#that means overly too much

[milkywayan]

I thought I had a bad reading comprehension due to my dyslexia, but considering the kind of additions I sometimes get to my medieval food post, I think I am actaully doing ok compared to others

[machrealgirl]

hugely beneficial for a story when the protagonist is a little bit of an asshole. just a bit of a bitch to anybody they encounter when mildly irritated. unnecessarily rude and argumentative. y'know. this is also what severance understood

[mechncheese]

I just found your blog via the Drift design science continuity post, which ALSO HAPPENED TO HAVE THUNDERCRACKER IN IT AND. WOW.

TC is one of my favorite characters and your design for him is stellar!! His wings!! They remind me a little of the split wing IDW design he had going on in exRID #36-ish, but your design is at a much more graceful and fantastic extreme with all the individual panels and his giant wingspan. Like a fancy space moth-bird-contemporary art installation!! And your color scheme is one of my favorite palettes (not talking about TFs, just in general as a color-enjoyer) so I am just…going kinda crazy over your design. Thank you for sharing your art!!! It's beautiful!!!!! I'm gonna go read the rest of your science continuity stuff now o7

Thank you so much, this was very sweet to read <3 ! I was heavily inspired by Thundercracker's split wing design in IDW and tried to lean into that + butterfly/moth imagery ! I hope you enjoy my silly little Science Continuity, I mostly have a lot of sillies for these guys !

[sainz100]

2024 Hungarian GP | x (edited)

[skitskatdacat63]

"From triumph to failure is but one step."

+ the usual

I love when I can include paper sketches in the process gif. It's very satisfying to see it progress from a very vague imagining of what was in my head to the finished project.

+ version without text

My favorite sketch was definitely the one where I actually put in words what it's supposed to convey. I wouldn't usually write that down, cause it's all in my head, but it was useful to do so when sending it to other people. I'll go into it more but here it is just as a teaser:

Lmao first of all, I like how I was teasing "Spanish GP" art, but as per usual, it's just thinly veiled au art. IM SORRY, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN MAKING GENERAL POSTERS, THAT'S NO FUN! So instead you will get weirdly relevant matador au art. I like it a lot though, I was really shocked I was able to draw 3 different Fernandos, I mean even drawing one figure takes a lot out of me, but this was weirdly easy?? I think it's just the effect of not being burnt out anymore, and actually being able to draw with more ease makes me feel like a god.

Okay, so the text: "Fight or Flight?" I'll be honest, I don't even remember why I chose it, literally came to me in a vision 😭 But I think it's fitting with the narrative of this piece. Is it better to keep going on, keep fighting, or better to finally give up, and flee? Not that I even remotely think he should give up, but I feel like sometimes I can sense him pondering this very question. That was the big fear before he announced that he re-signed. Keep fighting and maybe, just maybe, you'll get the chance to finally go up against the bull again. Or accept it's an uphill battle and the fighting is going to keep getting more and more strenous, and maybe it's time to put down the sword. SORRY THIS IS SO ANGSTY FOR WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE "yayyyy home race!!!" Please forgive me <3

I. Renault

At some point, someone pointed out to me that I had drawn all other iterations of matador Fernando with a sword, except for Renault Fernando, and that ended up feeling very poignant to me. In a bull fighting match, they really only pull out the sword at the last minute to deliver the killing blow. So I think it's important to never draw this Fernando with a sword, because it shows the unfailing confidence and stability he has at that point. He only needs to pull out the sword at the end, as a formality almost, there's no reason for him to keep his guard up at all times.

II. Ferrari

Meanwhile this Fernando, he's considering his sword like he hasn't had to in the past. He's checking the sharpness, making sure in advance he can do what needs to be done. He's on guard, he feels like he needs to keep up his defenses at all times because he doesn't have that same amount of trust and stability anymore. He knows though he will be up against the (red) bull, at least that's never in question. At least there's the assurance he'll get the chance to fight.

III. Aston

Oh, Aston Fernando....He doesn't know whether to take up his sword or finally put it down for the last time. While at least Ferrari Fernando knows he's on constant guard against the bull, this Fernando doesn't even have that assurance anymore. He feels like he can never put down the sword, just in case he gets the chance to strike the killing blow on the bull, which feels like it's growing more and more unlikely.

Spanish flag: ? Lmao this was meant to be something to celebrate Fernando's home race and it turned very introspective whoops. Also got the Napoleon quote in there hahaha, can't escape it!! Shame though there is no French gp anymore, if so I'd probably draw an unhinged thing for it :,(

[thelilylav]

The fact that Briar is listed as one of Rosabella's best friends in her profile but Briar's profile barely mentions her..

[biblically-accurate-dca]

overanalyzing (nitpicking) these pins (under the cut)

sun's hanging pin: printing error on the ribbon on sun's right hand (yellow instead of red)

this has since been fixed but it's really funny LMAOOOO how did that happen

moon's hanging pin: the ribbons and the hat are going different directions in the artwork (moon's hat falls down but the ribbons don't, most likely because this is essentially just an edited version of sun's artwork)

this one's a little hard to explain. the colors for The Sun and the stars on sun's hanging pin share the same color palette as sun, but the colors of The Moon and stars on moon's pin don't relate to moon's color palette as easily. the star's are the same color as their teeth, but The Moon itself has it's own unique color. it's actually the clouds surrounding The Moon that share a color with moon (same color as their face)

this makes me think that the clouds were added for the sake of sharing colors from moon's face so it's like sun's? but idk that's just a theory lol. imo it's an odd choice to add clouds to it but it's honestly the prettiest part of the pin so i shouldn't complain too much i guess..

"sun and moon" hanging pin: this is obviously based off of eclipse so why are they calling it "sun and moon"? is it because it's not technically ruin eclipse and therefore they can't call it that? that's odd to me. maybe it's for a legal reason. who knows? i certainly don't

the pants don't have any stars even though the hat has them. and this was a purposeful choice. is it because it'd overcomplicate the design? is it a restriction required to make the pin? it's just an odd choice considering it's such a noticeably empty space now

all the dark parts that are meant to represent moon are a weird grey color now and it looks really odd to me. i'm guessing this is just to differentiate them but it's kind of ugly HFJSJGJD

their button's are blue? even though moon's aren't? why

the crators on The Moon on this pin are positioned slightly differently than the ones on moon's. i thought the design was just copy pasted onto this pin but i guess i was wrong? i'm not sure if this even means anything JDJSJFKDG

the bobble head pins: i think their poses are the same as the other's but they've been flipped and edited to differentiate them. this is probably a really obvious observation. regardless i do think it's fun when they parallel each other so i guess i can't complain about how cheap it feels HFJZJGK

there's a weird space between their arm and their ruffles? for sun it's on the left and for moon it's on the right but i can't really figure out why it's there... my guess is that it might've too hard to cut out since it's enclosed in the design, but it's too large of a space to hide it by coloring it in so they had to leave it like that. there's a space like that on the ribbons too so that's probably it. oh well, nothing's perfect

speaking of the ribbons: they're drawn differently between sun and moon! i thought it was just the hands that were changed but i guess the ribbons were too

moon's bobble pin: according to the art for the pin moon's secondary body color is supposed to be a dark blue, however it's so dark that it just looks black on the pin... it's probably more of an oversight than anything but i honestly think it looks kind of cool. i wanna draw it

i think moon's primary body color on the pin is honestly kind of ugly. the color on the art is ok even if it's a little dark but the cyan tint on the pin combined with how dark it is makes it look ugly to me

sun's bobble pin: sun's colors are... a little too yellow for my tastes but are otherwise fine. the colors on the art itself look nicer but i'm aware that the physical coloring doesn't always line up with digital color codes so you can't be too picky about it i guess

sun's secondary body color is technically incorrect (it should be the same secondary color as the face) but it does look nicer like this so just consider this as an observation rather than a complaint lol

the candy shaker pins: i dont have much to say about these (i think theyre nice but a little boring) but i do like how the designs for the bags match the time of day for each of them. the moondrops have a moon with stars and the sunnydrops have a sun with rays of light. it's charming

overall: they're cute i guess... but the fact that there's an entire collection of dca pins makes it so obvious who they're marketing to lmaooooo

[twilight-good-yall-dumb]

sometimes I remember that 1D is lowkey comprised of short kings and that humbles me.

[profounddefendorcrusade-blog]

I feel bad for Starlo. (pt. 8)

The FF could have just told him how they felt years ago if this "damaged personality" started as soon as the Wild East came to be (which now I think only happened after Clover showed up... so... for a few hours. For a few hours was Starlo's personality "damaged"). Star is the type who'd give up anything for his loved ones, even his biggest dream. Ceroba didn't have to pretend all this time and lie to him to make him feel better (we know this whole Wild East thing often annoys her though she tries to hide it).

His friends just spilled the truth to him when he was at his most emotionally damaged (after they admitted that they didn't like or appreciate his efforts, he STARTED to break), then decided to leave him all alone. And you wonder why he cracked. And you wonder why he tried to kill Clover. Because the kid represented everything you all were shaming him for, for no reason other than he was too passionate for your taste, too willing to feel important, too hurt to face the truth of feeling like a nobody. And you were not willing to understand.

this is what ultimately broke him

No one tried to ask, "Hey Star, you doing okay? Need some help? What's about Clover you admire so much?" No, they just leave. Feisty Four, you could have quit this job long ago and gone home (but apparently they DO like the job since the gang doesn't split up; in other words it took them less than 1 day to give up on Starlo until he came to beg them for forgiveness.. sigh).

[positivelyapunovexponent-good]

back on my bullshit

(fantasising about buying a bass guitar and learning how to play which is something I’ve wanted to do for YEARS and now actually have concrete plans to! As an incentive for passing my the rest of my quals)

[quibbs126]

Thing, take it

Context: what if instead of White Lily just being White Lily when she split from Dark Enchatress, she was kind of a different person? Still has the memories of White Lily (or at least regains them at the end of story), but is also not entirely her, I don’t know how to explain what I’m trying to say. Also she’s short/child sized because the remnants of White Lily’s dough wasn’t enough to make a full size White Lily. Also she lives with the faeries, and maybe in her amnesiac state she thought she was a wingless faerie

Why? Because I think it would have been neat if White Lily was never fully back, gives more impact as to what happened to her. I know that was never going to happen, she was always going to be playable and such , this is just how I feel

Also not necessarily saying this is better than what we got, it’s just what I would have liked

[straycalamities]

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[bmpmp3]

post ankle-twisting clarity

[decaf-mother]

[WARNING: VENT]

It's so awkward having to explain to people when I've been stressed or too overwhelmed for a while that I just went 'dead mode'. Where I essentially don't feel anything - not sad, not happy... Can only vaguely pretend like I feel stuff just to care for others emotions or what's going on but I feel nothing.

Because then someone is just like "How can I make it better? How can I cheer you up?" And it's like - that's not how it works. Just give me a bit and I'll be fine.

Some act like I'm hurt and they get upset and it's like - calm down. I'm literally fine. I'm just empty inside, it'll get better.

Then other people misunderstand and get pissy and are like "Oh so you don't care?" Or some other bullshit and it's like... Look, man. I do care in a way just not the way I usually do because I'm a little fucked right now. Relax.

[feppepurin]

pyro tf2? :3c

pyro tf2 ? PYRO TF2 ????? I COULDN'T EVIN BEGIN TO EXPLAIN MY HISTORY WITH THIS SPECIMEN THEY'RE MY WHOLE BRAND. THEY'RE ME AND THEY'RE MY BEST FRIEND AND THEY'RE MY LOVER AND MY DOG AND EVERYTHING EVER. NO ONE GETS THEM LIKE I DO I HAVE SAVED EVERY INSTANCE OF THEM APPEARING IN THE COMICS THEY LITERALLY TRIGGERED MY AGENDER AWAKENING BACK IN 2023. I REALLY ADMIRED THEM AND THEN REALIZED I WANT TO HAVE NO DISCERNIBLE GENDER JUST LIKE THEM. PYRO TEAM FORTRESS 2 IS MY WORLD

[orcelito]

Something something show don't tell, overly saccharine dialog over and over and over again doth not a romance make. If they're just declaring their love for each other for 10k words, not even actually showing their personalities, then like... lol this is just character names slapped onto cliche romance tropes. Like they're going on and on about how much they love each other but like. *Why* do they love each other? What do they even actually like about each other? It's just so stale and boring.

I need some violence and interpersonal drama, now. Snooooooore.