#the-trndsttr

[reallyunluckyrunaway]

My first digital (grayscale) portrait.

Trndsttr.

[eclipsewxtch]

i’ve been on the internet since the ripe age of eight in 2013. i’ve been thru the WORST of tumblr; the glitter phase of pinterest; the trndsttr vids on what was once musical.ly; wattpad during the harry styles epidemic (i was a zayn girlie and not in that fandom but that’s beside the point), the werewolf wasteland, and the good girl bad boy softcore porn that was taking over the app; i used to read harry potter fanfics on fanfiction.net and write klance fanfics on that same site; i was around for the instagram edits of miraculous ladybug. what im trying to say is: i’ve seen the very dredges of this society and have come out (mostly) unscathed. and less than ten minutes ago i discovered what the ‘wank and tell’ tag on ao3 means.

[opanchu]

1, 12 and 15 for the song asks ! :3

1:A song you like with a color in the title

white flag by gorillaz ft. bashy, kano & the national orchestra for arabic music ^_^ starting off with obligatory gz mention

12:A song from your preteen years

trndsttr by black coast (lucian remix)... very distinctly remember listening to this on my first smartphone. insanely early to mid 2010s

15:A song that is a cover by another artist

I could name several but my current favorite is leander rising's gloomy sunday cover

[popemartha]

IM TURQUOISED OUT

[multishipper-baby]

Kaemugi para la playlist? O cualquiera con Tsumugi, ah

Ohhh Kaemugi my beloved <3

Bonnie McKee - I Want It All

Panic! At The Disco - Miss Jackson

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (Absence Remix)

CAZZETTE - She Wants Me Dead

Also como bonus... Saimugi, porqué es un ship con vibes muy similares, ah.

Black Coast - TRNDSTTR (Lucian Remix)

No Te Va Gustar - Al vacío

MARINA - Karma

[artbychromo]

Avoiding work, so, Monoma fanmix

Tracklist, lyrics, and other rambling:

FAKE IT

"Darling" - Flipturn Darling, I am bound to fall Will you still love me then?

"Call It Like It Is" - BAILEN If all I ever am is copy, then what is left to mine?

"When Am I Gonna Lose You" - Local Natives How will I let you slip through? Careless or unkind?

"Lovetap!" - Smallpools You're taking off like a runaway They're catching up with a drive to make you pay

"Like Passing Ships" - The Family Crest You’re better off beneath that man than in my arms, love

"The Fall" - Flipturn And everyone around me was just raising their arms I just mouthed along

TIL YOU MAKE IT

"Notion" - The Rare Occasions Sure it's a calming notion, perpetual in motion But I don't need the comfort of any lies

"Infinitesimal" - Mother Mother Lately, I'm feeling like a big bang 'Cause I've been making something out of nothing

"The Cult of Dionysus" - The Orion Experience I'm feeling devious, You're looking glamorous

"Let's Go Crazy" - Incubus Take a look around At least you got friends

"Trndsttr" - Black Coast, Maggie M., Lucian boy you bet I'm a trendsetter, too

"No Tomorrow" - Orson Funny hat, shiny pants All we need for some romance Go get dolled-up and I'll pick you oh, oh, up

some thoughts

the vibes ended up being 50% "sadboi inferiority complex & disillusionment" and 50% "now that I've dealt with my insecurities I'm ready to gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss. Also I love my friends"

another fun thing some of the songs have in common are very retro intros/styles, bc Monoma's personal style always struck me as kind of vintage-y/timeless/classic, like his tux hero costume and (apparently) pastel French room decor

the other style I went for is LOUD GAY

sorry for flipturn being on there twice, I'm seeing them in concert friday so I've been listening to them nonstop, and those 2 songs both fit so well

[piekimin]

I feel the heat with you

𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺.

I dare you play your cards,

you bet I'm a 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 too.

[klugpuuo]

TRNDSTTR IN MY RECOMMENDED? IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024????

[cakeniron]

Drunken Podcast | Sonnet 18 | Shakespeare

Art: TrndSttr – http://www.redbubble.com/people/trndstt . #shakespeare #lovesonnets #poetry #valentinesday #film #movies #animation #voiceovertalent #voiceactor #voiceover #actor #seattle . Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cakeniron Website: http://www.cakeniron.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/cakeniron/ IG: @cakeniron Twitter: @cake_n_iron

[frogthewise]

Black Coast - TRNDSTTR (Lucian Remix)

[bread-making-vikings]

jokingly: TRNDSTTR best remix

wholeheartedly: The Garden - "Clay"

the TRNDSTTR is 100% me I don't even need to listen to the 2nd one

[sentient-stove]

:) this is gonna be link heavy oof

Next to Me- Imagine Dragons (babygirl you know this is so valgrace coded. that or seaspark(but no one ships them:(). Either way, sadass love song but also like hopeful? lol.)

Almost (Sweet Music)- Hozier (Caleo:(( "I laugh like me again, she laughs like you" are you kidding me? yeah that's two people in the wrong relationship at the right time.)

Bombshell Blonde- Owl City (Caleo:D see the last one was sad caleo this one is happy caleo. you can't with them all B) #multishipper #rick you could have made caleo the best ship with good writing but you literally don't care about leo lmaoooooo)

Electric Love- BØRNS (.... seaspark. or valgrace. probably valgrace.)

Angel Eyes and Basketball- Foot Ox

Trndsttr- Black Coast

Icarus- Bastille ("Look who's digging their own grave....Your hands protect the flames, from the wild winds around you." 100% a leo song, and one of my friends had the hc that leo was actually a reincarnated icarus at one point lol.)

Atlantis- Seafret (you tell me that a song about a guy mourning the fact that no matter what he does, he fails isn't Leo coded.)

Little Soldiers- The Crane Wives (valgraceeeeeeeeeeee.)

Birds (feat. Elisa)- Imagine Dragons (Lost Trio all the way. Especially since it's about loving someone and then you all go your separate ways and there's nothing you can do to change that.)

Fourth of July- Sufjan Stevens (04/07 was written as a last conversation between Stevens and his mother in the hospital and the quiet but crushing grief that came with losing her. It's a Leo song all the way)

Tell Me It's Okay- Paramore (sorry Leo, it's not okay:( keep going anyway, yeah?)

It's On Again (feat Kendrick Lamar)- Alicia Keys ("go is the only word I know" ouch. yeah. plus Leo is so spider-man coded you know i had to add a spider-man song)

Vanilla Twilight- Owl City ("The stars lean down to kiss you, and I lie awake and miss you....Oh if my voice could reach back through the past, I'd whisper in your ear; 'Oh darling, I wish you were here'." VALGRACE BABEYYYYYY (also like quiet love and soft grief and buried with regrets:(((())

Sleep Alone- Two Door Cinema Club (talk about a punch to the gut. anyway.)

Songs that equal Leo because I'm sad (And I'm tired of seeing things of his favs being about fire. He literally hates it and barely uses it.) :

Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons

Heather - Conan Gray (Valgrace)

Promise - Laufey (Valgrace)

Tongues and Teeth - The Crane Wives (Caleo)

Cradles - Sub Urban

Are You Bored Yet? - Wallows

Feel free to add any other song, including Mexican ones. I am white man idk any lol

[lunchtimerushin]

Sorry to be a bother again but I was wondering if you have any tips for drawing clothes and folds and such. I have a super hard time with that. I also wanted to ask how one should go about drawing if one is in a situation where they don't have any pose refs. Like, how should someone draw a pose from their brain? Sorry for polluting your blog with boring asks, you don't have to answer or put it up. I feel like it would ruin your blog. I'm sorry. I want to draw like you too

asfjjhk omg its okay shh dont worry about it !!!!! I don’t really care for blog aesthetics whatsoever so it’s ok!!!

erm, Im unsure how to answer this, but lemme draw a thing and post the process under readmore? I hope it helps (:3;;

a 3 sec sketch; basically outlines what the pic will look like; sort of lik a gesture drawing!

I usually skip right to drawing the skeletal base drawing, but it helps to understand how to simplify the body parts. This is how I break the body down to make it easier for me to digest and draw.

when you can simplify the body down like this, you can easily deconstruct photos/references! when you have a repertoire of poses in your mind after studying a lot of poses, that kind of stuff become easier to draw from your mind cus you’ve drawn it before. 

disclaimer: “anatomically” correct is really subjective; some artists will bend anatomy, as such, not every human has the same anatomical body proportions, so that’s really up to you to decide. (Ive never done art school so Im not the person to ask about this.) 

I start loose and then slowly tighten the details all around. Work on drawing holistically (keeping in mind your entire picture) rather than zooming in and working on one part to another.

ok, back to my sketch;

since ive already defined the person’s body structure, I skip right to drawing the clothes on  top of them; some ppl will actually draw the body structure neatly before they put clothes on them; it really is up to you!

keep note that this hasn’t been anatomy checked or whatever, just still roughing it out and cleaning it up as I go. 

for clothes fold, i saw this rly cool tip where you imagine shower curtain rings

and sorta draw around the movement of it (ofc this is like.. the wrinkles around the arm/sleeve etc.) AGAIN please use reference of real cothes to get a better feel of how to draw it (:3

andddddd ofc, cus im a wishy washy person, the anatomy changes overtime the more details I add in, so it’s……. iunno. yeah. it’s a nightmare to horizontal flip it, but it does help you catch a lot of things that are wrong (like I know the head tilt is gonna be a problem here lol.)

and well. it’ll be touched up a lot more, sketched better/cleaned up; so yeah. i’m at the brink of passing out rn, but this is just the base drawing process !! I guess (?) 

sorry i wasn’t able to give a better explanation ;;;;;;;;;;;;!!!!!

[weirdfishy]

if i listened to music you liked, i love you. you might not know i did, that your music sits among mine because i love you- that i feel your love of the song each time i listen to it, that i think of you and smile, that i enjoy the song even more.

[be-gay-do-heists]

there’s something about the love for things you like (hey trendsetter)

“Hardison, I know the point of this grift was to stand out, but are you sure that’s not a little over the top?”

The hacker smiled at the voice in his ear, brushing an imaginary piece of lint off of his outfit in view of the security cameras overlooking the ballroom, whose feed he knew was currently being displayed to Nate and Sophie in Lucille. He pretended not to hear the wonderstruck whispers of the other guests around him. “Nate, I made these clothes myself, I would know if it was over the top.”

Ok, so maybe hand-made clothes were themselves a little much, but he had been dying to trot out this suit forever. The half-tunic was composed of rich blue and gray silks which he had been particularly excited about because he’d never sewn on silk before, and had gone down a rabbit hole on the technique research alone. The layered panels of fabric hung around his torso in a deceptively simple pattern, and one side draped elegantly down to his knee, swishing as he walked and revealing the brocaded reverse side. The perfectly-tailored white pants were simple enough, even if he had embellished the French seam with a decorative stitch and gold thread. As for the matching white slippers, well… shoes would be the next garment craft he picked up, looking down at them in slight disappointment and imagining how the perfect pair could elevate this outfit to the next level.

Sophie’s voice this time. “It’s perfect. Just start establishing your presence.”

Hardison began moving leisurely across the room, letting his attire do the talking for him. Despite the crowded space, the party-goers around him seemed to move out of his way on their own so they could marvel at him; it was easy to stand out amid the bland tuxes that surrounded him. He looked around the room, scanning for the mark, affecting a disinterested attitude. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a familiar shade of hair and turned just slightly to catch Eliot’s eye. The fighter was working waitstaff for this part of the con, bearing a tray of champagne flutes and a disarming smile, the latter strangely absent from his face for a brief second as he looked over at Hardison. Puzzled, the hacker startled slowly making his way over, stopping by the bar momentarily to look at the fine liquors displayed behind the counter (and not seeing anything nearly sweet enough for his taste). As he approached, Eliot noticed him and Hardison registered the slight delay, the stuttered blink. “Champagne,” the hitter grunted, offering the tray more brusquely than he might do with a different guest.

Hardison accepted one of the glasses and watched Eliot’s reaction as he slowly took a sip, smiling afterwards. “Watch out before you drop that tray,” he said, gesturing.

The hitter recovered himself. “Dammit Hardison,” he growled under his breath in response.

“It’s the suit, isn’t it. You like the suit,” the hacker said, letting a hint of gloating enter his voice and waggling his eyebrows.

Eliot delayed his reply to offer a drink to a passing guest, professional disposition fully back in place. He made sure no one was looking at them before turning back and pointing a finger at Hardison. “You’re distracting me,” he hissed. Hardison just rolled his eyes and let flowing fabric swish a little as he changed his posture. He watched with satisfaction as Eliot’s gaze followed the movement. “Did you really make that yourself, man?” the hitter whispered.

“Of course he did, Hardison can do anything,” Parker said, popping up behind them and startling them both. She ignored their surprised expressions and shook her head to jangle her dangly earrings (Hardison knew she thought the feeling was fun). Shock aside, the way she said it made Hardison’s chest ache. It was like she was saying The joints on this climbing harness are made of a carbon fiber polymer, or Eliot will catch me if I jump out of this window. Like it was a fact. He hid his expression in the champagne glass.

“Ok, enough chit-chat,” Nate’s voice buzzed in their ears. “Fleischman is approaching the bar. Parker, you’re up.” There was a clacking noise in the background, and Hardison could imagine the mastermind pecking at the keyboard trying to get a closer view on the cameras.

Parker shifted nervously, fingers picking at the seam of her evening gown. “There’s a lot of people around. Loud people. I don’t know if I can do this. I need one of you guys to help me.” She murmured the last bit very quietly.

“I’ll be guiding you the entire time, don’t worry, Parker. Hardison, go ahead and walk over with her, and stand nearby at the bar; you’ll be a good distraction for keeping Fleischman’s eyes off of her nerves,” Sophie weighed in.

“Don’t go overboard,” Eliot growled from next to them, readjusting his tray and moving off to get a better angle on the room. Hardison felt the hitter’s free hand brush his back as he left, warm and solid, and knew what Eliot was really saying was Be careful.

He grinned widely as he offered an arm to Parker. “May I walk you to the bar for a drink?”

The thief cracked her neck and breathed out before taking it. “Let’s do this.”