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[malacandrax]

On a splendid walk!

I finished making this guy, v inspired by @slocotion, old clown dolls, and Vanessa Stockard. I'm not sure what to call him, Timothy, maybe!

[gin-juice-tonic]

ford game status update btw

the portion of the game up to ford bringing out the eyebat was 19 pages of google doc

the eyebat section was 26 pages

the introduction to day 1 is already at 23 pages... you guys havent even started the first activity of the day yet

tis going to be a long day it seems

[loversandantiheroes]

When Astarion says: "I'm not exactly used to asking for help and being met with...well...help," and you just have to stare into the abyss for awhile because it feels like the writers just climbed through your monitor to deliver a personal takedown with a steel chair.

[sapphicfeedist]

not the person i’m talking to being fat and a former ballet dancer. i’m having Naughty Thoughts

[spocksgotemotions]

you ever go back and read a fic you wrote years ago and find its somehow more relatable now than when you wrote it? That there was a secret of you hidden in it? Wild.

[agnewbones]

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[pastelispunx]

Who says you can't get vibrant squishy things with nature?! This is just marigolds!

[pechebeche]

WOW do i not want to be learning unity right now

[lovesongofjrrtolkien]

me, in a meeting: so we are moving forward with the communications strategy here. let's reschedule this meeting for two weeks from now to see if there's any progress on our deliverables!

my text messages: questions from ex-mother-in-law about divorce papers

being at work while your personal life is falling apart has to be among the top 3 worst human experiences. You’re at your absolute lowest and someone wants to circle back on an email…… unreal

[malacandrax]

Hi! I absolutely adore your art and I wanted to ask if you had any tips/advice on how to get lineart in facial expressions right? You always nail it and I struggle everytime even if the sketch looks good :')

Thank you so much! HM! This is tricky- and kind of two questions, so I’ll answer it in parts. I think getting the essence of a sketch across perfectly into lineart is impossible and I rarely manage it, even if the result looks good, it’s still USUALLY different. Often I don’t do a real sketch and it means my lineart is more lively, because it’s got the energy of a first try instead of a stiff copy over a sketch? (though, I’m not certain I’d consider that ‘lineart’ as opposed to sketches in a solid pen?)

I feel like kind of a bastard showing this first one haha, you can be assured there were a number of undo's.

You can see that my lines are never really the same as the sketch, and I know a lot of artists myself included leave some of the thinking for the ink stage. However, some are really really tight in the sketch stage, and I think if you aren't confident with putting down solid lines then that way might work better. It depends though, and digital art has an undo, so.

I definitely gained line confidence through drawing straight in pen into my sketchbook, I like drawing expressions from ref over and over until they feel right lmao. (idk if this is good advice for all the time sketchbooking though, it definitely makes me less likely to try new poses or expressions from imagination because I can't erase)

-------- Some general things to consider- is your sketch fuzzy, is your eye reading a lot of loose lines as having potential- and dimension, and then narrowing it down to One Line flattens the finished version? Is your brush the same size, are you drawing in something thicker and losing the vibes because the lineart is thinner? Same vice-versa, are you losing detail because the lineart is thicker than the sketch?

Facial expression wise…I feel like choosing where to draw the lines is tricky and you have to really learn which ones work well with the opacity of a sketch, and Dont work well in a solid line.

Here’s a terrifying example LOL. Outlining everything on a face vs choosing which lines I think sell the expression. (The teeth are extreme but…) Often I put full cheek creases on just one side even if I know they would be on both, and just hint at the other side. It’s often a darker crease on the side furthest away anyway, so it works pretty good.

I honestly only learned to ink in the last few years and it's been a struggle to go against my painting roots haha, I’m sure other more experienced artists have better tips than me!

[dayna-scully]

there are grown adults whose main personality trait is being obsessed with s****** s**** in the year of our lord 2024

[mando-abs]

All I'm saying is that Percy and Annabeth not getting lost in the Lotus because they were each other's tether to reality is a nice preview to Annabeth being Percy's tether to mortality. They only just started and they are already each other's anchor to everything.

[sleepsucks]

[triaelf9]

Me, screaming along with my warden at this bit XD

[charlottetangle]

It's everyones favorite @ramlightly girls!!! The thought process was "assuming ginger can retract her plant dick at will, she must be able to make it big enough to challenge thistle" lmao

(Full on my bsky)

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[loversandantiheroes]

Fanfic hangover. Man, it's been awhile since I've had one of these.