#My art with a borrowed background

[cogscore-competencies]

“Thought you could get away from me little bluejay?”

- ⚙️🐍

[sparticus2000art]

I would like to say congratulations to cross xtale for coming out as trans.

[jojo-schmo]

[The Forgotten Land Roleswap: Chapter 2 63-64]

The first panel on page 63 references the delicious Candyland AU by @das-a-kirby-blog🍬 

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[collophora]

Found a cool color palette. Might finish it later. (Probably not.)

[yveltalreal]

everyone look at glacier RIGHT NOW!!! he has four tails now!!!

[smalltendencies]

Just been thinking about when giants hold a tiny between two fingers. How it only takes two fingers to immobilize a tiny, when no strength can fight against a being taller than your vision. And there are so many different ways to do it! By the midsection (a classic), holding a tiny by one leg and dangling them in the air, or (if its a really inconsiderate giant) holding them painfully by the tail. Maybe when grabbing a tiny by their stomach, they pin their arms too (like my pic lol) and the tiny can do nothing as they are dangled in the air, kicking their legs trying to find purchase. Just beautiful. Good soup.

[certainwizardlady]

Day 13: Betwixt

[seriousturd]

Another doodle ft. a very sickly Nick

Bonus mini doodle under the cut lol

[tuxedokit]

im going so normal mode about them

[octobertomarch]

I did that one frame from Souvenir 🎀

Creation process below. The video quality isn't really good because medibang still can't render it in hd. Turn on sound. You won't regret it ☺️

[pixiemage]

When your apps decide to ghost you on your own phone 🙄

[amidalashandmaidens]

Jotaro + Jolyne posting ahead:

I think Jot's got pride in his hat + jacket accessories. It's a treat for him to get those pins and he's really pleased when he finds new ones he likes!

So, what does this have to do with Jolyne? Lemme tell you.

When he goes away on trips when she's little, it's hard. To help balance it out and cheer Jolyne up, Eileen goes shopping with her to pick out new pins for Jot to wear on his trip!

"So you'll think of me when you put it on!" + "They're good luck charms!"

And that's the way Jotaro regards them! When he gets dressed to go out, he has his case of pins to pick from. There's that joy in consideration, "well, Jolyne just bought me this one, and it'll pair nicely with the other from last Father's Day."

If people ask him about it, and he feels like answering, he goes "my daughter picked it out for me!"

In addition, Jolyne's got her own collection she keeps in a shoebox under her bed.

Of course, this doesn't always work but even when Jolyne's mad at Jotaro for going I think the pin giving is consistent until she's about...9 or 11.

Just,,, the "Don't you have something for Daddy, Jojo?" and her huffing a little, still half hidden behind Eileen's leg before she goes, "Here."

[lighteraryloredump]

background drawings i worked on for a local production im in of little shop of horrors! It is the shop window of Mushnik's Skid Row Florists as seen from inside the shop, hence the backwards text hehe

[thedaywemetcomic]

Chapter 3, Page 1

Thank you to Arekan for letting me borrow your bunny character in panel 2! Patrons at the Yearling tier and above have the option to submit their OC's reference art to potentially be added to the comic as background cameos, check out my Patreon if that sounds like fun!

[polina-savitskaya]

Happy N7 Day! After three years, I decided to update the old art from 2020, which I once made for my desktop wallpaper, completely borrowing the concept from the wonderful artist Matt Rhodes. More saturated colors and redrawn background. Here you can download the art in high resolution.

[susansontag]

studio ghibli ranking list let’s go

(will include nausicaä and the red turtle)

the these-are-actually-bad section:

24. earwig and the witch

actually the only one I haven’t watched so it’s cheeky to put it here. but I won’t be watching it and no one will blame me.

23. ocean waves

who sincerely cares about these teenagers they’re so annoying. if the boys had been gay it would have honestly been homophobic.

22. pom poko

this film is about shape-shifting raccoon dogs waging a war on humans and there’s copious jokes about their testicles. so on paper a perfect film. execution wise it’s so long and so boring and you care about none of them.

the cure-for-insomnia section:

21. tales from earthsea

hayao miyazaki was right to walk out of this one even though he probably is a terrible father for having done so. some of the animation was really nice but these protagonists made me yearn for the ocean waves cast because at least they have semi-personalities.

20. castle in the sky

proof miyazaki was judging his son too hard for earthsea because this is basically his version of the same thing: a nice idea with good animation and the most boring boy/girl protagonists imaginable. has got that whimsy he does so nicely however.

the passable-films section:

19. the cat returns

but should he have? was that really necessary? has a scene of cats walking in a procession on their hind legs though so that’s a plus.

18. arrietty

visually gorgeous but otherwise a very run-of-the-mill adaptation of the borrowers, which in something that should feel wondrous is less than ideal.

17. my neighbors the yamadas

some harmless and inventive fun that you can put on in the background whilst eating lunch or doing some light yoga stretches.

the don’t-harm-me-I’m-right section:

16. howl’s moving castle

yes I do in fact understand the intricacies of the plot and I still don’t care. this is one of ghibli’s messiest films for sure, it can’t decide what it wants to be or focus on and the plot just seems to happen and then not happen for no good reason. I also think howl’s a whiny bastard and hate that sophie has to mother him and endure his contemptible man tantrums. a shame because she’s actually cool.

15. grave of the fireflies

it was sweet but I’ve watched more moving animated films set in war-time, even. I don’t have much desire to watch it again honestly but maybe I will at some point.

the this-is-getting-there section:

14. the red turtle

I liked it! an acquired taste but I really felt the harshness of the elements and the cruelty and the love. it's also very beautiful to look at, one of the most visually arresting ghibli productions.

13. only yesterday

a tale of two films with this one. the parts where she's a young girl are much more interesting, but if this had stuck the landing and it'd been more even overall, could have potentially been a favourite. alas.

12. the wind rises

a genuinely weird one in ghibli's lineup, in which miyazaki meshes two different stories together (one of inventive 'genius' and a doomed love story, respectively) in a likely attempt to try and grapple with his having chosen his career over all else, including family (noteworthy is that his wife was not able to retain her career as an animator). as a piece of art it's less whimsical and more mature than many of these films, but I struggle to not let my distaste for what it potentially represents get in the way of my appreciation for it as a film, but it's so blatantly personal that it's impossible.

the that-was-just-a-good-fun-time section:

11. nausicaä of the valley of the wind

aesthetically one of the coolest films on this list but I don't remember the story as well. great protagonist too. must have been great to experience when it first came out in the '80s.

10. porco rosso

I love this film about a tomboy mechanic and some pilot guy who went off to war and was so changed he is now a pig. watching it feels like if the mediterranean was so small it fit into your back pocket and was also populated by all your friends all your enemies and your ex-lover also.

9. from up on poppy hill

I found this one boring the first time I watched it but it really grew on me with subsequent rewatches. I really like her predominantly female household and the community they share in the backdrop of the rest of the drama is sweet. the bit of drama midway through is still batshit though but in a loveable, disney-would-never way.

the near-perfect section:

8. the tale of the princess kaguya

probably takahata's magnum opus with the studio, if slightly overlong. folktales are tricky because they tend to feel moralistic and the characters one-note if you're not willing to build on them but kaguya herself feels very spirited and alive. the prettiest on the list too I'd say.

7. my neighbor totoro

cozy late summer comfort film. perhaps even more special now because I was able to see the london production. cute!

6. when marnie was there

surprised this one has ranked so high for me but that's the power of tomboy lesbians heck yeah etc. also the fantastical element of this one is so up my alley and touches upon a particular kind of childhood nostalgia I have of being in old houses and imbuing them with magical qualities. the image of anna facing the house across the marshland is burned into my retina.

the I'd-die-for-her section:

5. princess mononoke

aesthetically too cool for school and has one of the best ghibli villains and female characters (lady eboshi). they really said all the spirits of the forest are going to die in this one but well it was a nice thought.

4. ponyo

my comfort movie of all-time! heartwarming! with another great female ghibli character in lisa, sosuke's mum who is legally allowed to drive like that apparently. also one I actually watched for the first time in my childhood when I was around 7 or so at an after school club. the subtitles taught me the useful and now underused gem of a phrase "bog off".

3. kiki's delivery service

asks the important questions such as: what if you were a young witch from a dying tradition who moves to a gorgeous town in sweden? what if your remarkable gifts were no longer appreciated due to rapid advancements in aviation technology? what if you could live in a bakery?

2. spirited away

when you're just a timid child who is scared of admittedly a lot and your parents manage to mess everything up spectacularly so now you're forced to work at the age of twelve for people who steal your identity. still one of the best honestly they may never top this as the peak of their artistic achievement.

1. whisper of the heart

have you ever been a struggling artist? have you ever been in love? have you ever been obsessed with john denver's take me home, country roads? in all seriousness love a story of two artistically inclined people inspiring each other and this has a unique feel compared to other ghibli films forever favourite probably. it feels like basically no one has watched it and that's a shame. rest in peace yoshifumi kondō.