#i have an outfit really similar to this

[beyourownanchor6]

cozy vibes pic crew!

tagged by my loves @spotsandsocks @monsterrae1 @loserdiaz 😘

since it’s officially soooky season, i decided to go with the witch theme 🧙🏻‍♀️ 🎃 👻

tagging if they wanna do it: @honestlydarkprincess @onward--upward @buddierights @swiftiebuckleyhan @barbiediaz @eddiebabygirldiaz @ronordmann @wh0re-behavi0r @stanningsky @hippolotamus @wikiangela @wildlife4life @disasterbuckdiaz @giddyupbuck @thewolvesof1998

[goldiipond]

my dearest friends the three shadows[relation withheld]

[biblically-accurate-dca]

vanweek day 2 - knife

does anyone else remember the knife game or have i finally gotten too old

[riverin-stories]

did y'all see thaht animated short too

[crystallizsch]

yuu and grim in "luxe couture" 💜

update: this is not luxe couture but i am still in love with this fit </3

[morrigan-sims]

Royal Horses

@morningstarequestrian's new Baroque Tack Set is absolutely perfect for tacking up the horses from my story save. (which I've been neglecting for the past year+) (Other pieces are from the Medieval Tack Set or the Medieval Round Bridle. The first outfits are from @objuct's Traditional Arabian Set, plus one of my recolors of that set.)

(also obligatory tagging @simgerale because Phillip pics.)

The first two outfits are something I could see being like, a parade outfit, at least for Alena. (Kristopher wouldn't be involved in any parades back in Oryn, I just wanted to test out all my cc.) Especially the version with the tassels isn't practical for just recreational riding, but it certainly looks nice for a parade, and does resemble parade-type outfits.

Alena's 2nd-3rd outfits and Phillip's 2nd-4th outfits are just more general-purpose riding. Two different saddles each and a few different saddle pads for Phillip.

Phillip's 5th outfit and Alena's 4th and 5th are potentially more of long-distance setups. Maybe like some kind of tour, where Fallon would be riding for long distances, but still want to look formal / be seen by people. (Again, not really something Kristopher and Phillip would have been doing, but it looked good on him and I wanted to test stuff out.) Alena has a second variation because technically white isn't one of Anvia's royal colors, but black is, so if it was a public event, she might tack in black. Especially as that would show less wear and dirt than the white for long travel.

The last pic is a blanket for Phillip because it gets cold in Oryn, especially in the winter and late fall/early spring. Alena doesn't really need a blanket most of the time, since Anvia's winters are much milder. (They don't often get snow, and when they do it's rarely more than an inch or two at a time.)

[bravadoting]

OG Nagi Sketches

I challenged myself to draw the NEO TWEWY cast during the time of the original game starting with Nagi 💜

[phantom-bleu]

God ok i spent an hour on this got frustrated and then realised i DONT give a shit and dont need to finish it but like does anyone get the vision? anyone?

[raiinshowers]

Making a trolls au based off The Croods

'What happens to BroZone’s parents?'

The same thing as Guy's.

It was little Branch's first outing, and as was tradition in the family, he was the only one of their children to go out with them. After not one of the three came back before the end of sunset, John knew that they wouldn’t be returning. He took over. Like his parents had always prepared him to do. Just like Grug in the movie (and like with the BroZone band), he would micromanage everything, but only to try and keep his remaining family safe. Later on he found signs of their parents and Bitty B around the tar(?)… he could assume what had happened. At least Grandma Rosiepuff is still around! (she’s a tad crazy)

John Dory never told anyone else what he saw. They moved immediately. Bitty B would finally find his way back home, alone, only to find it abandoned.

He would always think that he should have been able to save his parents

More GIFs/info below cut

Remember how everybody always thought Branch was catastrophizing about disasters in the 1st Trolls movie?

Yeah, that happens again. (same poses and expressions ha)

Branch also still went gray in this au, just this time due to watching his parents die. And it only got worse after finding their old cave empty and the rest of his family gone, almost as if they were never even there (were they? did he just imagine them?)

The Trolls movie roles are a bit reversed here. His brothers are the ones hiding in something like a 'bunker' (the Croods cave), always on the alert, while he spends the years roaming the lands. Eventually he doesn’t really remember that he once had a family outside of his parents. He doesn’t even remember his actual name: just something like 'B', or 'Bitty'. But that’s not a name. So he goes by — yep — 'Guy'. (Not to be confused with Guy Diamond). When he does 'meet' them again a decade or two later, he doesn’t recognize them at first, and they don’t either. They’ve never known a gray troll after all. John Dory doesn’t even trust him. At least, not until around the end of the movie's events… when 'Guy's' backstory is revealed and it sounds awfully familiar to old JD…

There's only one thing Poppy remembers about her sister —

She had loved the light.

As mentioned in The Croods, they once had other neighboring families that were over time, picked off. Following a disaster with Poppy's own family years ago they were all assumed to be dead besides her. After the fresh loss of his own sibling and parents, John Dory didn’t hesitate to take the orphaned trolling in to live with his grandmother and (remaining :)) brothers. And that’s where Eep's role came in.

One day though Poppy will reunite with her older sister 💕 Maybe even her dad too!

Come on…… Look at these two, you can’t tell me they don’t scream Poppy and Branch

They could even still have the whole 'grrr'/'rawr' thing going on

The brothers are all very protective over Poppy after losing their little sibling

Imagine them + Poppy doing a sleep pile or kill circle. 🙁💕

ALSO THAT would totally be Rhonda beside them :)

[gamebunny-advance]

Hm.

I don't usually talk about the things about Kliff that actually annoy me because my primary goal is to increase Kliff appreciation, but something I kinda don't like is that his palette basically has every color of the rainbow in it.

Not that I have anything against rainbows and he makes it work, but it makes doing anything "minimal" with him difficult.

[notmoreflippingelves]

So in the middle of my rewatch, I suddenly got really distracted by Francisco's black-with-gold-accents "formal" court attire, specifically in regards to the leaf accents on the sleeves. And I could help but think of the *other* black-with-gold-leaf accents look that we see on a Flores family member--Esteban's in "Elena and the Secret of Avalor." Although the designs between the two suits are distinctly different, there is enough of a similarity to make me want to think about them as a set and how the differences actually reflect the differences in the characters/their roles as well.

Although the silhouettes are similar overall, I would go far as to say that Francisco's look creates more of the classic "storybook prince" vibe than his grandson's. His costume is ornate and grand without seeming ostentatious. Think of how Prince Charming is costumed in pretty much any Cinderella adaptation. He must look striking and appropriately heroic--but specifically in a way that enhances our heroine without overshadowing her. And in nearly every adaptation, Prince Charming is more than okay with this, and the same is true of Francisco. He is at some level aware that he is on a show called "Elena of Avalor"--not "Francisco Flores of Avalor" and has no desire to pull the spotlight away from where it rightfully must be. In fact, he is far prouder to be the grandfather of Elena (and of Esteban and Isabel as well) than he would hypothetically be as the protagonist of his own story.

(Esteban meanwhile exudes "main character energy" and I mean that in both the complimentary and derogatory sense. In his mind, he is on a show titled "Chancellor Esteban of Avalor and His 41-Year-Old Guilt Complex That Not Even Tres Leches Cake Can Heal." But like if I had four decades of trauma to process and no one else seemed to notice, I would probably feel uncomfortable when we are not about me as well. And fittingly, his black-and-gold outfit is much more attention-grabbing than Francisco's, but much more on that later).

Two big parts of what leads to the "fairy tale hero" look in Francisco's outfit (and also to his "default" blue version) are: 1) the two medals pinned to his chest and 2) the epaulettes at the shoulder (I believe this is still the correct term even if they lack the tassels we normally associate w/the term, but like fashion historians can feel free to correct me).

Either epaulettes or medals of honor --or both-- are often seen on characters of his type. (Pick any Disney prince and you have a 50% chance of seeing one of these. Heck, King Roland's main outfit in SoA has both as well). A large part of what leads us to associate these particular sartorial touches as "hero-coded" are their association as part of typical military dress uniforms throughout history. (And yes, I recognize the problematic nature of such a trope, but just bear with me and accept it for now).

By including these as part of Francisco's costume (and its original blue equivalent), the animators are implying that he has a long, proud of history of serving his country and that at least some of this service came as a soldier and/or commander on the battlefield. And that he won honor--military and practical alike--in doing so.

Esteban's ensemble, obviously lacks the military touches (the epaulettes and medals) of his grandfather's. Because for all that he too served Avalor for decades, his service was of the bureaucratic rather than the military variety. (Shuriki obviously won't let Esteban wear a sword with his uniform--even he wanted to. Hardly surprising considering the whole "I killed your aunt and uncle. Doesn't that make you want to go apeshit?" thing they've got going.) But I digress.

The arms (esp the shoulders) and trousers of Esteban's ensemble are also much more form-fitted than Francisco's,as befitting a younger, more athletic man who wants to better show off his physique. (The real "secret of Avalor" is how Esteban singlehandedly managed a country for 41 years and somehow did so without skipping "Leg Day"--am I right, folks?")

Compared to Francisco's much plainer jacket, the design of Esteban's coat is also more ornate (the leaf accents are larger and more detailed) and colorful with the red collar, cuffs, and lining. This makes sense given that Esteban is established as much vainer and more flamboyant than his grandfather and that he has as mentioned, a much stronger need to grab attention.

However, the elaborateness of Esteban's jacket makes even more sense we consider it in the context of his role in Shuriki's court. He is a skilled diplomat, yes, and a capable administrator. But like every courtier, his primary function is to be ornamental first and everything else second. His looks, his charm, his attentions are expected to always be in service to the Queen first and foremost--not even in service to his duty or his country but specifically to the Queen herself. Certainly not (!) in service to his own will. (And damn, that must sting extra hard for someone who has only ever wanted to be seen and listened to and valued for himself.)

As such, Esteban is treated as an extension of the Queen--yet another pretty-if-powerful tool in her Almighty hands and fundamentally little different from her pretty crystal wand.

And yet, we see little tiny little hints in Esteban's SoA costume that he remains more than just Shuriki's shiny little Avaloran ornament. Let's go back to the red accents--shall we? Obviously, the show as a whole establishes red as Esteban's "signature color"--an honor he shares with Elena (and Mateo..but like he's less relevant tbh). Moreover, red, along with yellow/gold (and blue but again less relevant here), is one of the official colors of Avalor. Indeed the jaquins on the royal flag are red against a gold backdrop. So we can see an subtle wardrobe-related foreshadowing of where Esteban's loyalties truly lie and of the decision that he will make at the end of the episode.

And finally, as the artists among you will attest, red's complementary opposite on the color wheel is green. As in Shuriki's signature color, and this is reflected in nearly everything about her--from her eyes and eyeshadow to her dress and earrings to her green magical smoke, to her Emerald City-core dressing room to the teal background on her little silhouetted flag redesign. And complementary colors are often paired together so that the unique, striking shade of each is shown off to its full potential--and such is the case here. (Often, the effect is even achieved by using the "opposite" color as a key part of adding "shading" to the object).

A string of red lights wrapped around a Christmas tree may be overshadowed at first by the massive green boughs that it is entangled around. But nevertheless, it is because of the contrasting green that we are fully able to grasp just how bright and red those lights are able to glisten in the light. And so it is with Esteban's red collar shining forth like a beacon through Shuriki's haze of green smoke.

But when it comes down to it, red is still green's perfect, natural opposite. Red is a primary color, a true chromatic original unlike the artificially-created secondary shade of green. Moreover, red is Avalor, red is Esteban. The little dab of invading, interloping Shuriki green that has been added to the red paint only serves to heighten its fiery, crimson hue all the more.

[mewkwota]

There is a nice thing you might now with the Castlevania DBD collection on their collection tab on their website in the game section of the website. They showed off two skins that will release Sep 12th. Two of their original characters will get themed skins, Mikalea Reid will get a Sypha skin and Kate Denson will get a SoTN Maria skin. Mikaela is a practices witchcraft in her backstory while Kate is nicknamed "songbird" so maybe that's why they were chosen for the skins.

That's right! I was drawing from DbD's Sypha design in my most recent upload, and sometime later heard word of the Maria outfit too! I think that's a really nice tie-in they did choosing each survivor. :>

[sanji-outfit-tourney]

All the matches for Part 2 Round 1 are queued up and ready to go! They'll start posting tomorrow at 10:00am (GMT-5)

[weaponizedmoth]

Been meaning to do another one of these for a second, but didn't have any cool outfit pics--until I remembered these blurry pics I had from 2021 that I could never do much with. Libbyframe is the inspo for these as usual,✨️

[clegfly]

Small thing I’m cooking for idksomethingclever99’s fic MITPP!! For some reason I’m having trouble tagging them but here’s the fic!!

This seemed fun to do… probably won’t get more done than this page though…

[turbo-tsundere]

I’m usually not one to make such kind of a post but... well, well, well! This detective from Rain Code sure does remind me of someone... and it’s beyond amusing XD