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[thesketcherat]

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[meltedmush]

how long does it take you to draw your sketches/doodles? also do you have any tips to draw faster? 🙇‍♀️

I generally take 30 - 60 minutes a sketch,,,, but honestly really depends on how detailed it is.

Like a Chibi will be done in 20 - 25 minutes (Counting in the extra time I spend on minute details like a perfectionist 😭)

I for some reason really like spending egregious amounts of time on random objects too??? Unless it’s the in the background, I’ll spend 40 minutes refining it.

Random characters that are fully colored and rendered with take like 80 minutes.

The comics take usually take an hour or two per page. (If I decide to cross hatch it, my entire day will be gone with 4 pages… so I’ve been trying to find shortcuts. But not without sacrificing the quality for time lol)

I don’t think there’s any trick or magic to drawing faster. It’s really about weaponizing your artistic knowledge, and finding what’s comfortable or convenient for you!

There was a period of time where I would spend 11 or 12 hours on an illustration, and it wASS UGLYYYYY. (Some of these artworks are still available on my tumblr,,, but it’s SO LONG AGO, AND IT WAS MY 1ST OR 2ND YEAR GETTING INTO DIGITAL ART)

Overtime I learned what worked best for me, and practiced till I felt more comfortable with what I was drawing. Eventually I managed to shorten the time to 4 hours or less! Ambition was my biggest enemy but at the same time my biggest motivator. (And it still is LMFAO) 😭

EDIT (bit more to my way too long tangent): ALSO??? BRO DON’T BE AFRAID TO USE YOUR MESSY SKETCH AS LINEART OR DRAW ON TOP OF IT. I’VE DONE IT FOR YEARS NOW AND IT ADDS SUCH A GOOD EXTRA BIT OF TEXTURE,, AT THIS POINT I DON’T EVEN USE LINE-ART ANY MORE UNLESS IT’S A COMMISSION,, (IT’LL ADD LIKE AN 2-4 HOURS TO MY WORK)

[luveline]

Hey if you're still taking requests could I get any sort if angst to comfort for zombie au steve? Been feeling down lately and I've always loved that series!

ty for requesting! zombie au. fem, 1.5k

The new pencils are oil-cored, as opposed to his last ones, which had been wax. They were just fine, but these oil pencils allow him to blend colours and shades with more finesse than ever. He can pour twenty different colours into the tone of your skin and have them blend into a real, phototechnical you. 

He’s pretty proud of this one. 

He wakes up first every morning, allowing for time where you’re unaware and he’s got nothing to do. He’s sketched you so many times it comes naturally. Steve probably wouldn’t need to look, but watching you sleep is half the joy of drawing you. 

You're drooling a little. 

Steve puts the handful of pencils he’d been using to colour your neck back into his pen case. He puts the case and his sketchbook on top of his main bag, shoving it into a corner of your tent with the rest of the bags to climb back onto the bed. It’s a portable cushioning made for camping, and it’s nothing like a mattress, but it is much kinder to your backs than sleeping on the ground. Warmer, too. 

He pushes your head back, knowing it will wake you, his thumb to the little drool line to wipe it away, his palm on your cheek to hold it. 

“Hello.” He kisses your other cheek as your lashes twitch. Doesn’t even think about not doing it. “Good morning.” 

“Morning,” you mumble strangely. 

“What’s that?” he says, soft to match your quiet. His breath kisses your lips. “What’s wrong? You sound sad.” 

You force your eyes apart, and you feel along the mattress with your hand. Steve watches in real time as your eyes fill with tears, huge, heavy tears that well in the corner of your left and spill from the right to wet the pillow under your head. 

“What’s wrong?” he asks, the effort expended to stay calm so gutting he has to squeeze the pillow just shy of your head. 

You grab for him, blankets and your half-open sleeping bag crinkling but not too thick to feel the force of your fingers gripping his sides. 

You must’ve had a bad dream, that’s what he thinks. He’s had enough of them, and he’s unfortunately cried after almost all of them. Sometimes you’ve seen it, sometimes you haven’t, but you look at him with love no matter what —he can forget dreams of losing you when you’re murmuring niceness in his ear, and he can give it back to you. 

“It’s okay,” he says, letting you squeeze him hard. “Don’t cry.” And that’s a little awkward of him, that sneaking panic, but he’s never claimed to be a professional. 

You cry in a weird breath that borders a gag. “I’m so-sorry.” 

“It’s okay, it’s fine. I have bad dreams too. You know that.” 

Steve attempts to get both arms behind your shoulders, pulling you into him, sitting you up. He can’t cope with how quickly you’ve fallen apart. To wake up crying, how scary the dream must’ve been, he hates it. 

“It’s okay,” he says. 

“It was a good dream,” you say. 

Steve frowns. “Okay, so what’s the problem?” 

“We had a house. We had a dog. I don’t– don’t even know if you like cats, but you had a dog, and we,” —you sob between words, not too loudly as to travel far, but aching— “were planning a trip. It felt so real, Steve. You were so happy.” 

Steve tries to process it as fast as he can. “Oh,” he says softly, hand lax where it had been rubbing your shoulder. 

“You were so happy,” you say again, burying the tip of your nose into his neck. You’re practically crawling atop him, but he’s strong enough to stop you from laying him down. 

“It’s okay, honey. Jesus,” he says, patting your back again. “It’s alright. It’s okay.” 

“We’ll never have those things.” 

“Baby, who says so?” he asks in a murmur. 

“We’ll never get to go anywhere together–”

“It feels like we’ve seen pretty much all of America,” he says. He’s joking, but travelling with you from place to place has felt expansive. You’ve seen forests and lakes, a thousand different houses, hundreds of neighbourhoods, and street art and installations and billboards for movies that were never screened. Steve’s seen about as much of the world as he wants to see. “I’d just stay in this tent with you forever if they let us, we don’t need to go anywhere else.” 

“You wanted to see palm trees,” you say, sniffling and pained as your tears warm the curve of his trap. 

“I’ve seen them,” Steve says. “Don’t worry. I’ve already seen palm trees. A whole bunch of them. Don’t worry about what I wanted in the dream, it was just a dream.” 

He gives you a quick kiss, his lips to the very edge of your temple. 

“I feel like I’m gonna be sick.” 

Steve nods. He draws from you reluctantly and opens the tent, ushering you on knees to sit out in the cool air. He sits next to you, dewdrops from the grass wetting his jeans, the sky a humming of early morning colours; the sun rises in bands of orange and raspberry pink, darkness above, sun rays kissing the sides of tents and the portables in the distance. 

You take deep breaths. Steve holds your hand, the two of you looking up at the strange sky. 

“We’ll never be that happy,” you say. 

Steve can hear your agony, and he knows what you mean. He thinks of that life with you and never lets himself think far. You would've gone to college, maybe, and Steve would’ve drove to visit you —he would’ve moved. Maybe in your second year you’d live together in a suburb just between college and his job, whatever it is he’d ended up doing, in a house you chose, with a ring on your finger. Steve wants kids but if you don’t then perhaps you’d have had none, but he still likes to picture you with your babies, a big family, years later. And maybe he’d have a dog. A silly looking one with bark worse than its bite. 

And you’d be together. You would be happy. Nothing to hurt you. Nothing to lose you to. You’d never worry where your next meal was coming from, you’d never feel cold. 

Steve breathes out. Sniffs biting air. “We’ll never be that happy. That kind of happy. We’re never gonna go on trips, maybe we won’t ever have a house, but–“ He pulls your hand toward him, your eyes latching on to his. “But maybe we will. We might not get to watch cable, but we can have a tv, in a living room. We can live together, and maybe we will take trips. I don’t know. I don’t know what we’ll have, but I’m already happy. You don’t have to cry about me being happy.” He shakes his head. “Shit, you shouldn’t. I want that life with you so much I dream about it too, but I have this one.” 

“You think we’ll have a house?” you ask hopefully. 

“We can’t live like this forever.” He’s promising it. “Something has to give.” 

“I want us to have more,” you say. 

A weak confession, your cheeks wet with tears but eyes thankfully drying, your eyelids puffy already from sleep and crying alike. Steve wants you to have everything, even if everything is a stupid thing to think you’ll have. 

“We will.” Steve closes one eye, a sort of prolonged wink of pain as his nose wrinkles. “But this is enough for now, right?” 

“No.” 

You’re kidding, to Steve’s relief. 

He laughs and elbows you, glad to see your smile as you evade poorly. “Say it’s enough!” 

“No way.” 

You don’t wait for him to pull you in or ask if it’s alright, flopping without ceremony into his lap, and then turning toward him to hug his stomach. He looks down at you fondly, hand rubbing up your warm back. You’re still clammy from sleeping, but you’re not crying anymore. 

“It’s really cold out here.” 

“I know.” He blows a warm breath in your ear. “Do you still feel sick? Don’t barf in my lap.” 

“I’m sorry, Steve. It just felt so real.” 

His voice turns to a silky whisper he’s only ever used in love. “I know. I’m sorry.” 

“It’s fine. We never would’ve… I’d never get to be here,” —you squeeze him around the waist— “if we were in a world where we also get the house and the dog and… the family…” 

“But it would’ve been nice,” Steve finishes, looking up from your back to watch as the raspberry bands of pink turn to blue. 

“It would’ve been perfect.” 

[rubykgrant]

I thought about doing some Batman character designs, but instead of working on the various hero/villain personas, I tried imagining their "regular" faces first. Sometimes when I'm struggling to draw, I go back to lines notebook paper, and it kind of eases the art-block haha. The first versions I did with a few different pencils and pens (when my pens are running out of ink or pencils are getting worn down, I'll use colors I don't often need, like purple or green, and shade/line everything with those), and a little bit of white paint for highlights/shine. After I scanned it, a lot of the color got washed-out (and I noticed some little mistakes), so I did some touch-up edits in MS 3D Paint with a mouse. I wanted her to look really defined as Catwoman without actually giving her any cat-themed accessories. I also thought about how she'll look different than other character designs; she has a solid body-type, with features that are both strong, elegant, intimidating, and beautiful (she's a classy cat-burglar, a pretty face with a clever mind, and can also hold her own in a fight). She has short, thick and curly hair (with little baby hairs on her brow), and a little jewelry with small golden hoop earrings.

Some inspiration I had in mind while making my version of her-

(a couple different versions of her from the aniamted Batman shows; I like the shape of short and dark hair in one, and the strong jawline/defined chin in the other. Eartha Kitt is absolutely fantastic in her look and her attitude as Catwoman, I always think of her when it comes to Catwoman designs, and the Catwoman from Super Hero Girls is also inspired by Eartha Kitt- with Cree Summer doing an amazing job voicing her. Julie Newmar is also a classic Catwoman, very statuesque. The vibes and style of both Halle Berry and Zoë Kravitz were also in my head while sketching. I think my two biggest inspirations were Eartha Kitt and the various animated versions, but like I said- the different vibes were all there, and I tried to make something that felt right, while also being a little different)

[ddejavvu]

artist!bau reader who draws to get her mind off of cases and bf!spencer who is almost always the inspiration<3

Spencer hates it when you draw him. Well, he always begs you not to, but his cheeks flush and he stutters whenever you reveal the finished product, and you've caught more than one of your drawings being stripped out of your notebook and tucked securely into his work bag. And if you'd found them later in his desk drawer while snooping? No one needed to know.

So you've resorted to doing it in secret. You're working now, thin charcoal pencil sketching in his flyaway strands of hair. You've got his expression perfect, intrigued as he reads whatever French novel he's got his nose in.

You know the embarrassment of being sketched will be a thousand times worse if you reveal it here, on the jet, so you tuck your sketchbook into your lap, keeping a low profile while you smatter in small details.

But no matter how low of a profile you keep, your friends will always know. They seek out hidden things for a living, after all.

Dave and Aaron stride down the jet's walkway, coffees in hand (though you're sure Dave has his spiked with something). He starts the conversation, branching off from Aaron's side to peer over your shoulder. Before you can frantically motion to him, a hand-over-throat do-not-give-me-away type gesture, he speaks.

"Wow," He marvels at your intricate shading, "Is that Reid?"

"That's amazing, Y/N." Hotch peers at your sketchbook, missing the way Spencer's head shoots out of his book like it had tried to bite him, "That almost looks photographed."

"Ooh, I wanna see!" Emily clamors out of her seat, but you dodge her skillfully, slamming the sketchbook shut and sticking it under your left thigh. She approaches defeatedly from your right, scoffing as you hide it from her, "No fair!"

"Let's see," Morgan's voice surprises you, right beside your ear. You jump, and it gives him enough leverage to tug the sketchbook out from under you. His muscle and height come in handy as he holds the book above his head, ignoring your frantic grabbing motions for it as he thumbs through the pages.

"Damn," He whistles, "These are all Reid. Except- well, that one's a cat. But these are great!"

"Thank you," You grumble as a formality, your cheeks burning, "Don't embarrass him, guys!"

"Too late," JJ scoffs, poking the tip of her pen into his flaming cheek and leaving a streak of blue there, "Y/N, do you have a red pen?"

"No, why?"

"Use mine," She tosses the writing utensil at you, and you barely catch it before it smashes into your face, "You're gonna need to add a lot of blush to that drawing of yours."

[that-damn-fouth-chaosemerald]

Yay! How about Solar (TSAMS) with kid! reader headcanons?

Thank you! <3

×A/N×

Hi! Sorry for the long wait! ^^"

×❢ About my work ❢×

fluff, kid! Reader, no pronouns for the reader, uses of (Y/N), mention of child abuse, the relationship between the reader and Solar is platonic, Solar is good with kids. He is just not used to them.

Requested by: @ssunnybee

Fandom(s): The Sun and Moon Show, Lunar and Earth Show

Character(s): Solar, You | The Reader | (Y/N), Lunar (mentioned), Earth (mentioned), Jack (mentioned), Sun (mentioned)

Ship(s): Solar & kid! Reader

Form: Headcanons

[The artwork is not mine! The credit go to @//kiwi_artz]

𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒌𝒊𝒅! 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓

• Solar doesn't really interact with children, since he's often up in the theater or busy with fixing other mechanics of the pizzaplex

• But when he does he's usually patient and friendly with them

• No, he won't follow you around like Sun, Lunar or Earth, but he'll still look out for you

• "Nope," slight panic could be heard in the theater animatronic voice as he picked you up. "That's a socket, I don't think you should explore that."

• He prefers quiet kids, but even when you're noisy he won't shout at you. Sure, it's frustating him, but he'll most likely to get an another daycare attendant to take care of you.

• Fortunately, this rarely happens, since no one really goes to the theater. And even when some children do, the daycare attendants are there to watch them or they quickly fall asleep during the movie

• So most of the time the theater is quiet

• But back to the kid! reader

• If you somehow get into the theater alone, Solar will most likely just start a movie for you and if you maybe fall asleep he'll take you down to the others.

• He isn't a very social person, though I think he would like kids more than adults. He might start some small talk with you.

• if you don't bother him, he might even let you stay by his side.

• He can be rarely seen by kids, but that doesn't mean that they can't like him. Still, Solar will be surprised if you seem interested in him. He is not the most active or talkative one, but maybe that's why you like him.

• Hell, you may even end up watching mlp with him, who knows.

• If you make him a gift and give it to him, he'll keep it. It doesn't matter if its quality isn't the greatest, it'll be still important to him. He might get emotional a bit too, but he'll hold it back.

• Eager pencil frictions against the paper could be heard from the side of the table. More and more colours and shades are decorated and painted the paper under your hands. Solar glanced to the side, examining your art. "What are you drawing kid?" "The daycare." You simply answered without looking away from your art. Solar hummed, then asked: "Who are the people on the picture?" You looked up to him, then moved closer, ready to show your art. "That's Sunny," you told. Solar nodded recognizing the bright yellow smiling figure on the side of the paper. "And that's his cat." you pointed at the small drawing beside Sun. "His cat?" The theater animatronic confusedly asked. "Yeah. I didn't see them a long time ago, and he still denies it when I mention that it. But I know what I saw." Solar had to hold back a chuckle. You continued, pointing to the other side of the paper. "That is Earth." you pointed at the happy green, tall animatronic. "I like Earth, she's kind." "She is." He agreed. "Beside her, that is Lunar." Solar quckly recognizes the small lavender figure on the picture. He looked at the center of the paper and he could feel his rays spin a bit. "And who are the people in the middle?" "That is you and me." you said smilingly. "And why are we in the middle?" The animatronic asked out of curiousity. "Because you're my favourite." Solar rays slowly spinned again. You picked up your drawing and handed it to Solar cheerfully. "This is yours, Solar. I made this for you." Solar gave you a warm smile as he gently took the drawing with his gloved hands. "Thank you, (Y/N)." He had to hold back his tears.

• Like I said, he doesn't really interact with people, however he won't hesitate to call the parent(s) out if they treat their chil(ren) badly. Throwing hands on the children or showing abusive behaviour towards them will automatically trigger him, same with almost all animatronics in the pizzaplex.

• Many different kids visit the daycare almost everyday.

For babies, they really like him actually. Solar doesn't look very scary for them and he has a calm deep voice unlike the others. Perfect for sleeping.

To older children, he is still very patient with them. He won't shout at anybody, but he'll use a more emphatic tone if it's needed.

He's patient and attentive towards all children including, disabled or physically/mentally ill children aswell!

• and yes, even if he's your best friend/favourite animatronic, you will be scolded by him if you swear. and yes, Jack too, if he tries teaching you.

• You might not see Solar as often as the other daycare attendants, but hanging out with him in the theater can be really relaxing, and it's a great chance to bond with him! Give it a shot!

[nonsensefromtheabyss]

I asked this about the aliens but now, do you have a favorite Riddle school child to write for or just their personality in general? (I have to admit for me Zack is way too funny sometimes)

Another excellent question I can’t answer concisely!

I have very strong and defined opinions about all of the aliens but aside from Phil, I think I know the kids a little less well. Riddle V.I.Z.ion only interacts with Not-Phil Humans comparatively briefly, so while I have distinct characters in mind for them, I didn’t engage with them to the same degree. Which is a shame in hindsight. 

When I started my rewrite I did pencil out more stuff with the group initially—just inconsequential hanging-out-at-the-house style shenanigans—but it got cut pretty early on ‘cause it felt like I was stalling the plot and the damn thing was already long as fuck, it didn’t need me fooling around any more than I was already. (‘kill your darlings’ is my actual least favourite piece of writing advice, but at some point I know if I don’t seize myself by the scruff of my neck and drag myself away from a project, it will never end … Why am I writing more if the story was supposed to end? My grip slipped.)

So! I liked writing for Phil most because I knew him best out of all of them. But in terms of personality, I think Phred would be a strong contender for favourite; he wants so badly to live a quiet life but he's surrounded by cosmic level shenanigans all the damn time. He's not like Phil, who actively invites this shit. He's playing the straight man to the universe itself. Comes home from his job at the supermarket and his todo list reads Check Intergalactic Criminals Haven’t Killed Anyone and Feed Cat, in that order. He’s on his fifth ‘damn that’s crazy’ and the person at the McDonald’s drive through is still telling their life story, except the person is me and the story is their lives going wrong. 

Phil and Zach I liked to use for jokes (Phil cause he’s Phil, and Zach cause he’s the liveliest character to me) but Phred and Smiley were both more grounded people in my mind; then the difference between them was that Smiley gets the serious side of the storyline and Phred gets to stand there like that guy who just wanted a waffle. One of them was always taking it seriously and the other said he’d do it on the night (and he did, go Phred.) The slowly draining sense of surrealism he experiences as things get worse is fun to imagine.

(I did actually draw up a very basic outline for the ways the kids interacted with the storyline when the other three had bigger roles; only shades of it showed through in the end, but I think it gives an impression of how I thought of them all:

Smiley: taking the situation seriously; wants to be anywhere else.

Phred: not taking the situation seriously; wants to be anywhere else.

Zach: not taking the situation seriously; wants to be involved.

Phil: taking the situation seriously; wants to be involved.)

For games, I like that Zach can be used as an item, I think that's neat. Sometimes you just have to put the homies in the inventory.

[boxheadpaint]

good: have been drawing a lot in my sketchbook lately, mostly with pencil. do you know how awesome it is to have a sharpener on hand immediately too. making smooth gem-ish shading is very fun and time consuming too, so its a nice way to distract myself. i need to get back into my pixel projects as well- i forgot that aseprite is still technically a steam game so my friend asked me why i have 6000 hours in it (i keep basically all art programs open to have them on hand fast). i want to get watercolor markers or something to make funny things more. i used to draw a lot back in school of course because it was easier than doing the actual work i guess- now i have some block about drawing traditionally where i forget it for a long while and also need to be in a very specific spot for it to be enjoyable (in this case thecorner of the living room couch). ill figure out how to use the scanner by myself at some point

bad: toenail is starting to hurt again, swelling, had a rough time yesterday with my heart blasting in spite of Actually No Anxiety for once and not even having a huge meals, just snacking until dinner (by which point i had weakened considerably but even before that when i had eaten it was like techno in there.) i still have yet to get the long ecg or whatever it is, though i do have a random app with the doctor on the 27th so maybe i can ask for a referral that isnt over an hour away from where i live. the gums of a tooth in the back of my mouth was hurting for a while but seems fine now, wasnt sure what i was gonna do about that so thats good. can go back to brushing normal now. still havent gotten lab orders.

the cats were grooming eachother on the couch a second ago and now theyre getting feisty and bitey and silly so i cant really stay depressed. dreams have been weirdly vivid as of late for better and for worse, even just during naps. makes it even more exhausting. for the past 3 weeks or so ive had a consistent thought whenever ive been stressed of "i need to go curl up in a dirt hole somewhere else", which while not good isnt the worst thing to think at least

2/20/2024, you can type a lot more with an actual keyboard

[rainofthetwilight]

Jenna/JJ Walker HCS!

since I've also seen the other jaylings get their HC posts, now it's JJ and soon ethan's time to shine!!

(most of these are connected to or need the lore post to understand; so check it out if you haven't!)

Jenna, at first, seems like a sweet and shy kid (if you didn't intimidate her), but she's a literal demon once she gets a bit used to whoever she's talking to

^ to continue with the above, she has trust issues, so if you already leave a bad first impression on her or if she just seems wary then she'll have a hard time even standing next to you

and for that reason it was hard to bond with Jay before he got his memories back, he's a person she knows but doesn't at the same time, and it heavily hurt her because she just wants him to love her like his daughter again

she still was able to keep a good relationship with Nya, but it was a bit hard to talk sometimes because of how much Jenna's changed and that they haven't seen eachother in years

she had such a big bond with Cole, so it would be an understatement saying she missed him severely

she was also very close to Kai! Lloyd, compared to now, wasn't very close to Jenna pre-merge but would love to sneak her some candy when Jay didn't let her

Zane was also pretty close, he'd only wear obnoxiously oversized hoodies just to carry Jenna in them

Wu loved spending time with Jenna, and would give her some scrolls to read to improve her Ninjargon! Jenna hosted tea parties with him, too, and would give him a pink birthday hat instead because his current hat was 'too boring' in her perspective

her handwriting was also pretty decent, too

she is touch starved but sometimes needs her space or she'll get snappish, hugs are what usually calm her down

her favourite animals are, well, dragons! she had basically been around dragons her entire life, so she was never afraid of them, other than dragons though she really loves cats!

her blue phonecase even has a cat on it, it's a small white kitty in the middle and she decorated the rest of the phonecase with small stickers (that are mostly Jay's old ones she borrowed, like his pins)

suprisingly tho, her favourite colour is neither red nor blue, it's actually lavender! her second favourite being any shade of gold, she digs those kind of colours :D she only wears clothing that mostly consist of red and blue to match with her family, she doesn't hate those colours though because they're also on her favourite chart

when she was almost 14, she hit her growth spurt and became the second tallest sibling (Noah being the tallest), she couldn't stop laughing at the look on Kaida's face when she realized she's becoming the shortest 😔 (even Tessa is taller than her, and Ethan was already starting to be tall for his age)

she's, unsuprisingly, unbelievably stubborn, and tries to convince herself to not give up too quickly

she has whole boxes of markers, coloured pencils, and paint! her obsession for art is too great, she even asked Lloyd if she could help paint the new bounty

when she'd go out, there would be some paparrazi she obviously did not like them that much, but had grown used to ignoring them

she had so many of those children colouring books and had alot of drawings pre-seabound, and most of them were complete, but they all burned down along with the monastery in crystallized :')

she was a bit anxious about going to school, but was still excited and had enjoyed it! alot of kids had wanted to be friends with her and she didn't mind the attention

she's a theatre kid! would act in alot of plays when she was still at school and she goes absolutely all out when she does, now she isn't so open about that fact but would sometimes sing and dance in secret (she got caught by Kaida one time, and she never felt so embarrased)

her room's walls are painted by her, she painted simple things like landscapes with some dragons thrown in there

she's that sibling who's always got your back, she'd get into fights if it meant that she'd protect you that way

but she is not much of a good listener, wanting to hurry up with things, but if you needed to rant to somebody so badly she'd try

for her whole life, she was very protective of Ethan, their dynamic was good but got a bit wonky during the timeskip because of how dull everything seemed, and because of how Jenna would be in her room most of the time

she loves to cuddle him alot tho and is still able to carry him sometimes, she never realizes that he's heavier than he looks lmao

sometimes, Lloyd would come and find them asleep on top of eachother on the living room couch, the movie they were watching still playing on the TV

and she despises how Ethan never knocks on her door, fsm knows how many times he's jumpscared her when he slams the door open 💀

she loves to pull pranks on people (that people is Kaida) with Quinn and Finn, those three are unstoppable 😎

speaking of that, Jenna warmed up to them eachother quicker than she expected, it just took a while because she was still not sure of them, but she liked their energy and they didn't seem like a threat to her

she was just envious of the two because they spent their entire lives with Nya and Jay, which was what slowed down the process

being very protective of Ethan, she hated the fact she had to share him, so she was very wary of everyone (especially Noah, who she noticed loved to spend time with him) and didn't want him so close to anyone

but when she saw the way Noah treated him gently and had genuienly loved him, and how much fun Ethan had when he spent time with him, she grew to love Noah aswell

Jenna loved to climb on his shoulders before her growth spurt, with him being ungodly tall she felt like she was standing on the borg tower

with all of these fights, she never thought she'd get along with Kaida one day, theur fights would even sometimes get a bit too heated, but once they starting warming uo eachother, and talked in conversations that weren't fights, they both quickly became protective of one another

she doesn't know how to use a gun, she never used a gun before, so Kaida had obviously taught her (Tessa and Noah taught her too when they could)

BUT she does know how to use a sword! she would sometimes train with Lloyd during the merge timeskip, so she has some pretty decent fighting skills and is good with a sword for her age

she has a love-hate relationship with sparring, tho

she hates blood, she really hates blood, but having seen it so many times in her lifetime (*cough* including hers *cough*) she got only a bit used to it

she was scared about coming out as aroace, but nobody in her family is straight (obviously) and neither are the walker kids (obviously #2) and was suprised when they were all so chill

Jenna: Guys, I'm aroace.

The rest of the walker siblings: Cool.

Jenna: ...what-

Ethan: What's an aroace?

during her stay with them, Ed and Edna would teach her how to engineer and how to use unimportant spare parts to make something new, and she was suprisingly a quick learner and it had distracted her a little from what had happened

she is not a great cook in the slightest, she'll break the pan she's using the moment she touches it :'D

she is an avid reader of comics (just like her dad) and finds them to be more interesting and funnier than books, she borrowed jay's starferer comics during the timeskip after the merge and read them all, and god she did not shut up for weeks about it (which made lloyd very proud lmao)

she loves to swim!! her love for it had plummeted a bit after seabound however

but before the merge, she had been taught how to swim by nya quite alot and always loved to go to the beach just to jump in the water (she's that kid to do those massive cannon balls lmao)

and she loves to run too! she'd never back down from a race and is extremely quick, unless you're Tessa or Quinn it's hard to catch up to her sometimes

(I hit that block limit 😭)

EDIT: she, obviously, knows some swear words

she has frequent nightmares from her ptsd (cough crystallized cough near death experience cough fuck I'm spoiling again-) and gets extremely anxious, the pain seems like its still there, and she cannot stay alone by herself for too long or she'll spiral

EDIT: she also has slight pyrophobia from crystallized (try to guess why)

^ during the merge timeskip, when they started happening more frequently, she'd instantly go to Lloyd, but now she almost always goes straight to Tessa during those times. when she's at her lowest point especially, Tessa's the only sister who listens to her and lets her cry it all out which is why she's one of her closest siblings

in fact, Tessa's the first sibling she grew close to!

Nya does know about these problems too, and when Tessa for any reason isn't able to help Jenna heads straight to her

sometimes, when her anxiety gets the best of her too, she talks walks across the monastery courtyard and climbs up and down the stairs a few times, it always calms her down

Tessa mostly uses her a benchpress along with their sisters, so no one is suprised when they see Tessa benchpressing Jenna who's currently on her phone

she's usually comfortable around Finn and Quinn, and begged Quinn to teach her how to fly once she got her powers too

when she and Kaida got along, those hellspawns LOVED to gossip, and would constantly laugh about an inside joke between them while everyone is so confused (me and that one friend meme be like)

like how the brothers have movie nights, the sisters all have movie nights too!!

before Kaida warmed up to them, she'd constantly fight with Jenna during the film and Tessa would try her darndest to shut them up, while Quinn is just focused on the TV while eating popcorn 😎

and if it isn't obvious enough already, other than Ethan of course her favourite sibling is Tessa, but Kaida quickly followed suit

when she'd be bored, she'd grab Finn and Quinn to paint the walls of their room together

whenever she hears Noah talking about Sasha, she goes "nope" and leaves the room instantly

Jenna borrowed Lloyd's old headphones, which she also decorated with her stickers, she only lets Tessa use it

it's easy to tell that something belongs to Jenna, she always has her nickname 'JJ' on her stuff everywhere

EDIT: Jenna also gets an aviator jacket from Tessa! all the sisters have it :DD

in the future, she eventually gets more chill and Ethan will become the energetic one

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ohh my god that was LONGGG..

bb boy ethan's next!! I'm going to sinai tomorrow though and staying until saturday, so yeah expect him to be a little later on!

[sneakers-and-shakes]

2025 Journal Setup Guide Pt.2

This month I’m back with the promised Part 2 of the 2025 Journal Setup Guide! If you haven’t checked out part 1 yet, here is the link:

Now that we have the prep done, it’s time to actually jump into your journal with all the fun stuff. It’s time to focus on the decoration and aesthetic elements!

Step 1: Decorations/Color Palette/Themes

A lot of people have themed journal setups and there are countless inspiration images out there for the different types of themes you can use. I personally don’t have a specific theme for my year setup (though I will do themed monthly setups).

However, I do have a defined color palette, which is basically my “theme.” My color palette is based on the stickers and washi tape I bought. But you can choose your color palette based on your theme, or other decoration items you have. 

You don’t need to be super fancy with your decoration. Just choose one thing that will be at the center of your color story. 

Then based on that one thing (theme or sticker or decoration idea) choose 3-4 colors to be your main color palette. 

Preferably you should have 2 dark colors and 2 light colors so your headers and boxes can be the darker colors and you can use the lighter colors as second line highlights or background decoration that can be written on top of.

Let me share some examples to illustrate what I mean.

Example: My Theme is 90s school notebook

black, blue, red pens 

doodle type decorations in the margins (hearts, stars, smiley faces)

highlighter/bright pink and blue 

Example: I have night sky related washi tape and star stickers

dark blue, light blue, yellow/gold colored markers

washi tape and sticker decorations

draw moons/stars for bigger spaces

Example: I’m great at drawing cats 

orange, brown, and cream colors (for different types of cats)

main decoration is hand drawn art

light colors to create patterns on cats in the background (splotches in a light gray color)

Each of these examples chooses one thing that will be the center of the color story/other decorations. 

In my case, I got the Sunlight Mystery washi tape and stickers which have a gold and maroon color scheme. So my color palette was deep orange, marron, light pink and light beige. 

I used the Tombow dual-brush pens (Cottage pack) to outline my boxes and for the headers. It was my first time using them but they are worth the hype the journaling community has about them. The light colors were perfect for second-line highlights and since the ink is water based you can layer the colors to get different shades.

The pens I use for journaling are the Papermate Inkjoy Gel Pens. I’ve been using them for about two years now and they are my favorite to write with.  (I will say that with the Notebook Therapy 160gsm notebook paper they take longer to dry than on normal printer paper.)

But you really don’t need to buy fancy things. My first journals were set up with colored pens from the dollar store. As long as you have a few colored pens or markers (can just be the Crayola thin tips) you are set!

Step 2: Outlining

Once you have your decorations and color palette decided then it’s time to crack open your journal and get into it.

Now, if you’re confident, feel free to skip this step and just start with your markers and pens. I, however, do not have that courage so I started with pencil.

Penciling everything in first allows me to visually see the layouts I’ve designed on the actual page and gives me a sense of how much space I have to add decorations.

You can also pencil in any elements you plan to draw before you lock it in with color. 

Here are some of the spreads I have penciled out to give you an idea of what I mean:

Step 3: Pen to Paper!

It’s finally time, after all the preparations, to go in and start adding color to your spreads! 

Grab your pens and markers and start decorating your page. 

I don’t fill everything out right away, I just create the spreads first and then fill them out later. 

Below are all the spreads I have in my start of year journal setup (in order):

Step 4: Journaling

With your journal ready, you can actually start journaling now! Which means writing in your goals and trackers and finally start using all the spreads you have in your journal. 

I plan on doing that next week, going through all my spreads and filling them out before the start of the year. I also need to do my monthly setup (maybe I’ll include that in a different blog post!)

-.-

I hope this helped with your journal setup process and thank you so much for reading! Please feel free to share any tips or tricks you might have for doing a journal setup too!

As we close out 2024, I am so happy that I managed to successfully post once a month for this whole year! It’s been a great goal to reach and I can’t wait to keep the momentum going for next year.

Thank you again and see you in 2025!

[thesketcherat]

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[tag-that-oc]

you accept images you say?

please excuse how MESSY this drawing is sobs. the watercolor pen scribbles were already there and i didnt wanna waste the sheet so i went ahead n used it

this is estrelar, theyre one of the funnest characters ive ever designed and although its not simple its very fun ! theyre a cat/moth hybrid and pretty much a friend's seld insert into the show. big fan of estrelar! they may or may not be agender. dont have much plot wise for em yet though u_u

also heres an image with accurate colors cause i was. limited by pencils. its very uh Not Very Good though i did it with my finger on a phone >_>

i dont know why the background is that shade of brown but its scary

the background took a color to make your blorbo stand out more :3

but wow such a fun design! Estrelar seems so cool!

[somerandomwarriorsrewrite]

The clans writing and art

Read bellow about it!

How their writing and art works and how it's made?

The paper that commonly is write and drawn on, is made of papyrus(i know it's on Egypt, but since it's fictional, i think it doesn't matter so much), and the things they use write and draw with vary by clan and acessbility.

For historical events and important cats, cats write on clay, since clay can last for very long time without going bad, they write on it using strong sticks, elongated stones that were sharpened or crafted tools for it.

All the clans can use animal's blood from rests of fleshkill, trough that can be considered a waste if the freshkill can still be eaten, so cats eat all they can while writing.

All the clans use flowers to write and paint(mainly paint and draw), Thunderclan and Windclan have a large variety of flower types, whille Shadowclan and Riverclan unfortunally only have acess to the lotus flower and water lily in their territory, and as variety thoses flowers can be, it's very small compared to the Wind and Thunder diversity. The paint are made as the flowers are smash in a bowl, into a paste and puts alchool or hot water(depending in which clan that the material will change), and mash it with a mash tool(i couldn't find the name sorry), and the paint is made.

The next is kinda complicated as it uses fire, the clan has to start a small fire, pick a tiny stick, burn the tip, put out the fire, and use the coal as an writing pencil, it's more recommended to do it in Riverclan than any other clan(Principally Thunderclan in drought season), as it can cause massive fire, to make a small fire safelly, you would need to circle it with alot of stones and it's recommend it to put it in the middle of the clearing, away from any plants or flammable tools and objects.

For paints, it's very recommended to use a brush instead of your fingers, so you wouldn't accidentally paint your own fur, and it's hell to take the paint of the fur, so the brush is made with a stick or a stone that is more elongated than common, use a cotton(that can planted by the Riverclan, Windclan with their massive open moor can more easily plant it, but Shadowclan and Thunderclan can't plant it, since their territory have more shade, so the cotton can't grow, so they have to trade with Windclan and Riverclan) or squirrel's tail to use as the part were the paint goes, after painting or writing, it would need cleaning before using it again.

Where it originate from?

The modern clans writing system originally came from the Park cats, as they would learn it from the humans(the term two-legs wouldn't exist at that time) with them coming at their park, which Riverstar teached his own clan about, changing and creating new symbols for better understanding of his clan, but he was kind enough to share his knowledge with the rest of the clans.

The first painting came from Windclan, with a cat named Dust Muzzle, creating a painting of his family, Windstar, Gorse fur and Moth flight, the painting was said to be beautiful, even when it was also said to be very distorced and disproportionated when compared to the real cats, but the painting was lost by time, but with that Windclan created a tradition, to every new crafter, they have to try to draw the first painting with their own interpretation on how Dust Muzzle's would look like.

This a painting that an unknown apprentice made, this is their own interpretation on how Dust muzzle and his family would look like.

The Writing system itself

The writing system is very simple actually, since i don't want to waste hours and hours of my life creating a new complex writing system, so it will use own alphabet but with symbols instead of letters, but it doesn't mean it doesn't have its how rules to follow:

Note: This is a concept art.

Each symbol has a explanation on why i choose it specifically, i picked up names that start with that letter, so for example: Petal for the letter P, and the symbols can only have one colour however, so it's easier to identify it.

Symbols:

A = Acorn;

B = Bee;

C = Cloud or Cherry;

D = Daisy;

E = Egg;

F = Feather(new), Fern(outdated);

G = Grass;

H = Heather plant;

I = Simple Ice pattern(new), complex ice pattern(outdated);

J = Jagged line(new), Juniper berries(outdated);

K = Kestrel bird;

L = Leaf or Lion;

M = Maggot;

N = Moon, since it appear at night;

O = Olive;

P = Petal or Pine;

Q = Quail bird head;

R = Rat or Rain;

S = Snake or Spots or Sun;

T = Tadpole or Thistle;

U = Motion to something that is under something;

V = Vine;

W = Web or Wolf;

X = Of viXen(i couldn't find anything, sorry);

Y = Yarrow;

Z = Three Zigzag patterns;

After know which symbol is which letter, you should know how to write it, for example, we will use Fireheart's name as an example:

The right way to spell words here, is writing them down, and using an arrow bellow the last symbol, to move to the next vertical line, and "-" that separate the words, so it doesn't get too confusing.

And when you write a cat's name, you have to ask them, which symbol they use if that symbol have more one option(example S, with 3 options), since using 2 or 3 different symbols in the same word is wrong and cause confusion, principally if the symbol is outdated, so for example, Fireheart use Rain instead of Rat for his R.

The wrong way to spell the words is writing horizontally, using both the arrow and "-" incorrectly, multiple different symbols in the same word and the wrong symbol for the cat, and using outdated symbols.

Outdated symbols were the original ones, but fell out of use for one reason or another, example: "F" used to be a fern, but feel out of use, since it was too similar to "H" symbol, heather, so now the feather is used instead of the fern.

Finalization + author notes

This took way too long, but i'm happy with the result, i accept construtive criticism about it!

I wanted to use this kinda of ""Writing system"" for some time(even when it's not, but i like to swap the words with other drawings, it's cool), this thing will be more present in how the clans preserve their history, of course, things are still lost by time, but somethings like the clans leaders of each era, important events and cats, prophecy and etc.

And a litttle challenge, more like a dare, can you guess what Smallear wrote in the paper?

Anyway, again, english is not my first language, so if you find any mistakes, tell me and i will fix it.

[dairyfreenugget]

Hi spooky!! <3 How about 1, 3 and 7 for the art asks?

Hiii thank you for the asks! <3

1. what medium do you use most (if applicable, what software)?

IbisPaintX for drawing and CapCut/Flip-a-Clip for animation

When I draw traditionally I usually use pencils, pen and alcohol markers and shade with coloured pencils, sometimes I do watercolour as well

3. your favorite piece(s)?

My top 10 <3

And animation wise it's this PMV MAP part and I love how I animated Flower in this Open Arms snippet

7. easiest thing for you to draw?

CATS. Cats for sure. Big, small, whatever. My brain can just turn off and I can just draw without thinking about anatomy and making million little adjustments.

[starryybrained]

Idk what your art says about you but you feel like one of the people who started using the pencil brush really early and have barely if ever used anything other than it for line work

That’s so funny because early on when I was making digital art I actually almost exclusively only used clean/smooth linework

I think it wasn’t until I bought procreate that I finally started experimenting with more textured brushes

And even then in the beginning I still stuck to nontextured brushes for a while until I decided to mix it up and try out different brushes

Nowadays I go absolutely bonkers over textured brushes and yes, that pencil/sketch brush you usually see me using is indeed one of my favorites. I often use it for lineart because I like the way it handles when I use it. Strangely enough, that brush comes from a random free brushpack I downloaded

[IMAGE ID: A screenshot of a brush set on Procreate titled “Anime” (The title is not shown within the screenshot). The first brush is called “Sketch Brush💕1” and is circled in red. Written next to it is a note saying “I love this stupid brush <3”. /END ID.]

Right now I usually either use the sketch brush for lineart or a felt marker-like brush interchangeably, for a request I got I’m actually using this brush… which is from another free brushpack, simply called “Texture.”

[IMAGE ID: A screenshot of a procreate canvas showing how the brush handles. There is a large, thick squiggly line on the left and several smaller, thin lines next to it. The thick brushstroke shows more of the brush’s soft edges, while the thinner brushstrokes look more sharp and less fuzzy. Both have a taper to the end on both sides of the brushstroke. There is a doodle of the cat face emoticon using thick lines and a doodle beneath it of my character Saul, using medium lines. All the brushstrokes are blue. /END ID.]

For coloring, I usually use a brush that doesn’t screw with the bucket tool to fill things in and then for shading and details I go crazy and do whatever feels right

This turned into a whole ramble haha

(Old art under the cut. Now you too can see just how my art looked wayyyy back when)

September 2020

[IMAGE ID: A drawing of an anthropomorphic lion. It is brown and has a golden mane. It is standing and waving. It has golden jewelry and red, orange, and yellow tattoos on its tail. The linework is smooth and the colors used are shown on the side. /END ID.]

October 2020

[IMAGE ID: A drawing of a humanoid/anthropomorphic vampire squid. It is a reddish/brown color and has light green accents. Its arms are tentacles and its hair is chin-length, webbed and fin-like. A less detailed doodle next to it shows that its tentacles do not have fingers. Another doodle of it, in a smaller chibi version, shows it floating with a tiny shadow beneath it, with the note “Floats above ground”. The linework is smooth. /END ID.]

January 2021

[IMAGE ID: A drawing of a humanoid demon with orange skin and orange hair. It has a dark brown tail, a long tongue, dark brown horns, pointed ears, and a third eye that is yellow. It wears a cloth around its waist and wears lots of jewelry, holding more jewelry and valuable items in its hands. The linework is smooth. /END ID.]

July 2021

IMAGE ID: A drawing of Arthur Kingsmen from Mystery Skulls Animated. He is drawn from the side view and is looking at his hand, which is glowing, bloody, and green. There is also blood coming from his shoulder. His eyes are glowing and he is smiling. The linework is smooth and in the corner, there’s a watermark that says “3lec_tric”. /END ID.]

[moonmeg]

I love how everyone got Flapjack tattoos, it was so sweet ♡, I've never had an interest in getting a tattoo but bc of this show I really want one now

(Also how are you so good with cell shading/not blended out shading - it looks so bad when I do it lol)

The Hexside gang having matching Flapjack tattoos really is super adorable 🥺

In the Huntlow piece the shading is softened out here and there too. What I do is that I set the shadows mostly only where they are necessary: Cloth folds, on the neck, hair parts, eye lids, and well in general where there are supposed to be shadows based on the light source.

The shading is really simple compared to the shading I usually go with

When I go with cell shading I use a pen or pencil brush to have the sharp edges, while in the Cat/Evelyn portrait I used a mix of "Flat Brush" and "Oil Paint (Dry)" (brushes on Medibang).

With cell shading less is more. It's enough to have one shading layer and color that you place only where it's necessary to.

I usually shade with a completely different color than the base color. Many times you'd probably just...

But that just makes if look ashy.

So I go much more into red instead and lower the opacity.

I shade green and blue with red (green sometimes with purple, depending on what I'mgoing for), yellow with purple, red with blue or green.

Basically, if you're one sly fox you already noticed, that most of the time I shade with the color opposite to the base color on the color wheel aka. the complementary color

Try yourself out! Draw pieces and use cell shading!

✨️Practice✨️

Art is a matter of practice. Lots and lots of practice, learning and time. I've been drawing for almost a decade and I'm still learning, if my persona is worth of any reference.

I'm really not good at explaining how I draw and such but I'm willing to at least try and explain what I'm doing,, obviously this is not objectively correct - this is how *I* draw, so this is only interesting to you if you're interested in my art style