#The purple-to-green gradient in her hair is very cool

[pushing500]

Yes, Randy!! Ol' mate came through for me in the end, bless his heart.

I got my t'au colonist just in time for the New Year. Props to Laursen for pulling the 'Greater Good' card, too. No t'au could refuse an offer like that.

Everyone welcome Pro to the cult. She's a little seven-year-old air-caste t'au, who is the same rank that thirty-year-old Candlelight was in The Animist Alliance.

I don't know what kind of incredible feats Pro must have pulled off to reach this rank in her short years, and to earn a name like "Mont'yr", (which means "Veteran" or "War hero") but I'll bet her brave trait has something to do with it.

Buckeye seems to have adopted the role of "cool auntie" in the colony and has been tailed almost constantly by Bella and Pro, especially while she does important childcare tasks like playing with the baby.

Good job, Laursen. The cult must have an appropriately horrifying ritual room, after all.

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[shadowsageingempress]

Tierlist of the Great Sea costumes from Hyrule Warriors Legends.

I plan on doing more for the other costumes from the rest of the Adventure Mode maps.

(Costumes and explanations below the cut. There's a lot to go over, so it'll be long)

They probably couldn't make Warriors' costume based on Toon Link because it would likely be too similar to the Skyloft outfit, so they went with the crayfish pajamas. And I gotta say, I really like it. The blue shirt, white scarf, orange pants and gray boots go really well together.

I don't know why they made Impa wear pink. Maybe they were trying to reference the King of Red Lions? I'm not sure. But I do think it works pretty well for her.

I only just realized that Sheik's costume is colored that way as a reference to Tetra. That makes me like it a bit more. These colors are very striking, but they look good on her in my opinion.

Lana's costume is apparently based off the koroks, which I don't know if it matches up well with her. But the outfit looks really nice. My only complaint is that I don't know if the green hair fits her, so I've deducted points for that. Otherwise, she looks pretty cute and festive.

Of course, they gave Valor the princess dress that Tetra wears for the latter half of the game. The color of the dress is fine, but the dull armor and too bright hair kind of ruin it for me. Also, my partner is PISSED that this costume isn't based on Tetra. I think that would look substantially cooler, even if Sheik's costume would make it redundant.

I don't know who decided to make Ganondorf's costume fuck so goddamn much, but I am so glad they did! Everything about this Phantom Ganon costume is incredible. It kind of gives me Metroid Prime vibes, which is a very good thing.

Darunia's Phantom Hourglass goron costume isn't too big of a change, especially when compared to the masterpiece that was Ganondorf's. I don't really care for the brown spikes, but the stomach tattoo looks pretty cool.

The Laruto costume that Ruto has is very striking, and I think it works very well. Between the color combination and the character reference, I like it quite a bit.

I'm not sure why they decided to make Agitha a goth with this costume, but I think it suits her. Unfortunately, the way her face paint looks kind of lessens my fondness for it. But I definitely don't hate it.

Midna is already my favorite character in this game, so I was probably going to like whatever costume she had. But this Floormaster-inspired look is incredible! The changes are pretty slight, but the pink markings and the darker color of the Fused Shadow adds so much to what was already peak character design. In fact, she probably could have been on the top of S Tier if they'd leaned a bit more into it.

I don't know if Zant's costume is based on Gohdan or Jabun. Neither of those options really fit him, in fact they're kind of the opposite, and it may seem a bit weird to give him such bright colors. However, I actually like how he looks in this costume, even if it does look a bit more regal than he deserves.

Given that Fi's design was partially based on the Fairy Queen, this costume was only natural. And I'd describe it in the same way. This coloration is perfect for Fi, and the purple ribbon-markings down her legs are a nice touch.

Kalle Demos is one of my favorite Zelda bosses from a strictly aesthetic view. So it only makes sense that they were the base for one as, shall we say, colorful as Ghirahim. I love the gradients on his suit and cape, and I only recently noticed the green gem on his belt.

Like with Agitha, I don't really get the reference in Cia's costume. But I will not deny that she looks really good in that dark red, especially with the sunset colors of her shoulder cape. I do think that her hatless outfit is the best looking of the three, though.

Volga's costume is another with a subtle change. But like Midna's, I think that this one looks really good. The colors look good, and the reference to Valoo is quite fitting.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about Wizzro. I think his costume is based off of Jalhalla, which could have worked. But I really don't like the brown.

I'm already conflicted about how I feel about the design of Midna's true form, or 'Twili Midna' as she's called in Hyrule Warriors (I don't get why), and this costume only adds to it. I don't know what the reference was here. And while I don't hate the color combination they used, I don't think it works with her. It's really a shame.

Also, why did they change the color of her skin here?

I have a lot of questions about Young Link's costume. What is the costume supposed to be? Why is he purple? Why does he have red hair? I don't hate this costume, but it doesn't make much sense to me.

This may be surprising, but I actually kind of like how Tingle looks in this costume. The gray and blue work well together, and I like the reference to Ankel or Knuckel. It's good.

Given what costume they gave to Warriors, I think it makes sense that Linkle's is based off of Aryll's dress. Not only do the colors work, but I like the little flower designs on the tunic. It's adorable.

Oh, Hell yes! I love Skull kid's costume. Not only do the white and purple go well together, but they look perfect when put with the colorful Majora's mask. I think it's also based on the poes, which also works. I can't think of anything I would improve with this one.

Another Link, another set of crayfish pajamas. I don't know why he has a belt, but it doesn't take too much away from the appeal. It's just a solid design. Although, if they did this one twice, then maybe they could have made Valor's costume look more like Tetra

Speaking of Tetra, her costume is also pretty cool. I think it's cool how the colors of her jacket and bandana are swapped. My only complaint is that I don't really care for the striped shirt. But I guess it helps to get the reference to Niko across. I like this one, even if my partner doesn't get why she needs a Great Sea costume

Finally, we have King Daphnes. I really don't know who or what his costume is based on. But I also don't hate it. The bright colors are very striking and mesh decently well together. It actually kind of reminds me of a movie I saw when I was a kid.

[the-s1lly-corner]

Hey I was just wondering if you could do a tadc x reader who dies their hair very often? like every month or so they dye it a different color and no one knows what color it'll be next

TADC cast x reader who dyes their hair a lot!

UEUEUEUUEU hope this is okay! i must admit i was a little uwuwuawua on ideas for a lot of the characters </3 grr finding new songs to play on loop to get me into writing is hard; though currently antonymph by vylet pony is doing things to my brain

CAINE:

makes a huge deal of things whenever you dye your hair simply because he thinks what you do with yourself is cool; and since its the digital world you can get away with dying your hair as often as you want! cant damage what technically isnt real! probably makes hair color suggestions and is absolutely thrilled when you actually follow through within the coming days. prepare to have some weird combos, though... probably changes the color of his suit to match your hair... even adds stripes if your hair has stripes, or any other pattern dyed into it

POMNI:

honestly? more power to you, thats her reaction mostly. would pomni dye her own hair, or otherwise get anything to modify her appearance? probably not... but she thinks you look great with it... probably asks why you chose the current color you went with, as well as asking whenever you change. nothing like "oh WHY? why THAT color?" but like genuine non-rude curiosity... doesnt like outwardly betting or wondering what color youre going to pick outloud since she doesnt want you to think shes rude or something

RAGATHA:

has probably made multiple color variations of accessories she has made for you so you can wear anything without having the colors clash... thinks your hair is pretty, me thinks! doesnt matter what color it is, could literally be the unpleasant green-pink-brown color gradient meme and she would still find something nice to say about it... does sometimes wonder what color youre going to choose next... probably has a hush hush bet going on between her jax and zooble on what color youre going to choose next... huh what no jax didnt just get all moody because you walked in with aqua blue hair- no hes not passing something to ragatha, what are you talking about?

JAX:

as mentioned above he makes bets with some of the other circus members on what color youre going to rock next... if you ask him for any suggestions on what color you should change to next, dont expect any serious answers. even if he is being serious, jax doesnt strike me as the type to care much about colors and shades so hes probably going to drop the most basic colors. ..

"purple."

"what KIND of purple? light? dark? pastel? reddish or bluish?

"purple."

stuff like that, i think! probably fiddles with your hair, especially if you dye your tips a different color... jax fidget headcannon strikes again

KINGER:

on a bad day he might just not recognize you for a short moment... i originally said that as a joke but considering he sometimes forgets gangle is literally standing right next to him, i dont... think thats much of a joke... but after the initial confusion, i think he would really like whatever color you choose! likes playing with your hair, if you let him! he finds it soothing in its own way, and now he just has pretty colors to look at! cant explain why but i feel like he would be very good at identifying colors, so if you come in rocking some new color hes going to ask if its (insert specific shade of red that no one knows the name of. like. amaranth red.. or something..)

ZOOBLE:

honestly, they get it! i like to think that they swap out their pieces in order to fit whatever look or vibe they want for the day; aaaand i personally hc that in the real world they would dye their hair and get a bunch of piercings! though, they dont really remember much stuff from the real world, at least not clearly... but the point still stands, you guys probably get together to make a new look together! though, on days where they dont give any input on what hair color you choose next, theyre making bets with jax and ragatha... dont know why but i think zooble wins the most in the bets... shrugs

GANGLE:

oh she thinks its so pretty! has probably always loved things like that, since its a form of self expression! and she can kind of relate to that since shes an artist, albeit her medium is paper rather than her body... thinks... probably gives shy recommendations for colors if you ask her, is also bad at masking (lol) her surprise when you actually take her idea into consideration and follow through with it... makes her feel some type of way that someone cares enough about her ideas that they literally apply it to their appearance, you know?

[maynightfairy]

(woah, first ever tumblr post after years of knowing this site exists!)

so i have these official winx figurines i got impulsively years ago. they are believix shaped and their colors make me regret owning them every time i look at them.

not my video, but mine are exactly the same, with purple-haired bloom and blonde flora and missing paint on roxy and everyone having the exact same skin color. i think their eyes are less detailed irl, not nightmare material, just very wonky. i also have four knockoff believix figurines of a different kind and those are way cuter but have the same skin color problem :/ (stella, musa, aisha and tecna. i should try completing the set someday)

i sometimes think of repainting all of them, but that's not something i've ever done and i don't have the funds or control over my adhd to start right now. however i can think of color palettes that i like more in the meantime. luckily i'm not redesigning the shapes, so i can just use coloring pages for this :D

so this is bloom. her main color is turquoise like in her base transformation, but some elements are a darker teal and an even darker blue that looks slightly violet next to the teal.

the heart on her chest is yellow, just like the gem in her base transformation. i imagine they're the same gem. my biggest winx disappointment was the gem not having any lore behind it.

her arm warmers and socks are light warm green which is a shade of yellow you have to use when you don't want the believix to look exactly like her iconic civilian outfit.

there are a lot of squiggles on fabric edges that represent a fancy pattern that i won't be able to reproduce on a tiny figurine anyway. yellow and dark blue next to each other remind me of sailor uranus a bit too much but also look cool as fuck. i might put some actual green there later.

the gradient on the sleeves is a bit misaligned and i'm not sure if i like it, but it also matches the skirt so it's fine as long as i don't look at it too closely. i'm not super happy with the lace i drew on her corset either. i'll need to look at actual corsets and shirts to see how i can improve that.

the streaks in her hair are now purple as a reference to the figurine's original hair color. i'm very happy to have found a shade of purple that works. the color picker says it's a desaturated magenta. i never studied colors so i get amazed every time i succeed like this

not sure if i want the figurine to look exactly like this, but it wouldn't transfer 1 to 1 and my main requirement for my winx dolls is their faces looking sweet and not scary anyway... it's definitely a good start!

[powerfulblob]

Entropic Float 2 Over 100% funded on Kickstarter!???

(again: very long post below, with a lot of info-dumping about this amazing game!)

@nicohverse

Congratulations to @nicohverse for getting over 100% funded on Kickstarter for his game, Entropic Float 2: Land of the Witch!

Here’s a little fanart to celebrate!

(Character image descriptions are at the end of the normal image descriptions!)

[ID: A digital comic of Kanatsune Ame and Atsuna Gumie from the game Entropic Float 2. Panel 1: Atsuna looks at Cobalt and says “Guess what?” Only his head is visible. Panel 2: Kanatsun looks confused. Only his head is visible. Panel 3: Text reads “Entropic Float 2 is 100% Funded!” with rays of green coming out. Atsuna raises her hands, and smiles. Kanatsune shrugs and says “yay...”. The character are visible from the waist up, and are drawn in an overly cartoonish style, creating a cute effect. end ID]

[ID: Digital fanart of Kanatsun and Atsuna holding a sign that reads “Thank You!” in capital letters, with three purple hearts below. Several light purple lines go off to the side. The characters are visible almost completely, except for their shoes. This may or not be because the artist ran out of space. end ID]

But seriously, thanks so much to everyone who contributed: It means a lot!

Visit @nicohverse to check for updates about stretch goals (trust me, they’re super cool), bonus content, and more!

Happy Time-Loop Spelunking, and have a wonderful day!

[Character image descriptions:

Atsuna is a person with light skin, long purple wavy hair with yellow star accessories, tinged dark blue at the ends, a star necklace, a thin beard and a lab coat. She has a shirt underneath with eyes on them, and wears futuristic grey pants. He wears glasses.

Kanastune is a person with light skin, medium-length straight dark purple hair, a mustache stubble, pinstriped grey pants, and a light purple shirt with a V-cut and holes cut in the shoulders. He wears a purple scarf with three ends, and uses a cane with a dark purple gradient. end ID ]

[coffee-b]

i've been playing a bg3 co-op with my buddies and it is so insanely fun

i love that friendly fire is allowed (very cool), love getting thrown into chasms by the fighter, love getting guiding bolted by the cleric, love that hitting my familiar aggros everything in sight, love especially that as an evocation wizard i have spell sculptor on and cannot hit my friends in return. goty

long id under the cut/in alt

[Image ID: Three waist-up portraits of characters from Baldur's Gate 3.

The first is Emerynne, a high elf woman. She has long, straight chestnut hair, green eyes (of which one is a prosthetic), and pale skin. She wears golden armour. A sword is strapped to her back; she holds a flute in one hand; and she is casting a healing spell with the other.

The second is Valiance, a tiefling. They have ochre skin and short, slicked back black hair. Their horns are curved like a ram's and are coloured on a black to white gradient. They wear a green and gold robe and cast a spell from a tome.

The third is Lilica, a drow woman. She has dark purplish-grey skin and curly white hair, which is braided into a faux-hawk. She wears silver and purple armour and clutches a longsword. End ID.]

[askthethorpeparkrides]

(Everyone) What's you guys' favourite drinks?

- The Islanders rely on their favourite beverages to take them through the demanding task of entertaining parkgoers. Some other fun facts:

- Stealth will only drink Coca-Cola out of glass bottles. "The plastic ones just aren't as cool!"

- Colossus also likes bubble tea. Her favourite flavour is vanilla, but it's pretty uncommon in the stores, so she tends to settle for taro. She tried making it herself once, but it ended in disaster. The Lost City folks and her have wonderful tea parties every week!

- Saw is lactose intolerant, but also allergic to soy, so his go-to alternative is oat. In fact, if he can't have oat milk in his coffee for whatever reason, he'd rather just get tea.

- Xavier's drink is a whisky on the rocks with a bit of still lemonade. They're very particular about most things, and also likes to talk to the night bartender. Who knows why Derren's having a coffee at this time of night, though.....

[Image ID:

Image 1: A 4 paneled comic reading from left to right. Panel 1: Nemesis Inferno, a young woman with medium dark skin, orange eyes and brown wavy hair with orange highlights sits at a table, holding a tumbler of lemon iced tea. She rests her chin on one hand with a ponderous expression and says: "That's a good question, actually! I'm drinking lemon tea right now, even though it's out of season, but it's not my favourite. Or maybe it is? Well, I do love a good smoothie, or just juice (though not orange, yeuch) and flavoured water is nice too. I guess there's just so many that it's hard to decide. Maybe I should narrow it down by starting with drinks I don't like. Hmm..."

Panel 2: Stealth, a young Asian man with light-medium skin, bleached white hair with navy tips and dark red eyes wearing a black, white and red racing suit and a trans flag pin thrusts a glass bottle of Coca Cola towards the viewer, winking charismatically. He says: "Nothing quenches my thirst better than the refreshing taste of Coca-Cola!" A small caption at the bottom of the frame reads: "Note. Stealth is not sponsored by Coca-Cola. Please don't sue us."

Panel 3: Swarm, a young dark-skinned black person with black and grey hair braided into a coily ponytail, dark green eyes and dressed in a camo coat and black bulletproof vest, holds a can of Pepsi Max and asks Stealth: "What about Pepsi Max? That's my favourite." Stealth is turning round to give them a thumbs up and says with a friendly smile and eyes closed: "It's good!"

Panel 4: Chibi versions of Stealth and Swarm stand in front of a descending dark purple gradient. Stealth opens the bottle of Coca Cola and says: "but Coca Cola is still way better." Swarm smiles, unconvincingly, and replies: "Uh, yeah. Whatever you say, big guy." End Image 1 ID.

Image 2: a 4 paneled comic reading from left to right.

Panel 1: Colossus, a fat white woman with curly pale teal hair dressed in Ancient Greek attire, holds a fancy china teacup filled with brown tea. She smiles with her eyes closed and says: "A cup of Earl Grey is my favourite, and it's even better when my friends are at the table!" She's surrounded by a pink glow and cartoon flowers. Behind her, far in the distance, stand Quantum, an elderly Sikh man waving at her with a cup of tea in his hand, Zodiac, a red-haired white woman wearing long loose clothes and smiling, Rush, a woman with medium skin and turquoise hair in a grey dress and eating cake, and Vortex, a dark-skinned woman with deep purple hair and a starry dress who's posed and smiling at the camera.

Panel 2: Saw, a pale-skinned white man with messy, curly dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, a thick beard, dark circles under his eyes and wearing a light grey shirt with a rusted metal cage over his shoulders and ribs, is looking at the viewer and signing the BSL for latte, with his index finger to his palm. He says: "Vanilla oat latte. One shot of espresso."

Panel 3: Xavier, a dark-skinned desi masc with curly dark brown hair with lilac highlights, red-blue heterochromia and a plaster over their nose, wearing a black tank top with a light purple X on it and a scuffed black leather jacket, sits at a tabletop with a whiskey on the rocks in front of him and his hands on his chin. They look downhearted, and say: "...And yet things still aren't the same anymore. This whole zombie thing's just....not my style. It was far simpler, well....back in the 90s. Look, I know, it's cringy, the park's evolved way beyond then and everything, but it all made sense. I was x, the cyberpunk secret agent, the biggest draw, cool with the teens, and liked being me, too. And denim doesn't suit me at all. I wish I could decide my theme instead of always having to chop and change at the marketing team's whims, and........ hello? Did you catch all that?"

Panel 4: it's now clear that Xavier is sat in front of the counter of a bar. He looks to the right in annoyance at the bartender, a white person with freckles and a red ponytail in a blue button down shirt, who is not listening to him but serving Derren a coffee. Derren is a medium-skinned, slightly older man with long, brownish-red locs in a ponytail tied with a blue ribbon, dressed in an elegant red coat with silver tasseling, gloves and a stationmaster hat. The bartender says: "Soy milk cappuccino with cocoa powder and a pump of hazelnut?" A small bit of text under their speech bubble adds: "Though I thought this was a bar, not a coffee shop..." Derren grins delightedly with his eyes closed and one finger up, saying "Why thank you! Yes, that's tremendous." End ID.]

[tea-cat-arts]

Ya, I think I left enough characters out that my "ranking every 'mostly white + usually a cool color + maybe gold'" post warrants a part 2 (if enough valks of this design genre get released to warrant a part 3 though, I'm just gonna cry). Usual disclaimer that while I'm trying to be objective as possible about this, art is a very subjective medium and I am not immune to bias. Anyways-

S tier (wouldn’t change a thing)-

still not entirely sure if she belongs on this list because the black and white elements are pretty well balanced, but eh- we're here now

Forget just this genre for a sec though- Aponia has one of my favorite designs in the game

It's the skirt, it's entirely the skirt

I'm glad they kept the outfit mostly black and white (other than the bits of jewelry used to keep the outfit cohesive) because I think too much color would've just distracted from the skirt

I also appreciate they made the white fabric different textures. It really helps to separate the veil from everything else

The usage of vines and flowers to break the symmetry of the design is a fun nod to Aponia's failed attempts to control the world around her

A rank (minor changes needed)

I just want that front white shirt piece thing have a "light blue to white" gradient on it to better separate it from her legs

Otherwise, this design is a friend

Nice use of texture, I really like how the sleeves look like fabric dipped in ink where the ink is just gradually creeping up

I also just think it's funny that she's the jade knight, but her color palette is mostly blue, where as Azure Empyrea's color palette is mostly green

The red accents are also nice

I think from a more objective standpoint, this design would be in B or C tier, but it's my list and I like the design, so it's going in A tier

I'm also not sure if there's really enough white to warrant her being here

The bikini top and mini tutu are goofy (I think I'd personally just make the top a turtleneck crop top with a book window cut out, and the tutu into shorts and a fanny pack), but I kinda like them

There's just a lot of nice color variation in this one

D tier (for disappointments)

Getting this disclaimer out of the way: I am aware of the racist elements of this design. I am not SWANA though, so I don't really feel it's my place to go in depth on it (I'd be happy to link or reblog other people's arguments though)

Congratulations to mihoyo for making me sick of the color purple. I literally didn't know that was possible

I know she had a purple Hoody that one Manga, but I really with they went with a blue/green, orange, and gold pallet instead

The dance motife feels kinda out of nowhere? Idk if she has a love of dance in one of the Mangas, but it was never really mentioned in game before now

Also having Rita (the British lady) be the one to teach her a Persian inspired dance was... a choice

I could see a redesign going a couple different ways

One being really committing to the whole "it looks like a regular outfit" think, focusing on the changing roles of valkyries and moving more towards the aesthetics of APHO

Maybe have her story take place in her home country, thus why she could be wearing more traditional clothes (and have a grandma or someone like that teach her the dance)

My other idea would be keep the story the same, but change her design to be more of a throw back to early valks, leaning more into the mech suit idea

I wish we got the bear hood

F rank (I have very few productive things to say because these invoke my inner Ragina George)

F, for "that was the ugliest f'ing skirt I've ever seen"

Ya, I know I'm breaking my "only out valks" rule, but fuck this design

There's so little tonal variation

Between the hair and shoulder puffs, this design just ends up looking incredibly top heavy

Mihoyo, keep her pants on

Just like Hares writing, this design is uninspired and directionless

I keep seeing people compare her to Shenhe and Eula and I'm gonna need yall to stop slandering my queens like that

Comments from the homies:

"Shorty look like an ice cube gum box"

"Why does she have nipple ribbons"

Froot loops abyss herald looking ass

Every day, I wonder if the trend towards monster design similarities in both games is an intentional way of hinting at further down the line multiverse plotlines (not explaining why it could be this here), or just a marketing decision

TLDR: these types of designs can work so long as they go bold on the colors

[mogai-sunflowers]

hey, i made you/a sim inspired by you!

everydaywear, wanted something sunflower-y but still like, night-themed

formalwear, this dress just fit so well

athleticwear, same vibes as the first

sleepwear, this gorgeous nightgown, very fem

kept the purple theme with partywear

swimwear is a combo of fem and butch

hot weather is very butch

and i just thought this for cold weather was cute

look it’s you!

[Image ID: A string of 9 images. They are all screenshots with a blue/green gradient-style background. The first 8 show the same sim character, a white girl with short red/ginger hair, in different outfits.

In the first image, the sim is wearing a long golden skirt with a spaghetti-strap cropped tank top.

In the second image, the sim is wearing a long, short-sleeved black button-up dress with red fern leaves and red flowers on it.

In the third image, the sim is wearing a cropped, quarter-length sleeved, black drawstring shirt and yellow jogger pants.

In the fourth image, the sim is wearing a long, deep magenta robe tied with a waistband.

In the fifth image, the sim is wearing a long black skirt with a sleeveless purple blouse and a black bow around the collar.

In the sixth image, the sim is wearing a spaghetti-strap black swimsuit top with variously-colored, bright shapes, and a pair of black swim trunks with a white stripe on the outside.

In the seventh image, the sim is wearing black shorts and a short-sleeved, blue and red plaid unbottoned button-up casual shirt over a simple white undershirt.

In the eighth image, the sim is wearing a one-piece snowsuit with blue, purple, pink, and white abstract triangular designs, over black undergarments and snow boots.

The final image is just the blue background with a white banner at the top that has blue text which reads "REIGN SUNFLOWERS (SHE/HER)".

End ID.]

some details about the sim, she has nail polish in the lesbian colors and sunflower earrings

this is literally so fucking cool!!!!!!!! and you got my look down pretty well wow!!!!!!!! thank you so much for this, it's so cool that you made smth inspired by me ahhhhhhhh :333333

i've always tried to get into sims actually asdfadsf, it confuses me so much but i remember in my freshman orchestra class, some students were playing the sims life simulator game thingey in class and live-reporting on the wacky shit going on in the game and it was HILARIOUS, i'll have to look into it again sometime lol!

[tsukasageorge]

hey raey! ur art is so pretty, reminds me of a strawberry soda float tbh. anyways I wanted to ask what your coloring process is if you don’t mind sharing :)

OH MY GOD HI THANK YOU FOR ASKING LOVE YOU FOREVER ALSO SORRY FOR ANSWERING KIND OF LATE I DONT CHECK MY ART ACC VERY OFTEN ANYMORE

ok so (this is a lighting tutorial not a rendering tutorial btw) here's my Ten Step (not) Program For Achieving Strawberry Soda Floatness

i actually usually start with pretty normal/true to reference colors bc i often don't have incredibly intense, neon lighting. however, im gonna be using the mari piece i just finished to demo, where i wanted to pinkify the drawing from the start.

here are some of the base colors (skin, hair, shirt): as you can see even the white shirt leans into saturation/color, and they're all kept around the red/pink area.

ok so here (skipping about 15 steps) i already did the rendering using a color shifting method where instead of using multiply or directly lowering the luminosity (?) i shift the hue closer to the blue/purple category and decrease luminosity + slightly up saturation of the color. so like, on mari's skin you can see that the shadows are pink and purple rather than like. orange or something.

for the background i filled it with a lightish pink color and used the sunset gradient tool on a 30-50% opacity to establish the light source.

alright, here's where the fun begins.

i started off by using an overlay layer (later lowered to 28%, but just use whatever looks good) on the darker colors where the light would shine the brightest. this layer originally included highlights on the face and shirt as well, but i took those off bc the yellow on dark colors looks like an orange and the yellow on lighter colors looks like a fucking highlighter.

first i added a sort of reflected/second light source of this fun little pink on soft light. i did 2 layers bc 1 wasn't bright enough for me. then on the lighter areas i added white highlights. important little tip: when i pick colors for overlays i usually use yellow as the primary light source, pink as a midtones/secondary light source, and blue or purple as the shadows. however, this is not a rule, just an example:

in this drawing i have blue as the light source & red as the shadow. my tips for picking colors to overlay with: most programs/devices have an option for you to turn off the saturation. whichever color looks lightest is often best for the highlights. you can obviously change the brightness but yeah just make sure your highlights aren't darker than your shadows

apologies for the inconsistent opacities, you get the idea. so i would like to make a disclaimer here that for my hxhbb piece (left) i used only one direct lighting overlay, which was the yellow. the amount of those overlays i use per piece varies. anyways i added a lighter green as a substitute for the white highlights on the darker colors

lil bit of a secret sauce: on an overlay layer i airbrushed yellow onto roughly half of her and pink on the other side. unifies the colors + lighting and just looks cool

okay now here's how to actually strawberry soda float-ify your art (sorry lol that was just background info):

the sunset gradient map is your best friend here. you can really just fuck around with any gradient maps, doesn't really matter. now you can also change the brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. what i usually do is up the saturation & luminosity together: +50 saturation and +25-50 luminosity. experiment with blending modes and opacities and shit

when you're done, uhh, congratulations. the gradient maps are really carrying the entire thing the yellow and white lighting is just to torture myself with

[eiseryn]

So they got busy*

*It's actually me, who designed their youngest son. (clown emoji only 🤡🤡🤡)

Anyways for now his name is tentatively Ceres (I wonder who he is named after. Hmmmmm sure is a mystery isn't it?🤔)

Main design features

Green eyes with very sharp pupils (green eyes like his older sis + mother)

Fangs!!!! All the sibilings have fangs because I draw Vail with fangs and I love fangs in characters. I'm pretty sure 75% of my chars have fangs in them as their character design thing.

Dyed purple hair (natural hair colour is black. He often dyes his hair, usually in cool tones as well, right now he's in his purple phase. He's done white a few times, but he usually likes to make it a gradient.)

Purple as his main colour (since I already used up green + blue for his sisters and I wanted to continue with the cool tones).

Green accessories that match his eyes, including his mother's necklace which is a gift from the original Ceres 👀

Mint lollipop (he has a sweet tooth like his father + mint lollipops is what Ceres like(s/d))

Slightly sheer sleeveless turtleneck 👀 Shows off pecs and abs LOL.

Similar to his mother he has green diamonds in his design. Otherwise he looks like a carbon copy of his father XD just with his mother's colours... In my defense Vail's design is already so good why would I change it XD

Personality wise? He's probably pretty chill and laid-back (just like his dad 💅). As the youngest child (4-6 years younger than his sisters) he's pretty doted upon by his older sisters, although he feels like he needs to take care of his less reliable older sister Yuelan sometimes. But either way, people don't really have expectations for him and he's free to do as he likes. He has a fierce sweet tooth (all his siblings do, but his is prob the strongest, and YL close after. MX also has a sweet tooth but she will let her siblings take the last piece of cake as the oldest sis even if she wants it). What does he do? I have not decided but he is definitely a driver of some sort. I'd give him a drive of at least 70, hopefully 80 and he probably mostly drives motorbikes but would totally drift in a racecar. He is also more muscle and a fighter than his sisters. I imagine he's pretty similar to his father so they're like yup… that's his son alright XD

More notes

I don't know if we can get Ceres back... so if she doesn't come back he is simply Ceres. If we have Ceres back then she is one of his many aunties (Elise is the other main one) and he is called Ceres Jr. or Ceres the son. Maybe even Ceres (M)

I also don't know if his parents are alive in the time [esp Vail... haven't been told his reduced life span yet :') ] but the 3 siblings take care of each other! They might still live together in this time when Ceres (M) is in his early 20s!

I love the three of them so much 🥺 I hope the DM will let them be canon but I'm too scaredge to ask directly 🥺

[fox-bright]

From when I was four to when was twelve, every Thanksgiving was spent in the petrified woods.

My un-grandfather had a ranch. Un-grandma was a schoolteacher. They were the parents of my father's ex-girlfriend, the woman he'd dated before he met my mother; they'd enfolded him into the family, which meant the same for my mother and then for my siblings and I. So every Thanksgiving, our family, and Un-Auntie and Un-Uncle, and all of the Un-cousins, would drive from Cottonwood and Prescott and come together to roast a truly massive turkey, make pies and mashed potatoes, the women telling stories in the kitchen, the kids running around making a lot of noise in the open desert, the men talking ugly politics and hitting their knees with their hands.

I was the eldest of my mother's five children. My Un-Cousin Elle was the eldest of her own as-many siblings, and I adored her. Where I was always a little sparrow, snaky tangles of black hair and starveling black eyes and changeable paperbag skin, she was all entirely pale, carved of jade, a swan; cheeks like Mom's china plate, stormcloud eyes, and perfectly straight hair that until she was ten or so was just about as white as the fur on a polar bear. She was three years or so older than I was, which meant that she got ahead of me pretty quickly and I never caught up. But sometimes, on those Thanksgivings, she could be persuaded to walk with me out into the desert, past the places where other fencelines had once been, the squared-out wrecks of cabins long since sunscalded into dust. The fallen trees of a millions-of-years-gone forest were everywhere as we walked, pink and cream and brown and black, some of them opalized, some of them very opaque. I'd sit on one in particular to tie my shoe, as it always came untied at around the same place.

I was not made for the desert, and it was never very kind to me. But on those afternoons, I loved it. I would sit there, on the beautiful corpse of a massive tree that had died before humans existed, and try hard to imagine what it was like to walk where there was shade, and cool, and the calling of quiet things under the leaves. I'd look down the long barrel of a trunk and try to picture how tall it would have been, when it lived.

A couple of miles from the house there was a rock outcropping with a massive raven's nest on it from a few seasons back--we couldn't imagine where they'd brought all the sticks from, and sometimes we'd find the footprints of great cats, larger than the spread of my hand--and we'd climb the sandstone and sit there, wishing we had wings.

The sky was all around, at that height, and the pink desert retreated a little. We would stay there until the sun started to slip down close to the greening horizon, the air above us getting colder and colder, and the sandstone underneath us still warmer than our skins. There was a sort of bowl in the stone that hugged my hips and spine just so, comforting and cradling in a way that was familiar for reasons I couldn't quite remember, and I'd lie there with my sweater unbuttoned, feeling the radiating of the earth. And then as the stars picked themselves out directly above us, my cousin would say "We'd probably better get back before Grandma gets mad," and I'd stand up and be instantly cold. We'd be faster, the walk back, than we were on the walk out. The lights of the ranch house would be gold, and the sky all purple, and everything else casting dark blue and green shadows as the snakes and the crickets came out.

I took stones home, from that desert, every year. Chips of fallen tree that were of a particularly clear saffron-to-white gradient, or that had intimations of the bark still on them. I'd put them in the pocket of my little red sweater, and when we got back to the Verde Valley I'd put them on the windowsill and look at them before I fell asleep.

I lost the ability to go to my Un-Grandfather's for Thanksgiving when my dad took off when I was thirteen, and I lost the chunks of petrified wood when Mom threw me out at eighteen for being queer and I lost everything else that I owned. But when I think about the Petrified Forest now, I think about being cupped so gently in the hand of the desert, a tiny girl caught between a raven's nest and the footprints of a mountain lion, and I feel warm.

Cursed Petrified Wood

The Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona has always attracted people with its beautiful fossilized logs of trees that existed over 200 million years ago. Even though it is prohibited to take specimens from the park, people nonetheless steal pieces of petrified wood all the time. But what has also been reported, as far back as the 1930′s, is that those who take anything from the park are equally cursed with bad luck. The museum at the park has an entire room dedicated to the confessions from these thieves, usually written as letters sent to the park along with the pieces of petrified wood that were stolen. There is also a “Conscience Pile” of fossils that sits at one of the entrances to the park, where countless thieves have quietly returned the fossils they stole. The rocks are not put back in the park, and merely sit as a monument to the curse of the petrified wood.

[anendoandfriendo]

Ugh, we need to learn to recolor complicated game sprites or find a way to commission what we would simply call Very Weird Fanart, or SOMETHING

A certain slimeboygirl OC of ours literally just takes the form of a Genshin Impact Albedo with red-to-black gradient hair (with some extra cool-looking, very tight black drill hair on the side that looks kinda like ram horns in addition to that, because Why The Fuck Not?) and the outfit is like an olive or forest green instead of white, but like the golden accents on the lab coat + black gloves are still there. The purple under the coat would actually be black/gold and not purple/black. Olive green eyes or silver eyes depending on. A lot it seems, the olive green eyes might actually be contacts?

Oh, and golden-rimmed glasses, but like fancy or whatever, and like golden ear accessory/outlining her ear in gold?

"This feels like a LOT for a simple OC just coming down to appearances lol, wtf Rusanya?"

Source: we asked a headmate. And we can't Word Properly. We don't know why the slimeboygirl looks (if only minutely) like Albedo from Genshin Impact but, eh. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyways, the sprite/appearance/whatever for Genshin Impact Albedo, for a basis/reference, for anyone who could need a reference (we got ppl from all over the place fandoms and non-fandoms lmao), basically we would have to learm to recolor AND add onto THIS, and that ain't gonna happen in the like...three or however many months we would likely need to do it by:

[lovelosescongrats]

ranking mcc skins: mcc20

reject the reddit mcc players tier list, embrace the skin tier list. /hj

before we get into the madness that is me, a sapphic ranking pixels, some things!

1) this is all just my opinion. keep it to yourself if you have any shit to say.

2) all the skins that were made by fans are really great and I wish I had your level of talent and skill! please do not take this seriously at all I'm just messing around.

3) I will not give as detailed explanations for some rankings. they're cool, I liked them well enough, I just have nothing extra to say

now let's get into it:

link here to make your own tierlist. made by yours truly. please tag me if you're using it!

da vinky wishes he could

the highest tier! i want to stare at all these skins lovingly for hours.

eret. as always, she is giving me A Look. the slit, the off shoulder, the high waistline, the floor length gown. I could not pull this off but he is doing beautifully in it. (also i am bisexual)

gumi. she's giving me e-girled red riding hood and it goes surprisingly well together. (again i am bisexual)

elaina. for some reason, this reminds me a lot of jan's tulle look in s12 of drag race? it's very pleasant to look at, the brown/orange/white ensemble is a delight. (did you remember that I am bisex- *gunshots*)

5up. to this day I'm still not sure if his skin is a turnip or an onion, but nevertheless it's very adorable. the idea of stuffing a vegetable into a 90s style colorful sportswear is very funny to me, so he's way up there. also, the little axolotl is so cute? kudos to whoever made this one I am gently cradling it in my hands.

scar. frankly, it's scar and it's his first mcc, so he could literally show up in a white t-shirt and jeans but I'd still be like scar!!!! and plop him on the top. BUT he did not so I feel very justified in putting him there! the little flower (that's matching with grian's, shoutout to all the desert duo/scarian fans), that scarf, that's a dapper looking man right there.

pete. to be fair pete has an advantage because his base skin is along the same color palette as his team, so he's very easy to look at. (as you will see later on, this is extremely important for me) the waistcoat, the belt, the chain, everything fits together so well.

I was delighted. good job

seapeekay. red continues to be the best dressed team. points to whoever made the skin, I adore it.

illumina. I love gradients. where's his flower crown though?

false. falsie!!! *twirls hair and giggles* she looks so so so good. she was this close to making it to top tier for me, but unfortunately a lot of the colors in her outfits was to similar to one another and made it hard for me to see the details, so she had to stay in this tier. but the flower crown, the skirt, the jacket, its all just *chef's kiss*

cubfan. flower crown, jacket, nice.

tapl. green and pink is a color combination hard to pull off, but this entire team (minus the obvious) all looked so good! the flower as a knee patch were a good touch too. the cardigan seem very soft. a man i would trust.

shubble. ahah when girls do The Thing! (<- existing) the overalls and the bandanna is lovely and the details are amazing. both her and tubbo could have made it higher if not for those socks/leg warmer things. i don't know why some people are so obsessed with them-they're impossible to wear and essentially functionless? also realistically they make your legs look way shorter so :/ no

tubbo. see above, very cute.

scott. cute gecko pattern, looks very comfy.

the captain. gold buttons very pretty, light green collar also pretty.

ryguyrocky. why are his eyes like that.

antfrost. to quote scar, did I just see a cat go by with a track suit on? the concept is hilarious and the execution good.

gem. I adore cc!gem, c!gem, and this skin is adorable. (ahah women amirite)

hbomb. put more beefy men in crop tops 2k22.

oli. giving zombie jock, cool.

quig. open shirt, also cool.

ponk. just a color re-texture but still easy to look at. am verging close to dropping a tier though.

kara. see above

purpled. also see above.

jackmanifold. red/pink good combo, nice flower.

passing grade. star for trying

niki. it's nice, but the overall thing just ticks me the wrong way. (shoutout to her makeup on mcc day though almost made me cry cc!niki is so pretty)

puffy. that's just a dragonballz costume.

punz. see above.

martyn. I want to like it so much but I despise bow ties and it doesn't have anything else special to redeem it so :/ sorry king

ranboo. why does it look like he's in green cargo pants oh god- +1 for the suspender, -5 for the cargo shorts I hate those with a burning passion

preston. I understand they wanted to keep the most iconic part but the red and blue is clashing and throwing the whole thing off. bad on the eyes.

sam. see above, the green and blue do not mesh well together.

connor. again, just a color re-texture and there's not enough distinct shadowing to move it upwards. looking very cozy saves him from a lower tier, though.

sb737. having more of a gradient would have moved him up.

soft *meh*

it was hard to put anyone in this section. i'm sorry, guys.

purpled. dude, thats just Orange. also, you look so similar to other blonde white boy in your group that I had to check four times to make sure I didn't get you wrong, so in the meh tier you go.

philza. his original skin was already green, so there wasn't enough of a change to make me like it. sorry.

abhorred. beloathed.

unsuprisingly, it was very easy to put these four fuckers in this section. ps, the hermbi discord unanimously put these four in the shame corner. completely deserved, I'm not in the slightest bit sorry.

wilbur. for the love of god please put in some effort. where is your team spirit, white boy?

sneegsnag. no.

fruit. sir who peeled you and revealed that you are raw meat?

tommy. stop learning from wilbur's bs.

who would have won mcc20 if it was based on their skin and also up to me?

team totals:

in first place, tied three ways: 13 marks

red rabbits: the red and black is an iconic combo. i am maybe in love with 3/4 of this group.

cyan creepers: well dressed dapper boys

aqua axolotols: still winning no matter what because they are just that great

in second place, tied two ways: 10 marks

yellow yaks: incredibly well dressed

blue bats: special mention to the desaturated skins because they're bats. devil's in the details.

in third place, tied four ways: 9 marks

orange ocelots

lime llamas: blame wilbur

green geckos

purple pandas

in last, because of fruit and tommy's crimes: 5 marks

pink parrots

this took me almost the whole evening. I'm not sure if it's worth it. nevertheless, I will be doing this once more when mcc21 rolls around! stay around for that if you want to.

[dragynkeep]

Please if you want to, do the Amity Arena Summer Beach outfits so we can talk about positive things too, because goddamn the atlas outfits. Jeepers.

Really, Amity Arena has outfits all across the board. Some are great, others are average, and then there’s some that are just trash. The Summer Beach outfits are actually pretty cute for the most part, and I really like them. 

ALT

This is honestly really cute. I love the booty shorts, the tied shirt with the crop top underneath, even the sandals are adorable. It’s suitable for a beach outfit, it’s a Yang outfit without a doubt, and even the X octopuses are so adorable. 

Even though she has very little of her colour on the outfit, which for a RWBY character is still a negative, it’s not a huge deal for an alternative outfit on a mobile game. The colouring is still nice together, and I like how she looks in red. It really suits her. 

ALT

He looks so dumb and I love it. This is what Ironwood wears on the few holidays he allows for himself.

The Hawaiian shirt, the shorts, the little sandals, I love it. The blue of his shirt works with the red and green details, and the overall colour scheme is pretty coherent while still keeping to his established colour. It’s a cool colour palette, and his prosthetics being clear on show is nice to see so normalised. It’s also great for people like me to see how far his prosthetics go on his body.

Also his gun is a water gun and that’s great. 

ALT

Nora’s is a bit more average for me. The pufferfish swimming cap is a little dumb for me, and the colours together is kinda gross looking. I really would’ve prepared pink and white together, at least keep to the established colour scheme with some nicer colours.

I love his little floaties. It’s such overkill and great for Neptune with his little fear of water. He’s safe from drowning. 

I like that the red lifejacket is similar to his usual red jacket, and these colours work well with his bright blue hair and orange snorkel goggles. The only thing I’m not a fan on is the green on his swimsuit, it might work more with more blue, just to let the colour go through the outfit. 

She is so adorable. 

I love the swim shirt and shorts together, the red background works with the bright white emblems and white shorts, especially with the small red accents. With the shoes, it helps to keep her red throughout the outfit, especially without the red cape behind her. 

I love the goggles on her head. The blue is nice contrast with the red, and works against the colour of her dark hair. 

Adorable. 

It’s a bit difficult to see with how she’s posed, but the swimsuit with the purple and white works with the black shorts, especially with her long black hair. The bow and it’s design works similarly as well, since the bright colours help the bow stand out against the black hair. 

The goggles are a bit much in combination with the bow, either have the goggles or the bow, having both just clutters the top half. 

This is such a cute design. 

I love the hair changed into a ponytail over the shoulder, and the straw hat is such a cute accent for her. She looks like the type to carry a big bag of everything to the beach, especially sunscreen. Atlas doesn’t get sun. 

The blue dress is such a cute design, and the gradient to lighter blue and white is so pretty. It contrasts with her pale skin, and while I’d like some more white to show through, I do think this blue is very pretty.  

Sun is the perfect dude for a beach outfit. He looks so cute.

It’s a very casual wear, and the blue looks so good with the yellow of his hair and the white of his hat, it fits with his established colour scheme and fashion. The little waves on his shorts are cute and add a bit of details to the little clothing he has.

Plus, I think his eyes are black like they were originally, which I appreciate. It’s very neutral with his otherwise bright colour scheme. 

Her skin is so desaturated. Ashy crocodile. 

The skin tone aside, it’s a cute outfit otherwise. The green and black work well together, especially with her desaturated skin. I love the tock on her shorts and little decal on her chest, and the sunglasses on her head are cute. 

[songwings]

(Drake) i spent an entire afternoon on this i overestimated my ability to draw SIX PEOPLE o...outfit swap of the red-green-blue trio and the delphi band... enjoy...!!

Image descriptions: Two images of two different groups of characters in a variety of outfits, posing and having fun. The background is a cool blue gradient with disco ball-like sparkles. RGB Trio, from left to right: Audrey, Kiwi, and Miriam. Audrey, a woman with fair skin, buff biceps, black hair in the style of a bowlcut with shaven sides, and thick eyebrows. She is leaning on one leg, grinning smugly, wearing a formal black sleeveless dress and black high heels, holding a brown violin to her neck. The violin's bow has been substituted for Audrey's sword, which appears to have cut one string already. Kiwi, a lanky tan person with pink hair, looks happy to be here, doing an exaggerated pose with jazz hands as they grin. They are wearing a red coat with a very light brown shirt underneath, and a tie, a pair of pants, and boots, all three being the same dark shade of purple. Also, a wide-brimmed dark purple hat with an reddish-orange feather stuck into it. Miriam, a grumpy witch with pale pinkish skin, blue hair and eyebrows, a long nose, is simply standing in place with her arms crossed, sporting a neutral expression with one eye closed, gazing to her right. She is wearing a purple suit with a bow, a lighter purple top underneath, a belt, and boots with heels. Delphi Band, from left to right: Viola, Manny, and Ash. Viola, a thin, fair-skinned woman with half-shaven green hair and pointy ears. She's jogging in place as she holds a violin bow in one hand, winking at the viewer, wearing a yellow scarf, red longsleeve with a black strap across her torso, black gloves, yellow pants, and black boots. Manny, a short, mustached stocky man with medium-toned skin, merrily singing out loud as he lifts an arm up into the air, the other to his chest. He is wearing round sunglasses, a green robin hood hat with a large, elaborate fluffy red feather stuck into it, a green capelet, a tan longsleeve top, black fingerless gloves, a brown belt, a pair of green pants, and brown boots. Ash, a white person with lopsided pink hair of medium length, slouches over awkwardly, smiling lightly. Though they appear a bit flustered over their outfit, which is a purple longsleeve dress with a pink cape, striped cyan leggings, and dark purple boots.