#now i gotta make the poses and actually take the screenshots then EDIT THE SCREENSHOTS oh man…. it feels real

[stinkrascal]

i accidentally slept the whole day away omg?? it’s like 5:50 and i just woke up from the world’s longest nap noooooo 😭

[imfrom-neptune]

Rant/reveiw below. Yes I am 17 going off about gacha games. You think it’s cringe, I thought it was fun, that’s why I was a happier child than you.

Anyway.

I didn’t really plan to test out gacha life 2 anyway, cause I don’t really have time to make these videos anymore, but yknow. I do miss making them, so I’ve been trying it out for a while and I’ve made a few videos using it.. but I actually really don’t like it.

The new app is actually terrible function wise. Like the new assets are cool. I like having a bigger selection customization wise for the characters. Like they look DAMN good. But they took away the already functional parts of the app and made it almost harder to use if you plan to actually make content with it. Not to mention the glitches I keep running into. It’s more of a picrew type deal now, which takes away why the app was popular to begin with.

There’s no longer a way to get back to studio mode from the editor. You gotta exit out completely. Which isn’t a big deal, but it’s definitely annoying. If you’re someone who makes videos using strictly screenshots, you’re gonna get annoyed fast.

Also, the characters will be in two different poses between editor and studio. Which like.. why doesn’t it stay like the old apps did?? It makes it hard, again, for screenshot animation, cause you’ll go to edit and have no idea how it looks back in studio. Then you gotta exit all the way out because there’s no back to editor button and blah blah it’s a whole process. This bit honestly is a big deal personally. I hate this.

There’s also assets (shadows, blush, etc) that are moved into other areas and it makes it really confusing since those assets have been in the same place in the last three apps and suddenly they’re not. Not the end of the world but will take some getting used to.

The lack of backgrounds and useful poses is depressing. Again, screenshot editors, get fucked. I’m hoping with updates, this will get better, and more will be added..? Seriously, why is there not even walking poses?? Put them back please. I am begging. Backgrounds I can green screen, poses I cannot.

Also, there’s no longer a way to get a body sheet. Which is annoying af if you’re like me and animate. I had to make a “custom pose” and spread out all the parts myself, and even then, if I apply the pose to other characters, I’ll still have to move clothing items/hair so they they’re separate. Which again, isn’t a big deal, but like, why did they take that away?? That’s probably the most useful feature to anyone who uses these apps.

And one could say “use the older apps!!” But the iOS Gacha club has that unfixable memory glitch and I don’t feel like losing my ocs every time I turn off my phone, and Gacha life doesn’t have enough customization for my liking.

Granted as I’ve said, I don’t have much time for this stuff anyway, but it’s still sad that I’ll occasionally find the inspiration/motivation/time (holy trinity) to make something and get too frustrated with the app to bother.

Maybe I shouldn’t be messing with kids dress up games anymore lmao.

But inevitably I think this did lead to the downfall of the Gacha. It was never perfect but 2018 was like PEAK and after the devs tapped out we have definitely crumbled.

And there is that opinion no one asked for.

[themurphyzone]

PatB: Snowball Ep Talk

You know, I really do love the episode Snowball (my personal favorite AKOM episode) but I don’t think I’ve ever talked about it here much, and if I did it’s probably really only because of the flashback sequence. 

Okay so all looks good so far. Chain letter scheme and superstition, a standard introduction to Brain’s latest plot of world domination. All looks good. Plus I just like this shot of Pinky. Don’t mind me, just starting off light here with a smushed Pinky. 

I just like Pinky’s pose here. He’s so cute. 

You will bow before Troz.

“I met a Snowball today! Right here in the lab!” -Pinky

You know, I just find the implications of this line hysterical. This means that Snowball was in the lab that day, waiting for the moment to strike, and he definitely pushed his stolen chain letter through the mail slot. 

And then he lets Pinky see him, and no it’s not just a passing glance either cause Pinky specifically describes a tattoo with an A and a circle and points to his leg. Which means Snowball deliberately lifted the fur on his leg and showed his tattoo to Pinky. 

Like, wow. 

“It means, Pinky, that evil lurks among us. By the name of Snowball! SNOWBALLLLLLLL!” -Brain 

Talk about a bad breakup. *Alexa play Bad Blood*

Personally I think one of the interesting visual cues is that Snowball purposely plants himself into the mice’s space. There’s a lot of that in this episode. He knows how to rile up Brain and hit him where it hurts, namely through Pinky. 

Brain values his personal space, and he values a sense of control. When Snowball invades that space, Brain loses control, and his anger can lead him to make some very ill-informed decisions. Which is exactly what Snowball aims for. 

“You think Pinky is an asset?” 

“Anything I can take from you is an asset.”

Ah yes, Snowball’s mission statement. Crush everything Brain has into dust. 

The flashback sequence. Dear God this flashback sequence. They were both so cute! 

You know, it’s really sad that a younger Brain acted more like Pinky. Making silly faces and trying to get someone to laugh are such Pinky things to do. I know canon is loose but if you consider this flashback taking place shortly after Brain was captured from the wild, then young Brain didn’t gain a grasp on what happened to him until after the gene splicer.  

Ok but Brain was literally right there when the gene splicer exploded. Imagine having your cranium size dramatically increase, you’re injured, you’ve suddenly gained sentience, and as if all that wasn’t enough, you see the gene splicer explode with your only friend inside. 

Oh, and said friend’s mind was probably damaged in the explosion and now he hates your guts. And though you’re angry with him for his betrayal, some part of you will never stop caring about him. 

Once again, Snowball needs to learn to keep his hands to himself. 

This conversation here establishes Snowball as the perfect third character. He appears only in a handful of eps, but he’s fun to watch and love to hate. Snowball challenges the mice’s relationship. Snowball sees the weak points; the insults, the reliance on each other, and twists them to his advantage. And Pinky even admits he’s hurt by Brain’s insults occasionally, though he still loves being around him. 

“Pinky, the Brain doesn’t care about you. He’s just using you.” 

“No, he’s not.”

It’s really interesting to me how Pinky denies Snowball’s statement, yet his ears go down to show that he’s affected by the idea of being used. Pinky and the Brain may be night and day, but one thing they do have in common is their tendency to deny certain things. Brain with emotions and affection and Pinky with concepts he’d rather not admit the possibility of. 

Coming back to this later. 

Non plot related but Brain is teeny tiny and I love how he just trusts Pinky to catch him

Side note: I apologize if any of these screenshots look weird. It’s an AKOM ep. 

WHY ARE YOU TWO SO BAD AT SNEAKING AROUND. 

I just find it hilarious how they clearly run around where Snowball can see and hear them. Like they just shout Snowball’s name in the middle of the room. You’re terrible at being sneaky little mice. Please. 

Those dang boomers and their old timey 90s computers. Technology is ruining boomers. Can’t even hold a conversation anymore cause they keep looking at their screens. 

No touchy! 

Well, it’s awful nice of Snowball to engage in nepotism and offer Brain a position in his administration...and then tempt Pinky with an amusement park when he refuses. 

You really gotta appreciate the complexity of Snowball’s plans. Stealing the chain letter fails->plant seeds of doubt in Pinky’s mind, even if this doesn’t work right off the bat, the idea will still be there-> take over a corporation->impersonate Bill Gates->When the mice show up, offer to co-rule the world on expectations that Brain will refuse->make co-ruler offer to Pinky->wait for Brain to open his big mouth and drive Pinky away. 

All to take everything Brain has. His dignity, Pinky, his meager resources. Like holy Snowball, Batman.  

And then Snowball reveals the amusement park he had specifically built for Pinky. 

And here we have the most heartbreaking line of the ep. If I had the ability video edit I would’ve put the entire line on audio because Brain’s tone is very important here. It’s about 12:38 to 12:57 in the ep if you want to see for yourself. 

“Oh, go ahead, Pinky. I don’t need you. What did you think, I just have you around so I can steal your brilliant ideas and claim them as my own? That I’m just using you, Pinky? Oh yes, I’m using you for your brilliance!” 

First of all, very poor word choice, especially to someone who has trouble understanding sarcasm. I just want to dissect this statement here. 

The Literal Meaning: You’re an idiot to think you were ever more than an assistant. 

This is what Pinky hears. 

But if you listen to Brain’s tone rather than just reading the line, he sounds genuinely hurt that Pinky would ever be tempted by something as frivolous as an amusement park. It’s Pinky, so he just sees ‘ooh fun rides, cotton candy, and carnival games’! 

But Brain is perfectly aware that this is Snowball’s well-crafted method of taking away the only thing he truly has, and he knows it’s working. And he’s hurt. 

The Actual Meaning: Snowball’s trying to separate us and you’re falling for it, Pinky. You may be an idiot, but many of my plans never would’ve come to fruition without you. You’re much more than an assistant. You’re my friend and my world.  

Unfortunately, all Pinky hears is that Brain was only using him. That Brain values him for manual labor and an extra hand only, rather than a treasured companion. The fact that Brain often falls short of making Pinky feel appreciated just adds to this. 

And now that he no longer has Pinky, Brain’s spirit is crushed. Brain is persistent, but without Pinky, he has no reason to be. 

As far as he knows, his only two friends have turned their backs on him and couldn’t care less if he has nowhere else to go. 

Poor thing. He needs hugs. 

“I didn’t think it was possible. Humanity has actually gotten dumber.” -Brain

OK I think this one shot establishes what the world would be like under Snowball. His name is everywhere, and he tells the population to do stupid things just to bask in his own superiority. 

However, I can’t see Brain putting his name on every building so frivolously like this if he ruled the world. Sure, he’d name a bunch of things after himself and Pinky, but it would be more meaningful to them. 

Brain wants humanity to advance, not regress. 

Poor Pinky. Despite all this new extravagance and luxury, he’s also lonely. The room and bed are large, but it lacks personality. He’s sleeping with an ACME Labs snow globe, and other than a reference to Citizen Kane, it also shows that he’s not happy with this. 

The worst thing in the world for these mice is separation from each other. 

Suicide by cat. 

Poor little guy can’t make it on his own. Luckily, he snaps out of it. 

“My world. I must save MY world!” 

Said while looking at a picture of Pinky. Real subtle there Brain. 

“Look, you fool. You have no brilliant ideas. I’m only using you to get at him! So just stay quiet!” -Snowball

“You’re...using me?” -Pinky

He was just a bargaining chip. Never a friend. 

“What do you want?” 

“My friend. And MY world!”

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

He makes martial arts noises like a dork. I love him. 

I love how their characters are reflected in the mecha designs (also I had no idea Snowball was Iron Man!) 

Snowball’s is overall the more efficient design. It’s also much more combat ready and violent. In comparison, Brain’s suit is simply operated with a bunch of levers. It’s alright for peaceful situations like getting around faster or simply blending with a human population, but in a straight up fight the levers take too much time to operate. 

Snowball is more efficient than Brain, and while he’s got the ego, he lacks the insecurities that hold Brain back. His confidence makes him such an effective foe. And more importantly, Snowball doesn’t value Pinky’s companionship. He’s a tool and nothing more. Compare that to Brain. While Brain struggles at showing it, he ultimately wants Pinky’s input and values his jumbo-sized heart. 

Somewhat off topic, but I feel like the reboot missed this aspect of Brain and made him too overly edgy and violent (reboot!Brain would probably prefer Snowball’s mecha design over his counterpart’s). The only time Brain should become violent, if not for comedy, is when he’s protecting Pinky. His plans should have a level of restraint to them, and Pinky is the moral compass.  

I just like this shit-eating grin right here (I mean, he did eat shit in Welcome to the Jungle so...lol)

This is such an insanely clever move for Pinky. I feel like Brain would be like ‘oh my god Pinky!’ and then ‘wow, that’s actually brilliant what the heck is this tingling feeling’. 

ACME LABS IS IN NEW YORK CITY??????

I know this is a case of Where the Hell is Springfield but gdi aren’t they supposed to be in southern California. 

Ok fine I realize the ending to this ep is a reference to North by Northwest cause they somehow got to Mt. Rushmore but still 

Weird tangent but North by Northwest’s ending bothers me (not gonna fault this ep as it’s just a parody)? I’m sorry the girl is barely hanging onto Mt. Rushmore, the dude pulls her up, and then they have sex in a car. The sudden transition always seemed weird to me. 

I am ending this analysis post with a weird shot of Snowball cause i can and it’s his episode. 

[bubble-tae]

Bad Bait

Pairing: Taehyung x Reader

Genre: Angst/Lil Fluff/High School AU

Word Count: 2.5k

Summary: Your attempt to catfish cheaters goes awry when you get a message from a cute boy at school.

(A/N: This was meant to be a drabble response but I got a bit carried away! Thank you to @ddaengyoonmin​ for helping me edit and giving me the confidence to post and lovely @baepsaesbae​ for the request) 

reposted from old account

You didn’t mean to take it this far, I mean it only started as some dumb sleepover prank. For nearly 6 weeks, you had been pretending to be a girl from out of town online, catfishing different guys in your class to catch them cheating. You’d send screenshots to their girlfriends of them asking for nudes. It broke your heart to deliver news like this to these girls, but after a while it felt like an obligation. Everything was all fun and games until Taehyung fell into your lap. He was a senior who stumbled across your fake Instagram account when all his friends started following it. It all started innocently enough, a few likes, a couple heart eyes on some pics (that were of some pretty model), but before you knew it, he had slipped into your dms.

You had seen him around school before, hell, no one could mistake that gorgeous laugh for anyone but him. He wasn’t popular, but he seemed to be part of almost every group and club. Taehyung was in theater, played soccer, and even is the Vice President of the art club. He would have been a shoe in for Homecoming King earlier that year if it hadn’t gone to Kim Seokjin (now he was popular, and cheating on the Homecoming Queen). Taehyung was known, that was for sure, and anyone that met him had to of had the biggest crush on him. When he first messaged you that simple “hey”, you ignored it. As far as you knew he wasn’t dating anyone so there really was no need to talk to him at all, but one bored Saturday night, you figured why the hell not.

It wasn’t anything for a while, he seemed boring and just like all the other guys that found their way to your account, but things slowly picked up around a week later when he started his good morning messages. Soon he was sending you pictures with a big grin and a peace sign and asking all about you; what you like to do for fun, what job you wanted, even little things like what your favorite candy was. Through this, you got to know him too. Taehyung secretly loved to sing, he wanted to be a freelance artist, and how much he loved brownies.

“He doesn’t even know you exist.” Your best friend said from the driver seat of her car. You had both just pulled up to school, the foggy Monday air clouding up the parking lot.

“What’s it matter anyways?” you asked, pulling down the mirror to fix your hair. Your best friend cackled next to you.

“The matter is that you like him, and he likes her.” They pointed at your phone in the cup holder. You closed the mirror and rolled your eyes.

“I don’t like him.” just as you said this your phone chimed, but your friend picked it up faster than you could. They opened your phone, a picture of Taehyung taking over the screen. He was posing with a little fluffy dog, a fake pouty look on his face. Your friend read the message out mockingly.

“ ‘Baby boy cried the whole time I was getting ready, guess he doesn’t want me to go to school. Hope you are having a better morning than I am beautiful.’ Fuck, I’d cry for him to stay too if my owner looked like that.” Your friend held down the picture with their thumb, saving it as your lock screen. You leaned over and snatched it back from their hands.

“He’s just being nice!” you proclaimed.

“Yeah, sure,” your friend said, “and pigs can fly.”

“Wasn’t your mom on an airplane last week?” you joked. They hit your side as the bell rang. “Not funny.” You got out of the car and started to make your way to class, Taehyung’s morning message forgotten thanks to your first period calculus exam.

* * *

It was lunch time, and though you were desperately craving the cafeteria chicken nuggets, you knew you had to finish up some last minute notes that were due today. You headed to the library, where you found it mostly empty safe for a few studious peers. There was an empty table near the back, so you pulled out a chair and took your book out from your bag. With earbuds in, you fell into your own little world, taking notes on the 15th century Tudor period. It wasn’t long before you were interrupted by someone grazing the back side of your seat trying to reach a book on the shelf behind you. You were about to give them a dirty look when you turned around, but you were taken back by a face you had never seen this close before.

“Sorry.” Taehyung muttered with a smile, book under arm. You didn’t say anything, your mouth agape as you froze in the moment. He was prettier in person, and when he pushed his curly brown hair back and made his way to the front of the table, you swore your heart stopped beating. He pointed to the chair just across from you. “This seat taken.”

“No.” you finally croaked out, taking your earbuds out. There was no reason to be this nervous, he was just a person you told yourself. He sat down in the chair and open the book, cover facing you. The front read “1984”. He peeked over the top of the book, and that’s when you realized you were staring. Taehyung brought the book down to his lap.

“Sorry if I disrupted your flow.” he said.

“Oh no, it was kind of boring anyways.” That was sort of a lie, part of you actually enjoyed getting wrapped up in your work, but it could wait. “What are you reading?”. You knew what he was reading, in fact you read it just last month, but you felt an insatiable need to keep talking to him. His voice was different than you thought, more sultry and smooth.

“1984, I guess it’s about a society living under constant surveillance.”

“Aren’t we already?” you quipped. He laughed and blush spread across your cheeks.  

“I guess so.” he said. “It was recommended to me.”

‘Yeah, by me.’ You thought. “You going to check it out?”

“I don’t know, I’m not really much of a reader.”

“Yeah you’ve told me.” the words left your mouth before you had the chance to stop them. He put the book down, smile disappearing as he leaned back in his chair. You bit your lip, trying to think of some way out of this.

“What? Do we know each other?” he finally asked, brows furrowed down but eyes still cautious as he scanned your face more intensely.

“Freshman year. English.” you lied, hoping he wouldn’t ask what teacher you had. Your legs were bouncing under the table, and you only hoped that he didn’t notice how your body shook.

“But…” he started, trying to remember if he has ever met you. “I’ve never told you that before.”

“Must have been someone else then.” you spat out quickly, standing up and shoving your things in your bag. “Gotta run, nice chat.” He stood up too, confused from the change in the environment. You sling your bag over your shoulder, but as you start to leave you trip slightly on the leg of the table, and your phone falls to the ground. It lands screen up, and if this situation couldn’t get any worse, it turns on, displaying the picture Taehyung took that morning. He stopped in his tracks and stared down at your phone.

“Am I your lock screen?” he asked, almost disgusted. You pick your phone off the ground quickly.

“You weren’t supposed to see that.” The two of you eyed each other uncomfortably in the silent library. No one had even noticed that anything strange was going on. Taehyung looked around the library and then leaned in slightly.

“Are you stalking me?” he whispered.

“Taehyung, let me explain” you started to say before he cut you off.

“Oh my god, you’re stalking me!” he said a little louder and angrier this time. A kid at a nearby table looked up for a moment before returning to his laptop.

“Will you shut up?” you whisper shouted. “I’m not stalking you.”

“Then what the fuck is that?” he pointed to your phone. You let out a sigh and rubbed at your temples. ‘This is a fucking disaster.’ you wanted to say.  

“You sent it to me this morning, my friend put it as my lock screen as a joke.” You could tell he didn’t believe you, why would he, he had never spoken to you before, let alone sent a picture with the intent of you seeing it.

“I didn’t send you that.”

“Well, you sort of did.” you opened your phone and pulled out the messages, his text from this morning displayed on your screen.

“How did you get her messages?” he asked, taking the phone from your hands to inspect it further.

“They are my messages.” he looked back up at you still confused. There was only one way he was going to understand this. “She’s not real.” Taehyung’s face fell as he looked down at the phone again, the words hitting him slowly.

“What?” he said, not really asking.

“Taehyung…” you said, taking a step forward. He took one back.

“What’s your real name?”

“Y/N.” you answered.

“What the fuck is wrong with you, Y/N?” he said, hurt dripping over ever word. He put your phone down on the table and grabbed his stuff.

“I can explain!” you tried, the people in the room watching the two of you. He turned around as he started to leave, eyes just a little bit glossy.

“Don’t talk to me, creep.” he hissed before storming out of the library, leaving you standing alone with all eyes on you.

* * *

You probably couldn’t fix it, and you didn’t really intend to, but you at least wanted to try and make it hurt less. Hurt less for him or you, that you didn’t know. There you stood at his front door, plate of brownies in hand, trying to muck up the courage to ring the doorbell. This was much harder than hiding behind your phone. Your hand lifted to the doorbell, but you heard the lock click out of place before the door opened. Taehyung was in the doorway, a displeased look on his face.

“You’ve been standing here for five minutes, I figured I’d tell you to get lost myself.” He picked at his fingernails as if he didn’t care. It stung a little, to have him suddenly be so cold to you, but you knew you deserved it.

“At least take the brownies.” you held the plate in front of them. He squinted his eyes at the brownies, then at you.

“They aren’t poisoned, are they?” he took the plate from your hands, still suspicious.

“No, but they are fudge brownies” his favorite kind. He contemplated something for a minute before opening the front door wider and stepping to one side.

“You have until I finish the brownies to explain.” you thought that maybe he was kidding, but when you both were inside, he motioned for you sit on the couch next to him as he started to stuff his face.

“I know how this looks from your end.” you began, “I didn’t intend on leading you to believe I was this other person. The account wasn’t even made for you, but kind of to catch this one guy who was cheating. One guy turned into two, and before I knew it, it kind of just became my thing.” Taehyung shoved a second brownie in his mouth and crumbs dribbled down his chin and onto his jeans, which he brushed onto the floor, some of them landing on the tops of your shoes.  

You tried to continue but Taehyung shoved a third brownie into his mouth before he finished chewing the second. “Dude, you’re going to choke.” you said to him. He stopped chewing suddenly, looking at you with cheeks full. He motioned with his hands for you to keep talking.

“Anyways,” you shook your head in disbelief. “I just wanted to say I’m sorry. I never meant for you to get tangled up in all this mess. I wasn’t faking anything, everything I said came from me, Y/N. If you wanna be friends or something, that’s great, but if you want to pretend I never existed, I understand.” The last part hurt to say, but you knew you would have to respect his boundaries. Taehyung finally finished chewing what was in his mouth, swallowing hard as leaned back into the couch.

“Wow,” he nodded to himself, “so you’re The Fisherman?”

“The what?”

“The one who’s been catching all the cheaters. Catfish turned into Fisherman, how about that?” he wiped some of the remaining crumbs from his pants and contemplated grabbing another brownie.

“I guess so? I didn’t know I had another identity.”

“You’re like a modern day Robin Hood.” he leaned onto his knees and getting closer to you. “I knew it.” You let out a laugh at that. Of course he didn’t know.

“So you’re not upset?” you questioned.

“Oh no, I’m fucking pissed.” he placed a hand on your knee, “but I’m also impressed.” You were taken back by his words. He saw the expression on your face and elaborated.

“You caught 6 different dudes cheating on their girlfriends and still no one knows it’s you. That takes a genius.”

“It’s actually 9.” you corrected. He threw his hands air up in the air in disbelief.

“That’s amazing!” he shouted. “I think I like you more than the girl in the screen.” His smile was lazy and genuine and his outright honesty made your face burn. He scooted just an inch closer, a little hesitantly. “So, everything we talked about was really you?” You recognized for the first time how soft his features were in person, eyes glittering with curiosity. His lips were slightly parted, and you wished to know how they felt. You blinked away the thought, almost embarrassed for having it.

“It was always me.” He laughed at your cheesy line and pinched your cheeks, pulling at them.

“You’re not wearing a mask, are you?” he joked. You pulled his hand away, keeping it in yours as it fell into your lap.

“No more surprises.”

“Don’t I get a chance to surprise you?” he asked, licking his lips and moving in closer. You felt your heart beat faster until it was in your throat, and time slowed. You cursed your sweaty palms and quivering lip, Taehyung’s eyes half closed as he was only inches from your face. You closed your eyes and waited for him to kiss you. His lips tickled against yours, so close but not yet touching, before he averted his mouth upward to plant a kiss on your nose. He pulled away with a wide smirk, and you let go of a breath you didn’t know you were holding.

“That’s not fair.” you breathed out. He pulled your hand into his lap to play with your fingers.

“I know.” he said before biting his lip and looking back up at with bashful eyes. Taehyung was a tease, but you knew that you couldn’t wait for for more of his surprises.

[harmonytre-reblogs]

My Comic Process!

@dimonds456​ wondered how I make my comic, so I decided to make a quick post! This comic is my most recent page of @taffyandstevenuniverse​ . Enjoy! (I didn’t expect to put in so much detail, sorry!)

1. I start with a white base and decide the panels. Atm, I go 1500 px wide, then however long it needs to be, lengthening and shortening as I want. I add the panel gutters (I like to use black at 30 px, just straight lines. This can be done, at least in CSP, by tapping a point, holding Shift, and tapping the other point. I use turnip Pen, but it works with brushes and more.) Recently, I’ve added “poses”. These just help me figure out panels and quickly determine POV of the panels, like profile, wide view, etc. They’re done in less than 5 seconds each and are mostly for me (and my friends to guess what the page is like, haha!)

2. I sketch. I kinda uhhhh do this differently than people. the only basic shape I usually do is a circle for the head ummm then I do the rest by sight. It just feels more natural for me, especially if I know the character well enough. For more people I’d reccommend more detailed shapes for volume. (I do that for more detailed humans usually.) My brush varies between either Colored Pencil, Rough Pencil for details, or even a pen if I just want to doodle. (Also, yes I use ctrl-Z a lot. I gotta get out of the habit for faster sketching...)

3. I line! The next stages I usually think less and just become productive and listen to music or think. My hands do most of the work. Adfghjkl. I currently use Turnip Pen at 8 to 10 px.

4. During the coloring stage, I make a layer underneath the actual color layer to turn off and on. Usually a bright contrasting color. I do this to see if there’s any holes especially in white areas, which can’t be seen with the white bg. I make the color on a layer underneath the lines using bucket tool with “refer other layers”. Then I fill in holes and details with the pen. I’m sure there’s better ways to do it, but it works for now. (For this page, I actually put Steven and taffy’s colors on different layers, because Steven’s going to be shaded, but not Taffy.)

5. Next, I do the background. (I messed up screenshots, so the details of the background appear later, even though I usually do them now.) And since they’re in a cave, I put a multiply layer of a desaturated blue over Steven (40% opacity).

6. Next, I shaded Steven. My shading usually varies, but in this cave I used 100% Overlay/40% Add Glow for lighting (the same pink as Taffy’s hair), and 40% Color Burn/40% Multiply for shading (a blue similar to the cave). Atm, I use Opaque Watercolor. I do it on one layer for shading and lighting before adjusting settings and opacity. Oh, and I do them on layers clipped to the color layer.

7. I then add extra effects and Taffy’s glow. (Again, doesn’t include the background details. I did those earlier, but forgot to make the layer visible when taking screenshots.)

8. Lastly, I add text, a border, signature, and title/extra info. The border is made by making a new layer, selecting all, increasing the canvas size by 150 px on each side (Edit<Change Canvas Size), inverting selection, and filling it with black. I just use the text tool for text. My go-to is usually Segoe UI Semibold. Text size varies from 8 to 15. I also usually have speech bubbles or text boxes, but this time I thought it fit well with the simple background. (Oh right, I decided that the background details made it look cluttered in this scene, so I removed them. Oops.)

I hope this helps and thank you!

[amandabe11man]

so i did a proper rewatch of the JCS-movie from 1973

here’s a runthrough of it, with screenshots and some very clever commentary:

when ur coworker is rly hot

srsly wtf, annas

thirdwheeling judas

ted neely’s jesus is the most Done jesus i’ve ever seen

“HE IS DANGEROUS” *ominous clapping on iron bars*

when you and the squad can’t decide where to go for lunch

annas is... still clapping on that iron bar. WHILE looking at caiaphas.. get a ROOM

*edits in a laser-beam shooting out from jesus’ finger*

is simon okay

wH Y DOES THIS SCREENSHOT LOOK LIKE CGI ALL OF A SUDDEN

y’all--

my face watching this scene transpire

“and HERE is where i would put my fucks...”

“IF I HAD ONE”

judas posing and judging them all from afar and yet all i can look at is that guy in front of him

srsly iS SIMON OKAY?

major props to them for carrying out a wacky dance-number in the middle of a (presumably) hot day in israel

that guard straightens up just as pilate walks past him

just like my dick(.......)

HE LOOKS DISGUSTED AT HOLDING THAT LAUREL I’M CrYING

this speaks for itself (or does it)

JESUS SMASH!!

oH SHIT HE’S GOING IN FOR THE MACHINE GUN

reminds me of those creepy grey little bastards from “ronja the robber’s daughter”

JCS = a gritty reboot of Ronja

take a shot every time judas is angsting alone in the desert

first of all; let him angst in PEACE

second of all; EXPLAIN

so, all the priests have weird hats, but you can tell that annas and caiaphas are the leaders because their hats are shiny

okay, judas is definitely the drama queen of this production

ho DON’T

okay but i deADASS THOUGHT THESE WERE GODDAMN TRIBBLES AT FIRST BECAUSE I’VE NEVER SEEN SHEEP LIKE THIS BEFORE

tfw your bf calls you out in front of the whole dinner table and now it’s awkward for everyone

i’m not crying

i was told this was the third most gay JCS-production so i’m waiting...

o H  THERE IT IS,,

judas running away with a flock of SHEEP?? hmmmm

:(

Uncomfortable.jpg

i aim to have king herod’s amount of confidence some day

that...happened

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY WALKED BACK AND FORTH NOW

ohhh this looks like a painting

i love their minimal effort at comforting judas before they leave, omg

if this is how judas reacts at them making jesus walk from the garden to caiaphas, to pilate, to herod and then BACK to pilate, then can you imagine how he’d react to ACTUALLY seeing jesus get whipped--

bless his heart...

“jesus, i am disappoint.” - herod

absolutely ZERO CHILL

aw shiT do i detect a hint of regret??

meanwhile, pilate is MADE of regret

o  h

oH OKAY I’LL TAKE THIS GAY TOO THEN

gotta Flaunt it

btw apparently pilate’s actor was in “the shining” too?? in the smallest role ever, but... “the shining” tho

oh those twinkles up there turning from side to side was hella cute

oh lawd he COMIN

they look like tourists JAHSDJHG

also someone pls explain to me the point behind them all being hippies LARP-ing jesus’ final days and then leaving again

[legasimmer]

Hi Guys!

Hey there :) This is actually Legasimmer speaking, not Azalea. First of all, next post is delayed until this weekend or so, because I’m working on a pose I really would like to incorporate into the storytelling, and I didn’t get around to finishing it on time. Sorry <3 On the bright side, I’ll 100% be sharing it here, so look at me, becoming a CC creator *cough cough*

Which brings me to my next point:

Everything you’ve been reading up until now, happened in my game literally months ago. Like, back in 2017. I sometimes fill out some holes when I forgot to take screenshots (I wasn’t sure I wanted to start a simblr back then), or when I want to make something clearer, but really, this part of the story is set in stone. But a lot happened, and my goal at the moment is to catch up with my current gameplay. I haven’t played in two months as a result, because the delay is much too big at the moment. In my game, Azalea’s heir has just turned into a young adult…

Why tell you this now?

THE NEW DLC HYPE. It smells like Seasons, doesn’t it? Sooooo, whatever happens, I need to catch up before it is released, which I am assuming should be… September? November? Anyways, I’ll try to pick up the posting pace. I’m not kidding when I say my next 30 posts or so are already planned. Just gotta pick and edit the pictures. And this brings us to, like… Azalea’s young adulthood? *cry*

I’ll basically be aiming for two posts a day soon.

While I’m at it

If you want quick heads up about the simblr and just read me rambling, I have an Instagram and a Twitter under the same username! Instagram will also show you some of my drawings and other things I’m working on. Follow me! :)

And finally, my questions are open if you wanna. I prefer to hide behind my characters, but am always happy to chat!

Have a great day <3