#i used my design cuz its nice and simple

[ryssbelle]

days 8 and 9 of Inktober Linktober construct and toad, bounce and deity

My explanation for day 9 is that its her birthday and the golden 3 gave her moon shoes as a present

[patchworkcuddlebug]

notes

DONT SUBMIT THIS. this is just where im gonna write down observations and hypothosises hypotheses about the artifact this isnt a formal report. keep this pages seperate from anything you submit to the class

i found it at a non-magical thrift shop. its a single ribbon that was in the toy section, but its too big for a stuffed animal, and it was on a shelf too high for kids to reach anyway. its a simple red colour and you can tell from the wear/bends in the fabric that its meant to be worn in a bow

its SO cursed. i could sense it as soon as i was through the door. something doesnt get that powerful accidentally, unless a witch older than the professors have been using it for over a century. i think it was intentionally enchanted and left for some human sucker

ill read up on class protocol and start experimenting tomorrow

day 1

i scheduled some time in a mannequin room. i double checked everything, the falsified humanity in the mannequin, lack of external contamination, everything seemed fine. after 3 hours of the bow on its wrist, and then its hair, i cant find any registerable enhancements or curses.

my current hypothesis is that there isnt any effect on the wearer. its a false positive enchantement, where all of its energy is going towards appearing powerful instead of actually doing anything

which is a relief cuz according to protocol i can wear it now ehehehe. i was really hoping its be benign because its a really cute ribbon? i was kinda distracted by the magic part but its really nice! it has a fun retro vibe, i love how the colour is just a little faded too. should i wear more ponytails?

day 2

started out by just wearing it on my wrist. i know it probably doesnt make too much of a difference as long as im wearing it at all, but i dunno if it really is cursed i at least dont want it to start by my brain

i dont think there were any effects? maybe its cuz i kept fiddling with it all day so it may have interrupted the connection? most cursed artifacts need a physical connection and if this is an accessory it could be designed for long-term contact. so i guess as long as i take it off every once in a while ill be fine? im still sticking with the false positive hypothesis, just being precautious

i guess i could just talk about my day in case there are symptoms in retrospect? i cant really think of anything negative though. i did a great job focusing in class and i feel like i was really productive. i made some good progress on my term paper and i took really solid notes

i guess i kinda zoned out between classes? it wasnt when i was talking with friends or anything just doing menial stuff like walking around. i wasnt daydreaming or anything it was just like my brain kinda shut off and my body moved on its own. i dont think thats a thing, im probably just on edge and noticing a habit for the first time. nothing to worry about

Day 3

alright. i wore it in my hair today. so far so good?

i experienced the following things that may be symptoms: minor stiffness in the muscles, a greater inclination to formality, and a strange feeling in the wrist (specifically the same one i wore the ribbon on yesterday). the feeling is hard to pin down, its a strange floaty stiffness underneath the skin. it isn't unpleasant, but the asymmetry isnt welcome.

i feel like this is definitely an effect of my wearing it closer to my head, like i suspected the other day. i dont think its enough to warrent taking it off yet. its a very nice ribbon.

Day 4.

I am turning into a doll.

I shouldn't have kept wearing it. I should've taken yesterday as a warning. Now I feel that emptiness spreading and it's spreading way too fast. There's also the... physical transformation.

My left wrist is starting to... it's hard to explain. I can feel the changes happening. There's still skin over my wrist joint but it feels like it's not natural. It's still literally human skin, but it feels as if there's a glove that's growing thinner by the hour. I think before the day is over it'll waste away completely as it slowly corrupts the rest of my hand.

The mental transformation is much more worrying. In the grand scheme of things my behaviour is mostly unchanged. I'm just more... aware of it now. Typically, I naturally slouch, and I've been made more self-aware of this habit to the extent that I need to manually initiate it rather than falling into it unconsciously. It's the same with whenever I notice my attention drifting during lectures, or notice that I'm walking too loosely, or speaking too casually. It may just be that heightened awareness is an aspect of dollhood, or... it's more noticable because it's out of place for a doll to act in such a way. Regardless, I do not feel forced to defy this inclinations yet.

I don't want to write the same way I did before. Looking at how I did before feels... wrong. Inappropriate. i can try and force something more casual but i have to force it, it feels like trying to speak a second language youve only. Excuse me. That you've only just started learning. I want to go back and fix that but I feel like it would undermine my point. It just doesn't feel right, there's something viscerally discomforting about doing that.

I'm very hesitant to reach out about this. Beyond a fear of social repercussion inherent to admitting that a witch is becoming a doll, I'm worried that there will be a serious academic punishment attached to being this callous with a cursed artifact. I'll need to find a student I can trust to reverse this.

Day Five.

Things are getting dire. This I can feel the changes getting harder to resist.

Physically, the transformation has already converted my entire left arm. My wrist, elbow, and most of its my left hand have been changed into a hollow plastic, only movable with exposed joints. This one exp I expected it to feel more harrowing, for the creeping conversion to feel more tangibly uncomfortable, but so far it is... pleasant. Being emptied out always seemed so unwelcome when the older witches described it, but it feels nice to not have the constant pulsing of blood or the strain of muscles. This one likes the noise it makes when it taps agains

I. Me. I do. Me me human person witch.

This is what I mean. It feels like I have to be vigilant to talk like a person, and a single moment's broken concentration is all it takes to give in and become complacent to dollhood.

I need to intentionally break my posture to slouch. This one c I cannot stop my footsteps from being dainty and gentle. During lectures when the professor asks for input from the class, it takes deliberate effort to avoid participation, because good dolls always do as they are told.

I didn't write that. I swear to the stars I didn't write that. It was thinking about what to write next and that thought just... naturally injected itself. Perhaps this one needs to. Perhaps I need to resort to desperate measures and remove the bow. But I... really don't want to. It makes this one look so pretty, like a good doll.

No, no, I'm not a good doll, I don't WANT to be a good doll. I feel like I'm going insane. My humanity is draining by the second and soon there's be nothing left but empty pliability and polite docility. That is a bad thing. I am not excited for that. This one needs to put more effort into finding a witch to break this curse. It wishes it could skip its lectures, but good dolls do as they're t

I. Am. Going to bed.

Day Six.

This one's friends have finally noticed. This one accidentally called one of them "miss" when answering a question, and then the entire secret quickly unravelled. This one needed to use a sweater to hide the transformation reaching its shoulders, and there's a distinctly inhuman texture to this one's face, so it was easy for them to unravel once I gave them reason to be suspicious.

They offered to be the ones to conduct the search for the cure, on the only condition that this one take care of some menial chores to help free time in their schedules. This one feels... a little conflicted. On one hand, it is excited to be closer to its humanity! It cannot wait to feel blood spill through its body, and escape that terrifying feeling of having its brain shut off so it feels nothing but a fluttering emptiness.

This one. Just said "Awawa". Out loud.

It does not want this to progress further. Yes, it feels... very nice to be a doll. But that enjoyment has to be the work of the curse. This one needs to return to its study, it cannot afford to fall behind in the academic arms race. Being a human means having expectations to fulfill, something dolls are too simple and too docile to understand.

This one. Did it. Again.

This is a vacation. Nothing more. It will indulge in its urges to be obedient when doing chores for its friends and then return to developing its magic talent to the greatest degree the curse will allow.

Day Five Hundred and Twelve.

This one was rather surprised to find its notes from before it became. They were tucked away in its closet, with other sentimental items such as certain childhood keepsakes and its government identification. This one figured it would be fun to return to journaling as a hobby.

As can likely be surmised, this one remains a doll. The search for a cure was fruitless and fizzled out naturally due to a lack of investment, both from this one and from Miss. Speaking of, Miss is one of its friends from university, although the word "friend" feels like a shallow means of explaining a doll's relationship with its witch. Its other friends still keep contact and meet up for tea, which this one greatly enjoys catering for.

It feels very silly looking back at this one's humanity, especially given the apprehension it felt towards becoming. In retrospect, the situation being forced upon this one was likely the only way it would have become without years of soul-searching introspection, so it is very thankful to have happened upon such a gift so long ago. Perhaps part of its enchantment was to find the right host?

Part of this one misses that ribbon. It was such a nice colour... but this one feels confident in the decision to return it to the same thrift store it was once found in. It feels excited for the next lucky doll to feel the same joys that this one did. The exhilaration of feeling your body become lighter and more rigid, the stillness slowly overtaking your mind with greater and greater intensity, and of course the pleasure of following one's purpose. Awawawa...

It is late, and good dolls need rest. This one is excited to spend tomorrow night writing about all the joys of serving Miss.

[hamethyst]

Thoughts about FFXVI now that I’ve finally played it (was patiently waiting for that price to drop and my salt to dilute):

Pros:

- Pretty game. Big, pretty fights with attacks and cinema that made you feel like a god amongst men. Which you kind of were, at least by the end.

- The voice acting was top notch. Not a weak one to be found, imo, from major characters to minor. They all did a pretty phenomenal job.

- Music was also pretty darn good. Not my favorite soundtrack by any stretch, but it had some bangers, and the music contributed well to the overall mood of the world.

- There actually were brown people. Were any of them main characters? No, but they did exist, and some of them were even semi-important in side quests, which was a better state of the world than I thought. So a kudos there, I guess.

- The story on its own was decently satisfying, but the world-building was really where the game shined (along with the big, bombastic fights). You can tell they put a lot of time and care into developing the lore of Valisthea, from the monsters to the items to the politics of the involved nations. They had a couple characters that basically acted as encyclopedias for lore and in-depth details about characters, concepts, and events, and I genuinely enjoyed making use of them.

- I liked the older ages of the characters, pretty much everybody was in their 30s and older. Much as I love my FF teens and early twenty-something’s, it was very refreshing dealing with grown folks in a story about grown folks.

- From his hair to his face to his voice to his cleavage to his unnecessarily tight leather trousers to the cutscene of his bare naked ass literally chained to a jail cell wall, Clive was the eye candy of this game. He provided more smut material than the actual sex workers that existed in this world. Also his character was nice. He was a good FF protagonist. Also ridiculously gorgeous. God bless.

Cons:

- While there were brown characters, again none of them were main characters. At least give us our token darkie, Squeenix.

- The locations, while pretty cuz pretty graphics, were lackluster. There was one (1) notable exception, and that was (ironically) the place with all the brown folks lol. It was basically a desert oasis-turned-town, and it was legitimately beautiful to behold. But for the vast majority of traversable terrain, even for dark fantasy medieval Europe, it’s like there wasn’t even an attempt to try and create environs that were imaginative or particularly interesting to run/ride through (and it got worse when, about 75% into the story, literally everything became shrouded under dreary cloud cover). Like they could’ve given us a glowing forest or treetop town or something.

- Related to that point, exploration of said environs was equally uninspired. Not just because the locations quickly lost their hold on me, but because there were absolutely no worthwhile rewards for going out of my way to wander any given map area. Practically every chest or shiny bauble was a random assortment of a laughably low amount of gil or the same monster materials I absolutely did not need to go looking for as they were so abundant just throughout the course of the main story and a few side quests. And no secrets; there were no mysteries, no serendipitous little discoveries that would have added to the richness of the world. Halfway through the game, I’d already given up exploring any environment in full, and simply traversed from point A to B for the next cutscene (the only exceptions being populated towns and villages cuz at least there was ambient NPC dialogue), and that was so disappointing. I normally love exploration, even in non-open world games, but XVI simply didn’t incentivize me to pursue it, neither by way of rewards nor simple appreciation of the world.

- Not a big fan of the summon designs. Well, some of them. Phoenix was good, Garuda and Titan and Odin were good, and Ifrit was fine but also coulda been more than a burnt big-horned dog thing, but I was not a fan at all of Shiva and Bahamut. I talked about Shiva when the very first big trailer for XVI came out, and I stand by my statement then that she looks like a woman doing a pretty but boring cosplay. And Bahamut was just a big gray lizard with weird proportions. Not a fan.

- The main big bad was underwhelming and utterly unnecessary. We didn’t need to fight god (again). I’m tired of fighting god, I don’t care how classic a trope it is. All the political machinations the devs had going on (and clearly put so much time and effort into) were more than enough for a compelling, refreshingly grounded story. We didn’t need some random god creature to come in and pose a bigger, higher-than-the-sky threat. Also they were annoying.

- By god, why wasn’t there a fleshed-out party system. Not even necessarily for gameplay reasons, I was (mostly) fine with the action-based gameplay, I don’t necessarily need my FF’s to be strictly traditional turned-based RPGs. What had me wishing most for more RPG-“ness” was the lack of banter, the lack of character/relationship-building conversations out in the field. The only time you got those was at the homebase or during plot-heavy segments. Side quests and world exploration were the worst; even when another person was in your “party,” it was rare for Clive or even the game itself to acknowledge them or their presence (with the exception of Cid. And Torgal. You know, the dog). I missed banter, I missed commentary. I’m not saying I needed a 12-person ensemble cast, but wandering the pretty but repetitive wilderness would have been nicer if Clive had had someone to chat with. It would’ve made the journey a little less lonely, a little less monotonous, and a little less, frankly, immersion-breaking. And it also would’ve helped to flesh out the other, non-Clive main characters, given them the flavor text they needed to really come to life as believably human characters I could care about, rather than just vehicles for lore and story progression. For everyone except Clive and a couple others, that was sorely missing.

- Partially continuing from above: Jill was the greatest victim of this. She was criminally underutilized. She and Clive were cute (30+-year-old traumatized virgin battle couple locked in a decades-long slow burn, sign me up), but they - and, more importantly, she - could’ve been so much better. And one of the reasons they weren’t and she wasn’t was because they chose not to flesh Jill out despite all the ways they could’ve. The nuggets of gold were there; in the story, in the lore, and they did little to nothing with them, and essentially consigned her to the role of Clive’s favorite cheerleader (who gets left behind right before the climax and replaced with a character with less than half the screen time, sorry Dion). It’s especially frustrating seeing as she was the only female member of the main hero cast. Can you tell I’m mad about it. It might honestly be my biggest criticism of the game. She’s not the only victim, as I stated, but her treatment is the most egregious given that she should be, for all intents and purposes, the third most important character in the game. (Also, on a shallower note, her design could’ve been better, more striking. She seemed to literally kinda fade into the background, especially in direct comparison to other characters. I understand the ice theme they were going for, but she really could’ve benefited from some coloration outside of “pale” and “gray.” Lowkey bothered me to the point that I started redesigning (and just full-on reimagining) her as I played lol).

- Also related to the above points: despite XVI being categorized as an action RPG, the RPG elements were extremely barebones, so much they might as well not have bothered including them. And it’s even more glaring an issue because, in my humble opinion, the parts by which the game suffered most (lack of worthwhile exploration, lack of a stimulating party system, lack of quest variety, lack of significant supporting character development) wouldn’t have been issues if those RPG elements had been given more attention and care.

Idk it’s…frustrating, like Squeenix was so dead-set on making XVI so far removed from the traditional FF formula, that they forgot (or ignored) the roots that made their previous games so iconic. I’m all for innovation and experimentation, but it’s gotta be guided, and it’s gotta make sense. And XVI just felt aimless in that respect, like it didn’t know entirely what it wanted to be or what it wanted to do. Couldn’t fully commit to the bit of being a gameplay-focused action extravaganza, but lacked the development and depth to be a truly satisfying, story- and character-focused RPG. And, to me, it showed.

Overall, I’d rate the whole experience a 7/10. Passable, entertaining enough, but sorely lacking in too many other areas, and all areas that I’ve always personally loved in a Final Fantasy game or general RPG. It’s like using a ton of admittedly very pretty glitter to cover up a concrete slab. Fun and exciting at a glance (and again, very pretty), but ultimately little more than camouflage for a solid but shamefully underutilized foundation.

[chronicallyonline101]

What inspo did you use while designing your oc/si? I WANNA DRAW MY VER OF MC but im struggling with clothes so i was looking at ur MC and her design is so... it's simple but memorable, the colours blend together really well and it's deffo smth that fits in with the jojoverse, esp in P5, SO I NEED HELP PLS WHAT INSPIRED YOU

I DONT KNOW HOW TO HELP YOU IM SORRY OOMFIE... its really difficult to say cuz she's just an exaggerated version of ME. 😞

I WILL TRY THO UNDER THE CUT

OKAY SO my oc/si:

i need to make another reference sheet for her since the other one is REALLLY old and ugly but for now bare with these:

HER HAIR for starters is heavily based off of Draculara, Twilight, and Stocking

ESP Stocking, i've always LOOOVED these characters and irl i my hair in similar ways !! when designing my oc i felt that since it was a hairstyle i loved, and it was a style i actively dyed into my own hair, it was only right she have it too !!!

AS FOR THE COLOUR SCHEME, i designed her to look nice next to Melone 🫢 first of all, purple is my fav colour - BUT she never used to be purple, she used to be pink, but i didn't like how it contrasted with Melone so I decided to make her darker and more of a blueish purple!!!

NOW ONTO CLOTHES, the whole reason you sent that ask in, IM NOT SURE WHAT TO SAY BECAUSE WHEN CLOTHING HER I LITERALLY JUST MESSED AROUND IN PROCREATE UNTIL I FOUND SOMETHING I LIKED you said you wanted to make an outfit for your version of MC, SO what i did was look at fashion magazines from 1990-2005; because that is the timeline in which Dumb Killers takes place on, SO if you want some inspo maybe make smth fitting with the time period... idk.. IDK HOW TO HELP YOU IM SORRY

[trashbins-stuff]

my 2024 art summary..

i was suppsoed to do it earlier today but i forgor and i dont ave my fone rn so i downloaded my art from toyhouse and edit them in whitebaord fox lolzz

me talking abt myart and why i chose these piece specifically vvv

january: okay i actuakly drew the piece/upload it on the VERY FIRST DAY OF 2024 aka 1/1, i..dont evne owed the ocs anymore </3 #regrettbh bakc then i stiluse one of my favourtie ibis defualt brush that i ALWAYS uses bc i didnt know alot abt other brushes back then, i honestly kinda proud of this one bc it was a scene art and i was ahving fun abck the, this piece was me trying to imitate the hfjone art style

february: i rlly like pink lols...i rlly love this oc heosntly lowkey kidna regreted not keeping him, i chose this because comapring to the january one it has more to it, this was me experimenting with stuff such as background, 2 lines on their limbs to indicate paws, i wasnt a pro persay bt i was trying and it was amazing! the effort and stuff :)

march: i got into oc trading and stuff bc my bf sprout introduced me to it, tand i always make sure i draw every oc i get form toehr ppl at least once like it was on top of my priorities, i rlly love this oc and sprout did too,i let him offer and it have been a while...shes been in my pending folder for 9 months what @moonsprout-sys KRKRKKRKR hurry your ass up/silly, anywya i picked this bc i started to draw more complex oc from the on it was like a trebuche that shoot me two complex ocs department

april: unlike the other three, this one is drew on a different brush (and unlike the other two, its GREEB), this was me experienmenting with brushes and other thing si could do with ym art! i rlly rlly love tht brush lol i use dit for almsot everyart, sorry fur da toyhouse watermakr btw oop, another thing u will notice abt is thai used the white line effect which is sooo cool yall

may: i picked this to show yall how abd but also different how i coloured back then, i didnt rlly have a direciton i just pick a colour and select random shade, like how most of the oc is in different shade of greeb wit some blue and purple, cuz my thought wa slike oooh greeeb ooohhh simialr to blue ooohh similar to ourple, like even the glove is jsut black blue lmaooo

june: diversityy, i sitll have no idea abt anything abt colouring but yk, i pciekd this bc it fits into the template

july: woahie JULY, OH-KAY, so i was kinda improving ont eh colouring here, like at least the greeb and black combo is okay, hot pink bc yes, orange bow, the rianbow woodnt look good on it own but it skind of fit with the shad eof the ronage bowm, my designing skill have improved too!! did u see what i did with the rianbow sock and tail>>?? cool right>?? well fang u :)))) i ver prou

august: aside form colouring i start toe xperiemient with LIGHTNING bc i LOVE LIGHTNING IN OTHE RPPL ART SM LIKE OMZ THATS SICK HOW DID U DO THAT and i started to look up totorutial! i was rlly proud of this peice abck then, its simple, but it was my first experienment and it was MINE that was ME like..I DREW THAT oughhh <3333

september: the abckgorund have return atfe rlike what...the past...seven months oop, as u can see..iveimporoved ;3333 the flower was kinda eh but i neevr got over how i made xer ear lokwye relaistic af..liek every else look like 2017 furry art/j but i totally nailed the ear

october: i rmemeber my qpp oscar said that this piece is rlly nice to loom at :DD i also used october to toy aorund with ym art style, expically the backgournd and such, i, too, am podu of this one

november: art for my friend lye! probably my best efforted peice of like the whole month, drew it while i was waiting for my friend yeon to finish praticing forour naitonal teachers day ceremony, it loo very ncie and cool and u should be proud of it

december: my friend tessa said this look like femtanyl and i forgor how tot ake ana ctaulyl compliment, why should i lower my standard why my friend could say tawesomthign slike this omfg best compliment ive ever received ever>??? love u tess :)

[pasharuu]

THIS IS THE FIRST PART.

idk why but i wanna show tumblr my aranara quests themed custom tarot deck lmao. i finished it in february but since i created this acc just recently, i gotta put it here now. im just really proud of this project and the fact that i actually finished it.

unfortunately tumblr will only allow me to add 10 pics per post, while there are 23 cards, so that kinda sucks. will have to separate em it seems. i'll also explain a little about my choices on these. so here we go, first ten.

0 the fool - "where the journey begins". i think its already a tradition to put some main figure on the fool card and so did i. glad i used his correct design for the card-

basically theres nothing to explain except for the monarch butterfly symbolism, which usually is a sign of a chosen. not like Arama is any "chosen" in a common sense, but i felt like adding this anyway. 6/10 nice Arama card.

I the magican - creation and manipulation. Aranimba got here for his exclusive sense of beauty and the will to create the beauty. he is an artist after all.

the story of the bg is kinda wonky. it was at release of 3.4 and due to my disappointment i made a pic where Aranimba points at that shiny cave northwest the mt. damavand with excitement. well, now its a boss enterance, but back then i had no clue, i made it literally at the release day lol. but it worked well on the bg of this card. i think you wouldnt guess it was that cave if i didnt tell, and that was done on purpose as well. 8/10 for backstory, and im proud of this card overall.

II the high priestess - waiting for the impulse from outside, confidence. first of all, the high priestess to me was always associated with some whimsy loud woman, and if you ask me, this is where Arapacati fits. however here she is depressively hugging a viparyas cuz she kicked her brothers a decade ago and now shes sad. what did i tell u about whimsy woman? 6/10, solid.

III the empress - the mother, fertility, the birth of a new. THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED, THE MAMA. no need to explain why i put Rukkhadevata here? 6/10, i struggled with this card cuz i hate drawing people, but it came out solid imo.

IV the emperor - the father, discipline, responsibility. to remind you, Araja is basically the one who runs the Vanarana dream realm, the tree of dreams. he is also here for a very simple reason because of being a big boss here, and looking like one as well. 7/10, nice mustache.

V the hierophant - attention to visible and invisible, search of the essence. if you ask me why i put Arapandu here, theres my answer - because he was the only major character who didnt have a card in the process of planning. i have some really vague explaination why exactly on hierophant, its mostly because of Varunastra actually, not Arapandu. i honestly dont have any emotional connection to Arapandu, he's kinda boring. 4/10.

VI the lovers - chosen by heart, determination and aspiration. ONLY BECAUSE OF SUCH INTERPRETATION. im against shipping aranara x anyone.

i think i wouldnt even make any better choice for this card whatsoever. they are here because they share dreams and aspirations and i really love their duet. 9/10 i teared.

VII the chariot - knowledge of the world, searching for the new. these goofy guys are here mostly because of "searching for the new", even though their methods were unsafe and archon knows what would happen to these dummies without any sense of self-preservation if we werent around. fact: they've been wondering for at least 4 years, but i love to say a decade. nay, theyre just very lucky. 5/10.

VIII justice - "play nice, and others will play nice with you". this is a card for Nara Varuna specifically and i decided to make both Lumine and Aether so that everyone will be satisfied. since Nara Varuna did nice in the past, all the aranara praise their name in the present.

the bg is again kinda symbolic. these are runes on Varuna contraption: "the water", when the rain pours, for Lumine, and "the sky", when its sunny, for Aether. i only hate how i made them so vague that theyre barely recognizable eh. but overall good cards, 6/10.

THATS ALL FOLKS.

for now. i bumped into images limit. gotta complete it in the next two posts!!!

[crowvert-bird]

thumbnail for a video where i talk about how much i like the christmas update, im not finishing the thumbnail or thr video i just dont feel like it honestly

remains of the script under cut

having an event currency is par for the course, im not surprised that there is one. its a good and simple way of putting everyone on an even playing field.

originally ornaments picked up from the ground gave only 3 ornaments, getting seen by twisteds and finishing a machine gave 1. but like a day after the upsate released, they changed it so that picking up ornaments and extracting machines gave 5 ornaments. this is straight up objectively good, it respects the players time and encourages playing the game normally instead of distracting as a 2 stealth toon to get the most ornaments in the shortest amount of time!

character designs are still pretty mid i think, and by mid, i mean they dont make my brain go “ooooo cool, i want that!!” or “oooo funky”. but honestly, im starting to think that thats just my preferences in character designs. at least theyre not just humans. this batch of characters definitely has the most diverse body types so far tho and i love it!! finally, they dont all look so similar! whats more important tho is that which character theyre supposed to be is still pretty clear whenever u see them. im biased tho cuz i care about the gameplay way more than the characters so ye

3 of the 4 toons having similar abilities as the non-event toons is good actually. cuz i dont feel pressured to grind for them and can just focus on getting the main character instead. this lets the devs save the unique ideas for non-event toons too!!

and even if they have similar abilities, the different stats and numbers give them a different enough playstyle that they can stand on their own.

and also, like, imagine if these toons actually had unique abilities. players who couldnt get them would literally be locked out of an entire playstyle just cuz they werent in the right place at the right time, and that SUCKS ASS!!!!

rudie is the common of the christmas event, with 3 stars in all his stats. his ability is flutter’s dash, except with almost half the cooldown and distance. and he glows red in the dark, but in more of a flashlight way

i like that the event has a common cuz it rlly helps the new players. new players get a cheap and easy to get event toon, but old players have more toons to play with too! win win!

in my opinion, he is the best toon in the entire event. i just rlly like spamming his ability, especially when it gets down to 8 seconds. hes genuinely more fun for me than flutter because of how short his cooldown is. i hate his red light tho, not cuz its ugly, but cuz it hurts my eyes whenever i looknat the screen for too long.

his design is just rudolph the red-nosed reindeer with candy cane antlers, nothing special, but hes cute. i like how hes chubbier than normal, makes him feel more friend-shaped. his design feels like theres a strange lack of bells tho, idk y, maybe i just like bells.

all of his animations are just looeys animations, except whenever he walks or runs, he shifts from left to right a little because of his deer legs

he has two skins: the vintage, and blue bell. the vintage skin is my favorite, it just works well with his color palette, the light actually makes me go blind tho so that sucks but its worth it. blue bell gives him a color scheme similar to a real reindeer, but with a blue nose and blue bracelets with white bells on them. i really like the blue color of his light, its nice to look at! i dont like how saturated the main colors of his color scheme are tho, cuz it hurts my eyes a little, just a little.

his trinket is festive lights. it highlights ornaments near u every 10 seconds. yea idk wat i expected, but it makes sense. again, useful for new and old players, especially new players cuz they most likely dont have anything to fill their trinket slots with.

ginger is one of the two rare characters. her stats look like shes made for people who want to play as cosmo, but cant hit his skill check, and are willing to trade some survivability for more stars in the skill check stat.

her ability is a side-grade of cosmos, with a much bigger range in exchange for a bigger cooldown.

i like her design, the white is a nice contrast to the red so the whole thing isnt just one color. the little details, like a few bits of red to add some detail to her hair. her head being flat. her hair itself being a slab of icing that looks like it was glued on to the back of her head, with her bangs looking like it was piped on using a round tip, really making her look like a gingerbread woman. very nice, the rest of her body isnt flat tho and has regular toon anatomy, so its like they baked her head in the oven then glued it onto a regular body, but its fine! it doesnt even matter really, a bodys a body, and no ones gonna notice anyways unless they pay attention to the design or someone.. tells... them....... oops.

shes also one of the few toons that immediately made me think she had a very “dandys worldish” design so far. like, u can very clearly tell that its from a specific piece of media, even if u havent heard of the game before. and im pretty sure its because of that giant bite taken out of her head. the reason to why i think that is because its a very important detail of her design that really makes her stand out.

her idle animation has her leaning to her left, its another nice little detail that acknowledges the weight she wouldnt be able to support cuz of that massive bite in her head

she has two skins: the vintage, and minty pine. i dont have anything to say about the vintage skin. the minty pine one tho, i really like it. its simple but nice, idk wat else to say

her trinket is peppermint icing. it gives you 30 stamina every time you use your active ability. its rlly fun to use on toons with short ability cooldowns like rudie and toodles, and even when playing as gigi and using the bone trinket

coal is the second rare character. she has flutters stats and pebbles old ability, except it highlights every item for everyone instead of just items near u for only u.

i love her design, shes just a really big rock (cont)

im gonna be honest with u, i think this ability is pretty useless

bobette fits the christmas theme rlly well, especially her abilities, but shes actually straight up the worst main gameplay-wise

her active ability and the range of her passive suck tho imo

u have to basically stand riight next to her to even get the passive effects

her active is a significantly worse smoke bomb, like legit usijg connie would be waaay better. an idea for a better active ability that fits in with the christmas theme could be gigis ability except the item is a present on the ground that anyone except bobette can pick up, maybe limit the item rarity to rare and above too, shes a main after all

i like the new map! it feels so open and i like that, of course theres still cramped spots but im fine with that, i like that too, fun map to play in! very much unlike shellys map, which has multiple dead ends that i wanna stay as far away from as possible. it also looks rlly nice, it doesnt hurt my eyes and nothing rlly feels out of place, its just nice

[goldmanguyperson]

hot flag list

no particular order

this does not indicate my support for any government or ideology. im a leftist anarchist, in simple terms. i offer no apologia to any government ever

explanation: i am objectum for flags and conceptum for countries

please look at my list and weep. if i must live in a world with borders and ethnostates and horrible governments, please at least let me lessen the burden by finding something to love

people’s republic of china

i am obligated to have this on the list by my boyfriend’s mandate

it is a nice one

i love stars

im not that connected to china beyond my boyfriend but because of my boyfriend this flag must be hot

estonia

the bold color choices make me very happy

i might not wanna be with it but i do admire it in the way i may ogle a guy from far away

sadly im not very connected to the nation itself

chechnya

i love the design on the left side (I KNOW THE LEFT SIDE OF A FLAG HAS A NAME I FORGOT IT. i think it is fly?)

oh… the way the white eztends out from the left to make a perfect border! i lvoe you. a little kiss

Free the Chechen people from Russia now

amerca

ok first of all BLM and free Palestine and give the damn land back to the natives

the big one

i cannot properly explain to you why im here exactly

it is such a lovely flag to me despite its chaos

i count each alternation of the stripes and each star knowing well enough how many there are already cuz it was drilled into me as a citizen of this nation. i do it because i love this flag intensely. I lose count because i have dyscalculia and patterns fuck with my vision

i am very connected to this country. the US as a concept and place makes me feel very intensely

I wish the US were better

I would plunge the knife in and weep like i just had to kill my love. because i did. i love you

Russia (three major forms)

ok first off Слава Україна and every nation affected by Russia and all its previous incarnations uh. i had a weeks or months long anxiety attack and then depression spell when i heard russia was actually invading ukraine. The time is all really blurry now. probably worse than usual

obviously im really really intensely emotionally connected to russia and it brings me extreme pain to think about now. but as russia is beaten back it has made me feel better

Such beautiful blues and reds and color combinations

The modern and imperial russian flags are really good in their use of white. though it does look like one’s bald and one’s hairy. kind of like the alternation of russian leaders. but interrupted by so much fucking red holy shit

The red is so rich in this version. I dont know why they didnt keep it for the rest of the ussr’s existence, cuz they didnt. wtf

Really beautiful star. i want to see this star embroidered. i wanna look at the threads

russia you are beautiful. please get better

I love these flags

I love you

Give me your strongest face, not your most attemptedly powerful one. life has been so hard but you don’t need to make it harder. break the downward spiral!!

Please

[burstfoot]

Arknights, 2 and 13

2 because i'm curious

13 because of the ask i got :)

Thank you for the prompts annie!!! 2. Oh jeez to pick from three??? To pick from three??? I guess if I had to pick (and this isnt from most to least fav just an arbitrary order) Goldenglow is one of my all time favourites, I love her design sooo much its so cute I stockpiled emotes and used her as an icon even before I actually started playing the game, and then when I actually got to Light Sparks in Darkness I was glued to the event the whole time... her story about trying to give the Infected and poor of Caladon dignity and having such a simple dream crushed by the greed of the rich in the area hit really close to home... I don't think people talk about the scene where Haze talks her down from committing suicide enough, that scene is REALLY good and one of the standout moments in Arknights for me. Also s3 carries me through every boss thank u susie <3

I probably have to choose between Silence and Ptilopsis cuz they're so intertwined so it would be sort of pointless to just do both of them for 2 and 3. I'll go with Silence cuz she has way more screentime even though I do love Joyce a whole whole bunch Unlike GG I had 0 clue about her before I started playing and sort of experienced her story out of order, I read Dorothy's Vision and was like "yeah she's cool :)" and then didn't think about her that much and then I finally got convinced into reading the manwha and it transformed my mind forever... the complexity of her story and relationship with Ifrit and Saria and Rhine Lab, how selfless & passionate she is to make up for the things she did wrong... ;-; < 3333. The underdog story of all of these great minds in columbia being unfolded by a tired, dedicated 5 nothing owl mom is so good. I also really love her design and Nori might be my favourite AK artist so every piece of art he does of her I love seeing. (also i really like guardians of gahoole as a kid so im obssessed with owls)

^ the bubo bubo For my third I could go with like, Specter or Muelsyse or Flametail or any other character within my favs who actually has lore to base my love upon them on but I wont. Pudding

Pudding :) Shes so cute. Let me get straight to the point. I have seal 13. I don't want to be too negative on my account hashtag peace and love... BUT... Related to earlier mentions... I kind of can't get behind Redblade/GG anymore. It's not necessarily that I hate the idea of them together, but it feels like "red miraculously showing up to save GG from problems" is pretty much the weakest storytelling aspect of Light Sparks in Darkness that exists just to move the plot along and as a whole the pairing almost always feels like it severely downplays the depths of her character in favor of STRONG MAN protect CUTE GIRL. It's a very stereotypical M/F pairing I'm much more interested in her relationship with Quercus or Haze, both of who have seen Susie at her lowest points and reached out to support her, as opposed to Red who pretty much just like. is nice to her and saves her from goons Also every single male doc / female operator pairing kinda grosses me out, it's pandering that reduces the characters to one note caricatures of themselves. If you read doc as male all of his actual in-universe relationships are made less interesting by being romantic or you are inventing a sex god chad that does not exist to magically seduce operators that do not interact with him in the story. I was going to call it self-insert garbage but the male!doc/female operator fan content i have seen is an insult to self-insert garbage.

[I don't hate m/f pairings btw mr nothing kroos nation. Men getting pegged. Mountain and domma and/or robin is cute too]

P.S. I like wracked my brain to find a yuri pairing i didnt like becasue i dont think being like. straight people are NOT COOL is going to be controversial at all on tumblr dot gov but i legitimately could not think of a popular one that i couldn't at least slightly get behind. even the worst yuri mischaracterization is fine to me ive seen the horrors of gachabro fancomics

[cannibalcreepers]

Hii! I was wondering if you’ve ever ranked the Wrong Turn movies yourself? I don’t really count the 2021 reboot cuz it doesn’t have the boys in it, but if you want to count that one you gladly do it. Also if you’ve already ranked them that’s fine and you don’t have to do it again if you don’t want to.

Promise you my dear, that 2021 movie wont be ever ranked in with the Wrong Turn franchise, I don't recognize it as part of the series either lol. But! I will do two rankings, my personal and a non-bias one Personally: 4, 2, 1, 5, 3 and 6 are my Best to Worse. I adore the 4th film, it's my favourite, my comfort movie, my baby, also its the one with the best looking One-Eye, cute as FUCK in that movie.. 2nd is also a fave, love it so much and how it brings in the new side of the family, 1st if a classic, it's the original but I do enjoy fun over seriousness, so the 2nd goes above it. Now with the not-so great side of the films, I enjoyed the 5th with its story and how they handled it as an inbetweener for the 4th and 1st films as well as enjoyed the fun kills but that's all. I'm not a fan of how they handled the characterization of my boys or Maynard, nor the designs of them it truly looked like they didn't put a lot of heart into it. The 3rd is okay and the kills cool, but it felt very bland and flat, hated the story, hated the protags, hated that Three-Toes didn't last long and it just sucked. I hate the 6th film all together, hate the designs, hate the new villains, hate the story, hate the acting, felt the kills were boring, I'd tear it up and re-do it completely if I could. Apologies to fans of this one, but it really sucks its the only horror movie I've ever skipped scenes in and I've watched some real fucking shit-ass low-budget snoozers of some horrors all the way through. The (attempted) non-bias: 1,2,4,5,3,6. The 1st is a classic, it is what brought us the Wrong Turn films and out of every one of them its the most realistic is design and story, it is simply more real in the looks of the brothers, how they are as people and the story of it all, which is what makes it scary cause they were not originally mutants with special healing and strength qualities, just really violent cannibalistic hillbilly-bastard men that could have been inbred (them being inbred is more solidified in the 2nd movie) Its simple and gritty, it stands on its own and really would be fine without the other movies which is why its S tier. The 2nd, is were it broadens the families story out more, though doesn't explain everything as there still needs to be mystery to this family, but it does bring more characters that are family members and I love that it's natural! This is where the 6th WT movie and also where some other horror movies fail when bringing in new family characters when it comes to sequels or prequels where new family members fuck up the dynamic or just make zero sense on where they relate to the original films. The 2nd film is also where it brings the more comedy side of Wrong Turn, but doesn't come off entirely strong so its easier to ease into. It also is the one that brought more lore with how they're related via incest, the involvement of Maynard as well as brought in new lore such as the idea of mutation and that they can take more damage and have more strength to them. The 4th is where we return back to the three brothers and delve into their history more, this is actually where we get a more solid idea of their ages and personalities, the three brother become fleshed out more and really feels like the movie is more about them than their victims we're supposed to be following. It's definitely the one that brought the comedy out the most and made it enjoyable, the new designs on the brothers are also still very nice though they lost their realistic-ness features it is happily not distractible and still appealing. It still has amazing kills, happily does not lack in that creativity, really a good place to find out more lore and it fits nicely in the story line as a beginning.

The 5th is a mix of good and bad, with being the inbetweener of the 4th and 1st film, it filled in the blanks of how the boys got where they are a really good idea, the story is pretty solid and can be seen as fun, it only fails in the design and handling of the characters, with most the victims being bland and boring, though some more interesting than others (the old drunk man and cop lady) but they went a different route in how the three brothers were as characters, in both looks and personalities, as well as how Maynard is in personality and character which is very different from the past films. But the cannibals change personalities is all it failed in, other than that it is a good fun movie with good deaths and a solid lore story that relates from the steps of 4-5-1-2-3. The 3rd, though meant to be the "ending" of the Hillikers/Odets family, leaving an opening of 'mystery cannibal?' at the end. It does have some really nice kills, very creative but that is where it ends. The main idea of the story, though is an idea is one that feels out of place, uninteresting and at times even frustrating. The designs have become more poorly, though is not the worse of the films, it is more a movie that doesn't give a satisfying end and at times loses your interest. It does relate to the 2nd film with having connections, so it does well with keeping up with lore.

The 6th is difficult, since it doesn't fit anywhere realistically or naturally with the 1-5 lore. The acting is poorly, the designs of the brothers are horrendous and the characteristics of the main three boys are the most different and out of place of all the films, it brings in a cult-like lore that doesn't relate nor add up to the original stories, the deaths are okay but nothing entirely creative or fun like its predecessors, neither the new killers or victims are likable or memorable.

(if you want like tier ranking) WT 1: S Tier WT 2: A Tier (My friend would say S tho lol) WT 3: E Tier WT 4: A Tier (personally I'd say S) WT 5: C Tier WT 6: F Tier

[theblindfoldedsiren]

‹‹¡Ì›–•¦[ ART]¦•–‹Ì¡››

Jello

Yellow

Hello

It's me again

And yay it didn't take like 6 months

Well here UU ggooo

ITS YUUYA KUROKI

Little manga yuu~

YAY

i honestly really wanted to draw him really badly

Cuz like this dude is just so nice and yet so shy

He is like so adorable i can't

Either way let's get to my drawing analysis

‹‹¡Ì›–•¦[ ART ANALYSIS]¦•–‹Ì¡››

Their will be some kinda spoilers for the most the recent translated pages that Mandytl/Dream width have released

So basically in the novel there isn't really much talk about his appearance so I went off his personality or would I kind of think personality is (I will explain later about what I mean)

ıllıll yuuya's personalities llıllı

•he doesn't like confrontations

•very very shy

•quite gloomy or depressed [ I like get sad very easily]

•quite a nervous dude also gets scared easily or like panics

░▒▓█ уυυуα ι∂єαѕ █▓▒░

Now this is where I thought of his design

•I really like the idea of him having long hair

•give him like a gloomy face and it makes like a really cute smile when he's happy

•give him my bags cuz he mentioned that he doesn't get enough sleep

•and try to keep him like the other use with like black hair and with like a very simple design

And yeah that's about it yeah I wrote all this down on a notebook that I got for my quinceanera that my aunt gave me

ain't that fun

All right now goodbye

Gelly

Fellows~

[ai-kan1]

What do I do if your magical boys first years making me want to write whole fic about them? I'll be waiting to see them again, but make sure to not burn out and take rest!!! 💖💖💖

Tell us three of your favourite things about Junoace/Juno!

Thank you!!!

HELLO?;!+( It might take sometime to drawing the designs (mostly cuz my attention span is very random and i start new stuff alot hafshd) BUT!! IF U EVER WRITE ANYTHING TWST MAGICAL GIRL(even if its not related to me i just love magical girl stuff) DO TAG ME!! I WANNA READ THATTT

Andd yahh!! I will take care of myself!! Drawing usually my go to relaxation along with games they are nice past time between work and school 💪✨✨

ANDD 3 THINGS I LIKE ABT JUNOACE/JUNO...

(I give 3 for each...)

Juno:

-well for juni its his looks!! Im really happy of his design as of right now and its funny to look at the first time i drew him vs now

-thinking about him in general? Juno is only oc i have put alot of work on usually i just design a character and leave it at that but with Juno i love thinking up his lore like his home, his relationships likes and dislikes so on!

-Dressing him up!!! Events in twst give great opportunity to give him many outfits to look cute/cool on

Junoace:

-their dynamic!! Its (banter x banter) so alot of friendly teasing and playful kisses (homies being homies haha)

-How i can connect them to simple things like i can assign them animals( Fox and Tanuki!! ) Or fruits (🍒 🍌) and alot more etc. (Does this make sense?)

-Just in general how they look tgt!! Their colors go so well tgt (it wasn't intentional but here we are hahagsh) yellow and red makes that pretty dusk color... 🌇

[greenjokwe-blog]

OneShot - Finished 06/04/2023

/ * * * Slight Spoilers Ahead * * * /

After being sent to unreasonable rage for three games in a row for various reasons, I knew I needed something to change. Even if I didn’t necessarily want to, I knew I had to pick a safe bet, a game where I knew, if I had any issues with it that would cause me to raise my temper, I’d need to quit video games for a while. My One Shot. It seemed like the perfect pick from the outset and honestly, thank god, it was just what I needed.

I say it a lot with games of its ilk, but conceptually OneShot feels hand-crafted for me to like it. A game with a striking world, and interesting and diversely-designed characters, all about leading a character to a single destination each step of the way, and building on that bond at each step. It’s an RPGMaker game that plays out more like a classic adventure game, putting the engine’s strengths to good use and also giving you puzzles that aren’t challenging like it’s progenitors, but just rewarding and makes you think outside of the box enough to be rewarding.

And of course, when I say “out of the box” it’s quite literal. The big appeal of this game is its meta-narrative,  one that exudes from the whole game that it’s a shock that I didn’t play it sooner with my obsession with the concept. The ideas and shit that the game throws at you build up to the point of its strong final portion, where the core of the game and it’s point reveals itself. One thing I will say is that the things that OneShot throws at the player definitely aren’t unique, even if you count its mid-2010′s release, but I think execution is important here. If there’s one compliment that OneShot deserves is that it ironically understands its limitations very well, and due to that understanding is able to deliver them with a level of quaintness and sincerity that is very befitting for what the game is going for.

However, one thing I will say is that initially, the tightrope that OneShot tries to pull with this can feel counter-productive. The world-building and cast initially seem to be put on an occasional backburner in order to emphasise the game’s link with Niko, and while it works for what the game is trying to do, it can feel particularly light on content and context and points to really to bring all of the atmosphere and feeling the game is trying to bring home... That is, until you begin the game’s second playthrough. This playthrough adds a LOT to the game’s general tone, worldbuilding, and message, at the price of the general gameplay and puzzles being a lot weaker. The game also starts adding a lot of jargon, feel fairly on the nose and over-elaborates on some details to the point of making things overly lore-dumpy and complex but... I don’t mind it too much cuz it seems like that’s part of the point. The two playthroughs feel like two sides of the same coin, both used to bounce off each other and play off the core of the game’s themes and message. One that I highly empathise with.

I think that kinda sums up my thoughts on OneShot in general. It’s definitely not a perfect game and I wouldn’t call it a mind-blowing experience, but I can’t really fault it at all either. The puzzles are simple and fun, the game knows how to work in and out of its boundaries, the general art style and atmosphere of the game are wonderfully nice and sweet, the music is calming, and the game knows how to keep the player’s interest and surprise them while still keeping to its sincere core and heart, and it’s one that resonates so well with me personally I THINK I’ll be able to keep the game’s promise. A lovely little time.

[tendebill]

Ill bite

For the ask game 2, 18, 21, 25 and 26.

ty for the ask ^^ if anyone wants, here's the link to the ask game!

2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even): i dont mind either way, but i default to drawing peple facing my left, 3/4 and all that. idk if its easier tho, its just what i do instinctually xd

18. An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken: i have several brushes that have been brutalized, a few times ive broken very thin fineliners (expensive ones too) and felt bad about it for years, plus i have a tendency to break pastels/pencils/crayons sometimes, cuz i press too hard or hold them too tight lol. also i once broke a marker tip. actually probably more than once.

21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways: i love simple cartoony styles, especially ones with cool, exaggerated shapes, but i also love semi-realistic, detailed styles, thus my art ends up in this weird in-between state where i commit to neither :')

25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by: anime. so many people (especially art teachers) say its anime. and like. at one point as a kid i did try to draw in an "anime" style but this was pretty recent. i remember one instance four years ago and once literally last month. luckly it wasnt said in a "kids these days" way or "dont draw like that" way, it was just like, an acknowledgement. maybe theyre right tho lmao.

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended:

okay this is a bit long, but in my 3rd year of art high school i had the principal as my design teacher for a year (the horror). she's this older lady and tho she acted nice for the most part, she could be rly mean (to this day idk if she said certain things on purpose to make us feel bad, or if she legit didnt know how degrading it sounded). she would often read into every little thing about a piece when it really wasnt that deep. or she would read into it and miss the point and come up with some other, out-there interpretation. she also liked to mention plagarism (asking us if we came up with everything ourselves and whatnot) and she would come up with some wild metaphors and symbols that were not really there. for example once she said that a window i drew made her think of imprisonment, because it looked like the bars of a cell, i guess. so this one time for an assigment i made a piece with four characters representing different emotions (happy, sad, angry and apathetic) and they all had colors assigned (yellow, blue, red and gray). it was only their heads visible and they had no real distinguishing features, just the planes of their face and a mouth to indicate a facial expression. i thought it was pretty straightforward, thought she would say it wasnt rly complex enough as a concept. like you know, emotions are a very simple idea and the colors were pretty basic, "blue for sad" is not exactly innovative. so anyway, she said it really made her think and might be interpreted as racist. didnt even pick up on the "emotions as colors" side of it all, despite it being the only real meaning i intended. she was fun, but only in retrospect.

tysm again for the questions :>

[covecornerarchive]

thoughtfultragedygoatee asked:

I just wanna say with your recent art post on honestly considering you a teacher cuz me and my blocky style makes it hard to achieve different body types, but your refs are amazing! And simple to follow. Its a really big thank you on my part since I'm Litteraly trash at drawing children (never really drew youngin until I got back into candle cove!) But I now look up to you as a teacher, master, sensei whatever feels cool to you! Please keep up this amazing work 😭✋

AWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAW THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS WAS SO NICE TO WAKE UP TO.

But I'm hardly a teacher lol. I mean, I'm glad my concept art inspires you and can be used as refs, super glad, but I myself literally just spent all summer trying to learn how to draw kids in a way I liked and am still always learning myself so I don't think I can be considered a master. Still tho, I really appreciate it! These aren't necessarily official refs yet, just me trying to set the character designs in stone before I make the final refs (so references for references technically), but it makes me so happy they can still be used for inspo by others!

(August 4, 2022)

[erinhime83]

This one’s rather random, especially since there’s a lot of others than I could do.  I’m sort of in a frantic state with the realization that I have a lot of design sheets I’d have to do if I wanted to do Division in April.  I mean, it is still up in the air - the nice thing is that, if my muse shifts back to WfS, I pretty much have everything I need for that (and it still might!).  This, however....eh....

In any case, I wanted to redo the designs of Gabe’s family after doing redoing Captain Steel - I wanted his wife to match him a bit better, then figured, hell, might as well do their children as well.  And then, hell, let’s add Eagle Eye as well, since it’s predominate.  And then this morning, decided to do a sheet of the Blackburnes since, obviously, Nova interacts with them a lot.

The first in the Wolfhart designs is a new one, that one being of Adam’s little brother, Trevor aka Shadow Wolf.  Trevor is sort of based on my husband’s super hero who shares the same name.  I’m not quite sure what his powers are - something about time, I believe - but I based his costume off something my husband might wear, since he has a thing for the ‘detective’ look, but then I also gave him the half cape his brother sports.  Over all, I rather like how he looks, although not sure if I’ll remember to include him, lol.

Pegaus’ outfit was originally a bodysuit like it used to be, but...I didn’t really care for the look and experimented with giving her pants and...wow.  I really like the matronly look she has going on!  Maybe its the colors, but she looks approachable and like she’d adopt you the moment you suggested you needed a hug.  Olivia has always been gorgeous, but I really like how this came together.

I imagine that she had a bodysuit once upon a time - I’m pretty sure Cosmic Star chose that look as a homage to Pegasus - but then she just shifted to something more comfortable as she got older.  The woman is in her fifties, after all.

I always have trouble with Angelico costume.  Coming up with male costume ideas is hard (not like females are easier), and him especially.  I had this random idea that he wears his black leather jacket even in his superhero state, because he thinks it makes him look more badass, and I found it hilarious enough to use.  Then I ended up giving him simple stripes for the hell of it, and with the black boots, well, I actually really like this one!  Simple, but effective.

I didn’t change a damn thing about Invidia other than her hair, because I didn’t think she’d actually have bangs.  ^^;  Still one of my favorite costumes, even if the person wearing it is trash (sorta wish I used this design for Cosmic Star, oh well).  She’s pretty.

I removed the masks from Angelico and Invidia because I got to thinking and, and in this world, unless the person chooses to remain anonymous, their identity is just out there and there’s no point in masks.  The newer recruits wear masks because most of them aren’t ready for people to recognize them outside of work.  Like, sure, people might know their name, but they wouldn’t recognize them right away.  The exception, of course, is heroes who wear glasses, who wear masks just to protect their eyes (so they’re not fighting with glasses on).  Being the elder children of Captain Steel, though, makes them instantly recognizable with or without a mask, so there’s no point in wearing one.

(Gabe wears a mask as a form of solidarity towards Connor, whose one of those heroes who has to wear a mask).

Eagle Eye’s role is mostly that of Astrid’s father, but he shows up enough because he’s also a predominate hero.   He wasn’t a part of the original group who started the Guild, but he was fighting around the same time, despite being, like, a teenager when the Guild was formed.  He was one of the first people scouted the join, though.  I realized, when working on his design, that I ‘see’ him wearing a sort of colonial looking outfit for some god forsaken reason, so...here we are.  I like it, cuz it’s different.

The next set is simple, being Nova and Luna’s family.  Their mother is a teacher, so I tried to give her something similar and comfortable to wear.  Its cute, I really like it!  And then their father is over there looking appropriately adorkable.   The man’s an accountant, but he doesn’t look boring enough to be one. 

(And don’t ask me how two people with brown hair produce three daughters with blond hair.  No one knows, okay?)

Soliel looks adorable!  I mean, I’ll admit, I know next to nothing about teenage fashion (or...fashion at all),  but I just sort of slapped something together and liked it, so there we are.  Soleil is similar to Nova, though, in that she isn’t exactly that into fashion, unlike Luna.  But it looks cute, though, and that’s all that matters.  ^^;

So yeah, just some random quick and easy Cataclysm designs.