#rambling in the tags for funsies

[mentallyunstablethembo]

Doodles for the Sick!SY au (also a MQF doodle because I'm trying to figure out how to draw the characters)

Wanted to give SY glasses, but I didn't feel like drawing them tbh

[rbtlvr]

ummmm anyways. what if loop had a mdp-style internal sadness. what then

(ps Theres Lore Now)

[scarapanna]

Some quick Shilk doodle with messy shading to practice a tad bit

Not really doing anything in particular these days, figured I should practice my anatomy a little since I can be a bit nit picky.

Don't really like how flat my bases before I put clothing and hair in there look sometimes, so we gotta fix that/silly

I'm actually pretty happy with this one, had fun figuring things out here

[a-cat-in-toffee]

the abraxas beta kids :)

[kaiserouo]

Bloodhound in Destiny 2

[cappycodeart]

I got tired of circling back to frustration over my nitpicks on the f&c series so I OC’d my boy. Whoops. 😅💦. I'll still post stuff in the future about the AT version because I still have a lot of doodles I haven't posted yet and doodle ideas I want to draw!!... Buuuuuut in the meantime my brain gears have been turning hardcore over incorporating this version into my OC-verse... he's a silly astronaut now <3

[softgrungeprophet]

therapy adventures... cozy horror... loving revenge...

[koritea]

Anyway here's the fic. I love them.

[fumifooms]

Wake up sleepyheads it’s the marchilpocalypse

Today marks the SEVENTH consecutive day a marchil fic got posted. Yes, a full week streak! Do you know what this means?!

This is crazy. Historical. The relationship tag with the most fics right behind the Big Three?!!

The og marchil fanfic writer mvp and two anons have been passing each other the ball I feel like a sports fan rn watching a tennis match my head going back and forth to see who makes their move next…

Just a week ago a friend recommended I make an IFTTT ao3feed for marchil and I was like "Pffft there are never any new fics for it that’d be useless", well well well well well 🤡 I made one after all @feedmarchil

[sweetpea-sprite]

i love that a large part of oliver's character arc is coming to love ni no kuni over time until the journey is no longer only about saving his mother to him but about defeating shadar. and i will forever be pissed that level 5 got rid of most of it in wotww. btw.

accidentally wrote an essay about this so i'm putting it under a read more

they didn't get rid of all of it. he has his soulsnare moment. he. uh. i'll be completely honest with you i'm entirely blanking on ANY other moments. like obviously he willingly sacrifices himself to defeat shadar but that's like the culmination not the build up. um. what other. uh.

okay anyway in dotdd you can SEE him get more attached to ni no kuni. literally the first cutscene you see of him after gateway (the deleted ghibli scene. you can see it in the casino in wotww) is him staring at the world in awe. it's emphasised. there's a zoom in on his face. in wotww he has a moment like this but it's a lot less focused on oliver's reaction and more on showing You the beauty of it. (the ghibli scene is prettier anyway...)

in general dotdd does a much better job of showing oliver falling in love with the world and its inhabitants. listen i am the fairyground's #1 fan but in the arc it replaces there's a scene where swaine protects esther, and then immediately after they start fighting again, and oliver starts laughing because he's FOND OF THEM. they're FRIENDS. it does a much better job of showing the party's bonds with each other than the fairyground does. (in a perfect world we would have both the fairyground and del mokahl.)

it's even little thingsss. stuff like swaine directly saying he wants to go with oliver. the tombstone trail where oliver makes friends with a ghost and cries when she disappears. it's so much more obvious that he's getting more and more attached.

and then in xanadu when they discover that mornstar's stones are scattered and they have to find them there's a TURNING POINT. where oliver steps forward and stubbornly says well i don't care that it seems almost impossible. there's a CHANCE. we can do this. think of everyone who's out there suffering we have to TRY. otherwise what was the point of everything we've done up until now? (foreshadowing for his soulsnare moment!) and he doesn't mention alicia ONCE.

in wotww the only stone guardian where you clearly help someone in need is aapep, where you help ali and yasmina break their curse. in dotdd it's all three - oliver promises to look after grey/cerboreas for his past owner, and also, um, organises a union during crossbones. it's just a lot more obvious that oliver wants to help people. he had an ulterior motive for coming here but now he genuinely wants to help and it's OBVIOUS.

and then oliver gets really fucking angry at shadar in perdida. he gets more pissed off in general in dotdd (yet another trait i wish wotww oliver had...) but specifically at shadar he starts shouting about it to the sky. he gets PISSED. it's set off by them discovering a girl who had a piece of her heart stolen by shadar due to her grandmother, on purpose. oliver shouts to the sky that he is "going to SAVE that little girl!"

even the SOULSNARE isn't only about alicia! esther and swaine get trapped in there too and oliver tries to run directly into the poison marshes HIMSELF to get them back and is only stopped by drippy who rightfully points out that he will DIE.

when he finally frees the souls in the soulsnare he has the wotww moment of "everything we've done up until now was for nothing" and then is reminded of everything they've done, and his reason for fighting CHANGES ENTIRELY!!! and it changes in wotww as well - this is the most important part of oliver's arc, after all - but in dotdd. it's already changed. they don't even need the pea montage because you already know how much oliver loves this place.

and then he SACRIFICES HIS LIFE FOR IT!!!!!!! he came here to save his mother - remember, he SAID NO when drippy asked the first time, until he learned about alicia. but he's become so attached and in love with ni no kuni that he heads into a battle he knows he's not coming back from to keep it safe. it drives me NUTS. this world isn't his own and he's killing himself for it because he adores it so much. it's [SCREAMING]

and then in wotww they get rid of almost all of this and oliver is still a fantastic fucking character. they got rid of all of his anger and most of his tears and he's still phenomenal. isn't that crazy. like dotdd oliver is superior but wotww oliver is still really good is the thing

god. anyway. this is your sign to play dotdd. please. please. please. pl

[foxssonicdoodles]

we’re being self-indulgent tonight chat

[spoondoodles]

Do you see my vision yet?

[scribblekatz]

team sonic racing is such a funny game to me because what do you mean an 8 year old, a 12 year old, and 3 chao can drive cars

[sundove88]

Artwork Countdown to Christmas Challenge!

Everyone… guess what.

I’ve been fiddling around about what to do for the holidays, and I’ve got a genius idea.

A “Countdown to Christmas” Art Challenge!

So here’s how it goes- you select 24 of your followers (The 25th being you, cause you’re beautiful and unique in your own special way) and you draw a character from one of the fandoms each follower is in! Here’s mine! And don’t worry- you can either draw them in Christmas themed wear or in their standard outfits doing a holiday activity!

Day 1- Big Man (Splatoon 3) @lunartearrose

Day 2- Henry Stickmin (Henry Stickmin) @thehyperrequiem

Day 3- Princess Kaylo (OC) @kayssweetdreams

Day 4- Bumblebee (Transformers) @jettthespeeddemon

Day 5- Fettuccine Cookie (Cookie Run) @sam-rexian

Day 6- Jotaro Kujo (JJBA) @kindabizarretbh

Day 7- Spike (Brawl Stars) @lovelyteng

Day 8- Milla Vodello (Psychonauts) @thetropicalfairy

Day 9- Barnaby (Billie Bust Up) @a-little-ray-of-fantasy

Day 10- Cordie (MementoMori) @ultimatestellar

Day 11- King Dedede (Kirby) @hardrockhurricane and @stardustshimmer

Day 12- Vi (Bug Fables) @artisticangel

Day 13- Bulma (Dragon Ball Z) @spinomaster17

Day 14- Peso (Octonauts) @ham-sandwich-lol

Day 15- Cirno (TouHou) @cheezecirno

Day 16- Shigeo Mizuki (Gegege No Kitaro) @gerbelx2000-blog

Day 17- Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas) @jezabatlovesbats

Day 18- Toriko (Toriko) @plasticoceanpearl

Day 19- Hilda (Hilda) @rosemary-posts-random-crap

Day 20- Litwick (Pokemon) @stormrider824

Day 21- Frost Fairy (Balan Wonderworld) @alex-frostwalker

Day 22- Ringmaster Raven (Poptropica) @pinklightningmc

Day 23- Kasumi Toyama (BanG Dream!) @spookyspooki

Day 24- Alucard (Helsing Ultimate) @artsy-jandi

Day 25/Christmas Day!!!- Linker of Choice (Project Link Up) @Me!

And don’t worry, followers who I didn’t tag. You’re free to join in the holiday fun!

[moe-broey]

Reinforcement....

Not only is it super flimsy, but it's vaguely sticky from boot glue. Unpleasant. We can Fix This

Just a basic stitch all around, until I get to the other side. Then, I attached the stitching to the little tab here (ladder stitch, kind of), since another thing is this strip feels like it could be torn off with enough force.... which........ for where the bracelet clasps. Not ideal! 😓 Tied it off on the tab, too.

Comparison!!!!! Not pictured: violently stabbing and slicing the eyelet. The material is sturdy enough/flexible that like, I think adding extra stitching there would be a net detriment (as well as a pain in the ass....)

Tools used! Not including the dart, but I can't recommend repurposing a dart enough for Stabbing Things. The blue pliers work as wire cutters, which also works on stubborn fabric. If you're having trouble getting a sewing needle through tough fabric, the other pliers are a life saver! Potentially a needle saver too....

Final results! The stitching is very subtle, BUT I think it adds So Much visually too.... I really like when you can tell someone has made an accessory by hand! Obvs there's plenty of handmade things that are super clean on a professional level quality (WHICH! VERY COOL!) but I also really like the amateurish quality!!! Adds a sort of roughness to it! 🫡😊

[jojea]

bg3 oc run….. 2!