#pic for scale under the cut! he is little

[coffinlordcrafts]

I’m so excited to finally post my D.Gray-man piece for @2000sgothichorrorzine! I loved choosing elements from Hoshino’s beautiful manga and drawing them extremely small!

Everyone did such amazing work on this zine & you can download it here for free! 🖤

Photo with my trusty 005 micron pen for scale! Just a little guy fr

[rougepancake]

Just My Type

FT. Jonathan Joestar, Joseph Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, Josuke Higashikata, & Giorno Giovanna

Pt. 1 | Pt. 2

WARNINGS: Sexually explicit content under cut. Minors and ageless blogs dni. Fem!Reader. Stalking, panty stealing, inappropriate use of stands, pervy jojos, masturbation, accurate to their individual timelines. Don Giorno and Cop Josuke. NOT PROOFREAD!!

SUMMARY: Perv headcanons for the JoJo’s up through part five. Might make one for the JoBros-

JONATHAN JOESTAR

Out of all of them, he feels the most guilt

He’s a gentleman, after all

First it starts out with him eyeing your body, taking subtle peeks throughout the day

It then escalates to him brushing against you gently, and it kills him

There’s not much he can do outside of watching you and getting off to you before bed

SPEAKING OF THAT-

He humps his pillow

God he’s so desperate and needy too

Especially when you have no idea. For whatever reason, it makes his heart swell

But he feels so bad about it. What if you ever found out? What would you do? Do you feel the same way about him??

Once saw you riding your horse and was genuinely never the same after that

There was something about how determined you looked, with that wistful look in your eyes that just turned him on

He’s so down bad that he asked Dio for advice

“Get her drunk and convince her to stay. She’s stupid enough anyways.” “Grope her… duh…”

Dio does NOT give two shits about wether not his advice is legal

However, Jonathan follows through with the alcohol one

It’s his only chance to get close to you outside of studying alongside you

And to his surprise, you come over and share some wine with him

Thankfully, you wind up getting tipsy first, which gives him the chance to make his move

“Ah, y/n. It’s not safe for you to travel back to your estate in such a condition. Allow me to provide you with somewhere to spend the night.”

He lets you stay in his bed, and even convinces you to wear his clothes to bed

Snuck into the room while you were asleep and just watched you

Oh how he wanted to touch you, to feel you, but he couldn’t. It felt like he couldn’t do anything about his feelings for you and it bothered him so

Also practically ruined his clothes once he got them back. (Listen man sometimes it’s hard to get cum stains out-)

Dio never lets him hear the end of it and proceeds to give him shitty advice

JOSEPH JOESTAR

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- this man is a WHORE‼️

He has no shame whatsoever and refuses to keep his feelings for you a secret

In fact, you can barely tell if he’s kidding or not when he hits on you

He steals your clothing

Shirts? Gone. Bras? Never to be seen again. Panties? Oh he’ll steal them, ruin them, and then slip them back into your dresser when he’s over

He loves the idea of getting away with it, and it turns him on to know that you’re just as clueless as ever

Slips pictures of himself into your house, leaving them on the counter to make you think of him

Honestly thinks he’s so smooth (Caesar thinks he’s fucking weird)

Has no problem with smacking your ass out of the blue

Also really likes to pick you up and bury his face in your chest

Has collected various photos of you and gets off to them almost every night

Like it’s just a pic of you smiling and he’s hard as hell

While Jonathan whimpers and begs, Joseph moans and mutters

On the loudness scale he’s about 13/10

He does not give a flying FUCK about who hears him

Talks dirty while he fucks his hand, closing his eyes to picture your beautiful face between his legs, smiling up at him

Yeah he likes to take sneak peeks of you in the bath, so what?!

Does all of this with the mentality of “she’ll be mine eventually, so I’m entitled to a head start-“

JOTARO KUJO

Feels a little guilty about it at first, but never feels that way ever again once he gets ahold of a Polaroid of you in a bikini

Carries that shit around with him EVERYWHERE

He has also collected various photos of you, and has a mini photo album that’s dedicated to pictures of you smiling

Sorry but I think he’s into dacryphilia

Sure he loves to see you happy and enjoying yourself, but he just thinks you look so pretty when you cry

He fucking loves it when you come to him in tears, taking it as his chance to wrap his arm around you and bring you in closer to him

He constantly tells you that you’re annoying, but would smash you in a heartbeat

Enemies to lovers bs but he’s in love with you from the start

He prefers to steal your bras over anything else (he seriously has a thing for tits-) and DOES NOT give them back until they stop smelling like you

He also (occasionally) steals your shirts and replaces them with his own. The idea of you walking around in one of his shirts when it’s too big for you really gets him going

Loves to take you out for drinks and then escort you back home

Even better if you’re a lightweight

It gives him a reason to carry you back to your place and tuck you in bed

Once found your ‘special drawer’ while snooping around and fucking stole your vibrator

Granted, he bought you a much better one and snuck it into your drawer, but you were pissed when you noticed it’s absence

He has, and will continue to, use Star Platinum/The World to stop time and get his hands on you

Even if it’s just for a few seconds, he’ll be thinking about it all day

Oh god and Star Platinum loves you too

Grabs and holds you. 10/10 cuddler, even if Jotaro is incredibly embarrassed

You’ve always just seen it as ‘Jotaro’s lonely side’ and nothing more, so you don’t tell off Star

Star has been known to sneak away from Jotaro just to hang out with you

If you and Joot ever end up sharing a hotel room together for any reason, Star will hump you in your sleep

Now, Jotaro lets out low grunts and moans, but is typically quiet when getting off. STAR PLATINUM???? Fucking whimpers and whines like there’s no tomorrow

This man is hanging on by a thread

JOSUKE HIGASHIKATA

Man

On the guilt scale, he’s second place for sure

Feels HORRIBLE

But is also like his dad with the “yolo” mentality

Steals your shirts and shorts, sleeps in them (even if they’re too small), and refuses to give them back

Like your clothes just keep vanishing and you’re like ???

Has used Crazy Diamond to sneak into your place and has no real intentions of stopping

Has a shit ton of photos of you sleeping hidden away in his room

Really just wants to hear you call him a good boy

When he’s needy, he is NEEDY. Humps his pillow, whimpers, whines, the whole ass package

His hand just isn’t enough for him anymore

Unlike his father, he’s not brave enough to get close to you or touch you. My guy can’t even hug you without turning a bright shade of red

Oh and if you come over to play games with him, he’s a total goner

Absolute mess of a man

Can’t do shit without being embarrassed, so he’s a lot less weird than the others

But by god what he would give to hear you call him a good boy

It’s like his one dream

Rohan once used Heaven’s Door on him to get more dirt on him and has (some) no regrets. Will never let Josuke hear the end of it.

“Ohoho you like y/n? Josuke you good for nothing pervert. Give the woman a break.”

Prays that one day you’ll be in trouble and he’ll be the officer sent out to save you

GIORNO GIOVANNA

He’s one second away from going full blown yandere

You can’t change my mind

He’s got everything he needs at his fingertips, and could easily take you away without having to lift a finger

Openly flirts with you, but treats you with such respect that you can’t tell if he’s just being nice or not

Also spoils you

Buys you anything he’s ever seen you take interest in

Even if you don’t really want it, it WILL show up at your door eventually

Makes sure to sign his gifts to you so you don’t forget who it is that’s spoiling you like this

Kisses your hand and cheeks in a way that he claims is platonic

Loves it when you trust him enough that you can come to him for anything. Gossip? Do tell. Something bothering you? Just let him know and he’ll have it all sorted out in no time

I shit you not he makes you sit on his lap while you tell him about your day

You think it’s because the two of you are such good friends, but he actually just loves the sight of you pressed against him

His voice gets higher pitched when he gets off, and he begs a version of you that doesn’t exist to let him cum, pleading with you over and over

Eventually, he’ll start to feel bad about it, but he’d much rather live in the moment

[saucyjothoughts]

Can we have something dedicated to Naces huge cock ?

I had to make this Jance (hung!Nace x sizequeen!Jan). Hope you don't mind.

(nsfw under the cut)

"I don't believe you," came Jan's message. "You're just bragging."

"It's not a brag," Nace texted back. "It's the bain of my existence."

It was true. Having a huge cock sounds like all fun and games until your partners stop wanting to give you head because it strains their jaw too much. Until even pussy that can handle the girth can never take you balls-deep. Until no one will let you try anal. It was (if you excuse the double entendre) a massive pain in the ass.

"Pics or you're lying."

"I'm not hard."

"Then get hard."

Nace was pretty sure Jan would send him something for inspiration if he asked but he was too polite to do so. Instead, he spent a few moments on the main page of his favourite pornsite and took his dick out of his pants, stroking a spit-wet palm just under the head until it was suitably photogenic.

Nace sent a photo.

After the longest twenty seconds of Nace's life, Jan's reply came through.

"Nice. I have a toy that size."

"Pics or you're lying," Nace returned Jan's tease.

Jan sent a photo.

It was a sleek black thing, flared suction-cup base with smooth ridges and a realistic tip moulded into the silicone. He included his face for scale, eyebrows raised in a playful expression. It looked huge next to him. Nace stroked himself a little more.

"Can you take it?"

"Yup."

"All of it?"

"Of course."

"Show me."

Half an hour later, Nace was catching his breath, cleaning his own cum off his chest.

"Quite the performance," he told his friend. "Would love to see it in person some time."

"Do you have plans tomorrow?"

"Nothing I can't cancel."

***

"Fuck, that's good."

Jan was on his knees, forearms resting on the top of the headboard. He had already been playing with himself before Nace arrived, a fat plug keeping him open. He had let Nace pop it out for him, ready to replace with cock. Now, Nace was in him just a couple of inches, angling himself to push against Jan's prostate.

"You can go deeper than that," Jan turned his head a little to tell him, dark hair messy on his face. "I can take it, don't worry about hurting me."

"I want it to feel good for you too," Nace told him. "I'm not just here to use you as a cocksleeve."

Jan groaned. "Say that word again."

"What? Cocksleeve?"

"Now say it with your hand around my throat."

After a moment of hesitation, Nace leaned forward over him, reaching to wrap his hand around Jan's neck. Just a little pressure with his hand, just a little pressure with his dick and -

"Cocksleeve."

Jan's whole body shook underneath him. Those red puffy lips whined out an obscene noise and his warm, wet ass clenched around Nace's cock in waves and the sore, swollen dick between his legs dribbled cum onto the sheets below them.

"Did you just come?"

"Sorry."

"Don't be sorry. I told you I want you to enjoy it."

"I'm enjoying it." His body was still tremoring.

"Do you want to carry on?"

"Don't you dare stop now. But can we have more lube?"

Nace leaned back, pulling out. He watched Jan's pretty little asshole twitch as it gaped at him, enough that Nace could pour lube directly inside him as well as down the length of his cock. He smeared it over himself until he was glistening. There was no way he should have been able to fit inside but Jan was like a fantasy, like his own personal pornstar, moaning like heaven on earth the moment Nace was inside him again, pleasure in high definition.

Newly slick, Nace pushed deep. At least, as deep as he had even been before. Still inches away from any skin-on-skin contact, but Nace had learned to accept his fate. He knew he'd never be able feel his entire cock inside a lover to the hilt, he'd never be able to give someone everything. At least, he thought that was true. Until he met Jan.

"Deeper."

"More?"

"More."

Nace pushed. Underneath him, Jan's back was beginning to sweat, the muscles of his arms flexing where he held himself up, slutty little hips wiggling. Nace caught them with his hands and pulled them back onto his cock deeper, the most beautiful sight Nace had ever seen. He was rock solid, desperately aroused, losing more and more control with every inch he gained into Jan's depths. He felt so good, so warm and tight and willing. Nace wrapped an arm underneath him and pressed up against his belly, feeling the movement of his own cock filling Jan's guts as he thrust into him. Fuck.

"You sure you can take it all?"

Jan's voice was deep, breathy. "Fuck me, Nace."

His core tightened. Nace's hips rolled a deep, dirty rhythm, pushing and pushing and pushing until -

Nace's hips were flush with Jan's ass. Never before had he been so deep, the entire length of his cock able to enjoy someone's body, and he pushed again, forcing himself against the cushioning of Jan's butt, letting his balls slap against him. He was as deep as he could be, giving him everything, closer than he had ever been to anyone before. The feeling was addictive. Inside Nace, a fire burned.

Jan was moaning, trying to meet Nace's movements but little more than putty in his hands. Nace had picked up the pace, not having to worry about hurting him, not having to restrain himself, just able to give without fear and take without guilt, letting go, getting closer. He gritted his teeth against the intensity of it all. Rough hands took hold of Jan's shoulders, squeezing tight enough to hear Jan whine, his knuckles blanching white.

He couldn't keep his nasty thoughts to himself.

"I'm gonna come so deep in your ass you're gonna taste it in your mouth."

Jan's whole body shook.

[elvenbeard]

What if we kissed under the bigass neon Christmas tree at Corpo Plaza surrounded by virtual snowfall?

🥺👉👈😘🎄🐟❄️ (<- the emoji combo Kerry sent Vince to start off their date, probably)

Fantastic neon tree prop by @lokiina (you don't have to scale it up to 3000% like I did, but you can, and that's awesome!) 💚

Snowflake props, comfy sweater (Kerry), scarves, and pullover (Vince) by @pinkyjulien💛

Some headcanons and behind the scenes pics below the cut xD

I wasn't sure if I'd manage to do wintery pics still in time cause the last weeks I was ill and also busy as hell, so yeah XD But then, as I was playing around with the Christmas tree, knowing that it's scalable, I had the spontaneous urge to see just how big you could make it... and we'd been talking about how utterly decked out NC has got to be in colorful lights and shit around Christmas (because, yay, consumerism!). And since there are virtual cherry blossoms everywhere, there's gotta be virtual snowfall too!

This is what it looked like from afar :D

Now, headcanon time!

I think, as someone who grew up in the 90s and poor-ish, like me, Christmas must've been a special and magical time for Kerry, even if it's probably lost its charm as he grew older. I still think though, since I interpret him as someone very nostalgic who tends to linger in the past, he'd definitely be into decorating the house and having at least a small fake tree or something set up. He probably did that with Louise and his kids as well (cause yay, giving presents to make up for the guilty feelings of being a probably otherwise not very present parent - ba-dum-tss), and in the following years it brought back too many bad feelings and memories for him to really look forward to it. But with Vince he'd wanna make new memories, he'd probably be in the holiday spirit again for the first time in a long time... but little does he know that Vince is a little Grinch ("What the fuck is a Grinch?" - ".... movie night, right now!")

Vince's family *never* celebrated Christmas in a big way. His mother thought the decorations tacky and didn't want them in her house. Culture-wise, with his dad's Japanese background, Christmas is more a romantic couple's holiday than the traditional family or even religious thing we have in the west. So he doesn't have strong feelings about Christmas apart from "hm, yeah, the lights are pretty I guess". But I'd also like to think that Kerry does manage to get him in the holiday spirit at least a little bit too xD Cause in the end, it's about spending time with your loved ones and giving a shit about the rest imo XD

[vyscera]

Theseus, Felled By The Minotaur

Meant to post this right when I graduated but ive been resting a lot. Ta daaa finally the last painting in my thesis series is done (1 and 2) and I have a degree.

Check under the cut for a pic of the full thesis presentation and a little concept breakdown, these paintings areee really big. And if you're interested, I've posted a ton of in-progress pics for the whole series on my Patreon 🐂

Itch.io / Redbubble / INPRNT / Twitter / Patreon  

The goal of this series was in part to challenge myself to work at a far larger scale than I'm used to. The compositions are meant to personify a number of contemporary issues that have been weighing on me heavily lately through the use of mythological imagery, emotions I thought others may connect to. Feelings of despair and anger as well as an intersection between mania and apprehension at the increase of right wing fanaticism and its tangible effect on legislature and the lives of marginalized peoples are illustrated through allusions of surreal horror. This third and last painting in the series is a final catharsis against oppressive forces. It imagines a world where the Minotaur is not needlessly slain by Theseus in his search for glory, and instead is able to overcome him and the influences he represents.

[tacticalspider]

olduvai, olduvai, what happened? / the cycles of time?

i'm growing older in my body / in my mind's eye, i'm always young

(image description in alt and under cut; reference pic under cut)

image description: this is long sorry. i redrew a picture of ray toro and his two sons to be teletubbies. the original picture was taken during the reunion tour and is of ray kneeling at the edge of this little stage offshooting from the big stage. he's doing a really awesome solo and his hair is flying everywhere so that it kind of looks like a halo, and his two young kids are on the ground, standing at the edge of the stage and sort of clambering up towards him. the picture was taken by his wife and it's really beautiful. anyway, so my picture has pretty much the same set up, but i drew it in colored pencil and pen on a page from my dad's thesis, which was on an endangered Nicaraguan language called Ulwa and the scaling is kind of fucked because I'm still learning how to actually draw. in my picture, ray is laa laa, the yellow teletubby, but that's only visible through his yellow hands and arms and the yellow curling antenna mixed in with his hair. i tried to add yellow bits to his hair, which is long, brown, and curly, but i'm not sure how well it worked. i made him wear a blue-grey iron maiden shirt, just because i'm pretty sure i saw him wear and iron maiden shirt on the internet once and that seemed like a decent color. he's also wearing dark brown jeans and brown boots and his guitar is meant to be a dark, reddish-brown. on his left is the crowd, which is a scribbly dark brown mass, and on his right is a big stage light, which has a yellow glow that spreads out behind him. in the upper right corner, the word "olduvai" is written in yellow-brown letters with a turquoise outline and a font that's meant to look sort of like important penmanship from the eighteenth century, because i think it looks cool. next to "olduvai" it says "life cycles endlessly on." these are lyrics from "olduvai," which is a song Ray wrote solo and I really like. his kids are the teletubbies ru-ru and umby pumby, and they are orange and dark yellow respectively. ru-ru has turquoise headphones on, an orange antenna that's basically just a nub, and his yellow shirt says "tubby custard" on the back. umby pumby's headphones are dark pink. it's a pretty cool picture. end id.

reference:

[andreaphobia]

P5R Pilgrimage: Shibuya

A hideout for Phantom Thieves :)

(Screenshot below taken from a YouTube video!)

More pics and screenshot comparisons under the cut! :D

Station Square

Shibuya's changed quite a lot since the game was released in 2016, and so unfortunately some of the locations depicted are gone. Case in point: the Teikyu building (actually the Tokyu building IRL) has been entirely demolished, which means the stairs leading up to the Ginza line gate, the gate itself, the bakery, and the accessway hideout (pictured above) are no more. :( You can still get part of the view that you see in the screenshots of the accessway, but obviously not all of it.

The lottery stand is still there, however:

But the smoking area (visible in the right side of the screenshot above) is gone.

The "green frog" where Yoshida used to give his speeches in the game has been replaced by...whatever this is. The “SHIBU HACHI BOX,” apparently. xd

And of course, you can’t visit Shibuya without seeing the statue of “Buchiko” (Hachiko):

Though the scale of things is different, it’s a little uncanny how well things line up.

Underground Walkway and Underground Mall

It’s an absolute maze down there (though I didn’t get as horribly lost as I did in Shinjuku Station). Here are the IC card machines on the way to the line that takes you to...Kichijoji, I think? in the game.

One of the staircases that takes you up to the JL (JR, in real life) lines.

The escalators leading up to the Station Square, along with a helpful picture of Hachiko:

Sadly, the juice stand is gone. (You can get your shoes shined instead!)

The 109 (105 in the game) store seems to have moved, so its sign is no longer in the same place, but this is where Yusuke waits on days when he’s available to hang out. 

The station has lockers...

...and also job magazines. This one surprised me a bit! Magazines for jobs in this day and age -- whoda thunk?

Though it’s not in the same place, there’s a flower shop in the underground mall that looks quite similar!

Shibuya Crossing and Center-Gai

Center-Gai is a very quick walk from the station, just past the crossing.

The Taiseido bookstore is on the corner, right where you’d expect it to be.

Vending machines embedded in this...blue wall thing.

The Scarlet DVD store is actually a Tsutaya, where you can get books, DVDs, CDs, and lots of other stuff.

The alleyway with the Velvet Room entrance and the Airsoft shop is actually the back of a FamilyMart convenience store. Also, there isn’t actually a shop there.

Lastly: there’s a graffitied walkway that passes beneath a bridge near Shibuya station that looks a tad familiar. I discovered this entirely by accident when wandering about with my friend, so I’m not sure I could make my way back there, but I made sure to take pictures. XD

Hope you enjoyed the pics! Next up will be Yongen-jaya :)

[steel--fairy]

ship meme things!! sorry if its potato quality, i did the memes on my phone then had to send them thru discord to get them on my tablet to draw the pics lol

random notes under the cut:

per the scale world models (the closest we get to canon heights for these two), steven is something like 5'10 and wallace is 6'0 but i refuse to acknowledge steven could ever be tall. man radiates short king energy. wallace gives model vibes, so he gets to be extra tall

because of their height difference and difference in body types they can't share clothing but they do share a lot of jewelry.

wallace likes to use very classic pet names, yknow darling, sweetheart, my love, etc

steven had a crush first (yearsss of pining) but wallace was the one to act on the feelings

theyre in the middle for bug because theres no option for "pet the bug because thats armaldo and he lives there too"

neither can drive or have ever taken any lessons. all flying or teleporting by pokemon. or just walking lol

stevens cooking is edible. thats the best you can say. wallace is actually a great cook however.

occasionally holding hands is the most pda they do. steven dislikes pda. wallace doesnt mind it necessarily, but also likes keeping his private life private so he doesn't mind not doing pda.

wallace has had a number of relationships before steven while wallace is stevens first

steven, stemming from years of pining, is more likely to get jealous but doesn't dwell on it for long. wallace meanwhile knows steven doesnt like flirting and attention so theres little jealousy on his side.

atlantios is my hc last name for wallace : ) i thought there would be enough room to write it out legibly orz

they met (for more than one conversation) at 18/19 and 21/22 when steven went to challenge the sootopolis gym. wallace had just taken over by the time steven got there.

they are both prep-nerds i dont make the rules (wallace more prep, steven more nerd)

idk if the "updog" one is who asks or who falls for it, but steven would fall for it lmao

wallace initiated the relationship but steven zoomed through basically every other first

wallace is more talkative on average, but stevens more likely to talk nonstop for three hours so it sort of averages out. quantity vs quality

neither are really drinkers. wallace because of some things in his past, while steven just doesnt like it

neither are really frivolous but stevens definition of "not a lot of money" is veeeery different from wallaces lol

[slap-me-xingchen]

I may or may not have escalated a lot tiny bit and I made FoxXian and DragonJi plushies. More details under the cut.

... It all started when I had some short brown fur leftover from a project and I was like "Hu, the short brown fur would go nicely with the leftovers of the long fur from my FoxXian cosplay" and suddenly I had a FoxXian plushies and of course then I kind of HAD to make DragonJi too, ya know. Both plushies are designed to match to @recipe-of-seduction 's and mine DragonJi&FoxXIan cosplays.

Details on the DragonJi:

The head and the (modified) claws/feet are 3D printed using the Lung Oriental Articulated Dragon model by 7Fish on thingiverse. The jaw can be opened fully (which can't be fully seen in the pics above so I added a WIP picture of when he was still bald ☠). The rest of the body is made of fabric and leather scales, all sewn by hand. Originally, I wanted him to be fully posable and I put wire into him but RIP he's too heavy for the wire and now he's a very floppy wet noodle.

Details on FoxXian:

The pattern for the body is by Dollphinwing on Etsy and I altered the pattern for the tail and the head. The head contains a 3D printed replica of a fox skull, so yes he can actually open and close his mouth and he has a tongue to blep (very important!). There's a little bit of wire in him to stabilize the head and the tail (they're heavy), but he's not as posable as DragonJi. The fox is completely handsewn and the eyes are also embroidered by hand.

And last but not least: They're rather big.

[foggyfanfic]

Went back and forth on whether or not to post these, but guess who went to Oogie Boogie bash!! Pics and thoughts under the cut if you're interested! Quick warning though, I am a lot more interested in the inner workings of theme parks than I am in the fantasy, so if you don't want to break the fourth wall, so to speak, don't read what I've written.

First, I don't usually do meet and greets because I am too aware of the fact that I'm talking to an actor, and all the questions I want to ask are "behind the curtain" type questions. But, I love cosplay, so I made an exception to check out the costume details on the Brunos.

You can kinda see it here in the first picture, if you look past the blurriness, but one of the details I find most brilliant is that the lovely gentleman playing Bruno is wearing a shade of foundation a touch paler than his actual skin tone to make himself look a little grayer than he is. I saw another one of the Brunos up close and it didn't look like he was doing the same thing with his make up, so this might have been a personal choice on the part of the actor. If so, genius! If they start up an award ceremony for theme park actors, this guy wins best "Non-Prosthetic Make up" award.

As for things beyond his control, all of the actors playing Bruno were a bit tall. Me included for scale. I'm 5'6" and the boots I'm wearing have a slight heel, so you can estimate my height as being 5'7" or even 5'8". This guy is about two or three inches taller than me, and the other actor I saw was the same height. I passed by the photo spot a few other times, but idk if those were additional actors or if these two guys switch back and forth all night (they're only allowed to work for like thirty minutes at a time or something). So I guess I can't say all of the actors are tall, just the two I've definitely seen. The ruana almost looked like real wool, but considering how warm it was, it was probably (hopefully) just cotton.

Did the Oogie Boogie treat trail, it moved faster than I was expecting, but had sunchips, so it loses points for that. 7/10. Mostly joking, I gave my chips to my sister. Anyways, wish I'd taken pictures of the theming, you can kinda see some of it behind Oogie Boogie, this was in the Animation Studio where they have all those screens, so they leaned into that with a lot of spoopy casino themed slide shows and a spattering of physical decorations. It didn't sound like Oogie Boogie's lines were prerecorded, but he had definitely received a script to lean on. The costume, as you can see, wasn't very scary, and the actor in it was definitely used to playing cute characters more than villains, but they did a pretty good job with the puppetry that moved the mouth. Really made it look like Oogie was talking.

Accidentally ended up on the Mother Gothel treat trail (we just thought it was one of the ones that didn't have a character). Actress was a bit young for the part (as can be expected), but damn did she play it well. As you can see, her set was beautiful, and the dress was a lighter fabric than in the movie but relatively accurate. She interacted with guests so fluidly. She asked a little girl if she listened to her mother and when the little girl shrugged and said a little bit, she said in a voice I've heard from my mother's obnoxious friends, "Well! At least she's honest!" Very convincing. I have no trouble believing this is a woman whose daughter doesn't talk to her for "no reason". 10/10.

The first character treat trail we did was Judge Doom from Roger Rabbit, unfortunately, we didn't get to linger that long because my mother had decided to forgo a scooter despite her terrible back and asking her to stand around while we took pictures of the guy in the costume would have been a war crime. But look at that set!!! There were barrels of the dip ingredients leading up to it, then you get past a tree hanging over the trail and viola! There it is. He was wearing a prosthetic chin that could have been blended onto his real face a little better, but he did some great improv when he saw a kid carrying a Roger Rabbit doll.

And finally, last but not least, when the night was just about over and the lines were almost completely gone, I dragged my sister to the Ernesto Treat Trail because I'd seen pics of the costume and wanted to lay eyes on it myself. Look at that make up! It's so well built, so convincing. That's not a mask, but prosthetics, so he was able to act through them. His voice was pretty smooth, didn't get to see him sing the song, he was probably a bit too tired by this point, but he did a great job adapting Ernesto's affectations into something a little more overtly sinister.

Over all, wouldn't have minded if the party was a little longer. Or even if we'd been let into the park a little sooner so we could get some of the non-Oogie Boogie stuff out of the way while the crowds were milling about. We got in at 3, when all of the lines were a bit too long and got food, wanted to do the drawing lessons in the Animation Studio, but they stopped at 3:30, right when we had finished our meal. There weren't any shows going on, so my sister and I split up to do single rider lines (got on the Incredicoaster three times, so that was cool). I think being let in at noon would have been a bit better. I enjoyed the party, but I don't know if I'd fork over the money to do it again considering how little time I had in the park. I definitely wouldn't pay for a normal ticket and an Oogie Boogie ticket in the same day. So, they should maybe extend the time you're allowed into the park. Then again, they've sold out two years in a row, so what do I know.

[xxwithlovefromfaexx]

sorry for the formatting! I have no artistic skills I used pic crew and ms paint to spew this shameless oc addition out haskdjkd

piccrew link is here

some extra notes under the cut bc I forgot to add them in

the heights and ages seem a bit blurry to me sdkjfkb so Fae is 5′3 (160cm) and 23-24 yrs old

fae doesn’t normally get into relationships/woohoos with guys, hence the questioning (questioning how in god’s name did she end up with a guy who threatened her life). But she’s probably pansexual imo.

fae could totally confess bc she knows Adam is into her,,,she just doesn’t wanna lol (call it her sadistic streak, your honour)

the only people who get into faes car when shes driving are people with absolutely no self preservation

fae is 100% a passenger princess

fae is actually a lot more observant then she lets on. She likes to put on an air that she has no idea what’s happening around her, but she’s probably almost as observant as Adam when she needs to be

Has had some short relationships, I think I put her so high on the experience scale bc I’m counting friendships as well, she’s definitely a person magnet and people like being around her (unlike Adam)

her little sprout on the avatar is bc shes just a lil sprout (she jests but her neck will never be the same again after having to crane up to see Adam all the time :’( f in the chat for faes neck)

Is probably only so horny bc shes so incredibly touch starved.

also, awkward??? it’s part of her charm, she says, as she spurts off the most cheesiest line known to man. It’s a good thing Adams so whipped for her skjbfkdj

She doesn’t feel a need to be jealous with Adam. He makes it pretty clear he’s only got time for her.

[paponela]

Etching process pt.1: sketching

hiii!!!! so!! as i’ve said i’m beginning a big etching project right now and i thought it would be cool to show a little bit of how i approach it simply because i love sharing my stuff online but in this instance i can’t anywhere else because it’s a secret gift for a friend!!!!! and also because as we’ve established with the etching fic i am a nerd about it lol

 so!!! a bit of the process under the cut!!!! including lots of pics and lots of rambling

okay so first things first. a decade old friend moved to a different country a couple of months ago, and right before he did we traveled together to say goodbye. i obviously miss him very much, so i wanted to gift him something nice. at first i was going to draw him some landscapes and that was it, but this week i thought wait a minute.. what if... i made an etching COMIC!!

and i thought this because when you print something you made in copper it leaves a very distinct volume on the paper that i though would look great as a comic panel, check it out:

but the problem is. copper is extremely expensive. and since im making a comic i’ll be cutting it in extremely specific sizes that are very, very prone to leave a bunch of waste behind. i usually sketch something on my sketchbook before i draw on the copper and call it a day, but this time specifically i wanted

to be extra sure of what i was doing

heavily trace pictures of the trip

have a cool digital illustration just in case something goes wrong with the etching

so i ended up playing around with the pics me and my friends took and ended up with a 6 panels A3 layout that looks like this:

(back reveal omg hi!!!!!)

as you can see some pics were just fine by themselves, but i meshed some things up to look better, and the first panel looked weird no matter what i did, so i took a pic in my room this week and photoshoped it on top of something else to represent the one hundred hours we spent snorkeling - which obviously i have no pics of lol - it worked just fine i think!!!!

but anyway. since we’ve established that i also wanted a digital illustration in this specific instance, i set the brush to a very, very small size (2px) and just... hatched the hell out of the pics. usually when i do my sketches digitally i print multiple copies throughout the process so i don’t waste time drawing things that won’t show up, but this time i just wanted to have some fun!!! not only would i have a cool drawing by the end but it’s always nice to like. test out how to draw something before you actually spend a lot of money to draw in on copper hgdkjhgfd the end result looks like this:

and the printed version looks like this, with my hand for scale:

while everything looks fine on the screen, the second and third panel have waaaay too much detail for them to really work on print, so im doing a simpler redraw some time later so they fit better with everything else. but for now that’s it!!! im taking the printed version with me to my uni next monday and i’ll begin the actual etching, and when i have one of them ready i’ll come back with part two and show how you both etch and print an individual panel!! i’ve never printed multiple plates at once, so obviously there will be a lot of testing around about that specifically lol. wish me luck!!! you’ll hear more from me soon ;)

[racingtoaredlight]

St. Helens

I always knew about the eruption of the volcano under Mt. St. Helens, but I listened to a podcast about this dude’s experience on there that fucking blew me away and sent me in a deep dive.

The video at the top is one probably most of us are familiar with...it sets the stage for two critical elements of the story I heard.  First, they didn’t expect it to erupt sideways.  Second, this was the largest landslide in recorded human history...over a mile of the mountain’s north face was displaced.  From beginning signs of eruption to the aftermath, St. Helens lost 1,300 feet of elevation.

The mountain had been bulging like a pregnant zit for weeks.  Just swelling up more and more, causing all sorts of shit.  There were more earthquakes in six weeks here than the state of California experiences in an entire decade.  Think about that for a second...

***

Lets talk about the landslide...

The video I’m about to post is the aftermath of Seattle KOMO cameraman Dave Crockett’s chase.  Chase is the perfect word for it because here are the estimates for the speed of the debris tsunami that was racing after him...initial speeds after the eruption were likely 200mph, reaching critical speeds of over 600mph that were capable of breaking the sound barrier.

Let me put this in perspective...the governement issued a safety radius of 7 miles.  The landslide and all its mass traveled over 7 miles in just over 10 minutes.

Crockett jumped in his car, had this feeling and kept checking his rearview mirror.  All of the sudden, he saw a giant wave of mud, ice, boulders, entire tree trunks and other assorted forest detritus melded together by magma and thick ash, that was about the height of a 3-story building...bulldozing and entire forest of trees in its path.  Here’s an idea of how powerful this landslide was...

*this massive tree was absolutely shredded by the blast itself

*note the humans circled in the bottom right corner for scale

When he looked back towards the road, he saw another giant wave cut across in front of him...he immediately swerved, and by the grace of god, landed on an unused forest road that was somehow safe from all these landslides...got out of his car and started rolling.

I’ve watched the whole video.  It’s honestly kind of boring until things get worse and worse...and it’s still kinda boring because it’s pitch black ash all around him.  His survival is so outrageously lucky, it’s almost impossible to comprehend.

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The first pic in this section is two pictures taken by photographer Robert Landsburg a few minutes apart.  The second is his camera.  There are supposed images of his car too, but I think they’re mislabeled and actually the car of another photographer lost in the eruption, Reid Blackburn.

The thing is, they knew it was going to erupt...putting up safety radii and warning people and shit...but nobody knew when.  The mountain just kept bulging, getting more and more pregnant...earthquakes were a matter of daily life at that point and the timing couldn’t really tell...so you had a few dudes up there still taking pictures and doing science stuff.

And, like I said above,.the other thing was that nobody expected the volcano to erupt sideways like it did either...

Landsburg must have known he was already dead.  He snapped these pictures, climbed in the car, put the film from his camera back in its case, threw all the stuff into his backpack, and shielded it with his body hoping to preserve it.  They found his body 17 days later, the film miraculously in tact (if not a little damaged).

In that first picture, use the treeline for context...those pictures are a few minutes apart, and yet look at the sheer size of that oncoming hellscape and think about how fast it was moving.  There was no escape from that kind of power.

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There’s no point or conclusion to this...just blew my mind.

The lake adjacent to St. Helens, Spirit Lake, took the biggest brunt of the blast.  Almost directly in line with the massive sideways displacement and ensuing landslide, the lake’s water was completely slammed to one side of the lake...

If you know anything about tsunami’s, you’ll know I’m describing one right now.  When all that debris slammed into Spirit Lake and shoved the water to one side...it comes back, you know.  The science is pretty well known for shit like this, and judging by the displacement and speed, the ensuing wave of water rushing back would’ve been about 600 feet high.

43 years later, this is what the lake looks like now.  Go to 1:06:00 in the video below.

It’s really incredible shit. 

[pupships]

⚰️ mourning, 💭 meant to be, and 👤 for myself (for whoever you wanna talk about?)

whoever i want to talk abt? mmm i think i will talk abt my beloved channie <3 answers under the cut! + thank uuuu for asking!

⚰️ mourning ; does anybody look down on your relationship? why, and how does it make you feel? does it affect your relationship at all?

yes! it's mostly just ppl who are like, actually kinda stalkerish toward him- so it doesn't make either of us like, sad or anything. i get anxious abt it sometimes, like what if they try to hurt either of us- but chan is good abt reassuring me!

and i apologize every time i feel bad abt it even tho he insists i don't have to. i just feel bad that he has to comfort meeee!!! but i like comforting him, and i like making him feel happy, so maybe it's not as big of a deal as i feel like it is.

💭 meant to be ; what is something that reminds you of them? them of you?

everything reminds me of him. i'm barely exaggerating i literally can see the most obscure random thing and be like, "oh, channie would love that!" or something. but if i had to pick one thing that reminds me of him, i'd have to say oversized hoodies. it doesn't even have to be his hoodie, if it's big on me i think of him.

as for something that reminds him of me, he sends me lots of pics and videos of dogs, like ones he meets irl and also from like, tiktok, instagram, etc- so i'm fully willing to bet that dogs remind him of his puppyboy husband, hehehe.

👤 for myself ; how do you see yourself, and how does the way they see you differ? how about the way you see them versus how they see themselves?

oh, this is a hard one,, i think i will answer the second part first just cuz that's easier for me. chan is perfection as a person- at least, to me. that's how i see him. and like, obviously nobody's perfect, but he's the closest thing to perfect that i have ever seen. i wonder all the time if i'm good enough for someone so wonderful, but he doesn't see himself that way. he's actually really insecure, but i'm trying to help him with it. he's so beautiful, i just wish he could see himself the way i see him.

i guess that can segue into how i see myself, which. i see myself as just a normal little guy. there's nothing so perfect or fantastic about me. and like, yeah, chan and i are music husbands, but he is on such a massive scale compared to me, it just feels like i'm "plain old me." but he couldn't disagree with that more. he's always one of the first to hear my demos and he is so (oddly, to me) passionate about everything i make. like, even the stuff i'm not that happy with. he also insists that i'm incredibly attractive, but i don't think i am. i'm like, kinda cute sometimes.

... so basically, we both are insecure and trying desperately to get the other to be less insecure? i guess we each see the other similarly, as well as ourselves.

[viscerism]

all right i don't care about the discourse but as a resident snake enthusiast i would like to add on some propaganda for "iridescent" as well. long-ish post, so snake pics (and facts) under the cut

this beautiful creature is known as simali boeleni, a nonvenomous python endemic to the mountains of new guinea! they are more commonly referred to as the boelen's python or the black python. as you can see in the images, the black portions of this python's striped pattern are often iridescent with "an oil-slick-like sheen", as some may describe it.

this little fella is called the xenopeltis, more commonly known as the sunbeam snake. he is the sole genus of the family xenopeltidae and is found native to southeast asia. they are fairly small compared to the other snakes on this list, but no less beautiful. their scales can range from black to brown to a reddish-brown, and are highly iridescent, which earned them their more common name. these little guys are absolutely beautiful and nonvenomous, but are not often kept as pets because of the high mortality rate in captivity. because they spend most of their time hidden, shipping the snakes or even handling them too often or improperly can cause significant stress and eventual death.

this breathtaking beauty is epicrates cenchria, the rainbow boa. they are renowned for their exquisite appearance. their smooth and glossy, iridescent scales are uniquely patterned with saddle-like shapes, blotches, or speckles. they are found native to lower central america and farther south in south america. fun fact: the heat-sensing pits you can see on their jaws are used to locate prey on the forest floor! they are also excellent swimmers.

last but not least, we have the leiopython albertisii, a.k.a., the d'albertis (water) python or the (northern) white-lipped python. this gorgeous guy is a nonvenomous python endemic to new guinea. the color of its body can be described as "either brownish-violet fading to yellowish ventrally or blackish-blue fading to gray", with the signature white markings around their lips being the source of their more common moniker. while they are kept as pets, this is usually by only experienced snake and/or reptile handlers, as they are known to be very aggressive, though thus can be reduced slightly by being bred in captivity.

it's actually not all that uncommon for snakes to have iridescent scales! even some morphs of ball pythons can produce iridescence in the correct lighting. these are just some of the species in which it is the most common. anyway, sorry for the long post but this is one of the only chances i have to briefly ramble about snakes, so i snatched the opportunity while i could. vote iridescent!

Ultimate Word Tournament!

Season 2

transgender (English) /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛn.dɚ/ Having a gender identity which is different from one's assigned sex. An umbrella term that includes nonbinary, genderfluid and agender people as well!

iridescent (English) /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈdɛs.ənt/ Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.

[twistedroseytoesy]

Heartslabyul monster AU

First big monster AU post!! woooo!

Here's an In-depth look and rambling of the Heartslabyul monster boys!

This is a long one so I'm putting it under a cut!

first off is Riddle! The gorgon! I thought it very fitting with his UM. Since he can collar people and take away their magic, why not make it so not only can they lose their magic, but if he's angry enough he might turn them to stone for a bit!

Description: riddle looks relatively the same as he did before, but instead of his bright short red hair, he has a mass of Crowned False Boa on his head. The snakes are fairly tame and stay still through the day, staying in his normal hairstyle, he trained them and himself to now scare others as much. his eyes are bright silver with snake-slit pupils. he has a normal face structure with a few red scales along the sides of his head. He also has slightly snakelike fangs in place of canines. He wears magical contacts to nullify his stone gaze so he's not turning everyone to stone with accidental eye contact. he can bypass the contact's abilities if he focuses or gets angry enough to allow his gaze to pierce through the contacts onto his target. when he gets angry his snakes start to writhe and flail adding extra danger to those near, cause they do bite when Riddle is angry.

His overblot form is fairly different, his "hair" is down to his shoulders, his gaze free and piercing, turning many to stone under his gaze. his legs change into a long serpentine tail like that of a striped coral snake. His fangs grow to poke out of his mouth and drip with the viscus blot.

fun fact: Once back to normal he has to wear shades for a bit due to the viscus blot destroying his special contacts.

Next is Trey. Honestly, he was a difficult one to find a "monster" for, the most fitting it seemed was more of an elf. He looks almost like his normal self, just with pointed ears and sharp eyes, also the clover mark on his cheek glows green in the dark. the tall elf still loves to bake and clean and care for those around him. one of the nicer "monsters" at NRC for sure. Honestly not too much different with trey, just a lot more agile than one would think and surprisingly good with nature.

fun fact: elvish trey favors cooking with fruits for often than just normal baking ingredients that wouldn't usually use fruits. If there isn't a fruity version, he will make one.

Cater is an alpine satyr. very carefree and able to find enjoyment in just about anything. very addicted to his phone and loves to share nature pics and follow nature themes magicam accounts too.

Description: upper body looks the same. The only big difference is the two horns that sprout up from his orange hair. His eyes are like that of a goat with horizontal pupils, he doesn't like his eyes very much so he uses contacts to have "normal" human looking eyes. the horns grow up and back from his head moving in opposite directions as you near the tips. His lower body is that of a goat. With semi-short, rough, white-furred goat legs and strong dark hooves. he of course likes to make sure his fur is well taken care of and wears the equivalent of horseshoes to protect his hooves and look stylish too. he also likes to add some little anklets just above his hoves.

fun fact: The best way to know which cater is the real one is the anklets, the real cater wears one that has a pattern of orange diamonds and red hearts.

Duece is up next. poor guy can't catch a break. As a pygmy goat sater, he is known to be easily startled and freezes up, and usually ends up knocking something over. at least he's got a tough skull and nice horns with a bit more growing to do.

description: upper half of his body is fairly normal. missing 1 tooth in his smile from some of his more delinquent years and a nice set of horns that curve back from the top of his head. He too has horizontal pupil eyes like that of a goat. he doesn't care about how his eyes may look so he doesn't do anything about them. His lower half is that of a pygmy goat. His fur is a grey color that transitions to black past his knees. His fur is short and very rough and unkempt most of the time. his hoves are battered and could use some TLC but he doesnt need to wear any "shoes" due to toughening it out in his rougher years.

fun fact: can climb a wall for a good distance, and won't even notice he's walking on the wall until he hits the ceiling sometimes if he's too deep in thought. sorry buddy

Ace last 'cause he's a meany why not. Ace is a sylph, a mischievous air elemental spirit. seemed pretty fitting with his knack for trouble and air headedness.

description: ace looks mostly like his normal self, the only big difference is that his skin is somewhat translucent and his hair looks like it's constantly being moved by a bout of wind. anything loose on the guy looks to be blown around as well. He has the ability to turn invisible, the only way to know he's there is to try and feel for a gust of wind when it wasn't windy that day. if it was windy good luck soldier. will use this ability to mess with people and hide from people he pissed off with a prank. Likes to float around with his arms behind his head. Can carry another person if he wanted to but it's hard to fly with a passenger. Usually only picks up yuu or grim to mess with them.

fun fact: during book 1 he wasn't able to fly or turn invisible when he got collared due to also being partially turned to stone, grounding him. he tripped many times and ate shit.