#i've been trying to make them look rounder + drawing them with tails because it's fun

[kosmic-kalamity]

made sketches for cooper since he's relevant to my still unnamed au. also because i wanted some more practice drawing him :]

typed out version of my writing below the cut

viva found cooper a few months after the pop trolls began setting into their new village. still fresh off the loss of poppy, viva took him in and helped raise him alongside king peppy.

in this au, he's something of pop village's "adopted prince" (before later learning he's the long lost prince of funk). should anything happen to viva, he would've been the one to take over.

not so fun fact: king peppy often accidentally calls him poppy

[uncloseted]

How can I gain the confidence to continue to go out in public? There has been a lot of times when I'll be out in public, with or without makeup on, and men have commented on how I look in passing. I've had men call out from their cars how ugly I am. I've been called a grenade. I've had a man double back so he could walk past me again and under his breath said how effing nasty I look. I know I'm ugly but how I look is beyond surgery (I have small close set eyes). I'm losing confidence enough to

not want to go out in public, especially with other people I know. I'm afraid of how embarrassing it would be if these comments got made when I'm with someone else. It's happened before but the person didn't hear what was being shouted out at me. I really don't know what to do any more because even if I dress nice and do my makeup and hair, it doesn't make a difference. I would have surgery if I could but what I need isn't humanly possible to do

There's a lot to say here, from the practical to the philosophical, but first things first, those men are being assholes. I have a feeling that even if you were the most beautiful woman in the world, those men would say the same things, because their comments aren't really about how you look. They're a reflection of the insecurity that these men feel and a desire to put someone else down so that they can feel better about themselves. In my opinion, those types of people just aren't worth listening to, because their only goal is to make people feel badly about themselves.

But even if you were the ugliest person in the world (which I don't think can possibly be true)... nobody owes other people physical beauty. Nobody owes other people physical beauty to be worthy of respect, to be worthy of love, to be worthy of compassion. Those are things that you're worthy of simply by being a person. And how a person looks shouldn't be the most important thing about them- isn't it more important to be smart or kind or funny or helpful or innovative or driven or a million other things than it is to have been born looking a certain way? Something that might help you to feel more confident is to remind yourself of those non-physical aspects of yourself that are really great, and to give yourself plenty of opportunities to show other people those parts of you.

In terms of more practical advice, there are lots of women who have small, close-set eyes and are considered beautiful. Jennifer Aniston, Kristen Bell, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lana Del Rey, Kristen Stewart, and Miley Cyrus all have close set eyes that are on the smaller side, and people consider them beautiful. Jennifer Aniston was even named the sexiest woman of all time. And for what it's worth, I had to search for a list of women with small, close-set eyes, because I couldn't think of any off the top of my head.

If you do want to make your eyes appear larger or further apart, there are some makeup tricks that you can try:

Conceal under your eyes. Dark circles can draw attention to the under-eye space, and you want everything near the corner of the eye to be as light as possible.

Along those same lines, use a highlighter or light eyeshadow on the inner corner of the eye, which will brighten it and create a sense of distance. You can also use a light, shimmery shade on the middle of the lid to make the eye appear rounder and bigger.

Use a nude eyeliner in your waterline and tightline. This will help make your eye look bigger and more alert.

Don't take your eyeliner into the inner corner of the eye; instead, only line the outer half of the eye and extend the wing out past the edge of the eye. This will create the illusion that your eyes are further apart than they actually are.

When doing your eyebrows, widen the arch and extend the tail further than where it naturally ends. As with the eyeliner, this will create the illusion that the eyes are further apart.

Focus your mascara on the lashes on the outer corner of the eye. Mascara will make your eyes look larger and focusing it on the outer corner will reinforce the look the eyeliner is creating.

I know that these all seem like small things, but together they can create a real difference in how a person's eyes look. I want to be clear that I'm not saying I think you need to do this kind of makeup or that you should- rather, I'm just offering it as an option that may help you to feel a bit more confident when you're out in public. You could also throw on a cool pair of sunglasses if you don't feel like doing makeup but feel anxious about people looking at your face.

Finally, I would consider talking to a therapist about this. I'm not a medical professional, so take this with a grain of salt, but if the way you look is impacting your day to day life to the point where you don't want to go out in public, it's possible that you may be developing body dysmorphic disorder or another similar condition. A therapist can help you work through those feelings and find ways to feel better in your body, regardless of what other people think of it.

[gikairan]

Alright so, i have a Proposal.

This is perhaps the quickest doodle imaginable, and I was barely trying to make it A) look like a pokemon and B) reference fuecoco, or the original, too much. Because i was doing this really quickly BUT:

i was not lying when i said it was quick.

Essentially, my thoughts here:

Fuecoco and the 2nd stage evo are both standing upright. Final evo should stand upright too. I'm well aware this drawing barely looks like a croc tho. i made it rounder! It doesnt look like theres a lot of straight lines in the mid-evo design. These are definitely 2 things that makes the final evo so jarring - its on all 4s, and its got lots more straight lines. Either the final evo needs to be upright and round, or the mid-evo needs to be a bit less round and less upright.

Apparently the designs on the head of final evo are keys that the little bird friend plays. I've extended the keys all the way down the design, trying to keep that yellow/ purple thing going on. But also trying to make them look a litttllle bit more like the Cheese Slices, so a little more Yellow than they were originally. (bird friend, btw, perfect the way it is)

I decided to make its belly look like a piano. For no reason other than to make it look more themed to music. It already had a white belly, with some black areas? I just changed up how they were arranged. ... Very roughly. My original idea was the back was going to be the piano, but I kinda also wanted to keep the white belly? 2 lots of piano-esque markings might be overkill, but the belly also does kinda need something to make it look interesting?

Other possible thoughts - make the tail curl a bit more like a Scroll of a violin? The F holes also might make interesting markings on the body!

Obviously this took me something like 5 minutes, barely looking at any of what i should have been. But i definitely feel like they could have... gotten the music theme across better? And had better cohesion across all 3 pokemon in the line.

Okay no i have to do it, i have to write a post about Fuecocos leaked evolutions.

This is going to include the pictures.

This whole like just... baffles me. It baffles me to no end.

There isnt really a good image of the mid stage that i can find? So uh... sorry for this garbage but:

And then theres the final evolution. And whatever you thought it might look like, you're probably wrong

Its Fuecoco... in a sombrero? Like, theres veerry little to distinguish it from Fuecoco itself.

(edited to add - apparently it's a bird nest with an egg. It just doesn't really come across as that in these images)

It looks.... nothing like Fuecoco or this Crocalor image? Theyre all fire crocs, sure. But this is a very different fire croc.

The fire bird is definitely a Very Good Idea. But the entire rest of the design is just... baffling to me? You gave it a hat and then you took it away. Its got a lot more straight lines and angular shapes than the very round/ curved Fuecoco and... Crocalor is also looking pretty round/ curved.

Also just generally this final evo fire croc does not vibe with me. Like, how can you make me hate a croc pokemon?? I dont understand.

Yes, pokemons got a precedent for final evos looking pretty different to anything else in the chain (Dratini being one of the most famous examples, though that has a mythological reason for being That Way i believe?)

The best starter comparison I can make is Oshawott to Samurott? But i feel like Samurott looks way more like a final evo for Oshawott than this Fuecoco one does?? It just has an obvious shell motif that carries across all 3 designs.

Fuecoco is 2 VERY similar red crocs, and then one VERY different red croc?? They could have absolutely made these 3 designs feel like a more coherent evolution line, but they didnt.... the final evo doesnt even have the cheese slices on it anymore, yet they feature prominently on the other 2 ):

It also doesnt "feel like a pokemon" to me, but thats generally because you can tell theres New Blood in the art team. Its clearly a different style, and usually that doesnt bother me. I love Yamper a lot as a pokemon, and its definitely in a different style to a lot of the older designs! But something about this just feels... Very Bad Fakemon to me.

Fuecoco went from my second choice starter to "absolutely not"

Oh and also - one final thing to baffle you all.

Its the "singer" pokemon.

Absolutely no part of the design seems to make me think "yes, this is a singer". Or that a crocodile was the best choice for a "singer" pokemon?? It just feels tacked on at a later stage, rather than something they actually considered in the design stage 😣