#hm. uh. well. I'm uh...

[babacontainsmultitudes]

When will my husband return from Dewar...

[seafoamsol]

Hey, different post than usual, but this is just a PSA for people who may follow or have purchased anything from @/kagebros, or are looking to join any of the zines run by them @/allsparkzines. They have a history (and present) of tracing for profit.

I don’t think this one requires an overlay. It’s a trace of the yolopark bumblebee shockwave model kit promotional image, as a “sketch”.

Which they changed, once people noticed it! Changed most of it. They traced a different promotional image for the gun, which remained largely the same, even in the final piece (right).

Their matching Optimus Prime poster is a trace of the still from a [ Paramount promo video ], 36 seconds in.

There are several other examples that I can’t fit into this post without making it overly long, but if you have purchased or have been gifted anything from them, there is a chance it has been traced.

Regarding tracing as a tool:

Go hogwild! Trace all you want! Tracing is a very useful tool for learning shapes and forms, but like any other tool, it’s only useful if you use it correctly. The ultimate goal of tracing is to understand. It’s training wheels. Just don’t hide and lie about it, because as soon as you do, it becomes plagiarism.

Even within the finished versions of the Shockwave poster, it’s still clear where parts have been traced or copied without understanding. It’s a shame, because transformers as a franchise having so many toys makes it very easy to make references!

Here's an example of how I use them:

Luckily for me, the Cybertron toys and models are more or less exactly the same. I don't own the toys, so I have two images from a [ toy reviewer ] on top. Many angles to help me understand exactly what's happening. Granted, I could just ask my friend who does own the toy for him in the same pose, but tracing over that directly would make it too stiff and it wouldn't mesh with my style.

TL;DR: Kage traces, blindly and without disclosure, for profit.

[sysig]

Look, options are limited, beggars can’t be choosers (Patreon)

So I do have a white trenchcoat to offer him, but uh

It looks a little goofy and bulky lol

As above, there’s no shirt that I can put underneath it either! Too silly but not in the way I like my silliness! >:0

Of course, the alternative is

Lol. I mean, it’s definitely A Look, but it’s not what I would imagine finding near the front of his closet haha

The skelebros are even more limited tho, they’ve only got the one outfit to “choose” from

(Also yes, Papyrus does get glasses to match Gaster ���)

I want to do some poking around with the Body Shop to see if I can make some custom outfits myself, or at least do some retextures! I’m sure I can make something workable!

[a-lonely-dunedain]

Meneldir slips away. He is gone.

so. I finally remade this old thing in all the heart-wrenching detail it deserves. I'm sorry, in my defense- I actually don't have a defense.

[deoidesign]

Someone killed my boss last night and he sent me this I'm so fired

god I can't wait to make this comic.

[seventh-district]

7am, eating cold leftover teriyaki stir-fry for breakfast and crying over blorbos

[estellardreams]

Sonic AU idea brewing...

Everyone is already miserable help-

[tortoise-teapot]

> solas post

> caption: trash horrible awful egg man 🥚🥚🥚🥚 i'm gonna GET him!! he's so fucking full of himself and evil and ugh he's so UGLY why do i like him??? i can fix him ��� love him

😐

[queenlua]

for someone who's really not very into horror/slasher/gore stuff, i sure seem to write an awful lot of gore

[widowshill]

so. can you get nerve damage from a shitty blood draw or uh. should i be concerned or chill out and wait for this to heal up.

[keeps-ache]

lost vocation: fish

[goleb]

I'm gonna be honest, I don't think that's Foxy girl meant by play fights...

Look at their blog!!

I won't, but, yeah... I can guess by their username. I mean, I did grow up on deviantart... Hah.

But that's the thing, though, isn't it? Unless someone explicitly states they expect something specific from me, I get to interpret it in whatever way makes the most sense for the sort of thing I do. I've no reason to assume things outside of that context. My only goal is to spread Roy's word with minimal editorialising, and that's what I'm gonna do. I just rarely get the opportunity. But, on the topic of Roy and Rose's relationship, I can only say what I already have.

S'not really a matter of what you can ask of me but of what I can give you, I guess.

[dubiousdoctors]

deeply unfortunate that there is no way of living except to be in certain ways forever defined by the places you have spent your life!!

[mcmissileproof]

the nature of being a guy who is not generally perceived as such in person is that sometimes a cis man who's on decently friendly terms with you will tell you something to the effect of "you know, you're cool, I don't meet too many girls like you" and you will be faced with the choice of

a) tell him you're actually a man. invite transphobia on yourself and reaffirm his notion that cool women do not, in fact, exist.

b) say nothing. allow him to go on thinking you're a woman and that this clumsy attempt at flirting is getting him anywhere. die inside, but at least maybe he thinks girls can be cool now, sort of, sometimes.

c) tell him that in your experience women are very often cool, but say nothing about yourself. possibly the best option, but might make him defensive and that's just exhausting to deal with.

d) set him on fire with your mind. this would solve every problem in this situation but would unfortunately create several more to replace them.

[e-vultures]

*emerges sopping wet and spluttering from a nearby pond absolutely covered in mud and algae and plankton* hi again :)

[polrification]

kvthm ish au based on my son of deshret au: kaveh was one of the jinn that was in the scarlet king's court and he himself had fallen in love with the young prince but he was unsure if the prince would reciprocate said feelings so he pushes them down and haitham accepts but its not really a known thing because yknow how they are and then The Incident happens and they have to separate and they only find each other thousands of years later