#consistent art style??? dunno her

[moonstruckhaze]

to the crew member who is responsible for the Sprig plush in Hunter's room — i love you i owe you my life <3

(please pretend I finished and posted these last August before Thanks to Them aired - k thanks byyyyyeeeee~)

bonus doodle, thoughts, and reference credits under the readmore :)

POV grimwalker #58 is 8 years and frew up at 3am

Once I caught up on season 2 of TOH last summer and saw the Sprig plush in Hunter's room, my brain went BRRRRRRRR. Even though it's just an easter egg/cute reference someone snuck in, I immediately thought that Amphibia existing as a children's book or book series on the Boiling Isles would be a fun in-universe reason for him to have a Sprig plush; especially since Hunter canonically loves to read, like Luz. I thought it would have been nice for the Amphibia books to have been one of the few genuine childhood experiences he got to have before being fully indoctrinated by Belos. Since we don't have a full canon timeline for Hunter, I made a few artistic choices when I was originally doodling these. 1. His ear notch is from creation, and not an injury. I got the image stuck in my mind of a still clay-like toddler grimwalker, and Belos accidentally clipping his ear in the process of trying to cut his hair 💀 2. Hunter's face scar happens later on, maybe around age 12 or 13 (and almost definitely due to an outburst from Belos). 3. Before Flapjack (❤️), Hunter monologued to Sprig 4. While the thought of Darius, Lilith, or Belos being the adult to help make the plush is extremely funny, I couldn't imagine any of them actually doing that, LMAO. Darius and Lilith might not have even been a coven heads yet, and while Belos may have indulged the fresh child grimwalkers a little, I couldn't see him being kind or patient enough to do more than just allow them to have some of their own childhood interests for a short while. Gotta let your child soldiers have the illusion of personal choice and love so they stay loyal :,) SO, I thought to myself, "Who the fuck would be in the castle, but wouldn't hate Hunter for existing??" and then I thought about how Amity volunteered with the public Library to read to kids and help them with projects, and how amazing librarians are, in general. So I decided the castle library had this kind witch as an employee for a while during Hunter's childhood, and he is the one who helped Hunter make Sprig :,,,) Credits Non-native procreate brushes used: Star Brush Set for Procreate by CK Art & Design Ultimate Dynamic Comic Panels, Balloons and SFX Toolkit for Procreate By Ittai Manero

Hunter's bedroom layout referenced from Hunting Palismen (S2E6), and Leland Goodman's original design for Lilith's room (which it seems was re-used for Hunter's room later on in production).

[arrivemedi]

assorted Kagurabachi drawings

18 y/o Samura with an infinite stack of bagels

Samura with an infinite stack of doughnuts

Sojo and Kuregumo

Soya and Moley (itemlabel/Kagurabachi crossover)

[kittyplushy]

Apologies for spam liking your art :( I just love how you protray sam!! Something about the way you draw her makes her look much softer and squisher and I live for it!!

Thank you! You're so sweet <3 no need to apologize. I get super stoked whenever someone starts spam liking my bttwns stuff hehe.

I dunno. Her design is a lil inconsistent body wise and maybe that's just the art style evolving. But she's 45 and I took more inspiration towards other bear fursonas and actual bear morphology for my own spin on her. I think I like the Issue 3 and 4 iterations a lot bc it just feels a lot more consistent? Real? This is a woman I'd see irl lol

Yea shes a fat butch to me. Nigel i get you i would've lost my fucking mind too.

[linagram]

Hiii! Don't know if you remember me, I send you Naomi and Asahi sketches once. I want to repeat how much I like your project and I'd love to draw more for it, but I miscalculated how much free time I have so it took some time (I was supposed to finish the second drawing two months ago or smth...). Anyway! I present to you: the goddes of Linagram, Andou Miki! (I wuv her) Same as last time, I tried to make it look more like Milgram style, this time with color even. Not sure how accurate it turned out, but I kinda like the result. Tbh at first I just wanted to make an art of her, but now looking at the composition and background style... Dunno I just think it looks like it shoud be a series of art of wardens... I really want to make it into a series, but not sure if I will be able actually do it Aaand I guess I kunda screwed up some of her design details (jokes on you, I coildn't even be consistent with her design in my own drawings lol), but it's too late to change anuthing so whatever In the end I want to wish you good luck with both T3 Linagram and Linagram2 development! Oh, oh, and I also want to ask something, but you obviously don't have to answer: are there any special gestures or facial expression traits that your characters (both prisoners and wardens and maybe even victims or side chars) have that you'd like to point out? Like Shun having closed postures or Kei smiling a lot even if it doesn't look like he feels like it? I suppose you've talked about this before, or maybe someone even sent you a similar ask... If it's true, I'll search it!

SHDJAJASJKSJSJ SHE LOOKS AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH!! (and yes i remember you!) i love her expression in the first drawing so much she looks like a tiny scared kitten.. (and she kinda is one) i really love the shading on the second one too it looks so much like the milgram art style!! (and it's okay i kinda forget things when it comes to my own designs too 😭)

oh and also i haven't received an ask like that before so here it is! so sorry i think it turned out a bit long ><

akio is one of the characters who has changed the most throughout the seasons. in season 1 (and before milgram), he usually had this kind of annoyed or more serious face expression (but i really like to make his expressions look like he's a bit nervous or even scared maybe? like he's just putting up a front..)

in season 2 he looks much more tired and traumatized for obvious reasons and he's supposed to look like he's in a lot of pain (and he is).

and in season 3, he still looks very tired, but i like to think that now he just kind of.. accepted everything that happened to him. akio doesn't think he'll be able to live that long even if he's able to leave milgram so 😔 akio's character arc is just a humbling experience took too far

aimi's an interesting case! she's actually a character who has the most consistent face expressions and by that i mean. she's literally almost never seen without a smile on her face.

like this art is the only exception??

but also, in season 1 the faces she makes are usually more sad or apologetic-looking! she also likes to do. The Thing with her sleeves

she still has some of that in season 2, but she starts to smile a bit more calmly and even confidently.

and in season 3? she's in her girlboss era!! she's much more confident now, her smile is more wide, she doesn't look sorry at all!!

but some of the art that is supposed to show her outside of milgram shows her having the same smile too.. like she started to look more "like a victim" only when she came to milgram.. huh..

shun is a fun character to draw because most of the time he's either supposed to look stressed (or like "physically he's here, but he's not here mentally") or he's supposed to look so confident that it's kinda scary considering his usual personality. i like to think that in season 1 he mostly looked like the former and started to act like the latter in season 2 only to act like the former again in season 3 because of his punishment.

like!! the difference!! also im not sure if it's easy to notice but when i draw shun i try to make his poses look a bit.. tense? i like to imagine his movements being a bit unnatural, almost like he's in pain or he genuinely doesn't know how to move or make certain poses. it also could be related to why he has his hands close to his face so often, it's almost like he's trying to check if he's real or not!

like aimi, naomi is almost always smiling and her expressions and poses are supposed to make her look like the "mom friend".

she also has her hand on her chest very often, to make her look more.. confident, maybe? like she's supposed to have this "don't worry i'll take care of it :)" vibe!

SHE IS LITERALLY STILL SMILING EVEN IN SEASON 3 it's just that her smile is more wide now and it's supposed to make her look more unhinged rather than someone reliable. like aimi, literally the only case of her having a different face expression is this art.

I HONESTLY CAN PUT KEI, EIKO AND RIKU IN THE SAME SECTION all of them are the smiley characters too but the way they act is a bit different.

kei's smile is supposed to show that there's something. Wrong with this man. like you shouldn't trust him. i'm also not sure if it's easy to see but kei often has this expression like he's looking down on someone. he's supposed to look all cool and when he's drawn with another character, he's almost always going to either look at them or look somewhere else, like there's another person that we don't see.

this is also one of the reasons why this art with him and someone who is (or was?) very precious to him is so important bc he's!! looking UP at the boy!! and he's not smiling!!

riku also likes to smile a lot but it's often supposed to look a bit. forced. it's like kei really believes that he's better than others and breaks when he realizes it's not true, meanwhile riku has the same belief about himself but he KNOWS he's not really special or unique, so he has no choice but to fake it until he makes it. when i draw riku, i always have this sort of rule (?) in mind: riku's smile is never sincere. he is always too worried about his image, popularity and reputation. he hates himself too much to be truly happy even for a moment. which is why him suddenly not smiling in his t3 art is so scary to me it's like.. idk, it's like he's too broken to even pretend to smile now..

eiko is very interesting bc unlike the guys she is a genuinely very confident woman! she doesn't have that many issues with her self-esteem, yes, she's a bit too much of a perfectionist, but honestly, she just has very high expectations from others and if we compare that to kei and riku's problems, that.. doesn't seem too bad to me. her expressions are also often supposed to look like she's laughing at someone or she's about to tell a joke or she's just being playful.

asahi's expressions are surprisingly hard to come up with when i draw him, so i usually just go with whatever i think is cute or shows his personality well. so most of the time he looks disgusted or angry, but i like to make his expressions adorable at the same time too! like akio, he also often looks a bit scared or stressed on the inside. he is also often seen chewing on something.

yurika is another character i find hard to draw when it comes to expressions and poses.. but that's also why i like to take advantage of her. reputation in the linagram fandom and i like to make her look a bit insane!! i get to go crazy with her poses too like girl get a snickers or something!!

and when she's not in a silly goofy mood she just looks kind of >:( i also have a rule similar to the one with riku: if yurika is smiling, her smile is usually fake.

tumblr pic limit is killing me we have to do the rest of this quick!!

reina is another character that changed a lot and if in season 1 she was usually seen smiling, she quickly dropped the facade after it ended and now she is only seen with a more cold and emotionless face expression. who knows, maybe she will smile again one day..

eiji, ironically, was supposed to have expressions and poses a bit similar to kei in season 1, but after it ended and the plot (and yurika) hit eiji badly, i can only imagine him looking more and more stressed with each day. the fact that he's actually similar to kei, but he can't pretend as well as he does..

miki is almost always seen being a bit sad or scared, and she only starts to smile more when season 2 begins and she starts embracing her role here. interestingly, her smile isn't supposed to look fake or forced, and it's actually more sincere compared to kei and riku. when season 3 starts, she lets her hair down and her eyes become more empty (same goes for eiji, who had "swirly" eyes in season 1 and the beginning of season 2) and her tone is more cold.

hinode is a bit.. too relaxed for a guard. he often presses a finger to his chin, like he's curious about something, he's always smiling and his smile is like.. you can't say it's sincere, but you can't say he's faking either. he also often has to lean on something or someone because he gets tired a bit too easily so he's usually seen either sitting or lying down and if he's standing, he's either leaning on a wall or someone's shoulder (usually miki's).

[bugeyedfreaks]

1, 3, 7, 9 - buttercup! 💚

1. Why do you like or dislike this character?

I can’t dislike any of the girls, and Buttercup was my OG favorite PPG when the show came out, so she holds a special place in my heart. I loved her to death because, at the time, I could relate to her so much. A girl with short, dark hair, someone who also didn’t love traditionally “girly” things, who’d hang out more with the boys at school, who was tough and didn’t take people’s crap… I felt all that. She’s the kind of character you just didn’t see much of at the time, either: a girl who wasn’t just cutesy or pretty but rambunctious and loud and not afraid to show her angry side when she needed to. She’s a badass rebel! I still love her even though I’m now a Blossom apologist. 😆

3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?

Hmmmm… at the moment I can’t think of anything that’s my least favorite thing about her canonically. I really do like Buttercup! It happened to all of the characters, but she definitely did get a little Flanderized in the last two seasons (to a slight degree... also even a little more dumbed down like all the girls were). A common mistake with writing Buttercup can be making her angry all the time... it's not like she never smiles or anything, she gets excited and happy about lots of things like fighting, partying down, candy, etc. She's not an eternal grump, and she doesn't have a permanent grimace on her face... but what she does have is a short temper and a stubborn streak! Now that I think about it, Makes Zen To Me was kind of a useless episode for her (even though it was entertaining from what I remember!) because that’s who she is, someone who goes over the top with her fighting style because she loves to fight. Also, her fighting's never really been a problem before, so why is it suddenly one now? Is that really something that needs to be fixed? It ends up not even “fixing” it for future episodes anyway! I dunno. That was kinda pointless.

7. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

When it comes to the fandom… I don’t know because I don’t really specifically seek out Buttercup content. But when I’m looking for PPG fanfics or fan art, I’ve seen her personality be pretty consistent across the board more or less (at least with most of the stuff I’ve liked, anyway).

9. Could you be roommates with this character?

My heart says absolutely yes… my brain says I don’t know. Assuming she’d be, like, older as my roommate, she’d probably keep bringing bloody slabs of meat into our shared space to punch, I could absolutely see her inviting people over for crazy impromptu parties, we’d probably get into arguments over her love of stink… it could end up being a disaster. 🤣

[oddygaul]

Girl Juice and Michael DeForge

Girl Juice

P good. It has some absolutely hysterical, standout moments, but overall didn’t leave as much of an impression as I was expecting it to. I dunno, I might’ve just been expecting more of an ensemble thing, when in fact everything’s more or less centered around Bunny. She’s a pretty commanding character, for sure, but the humor loses a bit of its luster when she’s the punchline nearly every time.

I think the format contributed to this wear a little bit. Girl Juice is structured a bit like a comic strip / webcomic compilation, where each page is ostensibly its own standalone story; when they’re more straightforward gag strips with a payoff, they usually kill, but there’s some bits on the first half where it tries to be a bit more narrative / slice of life, and the layouts start to feel stiff and restrictive.

I did appreciate the ending story for branching out a bit in that regard, with deviation in both the paneling and the pacing.

Overall, the art and vibe and character designs are incredibly charming, and I quite like the author’s voice for dialogue, I just think medium-wise it’s a bit clumsy at times.

Also the slow drip feed of clownlore about Nana was fucking wild. The first time it dropped the clown fetish thing it was a fun one-off gag, then we see her clown boyfriend and hear about her clowning aspirations, and things start snowballing - by the end she’s wearing full-on clown outfits with ruffs and buttons, and suddenly I realize that her red nose, which I assumed was an artistic choice and didn’t think twice about, is a big ol clown honker she puts on / paints every day?? yo.

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Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero

Reading Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero consistently filled me with the same delight that first reading the title Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero did. which I consider a success story

This is probably my favorite thing I’ve read from Michael DeForge. I think (unintentionally) everything else I’ve read from him are collections of shorts, so it was kind of a shock to get something with this much of a throughline. DeForge is so confident with his style here, and I felt the longer format really gave him time to fully explore the tone and visual style of this setting.

The art is gorgeous throughout, and remains cohesive while still featuring lots of experimentation and playfulness. The tritone coloring is eye-catching, and DeForge really makes the most of it by constantly messing with line variation and texture, adding a huge variety of middle values even between each of the three printed colors. The book, generally, is incredibly lavish - while heavily stylized, both the characters and backgrounds are popping with detail and incredibly graphic, and it feels like DeForge rarely repeats himself with his visual effects. Lots of cartoonists making a strip-based story like this find a trick for certain elements then put them on autopilot; as if to make up for the book’s general artstyle not changing for once, DeForge instead finds new tricks for each element constantly.

All the designs are incredibly memorable, too, from the geese with their mouths constantly agape to the fuckin constantly sweating outline bear.

“Why should [she] be the exception? Penance is her birthright, just as this mushroom is mine.”

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Heaven No Hell

So yeah, after the relatively cozy Sticks Angelica, hopping straight in here was a fuckin trip.

This is DeForge back on his short story bullshit, and totally nailing every one. The man is a style chameleon - if not for the titling, I genuinely think you could convince someone this was an actual anthology. Visually, not every style resonates with me, but there’s no denying the sheer variety of aesthetic inside Heaven No Hell.

On the recommendation of some internet rando, I held myself to only reading one or two stories a day, leaving time in between to digest them, and… if anything, it only made collecting my thoughts on the book more difficult. Each of the stories is so short, maybe ten pages on average, and they’re all so drastically different - the voice of the writing, the artstyle, the setting - yet they all, to a one, left me with a sense of unsettling bemusement I couldn’t shake. It’s as if you see only a brief snapshot of a story, and are yanked away before you can fully come to grips with what’s going on. Heaven No Hell is almost short comics done as poetry rather than prose, which is a rarity in a medium so tied to narrative.

Some of them come off lighthearted - Soap Opera is one of the funniest shorts I’ve read in a minute, and the middle school murder mystery is surprisingly jovial for its subject matter (and the anti-carceral solidarity that all of the 11-year olds inexplicably share). Some are heady - the title track’s ridiculous tiered heaven system manages to strike a melancholy chord despite its flippancy (honestly bronze tier fucks tho), and the impostor syndrome society, where not a single person is who they claim to be, feels a little too real to be comfortable. Some are surreal and delirious - the war of the unreasonable, New Museum, was an incredibly potent tone piece that fully swept me up in its conceit. And then some are just legit actual nightmares, like the girl whose new ant stepdad keeps knocking up her mom, leaving clusters of giant squirming eggs rampant around the house, hatching and dying and crawling.

Fun panel but also this story is about a skeleton afterlife where the skeletons of every dying thing end up, their skin slowly blooming off them and collecting into a giant shell of flayed skin that girds the planet like a fleshy atmosphere

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“When the crowd cleared out and the snow off everyone’s boots had melted, we realized that at some point in the night our bodies had crushed and killed Barnaby. Barnaby was the littlest among us. He died the way he lived: misremembering the lyrics to a Hole song. We held a service for him, just a few of us stragglers–the ones tasked with cleaning up. It ended the night. We said a few things. Everyone knew the words.”

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In a few words: exhaustingly creative.

[taiblogcomics]

Living Sheltered Lives

Hey there, celebrities on Cameo. My birthday's in five days! Let's review some more Countdown!

Here's the cover:

I dunno, DC, this Fall Guys crossover ain't gonna save this story, even if you're thirteen years early. Like, you didn't even get the art style right at all! Also, since there isn't much else to this cover, let's talk about this point: the design of the handcuffs binding Trickster and Piper together are not consistant from issue to issue, further showing how little the staff was communicating with each other. Last issue, they were thick and manacle-like, taking up half the forearm, with a big cable between them. In this one, they're basically handcuffs with a thin-ass wire connecting them. Just saying, last issue, I believed they could deal a lethal shock. This issue? Not so much.

Recap time! So Pied Piper and Trickster got apprehended and are falling from a plane. Donna Troy, Jason Todd, a Monitor, and Ryan Choi are falling into the microverse to find Ray Palmer. Mary Marvel is falling into the sway of her new powers. Jimmy Olsen is falling into the trap of finding a use for his new powers. Karate Kid is falling back into the timestream before something bad happens. And Holly Robinson is not falling for the stuff at Athena's women's shelter. And now let's us fall into this issue~

So we pick up right where we left off, where Trickster and Piper are falling out of a plane. I should also note that, like the design of the handcuffs, the plane also changes appearance between issues. Last time, it was a high-tech superhero plane. This issue, it looks like a normal commercial passenger jet. So you can tell they just wrote "handcuffs" and "plane" in the script, and nobody went and consulted the previous issue's artist. Like, the reason 52 worked so good is that despite being a multi-creator work is that they mostly all communicated. This series, they're clearly not doing so.

Anyways! Falling from a plane! Very scary. Especially coz if they fall too far from each other, it'll trigger the electric shock from their cuffs. Trickster won't take the blame for this situation, thinking they were only in a van when he jumped out. Luckily for them, Piper managed to grab the bag holding all their equipment as they jumped out. How convenient! Trickster manages to dig out his flying shoes, and both of them put on one shoe. At least this comic is smart enough to point out that even if they're about to hit water, it'll still kill them like hitting concrete if they're going too fast--just as both of them plunge into the harbour.

Meanwhile, Jimmy Olsen is trying on a superhero costume. Oh, trust me, we'll be getting to that. I really want to critique it when you guys can see it too, so wait 'til issue 38. Nonetheless, it kind of sucks, and so does his chosen supranym of "Mr. Action". Jimmy then realises he's going to be late for work if he doesn't stop admiring his shitty costume in the mirror. He gets to work, and Lois asks if he isn't hot wearing a full suit (which he's wearing his costume under) on a summer's day. Jimmy just laughs it off awkwardly, saying he's trying to look professional. Then maybe he shouldn't be wearing his Silver-Age green suit with bowtie.

Over in Gotham, it doesn't seem as hot as in Metropolis. Must be the constant cloud cover. At the very least, Mary Marvel doesn't seem bothered sitting outside in her black latex costume. The perks of magic, I guess. Speaking of, though, she's not sure what the magic is doing to her. Apparently Black Adam's powers feel way different than the old Captain Marvel powers ever did. And they seem to be a bad influence on her, given how violently she took care of Clayface. And while she's moping and brooding about this (she is in Gotham, after all, brooding capital of the world), someone mysterious observes her through a purple lens…

Hundreds of miles and microns away, Ryan Choi leads his teammates deeper into the Palmerverse. I'm just gonna keep calling it the microverse, even though that's Marvel's racket. Less confusing. The Monitor thanks Ryan for his efforts in aiding the multiverse. He's just glad to be here. (This won't last, no one in Countdown is glad of the experience in the end.) And now the most important moment in the comic: Jason notes that the Monitor doesn't have a name. So he decides to name him "Bob". "Bob" is a guy he can get casual with, unlike "the Monitor". Fantastic~

Bob and crew land in the microverse just as we cut away to Trickster and Piper hauling themselves out of the harbour. Somehow they lived through that. By sheer coincidence, they landed in Gotham. This is basically out of the frying pan and into the fire to Piper. Trickster has a plan, though. As long as they keep their heads down and don't attract attention, he knows someone who can help. This is indicated by them passing a sign for the Penguin's establishment, the Iceberg Lounge. I like this includes art for the The New Batman Adventures version of the Penguin.

Hey, remember a few issues back when this series teased at being an Amazon Attack! tie-in? Here's another flaw with this series: it's trying to tie in to an event that was running monthly, while this series is running weekly. That's why we haven't heard about it in a half-dozen issues! Anyways, we've finally caught up to that point where Supergirl and Wonder Girl side with the Amazons and hijack Air Force One--yes, that was a real thing that happened. Naturally, the American public is big mad about it, and reacting perfectly believable for the American public, they decide to protest in droves outside the Athenian Women's Shelter.

Like, seriously, they use a two-page splash to show us how big the angry crowd is. They're shouting things like "Murderers!" and "Terrorists!" Like, the President's not even confirmed dead at this point. Harley Quinn goes out to yell at the crowd that this place is just a women's shelter and they haven't even done anything, and Holly has to drag her back in when the crowd starts throwing things at her. Well, say what you will about literally anything else in this comic book, but they sure got the reactionary dumbasses of America down pat~

Now here's a weird bit I think is only in the trade, possibly to even out the page count so you always get the issue's cover on the right-hand page. But it's a fully black page with only the first panel of the opposite page in the middle, showing an establishing shot of the Fortress of Solitude. I get why it was done, but it's very odd to come across in the trade.

Anyway, the comic ends with the Legion members going home. Except Karate Kid is told he's not allowed through the time portal, as he still has something they need him to do here. At least he won't be alone, since Una (formerly Triplicate Girl and Duo Damsel before she lost her dupes) is also coming with him for the adventure.

I think the biggest problems with this issue are the aforementioned inconsistancies with the art. It doesn't say much for the story when you can't keep details like that straight. (If you're missing simple details, you're probably not setting much store by broader topics either, yeah?) This and the weird shift with trying to keep this as a tie-in to other things with a different release schedule really hurt this one. The behind-the-scenes meta stuff hurts this one more than anything in particular in its writing. And heck, it did give us Bob the Monitor~

[portablecity]

this is definitely interesting to read, as i also did not connect with this show even though the genre and premise sounds right up my alley.

i definitely found the gorgeous, detailed, researched and beautifully painted art at direct odds with the utterly shameless pulp style storytelling that was also at odds with the heavy seriousness of the genre references -- which is rare for me - i often love a bold crossing of tonal streams, as it were!

and i dunno, Mizu's maybe too complicated a character premise for a show this pulpy for me? The self loathing, the gender stuff, the xenophobia -- and the Becoming a Secret Weapon Who Cannot Have Peace or Feelings But Must Destroy Or Be Destroyed -- this is a lot, like, a LOT. And i didn't really enjoy spending an hour waiting for them to shit or get off the pot re the gender thing, only for the reveal of it to be an embarrassing gag at Mizu's expense.

The "girl disguised as boy in historical setting rampant with sexism" trope is old news to me and there is a brutal pattern of humiliation and exposure and sexualized violence within it that i think maybe i personally am just too fucking tired of.

(what about a show that treats the passing-as-a-man aspect respectfully? or engages with it kind of consistently at all? like, if it has to be a secret, Mizu's presumably been protecting that secret since childhood -- maybe don't have her fuck it up in episode one? OR, dream of dreams, imagine just writing the character as trans and having the language AROUND the show refer to Mizu as He and, again, respecting his experience protecting himself?)

I might keep it on in the bg while i work and get through the rest of of curiosity, but...

it feels like someone looking back on 90s media in these various genres and mostly trying to recreate it, not create a version with anything new to say.

I'm very curious to read more from mixed race folks about the way the show handles that stuff. As the poster above mentioned, while the borders after closed at the time of the events of the show, they obviously were not prior to that and Mizu would certainly not be the only person of mixed race her age.

Hi! Ive been following you for a while and I'm absolutely in love with your art!

I saw Blue Eye Samurai on netflix last month and since then ive been thinking the characters would look amazing in your artstyle. You should check it out!!

I have way way way way way too many thoughts on this should bc it touched on the hyperfixation and not in the positive way. I wish I could have liked it more; i wish I could like it in the way other people did. Mizu's excellent, but the rest of the show doesn't quite hold up around her.

Anyway here's a doodle of Mizu 👍

[moonstruckhaze]

digital sketch dump and meme time hehe

[grumpyoldsnake]

(Click for a sharper image!)

@blind--magic‘s recent icon change inspired me to try drawing the image/outfit myself! It’s her OC Masha as a kid, and an adorable kid at that. I had a lot of fun with it. ^_^

[thetruequeenoftheabyss]

Not gonna lie I'm in a bit of a mood

[e-adlirez]

If you had to change all the the Thea Sisters' hairstyles such that they will appear in the ones you chose for the rest of the series, what styles would you change them to? (No this is totally not me trying to see more art from you even though I love it what are you talking about haha-)

I mean if you really wanted me to draw you could've just given me a request FHSFSFOSHPFS /lh /j

This is a very difficult challenge in more ways than one-- I mainly identify the girls through their hair, I'm not that good at fashion and hair design (doesn't help their current styles fit so well already character-wise -m-), and I do like their hairstyles as they are hahaha-- but just because it's hard for me doesn't mean I won't give it the old college try >:3

OKAY SO let's go through this in uhhhhh order of which I made them, why not :3

So with Nicky and most of the other girls, I went with two options, and with Nicky I went with these two: a pixie cut so that pesky hair is just too short to be a problem, or literally my hairstyle on the regular at home. Seriously, I took a picture of myself in the mirror to get a ref, and I have my hair done up like this right now haha. It's very practical, which is very Nicky! Nicky's whole fashion sense is defined by the notion of "if I can't have a morning run with this style then what's the point", so Colette would probably rip her a new one for keeping her hair up like that all the time of all ways she could have it up. Which Nicky would probably find a win in her book :3

Violet is pretty, she is grace, and she likes to slay in a subtle way <3 honestly I just looked at typical hairstyles in modern Chinese culture (ya'll don't understand it's a very particular aesthetic flavor), and I found some I felt were elegant, refined, and understated enough for Violet to consider. The one to the left is just a stereotypical hairstyle for a Chinese woman in her prime, very luscious locks, very well-groomed, my mom had something like it for a while and she slayed <3

The second one is a bit newer-- it's based on the iconic C-drama half-up-half-down topknot, and probably would be heaven for people with thick hair who don't wanna put it totally up. I dunno, I think it's a neat idea, but I just love her canon fringe cut too much </3

Paulina's was tricky to research, because not only did I like her simple braid, but also because Peruvian women just love their braids! If anything they loved them so much that Paulina's looked so bare bones in comparison-- colored threads, ribbons, little bobbles at the end-- so much color and decorations! I didn't go overboard with it since Paulina would still prioritize comfort and her shy ass not wanting too much attention (/aff), but y'know sometimes loving yourself is adding some colorful ribbons and cute knotted threads into your braids <:]

(Important thing to note here, these braids are more suited to being draped behind the back rather than on the shoulders-- it was tricky conveying that in a short amount of time haha)

Colette follows fashion, and apparently Parisian fashion says beautifully messy hair is the way to go (which explains why her early design went so ham with the waves and curls on her hair haha). She'd also follow the main trends so I wasn't exactly sure what to do. If anything I'd lean more to the one to the right because it's more prominent and hey, the fringe-ish cut is now open seeing I changed Violet's hairstyle to have hair parted to the side :3c

Fashionable, versatile, and

As for Pam, uhhhh

I didn't wanna shoot myself in the foot by drawing curls at 1AM, and I had to take into account the fact that she wouldn't really want afro-ish styles because I dunno how that'd be practical when she's consistently doing stuff like baking and mechanic work, sooooo I went with the (rather popular) idea of giving her cornrows or dreads! Dreads in this case because again, lazy and I am staying up a whole hour longer than I was intending (I have school in the morning), it is a popular headcanon for a reason! Pam just looks really good with this kind of style!

Hopefully that satisfies your question, and don't worry about seeing more art from me, that's gonna come very soon with the trickle of requests coming in :3 /lh

[crispykodraws]

You told it’s fun drawing Azula with different haircuts. Do you enjoy changing other characters hair styles too?

I’m not a great drawer, but when I try to, I always rely so much on the hairstyle to make the character identifiable. It’s nice that your Azula still looks like Azula.

Hey!

Admittedly, I don't draw other characters as much as my favorites, so I don't get many chances to draw them with different hairstyles. But when I do, I try to make it look similar to their canon hairstyles (until I decide not to). And it is pretty fun, I'd say. I generally don't draw things if I don't enjoy it.

I dunno about Azula still looking like herself since it seems like a lot of people were confused by my Fire Lord Azula lol. But I'm glad you think so!

I think it's natural to rely on hairstyles to make characters identifiable because it's hard to avoid the same face syndrome. I do it a lot too. Cartoon characters go through several iterative designing to make them look unique and then the audience get used to those shapes and colors. I think that's why some first time watchers do a double take at Azula in the bedroom scene with Zuko in Book 3.

What helps, I guess, is taking the character's personality, expressions, and vibe into consideration. Like if you draw Mai with different hair, it's probably best not to draw her with Azula's big smug smirks or Zuko's expressive body language or Ty Lee's roundish shape/edges. Clothes are also a nice cheat code :D

And then, there's contextual and textual clues. For textual clues, I can caption this image:

with "June ruffling Azula's hair" and no one will argue with me (probably) because this is my drawing. I make the rules here.

For contextual clues, it helps that your drawing has a story or it can be a snapshot of scene. Like this image:

Some people may recognize who this is, but maybe some people aren't convinced. So put her in a scene with 3 idiots:

Suddenly, it's (hopefully) super obvious that that is indeed Mai. Putting them next to the more unique looking characters (Zuko and his iconic scar) or imagery (not in here but the Fire Nation insignia for example) are great shortcuts to making them recognizable.

But you also don't have to do all of these. You don't have to tell the story to others or define a shape language for the character or put contextual clues. As long as you enjoyed the process, then your drawing is already a great success. And the more you draw them, the more you'll figure out the most visually appealing thing about them for you and eventually keep those elements to form a consistent design.

Anyway, all I'm saying is go wild, have fun lol

Sorry for the unsolicited art tip and the long answer. But thanks for the ask! :)

[7official7moose7]

How I imagine the Encanto series to go (if there is one)

Production:

Same/similar art style to Tangled: the series

Will probably be confirmed in mid 2022

First season will come out in early 2023, consist of at least 10 episodes

Will probably have about four or five seasons (hopefully more)

Could also go like BH6TS, only having about two and a half seasons (which was very disappointing and d*sney could've done better)

Basic info:

Mirabel remains as the main protag (obvi)

There will be songs. So many songs.

The show will most likely be about how things are going post-canon; it will follow the Madrigals as they navigate their way through becoming a more stable/healthy family

Episode plot

There will most likely be the occasional flashback episode, probably about Alma and the triplets

But it will mainly be about current events

Some new characters may be introduced, a lot like TTS

Characters

Mirabel will be in all the episodes (because she's the main) (except for maybe the flashback eps idk)

Camilo will be present a lot of the time as well; a good bit of episodes will be centered around him too

Julieta will be seen more than Pepa or Bruno because she's the main protag's mom ofc, she'll get a few episodes

Agustín will appear less, most likely used as a comedic relief character; might get one or two episodes

Luisa and Isabela would get more screen time as well, being Mirabel's sisters; will get a handful of episodes

Bruno will appear at random times, definitely used as a comedic relief character (which is a shame); we'll be lucky if we even get one Bruno-centric ep in the entire show

Pepa will be somewhat the same with appearances, but will probably be more like Julieta with importance; might get two or three eps

Félix will definitely be a comedic relief character, rarely taken seriously, will probably only get one ep

Dolores will be more common like Luisa and Isabela, will get four to five eps

Antonio will either be barely present or be in almost every single episode there's no telling

Alma will be present for most eps (sadly) (or not) (I dunno I have mixed feelings about her)

Possible series plot ideas

The Encanto is discovered by some kind of army who plans on breaking in to take over or something

Something is happening to the magic again and it's not just up to Mirabel to fix it this time

They decide to venture outside of the Encanto; they meet new people and find new villages and make friends (but some of them aren't as they seem)

More tba when I think of something lmao

And there you have it!! This is of course just my interpretation so feel free to add on/disagree with me!

[hisclockworkservants]

have you read/seen/are you planning to watch the sandman? i feel like some of the characters would work really well in your art style

 I watched it! And I actually read some of the comics a long time ago. (Alas my favourite one is not covered by the show...)

It was pretty good! I really love the opening visuals in the first episode, all the credits are also great. Tho I feel like the comics are better at conveying some of the scenes in the first arc tho, some of the scenes just feels less than grand despite the effects.

Also Dream came off as a huge jerk in the show? I did not feel like that at all when reading the comics about essentially the same plot. He just felt otherworldly and above humanity, but still kind, instead of whatever the show is trying to do. I get that they are doing the character development thing, but the development seems to sometimes just go back on itself. Not super consistent.

Unfortuntely I'm not super motivated to draw it. Like my art inspiration is kind of a bit seperate from whether I like the media or not. I even sometimes drew SCP I downvoted just because I like the visual enough. While a lot of the times, I didn't feel motivated to draw fanart of shows and movie even if I like them a lot.

I think part of it is because there are already so many great visuals? I drew SCP and TMA stuff a whole bunch because neither are super specific in visual stuff and I have all these blanks to fill. Or maybe not, because there are books I like but don't want to draw stuff about.

I dunno, my drawing motivation is just not super consistent, and I don't really understand why either.

Also some other rants about the show that may contain spoilers (about both the show and the comics):

These are just some rants, I still like the show in general.

I wish the dream effects are better. Like, there are some amazing scenes, but mostly I feel like the dreams have not been used super well. Corinthian’s teeth eyes could really do better too, it’s kind of hard to see instead of being horrifying.

They got rid of the waking up from a nightmare but turns out you are still in a nightmare endless loop thing! That one got me super scared back when I was reading the comic... and I was expecting it too... they just got rid of it.

The ending of the Doctor Destiny arc is kind of lame too? (...I know he’s not called that in this but I was a DC comics fan XD) The build up is great I like the complicated relationship between mother and son, and his interaction with the driver. But there’s so much build up and it just ends.

My favorite characters would be Lucienne, Hob Gadling and Gilbert XD Oh Gault is pretty cool too (tho those butterfly wings fly super awardly...)

Death is great but I’m sort of already expecting her cause of the comics, so there’s less of an impact.

I’m kind of super confused about the end scene with Lucifer actually, while I did not read all the comics, I kind of remember Lucifer giving away the key to hell to Dream, instead of like, wanting to bring him down to his knees or something.

Another thing is that, the weird stressing on human thing. Like they keep saying it was human’s existence that created them, but like, in the comics I specifically remember Dream appearing as a cat to cats... you know, in their dreams. It’s just weird...

[themoonlitjunkyard]

The Past Has A Name, Page 34 Page 1: https://themoonlitjunkyard.tumblr.com/post/653303657162489857/the-past-has-a-name-page-1-page Page 33: https://themoonlitjunkyard.tumblr.com/post/668889689900679168/the-past-has-a-name-page-33-page-1 Welcome to the final page of this story, where Jerrie and Teazer reconvene with the couple and decide to sing the night away (as told in an earlier headcanon, when not at the Ball, "To the Heaviside Layer" becomes a soft funeral tune). When asked how she's doing, Demeter remembers some of the other friendly faces she's met in her life and in the junkyard, and how much of a family they've all become. Jelly and Jenny (in their own comic debut) as surrogate mothers and aunts...her own kitten, Sillabub/Jemima, still so sweet and kind...and Bombalurina, the older sister she never had and always needed...just a few among many other cats (that I sadly couldn't fit on the page ^^;). It just goes to show, she has more of a family than she ever would have before. And she feels content, no longer struggling with her past. And the comic title comes full circle. I want to thank you all for reading another one of my little comic stories (I hope this one wasn't too much of a feels train, I just had an emotional story to share this time around which helps develop Demeter's character), and as always to the-pied-pipers-assistant (I tried to shout out, but it I dunno how to make it work in HTML ^^;) for leaving very encouraging and sweet comments! Even for those who just reblog, it still means the world to me that I'm getting to share my stories with the community. ^.^ And a very warm welcome to all the new watchers I've gotten lately, thank you for doing so! Meanwhile, I have a few promised projects coming in: my version of a Cats movie script, in chapters; scenes from the play in my art style (I'll even take requests!); and another upcoming short comic, sequel to this one. Along with a fanfic here or there. ;) Hope everyone enjoys, I'll try and keep updates consistent. ^.^ Thanks again, and much love!

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