#thank you for this ask :D

[32bitterra]

I’m sorry if someone’s already asked this, but what’s your opinion on JT? He’s so silly and yee haw (also I want to eat your art NOM)

I LIKE J.T. I think he's wonderful. I liked him instantly from the first moment I saw him and heard him speak. He's a psychic, he's a cowboy, he's a PSYCHIC COWBOY. He shoots bullets not with a gun, but with his MIND. He can play harmonica. He's a polite little gentleman. He has a nice face and a very trustworthy smile. I would trust him. I like the way he talks. I like his bestie, Chops. I like to draw his neckerchief and smile the most. I think the very concept of a psychic cowboy is brilliant and I just love his design.

[21ducky]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you! Get to know your mutuals and followers 🖤 (No pressure, only if you want to.)

A <- Irl friendos know who I mean lol

All my friendos! @thatoneguyfromtheantivoid @intothevoid125 @ecofmaster @lostfollower @kc-form-the-stars @myconidwitch @ everyone else I might've forgot!!

Drawing :DD

Listening to music

Transformers and Undertale :]

[sylviareviar]

Sylvia, how do you look at all the friends who care so much about you and still think you don't deserve it?

She took some time to formulate her thoughts. "...the thing about anxiety is... no matter how good of a person one might be, there's always a niggling doubt in the back of your mind-- and it can vary in volume. Doubts such as 'what if I'm faking being a good person,' 'what if I really am selfish and undeserving of love,' 'what if I've tricked people into thinking I'm a good person,' et cetera. These emotions cloud judgment and distort your way of thinking. I'm only saying this because I've seen it in other people, and it's very possible I'm going through that exact same thing. I don't know what the world is 'supposed' to look like, because to me, everything is bleak and terrifying. If someone blames me for something that happened, I take responsibility no questions asked. Not because I actually think I did it, or that it's my fault, but because I deserve to, so I blame myself, too. Other people are much smarter than I am."

"If I blame others for my own shortcomings, that negates my own responsibility, and I will hurt them. Even if they hurt me first, I should never ever cause pain to anyone. If that means I put myself down and shove knives down my own throat, I'll gladly do it. Besides, no one wants to be friends with someone as ugly and scarred as me. The people I interact with either do it out of pity, or they don't know who I really am. You know how the Phantom Thieves have the power to see into people's hearts-- or at least, so they claim? I'll bet if the Phantom Thieves looked into my heart, they would see a horrific monster, bleeding and dying, being torn apart at the seams, crumbling into dust and tearing its own heart out. Who would want to be friends with something so disgusting and cruel? I certainly wouldn't know how to handle someone like that. Friendships don't last, anyway. I may have friends now, but I won't for long. Either I'll die or I'll leave and go back home. Either way, our bond will not last, because I'm not worth it."

"I guess the best way I'd describe it is... I think I might be lying to my friends. Once they find out, they'll either hate me or we'll naturally drift apart. And that's okay. It happens every time, so I don't expect this to be any different. I'm lucky I can even say hello to them at school, honestly. If I can't even recognize who 'myself' really is, then how can I expect my friends, who have known me less than a few months, to do so? I doubt even my siblings and Papa know who I'm really supposed to be. I could put up a request for a change of heart on the Phan-Site, but I'm also worried. If they change my heart and I become more selfish, my personality will change. I will come to terms with the idea of hurting people, and I'll start to heal. And... I don't think I want that. Maybe that in itself is a bad sign, but I'd rather die. I don't know why, but I get the feeling I might not wake up soon..."

[raycatzdraws]

idk if u still have requests open, BUUUT i personally never knew remlits could fly back up and thusly never threw one off skyloft. i was shocked when i saw a clip of someone doing that. maybe that w sky + the links?

YEAH! BYE KITTY!!!

Alternate ending under the read more!

(Twi doesn't know the remlits fly, but he knows Sky can SOOOO

Sky knew what he was getting into xD )

[daily-dragon-drawing]

Hello, I really like your art, and I assume you’ve likely already made a fire dragon, but a picture I took reminded me of your dragon art. So I thought I’d send it anyway and see if you could make a dragon from it or link towards the post of the fire dragon if you’d already made one.

#107 - 火焰 (huǒyàn / flame) - Summon them with just a few dry sticks and a match! 🔥❤️‍🔥🔥

[anniflamma]

I want to smash your Odysseus so badly, it's not even funny. I want to see him blushing, squirming, tears down his face, moaning, and begging for help. Anyways, have a great day :D

Starting to suspect that you might actually be Penelope in disguise… 🤔

[duchess-doodles]

The fun part about being an artist is sometimes you have ideas and then you do them

[zu-is-here]

did you know that i love your interpretation of dustberry. like with all my heart. along with your various aus (especially rock band). but your version of dustberry takes the cake.

(´；ω；`)♡

[inumbrapugnabimus-maybe]

For your art requests, could you draw Wars and Twi just hangin out? Maybe looking for cool rocks?

- crazylittlejester

Just two bros havin a good time

they also went fishing btw

[hellsitegenetics]

Behold! I, in my boredom and neurodivergence, have taken the organism archive (Faithfully updated by me) and converted it into a very messy genome!

6 pages of A, C, G and T! What could result when BLASTing this?

String identified: (all that)

Closest match: Napeogenes sylphis genome assembly, chromosome: 12 Common name: Clearwing Butterfly

(image source)

[minalots]

so about that book…

[potato-lord-but-not]

hi i hope you know the moisthur fanbase (me and like four other people) just went batshit insane over your most recent reblogs and tags,, anyway hope youre having a wonderful day :)

gather children for I have your meal.

I need it be shot for feeding into this.. but it’s too late now it’s been done. Sorry to everyone else except the five people who created this god forsaken ship.

also some Adora and John because well. it’s Adora cmon

[barrenclan]

panel redraw

That's his sister! He loves her! Why can't they just go back to the good old days, before Cashew and Defiance and everything bad?

[otaku553]

Does Tage enable Ace or does he act more like an impulse control for him? I was thinking of how certain events would have played out if they had been together like this.

I'm eagerly waiting for more of your au but don't push yourself so hard and focus on your own enjoyment first. The comics are looking absolutely beautiful ao far :)

This is how I imagine them:

They’re both pretty chaotic, and Tage maybe slightly more often acts as impulse control, but more often than not, they act as each other’s impulse control. Which uh. If they’re in agreement about doing something dumb the Spades stand absolutely No Chance against them lmao

[itsonlypolite]

(Tumblrs having trouble with the image order, I've been trying to fix this and that's why the ask is a screenshot 😅)

Sure thing! (And don't worry, you haven't!) I don't know how to introduce this comic, beyond that the joke Contra tells in it I first heard when I was like 6 and I cried my eyes out.

[heretherebeturtles-comic]

Hello! Many people have said this but ill say it too, I LOVE YOUR COMIC SO MUCH ( ´ ▽ ` ).｡ｏ♡

I really wanted to ask you about how you do the backgrounds? (Something i struggle with) whats the process? Like from start to finish, also, to do the rise backgrounds do you use reference from the show and generally real photo of ny? Or do you come up with them? And last question- The shadow and light on the background- Like HOW

i know it’s a lot of questions but i’m just so curious qwq and wanna learn to be better, thank you again in case you read this and respond, in case you don’t, i hope you have a nice day and a wonderful life uwu keep up the great work! (≧◡≦) ♡

Backgrounds are a really broad subject and I'm always a little overwhelmed when asked this question. Just like drawing the human body, backgrounds take time, repetition, and practice!

My answer got a bit long, so it's going under a read more :) but if you digest info better in video format I found this on youtube

It pretty much goes over everything I wanted to say, but in a much better way. I wish I had found it before writing all this out lol

ok, first of all, I'm not a teacher nor was I built to be one of those cool helpful art tutorial people who do a full coloured tutorial filled with illustrations. This is just going to be a messy "how I do backgrounds / environment layouts from start to finish." kinda thing.

... lets start with a sight tangent.

Sketch from Life!!!

If you want to get better at backgrounds I recommend doing some sketching out in the real world!

When I was first getting into doing backgrounds I went to cafes and parks to just sketch the buildings and objects. Sketch rocks, flowers, clumps of grass, garbage cans, bottles, tables, street signs, etc. If you are drawing a tree observe how the trunks twist, how the bark flows, or how the leaves are bunched.

If you can't leave the house the same still applies! Sketch the interiors of your house, the walls, or common objects like chairs and bookshelves. How are objects stacked? items on the floor?

If you aren't comfortable with drawing outside or in public you can take some photos to draw from! They are good for practice and you can use them again as references later. Alternatively you can find pictures online of buildings and objects to sketch as practice.

All spaces have objects in them, it becomes easier to draw those kinds of spaces when you already have spent time observing and sketching them.

ALSO! They don't have to be good sketches! It's just to build out your mental catalogue and strengthen your perception of perspective.

now the actual thing...

BACKGROUNDS

(the pictures used for this are my own. I dug them out of my 2022 folder)

Backgrounds have slightly different rules based on what you are making them for. Videogame Environment Concept Art vs Animation Layouts vs Comic Backgrounds vs Illustration backgrounds.

They all follow the same basics, which I will go over here, but the intention and function of those designs are going to be different. It's all about how you set up the scene and what it's purpose is!

Brainstorming and Thumbnailing

I like to think about a location as though it is a character. An abandoned old house with creaky sagging floorboards is very different from a futuristic space ship with sharp metal floor panels. A gas station has a very different feeling from a library.

I usually start by asking what is this location's story? Why was it built and for what purpose? What kinds of things does this room need to fulfill that purpose? You don’t need solid answers, but its good to be thinking about it while you are working.

Next, sketch some ideas for how this place is going to look. For me, this usually involves drawing the idea from multiple angles and then making lists & small sketches of the objects I think should be filling the space.

Example: The main character of my original work is a Wanderer. They collect a lot of things on their travels, but those items have to be small enough to be easily carried in a backpack. I wanted his room to be in the corner of an attic, walled off by curtains, and filled with trinkets. You can see some of my brainstorming above.

References

I only look for references after I've done some sketching and planning; this is to solidify my idea first so that I don't accidentally copy anyone else's work. I will make a moodboard with pictures of lighting, colours, items, rooms with specific ceiling beams, old chairs, etc. basically whatever I feel fits the vibe.

Honestly, I don't use references as much as I should. For ROTTMNT fanart I look at backgrounds and screenshots from the series to study the style. I also reference actual photos of NYC to get a feel for how Rise condenses the visual information.

In general, it's good to have references of real life objects/locations, because there are so many details like cracks in pavement, stickers on polls, crowning on buildings, fancy fencing, weird chair legs, etc. that you might not think of. It's the imperfect details that can make a location feel more alive.

Perspective

Once you have your chosen sketch we move to.... the infamous perspective boxes. Doing backgrounds is just learning to be comfortable drawing So Many boxes and carving items out of them.

Many better artists than myself have made videos on perspective, vanishing points, and all the technical bits. Videos like THIS ONE and THIS ONE are helpful (this post is great too!!). There are probably a lot of classes to be found on Skillshare or Schoolism. I learned a lot of this in my college art course, so I can't give you a specific video which helped me.

You can get by and be a good artist without learning this stuff. There are quite a few successful artists who have admitted they never bothered to learn perspective (one of these people even made a whole graphic novel series).

I personally avoided properly learning this stuff until I was in my 20s because I thought it would be boring and difficult to do. tbh I really wish I had learned it earlier because it's so much fun to make those silly little boxes imo. It looks scary and complicated but, just like drawing humans, it just takes time, repetition, and practice to develop the knowledge and skills.

Cleanup

You have your boxes and lines! Cool! Now to make a scene out of it. Fill in the details, get everything placed were you want it! Generally, the lines of each item will point back towards the horizon line, but they can have different perspective points.

Generally you would want to clean it up and get your room completely sketched before doing the lineart. I tend to combine the steps (not recommended)

Lineart

I've mentioned how I do this before. Closer objects have thicker lines and more detailed inside. Further objects have thinner lines and less detail. I didn't quite achieve that balance with the image below, but it's close enough.

Colours and Shading will have to be a separate post. In the meantime, I highly recommend the book "Color and Light" by James Gurney. I used to borrow it from my local library and a good chunk of my knowledge was learned from it :)