#thank you pinterest for showing me this panel

[colliehollie]

ok fine. i’ll read dandadan.

[auroraeternal]

And last but not least simblreen gift will give you absolutely unique and gothique experience for your sims 3 games. I'm proudly presents you...

BLOODSUCKER UI

This would be a long-read, sorry for that!

I can consider myself one of the quickest creator of the most complete default UI for TS3 😅 But it would be impossible without help of @mookymilksims ❤ I used her BGM UI as a base, also for some reason regular method of creating DRs of loading screen doesn't work for me, so I used @justmiha97 Clean UI Loading Screen as a reference, what files Ii need to replace. And of course dino_rex with this thread on MTS. I also want to give a huge thanks for the testing and taking screenshots of the mod to @sagasimsworld and Mary_WW (she isn't on tumblr), because without them I couldn't find and fix most critical bugs in time. Also, even if most of the UI is replaced and it's fully playable, It's still need polishing and testing, so if you see any bug or some of the parts of UI that looks bad (e.g buttons that are near each other having different shades or smth like that), send me PM or ask with screenshots. Also this mod needs testing with different reshade presets, because I worry that some of them may enhance red colors of the UI and that may cause eyestrain. All screenshots are taken without reshade.

More info and screenshots:

Recolored most of the CAS, CASt, CAP, CAB (plumbots editor), Live mode, Build & Buy mode and Town mode (except map tags):

Loading Screen is compatible with any language (but has only translated in english and russian in main file and ukrainian translation in separated package (AE_BloodsuckerUI_LoadingScreen_UA), that contains translated files only for english and russian version. For working ukrainian translation in english game you need font replacement (Montserrat).

Yeah, image that I used on loading screen is different from that one I showed you on this post (it's my desktop wallpaper now lol). It's because required image for ts3 loading screens is 1024x768, and when I resize original collage it became squished, so I added more images:

In main file of the UI are added this mods, so if you have them, you need to remove it from your game: @fanaskhe-r update of More slots for topical details mod, cmar_nyc's Skintone Panel, Recolored version of Menaceman's Pets Relationships Icons (other relationship headlines recolored as well!).

I created my own replacement for occults in relationship panel, so @sweetdevil-sims icons or removing of halos isn't needed anymore.

For opportunities tab I used recolored correct Shang Simla Forbidden city icon by @thebleedingwoodland, and I definitely recommend installing the whole mod, just delete with S3PE opp_generic_china image so they wouldn't conflict.

Icons are from Freepik. You are allowed to use them for creating "Minimalistic occult relationship panel" with vanilla UI or other UI default.

Also I created compatible and recolored versions for some popular mods, that replaces parts of UI, you can download them in ADDONS archive:

Recolored version of Expanded Tattoo module of Nraas MasterController (installation in Overrides, and don't forget about CmarNYC Tattoos File):

Recolored and compatible version of @lazyduchess Catalog Search Mod (installation in Overrides):

Compatible version of Arro's 4t3 Replacements of Seasons and Lunar Cycle Icons (3 versions, install only one in Overrides folder):

Compatible and/or recolored versions of Gamefreak130 World Loading Screens Overhaul (Choose only one):

Recolored @xiasimla HD icons (both regular and medieval). Totally optional.

Not an actual mod, but desktop icons (.ico format) for TS3 with logo (2 ver.) and plumbob that I created for this UI.

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Credits: @mookymilksims, Fanaskher, cmar_nyc, Menaceman44, @thebleedingwoodland, Nraas team, @lazyduchess, Arro, Gamefreak130, @xiasimla for their mods; EA/Maxis, Freepik, Tumblr, Pinterest and Landing for images.

Used programs: Adobe Photoshop, Landing, S3PE, Notepad++, EasySTBL.

Fully compatible and recommended UI mods:

4t3 Cursors by Arro (I don't want make my own custom cursors).

Arro's No mod info.

Nraas Portrait Panel.

Ingredients Thumbnails fix by @tasteslikefridge.

Equestrian Centre map tag replacements by Menacemen.

Rabbitholes Map Tags Visibility Changes.

Font defaults: Font replacement by @simstate and Bigger size font.

Defaults by @alverdinesims: Build Grid, Objects placement, Skill and progress meters.

CC Icons Defaults: Replacement or Completely Remove.

CAS & Stylist Room Defaults: Monotone by @agnelid, Different by @cherdawn66, Empty CAS/Stylist, Gothic by @bast-sims.

Moodlets Icons Defaults: 2t3, 4t3.

Traits Icons Defaults (except Social Groups): 2t3, 4t3, Medieval, Medieval LTR by @aprilrainsimblr.

@pis3update @wanderingsimsfinds @bloodys-s3ccfinds @sssvitlanz @nightoccfinds @ninthcirclets3cc @kpccfinds

[lu-zijing]

I am reading the BSD Manga right now—

(Am trying so hard to catch up so I can see why people have said certain things..... Like that it's no point trying to describe the plot to someone at this point.....

((Lookingforwardtothenewchapers--

Do You remember the whole talk about:

"HOW THE HECK does Fitzgerald understand Japanese??"

Still in love with this thing- Have been seeing it around on Pinterest: BIG credit to whoever made this:

He likely learned Japanese, I mean come on, he's rich, AND in the business work, of course, he could or would learn it. If not for anything else, then likely for the Work.

I feel like Royalty and Rich people tend to learn many languages, compared to "commoners" -of various reasons-, I mean at least in movies, I don't know how the real world works—

That's what I'm thinking now, but not gonna lie in the start I was like: YEAH HOW THE HECK DOES HE!!????

But Anyyyhoww, I was reminded of it again as I was reading the manga and came to this panel:

Even though Fitzgerald DOES speak Japanese, he has difficulty remembering some of the names -at least, parts or sounds of the name.

This is something shown more or less as a joke at least two times in the series of what I know of, possibly more.

Here in the panel, I showed just now, which is from Chapter 64 of the manga - Atsushi directly SAYS (or well, "thinks") that Fitzgerald's bad at remembering JAPANESE names. Not just names. Specifically JAPANESE NAMES.

And it was the same that one time in the anime when he couldn't remember Akutagawa's name.

Chapter 34 in the Manga:

THAT WAS LEGIT ME IN THE START—!

As a person from the West who does not speak any Asian language- ((YET—) I can relate to this.

(( I Swear I relate SO MUCH with the fact that he couldn't say Akutagawa's name right, -and just ended up with:

"Yes. That."

I relate to it with more names than just Akutagawa🥲

Heck I even first learned how to write it here recently- Thank all I am not the only one and it's actually a thing-

So you see, I have especially had difficulty remembering Japanese names. Something I noticed after beginning to watch much more anime.

In the start, I always switch the names up, don't hear, or more exactly: don't remember the little differences between names such as for example Tetchō and Teruko.

Until I hear them a couple of times, see them written, hear them clearly, etc.

-When I see it written like this I find it obvious, but not when I hear it for the first couple of times -

I assume it's because the sounds are so foreign to -in this case- English-speaking users, and therefore we easily mix the small differences up.

But it wouldn't sursprise me if some might be better at it than others, for various reasons of course -for example watching a lot of Japanese media, and hearing the language a lot - like watching Anime, but not the dub ofc- but well, generally speaking I think there must be more people who has it like this.

I mean even IN the show-! That's kinda relieving—

Like, I have an easier time remembering Chinese names than Japanese. Are Chinese names simpler? Is it because I have watched AND read a lot more Chinese material? Maybe because I'm learning Chinese? Or am I just better at remembering Chinese names??

Sorry me rambling there *ahem* back on track-

POINT BEING:

This definitely shows that even though Francis definitely SPEAKS the language he's still a Native English speaker, having apparently not been in Japan long enough -or whatever reason- to stop mixing the sounds in names up as we sometimes do.

Or perhaps he just isn't bothered enough to try, I could imagine he could be like that-

A little Fun Fact which I found cool, since I relate to it!

Can't believe Francis is the first character I "officially/publicly" announced I could relate something with.

I mean it's not like I am the only one who can relate with this, it's not that rare to speak English but still, that it was the first thing- It's not that I don't like it, I had just not expected it.

Some people out there must relate to it as well? Guys??

Please don't tell me it's just me -and apparently Francis- who has it like this-

Although, having an In-character-from-the-show on your side isn't bad. Especially when he's one of my favorite side-characters- ~

But anyhow! No matter what, Thanks for reading~! ✨  Hope you found it interesting-！

[luzlopesarts]

This is not an update to the Comic, but it still has something to do with it !!!

(call it a little gift for the Wish Rewrite and KoW fandom)

Hello my little stars! How are you?

I mentioned in the last post in the series that I would be traveling for a week or two and that's why I wouldn't be working. Well I'm still traveling Lmao.

It's been a lot of fun, I'm visiting my Prince Charming and family, both of whom I haven't been to in a long time. Still, I couldn't stop thinking about KoW and Wish's Concept Arts. Disney sealed the fate of its fan artists by discarding so much good material, now they are embedded in our minds and we will not be able to rest until we see them realized. This is crazy but it's beautiful to see how much these discarded concepts generated creative potential in the fandom.

Because of all this I couldn't help but make some small sketches! And well, I came to show them here. They are not sketches of Comic panels, but they have something to do with it and I will show the photos and explain how.

This first one, very faded, are Magnificent and Amable's clothes (designed by @uva124, for the characters in @annymation's rewrite of Wish "The Kingdom of Wishes"). The drawings that Aled did are very complex, I don't judge her for that, in fact I thank her, she gave beautiful clothes to the centuries-old Disney villains and they are perfect. I really wish I could draw them with all the details, but I will do everything by hand, alone and seeking a minimally professional quality (I want to be a comic artist/book illustrator one day. This comic is my first step Lmao, and I want to do something that conveys the best I can give at the moment), so I need to make some things easier for myself. The costumes are one of those things.

" Better something simple and well done than complex and poorly done." — This is my motto for this Comic and for my life.

The next sketches are related to aesthetics. I've been watching a lot of "Analyzing the Art" videos of some Disney films and I was inspired to adopt some "Disney Style" features in my arts for this comic (not everything obviously, because I don't want to be sued by Disney lmao).

What you'll see next is me trying to mix this influence with my own style in some KoW character sketches.

(this last art specifically references a meme in which @rascalentertainments tagged me, Thanks for that, by the way! <3 )

(credits to the artist, I don't know who it is because I was just tagged in this meme and I was busy So I didn't look for more information, but I'll leave the post link and you can check the official credits)

Speaking of aesthetics. Anny received Chiara's aesthetic from someone — the north star, "daughter of Aster", created by his magic at the very end of Anny's fanfic. This Aesthetic inspired me to create an aesthetic for Asha and Aster too and these were the results:

What's your favorite?

Lmao, It took a lot of work to make Aster's. There are almost no things for "starboys" on Pinterest.

I'm leaving this up to you to share as you wish, consider it a gift to the fandom!

Lastly, I want to say that the artistic analysis videos They also inspired me to put together a moodboard for KoW and I'll be leaving it here. Not even Anny and Aled know about this and I can't wait to see their reactions! I wish I could print this painting and leave it on the wall, but unfortunately I don't have a printer T-T.

This moodboard is helping me with the artistic direction of colors, style and is a visual motivation to stay active at work.

I hope you like it too!

That's it for today, it's already midnight in Brazil and I should be sleeping instead of posting crazy things on the internet. I'm going to tag my friends and go to sleep, Lmao.

Kisses full of light and stars!

~ Emy

@wings-of-sapphire @flicklikesstuff @frogcoven88 @chillwildwave @gracebethartacc @gracebethartacc @kstarsarts @oh-shtars Come and get your therapies after the anguish caused by certain publications by Anny!

[dabideku-tododeku-bakudeku-2023]

Hallo! It's that time to say Good Night to everyone! I hope that your day went well and the night treats you well too. Here is a little OtaYuri to help you sleep!

NOTE: This is, once again, an image off Pinterest that does not reveal the artist's name. I discovered that you can slightly edit the images on Pinterest, like cropping and other small adjustments. This was originally a fan comic page, I simply cropped it until it only showed the first panel. I will STILL give credit to the artist for the image and insert the page the comic came from.

If you know the artist, message me their name so I can give credit.

If you ARE the artist, I mean no disrespect by cropping the image, but if you want it taken down, tell me and I will do as you wish.

EDIT: @alexseanchai pointed out the artist's username at the top left corner of the image. The artist is @kuckoonut... I think anyway. If this is, in fact, you. Message me if you want it down, or give me your permission to keep it. Thank you very much in advance!

Good Night Everyone!

[jetaloen]

i LOVE the way you draw faces and expressions—where do you usually get references/learn how to do it? i’ve been trying to make characters of my own and the face just always throws me off

thank u!!! faces are the most important thing about a character to me and they are my absolute FAV thing to draw

i feel like i learned mostly from manga, but have been bolstering that foundation by just LOOKING at art in general. i dedicate a lot of time for looking at art and finding inspiration. i mainly use twitter to find cool artists and pinterest to find everything else, ie manga panels, fashion photography, random insp stuff. helps to find a lot of artists u like so u can have an idea of where u wanna take your style

nothing beats refs of actual ppl/studies but sometimes it can be kinda hard to know where to start. i personally pull a lot from the manga i read. i'll use takehiko inoue's art as an example for this post bc hes my fav artist.

these are some of the characters from vagabond. takehiko inoue's style is super realistic w unique faces. i esp like how he does his characters' eyebrows and the ridge of the eye socket. the latter literally was a revelation to me earlier this year in establishing shading and planes of the face, which always gave me trouble before.

each character is super consistent. no matter his age, this guy's (kohei tsujikaze) face is unmistakeable bc of his bottom eyelashes, eyebrow shape, light irises, and full bottom lip. kohei makes that same smirk with the left corner of his mouth all throughout his life. i think details like that are cool so i try to keep my character's facial features and expressions consistent too. it depends on the character a bit. some characters are more emotional than others and might show a wider variety of expressions.

so what i usually do is define in my brain what each facial feature looks like for each character. for example, rohan has bold eyebrows and small, downturned eyes w no visible pupil. he has heavy eyelids, a strong nose w a bump, :3 mouth expression, and a wide chin. he looks calm, gentle, and mature. he has a lot of square-ish shapes

vs volo, who has a pretty mid appearance in game (lol) so i like to exaggerate the sharpness of his features to show his energy. he is loud and passionate, so i like making him look kinda wild. his points make him look like a dangerous porcupine beast which is funny but also cool and fun to draw

takehiko inoue is like my one example here bc if i had to pic a singular artist who's had notable influence over my style, it'd be him. but really the list of influences is enormous. i really stress just looking at art while making time to practice. with time your eyes and hands improve, so keep pushing

[jccatstudios]

I just wanna say i wanna eat ur art u draw the crows immaculately and imma combust please keep doing what you're doing you're litrly amazing and ur art is so expressive and unique and just shows ur love for the characters <3

aw thank you! I love this story and these characters so much. I'm glad it shows in the art! It makes me so happy to be able to work on a project that allows me to spend time in this world. That makes it sound like this isn't a self-motivated project (which it is), but part of deciding to continue with chapter 3 was the immense amount of support and excitement you all have shown for it, so thank you for that. :)

As for Chapter 3, I thought I'd share some info about it before it comes out next week. It's gonna be 56 pages total, so 14 more pages than the last chapter! Unlike last chapter, there wasn't really anything I had to cut, so I didn't. That also means I have no material for the bonus page, but I'll see what I can do when the time comes. I'm also excited for this new chapter since it comes with a lot of challenges I'm excited to tackle! Lots of internal monologuing (thanks, kaz), psychological imagery, and worldbuilding stuff.

In all honesty, I'm not as far in progress as I'd like to be, but I'm really proud of what I've got so far (I'm on vacation, after all). Right now, I'm about finished inking page 5, and that might just be my favorite of the pages I've done. Remember the last panel of chapter 2? I'm really trying to push all the backgrounds to have that level of detail. And what surprises me is that I'm enjoying it! Big thanks to my 1890s Amsterdam Pinterest board.

Anyway, thanks again for your patience. I can't wait to start up what I hope to be a truly weekly comic next Wednesday (not tomorrow). Time to finish inking page 5.

[theeccentricraven]

World Building in Five

Thank you for the tag @kaylinalexanderbooks 

I’ve looked forward to doing this for The Blood Cleaners ever since I saw it.

Rules: post 3-5 pictures that capture a setting in your world and tell us about it!

Source 1: Thumbnail of Dark Dystopia video

Source 2: Still image from Earth’s Last Echoes video

Source 3: Photo of Quarry by Claude Meyers on Pinterest

Source 4: artstation.com

Source 5: Thumbnail of Selcuk Celebi Ambient & Music video

The Blood Cleaners takes place hundreds of years into the future (no specified year). The setting is a city called Corpa, located in post-apocalyptic Arizona. Corpa is not the ruins of a real life city. It is a city that was formed after the great nuclear war (which they call The Last War). 

There are nine sections of Corpa. There’s the Steel Castle, often called the Steel, a fortress that looks like a cluster of skyscrapers fused together. It’s hard for me to find or create an image that portrays what the Steel is supposed to look like. I found a great image from a still in a YouTube video by Earth’s Last Echoes that conveys what I had in mind. I also use the image from Artstation to show the aesthetic of the city in the middle of the desert, though Corpa is not in ruins. The Steel is the home of the Fists, the ruling class of Corpa. 

The underground section is a series of tunnels that are built to be like a bunker. The underground consists of many storage rooms, closets, homes, labs, classrooms, medical bays, cafeterias, shops, offices, gymnasiums, and a boiler room. I use a thumbnail from a video by Selcuk Celebi Ambient & Music to portray what a home in the tunnels would look like. The tunnels mostly house the poorest residents of Corpa. Even tunnel workers with well-off occupations like teachers and doctors are less prosperous than their surface counterparts. One cool feature of the tunnels are the vaculators, big holes where garbage is dumped and transported through ducts to the incinerator. People who live in the tunnels are called Tunnelers.

The surface section consists of the city above ground, the urban and suburban areas surrounding the Steel. The urban area includes a section of administrative buildings where the Fists carry out their government jobs. The surface is made up of many hospitals, shops, restaurants, houses, schools, research labs, parks, office buildings, and plazas. People who live on the surface are called Surfacers, including those who don’t live in the urban or suburban sections, but do live in the farmland, lumber farm, industrial district, energy district, quarry, or mine.

The farmland is the spacious section of land used for agriculture purposes. They grow the crops and raise the livestock that feeds most of the city. 

The lumber farm is a lumber mill in the midst of a forest grown for the purpose of providing lumber for the city.

The industrial district is made up of many factories used for making anything and everything used in the daily lives of Corpa’s residents. I portray the factory district using a thumbnail from the YouTube channel Dark Dystopia. It portrays the overall mood of the setting.

Past the factory district are the rocky areas where quarries and mines can be found. I chose to include an image of a quarry because this location is especially important to the plot. The quarry workers live under especially harsh conditions.  

The city is surrounded by the energy district, which consists of solar panels and wind turbines that provide electricity. 

Corpa covers a fifty mile radius, which is 2500 square miles. There are some other interesting aspects of Corpa that I’m going to have to keep secret because they would be plot spoilers. The residents of Corpa have been fed misinformation about the city’s founding and purpose by their corrupt, totalitarian government. The plot involves MC Justin uncovering the secrets of the city.

Tagging: @buffythevampirelover @tryingtowritestuff24 @selenekallanwriter @constellationandcompendium @gottestod-writes @willtheweaver @poethill @primroseprime2019

[next-autopsy]

A/N: Well, hi there! Chapter five, done and dusted! I’m thriving on your feedback, seriously guys it’s keeping me alive x

Based on the actors portrayal/hbo show and written with no disrespect to the real life veterans. Also all images found on Pinterest.

TW: some swearing, meal skipping……. Is there more???

Made of Glass

Chapter five: Don't Diss the Help

The colossal barrier loomed over her minuscule frame and when Birdie looked up at it, the wall seemed to sway in the sky as if teasing her. If she looked at it long enough she began to get dizzy.

“Lead with my right foot.” Bernadette recalled Joe’s advice, whispering it to herself in case anyone around her heard. “Just jump up the fuckin' wall.” She repeated that phrase like a mantra, “Just do it. Just jump! Come on now, Birdie!” Birdie took off running, remembering to raise her right foot earlier than she usually would’ve, it connected with the wooden wall and she focused all her physical strength into leveraging her body upwards.

Lo and behold! Her body went upwards!

It was like the moment moved in slow motion, Birdie saw the top of the wall approach her and reached out her hands. She successfully latched on and pulled herself the rest of the way up, one leg hooked up and over and within a second she was sitting. On top. Of an eight foot mountain.

“What the fuck?” Birdie whispered to herself in disbelief, she barely had time to register her accomplishment before whoops and cheers trumpeted out.

At first Birdie was too focused on the stacked panels of wood beneath her to realise the cheers were aimed at her, then her ears perked up a call of her name, “Yeah, Birdie!” and she beamed. The night of exhaustion behind her. The lack of food forgotten. All the snarky comments about her gender, her body, her face, her lack of muscles or bravery meant absolutely nothing to her now.

Bernadette truly was on top of the world and she was glowing.

“Dismount.” A voice said to her, tone low and close to a murmur. Her heartbeat stuttered momentarily, after working out the voice belonged to Winters and not the dreaded Sobel she was expecting, her heart calmed and the smile returned to her face. Birdie swung her legs and body over the edge and lowered herself with her arms. She let go and dropped to the floor, landing on her feet with ease.

“Congratulations, Private Coldwell.” Winters spoke out to her, his eyes shone with mirth when he noticed the way her whole body animated gleefully. Her eyes were just about sparkling and the wide grin could not be wiped off her face.

“Thank you, sir.” Said with a lighthearted giggle. The lieutenant gave her a head nod, suggesting she loop round and start the course again and Birdie complied happily.

Richard watched the young lady retreating, chuckling lightly when he noticed the tiny skip in her step. He observed from his spot near the base of the wall, he was supposed to be encouraging Easy company and keeping up morale but he took a momentary pause and noted which men she had approached.

Joe Toye and Bill Guarnere brightened at the sight of her, they hooted words of encouragement and gave her proud shoulder pats. Toye even outstretched his arm to ruffle her hair as a rewarding gesture which she laughed at and brushed off, swatting his hand in mock offence.

Winters felt a swell in his chest, he knew he had no reason to worry about the girl but he often found himself silently checking up on her social progress.

Richard was aware she could handle herself physically, she had proved as much when she beat him up Currahee by a full two minutes in her first week and now by getting over that wall (which seemed to be her only struggle). He was a tad concerned about her fitting in, he saw her isolating herself at every meal time. He was aware that she had befriended the mess hall staff was less than pleased, the mess hall staff wouldn't be following her into war. Not in the way it mattered.

They wouldn't be there to cover her or lay down suppressing fire. They wouldn't be there to wrap her wounds or drag her to an aid station if she ever needed it.

Winters could finally still his troubled mind, evidently, she was making friends and her choices were of high quality. Toye and Guarnere were tough, they would defend her till the end, they were smart and reliable.

Yes, she had chosen well.

———————————————

“And it's all thanks to you.” Birdie told Toye while grinning, he raised his eyebrow at her, questioning her statement. The two slid their lunch trays across the counter, waiting for it to be filled with whatever was being served for lunch.

“That so?”

“Your advice worked! I was fixin' to set that wall alight!” The southern girl's words were laced with mirth, her cheeks ached from smiling, “Seriously, I wouldn't've made it up there with you... so thanks.” She playfully thumped her fist on his bicep, her way of showing gratitude. It truly had meant so much to her to climb up and over that ruddy wall.

Joe didn't say anything back to her, he didn't have to. He was proud of her and she knew it, the last thing he'd do was ruin the moment by announcing it. It was better left unspoken, like a secret between them.

“Hey, I know a way you can really thank him.” George Luz had snuck up behind the pair and waggled his eyebrows with the suggestive remark.

Both Birdie and Toye paused for a second, taking in the connotation. Birdie scrunched up her nose, lips curling in disgust.

“Don't be gross.” She told the jokester at the same time Toye raised a hand and smacked him on the back of his head. Luz raised his palms in mock surrender and backed away from the duo with a quiet, “Okay, geez, try and tell one joke around here.”

Bernadette's stomach gurgled the closer they go to the front of the line, she hadn't eaten a bite since this time yesterday and boy was she feeling it. She was bouncing on her feet, ready to consume anything that came out of that kitchen, beige slop, green slop, burnt toast or hastily made sandwiches, it didn't matter to her, she would scoff it down happily. She looked into the open window the food was collected from and saw Javier dressing up a special plate for her. He glanced up and winked.

Javier, the cook who began smuggling her Hershey's bars every lunchtime, had told her that the meals they cooked here were an abomination compared to his typical meals. Something he couldn't change, they had to prepare the food as they were ordered and it was his undoing. That didn't stop him from adding an extra pinch of salt or pepper onto Birdie's plate, sometimes he'd even garnishing it with a sprig of parsley.

He came from a flavour forward house and usually took pride in his creations, Javi shared his plans with her to open up a restaurant when all this was over and invited her to be his first customer, provide her some ‘real food’ and not the army issued stuff. Birdie learnt that he had signed up for the years of kitchen experience, saying it would help him with his restaurant.

Birdie stepped up to the window, making eye contact with her beloved chef as he lifted the plate and stepped toward her, she may have drooled a little bit, eyes locked onto the food.

Just as she was about to receive her meal she heard the devil himself speak. Sobel's agitating voice stirred up a new kind of anger in her. His presence alone caused her to clench her fists and steam to blow from her ears, she tried her best to ignore him but when he called her name she was forced to turn and look at him.

“Yes, sir?” She willed him to hurry up so she could take the dish from Javier and devour everything atop of it. Sobel didn't say anything to her, which only made her concerned.

Then she noticed it. His hand.

It was at his side, pointing downwards. She followed the aim of his digit and felt all happiness drain out of her.

The chalk circle.

She wanted to scream out in frustration and throw the nearest object across the room but instead she dutifully walked over and stood inside, keeping her face void of any discontent.

Sobel smirked at her and walked away, apparently proud of himself and his little stun.

Birdie's shoulders sagged, she wanted to smack her head against something hard over and over until the pang in her stomach subsided. Toye and Guarnere shuffled to sit at the table in front of her, same as they did at breakfast, a number of men joined them all giving her pity looks.

Toye wanted to toss her a piece of bread but every time he was close to trying, Sobel looked over at them. She noticed what he was trying to do and shook her head, it would only get him reprimanded and her in trouble and nobody didn't need that. Almost all of the surrounding men had gone quiet, glaring and stoic. Bill was grumbling things under his breath and George kept on shaking his head in disbelief. The typical lunch time mood had turned gloomy and tense.

Even Javier came out of the backroom of the kitchen once every one had been giving a serving. He huffed, swinging a hand towel over his shoulder and placing a hand on his hip, “You not eating, Chica?” Birdie only shook her head, last thing she needed was Sobel overhearing her curse him and she didn't exactly trust herself not to speak ill of her CO at the moment. The chef spat out a flurry of what Birdie assumed were swear words in his native language as he stomped back into the kitchen.

“Since when are you so chummy with 'the help'?” The snarky comment was dropped by the skinny guy at the end of the table, the furthest away he could get from her. She squinted at the white tag on his chest which read: Liebgott.

Birdie hadn't interacted with him much, if not at all. All she remembered about him was the pissed off look he had on his face every time she entered the room and the high quantity of eye rolls aimed at her.

“Excuse you?” Her eyes narrowed, she was not in the mood to tolerate rude remarks and Javier was her friend, she'd be damned if she let some asshole insult him behind his back.

“Wanna pull your head out of your ass and try that again? Without the attitude?” Nobody was expecting her to respond like that, a collective gasp rocked the table and eyes flickered between Liebgott and the fuming woman.

Liebgott himself eyeballed her, stunned only for a second before his natural scowl returned to his face. He scoffed and shook his head, mumbling a calloused “Whatever.” and returned to the consumption of his meal, simply ignoring her to avoid a fight.

“Just ignore him, sweetheart. He doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut.” Bill said, raising his volume to make sure Liebgott had heard him, like he was warning the brooding man.

In response, Liebgott rolled his eyes and huffed, getting up dramatically and exiting the crowded mess hall, his boots stomped the whole way out.

A/N: Has anyone guessed the story pairing yet? I'm lowkey interested to know who y'all would pair Birdie with

~ next-autopsy ~

Chapter six

[novacomics]

Hey! I've been obsessed with your Champion art for years but didn't find your account until now! (I blame Pinterest) I have some questions about your Sam/Nova headcanons. What is the face scar about? From the stickers on their skateboard, do you think they're ace, bi, and nonbinary? Whether or not that's your headcanon it's mine now :D Thank you so much for contributing to the Nova community (it's too small) and YOUR ART IS AMAZING :DDDD

I give you mediocre Nova art in return for answers (I swear my art has gotten better I just haven't drawn him for a few months)

HIII, omg this entire message made me so happy, it makes me really happy that other nova fans like my art !! For the face scar, i dont really have any specific situation in mind, but i added it because of that one panel where hes in the doctor and it shows a lot of moments of him hurting his head (and then the doctor says that he should get a helmet, i love this gag) so i added a face scar, was it from a mission? was it from a reallyyy bad fall from the skate? who knows. About the other headcanons, yes! i do hc him as bi, enby (he/they) and ace (but the last one is more of me projecting)

and your art is not mediocre!! i really liked it and i would love to see some recent art of him by you if u make it someday !!

[the-doctor-pepper-show-archives]

"The Doctor Foxglove Show" Lost Media - Poll

Hello!

I've had this question on my mind for a while and I figured I should do a poll about this to see what you all think:

I believe I have all the pages to Chapter One for The Doctor Foxglove Show BUT they need to be identified since only 3 out of 8 pages have been identified so far thanks to the WayBack Machine, Tumblr, and Twitter.

I was going to wait to post anything related to Chapter One until ALL the pages were identified like with the Intro Chapter and Chapter Two but I'm not too sure when that's going to happen and, currently, my personal and work life has been busy for the past month and will be for a few more weeks which sadly means, too busy to do any lost media research and collecting! 💔

An anonymous user submitted a question (HERE) that had me thinking that maybe I should post the incomplete Chapter One to The Doctor Foxglove Show, with both identified and unidentified pages, to maybe see if you all would like to take a look and see if maybe you could put the pieces together?

The main reason Chapter One of The Doctor Foxglove Show has been a difficult to put together for me is for the following reasons:

No Dialog: There are no words in Chapter One so it's hard to piece scenes together that have no words;

Abstract Scenes: The comic panels and scenes seem abstract themselves so it's hard to see which page goes next. I think I have an idea for two pages that might go together but then the other page orders don't make sense; and

Minimal Online Information: There is so little info online about Chapter One for The Doctor Foxglove Show that the only reason the 3 pages where identified at all was from a photo from a zine Rachel Smythe made about TDFS and one Tumblr post on the WayBack Machine. I got super lucky to find all the pages to Chapter One on Pinterest! PINTEREST! LOL! (Of course, I cross-checked to make sure they were Chapter One pages on the WayBack Machine but imaged my shock, lol)

Let me know and vote on the poll!

Thank You!

[davekat-sucks]

Hey thanks for your perspective! I like seeing what other people think of a piece of media I engage with, and I can take in what another person’s perspective can be compared to mine. I always thought it was tough to keep up with HS^2, and before Yiffy it was boring. I read the prologue for HS^2 and it was nice, but ultimately pointless.

You make a good point about Jane, and I gotta describe the surreal decision for how they builded up to Jane’s villain arc.

So there is a series of snapchats from 11/11/2016 to 12/31/16 (I think) showing conversations between Jane and Roxy (calliope is there) discussing the celebration of the return of the gods on Earth C by blowing up the moon. Jane has her transportalizer hijacked by the felt, run by Jack Noir and Jane’s account now gets post updates from felt members. Roxy and Calliope attempt to get help but Jane successfully defends herself against the felt and enslaves Jack Noir with a tiaratop, and then puts Clover in charge of her snapchat account. She escapes before the moon explodes.

So the buildup to Jane being racist was her being kidnapped and then giving her social media to a leprechaun, who worked for the main bad guy of Homestuck who is last seen on his knees with the evil red Betty Crocker thing around his neck.

Yeah I can see why Jane became evil, she was the CEO of a corporation, and running corporations just make you literally irredeemably cruel to everyone. (If you can’t tell I’m being sarcastic)

To give credit to epilogues/postcanon apologists when they argue that the story’s character’s are not acting out of character, just rather changed over time or were always like this, but just didn’t have the unrestricted worship and authority Earth C gave them, they are in a sense, correct.

What postcanon apologists forget to argue is if the execution of this change in character works within the media it is produced under, and I gotta say, an obscure set of snapchat posts released after the credits that were only dug up by fans following the Homestuck Pinterest account which preluded a character’s villain arc by having her kidnapped and unkidnap herself was a poorly executed start to a vaillain arc, maybe they should have done more with the whole Jack possessed by the tiaratop thing and Jane running the most powerful corporation on Earth C, but I don’t write Homestuck.

The tiaratop thing only gets elaborated on in Homestuck^2 later on when in panels you can see tiaratops on Crockercorp soldiers in the April 2020 updates, nearly a whole year after the epilogues dropped. Before that I’d just assumed all the people decided in unity to be racist because Jane said so and most people can’t think for themselves actually, and just believe what a nice looking authority figure says. That last part might be true considering how well James Roach has gotten along with the Homestuck fandom.

So what is the moral of the story to all this? Well being a CEO of a corporation makes you a fascist because being in a position of power makes you think you’re better than everyone else and that they should be sorted into categories you consider lesser and better by your standards.

Sure there is actual human history to the rise of fascism and why some aristocrats and corporate businessmen supported the cause but I ain’t reading all that, my hypothesis is simple to understand and affirms all the premonitions I have about the world around me, so it must be correct!

So basically the Homestuck snapchats predicted Elon Musk buying Twitter and retweeting conspiracy theorist tweets because Elon Musk is the CEO of 5 companies now.

And look out for Disney CEO Bob Iger, he’s making bad and boring Disney movies with minority lead actors ON PURPOSE to radicalize fans of old, better cinematic franchises to bring about the 4th reich!!!

Funny enough, the aim for Jane Crocker being the villain in Homestuck 2 was also to make her an allegory for DONALD TRUMP. Even the bonus story for these random nothingbuger OCs made by WhatPumpkin, were suppose to be people getting BERNIE SANDERS to become President. They even advertise support for Bernie Sanders on the official HOMESTUCK TWITTER ACCOUNT. Of course, Bernie Sanders dropped out of presidential election. HS Twitter had to delete it and WhatPumpkin had to cancel that side story. Needless to say, the force of politics in Homestuck 2 was that bad.

[haunted-plush]

Greetings mortals! I still have to write out the next chapter before I start drawing it, and I wanna start a backlog so I don't go too long without updates. It's gonna be at least a day or two before new panels, but just please remember to be patient. I wanna thank you all so much for all the love I've received in the past few weeks. It means so fucking much, you have no idea. I've never even gotten close to finishing a comic before on my own, let alone posting it. This is such a big accomplishment for me and I'm very proud of myself. I wanna say thanks one more time for everyone who's given notes, and love, and say that you guys make it worthwhile. It would be pointless to post this without people seeing it. Thank you all so much. I hope you're looking forward to future updates! Anything to add, Cartman and Kyle?

-Salty

If you thought that was a good show, just wait till you see what we have in store...

-Cartman

I don't like that look in your eye, fatass...

-Kyle

Well put, boys. Thanks. Here's a moodboard I made based on chapter one with images from pinterest. Sorry this was a long one, I just wanted to share the love back to all you lovely mortals!! ❤️❤️

(p.s., in case you missed it here's the very last update for chapter one)

-Salty

[isisnocturne1369]

I can see from some of your posts you do entrelac on knitting looms. I have looked everywhere but have been unable to find directions or better yet, a video tutorial for doing it on a round loom. Like if you were making a hat. If you have any sources, even something I would need to purchase, your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Unfortunately, the only video tutorials I know of are by Kimberly Carrigan (and me for casting off) on YouTube, and those demos are only for flat loom knitting. I do keep getting posts showing up from Pinterest about regular knit entrelac for hats, and I'm aware from GoodKnitKisses that translating a knit pattern to a loom isn't all that difficult (you pretty much have to just take each wrong side row and swap the stitch with its opposite since looms don't have wrong sides while we work).

I wish I could help more, but honestly, I don't know beyond what I've just shared. I have used round looms for entrelac, but each time, it's still been for flat panel work.

[iliyandanev]

Academic Blog documenting: Practice 1 Media (Animation) 

Evaluation

This is the cleanest version of Dark and Light Storyboard. Where it has been shown to my lecturer what could be progressed and changed and there are two things that could be added to it and changed. But what was successful of the piece of work for me that is most of the scenes in this the story are being related to the theme that is Dark and Light. By having things that presents those things for example the nightmare is a fully dark theme and appears only in dark that makes it scarier and relatable however for the light can be presented as Saviour or a hero that brings calm and less stress that is the Teddy Bear.  

What could be improved in my process is having more dynamic scenes not being afraid to explore more with the idea to keep reflecting more on it. That is why thanks to my lecturer by showing my Storyboard I can know which scenes could be progressed into further detail. That the two things could be changed and progressed from the scenes where the Teddy Bear is being showed it can have the Teddy Bears vision of perspective of how The Teddy Bear sees the boy from point of view.  The second change that can be made is where the scene of the boy standing inside the light then the dark hand of the nightmare tries to reach to grab the boy and drag him into the darkness. From this scene, it could have many hands appear to the boy to make it more impossible to escape this situation just standing there and being feared from the hands. These are things what could be improved by sketching the Storyboard.  

But if it is not enough for me where I can find resources to improve my Storyboard or the idea for the theme it can be from Pinterest and YouTube. Because sometimes from seeing a drawing from Pinterest, it can give you an idea what story could be told in this theme. But however, the issue for me is that instead of doing research to get some at least little bit inspiration I am trying to develop a story by my own that is harder way to think of a story. But further research could be used to come up with a clear idea for a story. 

What artist could look is different storyboarding formats because there many ways of telling a story in a storyboard format. For example, there is a coloured storyboard called Beat Board where the story has been told in a coloured version to make it more specific. Other storyboards have different panels that have long shots and others.  

That was my Storyboard of Dark and Light the changes will be made. But for the rest of the scenes are good to be kept. Dark and Light theme is done. 

[bad-moon--rising]

Cinema History:

Opened in 1982 under the ownership of Mrs. Andrea Marsh, a Gifted Magick transplant from London.

Taken over by Mr. Godfrey and his late wife Beverly in 1987.

Aside from some revisions and repairs after various disasters, the theater hasn't had any major renovations since the Godfreys bought it.

Shows movies primarily from the 1930s-1950s (this will be subject to change when the theater is revamped later in.)

Theater Prices:

Adult Ticket: £8.00

Child Ticket: £5.00

Pride U Student Discount: £7.00

Other Discounts (military, senior, etc.) - £1.50 on price.

Business Hours: (will be subject to change/open on Sundays when the theater is updated later)

Thursday thru Saturday: 10:00am - 11:30pm

Tuesday & Wednesday: 11:00am - 10:30pm

Movie runtimes:

Thursday thru Saturday: 11:00am - 10:30pm

Tuesday & Wednesday: 12:00pm - 10:00pm

Job Info/Employee Info

Cinema NPC Info

Cinema Pinterest Inspo Board

Cinema HCs

Overall the place has that old movie theater vibe; the red carpet, red chairs, brown tile floors. But one distinction is how, while the exterior of the building is concrete/brick the interior walls are wood paneling and the lights are track lighting so it does give a bit more of an older, glamorous look to the place. The appearance has been well maintained, it just isn't very modern.

The building has two floors, it's not a multiplex but it is a large space; the first floor is the business itself, upstairs is a large unused space and the apartment the Godfreys built there, now occupied by Lucky and Scott.

Honestly the place seems bigger on the inside than it should be for the space but people don't question it much and when they do nobody gets a real answer.

There is an ancient, huge popcorn machine that doesn't work but has been around so long nobody wants to get rid of it. So it just takes up a corner of the concessions area and everyone calls it a decorative piece. (It can be fixed but we haven't gotten that far yet.)

Employees have noticed on occasion when they lock up the lobby for the night if they happen to miss one of the doors and go back to check they're always locked. And oddly some have said when they've accidentally let the backdoor shut behind them taking out the trash it seems to stick for some reason so they can get back in.

Sometimes lights around the screening rooms and lobby will turn off when an employee is closing up before they can get around to it. Everyone who has been around a while jokes that it's just Mrs. Godfrey looking after the place.

Event Information

The cinema will host events on occasion; interested parties are encouraged to contact the manager to set up a time to discuss plans. These events can be as small as birthday parties to larger town events because the lobby space is large enough to accommodate fairly well. (please give events to host at the cinema, thanks)

Event coordinating should be handled at least a month before the event. Use of screening rooms, the kitchen/concessions area and the overall lobby space is open to plans. (IC note: if you want to have something small like a birthday just give me a heads-up, bigger events please DM just to sort out the hosting situation/that's the only part I'll be involved really unless you want more involvement from the cinema staff)

Technically since the second floor has a large amount of open space events are possible there too, if you want to plan something large.

Concessions Info

I just took most of these prices from a few current cinemas in the UK and purposely made them lower because Mr. Godfrey hasn't updated things in years.

Basic:

Popcorn (sm/med/lrg) £4.00/4.50/5.00

Typical movie popcorn w/butter, in paper cartons or standard white and red striped refillable plastic versions.

Sodas (fountain drinks) (sm/med/lrg) £2.00/2.50/3.00

Again, just typical in either disposable waxed paper cups or plastics refillable. Behind the counter, employee-served.

Sodas (bottled) £2.00

Kept in a standing glass cooler next to the counter, self-serve.

Water (bottled) £2.00

Kept in the standing cooler with the bottles of sodas.

Candy (Pre-packaged) £3.50

Kept behind the glass counter, various prices, various types because I'm not going to list all of them.

Ice Cream (Pre-packaged) £2.50

Small standing freezer by the counter, various types, self-serve.

Kitchen:

Ice Cream (Machine) £3.00

Cones or bowls, not particularly exciting (vanilla or chocolate) with toppings of various candy, chocolate sauce or caramel.

Nachos £4.00

Basic nachos with the option of jalapenos or not.

Pizza £4.50

Cheese, veggie or pepperoni, those single serve microwave frozen type.

Pretzels £4.00

Large soft pretzels that come frozen and are kept in a warmer in the kitchen, comes with butter or cheese. Also not overly exciting.

Town Disaster Protocol

Whenever safe to do so, evacuation of the cinema to nearby safe spaces is encouraged, this includes both customers and staff. The cinema is not a magic warded safe house currently. When possible staff should lock up before evacuation but if it's a question of safety this isn't an issue; it's always better to leave things unlocked and evacuate from a dangerous situation.

When evacuation is impossible or not advised shelter in place; screening rooms one and two are used for this purpose as they have direct access to restrooms but are still a contained space away from windows, but do include exterior exits if needed.

In case of flooding or other issues where higher ground is safer, evacuation to the second level of the theater will be open to everyone; emergency supplies are stored both there and the first level to shelter in place for extended amounts of time. (But you're going to be eating a lot of candy and popcorn.)

During a shelter in place situation if staff isn't on hand emergency supplies (bottled water, first aid supplies, nonperishable food, blankets, flashlights) are stored in the staff break room, kitchen, and upstairs; notices that explain these locations are posted in the kitchen and break room.

Cinema Floorplan (ignore my awful scaling here):

Ground Floor:

1. Ticket Booth

Standard front window enclosed booth with registers and information about movie times on the back wall.

2. Concessions Area

Tile countertops and glass front cases with prepackaged candy and snacks, equipment on the back counter includes a sink, popcorn poppers, soda machines and a heating case for warm food. The kitchen to the right is fully functional for heating/preparing food.

The kitchen also holds first aid supplies.

3. Staff Break Room

Has tables and a couch, a staff fridge and access to the kitchen if the staff wants to use it. Not anything overly unusual about the space, just a place for breaks/meals.

4. Main Lobby/Event Space

Open space most of the time but it's large enough to host events and does from time to time.

5. Back Restrooms

Basically just what it says. Male/female/gender inclusive areas.

6. Front Restrooms

Same as the above, with the addition of a family/accessibility inclusive restroom.

7. Screening Room One

Smallest of the screening room; 30 seats total in the space.

8. Screening Room Two

Slightly larger screening room; 50 seats total.

9. Screening Room Three

Largest screening room in the cinema; 110 total seats.

10. Screening Room Four

Standard screening room, 90 seats total.

11. Screening Room Five

Standard screening room, 90 seats total.

12. Projector Booths

Situated in the back of each theater and accessible by the staircase in the hallways between rooms for the larger screening rooms and directly in the back of the smaller ones, overlooking the screening room itself and where the projectors are kept and run.

13. Cinema Office

Mr. Godfrey's office next to the back stairwell upstairs.

Upper Floor

1. Upstairs Apartment

Accessible via the stairwells inside the theater. Was formally the living space of the Godfrey family since buying the theater but now Lucky and Scott live there since Mr. Godfrey has moved to Castle Suites. Most people (for plot sake this means anybody not specifically told) aren't aware the apartment is there and just think it's a separate storage area. Although it is listed as a residential area with the town board like the other business-linked apartments in town.

2. Storage Area

Mostly general storage for the theater, also where film reels are kept between seasonal runs.

3. Storage/Open Space/Future Plot Things

Yup. Potentially a business collab space after the theater is revamped.

4. Storage/Open Space/Future Plot Things

Once again these are future plot points. (But pls offer suggestions if you have an idea!)