#i liked working on the colours and steve's lineart :^)

[oventrout]

just the afternoon sillies doing afternoon silly things :^)

also i'm on instagram now!! see u there 😏😏

[fainthedcherry]

2024 Human Art VS 2019 Human Art !!!!!

AS PROMISED, HERE'S A POST WITH SOME NEW ART!!!

And also an art comparison, just to see, how much I improved in drawing the 2 bois <3

I'm MEGA tired despite having slept after work, but I WON'T let that deter me from writing a description!! YAPNADO AHEAD;

FINN AND MARCOOO. FINNANMARCO. BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE ACOUSTICALLY AND FERALLY YELLED ABOUT MY 2 FICTIONAL MEN WHOM ARE CLOSE TO MY HEART.

I'm SO glad, that in the new drawing, Marco finally looks like the twink he always was, but still enough meat on the bones to look NORMAL lmao, can't say that about the 4 other sketches of me trying to redraw this ref for years. xD (why yes, his wings took forever, why do you ask? /lh)

I'M MEGA SUPER DUPER GLAD, that Finn FINALLY looks like a chubby, wild bastard TOO, OH TOOTHPASTE MAN, HOW MANY HEARTACHES YOU GAVE ME OVER STRUGGLING TO DRAW AN ENDOMORPHIC BODY TYPE. BUT I CAN NOWWWWWWWwwww!!!!!

God this habit of loudly reading out my posts as I type them made me realise what a bad Schwarzenegger impression I do on accident bc I'm overly excited to post something after a month of silence SDKFSKLDG

ONE THING I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO. IS PUT EVERY DETAIL I NEEDED ON A BIG REF. SO I DID! I've drawn closeups of the boys's eyes, I've drawn Finn's tongue so that I don't need to constantly remind myself what his blush and flesh colours were sdfkldsgkl, I FINALLY denoted their heights, so people know that they're tall TALL dudes (and that Finn obviously will struggle w/ his lanky mfing legs, we LOVE giving a middle-aged man heart attacks once he reaches his 40's!!!)

ANNDDD ALSO SOME SIDE VIEWS OF THEM. The last side-view I had of F & M, looked REAL bad. Like, Marco's face looked WAY too stereotypically European (to my fault bc surprise surprise not many African people live in Europe so I had poor frame of reference but I've been fixing it via looking up images online instead, at least it helps but yeah, I have a hard time so far unfortunately💀), Finn's was just... B u c k e t. NOT LIKE HANDSOME BUCKET. BUT JUST BUCKET. IT NEEDED FIXING (fun fact I accidentally made Finn have the most attractive jaw shape for men according to beauty standards and I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I JUST WANTED THIS MAN TO LOOK S Q U A R E AND THAT'S IT, MINECRAFT STEVE HAS MORE RIZZ THAN MOST MEN OFFICIALLY).

OH YEAH ALSO A CLAW REF AGAIN FOR FINN!!! His old ref looks too cool for me to give up on it tbh even as dated as it is sfjklsdglk, BUT I felt like I needed to redraw them properly.

FUNNILY ENOUGH A PERSON I COMMISSIONED SAID I HAVE SOME REALLY CLEAN AND NICE LINEART. I wish I heard that 5 years ago when I was really insecure about my bad lineart skills xD, I don't use lineart anymore nowadays outside of reference-drawings like these I don't plan to redraw in the next years unless necessary soooo yeah! They're gonna appear much rarer unless I go off and about making more ref sheets of all of my Sonc OC's sfklsdgsdfksdg

This drawing took 5 days to make btw. Not the hours spent on this LOL. 5 days of my life I'll never get back tho bc I care too much about my babies and I feel they deserve proper refs sdfklsdglk

WHAT ELSE SHOULD I MENTION.....HOPEFULLY I PLAN TO DRAW MORE HUMAN REFS IN THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF STAY IN MY COMFORT ZONE OF SONIC OCS ONLY. I for years wasn't confident in my ability to draw humans, but I can do so NOW at least!!!!!!!!!! Even if I'm like...3 years too late to how I wish my art looked back then already dsklfdsg, I have some high standards I need to continue to knock down as my 2024 resolution sdfklsdg

^IT'S BEEN WORKING THOUGH AS YOU CAN TELL BC I'VE BEEN UPLOADING SOME BAD DOODLES AND SKETCHES, BEEN DRAWING MORE GARBAGE AND BECAME MORE INVOLVED IN MY BELOVED FANDOMS. I wanna continue doing so! It was the most fun I've had with art ever. I hope to properly meet more fandoms I left in the past bc I thought it'd be embarrassing to share my passion for a franchise back then. I EMBRACE THE CRINGE NOW AS AN ADULT AT LEAST EVEN IF 7 YEARS TOO LATE ON THAT FRONT TOO. We all age and mature ig but I just become more silly year by year,,, c:

Oh yeah if you also see this btw lemme know, whether the new watermark tiles are subtle enough to not be noticed!!!! I know, watermarks are annoying and nobody likes them, but ever since AI invasions, I REFUSE to put my work online without ANY form of proof that somebody took it from my page. I just want people to stop lying on the internet for cloud and pick up a pencil. It's not that hard smfh. The only time I could excuse AI art is w/ amputees man. That's the only time I could empathise with someone, who wants to be an artist but LITERALLY can't bc they got dealt a bad hand in life. I digress my AI hate can be rambled about some other day, I know I love yapping and writing essays about THAT topic for sure sfklsdklg

I chose to post this ref to my Tumblr first tho, bc I still wanna work on my drawing of Abbacchio,,,, he is quite dear to me and I'd love to put effort into a doodle of him that won't take too long. Like 4 hours or 5 hours tops. I still have yet to figure out, if his cute star shape on his head is a hat or part of his hair. Bc I CAN'T TELL TBH AND I'VE BEEN DRAWING IT AS PART OF HIS HAIR PATTERN BUT I THINK IT'S A HAT NOW EVER SINCE I LOOKED AT MORE ASBR CAPS OF HIM I TOOK FOR REFERENCES. xD

Also another side-note, but I've ofc reduced down the lankiness of the dudes I draw™, but I in result wanted to sliiightly make larger feet/hands bc my Sonic phase will continue to possess me 'til the end of time /hj, if you also wanna lemme know what you think on that, bls do! I am messing about with stylization still. I am finding my footing with stylizing humans sOOO yeah!!!! I hope to some day be satisfied with my artstyle change of '24! So far it's been really rewarding and eye-opening to me and my journey as an artist for my 7 years of existing on the 'net w/ my silly goobers I like to scream about to in the void <3

Once again, tagnado also incoming below bc I dunno how to properly tag my art so lemme throw in things I THINK are relevant to this post sdkldsgkl

See you hopefully tomorrow w/ a lil doodle dump if I get around to it!!!! : D

[toa-archive]

Draal - Bular - Gunmar Design Path

Today we're taking a look at the very funky design path that Draal, Bular and Gunmar went on during Trollhunters pieced together as best as possible through the power of file names, matching things and the artbook. The order of events is as accurate as I can guess as for understandable reasons I cannot see an exact timeline.

First up from one of Headless Studios' posts we can see what is very definitely a purple Draal as I've been affectionately dubbing him looking a big brutal boy with Caveman Spongebob is also a frequent comparison.

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He appears again on Juan Solis' Artstation (The model is miscreditted as Headless Studios in the artbook) having gained a new fancy arm blade. The file name for this? TROLLHUNTERS_bular!

Source and of note there is also a Ms. Janeth on his vimeo account.

On the official Tales of Arcadia instagram he pops up again looking a lot more familiar in his blue though lacking a nose ring. It's very possible this stage was when he was still tied to Steve as a changeling's troll form which would account for the gruffer look.

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By the time we get to Alfonso Blaas's paint over on the 3D ambient occlusion model and Headless lineart Draal is looking much more like the troll we know and love!

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So what was going on with Bular if he was purple Draal? The short answer is at one point he was Gunmar's design which had a funky journey too. He sure went places before the finalised banger we got. This art is by Headless Studios.

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On Francisco Ruiz Velasco's blogspot account there are few bits of Trollhunters art from back when it's a film and the filenames in the url are very interesting, the first confirms that IS Gunmar while the second suggests it is the Battle of Killahead... The other thing? He only has one eye!

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This suggests that at some point during this design process he lost it.The following headshot is by Headless Studios is clearly a Bular design with the glowing eye that is a defining Gunmar trait becoming more evident

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"Gunmar" is getting closer to the Bular we know and love at this point and now in colour. Francisco Ruiz Velasco still has the filename whereas Headless Studios is really rolling with the funky glow.

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After the thread was posted (And on here) I managed to track down the Annie Awards slide which has an alternate expression on the right and the front view of the above image as well. This is being added for completion and because it’s neat!

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Headless Studios’ version was adapted over Francisco Ruiz Velasco's design as can be seen in this image collab between him, Sergio Casas and Alfonso Blaas. Is this the point of Bular and Gunmar officially split into separate characters? Could be!

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Along with the extra Bular art Gunmar art was found belatedly online! Some of these are in the artbook while others are unique to this.

Unknown artist/seeking confirmation - Top left

Rustam Hasanov - All middle images, top right and possibly top left

Headless Studios - Bottom left

Unknown artist/seeking confirmation - Bottom right

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[Additional edit] The top right image source was discovered confirming it is indeed Rustam’s work! Given his description this is either before “Gunmar” hit his Bular stage or after their split.

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You sure went through a dramatic phase finding your voice Gunmar.

[/edit] He appeared to cement with no design wiggle compared to Angor Rot’s more last minute change too. With the benefit of a close up of this chunk of Killahead by Anthony Romero we can even see his carvings.

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Thus Bular settles into his new found role of "the son of Gunmar" as shown in this Character Development by Leo Sanchez Studio & Visual Development/Shading n ​​​​​​​Lighting by Jonatan Catalan Navarrete and paint over the 3D ambient occlusion model by Alfonso Blaas his journey now completed.

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[/edit] As some people might be using this thread as troll reference in general , we now have a clear shot of the skulls on Bular’s belt courtesy of Anthony Romero! 

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[mthofferings2020]

WrenFyre

See WrenFyre’s existing works here and here.

Preferred contact methods: Email: dracusfyre@aol.com Tumblr: Dracusfyre Discord: dracusfyre#7796

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Will create works that contain: Art: We are mostly open to many prompts. If you are unsure, feel free to ask! Happy couple-y scenes, fighting together, fighting against each other, fluff, angst, armor or no armor, both good! I like AUs too, especially medieval/fantasy AUs, fairy tale, Canon AUs, western AU, Roman AU, viking AU, etc. Writing: Happy to write dark!characters, angst with happy ending, fluff. We are down to do some AUs (historical AUs, no power AUs, etc, but we would need to discuss because some AUs I'm not interested in, like bands or actors). Getting together or established relationship fics, kidfics. If you want M or E content, particularly with a specific kink, that will take longer for me to write (especially PWP, I need some plot for my sexy times usually).

Will not create works that contain: Art: NSFW content, Mpreg, D/s AU, eye gore/eye stuff, general heavy gore, kids, dogs, actual major character death, Superior Iron Man (unless AU), smoking, I prefer Tony with goatee instead of just mustache, but will make exceptions in digital art. Writing: A/B/O, knotting, mpreg, HTP, angst with sad ending, de-aged fics. Not really interested in AUs in stuff that I'm not interested in IRL like band!AUs or actor!AUs. No RPF. I can't think of a complete list of squicks so I reserve the right to turn down a topic, but mostly open to negotiation

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[harringroveficarchive]

Flowers for Yikes!

Steve stands outside of…Atomic Midnight Tattoos…preparing for his demise. He breathes in, then out, and opens the door of the parlour. As he walks inside, he is greeted with a smile by a lady that looks suspiciously like Connie Marble. “Hi, welcome in! Do you have an appointment with one of our artists?” Steve reaches the counter and says “I-I don’t, sorry.” He’s never been to a tattoo parlour before. He doesn’t know the procedures; he’s only aware of the pain factor from stories his friends have shared. “No need to apologise, it’s alright. I’ll ask and see if any of our artists have free time for a flash tattoo appointment. Be right back.”

Steve waits for a second, looking around the parlour with it’s red on (darker) red damask wallpaper, and the wooden baseboards and door frames painted black. He admires the chrome chandelier above him and especially loves the exotic plants decorating some corners of the shop. When “Connie” returns, Steve stops his prying and gives her a hopeful look.

“Hurricane Bill isn’t busy at the moment. Would you like to see examples of his work? Or just book now..?”

Hurricane Bill? What kind of fucking name is that? “No, it’s alright. We can just book now. It’s…it’s not a big deal of a tattoo, so I’m sure Bill’s skills will do.” He hates that the last part rhymed a little.

The lady in red chuckles behind her hand and tells Steve to fill out a release form while his tattoo artist prepares and sets up his work station.

As Steve returns the release form, he hears the sound of rubber soles approaching on his left.

“Harrington?” 

Steve turns quickly to see the owner of the boots, and time suddenly stops. 

“Billy?!”

A chuckle.

“Yeah, it’s me…don’t cream your pants.” Billy winks at Steve.

“Oh god…” Steve’s face flushes and he covers it with his pale hands.

“What are you doing here?” (‘Connie’ leaves to the back, giving these two idiots some space.)

“Well…what do you think?” One hand remains on Steve’s face.

“I never expected to meet you here…”

“What? I can’t get a tattoo?”

“No, I mean I never expected to see you in CALIFORNIA.” Billy holds his arms across his chest.

“Oh…well Robin and I just opened business here and-”

“Woah! Wait, wait…come into my room and you can tell me all about it while I sketch, yeah?”

And so Billy leads Steve into his “studio” and closes the door behind them. Billy gestures for Steve to sit on the dentist-looking chair, and Billy takes a seat on a rolling chair next to him, quickly fetching for his sketchbook. The room is small, but looks efficient and organised. There’s many drawers; hygienic products and ink on some shelves; a sink; a few photos framed over the eggplant painted walls; and some potted succulents scattered here and there. There’s also a small bookcase that catches Steve’s eye, and a fancy lamp on one of the corners.

“So, what are you looking to get tattooed today?” Billy grabs a pencil from his desk.

“Well…” Steve starts nervously. “I kind of lost a bet and-” 

“Oh no.” Billy lowers the sketchpad to his lap.

A beat.

“I have to get ‘DINGUS’ tattooed and…” Steve trails off, a shade redder than he was before.

“Like…the word DINGUS…on your dingus?” Billy teases with a smirk plastered on his face as he ties his hair back into a bun.

“What? No! That would be…inappropriate.” And there Steve goes placing his hands to his face again. 

Billy doesn’t say anything and just waits for Steve to tell him more about this horror-piece of a tattoo idea.

“It…it has to be a tramp stamp.” he says in a very wonky, very unsure tone and looks down the whole time, obviously embarrassed.

“Oh…ok, no. I’m not doing that. That makes me uncomfortable.” Billy gets up and puts his sketchpad away. He seems tormented by the situation and Steve just “What? What do you mean? It’s just-”

“Steve, I don’t care if you lost a bet.” He looks back at Steve. “Hell, is your friend…Robin?” Steve nods once. “Is Robin at least paying for the tattoo?”

“Well, no, I lost the bet so I-” 

“No, fuck that shit. I’m not fucking up your beautiful body that way.” He begins to remove his jacket. “Do you trust me?”

“What? N-not really …I haven’t seen you in years its-”

“Wow…ouch.” Another beat. “No here-” Billy takes Steve’s left arm and places it over Steve’s head. “Just trust me. Keep your arm here for me. I’m going to lower the upper part of the chair…just sit still.” Billy fiddles with the bottom of the chair and Steve would be lying if he said he wasn’t panicking a little. Suddenly Billy grabs at his shoulders and gently brings Steve’s head down on the chair. He gives him a pillow to lay his pretty head on and Steve is still nervous…but also, Billy just fucking called him beautiful. He doesn’t know what to expect anymore, but he also doesn’t want to get up and leave. As scared as Steve feels in the moment…he’s also immensely curious to see what Billy is up to.

Billy gets some sharpies and a disposable razor from one of his many drawers. He presses play on his boombox and Kashmir by Led Zeppelin begins to play from the speakers just audible enough to be comfortable. Billy then shaves the back of Steve’s forearm, and then starts free-handing some design on his arm. Steve can see nothing; he’s not allowed to. He only feels the smooth tip of the markers making delicate lines on his skin, and it almost feels…seductive. 

“So tell me about this business of yours. I’m intrigued.” Billy asks while he continues to mark Steve’s arm.

Steve actually smiles at that…Billy’s interest makes him feel more at ease. “It’s a flower business! It’s actually right across the street from this shop.”

“Oh, no way! That’s you guys? We saw the establishment come to life little by little. It looks like a very homey shop. Congrats.”

“Thank you! We’re very proud of it. Robin and I just opened last week and so far everyone’s been so nice and supportive.”

“Is Robin your girlfriend?” Billy asks nonchalantly, but with a hint of worry at the VERY back of his voice.

“Noooo.” Steve says with an almost brooding tone. “Robin is my best friend and nothing more than that…”

Billy scoffs at that statement and tries to lighten the mood after Steve’s tone. “Hmm…yeah sure…because friends can’t be real best friends unless they make you get tramp stamps across the street. Is she cackling over there, or how come she didn’t come witness the glory of her suggestions?”

“Well she went out of her way to restock some flowers today…she’s expecting the tramp stamp when she arrives and now…I don’t know what to tell her.”

“That’s alright. I can talk to her if you’d like…” Billy scribbles at the bottom of Steve’s forearm. “I won’t miss adding DINGUS on this fucker anyways.” He continues sketching.“So why flowers?”

“Well, I’ve always been very attracted to flowers…they’re just so pretty, and plants are SO interesting! Robin has also told me I have an eye for detail. Flower arrangements are a great way to combine my skill and passion.”

“That’s admirable. Say…do you think I can swing by your shop, and request a special bouquet for my girlfriend after our session?” Billy smiles, even if Steve can’t see it.

“Sure!”Steve tries to sound enthusiastic, but waits a little before adding with another brooding tone“…you have a girlfriend?”

Billy chuckles. “Nah! Mag is my best friend. She has a girlfriend though! And I’m pretty sure they’d love to have some flowers in the apartment. It’s been a while…”

“Huh…funny how both of our best friends are lesbians.” Steve makes a remark, and Billy rolls his eyes but manages to crack a laugh anyways.

“Hmm…yeah, a little weird. Alright, I’m done sketching and-NO! No no…you can’t look!” And Steve pouts a little when Billy grabs and keeps his arm over his head.

Billy then starts to prep the tattoo machine. He grabs some black latex gloves and brings his small table with ink caps closer. “Alright Stevie, I’m coming in. Are you ready?”

But Steve is still stuck at the fact that Billy just called him Stevie. “Umm…” and then he catches on. “Ready…yeah, sure. Let’s do this.”

“Alright. Remember to just keep breathing, and if it gets too uncomfortable…count to 10, focus on your breathing, or talk to me! I want to make this a comfortable experience for you. Wait…is this your first tattoo?” Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd washes over the sudden silence.

“It…it is.” Steve’s eyes narrow a little at the corners.

“Oh wow…a virgin amongst us. Well, it’s a pleasure to be your first.” Billy winks at Steve as he cuts some paper towels from the roll. “Okay here we go.” And Billy’s needle starts buzzing and comes in contact with Steve’s arm. He drags the machine across, and Steve feels a ticklish kind of pain. He’d heard people compare the pain to cat scratches, but Steve’s never been scratched by a cat…He begins to think it might not be as painful as people make it out to be?

“Why don’t you tell me more…I want to catch up with your life. What have you even been up to?” And Steve is touched by Billy’s generous gesture to learn about his life. So they talk through the session, learning what things have changed and what has remained the same since high school; and it almost feels surreal that they’re able to talk as if they’d just seen each other yesterday. Getting the lineart done was a breeze, and the random moments of silence were brief. Somewhere down the line though, Billy feels a ragged breath coming from Steve the third time he comes in to apply colour.

“C’mon, Steve…deep breaths now.” The room tenses a little, and in the air you only hear Steve’s panting, followed by Billy’s constant “I’m sorry” mumbles and “breathe, breathe” or “You’re doing great!” but Steve still seems in discomfort. “Would you like a break? I can give you 5 minutes if you need them.”

Steve seems in a bit of a daze, and he doesn’t give Billy a reply, so he gets worried. He places his machine down and removes his latex gloves to fetch Steve a cup of water. 

“Can I trust that you won’t peek at your tattoo?” Billy asks in a delicate voice, and gets nothing but a soft nod from Steve. Billy takes this opportunity to flip his mixtape over, and goes outside the room for the water. When he returns, Steve has kept his left arm over his head like a good boy. He also has placed his right arm over his soft tummy and brought his legs up, dirtying up the chair with his sneakers. Steve looks comfortable and so inviting with that pair of forest green shorts, making Billy’s heart skip a beat.

“Is the water for me? Hellooo…”

Steve’s sudden preppier tone brings Billy back to, and he apologises nervously. “Sorry, you…you’re too distracting with your handsome face and… your… everything.”

Steve isn’t taken aback by the comments anymore. He’s getting more and more comfortable around Billy, and so he puts his right arm out to take the water from him. Steve takes a few gulps and Billy presses play on his mixtape before getting a fresh pair of latex gloves. “We’re about halfway through…do you think you can take some more pokes for me?” Steve holds the paper cup between his teeth, no hand required.

“Okaaaay” he mumbles through the cup in a childish tone that makes Billy smile.

“Hey…I know what will take your mind off the pain. Why don’t you tell me about your favourite flowers?”

And so Steve lightens up and starts to tell Billy about Cyclamens, Hydrangeas, and Gazanias. Of how much he adores Daffodils, Gardenias and Lilies the best. He doesn’t miss mentioning how much he loves the colour of Lilacs and Caucasian pincushions, as well as his current obsession with adding Baby’s-Breath to every arrangement he makes.

Billy doesn’t fail to chime in about his love of Delphiniums, Irises and Penny Blacks…

“I also like those, ummm…what do they call them? Ace of Spades?”

“Oh! The ones with all the tiny buds in deep red?” Steve still holds the empty paper cup in his right hand. “That’s a good pick! You probably would also like Passifloras.”

“What are those?”

“The crazy purple ones with-…geez, I don’t know how to describe them. Maybe I should just show you?”

“I would like that very much!” It almost felt like Steve was no longer in pain! So they continue talking and they both comment on the amazingness of succulents; they agree that water lilies are great and that magnolias are precious flowers that should definitely be in the flower arrangement for Billy’s best friends back in his apartment. At some point Steve sheds a few tears because apparently flowers make him very happy…and Billy thinks he might be mixing his emotions with the pain of his pokes…but he can’t help to find Steve crying over flowers to be extremely endearing, and it makes him smirk like crazy.

When Billy is done, he sprays water on Steve’s arm and wipes away with a paper towel, like…twice too many times, Steve thinks, because honestly…that shit stings!

“Okay champ, you can have a look now!” Billy says enthusiastically as Veterans of the Psychic War by Blue Öyster Cult nears its end.

He helps Steve get up from the chair, and guides him to the mirror on the wall. Steve is extremely nervous; what if Billy just did some crazy, but very meticulous lettering work for the word DINGUS all across the back of his forearm? He did say the word dingus would be there…he just didn’t want to make it into a tramp stamp…apparently. But throughout this journey Steve realised that he’d gained an immense trust in Billy. 

Billy, who had once beat the living daylights out of his face, now made him feel so safe and comfortable throughout the pain of this tattoo…he couldn’t possibly have fucked-

Oh.

Steve stands in front of the mirror, gasping into his right hand. He has no words…he’s frozen. Billy stares at Steve, then at the tattoo, and back to Steve.

Steve brings his left arm across his chest and glides his eyes over the neo-traditional dagger that decorates his arm. He traces his gaze from the tip of the blade to the handle…and marvels at the sight of the flowers wrapped on the handle, gracing near his elbow. Billy notices Steve looking at the flowers; their deep purple shade making a lovely contrast on Steve’s skin tone, and says,

“I wanted to make a homage to your new flower business, and Orchids are my favourite flowers so I…” he drops his comment at the sight of tears in Steve’s eyes.

“Oh, Steve please don’t cry. You’re being a baby, just-” Steve has now enveloped Billy in a tight hug, and he doesn’t know what to say. Billy just eases into the hug and pats Steve’s back. He’s very glad to see Steve is content with the outcome of his work. Above all, he’s also secretly VERY glad to see Steve again.

Back at the front counter, Steve complains that Robin will punch him because the word DINGUS is only a shade darker than the stems of the Orchid; and SOOOO TINY.

“Just send her over to punch me. Guess I’m to blame for not respecting the bet.” They both giggle nervously and stand timidly around. Parting is such sweet sorrow…and neither one of them knows how to break that ice.

“So…” Steve finally begins again. “How much do I owe you?”

Billy chuckles a little. “Oh, right. Well, how about you pay for my dinner? I half-assed your original tattoo design anyways.”

“Oh…no, I insist. What you did is so beautiful…I must pay full price.”

“Right…” Billy says assertively. “Pay for my very expensive dinner at the fanciest, most overpriced restaurant we can find, and we can call it even Steven” And they both just burst out laughing.

“Alright, it’s a date then.” Steve smiles, and Billy flutters his eyelashes at him, leaning forward and placing his arms on the counter.

“Can I get my private tour of your flower shop now, pretty boy?” Billy winks at Steve and that makes him blush like crazy. In his flushed panic, he looks down and catches a glimpse of Billy’s arms on the counter. He notices a dagger tattoo on the back of his right forearm, and Steve melts for a second.

The next time he sees Billy inside his flower shop again, there’s a pair of white lilies adorning the handle of his dagger, making Steve melt twofold. Lilies are Steve’s favourite flower.

[gracemhalloran]

Steve Ditko - Artist research - 19/03/2020

Stephen J. Ditko was an American comics artist and writer best known as the artist and co-creator, with Stan Lee, of the Marvel Comics superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. Ditko studied under Batman artist Jerry Robinson at the Cartoonist and Illustrators School in New York City.

I decided to look at Steve Ditko since he’s a comic artist and for my FMP i had an idea that doing a storyboard in a sort of marvel style but with my own narrative. This isn’t necessarily marvel however these images inspired me.

The use of colour ; before i was planning on doing something in black and white like the second picture . However the first image stood out to me because of the colour block look he has used . It’s monochromatic , which i find appealing since you can make things stand out better with the use of shades. Through the use of his lineart it makes it look like it has a sharp texture too. I think that it would be helpful for me to try applying these techniques to my own work and compare black and white to monochromatic comic strips.

an idea based on his work , which i think turned out good and could be a effective technique.

[klaudiafmp]

Ben Templesmith

“Ben Templesmith (born 7 March 1984) is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry, most notably the Image Comics series Fell, with writer Warren Ellis, and IDW's 30 Days of Night with writer Steve Niles, which was adapted into a motion picture of the same name. He has also created book covers, movie posters, trading cards, and concept work for film. “

Although I’m not quite a fan of how Templesmith’s artstyle looks I feel it’s very suiting for the kind of stories he’s trying to tell, especially for the gory and creepy stuff he depicts. He’s not trying to make everything look pretty and cute but ugly and disturbing that suits his story telling. I read the first volume of his The Squidder comic and he immiediately goes into very dark themes by literally having a little girl sacraficed to a mother alien and then the cultists burning alive in the first few pages, like you can see that man is not fooling around with exposition and goes right into what he wants the reader to know about the setting. Being honest I didn’t really like the comic, I thought it was really boring to be fair but I do like how it’s drawn. You can tell it’s done digitally at least I believe it is, but so many drawings and panels look like they were sketched in with a pen or a sharpie and then he used watercolour over it, at least I think it could’ve been made because a lot of the black lines are blurred out, as if the marker or pen was bleeding. But I’m sure the colour was done digitally just because how bright and vibrant the colours are so I’m not quite sure how did Templesmith get that pen bleeding effect.

I also like how he’s stlye is not at all detailed but it looks like it is because of how scetchy the drawings are. Theres a lot of random lines going to nowhere that kind of trick your eye into believing the drawing is more complex, especially on the squid aliens with their face tentacles they were all drawn in so quickly it looks like there’s so many more of them where in fact theres only a few. I think I might attempt using this technique for my comic because I always try to make my drawing perfect with clean lineart and all of that but this scetchy look could be really nice for enviromental things like smoke or explosions so I might attempt adapting this style a little and using it myself.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Ben+Templesmith&oq=Ben+Templesmith&aqs=chrome..69i57j46j0l6.465j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

https://readcomiconline.to/Comic/The-Squidder/Issue-1?id=14861

[marvelsthunderbolts]

Thunderbolts #11 Review

I really love this cover. The lineart is great, but the coloring really sells it, and the retro lettering is awesome. I’ve professed my love for word balloons on covers before, but blurbs like this are great, too.

Now, as for the issue as a whole, I enjoyed it a lot. It drove the Bucky/Kobik relationship and narrative to a whole new level, while fleshing out some key background elements for the upcoming Secret Empire event, and also getting into Bucky’s head nicely, and showing how tempting a second chance can be, but also who Bucky is at his core.

I enjoyed Jon Malin’s art and Matt Yackey’s coloring, as usual, and have some choice highlights below of some of my favourite moments from the issue, but I’m not sure they delivered on the retro look they were going for.

One disappointment in the issue is that we’re still left wondering what’s happening with Atlas, Jolt, Fixer, Moonstone, Songbird, Mach-X, and Zemo in the present. I would have liked a page or two update on that, to keep us on the hook for that aspect of next issue, but I understand how it wouldn’t really have fit in this issue, unless as an epilogue.

SPOILERS below, but you may have already seen them elsewhere. Still, be warned.

On my first read through this issue, I thought it was cute how excited Bucky was to see Steve. Written/Drawn with the “Stucky” crowd in mind, perhaps. On my second read through, it started to bother me that Bucky didn’t even take a second to worry about the other T-bolts, knowing he was teleported away from them while they were being attacked by the Masters of Evil. But the more I think about it, I think the idea is that the temptation of this second chance quickly overwhelms, and comes at him so fast that he forgets to worry about how he got there, focusing instead on what has changed, and what he can continue to change going forward.

“Did he just say that I killed Zemo?” is a great moment to tie this issue into the most recent events of Captain America: Steve Rogers, where we’ve been learning about how Kobik changed Steve’s past, and this development was recently revealed. Instead of Heinrich Zemo causing Bucky’s death/capture by the Russians/whole time as the Winter Soldier, as well as Steve’s years frozen in ice, now Bucky killed Heinrich, causing Helmut to vow revenge against him, instead of Steve, who now remember being childhood friends with Helmut. It’s all very confusing.

Artistically speaking, this is one of my favourite pages of the issue (top 4 panels shown here). Malin and Yackey on a dark war story would be great. I love the details here, like the rats in the top panel, or that hand reaching up in the 2nd one. Just outstanding work.

Another outstanding page. The glare off the explosion in the colouring washes out some of the details, but that one guy’s guts are getting blown out, and there are totally eyeballs and teeth and fingers flying at the reader. Honestly, if this was coloured differently, it might have been considered too gory for a Marvel comic.

Of course, these last 3 pages have already been spoiled elsewhere on line. CBR had them up before noon. But they are good. Kobik still looks so innocent as she encourages Bucky to pledge himself to evil. And Bucky looks so seriously freaked.

And this page! The tear on Kobik’s face in the second last panel, and the broken heart emoji at the bottom of the last panel. So good. Can’t wait to see what the script called for, here.

And OMFG this page. Every detail of it is great. Nat, and BuckyCap, and that wolf or whatever it is, and Man-on-the-Wall Spaceman Bucky. Malin and Yackey rocked this page, and I can’t wait to see what happens next, but again, I really want to see what’s going on with Jolt and Songbird and the rest of the team.

I wonder, at this point, if the next issue will touch on Bucky at all, or if we won’t see any more of this until Secret Empire. I’m also still wondering whether or not the other ‘bolts will be showing up in Secret Empire. I hope so, since the series is “on hold” during the event, with no news on its return yet.

[mthofferings2020]

MassiveSpaceWren

See MassiveSpaceWren’s existing works here.

Preferred contact methods: Email: massivespacewren@gmail.com Tumblr: MassiveSpaceWren Discord: MassiveSpaceWren#7494

Preferred organizations: - 350.org - Amazon Conservation Association - Rainbow Railroad (See the list of approved organizations here)

Will create works that contain: I'm mostly open to many prompts. If you are unsure, feel free to ask! Happy couple-y scenes, Fighting together, fighting against each other, fluff, angst, armor or no armor, both good! I like AUs too, especially medieval/fantasy AUs, fairy tale, Canon AUs, western AU, Roman AU, viking AU, etc.

Will not create works that contain: NSFW content, Mpreg, D/s AU, eye gore/eye stuff, general heavy gore, kids, dogs, actual major character death, Superior Iron Man (unless AU), smoking, I prefer Tony with goatee instead of just mustache, but will make exceptions in digital art.

  -- Art --

Auction ID: 1195

Will create works for the following relationships: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark - 616, 1872, AvAc, AA, Bullet Points, IM:AA, Marvel 1602, MCU, Next Avengers, Noir, Secret Wars: Civil War Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - 616, 1872, AvAc, AA, Bullet Points, IM:AA, Marvel Adventures, MCU, Marvel's Avengers (video game), Next Avengers, Noir, Earth-TRN193, Secret Wars: Civil War Loki/Tony Stark - 616, AvAc, MCU, Noir Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan - 616 Kamala Khan any gen - 616, Marvel's Avengers (video game) Doreen Green & Tony Stark - 616 Doreen Green any gen - 616

Work Description: Welcome to MassiveSpaceWren's auction sheet! This auction is for a custom piece of art, that is: If the bids stay under 70$ A black&white or greyscale or lineart style drawing, maximum of 2 characters with no complicated background. (traditional or digital) If the bids reach 70$ or more: A full colour drawing/painting, maximum of 2 characters with no complicated background. (traditional or digital) If you want a more complicated background, please talk to me beforehand :) You can find general examples of my art here. - Black and white style - Lineart style - Watercolour style - Digital art Digital or traditional is up to you, in either case you will receive a digital file. It will take a while to finish it, since my reallife takes a lot of attention, and other events also exist. I might get to it soon-ish, but please be patient if it takes until the new year or such. Feel free to ask questions, I'm up for drawing almost anything! If you want a ship I don't have listed, you can still ask (preferably beforehand). Good luck bidding and have fun with all of the great content in all of MTH! :)

Ratings: Gen, Teen, Mature

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-- Art --

Auction ID: 4001

Will create works for the following relationships: Tony Stark/Victor von Doom - 616 M'Baku/Tony Stark - MCU Bucky Barnes/M'Baku - MCU James "Rhodey" Rhodes/Tony Stark - MCU, 616, Earth-57289 (aka the AU with Rhodes Labs International, shown in civil war II choosing sides issue 2) Carol Danvers/Maria Rambeau - MCU Carol Danvers/Jessica Drew - 616 Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan - 616 Bucky Barnes/Toro Raymond - 616 Kate Bishop/America Chavez - 616

Work Description: Welcome to MassiveSpaceWren's auction sheet, this time the rare pair version <3 !<br>I may not have drawn all of these characters super often, so you may have to give me some reference. If you want a friendship with characters not listed (especially for female comic characters), I am likely up for it, just send me a message to ask maybe :D This auction is for a custom piece of art, that is: If the bids stay under 70$ - A black&white or greyscale or lineart style drawing, maximum of 2 characters with no complicated background. (traditional or digital) If the bids reach 70$ or more - A full colour drawing/painting, maximum of 2 characters with no complicated background. (traditional or digital) If you want a more complicated background, please talk to me beforehand :) You can find general examples of my art here. - Black and white style - Lineart style - Watercolour style - Digital art Digital or traditional is up to you, in either case you will receive a digital file. It will take a while to finish it, since my reallife takes a lot of attention, and other events also exist. I might get to it soon-ish, but please be patient if it takes until the new year or such. Feel free to ask questions, I'm up for drawing almost anything! If you want a ship I don't have listed, you can still ask (preferably beforehand). Good luck bidding and have fun with all of the great content in all of MTH! :)

Ratings: Gen, Teen, Mature

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[mthofferings2020]

Trashcanakin

See Trashcanakin’s existing works here and here.

Preferred contact methods: Discord: Trashcanakin#8057 Tumblr: Trashcanakin Email: trashcanakin@gmail.com

Preferred organizations: - Anything from the list of approved organizations

Will create works that contain: Supernatural AUs (vampires/werewolves), Wing AUs, Fluff, Happiness and happy endings, Soulmate AUs

Will not create works that contain: Any NSFW topics, heavy angst, genderbends, mermaids, kidfics and de-aging, adult/minor (including aged-up minors), incest

  -- Art --

Auction ID: 1235

Will create works for the following relationships: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark - 616, AvAc, MCU Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton - 616 Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson - 616, MCU Bucky Barnes & Sam Wilson - 616, MCU Peter Parker & Tony Stark - MCU Loki/Tony Stark - 616, MCU Namor any gen - 616 Tony Stark any gen - 616, MCU Bucky Barnes any gen - 616, MCU Loki/Steve Rogers - MCU

Work Description: This Auction is for a Couple Drawing in Chibi style! Example: https://zainniko.tumblr.com/post/619696139101454336/now-that-the-first-round-of-badges-went-out-for $5.00 (starting bid) - $15.00: Will get you a Lineart drawing $20.00 - $30.00: Will get you a drawing with Flat colours $35.00 or higher will be in full colour. --- I am open to drawing certain other ships or characters not listed, and am fond of doing art for rare pairs! If you have any questions, please feel free to message or email me!

Ratings: Gen, Teen

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-- Art --

Auction ID: 2089

Will create works for the following relationships: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark - 616, AvAc, MCU Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton - 616 Bucky Barnes any gen - 616, MCU Tony Stark any gen - 616, MCU Loki/Steve Rogers - MCU

Work Description: This Auction is for a Couple Drawing (Platonic OR romantic) in full style! Example: https://zainniko.tumblr.com/post/611535263810961408/my-piece-for-the-2019-marvel-rare-pair-bang $10.00 (starting bid) - $20.00: Will get you a half body lineart drawing. $25.00 - $35.00: Will get you a half body drawing with Flat colours. $40.00 - $50.00: Will get you a half body drawing with full colours. If the bids reach $75.00 or higher, I'll make it a full body drawing instead! --- I am possibly open to other pairings, please feel free to message or email me with any inquiries.

Ratings: Gen, Teen

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-- Digital Work --

Auction ID: 3032

Will create works for the following relationships: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark - 616, MCU Tony Stark/Any - 616, MCU Bucky Barnes/Any - 616, MCU Loki/Steve Rogers - MCU

Work Description: This Auction is for a character or ship moodboard! Example(s): - https://trashcanakin.tumblr.com/post/614995803838300160/whats-up-tony-asked-as-he-walked-back-stage - https://trashcanakin.tumblr.com/post/622339600238755840/made-for-tonystarkbingo-i-just-wanted-to-hear https://trashcanakin.tumblr.com/post/189245043353/requested-by-anon-bucky-wing-au-or-bird $5.00 (starting bid) - $15.00: Will get you one moodboard for either a character aesthetic or a pairing. For each increment of $10.00 after that, I'll add another moodboard (up to 5 total). --- I am open to doing almost any pairing for this, even if it's one I don't like myself, except for pairings that fall under those listed in my DNWs. Please feel free to message or email me with any inquiries!

Ratings: Gen, Teen, Mature

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[mthofferings2020]

Kota RiverRoad

See Kota RiverRoad’s existing works here and here.

Preferred contact methods: Discord: KotaSailor#4788 Twitter: @KotaRiverRoad

Preferred organizations: - Anything from the list of approved organizations

Will create works that contain: M/M, various tropes and AUs as well as Earths/Universes, no problem with dark themes, also comfortable with fluff and platonic stuff as well as F/M, F/F, X/X.

Will not create works that contain: Sexual gore, Anthro (due to lack of skill in that métier),Transgender themes (no obvious handling of trans-issues), RPF, suicide, filth kinks, animal cruelty, necrophilia, Major character death, Homo+Transphobic themes as well as degredation of woman. If there is anything you are unclear about, contact me and we can discuss it.

  -- Art --

Auction ID: 1028

Will create works for the following relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - Any Universe Peter Parker/Wade Wilson - Any Universe Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier - Any Universe

Work Description: I am offering to create a digital illustration the size of roughly DIN A4. The ship can be romantic or platonic, it's up to you. To see what my work looks like, please visit the links listed above. If the bid stays under 30 USD, it will be a coloured sketchy-lineart illustration in colour. Anything above that will of course be fully rendered with a simple background. If the bid reaches over 50 USD, I'll add a full background on top.

Ratings: Gen, Teen, Mature, Explicit

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-- Craft or Merchandise --

Auction ID: 2012

Will create works for the following relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark - Any Universe Peter Parker/Wade Wilson - Any Universe Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier - Any Universe

Work Description: I am offering to do wood burning art onto a wooden cheese board. The board is bamboo, 25cm/9,84inch diameter and round. This board can be used to present cheese/food/snacks/cupcakes/firstbornchildren or whatever you want it do to. Using it as a cutting board is fine too, but bear in mind that it can potentionally affect the wood burning on top. For examples of ealier work check out my twitter (while writing this I am working on another board, so you can see my skill level). What I have in mind for this: Floral designs intertwined with objects/symbols who identify the ship or characters of the ship. For example, Captain America's shield lying in a bed of flowers next to the arc reactor. Flowers and plants have meanings and can be choosen to fit the setting. (I don't feel confident enough to do actual humans but don't shy away from them as well. Bear in mind, the space is small and features/details on a full body can be lost.) This will be a physical craft and therefore need to be shipped to the bidding winner via mailing services. This will require your prefered shipping address and compensation for the shipping costs. The costs can vary depending on the destination country. Please check if your country allows such shipments and if it can receive packages from Germany.

Ratings: Gen, Teen

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