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skylordhorus · 2 years ago

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maaaaan i love getting on tumblr and seeing the most depressing nihilist takes

#*deep space noises*#saying art has no power....#like. does capitalism benefit from anti capitalist art? yes #is it fucked up that consuming well funded anti capitalist media puts money back into the system? yes #but that doesnt make the endeavour worthless??#art may not be as powerful of a political tool but that doesnt mean it lacks it completely #art can give people a voice. represent. inspire. conserve. give strength #diverse casting in a kids show may not set off governmental change #but it will make a kid feel seen and appreciated. and that can change a lot for an individual #and if its a lot of individuals then. well.#art is like..... threads in activism. not the tapestry itself #ALSO like. propaganda??#maybe im just being defensive and misunderstanding but it made me so sad #capitalism and other systems it upholds and vice versa fucking SUCKs. it SUCKS SHIT #but how do u live going 'well everything benefits those in some way so whats the point'#how do u engage with anything? how do u hope???

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hinamie · 3 months ago

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i don't normally participate in these redraw challenges but it's megumi so i'll make an exception

#my art #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #megumi fushiguro #fushiguro megumi #fanart #jjk fanart #jujutsu kaisen fanart #jjk megumi #megumi #looks at clock UHHHHHHHH oops #i got lost in the sauce that is rendering his gd chin and under his lips.... ive been in stylized anime mouth land 2 long i fear #i had forgotten how much of a pain those shadows are :'>>> eSP at a lookdown angle #fought a bit but little did he know i spent years doing coloured pencil portraits. this is My domain #god but the rest of the skin render was so FUN i love . warm grey in2 brown in2 red/orange fr the deep underneck shadow #lip tint heavy blush freckles glossier model fushiguro megumi...........im a believer i fear #had a bit of a hard time finding a middle ground between how i normally draw his hair and a more Realistic take on it #the model in the og has hair that's pretty close but i think the strands r a bit short n too heavily curved fr my tastes #its my brand im afraid i simply must give itfs both longer hair #nothing else feels Right #but god i underestimated how Good this photoshoot is as megu material . i get the hype now i get it #i did the sketch n i looked at it and i had an oh /oh/ moment #smh megumi put those lustrous emerald orbs away before u hurt some1 #his gaze is too powerful . slaps a red bg on him makes him my new icon :)#anyway its 6am it is morning time do i sleep fr like 3 hrs or do i say megumi voice Whatever we shall see

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aroaceleovaldez · 10 months ago

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Nico referring to his mom as "Mama" implies he most likely at least used to refer to Hades as "Papa" and i 100% headcanon he still does but mostly in the manner of him having the entire Underworld wrapped around his finger for being the baby of the family

#pjo #riordanverse #nico di angelo #headcanon #my art #nico flexing youngest child privilages by pulling out the most pitiful expression he can manage #anyways i find it fun to explore character word choices #cause yknow no two characters are going to select their words the same way #or even necessarily think about it to the same degree #i like to think Nico thinks about his word choice a lot #so of course every time he uses ''papa'' he fully knows he's pulling the Baby Of The Family card #Hades definitely knows this too but falls for it every time anyways #cause Nico hasnt called him ''papa'' regularly since getting his memory wiped - just detached ''father'' or at best ''dad''#so it just reminds Hades of How Much He Just Wants His Children To Be Happy Like The Old Days #and how much poor Nico has been through and he's just the baby of the family and-#cue Nico smugly staring at the camera cause he knows how much power he holds #also i say Nico is Hades' only son cause mythologically even when Zagreus *is* Hades' son (rarely) he's. dead.#a major part of Zagreus' mythology is that he died #and im p sure every other deity said to be Hades' children are all goddesses and also are like 50% of the time not his #theres also only like 3 of them. and as far as we know in riordanverse canon one of them is implied to not be his daughter #so Nico is Hades' only son and also youngest in the family (cause Hazel is older by a month chronologically or 1 year biologically)#(and everybody else is a deity if children of hades at all)

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maesonc-artistic-adventures · 25 days ago

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“If there is anyone here, who were to finish the job—put me down….i remember thinking: I hope it’s Seedling. I hope it’s Orym.”

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egophiliac · 1 year ago

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IT'S BUNNY TIME EVERYBODY

(feat. Dilla)

(bugle accompaniment by Yuu)

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #white rabbit festival #ah...the eternal dilemma of 'is it hair dye or whimsical anime hair'. and so we roll the dice again.#so it's canon now that yuu is inexplicably great at bugling. everybody get ready to incorporate that incredible trivia into your characters #anyway HELLO THERE madam spade #i think we have enough evidence now to say that you're not allowed into nrc unless you have an absolutely smoking mom #(riddle's mom has a smoking crater where her heart should be but we digress)#dilla likes two things: BIG VANS and also telling her son's friends all about how he used to literally refuse to not dress like a bunny #and yet now he does not wish to dress like a bunny. :( deuce what HAPPENED #meanwhile epel is too polite to whine at his best friend's mom so he's just hoping vil never finds out he wore a bonnet #silver is like 'i'm the handsomest little marching band boy. i'm taking this outfit back to show everyone.'#and ortho put all his points into POWERFUL THIGHS #he minmaxed leg day and is going to go kick a tree in half #can't wait for part 2 to see if they resolve the exciting cliffhanger of whether or not silver finds an alarm clock

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puppyeared · 5 months ago

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(guy who has never played cotl) haha au time

#this started as a design exercise bc i couldnt get sphinx/devon rex narinder out of my head #but the whole time i was thinking man imagine if the lamb brings him in as a follower but nobody knows he was actually. you know #and the followers are like haha wow our leader channels the power and wisdom of the one who waits almost as if they were them #would that be cool or what. anyway heres narinder reassuming his pre-bishop form and everything his flesh remembers before godhood #ok now im gonna ramble abt design notes #the singe marks were inspired by fallen angels like how some ppl say they burned while falling from heaven. i wanted smth like that when #the lamb is resurrected by nari.. their outfit is inspired by papal cloaks while narinders is based on crusader armor #the lambs name 'bellwether' is also a term used for sheep that wear a bell and lead the flock and i thought that was cool #idk what the thuribles do yet but i do have smth in mind where theyre linked together. and ofc the lamb has a shepherds staff #very proud of nari's little devil tail!! and it was hard to see bc its so dark but he has wrinkles around his forehead to conceal his #third eye. even he isnt aware of it (for now)#idk where im going with this au i just have a bunch of ideas?? basically the lamb is keeping nari's identity a secret from him so he doesnt #go down that path of powerhungry destruction. smth like trying to lead him down a better path but feels guilty lying to do that #also theyre in love with each other and theyre stupid pining idiots abt it. mwah #cult of the lamb #cotl #cotl lamb #cotl narinder #the one who waits #cotl the one who waits #narilamb #art #au #myart #my art #character design #cotl au #false prophet! au

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turtleblogatlast · 7 months ago

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I think a lot about Leo’s tendency to push his way into the spotlight despite clearly being a natural in the shadows. Hell, you could argue that his worst moments are when he’s forcing himself onstage, and his best are when he does things no one notices until it’s already been done.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #rise leo #His aptitude with subterfuge sleight of hand stealth and speed really push how being a ninja really comes naturally to him.#it’s arguable that his desperation for the spotlight and validation is an act of subterfuge against himself #note that when he’s offered a job as a mascot he’s fine being unknown #when he and splinter win the battle nexus Leo immediately says ‘they love YOU pops’#idk I think so much about how good a ninja Leo is #and how much his persona is more an actor #Leo as a tot is shown a natural skill at katana too so hear me out-#every Leo is a natural ninja but every Leo’s route in life is directly tied to their splinter so #since rise splinter is an actor Leo too aims for it #and he brings it into his whole life - masking always because a Leo makes what they do who they are #I think that Leo naturally falls more in line with that of a typical ninja #his eccentric performer self is his subterfuge skill just set to an 11 at all times #not that that’s NOT him - like I said it’s still undoubtedly a part of Leo #but? idk I think about little moments like Leo being the only one to choose stealth in bug busters #or Leo being the only one to almost get Gus’s dog tags in The Ninja Art of Hide and Seek (he was so close but luck was against him alas)#like- he’s clearly in his element there and he falls into those skills so easily #it’s like how everyone has skills in so many things but some exceed more in some than others do #like Raph? Raph’s the biggest Hero of the bunch of them let’s be perfectly real here. Raph is THE Hero #All the boys are smart in their own rights but Donnie is THE Genius.#and they all have mystic powers but Mikey is THE Mystic Warrior with immense untapped potential #likewise Leo I feel is THE Ninja #but yeah I love how much Leo goes for the spotlight anyway for better or for worse #he IS a performer again make no mistake! but again the way he does it still lines up with his natural ninja aptitude and I love it #Leo loving magic tricks and magicians so much works doubly well here because like #you’d think he’s focused solely on the performance flair - no it’s ALSO and ESPECIALLY the DECEPTION

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bunnieswithknives · 2 days ago

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Alive Beetlejuice AU that I am rotating in my brain rn. He is so so bad at acting human, he doesn't even bother looking the part, and he has no idea how much money is worth.

#beetlejuice #beetlejuice musical #betelgeuse #art #digital art #fanart #The Whole Being Alive Thing AU #He doesnt give out his real name to randos cause its annoying when ppl talk about him behind his back and he can feel it #Hes known as the weird 'demon' guy whos always in costume for some reason and apparently has absurd amounts of money to spend #(Hes literally just conjuring up money its terrible for the economy but great for the minimum wage workers hes overpaying)#Sometimes he will visibly use demonic powers in front of people but when they ask about it he just says they're special effects #Eventually he gets the FBI called on the house and I can only imagine things go very poorly from there

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atoriv-art · 1 month ago

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simpler days

#gaara #sabaku no gaara #yashamaru #bwabwabwa.#art #fanart #naruto #2024 #soooo fond of these two ik he just exists as Backstory Guy but i really like yashamaru :)#im not a fan of the Actually Your Uncle Said That Because I Told Him To retcon i think it being genuine is much more compelling #was put in charge of raising a kid who has violent powers he cannot understand right after his sister died. at 21 years old #i absolutely can believe in a moment of cowardice he would turn into a monster LOL #the only part i like abt rasas whole speech in the war is when he says yashamaru really hated him. im like Yayyy Drama :)#looove thinking abt gaara trying to grapple with who his uncle was and what he really thought of him when hes older #esp when hes trying to understand what love is to him and what it means to love someone.. ouuuu

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crystallizsch · 2 months ago

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ahahaha im not immune to the sleepwear jamil shenanigans

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al-luviec · 2 months ago

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sensei morro ref (is it really an au if it's part of your personal canon)

#alek art #lego ninjago #ninjago #morro wu #lloyd garmadon #kodokuna yang #(featured)#sensei morro #(making that a tag)#2024 #hopefully my handwriting is readable. honesty DotD didnt make the most sense to me anddd a lot of this stuff here isnt canon compliant #ik theres only one master of the house. not anymore. will draw sensei morro fucking with the ninja more. trust #previously i gave him really bright greens but i prefer the duller ones ngl ... also it goes with the clothes he wore as a child #i like cream colors a lottt #and silvers #avg z4ne fan things #he still has the wings as even if you lose your elemental powers... you still keep the traits yknow #like r4y being hotheaded even after they had k4i . censoring names bc i realized stuff shows up in the tags .. oopsie !!#every ninjago season has the stupid henchman duo. pretend thats them but without the stupid or the henchman. they have hijinks tho.#as much as two ghosts can have while confined in a temple. morro is 'freed' eventually so he can say hi to euphr4sia or smthn #wow

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viivenn · 10 months ago

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have you ever wondered what captain phasma looks like without her helm? perhaps i have an answer to your burning curiosity…

in this i’d like to also discuss some headcannons for miss phasma because cappie phazzie is just so… 🥰😍🙏✨✨

- the scar on her eye is both a cut and a burn. when she fell in all that fire the only spot unprotected by her armor was the break in her helm, and now it's a patch of burned skin. the harsher scar pictured here is present as well because that scar comes from the initial blow from finn.

- i'm also willing to bet phasma doesn't wear makeup either. "there's no time for it nor is there a need". however she would, on free time/when she's training, wear industrial/cargo pants, thick military/combat boots, and a gray tee tucked in neatly with a simple black belt. the logo to accompany that shirt is a small first order sigil near the collarbone and on her pants she would wear patches with her name, rank, and perhaps home flag on it as well as the first order's sigil as a patch.

- she's not offended by the assumption of masculinity, because she takes on the role of forceful and brutal commander whilst maintaining a strong reputation amongst the ranks of the first order. secretly, though she sees him as freakish and only tolerates him for his status, she's quite amused by kylo ren and wouldn't have it any other way. “the first order is not the same without him." she would also quietly tease him for his inability to find the map to skywalker.

- she would also probably take great pride in how shiny her armor is and routinely keep it clean on her free time, desperate to keep scuffs and marks out of it. she doesn't like deformalities, especially when it comes to her personal items.

- in terms of where her loyalties lie , she is ultimately loyal to herself despite her position and rank amongst her fellows. she would never admit it out loud though, and keep to herself about that opinion, but if it came down to her or a few members of her troops, she'd be fine with the sacrifice.

- phasma would probably pretend her baton is a lightsaber on occasion, side training with saber combat on either opponents or training dummies. if she is caught doing so, she would most certainly threaten the life of whoever caught her playing pretend. "you won't tell a soul if you value your life. now get back to work.”

- she probably secretly drinks tea in her quarters as well because she's british and it's natural.

in my humble opinion , she is most certainly , “gaslight , gatekeep , girlboss”.

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 11 months ago

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Sharing is Caring!

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #jiang cheng #While listening to the Lotus Seed extra I was like 'aw this art is so cute.'#Post The Fanfic Fiasco (re: last comic's tags) I am haunted by the green orbs. WWX has a bag of edible green orbs and I am in hell.#First draft of this comic's script has JC saying 'dude you wouldn't even share with me!' and I love his little sibling indignation.#Middle child power is knowing that you don't have to share with your siblings. The little wet eyes and weak hand slaps do NOTHING.#JC probably already ate all of his lotus seeds. That's on you dude!#Part of me wants to get deeper with the metaphor of the lotus seeds here. It is a gesture of a certain kind of affection.#JYL gives something to WWX she does not quite share with JC. And WWX in turn gives something to LWJ he does not share with JC.#Really puts JC's line 'You're always eating...eating eating' into a very different light.#There are other kinds of starving besides hunger. There are other ways to be a glutton than just food and drink.#WWX's character pre-burial mounds is heavily focused on 'Indulgence'. Be it wine or flirting or hunting or eating-#-or receiving admiration; He is always indulging in ways we never see JC do.#I think the intentional contrast was with the Lan's 'Live simple and without indulgence' lifestyle. LWJ is the abstainer to wwx's gluttony.#But it does expand to JC as well! Both are locked into the role model position to have friction against WWX's apparent freedom.#I think LWJ and JC (at this point) see WWX as something they both want (in different capacities) and someone they want to be.#Yet despite the history between them it is not JC who WWX reaches out to. It's LWJ.#The boy already has an inferiority complex! Stop making it accidently worse!

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robindaydream · 10 months ago

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Pyromancers

#SLARPG #Super Lesbian Animal RPG #Small Saga #Claire Higsby #Siobhan Small Saga #art #been a minute since I've drawn a slarpg it's good to be back #MIGHT do more of these cause I think it's a fun #but Verm's and Gwen's outfits present certain... challenges #not to say that I think Allison would mind wielding a massive pocket knife wearing nothing but a cape #'but Robin Claire has all kinds of powerful magic would she really be impressed with a big lighter?'#look me in the eyes and tell me you think Claire wouldn't love a giant fire cannon #even if it's technology that's familiar to her even if her magic can do more it's FUN #tbh I think Claire and Siobhan would both prefer their own magic/technology but I think they'd have fun with the alternative #my secret agenda is to get people who've only played one of these games to also play the other #you will like it #Claire kept her own shoes cause I didn't really think I could get those on Siobhan

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tmos-time · 1 day ago

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the amount of times i think about eridan finding excuses to call sollux darlin' or sweetheart astounds me <3 anyways day 1 prompt of honey for this years @erisolweek lmao

(and as a bonus, my favorite thumbnail sketches of eridan <3)

#tmos has art #homestuck #eridan ampora #sollux captor #erisol #erisolweek #erisol week #here's some behind the scenes tags for you all:#besides this my other ideas to fulfill the prompt was doing something with honeybee by steam powered giraffe #or explore a specific scene for a fic on the backburner where eridan and sollux have their dreams merged together <3 #eridan saying 'a literal sweet heart' shows up in there. didnt feel like drawing the entire scene just for that though lmao #anyways. implied earth c au be upon ye or whatever. i gotta go make sure tomorrows prompt is of posting quality LOL

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fisherrprince · 7 months ago

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more of dark knight alisaie feat Comics

#ffxiv #alisaie leveilleur #MAYBE ITS A BIT OBTUSE BUT. SO IS THE DRK QUESTLINE-#she doesn’t know what fray looks like only that he’s a powerful mentor. the drk stone resonates with her and forms her esteem into a mentor #she would trust - looks like Ari #says his name is Fray #All ch’ari told her was that he’s powerful the drk abilities are the way they are and that his mentor was named fray and sort of looks like #him! That’s all her subconscious has to work with #ch’ari #my art

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