#cheesey designs

[thatcheeseycandle]

Not exactly any specific AU whatsoever, but hey, thought I'd draw a Tornado from memory for the last page of my sketchbook. (which I somehow havent posted about until now, oops.)

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[tailoring-hearts]

Sometimes I think I desperately want a star trek show or movie or something that revisits ds9 and what they're doing now....and then I think about how none of the new shows can seem to quite capture the....the vibes. The atmosphere (the film cameras and lack of advanced technology tbh) of the older shows and I just sigh and realize I don't actually want anything about ds9

[galaxseacreature]

What WOULD a Friends at the Table cheez-its sponsorship even look like? Because if they made promotional cheez-its with f@tt characters on the box I would buy them (unfortunately)

[meterrrvolt]

im cooking

[coridallasmultipass]

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[really-burnt-toast]

I'm a sucker for a cheesey romance.

The Lamb could just stop petting the gross cat - likewise the gross cat could just leave. But if someone brings that up they might get stabbed.

Do you ever just have your cat headbutt you and you cry because you realize how much they love you. Yeah. I start bawling every time. Inspired by that.

Don't bring up my inconsistent designs, I am struggling.

[rarely-online-glaucopis]

Hello!

Let me introduce you to my friend @ameinababa2024 .

She is the wonderful mother of four children: Jude (12 years old), Habiba (10 years old),  Omar (six years old) and Maryam, who is only 1 year old. She lived most of her life during this terrible genocide.

Amina studied graphic design. Three months before the war, she finished her studies and started working. Her husband was also working as a driver.

And then the war came. They found themselves jobless. They were displaced, forced to live in a tent which has been floodeed by the first rain of the season. Winter is coming, and Amina's family urgently needs your help.

Her daughter Jude also needs treatement for her glandular problems, which she can't receive under these circumstances. And let's not forget that Maryam is a baby who needs milk and diapers.

Please, help her. Her fundraiser has been vetted here.

Donate whatever you can, and if you can't, please share.

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[sanityshorror]

Y'all, I just want to give you a serious reminder that The Dressmaker from Hell*, my next upcoming book, is NOT for the faint of heart! It's straight up splatterpunk/extreme horror**. Balls to the walls. It will probably ruin Julius*** forever for you if you come from the creepypasta fandom and haven't gone down The Creepypasta to Extreme Horror Pipeline™ because of the Hellcrew. I feel like the cover says everything if you can tell what infamous film's cover was the inspiration for the design****.

Click read more for important info:

Current expected date of release is March 1, 2025. (I know it's a year late but after everything I've went through this year, all my projects are expected about a year behind the original release date.)

* The Dressmaker from Hell is the splatterpunk book version of the original creepypasta (which honestly, you can see the splatterpunk author in me show in even though it's a cheesey 13+ slasher. The Dressmaker from Hell (splatterpunk) features the Hellcrew version of Julius, NOT the creepypasta version of Julius

** This book is for a splatterpunk and extreme horror and intended for an adult audience only.

*** About Julius

**** all child abuse in the book is either discussions of or flashbacks to Julius' and Killian's (and a few other's) childhood abuse; but it gets pretty graphic. However, no children are abused in the story's present timeline or even at the hands of the antagonists.

[lena-in-a-red-dress]

Kara gets roped into the RenFaire scene one summer as a face painter because a) she's an art major, and b) she's an art major who needs money. Her friend Nia has worked concessions there since she was old enough to get her workers permit, and swears to Kara that its a great place to work if she doesn't mind the occasional heat wave.

Which, to Nia's credit, is true. Except what Nia forgets to mention is that the resident RenFaire fiddler will make Kara feel like she's living in a permanent heat wave.

The fiddler's name is Lena, and she's gorgeous. Long raven locks and skin like ivory, wearing frocks of green leaves and shimmering wings, she looks like something out of a fairytale.

There's an invisible threshold between the summerbounders and those who have made the Faire their home, marked only by how naturally they fit in their medieval, fantastical roles. Summerbounders, like Kara, throw themselves into it with all the good-hearted cheesey pomp they can muster. The others, well-- they simply are their roles.

Lena is of the latter group. She was raised in the Faire, after all, spending her summers flitting between booths while her mother sold charms to enchanted patrons. But even when her mother passed, Lena didn't want for love. The Faire is her family too.

For her part, Lena immediately takes a shine to Kara, quickly noting her kindness towards children while she paints whimsical designs on cheeks and foreheads. But when Kara seems to clam up and shut down any time Lena comes anywhere close, Lena learns to keep a relative distance. Kara isn't about to approach Lena herself, so they fall into a pattern of mutual admiration from afar.

Until Nia asks Kara how she likes Lena (bc Nia lowkey shipped them when she suggested the job to Kara), and is surprised to learn they have yet to have a single meaningful conversation.

All right. That's it.

Nia invites Kara to a sleepover at the faire grounds overnight, for those who camp there-- among which is Lena. Surely, with the glitter wiped away and the lack of wings Kara will be less blinded and more... personable.

Except that after getting some mead in her system, Kara is even more entranced by Lena. How could she not be, with a speck of overlooked glitter on Lena's neck, glinting merrily in the firelight, and her long dark hair let loose around her shoulders.

But now, mellowed by said mead, Kara can't bring herself to look away when Lena catches her staring. Their eyes lock, and Lena's surprise soon gives way to a blush, then a smile as warm as the fire between them.

Lena doesn't play her fiddle this night-- everyone is pleasantly tired, and content to lounge on their logs and stumps. But someone does pull out a lyre, and Kara does notice that Lena softly sings along to the tune most everyone seems to know.

When Nia and another of the folks seated next to Kara rises to fetch a refill of their tankards, Kara blinks to find a new figure filling their empty seats.

"Hi," Lena greets, her voice low in her throat. The sound is heady, buzzing deep in Kara's core.

"Hey," Kara returns. Thankfully, the drink has smoothed her tongue, eliminating the stammer that previously caught in her throat had Lena approached her at the face painting station.

"You've been avoiding me," she's told.

Kara grimaces. "Kinda... I'm sorry."

"Well, so long as it's not because I smell bad...."

Though of course now Kara breathes in, and her lungs fill with the scent of woodsmoke and pine, and something floral. The floral, she surmises, is Lena.

To be sure, Kara leans in and inhales once again, this time with her nose just brushing the side of Lena's neck. The floral is in fact Lena. Kara notes the jumping pulse point in before her eyes and the catch in Lena's breath.

"Nope," she pulls back languidly, letting a goofy grin spread across her features. "You don't stink."

They're still perilously close, and Kara watches how Lena's gaze jumps from her eyes to her lips and back again. How has she missed this, Kara marvels at herself. To have missed Lena's interest in her is... a travesty.

Lena's head is turned towards her like the rest of the group has fallen away, and perhaps they have-- Kara takes little note of them.

"You're very smooth for someone who's been scared to be within ten feet of me."

"What can I say?" Kara shrugs. "I know to be wary of the fair folk."

"Fair or faire?" Lena teases.

Kara smirks. "I'm sure both are equally dangerous."

"Then you're doomed, considering I already have your name."

Suddenly Kara's brain shortcircuits as Lena leans in, eyes slipping shut as their lips come near enough to brush as Lena speaks.

"Kara."

[frostedcanadians]

(SPOILERS!!!!) Things i think ballad of songbirds and snakes did well and did poorly on (SPOILERS!!!)

Pros:

•i think they did a really great job with their visuals on panem. I think both the districts and the capitol are better translated on screen in this one than in the original three.

•i think the costume design is also better than the original three

•they do a great job at expressing Snow's intentions and thoughts without having the inner monolog as a story telling device. I wasnt sure how well that would translate but it was fantastic

•I like the few little nods they gave to the original movies, while cutting the super cheesey ones.

•the acting is superb. Genuinely no notes.

Cons:

• biggest complaint: holy fuck its rushed. Its so rushed. Most of my complaints are honestly just because its rushed

•so many characters cut out or half assed. Clemensia, SEJANUS, lil, spruce, pluribus, so many

•some pretty big plot points missed, WHY DIDNT THEY TALK MORE ABOUT THE GODDAMN BIRDS. Reaper!!! All the other tributes, the funerals! I understand to keep it pg13 they probably had to cut parading the bodies around but good god give us something! Ma!!!!!

•the entire third act shouldve been twice as long if not three times as long. Its not enough time to explain anything at all. Theyre just moving through each plot point as quickly as possible. No time to understand, no explaining, no suspense. Soooo rushed.

• they missed some pretty big, important quotes.

• maybe unpopular but I hate the ending. Both Lucy Grey's ending and the movie ending. For too many reasons to explain.

In conclusion, I think its beautiful cinematically and acting wise. I think all the actors, costume designers, CGI, art directors, etc did a fucking fabulous job. In those ways it's honestly 10/10. But plot wise, writing wise, I was disappointed. I feel like the plot points they half assed were worse than the ones they cut out entirely. If you didn't read the book I think some aspects will leave you confused or wondering why they were included at all, and if you read the book you'll leave frustrated. I honestly wish they wouldve cut more so they could focus, if they couldn't stick to the plot points they wanted. I think I would've been happier with a looser adaptation going in its own direction than being forced to half ass things that are otherwise impactful but left seeming hollow.

[boobersandstuff]

Bored so here are all of my solangelo head cannons:

• His favourite TV show is toh & arcane (he also LOVES gravity falls)

• Wears a gay pin everywhere and the first time a homophobic person yelled smth like "YOUR GOING TO HELL!" He got really triggered and scared by it but will stood up for him and punch the guy. After that will to comfort & help nico told him how to defend himself in situations like that. Every time afterwards he has a sick burn and slowly over time it stops bothering him and he feels even more confident about himself & his identity

• Nico as a gag gift bought the Sunshine care bear for will on his birthday before giving him a genuine heart warming gift, which was a note and vacation ticket to somewhere nice

• Will treats that care bear like his son

• Will is the number 1 dad EVER and apollo meets the coco puffs and at first didn't like them but slowly over time learns to loves them too

• When they inevitably get married, wills coin becomes nicos wedding ring and nicos ring gets an upgrade. On it incripted in the inside is "my sun, forever bright" and a small little vine design leading to a sun charm next to the skull. On nicos ring there's a star on it and inside it saids "my star, twinkle bright even when it's dark out"

• Nicos wedding outfit is so black, Goth & androgynous, on their way home someone misgenders nico as a women

• NICO HAS FRECKLES ON HIS NOSE WHILE WILL HAS FRECKLES IN HIS CHEEKS! AND WHEN HE GLOWS THEY LOOK LIKE STARS!!!

• Nico wears a lot of stars & space imagery post-tsats because I said so lol

• Post-tsats nico starts expiramenting with his gender. Starting out with eye-liner that will accsedently walked into, sending nico into an embarssed flustered mess but will just laughed and helped him out as best he can. When nico eventually told me about wanting to expirament with his gender presentation, will was more than supportive & helped him out quite a bit.

• Nico is a gay man, demiboy, and acesexual, sex repulsed

• Will is a bisexual, cisman and also ace because fuck it, why not

• They never have sex, like ever, even as adults. They didn't realise this wasn't the norm until percabeth told them and they were like "Wait what? What do you mean? Yes it is?" And then they were like "WHAT!? HUU!? EWW WHY???? NOOOO!!" Rapid google search later, realisation that there's a term for it

• They adopt a cat from a shelter and call him "evergreen" but will only uses the stupidest of nicknames for him

• Both autistic & adhd because I said so

• Nico & will both have the minecraft autism but nico love building a cottage core base & picking flowers, while will loves making redstone contraptions and speedrunning the game

• Nicos favourite youtubers are, jaidenanimations, grian, and Kurt's conner

• Nico gets a slight hyper fixation on anything & everything queer for about month and that's how he learns about everything with that stuff

• Had a favourite plushie that uses to comfort himself. He's embarrassed by it but will never teases him about it and is supportive of him

• Nico loves animated movies and is an mcu fan

• They have a vacation to Australia, because mobsters don't regenerate down there (because our flowera & fauna is already so dangerous that they don't bother.) They go to all the popular areas and such and they come to tassje and I meet them (GUYS ITS REAL! IM NOT DELULU I SWEAR!)

• Will is pretty sappy but nico is sappier

• All the people calling solangelo "cringe" & "cheesey" are only calling them that because it's two boys. If percabeth did the same things solangelo did people would be all over it and would never call them "cringe" or "cheesey"

• Will loves folk-ish & metal music while nico loves all the popular pop girlies & 80's music

• Nicos favourite character in mouthwashing is anya & becomes obsessed with her for about 3 months

• Will can't sing at all but nico has the voice of an angel (pun intended)

• Will can only draw stick figures and bad anime art while nico is amazing drawer

• Will is traditional artist and nico is digital artist

• Nico doesn't like stupid memes & brainrot and will loves to tease nico with them

• Attended a pride march at least once in NYC with all of their friends (percy, annabeth, Reyna, hazel, ect.) It's a core memory for nico because that was the day he truly felt proud of himself and stopped worrying about what people think. The day his internalised homophobia died. They all had a nice meal at a restaurant and the meal he eats there is what ambrosia tastes like for him after that day.

• It's also one of the first times he was so open with his love for will. He didn't hide anything, he was open and proud. Always holding his hand, always kissing him. It's also the day where he learnt that he wasn't alone, that he was never alone. He learnt percy & annabeth are bi, and that reynas aroace. Hazels still straight but amazing ally!

• Nico hates crying in front of people, but the only people he feels comfortable to cry infront of are will, hazel, and Jason. (And maybe Reyna too.)

[thatcheeseycandle]

(Pt. 3 of the last post)

Part three because for some God for saken reason I SKETCHED A SHIT TON OF SKETCHES-

(Ft. An unfinished 60066 Merry Hampton, 60163 Tornado, M2D!Tornado's eye, M2D!Scotman's wing, and M2D!Mallard's wing and engine. M2D/Man Made Dragons guys and blue wing/eye design belongs to @man-made-dragons / @sparrowspearowhawk)

Now with the beige sketchbook done, WE GO TO THE NEXT-

(TW for blood, as in "a message drawn with blood" type blood)

[catluniscia]

Baal Zebul sings her opera

My Card where you can find my socials, where to buy my merch, and commission information, and places to support me like ko-fi https://blackmoonrose13.carrd.co/ Speed paint:  Okay I have like a lot of criticisms when it comes to Bayonetta 3...like a lot a lot...But one of the good things is that one scene in the game where Baal Zebul comes out uses music to fight and it was very much like the scene in Fifth Element with the opera and just...yes. Though oh god my one criticisms with the game happening through as I drew...aka OH GOD THIS CAN COME OFF OVER DESIGNED. Though this could be less the game's fault...and more the wiki only has one ref of this character, and trying to find like full body turn around of her outside of the wiki...didn't do that well. But darn it I will try my best to draw this Rococo opera insanity and try and make it look good.  I like to think I did that well enough, I don't have to be perfect just good enough. And I know the neon music notes look cheesey but you know what? I think it works, and its camp and fun and I am here for camp and fun darn it -shakes umbrella-  Also a detail I noticed while working on this, the pink part is the insides of the frog demon she is normally, because fun fact frogs can throw up their insides...while yes I think Bayonetta 3 can get a bit over designed the details can sometimes be really nice

[frostbitemutt]

Bigboss anon- UHH maybe peacewalker era? If not, naked snake is fine, too ^_^ thanks homie i appreciate you

I appreciate you requesting homie. Sorry if these are shorts or ooc

Yandere! Big Boss Hcs (Peacwalker)

Warnings: Gender neutral darling, Obsession, stalking, kidnapping, military cult, cult like behavior and tactics, guilt tripping of sorts, unwanted pyshcial contact disguised as training, unwanted flirting, leering/voyeurism of sorts

❆ Welp. Back to the military cult! Now just in Costa Rica. Another soilder John "Recruited" on the field more than likely. What's that? You were serving for your country? Ummm yeah not anymore sorry. You're his soilder now cause ya had good stats. Wanna fight it? Well yeah good luck trying to counter this man body slamming you. Yoinked off the field and taken back mother base.

❆ You wake up you're panicking because you're in an entirely different place with strangers that kidnapped you?? Prepare for an hour long speech and or rant as to why you shouldn't be and should just join. Trying to pry you away from the chains he believes you're stuck in as a soilder. Don't cooperate still?? Well you can stay in the brig until you calm down! You'll come around just like everyone else has.

❆ Afterwards you'll be treated like most soilders at first. For the most part. If you have particularly high stats he might be bit more invested in you. Especially if you don't fall blindly into place after the brig. If you question him he'll want to hover around you. Why don't you trust his order? Why don't you train like the others? Why don't you trust his vision? Maybe if he trains with you and spends more time with you as your commander you'll settle in easier.

❆ If you start to question why he keeps talking to you, wanting you to talk to him, CQC and training you constantly when there's several other soilders nearby, and touching you a lot he just brushes it off. He's your commander. He definitely does this with all his other soilders. Ignore their comments.

❆ Don't mind that he gets especially close to you. That's just what QCQ Is. Close quarters combat you know? He's totally not doing it so he can press up against you in ways that would otherwise be questionable. Even a bit of extra grinding compared to your comrades.

❆ He tries to invite you on the beach with him. By yourselves. Isn't the sunset pretty, come on. Will start to kick and or throw sand at you to get your attention and try to goad you into doing it back. Or water. He just wants your attention, interaction, time, anything.

❆ He may or may not try to coax you into a certain pink box. The name?? Uh don't mind that. Just get in the box with him, it has enough room for two. Please, please, please get in the box with him he's begging. He can get you your own box. Special design and all. Only requirement is that you need to put it beside his box.

❆ He'll also invite you to go to mother bases suana with him. Plenty of the other soilders use it with no issue. It isn't odd. Him and Kaz went together and beat the shit out of each other. Why is it just you two? Uhh just the time of day he swears. Don't pay attention to where his eyes wander while you sit there in just a towel. Don't mind him seemingly wiping drool from his mouth. It means nothing!

❆ John will try flirting but.. I mean cmon snake eater. Once again. Mystery how this man pulled anyone, let alone as many as he did. They're cheesey, a lil cringey, and sometimes not the most approximate thing to be saying to your own soilder. When you show discomfort he'll take note, but he'll persist, maybe those particular attempts didn't go great. You'll have to blatantly tell him you don't like it for him to ease up.

❆ He tries anything he can to get you two alone. Dragging you along missions with him if he can excuse it.. safer ones of course. He'd loose it if he lost you. He shares information that weights heavy of you. The details of operation snake eater. His grief. All while trying to pry similar tales from ya. To share grief.

❆ Then once everything is said and done, they start migrating like birds to outer heaven, to which you're guaranteed a place in. Dragged alongside him, sat inbetween him and Kaz on the ride there.

[sug01s3al]

Omg if you do end up creating a spiritfarer musical, I BEG you to give Giovanni the most silly love ballad imagineable, either a full blown acoustic guitar solo while he serenades thoroughly uninterested passengers, or have him pull out out a boombox out of nowhere to play a cheesey Italo Disco love song while he struts about in a leisure suit, please make this happen it could be so funny

He gives me crooner vibes, I can totally see his song starting in the lounge with the radio playing casually singing over that then going into a totally over the top ballad across the entire ship.

Alas I am only one guy :') whilst I'd love to make it a reality unless Thunderlotus backs it or a bigger theatre company would want to work on it, it will just have to stay a dream for now.

As consolation I'll show you my rough draft for Astrid :')

She was particularly inspired by the Julie Taymor Lion King cheetah puppets (made by micheal curry I believe) that combine puppet and costume into one character.

I had been experimenting with how to introduce their spirit flowers much later in the designing process and as Astrid was one I drew much later so her design featured that more prominently with the idea for her mane to be made up of mallow flower petals (fabric). Similar to Summer's flower petal scales.

[squeakyleftsneaker]

Watching Voltron for the 1st time: Ep 1

Hi! For the background on this, check this post, but tl;dr is that the kiddo I tutor assigned me this show as my homework (it's only fair I guess if I get to assign her geometry problems). I'm watching it unspoiled (please let me keep it that way). Here are my thoughts so far!

The Good:

LOVED the character designs. Distinct and cute. Very much the platonic ideal of a DnD group

GLENN FROM THE WALKING DEAD??? HI!

Allura is so pretty and I am so gay.

Shiro and Keith have the sweetest relationship I love mutual support and trust

On the whole I like that there's seemingly 2 separate little groups within the big group of 5! I think it makes for a good dynamic that they're not all just thrown together. Though I do love the one-sidedness of Lance having beef with Keith and Keith not knowing who tf he is. Real.

Pidge having that single-minded drive to go find family? Amazing. I love that.

I feel like they're setting up a Sokka-esque character arc for Lance. Or at least, I hope. I don't love the hitting on Allura he's doing but if they pay it off it'll be worth it for me.

I hope they go back to earth and explore the Galaxy Garrison thing more in depth! Would love to see a flashback to before the mission to Kerberos

The uh... Less Good

I think for my sanity I need to ignore the made up science. "Fraunhofer lines" being a desert mountain range is up there with the knife map in the last Star Wars movie. I know this is nitpicky but oh well, it is what it is.

I think some of the humor is rubbing me the wrong way. Especially with Hunk. I hope they shift away from that :\

On a similar vein to that, don't love Lance's attitude towards Allura and really hope they're going to have him grow past that, bc otherwise this is going to be a bit of a hard watch for me

This is a relatively small thing, but it did kind of bug me how you can still see the outlines of stuff under the hair. I know it's an art style choice, it's just not one I care for personally, haha.

I'm a big fan of purple. Unfortunately, the show has used purple for the villains. Big loss for me

On the whole this was a really cute opener I think. A little cheesey and hokey, and I think they could do with a little bit more showing for personality and a lot less telling, but I get that it's a pilot and they had to get everyone to their lions and in position. I think they did a great job setting up interpersonal relationships with the characters too. Keith and Shiro are a super strong duo, and the Hunk/Lance/Pidge trio was a great focal point for the opener. Excited to see them all get time to shine.

This wasn't so bad! It was a promising opening! I really hope it stays that way and all the warnings I got about this show from people who weren't the kiddo I tutor were the result of too much hype for something that was ultimately a kids show. I'll see if I have time later tonight to watch some more episodes, but on the whole this was just fine!

So far I think I really like Pidge the most, but definitely think Keith & Shiro will be getting a lot of screen time (also how silly is it for a sci fi show protagonist to be named Keith lol. I've somehow never met a Keith in real life before. How fun)