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managed to finish another decent ish piece so here's narinder's inutial design!! as always probably will change later
we're living by furry laws in this house so "head fur" aka hair is an option and im using it. period. another unpopular(??) choice is giving narinder a fur pattern, and don't get me wrong i love the pure black void nari, but as an artist i enjoy making up details to draw, so i indulged myself here. (but if i ever were to draw comics with him i would simplify it or just make him all-black, because repeating this every frame is a misery. fun for a one-off ref sheet tho)
not a lot of lore stuff for the guy since the idea of the au is still fresh and im figuring it all out, but there're design inspirations under the cut if you're interested!!
sooo lets go
i wanted narinder to have that dramatic sharp featured og cartoon villain look, so i took inspiration from oriental longhairs for the facial structure and from maine coons for fluffy dramatics. also i just love using maine coons as cat references. look at those things. marvellous.
from the very start (pretty much) my brain was consistently giving me images of narinder with hair, specifically dark long-ish straight-ish, so i tried to walk this mental image backwards to find the origins of it, and i think scar and ozai are my best bets. in my first sketches narinder had shoulder length hair with slight waves, but in the end i opted for long and straight. not really a reason to, just was vibing better to me
clothes are pretty standard narinder robes i think. i find it funny that fandom unanimously gave him basically a priest outfit, and i like it too, so i kept it. that red stripe gave me a little bit of a headache though, couldn't get it to look okay and not weird or tacky. i think i managed. i had to contain my urge to design him an intricate outfit with different textiles and embroidery and shit, but i try to keep it at least somewhat tied to logic and the au, and let's say that no-one was willing to do something this elaborate for narinder for quite some time
and some lore crumbs
⢠narinder is declawed (after his defeat that is).
see the narinder's claw relic and the whole do no evil motive. the most evil narinder directly did was the injures he inflicted on his siblings, and he did it by, quoting shamura, "such sharp claws". so yeah, that tracks. funfact i considered taking only one of his claws, from the left ring finger, because the relic is "narinder's claw" singular, but "callamar's ear" relic is also one ear and not two, so it didn't feel kike a good enough basis to take only one claw yk. so sorry big cat, all your claws are now gone
⢠lamb did kill narinder after defeating him. there's nothing on the pic that's tied to that fact, just thought it would be interesting to know
#i forgot the FUCKING VEIL#okay I'll add it later with a reblog i don't have it in me to draw it now#but yk it does exist#with death comes peace au#cotl#cotl narinder#my art
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the yoga pants incident: at 12:42 pm every woman (and any femme presenting people) wearing yoga pants began to swell. Ass expanding. Bellys bulging. FUPAs fattening. Till every single worn pair popped off their owners body. Could you write pieces from those affected and how the world changes from this unprecedented event.
"If I can do 10 more squats, I'll be on the right path to building my ideal booty" A woman said, working up quite the sweat in order to grow her ass that, while decently large, was nowhere near the pleasing size she wanted to achieve.
As the clock changed to 12:42, it felt as if the weight during her squats started to shift continuously, it felt strange and ominous, she was only able to do one more squat before putting the bar down and checking what was happening. "What the- I didn't think these squats would be THIS effective! Now that's what I call a -- booty?? It's still growing?? I'm not even doing anything!" Her surprise became awe, and that rapidly turned into an even bigger shock.
Her ass was rounding out more and more, like she stuffed two beachballs down her hot pink yoga pants. "Fuck, these are too tight, my ass is overflowing from them, why does it feel good..." Her ass cleavage was visible from the top for moments but as she tried pulling her pants down, her strength wasn't enough to counter the sheer growth power of her own ass, bursting the yoga pants completely from the back, causing the remaining cloth to fall down to her knees, which a lot of rags on the floor behind her. If it wasn't for her leg training she probably would have fallen flat on the biggest bubble butt ever. Or...at least that's what she was thinking it was.
She had no idea that this strange incident was affecting others too, in a similar way, but not entirely the same. This woman who was sitting at home, eating some of her favorite food for lunch at her dining table, wearing yoga pants as casual wear while at home, also felt a strange tingle, traveling across her entire lower body. Not just her ass, but her legs started thickening, fattening, especially her thighs. Her hips widened, and she had to stand up or she'd crush the chair she was in, her ass having grown so big that one cheek was enough to fill it. "I'm getting so FAT! IS THIS REAL??" She grabbed her previously barely chubby belly as it swelled up, piling on rolls on top of rolls, before forming into a rounder but still plump shape that she could squeeze and knead like dough. She noticed that a lot of the growth was happening due to her belly having been tucked into those yoga pants. The white yoga pants left little to the imagination, but the sensitivity of her thighs rubbing against one another, the pleasure she got from her belly that she so eagerly groped... Her fupa started swelling too, fattening and only adding to even more pleasure, causing a very noticeable bulge in the front of her overstretched pants. "Oh..MORE...More..." She moaned out as she heard loud RIPPPS as the yoga pants fell apart from the sides, hole after hole forming along the road that connected her ankle and her hip, especially among the thigh region.
Then, her fupa, despite being the last to grow, destroyed the front of her yoga pants, or at least most of it - as well as the area next to her swollen, fattened inner thighs. She immediately got a hand to it, her arm pressed against her belly as it grew - growing enough to burst out of its confinements in a flabby earthquake of wobbles, completely obliterating anything left of the front of her yoga pants into shreds.
Finally, her ass, that even if not as round as the booty of the woman talked about previously was still larger than hers, applied the finishing touch, one final growth spurt tearing to shreds the backside of the poor pants. Unlike the first woman who at least had a coherent part of fabric covering her legs from the knees down, this fatty had destroyed her pants completely. Good thing she was at home. Otherwise it could have been embarrassing to stand bare naked, especially with such a large, noticeable fupa under her huge fat belly, between her soft plump tree trunk thighs...
As embarrassing as the story of a non binary cutie who was jogging outside, with quite the heft to their step, they were also wearing yoga pants, some soft blue ones that were probably a size too large for the lower half they covered, but they didn't mind one bit. Their appearance, with a pretty face, wide hips and a great choice in clothing that many would consider fairly feminine still made people look towards them whenever they went on their runs, but while this beauty had gotten used to it, they would be wishing for no stares when the clock hit that dreaded time.
The jogging was almost stopped to a halt as those legs got heavier, heftier, with even wider hips, so wide that there's no way they'd be fitting through normal narrow doorways now - their flat stomach turning into quite the lower belly too. Not noticing that the stares were from people watching them grow, they kept jogging, and they only noticed it when, despite having headphones, a sound vibrated through their ears - a loud SHRED, followed by a heart sinking, nightmare sight of their entire lower half being naked, anything left of the pants destroyed, their ass clapping behind them, hips having swollen as wide as their arms fully stretched out to the sides. They blushed bright red and continued 'jogging' with a hand on the front until they could hide somewhere and process what had just happened.
The catch was these 3 people were just some of the many affected, and they were all from different continents. The world caught on with how many people shared their stories online, (some showing OFF their gains), revealing that this was something much larger that happened worldwide. The demand for bigger doorways and better quality jeans was higher than ever before. Many countries were able to connect that what these people had in common was the yoga pant usage. Some countries outright banned wearing yoga pants to prevent any more side effects or more expansion to those that hadn't been affected yet.
With a small percentage of the world changing so drastically though, so did the average butt size, hip size, and increased efforts in movements towards body acceptance.
Still, not even scientists were able to explain what went wrong (right?) here. At least not yet.
Maybe they will discover it before workout tops cause a similar incident... <3
#butt expansion#thighs expansion#hyper thighs#hyper hips#weight gain#enby expansion#the yoga pants g incident
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RenRukiWeek day 5: "Love over a Lifetime"
A happy family is the best thing you could have for the rest of your life. đ
#renrukiweek2023#renruki#renji abarai#rukia kuchiki#ichika abarai#bleach fanart#bleach#RenRukiWeek#my art#it's the first piece I finished and also the least one I like...#but what's better than having a family with the one you love#ćăŤă#njiicrocii art
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Zelda goes mushroom girl
#tloz#a link to the past#zelda#link#my art#I was happy with that first one but for some reason decided it still needed a companion piece so I spent way too long on that second one...#I don't think there was any time during the progress where I was happy with it but hfduhdfu at least I got to Attempt drawing moss hell yea#I also at some point sat in Pyu's art stream and said I enjoy drawing legs As I was being murdered by the infamously impossibe (imo) squat.#it's ok I had fun !! but I need to learn how to let doodles be doodles or I'll never finish stuff at this rate dfsuhfd#if everything in my tloz tag looks like it was drawn by different people uuuh 2023 was art crisis year ngl......#I'm falling back into my old ways rn though#anyway I think about these two a lot I think they're both stone faced and awkward ppl in different ways but they try rly hard to be friends#like I like to think it starts out so incredibly awkward and a bit sad bc they keep stepping over each other's toes accidentally the harder#they try but idk they find comfy middle ground idk in my brain they have a very interesting friendship I wanna get around to drawing it#in a proper way that might make sense....#if I don't write 200 tags I will die maybe it's bc I grew up on dA or smth#and yes I know how to find 1 (one) type of mushroom /I/ am not mushroom girl unfortunately smh
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(CW for Suicidal Ideation)
Hinataâs breath was heavy as he landed the final move of their act. The tinny music playing from their speakers went quiet and the audience clapped politely. It was always the same song and dance as the crowd moved on with their day. A few of them tossed some yen their way but otherwise it was time for them to regroup for their next performance. Yuta knelt down by the hat with some coins and bills sticking out of it, counting their earnings thus far.Â
âHey aniki! We might be able to eat well tonight! Thereâs like 3,000 yen in here!â Yuta exclaimed. The idea of a filling dinner made Hinataâs mouth water. Oh what he wouldnât do for even warm noodles not from a cup.Â
Hinata turned to grab the iPod from its place on the speaker, choosing the next song to play. He put the phone back and turned the volume up a little more to play over the evening rush. The music started and he and Yuta moved in unison around their little stage, taking in the crowd. There were some regulars that Hinata recognized, the businesswoman who was perpetually tired but always stopped for their performances and a few kids who looked up at them in awe as their parents were trying to usher them away. There were always new faces too, of course people traveled across the country all the time or took new trains or moved cities, but there was something different about the boy with the bright red hair at the back of the crowd. His sky blue eyes pierced straight through to Hinataâs heart and made him stumble when their gaze connected with his own.Â
âHey, aniki focus! Weâre almost done, don't fail on me now!â Yuta whispered, carefully shielding Hinata from the crowd as he regained his footing. Yuta was always so quick thinking. Hinata got back to his position and finished up the routine, eyes looking for that boy he had spotted earlier. He half hoped the boy would come talk to them afterwards while they were packing up for the evening, but when he finally saw that shock of red hair, it was moving away with the rest of the crowd.Â
Hinata sighed, disappointed. Maybe that boy would come back someday. There was something about him that drew Hinata in.Â
Someone bumped his shoulder, drawing him from his thoughts. âHey, aniki, are you alright? You seem out of it today.â Yutaâs hand rested on his shoulder and Hinata couldnât help but smile. Wasnât it supposed to be the other way around, the older brother checking in on the younger one?Â
âHey hey everythingâs fine Yuta-kun, donât worry about me. I was just thinking about that delicious dinner youâre treating us too~â He playfully pushed back on Yuta, the red haired blue eyed boy all but forgotten now.Â
âHey! Itâs technically our money so Iâm not treating you to anything!â Yuta scowled but the smile in his voice was obvious to Hinata.Â
âHehe, then dinnerâs on me! Say âthank you aniki!ââÂ
---Â
It was a week before Hinata saw the red headed boy in their audience again. He had all but slipped his mind, but those striking blue eyes were impossible to forget. Yuta was introducing their next performance which allowed Hinata to take a better look at the older boy who had made his way to the middle of the audience. He was tall and what Hinata could see of his outfit seemed ill-fitting at best, along with a headband holding his hair away from his eyes.Â
Hinata scrambled to his position as the music queued up and let his instincts take over. Every so often he found himself glancing at the red haired boy, trying to see what he thought of their performance, but his face revealed nothing.Â
Why was he so focused on this one boy? Itâs not like they didnât have strangers who watched them sometimes, and none of them had caught Hinataâs attention quite like this boy. He really couldnât be much older than Hinata, maybe 17 at the oldest. Was he an older brother too? The boyâs eyes made contact with Hinataâs and it took everything in him to not look away.Â
Once again however, Yuta snapped him out of whatever trance he had been in and everything was forgotten.Â
âAre you really okay aniki? Youâve been out of it a lot recentlyâŚâ Oh how it pained Hinata to see the concern on Yutaâs face. Nothing was even really wrong per se, but Hinata was distracted nonetheless.Â
âIâm fine, Yuta-kun. Geez, canât your older brother have some peace?â His mouth ran faster than his brain and he immediately regretted it. Yutaâs face flipped through several emotions; hurt, confusion, exhaustion. It wasnât like him to hide things from his brother, so why was he doing it now? âWhatever, letâs get some dinner. My treat~âÂ
âItâs our money!âÂ
---Â
The boy continued to make appearances at the twinsâ performances on the street, becoming something of a regular but disappearing before Hinata could flag him down. Hinata wasnât even sure what compelled him to want to talk to the older boy, but he wanted to say something. He had even noticed that the boy seemed happier and his clothes fit a little better, not like they were just the first thing he grabbed out of a donation pile.Â
Finally, after almost a month of trying to say something to the boy, Hinata saw him walk up to their hat on the ground and drop a few coins into it.Â
âThank you!â He said, walking up to the boy. âHope you enjoyed the performance!âÂ
The boy froze as if he wasnât expecting to be greeted like that. There was a slight flush to his face. âI-itâs nothing, donât worry about it. You uhâŚyou were great?â The boy seemed unsure of how to reply, though Hinata was happy with the compliment nonetheless. MaybeâŚÂ
âWhat brings you here? I mean--agh, sorry! I just meanâŚI noticed you donât have a regular schedule?â The words were practically falling out of his mouth and Hinata wasnât really sure what they were doing. âLike you show up a few days in a row but then go three weeks without stopping by at all!â He was just digging a bigger grave for himself! Great!Â
âAh uhmâŚIâm not from around here.â The boy scratched at the back of his neck. Maybe Hinata should back off.Â
âO-oh, yeah of course. Duh. Are you visiting family or something?âÂ
âNot quite. I really should get going though. See youâŚlater?âÂ
âYeah, see you later.âÂ
âHey Aniki, are you coming or not? The foodâs gonna get cold!âÂ
âComing!âÂ
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It was almost a month before the boy appeared again. In the time between, Hinata had come up with a million different ideas for what his life was like. Was he a delinquent who skipped school to hang out on the street with gangs (how scary! But he looked strong enough to fit in)? Or was he a runaway from a city far away, somewhere Hinata only dreamed of visiting like Okinawa? Maybe he had a bad relationship with his dad and ran away, a thought that Hinata hated to admit had crossed his mind more than once. Or maybe he just passed through the city on the way to somewhere else. That seemed to be the most likely option, especially if he couldnât come very often.Â
When the boy did finally show up again, Hinata had to hold himself back from practically jumping him after the performance. Something lookedâŚdifferent about him though. His eyes seemed more tired? Like he hadnât been sleeping well. Hinata thought of a fight he had with his dad a few weeks ago that made it hard for him to sleep and thought maybe this boy was the same as him in that regard.Â
Hinata decided to wave him down after the performance, hat in hand (they had done pretty well! It felt heavier than normal and even without counting everything, theyâd probably have enough for breakfast too).Â
âHey! You look tired, are you--did you want to get something to eat?â Please say yes please say yes please say yes--
The boyâs mouth opened, then closed, then opened again. Did Hinata mess up? Oh he overstepped and now there really wasnât any chance of getting to know him. Why was he so interested in talking to the boy anyway? Hinata had been asking himself that for a while now and he still had no answer.Â
âIâŚI canât. I need to go.â The boy turned and ran off before Hinata could ask more. He just kept messing up, didnât he? Maybe he really was just a burden to Yuta and their dad and the restaurant owner. He shouldnât have been born and Yuta wouldâve been better off--
âAniki! Sheesh, get your head out of the clouds. How much did we make?â Yuta grabbed the hat out of Hinataâs hand and quickly counted out the coins and bills. âWoah! We could eat a whole five course meal with thisâŚâÂ
âThink with your head a little Yuta-kun. Weâve got breakfast paid for if we donât blow it all tonight!âÂ
Yuta nodded before handing the hat back to Hinata. âSo, my pick tonight?âÂ
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Hinata signed the note, trying his best to keep the tears from dripping on it and smudging the ink. After his blunder with the red haired boy, he hadnât shown up to their performances for over two months. Hinata was certain that he had messed up and was too forward. He didnât even know the kidâs name! Why did he think the two of them could ever be friends?Â
And on top of all of that, Yuta had become more and more distant from Hinata, as if Hinata just existing was dragging him back from his full potential. Yuta would have been better off as an only child and maybe Hinata deserved this life. Thirteen years living with their father, who had treated them as nothing but monsters, blaming them for their motherâs death and everything bad that had happened since, Hinata had resolved to run away. Heâd make his way to the mountains and maybe heâd find someone willing to help him or maybe heâd slip into an endless sleep.Â
Dear Yuta-kun, the letter had started. Iâm sorry that Iâm leaving like this, but I know that Iâm just a burden to you. Iâm sorry for that. I wish I had more to say but I just want you to be happy and maybe father will treat you better without me. I love you.Â
The other letter, already folded and placed on the table, was much shorter, addressed to his father.Â
Dear Father, Iâm sorry I couldnât be a better son. Please donât take this out on Yuta-kun, it was my decision.Â
The less words he spent on that man, the better. Hinata folded Yutaâs note and placed it on top before quietly exiting through the front door.Â
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Everything was cold. Hinata slumped against a tree, head between his knees in a last ditch effort to keep warm. Sleep should come soon and he could painlessly move on, at least thatâs what he hoped. He barely registered someone approaching him, but didnât look up.Â
âHey.â The voice was vaguely familiar, but where did he remember it from? A warm hand shook at Hinataâs shoulder.Â
ââM fine.â The words were barely a whisper. The other voice grunted before walking away. It was another minute before Hinata felt something drape around his shoulders and a cup shoved in his hand. Whatever was in it was steaming, warming his fingers.Â
âDrink.â The voice said. And he did, the tea was very, very bitter. That voiceâŚÂ
Hinata looked up, meeting a pair of bright, sky blue eyes. Thatâs where he recognized the voice from. Did heâŚlive? In the mountains? The boy seemed to recognize him too. He was wearing a headband and what looked like very warm clothes that Hinata wished he had. Hinata finished the tea, trying not to focus on the flavor. It helped at least, in warming him up a bit.Â
âWhy are you here?â The boy finally spoke again. It sounded like he was unsure if he should be mad or concerned, or both, but he offered Hinata another cup of tea, which he accepted if only to warm his fingers up. He pulled the blanket closer around his body.Â
âIâŚran away.â Hinata looked downward, as if admitting this out loud was a cardinal sin. The boy gestured for him to continue. âI guess I justâŚI was dragging my brother down. Iâm not really talented at anything like he is and Iâm the reason our dad sees us as monsters. He shouldnât have to deal with a brother like me.â Hinata wasnât really sure why he was spilling this so easily. The boy was a good listener though, hanging on every word Hinata spoke. Was he shaking? Heâd never admitted this out loud before and it felt oddly freeing to say it to someone.Â
He waited for a response, anything to chase away the uncomfortable silence Hinata had created with his confession. He really fucked up, didnât he. He should have just kept that to himself like he always did instead of burdening a stranger like this!Â
âIâŚâ The boy started, barely audible above Hinataâs racing heartbeat. âIâm glad youâre alive.â He sounded unsure of his words. Was he just trying to be nice? Of course he was, how else do you respond to a kid telling you something like this?Â
âYou donât have to pretend.âÂ
âIâm not. When I saw you singing and dancingâŚI think I realized something--â The boy cut himself off, the suddenness of it making Hinata look up. A moment later he heard his brother calling out from the woods behind him.Â
âAniki! There you are!â Yuta tackled him to the ground, squeezing Hinata like he might just blow away in the wind if they werenât careful. âYou scared me! I canât believe youâd do something like that!âÂ
Tears pricked at Hinataâs eyes again. âIâm sorry, Yuta-kun. Iâm really sorry.â He buried his face in Yutaâs jacket. His nose started to run, from the cold or the tears he couldnât tell.Â
âYou arenât a burden to me. I donât know what Iâd do without you around Aniki!â Yuta pulled back, hands gripping Hinataâs shoulders. âPromise you wonât do something that stupid again.âÂ
Hinata wiped the tears from his eyes, sparing a glance where the boy had been. It was as if he had never been there at all and Hinata had just hallucinated the whole interaction. He looked back at his twin brother. âI promise.âÂ
âNow let's get you home and warmed up. Whereâd you get this blanket anyway? It doesnât look like one of ours.âÂ
âIâŚâ The boy had been real, and he told Hinata he was glad he was alive (even if his explanation was cut short by Hinataâs brother rushing in). âI guess I just found it. There must be people living nearby or something.âÂ
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The chatter of the night club died down for the night as everyone was getting ready to go home. Hinataâs feet were sore from running around, but it was satisfying to be back in a restaurant like this. It reminded him of his childhood working for the Chinese restaurant with Yuta.Â
Rinne, the leader of Crazy:B who had wanted to get closer to Hinata, and by extension 2wink, slid a drink down the bar. It looked like a horrible mix of syrups and club soda, but one sip was all it took for Hinata to drink it all down.Â
âGreat job tonight Hina! Youâre a real natural at this stuff.â Rinne was washing the other glasses behind the bar now as Hinata finished the rest of his soda.Â
âYuta-kun and I used to work in a restaurant so it comes pretty naturally to us!âÂ
âThat so?âÂ
âMhm!â Hinata slid the empty glass back to Rinne, who quickly dumped the ice and washed it before tossing the towel over his shoulder. The entire week theyâd been working the club together, there had been something bugging Hinata at the back of his mind. âHey, Rinne-senpaiâŚdid you ever watch our shows?âÂ
âHuh? âCourse I have, vice prez wants us to work together so Iâve seen a few of âem.âÂ
âThatâs not what I mean. I mean likeâŚback when Yuta-kun and I did street performances.âÂ
Rinne paused for a moment. âWhyâre you askinâ?âÂ
âOh, itâs nothing. You just reminded me of someone who used to watch them.âÂ
âWell Iâm sure whoever it was is proud to see you singinâ and dancinâ on stage.â Rinne had come around the bar and stood next to Hinata, ruffling his hair. âLetâs get goinâ or Iâm never gonna hear the end of it from Niki-kun.âÂ
#shay writes#enstars#ensemble stars#hinata aoi#yuta aoi#rinne amagi#OKAY ITS DONE I'M NOT THINKING ABOUT THIS PIECE ANYMORE. FUCK MAN#its at least finally no longer a wip. that's all i can say#got one person who said they liked it so to the blog it goes!!!#one less wip to worry about yippie!!!#2.8k words of me being a bit silly. that's what this is.#i probably could have extended the end a bit but augh if i thought about it any longer i would literally pass away#fuck that shit#so here we go. enjoy. i have a whole essay about aoi and amagi parallels i need to write one of these days when i reread mainstory#i'm working on reading boarding live rn i have like 9 chapters left. i'd keep working rn but augh eepy#probably just gonna watch an ep of a3 and go to bed or smth#anyway enjoy!!!! feels good to finish something a bit longer#probably no wip wednesday tomorrow just bc this is all i worked on this week...#also this is a second draft i never do that. well not never i've done it before#and this is i think a significant improvement on the first#okay i'm done tag talking for realsies byeeeeeee enjoy
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This collab I joined like eight months ago that I didnât really enjoy being in finally got posted today but for some reason only on twitter and I donât go there so I canât even see the whole thing :/
#I had. so many quarrels with it.#first of all instead of staying in mutual groups like it was supposed to the collab somehow blew up and got eighty people participating#and THEN youâd think since so many people were there everyone would have like one part right? like what we originally agreed to do with#seven people?#WRONG!!!! I got three parts plus a background without getting consulted about it#and then when I tried to make friends in the discord with all the other artists#at least seven people online at the time were raging mysoginists#telling me no women in this series can be anything except perfect dainty little princesses#except for one woman who was allowed to do a little evil bc she was associated with a MAN#who ACTUALLY wouldnât be evil#and when I said thatâs not accurate to the actual story everyone started crying and saying I offended them#bc âthey thought really hard about this!!â stfu you piece of shit#and then everyone in the discord sexualised the fuck out of my fave character who. also happened to be the one I was drawing.#so I got too grossed out to finish my part and ignored the disc for several months#and the host never thought once to tag everyone for check in until a week before the deadline#so I dropped all but one of my parts (the one I had mostly finished when I got grossed out)#and finished that and didnât touch the disc again for the sake of my own mental health#but it finally got posted and I canât even see it I only have my groups picture#but whatever. I didnât like anyone there anyway at least I can leave the disc without feeling guilty now#inkbagel speaks
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Death comes... dressed in leather!!
Remake of the comic cover art
#bulletproof bandits#oc: the gang's all here#this is my masterpiece. for at least the next month or so#also one of the pieces that took me the longest to complete. i worked on this for 4 days#when i usually finish in a day or two max#it's still not perfect but at least it's not as bad as the first version that was bothering me so much#like this is really good i think#i dont know. i'll probably remake this in a year or so and say that this version is actually shit but for right now i love it#anyway here it is on a separate post that's not the pinned
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love that the tailoring study i gave as second choice has like a thing saying which skills you need one of which being like knowledge of trends...... like yeaaaaaaah i dont fucking know the trends because 1 ive not been among people that arent my family in months 2 fashion moves so fucking quick nowadays and fucking 3 im not interested in trends and therefore i dont seek them out
#like man my social media is mainly this site plus youtube#im only getting waht i want which is fashion at least a hundred years out of date#which is what got me interested in sewing and tailoring in the first place#i dont want to do this and make trendy things#i wanna do this because i think its interesting#i want to explore the past#make pieces of art#and perhaps ill finish this studie instead of just doing it as a fill up for the next year#also because from my perspective getting into it because this could be something i want to do theatrically#the clothing of characters#or like entire shows#very interesting#like combining all the factors and based on that making a decision#like i dont want to do sewing and tailoring while making mostly pieces for trends#thats the opposite of what i want#the only trends i would be interested in are the mechanical ones#eventho the older machines seem fucking lovely and interesting and i would love to mainly work on those
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Can't believe I spent so much time thinking kiku and kinemon were dead... they really got me there...
#damn izo...... can we get back to that i do not care that much about raizo and this guy...#AND WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND THE WORLD??? damn the reverie..... and sabo#talking tag#watching one piece#episode 1063#also the thing i said episodes ago about kaido being luffys foil because he loves fighting and they smile all the time... and then we get#king saying he thinks he is joyboy bc he saved him.... but the difference of those new worlds they imagine and how kaido wants to die and#luffy the complete opposite.... yeah yeah#toko..... and this swordmaker man just adopting little girls... he is the father that stepped up (multipile times)#kaido just having a drink.... he is just having some fun... fighting and drinking... average friday night for him... thats his love language#it is his love language... he said he just accepted him aldjsks i was just saying shit... see he is just having some fun witj his peer#luffy was so confused with all this he got hit akdhsks first person ever to bamboozle him.....#drunk kadio is so fun to watch.... crying about his son escaping and how everything goes wrong ajdkskskk#his impulsivity and like unpredictability just make him better while drunk akdhsksjk luffy should try shrooms if thats what he prefers....#what devil fruit???? also get robin's name out of your mouth!!!!!! OH ZOU!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE#IT'S LUFFYS DEVIL FRUIT.... WHICH HAS ANOTHER NAME....... WONDER WHY HMMM...đ¤đ¤#also kaido saying luffy likes him too much.... that's another secret fruit JAHSJAHA#episode 1064#zoro just bleeding out on the floor... nvm he died... well... there are other swordsmen.... this looks like an impressionist film#zoro doesnt get it... he is powerless against death....#IZO NOOO!!!! HE GOT STABBED!!! jesus.... MARCO HELP!!! MARCOOOO WHAT IS HE DOING#THE FUCKING CP0 NO!!! WHAT??? well i respect that decision... leave him alone get a job etc. NOOOOO YOU WON'T WIN!!!#do not make a deal with them either... izo.....#love how traffy and kid have each one (1) woman on their crew. its not ooking good on the diversity office#mugiwara no chibi.... exacty..... also how is big mom tired... i mean i get it but damn.... LAW GOT HER!!! YEAAHHH!!! FINISH HER!!!#law needs to cut her to pieces like he did with that guy.... come on.... punk corna DIO??? omg its a bull.... BUT IMPALE HER!!!#well i see progress now at least.... but until kid magnetos her ass idk... law needs to start cutting also.......#episode 1065
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me: ok Charleshawk on the brain gonna write a bunch of stuff for them
a Houlihawk idea winding up to blindside me at work:
#mash#fic bitching#I DONT. KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM BUT I HAVE TO WRITE IT NOW#the funny thing is im not even hugely into Houlihawk as a ship#I like it fine I have nothing against it I just really like them as friends#a relationship between them would be very cute and good I just dont think about it much#ive mostly thought about it in the sense of like#I think they go 'hey if we're not married by x age we should just marry each other'#but now I need to write this thing cause its very sweet and also kind of sad#I need to finish at least one (1) Charleshawk piece first tho#because again. Charleshawk brainrot strong
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I have made
the rough
of an improv card game
#It's late and I'm feeling impulsive it's fine#My subconsious offered a story-driven randomized roleplay game in a dream last night#The dream version was obviously fancier but for a rough draft it is cute as fuck#Made with two pieces of paper (I just realized I can make more cards from the scrap of one of them heeheehoohoo)#I've made the board and 12 cards as the starter pack and they're all adorable#The board is just a simple L-shaped grid with seven spaces - the dream version had something close to double that#I think making it modular/with expansions similar to card packs (lol) would make it infinitely replayable and expandable#Not that a longer game with more players would necessarily be more fun but it's still something you could do! Lol#Recommended number of players on the current model is 3+ with one of the players acting as the GM#The full version is also 3+ but with a little more wiggle room for early game - I think it could comfortably host 5+ including the GM?#Anyway the plot is a whodunit where the third player (including the GM) plays as the murderer - their goal is to get away with the murder#While the other players' goal is to find out who did it and why and then apprehend the criminal#It's not as set in stone as Clue - like there's no murder weapons or necessary locations - all that part is improv#The cards are all either Character or Location cards - Characters are easy to understand archetypes that the player has to embody#But depending on the order players draw cards determines what role they play in the story - so say they pull the Mad Scientist card#If they pull first then the Mad Scientist is the host of the party that the murder occurs at - if they pull second then the Scientist dies#And so on#So anyway I finished all the art for the Characters (9) and Locations (3) and they're all adorable I love them#I tried to make most of them gender neutral or at least open to interpretation but a couple of them lean a bit more one way#It'd be silly but the idea of special edition cards with alternate art to lessen the disappointment of getting a double sounds fun haha#Anyway - I'm gonna see if I can playtest it tomorrow :)
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Prior to sending the ask I was just guessing what matrophobia meant based on the root words but I looked it up after and went ohhhh and then you confirmed that extra dimension to it and I went OHHHHH
I think that gets to the heart of what I've been thinking about, that bittersweetness, because despite his best efforts... of course he could never end up anything like Yoko, but he still ended up with an abusive "household." Because in addition to Masato ending up how he did, he has to see those same situations play out, feel that same tension in the air between Jo and Ichi, over and over for almost a decade straight.
Like, in a way, he's forced to put himself in Toshio's shoes when that happens. He can't really get through to Jo, in the same way Toshio can't get through to Yoko, but he can try to step in before lasting damage is done, and he can try to make it bearable for his son. You know. Have a nice talk. Treat him to Peking duck. I'm SO normal about the (drawn-out) parallels of those scenes
So then with Jo... he kind of does become his father, even if he never wanted to (no one wants to), both through his ruinous neglect of Masato at birth and through how he comes to look at discipline and corporal punishment. I'm sure it's not lost on him in Masato's case (owww), but with Ichi, it's not like he has any reason to see him as his son... But How Far Can That Take You.
Because it's like, at the start, he was openly beating Ichi in front of Arakawa and not letting up much when Arakawa intervened. But then you have The Yubitsume Scene and Arakawa walking in on All That and... he looks sorry. Sorry for being caught, probably, but sorry nonetheless. Like... what changed between then and now... have you two had a Heartfelt Conversation... do you know where Arakawa got that scar... are you unable to change your "nature" even then...
Side note bro your SHOE is the size of his TORSO I promise you do not need to kick him with all the strength you've got like what the hell is this đđđ
BUT ALL THAT ASIDE thank you so much for delving into the symbolism! Wonderful read. I don't really have an eye for symbolism, so that makes it all the more enjoyable to revisit the comic and everything with what you've gone into. I think a lot of your experiences resonate with mine, so conversely I'm not sure what others would take away from it, BUT I think there's enough there that's so insightful and evocative that it's effective without personal experience. I don't think there's anything I could add, so. Yeah. For once I am happy to sit back and take it all in... On that note, definitely looking forward to your next comic!
AUUUGH YEAAAH YEAHEYA HYEAH THAT EXACTLY OUUUGH OWIEE OWW.....
that's literally it though. like no extra notes. except The Obligatory Few i dont think it was an accident that arakawa is set up as the beginning of the game's 'protagonist' and planting that 'troubled family' taste first thing in our mind. i remember how i felt when i first saw arakawa walk in on jo and ichi and then arakawa taking ichi out for dinner i was just likeđ§ââď¸Girl No The Cycle.... It's Continuing...... //screams// LIKE UGH IT WAS SO GOOD BUT ALSO OWWW STOPPP and then on the REPLAY it just hurts more cause with the added context to jo's character its like Oh No...... You're Your Father's Son....
and youre right: jo doesn't have an implicit reason to see how he treats ichi is wrong, hence he similarly doesnt have any reason to stop- not unless arakawa intervenes of course (and i will stand outside my window thinking of the possibility arakawa ever did try to have A Conversation with jo... arms folded behind my back and all like Manâ˘ď¸....)
oh but yeah, absolutely no problem ! im lowkey of an egotist so i do like to talk bout the stuff i make. More In Depth (though thats obvious considering the fuckin essays in the tags i always leave â ď¸â ď¸) gerjlgaELKjg. so i was happy to explain âŞ(´â˝ď˝) !! what i like about symbolism is that it can be intentional or not, and the fun is always finding it just by chance. i cant explain it properly, but i just think its a neat 'seasoning' of sorts to drawings (â´âĄ`â)
#long post#snap chats#everyone in rgg got flipper shoes i stg tho like evey time i look at everyones renders i gotta point it out to myself đ#speaking of. The Cycle. and Personal Experiences. arakawa walkin in on jo and ichi esp hits cause thats def a thing thats happened to mysel#its insane how one woman terrorizes my whole family but no cause i remember my mom would tear me a new one. Metaphorically#or she'd be pissed at my sis and i and my sis would just take us out for lunch and we'd talk bout it#Unsurprisingly my dad would do that for me growin up and he was there#i used to visit him on weekends when he lived nearby and those were my Peking Duck dinners in a sense#he'd just do his best to make sure i felt at home and making sure. i was cared for for once LMAO#so yeah to see that repeat in my family with my sister taking the role of my dad its like ow...#OH YEAH NO ITS BEEN A HOT YEAR SINCE I SAID HOW HARD IT WAS FOR ME TO GET THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF Y7 HUH#it hurts a lot to watch masumi's backstory since it's EXTREMELY personal and hits too close to home but i watch it anyway đĽ´#probably the first and only time a piece of media can actually 'trigger' me that badly i guess. how lame#i think ive updated my villain origin story enough tho. im sorry you also had a shit mom If Im Assuming Right#i wish it was easy to deal with bad parents but. well. if it was we wouldnt have them amiright#the best i can do is vent how i feel and at least try to have people in similar situations as me feel. understood. as corny as that sounds#its a little heinous to say Im Glad Our Experiences Are Similar cause id never wish my experiences on anyone else#but i guess i mean to say im glad we can understand each other in that regard#on a semi-better note. please dont hope for the comic anytime soon i only just finished sketching set pieces ( ´âĄ` ;;;)#I GOT DISTRACTED AGAAAINNNNN also its very cold and i dont work well in the cold. s'cause my fingers get all stiff EW#but i WILL have this one done i have too many abandoned projects i aint abandoning another one#with that in mind its funny you mention arakawas scar cause i did have a tiny baby thing in mind with it#nothing sad or serious this time just somethin cute even. if THAT ever happens we'll see it but yeah. just another funny case of Timing#alright bye bye for now i should work on this. after i answer your second ask HANG ON ILL SEE YOU THERE--
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I am once again accidentally spending too much time on a mohgmiq piece that was supposed to be a break from the Big One, which I guess it still is but why did I spend so much time on the sacred spear
#miq is looking very saint-like im happy about that#i really need to work on my big piece though im excited just also intimidated#coloring is the most intimidating part for me......#at least im out of balcony hell probably#can u believe illustrating a balcony scene means i have to draw a balcony#anyway. i will finish this up first then back to the big one#undoubtedly more small stuff in between cause i got to keep myself fed
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this is your periodic reminder that for all the artifacts and errors and "tells" one could possibly list, the only reliable way to actually determine if an image is ai generated is to investigate the source. it is becoming increasingly common for "fake classical paintings" to circulate around curative aesthetic blogs, and everyone should be using this as an opportunity to not only exercise their investigative skills but also appreciate art more in general. you're all checking out the artists you reblog, right? đŤŁ
so what are some signs to look for? let's use this very good example.
what a lovely late-impressionist piece blended with evocative leyendecker-esque themes! why haven't you ever heard of this artist before? surely tumblr would be all over an artist like this. who is justin brown?
your two options from here are to do a search for the name, or a reverse image search. i prefer reverse image searching, particularly when it comes to a common name like "justin brown". so what does that net?
Immediately, without looking at any text, something is wrong: it barely exists. an actual historical piece would turn up numerous results from websites individually discussing the piece, but no such discussions are taking place. Looking at the text, though, does show the source-- and at least in this case, the creator was honest about their medium.
But let's also look at the "exact matches", in case a source doesn't make itself apparent in the initial sidebar results like this.
This section will often tell you post dates of images, and here it can be seen that the very first iteration of the image was posted 15 days ago. It did not exist online prior to that.
Seeing how long an unsourced image has been floating around is a skill applicable to more than just generative images! See a cool image of an artifact or other intriguing item with a vivid caption? Reverse search it! If all the results are paired with that caption and only go back a few months, you might just have viral facebook spam.
Sometimes generative creators are dishonest about their medium and do not tag it like in the example, so that's when establishing "jpeg provenance" becomes important. While it can be a little trickier to determine if someone is using generative images and not admitting to it if they aren't trying to pass it off as a classic, something to consider is the age of their account and the frequency with which they post. Here are some account red flags:
-Did they only start posting art after 2022, or if they did before, did their style/skill level WILDLY change? Not gradual improvement-- I'm talking amateur graphite portraits straight into complex digital renders. Everyone starts somewhere, newness is not a red flag alone; it's newness combined with existing in a vacuum away from any community.
-Do they post fully-finished paintings several times a week? -Do many of these paintings seem iterative of a similar theme or subject matter ("three well-dressed young men face each other under shade and dappled sunlight")?
-Does their style change in inconsistent ways? An artist that can swap between painting like Drew Struzan and Hokusai should be pretty well known, right? Why is no one hyping this guy?!
-Do they have social media besides the source instagram? If so, what are they posting about? Are there any WIPs? Doodles? Interactions with other artists? Gallery dates? 3am self-doubt posts? Or is it all self-promo? Crypto? Seemingly nothing art-related at all for someone pushing out 3 weekly paintings?
Basically, if it's important to you to omit this stuff when you curate, please don't just smash reblog if the source doesn't seem to be the OP themselves. Seeking out sources was important even before this became an issue, now it is more than ever.
peace n love
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i had to make a solution for this for myself, mostly because of depression, but it makes a nice How To for folks who are low on spoons or could use some help in the kitchen.
Fortunately i was a professional cook for over a decade. UNfortunately the first post i made explaining it was suuuuper long. Let's see if i can do better
So you select any protein that you can cook in a frying pan -- chicken breasts, ground beef, pork chops, sausages, steak, chicken thighs, whatever. You also select one or two types of veggie (mushrooms or tubers also work, i just did this with potatoes and carrots for dinner tonight).
[i like cooking for vegetarians, but this is how i cook for myself when i'm low on spoons - perhaps i'll do another post for meatless meals]
You'll also need some kind of oil, and a sauce or two of your choice in a bottle. All cooking gear is a large frying pan with lid (i prefer non-stick) a spatula, a cutting board, and a knife.
You cut the veggies into bite size pieces, cut up enough for two meals. One kind of veggie is fine, or you can do mix two or three
Put frying pan on medium heat with a little oil. Tubers or mushrooms or go in the pan a few minutes before the protein. 2 portions of the protein goes in the pan, about 5 minutes with lid (don't worry you can still get a good sear on both sides)
Now flip your protein if it's flip-able and add normal veggies, put the lid back on another five-ish minutes.
Take your protein out and put it with one portion of the veggies in a microwave safe container. That's going to be your lunch tomorrow. Put the other portion of protein on a plate to rest (you have to let a cooked protein sit a couple minutes before you serve it or when you cut into it all the juices run out and it goes dry - the liquids thicken as it cools, preventing this drying out if you let it rest, the goal is to serve it very warm but not hot hot)
While it's resting, pour some sauce from your bottle in the pan with the rest of the veggies and turn up the heat. A single sauce/bottle is fine, i like to get fancy and mix a couple. Two examples of personal favorite mixes are 1: bbq sauce and a hot sauce like sriracha 2: roughly equal parts low sodium soy sauce and worcestershire (makes something similar to a teriyaki sauce) A swallow of wine is almost always a great option if you want to add that to your sauce too, just add it to the pan before the other sauces so the alcohol has time to burn off.
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Here is the important bit. While your veggies are finishing, wash your cutting board and chef knife. Then when you dump your veggies and sauce over your protein on the plate, while it is still too hot to eat, you wash your frying pan and spatula before you eat. Now the only dishes you have left to do are your plate and fork. Maybe a steak knife.
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The whole thing takes about 35 minutes even with washing the dishes, and that includes your lunch for the next day- just pour a different sauce on and stick it in the microwave for a couple minutes (or five minutes back in the frying pan) and you have a full healthy lunch with a different flavor
You can use this technique every single meal and it yields hundreds of combinations, from pork and potatoes bbq, to salmon and broccoli teriyaki, to chicken and zucchini in a soy glaze.
It will keep you down to less than an hour of kitchen time per day total for both lunch and dinner including all dish clean up, uses the least dishes, the least effort, requires the least technique, and is, depending on what you pick out, very affordable
here are a couple more examples from this month; i didnât take pictures of the salmon i did recently, but you get the idea
it's not super fancy, but it is easy, affordable, quick, and any flavors you want. Hope this helps some folks
Happy Cooking!
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Itâs rereading my own unfinished fic oâclock and damn I still enjoy these whereâs the rest?
#I actually wanted to write but I first had to call my mum and that took a bit longer than expected#so I didnât have time to get both back in the setting and write stuff#but I wanna read the full story it was pretty good#like I wasnât reading it and constantly cringing because of bad choices in the writing#I was invested#thereâs a solid 3 good scenes there#I should really at least finish the Viridinem fic and the Ristridin/Isadoro fic#that last one is on the one hand easier because of the writing style I decided upon#but on the other hand I never figured out where to end it#the viridinem fic does have a complete draft but it really needed a second draft thatâs only half done#the story I was most invested in is a piece set in my Isadoro pretends to be a guy au#so that will never be posted/finished#also because it is extremely self indulgent itâs really not okay#it did have a pretty good Tiuri/Viridian scene though#I should finish the other two though for real#I want to contribute to the letter for the king fic#itâs rough out there#i made an original post#part time writeblr#the letter for the king#in the tags at least#actually all my docs are mostly based on secrets of the wild wood but thatâs a detail
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