#and i've already used this fc for some icons

[aaternum]

[tvrningout]

tw for suggestive imagery but be honest!! do you see chiyo. do you see the menace/gremlin energy i'm talking about. are we gonna be mad if i switch fc's again--

[bluemooncove]

Been working on both the Bone Witch and Duelist I since they both won their respective polls. However in addition to that I've hit a crossroad on a third muse and need opinions. I have a fair amount of ideas for Hwarang so they're getting in but I'm having some faceclaim troubles.

This first option, option A, is the one that I wound up settling on for her. I have an idea of what Hwarang looks like in my head but I couldn't find a face claim that quite fit. So I decided to go with Consort Yu cause I felt I needed to come up with something. Since then the face has grown on me. In addition she wields both a sword and a spear which matches what Hwarang is meant to have. Of course the problem is that it's not quite the look I want. Also dearly incredible Xana already uses Yu as a face claim for Milla. Personally I have no qualms with using the same fc as someone else but Milla is honestly real iconic so I think that it'd remind a lot of folks of her.

But then Option B struck me. I suddenly realized that Aeris looks a moderate bit like what I envision in my head. Still not quite there but more so than Yu does. I think that's pretty good but it's tough to decide for sure because Yu has started to grow on me. Here the main problems with the face claim is that Aeris primarily uses materia/staff (not sword/spear) and that Aeris is really iconic so instead Hwarang would probably wind up associated with her.

[cartelheir]

🔏 🔏

send 🔏 for an old headcanon i scrapped.

1. original pat didn't have half of today pat's glamour and expensive taste. i used to describe her fashion as mostly basic and practical. by the time i started adding elements such as lots of jewelry and fashionable clothing, lindsey m.organ in the show the 100 just didn't cut it for me anymore in terms of icons and visual inspiration. it's one of the main reasons why i still think changing her fc was one of the best decisions i ever made.

2. pat used to have brazilian ancestry, which was mostly self-indulgent because i wanted to put some of myself into her. and it's not that there's any problem with that, but now i've already got enough brazilian ocs that i feel like i don't need that anymore.

[thegirlwondcr]

i'm gonna do some more ooc posts just some deep dives on emma! sometimes it's cause it's being brought up in a thread and other times it just comes across my mind

tonights deep dive is: selecting her FC

so starting off when I was making Emma, I had a few set rules/guidelines I wanted to stick to when looking for a face claim

First, the two big eye color and hair color. In a lot of iterations of Joker, when his past self is shown (or just looking at the actor), a majority of the time he's born with brown hair and blue eyes. Eyes kinda vary a bit more, so I felt sticking to her getting brown hair from him to be a safe bet! Her mom, which I can go into detail on another dive, has blonde hair and brown eyes--so she gets her eyes from her mom.

Second, no big name actors. One reason is a lot of time when you see someone playing a teenager, they're like twenty-something and that was not the vibe I was going for. I wanted Emma to look more like a kid rather than a young adult, so that cut down a lot of options. Another reason is a lot of people have a lot of rules, and for one reason or another they might have an actor on their ban list. Totally respectable and understandable! But for someone who is planning to rp an OC, I don't want to lose my options because of that. Also, given how all the superhero franchises are just so HUGE, I did not want to pick someone who did ended up getting casted who'd ended up being in my universe.

So from there it was: find a lesser known actress with brown hair and brown eyes, who does not look like some young adult model.

I think from there I was going onto some website that had a like 'find an actor based off their features' search option and was scrolling through there for awhile. I honestly cannot remember any of the other contenders but once I saw Olivia Steele Falconer, I stuck to it!

Coincidentally, I actually already knew of the actress from her appearance on Once Upon A Time. The show, whose main character's name is Emma. So yeah, if you've seen that show you can see the parallels probably lol.

I've never been someone who likes to use icons in replies--I just overthink and stress out too much over them, so the lack of icons did not bother me too much! Olivia's character's style in OUAT is also nothing like Emma's, but she did some indie projects before the shore which majority of my photos are from! Thank goodness for her IMDB and her projects being on YouTube.

So as a treat for reading this crazy ramble, here's some random pics of her that I probably will not ever use.

She was one of the kids in that live action Fairly Odd Parents Movie (LOOK HOW TINY SHE IS)

This is her on Once Upon A Time. To be honest, I stopped watching the show around this time. She was like King Arthurs Daughter??? Something like that

I really love every outfit she did wear :,)

also they set up her character so much and just kinda??? forgot about her??? this show was a mess. i ate it up, but what a mess

[eddsworldstuck]

i asked who the space player insert is based on a short while ago and so i still have my space player :)

anyway i should really find a new theme for this blog, huh? especially if i want to make a full comeback. if i do. something other than the old redux theme (despite how much i like how simple it is). i may have already found a new theme to use tho.

i've already edited some things on the blog. i edited some pages.

i am still very tuned in on writing/drawing for specifically game of dice tho (i love the characters and story there more than anything)

[~☆~]

if you're wondering how the story is now (in the time since i posted that art of the 4), i have a whole rough timeline complete. including chapter names. (still unknown if i wanna post the story publicly) by rough i mean it's just short summaries of what happens in each chapter.

i wanted a timeline set (i did that for the old version of the story, it was actually mostly complete) before any actual writing. and i think the timeline is pretty much set. and i wrote part of chapter 1. wrote as in i blacked out after reading some of my old writing and woke up to about 200 words. that then expanded to 900 and counting. what being fueled by wanting to annoy a fave character does to me. and spite. also one of the main reasons for setting a timeline is the theme for act and chapter names i have. and every act and chapter has been properly named :) i think saying some of the chapter names would give things away, but i'll give away the name of Act I: Brand New Days

yes i am calling them acts like homestuck cause i like the stage play terms and how important music and the performing arts are to me and this AU. (plus music is so ingrained into homestuck itself, the fraymotifs [special moves] are musical terms for example). plus the old version had acts too

they're basically like this. the act is broken into parts with chapters. (of course there's more than 2 chapters for act 1)

[~☆~]

if i were to write it in full again and post it, i'd post it to ao3. the old ews story is still there cause i don't want to delete the only archive of the story (aside from it being in my files) but don't read it. don't worry about it. oh god it's so old, don't look at it. i don't even have my fantrolls in it anymore. altho i have put it locked behind view to registered users only to make it somewhat private without getting rid of it. as well as disabled comments. my game of dice fics i've put there are far better, and it's not cause it's my game of dice bias (even tho those are old-ish too and predates the main story. and predates present nea [my game of dice fc])

altho i have did a little editing on a code to help make pesterlogs and memos look so much better than what they originally looked like in the old ews. i just decided to make this ahead of time in case it DOES come back to be posted publicly.

the new code (i just added extra bits in a copy/personal work skin that adds the 6): [AO3]

old (the dark bg is only due to me using a dark skin for ao3 overall)

new (not official logs/just made for testing, also these are the new unique handles for the 4 so it's no longer based on the irls. i hope the inspo for the handles is very obvious. sorry Matt did not speak in the memo, i just didn't know what to make him say. but there was already a lot to type. and by a lot to type i am talking about the code itself, even with copy+paste)

[~☆~]

also i have some ideas for a new icon and header. the ideas i have are heavily persona 3 reload inspired. persona 3, especially reload, is one of the reasons i've thought about this AU again after all. what listening to full moon full life on repeat does to me. maybe the icon tho will be a redraw of the old one. which was from the old cover of when i was planning a comic version of the story. ...maybe i will redraw that cover, hm... who knows lol

[xxyumeno]

Greetings to all! I have just woken from my nap and feel refreshed and rejuvenated! Will also get distracted within the next couple of minutes! I’ll be attempting some drafts while iconing. So things will be slow per usual!

[dear-indies]

Favorite plus size fcs that don't have resources (but should be they've been in popular shows/movies)? I am in the mood for giffing someone who deserves it and gets ignored by the community. I'd also be happy to gif people with disabilities who fits this?

I'm going to preface by saying I love the message! Most of the people I love already have resources because I've requested them off helpers and/or friends but here are some people with no and few resources - I'm sorry some of them are not main characters but it's rare that shows cast fat/plus size actors as leads!

No gif packs:

Cedric the Entertainer (1964) African-American - The Neighbourhood.

Brooke Elliott (1974) - Sweet Magnolias.

Fortune Feimster (1980) - is a lesbian - Sex Appeal.

Natasha Rothwell (1980) African-American - Insecure, The White Lotus.

Dulcé Sloan (1983) African-American - Chick Fight.

Kavin Dave (1984) Gujarati Indian - Cash, Flesh.

Charley Koontz (1987) - CSI: Cyber.

Atkins Estimond (1987) African-American - Hightown.

Cai Cortez (1988) Filipino - #Jowable.

Marcel Spears (1988) African-American - The Neighbourhood.

Jacob Wysocki (1990) - *Loosely Exactly Nicole.

Jesse Camacho (1991) - Locke & Key, Power Rangers Beast Morphers.

Cosme Flores (1996) Mexican - Panic.

Rico Rodriguez (1998) Mexican - Modern Family.

Tucker Albrizzi (2000) - Mr. Iglesias.

Courtney Arlett (?) Black - Pretty for a Big Gurl.

Nzinga Imani (?) Afro-Guyanese - Pretty for a Big Gurl, Uh Oh.

Wondrea Gilmore (?) Black - Pretty for a Big Gurl.

Bronwyn James (?) - Harlots, The Colour Room, Cheaters, The ABC Murders.

Gloria May Eshkibok (?) Mohawk, Ottawa, Irish, French - is two-spirit (she/her) and has one eye - OChiSkwaCho.

Stephen Peck (?) African-American - non-binary femme (they/them) - Black Friday.  

Has gifs but only a few / has nothing recent, you can search my blog for gif packs of them that I know of!

Craig Robinson (1971) African-American - has a gif pack from Brooklyn Nine-Nine but has also been in a show called Ghosted.

Keala Settle (1975) Māori - has a gif pack from an interview - has roles in Every Other Weekend and Murder in Provence.

Ser Anzoategui (1979) Argentinian and Paraguayan - nonbinary (they/them) - has a gif pack from interviews and Vida season one episode one but they play a frequent character throughout the series.

Chrissy Metz (1980) - has a gif pack from interviews, is in a show called This is Us where they appear to play a frequent character.

Gabourey Sidibe (1983) African-American / Senegalese - has a gif icon pack from interviews - has been in Asking for It, Empire, Came As You Are, and Difficult People.

Sam Richardson (1984) Ghanaian - has a gif pack of interviews but has a role in The Afterparty and Werewolves Within.

Casey Donovan (1988) Gumbaynggirr, Thangkaali, Irish, English, and Swedish - has a gif icon pack from interviews but appears to be a frequent character in the show Street Smart.

Sharon Rooney (1988) - has one gif pack from My Mad Fat Diary but appears to be a frequent character in the show Jerk.

Raven Goodwin (1992) African-American - has a few older gif packs - Single Black Female, In Sudden Darkness, The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, Baldwin Beauty, and Christmas Belles.

Danielle Perez (?) Afro-Dominican - double amputee and wheelchair user - has a gif pack from interviews and comedy sketches but appears to be a frequent character in Just Swipe.

I hope this helps regardless!

[transrp]

hey there! i have a giant wanted fc list for my rp, but i really want to add more trans and nb faceclaims to the list. can you give me some fcs that have some resources (gif icons, medium gifs or static icons) who are 35 or older? i've looked like crazy and i can't find more than i've already put up. it would be so cool if you could help out! thank you!

Dear-Indies has very comprehensive lists of trans faceclaims and non-binary faceclaims.

I’m willing to make icons of any Jewish and/or FCs of color from those lists if you see some you’d like to use, but can’t find resources for. I don’t think you should limit yourself only to fcs who already have resources, so please: if there are fcs you want to see resources of, ask me and I will get some icons made.

Going through some of the existing resources I know of, though (sorry if some of these are already on your wanted fcs list!). Some of these I don’t have exact ages for, but I’m fairly confident are 35+

Jeffrey Marsh

Angelica Ross

Alexandra Billings

Peppermint/Agnes Moore 

Elysia Crampton

Anjali Lama (is either 35 or turning 35 this year I’m pretty sure)

Jamie Clayton

Alec Butler

Janet Mock

Amelia Vega (turning 35 in November)

Domique Jackson/Tyra Allure Ross

Carolina Hoyos

Storme Webber

[bunniicons]

Hey there, thank you so much for running this request blog! I was wondering if I could please request some icons for the filipino model Alexander Dominguez? I've got him as an FC for one of my upcoming characters but I can't find any resources for him. Thank you!

          thanks so much for liking our blog!  we try to give to the community as much as possible. as for your request i can already say this one is going to be a bit difficult. we’ll try our best, but we haven’t seen any resources for screencapping at the moment. if you could link us to a youtube video alexander is in that would be perfect, or even tell us if he’s in any movies that would also help. we can make icons from instagram pictures and modeling pictures if there’s nothing else. :)

                                                                                                  ——bunny

[nextlater]

I've wanted to let everyone know about different OCs that I am working on. Here I may as well be honest about my process: I find a faceclaim first, by looking through different icon-making blogs, and finding an FC that I think would work well, and who has a decent amount of icons. (I should admit that I need to take more effort to credit those people who make these icons; unfortunately in some cases I genuinely cannot remember where they are from, yet if one of those creators wants me to credit them, I will gladly do so, and apologize for not having done so in the first place; in any case I will attempt to find these sources once more and credit them by mentioning both the FC origin and the blog that made the icons that I use in the OC's bio.)

This post will be rather long, so get your face ready.

Anyways, once having found an FC and ascertaining something about their personality through their icons that I find, I get to work writing them.

First we have—as soon as I began writing this I started to think about how silly this all seems. Anyways—this guy, Shun Hashimoto; yes, I realize that he is from a yaoi manga, whereas I am not a fan of the genre at all. Nevertheless, having already written a character based off this FC, I find it difficult to separate him from this character, the original work's content notwithstanding, and I certainly hope that others will be able to separate the two (not that it is entirely necessary for everyone to do so, nor should I have any delusions about attempting to force the issue).

I've only managed to spend about three paragraphs doing anything but talking about the OC I've made. He's called Giacomo Martini, and he is an Italian Liechtensteiner studying in Scotland and pursuing his dream of becoming an Olympic skier. One idea of his character was something I'd thought of even before writing him; I wanted to have a boy-girl duo named Martini and Rossi, after the Martini & Rossi brand of vermouth and wine. You can hopefully get a sense from that of what sorts of things interest and inspire me—but if you are thereafter hoping for a duo named Anheuser and Busch, or something silly like Daniels and Williams (Oh! I know! Daniel Jack and William Evans!), I must tell you that you will be disappointed.

Truthfully, the girl to be named Chiara Rossi is still a work in progress; I am continuing to consider faceclaims for her.

This girl, named Yuna, comes to mind; I want her personality, demeanor, and interests to contrast those of Giacomo, who having grown up in an Alpine nation loves snow and quiet.

Setting those two aside...

Kotori Minami comes to mind, for some reason. Might make her German, or French, or Austrian, lol.

This guy is a prime candidate for Raúl's replacement.

This guy looks like me most nights and mornings.

Misaki here could be... another Japanese girl? I want to write another Japanese character... hmm... or she could be Taiwanese.

Mizuki might still be Japanese as well.

I find Sakura here rather cute. Again, not sure what I could do with her... a Russian, or Pole, also comes to mind. Diversity is the order of the day here, it seems...

This girl, again, can't remember her name or where these icons came from. On second thought, a Google search might do the trick, hopefully... thing is, the creator of the icons has placed this border around them, which is perhaps convenient for identifying the creator, or for making them look cleaner than the kind I typically use. It would certainly stand out in that sense, so... yeah.

Another girl who could hail from a colder country.

That's about it, really... if you could not tell, I have a thing for writing girls; I'm just not as good at writing boys, likely due to past experiences. I'm nevertheless willing to try. Thanks for reading. Not sure why you have. ... Quite sus indeed.

[runegiven-a]

Hey! So I've seen and heard of the rp community before but I haven't done extensive amounts of research on it to actually know what it is. I've come across blogs like your own and I think it's really creative and cool and pretty awesome for people to come together like this. So I was thinking of creating a new blog so I could do something similar and join but I'd like to know everything about the rp community and how it works first. If you could help me that'd be amazing thank you so much! :)

oh, wow. first of all, i’m glad you’re interested ! i’ll try to explain as best as i can. there’s a lot, so buckle up !

general stuff ↪ terms !

roleplay: roleplay is writing. writing between yourself and a partner or partners.

thread: a continuous back and fourth of responses.

drafts: saved replies that you are working on.

independent: these are roleplayers who aren’t apart of any groups, and they write their charater on their own.

crossover roleplay: these are roleplays that involve two or more fandoms.

fc: stands for face claim, usually a celebrity or model who represents a character’s face or actions.

affilicted roleplayers: writers who are apart of a group roleplay.

multimuse blogs: self explanatory, really. an account with multiple characters on it.

ic and ooc: stands for out of character / in character

godmoding: when a player takes control of another player’s character. not too many people like this.

oc: an original character.

mun: the writer.

muse: character.

fandom roleplay: basically a community based around anything book / tv / movie.

angst: anything that makes you emotional. sad / angry / whatever.

smut: pretty sure most people know what this is, even if you don’t roleplay. smut is where you write out a love scene.

fluff: the opposite of angst. anything happy.

canon: means that the character has already been established in some form.

canon divergent:  canon divergent means that the mun doesn’t always follow what is written or canon for their character.

para:  short paragraph.

headcanon: an idea that a roleplayer comes up with to add to their character. this is not usually confirmed to be canon, but it does happen.

shipping:

shipping is mostly a platonic / romantic  pairing between two or more fictional people.

crack/ crackship:  ridiculousness. be in ooc or ic. cackship is an unlikely or fun pairing that wouldn’t normally happen otherwise.

otp: stands for one true pairing, meaning that you support the pairing/ characters.

notp: characters that you just don’t ship.

ot3: an otp but with three people.

chemistry: all this means is that most roleplayers would rather want their character to work well with others in interactions before considering a ship.

character:

pick a character that you find interesting. It’s no fun to play one that you don’t relate to or connect with. make your blog and set things up. make sure to have a rules page up so that your partners will know what you’re okay with, and what you aren’t. don’t forget to put an about page somewhere, too.

theme/icons

if you need help finding a theme, blogs like this will be able to assist with that. when you’re looking for a theme to use, you want to make sure that you and you’re followers will be able to read your page. doesn’t have to be super facny, do whatever you want. same with icons. you don’t have to use those either, but if you want to, then go right ahead.

tags:

once you’ve done that, start looking through the tags. if your character is apart of a certain fandom, then maybe take a look into the fandom tags and begin follwing some people you like.  

for example, let’s say i waned to go with a character from a disney movie. rapunzel for argument’s sake. if i wanted to look for new partners, i’d go into tags like #disney rp #tangled rp. see what i mean ? if you made an oc, it would be the same. you’d go into tags that are similar to that character or fandoms that you could see them interacting with.

thoughts:

remember that roleplay is fun. it’s not a job. don’t put pressure on yourself. just have fun.

i think that’s eveything. if you need help with anything else, let me know. if i can’t help you, then i will direct you to a blog that can. i hope i helped !

↪ @just-another-girl123