#and now im in college for video game design

[biohazard-inevitable]

The urge to consume knowledge for fun because you dont know what to do in life is so fucking real

[neil-gaiman]

Dear mr. Gaiman,

You've always struck me as a wise man, and i need some wise person advice right now. This might be a bit of a mess, but bare with me please.

So recently ive been really questioning my choice for college. I'm studying graphic design to eventually be able to do video game design, because I'd really like to be able to use videogames as a media to tell stories or help people. The issue is that im constantly second guessing my choice. While i like my study so far, i also really love some other things. My entire childhood i planned to work in biology and do something in that field. I also adore writing and doing world building and lore writing and for a while i thought i might want to do that with my life too. I've noticed my motivation for college is getting worse and worse again, after it just started improving after i started this study.

Im kind of lost on what to do now, do you have any advice for me? How do i know if this is the right thing for me? I'm still very young, barely touching adulthood and i dont like how unsure i am of this decision.

Kind regards,

Ollie :)

You don't know. All I can tell you is that time is long and you often get where you were always meant to be going despite the turns and twists along the way.

[janeya]

meet: jane doe

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my asks are always open!

costume design oriented

just message me for production names- i rarely respond to reblogs or asks about those in order to not clog tags

check "#janeya asks" if ur sending one in- 9 times out of 10 if i delete an ask its because something simlar has already been posted. ive answered 200+ asks by now so there really are a lot!!!

disclaimers/important stuff under the cut (kind of rambly warning)

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any posts that aren't production pictures/videos are tagged with '#not a jane'

before being upset i didnt answer ur ask check the 'janeya asks' tag to see if ive already posted something ur looking for! sometimes i wont respond to an ask if its too similar to past ones, even if its not exactly the same. if theres nothing alike and i havent answered it, i probably have it queued. i get a LOT of asks so the queue is usually running pretty long

i don't really like to post production names on here if there is a chance the actor is a minor. colleges, repertory theatres, professional productions are free game but highschools or youth theatres i will usually not post for the actors protection.

this acc is a fully positive blog and not a place to discuss production criticism/actor comparison/etc. theres a reason im posting this on tumblr and not on tiktok..

i only repost images found on public accounts, i will never post anything sent to me privately so if you are a part of a production and want to message me pictures you are safe to do that! for this same reason my personal 'masterdoc' is not able to be shared. im sorry about that, but there are pictures on there i have been asked not to spread. i am mostly transparent about everything else on here though so you really arent missing out on too much

i will always give credit when asked so just let me know!

[creaturecomfxrts]

Dipper and Mabel pines headcanons?

FINALLY getting around to answering these! since im better at them, heres some college age headcanons that apply just as much to how i view them in the show!

DIPPER PINES

transmasc. duh. of course

parents are INCREDIBLY supportive, super understanding. hes on hormone blockers in the show and starts HRT as soon as hes able, getting top surgery and bottom surgery in his early 20s

bisexual! ran into a guy junior year of highschool and went oh GOD. this is wendy 2.0 im going to die

NERD.

LOVES board games. so much. not just dungeons and dragons and monopoly im talkin everdell, wingspan, cascadia, catan. he loves a good think. he also loves dragging everyone else into playing them with him. he always wins. almost always, anyway

absolutely adores college and everything about it hes a little freak. totally ends up being the president of a few clubs, co creating some, etc. made an occult club AND a hiking club at his college

loves doodling, loves horror. his teachers? not so much. they try not to look at the weird ass creatures he draws on the margins of his very well written homework.

probably goes into something smart. like biochem. or um. stem. im (author) is a liberal arts major all i do is write gay fanfiction.

PSYCHOTIC ASS DORM ROOM. he barely decorated it like a classic college male but has a conspiracy board and thats it. which is full of strange shit hes seen outside of gravity falls. to be fair its very well documented and somewhat neat, just…. strange decor. he lives in a single (introvert)

COVERED in tattoos, but always abides by the suit rule (all tattoos need to be able to be covered by a suit to be professional. he knows this bc hes a neerrrrddd). he has really sick sleeves of runes and other occult like things hes found interesting. he has cipher related tattoos as well and also even got ford to design a few.

he has PROMINENT eye bags. he will never fix his sleep schedule

ended up working as a summer camp counselor for a while right outside if gravity falls! the kids loved him but he couldnt stand the heat and bugs all the time so he only did it for a summer or two

even after turning 21 he doesnt actually drink that much, hes a craft beer enjoyer and likes to make it himelf (Much later in life)

ALWAYS stays in touch with mabel. if anything happens in either of their lives you better BELIEVE theyre already on the phone with eachother

medical marijuana card holder

smokes to help eith his anxiety. it works WONDERS

coffee drinker but actually Does put cream and sugar is coffee. sometimes. other times hes too tired and just thugs it out

MABEL PINES

THE number one it girl ever

NUMBER ONE TRANS ALLY EVERRRRRR she loves her brother so much

pansexual!! she loves cool people, thats her motto

went to a fashion design school, is loving it despite drowning in work

began dying her hair in cool ways through highschool, now she always has some of her natural color present but goes a little crazy on the highlights

found out about huge dangley joke earrings. went absolutely crazy. has an entire space on her desk dedicated to her many many earrings. she has babies, knives, bags of doritos, aliens, glow in the dark ones, anything you could imagine.

fantastic at fashion design. stuggled a lot with the fancier stuff but her teachers were floored when they let her go wild on casual comfy wear. she excells in combining fashion and comfort in really exciting and colorful ways.

a party girl through and through, loves clubs, raves, concerts, anything!

video game lover as well, cracked at pvp games.

still boy crazy, just less so (has had like. 10 college boyfriends)

literally the sweetest friend ever. she loves hosting movie nights and tea parties (bc who wouldnt. theyre awesome)

tea drinker, loves floral teas with honey

HATES. black coffee. a starbucks frap girlie 4ever

has been scouted for modeing multiple times and only accepted when it was a commercial with puppies

love love loves making friendshio bracelets. knows all the patterns, all of her friends have a hefty amount of a bunch of different ones because she just keeps making them

anywwy, here you go! i love these two so much, i hope ive done them justice!

[emmaswanned]

I started watching Lost in 2007, so I’ve only been here 17 years, not 20 (ha, only). But I would not be here without it.

I don’t mean that to say Lost saved my life or anything that dramatic, I just think my life would’ve gone in an entirely different direction if I hadn’t watched it. I literally don’t know if I’d have gone to the same college and ended up in the career I’m in right now. Or even if my journey through online fandom would’ve looked the same. I guess maybe I’d have found my way to Tumblr, given as it’s uniquely designed for people with my particular kind of brain worms, but who knows when or how.

Anyway, the community around Lost in the late 00’s when it was airing was a delight and it was a joy and a privilege to watch each episode weekly on that forum (iykyk). I’m very grateful I’m still friends with so many of those people years later. 🥲 (please check out our Lost tribute vid, im so proud of how it turned out!)

Lost is often imitated, never replicated, and I literally think about it every day. The way it approached storytelling was like it was designed for me and idk if I’d encountered that before. I’ve rarely encountered it since. It’s a mystery. It’s a character study. It’s a parable of good and evil. It’s a metaphor. It’s entirely literal. It had dialogue that no human being in reality would ever say but I’m still thinking about two decades later.

Is this your destiny? All roads lead here?

Why do you find it so hard to believe?

It just had that intangible thing that’s impossible to put your finger on, but every piece of media I’ve really loved since then has had it. It’s not hard to connect the dots between Lost and uhhh that video game I’m currently obsessed with

This is far more sentimental, I fear, than I ever like to be, but Lost is too important to me not to say something on its anniversary. 🥲 I love you forever Lost.

[lithominium]

Ughhh hahah im ahving a “nobody under 40 really expects anything good to happen ever again” moment right now going “climate change has completely ruined seasons as we know them, not the hundreds of thousands of deaths caused by sea level rise and (un)natural disasters caused by global warming” and “every single product in the entire world is designed to break down in a year at the most and every year it gets worse, including housing”

Its not like yoi can go buy a good that actually functions, because All goods are like this. Tools are godawful now. You buy a brand new sandblaster from a reputable company and it literally sucks shit. You buy a modern reissue of music equipment and its shoddily built and doesnt work right or something. Houses being built in the modern era are thrown up in a week and collapse with people inside a week later. Video games come out and are half baked and dont change when people ask

The consumers dont have power anymore, they havent for Years.

Every time i look at politics (USA because im unfortunately usamerican, but ive seen some godawful shit in other countries too) i go “well he cant nearly be as bad as the last guy” but somehow they always one up each other for being more genocidal and more awful. On both ends of the spectrum. It used to be 3 years ago “do i wanna vote for the awful person or the awful person who actively wants to kill me” but now its literally just. “Person who wants to kill me or person who wants to kill me.” And every single worthless politician in existence is doing the same thing. If i voted for someone who didnt want to kill me, so few people would end up voting for them, that the people who DO want to kill me would win anyways. My old college town banned public homosexuality. Tennessee of course. Worthless ass state.

I dont doomscroll, i know how ungodly unhealthy it is to scroll through tags showing off how bad everything is. But its inescapable. I go to funny youtube videos and see wade dankpods complaining about how all tools suck while he tries to rebuild a car. I scroll through my dashboard which is supposed to be memes and fandom content and its “this us democrat just said ‘yaknow i really think its great that israel is finally killing all those subhuman palistinians” and what the hell am i supposed to do about that??

I just need. Some semblance of hope. Anything just to tell me it will be alright. Tell me theres a reason for me to not steal a plane and fly it into a god damn mountain so my final moments will be doing the one thing i really love.

[wouldyoustayvn]

I need to be spoken down to like a whole child cause Im so lost about Virgil lore and now his family lore?? omg

help me, i wanna simp so hard for this man but i needa know everything about him like his bloodtype and the time he was born asdfghujiklkjhgfds

Pfpfp yeah I get that lmao OK OK hang on tight! It’s gonna be pretty long!

Let me give you some info about his parents (mostly his mom lmao)

The world building is basically modern fantasy like, when humans and supernatural/mythical creatures co exist with each other, in a modern world like ours—

Erin Evans (Virgil’s mom) was actually half human and half fae (human witch mom named Agatha) (fae dad named Irvin) basically survived and escaped a witch hunt that murdered her mother when Erin was young. Of course her father was away at that time and when he returns, he found his wife dead and daughter missing, assuming she died as well, is in isolation out of grief.

Erin was soon later taken in and adopted by another fae, who is a single father of two, now three! Of course Erin grew up and met Thomas Evans (Virgil’s dad) during secondary school (or high school cuz this place takes in England ivdhcdjcdhc) They become high school sweethearts and marry each other during their mid 20’s. Erin is a designer who can also sew! Thomas is a florist in his family business!

Erin and Thomas has their first child, the one and only, Virgil Evans! Then the second child they have is their daughter Sarah Agatha Evans! And lastly, their youngest child is their son, Irvin Evans!

Sadly, Thomas passed away a few days before Virgil’s 10th birthday. Of course the family was devastated, especially Virgil because Virgil had a little argument with Thomas for going to miss out on his 10th birthday. Thomas had to go and visit his sister whose husband has passed away from another country and had to use the plane.

Sadly there was a malfunction during the plane ride. And before Thomas left to the airport, Thomas takes off his necklace and place it on Virgil’s nightstand as a little gift of apology, noticing that Virgil likes to play with it and wear it. So the necklace was the only thing that Virgil have of his father.

So growing up without his dad was a little rocky for his family but Virgil try his best to help raising his little brother. So whenever there are times when he’s alone, he copes by playing video games that his dad bought for him. Of course Erin notice this and took him to therapy.

Years has gone by and he was getting better, he use to be in a track team but eventually stop realizing that he doesn’t want to do that for the rest of his life, then there is his time in high school, things kind of gone well, his sister introduced him to theatre, became a theatre kid lmao, he has a pretty good voice and knows his way of instruments and met a couple of his classmates that has the same talent as him and went on to create a rock band called Below The Stars! Things have gotten pretty well with him and his band! That is until there is a fall out between Virgil and his bandmate that created a rumor about Virgil for “sleeping around” due to Virgil politely decline to their love confession.

Of course he has dated people here and there but that usually end on a good note. So the fact that his bandmate couldn’t handle the rejection and started the rumor offended and angered him to the point that he fought them physically. And thus broke up the band.

After graduation, he cut himself off from his ex bandmate and stay in contact with the others. Of course they drifted apart due to going to university and such. Virgil moved out of his family home to his apartment that is near his college. He adopted a Doberman puppy, he named him Scott! During his time, he got himself a part time job at a children’s daycare! Of course he visit his mom and younger siblings often! Usually take and drop off Irvin to school! He also take Sarah and Irvin out shopping! He also help take care of the house whenever Erin is busy working.

Everything was going well for him! He started focusing on himself, healing, plays music and post it online, he also has his streaming channel! He usually games or even cross dress for fun! He also try to go back to dating! Wanting to meet someone who he could spend his life with and maybe have a family together!

And so 22 year old Virgil is satisfied with his life until one day, that one day his life fall apart when he’s at his family house. The day that he had become sentient. He was enjoying his time, taking in his surroundings, his thoughts began to drift. Why is his pupil has a star shaped? Why is he the only one have that? Shouldn’t one of his siblings or parents have that as well? Or why everything looks like it was in 2D? Like the anime’s he enjoys watching? He looks down at his hands. Something’s not right. Why does he look off? Why does the living room looks off…Why does everything look.. off? So…artificial?

Suddenly, strange numbers and letters began to appear on the walls, startling him. Nervously he rushes towards his mom. However when he reaches towards her, he is horrified. She’s glitching and disintegrating into numbers and letters, and yet, she looked indifferent, no… she looks like she’s in a dazed. He could barely reach her to touch her and she disappears, he felt his stomach dropped, his blood run cold, he rushes towards his brother’s room, and there he was, laying on the floor, lifeless, disintegrating. The poor elf held his little brother into his arms, sobbing and pleading him to wake up, shouting for help.

Too busy holding his little brother, the walls, the items, the floors began to disappear. Geometric shapes appearing everywhere, the color of the sky turn into one sky blue to a deep blue. Irvin didn’t wake up, he dissolved into Virgil’s arms. Virgil, horrified, scared, confused, looks around, crying and sobbing. Shaking and trembling. His eyes darted around his surroundings. Where is his puppy? Where is Sarah?!

This is NOT his brother’s room.

This is NOT his family home

Everything is gone

Why is he still sitting there?!

WHY IS HIS BODY NOT DISINTEGRATED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?!

What the hell even is this place?

[cyprejyo]

Woopsie! I never posted these completed...

These are all character designs for a video game im trying to concept! Except for the bug at the end... thats just me :-)

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[neocoffeecafe]

thank you to @daydreamingyuta for tagging me, love !!

get to know me !!!

do you make your bed? hehe no i dont. it’s always ready for me for bed, though !!

what is your favorite number? i’m gonna be honest i dont have one !! as an nctzen i do naturally go ballistic when i see 127, but i don’t have one specifically !!

what is your job? i work in a restaurant ! i am the expediter, the person who takes out the food. i really enjoy it, and i would recommend it

if you could go back to school, would you? yes! i am actually working for college to do some basic classes and to take art classes

can you parallel park? living in a small town where most of the parking is parallel, ive gotten pretty good at it

a job you had that would surprise people? nope! my job at this restaurant was my first and i am still employed there :)

do you think aliens are real? i like to believe that farther away our galaxy there are other civilizations just like us, alternate realities could even be real too. theres just so much out there the possibilities are endless! but yes, i do believe they can exist just not on earth

can you drive a manual car? LOL i can hardly drive an automatic

whats your guilty pleasure? causing trouble in online games to make people angry LOL

tattoos? NOOO but i want to get some so badly !! i want to get three cardinals on my back for the three men in my life that ive lost. my uncle, grandfather, and my other grandfather that i never could’ve met but wished i would’ve. i want to get stars on my knuckles and i want to get a saturn somewhere, unsure where, i was thinking my shoulder area ! i was also thinking about getting a tattoo of luxray, my favorite pokemon. but i would like to get tons of tattoos in the future !! i’m just super nervous because i have the worst pain tolerance ever

favorite color? i have more than one! blue, black, white, silver, and rose gold are my favorites !!

favorite type of music? i literally listen to anything and everything !! genres honestly dont exist to me anymore, if i like what i listen to i will like it and save it if not i wont ! i have over 7,000 songs on my liked songs and still counting !! i have a playlist for new releases/comebacks and new music in general, it’s SOOO outdated and i am VERY behind on it but i will literally listen to anything

do you like puzzles? yeah i do ! my favorite is word search

any phobias? OH MY GOD YES I AM SCARED OF AIR ATP !! insects, dark, thunderstorms (i love them but at the same time i’m terrified I KNOW IM WEIRD !!) theres more i just can’t remember them atm LOL. AI AND ROBOTS !! i HATE ai and robots

favorite childhood sport? t-ball LOL

do you talk to yourself? yeah LOL teachers in the past have made fun of me for talking to myself while doing things, sometimes i think better talking to myself

what movie(s) do you adore? NIMONA !!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT MOVIE i watched it for the first time like a month ago and i’ve seen it about seven times

coffee of tea? OK SUE ME !! both. i love red diamond sweet tea and drink it religiously, but i say yes to both because i do like coffee, but it has to be doctored up… a LOT. i like getting the starbucks glass caramel frappe thing and the mcdonads caramel frappe. it has to be that type of coffee, i don’t like any others

first thing you wanted to be growing up? i’ve always wanted to be an artist! always always. my goal is to now become a concept artist, for video games specifically. preferably character concept design !! for companies like riot, hoyoverse, even nintendo, etc.

hmm i wasnt sure who to tag so i closed my eyes and picked two lol! @phoxphenex and @mrkis !! no pressure you don’t have to !!

[earnestlyegos]

*(gracefully) chucks back the qna ping pong ball*

In an ideal world, what would each of you be doing rn? What would yall be going for work? Where would you be living?

oohhh thats a good one! sorry if answers are a bit incoherent, just woke from the most mind fogging nap ever

Yancy

id say for him he’d wanna be hanging with V right now, planning a date or something because hes a fat sap like that. either that or doodling or something! yancy honestly struggles to see himself working, considering he went to prison for 15 years and he understands thats gonna be on his record for a WHILE! otherwise he’d like something hands on, like a mechanic or something! hes a very kinetic guy. as for living? anywhere thats at least a city! maybe Lawrence, Kansas. (for a different job hed actually enjoy working at an icecream store!!)

Eric

eric would probably prefer to be just, hanging out right now too! he doesnt like the outside world too much, so he doesnt mind chatting with people over the internet all day! for a job?? probably zoo keeper that works with the birds or big cats! if not that, definitely a professional taxidermist. eric doesnt mind living anywhere really, as long as its safe and not too overstimulating. so definitely not new york! but not somewhere too rural either. (FOR A DIFFERENT JOB HE WOULD TOTALLY WORK AT A CAT CAFE)

Mark

i think mark would rather be doing just about anything different from what we’re currently doing— most likely our legos! his first answer for a job was to serve his captain, so ill save you from the painful amount of cliche shit this man might say! he would most definitely like to, well, engineer! he did study architecture, so he is somewhat interested in that! and for living? preferably a city, and one that isnt warm!

me!

id also kinda prefer to be doing something else than what im doing rn! currently on a 17 hour roadtrip to Florida! im okay with roadtrips, but going places like Colorado is a lot more fun cause you have some BEAUTIFUL scenery!! if i could work any job?? probably a youtuber! (wow, surprise! the guy with the mark egos wants to be markiplier!!) anyhow, i would probably say a film maker or a voice actor. either those or a video game designer! and living? honestly right now, Tulsa, OK. nice little city once you get to know it, went there for college!

anyhow, sorry for the long responses!! and including myself, considering its the egos blog-

and for the ball i was kinda thinking green and black because, doesnt it match your colors??

(written by damien)

[hyperthinks]

15 questions for 15 mutuals ^_^ i was tagged by @socialbunny!

1. are you named after anyone?

nope to both my birth name and chosen name! my motivation behind picking the name miles was that it 1. had the same first initial as my birth name and 2. PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY SPELL IT LMAOOO

2. when was the last time you cried?

i graduated college last weekend and i dont know if id consider it a Full Cry because all i did was tear up but when i gave my favorite professor a hug after i went onstage i was screaming and crying and throwing up on the inside

3. do you have kids?

nope!

4. do you use sarcasm a lot?

yeah but in a lighthearted way! im a goofy guy but i dont ever want my jokes to come off as too mean spirited

5. what sports do you play/have you played?

HELP im so shit at sports 😭 my hand eye coordination and depth perception are both awful so im not good at any of them… when i was in the 3rd grade my mom put me in cheerleading and i had such bad social anxiety as a kid that when it was my turn to cheer i would just CRY. it makes for a funny story though

6. what’s the first thing you notice about other people?

ooh this ones tough. uhhh it depends on the situation i first meet them in but generally their voice and speech patterns? when i was a kid i didnt inflect a lot (autism.) so i had to “study” other people… i think that’s kind of a holdover from that ?

7. eye color?

brown! ^_^

8. scary movies or happy endings?

hmmm. depends on what mood i’m in and also how well its written!

9. any special talents?

well i just graduated magna cum laude (CUM? 🤨) with a BFA in graphic design so i HOPE i’m good at that LMAOOOO

outside of that? im decently good at digging through code and messing with hex editing for someone who has no formal coding experience outside of HTML and CSS

10. where were you born?

the united states! i was born in missouri but i’ve lived in georgia most of my life

11. what are your hobbies?

ooh lets see. i like researching unused content and the effects of glitches in video games (lifelong special interest. teehee) in addition to, well. actually playing the games. i used to draw a lot more (if you’re reading this and you followed me from my furry twitter: I’m Sorry) but i’ve shifted a lot of my creative energy towards writing (check out my tycutio fanfiction) and graphic design (i need to post some of my stuff here… my senior project was sims 2 themed even)

12. do you have any pets?

i do! we got my dog daisy (lab mix) when i was really little, and she’s 15 now!

we also have a tortoise named tortimer (after the guy from animal crossing) but we just call him torti

13. how tall are you?

5’8” but i used to be 5’9” before scoliosis nerfed me (<- coping and seething)

14. fave subject in school?

in high school it was probably literature, but in college i’d say typography? i like letters. teehee

15. dream job?

please for the love of god i want a job making promotional materials for a game company SO BAD.

i tag… YOU!!! >:D nahhh jk but i AM gently tapping my mutuals on the shoulder if they want to do this . ^_^

[key-lime-soda]

sorry @hinako-supremacy it got really long and i realized it needed to be its own post so here's my existential crisis ramble about jazz and pokemon

im listening to Carlos Eiene, aka insaneintherainmusic on yt, and his music makes me so nostalgic. he became popular for doing pokemon jazz covers (and a few other games like undertale) when he was in highschool and college. meanwhile i was in 6th grade when i found his channel and it changed my taste in music and me love swing and jazz to this day. in new years of 2022 he announced that he was gonna quit doing covers (after like 8 years of doing them) since copyright is a pain and he wanted to do his own original music and become a professional game composer too. i was really sad but also soooo proud cuz like??? his stuff is amazing??? and its like watching ur childhood friend fulfill their dreams and its so heartwarming. he released his first full original album and its called '' insane in the rain'', named after his channel asjhkhkdjfhsdakfh. i listened to one of the songs (same name as the album) and its a very uplifting song that really feels kinda like a "we did it. we finally made it and i couldn't be more proud" and when i heard it i wanted to cry dkjshfksdjhfk??? it captured exactly how it felt seeing him move on and realizing how much time had past. i finished middle school and high school and his music helped take me to where i am today. i was proud of him, but i was also proud of myself too!! we've both grown to reach the place we've always wanted to be. pokemon music inspired him to improve his skills and become a professional composer in the exact same way that pokemon inspired me to become both a graphic designer and videogame analyst!! and we couldn't have done it without pokemon!!

anyway i remembered this song this morning. and a few days ago, there was a commemorative video that showcased that we've hit 1000 pokemon!!! i think the two together really made me realize how much pokemon has been in my life. my birthday is in 2 weeks, which will roughly mark around 15 years since i first discovered pokemon. admittedly i was really young but i still remember watching the diamond/pearl anime on tv and being both amazed and confused since i didn't watch the episodes in order. so much has changed since then: ive grown attached to other games, got new hobbies and greatly improved in old ones, ive become a dad (/joking lol), and ive gotten rid of my gender. but nothing really changed at all. playing legends arceus on the switch felt the same as playing leafgreen on my GBA SP (aside from the obvious difference of actually being able to read). the desire to explore the world and catch them all is still there.

sometimes i wish i could meet my past self. i do occasionally wonder what they'd think of me. in highschool i used to think they'd be disappointed, but now? i think they'd like college Sumi. im studying art and videogames!! plus i never let go of who i used to be. i think kindergarten me would be proud, and i think im proud of them too. life is good and, for once, i think everything will be ok :)

[clockworkslick]

hi im clockworkSlick, a weird artist guy. i make cool shit and talk about stuff i like, so thats what you'll find here. links to my other stuff below, under the cut is some more info about specific things im doing right now (i edit this post occasionally to keep up with the times, if i stop assume im dead.)

TWT - INSTA - WEBCOMIC - COMMISIONS - PORTFOLIO - ART TAG

BIO

im a 21 yr old college student obsessed with digital art, tv shows, and ive been writing a webcomic called providence to channel all of it. outside of providence i like to try and merge geometric design ideas with more traditionally inspired drawing practices (traditional as in using ink on paper, not as in praying to an ancient god to smite my enemies and fertilize my fields.) in practice this usually just comes off as me obsessing over a character or something, which is because that's exactly what it is.

Providence

this is what i spend most of my time on. if you want to read a scifi fantasy comic about college students doing a healthy mix of standing around talking and fighting monsters, then please give it a read. its inspired by everything ive seen, sitcoms like community, seinfeld, iasip, 30 rock, and also more serious media like the x files, parts of rvb, and plenty of influences that ive absorbed into my brain over time.

the format is based on ms paint adventures, known for homestuck and problem slueth, but isnt that close in terms of stuff like art style and pretending to be a video game. its mostly a normal comic, just presented in the format that i was obsessed with for all of middle school, some of high school, and a worryingly high amount of right now.

making a webcomic is one of the hardest, least rewarding things i have ever done, and yet i just cannot stop. writing bad jokes, coming up with story lines and character arcs, articulating my problems in a way that makes sense, its like crack.

you can read it at either of the links below:

WEBCOMIC

MSPFA MIRROR

[mentoslol]

—ABOUT ME!!

call me mentos or sadie (real name) whatever is fine

i use any pronouns but i tend to stick with she/her/they/them

im from the US but the goal for the future is to travel and probably live in other countries

i speak english and spanish (basic) and im teaching myself korean

i love to read all different kinds of genres and formats

im an artist and (hopefully) im going to college for graphic design in the future

90% of the time i have my headphones on and am listening to music, right now mainly kpop and krnb but i listen to pretty much everything and my spotify wrapped is insane every year

I love video games especially the sims franchise, but some other favs rn are stardew valley, hogwarts legacy, and roblox

—ARTISTS IM REALLY INTO RIGHT NOW!!

shinee, taemin, key, onew, jonghyun, minho, ateez, aespa, nct dream, nct 127, nct u, wayv, seventeen, wave to earth, dpr ian, mokyo, joji, sade, lauryn hill, frank ocean, bad omens, tame impala, twenty one pilots, rihanna, red hot chili peppers, pearl jam, muse, blur, radiohead, deftones, the smashing pumpkins, gwen stefani, djo, fleetwood mac, her’s, lady gaga, shakira

—ABOUT THE BLOG!!

i will post literally anything i find interesting

i also use this to let out some of the crazy when i get excited about something (adhd)

mainly i repost fanfics, sims 4 content, sims 4 cc, sims 4 gameplay, art, movie/tv content, social issues, or art

Behave.

—THE END!!

feel free to send asks or pm me about anything,,, i just can’t guarantee that it’ll get responded to immediately bc i have attention problems and im perpetually busy lol

[primalspice]

Ivy - 🎮, 🎶, 🔶, 🚫, 💯, 🎄 , 🍎, 💘, 🍸, 😊, 🤔, 😓, 👨,

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🎮 VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER — what are three of your oc's favorite hobbies?

She really hasnt had time for hobbies in a long time but she likes reading and gardening and stress journaling

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

I'm not going to say she's also a prog fan but im also not going to say she isnt.................... sorry idk wtf else is going on in the 60s-70s

🔶 LARGE ORANGE DIAMOND — does your oc know cpr? do they have any other medical expertise?

To both, of course. She can do cpr, first aid, plenty of other Doctor Things. Specifics of her medical expertise is that shes a medical oncologist but does radiation therapy also. has participated in Tumor Boards. has participated in research and experimental treatment distribution. and is now stuck in region zero with shitty supplies and unfair working conditions and depression. Great.

🚫 PROHIBITED — does your oc drink/smoke? do they do it regularly, or is it more on occasion or for special events?

On special occasions she'll drink, she's never the type to get super crazy with it unless its insane coping hour tho really. Cursed to always be the designated driver if it's a going-out occasion anyway -__-

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

1. YES she owned a gun for self defense. obtained from commies more willing to resort to violence than anyone in her immediate company at the time being. She eventually told Leslie about it, but not selma. one of the few secrets successfully kept between any portion of those three.

2. Faust gets to be named after irrelevant german folklore so so does she. her middle name is Lorelei.

3. Unlike her brother she is horribly afraid of public speaking. Research presentations or like. the entire process of moving to Region Zero even tho it wasnt particularly public (just stating her case to a bunch of new people all the fucking time) is all a fucking nightmare for her. But she perseveres <3

🎄 CHRISTMAS TREE — what is your oc's favorite holiday?

Her birthday, if that counts. Fuck the other guy who was born on that day tho.

🍎 RED APPLE — where was your oc born? do they still live in/around their place of birth or do they live somewhere else? how do they feel about their birthplace?

She and that other guy were born and raised in London Ontario and lived there most of their lives up until college. Ivy went to college in Toronto and continued to live and work there up until Region Zero. As for how she feels about it.... pretty indifferent? Shes of course homesick about it once shes stuck in Region Zero, but while she lived there i think she kinda felt she outgrew it. she didnt, really, but no point in worrying about that anymore <3

💘 HEART WITH ARROW — what and/or who do(es) your oc consider the most important to them?

Shes more individualistic than she comes off/than is expected of her by her Friends but Selma and Leslie are still her besties and still important to her people-wise. Faust too to some degree but ITS COMPLICATED. She liked him more before he sold out -__-

As for other things she finds important, she kinda has Faust's aforementioned disease to where she really feels the need to succeed and mean something to the world, but i mean shes kinda doing a good thing so ??????? she really Does care about helping people it's not entirely selfish, but i think anyone who has such high ambitions is a LITTLE attention-seeking. That doesn't really answer the question tho. What she cares about is healing people LOL towards the End she really struggled to find much purpose at all but generally speaking thats a priority, even if its unrealistic to do it on as large of a scale as she'd wish.

🍸 COCKTAIL GLASS — what is your oc's favorite alcoholic drink, if they can drink?

I think she likes to keep it classy with a wine/champagne situation but i think she should drink more and be less picky, god knows she needs it.

😊 SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES — what are your oc's career/general life desires? what do they want to get the most out of life?

She wants to be someone who helps people and helps the world. She wants to be an activist and leader in her profession and she wants to be remembered that way even after she's dead (before dying was an immediate concern, anyway) and she hopes its not selfish to hope for such a thing. SOMEONES gotta do it. It's not shocking that she was the perfect Region Zero candidate, tho, as someone who attaches so much of her worth and being to her career. but being a doctor is more than just a career, right, its PERSONAL. Shes someone who just wants to do the right thing, but if theres two things shes learned its that there never is a right thing and the closest thing to the right thing will never be enough.

🤔 THINKING FACE — what are some of your oc's quirks/mannerisms?

Shes a very quiet/shy/softspoken person in comparison to her obnoxious friends, regardless of her level of unhingedness over the years. She is often caught lost in thought and people think shes really introspective which i suppose is true but its mostly just the depression. She is very accidentally and/or deadpan funny. She suffers from a Canadian accent.

😓 DOWNCAST FACE WITH SWEAT — is your oc open-minded or stubborn? are they inquisitive or do they prefer to keep to their bubble of knowledge?

She's openminded and inquisitive, maybe a little too much for her own good clearly, but she can stick to things that actually mean something to her....except maybe cutting of her shitty brother.....or not using guns.....but that's besides the point. She loves learning and going to new places and hearing different experiences. One might say region zero was the perfect opportunity for that at least <3

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 FAMILY WITH MOTHER, FATHER, SON AND DAUGHTER — how many people are in your oc's immediate family? how many people are in your oc's extended family? do they have aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc? who in their family are they closest with? are they close with their birth family, or do they have a found family?

She grew up with her mom and dad and Faust, who's her only sibling. They were quite spoiled and loved ofc. Im sure they have some grandmas and cousins and such that were also relatively close, but not like her best friends or anything. I think she eventually grew real distant from just about everyone once she started becoming more intense about her work, but the love was still there. when she (and faust) left for region zero, they were rightfully quite concerned but figure that if the Good Twin chose to do it then it couldnt have been too awful of a decision. Oh little did they know.

[the-valiant-valkyrie]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the ask box for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. get to know your mutuals and followers! ✨🍄✨ no pressure.

ough.... im going to try not to start waxing poetic so i dont sound lame but this is very hard... not even because i don't have stuff that makes me happy but just bc i dont actively recognize happiness when im in the midst of it bc of how distracted i get. but!! ok

i like motifs in medias i enjoy! i think wigfrid has made me realize this more this past year than i ever have before. musical motifs or reoccurring themes. UGH 😩what CAN'T repetition do, honestly? the goddess of story progression fr

i like tea! having it and making it. this may be obvious because of the don't starve teas i make that i talk about sometimes. but it really eases me down, and its been very helpful waking myself up for my numerous 8:30 AM classes this first year of college.

(my favorite is earl grey with lemon and sugar. i would say my second favorite is chai with creamer and sugar. but there's this diner that i go to with my dad and they have this tea thats like. black tea with oranges and cloves?? and cinnamon? bro it goes hard its so good.)

i like plants and animals! and honestly, sometimes i feel like a bit of a fraud when i say that nowadays... i was always far more infatuated with that stuff as a kid. in modern day its become really hard to dedicate myself to nature with so much stuff to do. i have a lot of friends who know a lot about wildlife, and i'll admit i pale in comparison to their knowledge on the subject. but i've been getting more into solarpunk, and it's been alleviating a lot of the strife that current issues have been putting on me, and it's given me the ability to enjoy nature in a more genuine way than i have in a long time

i like video games! and i know its obvious that i like playing video games, but i'm very happy to report that i really like video games. even from a theoretical or technical perspective. i'm currently pursuing game design, so i would certainly hope i would like video games... but a part of me was always nervous that i wouldn't find what i was looking for in game design. but now i find myself theorizing how to dissect different elements of the games i experience? and breaking down the theory of what makes the games i like fun? and every time i do it gives me such a little thrill. i love video games, and i'm very excited to learn more about them

i like creating! i think i'm very blessed to be able to both write and draw. and though i think my skills have always been imbalanced, i still think its pretty cool that i have the ability to develop both. and im glad that people like my goofy ass art even though i haven't drawn anything legitimate in like. months fr fr