#found this somewhere lol

[morbidvisiions]

[sypy-cup]

The them

[puppetmaster13u]

Meme Prompt 10

[magicandmundane]

Nala Se: Let me see what you have.

Cadet Hunter: A knife!

Nala Se: No!

Lama Su: Oh my god, why does he have a knife?

[omaano]

SW Hades AU September Update

Links and previous updates: May - June - July - August - everything else in this AU

For the month of September I have for you a finished character illustration for not only one but two characters for the Hades AU! One boon giver in the form of Shaak Ti,

and Obi-wan, this grumpy old desert hermit who is still missing shading from his dusty surroundings.

AND below the cut I will show you the designs for all the keepsakes I sketched out for the characters this month :3

But - before I go into some ramblings - let's have another poll:

(I know it's a lot like the last poll, but I'm really trying to work on drawings of the boon giver characters while I still remember all the layer settings I need for their glow and radiant spikes ^^;)

And now on for the ramblings and thoughts behind the process of the art I've created this month:

One last rant about me and replicating the Hades art style

I have touched on my struggles with how I translate the Hades art style into my project in the previous update, and unfortunately the perfectionist in me refuses to let it go... so I'll muse on that a bit more in this one as well. Last time, I promise. I've come to the necessary conclusions that I'll let the topic go once I typed these out.

I found this very interesting video that I wish I'd seen before I started this project.

It is a very interesting breakdown of the Hades art style. Now I have to admit that I am very very bad at observation. Therefore I heavily rely on others pointing out patterns and defining characteristics before I can consciously start building on those on my own. For example: when I started more seriously working on this Hades AU project my main objective was to get better at lineart. The way I saw it Hades artworks had very clean and solid linearts with lots of black (thanks to another video that pointed that out as one of the 3 major definig features of the style) but if I look at it more closely the lines and shading are a lot looser, and more confident than what I ended up using.

I quite enjoy doing it, don't get me wrong, but there is an up- and downside to hunting down single pixels that are out of order (b it for lineart or shading) and 100% zoom in... which is silly and unnecessary, since I have to scale down my art quite a bit before posting anyway, so who would see anyway?

Also at this point I'm very much facing the dilemma of how much I can change in my approach to this style to still keep this entire project coherent. I'm more in favour of coherency at this point, so I'm just trying to soak up these lessons for future references.

One of these lessons was another point that was very fascinating in this video (aside from how this video picks a multiply layer approach to shading... which I had abandoned after Boba and Cobb for whatever reason?) was to point out the one dominant, more saturated colour in a character art, and how all the rest are desaturated to support that dominating character.

Shaak Ti and my babies

And I actually was very consciously trying to apply that with Shaak Ti! (I'm so proud of myself, finally incorporating a lesson into my work, look at me go!) It didn't exactly go as I'd planned, in a great deal because initially I wanted the red of her skin to be the more dominant and defining colour. But as I went about colouring in the baby clones as well I realized that the blue of her montrals and lekku would be a much better choice, and have the other redish and warmer tones of her robe and clothes, and the skin tone of the cadets to play the supporting colour role. Yet again, half my screens keep eating away the hue and saturation of my reds, but I think that this approach worked out just fine in the end. The blue-purple of her stripes, her eyes and lips look nice and pretty, and the blue in the cadet uniforms tie the entire composition of all these characters nicely together.

I'd also switched up the gem sparkle highlight colours for this one (and Obi-wan too, since they worked so well with Shaak Ti) from the very limiting base 6 fully saturated colours on others (that don't really show up in print anyways...).

And lastly why they are little ghosties in the alternate version:

Ahead of that however a brief introduction is in order. From left to right they are Ray (depicted here the last time he was biggest of the bunch), Slider (my anxious little field medic), and Goldie (my silly little goldfish who claimed the name before it could stick to Slider). For the record they all grow up just fine to join the war effort.

In this case they are more of a stand-in for all the clone cadets on Kamino, especially those who didn't get to grow up, the training of whom Shaak Ti ended up overseeing. (I don't remember if canonically there had been any of them on Kamino when the Empire destroyed their facilities.... but I'd bet that there must have been.) They deserve someone to look after them too, after all.

Also I wanted to see if I can make the Hades shade design work for me. The answer is.... eh, jury's still out, but no, not really. Luckily however, before I have to figure out if I stubbornly would want to change that, it seems like I'm done with my semi-transparent or shade clones. Wolffe is gonna be just fine, solid and grumpy as you can imagine.

Obi-wan

I don't have much to say about the grouchy old man, except that he was surprisingly easy to finish once I got over worrying about the pressure I'd put on myself because of this character illustration.

I fear to say this, but I'm pretty sure I should draw another version of him... like how Patroclus stands up from his hunched over pose and stands tall and strong and matching Achilles with his own spear once you reunite them in the game. And call on them for assistance. So I guess it would be cool if he could stand back-to-back with Cody, with his lightsaber back in his hand, and looking like someone who (allegedly) has his life together XD

Oh! There is one thing. It was a last minute change but I'm so pleased with the stained glass pieces of his teacup! It's his keepsake as well :))

Keepsakes

These speak for themselves, I believe. Special thanks to Quatre for brainstorming a few of these with me <3 Funnily enough Cody's snapped of antennae is the one I feel least sure about now that I have the whole lineup. They feel very in character for Cody (and how he gets his entertainment out of trolling Din in this AU) but it feels a little silly, you know? Especially with how little they look like antennae X"D

Cody - antenna from his armor, Rex - one of his DC-17 blasters, Wolffe - a tooth with "Plo's bros" carved into it, Bo-Katan - a medal/locket with the pattern of the throne of Mandalore, Cobb - his scarf, Boba - a black melon surrounded by stained glass and a fistful of sand, Echo and Fives - a domino

Omega - a clone trooper doll, Kit - a shell and pearl, Paz - a nesting doll with a Pantoran on the inside and a Mandalorian on the outside, Shaak Ti - akul teeth, Satine - a calla lily brooch like she wears in her hair, Ahsoka - a glowing feather from Morai, Leia - Lola

Obi-wan - a fancy teacup, Quinlan - whatever is the Star Wars equivalent of a pendrive, Fennec - a handful of bullets, Sabine - airbrush, Ezra - a tooka brooch made of pebbles and snail shell, Maul - Talisman of finding (the one Savege used to find him)

Anakin - multitools, Mythosaur - a mythosaur pendant, Aphra - Spice Dice used for a variant of Sabacc, Luke - toy ship, The Armorer - her hammer

It's a bit wild to see all of them laid out like this i'm not gonna lie :D

So that's it for now. As for the next month I'm hoping to surprise-finish Aphra (like I did with Obi-wan), maybe do something about the surpirse I can maybe do for Fives and Echo and why they haven't gotten their character interaction yet, sketch out a new character and maybe start lining Bo-Katan and her gang. It should be doable, right? XD Also I promise that this was my last rant about my relationship to how I've given up replicating the game's style as close as possible. Cross my heart and all that.

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[guest-1-2-3]

so. never consumed any mcu content whatsoever. however i have recently stumbled upon peter parker/harley keener fanfics, went down a rabbit hole, and am now obsessed with their dynamic and i realized i have just fallen into the trap of another blond + southerner + sarcastic + calls-his-boyfriend-darlin’ + infinitely supportive + big fucking nerd x incredibly traumatized + sarcastic + italian + orphan + definitely-started-saving-the-world-too-young + big fucking nerd ship. i am nothing if not predictable

[robo-dino-puppy]

protecting lone light from the glinthawks

[fireflysugarpie]

thinking about scumcum and cumplane again

specifically if Airplane and Shen Jiu get together/married, but Shen Yuan transmigrated into Shen Qingqiu anyway.

i mean, how would airplane cope with that???? his partner got died and got replaced by someone who isn't even to blame, that he also kinda knows??? and he can't let anyone, even his friends or family, know under threat of punishment and/or death???

in the angsty route, if they were private with their relationship and no one knew they were together, Shang Qinghua could try as hard as possible to bring back Shen Jiu without anybody finding out anything was up in the first place. he could go on a wild goose chase for every single artifact/Mcguffin he put in this world trying to find one that would bring his love back.

or he could even find himself falling in love with the imposter that stole his husband's face and deal with all of the mental baggage that would come with that.

on a lighter note, if it's one of those 'Shen Jiu and Shen Yuan are the Same Person' stories, then maybe Shen Qingqiu would slowly remember his life as Shen Jiu, and fall in love with his husband again ❤️

in the worst case scenario, I don't think Shang Qinghua would be vindictive enough (or physically capable of because of the system) to rat Shen Yuan out to Yue Qingyuan and the rest of the sect for being a body snatcher... But he could be found out anyway :)

[frascospecimen]

been character designing a pokemon oc lately because ive been bored. Her name is lye, college student, painter, poison type trainer

[fisheito]

My favourite fantasy lately is Kuya kidnapping Eiden and bringing him to a house in the woods to punish him for endangering himself during some adventure. Kuya keeps Eiden in bondage and constantly on edge, teasing and denying him. And Eiden just takes it without asking to be let out, allowing Kuya to vent his fear and frustration, because he's nice like that.

But, at some point, even the strongest little soldiers break, and just when Eiden is about to shatter from all the stress and Kuya's oppressive anxiety, Quincy comes for the rescue. He's the only one who managed to find that little wooden shack in the middle of nowhere (you know, because Kuya's allowed him to), and he comes in and persuades Kuya to relent.

Kuya hasn't even given Eiden any dick in all the (three? four?) days they've been at it, so serious he was about the discipline aspect!

Eiden cries when Kuya finally fucks him, and Quincy makes him spill

this just reminds me of Billowing Wildfire Kuya R2 where eiden saID sO HImself

i would not be surprised if kuya went full speed into an evil edging hostage situation because he doesn't know how to process eiden's mortality

[acetier]

will you be drawing any more of torin and varre? no rush at all, but i am lowkey obsessed with them now 👀

ask and you shall receive, anon :^)

[fiddlezips]

✨🥇09/19 Happy Birthday Krieg!!!🥇✨

I like him a normal amount (lies) and have drawn him a normal amount of times (more lies).

[tj-crochets]

The first satin scrunchie! This one is for my mom because a while back she asked me to please make more scrunchies out of these like phone cord hair ties she gave me and I have not done that yet so it’s time lol

[willowser]

I think 30 year old bakugou with absolutely no romantic experience would love pride and prejudice , the movie and the book. him just coming home late, turning on the tv after he’s done changing and eaten so he can binge watch it again… same thing goes for 30 yr old midoriya who neglected romance bc of his career. tried to talk abt the book w katsuki but kats got so embarrassed 💀

omg......i'm kissing your brain akfhsuajqk i love this SO MUCH swoon. he loves that movie !!! 🥺🥺 it gets him right in the chest !!! 🥺 and his copy of it is so worn out and the spine is broken 🥺 it's like a comfort for him 🥺 and PLEEEASSEE DEKU TOO JAHFJDJAKA ofc they would have this in common......deku has no shame about it but every time he brings it up to bkg, katsuki is like. i'll rip your spine out of your body. shut up. LMAOOO

[nattikay]

Tsyeyk sì Neytiri päpom fìtsap…asìm leymkem ewana Neteyam sì Lo'ak.

san FPXAMO! sìk leym Lo'ak.

san ftang nga! sìk mllte Neteyam.

Neytiril meitanti sney nìn ulte lrrtok si. Plltxe po san 'ä', ke sunu meforu fwa pom oel Sempulit ngey? Tam. Ha zenatse pivom oe MENGATI tup po! sìk. Po spä ne meveng ulte neto mefo rikx nìwin. Omum mefol futa lu uvan nì'aw, slä ke new snivaytx!

Hifwo Lo'ak, slä pxunit Neteyamä Neytiril stä'nì.

san aaaaaa! Ftang nga ma Sa'nu! Tarep oeti ma Lo'ak! Tarep oeti!! sìk plltxe Neteyam.

'i'awn mìso nìzawnong Lo'ak. San kehe ma tsumk, txokefyaw oeti pol stayä'nì nìteng! sìk.

San ke tsun nga hivifwo ma 'itan! sìk plltxe Neytiri tengkrr re'ot Neteyamä pom nìmun, nìmun, nìmun. Neteyam leym, slä po herangham. Lo'ak nìteng.

Lrrtok si nìapxa Tsyeyk tengkrr nìn tìlenti. Po hangham nìteng. Lu yawne poru soaia sney fìtxan.

english version below the cut

Jake and Neytiri kiss…nearby, young Neteyam and Lo'ak protest.

“EWWWWW!!” cries Lo'ak.

“Stop it!” agrees Neteyam.

Neytiri looks at her sons and smiles. She says, “oh, you don’t like it when I kiss your father? Ok. In that case, I guess I have to kiss YOU instead!” She jumps towards the boys and they quickly move back. They know it’s just a game, but they don’t want to lose!

Lo'ak escapes, but Neytiri catches Neteyam’s arm.

“AAAAAAA! Stop it, mom! Save me, Lo'ak! Save me!!” says Neteyam!

Lo'ak remains safely away. “No way, bro, or else she’ll catch me too!”

“You can’t escape, son!” says Neytiri as she kisses Neteyam’s head again and again and again. Neteyam yells, but he’s laughing. Lo'ak, too.

Jake smiles wide as he watches the scene. He laughs too. He loves his family so much.

[akkivee]

base meme would have suited fine but i think this was a bit more accurate LOL