#I love art reccs and just art in general

[justcallme-ange]

Top 5 DSMP characters that really do not get enough genuine love or attention or content in general from the fandom, go. (My answer would probably be: c!Purpled, c!Jack, c!Niki, c!Michael McChill, and c!BBH)

Oooh this is a good question, to be honest since I came in so late, I don’t know many characters, but I would love to see more stuff of c!Niki, c!BBH, c!Ponk, c!Antfrost, and c!Hannah.

(Me not seeing a lot of art of them might be in part because the wider DSMP fandom kind of scares me so I tend to hide in the corner XD)

[qbdatabase]

I’m not sure if im allowed to ask for book rec so please ignore this if im not! But either way I was wondering if you could recommend a book with maybe two gay characters? It doesn’t have to be the main plot point or specifically romance (think; The lives of puppets) but I’d love to see it I don’t mind really any genre or if there any spicy stuff

Thanks!

I'm just going to give you my personal favorites bc the number of books in the database with gay (male) characters is 1368

Devil's Dance by Leigh Garrett: duology, MMM triad between an assassin, a biker gang leader, and his right-hand man / pining best friend, very hot / dark / angsty but with a happy ending!

The Last Sun by K. D. Edwards: trilogy, tarot cards are real mythological figures (like royalty), MC is the embodiment of the Sun court but he's broke af and a major underdog, romances a Russian bisexual man from a rival court

Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco: FMM bi4bi polycule with a nonbinary MC who presents as male, he's also a vampire hunter and the other two are vampire royalty, he's big mad about being so horny for them

Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans: MM, another underdog gay MC who's an illegal alchemist / fencing scoundrel, enemies-to-lovers romance with a spoiled princeling, super fun magical system and worldbuilding with the feel of magical Venice

Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender: MM(FM) (that means bigender female/male), another underdog illegal alchemist alkjdsk but he's trans this time! and it's enemies-to-lovers all around for this idiot polycule

All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody: magic is real but it's a scarce resource controlled by a handful of families who make their children kill each other in a generational tournament to determine the magic-controlling hierarchy; everyone is queer and mean and hot

A Taste of Iron and Gold by Alexandra Rowland: anxious prince x stoic long-suffering bodyguard who falls in love against his better judgement and then simps so so hard

Sword Dance by A. J. Demas: retired disabled soldier x "retired" courtesan, cozy murder mystery, set in fantasy-greece/rome; soft tender romance that makes me seethe with jealousy

White Trash Warlock by David Slayton: LOVED the concept of a gay white trash warlock, decent book in the end, mad it was essentially a bait-and-switch that immediately left the trailer park for Colorado :/ must recc it regardless for being set in Oklahoma

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: epic high fantasy, 5 books of 500+ pages each, but incredibly good! if you think you'd like Wheel of Time but don't want to commit to a twenty billion page count, read this instead. MM-genderqueer polycule

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K. J. Charles: gay con artist wants to scam a young widow out of her fortune, but he gets scruffed like a naughty kitten by her hot older brother. talks his way out of trouble by offering to be his personal boy toy, but then they both fall in love for real!

OK I should stop there, but if you want to scroll through over a thousand other gay books, check out qbdatabase.com!

[solar-sunnyside-up]

Hey, i love your blog, do you have any other solarpunk blogs that you follow? I wanna solarpunk up my dash, and thought maybe you'd have some reccs? Anyway love and peace on planet Earth ☮🌍

Hello little one! Im glad your having a good time!! Here are some other awesome people to follow!! @is-solarpunk Is really great at covering a mutlide of topics from writing and community building! Tech and adapting seems to be a focus and I love them for this <3

@solarpunkani Is one I adore and follow closely, general solarpunk stuff is found here. Good vibes, gardening and community work are all highlighted and are a beam of sunshine to my dash <3

@the-solarpunk-revolution is another general one with sunshine vibes and in my mind is like a tresure hunter going through the wild looking for beautiful peices to share with us all

@solarpunk-century is one with art, enviroment and news highlights. They are a little more on the visual end of the spectrum rather then just straight theory which is good, sweetness and i love to see whenever they are around <3

@left-reminders and @anarchblr are a little less on the sugary sweet side if you need a more dark chocolate approch to things, they are lovely stuff that is vital to what I do and think about regularly.

There is also of course @solarpunkmagazine  and @solarpunkpresentspodcast as external solarpunk media who arent just Tumblr bound worth checking out!

Of course I could go on and on foever honestly, but this will help you start to build your web of solarpunk love and connection. If anyone else has a fave they'd like to reccommend add it in tags or comments please Im also always looking to expand my web too!

[copperbadge]

Current Events Reading Reccs

I had a couple of people asking me about my “current events” reading in general (news aggregators, podcasts, etc) so I figured I’d just list them off here. 

I don’t read any tumblrs that are specifically focused on current events, I just kinda get news from various people I’ve followed, but I’ve found in general it helps to find people for whom the news is a hobby, not a consuming habit. I have communists and anarchists and prison abolitionists on my dash, but they aren’t people who have made that their identity, which removes the “You are insufferable” factor. So I guess find fandom weirdos with strong political views and follow ‘em. 

Also I want to state at the top that part of why I’m on top of shit that I get through Tumblr is that I have a policy of never reblogging or reacting to anything until I have 1. read the article being linked and 2. done my own research. This has saved me a vast deal of embarrassment, because sometimes I’ll save something outrageous to research and before I can even research it, it’s been rebutted. I cannot stress how important the process of reading and research is -- you can’t get your news from headlines and particularly not clickbait you see on Tumblr. 

As far as I know there’s no single tumblr clearinghouse for good high-level current events reporting and analysis (the analysis I think is a vital part) but if folks have resources they use, drop ‘em in the comments or reblogs.  

Anyway, some mailing lists I belong to are:

Quartz Daily Brief: finance and tech, mainly. Back when they were for-pay I paid for them, this newsletter was that entertaining. I believe they’ve now gone fee-free but they sometimes link to paywalls. I get it as an email newsletter, that’s just a link to the web version. 

Breakfast with ARTNews: Obviously a bit niche but I really like keeping up with the art world and they cover art crime too. The link is to the all-newsletters signup page, I only belong to Breakfast. 

The Futurist: This is the most insufferable nonsense masquerading as news ever. The ads are indistinguishable from the content. But it does help me keep a finger hard on the pulse of what irritating tech bros are into. Watch scams unfold in real time! 

I also follow a number of local interests -- community centers and neighborhood organizations primarily -- in Chicago, so those are always good to hunt up. Most major cities have a “citycast” podcast (just search “citycast [your city]” in your podcatcher) that is also good for local news.  

Some websites:

Longreads: Since longform.org went under, the best place to find the current longform pieces that everyone’s talking about.  

Brand Eating: Extremely niche, but I really love reading about “brand” food trends. It covers new food releases and sales and such in the areas of packaged food (potato chips, candy, etc), fast food, and casual dining. It’s also great as a resource for cheap eats. 

I stopped reading Bon Appetit recently (they ran this appallingly sympathetic story about a dickhead hiring manager) but like, honestly, if you want to track food trends, the BA email newsletter is kinda the way to go. If you’d like good food news in podcast form, I recommend The Sporkful (it’s in the podcast list). 

I used to read the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and Fortune Magazine (which mostly scraped the not-awful stuff from Forbes) but I’ve cut it down to just the Trib; I don’t really need Fortune to keep me current and the NYT has morphed into a creepy proto-fash nightmare. The Trib has pretty good national/international coverage so if you don’t have a decent local paper it’s not bad, but I don’t know how much access you get as a nonpaying reader (I subscribe). 

Podcasts:

Quartz has a podcast, Quartz Obsession, which is off-and-on in terms of when episodes come out but very interesting when they do. 

Planet Money is a once-weekly podcast about economics, and has a daily show called “The Indicator” which is daily “small bites” current events coverage. 

The Late Show and the Daily Show both have an “ears edition” podcast that’s just the show audio; I’ve stopped listening for the most part but if you want good cultural commentary, that’s the place to go. 

The Journal by the Wall Street Journal is a weekly podcast focusing on one or two news stories, generally pretty relevant. 

Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me is a panel show but it’s a fun way to get bite-sized news you can look up later in more detail if you want. And it’s taped in Chicago! If you listen you can hear me in the audience laughing. :D (I’m going to another taping in a few weeks!) 

Behind The Bastards is actually a history podcast but if you’re listening current he does a bit of current-events commentary, and also I just really like it as a podcast.

Stuff You Should Know is a trivia podcast but they occasionally do current-events stuff.

The Sporkful is pretty good about current food news, although I run hot and cold on it.

I used to listen to a really good “professional” medical podcast, but it went full paywall when it started to offer certain forms of professional credit, so I found The House Of Pod as a very good free replacement. It’s not really for non-doctors, but as a non-doctor I still find it accessible and informative. (For medical history and curiosity, I do highly recommend Bedside Rounds, but I wouldn’t call it a current events cast.) 

So that’s how I get my news -- it’s not what I would call fully comprehensive but it’s reasonably informative! 

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honey, aka mrs. riley | about | free palestine | selfships

🖤 should've made this blog my writing one but i'm not switching so this blog will be used as my main however, interactions will come from @pricesprincess!!

🖤 tw for piss, incest, dubcon, noncon, and nsft posts!

₊˚♡˚₊‧ dni if you are ageless/minor, an asshole, you're any type of ist/phobic, you agree with Israel, you're a thinspo/self-harm blog, you're an adult who lets minors on their page, you're anti-dark content and aging up characters!!

₊˚♡˚₊‧ you will find a lot of fan art and general posts which include unhinged & personal posts, and reblogs/posts that fall under a lot of categories such as nsft self-shipping, fan art, poems, aesthetic/sad things, and now I am adding sims lmaoo, I will post my self-ships in my sims game and will dump a bunch of pictures and updates, please check the tags to block them on the post! I'm also mentally ill so take that into consideration lmao but I'm slowly learning how to better myself <3

₊˚♡˚₊‧ I make a lot of posts but then will delete them shortly after or even days after, my brain is swiss cheese and my adhd doesn't help lmaoo so if you saw a post then didn't that's why! also I forget things a lot so if I made a post and didn't follow up on it then it has been chucked to darkest recces of my mind sadly :(

₊˚♡˚₊‧ my main self-ships are with john price, toji, kyle, simon riley, soap, shiu kong, katsuki bakugo!

₊˚♡˚₊‧ please note that I do use pet names such as honey, baby, sweetheart, sweetness, angel, and many more! if that makes you uncomfortable please do let me know!

₊˚♡˚₊‧ just a late twenty-something girly-pop girl who loves pink and writing about getting railed and pampered by 2D men and women! I love iced coffee a lot, and music as well! I'm into video games, and I'm an anime-only type gal but I don't mind spoilers or anything.

₊˚♡˚₊‧ I love to talk about my husband, self-ships, and my personal life on here a lot, I am mentally ill but I am working to overcome a lot of obstacles and am not afraid to talk about my struggles and everything that comes with it! I am also a follower of Jesus! I have survived many things in my life and I'm very proud of myself for doing so, I love myself and I try to treat others with the kindness and love that I treat myself with.

[an1tak]

- Ana's diario + Masterlist

Hi! my name is Ana i'm from Colombia, I attend law school and i'm in love with education, literature and art.

my subjects on this blog are: Law, literature, daily routine, exercise, mental health, language learning, personal development and art.

This blog is dedicated to my academic life and my personal development, to talk about my achievements, my study methods, my failures, my mental health and its process all of that.

my posts will have warnings in cases that talk about mental health issues, depression, law cases related to raw issues or anything that may cause a trigger dont worry.

I am 19 years old, use pronouns she l her, i love fantasy or romance books, criminal minds and supernatural are my favorite shows, I listen to a lot of music and I have a lot of fun with fanfics, fan art and fan culture in general but i have another blog just for that.

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-! MASTERLIST

100 days

100 days of getting my life together

1 day 2 day 3 day. 4 & 5 day. 6 & 7 day.

Notes

Books

reccs books summer

Books lovers by Emily Henry review

Outgrow podcast

introduccion

Task

language

Law

Mental health

The manifesto (manifestation & self-knowledge)

Study tips

Weekly review

Check list summer things

Get my week together

july goals

new schedule! extremely detailed + visual schedules

Tips

Tips to eat healthier

Details of my everyday life

Moodboard you choose

Art break

xoxo ana

[skullinahat]

4 webcomic reccs

the two main collectives i'm pulling from here are hiveworks and spiderforest. i'd highly recommend just scrolling through those sites and picking whatever looks interesting.

in no particular order:

Tiger, Tiger

"Tiger, Tiger is a story of a young noble lady, who steals her brother's identity and his ship to sail across the world to find love and adventure, and to write a book about her favourite subject: the fascinating life cycle of sea sponges!"

this is a big comfort read for me. Tiger, tiger is a warm, rich, swashbuckling dash through a beautifully crafted sailing fantasy. gorgeous art! isopod gods! i really enjoy the comic's writing of queer romance- its very sweet and silly and scandalous.

Going To Weather

"Going to Weather is a nautical ghost story set on the stage of a New England whaleship, spanning three acts. It’s written and illustrated by Silas Costello."

One of my favorite depictions of the 17th century in historical fiction i have ever read. the dialogue in this comic never ceases to amaze me by both sounding exactly like the ship logs of whalers, remaining understandable to modern audiences, and carrying the tension and complexity of this story without confusion. really, really impressive.

Star Impact

"Star Impact follows Aster, a spunky young girl who enters the world of super powered boxing with the gloves of her idol, a legendary boxer who disappeared ten years ago. She attempts to rise the ranks as she meets friends, makes enemies, and tries to uncover the mystery of her missing hero."

i'm generally not a fan of this style of story, but the incredible art and romantic tension won me over. it has fantastic character design and is genuine and exciting and so much fun- there's a powerful sense of love backing the entire comic.

O Sarilho (flashing lights warning)

"An alien gets shot in the face four times and for some reason that starts a war. An Ancient satellite falls into enemy territory. The Kirchhoff brothers, Mikhail and Nikita, are dispatched along with a small team of soldiers to collect the remains of this relic, thought to be in space for over five hundred years. O Sarilho means knot, entanglement, or a twist. It also means trouble. It is a story of war, conflict, and facing the unknown."

O Sarilho is a fantastic webcomic that truly takes advantage of the medium. i've never seen someone use a website as part of the comic itself in such a manner. one of my top five comics, Sarilho is a grimy, complex, beautiful and terrifying supernatural wartime story. I would not recommend this comic for light reading, it's really something you want to set aside the time to sink your teeth into. pro tip: read the first chapters, where everyone is in their helmets, with the cast page open in another tab. everytime i reread this comic i notice a new dimension to the characters. i'd love to see somebody write up more complex analysis of this story!

[wolffallsintodanmeihell]

So I was talking to my bf the other night and made this rec eps list for fun. The idea pretty much was like to challenge myself to see if I had to recc someone who was hesitant to watch the entire show due to length and wanted to get a general gist, which eps would I recc for them to get a good feel, esp if they've maybe onIy had prior experience fics/art or want to delve on that but wanted to have an idea of canon first. I llimited myself to 15 eps with 5 extra "reccomended ", my focus being character dev eps and plot stuff like the lead up to reign storm, valerie's plotline, danielle, etc.

To be honest it was kinda hard at points lol, esp since DP is episodic moreso than plot heavy so it's not really like making a list for like a long running battle shonen or something, but hey this was fun to do fndnd.

Also again this is not a "you must follow this or else" type thing, I only did this for fun, I'll even link the tiermaker I used in case someone has their own version and opinions they wanna post as well which I'd honestly love to see.

To explain my reasonings

Req. Tier

Mystery Meat - First ep of the show, get introduced to main cast, set up yada yada

Parental Bonding - Introductuon to Paulina, first ep we get an idea for Sam and Danny's relationship.

What You Want - Tucker only really has two episodes during the show, so at the very least the first one focusing on him would be good to have to delve a bit into him.

Bitter Reunions - First Vlad ep, esp since he's Danny's arch-nemesis would be weird not to get introduced for later on.

My Brother's Keeper - Jazz finding out about Danny's secret, plus I really feel this is a great episode showing their dynanic and getting to learn more of how Jazz is.

Shades of Grey - best character Valerie gets introduced here, so felt it was pretty important to include esp for later on.

Public Enemies - This is the first episode where the status quo is changed and now Amity Park is just generally aware of Danny. Thinking he's an enemy yeah, buttttt still aware of Inviso-Bill i nearly typed in buffalo bill

Maternal Instincts - Danny and Maddie getting screentime together, Vlad's second appearance, and the start of Maddie straight up hating his ass lol.

Memory Blank - Mainly chose this one since it's where we learn how Danny first had the accident, so hey backstory stuff.

Reign Storm - The whole plotline with Vlad and Pariah Dark's ring and crown, more Valerie development, it's a fun episode imo. Too bad this didn't get followed in S3 but-

The Ultimate Enemy - Do I really gotta explain lol, Dan and Clockwork, Danny finding out Jazz knows his secret, etc etc like it's pretty much the episode every reccomends.

Flirting With Disaster - Big development for Valerie showing how she's developed imo, continues the Danny and Valerie stuff from Reign Storm, also again I'm biased towards Valerie lol

Reality Trip - Look I'll just be blunt I fucking love this episode, like it's genuinely my favorite of the three specials. It's a fun adventure, I love the Danny being revealed plot line, it's an exciting watch, could not leave it out.

Kindred Spirits - Danielle introduction plus more Vlad development as well, plus depending on your watch order I think this is counted as the S2 finale?

D-Stabilized - More on Danielle and Valerie's plotlines, and for a general bias honestly find it to be a pretty good episode and if any I'd say are "required" from S3 it would def be this one.

Recc. Tier

These were the most difficult cause there's still a bunch of episodes I'd rec.

Life Lessons - First ep where we see Danny and Valerie learn about each other outside of a negative context, plus pretty funny episode.

King Tuck - Again, Tucker barely gets any episodes so I do think his should be watched. Similar reasons to what I put for "What You Want".

Secret Weapons - First ep post-TUE where we see how Jazz and Danny are now that they're both aware she knows his secret. Get more development between them and more Vlad screentime too.

Eye for an Eye - This was such a hard one to choose between D-Stabilized and it, but I felt the former was more important in the end. Sets up the Vlad becoming mayor plotline that gies throughout S3 and also it's just funny like Vlad really rigged an election over a prank war with a 14 yr old.

Urban Jungle - I'm personally not the biggest fan of this episode, plus it's not really a special despite being advertised as such, but it does introduce the ice powers Danny gets that stays with him till the end so I felt it would be a good one to have listed as well.

Fun fact I actually had an earlier ver that incl. Million Dollar Ghost over Public Enemies, but when I thought about it I felt the latter had more bigger impact than the former simply setting up a plot line that Reign Storm goes more into anyway. Plus I really wanted to include Control Freaks cause it introduces Freak Show but again was limited 😭😭

Also it's very hilarious that for all the villains who's episodes I couldn't include, Desiree got BOTH her episodes in, like damn her impact 🤣

Anyways here's the Tiermaker I used in case someone wants to do their own!

[im-a-king-baby]

hellooo i don't know if anyone has asked this before but if you had to pick five songs that you'd associate simme with what would you choose? I'd choose "art deco" by lana del rey, "midas" by skott, "you're somebody else" by flora cash, "my ordinary life" by the living tombstone and "youth" by daughter. i think the vibes and the lyrics just fit so well with his character. and all of these songs always make me cry and all I've ever done while reading ELYN is sob until i can't even breathe so I'd say they go quite well together :') also... hope you are staying healthy and taking care of yourself!💜💕

Thanks for your reccs, I will resist the urge to send them right back to you but they all fit so well! ('Setting fire to our insides for fun,' from Youth in particular hits hard, I had never heard this song before but I love it) I have so many Simme thoughts when I see pictures and music and all sorts and it's so wild and amazing that other people are out here also having feelings about him! That this story exists! Outside my head! So thank you so much for sharing!

I am still technically working on an ELYN playlist that an anon asked about, uh, months ago so I will try not to spend months overthinking my answer to this one and just go with my first instincts!

FIVE SIMME SONGS

King - Years & Years -- there are a few Y&Y songs that I used to get the vibe of Simme-in-concert, but this one also fits with the general trapped-ness plus we love a King motif right?

Don't wanna wait for you, don't wanna have to lose All that I've compromised to feel another high I've got to keep it down tonight And oh, I was a king under your control

Queen of Hollywood - the Corrs -- This is probably the song that is the furthest from what Simme would actually play but it's an old favourite so it gets a place.

Now her mother collects cut-outs, And the pictures make her smile But if she saw behind the curtains, It could only make her cry She's got hand prints on her body, Sad moonbeams in her eyes Not so innocent a child

Falling - Harry Styles -- I always associate this song with Simme in the moment after Wilhelm leaves the hotel room, but it also fits him more generally.

What am I now? What am I now? What if I'm someone I don't want around? I'm falling again, I'm falling again, I'm falling

No Pressure - Mahalia -- Someone on AO3 recced me this one and it's been on my ELYN playlist ever since.

Smile for the camera, always looking right at ya, no There's no time to be sad, There ain't ever space for that, no There is not a place for that here, But no pressure, no pressure, dear

Give me Love - Ed Sheeran -- I don't really have lyrics here, it's more about the pace and the build of it. The desperation of it, seeking something and never being satisfied.

Oh, give me love

+1 ELYN SONG

Everybody Loves You Now - Billy Joel -- listen to it. Picture Wilhelm staring at unanswered text messages while Simon's voice plays on the radio. Picture Simme in a dressing room hearing the crowds roaring his name while staring into his reflection in an empty bottle. You're welcome. <3

All the people want to know your name Soon there will be lines outside your door Feelings do not matter in your game Yeah, 'cause nothing's gonna touch you anymore

So your life is only living anyhow And everybody loves you now

[leonardalphachurch]

What are some of your favorite Chucker fics?

okay. heavy weather by shir_khan genuinely changed my brain chemistry. it’s one of those pieces of art where i’m like. this deserves better than to be in the red vs blue fandom. it’s literally written in a way that feels like home. SUCH good characterizations of tucker and church. the use of the other characters is also so fun. i think about caboose on spring break every day of my life. warnings of uh natural disasters and also some sex scenes.

other fics. uh i won’t lie to you most of the stuff we read nowadays is. smut. but this is a general blog so i’m not recommending porn LMFAO. i guess if ppl want that i can make another post using the community label thing?

his name is no one by clockwords is a great college au. haven’t read it in years so i can’t warn for anything or give specifics but i remember liking it a lot. also maybe just now realizing we never read the sequel?? wild.

murderer’s row by violentmedic is a fantastic fic but HEED THE WARNINGS it is fuckt up. also doesn’t have a chucker focus but it is one of the main ships.

sharing is caring by prim_the_amazing is a REALLY good take on ai and human mind melding type things. also includes caboose and chucker+caboose is literally the most important relationship dynamic.

machine learning by cosmobot isn’t very chucker-y but it does have tucker and church actually hashing out their season 12 argument and i LOVE when characters fight

the church bunch by hanktalkin is a fluffy single parent au that’s very cute

the things we wish we could forget by rainycat is a REALLY good merc!alpha au. unfortunately we can’t finish it due to personal triggers wrt merc!alpha stuff BUT that shouldn’t stop you from reading it it’s really good. i think it’s the only thing on this list where church being a system is explicit and relevant LMFAO rvb fandom sucks at keeping its plural characters plural. god like with alpha it’s forgivable cause he’s an empty system but epsilon is CANONICALLY PLURAL it’s RIGHT THERE it ACTIVELY AFFECTS HIM. i’m getting off topic

i know there have been other good fics we’ve read over the years but we either don’t remember the titles or they were deleted. if anyone has other reccs feel free to add them on in a reblog.

[maximpotato]

how did you learn to draw? are there any resources or even classes you'd recommend? literally anything other than "practice" or "use references" ??

I've been drawing since I was young and am pretty much self-taught so I'm not sure if I have a great answer for you but...

I think the main key is learning to enjoy drawing! if you're motivated to do something you'll make much more progress with it, speaking as someone who has groaned about doing studies or tried to pick up other hobbies and left them in the dust.

apart from the things you've pointed out these were a couple things that helped me growing up:

-tutorials: -the kind of tutorials you'll want to pay attention to will probably depend on your experience/level - stuff like composition, rendering, and things that are more general I think can be left till you have some more experience -imo it is fine to start with simpler stuff like how to do a certain effect or basics

-studies/tracing*: -*do not upload these anywhere and especially don't take any credit, these are just for learning for yourself -this can be helpful in learning how an artist does something if you're stuck wondering how an artist does x thing

-draw things you like whether that's fanart or ocs or whatever, it's a way to express your love for a subject you care about

I think once you at least find fun in drawing and want to actively improve you can start to focus on more in-depth tutorials, practice, and referencing. unfortunately I don't have any class reccs and there's too many resources out there. it might be easier for you to find what you need by focusing on one aspect you know you want to learn about (i.e. composition, perspective, colours, anatomy, etc)

but something that's worked for me lately is if there's something specific I want to learn, I'll start with something I want to draw, and then apply that concept to what I want to draw, instead of forcing myself to draw for the sake of studying. lately I've been using more references, looking in the mirror and taking photos of/for myself when I can't easily find one for specific drawings I have in mind; this has been a lot more helpful for me than doing observational drawings.

hold on edit I forgot one more thing

-joining an art community is really helpful, especially with others near or above your skill level! even if you're not ready to take critique, doing stuff with other people helps your learning a lot. I personally grew up a ton and learned a lot about storytelling and drawing quickly through art rp lmao. unfortunately social media has warped a lot over the years and artist communities aren't really the same as they used to be but if you can find yourself in one it'll be beneficial

[robobee]

fandom confession: it's bothering me how the Locked Tomb fandom has grown bc I'm seeing more and more bland art for it. I don't wanna shit on specific artists or pieces but there's a general trend I feel where the art that's coming to my dash is more and more often just... not accurate. long haired Harrow, skinny dehydrated Gideon, Gideon and other characters whitewashed. like it's really funny to see my meow meows beat out everyone else in polls more often but also I don't... want this fandom to get Gigantic. and it bothers me when everyone is instagramified to hell and back too :/ yk?

or maybe I'm following the wrong people or something idk. if you have reccs for tlt artists, give me.

this a FASCINATING angle I hadn't thought of

I personally haven't seen it myself (rather I've seen earlier art be more whitewashed since for example harrow wasn't confirmed to be brown until htn) but I do believe you bc that is a general statement on fandom trends

& with the locked tomb people love to use "these books are so confusing" as an excuse for "missing" where their skin colors are explicitly described. which can be taken in good or bad faith dependingly . I am also wary of larger fandoms because the amount of policing gets astronomical & tlt itself is so quote unquote problematic a lot of the CANON elements become at risk of being sanitized for consumption which reflects on all fanwork.

another thing is that for me thats distracting is that.... well everyone is beautiful. you're right about instagrammable. it's like the tiktok artist drawing a generic white Disney princess for Ellie & a picture perfect Pedro pascal and then saying that's just "his art style" when called out on it. girls very rarely get to just be ugly. especially in art.

i don't have a lot of art recs off the top of my head but @/may12324 is an artist that doesn't subscribe to the prior point. and I'm sure anyone can add stuff to this post as they please.

[goddamnwebcomics]

Lessee what we have for this batch...

- League of Super Redundant Heroes

Not sure if I suggested this one in the past about stupid superheroes (including a blind guy with bike handles on his head and laser eyes, an actual Mary Sue who's his girlfriend, a cowgirl who makes no sense, and a guy that levitate cats) but putting it up front just to cover that base

-Delta Dawn

A particularly infamous "superhero" comic that tries to be a social justice comic tackling racism and sexism while apparently unintentionally doing both those thing somehow? It's either that or intentionally being bad to prove it's point, but it doesnt have the self awareness to do it right? Apparently tries to have a protagonist and antagonist story run side by side too? You know it's bad when I see character names and I can't tell if it's being hyperbolic or if that's literally what the characters are called...

-Black Magic by SacredHyacinth

Magic teens in a future apocalyptic setting have magic jewelry to protect them as they live in a city that doesn't want them to have their jewelry for some reason? Things for the comics lore and worldbuilding just are half explained haphazardly as it goes on...

-My Alien Girlfriend (doesn't know I'm an alien)

Another webtoon comic. Comedy romance about two dating aliens in obvious disguise. Drawn rather poorly, lots of fanservice without going all the way to being porn, and very poor humor... literally the girlfriend looks like a clown character from another, and I believe actual porn, comic the author had a hand in.

-Parallax by m falke

Sort of a hybrid magical girl/superhero thing. A boy is given a little box that turns him into a ninja looking hero to fight monsters. Haven't read too much, but the art style is interesting looking at least.

- Bittersweet Candy Bowl by Veronica "taeshi" Vera

A furry teen drama comic about an angsty Mary Sue white cat named Lucy and love triangles upon triangles upon etc. So odd, cause some characters are fully dressed and some aren't, Lucy has like two bird pets, but they can talk? And oh so many perfect reaction images from the cat blobs.

- Black Jade by Steele Snover

Lesbian mad scientist villain makes a raygun that turns other women gay as well. She literally gets a girlfriend and from that point onward the comic has no idea what it wants to do with itself. The author notoriously asked for $1600 a month to keep this comic going I believe.

-Don't know if youd do written fanfic riffing at all, but One Piece: This Bites by Xomniac might be worth tearing into if you ever get around to doing that. It's basically a self insert fic involving a fan of One Piece who abuses his knowledge of the series like mad after a literal RNG God decides to matoon him in that world. It kinda tries to ground the anime in reality and to be more "hard core" by mauling the main character and torturing villains and such.

-...lets be honest here ANYTHING by Dave Cheung

Just. Wow. Dave Cheungs list of wretchedness is something frankly unbelievable from what I've heard there's sexism, snuff and a lack of holding back all wrapped up in a generic non-anime style... US Angel Core is the absolute worst in particular as it is just...disturbed, like seriously bottom of the barrel disgustingness as it kills characters and subjects them to heaps of abuse to the point i dont even reccomend you look into it, its that fucking disgusting. Literally anything else, this one isn't so much a recc as it is a warning...

Already on the rifflist

This sounds like an easy target so why not

The lady from Keeping Up Appearances made a webcomic? Oh this is trying to be ART and DEEP. I can tell it from the somewhat pretentious artstyle alone.

This thing is ridiciulously short, so I'm on the edge. Wait porn???

This might be too competent.

Ohhh no no no no no. Did you miss the submission page rules? The author's husband will kill anyone who criticises the comic

Oh, it's been a while since we've gotten some good old lesploitation.

I don't really riff written work unless it's done by one of our usual suspects or other webcomic makers

Ah, Cheung's work we're familiar with. U.S. Angel Corps is on the rifflist and I am very wary of riffing it, but I say Cheung deserves to be brutally riffed.

[sentine1ist]

I love it when people ramble, actually, so :D it was cool to read all of that!! And fr i think u should get all the art compliments because it's very very skillful and it all looks very fluid and pretty? And dynamic posing + like how your supposed to view it?!? Top notch

Dutch isn't a favorite of mine (Arthur is and since i play him as a busybody, with Dutch always being like Have Some Faith Arthur- i just. Kinda wanna slap him a bit-) but he's interesting- and the fics that are weird about him are weird about him in the opposite way they are for Micah. Usually they demonize him without staying true to the character? Like he can be a bad person, one of things interesting about him is his decline in faith in the gang and individuals and how he's deluded himself (which makes me curious for pre-canon), but he isn't solely just. An antagonist. *Shaking the fandom* THERE ARE LAYERS TO EVERYONE.

(which i totally agree btw, how do people.... just... What. Idk the villains in rdr2 are different because usually while they're just in general antagonistic, they're also racist as fuck. But I don't police who people like, mostly cause it's tiring :[ )

Do you have any fic recommendations actually? Do you want any???

THANK YOU SO MUCH ANON ♥ I didn't mean to respond to late 💀 but that's so sweet thank you so much I love using bright colours <3333

Yeah I feel like with a lot of rdr2 characters aside from Micah cannot be boxed into entirely black and white. A lot of characters are worse or better than others and Dutch definitely falls into the former but he also isn't entirely evil and horrific like Micah. People forget the nuance of his character : you don't need to justify his actions or narrative but at least give him the depth he deserves instead of slapping "antagonist" on him.

I honestly don't read fics if I can help it but some I've seen will repeat it in blurbs or whatever its eughhh

I'd be more than happy to take some reccs tho if you've got good Javier ones!

[dykesbat]

I just finished Batgirl (2000) for the first time bc of your blog title and it was lifechanging, do you have any other recommendations??

AAAA IM SO HAPPY YOU LIKED IT <33333333 ITS SUCH A GOOD SERIES <33333

I’m assuming you mean general reccs here? (if you’re not lmk!!)

- no man’s land arc -> it’s super super long so if you’re not motivated might not be the best move bdnsbs. but it’s one of my all time favorites and the way it writes helena and babs in particular is sooo OUGH. and! I really like how it deals with gotham. and the relationships between particular characters <3 there’s also cass’s comic introduction towards the very end. it’s not the very best if you’re unfamiliar w the characters and such but it’s doable yk! this is the only book here that’s more about a cast of characters instead of one character (lmk if you want more!)

- bruce wayne: murderer/fugitive arc -> also kinda long but I really like it’s interpretation of bruce. it also runs in to some early issues of bg (2000) so you probably read some of it already djdbdjdj. the themes of identity and how it explore’s bruce as a hero is soooooo!!:!:!/!! imo this one’s friendly to beginners!

- supergirl: woman of tomorrow -> really pretty art and GODDD THIS BOOKS KARA….. I think this one’s super beginner friendly and it’s only a few issues long (I think 12?)

- martian manhunter (1988) -> it’s only 4 issues long and deals heavily w themes of grief and family and I love it sm!! the art is also amazing reading it left me the same feeling when I finished bg (2000) (some sense of completeness + adoration for the protag) and I think it’s such a good j’onn origin story <33 I highly recc this one though!!

- batman: one bad day — two-face -> its a one-shot so a super easy read but if you’re interesting in bruce and harvey’s relationship this one is suchhh a good pick! slight blood warning for one part! it also has a really good steph and cass (though cass isn’t a big part of the comic)

[dreamcrush]

Hi! I'd like a kin matchup for jjba if possible!! I feel rly connected to parts 4 and 8 especially. I am 20 years old and have bpd, and am trying to get an autism assessment currently. My pronouns are they/it. I love biology, especially animals!! My hobbies are very arts-and-crafts centric, I love painting, sewing and creating in general! I'm in school trying to read up what I've missed (high school dropout here!) and I want to go into biology later on. I really like punk music and that kind of aesthetic. I bounce around a lot in hobbies though, because I also like foraging for edible plants, tarot, reading, cooking, etc. I will ask on anon bc my actual name is and my blog url includes the first word on the "general content" section of the blacklist of mod seras. if just the word itself is ok, let me know and i'll ask any following things off anon. otherwise I'll keep it like this. Thank you so much for reading this long ask omg. Have a nice day!! :]

I only have an issue with images of them not mentioning them, no worries. Also, as a note, we're unfamiliar with Part 8. As for your reccs, here's what I came up with,

Jotaro Kujo, Rohan Kishibe, Noriaki Kakyoin, Jobin Higashikata, Mikitaka Hazekura

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