#I'll post the refs when i'm done with a good chunk of them!

[shmorp-mcdurgen]

Figured i'd start actually. slowly reintroducing the new monster au turned oc project by first posting the new character names!

Mark -> Markus Adrianne Addams (Mark/Chris) Cesar -> Martin Garcia Sarah -> Amber Addams (Ace) Thatcher -> Jackson Hyde (Jack) Ruth -> Mabel Palmer Dave -> Barney Holmes Evelin -> Olivia Davis (Liv) Jonah -> Aaron Jones (AJ)

Another thing I wanted to introduce, this universe from now on will be referred to as Whispers of Willows!

[tealmaskmybeloved]

This is something i've been wondering ever since I first saw the Toxic Consequences au.

What's Kieran state when possessed? Was it like being trapped inside a darkness inside his own mind? like Daida from Ranking of Kings when he was trapped inside his own body when his father's soul possessed him.

How did Carmine, Ogerpon, and the gang defeat Dokutaro and free Kieran, or did Kieran heard their voices and broke free?

In one post it seemed like Monkidoki turned against Dokutaro, how and why it happened?

What because of Dokutaro, Kieran, and the Loyal Tree after their defeat and what became of their relationship with each other?

Will Kieran's relationship with Carmine and his thoughts of Ogerpon be mended ?

How does Kieran feel regarding his past actions and being possessed?

Can you do a post bio of the characters in the epilogue of the events?

Oooh lots of questions! Okie dokie here we go!

For when Kieran is possessed, I imagine he's stuck in this kind of mindscape. (It's not finished, but it's the general idea)

One of my ideas is to have distorted versions of Carmine and Ogerpon in it, as well as another one of Dokutaro's ways to manipulate Kieran. Kind of how in Undertale Yellow there's nightmarish verisons of the bosses in the Flowey fight (if you kill any of them) I'm still working on designs for the distorted versions but when I'm done I'll post em.

For your second question, it's a mix of both. Kieran regains control momentarily and it allows the gang to fight Dokutaro and get him to stop possessing Kieran.

Even when Dokutaro isn't possessing Kieran, Carmine and Ogerpon are willing to punt the peach on sight.

The post where Munkidori turns against Dokutaro was an idea I was doing in a role-play with friends, so it's not really canon, but it's a fun idea.

Dokutaro and the Loyal 3 likely just reside in Kitakami after all this, albeit no longer adored and praised by the people there. As for Kieran, he just spends a good chunk of his time recovering from all the stuff that happened. Kieran is closer to the Loyal 3 than Dokutaro (for obvious reasons)

Kieran's relationship with Carmine and Ogerpon does get better, it just takes time.

I will do ref sheets for the epilouge/timeskip designs for the group, it just takes time HFJSHFBDJD

Thanks for the ask!

[glaseadomtn]

im so obsessed with your art all your drawings are beautiful... do you have a pinterest or sum where you have inspo i can follow??

Thank you, I'm touched! I don't think "beautiful" is a word that has ever been used when describing my art, so I am very honored, thank you!

I don't use pinterest or anything like that, so I apologise if this isn't what you're asking of me, but under the cut I've listed some things I enjoy currently and attempt to incorporate into my own stuff, as well as my process of going about it all, if that interests anyone. It's a bit of an infodump, but I feel its the best I can do since I don't have a physical collection of things to share.

The things I post are my outlet of "I love this, have a lot of things to say about this, I'm thinking about it a lot" etc, but with nobody irl to talk to about it, it comes out on drawings (and meme edits) instead lol.

I am first and foremost a furry/creature artist, have been for like forever. I've never drawn people this much in my entire life! Batman stuff has been especially fun since it has decades of extreme popularity there is nearly infinite things discover and get excited about.  likeso, this scarecrow design is from a monopoly board game, found on instagram just from falling down a rabbithole of looking at lame batman merch:

I've always gotten insp from Pokemon cards, When I see art I like on one I sometimes like to try my hand to mimic it. My favorite manga ever is Golden Kamuy, the visual humor and the way movement and expressions are drawn is next level. I'm a big fan of Lego media, especially the games that are made of an existing franchise, The way they retell a story except everything is made silly and not serious at all is definitely is a foundational part of the way I view Batman and other media. More recently, I've discovered and love literally everything about the style of Sam Kieth's comics:

In a similar vein, this one is from a quick color study of paintings by Simon Stålenhag. I adore the way he paints realistic atmosphere and lighting, especially the dark and snowy scenes:

a handful of things I've posted have come from a study-type of pic of a painting or photo I like, that I just threw a character on top of lol. I often use my own photos as well:

my batman "worldbuilding" and characterizations is how I would go about making my own Batman series, which falls more in line with the old comics when everything was tacky and campy and whimsical. I'll always prefer the 60's Batman show or Batman Returns/Batman Forever over the Dark Knight trilogy or Arkham games, and it's impossible for me to even take those dark & gritty versions seriously.

I doodle in my downtime, and when I have a good chunk of art done I post them, which is why y'all keep getting posts of like 20 random pics every week from me lol. I draw fast, and I don't care enough for clean & polished looks as long as the concept gets across. If I spend a lot of time on a pic, its moreso for the fun of using the brush settings and colors than it is my goal of finishing the art. I'll paste in refs and insp to help show what I'm trying to draw, it helps with the overall vibe, so I just search them up as I need them. My favorite thing to do is to paste in a stock image of an item or place instead of trying to draw it, especially if it has a watermark makes it way funnier to me. 

here's something I'm working on at the moment, redesigning Duela Dent:

For the type of character I imagine her being, I find a tv show or movie character that is similar, and see what they wear as a base reference. (A more popular character with many appearances is much easier to work with, since you can pick and choose which bits you like of different versions and mash them together, with not a lot you have to make up yourself.) I also throw in similar characters from other media to help be "like this character!" about it, be it visually or in writing or both. when im messing with character designs, especially their fashion, I'm not too good with colors and patterns and details, so it's more about the shapes or vibe I want to get across. I see what I want in my head but I try to find an actual photo ref to help, like her hair style & color, and the half-skirt-half-shorts she's wearing to emphasize the "2" theme. I imagine her with a rockstar personality to contrast with Harvey being a classy lawyer/mob-boss; giving her rebellious teen attitude is how I'm reimagining her origin of being "the Daughter of [insert villain here]" that she constantly changes, turning it into more of a "fuck you dad! I'll run away get a new dad!" type of thing lol. I still feel really rough at drawing humans, so leaving in my refs and insp on the character pages feels necessary to me.

and I guess that's all I have to say for now! tldr: I don't keep a track of my art insp, because I get inspired by too much of anything and everything! i just draw to entertain myself and express my happiness! and thank you again!

[eggscargot]

Hello! Sorry if you already made a post explaining his backstory, but based off your last art was Gull not always deaf? How did he lose his hearing? Also how long have he and Stan known each other I’m craving lore 👀

EHEHEHEHE i have not! (though i did talk about the whole thing in stream once oops- if you were there for that, please don't spoil for everyone else!) im trying my best to sorta slowly reveal his lore in comics and drawings so unfortunately you all have had to deal with the slowburn alongside me- But I can answer this- Gull was not always deaf! He has spent the last several decades deaf, having lost his hearing sometime in his 30s-ish (I really need to sit down and figure out the timeline here, but GF's timeline is already so wonky i haven't really worried too much about it ha!) He met Stan in his late 20s-early 30s, spent time with each other for a good chunk of time before losing contact for for a decade or so. They reunite again by pure luck during GF present time (When they're 50-60)! There's some little tidbit's I've sprinkled in his ref sheets I'm gonna point out, but I'll put them under the cut in case anyone would like to piece it together themselves! Thank you so much for your interest it really does mean a lot that someone out there cares about this dork as much as I do <3

I'll link his ref sheets!

https://www.tumblr.com/eggscargot/766248389250842624/its-gull-time-been-working-on-a-proper-ref-and?source=share

OKAY SO his ref sheets allude to him having had been in "the accident" on the note about his scars. It was during then that he was majorly injured and lost his hearing! There's also a little cheeky note there as well, something about totally not being a getaway driver- he's a vehicle enthusiast haha Specifically, a helicopter is drawn besides it, and a boat in the BG- Less direct, but I've intentionally made every single one of his outfits have some kind of medical ID on him. Gull seems to be very intent on making sure anyone knows who he is in the event that he can't be identified. As if a visual identification is just not enough. Why wouldn't anyone be able to identify him by knowing him? This also is a habit Gull has acquired before reuniting with Stanley. Gull is also listed as a globetrotter. He loves to hike and travel! More so, he is uncomfortable being in one place for a long period of time. I will make this clear though, it is not because he's in any major kind of trouble during preset day! He is able to travel freely. c: In my last drawing, I've also mentioned that Stan and Gull are on a stakeout. I'm not actually sure if this is the correct term, this is not a like police stakeout. More like a gathering of intel! I also very much intend their relationship so far to be dancing along the edges of something more. Something is holding Gull back- Stanley is just a little dense HA Lastly, I THINK I've done this, but the way Stan and Gull address each other is important. Lee is not Stan's full name, and Gull is certainly not generally used as a birthname. c: Hope you got a kick outta this! I'm sure I've said too much haha I'm just excited to share.

[venomlion3]

Wahoo I've been working on this dude on-and-off since June 2023 when I saw ATSV in theaters!! I'll probably find more things to tweak right after I submit this but I'm tired of looking at him and I wanted him up in time for Art Fight so I'm releasing him from containment 🏃 More info about him under the cut!

Introducing Steven "Seth" McLilliard Stryker, or the Spider-Man of Earth-40712! Also known as the Peacock-Spider or Spider-Lily, he's been his city's "Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" since he was 15 y/o. As of now he's been the host to two separate symbiotes--his first being Scourge/Calamity (Scourge is what it went by when bonded to Seth, Calamity is what it currently goes by) and his second/current being Malignant/Goliath. Seth is kinda both Spider-Man and Eddie Brock/Venom in his world--moreso the Sonyverse trilogy Eddie/Venom than anything. Anyways, he's in a polycule with Malakai “MJ” Jeriah-Watson (eventually known as Jackpot), Harvey “Harry” Edwin Leeds-Osborn (still debating on if he becomes New Goblin/Hobgoblin/whatever), Feliciano “Felicia” Hardy (also known as Black Cat), and Malignant/Goliath of course. Prior to them he did date a few other people, notably Gavyn “Gwen” Stacy in high school and Dr. Oliver “Liv” Osnick Octavius (later known as Doctor Octopus and eventually [REDACTED]) in his early college years. Still workshopping names but we're getting somewhere! Also still figuring out his villains--Calamity is meant to be his version of Carnage (although I might still make canonical expies of Peter/Venom/Carnage/etc in this verse, not sure yet), and outside of Doc Ock I've got ideas for Green Goblin and the Kingpin (the latter of which is actually his uncle 🫢). But you can expect most of Spider-Man's regular rogues gallery to show up at some point!

I'm really happy with how he came out! I'm still not super confident drawing humans but fixating on this guy's ref really forced me to push through any anxiety I had! His costume went through a few designs before I got it where I wanted it (a bunch of WIP shots will be shown in his TH gallery), but I think I did ok for my first ever fanmade Spidey design :] In regards to his canon event it's gonna suck so much for him, but I'm going to keep details regarding that a secret for now ;3c All I can say is that post-canon-event he's almost exactly like MCU!Peter after Aunt May's death. Think when he's fighting Green Goblin and he goes to stab him with his own glider, only Raimi!Peter isn't there to stop him,,,

ANYWAYS I could yap for hours about this guy but so take these instead:

-Here's a link to his Toyhouse page! I spent a good chunk of time making it all pretty and even though it isn't done yet I wanna share it with y'all 🤠

-And here is a link to his playlist! It's got songs mixed in that fit with other Earth-40712 characters, but 98% of the songs in there are related to him!

[athenagc94]

The first thing I saw when I got on here a couple of minutes ago was the little ask game you reblogged, so here are some I’d be interested to hear from you about: 5, 9, 17, and/or 28

Ooo. Excellent choices. I think I'll answer 5 & 17 in this otherwise the post is going to get too long (because I'll be including photo refs for #17)

5. First sentence in the fifth paragraph of an unpublished WIP

This is from an original novel that I'm working on lovingly dubbed 'Yarrow and Daffodil'

For all his bitching and moaning, Lyandros didn’t leap out of his chair to stop her when she turned on the small box television that morning.

17. Talk about your writing and editing process

So my writing process usually follows a similar song and dance regardless of whether the process is an original work or fanfiction. Sorry if this is long and boring lol

Step 1 - Inspiration - this comes in several forms. For DDLL it was the novel/musical with the same name. For other novels, it's a prompt or a trope that I want to explore. It really depends on the project I'm working on.

Step 2 - Brainstorming and Plotting

I use Milanote to map out my stories from brainstorming. You can see some images of how I use the online program to plan what I write.

Step 3 - Writing

When I usually have a good chunk of the story planned I begin writing to get a vibe for the characters and the general plot. The outline I create usually morphs once I get a flow and new ideas come to me, so it's more of guideline for me at this point.

For example: In my outline, it says reader was going to try to break into the post box to retrieve that letter she drunkenly wrote after the club and Jason was supposed to catch her. Hehe. I forgot about that.

Step 4 - Editing

Once I've written some shit chapters, I take those shit chapters, throw them in a second document and keep it open so I can re-write it now that a foundation has been made.

Repeat this process 2-3 times until I feel satisfied with the quality of the chapter.

Step 5 - Profit?

For fanfiction, I start posting when I have a good chunk of the story (if not all of it written). That was not necessarily the case for DDLL because I was anxious to post it, but I have been working ahead to maintain a 3-4 chapter buffer at any given time.

For original fiction, I pray that I don't lose steam before I reach the end of the story. I've got a fantasy novel sitting at 108K in the third act of the story just... waiting. Another original fiction is done, but I haven't done anything with it so eh.

Anyway. That's my writing process. I didn't want to bore you too much, but hopefully it was somewhat interesting.

Thanks for playing!