#a bit chaotic but i like the colour scheme

[stxrshxpxd]

hughie lockscreen <3

[bhaal-battle-beer-bard]

Dear Saulus,

Are you perhaps still into the perfumerie craft? A fellow durge Dana is looking for a new fragrance for a celebration with Gale. Im sure you know of the mage's sensitivity to scent.

Dana is a high elf. She is cunning when she has time to scheme but quite chaotic and unpredictable in emergencies or ambushes (she's a wild sorcerer after all). Her favourite colour is blue. Her favourite season is spring. Her favourite flowers are daffodils, oleanders and wisterias. She is a skilled alchemist and specialized in poison both in spells and potions.

Her backstory is a bit long but I have a feeling you two would get along.

Any idea for an alluring smell to seduce her beloved wizard ?

Hey Medra! Sounds very interesting - no I do not like the word in this context - fascinating and very alluring and tempting. Inspirational. But I am taking a break from writing at the moment. Or more from posting my writing. Because I need to rethink whether tumblr is interested in my style of writing. To put it that way. When I feel the appreciation of writing again and find it worthwhile to post it, then I will love to write about Dana and interact with your muse like Tavs very gladly.

[sunray-sunray]

I'm not in the loop with the whole IWTV thing, but with the posts I've been seeing since yesterday I'm intrigued. Could you explain?

First of all, I'm glad you liked the posts @bookwormsontherun (although right now I don't know what posts you're referring to exactly), I normally try to not post too much of one topic but rather a good mixture of my interests :>

So, what is IwtV in general: Originally the movie IwtV from 1994 and the series that started in 2022 are the TV-adaptations from the book series "The Vampire Chronicles" by Anne Rice. IwtV is the title of book 1 and the plot of season 1, but they decided to stick to the title on further seasons too. Although they changed a few things in the series (the biggest fear of every reader), like the time frame, skin colour of a few characters and some locations, it turned out really good.

What is it about: Generally there isn't only one plot, because nearly every book has one of its own. The element or in this case the person who is connecting everything is the vampire Lestat (the blonde guy you probably saw in a post). In book 1 and season 1 + 2 Lestat's love Louis tells us how he experienced meeting him, getting turned into a vampire and then living with Lestat. A huge turning point is when there comes the tragically young vampire girl "Claudia" into the picture - she is in different ways very important to both of them and also a eternal memory of the author's daughter who died very young. Louis tells all of that to the reporter Daniel, who is recording it. Later on everything gets turned into a published book called (guess what) "Interview with the Vampire". 😄

Naturally the vampire community isn't very fond of people who are running around, telling the whole world about their existence. So this will be a upcoming problem to solve in the future season(s).

A person I have to mention too, is the vampire Armand, the former leader of the Parisian coven and a former lover of Lestat. I think in the series his part seems a bit changed, because now his relationship with Louis is much more visible. We see scheming, lying, gas lighting, anger and fear of loss issues, but also a sad backstory and a deep need to be loved.

In the upcoming season 3 the focus will be on book 2 "The Vampire Lestat" and maybe book 3 ("The Queen of the Damned"), where the point of view changes into Lestat's perspective. He gets his chance as a widely known rock star, publishes a book of his own (can you guess the title? 😂), meets very old and important people, and puts a few things right, which Louis said in his book.

Why would I recommend the books and the series: First of all because the writing itself is beautiful - the chosen language and the detailed descriptions of places and thoughts paint you a picture of the world the characters live in. Also don't expect a plot full of fast action, detailed sex scenes or joke after joke. It's not that. You come across questions about life, love, death, loss or your place in this world, and sometimes you need to look closely and think about things twice, before you can fully grasp the intention of a scene or chapter. But I like that - nowadays we are living in a time, where everything has to be fast and beautiful cinematic shots or descriptive things are not as important as before. Also with all the streaming platforms we are faced with a huge amount of series and movies, where everything needs to be evermore bigger, sexier or more brutal to survive. But in the case of the Vampire chronicles the fandom base is already there and pretty big, so they don't have to fight for every breath and are able to show us scenes, which are beautifully made, but with less action.

Secondly- the longer you read, the more you understand the characters and their decisions, which can be very complex or chaotic. Also it gets more and more apparent, that you can't trust just one perspective - you never know what the absolute truth is (if there is any, because everything is told from a wholly subjective view).

Thirdly: Anne Rice is an early example of writing about other sexual orientations than heterosexuality in a way that reached many people in quite a short time span (the 1st book was published 1976). This gets clearer and clearer in the later books and it's very interesting to see how the author is able to show you things without going into detail.

Fourthly: The cast and the producers are huge fans themselves, so they want to put as much of the books into the series as we do, which is great. For example they sometimes used the lines from the books word for word and if you know them it's beautiful to recognize them while watching :3

I hope this helps, thanks for your question! 🤗

[adobe-outdesign]

omg can you review the mighty poogle 🥺

The Poogle is one of those really abstract Neopets wherein it's just a Creature(TM). What kind of creature? Who knows. I guess they're meant to be vaguely dog-like (seeing as Poogle racing is a thing, and it does sound vaguely like "poodle"), but they really don't lean towards any one specific animal, which is always something I enjoy.

What makes Poogles appealing is undeniably how chubby they are; it makes them look extra cuddly and is part of what gives them their distinctive noses (or lack thereof) and double chins. It also comes with a bit of lore about them living primarily in cold-weather regions, kind of like how seals have blubber to keep them warm.

Beyond that, I also like their stripes; they break up the design just enough without feeling too distracting, similar to their underbellies. The shape of the stripes is also mimicked by their distinctive ears.

I will fully admit though: Poogles got the raw end of the deal when it comes to customization. Not the absolute worst conversion job, mind you, as for the most part they look pretty dang similar—same pose, same proportions, same markings, etc.

However, what got completely messed up is their faces. Originally, Poogles had a soft, fleshy snoot that had two sets of lines to indicate that it was mostly fat and that it went back in space a bit. Removing this upper line makes their snouts look hard, and also has the side effect of making their snout and even their entire head look too wide.

Likewise, the chin got messed up. The Poogle originally had a pretty distinct double chin/fat neck that, once again, showed how chubby they were. More importantly, their chin lines weren't closed off, so their heads bled directly into their bodies. On converted Poogles, they now just look like they have one weird normal chin instead of a chin and neck. The end result is actually kind of uncanny if you stare at them for too long. It's a shame, because like I said, everything else about the conversion works, and there was no reason to change the elements they did. They're still cute, mind you, just slightly less so.

Favorite colours:

MSP: Species-specific colors always tend to be iconic and a delight, and MSP Poogles certainly are no exception. They're basically the same thing as a regular plushie Poogle, except Evil(TM), with red eyes and a nasty set of sharp teeth (side note: canonically, all Poogles actually have sharp teeth; you just rarely see them). The unconverted version also is bipedal, unlike the regular unconverted plushie, which was quadrupedal.

Both converted and unconverted MSPs have a super fun chaotic gremlin energy to them, and both designs are good depending on which stance you prefer (I kind of like the converted quadrupedal, though granted, the loss of some stitching and extra softness is a bit of a shame.)

Toy: This color literally just released last month, but a toy Poogle based off of the good old iDog is just delightful. Even if you don't know anything about iDogs, the design is still good, with the eyes serving to complete a multi-colored hexagon that draws attention to the head, and the rest of the body considering of just a smooth off-white and black.

Zombie: The mindless eyes on this one are just absolutely delightful and give it a ton of personality. I also like the details, such as a few stitches here and there, a scraggly mouth, scratch lines against the usual stripes, and liver spots. As a bonus, it looks good both with PB clothing and without.

BONUS: I don't normally mention "recolor" Neopets as much on these reviews just because they tend to be mostly by-the-numbers, but the pastle Poogle is honestly gorgeous, with subtle gradients and a low-contrast blue and pink color scheme, helped by colored lineart. It's nothing fancy, but it's definitely one of the all-time best pastels out there.

[ohdragonflyohdragonburnthemdown]

Marriage and Vassal marks

This is specific to Chapter 8 of Oh Dragon Fly.

A visual to the descriptions I gave you in the chapter of the different marks that Bloo, the Trix and Valtor got during the ceremony.

A general note for all of them. Bloom subconsciously designed each of those marks, since she is the one who is holding the vows and oaths.

Ok first of all an overview of all of them together.

Bloom and Valtor are the only ones that have marks on both of their arms. While the Trix only have one mark on the wrists of their right hand

Bloom

The red lines are the marriage marks that symbolize her marriage to Valtor. I choose dark reds as the main colour because it's the color that I associate the most with him. Both in his coat, but also because of his demon form. They look rather like blood from afar, but the main idea behind them is that they are literally ties that tie Bloom to Valtor. The Trix vassal marks are only on the puls point of her right hand, since that's where the contact was made. It's a snowflake for Icy, Darcy has swirls that are barely visible and Stormy had lighting.

Valtor

Hs is the largest mark out of all of them covering both of his underarms from wrist to elbow. Valtors and the Trio's mark all have the same color scheme since it's Bloom they are bond to.

Valtor absoltulycan not stand his marks. They are chaotic and wild and completely nonsensical, everything he is very much not (unless he looses it cough). On the other hand they are very much Bloom. They are her artsy personality and basically look like someone went wild on Valtors arm with a paintbrush and paint. The brighter sports of colour also tent to glow if Bloom get's emotional.

Bloom would also say they are less a representation of Valto as a person and moe of his actions, because everywhere he shows up chaos ensues.

I added a note to Valtos skin tone. He and Bloom have the same, but he's a bit paler than her, because of Omega and hiding away from people for so long.

Icy

First of all a note to her skin tone. Icy is pale pale! Like she looks permanently on the verge of hypothermia.

The marks for the Trix are all only on their right wrist and wrapping around it. For icy it looks like frost flowers. Beautiful, but also very dangerous since they happen when it's really cold.

Darcy.

When I designed Darcy's mark originally thought about mist but while drawing it I realized it's like ink in water making it hard to see clearly or like a shooting star. It's representing her as the sneaky one who is hard to see if she doesn't want to be found.

Lastly Stormy

Stormy's mark is simple its lightning. Representing both her and her magic. It's also the brightest mark out of all of them. You will know when Stormy is in the room with you because she's like a force of nature, but sometimes she surprised you. Either way she's dangerous.

[locallygrowndaikon]

Would Ness rate herself and the rest of the gang?

- Unofficial Question Giver

Ness:

“Eira! Eira’s very pretty. Her outfit has a very cohesive blue colour scheme, being mainly blue and the fur collar matching the fur on the cape and the yellow hues of the shoes. The pants bring in a darker colour to the outfit and the long hair brings in a bit of mystery. I have to give her a 9/10”

Ness:

“Ack, putting aside my bad experiences with Kari, they have a very dark colour scheme, being mostly black. The only colour thats really there is the bright orange leaves in the antlers, bringing in a small spark of fierceness or hidden danger in kari’s case. They also kept the moth hair, along with the cape technically being a default cape, defining their ‘dangerous moth’ thing that they have going on. It’s an 8/10”

Ness:

“Lark! He’s got not a lot of bright or saturated colours, making it give a pretty down to earth personality vibe. The cape also opens to show his pants more, giving a more adventurous spirit, but the darker cape and the mask that covers half his faces adds a bit of a mysterious vibe. He can have the 8/10!”

Ness:

“My own outfit? Let’s see, I went for a light, simple but cute outfit. The white cape woth gold accents easily gives a pure essence, and the beige pants keep the neutrality. The pastel rainbow flower is there to add a touch of colour that contrasts the overall muted colours, but since the flower is pastel and not overly saturated, it doesn’t stand out too much. Personally, I think it’s pretty cute. 8/10”

Ness:

“Oh come on, Beefy again? Well fine, I’ll rate him properly this time. As much as I hate ti say, it’s actually a pretty good outfit. Despite the mismatch of outfits, the bright colours kind of do come together nicely, matching in saturation. It’s cohesive too, with the yellow cape matching the yellow accents on the pants and the sunglasses being similar in hue. The party hat matches the blue hues and white accents of the pants. The bright varying colours clearly show a chaotic nature who likes to have fun, especially with the sunglasses and party hat. The cape also vaguely looks like a tortilla. Matching his name. Unfortunately I refuse to give Beefy a high score or else he’ll be smug at me for the rest of the week so it’ll have to be a 4/10.”

[i-am-thedragon]

Tacroach Snakification modifications!

While the Tacroach has a pretty easy colour scheme to work with, the Baja Tacroach was a bit more chaotic to work with. Fortunately, by focusing only on the shell, the brown meat filling and the fish meat pieces, I was able to get a visual scheme that I actually ended up liking more than that of the standard Tacroach.

Something very interesting and fortunate about the Tacroach is that it actually uses a duplicate of the Preying Picantis textures, while only using a small part of it. This left a lot of unused texture space for me to put in my own textures, in this case some wide area of meat and fish textures.

The fish texture recreation was done in Texturelab using some repeating lines and gradients with directional warps.

[zhaliacain]

Huntikmas Day 2- The team as build a bears

Sophie:

Sophie is Pawlette obviously, always the go to model BaB use to display their more sophisticated costumes and outfit designs. In terms of clothing I've gone for Sophie's more random style, she's got a pink shirt to get the colour in and a denim skirt which is kind of similar to the one she wears in show. And the converses she gets to keep but I suppose the laces should probably be undone.

Dante:

Based on a classic, back from the dead, everybody wants him... Dante is Pumpkin Kitty! Aside from that the colour scheme also goes very well with Dante's coat and hair and although the cat and pumpkin spice vibe might not quite be right, the other factors were too funny to ignore. Outfit wise there's no way BaB could ever manage the coat and it would be a crime to even try so instead we've gone for casual. Black V-neck, beige trousers and the boots kind of cover like half his wardrobe so it's a good fit.

Lok:

Playful Pup and Lok have the same kind of energy, friendly and a bit naive but equally a very sturdy and solid choice. Obviously Lok would need the Indiana Jones costume so I just had a bit of fun with the rest of his wardrobe. He's got a wholesome shirt but a bit quirky so he's not just got inspirational quotes stuck to his chest, the jeans like the show and the Ireland hoodie to remind him of home. He's also got the rainbow shoes because he is a rainbow himself and deserves the colour.

Zhalia:

Made for the bearcave but has somehow become a favourite with a younger audience, Zhalia is the devil bear. In this comparison obviously Zhalia was made to be an assassin/spy and has somehow ended up on a team predominantly populated by children. Keeping similar to the show, she's just got some jeans boots and a green tank top but when I imagine this all together it looks slightly punky and different which I think works.

Cherit:

Cherit is the timeless bear because who knows how old he is. Not much to say here other than the robes not only give him the white colour, but he also deserves to relax after thousands of years of human nonsense and being fired as a canonball by Eathon Lambert.

Den:

Ngl the main reason for the highland cow as Den is the crazy hair, it's uncanny. I just went a bit nuts with Den because it was really hard to pull an outfit together for him. Starting with the shorts… I can see him wearing them on a beach or something, I think he’d find them funny. Meanwhile the shirt was tricky because Den makes a lot of self confident jokes about being the best but he’s not got an ego, it’s just jokes. I don’t have time to analyse his self esteem issues here but I went for the mothman shirt because it’s the right level between his humour but not over the top. I think the mothman joke distracts from it being all about him. As for the shoes he’s just got some nice simple trainers to tie off this chaotic look.

Harrison:

Zombie frog because he’s been through the wars and he’s always looking rough. I’ve gone with the stranger things T-shirt because we all know how Harrison likes being in a club. I think it also adds to the edgy and antisocial but actually just misunderstood vibe he’s got going on. Black jeans to keep with the aesthetic and the same trainers as Den so they’re matchy matchy.

Honourable mentions!:

I considered the too hot to handle one for Den but going back to the ego thing I decided it was a bit too much. Meanwhile the take you out joke dates back in the Huntik fandom between Dante and Zhalia so it came close.

[hinamie]

hiii hina <333 ok so now i must know, what are some of your favourite character designs? like, the elements are so compelling and go so well together to form a design that is cohesive and visually appealing. and is there a particular piece of media that just has consistently banging character designs?

OOH OKKOKOK listen. i am no expert i have not been classically trained in fact i have not taken a single char design course but to me, good character design boils down to 2 main elements: a. recognizability and b. visual storytelling and the concept of show, don’t tell. recognizability is where more technical elements like shape language and silhouette come into play. u want an audience to be able to instantly know a character with minimal confusion, and that is made much easier if u have good working knowledge of shapes, colours, and proportions. That’s what /makes/ a good design, but what /SELLS/ that design is the underlying meaning. WHy do characters look the way they do. what can you learn from the way they look. there is undoubtedly a time and a place for designs that are just cute to be cute but if u want to make a lasting impression beyond “oh this character is hot/cute/attractive” u gotta dig deeper.

i am going to yap now smile

i wld b remiss and a liar and a fraud if i did not talk about arcane in regards to character design. fr me arcane is THE media that does not miss with a single one of their designs. this show is fucking stunning points at every character . every single one of them . hand in marriage. u learn SO much about everyone and their roles/personalities/fighting styles just by looking at them not to mention they’re all fucking 10s this show is a bisexual’s nightmARE anyway personal favourites vi and jinx but ths just me being predictable 

vi /looks/ like a fighter the minute u see her. her build her gait everything about her screams this woman will snap me like a twig (pLpslslplpslpslpspl). u see tht she’s rough and brash but one thing i rly find interesting is her hair colour. like fr one its brightness distinguishes her as a main character, but also pink being typically associated with femininity/love/nurture/compassion is SO interesting paired with vi. not only is it kind of subversive bc vi is not traditionally “feminine”, but she does embody all of those traits in that her reason for fighting comes from a place of wanting to nurture and protect. i could talk for hours about vi anyway. hand in marriage,,./.?? hand in marriage pls/?????????

jinx i LOVE I LOVE I LOVE . she’s wiry she’s chaotic she’s asymmetrical and that MEANS something it /shows/ her mental state n the way she fluctuates between her identities of jinx and powder. I love the hints of pink/purple not only as visual nods to vi but also as alluding to shimmer and the dangerous undercurrent it gives her. not 2 mention her design works so well alongside her sister like. besides the obvious pink/blue juxtaposition everything about them from their body types their colour schemes the way they carry themselves the way they dress… it’s peak . nothing tops arcane in character design for me

a few other noteworthy mentions: 

illumi hxh - listen idk what the fuck he’s wearing but it’s a 90s shounen i’ll forgive him. illumi’s design is brilliant imo. he’s not in your face like hisoka who u see and know immediately that this guy is insane, he’s beautiful but sleek in a way that makes him almost reptilian. it’s a subtle kind of off-putting and u want to recoil when u see him but it’s just understated enough that u don’t know Why until it’s too late. the wide, catlike dead eyes the jet black hair… his design lends SO well to what he represents for killua, he’s this ever-present shadow he’s an oppressive force we see phantoms of illumi’s eyes Boring into killua we see his hair forming a sort of cage god the visuals the visuals im so . im unwell about the zoldyks actually. 

kaneki tg - this one is a bit tricky bc at first glance kaneki /is/ just ur standard dark hair protag but!! the way his design and specifically his hair r used as a visual representation of his mental state and character arc is so good i lovelovelove the progression and storytelling u see through his design alone.

- early kaneki w his shorter plain black hair makes him look innocent and unassuming bc he /is/. he was no one special, what happened to him was just pure bad luck. - ghoul kaneki w white hair showing the mental break after he’s tortured, stripped of his innocence/sanity/humanity - HAISE MY LOVE the two-toned hair showcasing how he has literally become a blank slate after his amnesia and the events of tg and the resulting limbo between identities ((also idk if it’s just tht ishida’s style had changed by :re but haise’s hair in particular is so FLUFFY it makes him look very non-threatening which might be a coincedence but might also be intentional in showing how he’s taken on more of a gentle mentor role by this point)) - reaper kaneki and we r once again back to black but whereas before it made him look plain and unassuming with the new context it makes him look /lethal/. ((also directly contrasts arima's design, having a near identical silhouette with the only difference being his black to arima's white)) - endgame kaneki finally settling back on white as a way to show tht after everything he’s been through he’s come back permanently changed: he is a ghoul, he’ll never b able to go back to the way things were or reclaim his humanity, but he’s gotten to a place where he's at peace with it now tl;dr cataloguing a character’s journey and mental state through their appearance >>>>>>>

LAST THING IK IVE YAPPED SO MUCH GOMEN ,, i did want to tack on my feelings about, wouldn’t u know it, genshin fucking impact, bc i did say i think there is a place for character designs that r just pretty to be pretty and i think a lot of genshin designs r good examples of this. i’ve seen some people getting upset about genshin being lazy with character design and making their characters unnecessarily Busy, but as someone who doesn’t play and doesn’t know anything about the game let me just say tht if the goal is to get players to spend money fuckin congratulations . i too would whale for some of these designs. bc i don’t play i don’t know for sure whether or not characters' appearances have any relevance to their lore or if it’s mostly just bells and whistles purely for aesthetic, all i know is am not immune to alhaitham. 

[nimilla]

Happy Almost New Year, everyone!

May you be blessed with a wonderful year of 2025. I'm posting for the end of 2024. It's been an interesting ride of the year personally, and it will get more chaotic for me. That's life! ^^

Have my main OCs welcoming the new year!

I wonder what will the year 2025 have in store for us? Ah, well, we'll see... Goodbye, everyone! See you all in 2025!

I want to write a bit about my OCs down below! They're kind of an update and revamp of what I have done for them. A ramble below.

I've been meaning to talk about my OCs for a while now, especially my Stardew OCs where they have the most lore. Mainly, I would want to post more about Ziana and Kara, but the lack of interest here makes me feel less energetic to share the lore... Sadly, without Castle Village for SVE, I can't expand much for Ziana and her family lore... But I have revamped once again, my Stardew OCs' lore, and I'm satisfied with this one, especially with Aelfdene's!

Stardew OCs

Ziana

If anyone remembered a story or mention about Ziana having an older brother, let's forget it, LOL! I've decided to, once again, scrapped it. Instead of an older brother, it was her maternal uncle. He would have a mention in Ziana's lore when Castle Village comes out just to keep things interesting for me...

Astelle

Astelle is Ziana's younger twin sister if anyone wants a refresher about who she is. Her colour initially was purple, but now it would be either red or pink since purple is mainly for Kara, a non-Stardew OC of mine. I wanted to keep her from repetitive colours, so she'd have red or pink as her main colours. I don't believe I have an OC with those colour schemes before!

Aelfdene & Sylvienne

Aelfdene is now the adoptive older brother of Sylvienne. He is an elf, approximately 200 years old in elvish age (somewhere in his 30s of human age). When Sylvienne's parents first met Aelfdene, he was in the form of a child due to a sudden curse that had forced him into this appearance despite being an adult. He has been struggling to return to his true adult form, and the process has taken a considerable amount of time. During this period, Sylvienne's mother developed a fondness for him, as she had always wanted a son but was unable to bear another child after Sylvienne. Seeing Aelfdene, who was an orphan, she decided to adopt him. Even when she later discovered his true age, she still wanted him to be her son, and her husband, Sylvienne's father, agreed as well.

Rousseau (Roo)

Regarding Rousseau, I initially wanted to portray him as a 'vampire' who feeds on monster blood, but I’ve decided to reimagine him as a human instead. He uses guns rather than swords when hunting monsters as a way to distance himself from his father and his legendary reputation. Many adventurers fail to see that Rousseau has worked hard to develop his swordsmanship, often comparing him unfavourably to his father and calling him a cheater. This constant pressure even led him to consider quitting his adventurer career altogether, until his friend Aelfdene suggested that he try using an alternative weapon against monsters; guns. Although it was an unusual choice and took some time to adjust to, Rousseau eventually became proficient and is now well-known for his shooting skills, matching the level of Alesia's marksmanship.

However, he still harbours a fear of witches.

By the way, Aelfdene, Sylvienne, Rousseau, and Astelle require Castle Village so that I can expand their lore and interactions, but unfortunately, we don't know when we will see the update, so I might just go with the flow and create some stuff with what we have from SVE... But for now, I am on and off with Stardew Valley + Expanded unlike before when I was constantly active and interacting...

Other OCs

Cyra

Patiently waiting for the game to update more so that I can come up with more stories for her, LOL. For now, she's hibernating, just like Caldarus!

Z

Z is just Kara's older brother, who happens to be friends with the trio. How can a decent man like Z get caught up with the most problematic trio ever?? For now, no one knows.

[caffeine-clouds]

Sonic Inspired Outfits - Style/Fashion Tips (Shadow the Hedgehog)

Wondering what's going on? (intro post here) It's himmmm - everyone's favourite. Requested by an anon!

I did my best to make these looks natural - which means that you wont look weird or get bullied for wearing anything. These are normal normal clothes, with a bit of style.

I'm not going to do my typical style of posts - purely because I feel like that there is a major overlap between "outfits Shadow would wear" and "outfits that invoke Shadow" - so instead, we'lll be dividing the outfit vibes like so: Part One: Dramatic angsty pretty boy Part Two: Fucking you up in the parking lot Part One: Dramatic angsty pretty boy There's a key difference in between Omega and Shadow's styles - and that is refinement. Shadow is more refined than Omega's chaotic grunge, desite having largely the same colour pallette. Keep rips subtle, a bit less girth - almost leaning into formal academia, be dramatic. Black, reds, and whites are your babes (keep white to a minimum though!) - hell, all-black outfits work great as long as you add red in your accessories!

Part Two: Fucking you up in the parking lot Here, my friend - embrace leather - leather is your friend. Colour scheme is the same - black is your priority - can incorporated through leather and jeans (could be ripped). Splashes of red and white may be added to the mixture (keep white minimal!!) - be just unashamedly badass man. (Wearing motorcycle jackets specifically is a good reference too!)

But Caffeine! How can I invoke maximum edginess through my accessories? Simple - chokers! corset belts! belts in general! straps! - choke on your trauma, baby. Gold bracelets can invoke Shadow's inhibitors - and a touch of red makeup can pull together the look.

[joyburble]

There are quite a few black-and-gold ensembles, and once I started writing I realised they only make sense if I look at them together with the Badass Look, which is just the most important of a set. So, here goes.

In episode 3 we see this all-black look with a heavy gold belt. It establishes a scheme: sweeping gown, robe with an elaborate gold belt, and high-necked underlayer, all predominantly black.

The underlayer is a little bit silvery, not quite black, and has a sort of Paisley pattern in the weave. The robe is interesting, it's pleated over the chest and doesn't quite close at the belt. He wears this through episode 4.

This is quickly changed for a different, but very similar outfit for the plant-care sequence in episode 4. The chiffon gown and underlayer might be the same ones, but the robe is a wrap-around black damask with a lot more heft than the pleated one.

The reading scenes have the soft pleats again.

The belt is the same, for both looks: we see the black damask robe again for Episode 5. We're maybe not supposed to notice that these two outfits aren't the same. They're treated as interchangeable. I personally prefer this one:

For episode 6 and most of 7, he wears the Hunting Dress. But after the hunt is over, we briefly see this completely new and memorable look, in which the black has been splattered with a bucket of gold. He also wears this to be baffled in boats, twice, in eps 8 and 9. And to eat the packed lunch, because the alternative would be ... not to.

It's a different chiffon gown, split to the shoulders, a black roble apparently splattered with a bucket of gold, a different underlayer in this wet-look black, and a separate train in gold with a geometric black pattern. We get better views later in ep 8. But I think the key is that this is what he's wearing when he kind of ... accepts that he's feeling Xiao Lanhua's feelings. He isn't feeling his own yet, but he's been spattered with hers, like a bucket of gold paint to the chest, and he's getting a little addicted. He's asking for more.

Episode 9, however, pins this look to our mental pinboard for a different reason. This is what he wears first to duel with Changheng:

and then, to Fuck Shit Up As A Formal Public Occasion:

Where we get to see how physically insubstantial the whole thing is. This storm-cloud of gauze and gold occupies a lot of space, without actually filling very much space at all. Not like the Honey-Coloured Gown, or even the Hunting Dress, which seem to have real substance. This is like an ice skater's costume. Or a cloud.

We remember this look because we get to see it well, and this whole sequence is very emotional, backed up repeatedly by the most fun piece of music in the show, which will also return later.

Having been established as the Badass Look, this bucket-of-gold thing stays with us through the "I am back" scene in Episode 10.

Then it disappears and he changes back to the Hunting Dress later in Episode 10.

For the confrontation with Xunfeng and then the unplanned confrontation with Former Moon in episode 17, we see a new robe with a different underlayer. Both are very heavily patterned in gold, the underlayer with a complicated woven pattern and the robe with a sort of chaotic paintbrush look. The sleeved chiffon gown is probably the same one as goes with the pleated and damask robes in earlier episodes.

I do think this brush-spattered robe is the same one as he wears with the Chrysalis Gown, just a little more loosely wrapped and with a different skirt underneath. The skirt has a geometric pattern.

The underlayer at the neck, which is probably the same garment as the skirt, is not the same one that's briefly worn with the Chrysalis Gown in what I think is a continuity hiccup in ep 27. The ep 27 one (left) only appears this once, as far as I can tell.

Right! We've established that black-and-gold is kind of his default setting, that he got splashed with a bucket of gold by the one-heart curse, and that the gold then gradually infiltrated everything via the Honey-Coloured-Gown and the Chrysalis Gown, and by episode 27 or so, is nearing integration into his default look, give or take a startlingly ugly belt.

Now let's notice when each of these comes back, after episode 30. Because the fact that we remember these looks, however vaguely, helps to support the emotional intent of the later scenes.

The latest entry comes back first: the brushwork robe and the spiky-patterned underlayer appear in the field battle, the conversation with Taisui in ep 31, and for the death scene in ep 32.

The pleated robe comes back in the dream sequence in Episode 32, still worn with the vaguely-Paisley under-robe, which we also see worn on its own (to signal that they are definitely married in the dream). It's tailored to the waist and has a very full skirt. The chiffon gown seems to have a hint of red at the shoulder. So this is just a reference to times that he perceives in retrospect as happy, or at least as a starting point for happiness.

The black damask one from the plant-care sequence in episodes 4 and 5, minus gown and high-collared underlayer, might also be what he is wearing in the final battle in episode 36 - also caring for a plant, but even more dramatically.

And then THIS HAPPENS. I did a double-take; it seems kind of incongrous because both characters are very different people from when it was last worn, in Episode 10, and calling back to the state of mind he was supposedly in at that point is just baffling. (I feel like the music could have helped, but it doesn't). What does this mean?

Then I thought, given the maybe-inevitable weakness of this scene, which is basically just an invitation to write your own epilogue, would anything else have made any more sense? I feel like I could make a case for the black damask (just for continuity). The more elaborate looks would feel silly, and the hunting gown too aggressive. The honey-coloured gown has completed its job, and would clash with the look of this scene. The Badass Look has the merit of calling back to the most fun moments from early in the story. Although I don't think that makes this scene any easier to pull off. It also means that he wears this both times he says "I'm back", although he says it in quite different ways. That's probably the explanation. So ... okay. Fair enough.

The DFQC costumes master post is here.

[caffiene-fueled-fuckery]

Did I ever post my MASH OC?

I feel like I probably didn't... Maybe I did. I don't remember. She might've been below the cut in another post. But since she will likely be in many of my kinktober fics and potentially whumptober too, I figured that I should probably introduce her here!

I'll give basic info here and for anyone who is interested, the more detailed stuff below the cut :)

Della Woods

Nicknames: Dell

Age: 29 (at the beginning of her time at MASH)

Birthdate: March 12, 1922

Gender: Female

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Straight

Height: 5’6”

Blood Type: AB-

Medical Conditions: Secondary dysmenorrhea (her cramps get so bad that she’s doubled over, dizzy, nauseous… the first time anyone sees her that way they’re very concerned)

Allergies: Bees (anaphylaxis)

Overall Health: Good

Rank: 1st Lieutenant

Hair Colour: Chocolate Brown

Hair texture: Curly

Common Hair Styles: Loose (comes to just below her jaw), half-up

Eye Colour: Honey brown

Makeup: Usually eyeliner, mascara, and lipstick (if she has them/has the time)

Piercings: Ears (Wanted to give her a nose piercing but apparently they weren’t really a thing in the US in the 50s… but now having thoughts of her showing up after R&R with one and Mulcahy being flustered hehe)

Body Type: Lean

Skin Colour: Pale

Features of Note: medium sized bust, wide hips

Scars/Birth Marks: Scar just above her left hip that trails onto her abdomen and back

Cause of Scars: Sliced by sheet metal during shelling

Dominant Hand: Left

That's basic info... if you want to know more, it'll be below the cut! Also, if there any any names you don't recognize now, it's because they're other OCs or family of the OCs!

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Hometown: Toronto, Canada -> Philadelphia, PA (moved after going to nursing school in Toronto and working in a hospital there for a few years)

Living Situation at home: Lives alone in an apartment after her friend moved out to get married

Family Back Home: Gary Woods (father - 50), Helen Woods (younger sister - 18), William Woods (younger brother - 15)

Occupation: Nurse (has psychiatric experience)

Relationship Status: It’s complicated

Love Interest: John Mulcahy (she calls him John bc the devs couldn't make up their minds what his first name was and that's what he told Gail to call him)

Relationship Trajectory: colleagues > best friends > uh ?? > only fooling themselves > lovers

Best Friend: John Mulcahy, Kellye Nakahara

People they avoid: Gail Harris, Joel Walker

Why?: her and Gail are similar enough to butt heads but Della doesn’t realize that it’s partially jealousy on Gail’s part (and her being territorial without even realizing it for herself); he’s just a fuckin dick

Personality: playful, kind, extroverted, wears her heart on her sleeve

Temperament: energetic, can be chaotic at times, very open

Alignment: chaotic good

Strengths: very perceptive of others’ emotions, calming demeanour when needed, adaptable

Weaknesses: quick temper, stubborn, can hold a grudge

Love Language (Giving): Physical Touch, Words of Affirmation

Love Language (Receiving): Quality Time, Physical Touch

Favourite Colour: Blue and Purple

Biggest Fear: birds (specifically chickens)

Other fears/yucks: dark places (like a dark shed or building, not like being outside in the dark), storms, spiders

Hobbies: scheming with Radar and Lee OR Klinger OR Whitney OR Hawkeye and BJ, jogging, dancing at the O-Club, knitting

Extracurriculars at school: Field Hockey and Lacrosse (played Lacrosse while at uni/nursing school?)

Quirks: very clumsy, somewhat messy handwriting, a bit messy

Specialized Skills: has some training with psychiatric patients

Good at: calming people down, understanding what people need without being told

Bad at: cooking, making the beds in post-op

Any trauma?: her mother (Pamela McNamara) died when she was 16

Childhood was…: good! She was close with her family!

Main Confident: John Mulcahy and Kellye Nakahara

Role in Friend Group: the therapist (also a clown but that’s not important)

Languages they speak: English, French, a tiny bit of Korean, a bit of ASL

I made this piccrew from a template made by @/hunbloom for her original character design. I’ve drawn her a few times since but the only one I’m really happy with is a kinda cheeky one with Father Mulcahy that I used a base for initially. But if people want to see it, I’ll definitely post it!

[fellow-traveller]

The translators were fast :0 my sincere thanks!

So...managed to read the first chapter of JoJoLands. And yes, I definitely love Cap Guy.

a.k.a. Paco Lovelantes.

He's really giving me Hol Horse vibes with a bit of Polnareff (partially on the fact that his clothes and body build reminds me of Pol). He's chaotic, comedic, but also kinda mysterious? Maybe he really is Hol/Pol's equivalent??? And as expected, his Stand is simple yet really cool. I like integrated, non-physical Stands like that.

And his emblem is a cone of ice cream. What more can I ask?

Now I just need his colour scheme so I can draw fanart of him :D ♡

[corbival]

fun facts about the ringmaster: His original concept is so rediculously similar to Lucifer (hazbin hotel) and elements of Alastor that it makes me want to yell about it into the void. I actually drew him with Alastor a few times, one doodle of him being reblogged by vivz in which he's having an aggressive smile-off with alastor. (if you fused lucifer and alastor you would literally have my mans) So I'm going to break down some similarities for myself!

The Circus was originally (secretly) supposed to be Hell. People trapped in The Circus lived out their lives in a chaotically happy, extravegant, never-ending themepark dimension that was very fun on the surface but incredibly deadly and hellish beneath the surface.

The Circus oriignally had nine rings (literal big tops), one for each circle of hell, each represented by a different character (greed, wrath, gluttony, etc)

Being the creator of his dimension (in this case hell) he can make anything and everything appear, move and change at his whim! This includes making helter skelters and rides spawn from nowhere, expanding and changing his empire!

He can change his form into basically whatever he wants, provided it stays within a certain consistency (size, colour scheme, accessories, etc)

He has a bit pointy, redder demonic form.

Has a long-lasting feud with angels (and one particular angel, mine of which is actually called Alistair

He has hundreds of kids he's never really interacted with (incubus, innit), but I write him as having 'pathetic love-me' dad energy.

Full white outfit with occasional red and black trims to represent 'purity' sort of like an angel (heavy hints that he was supposed to be a play on lucifer from the bible), and to make him stand out from the mostly red, gold and pink backdrop. Also makes him stand out in comparison to other ringleader character designs.

Surprisingly down to earth when talking about serious topics, but mostly exuding natural charisma, showmanship, and a constant need to impress and one-up other people.

Big sharp pointy teeth go omnomnom

If we want to go to the alastor stuff; cannibal, always has a shit-eating grin because his whole schtick was supposed to be 'look happy, be happy, be better than everyone with your happiness, they can't know they're in hell or it ruins the fun'

( I understand that this can all be put down to 'vivziepop and I both made our characters when we were seventeen and when you're seventeen you're obsessed with tumblr sexymen, edgy humour, the most basic representations of hell, and mediocre worldbuilding for your future one-day cartoon tv show', and edgy teenagers online in the same spaces tend to like the same tropes and are influenced by the same things, but I THINK IT'S FUNNY )

[unit3-fmp]

Dyeing

Brusho Inks

For this design I used blue brusho inks in which I sprinted on to a damp piece of whit cotton in which bled creating the design bellow. This is my favourite brusho sample and even though it bled a bit more than expected I think it still creates a very cool effect in which I really like the end result of.

Here I have layered a variety of different colour brusho inks onto white cotton to create this abstract piece. I really like the effect this created where you can still see the dots of blue and red powder however emphasised with the beautiful gradient in the back featuring pops of green purple and red creating this really unique and textured piece.

Here I have created this striped effect using red brusho inks. I applied liquid brush in lines on the white cotton then sprinkled the powder on top to crate the stripes and where the brusho has bled it has formed this really nice blurred effect. I really like how this sample turned out due to the really cool yet simplistic pattern it creates. I further like how the liquid brusho looks more pink really making the red pop.

For this piece I wanted to create a spotty effect using green brusho powder in which the powder has split into blue and orange. Although the colour didn't come out green I still really like how it turned out and how it kind of looks 3D due to the subtle blurred effect. As well as this I like how it is darker and more blurred in some areas creating a more detailed and unique piece.

Here I experimented with a different coloured base in which I then layered red and purple brusho on to differentiate from the typical white background I have in my other brusho samples. I like how this design came out due to the blend of the two powdered colours and how saturated the colours are however I don't really like the background colour, I wanted it to be yellow but it came out a more rustic colour similar to that of my coffee samples.

Similar to some of my other brusho experiments I created this rainbow spotted pattern with powdered brush and white cotton. I really like how this design came out as its not s chaotic and overpowering as some of my other designs creating a much more detailed and clearer design. I also like the rainbow colour scheme with as it makes the design a bit more different than that of my others.

Dip Dye

Here I dipped a piece of whit cotton into red and purple brusho ink, resting the fabric in the water at the edge so the inks spreads up the sample to create a nice gradient. In conclusion, I like the gradient the two colours created and the fairly even coverage the brusho inks have however as you can see a few splotches of blue and yellow brusho has bled on to the sample slightly ruining the effect of the ombre.

Here I used the dip dye technique to create this half and half piece using white cotton and blue brusho. For this experiment I wanted to first see the coverage and opacity of the ink as well as how clean the line where the ink stops rising is or if it would blend and create a gradient. As you can see the colour is very vibrant and not splotchy at all and although the line between the blue and white isn't perfectly straight I still think it is quite a good method to create the half and half look. In addition, I accidentally got some different coloured brusho powder on the blue in which I really love the effect of creating this subtle rainbow.

Bubble wrap

Here I applied brusho inks to a piece of small bubble wrap, as you can see the brusho bled quite a lot creating this not so nice looking design in which I do not like the end product of.