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@zorangezest I uh I uerm I joined in on the fun and did a pannel re-draw of ur swapped starscream comic
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once again original comic by @zorangezest !!!! not my original work that credit is hers!!!
#transformers#maccadam#starscream#skywarp#first finished piece in a while#teehee shading this was fun#I took heavy inspo from the original i love the style so much#i wasn't originally going to post this but it seems like op of the comic really enjoys seeing these!!! i suck ass at comic structure#i just used the original as a warm up doodle then.... i finished the doodlde like woah.... holy shit i did it#i loved making starscream's texture look dirty and heavily textured with different shadings/lightings#complicated shading for a complicated character#my art#I have not posted art to tumblr in years! nothing else in my art tag will look close to this lol#at least in my mind idk
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The FNAF Mikes talk about their extended family..
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#michael afton#mike schmidt#henry emily#aunt jane#fnaf movie#fnaf pizzeria simulator#fnaf fanart#AUNT JANE FINALLY MENTIOMED 🔥🔥#tbh I didn’t mean for it to take this long just to draw Jane but here we are#I still got a handful of fnaf movie characters I still gotta draw BAHA#one day I’ll do em all#THIS IS a lil joke of comparing Michael and Mike’s extended family relationships#it’s actually kinda interesting we don’t get much insight into Michael and Henry#but I always kinda assumed Henry was close enough to the family to be considered family#so to Michael Henry is his uncle#and they have a complicated relationship in their later years#WHILE MIKE knows aunt Jane and doesn’t like her BAHAH#she did keep trying to bank off Abby#and sent a crew to vandalize his work to get him fired#SO YEAH UNDERSTANDABLE they don’t have the strongest relationship 💀💀#the differences are pretty funny though.. ones angsty and the other is almost comedic#no shade to aunt Jane btw we love awful women here 🙏🏾
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I'm re-reading the Discworld series for reasons, and honestly the most relatable part of reading these as an adult is how many of the protagonists start out being tired, used to their little routine and vaguely disgruntled by the interruption of the Plot. Sam Vimes wants to lie drunk in a gutter and absolutely doesn't want to be arresting dragons. Rincewind is yanked into every situation he's ever encountered, though he'd much rather be lying in a gutter too. (Minus the alcohol. Plus regretting everything he's ever done said witnessed or even heard about fourth-hand in his whole life.) Granny Weatherwax is deeply suspicious of foreign parts and that includes the next town over; Nanny has leaned into the armor of "nothing ever happens to jolly grannies who terrorize their daughters-in-law and make Saucy Jokes"
Only the young people don't seem to have picked up on this---and that's fortunate, because someone has to run around making things happen, if only so Vimes and Granny and Rincewind have a reason to get up (complaining bitterly the whole time) and put it all to rights. Without Carrot, Margrat, Eric, etc. these characters don't have that reason; they're likely to stay in the metaphorical gutter and keep wondering where it all went wrong or why anything has to change.
............well, that's not quite true. You get the sense that Vetinari knows how much certain people hate the Plot. And as the person sitting behind the metaphorical lighting board of Ankh-Morpork, he takes no small pleasure in forcing the Plot-haters specifically to stand up, and say some lines.
#I finished guards guards just yesterday and I forgot that vimes and wonse were set up to be mirror images#both boys from the shades of very different natures; who made good (ish) in wildly different ways#also it's interesting reading this books from an adult perspective; my mind isn't blown that these books exist#anymore; plus I've read so many good books since#and they're not perfectly constructed novels! especially these early books;#there are plenty of spots where I can feel the narrative get thin; where there's more handwaving than I remember#but each book IS better and tighter; the jokes are funnier and the irony sharpens; the footnotes are better utilized#the characters are getting more interesting and complicated as opposed to set-ups for jokes.#it's an illustration of someone getting better at their chosen field and that in itself is more impressive than I was anticipating.#discworld
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GOOD OMENS (2019-) / ALL THINGS END (Hozier, 2023)
#goodomensedit#goedit#good omens#ineffable husbands#crowley#aziraphale#good omens spoilers#userbecca#tusermyra#jameszmaguire#ughmerlin#rs: hereditary enemies#edits#this is super busy and probably messy as hell#but i kid you not i was so overwhelmed by all the emotions the song was making me feel re: the two of them#that i tried to put them all together in fear of leaving something out lmao#the bit about fault gets me because i see too many people dismissing#how incredibly complicated AND THEREFORE tragic their situation is#the whole shades of gray concept is so central for both the characters and the viewers actually#they tortured themselves with the limbo they were stuck on and they torture each other now with their mutual rejection#but it's all over love - because of love - out of love#that's what devastes me completely#but they will find each other again ♥
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personally I think curly's real name is actually Cuthbert and he Hates it so much and curly is his attempt to seem somewhat cooler and less of a bullying target (Jimmy knows his real name and on Pain Of Death he is never allowed to speak it ever)
#catfish speaks#mouthwashing#captain curly#curly mouthwashing#sorry not sorry curly is a meek slightly wet cat loser to me#i come from a long culture of making up stupid nicknames for people (australian)#and the second i saw curly's name i was like 'thats a nickname for something embarrassing he hates'#no shade to tue person who figured out all the names of the characters but i Hate most of them#'''grant curly''' im not fucking calling him that he is Cuthbert to me and thats final#Jimmy zare is. interesting. i like the idea of him having mixed heritage but in a second generation twice removed kinda way#like his grandparents emigrated and his familys been in Melbourne ever since and are technically white but it's complicated#Anya. babygirl anya. i wish i knew more about this naming decision#why a japanese one??? im m#mostly just baffled??? like. anything vaguely russian/Ukrainian/czech/baltic would have made sense. even a white name. but Japanese???#i wish i knew more about the naming decision here#same with daisuke#i thino probably cos the game is meant to be set in america the prevalance of hispanic names makes sense there#im just. again Wondering about the thought process#swansea i caj accrpt but personally i like to think its his last name#and his first name is David cos that's welsh and swansea the place is. is it in wales??? i cannae remember#ok googled it and it is Welsh#also kimda funny thay googling it brought up the place in tasmania. ah colonialism </3#anyway. thats all.#curly is actually Cuthbert is the one i have strongest feelings about#followed by anya
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HAHAAAAAA I DID IT. I DID IT. I FINALLY FINISHED THE NEXT SET OF DEADANGELOS PANELS. NEW UPDATE TOMORROW. IM FREEEEEEEEEE
#delete later#ehehehe im so happy to finally be moving on this event again i have put so much work into itttttttttt#the scene that's about to post i have literally been building up to for like 4 years#hopefully the next set of panels won't be as long. this one took forever cause it's FOURTEEN PANELS LONG and SEMI-COLORED/SHADED#with TONS of characters and COMPLICATED BACKGROUNDS#wanted to get this set of panels out by july and i DID i DID IT im so happy
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Kaz and Wylan using Kerch endearments for each other >>>>>>
#six of crows#six of crows fanart#grishaverse#grishaverse fanart#kaz brekker#wylan van eck#kaz x wylan#kylan#so uhhhh#i may have started shipping kylan 😶#maybe#it's complicated#nodody is surprised except for me hurrdurr#anyways#as is in character w me i went absolutely fucking mental#this is only the first of two drawings#second one will be going up soon enough 🫡#but anyways#holy shit this is one of my new personal favourites#i'm just staring at the shading like 'i did that????'#what kylan does to a mf i guess
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Challenge: Aegon had to be King for his own survival. Rhaenyra would have killed him. And Alicent. Maybe not Helaena. DEFINITELY Aemond. He was protecting himself. AND he offered her the chance to p much keep living her life in peace.
Rebuttal: We have absolutely no evidence of this short of Otto's claims. And Otto is lying.
He saw firsthand what happened when a member of Rhaenyra's family tried to steal her inheritance. When Daemon occupied Dragonstone and declared himself Viserys' heir, did Rhaenyra resort to bloodshed? Did she use this as an excuse to try and kill Daemon? No. She called his bluff. She invited him to strike first. So when Otto tells Alicent that Rhaenyra will have "no choice" but to put her brothers to the sword, either he is suffering from memory loss, or he's lying through his teeth. He should know better than anyone that Rhaenyra is no kinslayer.
Here's the real truth. Otto realized that he couldn't control Rhaenyra. That she would not accept her position being taken away without a fight. He saw how easily she won over Daemon, how alike the two of them were. Just look at Otto's expression when Rhaenyra is flying away. He's realized that if it came to a fight with Rhaenyra, she'd have Daemon backing her. And that terrified him.
The story that Rhaenyra would preemptively murder her brothers to prevent any challenges to her claim is just that, a story. Otto uses it as justification for his plot to reject the succession. During the Green Council, he tries to have Rhaenyra and Daemon murdered so they won't challenge Aegon - exactly what he claimed Rhaenyra would do. Realistically, why would she ever do this in the first place? If she murdered her own brothers without any provocation, she would look like a tyrant. All the lords actually on her side would abandon her. Rhaenyra doesn't have a reason to harm Aegon unless he gives her one, and it's clear as day that he wouldn't do so on his own. She'd likewise have zero reason to hurt Helaena or Alicent. They have no real power. I suppose Aemond might be a problem, but again, only if he initiates. Rhaenyra isn't going to pick a fight with him.
The terms offered to Rhaenyra in 1X10 are, frankly, a complete joke. They offer her Dragonstone...which she already has. She's been living there, and now that she's queen, the castle belongs to Jace. They offer to re-confirm Luke as heir to Driftmark...even though he was already re-confirmed, just two days ago. Not to mention that Corlys survived, so the Crown really doesn't have jurisdiction over that anymore. Corlys will always choose Luke. Oh, and they offer to take her two youngest children as hostages. Sure, they don't call it that, but Rhaenyra's no fool, and it's plain as day that they would be hostages. Perhaps treated as guests, but taken for no other reason than to keep Rhaenyra in line. She's the rightful Queen, why should she entertain such nonsense? Oh, and they offer to spare any Lords who "conspired" against Aegon's ascent. Even though the story of Viserys "changing his mind" isn't well known, and these Lords would have simply been following the succession as they knew it to be. Get real.
Finally, Aegon acting in self-defense based on what he was told might have been his motive in the book. But in the show, it's very clearly a case of enjoying the attention. He feels validated and seen by the crowd. It's the first time he is actually shown to enjoy being King and maybe even start to want it.
#Rhaenyra Targaryen#House of The Dragon#The Dance of Dragons#Otto Hightower#The Blacks & The Greens#HotD Analysis#Dragonstone#House Targaryen#Daemon Targaryen#Aegon II Targaryen#Listen I know this story is all about shades of gray#Spools of black and green#And the characters are all complicated people#That one one is truly perfect#So it's silly to pin all the blame for this conflict on one person#But really#This is all on Otto#The Dance is his fault#None of this would have happened if not for his manipulations#God bless Rhys Ifan#Masterful performance
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Evil Estrin.....my beloved
#legend of zelda#legend of zelda oc#original character#legend of zelda au#digital art#my art#OC ESTRIN#not like....my best digitally painted piece#but i didnt want to do all the complicated shading so....yeah
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fuck it, *cookie-doughs ur werewolf*
(vvv alt. clean and "vhs" version vvv)
#alternatively smores#bording collie looking mf#i will make my beasts fun and complicated designs as a slight furry#i think i like the vhs horror movie poster version the best#this was based on a short scribble i did about cal losing control and hurting salem :))))#this was really fun i like how paintery i did the bg and how cal is all hard lines and cell shaded#anyways for those who don't know this is cal bennett a collar knight aka werewolf guard for the prince :)#he a good good boy and is not having a good time :)#love the moon and clouds a lot#cal bennett*#werewolf#my art#werewolves#wolf#monster#original character#ocs#ghost rambling
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now i respect everyone's opinions and all but 'the ending isn't supposed to be narratively satisfying bc it isn't really the end, this is a commentary on the eternal nature of vampires, etc. etc.'?
well, you see, it is a television show.
#just say you haven't watched cxg#like that was a show that not only contained 'the end of the movie' but ALSO had compelling and complete character arcs#and a plot that was pretty well wrapped up within the constraints of the show#was it perfect?#yes#but THAT'S how you do the 'real life is complicated and has nuance and can't be boiled down to a one-line description' justice#ALSO with all the love in the world 'documentaries don't have/need satisfying narrative conclusions' is.... not a take i agree with#btw im actually mid on the ending itself#i don't dislike it#however i think there were a million interesting threads to pull from s3 on and they kept adding new ones in different shades of beige#i'll watch it again and enjoy it#but there were ways to make the final season something really special that they didn't bother with#wwdits spoilers#< i do not want to be IN that tag but i don't want to accidentally spoil anything for anyone
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My taste in characters is so funny like. Oh that one? The controversial one everyone's decided to hate/interpret as two-dimensional as possible because they've never bothered to look further than that? The one that when people talk about they say their name with contempt? That one? Yeah that one's my favourite.
#capri talks#this doesn't apply for every character I like ever... but it's definitely been true recently sddfgfgjfgkh#and then if you get thrown 'but they did this one thing! how could you possibly like them?' It's often a) yes that's why I enjoy them#or b) you just completely made that up/wildly misinterpreted something that character did#I support character's rights AND wrongs I want them to be messy and complicated. god forbid I enjoy when a villain is a villain.#or an antagonist is an antagonist. or an anti-hero is an anti-hero.#this isn't a vent btw i'm just finding this revelation very amusing.#I'm that person who loves wuthering heights because everyone in it is varying shades of awful and it makes for great drama#I'm also that person who enjoyed the plot twist in the madoka magica rebellion movie
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Nah, maybe it’s controversial but I would definitely be down for Vox and/or Velvette getting redeemed slowburn style and you know what? It’s what Charlie would want.
#I just really want some redemption arcs that are#slowburn and messy and complicated#sir pentious and angel dust are easy to root for#I want those shades of grey#and I enjoy vox and velvette#I support charlie and her unhinged dreams#hazbin hotel#hazbin vox#hazbin velvette#do I think it will happen?#probably not but I like shades of grey in my faves#and I just enjoy their characters#sue me#I also just tend to enjoy redemption arcs that are messy and hard and conflicting
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Lil sneak peak to prove that I am working on things o7
#giggs cryptid hunter au#the mouse's drawings#skizz#skizzleman#Really excited to finish these character sheets tbh!! Still got scar and impulse to line when im done with skizz#but the coloring and shading for everyone will go speedy o7#I dont know that ill make sheets like these for anyone else in the au?#I might make ref sheets for people with more complicated designs like Xuma tho#but that will be later <33
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Finally got around to designing some of the oldest members of the og magic cat world story, yknow only took me like 5 years fhfksgkfg
#keese draws#oc posting#oc art#oc#ocs#ok ok tbf all of them had concept designs I had doodled over the past several years but I never actually sat down to draw them properly#but yeah the first is sharp she’s the 4th member of the main ‘protags’ in the seth ari and flutter crew#she’s also a crusty old warcriminal woman so boo and throw tomatoes at her#ok it’s technically more complicated than that but not by much#basically she joined a government agency with her girlfriend to ~tear it down from the inside~ or whatever#but she ended up gutting like all of her morals to climb the ranks and is currently sitting in ‘it’s not the right time’ limbo#she is currently the mentor of the other three and her whole arc is her just being like oh god right morals#and eventually being abandoned by everyone and everything as the consequences of her actions hit#and she realizes that she was always doomed to fail since she was trying to play by the systems rules to break it down#anyways the doggy is shaded and she’s flutter’s girlfriend#shaded got dragged into the main conflict between these two governments after running away from home and dying#she had been rescued by the third character and after she was brought back with the goop™️ ruby put a good word in for her and got shaded#out of the goop gang and took her on as an apprentice#ruby is ofc the last one and she was the girlfriend that joined with sharp to tear down the government#she had been trying to make connections with those she knew were working against the government but after sharp found out abt this she#got told on but hey wow how merciful of sharp she painted it as an accident caused by neglegance so Ruby only got her life %90 ruined#<- sarcasm btw ruby was still put through years of grueling investigation and was fired and had her reputation ruined#so when the guy who I still need to design but he’s like super important trust me was like hey wanna burn ur ex#so she got some magic woo but bad news she’s sort of locked herself into working for a different shitty government#so some lore background in the non magic world there’s a very very large country that controls the entire continent they live on#and when the magic world and the non magic world started colliding more they were all like sick more territory#but while they were still in the planning phase their ambassadors performed a coup and took over and colonized the place for themselves#this was all about 70-90 years ago in world history#so now the goverment controlling the largest magic world kingdom and the goverment in the non magic world country that wanted the land are#in a very slow and so far mostly small scale slap fight as they play a game of chicken
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Over 5 hours and for what 💀
For it to not even be done agsgshdnns but honestly? I can go with the hair the way it is so a win is a win
#This is roughly how it should look??? Now I need to redo it so I can do it properly#I do not and never understood how shading works agshshsj#If is not obvious I'm working on a Attack on Titan x Stardew Valley thingy lol. Already have the background for each character#And the places where they do live and stuff#God knows who's the farmer tho#Anyway doing Eren was a pain in the ass and I had Elliott to model over 💀#What have I signed myself into???#Anyway it looks nicer than I expected. Color wise I mean#I was going to do the manbun Eren at first but ummmm that's too complicated for me haha homeless Eren it is#this is just for fun#Like I'm not doing any mod for the game or anything. Just a little project to pass the time#I don't know why I feel like he would randomly punch me in the face#Watching him now I'm annoyed I didn't think to make him live in the tent in Linus's place#Missed opportunity. Mikasa and Armin would totally sneak some food to him#I forgot about Linus's tent#this annoys me so much#... I guess I didn't add Porco... He could live in the tent if he wants
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