#ITS A SKETCH PLUS ITS COLLEGE THEM

[catwouthats]

I call these sketches “trying to avoid a late night mental breakdown using an AU I came up with”

[dunmeshistash]

So basically, I went on a search for images of Laios, Marcille, and Falin and what i found is.....

The closer we get to the end of the manga, Marcille gets shorter??? I Think??? BUT she's very often depicted as being half a head shorter than Laios to make the spacing in panels more pleasing! In depictions of Marcille and the siblings, we get the little stair steps.

Granted, this is them sitting. It's not exactly even. I think Laios might be on a chair and Falin and Marcille are on the bed? AGAIN though, in most Laios and Marcille panels, she's half a head shorter than Laios

And also

And also

... guess what

GUESS WHOS ALSO HALF A HEAD TALLER THAN MARCILLE

Basically. I'm using this as my excuse for thinking Falin and Laios are basically the same height. Getting a character's height exactly right across hundreds of drawings isn't actually that important, making sure they stay relative to eachother is. Is Marcille is too tall in almost all the panels she's next to Laios? a head is around 20 cm tall, and Laios is 25 cm taller than her! I thought it might be the case but... Falin IS half a head taller than Marcille. 10 cm. So Maybe... maybe.....

Laios is too short in all of his panels. Marcille is the right height, its Laios. Look. Tade is 195 cm tall. She's 10 cm (the magic half a head) taller than Laios. and she's a head and a half taller than Marcille!! Laios' height is wrong!

Until the end of the manga when they stretch my boy out. Marcille's head comes to his chin, not his eyes or nose.

LAIOS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS TALL. HE'S A BIG GUY

Though this might be even too big?? Anyways. Thank you for letting me rant.

Let me say. It's really hard to find a picture of Marcille and Falin standing side by side. They're almost always hugging, or cuddling, or Marcille is leaning a lot into her, or they're bathing together, or laying on a bed. STAND UP STRAIGHT SO I CAN COMPARE HEIGHTS

The sizes of all the characters are elastic. They can shrink or swell to make a point for a panel, it can be a stylistic choice to make Izutsumi and Marcille the same size when they're getting along and it makes narrative sense to make Marcille taller when she's mothering her. There's a reason the character designs are so loved in the manga.

I respect the energy, it reminded me of this college humor sketch

Yeah it's probably for framing that they get so close together in height in most panels, sometimes it gets awkward to draw characters in their correct height so you end up going with what "feels right"? Plus the effects for storytelling like you mentioned

Here's the gang in this height chart again and yeah, Marcille is supposed to be whole head shorter than Laios, maybe he's was always squatting?

[endless-sketching]

A quick warm up sketch of my terraria character and some more doodles of my side project.

I really liked the characters I made for my college class so I decided to just make them their own thing and expand on it for a different class.

The project is called Life Light, and it's a fantasy world that technically takes place within IdLS but not really. Think of it like an AU that holds the same rules as IdLS when it comes to its magic system.

I'll post more of them when I get around to it but each character has a name now, plus two more new characters.

Alfur (Rouge), Amiee (Wizard), North (Knight), Elmer (Jester), Shae (Archer), Hana (Spirit Medium)

Here I doodles Amiee and North, and I conceptualized a bit of Shae but I forgot that he's supposed to be a hyper feminine guy elf. Like a really pretty elf.

Also drew Rosa and a bit of Emi before I gave up on drawing Emi. I experimented a bit with Rosa's eyelashes and made hers more curly and bushy. It's basically an extrapolation of how guilty gear strive does eye lashes.

Then there's Terra Star, I wanted to do a soft colored in warm up since I really liked what I did with her outfit in game.

The general jist of it is a purely white monochrome mage outfit with color accented accessories like the magic cuffs and pink obsidian rose. The third pic is how I have wings and the shield of cthulu hidden so it would look like they're formed out of magic and only appear when they're being used and disappear when it's not. Making them that pink color was such a good idea.

[millym00n]

Wip! I was playing a lotta totk while was sick so lotta sketches on their way. plus its the only thing that can get me through college lol.

TOTK STORY SPOILERS AHEAD BTW!

So, i just got like the memory where zelda brings the purah pads to mineru, right, and idk,, Zelda was super sad bc she still didnt have answers and Rauru was like, dw youll find answers with time and study n stuff. And i was just thinking like… thats the kinda thing Zelda would have wished her bio dad (King Rhroam butt face) had told her when she was tryna get her sealing powers, before the calamity.

So I’m like,,,,, sobbing over the fact that Rauru and Sonia are literally Zeldas mom n dad and GAHHH T_T I feel like Zelda would info dump a bunch to them, but like theyd listen and be excited bc theyre both giant nerds too. I love head canons man. anyhoo.

[annie-wilderson]

greetings mortal

you are cool

how does your poptropica infection au work, puny human

Aight since this is getting a bit more attention than I expected here's what I got so far about it: (sorry If this is late I got busy with college oop and also glad you're enjoying my stuff!!)

Digging back to my A-pop-calypse AU, it's almost like the same concept, only this time it's a lot more Darker, Gorey and maybe more mature.

As far as how the infection started is still a mystery, but it is definitely on one of the islands, and as seen with my last doodle some of the infected can be airborne or underwater because keeping infected on one island is just too easy right? Plus this is Poptropica we're talking about, anything can happen. :)

And of course, what's an Infection AU without its stages? (TW for horror and disturbing imagery)

While the infection can vary from Poptropican to Poptropican this is like the basic mutation I've come up with. So with more complex and unique Poptropicans like maybe Copy Cat or Captain Crawfish (oops :) ) they'll have more unique characteristics on them.

And finally the survivors, honestly it's up to you if you want your main Poptropican to live or get infected (personally I think they make it but I choose not to include them here for a more open au, at least for now) but as for the rest of the cast here's two that I sketched out so far:

These are all just quick doodles and whatnot so I might clean them up soon, but here's other possible survivors (it's just the villains for now):

-Mordred

-Myron

-maybe like half the Super Power Villains

-Red Baroness

-Most of the Mythology gods/Deities

-Holmes

-Rumplestiltskin

-Shezerade/Samhal (not sure)

-E.Ville

-Gretchen(?)

And that's all I have so far, do with this info with what you will, now I must return to the shadows lmao

[muirmarie]

9 and 10 for the wip ask meme!

9. 🤔What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet?

the two i think i'm most looking forward to writing but haven't started is 1) the one where mccoy has something done to him where he can't disagree with spock's (perceived) worldview, just because it's I think going to be fun to have to write the heart of mccoy purely by its absence, plus it's established mckirk going into mcspirk which is new for me, and also because it involves spock arguing mccoy's side on things because he hates mccoy being forced to argue spock's ~side, and 2) the aftermath of sensory deprivation where mccoy can genuinely not stand to be alone for weeks (but won't admit it) because i've wanted to write a version of that story for someone or other for SUCH a long time, and i really do enjoy writing characters that just, absolutely lie through their teeth while struggling, like god i ADORE writing that dynamic, it is genuinely one of my favorite things!!!!!, but they're both going to be longer stories and i won't be starting them this month, i know.

[otherwise, the three fics of my heart that i'm still trying too hard to get back into writing to even think about too closely right now are: mash star trek au, mash buffy au, jurassic park college age ot3]

10. 🤡How many Wips are you actively working on?

i'd say probably 5? i don't rotate through them per se, but what i've been doing the last couple months is having about 4-5 that i'm sketching out, and then when i actually get into completing a fic i set the rest aside and focus solely on it. but the ~5 i have open in docs right (i have 10 open docs right now but i'd count 5 of them as the top ones) all have between 1-4k, and i've added/noted something down on those 5 main ones within the last week?

historically that's very unusual for me, but also what i was doing previously wasn't working lollll, so no bad ideas in a brainstorm =P

<3333

[dragonslibraryuk]

Febuary 2024 Sketches

Listen. Look at me. No, no, look me in the eyes. The government is lying to you. There is only one R in Febuary. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you and means you great harm. Anyway here's what I sketched this month.

Technically these skulls were just the first step of a whole thing I was doing where I would progressively add more elements to the face but, uh... I'm not posting the rest. I would die I think. If you saw it it would curse you.

weird this is supposed to be a monthly sketches post how did this real unedited photograph of my cat get in here

This one is actually saved in my files as "A Delightful Little Fellow". Hot tip if you're ever struggling to find the motivation to draw you can just make a lil guy. Its free. They can't stop you.

They're girlfriends your honour. I kinda wanna do some more stuff with them (plus a couple of related OCs), but I'm very inconsistent. Also the taller one can turn into goop :3

The sketch layer for art of my dnd character! Their name is Moonless and they're a punk-themed, bass playing college of spirits bard.

Twee 👍

[larcenywrites]

some general hcs to think about 💭

There's a few random domestic things for bachelor Tony I like to think about sometimes (and would love to know if you have any of your own ❤️)

✏️ We all know he's a very talented individual in many ways, but he drew up that first blueprint of the suit (or at least some of it) and then went home and did it again (with better help from his AI pal, mind you). And considering all the other things he's built, he probably drew those up too, right? He had at least some part in designing his house, and he would've had to draw up designs for those college projects, too

✏️ Now he's not out here drawing headshots and detailed forest sceneries, but he can probably sketch up a decently cute corner café from the plaza, or the city's skyline towering around Central park where the trees might look a little awkward but that's okay! He might not necessarily be considered "good", but enough to where an onlooker or friend might be like, "hey, that's pretty good!" He might doodle when he spaces out. Don't give him a pen and notepad during a conference where all he's doing is listening because there will be silly looking cats or various new designs for things he's decided to start on now that he's trapped and bored somewhere. It's also a fun little pass time, or a fun challenge to get his mind off things when he's staring mindlessly through the window of that little corner café on the plaza.

🎹 We know he loves music, and we also know his mother played piano. And that he loved to listen to it growing up, even falling asleep on the sofa a few times! His mom probably tried to teach him growing up, but he was too restless to sit there long enough to learn much. Though, he can probably still recall a few little tunes he did learn, occasionally tapping them out every so often on a baby grand piano just to see if he remembers. He always gets it mixed up and goes too slow the first few times, but once he hears the right sounds he smiles a little and plays it another time or two at the right tempo.

🎹 Sometimes it strikes a nerve when he's at a party or fancy restaurant and hears a familiar tune that he never learned so he could go take apart an RC car in the backyard instead. He doesn't sit around listening to a playlist of classical music or anything like that, but he does enjoy hearing it from time to time. And music in general helps fill the silence in that empty house when the silence gets a little too loud.

🐈 Pets. Never grew up with them, never had them. He's probably a little afraid of animals and their spontaneity, anyway. Sure kittens and rabbits and what not are cute or whatever, but... they're also dirty, need more attention than he can give, and would scratch the shit out of his floor and furniture (and him! He already gets hurt enough!). Plus,, taking care of a living thing is scary, let's be honest, though he has probably considered it. Things can get lonely in such a big, isolated house, after all. He can never commit, though.

🥀 Perhaps plants could be a safer option? Unfortunately not. He hates being sick in any way, and swears that he's always allergic to the pollen in the spring. Half the time he forgets the last time he watered them, or forgets to water them altogether. He leaves them out on the balcony for too long, or forgets to bring them inside before the storm that he got a notification for hours ago. He probably feels an oddly heavy guilt when they die or get yellow spots, and decides he'd rather avoid that feeling altogether. Just like a pet, they are pretty and give his home some extra life! But he has a hard enough time taking care of himself

🥘 We know he's... well, an okay cook! It might take him a few hours longer than it should... but he has the money to by extra ingredients for redoing it when it doesn't work out the first time (or two)! Cooking for only one is hard, but relying on takeout and frozen foods gets boring and a little depressing. Plus, its another way to pass the time, at least, and it makes him feel a little proud of himself

✈️ He goes on vacations alone when he's bored and cramped, but it's not usually as much sex and fun as he makes it out to be. He's getting out of town for a reason, to escape his normal everyday life and have a different kind of peace and quiet; and perhaps somewhere the locals won't treat him so stiffly and regard him so highly (and only try to get him in bed like one time instead of all night, every night). Maybe he can have some normal fucking conversation for once, too, that's not about him or the company or business ventures

🥃 Unfortunately we know he drinks a lot. He knows he needs to watch it, but at least he can't get into anything when he's home alone! But maybe it does help to soothe that talkative brain and fill in the lonesome gaps here and there...

💠 Talks to JARVIS a lot. About normal ass things sometimes and not just work related projects. Who else is he going to talk to? Himself? At least JARVIS makes sense most of the time, and sometimes tells a joke or two! Oh, wait, those were meant to be serious, weren't they?

💠 It's a constant struggle between enjoying the solitude and actually wanting some sort of companionship, but that's probably too hard right now. Look what happened to those plants! He'll get around to it later... probably :(

💠 But... isn't this the dream that everyone wants? At least he can walk around, doing as he pleases without being yelled at, or argued with, or nagged… right?

[because-she-goes]

hebe’s demise

warnings: alcoholism, drug use (coke, pills), sexual themes, hospitals, mentions of death, angst i guess, substance abuse

The vodka burned her throat on its way down, but she liked the pain, the sting. She believed it made her feel alive, young, free. A 16 year old running around with her friends at night, having older men buy them fruity, headache-inducing drinks. Her head began to feel light and floaty, she reached for the nearest body kissing them hungrily. She feels her skin set fire and suddenly the high begins. Running down the street, screaming and laughing at top volume. She feels out of her mind and she loves it, finally awoken from her anxious slumber and now open to her confident self. The one who would fuck anything with a pulse as long as they were within arms reach. The one who would happily do white powder off of a college boys’ dirty sink. The one who would then destroy that college boy, making him wish he were dead. She was a wild thing and untameable. Falling over herself, ending up at the NYU ER again, having to get her stomach pumped again. Alcohol filled her veins and blood soaked in ecstasy. Waking up the following day, rinse and repeat. Mondays were always the worst, having to sit in her calculus class in the itchy uniform and act as if she wasn’t still high from the molly her friend had given her not even 8 hours ago. School days would tick by, she would go home to her parents and hide in her room. Luckily they didn't ask too many questions. Just a quiet understanding that their only daughter was on a freeway to death.

At 17, she now would go out every night regardless of school. Grades were decent enough and she was naturally bright. At 17, she was now going to Fordham and having the senior boys sell her the strongest coke she could get her hands on for $50. It was bliss. The white powder hitting a fast forward on her life, skipping past all the boring bits and canceling out her voice of reason. This is when she became known within her friend group as Nora the Knockout. She had to admit, she was fucking hot. Slim waist, decent shape, good style and the cool girl attitude all the guys seemed to like. In this world, she wasn't the lit class nerd or whatever else they called her. No, in this new world of sex and drugs and club promoters grabbing her ass here and there, she was a princess. She at this point had a body count nearing the 60s, not that she knew who any of those people were. She would chew ‘em and spit them out the next morning - leaving them like a ghost in the night. By this point, she had also been roofied so many times she couldn't even count, a regular at the Columbia University ER. She now had a joke with a young internal medicine student who worked there that she should get a “buy 10 stomach pumps, get the next one free” card. They knew she was coming in because they would call it a code Nor'easter over the EMS intercom to the dispatcher. The same young doctor seeing her each and every time, now on a first name basis with her. “Hi again Nora!” “Hi again Dave!” Her parents didn't even bother coming to the hospital anymore, knowing she’d be okay and plus she got the frequent flier discount. She would then later find out that while she was incapacitated and incoherent, the young Dr. would call her mom and give her updates saying Nora wasn't fine, that she had the liver of a 40 year old, that she ingested somewhere near 10 grams of coke and a liter of vodka that evening. That if Nora didn't change quickly, she wouldn't make it past 35. She rarely went home now, she loved her parents, but everytime she went home she would get the shpeel of not wasting her young years and being smart w/ her body and her health. They understood she was artistically gifted, her prose as a 17 year old already more eloquent and developed than some of the stuff her mom edited. Her sketches being comparable to that of an early Kollwitz. Yet, young Nora refused to see it, to acknowledge it. Only wanting to feed the animal, the id inside of her, the one who would ask grown men to do vile things to her body. Her only interest was to keep that monster within her pleased and not let it starve - afraid of the withdrawals and aftershocks. Too weak to handle it, too weak to go through them only to relapse, too weak to deal with the repercussions of her actions.

By age 18, she had realized the severity of her actions, how now without the coke or the ecstasy or acid she felt raw and vulnerable and like a baby deer learning to walk. Without something in her system, she felt like a void. She felt like a zombie, like a shell of herself. At this point, she had admitted to herself that she was no longer in control of herself, her actions, her thoughts… none of it. All of her friends were still using, now moving onto horse and darker shit like that. That is where her boundary was. Pills and coke sure, but anything she had to self-inject was off limits. It was at age 18, in her senior class that she was permitted to take the coveted AP Art Studio class w/ Ms. Glicks everyone who came before her raved about. She couldn't wait. That semester was when Nora became the one and only Astoria High’s Nora Downey. Ms. Glicks educated her about all her interests, and favorite periods of art. Ms. G was like a textbook and Nora loved picking her brain or going in the studio during free periods to work. Now, not fully clean, but having the strength to kick pills cold-turkey Nora was named the school’s recipient for Best Senior Artist. Her display at the school’s annual spring show being leagues above anything her colleagues completed over the 6 months. It was at that moment, of seeing how receptive people were to her work and how it moved people, that she realized she could make a living out of this. That her future in art was very bright, as long as she could get fully clean. That next month or so before graduation, Nora and her parents made an agreement that she would get clean of everything if she could seriously pursue art in college, if she could go to an art school. They’re only stipulation being the school be located here in the city so they could keep an eye on her. She agreed, signed her name on the napkin her dad wrote up the contract on at the diner they all went to every Sunday. It was the greatest life choice and easiest decision she has ever made. She could never thank her parents more for their patience and support and letting her come to her own conclusions before shit hit the fan. She could never thank them enough for having her back and allowing her to go to art school. She could never thank them enough for supporting her during the nasty withdrawals, the phone calls home from rehab and the crying in the middle of the night. She could never thank them enough for saving her life.

[dashflashy-arts]

you got any vanessa pics from the ben 10 ml security breach au? also who was hugging vanessa (i think its vanessa) in the 3rd doodle in your post "I think… I figured out where they’d meet."?

Okay starting the year with some Crossover AU Lore LET'S GO-

I'll sketch a few once I'm able to! I'm just busy bc college (plus I am too hard on myself. if I see my art's quality go whack I lose™ it)

That person you are referring to is Vanessa's (non-existent) friend! uh... let me explain.

I have this idea that at some point in Vanessa's life (or maybe in another timeline? I haven't completely figured it out yet) she made a friend in her childhood. They used to hang out, play a lot, and all that kid stuff, but the friend had to move to another city for personal reasons.

When that said friend moved... well... they stopped hearing from them. There were even implications that they went into an accident and... yeah.

You would think that this may have affected her, or at least became a factor as to why she's the way she is. But the thing is - it didn't. Somehow, when she stopped hearing from them, she stopped thinking about them too. At the same time, information about them vanished. No traces, no cover-ups, or anything. It was like they never existed.

Ironically, the friend remembers her. To them, everything is normal. They didn't even notice they "vanished". Instead, they just assumed they both parted ways because of life. So when they found her, they were thrilled hence why they were enthusiastically hugging her in my drawing.

To Vanessa, however, it was ...really a deja-vu kind of awkward. The friend is familiar and unfamiliar to her, in a way that it doesn't make sense.

This relates to the Mall's existence in general tbh

The Mall isn't supposed to be there, yet it is, and for some reason, it is connected with different timelines/realities that aren't supposed to interconnect. It's basically a paradox.

That said, although they have become irrelevant to Vanessa's life or FNAF reality in general, they'll be very important here.

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TLDR:

I will draw Vanessa (and this AU) more just wait

It's Vanessa's childhood friend! But for paradox reasons, she can't remember them. Ironically, they remember her. They'll become notable character in the AU story.

[ghostsray]

god but i need you all to know the full context for this because i know most danny phantom fans arents as aware of youtuber culture as i am (i dont care for most of them but im a big inniter)

under read more because this got long

so KSI (right) and logan paul (left) are both big internet personalities. ksi was part of a youtube group called the sidemen which did sketches and gaming. logan paul was on vine before he started doing youtube vlogs and got into a MAJOR controversy 7 years ago after he filmed himself laughing at dead people's bodies in the suicide forest in japan. for whatever fucking reason, these two decided to partner up and launch an energy drink brand called Prime. is it any good? idk, i never tried it, but wikipedia says it has been banned from minors in multiple countries for its high asf caffeine content, which is a relevant detail to keep in mind

mrbeast is also a famous youtuber. hes a millionaire who loves to use his money for clickbaity youtube challenges, and who also got into a scandal for mistreating his employees. i guess he needed to launch a business to keep gaining enough money to film himself scrooge mcduck swimming in his own cash, so he launched a chocolate brand, plus a burger place that has a location right next to my college??

these three got a BRILLIANT (makes them money) idea to do a collab and ... make a lunchables competitor. using the energy drink that was banned to minors in several countries + a bar of chocolate. and their claim is that it is the better alternative to lunchables because it's "healthier" and totally not because they want your money

they were rightfully criticized for this by minecraft youtuber DanTDM, who has been on youtube for longer than any of them have and is a father with kids

and KSI got pissed

basically everyone sided with dantdm, which explains why ksi was so cranky and picked fights with anyone who insulted him or his song. that, and he forced people to listen to it on the streets at full volume as "marketing", which i think is a valid reason to want to fight ksi

also its kind of funny how worked up he is about this while dantdm just does not care

anyway. everyone hated his song which led to the exchange in op where apparently ksi does not recognize danny phantom, which just caused him to get dragged in the mud even more lol

p.s. unrelated to ksi, but how i learned about this whole drama (because the only youtuber i care about is tommyinnit) is that while ksi was beefing with dantdm, logan paul was simultaneously beefing with tommyinnit, which is really funny because it means 2/3 of the Lunchly trio is losing a beef to a minecraft youtuber. + i NEED you all to watch tommy's response because it's the funniest fucking thing. he did a whole video mocking lunchly, song and dance included

i usually never care about youtuber drama but this one was just so funny man

Danny phantom is trending on Twitter right now because KSI called him ben 10 oh my god my life is not real

[adversitybloomed]

🌸  ┊ letter received from @caracarnn         𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒍'𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓 :  ‘✩’ - for college verse

Disagreements:

Who is more likely to raise their voice? Rand. Who threatens to leave but never actually does? Rand. Who actually keeps their word and leaves? Mulan, but this is most likely not going to happen. Who trashes the house? Neither? They are both respectful of each other's belongings. Do either of them get physical? No, unless she manages to convince Rand to train with her. How often do they argue/disagree? pft, they bicker a lot, but it comes from a place of love. but i would say maybe 2-3 times a week. Who is the first to apologise? Mulan, but Rand does come around.

Sex:

Who is on top? RandWho is on the bottom? Mulan Who has the strangest desires? not entirely sure about this question. so neither or both?Any kinks? Some, but again they get to nervous to ask sometimes. Who’s dominant in bed? Rand Is head ever in the equation? Yes. If so, who is better at performing it? Mulan likes to think its Rand, but she enjoys giving it. Ever had sex in public? Yes <- she's mad at me for admitting this Who moans the most? Mulan Who leaves the most marks? Rand Who screams the loudest? Mulan Who is the more experienced of the two? Rand Do they ‘fuck’ or ‘make love’? Rough or soft? They enjoy both, but they are utterly soft with each other, so it does end up being soft at times. How long do they usually last? Until Rand is done Is protection used? Yes. until they are both ready for kids Does it ever get boring? No Where is the strangest place they’d have sex? the forest.

Family:

Do your muses plan on having children/or have children? They haven't talked about yet, but they both want. Mulan especially so but she isnt sure how to bring it up to Rand. If so, how many children do your muses want/have? She wants a large family, so she doesnt mind a few, but if she had to give a number 2-5 maybe ( as 4 is an unlucky number ) she is okay with more, but it just depends. Who is the favorite parent? Both Who is the authoritative parent? Rand Who is more likely to allow the children to have a day off school? Rand Who lets the children indulge in sweets and junk food when the other isn’t around? Mulan Who turns up to extra curricular activities to support their children? both. Who goes to parent teacher interviews? Both. Who changes the diapers? Both. Who gets up in the middle of the night to feed the baby? Mulan. Who spends the most time with the children? Both. Who packs their lunch boxes? Rand. Who gives their children ‘the talk’? Rand. Who cleans up after the kids? Mulan. Who worries the most? both, but mostly Rand. Who are the children more likely to learn their first swear word from? Rand.

Affection:

Who likes to cuddle? Mulan Who is the little spoon? Mulan Who gets naughty in the most inappropriate of places? *coughs* both. Who struggles to keep their hands to themselves?  Well, Mulan really does like to cuddle and she thinks her touch calms him. plus she likes tracing his dragon tattoos. So her.How long can they cuddle until one becomes uncomfortable? She could cuddle for ages, Rand is the one who has to move them. Who gives the most kisses? Both. Its mood dependent.What is their favorite non-sexual activity? Sketching each other, horse back riding, playing games, listening to music or practicing music together. Martial Arts practice?Where is their favorite place to cuddle? The couch or bed.Who is more likely to playfully grope the other?  How often do they get time to themselves? It depends, if someone is visiting they try to be respectful, but since they live together a lot.

Sleeping:

Who snores? Neither, both are quiet sleepers. If both do, who snores the loudest? NeitherDo they share a bed or sleep separately? Share a Bed, eventually when they start going out. If they sleep together, do they cozy up together or lay far apart? sleep together, as she likes to curl into him. Who talks in their sleep? Mulan when she has nightmares. What do they wear to bed? Rand Most likely pants and or boxers. She wears a traditional sleeping hanfu or one of his shirts. Are either of your muses insomniacs? Yes. They both are afraid of falling asleep because nightmares. Can sleeping pills be found by the bedside? No, Mulan is more of a holistic remedies, like tea, then a pill person. Do they wrap their limbs around each other or just lay side by side? She wraps her limbs around him, though he holds her. Who wakes up with bed hair? Mulan, girl has a lot of hair. Who wakes up first? ts depending. Who prepares breakfast in bed for the other? Mulan will attempt, it depends on what kitchen they have to cook in, but mostly it would be Rand. What is their favorite sleeping position? hers is to be on her stomach or side curled into him, because his scent calms her. He is nice enough to hold her but it depends on their mindset for the day. Who hogs the sheets? Rand. but to be fair, she hogs him.Do they set an alarm each night? No, well at least she doesnt.Can a television be found in their bedroom? No, she doesnt like it in there as it will distract her. Who has nightmares? Both Who has ridiculous dreams? Mulan Who sprawls out and takes up most of the bed?  Rand, he's a giant. Who makes the bed?  Mulan, its a morning routine for herWhat time is bed time?  Whenever they are ready to pass out. Or if they want some alone time - Any routines/rituals before bed? She likes to lotion herself up after a bath and take care of her skin. She will also most likely be carried by Rand to go to go to bed mostly because he knows she enjoys it. Who’s the grumpiest when they wake up? Rand.

Work:

Who is the busiest? They can both get pretty busy with school and their employment. Who rakes in the highest income? Rand, as he inherited the families business, but changed it up to make sure profits go to charity. Are any of your muses unemployed? No Who takes the most sick days? Neither Who is more likely to turn up late to work? Neither Who sucks up to their boss? Neither, though Mulan is just nice so she doesnt count it as sucking up. What are their jobs? Both are full time students, but Rand inherits a company that deals in weaponry rand quickly overturns this by changing everything for possibly charities. Mulan is studying computer science, but works part time in a café/restaurant as a waitress for extra income (unless she gets involved with modeling). Who stresses the most? Rand Do your muses enjoy or despise their careers/occupations? I am unsure if Rand does, but Mulan does not like waitressing as much. She enjoys working with technology though. Are your muses financially stable? Rand is more so, but Mulan saves up a lot because she sends money home.

Home:

Who does the washing? Mulan Who takes out the trash? Rand Who does the ironing? Both Who does the cooking? Rand Who is more likely to burn the house down just trying? Mulan, those modern stoves are hard >_&lt; Who is messier?  Rand Who leaves the toilet roll empty? Neither, they both are pretty respectful on this. Who leaves their dirty clothes on the floor? Neither, they both clean up. Who forgets to flush the toilet? Neither. Who is the prankster around the house? Maybe Mulan, but its usually an easy prank to spot. Who loses the car keys when it comes time to go somewhere? Mulan Who mows the lawn? Neither as they are in an apartment for now. Who answers the telephone? Mulan Who does the vacuuming? Both Who does the groceries? Both Who takes the longest to shower? Mulan, but its taking a while in the bath as she relaxes in those. though if she can convince him to join her, its a bit for both. Who spends the most time in the bathroom? Mulan because she likes baths.

Miscellaneous:

Is money a problem? Sometimes, especially for Mulan as her family isn't the wealthiest. How many cars do they own? One, as mulan doesnt drive. She mostly takes public transportation or hitches a ride with him. Do they own their home or do they rent? Rent. For now.Do they live near the coast or deep in the countryside? Closer to the city because of where their school is. Do they live in the city or in the country?  City for School, but I think both would rather the country. Do they enjoy their surroundings? While she likes the easy access to things, Mulan grew up on a farm like rand did and she would much rather be in nature. What’s their song? Maren Morris, Hozier - The BonesWhat do they do when they’re away from each other? Hang out with friends, work, study and missing each other. Where did they first meet? In China How did they first meet? Rand took a trip to China before the school term started. They met and talked a bit, but it turned out that they were going to be roommates at the same college in the following months. Who spends the most money when out shopping? Rand Who’s more likely to flash their assets? Rand, unless he gets her something then she shows it off because she's over the moon happy. Who finds it amusing when the other trips over? Rand will worry over Mulan, and she only does it when he is looking to nice - so neither. Any mental issues? Yes for both. Who’s terrified of bugs? Neither. Who kills the spiders around the house? Mulan has done this for her little sister for years, so she doesnt mind. Their favorite place? For her, its with him, can't say for sure for Rand. Who pays the bills? Rand - she tries to help where she can. Do they have any fears for their future? Yes, both do. But she feels more secure because she has complete faith in them. Who’s more likely to surprise the other with a fancy dinner? Rand, though she is the desserts girl and will bake up a storm if he lets her. Who uses up all of the hot water?  NeitherWho’s the tallest? Rand <- is this even a valid question? Who’s more likely to just randomly hop into the shower with the other? Mulan or Rand, depends on their moods. Who wanders around in their underwear? Rand would likely do this, as she is a bit more modest. Who sings the loudest when singing along to the radio? Mulan What do they tease each other about? Height, and trying to put the other in a better mood. Who is more likely to cringe at the other’s fashion sense at times? Rand, she buys very inexpensive clothing which gets ripped very easily, until she starts making some money. Do they have mutual friends? Does @luckhissoul count? He is Rand's friend first. But Mulan thinks he is absolutely hilarious. Who crushed first?  Both, but they didnt realize the other returned the feelings. Any alcohol or substance related problems? Mulan doesnt drink, so I dont think so? Who is more likely to stumble home, drunk, at 3am? Rand. Who swears the most? Rand.

[revoltinglittleworm]

Some ramblings about future/life choices

I’ve been working on my FIT (fashion school…) portfolio. It’s due on Nov 1 lol and i still have a decent amount to complete. There’s the first portion, which is a sportswear, or ready to wear, design. That consists of a jacket, skirt, pants, and top. I already have the design, i just keep going to sketch it and hating the sketches. I don’t know. I’ve made several mock ups, and none of them are fully speaking to me… its more of an illustration issue than a design issue. I like the outfit i designed. But i feel so disconnected from my actual sketches. I guess i just need to remember that I’m not trying to be an illustrator or artist in that sense. I want to go to school so i can design and create and sew the actual garments. The sketch is part of the process but is it actually as important to make it look ‘perfect’ in my eyes as i am putting as much pressure on? I’m so awfully perfectionist that i struggle to have anything look subpar or incomplete. My sketches are rather simple, and i suppose that’s all that really matters anyway; being able to see the design of the garment clear enough, and the actual illustrative component is secondary.

I’m just gonna keep telling myself that because i need to move past this part and continue on with the portfolio. The next portion is my own designs, just whatever i want to share. I have plenty of designs I’ve made in the past that i like, ill just have to redraw them and color them, etc. and the last part is the biggest section: a sewn project. Luckily i already made my auto bonnet, but it requires 2-3 pieces, so I’m going to have to make at least one more piece. This is obviously the most important section/the most work, and ive been putting it off all day…

I think i am just already frustrated with my sketches that I worry ill get to sewing and get even more frustrated with the project. (I’m a very amateur seamstress, i know little to nothing.) so it’s easy for me to not know what the hell I’m doing, and I don’t know if I have the patience right now. But i need to get it done before nov 1……. Ugh

This is an important thing for me to do though. I have no idea if ill get in tbh. My past experiences with college have led to poor GPAs and attendance, ive been so depressed at those points in my life, and I’m worried it’ll effect FIT’s decision in my application. Plus, I can’t help but think about all the amazing people probably applying… but anyway. This is something that I want for myself, i can see myself making money and making things i love and feel proud of with this kind of knowledge and experience. Do i necessarily wanna go back to school…? I don’t know. But i figure I’ll apply to see what happens anyway. I can always just. Not go.

I have plans for this, i really want to have my own independent fashion line, simply made in my own studio. Original pieces and one of a kind things, i can actually picture it and have faith that i can make a good amount of money… because I’d be charging a pretty decent amount for my stuff, i want it to be high quality and unique. I look at my designs in my sketchbook and i see so much potential for interesting garments and such. I think my biggest thing? Overcoming my impatience and taking the time, learning, and working hard to make quality items. Ive been learning more and more that my impatience is the greatest thing hindering my work; making it amateur and flawed… i need to really take my time!!! Why is that so hard???

The answers from the poll i made earlier are interesting. I think i will in fact go with “Fallen Scrub” though “faint get up” is a close second. I want something that feels connected to me and my identity and vision. Obviously scrub gender is something that really speaks to me and who i am… lol

Thanks for reading if u got this far. I have high hopes for myself and future even when it feels like I’m never gonna get there, or that ill never been good enough. It’s like, in the back of my mind, ill always believe i have the power and capability to succeed, and make art that i love. I see it rarely in my stuff. Like, extremely rare. But with the auto bonnet i sewed, while it wasn’t perfect, there was something about it that felt… right. Felt like it was coming from an authentic place of, this is who i am, what i make, and what i want to share with the world. Anyway!!! I should really get back to work, lol ;/

[fotiathymos]

Someone on twiitter said someone shared my art on a Promare server and they loved it and I'm just 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭 I have like five followers on twitter I'm amazed they even saw it!

I'm really happy people are enjoying my constant t4t smooches art I post it on instagram too and that place has all my 'real life' ppl I know and the reactions are always 'is that you???' when no.. not at all.

Or the one person who called it all 'fun debauchery art!' and I know they meant it complimentary but gosh

Please don't call my drawings of trans gay people debauchery??????

Anyway..

I'm just glad some people enjoy it cause I still struggle liking my art and continually drawing after college made me hate drawing for over ten years I like.. stopped.

So people being excited to see these silly bad sketches and thinking they're cute and good and soft.. I just 🥺💕💕💕

[dogs-in-a-trenchcoat]

I don't normally like to piggyback off of other posts but this topic is something really dear to me. I saw a lot of like 'my art by year' posts back in my deviantart days and the one thing that always struck me is how much slower I felt I was developing than others.

Tldr up front: Time really does make massive difference but sometimes it's hard to validate that looking at others you see on the internet, everyone has a different pace, we all have different techniques that work for us and we all have different barriers. In a case where you may feel like you're hitting a wall or progressing slower than others at your age and experience level, a willingness to experiment, continuing to learn more about anatomy or how things are assembled, and overall just continuing to observe the world around you and consume art will all *also* help you where time alone may not.

Of course now I know I have aphantasia, and autism related motor skill issues, but at the time I lived and breathed drawing, I made quick progress and then hit a wall. And I hit that wall for something around 6 years. It felt like my peers started better than me and then just kept getting better while I fell behind.

My question was not so much how I got from this (approx 2002, not my first drawing but the first I have on hand)

To this (approx 2004)

To this (approx 2006)

To this (approx 2008)

My question was always more how do I get from this (approx 2012 on year 4 or 5 of drawing basically the same)

To this (approx 2016)

And eventually, where I am today (this one being from last year or early this year)

And obviously time played a factor. And there certainly was a lot of it. 20 years between the first picture and the last, in fact. And time has all but erased my motor skill issues (in regard to drawing lmao), you can see my lines and shape language become clearer and more confident. I learn from trial and error things that help with the process and get comfortable with various mediums. But what about those 5 or 6 years of stagnation? What happens when you hit a wall?

This is where my aphantasia comes in. I didn't really have access to language talking about this when I was in high school and college. I just didn't understand 3d shapes the same way my peers did. How on earth do you even imagine that people can visualize stuff when you have no real frame of reference for what that would mean or that that is even a possibility? (it's a little more complicated than that for me, but the point remains without me going on that tangent)

Either way, I just assumed I was less skilled and was doing something wrong and left it at that and I still wouldn't have the language to have discussions about this, check with friends to get a deeper understanding of what visualizing meant, and so forth, for a pretty long time after my art started evolving again.

So what changed in 2014? Well just a year prior a little show called Steven universe came out. And one little thing in it totally turned my entire process on its head.

I don't remember where the exact point in time I decided to change my under-drawing process was. I know I had been wanting to draw fanart of these characters with the kind of body diversity and strong shapes I had always wanted to draw. I was so excited by the material, so inspired by the artistry of the backgrounds and style of the show, that I fell in love with drawing again. And that ended up being exactly what I needed. The way I do my under-drawing and sketches now makes it much easier for me to understand 3d shapes without having to be able to visualize them.

These changes, and the willingness to do so, to abandon my whole process and basically relearn drawing from scratch (but sort of a new game plus deal, with the experience I already had under my belt) helped me understand the 3d shapes of the body in a way nothing else had. And I had tried a lot.

I still struggle with feeling badly about my art, feeling like I'm hitting another wall, or like it will never be what other people enjoy. But the bottom line is continuing to find joy in the process, love drawing itself, enjoy experimenting. Don't let a lofty end goal of being "good" in some definition that will always continue to outgrow you dampen your joy with drawing. If you invest the time into your art, if you have fun with it. It will come together eventually.

hey I saw that speedpaint video for Amy's 30th bday art you did and now could you please post some really old art of yours and how long you've been drawing for because I just started drawing and am getting a strange feeling I don't fully understand but feel will be alleviated by getting some perspective on how long it takes to get gud at drawing.

So I’ve been drawing my whole life, ever since I was 2 years old. And I’ve been drawing Sonic for as long as I can remember as well.

Unfortunately I can’t find any of my drawings that pre-date 2005. I am not sure if they’ve just been misplaced, or if they’re with my mom, or if they’re just gone forever. I went through a lot as a kid, including losing our home, so I don’t have a lot from when I was little.

But hopefully some of these drawings will give you some courage:

I was (and still am) obsessed with Phantom of the Opera haha

I made a bunch of weird comics. I really have no idea what is going on in half of them lol. Here are some panels from a 2005 werewolf Sonic comic:

This one is from my diary in late 2005

Here’s a mega drawing I did in 2006 so you can see how I drew Sonic characters as well as people and monsters:

I’ve posted older drawings in the past too but again I can’t find those drawings physically now. Here are some more from 2004 thru 2006:

The more you draw the more your art will evolve. Don’t give up. And please don’t destroy your old art! You should always keep your old stuff so you can see how you’ve improved!

[dapper-lil-arts]

fuckin hell college is rly bugging me with a bunch of assignements. i have a bunch of awesome Rhea sketches i wanna digitize but cant,,,, i just wanna draw for god’s sake