#the drought is severe

[asfodelle]

Just uploaded Chapter 9 of Bites ~

[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

[enjxlrass]

I said I’d do some bail/breha/fox art so here you go 🫶🫶

alt version and close ups under the cut

[expectiations]

ALEX FEEDING THE SPACE WIVES NATION

[sketching-shark]

OH DANG. Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie confronting the Jade Emperor for the sake of the common people...

[cairafea]

got caught up with the hnk countdown twitter account today and the panel where bortz tells dia that they don't care about fighting and like raising jellyfish better is still the funniest panel of the manga

[luminique]

looking through the lighter tag at the end of the day and your posts are there 😭 I am fed I am happy

HAVE YOU SEEN THAT OFFICIAL STORY ART OF LIGHTER (DONT!!!! READ AHEAD IF YOU HAVENT AND DONT WANT MINOR SPOILERS !!!!) ooohh my god. not to yearn on main but imagine him letting you help him bandage him up or him softly watching you trace your hand along his scars. If you ask he'll probably tell you where he got them but he doesn't wanna make you uncomfortable by just straight up telling you GAH I LOVE HIM

I keep thinking about how he's the one of newest sons of calydon members and the whole idea around being friends since before he had joined them and just . ouugh. And maybe you join him (and he will literally never forget it even though he wont mention how much that means to him)

Something something being the mechanic to his biker . I can't spell it out I had a mokent of clarity and got embarrassed about all this but I'm NOT TURNING ANON ON AGAIN!!!! I want to talk about him so badly he's such a loser (/pos)

he’d definitely not tell you straight up from what we’ve seen in the story currently. he lightly dances around the topic, maybe thinking it might push you away from him. who would love someone who’s covered in scars? but the moment you show even more interest and care, it softens him so much.

ALSO since i just finished the quest, he says at the end that we’re (proxy/mc) the only ones that remember him. like i literally did this whole event FOR YOU !! and if the SoC ever ask about you two, he’d get flustered when you’d start talking about your friendship with him. you’re mentioning some embarrassing moments and he just clears his throat and gets up, saying that he needs to get more nitro-fuel (there’s still a lot left). seeing you talk to the girls from afar, reminded him of when he first met you. he was beat up, bruised, earning titles for himself, people would never voluntarily go up to him without the intent of starting a fight. and yet you did, bearing no ill intent and only pure interest in wanting to know him.

for the last one, OUGSHSGSKDG i genuinely have like a thing for machinery (robot men i love) but i never see it through because i fear i am not a mechanic/engineer. definitely will try to write a long proper post for it so maybe in the future (maybe after his release?). BUT THE VISION !! I SEE IT !!

[susielesbianism]

Every time I find myself on the verge of formulating a theory I get caught in an annoying feedback loop of “chill out it’s not that deep” and “this is deltarune!! an unfinished game with only two chapters released!! we literally don’t know if it’s that deep or not!!”

one day I really need to break out of it and start posting more of my thoughts here. Lmao

[binah-beloved]

do you still accept queequag asks? becuase queequag lap pillowing sounds nice...

I always accept Queequeg asks.

it does sound nice. perhaps she finds you in a deep sleep, curled up on the mattress. blankets and supplies are sparse on a whaling ship, but it hurts her to see you in a ball of bone and flesh and skin, trying to keep warm. she's used to handling harpoons and knives, her touch careful and fleeting as she shifts your position so your head is pressed against her legs instead of the worn bedding. you merely mumble something incoherent and snuggle closer, and Queequeg allows herself to smile, even just for a moment

she's fallen asleep as well by the time you awaken, leaning against the wall with a hand cradling your head. you smile, reaching out and gripping one of the ropes around her wrists, and fall back into a comfortable sleep

[thunderon]

taivan + september doves

[nando161mando]

The Amazon is releasing vast amounts of CO2 due to severe drought and heat

[hanniehq]

everyday i stop by twitter to check if there are any seunghan crumbs that can keep me somewhat delusional for the next week

[wisecrackingeric-2]

Serennedy save me…. Save me serennedy……… serennedy…………………

[lalo-tellmeagain]

Back to clearing out my drafts — love this one!

[sanjisboyfie]

trying to find x male readers is so hard on this site..even the canonically gay male characters aren’t safe from the x fem reader tag

this + i specifically look for "x male reader" and then fem reader shit comes up 😭😭 its literally a constant struggle and so fucking annoying tbh

[moodyjazzyblues]

the way i keep getting the exact same like 30 johnshi/kencage posts so the people i rb it from prolly get like 5 notifications on the same post all from me reblogging it the same day 😭