#Look at that shading and the colors are so pretty

[manikas-whims]

Based on THIS text exchange between Xavier and MC

“Close your eyes.”

Xavier, who has been lounging like a lazy cat on your couch, blinks his deep blue eyes, his brows narrowing and lips curling adorably in confusion. “Why?”

“Because you promised to help me test out all my new skincare products!” You say, excitedly waving a bar of lip tint in front of his face. “I wanna try this.”

He stares at you, as if searching for an appropriate response to turn down your request. But ultimately, his shoulders deflate and he shrugs. “Go on then.”

Happily, you plop down next to him on the couch and turn the cap of the tint. It’s a tender pink shade that would suit well for your working days.

As you inch closer to Xavier, you notice his skin is beautiful and unblemished as ever despite the lack of any proper skincare. It shouldn’t surprise you anymore but it does. It must have something to do with his genetics. Still, you’d partially like to take the credit for incorporating your own face wash, and cream into his nightly bedtime routine.

“Um..?” Xavier interrupts your train of thought, his eyes closed in waiting.

You shake your head for getting sidetracked by his beauty. And before he can change his mind, you bring up the brush to his face, and carefully apply an ample amount of the tint on Xavier’s pretty lips.

Wow.

This may have begun as a momentary whim of yours but you can’t keep yourself from gawking like a 14-year old with their first anime crush. Of course he’s somehow making the tint feel so effortlessly lovely on his lips.

“Are you done?” Xavier flutters open one eye and peaks at you.

You nod absent-mindedly, still admiring the soft pink color on his lips.

He takes the bar of tint from your hand and examines it, while you pick up your cellphone and open the camera app.

“Just wanted to make sure the color looks the same when applied on lips.” You explain, your gaze swaying back towards his lips as you snap a picture of him.

Xavier frowns. “Then you should’ve tried it on yourself.”

He raises a palm to wipe his lips but you grab his hand and hold it in place, snapping a few more close-up shots of his face.

“Yeah I should have..” You wink at him and speak in a singsong tone. “..but I just knew it’d look good on you~”

Xavier pouts but you can tell there’s no genuine annoyance behind his eyes. Then he shifts closer, his height allowing him to easily tower over you. Confused, you watch him watch you, his eyelids slowly fluttering down, his gaze now focused intently on your lips.

“Xav–”

Your words are muffled by the sudden press of his lips upon yours. Then he pulls back and smiles, satisfied with your now smudged, pink lips.

“The shade looks good on you too.” He affirms cheekily.

Immediately you feel the rush of heat on your face and turn your head away to hide the obvious blush from his keen eyes.

can you believe i have an exam on 26th and this is what i’m doing 😭..anyways i got hit by this silly idea and had to get it out of my mind so here we go..

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©️ Xavier divider is mine. Bottom divider by @saradika-graphics

[kithtaehyung]

PLS RYEN I NEED TO KNOW IF 3TAN YOONGI WOULD DRESS IN GREEN OR PINK IF ASKED BY OC TO GO WATCH WICKED WITH THEM 🥺🥺

“What are we seeing again?”

“Wicked!” You dig through your duffle, fishing out your toiletries bag while turning to face him. “That’s okay, right?”

“Yeah, I just.. what was the question?”

Chuckling, you walk to the bathroom and flip on the light, greeted by the same counter and cabinets you’ve been seeing an absurd amount lately. “Everyone’s gonna be wearing green or pink,” you explain as you head to the sink. “Which color do you want cus I’ll wear the other—”

“Black.”

“That’s not—”

“Blue.”

Groaning through a grin, you start taking out what you use to get ready, plenty of little clacks on the counter mixing with new music in the bedroom. Noticing your glow in the mirror, you lightly threaten, “Pick or I’m picking for you.”

“Do it then.”

You turn to see Yoongi in the door, leaning on the entrance. Stupidly silent and watching.

Blinking, you feel a heartbeat trip before you ask, “Do you.. Umm. Do you even have anything pink?”

“Some stuff, yeah.”

“Actually? Surprise me,” you chirp, turning back to the mirror to get ready. “We’ll both pick and see what happens.”

“K.”

So you both get ready—him not helping by getting ready beside you while shirtless—and separately grab your own clothes. You don’t look as he gets dressed in his room, and soon as you hear him leave, you dress yourself.

Laughing your ass off when you walk out and both of you have matching kicks on—Yoongi’s sporting a beautiful shade of pink, and yours with pretty dark green accents.

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3tan slices: mini 3tan scenarios!

series: three tangerines

[aeliem]

2nd horseman - War

(click for better quality)

1st horseman - Conquest

timelapse and yapping under the cut

this one was the first one i drew, it was the easiest one to make tbh (it came to me in a dream) (not really but close enough)

it was pretty hard to balance all the red tho (red soul, red swords, red light from the soul and background...) so i made the background light lighter than the soul's light, and i made the outfit a shade of blue so it stands out and so the entire drawing doesn't become a sea of red

the background is just random strokes + liquify tool (push randomly until it looks good, then twirl clockwise on the center), same with the blade texture

also i tried to have the backlight show through K's hoodie, it's mostly visible around the sleeves and a bit around the hips, but it's not really obvious when you first see it (at least to me it looks more like a light coming from the bottom of the image)

so

Why War for Killer?

honestly its the red imma be honest war's attributes are: the color red, a sword and war (as in war and conflict in general, but also as in civil war by opposition to conquest)

killer's whole color scheme is monochrome except for red so it was a pretty obvious match for this one killer uses a knife, and a sword is the closest thing between the 4 horsemen's weapons (i put 2 in just for flair, it doesn't have any special meaning in this case)

the whole war theme also works out pretty well for him, especially civil war. in his og timeline, he was killing & torturing monsters, so he's fighting against his own people (matches with civil war pretty well i think). also he is violent and kinda stupid/mindless, the type to stab first and ask questions never, so it fits war pretty well

the timelapse! (with the brainstorm for all of them as a bonus)

[bishopony]

How do you choose the color, design, and cutie mark of an mlp fusion oc? I really liked Ditzy Doo and Twilight!

thank you!

I don't do a perfect blend of the character's colors because that's a pretty common (but not bad) technique and I want my characters to stand out. I'll look at the two character's palettes and see what the dominant shades are- purple/blue for twilight, gray for ditzy, so for those two I pick a cooler palette with a more desaturated tone. You also don't have to think super literally- twilight has those bright pink and purple highlights, but the main thing you notice is not their color, but the fact that they exist and draw the eye. So for the fusion I gave her a toned down shade of ditzy's hair with bright highlights in colors that match her design as a callback to twilight c:

Both twilight and ditzy are known for being clumsy or not super focused on their appearance, so I gave Dizzy Spell messy hair and fetlocks- she'd rather focus on her studies than her hair!

Ephemera (twilightxrarity) on the other hand is very well-groomed. I took rarity's sense of style and combined it with twilight's need for neatness, so Ephemera is very clean-cut and orderly

I hope all that makes sense! As for the cutie marks, I love pun names, so they'll always correspond with that. ephemera I went a bit more literally with so she's got the stamps, but I gave dizzy spell a sparkle with magic swirl to represent her name

[smoking-converse]

My digital art progression #4

In honor of arcane ending I decided to do a jinx piece! I love this show and it's animation and art is so pretty. I hope I can watch it the day it comes out! <3

The reference

I know this isn't that finished but I decided to post it anyways cause I didn't think it was gonna get better and I actually like the way this looks!

Area I need help on: I mainly think that I could do better with shading and coloring. The hands aren't the best, and the eye bags are a little strange but i think overall I did a good job. (The more I look the more mistakes I see but those can be ironed out later and it doesn't need to be perfect to be worth posting so it is what it is)

As always art advice and criticism is always welcome from artists and non artists alike!

[adobe-outdesign]

Pokemon shiny review of shiny h! Samurott line?

Oshawott: Shiny Oshawott is okay, but nothing to write home about. It does change out most of the colors in the design—white to cream, brown to pink, blue to teal, and cyan to a true blue. However, because most of these hue shifts are similar to the original colors, it doesn't stand out a ton. Like, you could pick it out as the shiny in a crowd of other Oshawott, but if you saw it in isolation and thought this was the regular palette, I wouldn't blame you.

In terms of improving it, any hue shift outside of just shades of blue/teal would be much more noticeable. There are a bunch of viable colors here, like purple is always a good choice for water-types, but I kind of like the idea of making it brown to lean into the otter inspiration.

Dewott: Dewott's a bit better than Oshawott, mostly because the dark blue accents have changed to purple—a much more drastic hue shift that makes it easier to pick out as a shiny. However, even if you ignore that it's not very consistent with shiny Oshawott, the overall body shift from cyan to more of a aquamarine still isn't that noticeable. Also, the dark blue originally complimented the body, whereas here the purple and aquamarine feel like they're competing, almost to the point of clashing.

Outside of potentially doing something like a brown shiny here too, I think an easy change would just be making the body a light shade of purple. Another option could be to make the body white to match Oshawott's coloration.

Samurott: Even if you once again ignore consistency, Samurott's shiny is still just okay. I do like the peachy rose-gold armor and the darker blue body; it looks nice visually. However, similar to Oshawott, it's a bit too minor of a hue shift to really stand out drastically, even if you can still tell the difference in a crowd; it's not bad but doesn't feel like that drastic of a change either. In terms of improvements, any of the changes I suggested above could be applied here and it would probably look fine.

Hisuian Samurott: H. Samurott is probably the best of the line because it has a drastic, very noticeable color change—taking all the black and red shades from the original armor and making them white and gray. It's a nice nod to Oshawott and makes for a very distinct shiny.

However, I do wish they had gone a bit further and tweaked the rest of the colors as well. Changing only accent colors works well when the base is a neutral (see: Umbreon), but in this case, there's not real reason to not go even further. The eyes and nose no longer are complimented by red in the armor, so they could've easily been yellow or orange instead; something a little more adjacent to the white. Meanwhile, the body could've been a darker navy blue to match original shiny Samurott, or even black to match the non-shiny armor. It's still good as-is; it just could've been pushed a bit more.

Overall: Oshawott and Samurott's shinies are okay; you can tell the difference but they're still fairly similar to the originals in terms of hue. Dewott's shiny stands out more but also has a somewhat clashy palette and the body is still pretty similar. Finally, H. Samurott has a good distinct shiny, but one that could've been changed even more. Basically, nothing bad here—but nothing spectacular either.

[xo-arcie]

Thank you @cottonhide 💜

Last song: No Love by Lil' Wayne

Favorite color: Any shade of purple, please.

Last book: I am on book 3 of Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu

Last movie: Disturbia randomly came on YouTube and we just watched the whole thing. It was awful.

Last TV show: Catching up on the new season of Arcane (that show is my bi-panic).

Sweet/savoury/spicy: I love them all, but definitely love sweets the most.

Relationship status: Happily married. It has been 7 years total so far and he is pretty nifty.

Current obsession: there's not a day when i have not thought about satosugu since july 2023 May 2024 (kept what cotton put but changed the date because I remember the day that it ruined me)

Looking forward to: Moving into a new home and finally getting settled in.

Tagging (no pressure): @angstigone @triptychgrip @blonndiec @heartinhyacinth @elliesndg and anyone else, if you see this across your dash, consider yourself tagged!

Ten People I'd Like to Get to Know Better

Tagged by @daydreamerwonderkid

Last song: String Quintet #5: Minuet in E Op 11/5 G 275 by Luigi Boccherini (I had the classical station on in the car)

Favorite color: Orange

Last Book: To Shape A Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

Last movie: MST3K: Boggy Creek II (because it's tradition when I visit my family for my sister to fall asleep in the recliner while we watch MST3K)

Last TV show: M*A*S*H

Sweet/savory/spicy: SOUR. Or I guess sweet? But I love sour stuff. Pickled foods my beloved.

Relationship status: lol

Last thing I googled: black cat plushie (to show my friend the one I have that I mistake for my actual black cat at least once a month)

Current obsession: Forever Batfam. Almost free to lose myself in Venom!Steph AU, but not quite. Been watching a bunch of deep sea videos again, too.

Looking forward to: I have the day off tomorrow and I'm going to clean my kitchen and read a book!

No pressure tags @dangerousdan-dan @owlovo @sepia-stained-sunset @roseandgold137 @raan-miir-tah @dizaryswrites @spacemeowntain @cursedunicornofeast @your-dead-european-ancestor

[ciderjacks]

infantilization

[hayaku14]

shinichi matching his fit with kid cos kid never gets new outfit colors

[clover-the-awesomest]

One thing I really liked about Dominator's debut episode was the constant disrespect/shade she gave to Wander. This man always has a positive attitude, looks at people with the utmost respect no matter who they are, and never doubts anybody in the slightest. Wander being in a bad mood was practically unheard of for me when I watched this episode! So when Wander begrudgingly accepted the fact that Dominator was actually really fuccin rude and didn't wanna be friends with him, it was SHOCKING how he stood up for himself and told Dominator to her face that she didn't deserve the fruit basket! It was a monumental moment for me!

And sure, Wander did try to get on her good side a bit more after that episode, but that's mostly due to him seeing the potential in her and Hater being a couple. If it weren't for his shipping tendencies, I bet he would've absolutely held a grudge for Dominator until the very end!

I still really enjoyed how he was still constantly getting annoyed by her all the time. It's not easy to annoy Wander, but this lady did it and she did it well!!

I miss those boys

[tribbles-the-lesbian]

🍎Apol Thieves🍎

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⬇️Background + various close-ups⬇️

[adzy-drawz]

wow what a peaceful day! sure hope the scary teeth man doesnt come and jumpscare them or anything haha that would be crazy

alternate version without caines shadow

[kit-screams-into-the-future]

wanted to try my hand at a fake screenshot thing with a scene from one of the bttf fics of all time, Time Is a Flat Circle by @fourth-dimensional-thinker! i set in to draw only the "little canary" line but. as you can tell. my hand slipped and fell down a 6 story building

if you haven't read it already please check it out PLEASEEE it's very good. i read the whole thing in basically one sitting. the vibes are perfect for the spooky season too!

versions without the filter/subtitles under the cut:

[yuseirra]

lum~

[embracesadness]

Attempted some sketches of the 90's YJ crew in my own style! With our favorite Impulse and his two coincidentally blonde (well, most of the time for Cassie) and double "S" named BFF's, Cissie and Cassie! Lowkey love the 90's style on them. They look WAY cool haha. And you gotta adore solid rep for platonic friendships between guys and gals where they can be close physically but it doesn't necessarily have to be romantic🙏  (And, yes, I made the glasses reflective so I wouldn't have to draw his eyes because they are HARD, don't JUDGE me XD)

[glitchedrabbit]

My friends gave me an art request for matching pfps of Gregory and Evan as Genshin characters (Bennet and Razor are their names i believe..) so they asked and I delivered! !