#quick sketch coz i though about it and needed to see it

[hopeless-venus]

She’d be one of those little kids w staring problems I just know it

[nordic-breeze]

Arthur Morgan headcanons

I first decided I wasn’t going to do this as it’s been done so many times already but hey, there’s no such thing as too much Arthur love - or smut – so have my SFT and NSFT Arthur Morgan HC’s that no one asked for. The relationship ones are written with a female reader in mind, but many of the bullet-points are gender neutral. Split into single, new relationship/first time and long-term relationship.

NSFT - the smutty ones under the cut. 18+ content!

SFT - clean

Single

Has convinced himself he’s not ever going to find love, or that anyone will ever love him or desire him :’c

Nevertheless longs for someone to share his life with

Don’t let the coarse exterior fool ya, he’s a romantic at heart <3

Deep down, he still has a faint hope…

Often thinks about what he could’ve had

Especially when he sees people in love

Then does his best to divert his attention to something else – no point in dreaming about something you’ll never have

New relationship

Sketches you all the time in his journal

He soon needs to buy a new journal

This is the first sign he’s become smitten by you

Around where he likes to sit at camp will be crammed with pencil splinters

Because he constantly has to sharpen his pencil

He does wonder what you’d think of his drawings of you but does not dare to show you

Wouldn’t dream of it

“They ain’t much to see anyways”

If you ask to see his drawings, he won’t say yes right away

First time he shows you one of his sketches of you, he’ll act all cool about it

He’s not cool about it

When you tell him you love it, he can’t quite believe you

Surely you’re just saying that to be nice

More conscious of his appearance when you’re around

And by ‘more’ I mean his appearance actually touching his mind at all

So many stolen glances

Thinks about asking you for a dance

Doesn’t dare asking you for a dance

Can’t believe it when you ask him

Doesn’t get you’re flirting with him

Or, if he does, he’s sure you’re just joking or being sarcastic

He would not believe in a million years someone as wonderful and lovely as you would be interested in him

No matter what, you will have to take the first step

Needs a lot of assurance

Thinks he’s not worthy of your love and that you deserve better

He will get over that but it will take some time

Long-term relationship

Here we’re talking several months, years even

He’s still prone to a short temper but has cooled down considerably

However, his coarseness is NEVER EVER directed at you (or your children if you have any)

He never forgets your anniversary or your birthday

Will not expect you to remember his

Always happy when you do even if he brushes if off as nbd

Always helps out making dinner and with the dishes even when he’s tired from a long day’s work – he knows you’re tired too

Loves to watch the sunset with you as you rest your head on his chest

Loves holding your hand, his thumb gently stroking your skin

If you get pregnant, he’ll do everything, and I mean e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g

He’ll be a nervous wreck tho

But he’ll be the best dad

He’ll play with the children for hours

Maybe a tad bit overprotective but can you blame him after everything he’s been through

Can’t believe how lucky he is

If married he will look at and touch his wedding ring every so often, even after years and years, he still can’t believe his dream of having a family came true despite all odds

Sketches his beautiful family every day

NSFT/NSFW

Single

Not into casual sex or soliciting prostitutes

Has done so a few times in the past, mostly when younger, like late teens to mid-20’s

But there came a time when such casual encounters would leave him feel nothing but empty and hollow inside afterwards as he’s alone once again

Because of that, and for other various reasons, he chose a life of celibacy

But longs for someone to hold (him) close at night

Despite never being with anyone, he rarely masturbates

Self-care is not his thing, never has – and that includes masturbation

He does occasionally to release pressure – purely to indulge in a bodily need, but never allows himself to enjoy the touch

He feels like he doesn’t deserve pleasure

Therefore doesn’t have much stamina

And often ejaculates in his sleep

Not interested in hearing (about) other people’s sex lives

But unavoidable as there usually isn’t much privacy at camp

He’s overheard (and seen) his share of couples going at it, both members of the gang in camp (so awkward) and strangers out in the wilderness alike

Sill always makes him feel awkward (and even more lonely)

New relationship /first time w/someone new

Soooo touch-starved

Again, he needs a lot of assurance – I mean A LOT

Be prepared to be the one who initiates sex in the beginning

It’s not that he doesn’t want to

He’s got self-esteem issues that boy

Be patient with him

He prefers it if you take the lead

Not to be anyone’s buzzkill but when it comes to sex, he’s pretty vanilla through and through

No particular kinks one way or the other

And no ‘sharing’

Although, he totally got a praise kink – it’s due to his self-esteem issues

He worries too much that he’ll inavertedly hurt you or that you’re doing something you don’t want to

Maybe that’s why he prefer to bottom in the early parts of your relationship

Seduction tips? His biggest turn-ons are:

You biting your lip, giving him *that* Look™ as you slowly start to unbutton his shirt

Whisper in his ear that you’ve been fantasizing about him

Tell him about those fantasizes of yours – in detail

Too much of these though, and he’s prone to premature ejaculation

Needs to build stamina

He’s insecure about most things in life, and that certainly includes lovemaking and his ability to please his partner

He hasn’t been with anyone in a really long time

He really wants to learn though, like a piece of clay ready to be formed

He really loves it when you take his hands and guide them to where you want them, showing him where – and how, you want him to touch you

Rest assured, he’s a quick learner

He loves how your body start movin’ and the sounds you make, OhMyGod the sounds!!! The whimpering, grunting and moaning – and it’s all because of HIS touch

Say his name – no, moan his name

He loves the sight of you taking him in your hand and guiding him inside you

He’s really working on that stamina of his

He absolutely loves your orgasm face

And he absolutely MUST look at you as you climax – every time

And best of all – HE is the one that makes you feel so good

That really gets him off

He is absolutely the guy that values his partners pleasure over his own

Though he wants to be the one doing the pleasuring

Is kinda important for his confidence-boost

He completely melts when you pull him close and kiss and cuddle him afterwards

He kind of expected you to push him away

So happy when you do the opposite of that

Cuddles your hair and kisses you back

Loves it when you to fall asleep in his arms, either with your head on his chest or as little spoon while he is big spoon

Long-term relationship

Arthur’s certainly grown more confident

He knows you desire him and want him. It took, like, forever but he’s learned to believe he’s worthy of love and that he deserves to be happy

He’s got no qualms about taking you right then and there if he gets the urge (given that privacy allows it)

He’s stopped asking five times first every time, he knows you want it too

He knows just what to do to get you in the mood and how to please you

He’s more into quickies now than in the beginning

Like, way more

If you’re bending over the kitchen table when he comes in, don’t be surprised if he pulls up your skirts and takes you right there and then, pinning you to the tabletop

But most of all, he loves slow and tender lovemaking, the kind that lasts for two hours, including foreplay

He’s pretty vanilla all in all

Lovemaking is intimate and personal

And as much a spiritual experience as a physical one

His stamina has grown, he can last for quite a bit now

But second rounds are fewer and further between

He’s not in his twenties any more, and he’s often tired from labor work (and if applicable, playing with your children)

But he still wants to make love to you every night – and you almost do

Enjoys most positions but prefer the good’ole fashioned missionary coz loads of skin and eye contact, also kisses

But certainly don’t mind you being on top

Just – as long as there’s a lot of skin contact!!! Touches, fondles, cuddles and kisses and our boah will be in awe

Is perfectly fine and comfortable with oral – more than happy to give, don’t expect anything in return.

He just loves sm makin’ you feel so good

Loves how he is the only one that gets to touch you like this, and make you writhe and moan like this

Ofc, you’re more than happy to return the favor in any way he likes

Loves nothing more than to fall asleep with you in his arms ^^

[unproduciblesmackdown]

hey man your comic stuff?? fucking amazing do you have any tips for a novice child artist such as myself

hmm!!! thats a good question if i have any advice at all…i dont really draw things in comic form that often because of how slow i am…its a whole project for me lol

also natch im just an amateur at all of this vs people who like…pay attention to how to do things really well and/or draw comics on a regular schedule &/or get paid for it and all. so seeing this i was immediately trying to think of like, advice ive seen from random professionals on twitter & stuff & i’ve tried to moreso shake it down to the stuff I’M actually doing when i draw a comic. which is a bit tricky because of my small sample size & the fact that i dont have any kind of consistent process or technique unifying all the comic-type stuff i draw

like sometimes its just a few floating sequential drawings and other times is definitely more like, really thinking of it in terms of how i’m going to structure it in Comic Form & use the format to adjust my presentation of whatever idea i have

like i know ppl whose Job (officially or just by their own standards) to do a bunch of comics pages will do a script of scenes to decide what goes on what page and sort dialogue / action into panels & describe how things will look etc…and then do like maybe really rough layout pre-sketches, then the first rough sketch for a page, an optional more cleaned up sketch layer on top of that, and then the final lineart

i sorrrt of do a version of that, in that i am generally sitting on a Comic Idea for a while before i even start getting into the business of thinking through how it’ll actually work. i have to make sure that im “committed” enough to the idea to wanna make more than one drawing for it, and that i think i have at least a vague notion of how i could put it into a comic. sometimes i DO end up just putting the notion into a single drawing or condensing it into like, 2-3 lil floating drawings or w/e. coz a lot of the times the idea starts out really vague, often with one “moment” that serves as the whole inspiration & that i then try to build a scene/sequence around….a lot of the details beyond that can be really vague in my mind, like the setting or dialogue or who’s involved or what happens or the pacing or extra events or etc…basically Everything is real amorphous for a while

so yea step 1 is me having this one idea and trying to decide if building a scene around it would be a better way to present it vs just having one drawing, & if i think i can actually effectively carry it out….which is in reality even less fancy than it sounds…i just sit on an idea for a while & never get around to actually focusing on it / putting down any of the thoughts abt it that im formulating. but the upshot of me putting it off for forever is that i do end up with a kind of mental script / layout for a comic before i start it…..but even the extensiveness / format of these unwritten scripts varies a lot for me

like, a few times when i have made something that’s maybe longer than just one page &/or something ive been mulling over for an extra long amt of time (which tends to be stuff that is starting out w/ heavier than usual ideas) i’ll like, actually write down what happens page by page, even plan out specific panels, maybe even put down a few rough sketches of certain parts. i’ll have the Main Moment which is the idea that started the whole thing in the first place, but what tends to happen is i’ll come up w other moments that i think could lead up to / frame / follow the main moment, and i pretty much just decide how they all fit into one cohesive piece. so what my “rough drafts” look like for these more extensively planned ones—still really not that exhaustive, i only put things to paper when im basically done enough w my ideas to be just about ready to start actually making them—can vary in their actual formats (e.g. simple chronological bullet points of events, a few drawings, a rough sketch of how the whole thing might look), the core of it is basically just me finding a way to nail down how i’m going to arrange the Moments i have and how i’m going to lead one into the other…….like for things with enough pages / panels, i’ll tend to focus on which Moment will end each page &/or each line of panels, then have an idea of which other Moments i’ll need to put on which of those pages, and kinda figure out how to pace things

again that all sounds like maybe i have a real process…..I Do Not

im kinda lucky in that i think i have a decent sense for composition without having to struggle over it too much. so a lot of times i can leave a lot of that up to be felt out as im actually doing the rough lineart for the first time. i also often don’t nail down panel arrangement that carefully & also make it up as i go along a bit, which is probably not something anyone should emulate. someone was saying something about how some certain page layout of like, 3-something-something panel rows looks best, i dont know. i’m guessing, as with all things, nobody can say “always do this / never do that,” but i think staggering odd/even numbers of panels in each row is always a good guess. just makes it easier for them to read more distinctly at least, surely

sometimes i DO think about certain panels when i wanna frame a certain “shot” in a very specific way. but im just kind of doing whatever. i know vague rules like that wide shots / negative space slows down the pace, vs tightly cropped / small panels / packed w a lot of visual info tends to read as a faster pace, more chaotic. i dont quite go too wild about that sort of thing tho, because for me as a reader, a lot of times really tight shots that are like cutting between 5000 different angles rly fast all in a row, sometimes it is absolutely unreadable to me, as in i do not understand the visual info at all. it feels like the equivalent of how action movie editing keeps hanging on to the “incoherency = intensity” vs just me tuning out until the scene is over & missing details b/c i just am not getting anything out of it

thats not much of a factor for me coz i dont really ever do things with extended sequences of movement / action or whatever. i’ll keep things in one place. i’ll like to do smaller, “quicker” panels moreso to like, show simultaneousish details / to extend one moment…..occasionally i do Big Panels for a moment of higher intensity / impact too. btw putting a High Intensity moment in a super tiny panel is always really funny for the contrast of it all. i dont think ive ever done it, but it is

ummm…….also planning where your speech bubbles will go is good. i dont do that enough, but i should. most of the reason i dont have a more proper, organized process to anything i draw is that i just dont have the focus / patience to slow down for More Planning vs just going ahead and drawing it. jokes on me, since some quick vague planning can make it a lot easier on yourself vs just diving in and struggling w something for ages

uhhh also since im not that fantastic or mindful of panel layout? sometimes i’ll make a point of just having uniform rectangle panels of the same size/shape, so i only have to really worry about the layout within the frame. this is mostly good obv for things with not that much shift in pacing throughout it or action or whatever…you lose the advantage of how panel sizes can affect the tone of a shot or something & probably cant get that detailed in ur drawings but that is often Fine By Me

when i do use the uniform rectangle structure though, i kinda have to focus more on each individual panel, vs like, knowing ok, these three moments are going on this page, i have a vague idea of what’ll connect them, just make up the individual panels as you go along. this does mean that i have to kinda think more about what justifies each panel….how its different from the ones before & after it or how i might want it to be similar to “hold” a shot for a beat or w/e or draw focus to a small movement, what’s actually going into each panel, if i can/should condense two panels into one, etc. its still a lot of playing it by ear, i dont have solid rules of how i think i should do it each time

even when i do have a like whole plan for something im drawing i’ll often make more changes as im actually making it. sometimes its deciding something would be more effective, sometimes it’s just “hey this would work too & be easier,” and thats definitely fine. nobody knows the change you made, and Easier isn’t necessarily Worse anyways. convenience is good where you can get it

ive also definitely had specific comic artists formatting/framing styles in mind when i specifically wanted to use that while drawing my own stuff. like the way i’ll draw maybe a kind of horror vibe (more diagonal lines / “fractured” panels than i’d normally use, quick tiny shots of different smaller details, that kinda stuff) is gonna be different from when its a calm & quiet tone. where i dont really get too creative with the panels really & keep them pretty steady

and then that one time i did a largely nonsequential sort of panel collage b/c the marge simpson anime gave me great inspiration for how to combine & present a bunch of vague notions i had floating around all into one page. it was a good accomplishment & thats unsurprising because the inspiration i was using was That Good. thank god we can all benefit from each others good ideas and knowledge & work & all that. it does help to jump on a feeling of “wow what a cool comic i wish i could make something like that.” just go ahead and make something like that…

ummm this is all on the technical side-ish still but i dont really know what to say abt the kind of stuff that makes me wanna draw a comic in the first place vs just putting the idea into a regular single drawing…usually it Is kind of a more nuanced moment that i think would be better presented within some amount of context and buildup and all that. i basically exclusively draw emotions….and sometimes theyre better shown with some amount of action/dialogue, or at least a few different shots or something. i dont know if this area is helpful information or anything anyone would benefit from knowing about, or even if i have anything to say about it…is it all self evident maybe? idk! i do think i communicate emotions best through comics…not that each one is “here is my mood!” or talking about me at all, but i was for example trying to communicate about an abstract emotion, i think i can draw about it better than talk or write about it or anything. i DO sometimes draw more directly from my own specific feelings/experiences for things, but mostly when i think it can be relevant…i cant really do anything all that directly autobiographical, even casual diary comics or whatever. thats what my text posts are for… but i have been interested in how to convert these huge emotional issues that i’ve been v familiar with into a few pages or panels and how to present its impact in the simplest, straightforward ways i can manage…sometimes i think its worked for sure…..i feel like i gave a more Relatable sense to a certain experience by putting it in comic form than any of the times ive discussed it as a personal thing at length via text. like i said i communicate best via comics probably, despite not drawing them all that much coz im too damn slow lmao

speaking of, i’ve kind of been like “what a waste” abt the fact that i dont have like, a proper approach or regular strategy to thinking up comics before i draw them, but i think theres something actually okay to be taken from that lol……just that i know if i got too caught up in trying to plan it all out perfectly before getting into actually drawing it, i’d be making it into a bigger project and slowing myself down even more & i’d risk dropping it partway through or just never getting started at all. so if i have a less than perfect end result, at least i have an end result, and ive finally got that one idea out of my head in some way. and i feel like some of my comics do work out decently enough….a good handful of times ive been surprised w how well some ppl receive them

so i think it is good to just go ahead and dive in. i did that once w an idea i’d been sitting on for like half a year, and i think it turned out good enough. i just knew i could easily spend months and months more turning over all the details, which might make it Better, but would also mean that yknow, i’d never actually get around to making it b/c of feeling like it had to be ideal. so i simplified it a bit, used a uniform panel layout, did little drawings, and just got it drawn out in an afternoon or two. and now at least it exists lol. and ive sort of come back to the same idea in a way…if i feel like it turns out i wanna elaborate on something more, i can just make another pic/comic built on the same theme, who’s gonna care or stop me

i also try to focus on what lines are/aren’t necessary to avoid things being confusing or just pointlessly cluttery….this isnt a big issue b/c i dont often bother w bgs. dont emulate that either lol…….but im not doing any Serious art so its no big deal to me if im not “good” or not progressing as spectacularly as i might. i dont need my drawing abilities to be that amazing here. but bgs still serve a purpose beyond being a “skill” or whatever so im trying to include them more, aka occasionally, at all. still hardly ever. but sometimes you at least need like one halfassed establishing shot yknow. anyways

mmm this has all been kinda vague and i’m trying to think if there’s anything more specific i could/should talk about!! i dont know. i dont have a good perspective on what its like to look at my art while not being me lol & what ppl might think or what stands out to them or whatever. rip

sorry this is so long, i dont really have ppl wanting to know abt my Processes or drawing thoughts or whatever so i’m kinda jumping at the chance to talk about this sort of stuff after having been actually prompted to. but i dont know if i’ve said anything at all!! i dont know if any of it has been helpful

“tldr; i dont really know what im doing, but go ahead and jump into actually making them as opposed to feeling like youre ready / you know the best way to make a page, because nobodys ever ready or can say This Is The Best Possible Version so just go ahead and use whatever process feels like it makes your life easier, while still actually making the damn comic” is my whole thing, i guess

i dunno, if there was some specific thing you wanted to know abt that i didnt talk about / talk about well here, feel free to ask me to specify because i totally will, which is both an invitation and a warning obviously

sorry this is so long everybody…….writing an essay & by the end of it not being sure if ive given any info at all is part of my whole Thing