#but her monster design..... why.....
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I have no idea whats going on in Amanda the Adventurer lore wise but I keep seeing her monster design in thumbnails and its so bad it pisses me off so have some foeart about it (like fanart but angry) + some process doodles
#As I said I have no clue whats going on story wise so for all I know its great#no hate to anyone who likes this game#but her monster design..... why.....#amanda the adventurer#redesign#doodles#theres so much they could have done with her but she's just so generic!!! why!!#it looks like they slapped human hair onto a rat. and she does look like a weird rat#they have so much sheep themeing they could have incorperated at least some of that#not to mention they ditched her entire color pallet?? there are ways to make a character look sickly without making them stark white#the way they did the eyes makes it look like she has rocks on her face. they dont even read as eyes because they didn't give her pupils#wont try to claim this is necessarily a better design but at least its recognizable as Amanda
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The De Nile sisters!
#monster high#monster high fanart#cleo de nile#nefera de nile#monster high gen 1#monster high redesign#artist on tumblr#character design#been working on this for days i needed to hurry up and post it before i started to hate it#this isnt meant to be a redesign of the two pack btw it just made me want to draw them together so i could figure out their styles#it is interesting tho cuz i gave cleo triangle theming and nefera diamond theming#but the two pack does the opposite which made me feel weird#but now i think im right since nefera's cheek gem is literally a diamond#anyway i wanted cleo to have a more casual style where nefera's is always elegant 100% of the time#i know all the mh ghouls are always overdressed but with nefera its on a different level#i might reblog with some more info on how i reimagined them story wise#but for now i'll just say that cleo is in her final year of high school (basically she's 17/18) and nefera is the equivalent of 21/22#my art#sabz art#EDIT: you can tell i haven't posted in a while cuz i completely forgot to add an ID!!#i was wondering why posting this was so quick#its because i was being a forgetful asshole!!! so#id in alt
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Mattel cancelling dolls and discontinuing lines because they aren’t selling well is just so annoying.
They aren’t selling well because they’re fucking ugly.
That’s literally it.
#monster high#like it’s very obvious why they aren’t selling well hello 💀#g3 ghoulia is cute but a lot of people didn’t like her design so ofc they didn’t buy her#and Skulltimate secrets? they should’ve stopped that line after the first 3 tbh#the Howliday dolls are cute but they could and should be better#just like. give people better quality stuff?? and maybe your ratings won’t suck???#Pls sell me the company I can fix it for you
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Little flip from putting Classical Lit characters into Monster High, here’s Monster High kids in their Classical Lit forms
Draculaura would of course be one of the Weird Sister pack, voluptuously eating babies and terrifying solicitors. Frankie I could see coming to be in a canon divergence where instead of the Creature asking Victor to make him a wife as a companion he asks for his own child (with all the concerns about Autonomy and whatnot still very much there)
#I don’t know why I find this so appealing I was never a monster high kid#too old#I like the designs though#monster high#draculaura#dracula#frankie stein#frankenstein#frankenstein’s monster#the creature#vampires#tw blood#character design#I would. have done clawdeen but there isn’t really one classical canon werewolf story to push her into#though I do thing Larry Talbot would actually be a pretty good dad#(he’s mt fav Universal Monster)#(apart from that stupid telescope scene :p )
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I’ve never felt so conflicted about a franchise in my life but at least this dude was hot
#I watched conquering the demons and demons strike back at 3am last night and I have to say I like the first one more#but not by a lot#like I wanted so much to like this movie#but fucking Duan man…#like I read the plot beforehand so I wouldn’t be caught off guard by anything but DAMN that SA scene was sooo much worse watching it#girl this is not the girlboss pussy slay move you think it is queen#I liked her character so much too before that cuz she’s so cool but the unconsented captive fuck or die foreplay was NOT the move#then she had the nerve to rip up sanzang’s book and turn to us and be like you know what I think I still have a chance - GIRL HES RUNNING#then they had the nerve to make him fall in love with her anyway boy you a VICTIM#then the second one just had [redacted] in it and I did not enjoy looking at his face for two hours - ruined the whole experience#also I have to say that was the worst iteration of Sanzang I’ve ever seen I was actually happy when I thought wukong was boutta kill him#I talk all this shit but I really did like the effects and monster designs in the movie they were so cool#also I thought the first sanzang actor was sooo cute and pathetic why didn’t they keep him 😭#well it’s for the best I wouldn’t wanna have seen him turn abusive like they wrote him in the second movie#also dsb is the only movie in which I can understand the wukong and tripitaka shippers cuz that ENDING SCENE yeah I saw it#oh right my tags sorry lol#digital art#my art#journey to the west#jttw sun wukong#conquering the demons#demons strike back#sun wukong#also his glowup in between movies is so funny lmfao#if you couldn’t accept him at his conquering the demons you don’t deserve him at his demons strike back#at least dsb gave me this human version of wukong please sir just one chance just one sniff-
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de-genshins your ganyu
Plus bonus sketch showing her arms because buff women >>>
#genshin impact#genshin#art#ganyu genshin redesign#redesign#gi#genshin ganyu#I wanna say that I do like her design#…mostly. but I atleast understand why it’s like it is#this was moreso an exercise in character design for myself than a ‘I’m the best at art and can do it better than hoyo’#I wanted to make her bigger and buffer based on her being an archer and the anecdote abt her chocking a monster#plus I got rid of the rat tail. her hairs just out now#i kept the sleeves though they're so pretty
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i'm getting towards the end of the skypeia arc, & i'd like to say just how much i adore the way the female strawhats have been treated.
just... every aspect of how the way their characters have been previously contextualized influences the story-line is treated with a masterful amount of consideration. we're given so many layers to both of them that enrich not only their characters specifically, but the arc, and the one piece world as a whole. without nami & robin having their specific skills, and their specific values, without those being built upon, the story would have come to a halt.
you could not have skypeia without nami & robin being who they are as individuals. not just because they never would've gotten there without nami, but also because the way these women think is itself foundational to the machinations of the arc as a whole.
to be totally upfront, if you think any other strawhats were more central to the skypeia arc than nami & robin were you are full-on fucking lying to yourself.
#obligatory disclaimer that i’m aware luffy is the protagonist & a lot of interesting stuff is explored w him. this isn’t abt him though.#part of me wonders if this is an aspect of why people will write off this arc sometimes tbh... like that & the political themes.#but yeah anyway i get why people say that for all there are 100% misogynistic tendencies in oda's writing & character design#it is very very hard to say that he as an individual is an ideological misogynist. like the level of care he puts into his female cast mem#-ers generally speaking & how he approaches what existing as a multi-dimensional individual would look like in their specific contexts is#like... in a lot of ways still something that is unprecedented across all forms of media.#but also not the point but anyone who says nami in particular doesnt get real fights/is unskilled um... no you're wrong read her fight in#alabasta & then all of skypeia.#like in alabasta she takes on arguably a stronger opponent than sanji when considering the structuring of BW. not only that but she does s#with a weapon she has never used before while actively reading the instruction manual. and she WINS. she wins based on sheer intellect &#the ability to utilize skills the audience already knows she has. the pre-existing basic fighting skills she's introduced with are elabora#-ed upon by incorporating her skill w navigation. same with the way her cunning is used in skypeia to cover her lack of sheer brute. &#the best part about it is she's fucking tough in a way that makes sense! she isn't strong/weak just for the sake of positioning her as such#it is thoughtful & it strengthens her as a character rather than just like giving the power-scaler types smth to mindlessly chew on.#like do i wish nami got to fight more & take a more active role in that regard even if i don't think she needs to be a fighter in the same#sense as the monster trio? yes absolutely. i'm guessing this is going to be smth that bothers me potentially even more with robin.#but that does not mean her fights are not masterfully written when she gets them or that she isn't tough as a bag of nails.#respect my darling woman or die.#skypeia#nico robin#nami#grey's one piece tag
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I just realized I never posted this and I’m so mad because I love how her design came out and I just love her in general. There are many things I’d like to divulge about her, but on the off chance I ever actually write this story, I’d rather keep them to myself for now. What I will say tho, is that she’s a detective/hunter for the UCR (Unseelie Court Regulations) which, as the name suggests, are responsible for policing peoples and creatures who fall under the definition of Unseelie Court (and both trolls/troll changelings and kelpies do). There’s a completely different justice system that deals with the Seelie Court and non magic folk.
But anyway. Yeah. This is Mable. She’s- she’s a funky little bean, but I love her very much. Also, she needs sleep so bad, bless her-
#Mable art#idk why#but I’m so happy with how her face came out and I keep stopping to just stare at it#i am still trying to figure out how to draw the hair texture I’m going for digitally and make it look good#i drew her traditionally twice today (waiting for natural light in the morning to take pictures and post)#and it came out looking like the texture I was going for#But for some reason I really struggle with it digitally#Anyway#Happy with it overall#character design#monster hunter#monster hunter character design#artists on tumblr#small artist#vintage character design#detective character design#regular style#digital art#young artist#the grey in between#TGB#tgb art
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All right, i decided on a whim to share a rough reference i use in my head of what teenage Ant looks like. Depending on what story or AU I’m writing a teenage Ant for, his appearance changes, but for this one we’ll say it’s my ‘canon’ version of him. Rather, the teenage Ant I have in my head following my internal interpretation of the canon timeline as it takes forever for new seasons to come out, but that I make sure to update as we get new seasons. Also involving a lot of my headcanons for him, most of which explain certain things about either his appearance or mental health, cause our boy is TRAUMATIZED.
Ant is about sixteen to seventeen here, the typical age for teenage main heroes. Except he has already been through being the main hero and is a little sick of it. Or maybe a lot sick of it. A few years prior to where he is in the drawing, the prophecy ends. After defeating the Monumentials and saving the earth from what would have been a devastating rampage, Ant tried to pretend that everything was okay and normal for a while. You know, blocking all of his trauma and acting like nothing’s wrong as is the norm from teenage protagonists. After a while though, Ant realizes that his lifestyle was never really normal to begin with. Ant has a bit of a metal breakdown, not on par with the one Alpheus had or anything, but he has a meltdown when trying to go back to his normal life fails and he realizes he wants a break from everything. From all the families missions and all the adrenaline they experience on a weekly basis and all the danger he hasn’t realized he’s experienced for a majority of his childhood. Fontaine feels guilty for being so proud of her little brother wanting to do normal, not-submarine things, and so Ant starts his own little journey of doing things beyond the titanium hull of the Aronnax.
Now that I’ve gotten the mini bio, or whatever that was, done, time for the headcanons!
- Ant joined his sister in begging their parents to let them try land school, and ultimately Kaiko and Will caved, due to everything the family had just been through. Fontaine went straight to high school while Ant did a year of middle school due to age before moving to high school, with both kids using Kaiko’s maiden name at Ants request. This was because while Ant didn’t hate being a Nekton and was proud of his name, he didn’t want to attract any sort of attention at all. Fontaine wasn’t immediately thrilled by it, but didn’t complain either.
- Ant ended up growing his hair out a bit, and started wearing a beanie as well. He’d alternate how he wore his hair, sometimes keeping it back but usually having it in a sort of half-up half-down style. Mostly because he didn’t want to try to hard with his appearance, and wanted to try something a little different to what he used to wear all the time. (I usually draw adult Ant with longer hair too)
- Ant got his ears pierced when he was fifteen, deciding on a whim that he wanted to. Fontaine was the one who ultimately took him, leaping at the opportunity. He still wears his communicator all the time, but Fontaine convinced him to try a few other bracelets as well.
- After Ants meltdown, he decided to try and separate himself from most of his childhood as much as possible. Not necessarily in a negative way, but more in a manner of trying to find stuff outside of submarine life. Ant felt he didn’t have too many hobbies outside of anything that came in handy with working and living on a submarine, and so started trying out all sorts of activities to find other things he liked to do. This was another thing Fontaine was eager to jump on board with. He still goes out in the Shadow Knight, and he still loves swimming and working on the Aronnax with Kaiko, but he doesn’t spend nearly as much time doing these things as he did when he was younger.
- Another aspect about Ant trying to branch away from submarine life is his clothing. He didn’t wear casual clothes too much as a kid, almost always wearing a wetsuit. As an older teenager, Ant doesn’t wear his wetsuit too much anymore. He has one, and he does use it, but not nearly as often as a kid. He tries to focus on finding a style he likes, which Fontaine is also ecstatic about. Doesn’t always agree with what he picks out, but she’s super excited nonetheless
-As Ant gets older, he starts to develop some more of Kaiko’s features. Ant always felt, to me, like someone where you knew he was Kaiko and Wills kid, but you never saw any similarities until you put him right in between his parents. As Ant gets older though, he starts to lose baby fat and looks a little more discernibly like his parents, especially Kaiko whom he subtly looks more like in regard to facial structure. (Fontaine is, like, a perfect blend of her parents in my opinion. Ant somehow looks exactly like and nothing like either of his parents in the show)
- Ant starts to develop a bit of muscle as a teenager. He’s not Will, and never does get that muscular, but he’s a teenage boy and that sort of thing just tends to happen to teenage boys. He’s still fairly active as well, which helps. His hair also gets a bit thicker because of puberty, and a tiny bit wavy. Not enough to be actually noticeably though, at least until it gets humid out.
- Ant didn’t grow too much between the ages of twelve and fourteen, but then started shooting straight up at fifteen. Will jokes that it’s all the growth spurts he missed in his early teenage years hitting him all at once. This however leads to Ants usual perfect balance due to life on sea being royally screwed up as his center of balance continues to change makes him abnormally clumsy over the next few years until he stops growing so fast at eighteen/nineteen. Being so clumsy leads to a few accidents, like the one that gave him a scar in his eyebrow. Ant usually doesn’t tell people how he got the scar, cause it’s embarrassing to him after spending so long on the ocean. During a summer between school years, the Nektons were on the Aronnax, and Kaiko just gently tipped the Aronnax into a dive. Nothing Ant shouldn’t have been unable to adjust to with ease. Instead, he slid on the floor, lost his balance, and went tumbling down the hall and crashing into a random room with an unfortunate door open where he wound up twisting his ankle, breaking his nose, and cutting his eyebrow deep enough to scar.
- In line with the prior note, Ant has some scars from all the adventures his family has been on. Fontaine does as well, and these only drive home how desperately they want to experience some sort of normalcy, despite still loving their life on the Aronnax.
- Ants clothing style tends to reflect his mental state; how well he’s doing, if anything’s bothering him, that sort of thing.
I’m sure i have plenty other headcanons, but my brain’s struggling to focus on anything new, so here ya go.
#not me writing all this out and now wanting to write a fanfic of teenage Ants shenanigans in high school#stereotypical teenage protagonist hiding something while attending school. but it’s just that he lives on a submarine and saved the world#it’s like the teenage hero hiding the magic life. except Ant’s retired now#some sort of magical or Lemurian thing starts happening aroudn the school#and while his classmates are filled with awe or terror Ant’s just going ‘not this again’#some sea monster shows up nearby and Ant just blows an air horn at it#a new substitute shows up and no one knows why Ant’s glaring at him so much#it’s Nereus. and he’s half enjoying Ants frustration and half nervous about it because Ants had to replace his pencil twice#the deep 2015#the deep cartoon#ant nekton#antaeus nekton#I’d do one of Fontaine but that girls style changes in my drawings so much i don’t have a solid older teenage design of her#ant’s usually consistent in my AU��s. Fontaine has a new hairstyle for every AU i come up with
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Okay but let’s be honest; if/when Amity develops her own Abomination Transformation…
…she will ABSOLUTELY design it based on her Hecate costume. ESPECIALLY if Luz has also by that point figured out how to get her clearly-subconsciously-inspired-by-her-Azura-costume Titan Form back as well.
Because we all know she is EXACTLY that much of a total nerd XD
#toh#the owl house#toh ramblings#amity blight#luz noceda#toh hecate#toh azura#titan luz#seriously why do I see people design abomination amity looking like Darius’s slime monster form#when her nerdy hyperfixation is sitting RIGHT THERE?#also Lumity having badass anime super modes based on their couples cosplay is just… perfect XD
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i’ve decided she’s one of the youngest clops sisters
Cornelea!
🫶💕✨
#monster high#iris clops sister#okay hear me out they’re all sisters and so cute i love them!!!#angel i love every single iris design and they’re all perfect why compare them!! all sisters are good!!#she’s literally perfect the way she is! i love the iris design they used! i think they should all be in the show! they’re too cute!!#give her sisters!!#mh iris#Thank you again Anon for the name!!1
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i don't think her design is awful (though not really worth $75) but i wish they did something different with her hair, like put it up in a bun or something. it doesn't fit the formal victorion vibes, but historical accuracy aside, the black hair with the dark blue dress just engulfs her silhouette, y'know?
#i KNOW fashion dolls typically have long hair that's down for convenience#and 'because they're easier to manufacture'#(at least that was the reason given why the star sailors from sailor moon were given rat tails;#and its likely a reason g3 toralei's doll has long hair)#but still. there's a lot of ways they could do it. like a big bun with sidelocks or something#like as it is#if you squint you don't see a character you just see a vague shape#ik Character Design Rules are subjective and change depending on the context of the project#just there's SOMETHING off about her and i think its the lack of clear silhouette#monster high#lenore loomington
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Dead Tired Honey Swamp
Shout out to @deuces-stone-cold-style for the nightgown inspo!
#monster high#monster high fanart#monster high g1#honey swamp#dead tired#finished this a couple days ago but couldnt post it#cuz my laptop battery decided it had had enough and finally went caput on me#i have a replacement coming within a i cant really draw until then and im super bummed about it#anyway this drawing was funny#i kinda hated it but thought if i could just add some color that it would help#and it did i love her#shes one of my most detailed mh designs so drawing her is always a doozy#i wanna design a dt wydowna to match because they are ghoulfriends#also sorry the nightgown isnt that accurate to the actual reference#i dont think honey is particularly a lace ghoulie which is why i went with the wispy plant fringe#and i really dont like drawing floral patterns i just used the csp presets 🥲#i know the dt dolls come with little accessories but she gets a blankie#and i couldnt fit the sleep mask because i refused to get rid of the bow on her bonnet#id in alt#my art#sabz art
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cleaned up the original sketches i made for my pierrette character during her conceptual stage!
#she would’ve had a more youthful appearance back in the day — but it quickly grew detached from my vision the more i wrote her#which is why these days she’s more of a morticia — maleficent combo … visually speaking anyway#i shall forever cherish her wide face … she is still wide faced in my heart 💔#character illustration#concept art#character design#character art#original character#oc#artists on tumblr#doodles#rkgk#labyrinth town#of monsters and men
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Incomplete list of characters from g1 monster high with either 1 or 2 dolls released in total that I'd love to see brought back in G3.
#monster high#genuinely id love to see how the new designers would update their looks#also imagine gilda goldstag as a friend of manny's or something#please just bring her back i desperately want a gilda goldstag doll#this is not a safe space for g3 hatred#you will be blocked if you show up just to crap on the new gen#i also wonder if theyd bring back gigi since i know depictions of genie/djinn can be insensitive#i want to note i love the entire fusion line#but i adore neighthan which is why hes here#also these have potiential because i never thought finnegan would get rebooted yet here we are
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i dont really like the male MH dolls (their ankle articulation and waist to shoulder proportions creeps me out) but do u think theyll make a g3 gil doll lol
i know hes still like a side character of a side character but hed be kinda neat maybe idk
ooh or a finnagan one i think his new wheelchair is sick asf (and hes in a surprising number of episodes this gen)
#also he has plugs and i think thats neat#i know his 'hair' will just be a hard plastic sheet glued to his scalp but i can live w that. probably.#speaking of side characters of side characters wasnt a howleen concept leaked whered she go lmao#we got catty and spectra before howleen or nefera💀 (i love catty and spectra but they were JUST introduced)#still a win tho like at least they put out new characters#this is why sales are declining lmao WE WANT NEW CHARACTERS TOO#cannot stress how badly i need a g3 nefera and yes ive posted this multiple times before BUT I LOVE HER#also jinafire and skelita i need my boos back and i love jinafires newer design#sorry those tags got outta control once i start yapping about ddolls i cannot stop pls ignore my words#also if ur new here i do LOVE both g1 and g3 so dont take these as criticism against the dolls (but moreso towards mattel lmao)#monster high
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