#Inbox chatter

[aeriona]

Do you have tips for drawing/designing Xeno styled inkfish? They’re so shaped

of course!

Generally when I draw xenos, I try to emphasise non-human traits as much as possible by incorporating in real-life cephalopod biology. Basically I try to make it extremely obvious that what you're looking at isn't human, but actually something else entirely.

A good start is to do away with joints/bones entirely, and to add spots/patterns to the skin to make it appear less mammalian. Suckers on the fingers and faintly-pigmented skin also help as well.

The eyes are also another important thing! Most pelagic squids have round pupils in real life, but I tend to draw inklings with horizontal pupils anyway as it helps achieve that creaturely effect I'm going for.

Of course everyone has their own unique approach to xeno inkfish, these are merely suggestions and not a ruleset or anything haha. It’s taken me a while to find a style I’ve found most comfortable, and even then I regularly change stuff as I learn more about cephalopods. The beauty of xeno designs is that it's entirely up to you where you decide to go with it. You don’t even have to be realistic, literally the only baseline is creature!

I hope this was helpful to you!

[deerspherestudios]

Heads up queue in the foreseeable future will be 6 posts a day consisting of asks, fanart and donation links to Gaza campaigns <3

[barrenclan]

I had a dream that you were so fed up with the music asks for some reason that you made a spreadsheet and then told us to leave you alone

Not gonna lie every day I get closer to this being a reality

[hearts4hughes]

I know you’re probably used to having people ask for fic recs from other blogs, buuuttt could you give me recs from your own writings? I love your blog and I want to read all of your writings, but I don’t know where to begin 😭

i’ve never been asked this before, but of course. i’ll list below my favorite writings that i’ve done. thank you so much for supporting my blog and even sending me this message. it’s incredibly motivating to see things like this 🫶🏻😘

i wish you would - trevor zegras

looking at the stars, admiring from afar - jack hughes

fake dating - quinn hughes

lacy - mark estapa

so it goes - jack hughes

i’ll always be there for you - luke hughes

hits different - trevor zegras

the fight - jack hughes

wanna be yours - jack hughes

[fuck-yeah-hyenas]

Hi i run @hyena-official (i have to be anonymous to conceal my true self) can we be hyena buddies?

hello friend! i too must often do this to maintain hyenanonymity.

we are hyena friends now!

[theforgottencrow]

Trick or treat

eeeee sorry for this being late!

But here you go have a treat!!

You get Slay The Princess Cross doodles bc ik you like em :3

@notagamerlol <- tagging just in case bc tumblr sometimes doesn’t notify the person if their ask gets answered

(Tumblr killed the quality ugh…)

STP!Cross belongs to @neverniko101

[doyouknowthischaracter]

I don’t know why this is funny. No, I don’t know this character and I wanna keep it that way!!!

[where-is-smallishbeans]

they put joel in the salt shaker :(

anyone! save him! its far too bright in there amongst the salt!

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

did TKF au stanley know pablo escobar

Yes! But they steered clear from one another.

[aeriona]

Hey, I noticed that Inklings/Cuttleling/Octolings all have both a Syrinx and a Larynx, what does that means for their voices?

they all garbly like in the games :)

Having two vocal organs (link to that post in case anyone else is confused, it's old but still holds up) allows inkfish access to a much greater vocal range than with just one organ, like humans have.

As a result not only are inkfish languages operating on an additional layer of complexity (i explain that in the post link it's a long story lmao), but the language itself is physically impossible for a human (and many other extant species, sadly) to pronounce.

They are also excellent mimics! bird calls, other people's voices, annoying phone ringtones are all their specialty :).

SO yeah, their voices/language sound just like they do in the games; a distinct, typically high-pitched warble with a bassy, garbled undertone for additional contextual meaning.

[deerspherestudios]

Meant to announce this earlier but I'm closing the askbox for a while because of that post circulating around!

Context 1

Context 2

Context 3 - the TLDR; if you'd like a short one.

Better to be safe than sorry; for now I hope y'all like the queued holiday asks, happy holidays everyone! Stay safe!! 🎁

[delphi-shield]

hey just a reminder that i have always presented this blog as multifandom. this is not a curated space and i slap reblog on whatever i want to. i understand that it may be jarring for me to post resident evil stuff right next to anime men but that is sooo not my problem. you can block the series tags i use if it bothers you that much. i contain multitudes. i am capable of liking more than one thing at a time. i will continue to like many things. peace and love or whatever ✌️

[darehearts]

you will never guess who is back...

[theforgottencrow]

WAIT YOU'RE AN ANGEL HARE FAN??? ... favorite character and season?

Seriously I am so happy, fellow Angel Hare Fan SPOTTED!

Yes!!! Yes I am!! I love Angel hare it’s sort of like a comfort show for me? I dunno how to explain it well sorry- BUT YEAH BIG FAN!!!

Favorite character? I’d have to say it’s tied between Cammy and Zaggy!! I absolutely adore Gabby aswell, she’s more or less my main comfort character from that series.

As for why Cammy is my favorite, I relate to them a bit. What they were trying to achieve and the fact that they were slowly destroying themselves over trying to be perfect in their attempt to help Segen; I know that feeling and that experience so I kinda kin them in a way lol…

And for Zaggy I like how his character was used within the story! How he was written and portrayed as someone the watcher should not fully trust due to his behavior and how he withheld information from Jonah when searching for Gabby. As well as just his overall demeanor and how he progressed the story in season 2.

Now as for favorite season? Gosh that’s hard because both season 1 & 3 hold a special place in my heart <:3

Season one is relatable for me because of the things going on with Jonah and how I relate to those themes with stuff that happened to me as a kid; and It’s especially where Gabby is my comfort character the most TvT

Season 3 is obviously where Cammy is most shown which is one factor of it and the other being just the overall writing of it. How it portrays just how much Cammy was affected by what Jonah did and the aftermath with Segen really just hits different.

sorry for the long ramble :”3

I haven’t been able to talk with anyone about my interest in Angel Hare at all since I joined the fandom quite a while back lol…..

But yeah seeing a fellow Angel hare enjoyer really is exciting!!! If you ever wanna talk more abt it with me weither in DMs or simple Inbox thingys I’d be glad to do so!!!

@a-person-on-the-internet

(tagging u just in case bc sometimes inbox answers don’t notify the person)

[doyouknowthischaracter]

you can tell who has anxiety and who doesn't by the questions. "what should I vote in this specific circumstance??" babe just click a button

Lmao this is so real 😭 and I get it, I do!! And I certainly appreciate those who try their best to answer as accurately as possible. But I have to say it really isn't that serious. Nothing bad will happen if you misclick or your vote isn't 100% correct every single time. It's all just silly fun!

[hearts4hughes]

what do you think of drew being on hoppy? saw a video of a girl saying that drew asked her to go out for drinks in nyc👀

those videos are ads for hoppy! at least i’m pretty sure. but i know drew is on raya! my friends and i keep passing him on it lol