#If u have smth to add feel free to say

[hanni-3]

HELLO MY LOVELY MUTUAL HOW ARE YOU TODAY :3

Ahem, what would be your MCs' first impressions of Clay and Cris...

Also I will reblog your,, reblog lol soon, I couldn't resist drawing the funniest interaction I've ever seen between Clay and a certain someone...

STAY HYDRATED AND GOOD LUCK❤️

HIIIIII I'M GOOD WBUUUU MY LOVELY MUTUAL :33

I gathered my toughts the best as I can for this and I'm sorry in advance if it's slightly short ☹️☹️ AND THEY ALL MEET IN STEP 2 :3

read under cut!!

Maymay's first impression on Cristine was thanks to Cris popularity a school, heard she's pretty and weird because of... Her fish addict??? That's a thing?? so that caught her attention, maybe they could be friends! Maybe she could also find more underwater species! (the only one she knows are jellyfish, sharks and some basic fishes.) She quickly went to detective research on finding the famous Cristine Mellon. Wasn't so hard to be honest— with a sudden tap on Cris shoulder and Maymay's simple question about jellyfish.. The rest is history :3

Now Maymay's first impression on Clay.... She heard about the Math club and decided to try it out (Math and her are not friends) and saw Clay and noticed the way he's awfully good at it...

Lu's first impression on Cris was....eh.. They didn't pay much mind to her at first. But when they heard that she's also has an obsession with fish?? ..... What's her favorite fish?

Thanks To Clay's persistence in step 1 (which was so hard since Lu isn't a huge fan of boys back then-) and Clay gentleness and slowly coax Lu to open up about their gender dysphoria — Lu and Clay........... Are officially friends your honor (or best friends if u like :33)

....Mariana....... Brr a shiver went down my spine saying her name

First up : What's so interesting about fish? They're just a different species that lives differently than the others. <— was her first tought, then she randomly searched up underwater species and...

What is that. What is its purpose and why does it exist.

(To be fair though she searched up "gross underwater species")

+ Bonus since I remember that one made me laugh so hard when I first saw it.. But Mariana changed the search bar and found some pretty cool and pretty ones

And finally last but not least... Mariana's impression on Clay ?? Who? Oh that one guy.

They would actually, surprisingly, be somewhat acquainties.. Believe it or not, I wouldn't personally.

They would often study together, If Clay or Cris choose Spanish as language (that's how French school works, I'm not sure if it's the same as others but you can choose between, German and Latin. Spanish is obligated.)

Clay would help Mariana with Math and Mariana with Spanish :33

Also wdym good luck, am I targeted

[auraxins]

diluc and audacious? (i’ve no idea how this works)

dw beloved u did it right thats exactly what i was after <3 ty for sending smth in for me !! i took the more positive connotation of audacious for this, because i thought it was more fun sdkhgjsdg if anyone else wants to send me a char & a word for these lil sprint-fics pls feel free to !

sprint-fic miniseries 03

prompt: audacious

tags: diluc x gn!reader, wound-tending, mentions of blood & injury, romantic tension

wc: 0.7k

The last person you expect to be knocking on the door of your house in the middle of the night is esteemed nobleman Diluc Ragnvindr. You’ve only met him a small handful of times, passing conversations at the Angel’s Share and the odd outing around the fields that surround his winery. 

And yet here he is, on your porch, in a state of utter disrepair. 

His hair is a mess, and there’s blood on his jaw. And… is that a busted lip? He has a guilty look in his eyes as he meets your gaze, like he’s almost embarrassed to be intruding. 

“Sorry,” he offers, voice strained. “Didn’t know where else to go.” 

You shake your head and step to the side. “Come on in.“ 

As he shuffles into the hallway, one leg drags behind. By the looks of it, the ankle is twisted. He keeps himself balanced against the walls, but only with his right hand, carefully guiding his way in. You reach to help, but he persists without you. 

“Go sit on the chair,” you direct, pointing into your sitting room. “I’ll be in with bandages in a moment.” 

It takes longer to scavenge your medicine cabinet than you anticipate, but you’re back by the time Diluc has situated himself where you’d asked. His left arm hangs loosely over the edge of your armchair, and you notice that his sleeves have been sliced to shreds. 

“What in Teyvat happened here? Did someone attack you?” 

“It’s complicated,” he says simply. 

You balance yourself precariously on the free arm of the chair and hold out your hand. “Let me see.” 

He lets you check his arms over for cuts and scrapes, and you do the best you can to clean the ones that are there. Though he seems hesitant to remove his coat entirely, you convince him to at least roll the now-tattered fabric back for better access. The stench of blood on him is foul. You don’t dare to wonder just who else’s might be mingling in with his. 

“Thank you,” he says after a while. “I’m sorry to interrupt your evening like this.” 

Right, your evening. Your gaze drifts to the half-eaten cheeseboard you’d served yourself as a late-night snack, spread out alongside an open book and a few small candles. 

“It wasn’t anything important,” you return. “I was just winding down for the night.” 

“And now you’re tending to the strange man that showed up injured on your doorstep like it’s nothing,” Diluc comments. There’s almost a flash of teasing in his eyes as he adds, “do you do this often?” 

“You’d be the first,” you note with a wink. 

You aren’t entirely sure what brings you to flirt with the man so easily. Something about him simply entices you to tease. Perhaps it’s the fact that you’ve quite literally got his health in your hands. Or maybe it’s because the way he flusters in response is downright enchanting, with a pink tinge across his nose and the softest of purses to his lips. 

“I better not find you out here again, though,” you add. “At least, not without an invitation.” 

It is then that you move on to take care of the injuries around his mouth, carefully taking the uninjured side of his jaw in the palm of your hand to pull him to face you. His eyes glow in the dim light of the room, a vibrant red that feels like nothing you’ve ever known. 

You wipe an alcohol-soaked cloth around the edges of his lips, picking up the crusted blood that has stained down his chin. By the time you’ve reached the actual wound, they’ve parted just enough for you to see his teeth and his tongue. The flesh of his lower lip is firm as you press the cloth to it, inadvertently dragging it down further. Diluc’s entire face has flushed crimson now, but his eyes never once leave you. 

“Right,” you say, pulling back at last. It takes a few seconds for him to recover, to gain control of his senses again. “I won’t kick you out because I know it’s late. But you need to promise me you’re going to rest. Okay?” 

Diluc nods, mouth still agape. “Okay.” 

[elllisaaa]

Hihi , im not really sure if it would be ur style of writing but i had a dream abt it and i thought u could write smth along those lines(i think for this fluff would be good🥹 but if u wanna add smut is fine too hehe)

Heres the prompt:

Basically most of the days you would be hanging out w ur bff beomgyu after sch, just hanging out in each other’s presence is enough. You guys wont force a conversation if its not needed n sitting in silence gives you both a peace of mind.(thise type of fs)

But one day u told him that u were going to an event with ur girl bff , where she could see her fav artist , and you being a supportive bestie decided to go with her!

Somehow thru the night things changed and you ended up with beomgyu saying these words: “ It’s always been you y/n, my eyes are only for you”

(Not rlly sure if this is how a prompt should be(if im giving too much cos this is my first prompt) but i hope it sparks interest >_<)

hiii anonie !! this definitely so damn cute, i got a little overboard with this one but i love it so much, it's so soft omgg ! this definitely such a good idea i love it, and don't worry - the longer your thoughts are, the more i'm happy !

BFF!BEOMGYU who never stops annoying you every day, be it by sending you tons of texts or by dropping by your place when he's done with his schedule. well, you always claim that he's annoying but he knows that it isn't the truth and that you're always happy to see him.

"by the way, i will not be there for our movie night tomorrow, i'm sorry." beomgyu turned to you with a judgemental look on his face. "you're letting me down !?" you rolled your eyes as you threw one of the cushions of your sofa at him. "don't be so dramatic. i'm just going to a fanmeeting with one of my friend because she didn't want to be alone."

and even if your reasons were very valid, beomgyu couldn't help but be bothered. you always spend your free time with him, and it didn't even matter if the two of you just laid in your bed in silence, watching a serie while playing stupid games on your phones. it didn't matter because what he seeked was your presence, feeling you by his side. he loved to know that he could lay his head on your lap anytime and that you would drop your phone to thread your fingers through his hair until he fell asleep.

but sometimes, just sometimes, he wished he could be even closer to you. the type of closeness that would allow him to feel jealous about you going to a fanmeeting of another idol. the type of closeness that would allow him to kiss you, and love you like you deserved to be loved.

a pout was visible on his face, but what was even more striking was the slighlty hurt look in his eyes. and even if your best friend was always a little drama queen whenever you cancelled plans with him or hung out with somebody else, you never took him too seriously, knowing that he just liked to yap. but today, it seemed different.

beomgyu didn't want to separate from your warm body, but he still sat up, already missing the feeling of your hands in his hair, but his heart was hurting too much to keep pretending this time. it was nothing, he was aware, and he didn't have any right being jealous or feeling like he was. but he did, and he wished you would feel the same even if it was impossible because he was him and you were yourself, and there was simply no way that you would love him like that.

"why are you taking it like that gyu ? i know it's a little late to let you know, i should've told you before but it's no big deal, yeah ? i'm free this weekend if you wanna come by after practice, i'll even cook for you if you want."

beomgyu could feel a knot forming in his throat the more you talked, realizing how wrong he was for making you feel guilty about something you weren't responsible for. but the question he was dying to ask still got out of his mouth, the words coming out almost against his will : "do you like him more than me ? do you think that he sings better ? is that why you're letting me down ?"

his shaking voice made your heart clench, and you paused the movie that was now serving as a background noise, focusing entirely on your best friend and the way he was fidgeting, not daring to look you in the eyes but he seemed more than anxious, more than sad.

"where is that coming from gyu ? i've never said that. or did i make you feel this way ?" but beomgyu shook his head no. "you didn't. it's just…" he stopped for a moment, seemingly thinking about something before he curled up on himself on your couch, gaze fixed on the frozen tv screen. "forget it, i'm just being selfish."

the entire mood had changed, but you couldn't care less - you were only very worried about your best friend. "you know you can be selfish sometimes, i don't mind. tell me what's going on, please ?" and beomgyu finally looked at you in the eyes, biting his lips as if he was still unsure about what he was going to say : "i'm making a big deal out of this because i want to be the only one you're fangirling over, okay ? i want to be the only one you find handsome, and the only one you gush to your friends about. i wanna be the only one for you because for me it has always been you y/n, my eyes are only on you."

you looked at him dumbfounded, as you clearly didn't expect a confession, especially from your best friend. but quickly, a little smile spread on your lips as you reached for beomgyu's hand. he let you do that, and he let you pull him closer to you too, your face only inches away from the other.

"you've always been the only one for me too gyu, i simply didn't think that you would feel the same because you're always surrounded by the most beautiful girls of the country, so why would you choose me ?" - "because i'm in love with you, so in love with you it hurts sometimes." your smile was matching his, and you could see his brown eyes sparkling with joy again. "i'm in love with you too, have been for so long." - "does that mean i can kiss you now ?" you chuckled but still nodded : "yes, you can."

so beomgyu kissed you, and the way his heart exploded in his ribcage was only another proof of how down bad for you he was. and he didn't want this feeling to ever stop if that meant he could wake up by your side every morning.

[ghxst-system]

when i say "inner world" i dont just mean the "places" in my head

its a *structure*

its where alters/fragments [basically 'my' fractured personality] are organised and sectioned off in a sense

for systems with an inner world its just that it was given an "image" or a metaphysical form

just cus the name of smth sounds "cringe" or doesnt make sense to u doesnt mean its nonsense

its just an easy way to describe it.

[this is a LOOSE explanation *i* use cus it makes sense for our system, if u feel u have another way to put it into words feel free to add. every experience is unique. if this is misinformative please show me how and ill correct myself]

[brian-kinney-apologist]

hey babe!! i have a qaf question for u

ok so ive heard ppl in this (very small) fandom talk abt hal sparks really negatively either because of his character (understandable, micheal sucks ass) or because of his political views/beliefs/whatevers

i have never understood the second part and was told that u are quite the qaf historian so i was wondering if u could give me a lil summary of what those beliefs/views of his are because i would really like to know!!

ty in advance 🖤

well hello there, nice to know that my reputation in qaf fandom is still alive and well lol

so. here's the thing: if we're talking politics overall he didn't say anything questionable as far as I know (he has a podcast on youtube or smth where he trashes trump and other republican politicians (I'm not american so my knowledge of american politics is pretty basic so don't quote me on this one lol) so it's fine with me lol)

if we're talking the show though 👀💀

he did say some things back in the day that made people dislike him (but mind you now everything is cool between everyone involved in the show at least public wise so we're going to talk about the times when the show was airing and some time after it ended)

1. the most questionable™️ thing that he's ever said was comparing kissing a man (a costar on screen) to kissing a dog and people thought he meant that it was disgusting or smth BUT he did clarify later that people misinterpreted him because he meant that he's not attracted to men so kissing male costars on set during filming did nothing for him (it was an answer to some interviewer's question what it's like to kiss a man so take it as it is 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️)

btw interviewers AND fans had no decorum back in the day asking the whole cast all sorts of personal questions (poor randy still has ptsd bc of this 😭💀)

2. now it's tea time!!!! hal used to have a beef with gale and randy that led to him being hated by their fans. so. before the show aired hal was the most famous actor in the cast (except for sharon gless obviously) and he thought (was promised ?????) that he'd be the lead man™️ of the show. but after qaf aired everyone fell for gale (obviously sorry not sorry lol) because he served and ate everyone up. and also everyone focused on britin. hal didn't like that (considering it was basically gale's and randy's first roles on tv) and he started saying some stuff about them (publicly). for example, he said that actors' work is doing what's written in the script no questions asked. that was a clear dig at gale and randy as they were famous for constantly questioning/criticising the writers/showrunners/producers, disliking their plotlines and basically voicing their opinions on set (they did nothing wrong, should've complained more, look at s5 🥲). also hal did say one time that he would never work with gale again but didn't elaborate why. and as far as I know he did say more shady stuff about gale and randy during different interviews but I don't have any more specific examples (i think he was also constantly pointing out that he's straight while gale didn't say much about his own sexuality and hal was speculating about it). moreover, I remember reading somwhere that hal didn't like people who drank/did drugs bc he himself was against this stuff and gale and peter smoke some weed before some s1 promotion event and hal had a problem with it. the last thing: he also did complain about gale staying in character (whatever that means in regards of gale) during filming but no one else complained so 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️.

(I lied last thing fr fr I wanted to point out that gale and randy NEVER said anything back about hal so that kinda makes you think)

hope this helps, if someone has something to add or wants to correct me, feel free to do so

[yakichoufd]

would u ever consider tagging your more sexual stuff? i get if you don't wanna, since it's your blog and all haha. just asking bc i looooove looking at your art, but i keep getting jumpscared by scott with his hands in his pants or smth lol

My bad! I am unsure if I will cause when something is relatively soft and clothes are on, I don't per say think of tagging it. I would suggest to block me if it is something that keep bothering you. My tumblr is relatively SFW but I would not say my blog is still safe to check out in public or that i wont post soft suggestive scenes. If these themes are not your cup of tea, don't check my blog out, lol! And I keep forgetting tagging things I meant to tag.

I draw everyday life, I love drawing lovers life the most, and sex is part of life. I dont post my most explicit art here or if I do, i crop it. If that is something you find not appropriate and upset you, that's ok, but I do what I feel appropriate for my blog. Again, if that is something you don't appreciate, feel free to block me.

I will try to be cautious with my tagging for next time. But I can't promise anything, cause some people feel some stuff inappropriate when I personnaly don't. We all have different boundaries and it is my blog, my way. I already don't share most of my work since I am a NSFW artist. I want to keep my tumblr as my comfort place where I don't want to worry too much about what people will think. That's why there are so many doodles here. I never thought my x-men fanarts would gain such interest here. I am glad people enjoy what I draw, but I mostly draw for myself. Especially when I share my doodles here. My tumblr was pretty quiet, so it was my little "me" space and I want to keep it that way. I am already too stressed with my other social media, I don't want that all my Internet experience to be stressful just because some people might not appreciate what I post or tag on my blog. But I can add some tag for next time... if I don't forget lol!

I also had enough people telling me what I should or should not do, and I would rather these people to block me. You are in power of handling your Internet experience with the blocking button, and it is not because you like some of my art that you can enjoy everything I post. It is ok. I will also try to tag properly, but again, I might forget sometimes. So if it is too much for you, block me!! :)

[aropride]

how to install dashboard unfucker (for desktop)

hi i use desktop and i use the dashboard unfucker extension by dragongirlsnout and you should too because it's awesome. i don't know much about computers so it was intimidating to set up but ended up being really easy.

but first:

what is dashboard unfucker?

dashboard unfucker is an extention that makes being on tumblr bearable again.

(ID: 2 screenshots of tumblr with urls/posts etc censored. the first is with the new layout, with labels on the left, the ad-free button, "check out these blogs," "explore all of tumblr," the radar, and no easy way to access your own blog. the second is with the extension enabled, the left hand side of the screen is empty, posts are wider, navigation icons are back at the top right, and the only thing on the right-hand side of the dash is the dashbaord unfucker and limit checker and tag replacer from xkit. end ID)

i got it for layout changes like these- the first is cramped and ugly and i feel like i'm on twitter. the second is warm and comfy and i can make my posts wider (i dont like all the empty space). (limit checker, tag replacer, and post color were done on xkit and palettes respectively, not unfucker, btw)

with the dashboard unfucker you can:

hide the following/blog subs/for you etc tabs

get rid of the changes/staff picks/etc carousel

hide recommended blogs and tags

add profile pics back to posts

hide the radar

hide the explore page

hide tumblr shop

hide user badges

highlight bots in ur activity feed

show who follows u in the activity feed

make posts wider/slimmer and move the dash posts position to the left/right

revert messages design (and make the messages box bigger)

revert activity feed to the old design

display vote counts on polls

show poll results without clicking (no more skewing polls or "see results"!!)

disable tumblr domains

add polls to reblogs

disable "post without tags?"

show ns.fw posts

and other things that i probably missed copying this from the settings!!

so how do you do it? it seems scary but it's easy actually. take my hand

(note: i did this on firefox and tested it on chrome, i'm not familiar with other browsers, also use firefox if at all possible fuck chrome)

how to install dashboard unfucker

step 1: install either tampermonkey, tampermonkey beta, greasemonkey, or violentmonkey (if you don't already have it)

note: im using tampermonkey as an example because it's what i use

step 2a: go to firefox extensions/chrome web store/your browser's equivalent

step 2b: look up "tampermonkey" and click "add to firefox/chrome/whatever" and confirm

step 2c: you're done! yayyy

step 2: click this link. look under "installation" where it says "Click on unfucker.user.js to install or update". and click that

(ID: a screenshot of the tampermonkey install page, showing dashboard unfucker v5.7.8 installation information, the source code, and the install/cancel button. end ID)

(it should open in a new tab and look like this)

step 3: click install! (when i did this it didn't look like much happened and i got scared. dont get scared take my hand)

step 4: go to www.tumblr.com and to the right of the dash it'll have the dashboard unfucker label to the right!

(ID: the default dash again, but with the dashboard unfucker title at the top right of the right-hand side of the dash. end ID)

step 5: click the little gear icon and all the options will pop up! u can fuck around with em to ur heart's content. i recommend exporting after ur done and saving it somewhere in case u have to uninstall/reinstall to troubleshoot or smth

you're done! now u can see the results of polls without clicking them and other such things

(ID: a poll i have not voted on. it has 17 votes and 23h 56m remaining. the title is "poll :)" and the answers are "answer 1" "answer 2" and "see results". there are no percentage labels, but the amount each answer has is indicated by light blue bars in each result, as they would be if i had voted. end ID) note: i'm not sure how/if this aspect of the extension is indicated for screenreaders

THIS POST IS TRANSGENDER BTW!

[tranzfalgar]

Who was the parental figure at the weddings at the end of naruto shippuden?(plus other what ifs)

so, we know naruto asked iruka to be his father/parental figure in his wedding, but what about everyone else?

just made a couple of hcs of who they would be, and i add some hcs to it too!! (i am american so i might accidently include things sorry for that)

Canonically Wed Characters

Naruto

His father in the wedding was Iruka

Iruka cried like a bitch at the ceremony, and then got drunk later on off sake and cried some more LMAO

Hinata

Her father in the wedding was Hiashi

Her mother in the wedding was Kurenai

Bonus: Mirai was the flower girl @ her and Naruto's wedding

Ino

Her father in the wedding was Choza

(Since her, Shikamaru and Choji all grew up together, I thought he would do this for the kids, as well as his two friends)

Her own biological mother was alive at the time of her wedding

Sai

His father in the wedding was Yamato

Yamato father figure to Sai real bc I said so

Sasuke

His father in the wedding was Kakashi

The only reason he had a father figure at his wedding is because Sakura wanted him to

Kakashi is the closest thing to a father he has (if you say 'but Orochimaru' I am gonna tear u apart with my teeth let me have this)

Sakura

Her father, Kizashi and her mother, Mebuki, were both at her wedding

Ino was her maid of honor <333

Shikamaru

His mother, Yoshino Nara, was alive at the time of his wedding

Choza offered to give a toast from himself, Shikaku and Inoichi

Temari

She had no father or mother at the wedding

It was her and her brothers :)

Choji

His father was there, and his mother as well I believe :D

If only...

Lee & Tenten (separate weddings just the same father figure)

GAI SENSEI WOULD GLADLY FILL THE ROLE

I will cry simply at the idea of this shit, if someone finds a story that has this aspect, please hand it over, I will cry

Kakashi has quite the time at both of these weddings simply bc Gai won't stop crying

Yamato

HEAR ME OUT- Tsunade. I have a little HC that her and Yamato are kinda like brother and sister or cousins bc wood style thing.

She sees he has no other family, so she deems him a Senju due to his wood release.

I really like this hc I needed to include it somehow

In a different timeline (just hear me out okay?)

(this is a parental figure besides their own bio parents btw)

Neji

Hiashi. Just think with me for a second. *cries so hard i crumble to the floor*

He would say smth like "you're father would be proud of you," and Neji LOSES HIS FUCKIGN SHIT

Kakashi

Just. Listen. for a second. Minato, Kushina, or Maito Dai. Just. *bites a rock*

Iruka

Hiruzen. Just consider <3

Naruto

Listen I don't like the guy either, but Jiraiya as his father at his wedding would have killed me /pos

"Minato, Kushina, your son is a good man, I'm sure you two are proud."

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Tsunade

If she did get married after her grandfather passed, I think Tobirama would have filled his place if he was alive

if u read this far, thank u!! also, please feel free to add more to this idea or alter mine !!

[hoshifighting]

Hii Lylaaa🩷 I hope you're doing alright 🩷 * im gonna be fr rn im nervous * sooo I have a request. May I request a smut on Wonwoo with fem reader? The scenario would be simple or you can say common as well, where the reader is being a bit to friendly with Wonu's friends (it can be set in a gathering in any of the member's house? If you want to add that ) and Wonu and reader ends up leaving a bit early. He is definitely angry but doesn't shows it until reader gets on his nerves by avoiding him just to see how he reacts. They end up having rough/angry sex where Wonu degrades the reader and slut shames as well. Oh! And can you add the reader is also wearing a very coquettish lingerie which has bows underneath her tee just to rile him up even more in the process...

If you feel uncomfortable or don't feel like writing this then feel free to drop this ask.

I hope you have a great day/night 🩷

(Here's a picture of Wonwoo I absolutely adore 😭🎀)

hiii bestie!!! hiii!! ❤️🥺 and omg! thins wonwoo pic- i think it's my favorite now too 🤧 here's the link: link!

i hope you like it, i've read your text at least 7 times to know if I was writing the right thing, if u want to change smth pls let me know!! ilysm! and have a great day/night!!! 💋

[wyervan]

hiiii just wanna start off by saying I love your art style and general vibes ✨️ I'm a stay-at-home partner always in search of fun things to do, and I've recently gotten back into art after not engaging with it since I was a kid (largely because your sun n moon fixation rubbed off on me 😭). I've never tried digital art and it looks cool! Do you have any advice for a beginner like me?

Oh it makes me so happy when people say I inspired them to start creating again 😭 The DCA and the fandom brought me out of my own years-long artistic funk last spring. Clown power, yeehonk 🤠 🤡

I’m planning a significantly longer post in response to an ask I got ages ago all how I learned to draw the way I do, so lookout for that.

But in the meantime, here’s a couple things I can think of off the top of my head:

Specific tools don’t matter much. I currently use Procreate and would recommend it if you have an IPad. It’s an extremely simple but effective program.

On desktop, I use Clip Studio Pro, but Krita is another program I’ve used and liked AND it’s completely free.

I do also have loads of experience with Photoshop and other Adobe products but can’t recommend them at the price, not to mention they’re not super beginner friendly.

Hardware-wise, I almost exclusively use my IPad to draw because it’s so portable. I also have a Huion Kamvas pen tablet monitor that hooks up to my desktop. But I started doing digital art with a dinky lil Wacom tablet that was less than $100. There’s definitely a bit of a disconnect at first, not looking at where you’re drawing but rather on a screen, but you get used to it.

Bottom line is to use whatever tools are convenient and comfortable for you! I even know of a great artist that exclusively draws with their mouse. I realized I hated sitting at a desk and that stopped me from practicing digitally. I got an IPad and now it’s much easier for me to work comfortably on what I love.

Point two I’d like to make is take advantage of the capabilities of working digitally. This means using the godsent undo button to your heart’s content. Download fun brushes to play with and add texture. Use perspective grids. Turn on line stabilization so your strokes are extra smooth. Like what you’ve sketched so far but want to try something different? Duplicate the layer and work from there so you can go back to the old version if you change your mind. Radically change the colors or values with adjustment layers. Use clipping masks. Abuse the liquify tool.

A lot of this might sound like gobbledygook to a digital art beginner but just googling any of this terminology will get you loads of tutorials and information for your specific setup. Also I’m happy to go into details about specific digital art techniques I’ve picked up with over a decade and a half of experience.

Finally, and most importantly—make what you want to see in the world AND what feels good to make. This ofc is not exclusive to digital art, but I always want to stress this to new artists. I realized after I got into the DCA fandom that I had been letting shame, fear, and perfectionism keep me from creating the content I was really interested in making. But then man, idk. Frickin’ robot clowns amirite ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it’s like there was a secret agent sent into my brain and he uploaded a DCA virus into my mainframe or smth idk hacker style. tktktktkt. they’re in.

Anyway. Hope this helps! Feel free to send another message if u have more questions :3

[justanotherboringwriter]

Uhhh since u guys liked my jimcurly stuff n I'm getting back into Mouthwashing (+am probably forming a Curly fictive) here’s sum random stuff!!!! Also ig stars will be an omnipresent figure in my jimcurly works and Daisuke’s here cuz my Daisuke fictive wants 2 b included so everybody say hi to Daisuke!!!!! :3 also might add onto this later idk

╰┈➤ Gender, sexuality, ethnicity, & style hc’s

˙⋆✮ Grant Curly

જ⁀➴ cisboy, he/him.

જ⁀➴ Had a crush on a girl named Jill but really only when she wore her tomboy clothing and thought he was bicurious and would get over it and just be heterosexual. Anyways, Jill is now Jimmy. Achillean, gay, poly.

જ⁀➴ Scottish. People think he’s from Utah or smth cuz he looks white asf lmfaoooo

જ⁀➴ have u seen his in-game fit? White asf. Cowboy. Other than that, he has kilts.

˙⋆✮ Jimmy Zare

જ⁀➴ transboy, he/him with a secret side of it/zi/xe and horror themed neopronouns.

જ⁀➴ not really any changes in sexuality??? Just gender made him go from heterosexual to gay. Yeah, not much here. Achillean, gay, poly.

જ⁀➴ american, mistaken for Slavic

જ⁀➴ unintentional Y2K grunge with a side of cigarette Lana del Ray iykyk

˙⋆✮ Daisuke Juarez

જ⁀➴ transboy, he/it/zi/xe.

જ⁀➴ gay poly all da way >:3

જ⁀➴ Mexican-Japanese.

જ⁀➴ Y2K grunge but has to try unlike Jimmy. Family calls him a cholo which ig yeah cuz cholo is Mexican slang for both gangster and person who is partially Mexican.

╰┈➤ Neurodivergent/disability hc’s

˙⋆✮ Grant Curly

જ⁀➴ neurotypical. Probably a stress disorder.

જ⁀➴ low spoon, got worse with age.

˙⋆✮ Jimmy Zare

જ⁀➴ paranoid schizophrenic, depressed, probably NPD, low empathy, self harming tendencies + history of suicide attempts, alcoholism, and drug use. Probably plural from trauma :(

જ⁀➴ low spoon + chronic pain.

˙⋆✮ Daisuke Juarez

જ⁀➴ adhd, autism, depression, low empathy. Also possibly plural??? Definitely 1-3 Protogenic/ endogenic headmates then he decided to make more. History of SH (cutting + hitting).

જ⁀➴ low spoon, random body pains + gets random bruises, scrapes, etc., due to sensitive skin.

╰┈➤ Alterhuman hc’s

˙⋆✮ Grant Curly

જ⁀➴ huh

જ⁀➴ thought everybody just identified as some kind of creature as a child bc kids are just like that yk. doing his best to support his partners 🙂👍🏻

જ⁀➴ won’t admit it but likes it when they go full animal, especially during freaky time!!!!!

˙⋆✮ Jimmy Zare

જ⁀➴ wild wolf therian 100% probably also dragonkin. Both came from trauma, a desire to be able to protect himself, a desire to be free, and wanting to not feel like a vulnerable animal anymore.

જ⁀➴ will make a den and hoard stuff + scent his clothes then make Curly or Daisuke wear it/just scent their clothes.

જ⁀➴ yk damn well this mf goes feral during freaky times. Biting, drooling, growling, rutting. He bites the back of their necks type shit.

˙⋆✮ Daisuke Juarez

જ⁀➴ ouppy!!!!!!! :3

જ⁀➴ loves being spoiled + treated like a puppy. Sitting on laps, wearing clothes too big for him, wearing a collar + ears n tail. “How’s my puppy?”, “Have you been good for daddy?”, etc, he LOVES that shit.

જ⁀➴ bottom!!!!!! Doesn’t help that he’s muscular but Jimmy n Curly are much MORE muscular + stronger

[mbti-enemies]

im an intj girl and i’m falling for my enfp friend, he is clueless about it and i want him to know without confessing and shit. anyway i wanna to do something about it

intj here with totally subjective answer here but here goes: (also @infj feel free to add )

honestly I'd try and make them feel special - like if you are someone who is is usually hesitant to start a conversation , try and start a convo with him. Differentiate the way you are with him versus the way you are with everyone else - and if you rlly are falling for him it shouldn't be smth you have to conciously make an effort to do anyway? Oh also show them that they are on your mind more than any of your other friends ...like get them a turtle keychain cause they said their favourite animal was a turtle or send them the view of the sunrise cause they said they always wanted to see the sunset but could never be bothered to wake up early for it ( but dont say smth like "saw this and thought of you xx" cause then u might as well confess)

and maybe do little things like get them take-away coffee in the morning along with your own or surprise them with their fav pastry randomly? tbh it kinda depends on the person you are and how you choose to express liking someone but if you're falling for them just go with your gut and don't overthink things to much.

side note but intj x enfp - 10/10 pairing approved here

[swordbeliever]

I don't really have anywhere safer to ask this and you seem wise. So I just wanted to know if you or any others who have transitioned from ftm or started to present more masculine have had this experience. I have had people treat me almost impure or dirty after they find out I am trans masc. I get this mostly from cis people but also from fellow gay and trans people sometimes and don't understand where this is coming from. I feel pretty lonely in the community and wonder if others have also had this happen? Also how to build confidence and friendships even with this happening?

(Apologizes if this is an inappropriate question please don't feel like you need to respond)

hi sorry for the super late reply anon i hope u do see this...

first thanks for saying i seem wise LOL i dont really think i am but i've been out for a long time and have talked to many other transmascs in my time...

i definitely get the feeling youre talking about. being / becoming a man is an incredibly isolating experience, imo. and it can be even moreso difficult being a minority & a man. i recently talked to a cis guy friend about our experiences of the intersections of masculinity and our minority identities (my queerness and his blackness) and he shared a lot of the same feelings - its difficult to talk about our issues out of fear that we could be seen as belittling women's experiences, its disappointing to see our fellow men lash out at women because of this feeling, and just... its hard.

through it all i have found solace in the people who treat me as a whole person rather than a specific identity. my transness is incredibly important to me, of course, but it sucks when i feel like i have to justify my presence in a space by clarifying it, or when its all people want to see about me. i have found a lot of people through the years who see me for myself and love me regardless of whatever identity i or they hold. i do prefer to try to make friends in queer spaces, but honestly, ive been most successful at it in some places that are less expected, especially at work.

some of the best and kindest men i've met have been in these ways. the 45 year old ex-punk rocker handyman, the ex-football player son of a mechanic from rural ohio, the guy i worked with at subway who outright told me i was the first trans man he'd ever talked to. i personally always find workplace friendships the easiest to make since we're next to each other 8 hours a day several days a week.

i have absolutely no idea if any of this makes sense, im halfway through a shift at work rn and its past midnight and im out of coffee. i hope this helps in some way, if anyone wants to add anything for anon or smth feel free :>

[broodsys]

ive been thinking about this a lot lately and kinda just wanna say it somewhere.

that said, feel free to just scroll on by bc this is heavy. also super long? i just- needed to get it off my chest, kinda.

cw: sexual assault, alcohol and drug use

so, in highschool there were these two guys who were in my friend group but i wasn't rly friends with, we'll just say L and N. L had an obvious crush on me and kept trying to get me to date him even tho i had a boyfriend and he knew my boyfriend - once i ended up going on a date with him bc my autistic ass thought he was just trying to hang out, lmao. anyway, it was awkward, esp once my friends told me uhhh no that was a date? u just described a date.

N was a lot more chill but also kinda... he was nice and all, genuinely nice, but he was also one of those no no i'm not sexist i'm an equal-opportunity hater haha! guys. so i wasn't rly close with either of them

but when i went to college they were the only two ppl i already knew and i was rly overwhelmed about being all alone on campus at first, so i ended up spending quite a bit more time with both of them, in and out of school. and it was fun when it was the three of us! they were amusingly raunchy and we talked a lot about related subjects and went on walks together and idk, it was nice. this was before i realized i was trans but i think it fulfilled a Just One Of The Guys need i had at that time

got p close with both of them, esp L. ended up at his house by myself quite frequently. and, well, we drank - this being before i realized i had a unrelated liver disease. and by this point i was out as trans and my family was AWFUL about using the right pronouns and i had no in-person connections who used the right pronouns and i was... p desperate for validation. while also using both alcohol and weed quite heavily to cope

so, yknow... hang out with someone who calls me 'he', talk about gender shit, sigh and go along with the eight million dumb YT videos he wanted to show me, but whatever, i got free liquor and it was smth to do, right? i was even able to lean into being a system around him! that was super validating.

so, surprise surprise, we ended up becoming kinda fuckbuddies. and i was okay with that - p open that i wasn't interested in a relationship but like, sure, we can fuck around. so we did. usually drunk. usually quite drunk. but that was okay because there was still consent going on

but i had one very clear, very explicit boundary. and once he started to cross it - i called him out on it and he pushed back and i had to tell him to stop several times. it wasn't like... aggressive? just very, very coercive. took me a long time to accept that it was still a form of rape. hell, i still struggle to type that out, i want to add caveats to it. but it just was. and that was the big change for me, when i realized he wasn't actually going to respect my boundaries. still hung out with him for a while after that and we had sex a few more times while i was processing my feelings about everything and trying to accept that he was in the wrong and i had a right to be upset

but after that, i just started feeling rly shitty on the walk home whenever i left him. there were subspace/subdrop issues at play, too, which was another brand-new discovery for me, and no aftercare ever, but it was... yeah. it was bad.

still, took me a while to break off the relationship. i was actually at a conference for a school thing when i did it, because being around ppl who saw me as a man, who respected me, who treated me kindly... it totally changed how i saw interpersonal dynamics. like, that whole experience was a MASSIVE wake-up call for me. so that was when i cut him out of my life

now, oddly, this story isn't about L. it's about N.

afaik, N had no idea about any of this. but a while ago, idk probably over a year now, he sent me a nice text mentioning that he didn't know why we'd fallen out of touch. and i usually delete texts after a while but i still have that one. sometimes i want to reply - not telling him the details, just like 'yeah so me and L had smth weird and i didn't want to put u in a position where u had to choose' but also just- memories, yknow? i associate them together very strongly bc the three of us spent sm time together

but i still feel kinda bad. kinda miss N. i saw him become a better person while i saw L kinda become a worse person. i just feel... idk. torn? ultimately i gotta take care of me because no one else can, but i think about him quite often, and about that text i've never replied to. and i also spent time with N alone, and it was just chill. he never tried to fuck me. when i slept over he let me have his bed and made sure there were fresh sheets and everything. he watched me play videogames at his house and let me spend forever on character customization and made sure i had vegetarian food to eat. he was nice, without any strings attached. and we talked about, shit, everything. once we walked for hours and hours - p much the entire night - just talking. he rly opened up to me a lot, and i opened up to him - not about everything and not about anything with L, but about a lot of other stuff. it was an important friendship.

and i just... i regret losing that a lot. i've been thinking about both of them a lot recently. part of it is just coming head to head with things i was using weed to repress now that i've been sober for a while, granted. bc i've been thinking about a lot of things in my past recently.

relationships are messy. but i regret that a good friendship got stained by a bad one.

[seraphic-sapphic-safehaven]

saw smth infuriating and u were the first blog i thought to send this to since u would understand and might wanna add it to the info u already have available in ur byf/dni but anyway...

i just came across a post about an interview with gilbert baker wrt his flag being exploited by rainbow capitalism and someone who wasn't even OP reblogged it with "please help out emily gwen, they made the universally-used lesbian flag and are financially struggling! they're also a victim of disney using their flag for corporate! 🥺"

like maybe i'm biased bc i don't trust or support them as is but that seems so fucking disrespectful...? that's DERAILING. i don't just dislike emily, i've come over time to find that their fans and users of their sunset flag are equally as weird and annoying regarding their opinions and treatment of queer history and other queer people.

lmk if you want the link/screenshot btw and i can dm it to you off anon for proof!

I keep forgetting to reply to this damn ask 🫠🫠 Apologies!!

I'm really not surprised by that as I've been seeing people add that on to posts or make their own posts saying it for yearsssss. I do agree it's a bit derail-y. And it's honestly still weird that people keep coming for Disney for using their flag design when they literally said that it's free to use both personally and commercially and that they don't require payment for using it.

Like, yeah, fuck Disney for a whole lotta reasons, but you can't really claim that Emily is a victim of them because of this. Plus, Disney has always been bigoted, so I extra don't know why people would expect Disney to pay out to Emily for using their flag design anyway. Y'all know these big corporations don't give a fuck about us; they never have. And unfortunately, I don't think that'll change anytime soon either...

But anyway, sorry for the ramble 😅 Feel free to message me that stuff via inbox or DM 😊

[sleepiestpeach]

,i thimk.. you should say ... 3 positive (+) things about urself too ... hmh

ANYTHING FOR U MARS !!! my phone is too old to have the salute emoji (i have to type in :salute: on discord) BUT. :salute:

1. LATELY i've started wearing my hair nicely and styling it a lil bit and everything and it's so cute.. like not to start w smth superficial but honestly i am looking like a snack lately

2. honestly this isn't recent BUT for a while now I've been able to bake (yummy !!!) bread without a recipe. like i can just rawdog it yknow..... no Nothing just grab my ingredients and get working and i can pretty much just add or adjust or adapt things by vibe and like. idk. proud of myself for tht :) fun skill to have

3. i rly like how nowadays my blog is just a collage of things tht bring me joy.... having a strong theme is nice but it can feel restrictive at times? rn i am Free and i feel like my rbs are more fun and I don't hesitate to post smth just bc it feels off theme and I just. am having Fun !!