#also my first time drawing loop digitally

[spacemothes]

Anyways so this was what I was working on while missing all those days of drawing Siffrin

[buttercupshands]

Happy Hallowe--- I mean a normal day in November

Because I was too busy on Halloween to finish this

[voidedjuice]

Laying in your own blood for the 9000th time, realising there was truly no hope of it ending

[squishosaur]

not everything will be rewarded, even time and money can be wasted; someday everything will fade into the past— still, i sing because i was born here. // 生きるよすが

[goopiesglorp]

REDRAW ALERT!!!!!

i stumbled across the very first ragapom comic i made, which was also my first serious post on this account, and i just about wanted to throw myself off of a ledge because i had no experience drawing the yurifuls and they look jank. so here this is, featuring my redesigns!

original comic from november ⬇️⬇️

it’s honestly kind of crazy to look at how much i’ve improved within 6-7 months. for a long time i’ve felt like i’ve been stuck in a loop of being unhappy with my art and feeling like i’m not improving, so this was definitely a good self-esteem exercise :D have a yuriful day!!!

[injuries-in-dust]

My Amazing Digital Circus theory of the people who became the characters:

All of them work at this C&A company (logo seen in episode 1)

Kinger: Programmer. Worked on the digital circus, perhaps he was even head programmer. He entered the game to do some final debugging. Most likely some tweeks to the AI and hopefully fix the issues with collisions we saw in episode 2. Brought his wife along to see the wonderful game he had been working on.

Ragatha: I feel she worked in HR. She likes everyone to get along, tries to de-escalate situations, and tries does her best not to be a bother to others. However she can bring down discipline when he has to (like tying up Jax in episode 3). I think she was put into the game by force. Someone put a headset onto her, to get her out of the way, after she was going to go to the authorities to stop the company, basically, torturing people trapped with the game.

Jax: I buy into the fan-theory that Jax is a rogue NPC within the game.

But if he isn't, then he's an unpaid intern. He either put the head set on willingly, thinking he could get to play this game for free and before its release to the public, or he was ordered to put it on to be a beta-tester. (why pay for a play test, when you can just get the intern to do it.)

He may not even be fully aware of why he's mean to everyone, and I'm sure he thinks he has reasons; "none of it matters, it's not like the NPC's in the games are real." or perhaps, "It's not like we can die or anything."

Honestly I think it comes down to, after who knows how long of being the office gopher and paying for the bosses coffee order with his own money (no reimbursement), he just started out by getting major catharsis against the other company workers.

But he's enjoying doing that way too much, and the fact that there are no lasting physical consequencesto his actions is leading him down a very slippery slope toward becoming a sociopath, maybe a psychopath.

Gangle: Worked on art and design. We've seen Gangle likes to draw and sketch and that may mean they created concept art, or digital designs for some, or all, of the named NPC's within the game , from Gummygoo, to Martha Mildenhall.

I think she also has depression symbolised by how their main body is a big loop of ribbon (empty inside). They've learned to hide it (or mask it) behind fake smiles and insincere laughter.

I also think art is both their hobby and a kind of their therapy, helping them just pour all their feelings out through their creativity.

They do feel joy at times, especially when it's quiet and no one is putting any demands on her, and just let her do her own thing. Episode 3 is evidence of that, where she was happy to be with the group, not necessarily taking part in their activity but enjoying being there and doing her own thing. Namely, sketching.

Zooble: They're non-binary and has issues with dysmophia, or dysphoria.

The reason they ended up in the game is the same as Jax, it was cheaper to get them to play test than hire a play tester. But I think Zoople is an actual paid employee, not an unpaid intern.

The vibe I get with Zooble is "freshly graduated from college and this is their first job." They're young enough that they're still figuring themselves out, which doesn't always mean young, but it more often found in people under 30. However they have a certain level of maturity to them. They set up Kaufmo's funeral, and spoke at it, despite how uncomforatable they can feel discussing their feelings.

Pomni: Whoever is in charge at this C&A company, Pomni worked alongside them. Maybe a business partner, I think more of a PA.

Their clothes are telling; a Jester. Jesters would work for a monarch and entertain their guests, just as a PA would work for the company boss and would handle people that the boss didn't want to talk to. The privilage of being the PA to the company boss would give Pomni more leeway to talk freely without risk of being punished. Just as a jester had that privilege within the royal court.

I'm trying to hint that Pomni may have been the one to pass down the orders that put Jax and Zooble in the game. I don't know if I'm saying it well enough.

Two lines in episode 3 stuck out to me, after Pomni is in hell.

"How's your wife, Kinger?"

Did Caine program that into the game? Did he get that specific insult ready in case Kinger accompanied Zooble into the scary path of the game?

Or did the evil-souls pull the knowledge our of Pomni's head? Because Pomni observed these events on the outside.

Caine did say that any torture is accidental on his part.

The second line: "I knew it would turn out like this... he just wants to torture me."

Was she talking about Caine? I don't think so. I think she was talking about her boss.

For resons currently unknown he forced her to put on the headset, but she knew what would happen if she did; she would lose most of her memories and be forced to play the games until she went nuts. Would her boss listen? No. Her conclusion, whatever reason he gave to get her into the game was a lie and it was just to torture her.

[stardestroyer81]

🥪 Introducing... Door2Door! 🥪

Door2Door stars twenty year old possum Gigi Dempster, who lives in a rather ramshackle, podunk town in Vermont called Bendersville. After sending numerous job applications all over town with no word back, she finally lands herself a delivery driver position at an unassuming locally-owned sandwich restaurant named Dine 'n Dash. With no prior experience in the art of crafting a mighty fine sandwich or running a delivery route, Gigi is strapped in to experience the whirlwind of a first time food service job firsthand, and in an unpredictable town like Bendersville, quite literally anything can happen.

(For more information on what Door2Door is— as well as a handful of progress images— please consider checking underneath the cut!)

At last, witness unveiling of my latest project I've spent the last month conceptualizing, Door2Door! What once came about as a silly idea of basing a project after an inner-city delivery driver inspired after a certain gameplay section in Spongebob Squarepants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, it has since blossomed into one of my dearest passion projects yet!

Though, before I get into any further detail behind Door2Door and its creation, I must stress— none of the above five images hail from a lost late nineties/early 2000s Cartoon Network show, and if by chance any of them were enough to fool you into thinking they were, then that just means I achieved what I set out for! 💙✨

Now, about a month ago, I'd been watching a retrospective on the critically un-acclaimed Spongebob Squarepants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, a game I had growing up. It's important for me to mention that I had seen and personally played the aforementioned gameplay section before, though for some reason seeing it again struck me with a brilliant project idea.

Anyone who's been following me for at least a year knows that I've designed a cavalcade of candied characters for my own arcade game concept, Rascal, and initially my idea for Door2Door— which I also called Project JJ (In reference to the sandwich chain Jimmy John's)— was to give it a plot simple enough to translate into an arcade game.

The idea was that you played as a plucky delivery driver who rides through the streets of a seedy city to deliver a food order to the... er, order-ee. But your progress would be impeded by a fiendish gang of mobster alley cats who are after your sandwiches, so there would have definitely been a large cartoony element to the gameplay loop.

I drew concept art for Door2Door's protagonist, then known as Marcy, though I really wasn't vibing with either drawing. For one, making the protagonist a cat seemed a bit overdone, and I already have a cat character who's name rhymes with Marcy, so that had to go. More so, I also couldn't settle on a good spriting style, which prompted me to rethink the whole project.

Well, there is a general aura of cartooniness to Door2Door, I thought, why not just embrace that vibe whole-heartedly and reshape the project into a long-lost late nineties cartoon?

I did like the idea of having an excuse to drawing more animation cels, though if I was going to make Door2Door into something resembling a cel-animated cartoon, I was prepared to go the full distance in nailing that aesthetic, in the form of how characters are designed and the way I go about drawing each screenshot.

For those unfamiliar with cel animation, essentially it can be described as a traditional form of animation and involves objects— usually characters— being hand-inked and painted on clear celluloid sheets and placed over painted backgrounds.

Above, I've provided a visual for what a standalone 'cel' from Door2Door would look like, coupled with a hand-painted background. When overlaid on top of one another...

... you would get this! This is exactly how cartoons were animated up until the era of digital inking and coloring... but that begs the question. How am I achieving a hand-drawn and painted aesthetic if everything I've shown so far has been drawn digitally?

I have my ways! It involves a lot of studying how individual cels of animation look, and taking note of recurring hallmarks; grainy textures, paint blemishes, drop shadows, etc. Above, I've assembled a small gif of my process in composing a screenshot for Door2Door, from lineart to final product!

So, that all should loosely explain it; Door2Door is what would happen if I were in charge of a late nineties Cartoon Network show, and what you've seen here is merely the beginning. Going forward, I will be posting art of Door2Door's main cast with some additional character information and concept art for each one, though for the time being, enjoy all five art pieces I've supplied for this post— they are perhaps the biggest works of mine yet this year! 💙🏳️‍⚧️✨

[sucky-username]

I did some art for my Scream/Stuilly time loop fic, depicting Stu getting his shit wrecked in chapters 2 and 3. This is just two instances though, he gets his shit wrecked in every chapter, since the entire point of the fic is him getting his shit wrecked repeatedly. The fic is a work in progress, but you should go check it out for sure. Also follow my fandom blog @whats-those for updates about this and other fics.

I’ll talk about the actual drawing under the cut.

This was the first drawing I’ve done with line art since I figured out how to paint digitally. It made me really like doing line art again, so I’m going to cut back on the paintings for now. I’ll probably do one now and then when I feel like it, but for now I’m all about the line art babey.

I’m really proud of the movement in the poses. I think I succeeded in making it look like he was actually getting bonked! I also find the one of him lying face down really funny.

Horror nerd older brother of course had to look over my shoulder while I was drawing and let me know the costume doesn’t work like that—apparently the sleeves and the gloves are sewn together so “you would never see his wrists!” I explained to him it was to help the readability of the drawing, since it was already looking like a mass of black without that bit of skin showing.

Final note, the title of the fic, which is written on the drawing, it from the song When You Die by MGMT. Go listen to it, it fits Stu/Stuilly so well and it’s such a good song.

[adyophene]

Hello ! I just have a little question, how do we start drawing ? I want go draw but idk how to start- any suggestion ? Or, if for starting it's better to do it with tutos, any tutorial to recommend ?

Have a great day !

Oooh, this is a tough question to answer! I suppose one the best pieces of advice I have is to figure out, before anything, what you are hoping to draw. What style, what tones, what media.

I have a feeling this might get long, so I will throw the rest under a readmore.

For me, when I started taking my art a little more seriously (I never went to art school or anything) I just focused on finding both tutorials on the fundamentals, and finding tutorials that focused on the aspects of art that interested me, which were animation and cartooning!

They go hand-in-hand, after all, and you'll find you end up honing in on the tutorials that coincide with your interests! IE- I ended up doing a lot of figure, and expression drawing because they would help me express emotion and movement better! I also spent so, so long just training my hand to be a bit more confident with drawing steady lines just because I loved the look of clean line-work!

So try to identify what your personal draw towards art is! By doing both something you like, as well as focusing the basics, I found that, at least in my personal experience, it put me in a positive feedback loop where I could keep seeing results in exactly the type of art I was interested in! And, once you start to feel confident, that is when you start adding in little bits of study from fields you might struggle with! A 90/10 split on what you're comfortable with and then what is new is usually a good way to go about it! Weirdly enough, though I don't watch him, I saw that the youtuber pewdiepie actually had a really good set of videos where he started from being a complete beginner and improving his art over 100 days. I believe its an absolutely great watch for a new artist, because he really does a great job in showing what a brand new journey into art can look like, and explains what he thinks each day. I think my favorite line was, 'after 24 days, I was finally having fun' because that can really sum up the new artist experience. It will absolutely be a slog at times, and can be really disheartening, but when you start to see progress, becomes so, SO fun.

Here is the link to the first vid, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMLEudGbxQk and his second https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJDtQTTAogk

ALSO- this was just the first video that came to mind because I watched it recently. I would recommend finding other videos about people learning to draw, or doing 30-100-365 day challenge videos. As for my personal favorite channels for art tutorials (though keep in mind, I haven't watched them in a few years ;-;, I need to study again);

There were a number of others that I wish I could link as well, but I am struggling to remember them. I hope any of that is helpful. My own art journey has been very long, and non linear, and I have to say, I'm not even satisfied with my own art! Its a endless mountain to climb, but it is so worth it to do! And lastly, I want to say thank you so much for sending this ask, you've made me dig back in to artists I used to study, and made me want to really focus back in on my own improvement!

[dragimalsdaydreams]

[image ID: two images of Anby from Zenless Zone Zero.

the first is a screenshot of Anby’s splash art, depicting a slim girl with pale skin and pale grey hair styled into a bob cut, and wearing a mostly neon green/black outfit with some white/red accents. her green/black hooded jacket has some kind of green cross connection at the center of her chest, connecting the two sides of the open front. a cropped white shirt is visible underneath the jacket, leaving her bare midriff exposed. the detached sleeves leave her bare shoulders exposed, and are puffy and bell-shaped, with some screw-like knobs on the upper arms. she's wearing a short, black, pleated skirt, with black g-string straps riding up her hips above the skirt. she's wearing black, thigh-high socks, and green/white, high-top sneakers with decorative straps. she's holding a long, rectangular, saw-like sword, and wearing black headphones.

the second image is a cartoony drawing of Anby, now depicted as a tall, thin Black girl, with her thick, pale grey locs styled into a similar bob shape as the original. the outfit has a similar neon green/black style as the original, but with orange accents instead of red. her jacket is similar to the original, but the sleeves are now attached with thick/puffy shoulders, and the cross attachment on the original is now just a design across both sides of the open jacket. the jacket has been cropped shorter, and the white/orange crop top is more of a jog bra now, leaving more of Anby's long torso exposed. she's now wearing long pants in the same bell-shape as the sleeves, with a similar green/black design and screw-like knobs. the pants end about mid-calf and ride low, leaving the top of white/orange spanx or athletic shorts visible underneath. a decorative orange belt hangs across her legs from a belt loop. her sneakers and headphones are similar to the original, but chunkier. her sword is more angled and less squared-off than the original.

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back with another ZZZ redesign, but surprisingly not a furry this time! I just have a rly strong impression of Anby in my head and needed to get her to (digital) paper. also she's one of my mains and I love her <3

some extra design notes under the cut~

idk why but I feel like Anby should be tall and gangly. she just kinda vibes that way to me. not sure if she should be the tallest Cunning Hare, or still shorter than Billy tho 🤔

I LOVEEE deadpan, cartoony half-eyes with heavy bottom lashes, like Kinich in Genshin, it just looks SO GOOD!! and Anby feels like the type of character that should have that look <3

apologies for discrepancies in the weapon, I just don't super care for drawing weapons, and wasn't even sure what exactly her weapon was at first? so I just went with my preferred style of angled lines instead of squared-off corners. in retrospect, I think her weapon may have been modeled off of ice saws, but I'm still not sure?

[buttercupshands]

Had another one of "YOU HAVE TO DRAW NOW" moments

I actually did the scene above on my second try of the battle, lv 90 doesn't exactly make it easy to lose

Also I think it's time to show those sketches too

The Siffrin practice once more, but this time a bit earlier

Also first try on figuring Loop's full body ref too

Also this little thing, not as polished as digital would've been

Imagine my reaction when I accidentally gave Loop a flower after trying already and they accepted it. I adored that 'yeah we won't speak of this, but I accept your stupid flower' scene more than anything and it was pure text after little scene

[overtheimaginationwall]

Favorite boss(es) in No Straight Roads?

Least favorite?

(Sincere apologies. I've been holding this one for more than a year in my box, so I hope you don't mind a really late reply ^^")

(Also Happy 3rd Anniversary, NSR!! 🎉)

I will tell ya honestly - they all are my favourites!

Tho if to be more specific I decided to set them up by TOP.

1. Sayu

Oh Sayu, my beloved <3

The Best Virtual Idol and The Reason I bought this game in the first place!

Her music and style of battle was the most fun and dancy! I still vibe to it to this day-

Sooo many references to Internet Culture and Digital Art fills my heart with warmth and gives me determination just like her song itself as well!

Funny Useless Fact: She is the only boss I've beaten on Rank B on my first blind playthrough!

2. DK West

He's OUR MAN, He's THE BEST!

My second favorite and at the same time the hardest for me to beat.

I personally didn't adore RAP genre at first and never seen anyone preform it as an actual entertaining battle until he showed up...

HOLLY MOLLY DESPITE ME BREAKING MY THUMBS WHILE GOING THROUGH THE PAINFUL DODGE GAME - HIM AND ZUKE RAPPING FELT LIKE I'M WATCHING DISNEY-

LIKE-

I STILL HAVE IDEA IN MY HEAD TO MAKE A SORT OF ANIMATIC WITH "FIRST ENCOUNTER" ALONE!!

Anyway, despite damaged fingers - 10/10, would fight again!

Funny Useless Fact: When I was drawing him for the first time I listened to his theme on loop for 4 days straight in order not to get myself distracted or lose motivation, so I finish the piece.

3. Yinu

Oh, sweet child...

I love Yinu and her theme lots even if I'm not that big of a fan of Classical Music. And her backstory...Gosh! It made me cry a lot.

And I'm still feel ashamed of breaking the piano ;;-;;

Love the pace of how music goes with the fight and it feels even better when you get into actual rhythm. There were issues that gladly wore off thanks to practice and fighting this boss over and over.

Tho those slamming cords haunt me whenever I listen to the song off-battle-

Funny Useless Fact: I didn't like her Mother at first but when I read more about her and relationship with Yinu my opinion completely changed. And this is why I would nominate No Straight Roads for The Best Storytelling and Character Design.

4. EVE

Two-faced, tall woman.

Used to be one of my favorites but due to some circumstances I can't look at her the same way I used to but I still adore her as a boss!

I honestly love her style of the fight and music that changes depending on who you play.

Tho fighting her is literally like eating a lemon but eventually you kinda just accept your fate and roll with weird artistic antics happening around you.

And EVE herself as a character is so fascinating. Like this is the moment where I started to see that these aren't just bosses, they are actually characters that tie this little but complex story together bit by bit. And this is why I would nominate No Straight Roads for The Best Storytelling and Character Design AGAIN!

Funny Useless Fact: EVE was supposed to be a next character to have a complete and detailed art of but due to my forgetfulness, difficulties with her design (and many other things) - it was never finished but I hope to get that dusty sketch out of WIP folder someday.

5. Tatiana

The Bitch. The Boss.

I don't really like her music and rhythm but I can forgive that since it is kind of fitting for conflict between her and the BBJ.

She tries to hide her true image throughout the story and the fight but ultimately crumbles cause escaping from the past isn't the best option to improve.

I love her design and personality and I wish there were more villains like her. Strict, simple, stoic and yet well-written.

Funny Useless Fact: I've never drawn Tatiana until NSR announced their release on Steam with addition of Fanat Graffiti Contest that I certainly didn't want to miss out on. It was difficult but I did it and ngl, I am still proud of the results.

6. DJ Subatomic Supernova & 1010/Neon J

I can't really say anything much about both of them. Sorry, guys...

Their designs and personalities are fun and well-made but due to one of them being the first you fight as "tutorial" and the other appears only at the end of a fight. (1010 band doesn't count as an actual boss to me more like a part of it) They didn't struck me much as the others did...

I will say this thou: their backstories are interesting. One is an academy astrology teacher with a goal of achieving the stars and other is a war veteran who just wanted everyone to live in peace and he himself despite everything never stopped his passion for doll-making and making people happy.

Just simply, beautiful...

Cool Science Fact: Their VAs are GOLD!

[ketsuarting]

thank you pookie for tagging me, big digital smoochies to you <3 @dayochoco uhhhh Get to know you game lezzgo;

Last song listened to:

"ネヴァモア" / nevermore by sasalasa

Actually such a banger, I have been looping this for the past three days I am obsessed.

Currently watching: Hazbin Hotel, kind offf?????? I have stopped properly consuming media, and started to just skip through episodes ten times until i have the whole plot together. I know. Horrid. I love the show tho and i am going to rewatch it with all my friends and draw fanart and I am actually writing a fanfic about it as we speak hihi

Currently reading: Coraline by @neil-gaiman, holy shit I can tag the man that's crazy, right? I loved the movie since i watched it as a lil diaper baby, and while i struggle with print media, i've been MEANING to read it. It's definitly on my nightstand. I've been rereading the first twenty pages a lot. Again, I struggles consuming media the traditional way grr

Currently obsessed with: One Piece and Hazbin Hotel, specifically OC's i made for both verses. Escapism is strong. Also! Crocheting and sewing have me in a deathgrip and I have been obsessed with tea for the past five years now, and I will continue to be obsessed with it for the forseeable future! Yippeeee! Boop ur snoot, ur turn, you've been tagged, SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES MEHAHAHAHAH @bloodofthepen @thegoodviolinist @mutatedleemon @flowerb-0y @1merfairy @1darkflame7

[thatkirisame]

2. 5 favourites of your own work?

This was a hard question to answer since my favourite pieces that I draw change pretty often, quite some thought went into my choices and so I'll explain them in order. The first one was a commission for Eternity Larva, it was my first time drawing her and the sketch flowed very well and so im pretty proud of that piece.(24-03-23) The second one was one where the copics were very agreeable that day also whenever I see it I can hear the song that I played on loop drawing it.(16-07-23) The third one is one of my better digital drawings, from the idea of having Youmu's reflection in her ghost form to the execution of the lighting, this was also one of the few drawings where I tried experimenting with different brushes.(09-02-23) The fourth one holds a special place in my heart as I drew this while I was still in secondary school and kinda really got the ball going with regards to me being a touhou artist, I still look back and wonder how the heck I drew that background.(Pre-2014) The final one is a bit of a meme(Literally) It was the very rare time where I decided to draw a meme and went through with it fully it gives me the giggles when I look at it so it also is a bit special to me personally.(10-01-23) And as you can see most of my favourite pieces are pretty recent due to recency bias so you can be assured the list will change over time.

[swhhdr-wthhr]

my fanart masterlist

this is just sanders sides stuff from my various aus. i just wanted it all compiled in one place for my own convenience. i'll try to keep updating this but no promises. maybe one day more fandoms will be included

skeletons in the closet au:

character profiles (don't look at these they're so bad)

roman

patton

logan

virgil

nicer drawings (this is where the good stuff is)

virgil literally died and came back to life meme (one of my first digital drawings)

virgil and remus as ghosts in the woods

various doodles of janus + with color

virgil died and came back right meme (wow i wonder if virgil dies and comes back to life in this story)

janus and remus

doodles (these are also bad)

remy made roman gay meme

logan hates gay people meme

first drawings of virgil

patton and logan playing detective

virgil smoking for some reason

logan unicorn princess shirt

kid roman and remus meme

NO EFFIN WAY DUDE WHO BROKE THIS VASE guy is a character in this story and it doesn't matter

didn't remus die? meme

future logan is probably nonbinary meme

opposite au:

first doodle of logan

random facts about the characters in this au

virgil changes for the worst doodle

drawn text posts

first one

second one

zombie apocalypse au:

first character drawings

roman and remus

patton and janus

logan and virgil

early timeline janus and virgil

1920s au:

first character drawings

remus does drag

some kind of sci-fi au with aliens?:

virgil doesn't know how humans work prinxiety comic strip

the nightmare disney channel time loop au?? huh?:

first character drawings

logan

virgil and janis

patricia

no au or multiple aus:

virgil and patton are friends in every universe

[feral-mouse]

Do you by chance have any reference images of Eugene 👁️👃👁️

NOW I DO PSJFJKEKF. I didn't have time to make it digitally though, so I tried my best to explain colors 😭

I'm also gonna add other pictures of Eugene which will hopefully help 👀💦

The picture on the left is the very first picture I've drawn of him. Although it's a bit of an older design, you can still draw him like that if you want

Uhhh just in case my handwriting is hard to decipher, I'll leave a transcript under the cut

Eugene Wagner

5'8

Natural black hair peeking through

Any hair color! (Typically raspberry color)

Stubble

Adam's apple

Tries to hide under his hair

Eyes

Black eyebrows

Slight bags (feel free to not include)

Eyes are blue borderlining grey

ALWAYS WEAR PENDANT

Golden

Contains MC's hair

Jackets

Dino: includes teeth, eyes, and back ridges

Berry bush design: berries are cotton balls

Cardigan

Shirts

Black with white paint splatter

White base, sleeves and collar can be any color but is typically red

Turtleneck

Other clothes

Any pants with belt loops

Earrings: 2 helix rings + stud (can be switched for other designs)

2 belts (any design, matching or no)

May hang keychains on belt loops (examples include cherries and a dog)