#autodiscothings

[drelldreams]

i just love your ori and kolyat artworks so much and this is making me want to practice drawing too so i can draw all those ideas in my head that just need to get out. do you have any advice for beginners?

how long did it take you to become this amazingly good at art? did you go to art school?

Aww thank you for this! I did go to art school, but for fashion/textile design. I honestly think “getting good” with art is just practise and repetition, which anyone can do really. (Though classes, a studio and a room of like-minded people is also super handy for developing too, ofc.)

I’ve been a little bad about posting regular art here and this has been a nice reminder to. My adventures in traditional media has been an experience, that’s for sure.

[crackinglamb]

WIP Whenever

Tagged by @theluckywizard, @skinwalkingxana and @fadedsweater. Thank you all. 💕

Tagging @lilbittymonster, @autodiscothings, @fiadhaisteach, @mogwaei and whoever has something they want to share.

After several months of ghoul brainrot, I'm back to working on the next fic for Mirabull. I'm getting close to finished and think I might actually start posting soon (ya know, before DAV drops). Have a bit.

He was watching her intently and she took care not to fumble the cloth against his skin. This was the closest they’d been since that day and his scrutiny cut deeper than the blade he’d faced. “Why didn’t you tell me?” “I’ve always warned you that I couldn’t say what the future held, Bull. They would have died if they didn’t retreat, and that’s what I sought to prevent by letting it play out. If you’d known, you would have tried to do things differently, and you might have died too.” She shook her head gently, pulling the cloth away to exchange it for a clean one. “It wasn’t worth the risk.” “But you’re fine with me becoming the thing I fought against for nearly ten years. I killed hundreds of them in Seheron. Bandits, murderers, bastards who turned their back on the Qun. And now I’m one of them.” “Are you?” she asked sharply. He blinked and met her eye again. “I spent years at your side while you pretended to be Tal-Vashoth. It didn’t change you at your core. Neither will this.” “That was just a role. This…” “Every moment in life is a role, Bull. You taught me that. Did becoming Inquisitor make me a power hungry zealot when I wasn’t looking? I’m still me. And you are still you.” She pressed another cloth to his side, this one covered in soothing elfroot tincture. She had him hold it there while she retrieved sticky bandages to cover it with. “You didn’t turn your back on the Qun, they turned their back on you.” “Without the Qun to live by…” “You’ll what, suddenly turn into an uncontrolled monster? Bullshit. You’re a good man. Always have been. I see no reason why you won’t continue to be.” She looked at him squarely now that she was done patching him up. “Think of it this way. Your purpose now is yours. Whatever you want it to be. Which was what you were already doing from the moment you were reassigned in Orlais over ten years ago. You said it yourself, you’d gotten used to them being ‘over there’. Far away. Nothing’s changed. Nothing but the title they call you. And what they call you doesn’t matter. So you aren’t Hissrad anymore, okay fine. You’re still the Iron Bull. You’re still Ashkaari. You’re still the Captain of the Chargers and my lover and friend. You’re still you.”

[messydiabolical]

🎀 What style do you not currently do that you love and want to try?

🎠What is a typical 'workflow' for a piece from idea to finished?

🍤Shout out a handful of your favourite artists who have blogs you can @ and tell us why we should check them out

Three big questions, thank you so much for asking!

🎀 What style do you not currently do that you love and want to try? Pixel art! I love it so much. I have some brief past experience with it but not for years. I made stardew valley mods way back in the day (clothes and wallpapers). I made them in MS paint by mouse and then downloaded gimp just to add transparency to upload them (I think the newest paint might have layers and PNG's now? wild times). But I never like, studied pixel art or tried anything outside of specifically wanting to make some clothes for stardew. I had a goal, I did the thing and that was that. The things pixel artists come up with are absolutely mind blowingly beautiful. Check out 6vcr for examples. stunning. Procreate doesn't seem to be well geared for it unfortunately (it's not the best for zooming in massively and doing small scale stuff in my experience) maybe I will have to whip out the MS paint out again! 🎠What is a typical 'workflow' for a piece from idea to finished? This turns out to be a HUGE question, so i'm actually going to give it it's own post. In the mean time, here is an example of how i storyboard comic ideas. Behold my beautifully rendered shitpost:

🍤Shout out a handful of your favourite artists who have blogs you can @ and tell us why we should check them out I could literally name hundreds and I know i'm going to kick myself for missing people off. I'll limit this answer to some of the very first art blogs I followed, the ones that personally happened to come onto my radar and inspired me to pick up a pen and get drawing myself : @angstyastro @nimueth @bargu @reiline @thedandiestoflions @autodiscothings

[outpost51]

🪲 and 🐞

bug me for fic recs

Hi sorry this took me six million years, had an A/C malfunction and that’s no bueno down here in swampland ANYWAY I’m here now

🪲 Recommend a great fic centered on your favorite character!

So. Turns out, the problem with obscure faves is that uh. It’s hard to find content for them. BUT I love Wrex a lot and Nah, No Kissin’ scratches a very specific itch. Qui Trans Astra Currunt isn’t finished, and may never be, but it was one of the first Andromeda fics I ever read and it holds a very special place in my heart 🥺

🐞 Recommend a favorite fic or several from one of your friends, or a fic author you really look up to!

Cracks knuckles this is gonna be a fic each from several friends and idols

@thunderheadfred was one of my first inspirations with Red Streak and also the reason I use Lance as General Williams’ first name

Taetrus Trash is what inspired me to write BRHP in the first place

@autodiscothings’ Acts of Repetition lives rent free in my head and definitely influenced my desire to follow through writing a police procedural

Literally think about Blood in the Water by @sparatus at least once a week he made Charn hot and I think that’s a crime but I’m here for it also he’s done so much worldbuilding for batarians and made me actually look forward to writing this mission in helix. Do you know how boring this mission is now that I’ve read this? Where the FUCK is Tarvok—

@thetrashbagswasteland wrote Curiosity Is A Dangerous Concept for my birfdae and I reread it a LOT, also One Problem At A Time (or all of them at once) is on my constant reread list

I wanted to go digging up hidden gems in @teamdilf’s library — I have Cerberus HR Presents: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - a Miranda Lawson Seminar on my bad day reading list also anything with the DILFs. Anything. Deadass

The Road Less Travelled is so. So good. Like. @discoeffect also went off with the batarian worldbuilding I really like seeing different perspectives 🥺👉👈

I have to stop I have. So many—

[pigeontheoneandonly]

@autodiscothings

Photographer Mark Smith captures an amazing moment where an osprey emerges from the ocean clawed onto its prey

[dimancheetoile]

Oriana “Ori” Lawson and Bats T’Lori

These lovely Mass Effect characters are the OCs of the equally lovely @autodiscothings​, who I’ve followed and admired for years. You might remember that I did a portrait of Ori a while back, just as a show of appreciation for soignee’s art, and I was so happy to be officially commissioned to draw both of them. My sorry ass had to google makeup looks for hours because I know nothing and I didn’t want to screw it up, given how delightfully fashionable Ori is. I’m happy with how they turned out!

And for the backstory, because come on, it’s me we’re talking about, Ori is putting on earrings that Kolyat commissioned for her, shaped like the planet on which the first colony she successfully funded is established, and she’s getting ready to go to the party that celebrates her success.

As for Bats, there isn’t a specific story behind it, but I had fun imagining that the sort of freckles he has on his cheeks are constellations, since it fits well with the Mass Effect theme haha.

Commissions are open if you’re interested!

[ghostxofxartemis]

💋 Who is the best kisser, for the first pairing that comes into your head when you think ‘good kiss,’ please!

So it was a toss between Reagan and Coats but then this happen:

Ashley runs her nails along John’s chest while taking in a deep breath. She’s never been a morning person, even with all the discipline of a marine, it sometimes took her a very long time to crawl into bed. Gratefully, she doesn’t have to anymore now the then impending end of the world wasn’t at their door. A new life is beginning for her. She now looks forward to waking up in the morning, waking up next to her husband and looking forward to the few moments of snuggling - as newlyweds.

She watches as John’s eyes start to flutter open and his lips curve slightly upwards, he takes a deep inhale of breath through his nose and a content sigh escapes his lips as he exhales through his mouth. This is what she loves so much, he no longer wakes up stressed, no crunching of the eyebrows, no more rushing out of bed to start the day and get into the thick of it all. It’s just.. them.

She closes her eyes and nozzles deeper into the crook of his neck, her lips curled into a smile as she feels his lips trail along her temple, then a kiss on the bridge of her nose. The baby flutters in response, almost like it knows and it makes her giggle.

“What?” He chuckles against her cheek.

His breath tickles her a little bit, she shakes her head to scratch the hits and manages to rub her nose against his. His lips meet hers, the softness as his lips part hers and his tongue slides in her mouth, twirling along with hers as she gratefully accepts his touch. A content moan escapes her mouth as she reaches her arms up to wrap them around his neck, bringing him closer to her. She gently scratches the back of John’s head with her nails while his fingers laces through her hair and he cards through it, knowing very well she likes it when he plays with her hair.

She pulls away slightly, keeping her forehead against his. “Baby’s kicking, wishing daddy a good morning.” Her voice is raspy as she catches her breath, her lips move against his and he ghostses another kiss, before moving to her jaw. He lowers himself, placing his head against her belly and giving it a gentle kiss.

“Morning to you baby.”

Looks like it's John and Ashley. 😄

[crackinglamb]

WIP Whenever Wednesday!

Tagged by @lilbittymonster and @theluckywizard, thank you both!

Tagging @ir0n-angel, @autodiscothings, @mogwaei, @pikapeppa, @effelants and anyone who has something to share. No pressure!

I'm remarkably low on WIP's currently. At least, those I'm actively working on. In an effort to get myself back into the headspace, have some Mirabull, from the Inquisition era of the series.

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He went back to the report and she snuggled up to him and read over the curve of his forearm. “Thinking about sending [the Chargers] off on a job of their own?”

“Yeah. We get paid fine, but the boys are bored. Bored leads to trouble.”

“I am well acquainted with our boys, babe. I know what kind of trouble they get into.”

He nodded absently, appearing to ignore her dry tone although she was sure he heard it. “Then you know why they need to get out of here and do something useful.”

“The snow from the avalanche should be melted by now, if you want to send them to Haven. Let them sift through the rubble, see if anything can be salvaged. It’s not killing things, but it would keep them busy.”

“And there’s always bandits in the Hinterlands,” he said. “They could do a round of clean up work there too.”

“Everyone wins,” she teased. “I’ll have Cullen put together a list of places before we head to the Approach. How’s that sound?”

He put the report down on the side table and lowered himself on the pillows until they were eye to eye. “Sounds good, Chestnut.”

His large hand spanned the breadth of her hip and he was smirking. She leaned in and kissed him and gasped when he rolled her beneath him. He pinned her hands over her head, his smirk wider and saucier now.

“That sounds even better.”

[drelldreams]

@autodiscothings mad oriana vibes 😍

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[outpost51]

Summer reading/writing tag

@captain-kraken tagged me over here and @void-botanist tagged me over here, thank u both ily

1) Describe one creative WIP project you're planning to work on over the summer:

i am going to fucking finish between a rock and a hard place if it kills me

2) Recommend a book:

if you like blinding neon, go read The Darkest Flower by Kristin Wright, that book permanently altered my brain chemistry

3) Recommend a fic:

oh i'm boutta go FERAL cuz if there's one thing i have it's fic recs, below the cut so my followers don't riot lmao

obvs for mass effect there's the Exponential Differentiation series by @sparatus but if you want something a little shorter Still on Patrol is fucking fantastic mass effect flavored maritime horror with a side of delicious worldbuilding and I'll Follow You hurts so fucking good, he literally established the desabrudas tag and also he is my soulmate.

further there's the Project Sunseeker rewrite and i can't just post @thetrashbagswasteland's entire library but if you want a good, hard ugly cry for stress relief reasons, get yourself a pint of ice cream, a glass of wine, and spend the evening with like, anything in there, also? there's some really good crack in there, and like, also also established a ship tag. and HURTS ME WITH IT.

@teamdilf has great crack in the form of A Cheesy Situation (counterfeit cheese? kidnapping? team dilf? yes please) and A Night in the IKEA, but then gives me emotional whiplash with masterpieces like A Man of Many Talents, also writes minor/underrepresented characters and i would die for cecilia and tullia.

and i don't even fucking go here which is how you know this shit slaps but @bambino1294's Floriography and of beasts and blood and An Upright Tower feed me so well. oh my god.

and if THAT isn't enough to occupy your summer, have Starwind Legacy by @commander-krios bc dash and leo have stolen my heart, and Next of Kin and Flesh of the Weak, Food of the Strong by @princess-prawn are so. i don't go to ANY of these fandoms, her writing just makes me SALIVATE anyway go stalk my friends. tell cersei them. i want them to know it was me. and @autodiscothings' Acts Of Repetition and Sirens and Selkies were HUGE influences for blinding neon. honestly soignee is the reason i decided to write a police procedural at all.

4) Recommend music

anything tagged tunes.mp3 on this blog or my main but also anything by aeseaes (including covers), denmark + winter, or power-haus, i've been streaming those all this week OH ALSO iniko's whole discography, but especially this:

5) Share one piece of advice!

take what you can, give nothing back.

stay frosty, much love xox

if you were tagged above, consider yourself tagged, or come steal an open tag from me!

[niuniente]

autodiscothings replied: Go back to the tablet! It makes you happy. I can’t not draw on an iPad now, my Wacom and monitor is a horrible experience. I feel bad as Apple is an awful company, but the art I do on it is just... better

I think I need to! I have to make some adjustments how to draw with it because I got the drawing monitor to battle hurting and aching from drawing. Perhaps I get zaisu floor chair to support me while sitting on the floor as I have no space for an office desk and a proper drawing space.

It’s a big surprise for me personally to realize that the cheap Huion tablet just works better for me. I have had 3 drawing tablet and the problem has occurred only with this monitor.

[heavenlyeros]

@autodiscothings‘ gorgeous ori <3 much love for the galaxy’s number one fashion icon

ko-fi || commissions

[drelldreams]

@autodiscothings oriana vibes

Purple moment

[crownleys]

😭 and 😳 for the meme, oh and 😊 !!

So I reblogged this meme on a Thursday morning this week and went, “Surely I will at some point have a single moment during the day to respond to these!” I was wrong. Anyways thank you for asking this! Let’s get down to it 😭 -- an idea i attempted but had to abandon. So at one point I really, really wanted to do one illustration per mission of Zombies, Run! Season Eight (that fitness app I never hush up about). I got about three and a half illustrations in and got promptly walloped with work, and have thus far been unable to finish it. It’s now become a goal for next year!

😳 -- a piece that turned out better than i was expecting I’m really, really fond of this one painting I did of Ren in the ocean. I went into it with NO planning, and no undersketch at all

😊 -- a piece i’m really proud of and why I’m pretty happy with this drawing I did as a commission for @whirly-wind -- it’s one of my favorite portraits I’ve done recently and I was really happy with the style I used

[eluari]

Works in a book shop vibe, for some reason

Aw... sometimes I dream about owning my own tiny book store with a cute Café, where writers can meet up and discuss WIPs all day. I’d love that. 💕

anonymously or not tell me what vibes I give off

[pigeontheoneandonly]

Erukal?? for the WIP game

Thanks for the ask!

Erukal is why I haven’t been writing the things I should be writing the past week or so.  Sometimes new ideas just seize you by the shoulders and make you pay attention.  :P

Erukal is my orc mage in World of Warcraft. He’s on the older side for an orc.  He was changed by the demonic Legion’s hold over his people; he fought in the First War, which was the orc invasion of Azeroth, and the Second War that followed it.  He spent years in an internment camp when the humans and their allies were ultimately victorious.  While there, he met his partner, who he stayed with for nearly twenty years, until his recent death due to a prolonged illness.  They sought out a healer who said it was beyond her knowledge; rather than squandering his final months searching for a cure, he chose to die peacefully.  After a life largely directed by unnatural events, he preferred to let go with grace. 

After the liberation of the camps, they traveled through the areas where orcs were more-or-less welcome, and eventually settled in the Barrens, where they raised riding wolves along with keeping up a small homestead.  His partner had a special affection for barn cats that he adamantly denied, and so their home became a haven for them as well.  Erukal still has the last of them, a tomcat named Doomclaw (in the best of orc tradition, of course).

Once his partner passed, he decided he didn’t want to live there anymore, so he gave him a proper burial and sold the place.  In my timeline, he’s in the “Draenor” expansion era, which provides an opportunity to go back in time to the place where he was born, before it wall went terribly wrong, for the low, low price of rejoining the army.  But things have changed quite a lot, and he decides it could be exactly the right kind of different from his current life. 

He hid his magic ability for most of his youth, because he was afraid of being forced into more direct service to the Legion as a warlock if they were discovered, so he knows his way around an axe.  Most of his magic ability is self-taught and geared towards the necessities of his fairly average post-war life.  So great at conjuring food and safeguarding falls off roofs, and less so with flinging ice bolts.  He’s less cautious about defending it now that demonic servitude is no longer a risk, and ends up being sent for proper training. 

Right now he’s in the middle of trying to reconcile the things his clan did that led to the wars, and the fact that they’re still actively supporting the side of evil, while fighting to stop a madman who wants to destroy both timelines.