#I felt lazy to draw more panels

[alva-gunderson]

[genericpuff]

This is stupid, but you know those new LO hoodies the Webtoon shop has? I know the font they're using. It's Eckmannpsych which is an Adobe font.

That's not the stupid part though. The dumb part is the capital H and G in the Eckmannpsych font do not match what is on the hoodies, which would obviously be on the hoodies that have Hera or Goddess on them. So, Rachel looks to have taken the time to hand draw her own H and G to match the font style for those hoodies but did not take any time to make new, better art for the merch, but instead reused ugly panels from the comic. Talk about a strange look into her priorities. She doesn't like how the G and H look on a font? She will remake those to fit what she wants. Rachel when the assignment gives her the chance to make specialized, better designs for those same merch? She can't be bothered to even try. WTF!

for the love of god-

I'm assuming and hoping they had the commercial rights to that font LMAOO But it did kind of make me go 🤨 because while I didn't know the font EXACTLY off the top of my head it still felt... weirdly out of place for something like LO? Why are these hoodies being stylized like they're from Austin Powers LOL

On another note tho, the LO merch is just like... disappointing in how bad it is for what's supposed to be WT's #1 series, which is, btw, a series with so much unique stylization that it shouldn't even be this hard to make merch for it! it just feels very "first attempt at redbubble merch", but unlike genuine first attempts at making merch (which is obviously a learning curve that I wouldn't judge anyone for being new to) this is a company that's sunk shitloads of money into LO so I don't know why they can't get better merch made?? so much of it is just the default drawings taken and slapped onto a tote bag or t-shirt, which like, yeah cool fine you're using art that's recognizable and considering the art is already made, it stands to reason that they should use it for more than just the comic. It's just disappointing to see how lazy it often is and how little effort is put into translating it onto a t-shirt/tote bag/etc. like we can't even have ONE exclusive t-shirt with a unique design that isn't just poorly copy pasted from the comic?

Case in point, those t-shirts that Rachel was advertising a while ago that were actually straight up falsely advertised. I can't find the post about it on my Tumblr (I'm pretty sure I talked about it here) so here's the IG story rundown I did on it ages ago:

Again I'd really like to have benefit of the doubt here that Rachel isn't the one making these designs, usually that's not how the merchandising process goes in these types of deals, so I'm not gonna point the finger at her. But it's just so odd to me that it happened in the first place. And this goes for a lot of LO's merch, so much of it feels cheaply made and rushed off a conveyor belt for the point of making money without much expense. Which yeah, that's a business model for sure, the goal is to profit, but like this?

You can't even argue that it's like people criticizing LO the comic because like, as much as I'll justify what I spend my time doing here in my free time, it's true that at the end of the day I don't have to pay for LO, so really the only thing I'm doing is inflicting psychic damage to myself, it's not like my actual money is on the line LMAO That's why I stopped paying for LO ages ago and only do it when I have a specific episode I need to review (such as the midseason hiatus review series I did). At the very least, if I really want to keep reading LO but don't want to pay for it, I can just avoid FastPassing it and read it for free so I can save the coins for other series I'd rather read. The Webtoons' FP system is very fair that way.

But this is merch explicitly made to generate revenue. It is a product, front to back. You can vote with your money by not buying the thing you don't like, absolutely, but the fact that it's this poorly to begin with is just so indicative of Webtoons' business practices and so shitty for the people who genuinely enjoy this comic and are being advertised and sold shoddy merchandise that doesn't even come looking the same way it's advertised. It's really not a good look for Webtoons, Rachel, or LO that this is what they're selling to people.

Especially for what they're charging, good lord-

Like, okay, they're hoodies and they're gonna be expensive to print and ship so the higher overhead cost makes sense, but jesus christ, with the kind of merch Webtoons has already given the stamp of approval on, would it even show up in decent condition? How bright are those colors gonna be? Are they gonna strip off as soon as I throw it in the wash? I'm half-tempted to buy a hoodie for myself just to do a review on it but I can't justify dropping $75 CAD on a hoodie that only has art on the back. Maybe it's just me living in the hellish lands of Canada where we play with toy money that's the problem, but it's just not a gamble I wanna take LOL If I bought one it would probably be the Hecate or Hermes ones because they're the only ones that are at least somewhat legible and have decent character art that isn't a character looking like they need to poop LMAO

(these are literally the two worst drawings they could have chosen of these two i stg lol the only thing that would have made this worse/funnier is if it was Handsome Hades and Persephone Kidnapping a Baby LMAO)

It has me worried about what the LO figures are gonna look like when they release. Are they gonna have some creative liberty with making them chibi-fied (like a Nendoroid?) or are they gonna try and replicate the art style exactly and wind up making literal blow-up sex doll Persephone? 😭

NGL, if the figures are done well enough and don't cost an arm and a leg, I might consider buying one just for the shelf collection, but again, it depends. If Webtoons released a tarot deck with really good panels from LO (like the Tower 4 scene or Persephone sitting on the rooftop with her comb or Eros flying down into the Mortal Realm) I would buy the shit out of that. I would even just take the Major Arcana if 78 cards was too much to ask :'0 I'm not against Webtoons/Rachel trying to profit off LO merch at all, I just wish it was BETTER- (╥﹏╥)

[tomyo]

Hi I'm gonna use this figure arriving to have a vent about Soul Eater.

So I'm gonna be so real, my expectations for the franchise are rock bottom. Personally I am pretty critical of Ohkubo and my opinions of him are a dude who really cooked but in an almost Ratatouille esque manner. Idk how this man was revolutionary and created one of the first notable female lead Shonen or a canon non binary character that isn't a stereotype but he did. But like, since the end of the manga, the series has fumbled so hard.

I share a lot of shit on tiktok and people are particularly get hype about the fukuro I own, to which for some reason Shonen GanGan just went ham for a few years with custom computer mice and mp3 players. But often there's a comment like "I wish they made more stuff like this now!" And fully they're right but I'm so defeated with official shit. Said figure above is really the only good shit they've released since the early 2010s and otherwise it's been a constant game of trying to not spend dumb money on secondhand merch. And I've felt the need to take the helm in some more bigger SE fan creations (plush which will go a questioning distance). But really if I think of the most hype shit SE has received, it's all from fan merch; the headphone attachments and the black room oni backpack for instance. Around 2018 was the first major anniversary to come up and since then there's constant "Soul Eater Remake 🥺" and no shame but I just know to give up by now.

So what I mean is, rn we've had the shitty anime anniversary merch release and now the manga anniversary exhibit.....which I'm gonna be real is kinda shit. I know the vague elements used for these types of shows but I sat there like "Is this gonna be 3D recreations or cardboard cutouts?" Turns out both but more of the latter. I'm really kinda disappointed that from what I've seen it's just Shinigami-sama's mirror for recreation and then the rest is blown up manga panels and really subpar cutouts. Tbr I was hoping for the apartment or the school podium maybe. I know the later manga elements would not be on the table sadly. But man, not even weapon recreations or something?

And the other part I gotta be real about, what the fuck happened to Ohkubo's art? I mean last I saw, Fire Force was still quality. But there was the perfect editions and now the main visual for the exhibition and it's baaad. The line art and posing feel amateurish and lazy. It feels like he almost hates the series the way he draws it. I really supported Ohkubo's weirder pieces and even found him a huge influence at one point but the perfect editions are what got me into buying the originals.

Idk I literally have planned to go to Japan for the exhibition but I know it's gonna be so disappointing. This series post mortum is fully just disappointment. The most surprising thing of the exhibition merch was there being any form of plush although they look a little cheap. Either way I know I still want them, I'm just tired of knowing my fandom is obtusely dead. It's become a game of looking at good smile's releases and seeing what niche thing gets a nendo over soul eater. Do that and I promise the results are WILD.

[hazy-egg]

ALRIGHT EVERYONE DAVE IS REAL AND IN MY HOUSE!

I had some vague interest from people wanting to know how to aquire one of these fuckers, so I’ve made a (slightly jank) tutorial on how to make one of these yourself! (instructions and materials below)

Materials are mostly self explanatory, but the chalk is for drawing the pattern on the felt, the glue gun is for attatching the mouth, eyes, and security badge to the plush, and the wire is to go through the body/neck/head so his head isn’t floppy. ALSO you’ll need scissors to cut the felt out (forgot to draw that lmao)

This is the pattern to draw out on our lighter felt for the head and body! This is specifically for Dave, but if you’re making Jack you can adjust the proportions on the body to be a bit shorter and wider. These are in centimeters because I am not American.

Cut along these lines, you can cut out each panel but I’m lazy so this works just fine.

You’re kinda turning these into cubes, think of it like one of those paper maps you probably made in elementary math class. Fold along the lines and use a whip stitch to attatch the pieces together AS WELL as stitch along the chalk lines-- that will make it look like you actually cut all the panels out and define the different sides. 

should start to look like this! Make sure to leave one side open so you can flip it inside out!

Once it’s inside out, you can stuff it and use a ladder stitch to close the last side. I reccommend leaving a shorter side open so the ugly stitch is less noticable. 

Once you’ve cut out the mouth, eye, and badge shapes you can glue them on!

Here’s where it gets. a little jank so buckle up!

This is the general pattern for the arms, legs, and neck. You’ll have to futz and adjust it... a bit because I am not stellar at making patterns, but this is good to get ya going!

This time cut out each panel

Also to note- If you’re making Jack you do not nead that much neck lmao

OKAY sO for stitching, this time it’s less straightforward. For the legs I folded each rectangle in half (Ugly side out!) and just stitched along the edge to make a tube

Kinda like this

Then flip it inside out, stuff, and fold and crease it to look like a foot using a whip stitch. To extra secure it I did a ladder stitch along the top to keep the foot upright

Then just pull the thread tight and boom you got a leg. Repeat that on the other leg and now he can walk.

Attatch it to the ass with a ladder stitch (and also secure it along the top with another ladder stitch to keep him in a sitting position if you want)

Now for the arms

So this is probably the most jank part of the tutorial. For the arms I ended up adjusting the pattern I had cut out to look more like this.

Then you just kinda

fold and pin it to get a boot-like shape. Use the extra fabric you cut off the bottom of the arm to make a little oval for the palm and then stitch it all together (leaving the top open). Then flip, stuff, and attatch with a ladder stitch!

mans kinda built like an Ugg boot. 

Lastly the neck is literally just a tube. If it’s Dave make it long. Just stitch along one side and leave the two ends open so you can put the stuffing and wire inside. Now for the Wire! To make sure it can’t puncture through the felt, bend the ends to look like this

Now to run it through him just take some scissors and snip two lil holes, one at the bottom of his head and one in the middle of the top panel of his body and have the wire go through his body, neck, and into his head. that’ll make his neck bendable. Then just attatch the neck with a ladder stitch and you have your man! For Dave just bend the neck into the desired potition aaand you’re done!

And if you follow the steps carefully you should end up with this mother fucker in your house!

[yumedoca]

Yuca reads 'The Rumic Theatre!!': Those Selfish Aliens

First up, Those Selfish Aliens (Kattena Yatsura)!! Oh my god, I love this one. Like, I love all of the Rumic World One-Shots but I have a special soft spot for this one because it really shows Rumiko's skill and potential. This work was judged by a couple of mangaka since it was an entry to Shonen Sunday's "newcomer contest", in quotes because I forgot the actual name of the contest and I'm too lazy to google it but it's basically what it says, and the judges comments were more or less like "art could improve a lot but it is a very fun and creative story". And yeah, they're right. The artstyle is cute and nostalgic but some drawings, expressions and stuff feel a bit weak. I've noticed this in early UY too btw, there's this one panel where Lum is sitting on branch in a tree and the size difference and proportion between Lum and the tree felt really off. Of course, these are all things Rumiko improves at while making UY, Her drawings and expressions looks a lot more alive and wonderful since then, her size and proportion game is incredible and her artstyle is literally iconic and it's really satisfying to see how much someone like Rumiko has improved and it's really inspirational too. The story also showed off Rumiko's potential perfectly when it comes to storytelling, it's so wonderfully wacky and creative, a literal example of thinking outside the box. Like, the whole concept of 'a newspaper delivery guy gets abducted by aliens and then fishmen and then humans, who all place bombs inside of him, while he wants to deliver the goddamned papers and also meets this cute, awesome girl who was the fishmen's pet, but then the universe is in peril because of the bomb planters stupidity and selfishness (thus the title) and they form a truce and make sure the guy delivers his papers as safely as possible while the guy doesn't know that he's a literal fucking explosive and the girl hangs out with him even though she knows' is absolutely insane, like oh my god (I had so much fun typing everything in the single quoted section lol). It's so entertaining and it shows that Rumiko Takahashi has a bunch of great ideas with this being one of them. It's charming, funny, the characters are likeable and it just such a fun and cozy read. Also, I hear many say that this is the blueprint to Urusei Yatsura but asides from the Sci-fi themes, dappyamen, the title, Akane's flirtatious behavior being a bit similar to Lum's; it's not really all that similar to UY lol. Anyways, Kei is a funny protagonist and the gag of him being dedicated to his newspaper deliveries is so damn funny (on a related note: He's dedicated to his job, and he respects women, 10/10 man) and Akane (Rumiko's first ever Akane) is a lovable, strong and supportive female lead.

They are both also really cute together btw, made for each other.

Anyway, really enjoyed this one: 8/10.

[nosockstensai]

🏀 Slam Dunk and the mysterious disappearance of Chapter 265's ugly Rukawa 🏀

A NoSocksTensai investigation (not really)

In chapter 265, after finally learning that passes are a valid strategy, our favorite ace from Shohoku goes on to reveal to Sawakita that there is a mysterious *third option* (aka three points shoots).

It's his moment to shine, he just shot a beautiful three pointer. The spotlight is on him. You would expect a glorious panel to celebrate this moment.

But instead we've got this.

His face is...weird. It's flat looking and the perspective on his facial features is a bit off. Maybe it's not *that* shocking, but it threw me off the first time I saw it.

The art during the Sannoh match is overall absolutely breathtaking. Gorgeous. Magnificent. And god knows Inoue *loves* to draw majestically this pretty boy in action with his messy dark bangs and silly long eyelashes. As a consequence, I was a bit... confused by this drawing.

Over time, I learned to cherish ugly Rukawa for what he was, a curious but endearing sight that felt like it *shouldn't* be there. I thought the story would end here.

BUT.

I was flipping through the french version of the manga again and...

SURPRISE ???

Ugly Rukawa is not here anymore. He's replaced with a perfectly normal, perfectly good looking little Kaede.

A side by side comparison, one can notice a lot of small differences.

At first I thought It was just an issue with the English scans. In the paper version, Rukawa is right in the middle of the double page and since these scans appear to have been uploaded by fans, I thought the fans may have tried to patch up the scans of the two different pages together, resulting in an odd-looking drawing...but upon closer inspection...

His lips and the crosshatches on his neck and cheeks are not even the same ??? Some crosshatches were added, some removed. It's *not* the same drawing. I doubt that the people who uploaded the english scans would go so far as editing a drawing and adding/removing details.

So... what happened to ugly Rukawa ? Was he exiled from the manga when it was re-edited ? Why was he there in the first place ? So many unanswered questions.

I feel like it is now my duty to investigate the matter further.

More to follow.

Or not. I'm lazy.

[someone-always-cares]

chapter 5, page 65

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[image description: an sac webcomic page. lewis continues to scream, the borders of the comic page deteriorate as more tendrils emit from schmidts palm in the same pattern, now white in the form of the comic page's borders. the black edges turn pink when closer to her hand. lewis is overlayed by blue lineart similar to the last page, but this time instead of the same lineart but duplicated, its a rough sketch version with jagged lines and scribbled out hollow eyes and jagged maw. the bottom of the page is white where the panel-tendrils grow downwards, like cracks in the page. end id

i am. so stressed lately but still! gotta keep going at it.

anyway i was going to draw the lineart more scribbly like the one overlayed there but it felt like it might look lazy so i redrew it and used the old lineart as a fun voerlay.

also, got a convention this weekend in london so if you were planning on going to the london anime and gaming con, feel free to say hi! only on sat or sun though, the artist alley isn't open friday, a fact that *is not on the exhibitor signs ups or the activity page or literally anywhere on their website except for small text on their ticket sales section, to which you have to hover over a ? to find out. haha anyway

forgot to add

[id: lewis from this page but without the lineart overlay and a few or the lighting effects, so his face is much clearer. end id]

[knamil]

Rambling about my comic \o/ and my plans for NaNoWriMo

Small confession: I haven't been playing diablo iv like I said I would. I did play it for almost 2 months straight when it released. And it was fun. And I did think about my comic while I played it. And a solution DID present itself. Well, a clearer understanding of the problem presented itself and from there the solution was something I could figure out.

So that was groovy and then Bliz released the big D4 patch before the first season launched and made the game feel really bad to play. Like they fixed zero things that were broken and broke many things that were working. And the worst part was that they did not know this would be poorly received. That was a sign to me that I should stop playing (aka the game wasn't fun for me anymore) so I stopped and have been chipping away at figuring out the solution for my comic.

I realized while playing d4 that it's been more than a decade since I wrote Remi and most people who will see my comic don't know her. The AU was written at a time where my audience was basically 100% mutuals who knew Remi so I didn't need to show who she was and the differences in her character brought on by events in the AU would be obvious. Now though, since people don't know Remi, it's difficult to say what's different about her and a lot of the things I wrote just don't have the same impact.

So the solution is I had to write more and now the comic is much longer. Like 3 or 4 times longer. or more. I realized this a few months ago as I re-paneled everything and the darn thing just kept growing.

Another problem is when I drew the first 15 pages I wasn't happy with the results. I felt like I was rushing and I wanted to really do my best on every page. Looking back, I realized that the action in page 13 doesn't exactly read like it's supposed to. Actually, most of the action was pretty lazy XD. But after not making a lot of progress in the past couple months it's pretty clear that I can either draw with the skills I have now or I can like... not draw.

Only one of those choices is going to get anything done.

So. NaNo presents an opportunity. I've always failed NaNo like I fail every time-based challenge (haha repostober I had one job and I had already posted the art and I still failed), but I want to use it to make progress anyway. While there are several more parts to go after this I'm hoping to get part 1 done by the end of the month.

I don't know if I'll post pages as I finish or wait till I'm done with part 1 or what, but I've started working on it again and I'm looking forward to getting somewhere.

[havendance]

I was going to do a whole comics roundup post since I finally went out to the comics store, but I'm lazy and I really don't actually have that many opinions on this weeks birds of prey anyway. (I like the old artist better. I think this week's artist was doing some neat things and was nicely dynamic, but also I don't like the way that they draw faces and I miss how solid all the characters were when Romero drew them. The moments between Sin and Dinah were nice. Still figuring out how I feel about mageara.)

So what this post is really about is the comic I polled out of the dollar bin which I have much more opinions on!

Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1

This is the Vertigo holiday special which, while a little late to be truly seasonal (and also contains no santa appearences), I thought I'd do a write up on anyway.

This is a solid 96 pages of Vertigo stories and you can tell! Compared to the superhero side of DC/more modern holiday specials, this is much denser and well, filled with the funky little strange stories that DC created Vertigo to tell. There's no christmas carol retellings here! Just about every story here is filled with verbose, introspective monologues (at least that's what it felt like).

(Also, I have no idea who half these people are.)

The framing story here is that a bunch of Rain's (the girl who lives in the house of secrets I believe) friends show up for the holidays and she goes up to a room in the house to find a gift, finding a room with a man who shows her a bunch of paintings which connect to our stories.

The Flowers of Romance -- a Sandman story, featuring a horny satyr who is dying alongside the rest of his island from being forgotten or whatever. Desire shows up and uses their powers to have it so a young couple comes to the island on the night before Christmas eve so that the satyr can have one last night of pleasure before he dies.

I'd actually read this one before as it was collected in one of my Sandman Omnibuses. Honestly I thought it was one of the weaker stories in this (though far from the worse *sideyes the Invisibles story*). It just felt like it could use something more. It feels like Gaiman cut out down story that could've been an entire issue and it suffered for it. (Also the story itself is kind of eh to me. I don't really have sympathy for the dying horny satyr.)

Mazel Tov, Leo -- A story for some comic called The Minx which I have not heard of. Tom, boyfriend of the Minx, goes to meet her family (who's jewish) for the holidays.

I can't say I recommend this one if you (like me) have no idea what's going on in The Minx because I certainly felt lost.

Spirit of the Season -- A Wesley Dodds Sandman mystery! This was one was really good. Wesley goes to a synagogue to remember his dead mother for the holidays and stops some young hooligans from robbing the place.

Deck the Halls -- A story for the dreaming. The closest thing to light hearted we really get in this. Able is really into celebrating christmas and Cain is not. And since this is about them, while no actual murder happens during the story, it's certainly alluded to and implied!

Tell Me -- Our Hellblazer story. Constantine takes a break from spending the holidays with his current girlfriend's family to visit a bar, where the man sitting next to him tells the story of couple. The man disappears after telling it and it turns out he was actually the ghost of the man from the story (he'd died at the end.) Constantine passes on a message to his widow who just walked through the door.

I also recommend this one. It was touching.

Piss on Earth -- The holiday story for a comic called Nevada which I had never heard of before. This one features a irreverant, las-vegas themed nativity story retelling dream sequence.

It was much more approachable if you haven't read the comic than the Minx one. It also did fun stuff with the panel layouts during the dream sequence.

Thanks for Nothing -- A Books of Magic story. This one's a little matchgirl inspired only instead of selling matches our girl is selling acid (or maybe not). Also her father might be winter and he can only visit his kids while they're about to freeze to death? Anyway, I did enjoy his one, but also there's quite a few things that are ambigous about it. But that's what makes it Vertigo.

And We're All Police Men -- I am not even going to try to explain what happens in here because I have no idea. This is by Grant Morrison for The Invisibles and this story in no way motivates me to go check it out. It feels like Morrison is just stringing words and phrases together and occasionally they're even ones that make a coherent sentence. I started reading their Animal Man comics and those told a compelling story. This was not that.

Look, here's a sample:

(I'm sorry, I'm not going to transcribe this, but the whole story goes on like this for 8 whole tedious pages) Worst story of the bunch imo hands down.

[raenparade]

05/12 - ADHD, Visualisation and Creativity

As I’ve started to think about ways to present my ADHD through my work, I’ve been struck with something extremely ironic:

Even though I am an artist, who has ADHD; I’m really finding it a struggle to draw or visualise my ADHD despite feeling perfectly capable talking about it in a pretty descriptive manner.

Feels pretty cruel, if I’m being honest. Especially when I want others to know what it’s like living in my head and my constant rambling about ‘brain fog’ or ‘time blindness’ might not always do it justice. I myself value visual clues above all else, but that translation from my imagination to a canvas is proving itself difficult.

Before I was diagnosed, I found artist Pina Varnel, also known as ADHD Alien. The pandemic halted life, everything, for basically everyone. I think for a lot of people, they didn’t realise how much momentum they’d built up until they were forced to stop. Those who knew they had ADHD maybe had more of an idea as to what they’d lost, but I didn’t! Sure, I’d struggled with motivation and the like before, but this was totally different. It wasn’t really until I saw Pina’s comics that I started to consider whether ADHD was something I might have.

Seeing the way she laid out her experiences, especially in the form of comics, was extremely beneficial. I’m a lover of expansive metaphors, so the idea of being ‘alien’ because of a disability felt like a puzzle piece to the core of my being. Not only that, but I found myself relating to basically every comic I could get my hands on.

This comic in particular, made in collaboration with René Brooks, also known as Black Girl Lost Keys, was one that really spoke to me at the time. Especially this panel:

“It’s not laziness if you’re constantly exhausted.”

I still remember the feeling, like a punch to the gut, when I read that for the first time. I spent years beating myself up for struggling to do anything, even though I knew how hard it was in the first place. Not having the words to describe my emotions, or not knowing anything was ‘wrong’ with me (side note: I’m only speaking about myself here! My brain doesn’t work like other people’s, so it’s nice to know it’s not my fault) did a good deal of damage to my self worth, which I’m still feeling the effects of now.

I’m still working on a lot of things. Improvement is overall an uphill slope, at least when you zoom out, week to week it can vary. I’ve had quite a lot of time to adjust to being medicated, but not so much time in an educational setting. During my year out I spent most of my time working a full-time job, so that was a pretty large anchor. My work was similar, and it was one place I had to be, the same place every time. Now I’m back at uni, my anchors are smaller, but still nice to have the structure. It’s still an adjustment, having to divide up my mental capacity between things. Like spinning plates (There’s a visual metaphor, I suppose!) - some are always going to be slower than others. But I’m doing it!

As some shameless self-promotion, I actually wrote an article about it! So perhaps I’m not doing too good a job at saying I don’t think I can visualise my ADHD very well. I’m very aware at this point that unless there’s some external scaffolding to help me I will struggle with a 9-5 routine. I try to think of my time as a basket, now, and tasks/chores items to place within it. Some days the same item will take up a different amount of space, and I can only fit so much in the basket. It doesn’t matter the order, because they’ll all get done eventually!

This one has been a bit weird, not even sure what my point is now! I think I can portray my own disability - to an extent. I’ll certainly try!

[umbraria]

My reply to this post , https://www.tumblr.com/umbraria/756357459375013888/rainmacaroni-hey-and-yes-i-color-and-draw

What do you have to say about the people who think coloring is lazy and simply just a way to steal other people’s drawing and sketches ? I don’t think this by the way , just asking I also remember recently seeing some drama with some mangaka and some Twitter account that’s dedicated to coloring manga panels , that the mangaka didn’t like that And to be honest with you , I’d be on the Twitter account’s side , because the mangaka was straight up rude , or to give them the benefit of doubt , they simply did not phrase their points in a professional way , it felt like a creative spitting in the face of their fan In my mind , all they had to say was , ' this is cool , but I personally don’t like other people coloring my manga , just make sure to make it super clear in your posts that it is a fan edit and not the official thing ' Plain and simple , how hard was that ? And , on the other hand , it’s through things like fan edits that more people come across your work , so I’d never tell fans to stop creating or adding on to the content in whatever way that they do

But yeah , anyways , I’m yapping away

What’s your art inspirations ? Why did you lose it before ?

What do you have to say about the people who think coloring is lazy and simply just a way to steal other people’s drawing and sketches ?

I ignore them, I don't think you can change someones mind online, I block annoying people

I saw that haha and blocked the person, Im with the mangaka bc I have friends who color manga and have tagged the mangaka and they loved it and followed them back... but there is an etiquete, we westerners forget culture is different and you cant just shove something to some +40 yo old who barely uses twitter and expect them to feel flattered.

Common courtesy goes both ways, if you expect a polite response be polite and investigate the cultural differences, in JP even reposting official art art be considered rude so just imagine... (I have some authors blocked bc they have said they dont mind colorings but they dont want to see them)

What’s your art inspirations ? Why did you lose it before ?

Just got busy with life, for my inspo it changes every month but I love Kubo's style for faces

[nenekobasu]

maybe hiori’s feelings were what snuffy felt for mick the use of 魅せる “charm/draw in” isagi someone who “attracts” others like what snuffy asked of ubers or like what ness did for kaiser mick was probably a person who attracted others to him and snuffy probably thought like hiori does here, “you’ll never reach your goal without me but you make me want to help you (that's how special you are)"

ness’ is the strangest use of 魅せる i think with barou-snuffy barou is the one snuffy challenges (“win and seduce me”) with isagi-hiori isagi is the person who ostensibly “attracts” hiori and co. but kaiser-ness breaks the model. you’d think ness would talk about being seduced by kaiser but instead he’s seducing others for kaiser’s sake, kaiser is not what attracts people here instead he commands the loyalty of someone who seduces his obstacles out of his way. barou-isagi on one side either seducing or tasked with seducing their partners and kaiser on the other whose partner seduces others for him? maybe since kaiser has already proved himself on the world stage outside of blue lock he has no more need to charm other people, though i think it also shows how kaiser wasn't suited to being a nagi-reo (like isagi-hiori are now) he just wasn't suited to being someone who "needs" someone else to win

the charmers/seducers can also be separated into isagi who has seduced hiori and co. and barou-kaiser who have not (yet), the success of barou’s seduction is conditional on his efforts and kaiser implicitly is not in the business of charming anyone— “seduction” here is tied to loyalty where strikers “seduce” their partners into loyalty (snuffy to barou is “seduce me into being loyal to you”?) though in that case ness who instead of being seduced became a seducer for kaiser may have passed the true loyalty test, the words “good boy” already connect to loyalty anyway; hiori who once betrayed isagi (his words) show that being seduced by someone isn't a guarantee of loyalty, so ideally the striker who seduces needs to do more to secure their partner's respect

that’s why while isagi-hiori presents isagi the seducer as proof of isagi’s special nature it feels a bit weak, especially when taken in context of these other two examples it’s not like isagi is determined to work for it (barou) or in a position to demand it of someone whose loyalty he’s earned (kaiser), and coming from the pov of someone who has already been thoroughly seduced it’s unclear how much of it is real (though at least some part of it is, because yukki-raichi-barou-kuni-gagamaru all probably accept isagi is special)

it may just feel lesser to me, because it’s another instance of hiori talking about how great isagi is while not actually showing it— this happened before when he said “isagi’s greatest ability is devouring his rivals!” which was followed by kaiser the hyena juking him, and now “everyone is drawn to isagi yoichi” is overlaid on panels where non-isagi charas fight, which, if taken straightforwardly, would seem like a lazy way of giving isagi partial credit... whatever though what matters is the thread of "seduction" and blue lock connecting it to the reo figure and their feelings and/or loyalty to the nagi figure, isagi and barou here are nagi alts while kaiser despite starting the game as a nagi alt seems to have graduated from being one

[abuddyforeveryseason]

This is the Buddy for July third. It's an older drawing, I was trying to figure out a way to draw characters in profile.

One of the things about being a terrible artist is that you can kind of recognize when another artist is being lazy or hacky. A common trick is being able to draw a character both face-front and in profile, and just switch between these two stances to make it look like the character's movement is more naturalistic.

That's something I noticed a lot in Jiro Kuwata manga, but once I figured that out, I started seeing it everywhere. A lot of secrets of composition are like that, too. There's the always classic "character's profile in the frontground, other characters facing forward in the background", and the "character facing forward drawn at an angle so it looks like he's moving".

Of course, for all my complaining about that being hacky, it works. And I like Jiro Kuwata a lot. Some of my favorite comics have terrible art, but I don't mind, since it gets the job done. I kinda felt overwhelmed by how-to books insisting artists should learn composition, shading and anatomy before drawing even a single panel. And it seems like some of my heroes didn't bother.

[imthecleric]

He gave a nod, as if it was the obvious answer, as if there wasn't another option. He was sure of himself. "Well yeah, can't think of a better one." Honestly, he couldn't but the again he didn't really have the courage to do this with anyone, well he did but things with him and Mike weren't like they used to be. So that wasn't an option, he felt like he would burden anyone else he asked, which is something he admired about Max. She was brave enough to even ask.

"You're have to get out of bed to do that," he argued, not taking back his statement at all because he meant. But he was hoping to appeal to some laziness that was inside Max because she had just gotten comfy. All the while Will's sassier side made an appearance something that was definitely more of a rarity these days, not that it didn't exist.

"Well you got a month wait," he said, and then looked at her, "But nothing is stopping you from coming up with an adventure for her to go on. I'll even draw a few panels for you if you think of something." While Will wasn't super generous with his art, a bit shy about compliments and the like, Will still often gave pieces to his friends that he thought they would like.

He thought about her question, "I liked it, but I wonder if she'll ever come across someone who is immune to her lasso. What do you think she would do then?" He also wanted to redraw a panel of her in her invisible jet, but he didn't tell Max that.

@zoomingupthathill

It was selfish, knowing that Will would be there for her no matter what. Knowing that the moment she made it aware that she needed him, he would choose to stay. Even if he had other plans. Max used that against him -- and she almost felt guilty for it.

"The best place?" She questioned, that got a genuine smile out of her. Her mood slightly perking up for a moment. Max didn't normally need reassurance, well not outwardly. Normally she had this wall up, a cool facade, needing no one... Just needing to be there for the ones she loved. "Stuck? Will Byers, if you don't take that back, i'll kick your ass." Of course she was teasing him, Will might be the only one she'd never intentionally punch.

"It was amazing.. I need them to release another one, right now!" Boy did he know how to get her out of her funk. "What did you think? Did you love it, hate it? -- Choose carefully."

[evansonfilm]

Weak on the Neck

Pairing: Chris Evans x famous!reader

Summary: What's your weakness?

Warnings: OLD FIC FROM MY DRAFTS (i probably wrote this when i was bored af years ago), swearing

A/N: YOU GUYS!! This has been sitting on my drafts for like 200 years already, so it's really really old but I stumbled upon it today and I found it hilarious. I didn't edit anything, so I'm really sorry coz this was my old style of writing!! I'm multilingual, and English isn't my first language; all mistakes are mine. Thank you for reading! <3

Masterlist

“It's hilarious, to be honest. Mackie always seems to find a way to annoy everyone,” Sebastian admits with a laugh, rendering a cheer from the crowd.

You sat beside your boyfriend, Chris, who plays Captain America, the love interest of your character, Alia, Tony’s daughter. The whole panel is loud, cherishing the last moments of most of the original characters’ final press tour, Chris included.

So far, the questions have been random, ranging from a fan asking RDJ’s favorite ice pop flavor having been admitted that there was a huge selection of flavors for Lexi during that day to the host asking Sebastian which particular Falcon scene had him laughing his ass off.

Your character was not fairly new, appearing along with Scarlett on Iron Man 2 as Tony’s secret agent genius daughter. The questions regarding the emotional scene you did with your on-screen father have already been asked, so at this point, you were not expecting any more questions to be asked to you.

With that, your focus was diverted to Chris’ warm hand on your thigh that was drawing lazy circles around it. He catches your eyes before giving you a small smile. But then, as if on cue, a question was raised for him.

“Chris, how do you think Alia felt when the Steggy ending happened?” a fan inquires.

You let out a small laugh, leaning over your microphone to say, “As Alia, I would say... definitely not good.” The crowd laughed at that; some even screamed “Stalia rights!” which made the panel, particularly Seb and Anthony who screamed "Damn right!", cheered as they were big Steve and Alia fans as well.

Chris chuckles beside you, rubbing your knees for warmth. “Well, I think the ending was genius, you know? I mean on the Age of Ultron, we’ve seen how Steve and Alia blossomed from friends to lovers, but there will always be, I think, some what-ifs about Peggy and Cap. So with the really emotional dialogue exchange between Alia and the young Cap as well as the wrinkly Cap and then the dance– I think it brought about good closure to both love pairs.”

“Ha, damn right. Alia doesn’t need a man,” you sass, poking your tongue out. Chris crinkles his nose, squeezing your thigh, where your tickle is, three times, only stopping when you’re laughing and squirming under his touch.

“To add onto that, I think the ending just proved how independent Alia could be, which we would see on her solo film coming out soon,” RDJ insinuates, earning a cheer from the crowd.

But you were too busy having a playful fight with Chris to notice they were cheering for you. It was your thing; ever before you were a couple, Chris and you would always tickle each other during interviews and premieres, and everyone was used to it by now.

“Question for Y/N!” That grabbed your attention, but not enough to still fully listen to it. “Since Alia’s character has been established as the sassy and strong-headed daughter of Iron Man, what weaknesses do you think Alia has?”

Your boyfriend being your boyfriend, Chris was menacingly poking your ribs, ultimately distracting you from the interview. “I’m sorry, what was it again?” you asked, after swatting Chris’ hands.

Scarlett, beside you, started poking your other rib, causing you to tilt your body alternately between them. The crowd laughed at the three of you, mostly you because it looked like you were dancing funny.

It was the perfect distraction... and you absolutely misheard the question.

“Weaknesses,” the fan repeats, smiling brightly at you.

“Oh um... I would say, hmm, my weakness is... neck kisses.” You answered boldly, just wanting to see Chris red from the personal information you’ve shared.

Instead you got a loud laugh from him... and from everyone else in the room. You were confused, mumbling a small "what" in your mic before Scarlett puts her forehead on your shoulder, giggling uncontrollably.

Chris had his head thrown back with his hand grabbing his left pec. That was when you realised your mistake.

Quickly, you leaned over to your mic to redeem yourself. “Oh shit! Did you mean Alia’s weaknesses?” You asked awkwardly, swatting Chris’ bicep when his booming laugh echoed again. “Ha... I would say anything that involves putting her ego down. She’s her father’s daughter after all, it’s inevitable.”

“Oh really? Because as far as I’m concerned, neck kisses do not make me weak,” RDJ teases, causing you to hide your face in Chris' neck.

“It happens, guys! We all love neck kisses,” Hemsworth reasons out before laughing along with everyone again.

“Gosh, I– Does anyone have more questions so I can leave and go sulk in the corner?” you joked.

“Ah, yes!" Mackie piped in. "Is our boy Evans good at making you feel weak?” He asked with a teasing tone. Everyone cheered.

“Oh gosh, shut up!”

[dissociativesworld]

Patience

Pairing: Wrecker x reader

Tags: little bit of angst, dom!Wrecker, cock warming, sex in the pilot seat (sorry tech), overstimulation, implied squirting, probably some other stuff I'm not thinking of

A/N: I had no idea how to end this so it's a little hasty at the end hope ya'll don't mind. Also no idea if I'm tagging people correctly

Taglist: @4rosydreams @kesshou-otome @cobiwanbanobi

NSFW below the cut

A shower had never felt so good. You didn’t even care that it was cold, after months on that godforsaken planet you were finally home. As one of the few females on base, you got your own room but you also knew that more than likely Wrecker would probably be passed out on your bed once you opened the ‘fresher door.

He hadn’t followed you to your room after the mission like he normally did. Hopefully, it was just because he wanted a shower just as badly as you did. But you also couldn’t help but think it probably had to do with your behavior on the mission which you still needed to genuinely apologize for. You’d lost your temper when he made a risky decision, not following the plan.

“Why can’t you be patient for once?!” You’d shouted at him.

In the few years, you’d known the Batch, you’d never raised your voice to any of them. And definitely not Wrecker even in the past year you’d been dating. It was out of character for you and it startled the entire team. Even Crosshair was shocked. And the look your boyfriend gave you broke your heart. But you didn’t want to admit you were in the wrong in front of them. You just wanted them to be safe and if they thought they’d piss you off by doing stupid shit, then you’d be the bad guy.

You turned the water off before wrapping yourself in a towel, the standard-issue military towel almost too small to cover you properly. Walking through your room to grab your blacks you were disappointed to see that Wrecker wasn’t there. Well, you needed sleep anyway. As you crawled into bed, it felt wrong. Too empty without being snuggled up to the large trooper. Maybe things would be back to normal in the morning.

~~~

The next morning you wandered down the halls of Kamino looking for your squad. Peeking into their barracks you were disappointed to see all of them, minus Wrecker.

“If you’re looking for Wrecker he slept in the Marauder last night.” Crosshair all but growled at you.

You made a face, “what? Why?”

“You really have to ask?” He scowled at you, normally he was pretty neutral toward you but he obviously didn’t appreciate that you hurt his brother’s feeling.

Sighing you doubled back to the hangar. You could see him sitting in the cockpit, a pout on his lips as he stared into space. You walked quietly onto the ship, quiet enough that he didn’t look up as you walked up behind him.

“Is it okay if I join you?” You asked, putting a hand on his shoulder.

Wrecker glanced up, suddenly having his trademark smile on his face. “Mesh’la, I was just thinking about you.”

He pulled you down into his lap, his half-hard erection emphasizing his words.

“I came to apologize.” You smiled up at him.

He chuckled darkly, “I have a way you can make it up to me.”

You quirked an eyebrow, wondering where he was going with this. His sudden change in attitude with your appearance had you wondering what he was thinking. Granted his smile was a welcome change.

“What did you have in mind handsome?” You asked.

Wrecker pulled you back against him, his cock hard against your ass. He kissed your neck, the other hand pulling your shirt up.

“You realize that anyone can walk into the hangar and see us?” You whispered, now wanting to admit that the thought went straight to your core.

He just hummed in response, his wandering hand moving up to your breasts, squeezing your breast none too gently. You gasped in response, grinding yourself against him.

“I’m going to test your patience sweet girl.” He growled low in your ear.

Your heart was in your throat. Wrecker was one of the most kind-hearted people you knew but since getting to know him a little more intimately you’d learned he wasn’t all soft and sweet. And since he learned you weren’t as fragile as you seemed, he’d enjoyed pushing your limits quite a bit.

“I was plenty patient during that mission mesh’la, considering I wanted nothing more than to lean you over the closest surface and fuck you.” His voice was a low grumble.

You whimpered in response, you could feel your slick soaking your panties.

“Look at you all quiet now, where’s my angry girl?” Wrecker asked as he nibbled on your ear.

Your face was uncomfortably flushed, your cunt was throbbing. Not thinking you moved your hand down to touch yourself through your blacks. Wrecker hooked his chin over your shoulder, watching your movements for a moment before putting his hand over your own.

“I haven’t even started yet cyare, are you sure I’m the impatient one?” His hot breath fanned down your neck before kissing your pulse point.

“Maybe not.” You murmured, leaning back allowing the hand up your shirt to pull it up over your head.

“No bra mesh’la? Naughty girl.” He chuckled, pulling his own shirt off before pulling your back against his chest.

Despite being together for so long you’d never get tired of feeling his muscle-bound body against yours. You could feel every movement against you as he wrapped his arms around you, pinning your arms to your sides, a hand dipping between your legs. His touch was teasingly light, kissing your bare shoulders before biting down on the junction of your shoulder and neck, sucking a bruise there.

You whimpered again, squirming in his lap, desperate for more friction.

Wrecker paused his actions. “Don’t draw too much attention to us cyare, you don’t want anyone to see us do you?”

Instead of responding you ground your ass against his cock earning a growl from him.

“Or maybe you do, naughty girl. You want one of my vod to see how riled up I get you? See how good I fuck you?” He bit another spot on your shoulder.

“Please Wrecker.” You whined.

“Pants off, now.” Wrecker all but pushed you off his lap roughly, pulling the waistband of his pants down enough for his cock to spring free.

You pulled your pants down, you’d just barely gotten it below your ass when Wrecker pull you back down onto his lap.

“Giving the rest of them a show mesh’la? Why not just walk the halls naked?” Wrecker growled, hand grabbing your thighs roughly, pulling them apart so that they were hooked over his own.

He pushed your shoulders forward so that your ass lifted off of his lap, with his other hand grabbing his cock and rubbing its head through your folds. You knew you were dripping already, his quiet moans indicating he was enjoying the sight. He pulled you down onto his cock, the thick length spreading you open.

“Take it cyare, such a good girl.” His voice was deep as he reached around you to wrap a hand around your neck just below your chin.

He filled you more than you’d ever been before, you couldn’t move without his cock pressing against a sensitive spot inside you. His free hand went down to your clit rubbing lazy circles. You moved your hips, wanting movement but he stopped you, the grip on your neck tightening and pulling you back roughly. When you swallowed you could feel the strength of his hold.

Again you started squirming, the full feeling of his cock inside you building tension especially as he applies more pressure to your clit. He again tightened his grip, this time pulling your head back to his shoulder.

“I can sit here buried in your pussy all day cyare. I don’t think you deserve to cum after the attitude you gave me on that mission.” His voice was low but you could detect a smirk from him before he kissed your cheek before tilting your mouth to press against his.

“Please Wrecker. I want to feel you cum inside me.” You begged.

“Nice try mesh’la.” He chuckled, fingers against your clit pressing against you roughly.

The building tension was threatening to snap, arched your back, pressing yourself into his hand desperate for release. Wet heat radiated from inside your cunt, you could feel your wetness dripped down his cock and thighs as pleasure shook your core.

“Look at that cyare, squirting everywhere making a mess. You like my fingers and cock that much?” He teased. “Let’s see if you can do that again.”

His hand returned to your clit, now even more tender than before. The crescendo of pleasure building quickly again still riding on the pleasure of your last orgasm.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck.” You whimpered a chant under your breath as you felt yourself tighten around his cock again.

“That a girl, let go.” He moaned, kissing your neck.

Your second orgasm was more intense than the first, your vision blurring as pleasure flooded your body with the snap. Wrecker’s hips thrust into you with a few shallow thrusts before he moaned loudly, his cock twitching inside you as he came.

You stood on shaky legs to lean against the control panel, needing to get away from the stimulation but unable to stand on your own.

“You okay mesh’la?” Wrecker asked, concern evident in his voice as he gently touched your thigh.

You laughed, trying to brush off his concern. “Yeah, that was just a lot.”

You could hear him shifting behind you, assumably pulling his pants back up.

“C’mere cyare, let me hold you.” He murmured, pulling you back onto his lap, gentler this time.

You snuggled against him, his warm body gone from rigid to soft and comforting. His arms wrapped around you, cradling you to his chest. You two stayed like that for a few moments before you dressed and both of you made your way back to your room before you both passed out in each other’s arms.