#hey she's into the initiative

[ffcrazy15]

Someone needs to do an analysis on the way the Kung Fu Panda movies use old-fashioned vs. modern language ("Panda we meet at last"/"Hey how's it going") and old-fashioned vs. modern settings (forbidden-city-esque palaces/modern-ish Chinese restaurant) to indicate class differences in their characters, and how those class differences create underlying tensions and misunderstandings.

[mischievous-misdirection]

(@pxisonn- Yonji) asked: He did his best to keep up with what was being said, really he did, but what really encapsulated his attention was his wife's curves. Was it what she wore that really made them stand out? Whatever the case may be, it was more than enough to encourage him to wind up a quick smack on that ass when he got up beside her. To cop a quick feel and stem his boredom.

In retrospect maybe she should have done this alone but Yonji was free for the day and if she didn’t monopolize his time he would have probably just worked out then passed out. Quality time was important and being out of that dreary castle was even nicer. Gift shopping with hubby was a relaxing change of pace, almost normal.

Yorin’s leaning forward looking into a display case when her husband's boredom finally boils over. The smack jolts her slightly, shock taking her a moment to stand up then slowly glance over her shoulder to Yonji, mouth slightly agape. She closes her mouth, opens it again , tan cheeks darkening in a blush for the first time in a long time. On one hand her allure was working and that was the plan, on the other she wasn’t exactly upset about it either. It was crude, embarrassing but … also a little endearing even if she’s quick to elbow him in the ribs hard.

Still blushing she huffs and turns back to the display case, the shopkeeper quietly amused with the lovers. “I’ll take that one.” She says pointing to an amethyst geode and the woman behind the counter moves to retrieve the stone and prepare it for travel. When she steps away Yorin turns to Yonji and steps close enough to whisper in his ear. “Last stop I promise, then you get all my attention.”

[blorbologist]

FIRST THING Erathis asks, "My child, is she cross with me?"

not 'hey how's the plan going,' 'i'm glad you guys got in okay', but 'IS MY GIRLFRIEND ANGRY :C'

and the answer. "you made. her. sad."

The immediate justification she launches into is very interesting, and as our first introduction to Erathis herself - our first meeting with her - I think it's very fitting and very open to nuance. Justice is not necessarily good, befitting a lawful neutral god.

And yet...

"I... would do anything for her. that which is within my power to do, I will."

[nshi-ao3]

I felt like reuploading this comic with a better formatting for tumblr! This would be after some certain dapper frogs try (unsuccessfully) to drown our boy, and he sees a golden opportunity...

[solradguy]

I started writing a t4t4c Sol/Jackie/Axl fic today (~1500 words). Haven't gotten to the Axl part yet, so it's just t4t right now still. They're at an amusement park and Jack-O' brought nefarious supplies

[thedrotter]

not-yet-dead-person

silly comic of a conversation in-game i thought was too funny not to make something proper for instead of a doodle ww

(timelapse + wip images (thus silly process commentary in read more if you like artist commentary :3)

i think the sketch looks silly and goofy and funny so i find it important to share with you the mere presence of the faces i drew on it. i drew it on top of the boxes without staying inside its borders because i find my proportions can get wonky if i draw them cropped in a restricted space. and I feel trapped otherwise and i will draw BAD!!! give me spaceeeee to go wild!!!!

the head circles are there for emotional support

very low res speedpaint because truth is the canvas was much bigger than the space where my comic was placed. i didnt account when exporting my timelapse in 720px that that tiny space would look so pixelated ... but it's able to be percieved, so its okay.

(i will now comment on my process and it is not brief sorry)

usually i would try to clean up my sketches and figure out what goes on top before jumping into linework, but since there are multiple panels and drawings i chose to jump into inking right away for the sake of brevity. i just went in with a brush that uses pen pressure and drew what was needed. i added extra line thickness and contrast in areas around the face because it helps direct your eyes there more easily that way.

according to her equipment rei has a chain belt but i only remembered it existed once I was going to color, and i did not like that discovery... I chose to ignore it to maintain my peace. i already have the color palettes for these characters figured out, and i didnt really want to think about a new element at the moment www I tend to overthink those things a lot so i skipped it

the rest is rather straightforward! not that anything else wasn't, but in here i could turn my brain off and sing. linework and sketching require mumbling so i cannot turn my brain off. just block in the characters with a solid color so i can have a mask (something along those lines,) where the color can stay inside. then just color in !!!

Base colors just had slight cell shading on the skin, and for the hair i airbrush a bit of the skincolor in low opacity near the forehead... I'm not sure what it means, but i can look at the faces easier with it somehow. i like the gentle subtlety it adds even if you cant really tell. it makes things look nice.

background was just me blocking in the color of the wall and floor, shade the wall a bit, then slap a noise and free use wood texture on top. work smarter not harder ! yet it took a bit to make it look stylistically fitting with the characters, and even now i think bottom middle panel looks odd. whatever!!!

for the middle panel i thought itd be funny if the background was a solid silly and colorful one to contrast the next panel's sketchy black one. a contrast to how the word widow is seen. on that note my handwritting is not pointy. i gaslighted my hand into thinking that it was indeed pointy in that moment so i could write "not-yet dead person" in letters that didn't seem cute. my hand did not fall for it but it complied anyway

that's basically it! I'm not sure what else i could say that doesn't feel barebones because it really is that straightforward. if you're curious I used clip studio paint for this. only special brush used was for linework (a brush named Lemon Brush), the rest used were just the default. my computer gets the least credit. it was trying to convince me a 20mb file was going to nuke it all the time and hardly let me save multiple times so i do not appreciate it

[fisheito]

You know who you remind me of? Helga Pataki.

Please tell me you (or somebody else) gets the reference 😂

anon u turned my world to static with that namedrop

on the list of things i did NOT expect to happen ,because hUH??: someone dragging [hey arnold] into my tiny nuca inbox

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

HUH.

[viric-dreams]

Tamara could have easily gone the way of the Bohemians, with her interest in painting and later photography (she's not particularly artistically talented, but learned to make sure to immortalise as much of Varchas in paint and canvas as she can before the memories become too blurred and distorted), but she'd accidentally found a new calling.

At present she's involved in a scheme with one Margaret Hawes, Society Lady, ensnaring rich society types in scandal. One well-timed photograph and a tip to the press, and the scandal is enough to get any respectable society type sent to the Tomb Colonies!

Said marks would often try to bribe their way out of these compromising photos reaching the newspapers, however whatever they can offer does not compare to the cut that she (and now Tamara) get from the Venderbight business owners, whose entire economy has been absolutely booming due to the influx of rich exiled Londoners.

[lowstakesvampires]

not quite a mansion.

all of this is old btw, and it Will be updated with a newer version in the very next sketchbook. the ship's design and location will change, the circumstances will change, even some character designs may change subtly...

for now you may enjoy this :3

oh wait, there's more-

[pussymasterdooku]

another day another medical malpractice…the allie experience!

[nirvanai]

i saw this post on my dash right now and had a moment of clarity. bibi gives ryuki this shirt as a sign of goodwill and/or an extremely fucked up in-joke because nobody at abis knows what good coping mechanisms are.

[tj-crochets]

Weird story from work today! Apparently contractors called my boss and complained about a very specific untrue thing

Today at work I got a call from my boss. “Hey TJ,” she said “you’re not in trouble, but I’ve been getting some feedback from some of the contractors you work with, and I want to run it by you. They said you never answer your phone and are only available by email or text.” I said “That’s weird. I’ve been on the phone with contractors pretty much constantly today. I do tell the contractors that if I don’t answer a call, it’s probably because I am on another call, and if they text or email me their question I might be able to answer while I am on the other call” “I thought it was something like that. There’s always someone who will call twenty times a day, and you answer the first nineteen, then he’ll call your boss when you don’t answer the twentieth call of the day.” She said, and we both kind of chuckled. “Also, I heard from one of the contractors that you told them never to call you” “What?” “They said you told them you couldn’t answer calls because it would disturb your new baby. You don’t have a new baby, right?” “Not that I know of?????” “Yeah, I thought you would have announced it” Easily one of the most bizarre phone calls of my professional life, but my boss was nice about it!

[emdotcom]

'Was commenting on a video from some odd years ago. Dinnae expect a single reply, let alone the letsplayer.

Anyhow, check out Bloom Plays -- I know her mostly for the Clock Tower playthroughs she's done, especially Clock Tower 2: Ghost Head, which I watch semi-annually. She's also done Persona, Kingdom Hearts, &, currently, a Baldur's Gate 3 playthrough. I enjoy her stuff, she has a lot of insight on the games she plays & likes to basically 100% things -- mayhaps you should peep this a bit?

[starberrysap]

thinking about my gender and sexuality in SGE draft again....rereading sections of book 2 and remembering what a crazy person Tedros was :///

[thedarklyblue]

asking ppl to be professional references and fucking SHAKING