#groove creation

[multiheadcanons]

MERCS AS SUNRISES

scout: a sunrise that doesn’t pan out the way you would think. thick, rolling clouds obscuring the more favorable conditions to create the pinks and oranges of a photogenic sunrise, but as the sun climbs higher over the horizon, the dazzling yellow rays that shine through each is enough to wake you. the kinds of sunrises where when a beam of sunshine hits you it felt it was made just for you. the sky is a brilliant, clear blue in minutes. it turns into a picturesque morning, regardless of where you are.

soldier: a sunrise from a cruel sun, most normally found in summers. the kind that, throughout the night you look up and see clouds rolling in and hope for an overcast day to break the heat wave, but as the sun rises it completely eradicates each and every cloud, leaving unbearably hot, humid mornings. the kind where you can tell from the reflection of the sun on your neighbor’s windows it may not be a good day to be outside. but somehow you will end up there.

pyro: a sunrise that comes during a wildfire. it’s red, and smoky, and it’s hard to breathe outside. the kinds of sunrises where you can’t see them, but your heart swells, then drops at the lack of the sound of wildlife. you hope they make it to safety. and as you quietly mutter a prayer, or words of manifestation for their safety, you are hit with the sudden question. what about your safety? how will you get out of this? is there a way out? you are sure there is. we are in too modern of a time for you to not have a way out. but the question will never leave you as you check your go bag. it looks like an apocalypse out there. hell is on your doorstep. you can only hope everyone makes it to safety. including yourself.

demo: vivid, bright sunrises. where the clouds all combine with the sky to give a kaleidoscope of colors. the kind where you step out of your door and are washed in a periwinkle, and if you wait a little longer the periwinkle changes to shades of purple you couldn’t sit down and recreate with the highest tech lightboard and the creativity and time of god and the eyes of a mantis shrimp. the sunrises that make you think that maybe all of the struggle is worth it to see sunrises like this. and maybe it is.

heavy: the sunrises that come after a nightly rain. as the sun rises, the rain softens. leaving you to rise to a wet, muggy morning. that smells of teeming life and plant matter. in cooler weather, you may even get a mist, or a fog that morning. the kinds that you feel you can wander into your front yard and get lost in. the clouds may never truly leave, but the rain is quiet, less aggressive. and for that day, that will do.

engineer: them good sunrises. the ones that literally stun you, the ones where you let out a “gah DAMN!”. bright and vivid and beautiful, everything is awash in pink. pinks warmer than the brightest flower. you are pink. and the sun is the bloodiest orange you’ve ever seen. and the clouds look painted, good god. big bellows of low, lazy drifting clouds dyed pinks and oranges you never thought possible. the kinds of sunrises that by all means had to be created by someone.

medic: hazy and orange. the kind where the sun looks red and it doesn’t hurt to stare at. passing slowly through something you can’t tell from the distance is mist, or cloud, or smog. the sunrise you wake early for no reason to watch, and as you watch it develop you feel the primal urge to take cover. today, mother nature decided she will not be kind. the clouds move slow, to the point where you’re not sure if they’re moving. but they have to be. because it’s only getting darker as the sun climbs higher. it must be a storm on the way. but you just don’t know.

sniper: the kind of sunrise that has you begging for less clouds. the kind where you look up and you see the whispers of pink and purple and blue from between the thicket of clouds. but as the sun continues to rise, there is no color. it’s almost as though you imagined it. just clouds that give you the heavy reminder that they would crush you if they were affected by the earth’s gravity any more than they already are. and so many anviled clouds in the sky, daring to drop whatever they hold alongside themselves. but not a drop of rain to speak of.

spy: a sunrise where it seems like no matter how late you stay up, you are never awake to see the clouds form and cover what could be another sunny day. but, if you’re lucky enough, you get to watch the rain begin. and as the sun climbs higher, the rain gets harder. it stops getting brighter after a while, as the storm clouds continue to roll deeper inland. a breath of fresh air the first few times. until they just don’t stop. these make for wretched afternoons. you stare at stars with the feeling that they wait for everyone to sleep to beckon the clouds in. it almost makes you want to stay up all night, if that keeps the clouds away. like catching santa. but you just can’t stay awake long enough, and you rest, turbulent as the clouds sneak in once again, its thunder dully rumbling before it rises everyone in the early hours of the morn.

[tiffanyelectricity]

K-U-Z-C-O Kuzco, Kuzco go go!

More fun bead art of mine, this one is inspired by the Emperor's new groove gbc game sprite!

[haha--lorge]

Pst. Consider: Bratty mpreg.

oh beleive me I'm considering it <3

a cocky asshole of a man who's always had such high standards for sexual partners winds up pregnant, and he knows EXACTLY which one of his hookups is to blame. after cornering the poor sap who got too caught up to pull out, and explaining to them that they'll be responsible for the pregnancy they've caused, he starts making demands.

things start out reasonable of course, 24/7 catering, tailor-made maternity wear, a larger bed. simple and easy things, surely they can afford that, if they could afford to keep thrusting carelessly that night. we're lucky he only goes for the rich ones, if nothing else for the sake of the babies.

once the ultrasound reveals he's carrying 8 babies, things really get going. our father-to-be starts holding that number over his lover's head like it's a ransom. the hookup has to be in attendance constantly to tend to not only his growing hunger and body but also to his intensifying libido. no matter where they are, if the preggo wants it he WILL get it. after all, look at all this weight he has to carry around. it's only reasonable for his partner to carry a few dozen clothes, take-out containers, sex toys, and anything else their beloved needs. even if it's never enough and the demands never stop

by the time 9 months have rolled around our enormous preggo is breaking records in so many books, but the most impressive remains his neediness, which his partner continues to fullfill. they even secretly hope their beloved brat goes a bit more overdue

considering it always 😋👌

[pastelpousay]

Ray Ray Ray ive had a Wild idea /pos

so Emperor's New Groove Ray got there by time-travel stuff, yeah? what if Ray was in Yzma's lab trying to figure out how to replicate it (either from a genuine desire to go home, even just for a bit, or just for funsies, idk lol) and Kuzco came down to check in on her. and the experiment goes A Little Bit Wrong.

granted, it does work. they do time travel. they just time-travel into the past. when Kuzco is a baby just learning how to walk. and he gets to see his sister, and his father, and he gets to see how much they love him.

Ray attempts to redo the experiment. and it takes them a little bit further. it takes them to the night Quya disappeared, and they get to see what happened to her.

Ray takes them back to the present this time. and Kuzco orders guards to scour Inti's temple for his sister now that he Knows.

(aka HEY WHAT IF RAY HELPED KUZCO REUNITE WITH HIS LONG-LOST SISTER with a sprinkle of hurt/comfort between Rayco 🥰)

WAIT STOP THATS SUCH A GOOD IDEAAAAA AHHHHH

I feel like that would make Kuzco see Ray as like a sort of blessing or something almost Because I still feel like he has some rather Vague memories of Quya before she had left so he had probably missed her for so so long 😭😭 and Ray finally (yet accidentally) revealing where she was he WAS PROBABLY LIVE OVER THE FUCKING MOON BRO LIKE HE MISSED HIS BIG SISTER AND LIKE NOW HE LOVES RAY EVEN MORE FOR THAT LMAOOO

WAIT I STILL LIKE THE JUNIOR CHIPMUNK IDEA TOO SO LIKE I FEEL LIKE MAYBE A COMBINATION LIKE RAY’S SPELL REVEALS WHERE SHES HIDDEN AND THEN THEY GO AND QUYA IS JUST SITTING THERE WITH KRONK, CHACA AND TIPO WITH LIKE A BUNCH OF OTHER KIDS AND JUST TALKING TO A FUCKING SQUIRREL 💀💀 LIKE IM SORRY THATS SO FUNNY AND LIKE IF THIS WERE CANON THATS LITERALLY SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN IF THIS WAS A MOVIE 💀😭😭

Also the guards being hella dumbfounded by the scene infront of them when they pull up lmaoooo 😭 (I’d imagine Kuzco would also be there and he’d probably be like “how tf do the people I know keep running into each other-“ BECAUSE LIKE THAT LITERALLY HAPPENED DURING THE ENTIRE LLAMA INCIDENT WITH KRONK AND CHICHA AND THE KIDS💀💀)

BUT YEA THATS A BRILLIANT IDEA FRRR EEEE I LOVE MAKING LORE THIS IS SO SO MUCHH FUNNN YAYYY!!! :D

[nonuggetshere]

Oh I can't wait to refine and finally post the designs for PK's siblings in my AU, it really looks like their mother ran out of ink while making them

[llondonfog]

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[sysig]

Hey don’t I know you

Bonus:

[trillytrex13]

https://open.spotify.com/local/Billy+T+Acoustically//ACERTUFY/293?si=0YOdYckDSH6A60in2le8EA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A0SKDq6q5mobT0XlRlX1cX8

[groovysaber]

Lately im starting to focus a little more on my original creations (My ocs like Crimson etc) which is why you're seeing a bit more oc art! Ill still make fandom art too ofcourse but i wanna show people more of what I'VE gotta offer to le planet earf

You can stay up to date with all of my characters over on Toyhouse!: https://toyhou.se/CrimSaberDemon/characters

[murkycran]

I know it could be taken a couple different ways, but I feel like Lucifer calling rebuilding the hotel "a remedial creation for me" is him saying that he's finally healing from what Heaven did to him. Good for him; bro got to not only beat up one of the biggest representations of what's wrong with Heaven (Adam) but also is getting his motivation and creative groove back.

(Pssst if you liked this analysis, you should go check out the second part!)

[gagliandi]

Crafting Memorable Melodies

Crafting Memorable Melodies: Syncopation, Placement, and Groove(Inspired by Jack Perricone’s Great Songwriting Techniques)A memorable melody isn’t just about the notes you choose—it’s about how and when you deliver them. The interplay between syncopation, phrase placement, and the underlying groove can transform an ordinary melody into something irresistibly catchy.1. Syncopation: Adding Spark to…

[riddlerosehearts]

thinking about how people who watch the emperor's new groove and somehow come out of it shipping pacha and kuzco, or thinking yzma only became evil when kuzco fired her and that she would've been a better ruler than him, are both so wrong in so many different ways and are also missing one of the things that i absolutely love about the movie. which is that, the way i see it, pacha and yzma are counterparts. as parental figures to kuzco.

like, just to get this out of the way first, yzma was a dismissive asshole to a peasant whose family was starving. and yeah, if kuzco had been in her place he definitely would've also done that, which... is why she would not be a better ruler than him. she'd just be the same because they're both horrible people in the exact same ways. her reaction to being fired is to plot murder, and as soon as his funeral is over she sets everyone to work on replacing paintings of kuzco with paintings of herself and covering the palace with imagery that makes it clear that it's all about her now. i'm not even sure why this is a discussion tbh.

and also, kuzco is literally a teenager. he's barely 18 years old. source: in the movie, yzma says at his funeral that kuzco was "taken from us so tragically on the very eve of his eighteenth birthday." she also claims in the movie to have "practically raised" him, to which kronk replies "yeah, you'd think he would've turned out better". and sure, she could be exaggerating, but what evidence do we have that she is? we learn absolutely nothing of his parents, who are never mentioned even once in the movie, or of anyone else who could've raised him, and she's his advisor who for some reason sees no problem with attending to royal duties in his place. most likely because she's his regent. also, i'm not exactly a fan of the sequel tv series "the emperor's new school" but it does have something that backs up my point: kuzco is revealed to be an orphan and just before his father went and got lost at sea, he asked yzma (who was also his advisor) to take care of kuzco if anything happened to him. so, yeah, the writers who worked on the series clearly thought that yzma genuinely did raise kuzco, and nothing in the movie contradicts this.

and i find the idea of her being his only parental figure for pretty much his whole childhood incredibly interesting because, and this also goes back into why she wouldn't be a better ruler than him--she mirrors him as a reflection of what would've become of him if he'd never met pacha. they're both incredibly arrogant, power-hungry, selfish, and cruel, with a tendency to blame their problems on everyone but themselves. yzma was even originally going to have her own reprise of kuzco's theme song "perfect world", which i really wish had been kept:

[ID: Lyrics that read:

I'Il be the sovereign queen of the nation And the chicest chick in creation I'm the cat with all the cream and ooh-la-la This deadly concentration Will put an end to my frustration Now this perfect world begins and ends with moi

What's my name? Yzma, Yzma, Yzma Yzma (what's my name?) Yzma, Yzma (What'd you say?) Yzma (Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) Yzma. End ID]

(this song can be fully heard in "the sweatbox", the documentary about the making of the movie, and is also on youtube btw)

anyway, i'm sure yzma would not exactly have been the most nurturing or hands-on guardian, especially given that she and kuzco don't exactly treat each other like family. but it makes a lot of sense to think that her behavior influened kuzco's throughout the years. and for the entire movie, she remains determined to kill him. when he tries to reason with her and admits that he should've been nicer, she says the same thing to him that he originally said when he fired her. she never grows or changes and in the end, she hurts the one person who was willing to stand by her (and even then, kronk had never fully been on board with her plan) and he ends up trying to crush her with a chandelier. kuzco on the other hand is able to realize the error of his ways, come to regret who he was in the past, and start taking steps toward being a better person. his theme song gets a reprise where it's changed from a song about one person being the center of the world to a Power Of Friendship song. why? because, as i've already mentioned, he has pacha.

pacha, who similarly to both yzma and kuzco is in a position of authority as the leader of the village but unlike either of them is gentle and humble. who isn't afraid to stand up to kuzco and be honest with him even though he's the emperor, who agrees to take him back to the palace but has no obligation to be so helpful, kind, and caring toward him--and just about every reason not to be--and still chooses to be anyway. pacha who is 45 years old (also stated in the sweatbox documentary) and can see that kuzco is practically still a kid, not a single day over 18, who has time to grow and change. pacha, who already has a wife and two kids with another on the way, but practically treats kuzco like one of his own. who acknowledges that if kuzco dies all his problems will be gone and then still worries about him and goes out of his way to rescue him after he wanders into the jungle. who sees kuzco shivering at night and covers him with his poncho, who carries him when he's genuinely too weak to keep walking, who refuses to give up on him even after repeatedly being betrayed by him because he believes there's good in everyone.

also, while yzma ends up repeating kuzco's harsh words of dismissal as she tells him of her plans to kill him, kuzco had previously repeated pacha's words that "nobody's that heartless" after he saved pacha's life. and as the movie progresses kuzco and pacha's relationship becomes more and more equal and is constantly contrasted by moments of yzma being cruel and unappreciative of kronk's kindness. a good example of this is how kronk is constantly being forced to carry yzma everywhere on his back while yzma literally walks all over him and steps on his hands when she gets down, whereas when pacha briefly carries kuzco after the latter collapses he tells him he'll have to walk the rest of the way later and kuzco doesn't even protest.

idk if i'm even explaining well what i'm trying to say here. but basically, if yzma actually raised kuzco and contributed to his current behavior, then she and pacha both are figures who guided him and helped him grow. only yzma helped him become the tyrant that he was at the start of the movie, who was selfish and callous and saw everyone else as beneath him. whereas pacha helped him see the value in being selfless and considerate of others. and in the end, yzma is stuck as a cat and nobody is concerned about her. kronk has found a new job that makes him genuinely happy, while kuzco has decided to build a hut on the hill next to pacha's and effectively joined his family. in the sweatbox documentary it's even mentioned that chicha and the kids were at risk of being removed from the film, but it was decided that they needed to be there because having just pacha as a single guy who lived alone wasn't interesting enough--kuzco needed to go from having basically an empty world where he had nobody to being able to come together with pacha's whole family. and i just think that's incredibly satisfying and beautiful. it also leads up to one of the few things i really do enjoy about the emperor's new school, which is the fact that during the show kuzco moves in with pacha and chicha and pretty explicitly thinks of them as basically his parents while he's like a son to them.

idk. i feel like my mind went in a million different directions while i was writing all this. but i guess i just think that for all of the praise the emperor's new groove gets for its comedy and for how hilarious yzma and kronk in particular are as a duo, the movie also has a lot of genuine heart that gets overlooked. kuzco's character growth and his unique dynamic with pacha is, for me, really what elevates the movie from just a funny movie that i like to one of my favorite disney movies. and i wish more people appreciated that aspect of it and saw it as a found family story in the same way that treasure planet, brother bear, and lilo and stitch are all found family stories.

[yittiko]

I have so many random questions! Who's your favorite turtle or non-turtle character in Rottmnt? Any art/comic advice? What are your future art/comic plans if that's okay to ask? Who's the hardest/easiest character to draw? Sorry im just very excited, you're very talented!

I broke my computer trying to do this lmao

Leo was the one I hooked onto first but Donnie is a very close second. I think after them has to be April.

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Art/comic advice? Hmmmm.

I gotta go with the typical answer first and say practice is definitely the most important thing. You don't gotta be good at everything you wanna draw, but if you don't try it anyways you'll get nowhere (speaking from experience here bc I'm awful at keeping motivated lol)

For like, comic stuff, I'd have to say just do it. For N.4 I started it without much of a plan because I knew that (for myself) I was just going to keep putting it off forever while trying to make a solid story. Of course, I've had the vague idea and I've been sort of mapping it out as I go, but the chaos is how I think lol.

(Also of course this isn't how everyone rolls so it's easiest to do what makes sense to you)

^^ If you don't have a style or a layout for things yet, thumbnails and sketches are the way to go. It makes it easier to shift things around if you don't like em, or if you can't think of how to do it.

Nothing is ever set in stone, so even if you do start something, you can always revise it as you go. For comic stuff, it's better to ease into the difference by testing out one thing at a time, so that way it's not jarring to see and if you realize you don't like it you can just slip it back out lol

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For my own plans I think I'm gonna try to start slipping my own stuff back into things. I'm definitely gonna keep rottmnt (because I'm nowhere near where I wanna be with N.4 and because I just love the show), but I need to get back into the groove of expanding my own creations lol

I think I'm gonna be pretty focused on N.4 for a while so I don't have any future other comic plans. BUT, I'm tempted on doing little side stories for it (I currently have two in mind but one I'm waiting on and the other I haven't shown the second main char for yet)

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The easiest people to draw to me are the twins because I've got the most practice with them and they're pretty angular.

The hardest so far have been Mikey's round(ish) head, April, and Draxum (I wanna throw hands with him every time I decide I need him in a panel lmao)

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I'm glad you're so excited about all this stuff and thank you! I hope you're doing well!

[mewtwoandme]

I uh.....I may have done a thing yesterday...

So I wanted to doodle something to get back into the groove of things. One thing led to another and I ended up making a new oc...but um, I kinda got attached to him...

This is Legion. He's my smug bastard son, and I love him XD.

He is a type of shadow mewtwo. He wasn't impaled by the shadow synergy stones but his body was infused with synergy energy during his creation, and he has become one with it, causing the crystals to spread and protrude from his body. He remains conscious and compos mentis, having a very charismatic and mischievous personality, despite being the future antagonist. Yup, I decided he will be canon in the distant future events. He's somewhat of a...bounty hunter :>

[ai-musclebound]

He stands in a quiet moment of triumph, gazing down at the colossal mass of his own creation – a bicep that defies reason, veins coiling like live wires over a mountain of sheer power. The light dances across the carved marble of his body, highlighting every peak, every groove, every relentless surge of effort etched into his flesh. His chest rises and falls with slow, controlled breaths, as though containing an energy that could shatter the stillness at any moment. There’s a quiet intensity to the way he admires his work, a mix of pride and hunger for more. This is the result of devotion that borders on madness, where pain becomes purpose and every fiber screams to grow stronger, harder, bigger. His forearm flexes as he clenches his fist, the pressure sending veins surging to the surface, feeding the unstoppable engine of his body. And yet, in this moment, it’s not just strength that draws you in. It’s the focus, the discipline, the almost otherworldly presence of a man who lives for the challenge of reshaping himself, over and over again. Could you handle standing in the shadow of such greatness? Or would you crave the chance to be touched by that unstoppable force?