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#i wanted to sketch more but im not some kind of art god that has the right amount of dedication time and skill to do it
mikayesha · 9 months
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"We see you, Opal."
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avocadoraisin · 5 months
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Please help me please help me please please please please how the fuck do I draw strahms hair please help me ms raisin
first u say hello to your 200 emotional support references and wonder why his visual age seems to fluctuate 7 years depending on the lighting in the same damn movie and wonder what ur supposed to do about that
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then pick out the ones that vibe w u the most at the moment and draw a bald strahm
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then u sketch in a receding hairline and tell him "its ok its normal and youre very handsome <3"
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then on a new layer u start w the BIG swoopy that goes to the screen left to his right
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and then continue down his head like a mane on a pony, keeping in mind the approx location of his hair part
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then u vaguely fudge the hair on the other side of his head
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then NEW SWOOP ALERT WEEWOO WEEWOO. this time on the other side of his part, in the opposite direction
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then u just kinda fudge some more
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give him a tiny mullet....
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then merge and erase stuff...
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then flip the canvas and go "dear god i made it way too high"
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then mush it around w the liquify tool and adjust the sketch til its more to ur liking & add a few stray hairs bc its fun
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& then contemplate which is more "Strahm", when he has more neat hair, or when its kind of fluffier in some scenes which u think is the cutest, actually, but you dont often choose to go with in your art because you also think it makes him look boyish and you dont want people to think you'd prefer it if he was younger because hell no
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and if you have to draw him from the other side, you consult your 200 emotional support references again because youre gonna need them as you cry because its so hard. its so hard. god dammit. i should have just drawn him from the other side. but i ALWAYS draw him from the other side god dammit augh oughhg aoughhj aaghh-
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hope that helped!!
at least, thats my method, which im sure is very normal :)
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beatcroc · 7 months
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a year!!! as of today i have now been drawing these funny little pizza freaks, to the exclusion of almost everything else, for!!! an entire year!!! i wanted to do a nice group shot/lineup of everybody to compare to when i first started trying to draw them because oh boy were they bad. i never even posted most of them anywhere because they were so bad. but im posting them here, now, to see how everything's changed/evolved.
this is probably the hardest time i've ever had trying to figure out how to work with a style, but we got there eventually; i'm pretty happy with the handle i've got on everybody now...dont let ur memes be dreams. lots of unimportant journaling and idle thoughts abt it below.
older pics
the first one is the VERY first time i drew them, before i thought i was going to actually have any interest in drawing them [lmao]; it was just the one isolated image, for my friendserver, to illustrate the funney message, so there was no attempt to make it Good or actually understand anything going on w/ the designs or style.
second is the original run of practices sketches to start trying to figure them out for real; done after i started having ideas for the comics and such and realized oh god maybe i am actually gonna draw fanart for this. [again, lol, and lmao.]
third one is the first pt art thing i posted on here. there were a couple weeks of sprite studies between this one and the previous image. the one on the top right wasn't part of that post i just threw it on as space filler; i'd intended to shift to doing Sprite Redraws But Stylized to explore tings more, but that was the only one i did. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
individual characters
peppino: by far the hardest dear god. bro what ARE your shapes how DOES your face work. jesus christ. everything i have trouble with this style for, peppino has it in excess. i draw in polygons! i need consistency! and that is the last thing this kind of style is concerned with. they are made of squarshy clay and i do not understand how to mold them. i was really hoping trying to learn this game's style would GIVE me that kind of flexibility for fun exaggerated facial expression but i don't think much came of it in the end 😔. anyway on the bright side all this means once i got peppino figured out a little bit everybody else clicked way easier.
fake peppino: honestly i never did anything with him on purpose except for how his eyes work + the perma-smile thing. i figured ok hes supposed to look weird and off model so whatever happens with him happens. and it did. and it kept happening. it is still, in fact, happening.
noise/ette: somehow, for every bit that peppino was the least natural thing i've ever tried, these two worked pretty much right off the bat. i still don't understand it, seeing as pretty much all the things at play for peppino are also at work for them. i think the new sketches are actually a little worse than older ones but not enough that i care.
gustavo: really funny bc i drew him on model twice and just went 'okay, cool nice, easy, um. he doesn't have any fucking legs?' fortunately he was the only one i had a strong idea for how to stylize him [square] and it worked exactly as i was hoping so wahoo.
brick: is an animal and therefore 5000x easier and more natural for me to draw/stylize than anything else in the cast. that is Just a rat bro. i can draw a rat.
gerome: i think the funniest one here. the most drastic and least necessary change imo. i was gonna have him be really small at first, like smaller than the noises, but then i just... didn't. he's just peppino-sized now. also i gave him like. actual human facial structure, which is funny bc in most cases i'd do anything to avoid, but it works well for his being A Rock to give him some angles and definition like that+ to differentiate his vibe from the rest of the cast who are all very squishy. also since he is essentially Just A Head it's good to emphasize that too ig.
john: i only drew john a couple times but he gets to be here because i like him. and because most of the stuff i applied to gerome was readily applicable to john, though i did try to keep him a little more uncanny because he is a Huge And Lanky Freak. i hate that he is barefoot btw but idk how to make his color balance look right with shoes.
pizzahead: i did not want to put him on here honestly but i Have drawn him a handful of times and more importantly i didn't know what i was gonna do with john's pose if i didn't have him there to be glared at. the only thing that's different with him is giving him wider-bottomed pants, which i got from when i tried to draw these guys in clone high style [i never posted that one either][i will eventually]
snick: he gets to be here because 1. he's like 6 lines 2. i like him and 3. ive scribbled him a few times offhand and it went pretty well
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there are some guys missing because those are guys i didn't draw enough [or at all] to have gotten comfortable with them. sorry
i would have Liked to shade these but for the time being i have accepted that my grasp of light/shadow has decayed to the point im not going to be happy with anything i try there, so For Now i am working on my presentation with flats i guess. gerome has a shadow only because he's shaded like that ingame and looks naked without it
anyway if you are still reading [hi?] i get to shamelessly plug now. i'm over the hill of my pizza run now, and while i still have plenty of things i want to make here, most of the bigger more in-depth ones have passed. pizza tower was the first thing in THREE YEARS to get me out of my oc groove to doing fanart, and once i am done with my ideas here i will be going right back to it. if you like my art or how i write characters/interactions you should check out my oc/webcomic blog @jamverse . i can't promise people who like pizza stuff will be terribly into my designs, but i can guarantee i treat my guys with the exact same sort of tone i handle the pt guys with. and hell, i've mentioned it a few times before, but like 70% of my characterization for fake pep is just copied off one of my characters, so if u are going to miss him... he will still be there in spirit >;p
and if you dont care about any of that and are still reading thank you anyway. actually making these comics + seeing how shockingly well-received they've been has done a lot for my confidence, and for seeing that my kind of stuff IS something people enjoy :')
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ryuichirou · 11 days
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More replies about recent stuff, plus some random twst stuff pluuuus a reply related to a Malleus sketch from our 🔑🔞twt <3 Thank you for your questions.
thestarlightfae asked:
...Do I want to know what Lilia has on his phone?
Somehow I doubt it… But he wouldn’t mind showing!
Anonymous asked:
Ryuichirou just to let you know your literally the reason why I download Tumblr and I'm so so glad I did so🙇🙇
Oh god Anon, I am very sorry for doing this to you LOL Thank you so much!!! <3 I am glad you’re enjoying it!
m1lk-n-cook1es asked:
Dragon Malleus has six limbs and is therefore an insect. Discuss
(idk if he has 4 limbs in the dragon body but oh well)
Does…that mean that a centaur would also be an insect? This is kind of troubling… 😟
I think this is something we could discuss for hours until Malleus appears and ends this discussion forever, looking offended af :(
Anonymous asked:
Ace and malleus won't be together because ace has no Rizz  and no skills. he would fumble malleus so hard he would end up with someone else twice over, who im not sure but definitely someone he has to see a lot
(related to a reply about Ace the donkey to Malleus’ dragon)
OUCH, Anon!! You’re roasting Ace more than Malleus would’ve roasted him while literally breathing fire 😭🔥
Give this boy a chance. That being said, we all know the chance is slim….
Anonymous asked:
about the mosquitoes bites ! If you put a burning hot metal spoon on it for a few seconds the heat will kill the itchiness ! Tested and approved every summers you should definitely do it 👍
My favourite part about posting that mosquito comic is people recommending remedies for the bites…!
Thank you, Anon. I’ll keep that in mind.
Anonymous asked:
Would the twst ppl ever go down of ppl of the opposite sex? Or is everyone just gay? Like Floyd on a female riddle or something
-english is not good with me
“Everyone is gay” is our default because we prefer gay ships, but we don’t really headcanon sexualities for characters. If we ever come up with a good story with Floyd and fem!Riddle, nothing would stop us from indulging in it 💪 There are some that are more difficult for me to see with the opposite sex than the others though.
Anonymous asked:
Do the doms give oral? Like will the dom suck the sub's dick at all or nah?
With you would oral sec be strictly a bottom's job?
It is a tendency in my art to only leave it for the bottoms because it is a personal preference. But I don’t think that all of our tops would be strictly against it on the same level.
I wrote some hcs quite a while ago, if you want a detailed answer about someone in particular! Although I think my bias is pretty obvious lol Sorry.
Anonymous asked:
Okay the post of Malleus laying an egg from a while ago on your locked twt has been driving me so up the walls I haven't even been able to find the words??? I was so gagged when I saw it????
Shota Malleus always feels like he's totally convinced he's mature enough to handle Lilia and anything else you throw at him (he isn't) and him dealing with something like that when he's definitely way too young and unprepared and being completely overwhelmed and scared by it is SO GOOD
I can imagine him calling out Lilia's name in such a broken way, half upset because he just went through something really painful and scary and he wants to be comforted by his caretaker, and half because he's so confused and he has no idea what he should do and he needs Lilia's guidance, when Lilia was the one who put him into that mess in the first place... I worry that Lilia is going to take one look at him and their egg and be like "guess it's scrambled eggs for breakfast!" to cover his own mistake before anyone finds out 😭
(And also...... I just think it's a little hot... Malleus pushing out an egg that's too big for his body all alone in his room with nobody to help him regulate his breathing and pushing?? He just has to figure it all out on his own because he can't/won't call for help??? Squeezing that egg out a little at a time and slowly stretching himself open, before it falls back inside him and he has to start all over again, basically fucking himself on it until he finally gets it out... 🥵)
I am SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT, ANON!! <3 I want to say that it was a very self-indulgent sketch, but then again, everything that we post is lol
Poor Malleus absolutely wasn’t ready for anything like that to happen and he definitely wasn’t told that this was something that could happen to a dragon fae… And Lilia was probably surprised too, looking at him like shoot that wasn’t supposed to happen yet, wtf, “dragon eggs are rare” my ass lol Lilia really fucked up his cycles…
I guess they really are going to have scrambled eggs for breakfast…! God we had so many conversations about Lilia and dragon eggs, I really should finish that one comic from ages ago.
(I’m also glad you find this hot as well~ If definitely would’ve been much easier for him if Lilia was around when that was happening, poor thing probably thought he was dying or something. He often feels alone, but when that happened, he felt especially alone and helpless. It’s honestly a miracle he wasn’t mad at Lilia afterwards, but I guess it’s because he was way too shocked for that)
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hakucho-art · 2 months
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
question: what r three things you like about ur art? and what is ur current fav art piece of urs? <3
also bonus touken headcanon: they’re in their married era, but still new relationship, and while they’ve more comfortable — kaneki still seems hesitant sometimes when he reaches to her, in initiating any sort of skin ship, like he’s unsure of howwhen. Touka finds it endearing and kind of laughable considering they just had a blow ur mind sex like an hour ago, but here kaneki is looking so unsure of how to put his arms around her shoulders. This man is ridiculous. God she loves him.
But sometimes — he catches her completely off guard. They’re were doing smth… idk, making coffee??? And Kaneki makes this voice pitched with alarm and touka bends over to see him fumbling with this amateur thing she KNOWS he can do with his eyes closed and is like wow… Kaneki??? Did you get off the bed on the wrong side???? What is wrong with you. But it turns out it was all a plot for her to give him a cheek kiss without her knowing.
Touka blinks, as she just registers where her lips where and looks up at kaneki who has this big silly smile that says “gotcha” and gives her butterfly in stomach…
URGH I LOVE THEM… they’re so cute (also forgive me if this is out of character. I am out of touch)
You're out of touch... I'm out of tiiiime....
THANK YOU BELOVED AHHHH 💕💕💕
OKI OKI, first the questions sjdvjw
Three things I like about my art
Hmmmm lately I've been feeling more happy with my coloring! I feel like finally I've kind of understood what I'm doing and feel more experienced with it. I also like how my sketches look, sketching is always my favorite part and making some cleaned sketches with pencil again has been really nice uwu. And I like how I draw faces! Lately they have been more simplistic but generally, I do like them.
Your favorite art piece?
UHHH, actually a piece for a zine so I cant post it here yet but my current favorite touken piece of mine are these two (because im indecisive)
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The left one because for once I properly colored them (usually I get lazy with my touken pieces since theyre very indulgent wjvdjwhd) and the other because I adore the style there a lot, especially how kaneki looks🥺 definitely want to try using it more!
NOW TO YOUR SWEET HEADCANON AHHHH, you never disappoint with the touken fluff wjvdjwvdjwvdhwh♥️♥️😭
FIRST OF ALL, mischievous kaneki is ADORABLE and we need more of him. Here and there he can be a little tricksy, especially when he wants to get back to touka because she so often does little pranks and messes with him hehe
Kaneki not knowing how to approach casual intimacy while they fuck everyday is so funny and canon 😭💕 touka is just as ridiculous, kaneki calls her cute and she gets a massive blush as if they havent been dating for MONTHS.
Also, I didnt fully understand the last part. So kaneki tricked her into giving him a cheek kiss or did kaneki give her a cheek kiss 👀 either way, its adorable because kaneki making silly little pranks that are basically just kisses and snuggles orz. Kill me with the fluff, HELP. Touka feeling a little Bad because his pranks are so innocent and loving while he suffers a little when she pranks him JWVJDDVJD
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jacksoldsideblog · 10 months
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Is there something that you wanted to draw but didn’t have enough skills to do it? What was that, explain me your vision. Im really curious.
The list is practically infinite haha! I'm actually a pretty limited artist.
I mentioned somewhere, I can't really picture things? I can't. Even when I try really hard it just sort of doesn't work. It's not truly nothing but it might as well be. So I really really struggle with anything that involves stylization, lines. I have to sort of, brute force "I know anatomy means this goes here and the arm has to be this size" everything. Everything has to get that extremely exact step by step consideration. The only thing I can reliably make stylized versions of is fish. And even then, it's not very consistent or adaptive, because I struggle to remember how to do it.
On the other hand, I work really well with reference. So I can recreate a reference, in line or painting, usually pretty well. Putting a lot of effort in, I can combine references, alter things a bit.
Recently I discovered if I have a bit of reference on how light plays across something I can color something freely, almost without thinking too hard, because I have a decent understanding of light and I'm willing to work over a limited palette. I've sort of wanted to cry about it because it makes me feel like I'm doing art instead of just... recreating things.
Over time I've built up the ability to sketchline some things, don't get me wrong, but making anything that specifically looks like someone is pretty much out of my wheelhouse. There was about 10 failure Tyler coyotes and that's despite it being largely unrecognizable in the first place.
So that is to say.... I'm so proud of what I've managed to gain, in terms of art skill, and I'm really proud of what I can do. There IS things I can do, and I can do them well, and I try to find pride in that.
But in terms of what I wish I could do? God, I could tell you about specific ideas, grand plots, whatever. But really, I just wish I could sketch out something that looked like someone without taking 9 hours. I would kill for some sort of flexibility or ability to do cartoon drawing. It's why a lot of my comments on art are about how amazing I find the stylization. It's kind of out of reach for me. It's something I find so, so impressive. If you draw and you draw like, characters doing things, even if it's just silly different scenes, even if it's just them having different expressions — god, I wish I could do that. It's not for lack of trying. But after years, it kind of beats down on you when you make no progress.
On the other hand, all those years, I WAS learning, so when I finally started doing something more accessible to me I was able to use the skill and eye I'd essentially built up. So that's nice.
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hinata-boke · 2 years
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Would you ever post a speedpaint? I'm amazed by your art every. Single. Time. Like i almost can't believe its not machine printed! It's soooooo brilliant. How long have you been drawing? Are there other art styles you dabbled with or have you always drawn with the intention of the current clean lined manga style you post now? I saw in the tags of your other asks that you have been into furudate's style recently so I'm wondering how you have been influenced before that and the transition of your art styles. I have sooo many questions that I'll try to hold back so I don't absolutely badger overwhelm you but I'm extremely interested in hearing about your art journey! Your lines are so strong, clean and finite, it leaves the impression of bravery and courage. You seem to be very humble but I wanted to objectively say that you're an amazing artist! So many emotions can be conveyed through just looking at your art despite what the art itself is of. It's a very bold feeling, that kind of thing. There is sooooo much power behind your art that it gives the viewer energy and fills them with a quiet sort of awe. I hope you have an absolutely amazing day and thank you so much for sharing your art with us!!!! With much love 💞💞💞💞💞 -tabi
oh my god first of all thank you so much for this ask??? i smiled so much reading it!!!
that's an idea, i might try to do one someday! i know csp has a timelapse feature so maybe i'll start recording those and post em here and there for ones im proud of? (unfortunately i dont have them for ones i've already drawn 😢)
ADJSHASADS YOUR COMMENTS ARE SO NICE???? IM LIKE🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
i started doing digital art pretty early on, like elementary/middle school? (started out just drawing stuff like my little pony and warrior cats fanart hbds)
ive spent most of my time messing around w fanart for anime and western cartoons, so i would say that other fanart/official art for those styles have been my primary influence! although my style has changed it's pretty much always been stuff with solid colors and cel shading.
i also focused on animation (without doing 'regular' art) for a period of time, inspired by a lot of japanese animators! (it's something that i'd love to return to after i feel a bit more 'solid' with regular art, so maybe you'll see some haikyuu animations at some point!! maybe??? no promises though)
the manga influence has been pretty recent, i'd say just the past year or so, because it's just been something i've been paying more attention to when reading manga. furudate's influence is even more recent because i've actually only started reading the manga around the time i started doing these! (i'm so glad i did) i've become more comfortable with doing a kind of 'clean sketch' style, with quick, loose, kinda angular lines. i like it because i don't have to focus on getting each line 'perfect', and working in just black and white means i can draw things a bit quicker (i think lol)
AAA AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH I HOPE THIS ANSWERS A FEW OF YOUR QUESTIONS AT LEAST!
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carpetbug · 8 months
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Please, teach us, how to draw beautiful mlb character? Specially Kagami.
I mean, your art are so solid, but very expressive, how do you draw the characters in your style without losing the characters view/identity
ANON IM CRYING THERE ARE TEARS DOWN MY FACE THANK YOU!! gosh that is so kind oh my god
lots of practice!! i’ve been drawing these silly little guys pretty consistently since 2020, and my style has changed drastically so many times. keep drawing the character and you’ll find your groove eventually :)
more recently i’ve started tracing over icons of the characters to get a better feel for their canon design, as well as noting their distinct features, then incorporating a few details of my own style (or my own design for them) to see how it would look on the actual character. From there i just start sketching, following my references and notes as best I can while still having fun changing up their looks. [i’ll include an example using kagami under the cut :)]
for colors I like to color pick then adjust accordingly. i have no idea how color theory works so uhhh don’t trust my coloring lmao it’s all luck
most of all just really study the character!! gather a ton of references, trace, sketch, and experiment!
[i know this also probably isn’t what you’re looking for but if you’re wanting to work on expressions i highly recommend Aaron Blaise character design course along with any of his other courses! i’m currently working on that course along with some of his animation courses. he’s an awesome teacher!]
i hope this helped! thank you again for the kind ask 🫶
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i kept almost all of her canon design while altering her eyes, hair, and outfit to fit more with my own style. they make very helpful references :)
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nihiltism · 2 years
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since ive been too College to have enough art for any sort of summary im just gonna put a general year end rundown of what i feel i did best on this year!!
i think every year since i figured out that i dont need to use pens to line has just gotten better art wise for me. FUCK lining. pencils are my best friends forever and ever and can do your job better than you ever could. anyway apologies for some of these drawings being crunchier than others, i only recently got a scanner and Cannot be assed to scan my old art for this post rn.
also the first art here is a hatoful boyfriend spoiler. i mean i guess the last one is too but its vaguer i think. anyway. none of these are actually analyses of what i learned with each art im just braining
april 5th-
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you guys know this one i REALLY like it. why in the goddamn were my best pieces this year hatoful boyfriend. anyway i uh. hey did you know that i didnt do the notgeki with graphite because i like mixed media. i did it because i have not owned a grey pencil for my some-teen years of drawing ever. i only JUST got a grey pencil like. a couple months ago. i mean im good with graphite i would have done it like that anyway but. yeah. anyway this was abt the height of my beginning hatoful fix and Also indirectly what got me to meet like a bunch of my mutuals here!! i did. not know there was a hatoful community. and because That i actually started using tumblr so!! hey thanks hitori. i need to do more birdform art.
april 15th -
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this motherfucker! ill be. completely honest i dont have a lot of feedback for a lot of my graphite art bc ive Been doing this. ok actually yknow what i will say. there is a limit for how dark something can be with graphite and i Very much remember going over the inside of the cloak So Much. this was my pet project during my weekly 3 hour long lecture so god bless it. also i do still like how i did the eye. can i draw eye guys exclusively please.
july 3rd -
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not really Art im proud of but!! holy shit i dont design often and i dont hate this!! this is at least in part thanks to my gf. my gf knows how to clothes better than i do so i did ask them for help. also i really need to scan this one. or maybe draw her a new ref. anyway (holds up celine) look at her. look at the silly.
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this one was a trade for my friend raicatty and. also something i probably should have scanned. but its fine. anyway this one did teach me something and its To Line Your Damn Pieces Darker. lining with the color that youre going to be coloring in is kind of Asking For Disaster if it overlaps with others and u can. see that. this is a bit imparseable. but its also pretty. and thats all that really matters. a fun fact for when i ever do commissions is that being allowed to use this purpley pink pencil i have will make me really happy. its so pretty.
OERSHRIMP INTERLUDE
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OERSHRIMP INTERLUDE
november 13 -
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forgive me for including a sketch in this but YOU DONT UNDERSTAND IVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DRAW HUMANS. like. NEVER. much less in an actual decent pose. (god bless adorkastock) im So very delighted by this oboromaru and hes!! like!! one of my least favorite characters!! (not to say i dislike him hes just lower). i dont know what happened here!! if this wasnt at the very back of my Sketchbook I Just Put Away Because It Was Falling Apart id say id finish this one later. rip. he and that dark daroach sketch i had there can just vibe i guess.
aaand the big one. december 8th -
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things i learned from this one! 1. the scanner did not pick up the red lines very well! 2. scanners are good! 3: NEVER do a full page project again! buuut i do want to say i am like. insanely proud of this one. its the first art ive done i can really say has any sort of Composition and im so delighted that it turned out just as cool as it looked in my head. also this took forever and i could have easily messed it up Multiple times in the process. so god bless.
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kirazdaha · 2 years
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HAHAHAHA Every Turk Family has one of those names and unironically mine does too 🫡 Tell your mother thank you she is a very lovely lady
I know all of the artists you listed below because my dad blasts them on the radio everytime we go out... I call it old people music but hey I never said it was bad, they're awesome and I might have memorised some of the artist's songs from how much I listen to them... Barış Manço is a classic without a doubt! Fun fact my parents were able to go to his concert and got a signed picture with him I will always envy how lucky they were 😭 I love how women in the industry made the most iconic songs I hear them often in weddings too! Or clubs, even though I only went to one once I'm not very fond of them...
My questions were do you have any tips or inspiration with how you draw! I love your art and artstyle and it's honestly what I've been trying to achieve for a while, I can't believe I'm learning how to draw men because of a silly lawyer show it's a disease...
(We are just having a conversation at this point) (I feel like those people who speak out loud in public) (I hope you and anyone who's reading this is having a good day :) be kind to yourself and others everyone)
OH MY GOD i envy them too😭😭 also omg that sounds like heaven to me. the other day i went out partying and i felt sooo out of place because i only knew like 3 songs. omg it was so so bad.
hmmm tips and inspiration…. my number 1 tip would definitely be to look at a lot of other artists you like and analyze what exactly you like. and then try to emulate that in your own work. i try to look for inspiration everywhere - artists online, traditional artists, old masters, 3d artists, even theatre and poetry, etc. - doesnt mean that i am equally inspired by them all (because all these things at once sound so scary and big but they really arent!) but rather, i try to be open for anything and that helps me find inspiration :) 
ill try to explain my thoughts more under the cut because this got long:
for me for example, so far i only posted some art i made that was lined (which, i would say makes up maybe half of the art i draw - i mostly sketch and recently have been building up the courage to paint more) and one of my inspirations is meltow. i think if you go over and check out their art youll definitely see it lol. but also i love the clean look some comics have and my friends tell me my art looks like it belongs in a comic which, i guess yeah :) when it comes to colors and composition i LOVE this artists works. i still have a lot to learn and just looking at their works inspires me so much!!!
i will say i have ALWAYS struggled with lineart. its probably the worst thing in the world to me because it never feels right!!! i like lining on paper with harsh inks and stiff ink nibs that allow for like. very little variety in line weight, but i havent done that in over 3 years (i hope i can get back to that). but yes, something about lineart makes me feel so icky when i use any brush that reacts to the pressure you put on your tablet LOL i just hate it. ugh. i havent been able to work it out.
it was only in 2020 i think that i decided to try it out with a thick brush with some texture and no pen pressure. that probably was the first time i got actual lineart that (at the time) i liked done. and then later on, discovering that other artists are able to achieve beautiful drawings with similar brushes AND that lining with a very simple brush can feel so satisfying helped me evolve a lot! until 2022, i actually wasnt able to give my art the kind of finished look that i wanted. so what people consider my style is really just born out of my limits and working with them. that obviously doesnt mean that i dont try to challenge myself as much as i can. i do and i think everyone should! thats what makes art so fun
if theres any good advice i can give to a beginner itd probaaaaably be. okay this is difficult and i feel like im not really qualified for this. as a hobbyist much less so because a lot of the knowledge and skills i acquired was through an intuitive process (i could never stick with habits such as regular studies or warmups or whatever is meant to be good for you) which definitely isnt the most “productive” way but i mean it doesnt have to be. its just a hobby! you dont have to perfect art. but yes, i would definitely say dont stop drawing. youll always be your harshest critic and at the beginning, and especially if you begin at an older age because youve been training your eye your whole life but your drawing skills for only a relatively short time you will notice a lot of mistakes. and youll think you wont achieve the image you have in your head. and maybe you wont (because youll always strive for more and youll never really be satisfied as an artist bla bla) for a while. but you have to keep drawing! try out different strategies, find out how other artists draw, watch speedpaints, try out different papers and pencils, try everything that makes it more fun and keep going! it will all pay off!! 
in my eyes theres also no point in saying “i should wait till im better to draw this idea i have” because if inspiration strikes you you should use that. even though i still sometimes catch myself thinking like that. you can always redraw things later on!! if theres anything that will keep you drawing you should use that! like getting into shows and games that make me want to draw helps a ton LOL people are not joking when they say getting obsessed with one character is the quickest way to improve. i 100% agree!!! if you saw my first nachos you wouldnt even recognize him. not kidding wow this got long. thank you for the questions though!! i hope some of my rambling can help you. feel free to talk to me whenever!
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ketavinsky · 2 months
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would love to hear about your oc tomilin someday if you ever wanted to share. based only on the tag i’m already obsessed he (?) seems cool af
hi, hello anon! id love to share some brief notes! tomilin is the blanket tag i have for dimitriy tomilin and tommy tomilin, two men who are the same person and also kind of not
i dont have a lot of art of dimitriy save for a sketch here- the rest is on desktop, and im on mobile now, sorry! dimitriy's story, which is very different from tommy's, is the unfortunate collateral damage of one of the old gods in my pantheon, dusk!
the story, the whole fiasco associated with the tomilin name, takes place in a universe where much of north and east asia is struck by a series of incurable plagues, the last of which is a blood disease propagated by the microbes that associate with root nodules in soil- though dimi and his peers are never aware of it, this is due to dusk's influence, and Her dominion overlapping the vessels of the body and those of the soil. as a result, most plant matter is torched as a cautionary matter, a series of absurd rituals develop. dimitriy is born into poverty in a hyper-industrialised alatyr, think diesel-run biopunk, with nothing to his name at all, and does his level best to adapt!
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lots of issues, lots of conflict, lots of loredumping, but the main thing you need to know is that bolstered by the encouragement of his daughter-cousin yanz (his cousin on his father's side, whose parents he deeply resents, and whom he raises as his own daughter out of love), dimi really skyrockets in the plague years. he's charismatic, attentive, bold, and a natural born leader, and he goes from being a small time knife gang leader to the champion of his own amateur revolution. more drama, more issues, and then after the pretty horrific death of his daughter-cousin, he's betrayed by his second-in-command, marigold crass. heres a bunch of stuff from my guide!
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at the brink of death, twitching over the hardwood floor, all his dogs nosing at his shredded remains, dimi is approached and resurrected by another member of the pantheon- but, hes different.
here begins the era of tommy. you have to remember that dimi was a good kid at heart. tommy is really, really, not! tommy is scum, but he's fun about it! he has a nifty little mechanic where hes functionally immortal- each time he dies, he slips through space and time to another era, another location. from this massive breadth of experience he's only affirmed his prior self's problematic ideas about the innate wickedness of humanity, and he considers himself the paragon of said wickedness. he loves to paint, listen to himself talk, fuck, smoke, and tear shit up, and he's been to university eight times! yes, i do have notes on his eight degrees
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heres his pinterest!
heres art of him by lapstle
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heres art of him by art_by_benni !
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hes also gay as hell and pretty hypersexual about it (this isnt entirely emotionally healthy for him in how he conducts his life, but hes immortal, you cant really expect him to take care of himself) compared to dimi who was also gay as hell but had a very transactional, sterile view of intimacy. both tommy and dimi disdain vulnerability and believe firmly that relationships arent for them, though dimi was always surrounded by people- tommy is a solitary creature. he doesnt need people. never ask him how much of his personality is his and how much is marigold's fear / veneration of him.
also i ship him with my dear friend's oc, JT.
Nsfw art warning (my art) i actually have quite a bit of nsf art of them!
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captainstarburst · 11 months
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4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw
tbh.. me ANDKSHF nix/starb. i love that guy (me) but hes like. just slightly complex enough to make my quest to want to draw him the same every time really hard. i love to do it though
8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in
uuhhhhhm. in terms of old old stuff i used to have an entire comic i was making when i was like. 12. sometimes i miss making comics. more recently. honestly i finish most of what i start bc i haaaate unfinished stuff but i sketched a version of the hapsburg lippp animation meme that i never ended up lining or anything. back in january of 2021 i think. maybe someday i'll remake it but thats a very slim chance
16. Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing
id say probably painting backgrounds? i dunno. sometimes i enjoy it but it tends to be kind of a slog but i feel like they always look nice. just takes a long time
25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by
oh god my memory. ppl dont really compare my stuff to other stuff too often i dont think? but theres probably a bunch of cartoons people think ive seen that i actually havent LOL
26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended
oh man. honestly any of my weirder art. the one with starb as a tamagatchi and villian got a lot of reactions of ppl calling it cute. which wasnt not my intention? but also that piece was abt like. the kind of unhealthy stuff they had going on for a bit. theres also stuff like the giant starb piece that ppl have been Weird abt when its really personal and symbolic to me. and that always makes me a little peeved
30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated
MOST OF MY ANIMATIONS. i wish spending like a week on an animation had more of a reward than it does. but uhhh i dont really know how to judge if something is underrated. mostly if i like it im happy with it GHFJKGH but theres probably some stuff with lower notes if you scroll through my art blog that id say is underrated but i dont get too hung up on it
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prettyboykatsuki · 3 years
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♡  bakugou headcanons that feel like a warm hug ♡
➳wc ;; 1.2k (oh my god. what is wrong w me.) 
➳ a/n ;; or my bakugou brain-rot that never goes away. thanks for being my comfort character, you fucking gremlin. forgive the silly title. 
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♡ always makes little adjustments to the environment for you. he’s observant to a fault so if there’s something even a little off and it happens to bother you, he’s trying to work around it. 
♡ good at playing guitar but not good at reading music. he can throw something together if you give him a chance but he’s not good at trying to recreate someone elses memory. he’s not like.. musically gifted either but he likes how guitar sounds 
♡ thinks about getting a lot of piercings in his ear because he thinks they’d look cool but is kind of too nervous? the idea of a needle going through his skin is a ick. when you start dating, he drags you to his appointments lol - won’t admit it but he thinks he looks so hot when he gets them. takes a bunch of selfies <3 
♡ needs to be moving constantly. can’t sit completely still to save his life. when he listens to music, he moves his head. sometimes he just runs his thumb over his fingers. 
♡ really, really bad at talking. not in the sense he can’t communicate (that too) but he just likes listening in conversation. rarely adds his own thing. but when he does - always accidentally says something super meaningful 
♡ enjoys subtle physical touch because it is literally intimate he melts inside. a hand on his forearm or shoulder. your legs over his lap. small things that show how comfortable you are. 
♡ likes being held cause he’s a big ass baby lmfao 
♡ wont admit it but enjoy when you choose pretty or colorful bandages for his cuts he won’t himself but it’s like keeping you in his pocket wherever he goes.  
♡ really needs you to find him attractive dslksjk it’s not that he ever thinks he’s particularly ugly. but he didn’t really assign importance to his appearance at any point in his life, yet now he puts in a scary amount of effort. readjusts his hair so much more, makes sure his clothes fit good. fixes his fuckin’ face lol 
♡ likes chewing gum a lot and always has a pack on him. really proud of how big he can blow bubbles and will be a little sad if you’re unimpressed. 
♡ is overly sentimental about things you’ve made him - especially if it’s something super dumb. you drew him a silly little sketch of him in a frog hat? it’s in his wallet behind his id. freaks out when he thinks he’s lost his wallet 
♡ LOVES phone calls. yes he still hates talking. but the way his face looks when he listens to your voice. eyes half-lidded, shamelessly smiling - it’s so tender and so lovesick. 
♡ terrible first grader hand-writing. he tries to write them for you in the beginning of your relationship (to be romantic or some shit) but they’re so incomprehensible pls. if he focuses on it - it can be legible but most of the time ... yea no. 
♡ doesn’t favor tea or coffee but prefers tea if he has to drink one. 
♡ crazy good at eyeballing measurement. even in baking. once made a perfectly good bread without weighing anything and doesn’t get why that’s so wild. 
♡ has the phone on his text set to be bigger even though his eyes are fine. 
♡ lets you do the layout thing on his iphone and decorate as you please. says he doesn’t care but when he sees you made it hero themed/fit with his aesthetic - he got so red it was so cute. 
♡ hates shopping in store. will still always go with you because the one time you went alone a store clerk hit on you.  
♡ so practical. he started couponing when he was in his early twenties like an old man. checks the news and weather the night before, every night. never misses doctors appointments. 
♡ shit at any form of visual art. drawing, painting etc - cannot do it to save his life. but he tries. his hands shake when he tries to draw hearts for you 
♡ blows the eyelashes off your cheek super gently whenever he notices. he’ll like.. take your face in his hands and blow so softly like he’s gonna hurt you. 
♡ used to agree to make pinky promises with you as a joke. now though? automatically holds his pink out for you to take it. straight up pouts if you don’t. 
♡ you two have a song and when it comes on, he’ll sing it back to you. any other time? any other song? he wont. but he always sings your song even without realizing, just mouths it. 
♡ enjoys when you put your hands under his shirt and just leave them there and hug him like that. skin to skin contact is elite but only from you. 
♡ hamsters adore this man. they just do. 
♡ draws frowny faces on your eggs with hot-sauce 
♡ soul leaves his body when you play with his hair and scratch his scalp. the tension in his neck literally disappears and he just sighs that shit relaxes him like crazy 
♡ the first time he says i love you, you’re tying his tie for his first hero event. you’re telling him to that the color looks good on him and you’re smiling. it honestly it just slips. he went on to win an award that night. 
♡ his favorite memory of the two of you was when you were trying to leave the grocery store one afternoon. it was raining heavy as shit. you pulled him in under your clear umbrella and just stood there. he doesn’t know why but that means a lot to him. 
♡ cares a lot about his dads approval on his work specifically. him and his dad have a really specifc bond and he actually admires him quite a bit. 
♡ nothing makes him cry like “im proud of you”. especially when it’s for something small. it’s just something he didn’t hear enough in a sincere way. 
♡ likes fruit flavored sweets over chocolate (generally needs something to do w his mouth cause it helps him think. bad oral fixation) so he keeps little candies on him 
♡ shit at video games. terrible at them with the exception of mario kart? for some reason. 
♡ always loses his keys 
♡ stutters every!single!time! he tries to compliment you. it’s been YEARS. 
♡ takes a melatonin gummy before bed and always drinks a glass of water 
♡ buys you flowers and keeps them too. like does the upkeep on it and replaces them if the wilt. suggests pressing them to keep them for longer. 
♡ lowkey cries really easily. he just gets overwhelmed w his feelings some times and it makes him cry even if he doesn’t want too. you and the bakusquad are sworn to secrecy over it though 
♡ wears his ring around his neck on a chain bc it’s easier to show off. 
♡ naturally good at doing hair! 
♡ likes sneakers but wears dr. scholl's because he walks a lot and is on his feet for most of the day w his job. just being careful. 
♡ loves u a lot <3 
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sirthisisa-wendys · 3 years
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ok so im watching sex and the city, the tv show and there was a gallery episode thing so...hear me out, artist takeomi and his muse. he does oil paints and charcoal sketches of her, nude or partial nude and he is just so in love with her, and she's in love with him and she is his Venus and he shows her his love, ya know, all night, eye contact hand holding sweet dirty little words oh man i love him :(
Let me stop you right there and say: THERE ARE MANY TRYSTS STAGED WITH BEGINNINGS IN CHARLOTTE'S ART GALLERY
The Original: Takeomi Akashi x Fem!Reader
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"I can do your portrait from memory," Takeomi murmurs, swirling his brush around the canvas while you lay on the chaise lounge, naked and with a blindfold on. "How many of your lovers can say that?"
"Not very many," you admit, trying to suppress a smile. "I can only think of two names, actually." You hear Takeomi's breath hitch, then he huffs a breath.
"Go ahead, I'm listening."
"One of them has this weird name that starts with a T..."
"Like 'taco'?"
"Yeah," you giggle. "Like 'taco'."
"And the other one?"
"Really cheesy ass nickname. He was called the God of War at some point, but now he's kind of a washed-up old man."
"I'm only twenty-seven." You imagine if you slide the blindfold off, you'll see his displeased face - a strand of hair dangling in his eyes while he pulls his top lip up in a scowl. You giggle again. He dips his paintbrush in the water, swirling it around before dipping into another color.
"Omi," you whisper and he grunts once, signifying that he's listening. "When you sell this one, can you do something for me?" Another grunt. "Can you tell them it's your favorite?"
"Every painting I've sold of yours is my favorite," he whispers softly. "And that's not a lie."
"Okay." His paintbrush clatters into the jar, and the sound of a towel being passed between fingers catches your ear. Your skin prickles with excitement at the sound of his feet shuffling over the wooden floor, then stopping when they're right beside you.
"Besides," Takeomi whispers, dipping down close to you. You can smell the cigarettes on his breath, but you've grown to love the aroma of cheap booze and smoke. "I absolutely adore the original right here in front of me." Lips course down the left side of your neck, and you gasp, reveling in the cool touch of his gentle mouth. Thin fingers pluck at your sensitive nipples, pulling them to an even more erect state than before.
"Open those legs for me," he breathes, and you part them willingly, reaching a hand down to trace your clit rapidly. "Get nice and wet, sweetheart." Zipper. Fabric rustling. The feel of something hard on your lips. You open your mouth to lick at his cock, and Takeomi sucks in a deep breath, grunting and groaning while you handle him.
One of his hands moves to the back of your head as you bob up and down on his length, still working on yourself while you suck eagerly. The veins on his dick throb and his tip leaks salty pre-cum onto your tongue, but you take it. You want this so bad.
"Legs up," he groans, pulling himself out of your mouth and shifting around the couch. You pull your legs back to your chest, holding yourself open for him while he tests your wetness. It isn't sufficient, he finds, but a trail of spit coating your pussy leaves little to be desired.
Takeomi slowly presses himself into you, and you let out a low moan as his tip slips in with ease. If you could see him, maybe you'd feel a little less intense. But the removal of sight brings you to your breaking point, your shaking point, your--
"Shhh, shhh, shhh..." Takeomi kisses your face then cups your cheek as he moves his hips back. You didn't even realize you were still grunting until he hushed you, reminding you that it's all okay - he's going to take good care of you. "You got this, princess. Just a little more."
When he's fully inside of you, a shudder works its way down your spine, resulting in your hips meeting him thrust for thrust. Your fingers clench onto his arms and hold Takeomi close, your mouth pressing against his chest while he increases speed.
"Feels good?" he inquires, pressing his lips to the top of your head.
"Feels so good," you mumble, taking in the new sensations as you tip into a new space of surrender. Takeomi feels you relax around him and sinks into you even further. You hear a soft groan from him in your ear as he whispers how your pussy is so greedy and he knew you had it in you to take more of him.
You only respond with sloppy hips thrusting, trying to use him to reach your inevitable high. But you can't help feeling like you're just on the brink of collapsing while he fucks into you at a measured pace. Your toes curl, your mouth opens, even your back arches so painfully that you wonder if you could break it like this.
"That's it," Takeomi purrs, licking down your neck and cupping your back. "Hold onto me, pretty girl." At his innocent command, you unravel, coming apart at the seams as your body ends and his body begins somewhere deep inside of you.
"Ah, ah, ah..." Core quakes, hands quiver, mouth gasps for air as you cum, and Takeomi watches it all with pleasure as your rake your hands down his back.
"Fuck yeah," he grunts, spilling his seed inside of you without a second thought. "Oh shit, that's fucking amazing." As you shiver, fingers run up and down your skin, leaving trails of goosebumps in their wake. Takeomi's cock is still nestled deep inside of you though softening, and you feel the last shocks of your orgasm abate as time passes. Kisses rain down on your lips while your fingers are intertwined with his.
"I love you," Takeomi mutters between kisses. "My forever muse."
"I love you too," you sigh, lacing your arms around his neck as he removes the blindfold from your eyes.
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starkiller-009 · 3 years
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1, 15, 22 for your art ask meme!
15. any upcoming planned drawings OK SO SUPRISINGLY THERE IS A LOT. the pacific thing is a mysterious one for me since my level of productivity is kinda NOWHERE NEAR THE NORM. which is a good thing. im actually drawing something and FINISH STUFF? incredible.
there are 1 drawing with sledgefu that is almost finished and kinda too shugary lmao, 2 which i really like but they are not typical for me (happens when i get really inspired while reading some sergio toppi comics and wanna do something beautiful like that but u know. im howhere fucking near sergio, he is a God figure). around 8 sketches here and there waiting for they turn. Lots of Eugene since im Eugene kinny. lots of things just in thoughts - wanted to draw comfy sweety thing with eugene and his dog, a few fanarts for fics i liked (around 6?). one kinda symbolic one - i really liked one work and could not figure out how to draw something based on it since its very kinda.. not about pictures but about thoughts and inner being and well. i FIGURED OUT how to do this so now i must. also there are like 2 nsfw sketches and i am not sure that they are going to see the light lmao it feels kinda awkward to post dicks in public. people fucking. jesus christ. maybe later. Besides the pacific probably will draw something with band of brothers. and um Encanto? lmao. Sheriff Grayson from Arcane? She is not popular enough but DESERVES jesus christ the only character i enjoed as fuck. (i mean her voice COME ON) Spideys are in mind as well. maybe TWD, want to remember the old times. Borderlands too. basically i want a lot but sure only about the pacific ones for now tbh. if we talk about my personal stuff - i wanted to try to make some kind of.. historical illustrations? i have in mind some pictures with Amundsen, his journey to north pole. history related to polar regions and their explorers in general. Icebreakers and aircraft as well. idk when i put my hands to it. would be nice. 1. Favorite drawing from this year oh i guess my favorite is that one with eugene being sad? i dunno already tbh. I dont really like a texture there but in the whole its pretty nice and has its own mood and thats something i really fond of. I love the lightning and the pic has some harmony to it comparing with my other stuff so yeah. Love that one with sledgefu for getmeans fic too.
22. what are you best at drawing/doing (ex: youre good at lineart, or drawings hands, etc.) Um for now i guess its the mood? the atmosphere? (so i pay attention to the lightning and usually result is kinda nice?) i just want to evoke some feelings lmao. Convey it. Not just be pretty tho i love when its pretty too. It just has to.. have something in it more than. just lines. U know. this way i can be really proud of it and fond of. i get bored drawing things for them just to be beautiful (makes me sad tho and it also has to do with my lack of skill basically. i need an idea a story floating around to keep me going). So yeah thats it. A lots of thing to improve but there is no end to it in art anyway.
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gryphsdeadbones · 4 years
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hey from one nd person to another the comic where fm gordon says a slur seems kind of in poor taste. ik ur not intentionally making light of it and tht occurring in fm should be criticized but while you dont make it out to be a good thing making jokes about it and calling him a "slurboy" is kind of questionable? it makes it seem more like a plotpoint and angst rather than the creator of fm genuinely fucking up in the past (and having moved on from it)! i think exploring fm coming to terms with being nd is a good idea but this isnt the best way to do it. if you want me to explain my point more lmk if/when u post this and i will! someone already made a post abt it but it was kinda strongly worded and i wanted to approach you more calmly because i genuinely dont want to call you out or start drama or anything ;-;
first off thank you for being civil and patient with me i appreciate this ask a lot- also this got long- im not in a flying rage or anything when i bold or emphasis text, i just needed it also for my own readability and since im not the best at wording- hopefully this hellsite works and my response is under the cut
i would like to know how is it in poor taste when freemind explicitly gets clocked at the very end for saying it. the entire point of the comic was to show that saying the r slur has existed in his source and is bad
im not sure how much more direct i can get, with the disclaimer/warning list growing longer and longer and out there for a huge sign that says “this au can get dark as fuck and these subject matters are treated seriously/not something to mess around with.” Like yes, there are some jokes in the asks and other comics, but that specific comic is not supposed to be “haha thats funny”. it has a serious tone using a rough sketch style bc i was super tired and wanted to vent
was it just the direct reference to it that just made people uncomfortable? because thats 100% understandable, and i made sure i tagged it appropriately (although admittedly, a little bit late since i thought the filter would catch at least the main thing)
i think what some people somehow got from it is “exploring sensitive content = endorsing said content” which! that is not the intent! i absolutely do not want people saying that word! I don’t want people thinking that is any way okay for this character to say
its more of a damned if i do address it, damned if i dont.
if it never comes up, people are gonna assume that ‘oh this character says slurs and is shit, surely the creator or fan-creator MUST be okay with it and woobifies freemind and absolves him of any mistakes’ or something like that. no. this asshole has an arc and i want to do it right. its serious and i think it shouldn’t be shoved under the rug
and people just. dont want to read for context for whatever reason. theyll start watching it and get taken aback by the slur and start blaming me ‘hey you never warned for this’ when very early on i keep mentioning over and over ‘you dont have to watch it if you dont want to! This has slurs and 2000s internet brand humor/style’ You really dont, I’m not forcing you to watch it- Literally all you need to know is either canon half life or hl/vrai. thats it. fm mostly follows hl1 with very slight changes.
so i had to make something that:
1. warns people who arent aware and dont want to go through my asks or about/warning pages (for whatever reason) and just want to see the art
2. also NOT downplay freemind’s canon assholery. listen, i kinda despise writing mean and cruel characters, theyre hard to do, and a lot of people get shit for doing it wrong or people going “character = author”
i’ve also considered leaving the bubbles blank, but then people could fill it with whatever they want, then blame me for being vague. or they’d fill it in with a different kind of slur that freemind has never used, even if he MIGHT be the type to do that. I needed to explicitly mention that it is ableist slur. There are shitty racist and other problematic jokes, but never those kinds of extreme racial slurs to my knowledge.
Although I do see your point that maybe joking about it outside of the serious stuff might not be the best route. The slurboy jokes are getting stale, and I will try a better way to remind people.
The thing that gets to me is that it feels people are more than ready to defend either Ross Scott or Gordon Freeman the fictonal character himself. I don’t??? really care for Ross Scott, so I don’t know if he’s ever brought it up specifically. I’m not really calling him out or cancelling him. Idc for some white man’s feelings, im only bringing the timeframe of That era and reworking it to fit in This current era.
And I hate to break it to people: Gordon Freeman is a blank slate character, you can project whatever the hell you want on him as long as it’s not freakshit illegal garbage. The machinimas (fm, hl/vrai) do have SOME characterization that I want to nail down. It fucking sucks when characters are ooc, and I’m trying not to do that, even if it means sacrificing some comfort. But still mostly staying in my comfort zone if that makes sense
Now about the callout that I do not want to engage with the op directly:
Honestly im very surprised the comic was called out when i just. thought my stuff is relatively tame on exploring the bad shit canon freemind does. ive seen him in fancontent where they really dont hold back and its still played off as ‘kinda funny’ tone.
I really don’t know if people just want any reason to hate me for whatever reason. That’s fine I guess, I can’t please everyone and they dont have to like me.
But like. isn’t it so much easier for the op of that to block me and the post and move on. Why kick up such a fuss. I can see that thinly veiled death threat of a vague. That’s pretty fucked up- Like holy fucking god, you do not have to like my stuff. I’m not holding you at knifepoint to like my stuff. I’ve specifically made two different tags (one general au, one specific au) if anyone wants to blacklist it for their own reasons I do not need to know. I don’t want to know.
You’re allowed to be uncomfortable. You’re allowed to unfollow/blacklist/block.
However you just don’t go ranting about it for something you horribly misinterpreted. If it bothers you so badly, literally just. drop me a message to clarify. thats it. or save yourself the time and block me.
I’ve blocked the op for both our sakes, but if anyone wants to send this post to them, then thats fine. I don’t want anything to do with them.
I don’t want to link the post and blow it up. I just want shit clarified, dropped and we can move the fuck on with our lives. 
If you’re reading this and don’t know what the post is, please don’t bother. I do not want people going after the op with threats, please keep it civil, I’d prefer if you don’t engage with the post at all on my behalf.
Despite this huge wall of text, I do not want this to be a big deal, so please don’t ask me about the details.
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As for anon, feel free to dm me either on here or. Maybe on discord if you’d still like to suggest or have something more cleared up. I’m still willing to hear any kind of feedback, and i want to thank you again for being reasonable about this
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