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elitisim · 3 months ago

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The beginning of September means the beginning of spooky season; and what's more spooky than a mystery box?

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!:

Dunno¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Could be anything. Hairs, patterns, accessories, clothes, objects; anything’s up for grabs! It’s a mystery!

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Or if you're boring and not fun, the credits, preview pictures, links to originals, polycounts and individual download links for everything is under the cut.

Hello cowards😒.

So, let's spoil the surprise for anyone for everyone who clearly hates fun, in today's mystery box you're getting 4 clothing items, 3 female hairs, 2 male hairs, a wallpaper set and an object set.

Mystery Item 1: BACKTRACK - LOW RISE JEAN SKIRT

All credits goes to @backtrack-cc! Original here

Bottom for For YA-A Females

Categories: Everyday, Formal, Career,

5.6k Poly

Fully Recolorable - 4 Channels

4 Fully Recolorable Swatches (Plain, Stars, skull hands and y2k)

Custom Thumbnail

Enabled for Maternity, Disabled for Random

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Mystery Item 2: GORILLAX3 - Oversized Cargo Jeans

NOT my original work! Mesh and Texture credit to @gorillax3! Original here

Bottom for For YA-A Females

Categories: Everyday, Formal, Career, Outerwear

6.6k Ploys

Fully Recolorable - 4 Channels

1 Fully Recolorable Swatch + 9 Non-Recolorables

Custom Thumbnail

Enabled for Maternity, Disabled for Random

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Mystery Item 3: Gorillax3 - Oversized Cargo Jeans w/ belt & Gorillax3 - Crop T-Shirt

GORILLAX3 - Oversized Cargo Jeans

NOT my original work! Mesh and Texture credit to @gorillax3! Original here

Bottom for For YA-A Males

Categories: Everyday, Formal, Career, Outerwear

6.2k Poly

Fully Recolorable - 4 Channels

1 Fully Recolorable Swatch+ 9 Semi-Recolorables

Custom Thumbnail

All LODS and Morphs Including Maternity, Disabled for Random

Not to be confused with Gorillax3's Loose Jeans, converted by @frostedshore [HERE], they're different they just have the same belt, lol.

I hit the image limit on this post, so no previews, but swatches are exactly the same as the female oversized cargos pictured above.

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GORILLAX3 - Cropped T-shirt

NOT my original work! Mesh and Texture credit to @gorillax3! Original here

Top for For YA-A Males

Categories: Everyday, Formal, Career, Outerwear

4.2k Poly

Fully Recolorable - 2-3 channels

12 Fully Recolorable Swatches

Custom Thumbnail

All LODS, All Morphs including Maternity, Disabled for Random

none of these are gorilla's OG swatches💔, sorry I made them for a specific sim with no real intent to share, but someone on discord asked about them when I posted pictures

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Mystery Item 5: SheaButtyr - Lamont Locs

NOT my original work! Mesh and Texture credit to @sheabuttyr! Original here!

Hair for Teen ➤ Elder Males

19.3k Poly

2048x texture

Texture: sheabuttyr

Custom Thumbnail, All LODS, disabled for random

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Mystery Item 6: EBONIXSIMS - OLADE LOCS

NOT my original work! Mesh and Texture credit to @ebonixsims! Original here!

Hair for Teen ➤ Elder Males

VERY HIGH POLY! 30.2K!

Found Under Hats

Fully Recolorable rubber bands - 4 channels

Due to how the mesh was made, it doesn't have tip controls; only root, base and highlights.

2048x texture

Texture: ebonixsims

Custom Thumbnail, All LODS, disabled for random

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Mystery Item 7: Simplicity - ALYSSA HAIR

NOT my original work! Mesh and Texture credit to @simpliciaty-cc! Original here!

Hair for Teen ➤ Elder Females

19.8k Poly

1024x texture

Texture: simplicity

Custom Thumbnail, All LODS, disabled for random

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Mystery Item 8: Simplicity -DIARA HAIR

NOT my original work! Mesh and Texture credit to @simpliciaty-cc! Original here!

Hair for Teen ➤ Elder Females

22.9k poly

1024x texture

Texture: Simplicity

Custom Thumbnail, All LODS, disabled for random

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Mystery Item 9: XXBLACKSIMS - CURLY BRAIDS

NOT my original work! Mesh and Texture credit to @xxblacksims! Original here!

Hair for Teen ➤ Elder Females

High Poly - 26.4k

1024x texture

Texture: xxblacksims

Custom Thumbnail, All LODS, disabled for random

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Mystery Item 9: @myshunosun's Bastvik Bedroom!

Low-poly meshes: all meshes are less than 1k most being under 500!

Beds sold separately: The beds are just frames, no mattress or bedding included

The beds in TS4 are much lower than ts3 beds, so I recommend a shiftable mattress

[ATS' Tiny House Duvets] and sketchbookpixel's [shiftable single] and [shiftable double mattress] are my personal favorites.

Toddler bed was made with @deniisu-sims [Base Game Toddler Mattresses] in mind.

Vanity disappears when the dresser functions of it are used, but it's fine otherwise.

Bastvik Double Bed Frame: 498 Polys| 2 channels | Found under Beds| §165 |

Bastvik Single Bed Frame: 498 Polys| 2 channels | Found under Beds| §165 |

Bastvik Toddler Bed Frame: 288 Polys| 2 channels | Found in Comfort under Beds| §165 |

Bastvik Dresser: 272 Polys | 2 channels | Found in Storage under Dressers | §198 |

Bastvik Nightstand: 136 Polys | 2 channels | Found in Surfaces under Endtables | §78 |

Bastvik Stool: 88 Polys | 2 channels | Found in Seating under Dining Chairs | §33 |

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Mystery Item 10: Dk-sims Mega Wall Set

NOT my original work! Texture credit to @dk-sims! Original Here!

5 walls all together

Priced at $3 each under paint category

Fully Recolorable - 2-4 Channels depending on the Wall

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Tagging: @pis3update, @naturalhair-sims3, @xto3conversionsfinds, @kpccfinds

#ts3cc #s3cc #ts3 cc #ts3 download #ts3 #s3 cc #ts3 dl #s3 dl #sims 3 #4t3 #black simblr #black sims cc #[mine]#Shut up guys. It’s not a low effort conversion dump. it is a high effort and very fun mystery box!#Also! I did my first hairs with transparencies AND I decimated them all by myself! Look at me go mama! Aren't you proud of your boy?#sidenote: there's a special super sneaky bonus gift included somewhere in the set if you're fun and cool you'll find it easily 😉

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thereweredragonshere · 2 months ago

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I get really nervous when it comes to colouring things in and I’m fed up of myself so I present my first ever attempt (I’m not joking, first EVER) of shading/lighting without using multiply or add layers. Just me, the god damn colour wheel and a normal layer. And hiccup.

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musubiki · 2 months ago

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recently thinking about how it might be useful to incorporate some kind of face covering into witch attire..

#the cat witchs guild #the misc adventures of mochi and lime #tcwg #tmaomal #mochi #art #ocs #original #beta #make it a little harder for the m-34th to know her if they dont know her face #also make it easier to draw npc witches if i dont have to draw their whole faces lmao #inspired by mourning veils...not sure if theres lore significance there or not #but it looks cool as hell #i think between the hat and the veil most times you cant see their faces unless its for cool shots like this #plus i dig the scaramouche vibes of big hat + stuff hanging down #which can be as long as you want... heheh...very ghost looking...#magic to put your hair up into the hat and get it out of the way while youre fighting #also adds another layer of anonymity if you cant identify someone by their hair #i think its the kind of thing that as a witch you dont need to struggle with your hair just perfectly gathers into the hat as you put it on #she is so her...prettym...

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moodyseal · 4 months ago

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Consider. Consider. Artemis with a single braid but she also has highlights. Or ombré. OR BOTH

#think anna from frozen in the middle-end of the first movie #you see it's a) very cool and also b) funny to me specifically #because highlights in italian are called 'colpi di sole'#which. okay it would sound violent in the only way i know how to translate it #but it basically refers to sunlight shining on your hair #in this case i guess they would be called colpi di luna bc. she's a moon goddess #LMAO #lonely thoughts

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seedsofmordor · 2 months ago

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Sam Hazeldine are Adar, The Rings of Power S02E01

#his expressions enchant me #only sauron (halbrand) managed to provoke and eyeroll. dyou think he reacts like this when there are uruk teenagers giving him lip #my gifs #these are very cool but im trying something... trying not to sacrifice detail for colour #also with his hair tucked all the way back to really emphasise his scars </3 #and sauron goading him! 'the power that will allow him to use your children as slaves'#and in that moment. sauron was back in his head and to be completely honest. adar lost here #augh. argh #adar #adar trop #adar rop #sam hazeldine #rings of power #tropedit #trop edit #the rings of power

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wis-art · 2 years ago

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My crops are growing well, Irrigation is the future.

#i just wanted to draw see through wet shirt #unrestrained summer fun #i am projecting soooooooooooooooo hard right now #lucy #wiki spraying her to cool her down #my art #art #watering your lesbian demon #illustration #doodle #sketch #her make up got all fucked up #she always wears make up because its very fun #also she looks kinda funny with straight hair

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parathaf · 4 months ago

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aug 27th, 1782

i have exactly four (4) dates marked on my calendar

#Ty to every amrev artist i referenced while drawing laurens.. your art is very cool #also i am a braid laurens TRUTHER! let him Twist his Hair #the old lie #john laurens #john laurens art #historical john laurens #amrev #amrev fandom #amrev art #my art #historical hamilton

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lumi-cherries · 6 months ago

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eichi booba

that is all

EICHI BOOBA [applause]

#ask #eichi tenshouin #femstars #genderbend #my art #cw: suggestive #can u guys send me more of your hcs please #i feel like my hcs are so basic #also im not very knowledgeable about other characters' backstories #so if u have a cool headcanon that would fit them #LET ME KNOW!!!!!!!#or just your personal hcs #off topic but do u guys like fem eichi with long hair or short hair?#the reason why i like fem eichi with short hair is bc i remember this very specific scene in the anime #where eichi told mugi he would look better if he cut his hair or smth like that #so i was trying to imagine this same scene but femstars #and i came to the conclusion that it would make much more sense for fem eichi to say that if she had short hair #BUT I LIKE LONG HAIRED FEM EICHI THO #im a long hair enjoyer #this is the only booba im going to post today btw #HOPEFULLY THERES MORE TO COME TOMORROW.........

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vaguely-concerned · 1 month ago

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even at this point in the story and with the romance well and truly confirmed it's very possible that lucanis has never seen even a sliver of rye's naked skin below the throat. very likely no one on the team has yet except possibly emmrich if rye got hurt in battle and needed help patching it up. high-necked watcher garb with gloves and all stay ON at all times. thank god for rye's sake that lucanis' history of romantic interest indicates that surprise bitch he could be kind of into that fhsdkjfas

#I'm a cool laid-back relaxed punk rock sort of leader and also person rook says during the solas regret study group meetings #sitting there with their meticulously gloved hands tightly balled into fists against the arms of their chair fhdsjkfhas #I think most of them know him well enough by now to realize exactly how full of shit he is about that tho lol #dragon age #dragon age: the veilguard #dragon age: the veilguard spoilers #dragon age spoilers #oc: Ellaryen Ingellvar #Lucanis Dellamorte #rook x lucanis #rookanis #this is very much a two-way slow burn situation hahaha at least rye gets to gaze at lucanis' bare forearms during meetings #lucanis has to settle for having Feelings whenever he sees rye with their hair down #or the very rare and precious times they'll take their gloves off for a moment #(I don't get the sense that he minds)#one of my first ideas for their relationship even back before I even decided I was going to do the romance #was rook anxiously fussing over their clothes the day they were going back to the necropolis for the first time while lucanis looked on #in quiet bemusement as he realized he'd never seen rook be openly *nervous* before. 'are my robes... does this look...'#lucanis in the elevator down to the necropolis depths trying not to look at all the walking skeletons #and with the patience of a man who once waited four hours in the market for illario to try on gloves: 'your robes are flawless #(on this the third time you asked as well). do not worry about it. was that. was that a floating skull we just passed by'#'ah yes! professor korevel tends to have his morning walks for contemplation around this time between grading papers'#'...without legs?'/'he always said those just got in the way most of the time'#and rye finally admitting '...it's been a while since I was home'#and in that moment a common understanding dawning. 'ah. I -- think I understand the feeling'/'yeah...'#and basically the rest is history lol

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pizzagame4000 · 9 months ago

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we all know human vigilante… but what about… slightly human vigilante

#pizza tower #pizza tower vigilante #the vigilante #vigilante #the noise #pizza tower au #if i was made of cheese i would probably stress-eat my hair too #ily vigert ebenezer lantte #some design notes:#vigi will always be short and fat to me. anything else just feels off for some reason #also as we all know #the way indigenous people are shown in this game is Horrendous #so as a native person i was like #hmm. native codes your vigi #it’s subtle cuz it’s not plot important or anything #it doesn’t rlly change anything except flipping the cowboy movie stereotypes #so i thought it would be fun #the turquoise bits on his outfit are inspired by Diné jewelry and metalwork :3 #the braids are just cuz it looks cool not cuz braids = native lol #also holy fuck epiphany: native vigi speaks to the mixed experience #HEAR ME OUT HEAR ME OUT #you are native in the sense that you have native family and community u grew up with #but you are also #made of cheese #something decidedly incredibly not native #bc the entire concept of dairy was imported to the americas by europeans #you are mixed native and white👍#he’s literally me fr #ANYWAYS. don’t take any of that very seriously but it is an interesting metaphor #sorry for the essay in the tags. it will happen again

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bread-is-my-life · 3 months ago

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@tekitothemagpie I hope you will have a great day and everything will be awesome!!! I don't have any finished drawings rn so have those doodles lol xD ILY DUDE PLS GO HAVE A BREAK :3

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hood-ex · 1 year ago

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I have seen you talking about Dick & Dami's relationship and Dick & Tim as well,but what are your takes on Dick and Jason actually?

Like how you wish their relationship should be portrayed today and where are them missing when it comes to making those two acting like siblings?

Do you think in the past their dynamic was better?

How Dick views Jason and how Jason views Dick?

This is difficult to answer because there are like 8 different stages to Dick and Jason's relationship with various dynamics. They also view each other a bit differently depending on which stage we're talking about.

The way I would like their relationship to be portrayed today isn’t necessarily possible thanks to Jason’s integration into the family and acceptance of the no killing moral code. For me, their ideal dynamic is portrayed in Outsiders #44-46. And I know people are gonna find that regressive as hell but, tbh, that dynamic is far more interesting than the kinda awkward thing they have going on now.

Although, I don't mind that they acknowledge their brotherhood in a serious manner now. Like before they'd kinda be like, "Eh... I mean... we were adopted from the same guy but... brothers? Eh..." And now they're more firmly in the, "We're brothers," camp. So that development is interesting.

Character progression wise, it wouldn't feel right for for them to be super close in the way that, say, Dick and Tim are (unless we saw a lot of trust and relationship building between them), but at the same time, there is part of me that kind of wants them to have that older sibling bond (except Jason is closer in age to Tim than he is to Dick sooo actually let's just leave older sibling things to Dick and Cass... not that Cass is much older than Jason though so LOL this is why Dick has to lone the oldest sibling thing by himself... which is funny because Dick is technically no longer the oldest sibling, he's a baby brother now... except Dick and Melinda's relationship really hasn't progressed much sooo you could say they share blood but don't consider each other family yet, in which case, Dick is still the oldest... I mean, regardless, Dick is the oldest sibling of the Waynes... god why did they have to make all of this so difficult 😫).

#jason's like blerghhh dad always loved you best. but also hey we should work together bc you're a killer like me #and then jason's also like hey dick you were the most amazing thing i've ever seen and idk you're cool but i won't say that to you #and then he's also like hey dick i've got girl advice for you and i also need your opinion on my hair. oh now bane is trying to kill us #and then he's also like oh you got amnesia? i don't give a fuck about you and maybe i'll kill you #and he's also like oh you trust me? okay well... we're brothers and i'm gonna save you #and then dick's like oh hey kid call me if you need me. oh you died? i am literally devastated i'm so sorry #and he's also like wow you're very good at what you do but i don't trust you... okay but i trust the intel you're giving me sooo....#and then he's like why the fuck are you dressing like me and killing people?? quit doing stupid shit!!#and then he's like jason what the fuck are you doing--let me help you!!#and then he's like kinda indifferent to jason but jason is still Ugh this family is stupid why am i here #and then dick's like ofc i'm gonna come help you if you need me but also this is awkward af and things are weird between us so bye #except not bye because i'm staying here to help you and your team #and then dick's like i'm being controlled by joker so i'm gonna kill yoooou #and then he's like eh i trust you and i'm gonna help you bc we're brothers but you literally wrecked bruce's car you numbskull #and then he's like you're doing dumb shit and i have to take you down but oh thanks for not letting the train kill me #and then they're both like meh we're doing shit w the batfam even though neither of us should be here rn #and yeah that's how it goes. that's. literally it. writers cannot keep their relationship consistent in the long term #Dick Grayson #Jason Todd #relationship analysis #anon

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unriding · 1 month ago

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hi hi evie !!! i hope youre doing swell today !!! remember to take breaks from your booth !! heres a refresher 🤲

hey … nick? hi nick! hope you’re doing great!! im picking myself off the floor right now JSNDNKC so actually this is my 5th attempt at typing a proper response (in total i have probably written about a full scientific report’s amount of info about this and decided it still did not do your ask any justice..)

gif A is me clutching onto this ask sobbing, gif B is me still clutching onto his ask sobbing, gif C is me after my tears flood my house (the ask is safe inside my pocket of course…)

#🐦‍⬛🐕 .#彡 cherishing.#彡 nick!#彡 inbox.#evie.ss #PLEASE THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER YOU ARE SO VERY KIND TO ME #THANKNYOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THESE …. CAN I PLEASE SAVE IT … ITS JUST SO CUTE IM falling apart im becoming a blob oh my god #MOZE’S FLUFFY EARS IM GONNA START CRYING and also just in general the way u draw his hair 🥹🥹🥹 HES SO SOFT HES SO FLUFFY HHGGRRRRRR HES SO #PERFECT i adore your style in general … to see moze in your style is such a blessing ….. his expression is so darn cute ….. i don’t know #enough words to express myself right now i might have to pull out the ancient 10lb dictionary to crack open some new terms for this BECAUSE #because omg… I AM SO DOG /pos IM SO DOG /very pos I LOVE THIS MUCH HANSNCKCK #my dynamic description was so vague and yet you captured exactly what i was thinking 🥹 PLEASE #im pacing around embarrassingly fast im so happy #i am the riled up dog in question over this #THE WAY HE IS LIKE OVER ME . WAIT STOP PUTTING THAT INTO WORDS IS MAKING ME SO SJSNCJKC #anyways moving on … nick your art style is so awesome … i just said that earlier however #i should say it again for extra emphasis ….. nods nods …..#artists are so cool #artists are so cool oh my god #i keep leaving this draft and coming back to think of other ways to show my gratitude but i really am at a loss #*strangled happy noises and frantic pacing* thank you so much >: from the bottom of my heart sobs >: sobs some more >:#in the evie brain museum (perhaps a room in my brain) this is framed in gold btw

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dykedvonte · 9 months ago

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If Ulysses has a million haters, then I'm one of them. If Ulysses has one hater, then I'm THAT ONE. If Ulysses has no haters, that means I'm dead. If the world is with Ulysses than I’m against the world.

#this is slightly joking but like also not but also like am mixed on Ulysses on many factors #infuriating because i sympathize with his pain but it’s like #he is a well written and fundamentally flawed character whose hypocrisy I found doubly in #black characters I can tell were designed by white people with a semblance of an understanding of activism and bipoc oppression #but not enough for the character to not feel like hand holding for the majority white audience #plus personal grips with the whole twisted hairs thing and reference to slave braiding patterns #Ulysses irks me as a black person on a weird personal level and I can go into debt on why him being black is a big detractor for him to me #like he continues this cycle of distancing himself from his roots before remembering over and over again through his actions #he leave so much in his wake that the courier ends up correcting or helping like in honest hearts and old world blues because he’s self #righteous in a subtle way even to himself that he believes he stand out of his one man rule when he does not play an active hand #saw a post talk about how you choose to continue moving through his story and can leave at any moment and this it is partially your fault #but what of the oath that is set before you and is forced to take that he set up #I do not have to walk it but when I do the steps are not my own but those taken for me #you have to go out of your way to change it which is not something he expects because he’s playing by a story he’s been perpetuating in his #head about you two and the effect one man has when he’s continually been that one man more so than you as many of his actions directly lead #to the one you go through also the irony in the flag he continues to bear being the real reason he has no home #like he reps it when the package is likely enclave and thus use the same symbol #also still can’t get over how anyone could have delivered the package and he tries so hard to act like it was the couriers destiny or fate #when this was the one case of chance and that once man was likely a enclave engineer and how it’s really is never one man #it the process and he’s so annoying about it like he’s a cool character but if you don’t believe in his philosophy or already went through #these ideas cause they are very common talking points in poc especially BIPOC spaces he’s just old hashings and stunted #fallout #fallout new vegas #Ulysses you upset me but I’m like I feel you could be better if you weren’t so incessant #I don’t think I ever want to make a serious post stating this about him just because I’d start yapping and it’d never get finished #ulysses fnv #fnv ulysses #lonesome road

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charliefqirie · 4 months ago

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Hello, Charlie, just wanted to make this ask to tell you how amazing you are. You were one of the first kindergarten accounts I found here on Tumblr and I'm honestly so happy I did.

You, as well as other kg artist, made me feel so much better with my art, seeing someone having an art style that looked so similar to mine yet so different and from someone so cool as you. It made me feel a lot better, even if it's not something that big.

Also, the way you draw Ozzy is honestly so cool and a huge inspiration for my current way of drawing him, I adore him.

You are a super cool person, the few times I've been able to talk to you on the kindergarten server I've been so happy, I literally look up to you a lot, you are one of my idols here on Tumblr (is that how you say it?). However, what I mean is that you are in my top 3 favorite kindergarten artists, and the fact that I am able to talk to you is just so... "#!_:#)'#)€?". I got a little jump scared when I saw you on the server.

And there is more, but I honestly can't bring myself to write more without breaking up crying, soo, sorry for the super long ask and for being a coward and writing this as anon –🐀💥

anon… anon whoever u are i’m gonna get you… …. crignngn in the house tonight this means so much tysm sosbbsdnjsnsbd.

#no but seriously #thank you #i’m really glad you like my content this much #and im happy that my art makes you feel better with your art!#that feels nice to hear #it’s cool knowing your art could really impact someone like that #that’s all i’ve ever wanted honestly #and i’m also glad u got inspired from my ozzy!! i liked my design for his hair teehee #i’m not sure who you are but i’m sure you’re a really cool person too!#everyone i’ve had the pleasure of speaking to on the kg server is really nice and chill #it’s fun talking with y’all #i’m very glad for the opportunity to chat with everyone there too #including you random citizen #i hope you have a pleasant day! thank you again for the lovely message #i wish good things in life for you #aqua answers

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chatonyant · 1 year ago

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One more, im in a mood

look i need people to draw plum blossom sword saint as an old man oK?? OK??? HE IS 80 SMTH CAN HE HAVE WRINKLES PLEASE

#return of the blossoming blade #return of the mount hua sect #화산귀환 #art #fanart #alp fanart #alp art #grabbing this man and throwing him down the stairs #i understand in murim if youre skilled enough with cultivation you will look decades younger etc etc #however. my counterpoint is that (in the manhwa) there are a lot of old looking people.#why cant he be one of them #like he doesn't even need to look that old i certainly did not draw him very old at all #just give him wrinkles.... something to make him have age #i want cool grandpa ok #also it took like my third reread of the manhwa to realize that he had a white antenna #it made me laugh so much #how to show age: white hair antenna #um. im so used to drawing hanbok i realized the right one has a much higher waistband than it should be looool oops #also i think it would be really funny if another indicator of age is simply how long his antenna is #like its his fukin lifeline or someshit

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