) introduction post, so here we go!

[quick summary of my blog]

I post a lot of dinosaurs + paleoart, but in the future I hope to include some more of my hobbies, interests and just little life things along the way! That may include lots of fantasy stuff, such as D&D, character design, and plenty of dragons, and I’ll likely start posting some of my fandom-related art stuff such as fanart of the Legend of Zelda, HotD/GoT, Wings of Fire, and the Witcher.

Maybe some little craft or cosplay posts, and little random gremlin-y things

page tagging quick search:

my post = posts by me. Not much else to say. If I make a long bit of writing or add some art to a reblog, it may end up with this tag as well.

my art = again, not much else to say. Use this tag to quickly filter out reblogs and my non-art related posts from my blog :)

Cretaceous Alberta = art pieces, info and announcements regarding my Colours of the Lost World: Reconstructing Cretaceous Alberta project.

About and social links under cut!

here's a bit about me + my page

Name: firestorm_shiba, Fig, or whatever you like

I am a Canadian artist, currently in high school but planning to pursue a degree in paleontology!

some of my interests are: Paleontology, fantasy, dragons & fictional creatures, bugs & insects, nature and all her random crunchy stuff, art, science, books, legend of zelda, and so on.

some of my hobbies: drawing of course, video games, dancing, insect pinning, cosplay, writing & reading

have a question, art request or anything of the sort? Let me know in my comments, my asks, or shoot me a message! I love to hear from you guys :)

I also have a ko-fi shop that just opened fully as of Novemeber 2024. There's a few cute stickers, keychains, watercolours and other paleo themed stuff on there, if that interests you, I'd be incredibly grateful if you were to check it out! Even if you can't buy anything, feel free to drop a sticker or product design request (e.g. a specific species)

More fun stuff coming soon, hopefully!

[prettyinpwn]

Being a new Gf fan is really interesting: Im someone who was too young to watch gravity falls and now that I’m a teen and have this glorious site known as Tumblr I am now able to scream about fictional character alongside other fans new or old

It’s been a blast seeing all of the fanart/theories/posts in general (like your theories) and I’m really excited for the future of gf! I’m with you on thinking that (hopefully) there’ll be more gf content and if that’s true then hooray

Aww, welcome to the fandom (and I'm glad you like my posts)! Like I've said to other new fans: it always makes me happy to see this show resurging in popularity and gaining new fans like you over time, and I honestly think it's a testament to its quality. There was a new short I reblogged recently, if you haven't seen it yet. I'm crossing my fingers for even more, though, as well. Poor Alex Hirsch, his nightmares probably consist of people asking him for more Gravity Falls on repeat lol.