#I'm sort of shy?

[scary-monsters]

5k feels like an adequate milestone to host my very first "draw this in your style" challenge, and it feels correct to use my personal take on a modern au diego brando for subject matter 🧡 rules and other stuff under the cut! whether you're participating or not, thank you so much for being here and enjoying my art :')) it means a lot to me

for this dtiys, i would love to see other artists' takes on a modern au diego! please include the following:

something he's listening to (music, podcast, yt video, etc)

something on his phone screen (could be a text, a game, a website, anything!)

a cute little outfit of some kind ("cute" is subjective, i just want to see him in something other than his canon outfit!)

any pose is fine, doesn't have to be half-body, can be a bust if that's all you're able to do! i'm mostly interested in seeing y'all's headcanons expressed through art

if you don't have headcanons as far as any of those things go, no worries! drawing my version will work perfectly fine! in fact i would love that just as much :')) he is dear to me..

additionally, to be considered for a prize:

make sure you tag me in the post, and include the "diego brando" tag as well just to be safe since i actively track his tag on here! i may miss it otherwise, and i would hate to miss anything!

you must post the art on here specifically! if you post elsewhere on other sites i will hopefully see and interact with it too, but it must be posted here primarily

you must be following me!

prizes will be in the form of two sketches and one fully rendered portrait, gifted to three separate people. i will not be choosing based on perceived art skill or personal relationships!! i just want to see other people's takes on my favorite character in the world 🧡🙏🏻

deadline is currently december 15th!! this may change, depending on my own schedule and other people expressing a desire for more time, i'm not in any rush!

due to my work schedule being chaotic this whole month, the new deadline in January 1st, so you have until the end of the year!

[diabolic-wave]

anyway ummm hi happy 12/12. i would've done more with this but i started it last minute oopsie

[wanderingmind867]

I do want to tell my dad about all my posts on here, but I need to think about how to phrase it. My dad might be the type to impulsively blurt things out (and sometimes i'm probably that type of person too), but this time i can't help but overthink every little step of the process. Because it's a very complicated story, and I just.... I'll give you all the whole story, so you can potentially help advise me on how to one day tell him.

In 2021, I made this account. I didn't actually post very much in my first few months. But after a few months, I began posting. And once I got a taste of seeing my posts get attention and validation, clearly it affected my brain. Because ever since then, I haven't been able to stop myself from making posts almost daily. So this really could just be a massive conduit for my loneliness, plus my desires for validation and attention. Considering I have no friends besides my dad in real life, I imagine I must get some sort of catharsis from sharing all my thoughts on here.

But besides that, I did want to tell my parents years ago. So I managed to tell them I had accounts on here and on reddit (this is the only one i really post on, though). So my dad probably remembers me telling him I have an account on here. But what I never mentioned was the fact that I have dozens and dozens of posts on here. That was the part I got nervous thinking about, so I always delayed telling him. Now we're in 2024 (soon to be 2025), and I know it's getting to the point where I just need to spit it out. But I'm a giant coward, so I keep procrastinating on it. I keep telling myself I'll do it over Christmas break. And maybe I will. But I'm just scared of feeling like I broke my dad's trust in some way. That's my biggest fear.

[chalkrub]

ummm hello everyone, any mutuals or cool people i vaguely know have art servers to reccommend on discord I can squeak on into….preferably for adults because that is what I am…I’m honestly sooo tired of being an internet hermit 😭 every art fight I’m like waow I’m having fun interacting with cool people who share my interests and then it ends. no idea how to make friends online beyond standing on the side of the road with a sign saying please add me to an art discord. I promise I’m nice. I love to play and have fun. I have been known to engage in conversation and say hello and other such things.

[gottaarc]

Zenji Kotodama is absolutely still my beloved but I think Yuri Isami is now very close behind him

[expuppet]

So, Sly. Now that is a terrible name. What's it short for? Slime?

[spotaus]

Late Night quick thing (New Age Sillies)

Bad news: That joke post about including Reset + Orchid is definitely not canon. (I legit got sad thinking about Reset being in a universe where Orchid isn't- because their stories are so so intertwined- but Nightmare 100% would NOT risk the whole twins exploding Error's soul thing.)

Good news: This means I COULD include Kane (Reset's older brother who usually dies in timelines where Reset is born) and use it to develope his character a bit more! Also! Perhaps a Blue × Dream kiddo is finally in the stars for me to design?

[icewindandboringhorror]

"We can get through this by working together, reach out to your friends, community is all we have, a social network will be your security in the world, now is the time to lean on others!"

I do agree, and it's scientifically sound (pretty sure there is data about how people with better social networks live longer and etc) but also....augh..... what about the severe social issues, difficulty to leave the house, physical issues which lead to like zero socialization energy a majority of the time, etc. etc. Social support can be a replacement for structural support, but.. I guess I just wish it didn't have to be. Community is extremely difficult to build, even moreso if you're someone who has issues with social cues or group conversations or even just being around others in the first place. And blah, nuance, of course I'm just complaining or maybe being too negative or maybe misunderstanding, but, I hardly have the energy to brush my hair once every 2 months.. how am I supposed to maintain a wide social network and be active in a Community and Join Groups lol... sometimes it kind of feels like "er.. well if thats my only option then...... ruh roh". It's overwhelming

[jerejerejere]

I actually just wanted to make the one stealthy bracelett with his eye colour but in the light of tonight's ~event~ (can't really call it one but you know what i mean) i thought i'd make a second one as well 😌

[chickie-birdies]

Recently bought the chickens a rat-proof feeder because the world's biggest pack of rats has moved in and I've had enough. Training the chickens to use it is going well, if slowly. (It would be a lot faster if I still lived with my chickens, or at least lived closer than 30 minutes away... 😅 I can't be there all the time to work with them.)

Midnight, however, refuses to engage with the thing and instead stands next to it looking cranky while she watches the young'uns eat.

[heterophobiclanwangji]

hey if the only real difference between pidw and scum villain before shen yuan’s transmigration is shen jiu possibly dying of a qi deviation, then does that mean shang qinghua accidentally murdered shen jiu

[cerealbishh]

"You could go, we'll talk later."

"I'm not going anywhere."

[zetsubobu]

Adding right to my previous post but little funfact about myself:

The reason I got into art was because there was a certain ninjago artist that I really loved and she had very interesting ocs. Those ocs became like a huge hyperfixation to me (that I still kind of have) and I remember screenshotting so much art of them, making folders, etc. In the end, those ocs inspired me so much that I wanted to create my own (as well as do fanart for them) so that's the reason why I wanted to learn how to draw.

I have always been a huge oc artist supporter which is why I just love learning about other people's ocs because I think that's one of the things where a persons creativity can shine the most.

[lord-squiggletits]

Between TF and my other fandoms like BG3 and TES, I keep finding myself making OCs that have some element of "battle hardened hero who is actually good and righteous, but so traumatized by the toll of war that even after the war ends they feel empty/wrecked and can't enjoy the fruits of victory" and I'm not sure if it's bc I gravitate to a certain type of media where such OCs fit in best, or bc I have a specific character archetype I like and gravitate towards media that contains those things.

[lucent-nargacuga]

looks around awkwardly

I know I loathe valentine's day with every fibre of my being, but,,,

read the tags of the original post for context, but only if you're prepared for a shit ton of awkward embarrassment

[cinnamontemple]

Um haven't set up this blog at all but don't feel like posting on main. Anyway, I love you plush Boba so so so so much...