#more realisticly

[glompcat]

Reading another romance novel set in NYC where the author seemed to forget that just because something isn’t advertised towards tourists doesn’t mean it isn’t something that exists and is popular with people who actually live here.

[underdressedgoth]

Radioapple is one of my most favorite ships because Alastor and Lucifer have such strong divorced parents energy.

They both act like they're bitter about the divorce that you can't tell who divorced who.

[sputnickle]

i cant pick one . smiles grinsly

[kamorth]

Youtube's algorithm has given up on me.

The computer generated playlist I've got going right now can't decide between Kiwi reggae, 80s power ballads, Mongolian throat singing, and Ecuadorian death metal.

I feel like I just unlocked one of those hidden achievements... "confuse an algorithm so much that it can't decide if it should be selling you 4C wigs or Nascar parts or pan flutes or parachutes"

[kefnut-the-gweilologist]

hm

[mekatrio]

yeahhh i wasnt tripping, they made miles' hair more coily (is that even a word) in the movie compared to the trailers. i was confused why his hair looked different in the different pics i was referencing from, but guess i know why thats the case now

[charliedrawscats]

Went from being a badass enby to just a simple sad-boy

[hansoeii]

Hello! Hope you're having a great day/night! I absolutely adore your art, you are one of my favourite artists. I love the way you shade and do backrounds. Also everytime I get into a new show I immediately see your art for it??

I was wondering if you had any advice on drawing more realistically (backrounds, anatomy etc) but still keeping a style?

Hey hey!

Thank you so much!

I have a pretty good understanding of facial structures, because before I got into drawing more semi-realisticly, I heavily focused on realistic portraits. Here are some example, these are from around 2019!

(yes, I was really into danmei and kpop back then, haha)

I just always loved drawing/painting faces and it was all I did. But at some point I realized that I wanted to do more than that because just portraits felt super restricting. So it took me around 2-3 years to somewhat find my style. Thought it would be fun to show a little timeline! Advice will follow afterwards :)

2020

I began working on my OCs in 2020 and since I didn't have an exact reference to work off of, I struggled a lot. My art from this year is super wonky.

2021

Still wonky, but the Lokius obsession was the jumpstart into finding my style! My work from this year is all over the place haha, I was experimenting a lot.

2022

This first ofmd piece is pretty much the first drawing where you can see where my style is gonna go, which I think is pretty cool! This is the year I made the biggest progress cos I was drawing SO much. These two pieces are only six months apart. The one on the right was the first time I gave drawing a background a proper go, too! It was a good year.

2023

And this is where I am now! I'm still constantly learning and improving, but I'd say I have a style you can recognize now!

Now here comes some actual advice, haha:

What I highly recommend you to do is to study your favorite artists as much as you can! I have like 5 A4 sketchbooks all from 2020 that I filled with sooooo many studies, where basically all I did was look at artists I like and copy how they draw stuff, to try and figure out how to stylize certain things. Some of my favorite artists are Ami Thompson, Velinxi and TB Choi. But I also liked to just scroll through pinterest and study all the art I came across that I liked! For example, if I saw a really great drawing of a pair of pants I would copy it many times in my sketchbook and try to learn how they stylized the folds. Doing this for a prolongued period of time will naturally improve your own work! It'll be difficult at first, but you gotta push through, it's gonna be worth it!

I also highly recommend studying unique faces to try and avoid the same-face syndrome. Find some cool looking people and try to draw them as simple as you can! Maybe even draw a little timeline where you first draw them as cartoon-y as you can, and keep going until you end up with a more detailed, realistic drawing. Maybe in the middle of it you find a step that feels the most fun to you, so you can try to build on that! It's a great way to figure out what kind of style might be the best for you.

Here are some cool faces I found on pinterest!

I have a pinterest board with many more!

One REALLY important part of learning how to draw all kinds of things is to understand forms and shapes and how to manipulate them. I have so many pages in my sketchbook filled with just shapes that I drew from all kinds of angles without any references.

This is a great video on it:

6 Ways to Draw Anything by Proko

Learning how to do this is so crucial! Young artists often think they first have to learn all kinds of detailed anatomy before doing anything else, but all that's gonna do is make you tired and hate drawing. Shapes are where it's at! Once you understand how shapes work and which ones to use for certain parts of bodies or objects, drawing is gonna get so much easier! Once you understand them, you can get into details such as muscles and bones!

And honestly the most important point is to just absolutely love what you're doing! I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for the fact that I get extreme hyperfixations on certain media that turn me into some kind of beast where I can suddenly draw 10 detailed illustrations a week, haha. Just be passionate about what you do, find something you REALLY love and go crazy!

I really hope this was somewhat helpful! My inbox is always open if there's any more questions :)

[mysticcroissant]

What would happen if Bill Cipher tried to possess Eztli?

More realisticly there is no way this would happen but whatever I like it :]

[never-ending-pizza-time]

I think some people forget that peppino can be kind of a jerk. He's not your perfect awkward nervous guy who can do no wrong, he is not perfect, but that doesn't make him a bad guy. He has flaws, because thats a normal human thing to have.

Sometimes he gets angry and a bit mean, sometimes he takes joy in beating the shit out of the tower residents, sometimes he gets selfish or says something mean to someone. His anxiety is not his only flaw, please don't forget that. He is not a perfect sunshine boy who can do no wrong. He is not nice and friendly 100% of the time. He is a human person, he is a complex being who cannot be easily defined as completely good or completely bad.

Sometimes good people do shitty things. Sometimes a person will not act in the kindest way possible. Sometimes someone will do something not realising (or caring) how it makes others feel. Sometimes people have bad days. Sometimes people make mistakes. Sometimes people are wrong.

Peppino is a human, he is not immune to being a jerk sometimes. Again, this doesn't make him a bad person, it just makes him human, and I don't want people to forget that and misinterpret him as being someone whos only flaw is his anxiety. Yes it is a key part of his character, but theres more to this guy than that, thats not his only flaw or imperfection or whatever you want to call it. He's not 'kind perfect guy who also has anxiety', theres more detail to who he is than that.

Peppino can be a bit mean, Peppino can be hotheaded, and you know what? Thats okay because thats what a person is like sometimes, and that is a sign of a complex and realisticly written character (even if he is a cartoon guy, his personality still feels realistic). He's not the same guy all of the time, he doesnt respond to every situation in the same way, he's not a one note character. Sometimes he sucks as a person, but its okay because despite all that, he's a loveable and endearing character, and he isn't a horrible terrible person, he just is human, and thats okay.

[normal-internet-user]

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-ONE LAST KISS-

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Summary: You can't help but think about the last kiss you shared with Luke before he revealed himself as a traitor.

Warnings: Angst; Reader feels guilty;

Requested: Nah

GN Reader!

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The walls of your cabin seemed to swirl around you as silent tears streamed down your face.

You had tossed and turned for hours, but sleep just seemed to evade you. Always just out of reach no matter how tired you were.

As quietly as you could, you climbed from your bunk, not bothering to put on shoes as you slipped silently out of your cabin.

Your brain seemed to be om auto-pilot as your feet carried you to the edge of the forest. Sitting at the base of an old oak tree you and Luke often used to find yourselves at.

You leaned back against the large tree, the space next to you feeling all too empty as it had since Luke had left you behind.

It hurt. Him leaving.

He hadn't even bothered to properly say good-bye, an action that left you wondering if he's even cared about like you cared for him.

A stupid thought. You know he loves you. But doubt clouded your mind everytime you thought about it.

The Luke you fell in love with seemed to be lost to you when you last saw him. It was like a completely different person had stolen the body of your love, and was simply taking claim of his face and name.

His usually bright blue eyes were dull, and cold. As though they'd frozen over.

He'd hardly looked at you.

Barely acknowledged you were there.

You choked back a small sob, burying your face in your hands. You were mentally scolding yourself for not noticing his shift. The small things that should have clued you in as to what was happening.

Against your wishes your mind flashed back to the last kiss you'd shared. How different it felt compared to all the others.

You hadn't payed it much thought at the time, but now, looking back, you couldn't help but notice how emotional he seemed then.

Like he was never going to be able to kiss you again.

His hesitant breath against your lips as he pulled away. The way his touch lingered on your cheeks a little longer than usual.

You hadn't noticed.

You simply pressed two quick kisses to his face, one to his jawline, the other on his scar. Then you smiled and left him to go teach archery.

Maybe, if you had noticed his tension, the hesitance to let you go, you could have prevented all of this.

You knew realisticly you weren't to blame. Kronos had been poisoning Luke's mind for months, but even then you hadn't noticed.

Certainly there were things you had. You had tried to get him to confide in you about his stresses, but he'd refused. When you got more pushy with it, he began distancing himself.

You stopped asking, not wanting to push him to much, and he seemed to relax, so you let it go. After that, it seemed like everything was fine again.

The two of you would stay up passed curfew, go for walks through the strawberries like you always had.

Then he left.

He left camp, and he left you.

You sent a silent prayer to whatever god was listening, begging for a moment of peace. For just one minute without your brain screaming at you.

You were of course met with nothing but your tear stained face, and the silence of the camp around you.

"Just one." You thought to yourself, "I would have been happy with just one last kiss."

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And here it is! My first ever fic for the pjo/hoo/toa fandom! I had the biggest crush on Luke when I first read the books, so I thought he was a good pick.

And I am taking request atm so shoot me an ask if you have an idea!<3

[pixlpxie]

Who of the members would like an innocent/inexperienced partner?

Realisticly all of them lmao 😭 im telling yall theyre all men there's a big big chance they prefer more innocent partners especially if its a girl😔😔 but putting that aside i think def yunho would like someone less experienced or more innocent, corruption is one thing but i feel like he wouldn't want to be the less innocent one 🧍🏻‍♂️ other than him id say hongjoong, idk why but yeosang and maybe jongho. I also think mingi would be into someone like this i mean he might not necessarily prefer it but when he sees one his brain might shortcut🧎🏻‍♂️

[bigshunt]

Baku 2024 predictions let's gooooooo!

Realistic

- Mclaren 1-2 (if Lando is 2nd and no team orders come through then pookie Piastri deffo has something in his contract about team orders and Mark Webber should get a manager of the century award holy shit)

- Leclerc podium (if he keeps winning we could have a 3 way WDC battle - very fun, exciting, hoping for this)

- No Red Bulls on the podium (it's more likely thank you might think)

Unrealistic

- VCARB bring good upgrades and at least one of their drivers get in the points (insahalla it is 🕯daniel🕯)

- Franco Colapinto makes it to Q3 (I am rooting for this boy he is a breath of fresh fucking air)

- Alboints (I will say this every time until it is true. That man is putting that car places it simply should not be)

Unhinged

- Lando asks for team orders - Mclaren agree- Oscar ignores him. (Realisticly none of this would even happen but I stay silly)

- Max pushes Charles off track and takes his podium spot (hee hee. Inchident)

- Max DNF 😈 - Well Done Baku

[my-pjo-stuff]

Hey I’ve been reading LOT of ur Luke posts and I’ve recently read the one about Luke choosing the world over someone he loves and percy choosing someone he loves over the world and I love this mainly because it makes a lot of sense why Luke is in the right since if we’re talking realisticly you’d be more likely to be part of the bigger population that Luke would save rather than be one of the few percy cares for, on top of that it would be unreasonable to save one person over a civilization. Percy would save Annabeth or any of his other friends rather than the world, and to be honest I get the devotion, but it seems wrong somehow. In the end, Luke is more reasonable and realistic in this argument, so no Luke’s not the villain and percy is not the hero and Luke isn’t the hero nor is percy the villain, but they are both in the wrong.

I wouldn't say that "Luke is in the wrong" tbh. Yes he made some questionable decisions- but at the end of the day they were the most reasonable ones he could have made.

You can quote me on this, I 100% believe that Luke was in the right for overthrowing the gods.

[fellatitledthemf]

Rating Pjo character because I can and I'm bored

If you gonna hate, ok. If you gonna agree with me, cheers. If you gonna kill me, ok.

I'll be rating by personality, how are they written, and my personal opinion

Percy Jackson: 6/10

-Harry Potter premium

- He's that type of overpowered mc that's dumb as shit and only gets serious 3 times in entier serie to defeat villain

- When we're already talking bout Harry, really like how Percy didn't let bullyinh and shi slide unlike Harry, very nice

Annabeth Chase: 8/10

- I ABSOLUTELY love how hor traumas are written, perfect.

- Very realisticly crush. Went from brother figure to romantic feelings, heeps thinking there's good in him. She was just a kid, you can't blame her.

- her demidog power: smart

Thalia grace: 6/10

- didn't got much if her character

- I didn't like how at first she was "I know Luke he would never" and then throw him of cliff in the end

-like how she joined hunters, nothing much to add

- DAM

Stolls: 7/10

- mischievous twins who do pranks 24/7 gita be my favourite gender

-were actually kind of funny in last olympian

- Fred and George if happy end

Clarisse la Rue: 8/10

-proud to say I never hated her for "bullying" Percy after how Ares treats her

-were nice written character in general

-had all rights to be jelous at Percy, her relationships with Chris and Silena are top tier

Luke Castellan: 9/10

-Had all right to turn evil. Amazing antagonist

- I'm ace..BUT

-I LOVE when character actually try fixing things instead of continuing being puppets

-would really wanna give 10/10 but no because of his crimes

Grover: 10/10

-THAT ONE IS THE GOAT. THE GOAAT

-friend everyone needs

- nah bro everything 10/10 for this bro

Bianca di Angelo: 2/10

-died in most dumbass way

-brother's figure more important than life

- 2 because it adds to Nico's character

Ethan Nakamura: 8/10

- joined Kronos to fix unjustice, had rights to

- realized it was wrong, tried fighting against Kronos

- died a hero

Silena Beauregard: 5/10

- betrayed camp, tried fixing it, dead

- stayed loyal to Charles, that deserves some credit ig

- I'd too, join Luke if I had a chance

[thebadjoe]

I’m incredibly curious to know your thoughts after last episode. Nico seemingly being the lone Ace culprit, David admitting (truthful or not) to having seen Arei’s body, and whatever was going on with Eden at the end of last episode are all pretty relevant to your theory. Whatcha thinking?

Woot! Someone asked me a question! Hi hi! :D

I'll try not to spoil it too much because I'm currently working on another theory post to explain all of it. But I'll give a few general thoughts anyways. (DRDT CH2 SPOILERS AHEAD, ALTHOUGH I PROLLY DON'T NEED TO DO THAT BUT WANNA DO IT ANYWAYS)

You're right, a lot of what's been revealed this episode has been incredibly relevant to my theory, both positively and negatively.

I was honestly surprised by the culprit reveal. I honestly didn't think that Teruko would choose two suspects rather than only one, the seemingly obvious one (in my eyes). That was an interesting plot twist of sorts, for sure.

But realisticly, I suppose that it makes sense that she would narrow down to two suspects mainly because even though Teruko knows that the tape disappeared within a certain timeframe, she was way too distracted to notice who took the tape and exactly when.

The one thing I don't understand though is people going out of their way to claim that it was actually a third party who commited the crime and took the tape from them (somehow?). I honestly doubt that such kind of final twist would ever happen, especially being this late into the chapter.

I believe that, as it stands, we are supposed to try and solve the murder mystery once and for all between these two suspects in mind : Ace or Eden.

I get it though, sometimes, you just really don't want eitheir of them to get executed, but still, we can't ignore the painful truth and we gotta push through no matter what.

That aside, I was really happy with nearly all the reveals. Not only we got closer to the truth of the case, but we also learned a lot more about some characters. The one that caught my attention the most, surprisingly, was Rose. I didn't realise until this episode how incredibly rough it must've been for her. Poor woman. I'm really looking forward to see her development in the future.

And of course, that goes without saying, but the cutscene with Eden towards the end was just simply amazing! I really enjoyed the voice acting there alongside the repeat of that one song. We also got a lot of character growth out of Teruko, which is always a W in my book.

Oh, sorry! I've been rambling more about my thoughts on the episode by itself rather than explaining what it does to my theory, haha! But yeah, like I said before, I'm not gonna spill the beans on that matter just yet. All of you will find out soon enough in my next theory post... sometimes this week, for sure! (I'll try to push for monday, we'll see!)

I'll say at least one thing though, as a tiny reward for reading all of that. This crime solving theory of mine is starting to look a whole lot better as the chapter 2 goes on. :)

Thanks for reading, y'all. Also thanks for the question, @venus-is-thinking!