#overcomplicated

[doohickeys-and-contraptions]

Boiling point of water

The temperature at which the vapor pressure of water overcomes the atmospheric pressure (373.15K at 1 atm pressure)

[bodyofbrilliance]

Why We Overcomplicate Life: Why Less Truly is More for a Fulfilling Life

[lesraarsel]

ALIEN: ROMULUS

happy with how the xenomorph turned not, not so much with andy and raine :(

[blobbei-art]

More amalgamation doodles 🪶 I think it has a variable amount of limbs.

[paunchsalazar]

this was so normal….

[galimation]

03 - Unnecessary Complex Fit I already struggle with giving enough visual interest to my characters and now this prompt?! I tried xD I used @pricklyalpaca as rough reference. If you wanna see someone with amazing maximalism check out their Character Design Videos *chef's kiss*

And here's the speedpaint <3

[inusmasha]

Sometimes it’s hard to read fanfic when you’re studying herbalism.. when they have the character preparing a tincture to use that same DAY!!?

Baby those dried herbs need to sit in that jar with high proof alcohol for at LEAST a month!

That’s why before the use of calendars ppl use to prepare their tinctures either on the new moon or full moon. A a full moon cycle is usually 28 days or so. And they would give the moon names so it’s easier to remember when/what month said tincture was bottled.

This is also why herbal medicine is prepare in small batches. You have to take your time preparing your bottles. Making sure everything is clean so you don’t end up with mold. Diluting your grain alcohol. Heckkk knowing when to pick your herbs for max potency! Drying your herbs! That takes a lot of time too!

I didn’t mean to rant lol

[reclusiarch-orm]

A servitorised child on the golden throne.

[beastwhimsy]

meet Te Haerenga, the 74 year old 1951 bedford housetruck who has been roaming the valleys and coasts and mountains and fjords of Aotearoa for the better part of a century. An antique treasure with enough wild stories to fill several novels, Haerenga has most recently become home to a young sapphic couple looking for a bit of adventure. They have no idea what they're in for!

[deadeery]

“You guys—! I love you both so much!!”

My gift to @fishfishfruit ! your wish, ‘Zoro and Robin competing to be Choppers best big sibling’ such a cute idea and in time for his bday too ^_^ happy birthday chops 🎉🩷

and happy holidays to u!

[lakesparkles]

Posting twice or I'll forget to do it later

Some art while I brainstorm about my own fanfiction (expect the last one ofc LMAO). It'll be a college AU but mostly just about the Thanos team interacting.

I came up with the idea of Nam-gyu, Gyeong-su and Se-mi being roommates (bc they don't have enough money to rent an apartment alone) and now this is my favorite thing ever.

For a fun fact, Min-su lives next door :]

[dingledraw]

My baby just cares for me🩷🐍

[crouteann]

boring headshot print rush begins now with my beloved alucard

buy him on my shop!!!

[bardically-uninspired]

call kyoko concept i was thinking about

[ravidrws]

another modern au

[the-ancient-dragons]

The last Overcomplicated Pantalan tribe; LeafWings!

You know how it goes. I'm just me and Joy and Tui are awesome and amazing.

Details and explanation below.

Otherwise, next week is something new! You'll get to meet one of my fantribes >:)

More overcomplicated dragons.

With the LeafWing, I struggled to decide what approach to take. Should I do something closer to canon or go crazy and do 100% my go-to headcanon?

Because my go-to headcanon is that LeafWings should have four wings. I found it odd that they and SilkWings both come from Pyrrhia, but SilkWings (technically BeetleWings) were the only tribe that evolved four wings? I hesitated to even mention this in my HiveWing post because idk how popular this opinion is, but even the fact that Clearsight's arrival somehow split the BeetheWings into two WILDLY different tribes is astounding, with how long dragons live.

But that's not the point of this post. We're here for LeafWings and buckle up, it's a doozy.

So first of all, the reason I justified a four-winged LeafWing is to help it camouflage as a plant better. I'll eventually provide a sheet of this, but it would have two main defence modes, the first being a single-leaf version where they lie flat on the ground or stand still with their wings drooping, creating the silhouette of a single leaf, or a version where they hang on the end of a branch and hold their wings and tail out.

It isn't just their wings that creates this look. I took the original single sail and split it in two, based on the ribs of a draco lizard, and had them run along the sides of its neck. When spread, they are a part of the single-leaf camouflage and bridge the gap between the head and shoulders. They would also have more similar frills on their front and back legs in case they need to camouflage standing up. They could use this for hunting or hiding...

Continuing with the bug-avian beak mix, I referenced african parrot species and leafcutter ants. The highly altered head is based on horned frogs and leaf geckos, and I obviously based the colouration and patterning on leaf insects (though the lighting kind of hides it on the back of the head, lol). Last but not least, I wanted to preserve and enhance the leaf cell design Joy used for the scattered body scales (at least, I'm 90% sure it's for that purpose, it seems most obvious). So, like any sane human, I found photos of plant cells under microscopes and used the rectangular-ish shapes for the main body scales.

I had so much fun making this series. It seems like a lot of people enjoyed it as much as I did. I learned a lot about external anatomy and mixing different creatures to achieve unified designs.

School is doing its best to murder me (I can't do big pieces) so from now on I'll have to stick to loose sketches I can do in-class or doodle within an hour. But once we learn more about bones and muscles I'll be able to take a crack at analyzing the full bodies of some of the tribes. I'll go in whatever order I see fit.

In the meantime, I've got some Fantribes for you, starting next week! See you then!