#and it’s pretty symmetrical!!!

[navysealt4t]

mannn i wish i could show u guys my make up i did a rlly good job

[mewkwota]

-"Dreaming" Mechanical Doll-

So here's my last thing I'll be posting for this year I guess. My head hurts but I wanted to draw and ended up sketching out another thing with Juno. It's like one of the (3) expressions he can switch between, and even if it's just him not activated, it seemed interesting to draw.

By the way this song is also to blame, the title clicked well to me.

[nattikay]

x1 ear for 3.0!!

This method definitely gave the ears some nice depth (a tad hard to see in the picture but looks great irl), which is fantastic because the primary gripe I've had with my ears on past heads is they always look too shallow, almost flat, from the front (as you can see on 2.5 there), even if they're not from the side. I was a little worried that the front border would be too thick when I first started adding the fur, but once I had everything glued down tight and gave it another quick shaving pass, I think it turned out pretty alright!

I'm also a lot less worried about the head being too small for the body at this point. Between the big eyes and big ears, it looks just about the same overall size as 2.5 now, just with different proportions. Adding the hair poof and cheek tufts should help even more. It still might be a little smaller than ideal, but I no longer think it's gonna be outlandishly disproportionate or anything. So yay! Of course, we won't know for sure until it's done and ready to wear, so...we'll see 😅

Approximately one week remains on the clock. sivakoooooooo

[taxidermydolls]

being weird and ugly is so annoying why cldnt i have spawned either weird and pretty or ugly and normal why do i have to be weird and ugly

[lyss-sketchbox]

does wriothesley like cheese

Sure i mean he doesn't seem the type to be picky. He wouldn't partake in those cheese charcuterie boards though because it's all too hoity toity slightly salty cheese to him. But he would buy a massive wheel if he ever wants to experiment in the kitchen.

[toofypigeon]

look at these cuties i pinned !!!

[theemporium]

Out of the f1 boyfriends, who’d be a Tits Guy, Ass Guy, or Thigh Guy?

tits: charles, oscar

ass: carlos, lando

thighs: daniel, max

[garnetdawn]

Your art is so beautiful, I especially love the tarot style stuff you did recently - really beginner question but how did you get the faces to be symmetrical without everything being in the wrong position?

AW THANK YOU!! they are all drawn with a symmetry ruler! It did take me a while to get used to drawing faces like that, and even now sometimes I need to do a lot of readjusting for the proportions to feel right.

If the symmetry is feeling uncanny, something that helps is adding assymetrical elements like letting the mouth be handdrawn without the ruler, adds some naturality to the front facing humans.

Overall what actually makes symmetrical art appealing is sprinkling assymetrical details in.

[invinciblerodent]

made some janky Veilguard faction insignia patterns today 🙃 (they needed to be FAR bigger than I thought to be recognizable, but there's so much detail to these things, man...)

In order:

Antivan Crows

Grey Wardens

Lords of Fortune

Mourn Watch

Shadow Dragons

Veil Jumpers

Dragon Age: Origins font pattern here

[keeps-ache]

in a cafe rn. this place is nice :>

[bloodcrownedking]

Chip's axe earring! It's a bit messy bc i was short on time but overall i think it turned out well!

[todayisafridaynight]

Religiously i think about one of my twitter mutuals pointing out how aoki's design is subtly asymmetrical while ichiban is more symmetrical

when i think of it, masato's design is fairly symmetrical as well isnt it.....

[daisywords]

Going insane over Fairest reread I love when beloved books from days of yore are as good as I remember

[shut-the-burrow-door-pls]

……i just back from birb site, cannot tell what the fuck is this (was a eye train but i just don't like drawing eyes) just silly red-beans

[dootznbootz]

YOOOO I LOVE THE HEADCANONS SO MUCH. Especially the one where the type of the water affectes the appearance, that's so so neat

Also,, what do you think happens to a naiad (or someone of naiad descent) when they stay out of water for too long? Do they get sick? Do they eventually die? Would only water heal them or could something else (eg. eating fish) at least "stabilize" them?

And how would rain affect them? Would they be able to spend more time out of water when it's raining? Or could they maybe even bend the rain to their will? Of course rain comes from the clouds/sky which is not in their domain,, but if the raindrops are low enough, could it work? :0

Sorry if this was too long, i just really liked the headcanons and they made me think hahahaha

sdlkfj Thank you!!! Don't ever be sorry, Niko! I'm happy you like them so much!!! And always feel free to chatter away with me!! :D I think a LOT about the Naiad dynamics as they're really fun!!!! And as someone who grew up with a lot of river stuff, it's really nice and fun!

It's part of the reason why Penelope's smaller and has straight black hair :D As she was born a month early, it caught Periboea by surprise and she just went into the nearest creak :D (probably was mostly alone too)

It was calm at first before suddenly the current got fast and Penelope was swept away. Obviously terrifying. To say the least, some ducks brought her back :P (I really love the duck myth. It's neat and to have Penelope be associated with ducks while Helen is kind of associated with swans itches my brain just right >:D (Swans are bigger than ducks as well. like how I think of Helen and Penelope!) I like the thought of Odysseus "always thanking the ducks" whenever he sees them even while away. He gives them peas to eat and just gets happy when they fly overhead :'D

Penelope is a bit self-conscious about being born from a creek while her mom and most of her other siblings are from the river. (she's also the youngest and smaller.) Penelope was actually really worried about this and even kind of tried to not say that her water broke and was just like "hey, let's go here! No reason! :'D " because she wanted to get to the "better source of water" to give birth to Telemachus.

Odysseus: I can't believe you did that! >:( Penelope: HEy! Me and our son are fine!! The contractions didn't even start yet and we still made it to the river!!! And he'll be so strong, Odysseus! :D

Honestly they'd kind of "dry" out and just... really uncomfortable. I can imagine they kind of shed scales and just feel sick and unwell. Probably if you gave them a glass of water they'd rather dump it over their head :P Would eventually die if they don't get enough :'D If you marry a naiad-born person and don't have what they need, then you're a shit spouse. It is basically common knowledge, even for non-naiad born. Leda, for example, with Tyndarius, makes sure he has his "dips" in the water if she notices it's been a while or that he starts itching his skin. (Odysseus makes damn well sure she has enough water. Not only did he carve her a "nest" as a wedding bed, but he also has a pool with a canal that could go to the caves if she needed that's basically right outside their chamber :D Where she and Telemachus go a lot (especially during the suitors). He thought of EVERYTHING. It's seeing the bed and the pool where she realizes that this man truly loves her and that she loves him as well. She knew before that "she would be happy with him" and did love him but this is where she was hit with "omfg this is like the tales poets sing about. holy shit." )

Oh boy the RAIN >:)

Yes they can do SOOO much with it. It's actually a very joyous and playful time for most naiads and basically, everyone leaves their spots of water to just run around and play and dance. (and Helen and Pollux :P but uh...they do make it "sparky" so they only run around where there's no big body of water.) And it's actually another thing that naiads have over nereids as rain has no salt :P

It also helps with yeah, Helen and Pollux, as when these two get pretty emotional the clouds start to form. Helen likes to mess with people by giving them a "static shock" as it's funny and "minor". And she loves doing it to Penelope as she likes her reactions. When it rains or they're near water, Penelope kind of gets her revenge >:D (They love each other, they're just cousins)

[claire-starsword]

on one hand it's not like i don't get it, because i never played Shining Force Neo and hated to watch it, and also understand how mad everyone is about the series losing the strategy roots etc etc

on the other hand it's really tragic to find even less scanned content from a game released in 2005 than the games more than a decade older. like, i can't find even the japanese manual. that's how dire it is