#because the pressure sensitivity on my tablet broke

[urfavnegronerd]

all right u obscene fucks some of you don't have a skincare-obsessed sister and it shows

alright so anyone who shaves their no no square is going to know what im talking about so just bare with me. some of us are too broke to afford a wax (i have eight dollars in my spending account rn), so here's what ur gonna do. everyone whos shaved that area has most definitely experienced irritation, ingrowns, bumps, and itchiness. this is not good, especially for those of us with a history of sh. that alone has triggered multiple relapses for me, cus why does my body itch? and then my brain spirals from there

if its been a while since u've shaved? no worries stink i didn't use to be regular either. if its been a while and you have a bit more hair, make sure to trim the area carefully, with a sanitized pair of scissors.

dry brush the area, you can get a dry brush at target, i got mine for five dollars

gently exfoliate the area, i use a home made one w sugar, oil, and dr bronners unscented soap. i use unscented because i have keratosis pilaris, eczema, and sensitive skin. use unscented soap, not no Japanese cherry blossom ass shit from bath and body works. do you want a yeast infection? unscented is the way to go.

get clean razor, i switch mine out every month or so. i use harrys because they're marketed towards men so a closer shave w more blades. before u do anything w the razor, run it under warm water, if the pressure in your showerhead changes switch it to the highest pressure and rinse the blade to get any gunk out of there

drop the shaving cream, the conditioner, whatever u use. drop it. switch for coconut oil instead, unscented as to not irritate the area.

at first go with the direction of hair growth, stopping to rinse the razor and the area every few strokes. then go side to side, and up and down.

as soon as ur finished rinse the area with freezing water as to close/tighten the pores!!

when ur out of the shower use either after shave, or witch hazel. i like to use aqua velva after shave, it smells nice, and also marketed towards a male audience so it actually fucking works. pour a little bit on a cotton round, wash rag, or toilet paper and apply it to the area. it'll sting a little bit, but that's the tightening and toning of the area, don't worry. for those of my afab friends do not put it in there. only on the skin outside of it!! no one wants a yeast infection, or a uti, we don't do that here. (however if you do get a uti or yeast infection, boric acid suppositories at target, azo cranberry tablets and apple cider vinegar tablets. do what you will with that. miasaurus on youtube has great videos on these topics, an ex-stripper and also incredibly funny) tend skin is also a great option but really expensive, when my parents were together my mom got my bald-headed ass daddy a big thing of tend skin for his birthday.

moisturize with unscented lotion, i use cetaphil on that area and coco butter everywhere else

in the showers following ur shave down there, use a salicylic acid face wash on that area. i use cerave because i got it cheap with ulta points, i would recommend cerave because it's formulated with ceramides to keep your skin barrier healthy as well as being unscented. salicylic acid is an acne medication that also helps prevent ingrown hair and itchiness.

moisturize moisturize moisturize!

repeat as necessary friends! go fuck that person bald down there. or don't, whatever floats ur boat. if you wanna be smooth down there (cus its fucking comforting), go be smooth if you wanna!

my mom or my older sister did not teach me this, so i had to figure out what works too embarrassed to ask for help.

[charbles]

goodmorning everyone!

Unfortunately i have no plans, The vanny project is on hold because I Broke My Art Tablet so anything more than doodles is kinda frustrating right now (the pressure sensitivity has decided to fuck off and will only come back in spurts and then sometimes it simply refuses to draw and Good Lord is it frustrating)

im going to be getting a new one eventually but till then? youre all banished to doodles

Ontop of that, would you guys like to see other content? because i have a tendency to just completely draw whatever the hell i want and then not post it because it's not fnaf, but if you guys want to see that stuff id be happy just placing it gently down :]

Anyway! have a lovely day you sillies!

[matryx7728]

MACHINE-INDUCED INSANITY 💔💔💔💔

more ranting below the cut

got a windows surface tablet recently cause i needed a standalone drawing tablet and since i once had a display tablet that hooked up to my puter i’m most familiar with windows apps like firealpaca; my display tablet broke a while ago (also why i got the surface pro) and after readjusting to firealpaca (and drawing on a tablet again in general. i’ve been restricted to drawing on my phone since my display tab broke up until now) i decided v0 was due for a new ref

some things of note: this tablet only has like 4gb of ram. which works fine for what i’m using it for but that means it gets a bit slow if i have too many layers/too many tabs/try to do things real fast. this tablet also doesn’t have gesture comprehension so i cant do things like double tap/triple tap to undo/redo, i have to tap the buttons on the screen manually. i also don’t have a keyboard attachment yet and i’m not really looking to get one i just need that xp pen thingy that has all the button shortcuts but until i have that i have to manually select to and from each tool and i can’t use shift or ctrl which limits me from quite a few things (like straight line tool, the ability to select multiple things at once, etc). it’s not that much of an issue but it is a hinderance ALSO this things touch sensitivity is a bit high so even with my smudge guard, i accidentally tap on things all the time with my palm if i dare press my hand down with any pressure at all

(P.S. this isn’t to say the tablet is bad. if you’re looking for a windows drawing tablet or something it’s very nice and the one i have (i think it’s the 6?) was a very good price. would recommend. most the issues are circumventable)

anyways i was working on v0’s new ref right. that shit took me 5-6 hours for just the fucking sketch and lines the most i’ve done color wise is the clipping layer and that’s it. and i cant continue rn because 1: don’t have an image i can get v0’s colors from saved on my tablet yet (and i’m not currently at home so i have no wifi. cant get a ref image til i get home) and 2: i forgot i was supposed to be drawing it on vc tonight with another friend of mine (@cikdik) so i’m waiting til then anyways

mind you i have to color this thing lineless. i had to do actual lineart however becayse i needed the clipping layer to be seamless and also guidelines you know. so that’s another like 4+ hours at best

and that’s just for the fucking front facing view wgich i have also. yet to line its tail to and its wing things onto it so that’s not even done yet and whenever i do get done with that i have to then draw a side view and a back view and i’ve been holding my pen so long without break up until now my hand hurts just a little bit

anyways sorry about the impossibly long post i just needed to talk more so i didn’t get mad about it. thank you for coming to my ted talk and thank you @athiav2 for listening to the bullshit i was spouting

[sapphire-dicson-official]

Technology: is working Me: changes one thing Technology: crashes Me: being used to it and expecting it, opening the program back up Technology: SorRY somETHing BROKe! Me: What broke? Technology: You have to try these three things to figure it out! Me: NOT AGAIN NOONONONONONONONONONOOOOOO!!! AAAAAAAAAAAA JUST LET ME WORK!! Technology: NOPE! NOT ALLOWED UNTIL TOMORROW!

So, story. Last night I was trying to give someone a quote for an animation and krita has been known to crash after working in one workspace for a while, going into a workspace with animation dockers active, and adding a frame into the timeline. That is what happened last night, I expected it, I flip between two workspace modes that I have set up in krita and usually it doesn't break anything. USUALLY! When I booted krita back up and started drawing, the pressure sensitivity wasn't working. I checked my drivers for my tablet and they WERE working at that time. I go to see if the issue resolved itself this morning, it had not, I reset my pc, no change. I was supposed to stream today, but due to waking up later than I wanted to and needing my pressure sensitivity because it's an art stream, I couldn't stream until I figured out what was going on. I checked my drivers again for kicks and giggles, AND THEY WEREN'T WORKING!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! tech issues drain me and if i am drained I cannot stream. AND IT SUCKS

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Sketch for the IronStrange Gift Exchange at @ironstrangehaven ! The prompt was "long married slice of life" for @mistressstrange ... I guess I took it a bit literally with the slice of cake??

[orokay]

it’s so interesting and neat to me seeing people send asks to me and other artists that reflect the sort of questions that i remember asking pretty much any artist i looked up to when i was first starting out as well. like, there are things that i thought that if I did the same as those artists that my art would be better that i realize now don’t really make a difference. we’re really all on different stages of the same journey and it’s so cool to recognize the things that you’ve done before and see where people are on their journey 

[moeblob]

I still have my old art tablet and I forgot the reason I stopped using it and oh yeah because it broke. And so every jostle disconnects and reconnects it. And no pressure sensitivity. So I had hope briefly. That hope is gone.

[hoaqins-funk-house]

Springtrap

Yandere

Male Reader

You can read part 1 here 

You can read part 2 here

Part 3; Finale

Spinning your keys around your finger, you go to slip them into the backdoor's lock, finding that turning it was difficult. 

Far too difficult.

"Did someone break in?" You mutter, pulling the key out and beginning the walk around to the other entrance. "Well, if they did I doubt they'd stay long, not with William there."

Entering through the front, you look around the dark establishment, trying to spot if anything had been stolen or otherwise interacted with violently. With a sigh of relief at the sight of everything being normal, you fully step in, making your way through the building and wondering with a disgusted expression how William was able to walk through this place barefoot.

Turning the corner that allowed you to look into the window of your office, you see your golden-green companion looking at the door with his head tilted, an unrecognizable expression on his face.

"Yeah, the lock's broken for whatever reason." You say, his gaze shifting before his face does.

"Mhm." He walks towards you, stopping a few meters away. "Say, have you thought about me very much?"

Caught off guard by the question, you tilt your head. "Huh?"

"My existence. How I came to be trapped in a suit." He elaborates.

"Not really, to be honest… why?"

He looks into the office window, eyeing that tablet. "The suit, being an original model, incorporated these little devices known as springlocks."

Your brows furrow. You only knew of Springbonnie and Fredbear from random things online, so the inner workings of them was completely unknown to you. 

"The reason why they're called suits; the springlocks pushed back all the little bits of animatronic things that filled them, thus allowing them to be worn by employees. I, as you can tell, was one of them." His gaze shifts back to you. "However, I wasn't when I was subjected to my slow death."

He takes one small step towards you. "It was in a room known as the saferoom- ironic, isn't it- which was invisible to both cameras and the animatronics that walked around."

His lips twitch up. "I hid in there, waiting for them to come near me. When they did, I broke them. They all came, and all of their shells were destroyed."

Shells? Destroying the animatronics?

You watch as he takes another step forward, this one larger. 

"But, the ones inside those shells weren't so easily deterred."

Ones inside…? 

"They chased me. Forced me into hiding in the suit. They wanted revenge; wanted me dead."

He takes a few larger steps, now within arms length. You, however, grow uneasy, stepping back. His eyes stay locked with yours, a soft grin on his lips. 

You truly do look like his prey.

"I don't blame them. After all, who wouldn't want their murderer dead?" 

Your eyes widen as your suspicions are proven correct. When he takes a step forward, you do the same in reverse. If you look away for one moment, he'll catch you. You've seen his speed.

His eyes glow in the dim light, lips curling into a nightmarishly wide grin.

"Oh, it seems you've figured out my big secret. Does it change your view of me? Would you still wake up on top of me so calmly?" He laughs. "Would you still let me rest my head on your hand? Would you still so easily approach me?"

You were wrong last night. Dead wrong.

He's terrifyingly monstrous, even as a human.

"Well, I suppose my last question has already been answered." With a small chuckle, he jolts forward, you ducking to the side right before he could reach you and dashing off. He glances your way during his brief pause, expression horrifyingly giddy.

 His steps are loud behind you, and you only manage to reach cam 6 before arms cage you in against the wall, you turning to face the grinning man as you push yourself up against the wall as if trying to force yourself through it.

He lifts his hand, placing it on your chin and using his thumb to brush over your cheek. "You're too adorable. You really are like… my prey."

God, the fear in your eyes…

His grin widens a bit more, and his hand slips to the front of your chin. You clench your eyes shut, hearing a gruff laugh before his chapped lips connect with your own. You tense, feeling his other hand grip your wrist, applying more and more pressure until you let out a pained noise, him taking the chance to slip his tongue into your mouth.

Your eyes stay shut until he finally separates, where you reluctantly open them once more, finding a very satisfied-looking William and a small string of saliva temporarily connecting your tongues. "Don't worry. It's not the end of us after just that." He assures.

The hand previously on your chin shifts to your hip, where his fingers press somewhat harshly against the cloth, holding you in place further. Leaning in once more, he grins at the tiny whimper that escapes you. Redirecting himself, he instead aims for a much more sensitive area.

You let out a gasp as you feel his lips against your neck, quietly hissing as he harshly bites down, his sharp canines drawing blood. After he has his fill of that, he follows it up by sucking on the spots he had just bit, you feeling your heartrate pick up even more. 

The sound of your heavy, stuttering breaths in his ear certainly doesn’t discourage the man.

Still, he leans back, enjoying the sight of your reddened face as you reach up, covering your neck with your free hand. This, of course, wouldn’t be the end, but he needs to save the rest for later. 

He steps back.

His grip on your wrist, while looser than before, is still firm as he begins to walk you back to the hall in front of the office. "Now, I have a little game for us to play. We've done it before, so I won't explain the rules. If you make it to 6, I'll let you leave. But if you don't…" He pauses, glancing over his shoulder at your panicked face, which he responds to with a smile. "Well, I'm sure you can guess."

Standing in front of the entrance to the office, he waits for you to hesitantly enter. 

"As usual, I'll start in the back. Don't even try to escape, it's not gonna work. I broke the lock and that door isn't going to be breaking from anything but power tools."

You give a small nod, eyes shifting to the chair.

"Well, good luck. You'll most definitely need it." 

You don't react to his voice, walking towards the chair as he begins his walk back. 

You turn on your phone, checking the time and finding that fifteen minutes have already passed. 

You can't call for help, if anyone came in they'd be killed by him. If he lived through an endoskeleton being shoved into him, he'll live through pretty much anything.

Still, you text your brother quickly.

You put your phone down, not caring about the wave of notifications that came from him spamming trying to get you to respond.

Pulling the camera pad out, you switch to where he normally starts right as he walks in. He sends a chilling smile up at the camera, eyes eerily glowing within the shadows. 

"Let's begin!" He calls. 

Immediately, your eyes widen as he reaches up, ripping the camera right off of the wall.

You feel your breathing pick up again as your heart pounds out of your chest. 

You aren't going to make it. 

When he dashes into the next room, you lead him back. He snarls. Briefly, before cam 10 gets ripped off of the wall, you see him glance at the vent.

Thankfully, he ignores it, running into the next room before you hit him with the sound again, rebooting audio and cameras tight as they go out. 

"Fuck that guy for making this shit so 'authentic' it breaks down every two seconds!" You mumble to yourself. 

William tears cam 8 down, running out once more. When you manage to catch him, he's in cam 4, and you lead him back with more audio. 

"You won't keep this up, you know! You'll run out of cameras!" He laughs, the sound echoing in the building.

You frown as cam 5 goes out. You lead him back further, hearing the thumping of the vents and quickly switching your cameras to them, sealing off a vent thankfully just in time. His grin drops.

You check the time. 

It's 2. 

5 of 10 cameras have already been torn down, and you are unable to play audio from them.

He gets out of the vent surprisingly quickly, continuing his race to you. 

When he reaches another vent, you block it off before he reaches the end. He rips off a camera that you haven't even used yet upon getting out. As soon as he sees cam 3, he rips it off as well.

You see the first sparks.

You lead him back again, he charges again. 

The cameras start it.

You lead him back again, he charges again.

Soon enough the back half of the building is in flames, swallowing everything and coming for you faster than William could.

You have nowhere to lead him to but right outside your door, and he disappears. 

Completely. 

Not in any cameras, not in any vents, and not in your vision.

The smoke began to pile into your room, so you rip off a sleeve of an old jacket that was left and tie it around your nose and mouth, getting out of your chair to stay lower to the ground.

Frantically, you switch through everything again, continuing to look for him, but turning your head to the sound of a grate both thrown aside. 

He went through the break room.

There, you meet eyes with William, who seems to be doing just fine in the intense heat that fills the attraction.

You quietly gasp, grabbing your throat as smoke fills it even with the makeshift cover. You wince, ripping the cloth off, finding William about three meters from your office. Frantically, you reach towards the vent close button, but when you press it, you hear the sound of failing machinery.

It was broken. 

He broke it the first night, and now you would die because of it.

Blindly grasping for your phone, you send another message to your brother.

'Get fire help' is all you could type out before William pins you to the ground, you barely managing to send it. 

Grabbing your phone out of your hand, William carelessly throws it into the wall, you wincing at the crunching noise. 

"You know, back when I was alive, I did much research on souls. Every soul contains this little thing known as 'Remnant.' Now, Remnant is the only reason I'm alive. There's no way to destroy it, except for fire."

Your eyes widen. 

"This building won't get hot enough to completely destroy our Remnant, so don't worry about that. Still, think of it like a metal. When it gets hot enough, it melts. It can meld into other people's Remnant."

You clench your teeth.

"Of course, there's no way I am going to destroy you. So, instead, I think I'll go with another option." He smirks. 

You can feel your vision get hazy.

"Within this fire I will preserve your warmth, and we will be welded together."

Your lids droop as you feel your breaths become raspy. 

You're going to die to the smoke, not to the fire that roared outside of your office, slowly inching its way in. 

You let out a few more wheezes, feeling lips against your own before your vision goes black.

-

He gets the news less than an hour after he calls the fire department.

His brother, the only immediate family he had left, had died in the fire. 

It doesn't take much thinking to figure out who did it. 

William. 

That man, that murderer, is going to pay.

However long it takes.

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i did not plan this out right this part is a lot shorter than it should be but ehh whatever

whoop whoop it is done… I mean I have a sequel planned but either way, this part of the story is done

See ya later :)

[retro-devilish-archive]

An Honest Review of Drawing Tablets

So, basically... I've been dealing with a nightmarish situation for a week in a half, and have had to opportunity to try an assortment of tablets (one broke, one borrowed, one rented, one bought).

I will be reviewing the:

Cintiq 13in HD (2017)

Huion H610PRO (2020)

Wacom One (2020)

Huion Kanvas PRo 16in (2021)

The reviews are under the cut...

Cintiq 13in HD (2017):

Absolute worst one of the tablets. This is the one I had owned since 2017, and it is the one that completely died a week and a half from the due date for my senior animation. The stand that comes with it (The same one that is still for sale on the website today), is terrible. The tablet slides around in it, and I had to fasten it together with tape to keep the tablet from moving. The cables that come with this tablet have bad connection issues. After the first year of owning this tablet, just moving the wires could cause the tablet to disconnect. The buttons do not work very well, and it is very difficult to clean. Getting any sort of liquid on the screen causes bubbles to form.

PRICE: $799.99

Image Source: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1125249-REG/wacom_dth1300k_cintiq_13hd_13_3_creative.html

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Huion H610PRO (2020):

A medium sized drawing tablet. It is not a monitor tablet, so it is best for those who want something portable, or are more inclined to drawing without a screen. This tablet is the nicest to draw on. It has a great texture, and the pen it comes with has a spring mechanism on the tip that makes pressing down more comfortable. It is lightweight, so easy to carry. The only downside (For me, at least) is that the pen has no eraser, which seems to be standard for Huion tablets.

PRICE: $79.99

Image Source: https://digimend.github.io/tablets/Huion_H610pro/

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Wacom One (2020):

This tablet is as basic as you can get for a monitor tablet. It has no buttons, and has a 13in space to draw in. The black frame around the drawing space makes the tablet bulkier, but it is good for hand support. The tablet feels INCREDIBLY sturdy, which is to be expected, because it is aimed at beginners. It comes with a built in stand, that feels rock solid, and it comes out at a great angle for an ergonomic drawing position. The downside to the built in stand is that it is not adjustable, and only has one height. The tablet is super light weight, and extremely portable for a monitor tablet. The pen, unfortunately does not have an eraser. The pen is also very thin, so people with large hands may find it super difficult to draw with (This is coming from someone with SUPER small hands). The pressure sensitivity on it is not great, but it does feel really nice to draw on.

Image Source: https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/reviews/creative-hardware/wacom-one-pen-display-review-is-wacoms-own-cheap-cintiq-any-good-for-artists-designers/

PRICE: $399.95

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Huion Kamvas Pro 16in (2021):

This tablet is probably the best out of all of them functionality wise. It does not feel near as nice to draw on as the other Huion tablet, but the pressure sensitivity, and color accuracy makes up for it. The spring on the pen doesn't feel as nice as the spring on the other Huion pen either, and it is a little bulkier, but the buttons on the pen feel much better. There is also no eraser on the pen. The tablet is incredibly thin for it's size, but it doesn't feel fragile. The surface is layered with a laminated sheet, and etched, antiglare glass, so the image is super clear, and doesn't have a lot of parallax. The buttons work REALLY REALLY well, and it has a touch bar that works really well too. The only downside with the buttons is that the on/off button is right above one of the shortcut buttons, and it is really easy to accidentally power off the tablet if you aren't paying attention. The stand you can get with it, is really sturdy, and there is no sliding whatsoever. It is made with metal, and it flattens down into a really portable device. The biggest downside to this tablet, is that the drivers are really difficult to get working, and you have to mess with a bunch of settings to get the pen to actually work on the tablet, but once you have it working, it is literally incredible.

PRICE: $469.00

Image Source: https://huion.com.by/graficheskie-monitory/interaktivnyy-displey-huion-kamvas-pro-16

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The biggest takeaway from all of this is that the Huion tablets have better functionality than most wacom tablets, and are much cheaper. The only downside to huion, is no eraser for the pens, no fancy nibs to switch to (Wacom has rubber tipped, and felt nibs), and the drivers are a nightmare to install and get working.

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[fayrinn]

I really felt like drawing today but what happened instead is that I’ve been struggling with the drivers for hours... and I just want to say a heartfelt

FUCK YOU

to whichever shitty update or whatever entity it was that knocked out my perfectly working graphic tablet that has been working nonstop from 2012 on. Never failing and all I ever had to do was to restart the stupid service when it started to act up (and replace the cable when it broke).

I restarted the service 50 times now, restarted the computer 50 times as well. I tried all the usb ports, I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver, which was, frankly, the last step I thought I needed doing.The driver’s latest version is from 2015 to give you the picture of how long it has not needed any update or reinstall. I just keep reinstalling the same 2015 file, even on this new computer it worked immediately when I installed it few months ago.

Not anymore. No matter what I do, the pressure sensitivity still won’t kick in. Even the built-in stylus of this Thinkpad Yoga (which I hate drawing with) just doesn’t have any pressure sensitivity in any program. WTF is going on?

Of course, I started to suspect the gonorrhoea of Windows updates. Because last time I was scribbling was one month ago, and then, everything worked perfectly. I uninstalled the last update that I could, no change. The one before that couldn’t be uninstalled. Those were the only two which came after I had last drawn. What am I supposed to do now, reinstall the whole system? Or maybe will magically start working again in a day, or in a week? I just can’t believe this.

If anyone has any tips, please give. You are supposed to spend hundreds and thousands on the gear and it’s just not working. How much time am I supposed to spend just troubleshooting? Let me tell you, if I was a pro or spent on a Cintiq or something and still had to deal with this (possibly losing money each hour it’s not working), I would get homicidal.

[do-you-have-a-flag]

i was watching a video where someone was talking about their first drawing tablet

I’m perpetually broke and tend to only upgrade when something is unfixable

i spent two years using an external monitor on my laptop after it’s screen broke because i never had enough disposable income at any one point to repair it until literally like a month ago

so when this video i’m watching is talking about their first tablet i was like “haha i’m still using the drawing tablet i got in high-school!”

and just like the one the person in the video was talking about

my tablet

has 512 levels of pressure sensitivity

when most tablets of decent quality have thousands of levels of pressure sensitivity, the equivalent tablet today from the same brand has 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity

so uhhhhhh

it truly is not the tools that make art possible is the lesson here

also that the longer i use software and hardware from like a decade ago the funnier it is

catch me with my ten year old drawing tablet and my adobe cs5 apps in 2019 like If It Works It Works

[lokikingofasgardslover713]

4} Disquiet

BIG THANKS TO @prettybubblesintheair for the aesthetic! I’m still deciding which to use because I LOVE this mood board!

Masterlist

Keeper of Mischief & Thunder Masterlist

Vampire!Loki Laufeyson x Vampire Plus!Size Reader x Vampire!Thor Odinson

Warnings: Blood, SMUT! CUDDLES!

A/N: SO, the team finds out what has really happend to Thor and why he has been gone for long as well as meet I figured owed y'all a fic that gave good feels instead of the torture I have put y'all through lately! Well, it appears someone is a pet!

Words:+2,800

“Something you miss lover,” Loki spoke to Y/N the moment he stepped behind her, the young vampire sitting at the bar in leggings & long-sleeved shirt that went well with the blowing snow outside as she poked at the tablet that laid on the counter before her.

“Such as…,” Y/N smiled, leaning back into stout body laying her head back to look up at him kindly, closing topaz eyes when calloused hand went to soft neck to cherish the forgiving flesh while bowing over her for a kiss.

“Food. I remember you telling me that it doesn’t hold the same for you as it once did due to the heightened senses. I understand that it isn’t vital to us, but it was a thing you enjoyed was it not pet,” Loki spoke on velvet lips, loving the taste, innocence, Thor called it & had to agree.

“As you can tell by my size, yes I adored it, but I can’t bring myself to try anything. Even though I know it want make me sick I just… it's not the same,” Y/N sighed as Loki continued to cherish soft neck, head laid back into stout torso enjoying the cherishing of the gods hands over tender throat that he had bitten into less than an hour ago.

“Thor is to take you out when he gets back isn’t he,” Loki spoke across satin lips, warm had sliding from her throat into the scoop neck of the shirt, caressing around ample breast & into satin bra the overstimulated creature bucking out at noting begging for friction, leaning into Loki harder.

“Yes,” she moaned out.

Y/N’ hands dropping from stone counter to travel between thick thighs, fingers probing at thin fabric that covered already soaking core, the god himself forgetting where this conversation was going as arousal flooded keen senses. Loki’ freehand gliding down to the one rubbing throbbing clit through the fabric, Y/N whimpering when he pulled it away pressing warm lips to soft neck.

“That makes your possibly 15th time today, you should save yourself for Thor, I know he will be…. Hungry in more ways than one,” Loki mumbled into soft shoulder arms wrapping around ample torso as her warm arms wrapped with his.

“He’s late hasn’t sent a message & there is nothing on the news,” Y/N mumbled in Loki’ ear as he pressed kisses up lax jaw to eventually capture her lips only for the vampires to part when the door to the penthouse opened.

The god holding to Y/N who still leaned back into him smiling at the brawny god who entered but didn’t look happy, topaz eyes troubled & dull.

“Brother,” Loki began standing straighter as Y/N got to bare feet, both sensing the golden-haired god was… off, even jittering.

“Thor, what’s wrong,” Y/N began cautiously stepping closer pausing when Loki placed a hand on tender neck like the first time he brought her before Thor.

“Come here,” Thor’ voice gritted, hand reaching out to Y/N who looked him over, he had been gone too long.

“No, YOU come here,” Y/N spoke taking the two by surprise, soft hand reaching out, the young vampire ordering the older god who looked at her in shock but did take strides to take the hand she offered, Loki letting go as Thor dipped to soft neck taking in the ‘pure’ scent.

“Why want you hunt,” Y/N breathed into the gods neck as bulky body collapsed over her, arms wrapping around to pull tight.

“Because, it's not you,” he breathed, Y/N looking to Loki who was silent at her side, obvious the younger brother was still at a loss how to handle the youngest vampire of the group.

“You can’t keep doing this,” Loki scolded the god who only pulled tighter to Y/N who ran one hand into Thor’ hair while the other wrapped around his waist.

“I know,” he growled menacingly, Y/N’ lithe fingers gripping hard to golden locks to jerk the gods head to the side with a snarl herself.

“Don’t the two of you dare fight,” the young vampire snipped both looking at Y/N in shock at the way she was taking to bossing the two, who had millennia on her, but neither would harm her, not their goddess.

“Forgive me pet,” Loki began, stepping so he was flush to her side, warms fingers releasing Thor’ hair to let his head back to soft shoulder, the brawny god muttering an apology into soft neck while Loki weaved his fingers into loose Y/H/C locks to lean over the side opposite Thor to place a kiss into her hair.

“Forgiven, both of you. I'm going to take Thor to bed, can you handle the list,” Y/N asked Loki, obvious Y/N wouldn’t get to leave the penthouse.

It made Loki’ heart hurt because their little goddess hadn’t been out of the penthouse in several days except for the balcony, Loki having to leave to feed & return. The two gods beginning to note Y/N had become a bit of a shut in oddly enough obvious she hated the city but wouldn’t admit it. Hoping that they weren’t ruining her by coddling her like a small china doll.

“Of course, love,” Loki smiled, obvious he was upset she wasn’t leaving once again, he had shown the young vampire how to charm her senses, so the rank of the city didn’t make her sick when she ventured onto the balcony to sun, but that did little to comfort the fact Y/N refused to leave the tower located miles away from the Avengers compound.

“Thank you,” Y/N breathed as the god pressed one more kiss into Y/H/C hair before leaving the two alone.

The young creature tugging the god that clung to her over to the chase, sitting with Thor still clinging close & gasping out when fangs broke the flesh of tender neck, no longer able to hold back. Calloused hand going to the back of Y/N’ head to lay quivering body to the arm of the chase, not harshly as he took what was needed. A quivering moan leaving Y/N’ throat as his free hand dipped between spreading legs to rip the leggings crotch & releasing her neck.

“I want to try something,” Thor smiled with bloody lips hand leaving her head to allow Y/N to watch, the god in awe when a flash of topaz seidr took every stitch she had to leave curvaceous body bare under him.

“Learned a new trick have we,” Thor laughed.

“Just for my gods,” Y/N smirked darkly, locking gazes with burning topaz.

His cheeks beginning to regain color, leaning into kiss pink lips before trailing blood stained ones down shivering body, only stopping above ample mound kissing above juicy slit. Tongue darting out to lick teasingly over throbbing clit as ample hips tried to buck for contact but quick to place a large calloused hand on plump stomach to stop all action & earning a whimper of displeasure.

“I may be starving but I have plans sweetheart,” he smiled darkly.

The god forcing thick thighs as far apart as possible, slowly running calloused fingers in wet slit, circling needy clit before pressing two digits into begging cunt. A calloused thumb working throbbing bundle of nerves as he moved down to kiss on the inside of thick thighs. He was teasing her to the breaking point, sucking gently all around but for where it was needed the most. Whimpering pleas for release & quick to catch her wrist to prevent her from helping herself.

“You're mean,” the creature pouted out with a shiver, wrist twisting in his hold, letting out loud whimper as tongue slowly licked over sensitive nerve maddingly slow, tongue spread out burning & wide to put pressure before he sucked harshly.

The god filling cunt clinch, moving his thumb to take the place of hot tongue to rub ever increasingly firmer on swollen clit, moving back to trembling thigh & sinking fangs into the soft flesh as she came undone over curling fingers. This time Thor prolonged her orgasm, giving reprieve, a trick learned from Loki more or less.

“Thor,” her voice shook.

The young vampire noting he had taken an example on how to prolong her release from the god of mischief himself & coupled with the bite it drove Y/N into convulsions. Lithe hands threading into silky locks as she continued to cum for what felt like hours letting out a weak whimper when drenched fingers pulled free, spent body falling to the couch as the wound was licked clean before Thor leaned up & over jittering body.

“Like that did you? Appears someone else enjoyed it as well,” he laughed pecking pale pink lips & looking down at ruined jeans.

“God, what the fuck was that,” she panted, body shaking as the young vampires lips & body followed the god to sit up, Thor swift to pull jittering naked body to straddle clothed thighs, kissing between ample breast, plump hips bucking at still erect member, but pants saturated with cum.

“A… trick just for my little dove. I thought you would enjoy it. Now, how about we get cleaned up & go out? Loki tells me you are refusing to leave, yet again & I think it is time you meet the team,” he smiled at the pout Y/N gave him hand falling to tug at the hem of his t-shirt, interest peaking at the mention of meeting the Avengers.

“They know….,” Y/N puzzled, feeling unsure that she voiced it out loud.

“They know… enough. I was a bad mission, I had to tell them some things dove, it's ok,” he smiled kindly at the nervous creature that stayed put cocking disheveled head at the god, continuing to tug at the shirt but holding the gaze.

“Thor, I…. What about Loki,” Y/N began, fidgeting more to look down at the wrinkling hem, the god quick to lift slightly paler chin so topaz eyes looked at him, it hadn’t gone unnoticed by either vampire god that their goddess would pine after the other desiring both to be close & it made them worry they were doing more harm than good at how they kept her.

“This has been an issue Loki & I have spoken of for over a year, we knew this day would come, especially when he turned me two months ago, we can’t hide forever dove. I'm sorry little one,” the god kindly apologized hand slipping to wrap around the nape of cool neck, calloused thumb cherishing along tense jaw & watching fangs nip nervously at her pink lips.

“What or who am I….,” Y/N asked nervously, leaning into his palm for comfort.

“My vampire lover, that is all they need to know at the moment.”

“Thor, I'm not comfortable..”

“I need you to be dove, because I need you. I have no other way of putting it, I need you just as Loki does. You're our little goddess & I may need you with me if the next mission last this long, I almost…”

“Please baby, learn to feed without me,” Y/N pleaded, bloody tears rimming topaz eyes as she finally quit worrying the hem of his shirt to cup warm cheeks, soft cool thumbs stroking over stubbled skin.

“I can’t,” Thor’ voice shook head buying into ample chest as cool bear arms wrapped around warm head to hold him, in vampire age Y/N was just a year old while Thor was merely weeks & Loki was several years but seemed to take to it faster maybe because his seidr.

“Ok, but how long do we have to stay,” she asked quietly strong arms wrapping tightly around thick torso to pull her close into scorching body.

“As long as needed I'm afraid,” Thor admitted as he looked up at the perplexed vampire that drug bottom lip between her fangs nervously but shook her head in understanding.

“So, you're the girlfriend,” came excited voice of the one introduced to her as Wanda spoke, stepping up to Y/N & Thor.

It was clear the redhead was curios if the one introduced to them as a vampire would interact, it was obvious Y/N didn’t know what to think or how to take the compound or any of the others. The young vampire trying her best to be cordial but the grip she held on Thor’ arm told them she wasn’t very trusting at the moment.

“Yeah, Y/N,” the vampire smiled showing fangs as she offered a hand to shake, Thor prompting her to go with Wanda.

“I need to speak with Steve & Tony dove, it's ok I'm right here,” he reassured kissing cool forehead before letting go.

His young lover’s nervousness making his own guts twist, a trait he & Loki noticed after feeding off her. The young vampires emotions bleeding though to theirs, even when far apart & Thor knew if it got much worse Loki would show up not caring who he upset. The god relieved when she sat with the redhead who burned with questions that Y/N began to relax.

“Did Loki…,” Steve began as he, Tony & Thor stepped away from Sam, Bucky, Natasha & a few other agents to continue the conversation started on the quinn jet from the gods tantrum that led to him explain mostly about what had led to Loki returning as a vampire & the events that led to Thor being turned.

“No, Loki found her in an ally. Y/N’ maker had thrown her out like garbage & well, because I want…. hunt… I feed from her,” the god admitted quietly looking down to worn boots, Steve staring opened mouthed trying to wrap his mind around it all while Tony let out a Jesus that had Steve knocking the billionaire in the side & hinting over to Y/N who looked to be relaxing as the redhead looked to be excited while talking to her.

“How does she… hunt… is that what we are calling it,” Tony began trying to keep it together but obvious he needed another drink as he stepped to the bar & came back with a full bottle of whiskey.

“We don’t allow Y/N to hunt, she feeds from Loki, he is the only one of us who hunts at the moment,” Thor spoke, looking down to his glass, it was obvious it took a lot for the god to tell them this & felt Y/N getting antsy because of it, Thor forcing himself to calm & look back up at his two friends who could do nothing but stare at him.

“Synthetic blood? I know it exist have you tried that,” Tony spoke up, ever the genius trying to solve a problem.

“It has been discussed but we haven’t tried, but we, us three are different from the vampires of this realm, we are still trying to get a grasp on this,” Thor admitted, filling Y/N calming for the moment as Wanda continued to yammer with her.

“How long,” Steve asked, finally breaking the silence, glancing over at Y/N who sat oddly still but then again neither did Thor since he came back.

“For Loki, 2 years, for her a year there about & myself 2 months,” he admitted, following Steve’ glance to Y/N who was interacting with the redhead, the god feeling a bit of relief.

“Christ Thor! You could have told us sooner…,” Tony began, Steve trying to keep it to a minimum.

Y/N did fill ok talking to the excited Wanda, it was helping put nervous mind at ease but the tension beginning to poor off of Thor was making her sicker with the passing time. The young vampire wanting to leave, trying to keep up appearances with Wanda but wasn’t sure she could hold it together when Natasha showed up.

“You must be Y/N,” the other redhead smiled at the overwhelmed vampire who stood to offer her hand, almost losing all calm when taking the assassin’s hand due to the scent of war & battle that rolled off of her.

“Yes, I am,” Y/N painted on a smile, no she can’t do this, motion catching unfocused attention to where Thor stood with the two men, Loki making his presence known, stepping close to Thor to speak to the god & look straight at Y/N.

The look in the gods eyes told the young vampire to excuse herself & come to her gods. Y/N doing as ‘asked’ to step up to Thor who reached out to ghost over soft flesh, but the overwhelmed creature shied slightly, favoring Loki, a thing she never done treating both equal. This time pale soft hand reaching to ghost through the raven-haired gods but not latching on to step past him & down the corridor she & Thor had used to get into the facility.

“I’ve got her,” Loki spoke quietly, turning quick to follow Y/N down the corridor, wrapping an arm around tired shoulders & the two gone in seconds.

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[arthurhwalker]

ReMarkable Tablet Review

The ReMarkable tablet has gotten a lot of reviews, but in most cases the device was reviewed by tech reviewers. They weighed the device against others, listed the specifications, battery life, and other technical aspects.

I wrote a similar review, and never posted it because it was just my take from the same technical angle. I think what people want to know is whether this tablet will be a purchase they'll regret. If you're reading this, you may have already tried an iPad, Windows Tablet, or Android tablet with a pen stylus, or several.

I'm about ninety days into owning mine and haven't once regretted the purchase. My spouse and I both bought one, and carry them almost every day.

Here's what I did when I bought mine.

Scanned in the residual pages from all my physical notebooks, and put them in a box. Turned the scans into PDFs, and loaded them onto my ReMarkable.

Exported my active OneNote notebooks, the active ones, to PDF, and loaded them onto my ReMarkable.

Loaded everything PDF or ePUB that I use, or might use, onto the ReMarkable, and organized everything into folders so it could be easily referenced.

I made certain there was no reason to use anything but my ReMarkable Tablet. I wanted to see how long it would take before I broke out my physical notebooks in frustration, or preferred carrying a stack of paper to the ultra-light tablet device. Weeks later, none of that happened.

My printer sits unused, my physical notebooks are still in the box, and I carry the ReMarkable everywhere. Some of that is owed to the preparation and time I took setting it up, and my own ability to adapt to new devices. The lion's share of the credit goes to ReMarkable for making a really nice device.

Value

You're probably asking yourself, is it worth the 500 USD price tag?

I fill a lot of notebooks, and I like to buy Moleskine specifically. I burn through a ton of pens, and I prefer the expensive variety. I don't print a lot of stuff, but when I do it's hundreds of pages at a time. I've got a good set up for that, and my printer is both ancient and cheap to maintain. It sort of evens out between the two.

500 USD is probably 3-4 years of notebooks, pens, and printing costs. Because I write for a living, I'd put my usage at the extreme end, so if you're buying the ReMarkable to save money on paper and ink, it probably won't do that for anyone but the most prolific annihilator of tree-based products.

The 500 USD is being paid largely for two things. The first is the convenience of having all your documents and handwritten notes in one place. The second is for the cloud storage feature that comes with the tablet, and the peace of mind that your things are backed up to the cloud. Being able to check any of my handwritten notes with my phone is keen.

If you have ever used your phone to take pictures of handwritten notes so you had them with you, the ReMarkable is probably for you. If you are carrying around a lot of paper, notebooks, and pens, and it's draining to keep track of all those extra things, the ReMarkable will be a luxury worth the price tag.

A Few Technical Matters

The device does get regular updates. I've downloaded two since receiving mine. Each has fixed bugs and helped stability.

In troubleshooting the device in the rare instance where it has frozen or had a glitch, plugging it in to charge usually clears the issue or allows the device to reboot. I've had precious few instances where this has happened. Usually, I can just hold the power button to reboot it, or it restarts on it's own.

When it's out of battery, and you plug it in to charge there's no indicator light or other sign that it's taking a charge like most devices. There's no battery meter animation that pops up on the screen to let you know it's charging, or similar. That said, this device charges very quickly, and when I've been out of power I'm back up and writing again in 20-30 minutes.

Page turning and rendering in documents varies depending on the graphical complexity. If it's just text, the pages will turn seemlessly, with little or no load time. If you're reading a 300 page game book with background images, pictures, and other graphical elements the tablet seems to handle it well, but set your expectations accordingly.

The ReMarkable seems to load whatever page you're on, and as many pages in both directions as it can buffer. With a simple text document, it might be able to hold the whole thing in memory. With a more graphically intense book, it might be 3-4 pages in either direction. If you're reading at a normal speed, you probably won't notice, the table will load pages as you go.

If you're trying to rapidly turn pages or you select a specific page, expect 5-6 seconds of load time while the table renders the page you selected, and as many pages in both directions as it can buffer. I thought this would be annoying, but I don't tend to jump around books too much, and the preview images in the page selection view are pretty decent.

Handwriting

Writing with the pen is flawless. I've used virtually every pen stylus technology there is going back a decade; capacitive, EMR, AES, MPP, the works. Tilt and pressure sensitivity are spot on. There is no parallax or offset, and the textured surface of the tablet and soft nibs of the stylus make this feel exactly like writing on paper.

It taps so heavily into my own cognitive automaticity with regard to using paper I forget it's not paper sometimes. When I first got it, I'd stare curiously at the device, forgetting I need to press a button to start or turn to a new page. My brain would want to turn the physical page, but there wasn't one, so it'd throw a fault.

Weeks later, whenever I have to interact with real paper I tend to dislike it. It's like using a computer with a touchscreen and then having to use one that isn't. You'll tap the screen anyway because that's what you're used to. Real paper is inconvenient to me now because I can't easily erase or move elements around like I can with my ReMarkable.

[mostlycontagious]

HELLO

my blog went on a hiatus for a while-- that´s because my graphic tablet broke ;; it was really expensive and idk what to do now since I gave my previous one to a friend aaa

(i borrowed my friends old graphic tablet for this hA (which doesn´t have pressure sensitivity or at least I´m too dumb to get it to work)

I simply can´t help my urge to draw Tsu.. ;; justletmedraw

[kitsoa]

Lyric Comic Q&A

So it turns out when you work on a project for half a year, you get a lot of Thoughts and want to express them whether people are actually curious or not. Without further ado, your un-requested Birdmen Lyric Comic Q&A

(Warning: I’m long winded)

*Why a Lyric Comic?

Dude, lyric comics are cool. I’ve always been fascinated by the beautiful, multifaceted artistic experience they provide, because of my love for music and art. Furthermore, I am often plagued by cinematic trapped in my head, spurred by the movement and lyrics of my favorite songs. Since I have no means or experience in the animation category (which would free these phantoms from my head) the lyric comic was a godsend of a medium for this inspired idea of mine. Kiki-kit of the Gravity Falls fandom and Tides-miraculous’ lyric comic in the Miraculous Ladybug are my main inspirations, I’ve adored their sense of motion and emotional savviness. It’s quite the powerful medium.

It’s also a good medium for me personally. I am a ‘looper’ with my music, allowing me to listen to something over and over without tiring. This is useful in the drafting stages! I loved the challenge (though I definitely didn’t anticipate it’d take this long).

*Why this song?

“Out of Mind” was one of those songs that spoke to me, in an overly cathartic, heart-yearning-- almost funnily sardonic ways. Birdmen being on the brain, I started to easily see how much the singers voice reflected that bombastic frustration our Eishi is so known for. The Pre-Chorus “Are you kidding me?” speaks to me the most, reminding me of his cry of frustration during his first blackout, screaming against his fate as he fell from the sky (this exact image did not make the final cut in the end, but I certainly vied for it until other themes overtook it-- let’s face it, there are many screaming Eishi’s to choose from).

This period of time between Takayama’s disappearance and the inevitable reunion is super intriguing to me. Eishi’s in the role of the heartbroken singer, hopelessly betrayed and unable to get over the good thing they had.

*Breakdown the story:

The progression goes like this:

Eishi’s loneliness consumes the first verse, Takayama’s empty seat, Eishi standing alone… all the while peppered with Takayama’s broken promise, which culminates with Eishi’s defiant Death Tweet. The Refrain then serves as these hallmark moments that define them. This is what they had. Every rescue, every proclamation or venomous defying of fate-- it’s what made them. And you’d have to be out of your mind to think that these moments could be forgotten.

Verse 2 is all about that shift in Eishi to follow him. Wistful memories drive Eishi as he chooses to leave and depart from everything he knows, just to get him back. Meanwhile, that opinion of Takayama is still weighed down by that grating irritation (like hell he’s in touch reality, how could he do this?) culminating to his call for him in the Himalayas. The Refrain fires again with the same point as the last but this time I tried to go for a more fervent angle, some of the scenes actually focus on Takayama’s feelings for Eishi and ultimately the pull they have towards each other.

The Bridge is where things get desperate. The moments in the manga where Eishi is in physical pain because of the Whiteout shake me so much. It reminds me of a straight up panic attack. I let this crescendo with the music, making the black void swallow the chaos in a quick snap. Building to the final chorus.

The whiteout is special because Eishi both yearns after this figment emotionally (his friendship with Takayama) and intellectually (what the hell is it and what does it mean?). It represents his unique position in the realm of the story being able to see it, but it ultimately captures the almost divine force behind the relationship of Eishi and Takayama. The outro then brings us back to Eishi failed call at the Himalaya’s, the whiteout ripping him up and forcing Takayama to save him. All the while calling back to that first interaction between them. A mysterious moment that obviously held more weight than any world shaking rescue. And I cap it off with a warmer depiction of their reunion.

*Are you shipping in this comic?

Despite the romantic song, my affections for the pairing, and any other subtext I’ve provided, I went in with the project with a platonic angle. Like I’m not lying. I’m on the ace spectrum or whatever so I kind of interpret every strong bond in the same realm. So that means, if you think it’s a romantic interpretation-- then you’re right. If you think it’s not, you’re also right. Love comes in many forms. Have fun kids.

*What was your process?

Storyboarding

Listen over and over and figure out where to phrase the panels. I then divided the lyrics up accordingly in a draft and reviewed the pacing over and over again. Does it flow? How many words would comfortably fit with each panel?

Determined the thematic arc. At this point I already had a few anchoring moments so I wrote a description of the panel in the draft. I went with the formula of Verses= move the ideas, Refrain= emotional accents, and the Bridge is like… the climax with an epilogue of an outro. This was tricky step. I debated a lot of ideas and some lyrics didn’t feel like a good fit until I really sat on it for a while.

Fill in the draft. This is where I sketch the general shape of panels. This is also where I look at the gestalt of the thing and make sure the composition is easy on the eyes. I tried to make it dynamic and zig-zaggy so as not to be boring. This is the step where one gets really excited about the project. Cause it’s no longer trapped in your head.

Sketching

Gathered references. Surfed the web, made some myself.

Made time to sketch, I did a lot of them at my summer job, made sure to draw about 2 or 3 a day. I had the time then because it was before I took on my day job. I was very surprised to find that I rarely went back to edit a picture or dispose of a draft. I went through with the mantra that I was going to finish the picture no matter what.

Stayed disciplined with said time. I would not let myself take a break from drawing because half the success came from the fact that I was on a roll.

When I finished them I then went through the process of scanning them (my scanner broke between the first 20 panels so RIP)

Coloring Stage

...Good lord. This is where I probably went the most wrong. Make sure you have a good process in place before starting out this stage.  I was not one to digital art much as of late so my familiarity with my program was lackluster (and it also is literally the worst program  in the world), and my laptop couldn’t handle more than 10 panels. So hurray for a very desperate fix. I did everything from my brothers computer, in his room. Sometimes at terrible hours because that's the only time I’m home.

Color planning. I rushed this process but I pulled up the textures and color pallets and reference images from internet searches and stock piled them. While planning I approximated the overall ‘tone’ of each pane; (is it a dark shade, a light shade, blue, or red in hue…) and then I adjusted that so the colors didn’t repeat or blend unless the panels where connected in the same scene. There was a lot of problem solving in the actual coloring so some of this was not as smooth and I paid for it later.

Sketch Editing. I was able to go back in, move around things and edit certain aspects of the sketch without compromising the entire work. This was a life saver.

Actually coloring. Because I color sketches it’s actually a painstaking process where I can’t use a wand or a fill. I’m not familiar with certain masking and coloring methods that would have sped the process up and I wanted to be consistent. This would take 3 to 5 hours a panel which I would do in small bursts.

Type-setting

Deciding font. I was hunting around for a good font for ages until I just decided… to use my own handwriting. This meant that I had to makes sure my tablet pressure specs were up to date and I had to practice my style. It’s not perfect but its cool.

Apply font to panel. There were moments when I literally said ‘screw it’ and left my handwriting a little more sloppy than standard.

Consultation. I worked with my graphic designer friend on improving the placement of text and the color choices. This was an interesting step she is a saint.

Finalize

Every single panel is extremely large. I had to resize each one. Before this I had many tests in the drafts to see how certain sizes would load or format.

*Will you make another?

Probably. Like, there is nothing more satisfying than getting something stuck in your head out of it. I have a lot of tunes I am fond of but barely any qualify for lyric comics (need to have a good pace, easy to latch on musical phrases, thematic content that works etc.) The fandom is important too. Now that I think about it I have storyboards for an old DCMK ‘lyric comic’ idea to Imogen Heap’s “A-ha” (it was like some hidden dark side!au shit I still come back to it). I can’t let my interest wan or it straight up dies. Birdmen is a really unique series for me because its held on for a remarkable amount of time and strongly at that.

Fun Facts:

I colored a total 77 panels, 11 of which were scraped versions of the core 66 because perfectionist tendencies.

It took me 3 months to sketch all the panels out, sometimes drawing 3 a day. I would often cradle my sleeping kitten while I drew.

Panel 54-- the final chorus, whiteout splash page-- took three days to draw. At first it was two pages taped together, then it was three. I had my friend mend the images together into a massive pic for me to color, then break it apart for blog distribution. The full version is used in her video edit of the lyric comic.

I didn’t use pressure sensitivity on my tablet until I got to the last chunk. RIP

It usually took me over a day to do one picture.

I do not have a computer in my room that utilizes the art program I need. I literally did every panel after #10 in my brothers room. Sometimes hella late at night too. Props to my generous brother, he tells me he likes the company.

I took a few notable breaks. All of Inktober was used on the art challenge. The weeks leading up to Birdmen Week. And at least half of the Christmas season was spent on coloring hiatus.

I like adding a ring around the pupils of the seraph eyes. This is not canon, but an error that I really liked. You can see it as a sort of glow.

I am having my friend edit the panels into a video for your convenience. I have no idea how long it will take but I’m tired.