#this is a ms paint doodle because i really like drawing in it for some reason

[springtz]

drew trucy. wonderful specimen

[lorillee]

im really normal about them <- lie

[r3dmooon]

Behind Your Screen — Wally Darling x gn! human! reader

summery: Strange things keep popping up on your computer. Soon you find out it's all because of a strange entity!

tw: some creepy things are alluded to, but it's all vague.

a/n: I had so much fun writing this. Wally is kicking his feet while drawing for you. He is not yandere!!!!

wc: 0.8k

Master List

❥Wally was bored, watching people come and go. They’d check out the website, sometimes look at his little doodles, then leave. It honestly made him sad. Did no one want to be his friend? The messages in the guestbook said otherwise but they didn’t come back. 

❥Then you came around. At first, you seemed like the rest. After looking around the website you closed the tab. But then you came back. He didn’t get his hopes up, as others have come back for a second glance too. But this time he couldn’t help but admire you. You were so focused, scrolling and looking through the details of the website.

❥You came back more often, he wasn’t sure why. Who was he to ask questions? He finally got the friend he’s been longing for. It was so lonely where he was after all…

❥He found out that he could leave you little drawings, and it became his favorite pastime! He couldn’t feel more delighted drawing you with him and his friends all hanging out. Oh if only those dreams could be a reality…he didn’t want to think about what happened to his friends. No, not when you’re there to make everything better!

❥When you got the first drawing, you were confused. You didn’t really use ms paint…and you didn’t remember drawing this anyways. Yes, you’ve become enraptured in this rediscovered puppet show called Welcome Home. And yes…you did check out the website, just to see if anything changed…and you may have created fan content for the show…

❥All in all, you decided to pass it off as something you made without remembering. It was a cute drawing. It was you with the cast members on a picnic. You couldn’t help but keep it in a special folder on your desktop. 

❥But then another one popped up the next day. The picture was of you and Wally smiling, text over it read ‘You're the absolute most friend’. 

❥Your heart dropped. That catchphrase was quite familiar. In fact…that was on one of the valentine’s day artworks for Wally. You quickly booted up the website, just to double check. As you found it, you took a deep breath. Maybe you tiredly drew this one too? I mean…what else could it be? But something in your gut told you that it was someone else. A hacker? Stalker? 

❥No, no you're just overthinking this. Little did you know, Wally was watching your reaction with the happiest grin he’s had in such a long time. He hopes his little drawings make you as happy as you make him. 

❥This kept happening, but you refused to bring up your concerns since nothing else had happened. Only those strange…I suppose endearing drawings. If anything, it made you even more interested in the wacky children's show. You read more thoroughly through the characters descriptions, and found the concerning hidden messages in parts of the website. 

❥All the drawing had one common theme. Wally was always by your side. Didn’t matter what scenario, or who else you were ‘hanging out’ with, he was always there. If the drawings alone didn’t creep you out, the fact that Wally in all the drawings was staring at you, and not drawing you felt unsettling. 

❥It all changed when one day your notes app was opened along with another drawing. The picture was of you and Wally hugging, the notes app saying: ‘Do you like hugs, friend?’ 

❥You slammed your computer shut, fear running through your veins. What the hell was that? 

❥Wally’s little felt heart hurt as your face left his view suddenly. Did he come off too strong? He was just excited to get to interact with you in another medium. He got so happy that he couldn’t help but write the first thought that came to mind.

❥Your presence has become a comfort to him. With everything that has happened and is happening…it was nice to look forward to his meetings with you. You seemed like such a nice person. He wished he could be with you…but the thumping that surrounded him reminded him that that would always just be a fantasy. 

❥The next time you opened your computer, you felt a little guilty. The notes app was still open, this time it said ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you friend.’ You still felt anxious, but the guilt overpowered that. It wouldn’t hurt to interact…would it? Maybe it’s some weird AI chatbot that…you didn’t know. Just hoped it wasn’t a hacker messing with you.

❥Not sure how you were supposed to interact, you decided to reply back in the notes app. ‘Who are you?’

❥That’s when you learned that Wally was somehow in your computer? Able to access your computer? You weren’t completely sure, he was vague when answering where he was. You felt like you were going a bit crazy…I mean c’mon, the logic made no sense. But a feeling deep in your gut told you this was all real. You weren’t being fooled, you weren’t being hacked, the main character of an old 70’s children show was talking to you.

❥Over time, you two became closer. In fact, you started to find Wally quite charming and cute. He would continue drawing you cute pictures and you would keep him company. 

❥If only you two could live in a fairytale, happily ever after…

[danielleargentino]

blackbright stuff + rant for todayyy!!!! happy holidays everybody :))

christmas blackbright . hell yeah

silly doodles for a twitter thing.

ms paint thing i did in 10 minutes based on a song i really really like (luna roja by soda stereo). please listen to it i'm begging youuuu. if you do tell me your thoughts on the tags pleasepleaseple

very quick aziracrow gomens thing . not a fan but felt like sharing you know. whatever man. i might edit it later though

blackbright body hcs andd the little rant!! i've been thinking about them and how i want to interpret their relationship . so i've decided that my drawings will feature an au where bobby was kidnapped and rescued a short time after turnabout for tomorrow. very important warning i need to do research and stuff for this, these are just my initial thoughts on the matter. stuff will probably change.

he and simon reunite, they had worked together 7 years ago on some cases and met again much later a week before bobby's abduction (which was a bit before the events on dual destinies). now that they're meeting once more, feelings are weird and complex.

the phantom has affected them both a lot, the trauma is fresh and simon didn't even get a chance to process his feelings of betrayal before bobby appears again and now he's feeling so many things at once he thinks he might die. they have a slowburn that also goes super quick ? how do i explain it.

after a month or two, they impulsively move in together because they can't stand how lonely their respective houses are. they're pretty much the only ones who can understand each other, they need each other a lot; but they also feel like running away and from the other and hiding forever.

simon needs constant reassurance that bobby is himself and not the phantom; on occasions he can't look at him in the eyes, he feels unsafe with him at times and has to leave and look for other's company and comfort. still, he also wants to cling to bobby and never let him leave again, to know him properly, to learn to love him healthily.

bobby on the other hand feels horribly guilty, responsible for the things the phantom had done and the damage he'd caused simon even before taking his form. the way simon looks at him sometimes makes him feel dangerous, but because of that he needs to be there for simon, to help him heal, to give him all the love he's been deprived of.

they have to work a lot on their problems, attend a lot of therapy and take some time off work, and, slowly but surely, learn to trust and love each other.

aaghdhs whatever these are just sketchy thoughts please don't be mean if you don't like them i will cry a lot and die

same au, three years after aa5 just like in the previous picture because. i like to draw them healed and happy. but i will draw more of their process.

...about that, however, i won't be able to draw on my computer for like two weeks starting this saturday, since i'm going on vacation. i really hope i can buy a new drawing tablet when i come back, tho!

thank you if you read everything <3 wishing you all a happy new year in advance too!

[onelastskip]

oh joyous day, my our life now and forever mc, Rena Michou!

Just a bunch of doodles for now I'll do a full body ref and make it purettyy later, maybe… ahh side note i need to learn how to draw tam and qiu qwq something just doesn't look quite right.

and now time to ramble about her: (warning very long)

EDIT: WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME IT SAYS 8W3??? she's supposed to be a 8w7 😭😭😭

She was pretty stand-offish and cold to Tam and Qiu when she first met them, she did not like Qiu at all, from her perspective her Ma's moved her to this town in the middle of nowhere, she accidentally goes into someone's backyard (clearly no way for her to know smh) but she's being the better person and apologising only for him to make fun of her??? Terrible manners. Not only that but he's a show off and has an insufferably smug grin. Not to mention he acts like he knows everything (it's okay when she does it, she's not from a random town in the middle of nowhere).

She still lets him tag along when she goes to find the mystery air plane sender because she's nice like that (how hard was that jeez!) And while Tamarack is loud, she looks a hell of a lot better in comparison to Qiu. Anyway this goes on for a bit with her being annoyed at basically everything he does and tolerating his presence because she's nice (it's because of Tamarack and her Ma). She is however very startled when Qiu gives her the welcome note, she definitely thinks it's a prank or disingenuous, but gosh dang it, he looks so happy she's polite so she'll say thank you.

She starts liking him after the park where they race and she wins, and opposite to all her expectations - because this is something he's been most proud of, he doesn't get upset or annoyed he's even more happy somehow… And that's when she has to accept everything she thought about this guy was wrong.

Some more random stuff about her personality and yeah:

She doesn't get most jokes, and she can't tell teasing apart from being genuinely cruel which is- yeah mostly why she doesn't get along with Qiu at first.

She thrives on the challenge, she's always down to do the riskiest thing for the greatest reward, she likes beating the odds (and proving people wrong).

She places a lot of value on following rules and being polite, two things that have been repeated to her basically her whole life (because she struggled with that growing up), so now she's very opinionated/black and white about it.

She likes listening to rock/alternative music mostly, probably tries picking up the guitar in the future- she'd be bad at it.

She likes strategy and puzzle videogames, absolutely terrible at racing, fighting, and rhythm games.

She's got no problem telling someone no respectfully and doesn't like to compromise at all - but even more she hates other people doing her favours, so she takes the path of least inconvenience.

She really wants to be independent and prove she's responsible and can take care of herself, however she still really respects her Ma

She values getting good grades a lot and she's pretty advanced however her Ma didn't want her to move up grades because of her social development. She is not a big fan of this, probably one of their biggest arguments.

She wasn't exactly bullied persay- but she didn't have any friends before Tam, which is probably in part due to her prickly personality but yeah, not a big fan of people her age.

bonus ms paint scribble because she's so cool !

[ashlynniis-bracketeers]

E.G.OBLAST 6: SATANIC PANIC! [Scattering Scarlet Gossypium - Sanguine Desire - Asymmetrical Inertia - Wingbeat - Binds - Heaven - Corundrum - Corundrum Pt 2]

RAAAAGH ANOTHER E.G.OBLAST DELUGE.

Gave Satan an E.G.O of each Sin Affinity, because he's literally the Devil himself and embodies every Sin (three from pre-Limbus, three from Limbus, and one Manifested) lmao. In order: Wrath, Lust, Sloth, Gluttony, Gloom, Pride, Envy, and Envy (though technically also every other Sin Affinity).

If you want to read more about each piece, please look under the cut, because this is getting long enough as-is lmao. Also make sure to full-view considering how big these are.

Also finally made a proper tag for E.G.OBLAST so you can search it on my blog lmao. The tag is just E.G.OBLAST.

I hope you like it!

Wrath (Limbus E.G.O)

None of the currently-existing Wrath-affinity E.G.Os really fit Satan... so I had to pick an Abno that doesn't have an E.G.O yet and figure out something for that. Ended up picking Drenched Gossypium due to it having themes around being dyed the color red (from blood) and having Wrath-affinity attacks (along with Lust and Gluttony). I'm calling this E.G.O Scattering Scarlet Gossypium (named after the Gossy's "Scattering Red-stained Gossypium" attack).

It seems to have themes based around nostalgia, formality, and courtesy (as seen with its Mirror Dungeon event), so I gave him some (western) formal clothes: Dress shirt, waistcoat, poofy boa, gloves, fancy shoes, and tie (the tie is covered by his big-ass chin lmao).

Also, about his hooves: The style of hooves he has is ambiguous due to their color blending into his legs, so I'm giving him two-toed hooves similarly to the demon forms of our protagonists in the final fight 83.

Awakening - Haah, can’t you be a bit more… endearing? I can give your face some cute little red blush. Come here.

Corrosion - No! You cannot possibly be so insincere! I can see it! Must you be so selfish? So greedy? Must I TAKE IT MYSELF?

Lust (Pre-Limbus E.G.O)

Redraw/redesign of one of the MS Paint doodles from my first E.G.OBLAST post, of Satan with Sanguine Desire. Replaced his wings with the metal claws, and based the shape of the metal claws off of the legs of his chasing spider form in his boss fight.

Again, Sanguine Desire for Satan is basically a given lmao. They're both obsessed with a single-minded desire to be the prettiest reddest things. His ass is Corroding the second he gets anywhere near those shoes, let alone uses the E.G.O lmao.

Awakening - This gorgeous, glimmering red… No, you can’t have them! But your blood will make them even prettier…!

Corrosion - Red, red, RED! RED, RED, RED, REDDER, REDDER, EVER MORE RED! GIVE IT TO ME, ALL OF IT!

Sloth (Limbus E.G.O)

Sloth was also a bit of a difficult choice for him. None of the Sloth-affinity E.G.Os really fit him heavily, but I ended up going with Asymmetrical Inertia (Clockwork-Time-Roly-Poly). Made the Awakening more bottom-heavy with all of the metal crap on his tail, while his Corrosion is top-heavy with a massive head. Never in proper balance, always teetering on the edge of collapsing over...

Based his quotes off of Heathcliff's quotes for it, considering that Heath is the only user of this E.G.O so far.

Also, side note:

I HATE DRAWING MACHINERY I HATE DRAWING MACHINERY I HATE DRAWING MACHINERY I HATE DRAWING M

Awakening - Who are you calling “slow”? I’m just taking my time… to wind up the most magnificent, perfect hit!

Corrosion - G…G-Grab me! Don’t leave me hanging! I can’t… stay… up…!

Gluttony (Pre-Limbus E.G.O)

Chose Wingbeat (Fairy Festival) for his Gluttony E.G.O. They're both based around "royalty" and having royal "servants", with Satan having his moles and the Fairy Queen having its fairies (and Fairy Masses post-starvation), so I decided to give Satan little mole-fairies (and Mole Fairy Masses). I replaced his little devil tail with the pre-starvation Fairy Festival's chunky tail, and also replaced the big fairy wings with those of a Fairy Fly to fit with Satan having dinky little devil wings by default.

The Fairy Queen repeatedly mentions wanting its fairies to bring it meat, so I referenced that for the quotes.

Awakening - No thrashing, now… Moles… Seize them for me!

Corrosion - Mo…M-M-... My fairies… Don’t leave me! Meat, I need meat… unspoiled, clean, soft, tender… a glistening RED!

Gloom (Limbus E.G.O)

Binds is one of those "Multi-Affinity" E.G.Os, with different Sin Affinities across multiple users of the E.G.Os (others being Sunshower, Dimension Shredder, Holiday, and Cavernous Wailing). With its themes about the burden of leadership (and one of the other Affinities the E.G.O has being Pride), I felt the Gloom version (Heath's version) would fit. Yes, his crown is being held over his head by wrappings between the horns lmao.

Awakening - All I find on this throne… is disrespect.

Corrosion - Written upon these strands, every single one… mockery, inadequacy… failure…! Release me! RELEASE ME!

Pride (Pre-Limbus E.G.O)

Decided to choose Heaven (the Burrowing Heaven) for his Pride E.G.O. I chose it because the Burrowing Heaven's "thing" is that it desires eyes on it. It "lives within your gaze" and the reason you can blink while looking at it is because it will "tolerate such a brief moment of disruption". And in Ruina, one of the lines found in its fight mentions the sight being "breathtaking". All eyes on him... Sounds prideful, doesn't it?

Gave the E.G.O weapon-styled spear an eye to fit with the Abno's theme and match with his final boss hammer having an eye on it. I also had some fun making his facial expression, wanted it to be unnerving >8}

Awakening - Breathtaking, aren’t I?

Corrosion - Is this what you wanted to see? Those dry, burning eyes… ANSWER ME!

Envy (Distortion + Manifested)

He pulled a Dongrang and Distorted first before un-Distorting and manifesting his own E.G.O. Manifest E.G.O out of Spite™.

I am calling the Distorted form "Fuschine Iridescence", with the Distortion Code "IN-???-06" (as for danger rating... "WAW-09", possibly? He is the literal Devil, after all, his Distorted form is bound to be dangerous), with the middle digits being unknown due to not being from/in The City and in turn not belonging to any District. This Distortion has siphons at the ends of its feet and stinger, which it uses to drain blood from its victims (and can be seen in the magenta-glass bulbs in its legs).

For the E.G.O, I am naming it "Corundrum", a combination of the words "corundum" (the crystal that includes gems like ruby and sapphire, along with variants of sapphire such as the pink-orange padparadscha) and "conundrum" (which Satan is notorious for instigating), with the gem-theming coming from the fact that he rules over Hell, which is commonly underground and generally conflated with the Underworld, the domain of precious stones and metals. Large gemstones grow out of his back to replace his wings and tail, which he can summon "hard-light" constructs from, along with his hooves, horns, and crown becoming the same material with the same ability. His weapon (which in his "base" form is a pick-axe)'s head and end-caps are also made of the same material with the same ability. The "gimmick" of this E.G.O is that it switched between multiple Sin Affinity forms, each with a different gemstone (color and shape), weapon, and "style" of hard-light constructs, similarly to how the Envy Peccatulum take the forms of your Sinner IDs with their own various Sin Affinities. You'll see those forms very soon 83.

Had a lot of fun drawing the E.G.O form's huge voluptuous ass lmao.

Distortion - I can't stand you! You and all of your selfishness! Hoarding all of your... all of your precious redness! Just... give it to me!

Manifestation - ...No. I, the Devil himself, cannot stay in such a... miserable, unsightly state! Just what did she do to me? I will not be led astray by some... some... some conniving, sweet-talking, red-eyed HARPY!

Design info:

Distortion - I based this form's design off of his "spider" form he uses to chase you in one of his final boss fight phases (along with directly color-picking from the sprites).

Manifestation - The flowing fabric over his shoulders is meant to resemble the shape of his spaded tail he has when not using the E.G.O.

Corundrum Forms

Eight forms in total, with Envy being doubled up due to there being a non-mono-Envy and an amped-up mono-Envy version.

Base: Envy, Rainbow Obsidian, free-form electricity that can mimic his other constructs, pick-axe.

Hemorrhagic Sinew: Lust, Amber, large hands/arms, axe.

Gilded Bulwark: Sloth, Citrine, large hooved raptorial arms used as shields, spear/pike.

Bottomless Gullet: Gluttony, Emerald, fairy fly wings and a tail-mouth, pitchfork.

Crushing Current: Gloom, Malachite, tentacles, harpoon.

King's-Eye View: Pride, Pentagonite, large wings and a spaded tail, sword.

Brewing Sparks: Mono-Envy, Sugilite, similar to his base form's electric constructs but much more volatile and unstable, enhanced pick-axe.

Boiling Plasma: Wrath, Padparadscha, flowing/melting flames and super-heated plasma, hammer.

Design/Choice notes (prepare for a LAWT of text):

- The muted purple color for his base form's attire is color-picked from the lighting/outlines used for the black-colored parts of his in-game sprites. The shape of the Rainbow Obsidian on his back and at the ends of his weapon are also meant to resemble his horn shape. I chose Rainbow Obsidian because it has pieces of every color, fitting for a design with the gimmick of having powers from other color-coded forms and Envy's Peccatulum being mimics/doppelgangers.

- I chose Amber for Lust due to its general orange color and having a "lifeblood" connotation, as amber is derived from plants in response to injury similar to blood clotting. The gem material itself has pieces of bugs/other material within it, and is shaped like a heart due to one of the common connotations of "lust". I also chose an axe for the weapon to match with his non-Manifested Lust E.G.O being Sanguine Desire.

- I chose Citrine for Sloth entirely because of its color, though I gave it a "diamond" shape because it is close to a "sturdy" triangle. The weapon is a simple "blade on the end of a long stick" because Sloth isn't exactly known for being "complicated" and this form would rather play defensively.

- I originally chose Malachite for Gluttony and Turquoise for Gloom, but eventually changed Gluttony to Emerald (because of their shared green color) and Gloom to Malachite. The light constructs are meant to resemble his wings when using WIngbeat, and the end of his tail is meant to be a combination of a bell (like Ring-A-Ding, who is associated with Gluttony) with Freako Dragon's tusks (because Greed, which Freako is associated with, would be Gluttony in the PMverse). This form's weapon is a pitchfork due to it both being associated with the Devil and being a farming implement (that isn't a scythe).

- I chose Malachite for Gloom because of its bluish-green color and association with water. Gloom is associated with water, and Malachite is notorious for leeching toxins into water. The shared water association is also why I made its light construct tentacles and its weapon a harpoon.

- I chose Pentagonite for Pride due to their shared blue color, and the Devil in popular media (including AB's version of Satan) is often associated with pentagrams, so I thought a gem named after its five-fold symmetry would fit. This association with pop-culture's image of the Devil is also why I made the light constructs a spaded tail and large pair of leathery wings. Its weapon being a sword matches with the symbol used for Pride in Limbus.

- Brewing Sparks is basically an "amped-up" version of the base form, both in being mono-Envy and in its weapon being an enhanced version of the pick-axe. Sugilite was chosen entirely for its purple color, and the gem shape I chose is meant to resemble a bolt of electricity (which is commonly associated with Envy in Lumbus). This is both the only form that changes his horn shape and also has "jutting" back crystals.

- He was not able to attain his desired "redness" even when channeling the red-hot Sin of Wrath. The gem I chose, Padparadscha, is famous for its hybrid pink-orange color, similarly to this Satan being associated with magenta and yellow. It is also the only gem that has "floating" parts (the middle circle found in the gems on his weapon floats). This is the only form without white, instead replaced with a light yellow, and is the only form with a multi-colored light construct. The light constructs do not even quite resemble proper fire, instead an amorphous boiling plasma that flows from like water. His weapon resemble the weapon he uses in the first phase of his boss fight, being a hammer to try and copy Anton's techniques like clutching and slingshotting. So close, yet so far...

- The eyes of all of the forms (outside of base) have pupils colored like their associated gem. Wrath has no black sclerae, instead having banded eyes of pink and yellow, with the eye of his hammer being colored in an inverted version of his band pattern.

[silverware-is-interesting]

some mspaintings about that show. including that guy from another show that's 1 year anniversary happens to be today. fun huh?

maybe i should do like. an animatic in ms paint daily blog or something :/ would anyone want that. i mean. its easy to doodle. clearly.

animatic gjinka idea thing under the cut :P

oh. uh. the idea for behind this freak. i guess. she's. like. part of a barbershop quartet. but alone. and weird looking because i didn't look at a reference of a barbershop quartet and made it up. hah. (mostly 'cause like... animatic doesn't seem like the fancy host type. y'know?? ((it's also kinda funny))) anyway some more doodles to really get a hang of doodling it

so chat. what we think about this take. will it get rocks thrown at me or will the crowd like it. who knows!!

maybe i'll draw them in krita at some point,,, idk. probably later on.

[crazysodomite]

Do you have any advice for bad artists that don't make fanart and never get notes? I feel so embarrassed and sad posting my original ms paint drawings and pencil doodles on here and tagging them with every relevant thing I can think of ';( how do people who dont tag anything grow the number of people who like their art?

I don't believe there is such a thing as bad artists.

I think getting noticed online has a lot of factors. The most important one is probably appeal. If you create art that appeals to the most amount of people, you get the most attention. If you create art that appeals to a niche, you get attention from that niche of people. Appeal =/= Quality. For example, I probably create art that mostly appeals to furries. People who are repelled by the mere concept of furries aren't going to interact with my art even if I was extremely skilled.

A lot also depends on algorithms. My art was getting 1 like and 1 retweet (that was me retweeting my own art lol) because I didn't know how to satisfy the twitter algorithm. The quality of my art didn't matter whatsoever.

At the end of the day you need to stop paying attention to numbers because you will never be satisfied. You could say this is easy for me to say because I Do get notes now or whatever but people used to not give a fuck about anything I did for years. Now I just draw because I like it and I draw what I enjoy and some people are interested in that and some are not. If you are yourself interested in your own work people will start also paying attention and if they don't it doesn't really matter because you're doing what you enjoy. Some people go unnoticed just because they create something most people don't understand.

A lot of people don't interact with anything they don't find appealing or that doesn't fit the theme of their blog or whatever. People rarely interact with art just for the sake of it unfortunately. And that's not a reflection of yourself or your art. It's just how it is.

Going out of your way and interacting with other people and their art is also important. If you just post into the void and don't interact with other artists or try to build community it will be very difficult for other people to find you. When you interact with others they notice you though obviously don't just talk to people to get them to look at your art. Share stuff you like and uplift others just because. Even if they don't end up doing the same. There is a very prevalent attitude of people not wanting anything to do with artists they see as 'below' their skill level or whatever. It's tough out there for people with art that isn't seen as 'high quality' (whatever that even means). But thats unfortunately just how it is. Other peoples opinion of you isn't a reflection of your worth.

Also I think adding a lot of tags might be a problem and get your posts shadowbanned but I'm not sure...

[umbrvx]

i like ur art. its great and interesting!! i really like your artstyle and i really like the way u draw hsy, yjh, and kdj. you captured them so well in terms of vibes/character. also i was wondering do u have any advice to improve on drawing anatomy/poses/faces?

wahh thank you so much...!! i feel like im still trying to figure them out in a lot of ways but i do really like ironing out my visual interpretations of them so im really happy to hear if people like what im coming up with

also anon you super activated the part of my brain that cant help but yap about art theory... i spent some time writing as many tips as i could think of. unfortunately i dont think i have the time currently to do a fully illustrated guide, but ill still try to include some visual examples:

[incoming wall of text lol]

ANATOMY:

to preface i think that like 100% of the time you should reference a real life photo for anatomy rather than other artwork or drawn references. the best way to learn the body is by… well, actually looking at the body! but also artwork is informed by a person's own artistic ability/stylization choices/sense of idealism, so while looking at art can help give you an idea on how to break down forms, i think you would be best served observing real life references. i labor on this point because i do think that having over relied on drawn reference material and avoiding photographic references on the basis of not being interested on realism hindered me as a largely self-taught artist as a kid, so i want to encourage live or photographic reference since anatomy is one of the foundations from which everything else is built on. that being the case, all of my doodles i'm doing for this are going to be for the sake of example rather than to strictly say how you should or should not be drawing something

-> when you are doing a study of a photo, just try copying it as best as you can. pay close attention to the natural lines and shapes of the body -- the S-curve shape of the leg, the triangular shape of the forearm, the trapezoid shape of hips/thighs when they sit, and so on. note where the body folds or squishes or pulls; how mass will shift to accommodate a certain position. if a form is hard to visualize, focus on the negative space and carve that out, rather than strictly drawing the positive space.

don't expect to get it perfect the first time. in fact, iterate on it multiple times to build understanding. try doing it to a timer of 15, then 10, then 5 minutes. doing this will force you to have to prioritize the most important shapes. you can help reinforce this by using a thicker brush or a brush with no pen pressure (no joke ms paint works great for this) to force you to be loose and not become preoccupied with details.

-> pinterest is a great resource for finding and compiling photo reference material

-> organic shapes are curved, so embracing/emphasizing that (particularly for the extremities) can help make your drawings look more natural or fluid

POSES: -> it all begins & ends with contrapposto… you've probably heard of the line of action, which is related. if you're offsetting the shoulders & hips, it: makes poses more natural, more dynamic, and helps the pose sort of "draw itself" -- the legs will follow the direction of the hips, and you can use the arms to reinforce the angles

-> context is key. don't ask: what pose should i draw? instead ask: what do i want this character to convey? what does happiness, anger, sadness, and so forth look on this particular character? how do they express that? consider these drawings: these are both ostensibly the same pose, but look at how changing just the shape of the spine recontextualizes it.

for more on pose design i recommend watching Tracer & Pose Design 101 - The Animation of Overwatch by New Frame Plus (i promise this is a genuinely super informative video).

to expand on this, in general, all of the components of a piece (background, composition, pose, etc.) are best considered in conjunction rather than separately. it is difficult to choose a pose and then choose a background because they are missing the context that would make a piece cohesive. when you are planning a drawing, try to begin with your general concept/idea/prompt and then do several thumbnails -- small and quick doodles that should take no longer than 5 minutes each -- developing it: you may find that the pose and bg will naturally fall into place.

-> silhouette: the degree to which you need to push this varies by style but generally speaking the pose needs to be readable; i.e. instantly recognizable. try to keep important elements of the gesture outside of the silhouette. for example, if the character is pointing, keep that arm out of the interior of the body. the same pose can be more or less readable or dynamic depending on where the character is pointed in relation to the viewer

-> exaggeration!! goes along with the previous point. push the pose as much as you can (and what makes sense for your style) to communicate your pose as clearly and as intensely as possible.

FACES: -> i highly recommend the app Handy Art Reference Tool by Belief Engine for all things related to drawing hands/heads/feet. its on both android and ios. it isn't free -- it costs around $3 -- but that is seriously such a small price to pay for the amount of utility you get out of it: the hands models are fully poseable (there's also pose presets), you can rotate the head models however you want, and there is 3-point customizable lighting. it is really helpful for getting those super tricky and hyperspecific head angles that you just can't find a real life reference for. that being said given that there's only a few different head model variants, bear in mind how differences in features can affect what exactly a face will look like in those angles.

-> i still recommend doing studies of real people. as with anything else, learning generalized proportions is important, even if you are going to later on bend or break this depending on style

-> as for my own approach... it kind of depends on the style i'm doing at that particular time. for my paintings (what id consider my main style) i approach a character with a few real-world features in mind and then apply them to the best of my ability. it usually will take a few iterations to land on an interpretation i really like as i try out different things. a lot of the face also gets developed during rendering rather than through my initial sketch too, as i adjust for lighting and correct proportions on the fly

(look how much this image changes between sketch and render lol)

if i were to recommend anything, i think it would be to nail down your most distinct features first -- the ones that will make your character's face recognizable, and could apply regardless of art style. in my case with kim dokja, i knew when i first started drawing him that i wanted to give him a longer face and down-turned eyes. when i decided to do the disco elysium inspired set, in which i was breaking out of my comfort zone by letting go of any idealizations focusing on conveying characterization/making them feel "real", i landed on some more specific traits (defined lower lids/perpetually tired eyes/eyebags(?) the crease there idk how to describe it) which i continue to try to evoke even if im drawing something much more cartoony

(pictured are my first kdj -> disco elysium style -> my post de-style kdj)

as a side note, this very same process changed yjh much more dramatically

(^ that first guy is mad someone else)

those handful of key features will be the thing that you can then take into a simpler style and simplify or exaggerate to whatever degree suits you. you can also play with shape theory (square = sturdy/solid, circle = natural/smooth/welcoming, triangle = energetic/dangerous). shape theory doesn't necessarily need to be so rigid -- you can combine shapes as you please to convey whatever vibe you're going for -- so please think of it as a tool that may help rather than a rigid law you must abide by.

-> expressions: exaggerate them. thats kind of it!! make it big!!! you wanna be able to really feel those emotions. the principles of squash & stretch help here: think of how the muscles move when you, say, open the eyes or mouth really big. as one side of the face stretches open, the other side squashes to accommodate it

even without changing the position of the jaw here, moving the nose and scrunching the eyes will sell the expression

you can also play with squash/stretch to break proportions to sell a feeling more

since expressions are just, well, poses for the face, everything else for poses applies here (and facial expressions & pose should also be considered in tandem). while the term contrapposto itself just refers to the offset of the shoulders & hips, the similar principle of asymmetry also carries here as that will help make the expression a bit more dynamic.

and i think... that's it!! all i can think of at least. i hope it helps anon!!!

[which-qsmp-egg-would]

I need to know everything about Mr. Turtle, I need to theorize the unexplanable grudge w them and Mg. Capybara

ALRIGHT I'M VERY TIRED AND BORED SO I'M FINALLY GOING TO ANSWER THIS ASK.

Mr. Turtle, where to start with her. He's head of the arts n crafts of course (definitely not inspired by rottmnt mikey). She's often the eggs' favorite in the daycare which annoys the others to no end because she won't stop gloating about it. She once spilled paint all over Mg. Capybara's yoga mats and he CLAIMS it was an accident but they KNOW it wasn't because he gave them a really weird look when it happened?? And like SURE, Mg. Capybara MIGHT have taken some of her construction paper and let a kid use it for destruction therapy but C'MON. He has PLENTY of paper. *cough* anyways. She has a onesided crush on one of the scientists. Noone knows if the scientist returns his affections but he's REALLY obnoxious about it. I'm talking doodling their name in the margins of her sketch book levels of obnoxious. She draws them. The kids have even noticed and they're BABIES. Mr. Turtle is closest with Ms. Rat and Mr. Rabbit but also she's got like.. This one sided rivalry with Mr. Rabbit? For some reason? Like it looks like they dislike each other but they're just Like That. Mr. Turtle hates the feeling of stickers on his shell.

alright that's everything I can make up think of off the top of my head I hope you enjoyed semi :]

[alan-in-the-outernet]

nala may not be an artist but hey if you're doin any kind of narrative stuff (like the game/s he makes) you gotta get your concepts out somehow! and sometimes that's with crappy ms paint drawings and stick figures! and- (mario voice) why is it moving.

hkgjdf. i think just about the only way vic could end up with the "victim" name here is if it's related to the concept nala's doing, like planning for some random crowd shot where a bunch of background characters get crushed by a giant monster or something. hence victim

True! I just always imagined what concepts he does do are on paper.. or he. Talks to Azure. Just sits by Azure and rambles about it and Azure sticks his tongue out while doodling the idea..

But yeah! Not great MS paint doodle and GAH. IT'S MOVING- AZURE DIDN'T MENTION THIS-

But.. yeah, prob not named that unless.. that. Although I imagine it's unlikely he'd go for designing a background person first, unless he really was doing a concept for some big thing and just.. Victim happened to be the first of many drawn..

..But Clearly Nala isn't going to be drawing more now, because it's MOVING-

Silly if Sunglow was in the room and wandered over, concerned

[sega-saturn-arcade]

misc ms paint doodles from tonight ^^

I THINK. my coil looked like this, i know he had cornrows. He's very vivid to me and very distinct, i think i'd need to draw him again because I think his eyes were a little bigger in some way. his ears were also pretty big as well. He also might've had a nick in his eyebrow? unsure.

i remember honestly thinking like, damn, that's just a kid. he looked very young.

additionally! Despite remembering him, and remembering working with him and generally whatever, I ran into the issue of not being able to actually DRAW him and remember him well. It's like, I can see him in my mind, but I can't SEE him to draw him. I see his face enough distinctly but not his face shape (hence why he is. a face and hair on a void LMAO)

Basically what I wanted to do is try writing down things and sit in a more remembering state as I wrote stuff down and let his facial features come naturally to me (as, after the fact, I realize that for some reason my Subspace memories have a lot of distinct memory of facial features as opposed to some other kins where it's hard to get exact face shape and feature right sometimes).

My handwriting is fucking illegible here BUT, IT SAYS: from top left to middle left:

I swear he was a little Chubby? DID NOT LIKE BEING CALLED 'MEDDY.' -He had these teal/brown eyes ----------------------------------- -He reminded me of a deer... -> Gentle face... Doe-ish Meek eyes, unsure of themself.

the right side:

Ponytail He's so young in my memory... as am I (to the right of the Medkit headshot doodle) Nooo (to the left of the me doodle under the Medkit headshot doodle) I can't draw Medkit

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That's all for tonight!! I thinksies. so . Throws kinfetti in the air and grins really wide!!!

[nebulous-rain]

Hello! My name is Moriah and I am a junior in high school. I was wondering if I might be able to get your insight on a few questions I have?

I am in my final years of high school and am starting to think about college but I have no idea what I want to pursue. I know I love art, so for a long time I have been thinking about getting an art major or going to an art school.

I’m reaching out because I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR ART and I think you are a very talented artist! I have been in love with your art for so long and I am curious and wondering how you are able to fit drawing into your life?

1.) If you are going to college for art, or went to college for art, what is it like? Do you think going to school for art or having an art major is worth it?

2.) how can I fit art into my everyday life? I’m sure you have work and other things to do in your life so how do you balance it out? (I just want to know how you can draw as much as you do!)

3.) do you do art as a hobby or a career? If it is a hobby how to you balance art, work/school, and home life? If it is a career or part-time career is it an alright source of income?

Thank you so much! And sorry if these questions might seem personal. I just want to know how other artist manage to draw and create their work and still have an adult life. Thanks again, and thank you for being a huge inspiration in my life to create the art I love! Your art means so much to me!❤️❤️ ❤️

i am going to CRY this is the sweetest message ever. i'm happy you found your niche and i'm even happier that i could help inspire that!!! i'm not sure if i'm gonna be able to answer all your questions, but i'll try to squeeze in some possibilities where i fall short:

1) growing up i definitely figured i was going to end up in art school because that's what everyone told me i should go into. but as i got older in high school i was kind of panicking cuz i really didn't want to turn my hobby into a job, and i figured out that i wanted to go into education!

but that's just me- my wife is actually going to college for graphic design sometime soon because she loves what she does. if it's something you really enjoy, and that you think you can monetize while still enjoying it, then it's definitely worth it! money is important but you need to put you and your happiness first.

2) to be honest, i haven't had the time or energy to do much art lately (if you look at my post dates you can see how spread out they've been the past year)- but this entirely depends on how you manage your time and your workload. i'm horrific at time management! so that's my problem. BUT, i think sneaking in drawing time in little ways helps a lot, as i tend to sketch small panels of a potential comic or animatic on notebooks and papers while i'm listening to lectures. i've even posted ms paint doodles i've drawn during class

i always have plans for what i'd like to draw once i have the time. it's kind of motivating, but also frustrating, and it's hard to efficiently empty my brain of ideas while still keeping up with everything else. this might be something you'll have to wiggle around once you get settled into a routine each semester!

3) i really wanted art to stay as a hobby for me. the idea of drawing and creating art every day for things i wasn't inspired to do made me really nervous, because what i really wanted was to make fanart and draw my little guys all day lol

if you take anything away from this, i think the most important thing is that if you want to keep art in your life, you will. if you desire having time to make art just for yourself, you'll find time to work that into your life, one way or another- but in order to do that you absolutely need to have a positive mindset about what you're going into, and if you can't find that positivity, maybe it isn't for you

thank you for asking!!! i'm not sure if this'll be any help, but i appreciate the questions <:')

[sandinabottle]

Love your human designs of the sanses! But i might ask, does Dream has natural straight hair or not? Also, Really like that you gave Ink vitiligo! It's very fitting to his design

AAAAAAAAAAA thank you for the support! :D I'm glad people seem to like the human designs <33

And about Dream's hair, I've actually thought abt a bit it more recently.

One thing I've noticed is that I've made Shattered's hair a looottt more straight than it should've been (at least in the full rendered drawing, it looks more curly in the ms paint doodles) in comparison to the og Dream so that also may caused and added a bit of confusion;;

(the reason for that is because I was going for more wet or greasy looking hair, but still, again, it looks way more straight than it should've, at least in my opinion.)

!!but!! I think that, no, it wouldn't be naturally straight

though I'm having some trouble defining the exact curl type, so I can't really give a more precise direction to people who may wanna know that, he does have curls :D If I do draw my human design of him again, I'll try make it more apparent \o/

[worldofgoo]

yayayay yippee (≧◡≦) i love how vibrant & lively your art is, i think my fav pieces are Horse Surgery & hanyuu (even tho i have no idea who that is) but that one wip with the rainbow is also v ery special 2me because it reminds me of my fav kind of weather ^_^ generic Which Program Do You Use question & also which programs have you tried so far? which one would you recommend for someone whose only experience so far wiht digital art has been scribbling in ms paint -_-? on topic, what do you draw with (mouse, phone, drawing tablet, ??) & was it easy for you to get used to digital art? i always get overwhelmed by the amound of different functions available so im not sure where to even start, any advice? which physical art forms do you like / would you like to learn (anything at all, i personally have been getting into air dry clay... well actually ive been using my sisters playdoh but maybe ill purchase smthn fancier :3) & final question how do you come up with poses to draw? your characters (+creatures) seem very animated and i really like that :)

HI okay i guess ill answer these in a list. actually will put it under the cut since i ended up saying a lot (and dw i enjoy being able to talk a lot so thank you!)

-THANK YOU im glad some of my more recent works (in my more current style) are appealing 2 people! like i wanna draw my own way even though i think it gets less notes... the higurashi fanarts (hanyuu and shion) r very memorable pieces to me because its when i started doing the loose sketches with the thin lines and block colors and thats the direction i reallyreally wanted to take my style in. also the rainbow is rian my friend rian

-i draw in paint tool sai! the only program i used before that was sketchbook pro, which i didnt like because the brushes were kind of... blurry/smudgy? sai allows you to zoom in and draw pixel by pixel which is something i like, and i like the way it does its blending. its also just easier for me to understand. i didnt pay for it i think i found some deviantart page that had the link, id have to find it again

-i draw with a wacom intuos tablet! its lasted me... almost 10 years now. ive heard newer ones are poorer quality in terms of at least the nibs needing to be replaced constantly, so idk what the most recommended tablet these days is. ive drawn with my mouse and tbh it caused awful hand pain so i would not recommend this. i draw on my phone with my finger sometimes but i find doing it on my laptop easier, however it is doable once you get used to it

-the way i got into digital art... well. i still have an archive of my earliest art if you wanna see! i was 14 n just drew random shit, often lining over doodles i did on paper and coloring them in. i think esp if youre overwhelmed start with making like throwaway experimental pieces, scribble around, doodle stupid things and color them in with different brushes and see what you enjoy. and then you can just keep the files to yourself if they dont look too good or maybe itll look interesting, it depends i guess haha. the other thing that ive always found helped me was telling myself id draw every day even if it was a little scribble or the tiniest amount of work on a wip bc getting a habit going helped my art a Lot beause it helped me spend more time thinking n focusing on it

more specific advice for sai that i found useful- using clipping groups & the preserve opacity functions are both lifesavers in terms of not spending so much time trying to color in the lines. if you color in a base layer you can just put everything above it as a clipping group and just not worry about it anymore. i also really like using the filters (like multiply) to mess around with the colors a drawing has, though sometimes its more effective to just select a layer/individual color and fuck with the hue/saturation/etc until it looks good. when i color, esp when its not turning out how i wanted to, i rely on shifting colors A LOT. n also mixing colors together using a blending brush and then colorpicking the intermediate color. very useful

-for the most part i stick to uncolored pencil doodles on like, notebook paper (even though i have some fancy supplies X[ one day) but i LOVE making things with clay, wish it was more accessible to do at home. i have a handful of clay animal statues and stuff that i made in my ceramics class in high school. would looove to do more

-because my poses tend to be very pushed/cartoony using references of real people isnt always useful (though obv knowing the basics of anatomy always helps) so in those cases ill use other cartoony art i like as inspiration, i try to see what i like about their poses nd emulate that with my own. sometimes when im struggling ill just do a bunch of studies where i copy art i like to try to get a feel for what im missing. mostly ive realized i like when the pose conveys some level of like, volume and taking up a 3D space (which im still definitely not a master of but bullshitting it can be fun). and i also like to have a balance of curved and angular shapes. sometimes i try to just do a pose that conveys a specific emotion or i just make shit up lol

alsooooo i cant reccomend aimless doodling enough! just random shapes, turning the random shapes into creatures, trying and trying and trying different ways to draw something until you like it, i feel like the things my hand makes when i shut my brain off and just scribble can inspire me as well, and i try to emulate whatever i made by chance while doodling. and if your doodles turn out better in traditional i tend to consider using a photo of a drawing as a way to skip the "preliminary sketch" phase nd drawing a rough sketch over that which i then use for my drawing (or just directly color since i draw very fast/lazy...)

[nosetoons]

MS Paint, Photo Channel on Wii, 3DS Game Notes

I'm gonna be honest, I drew all 3 directions, but I prefer left.

Minecraft, Sonic Adventure 2's Chao garden, and Oggy and the Cockroaches inspired me to start drawing, though I didn't start taking it as a hobby until around late 2018.

No clue

These days almost everything I make gets posted online, even as a scrap. I do keep some art to myself, but it's a super secret :)

No clue

Plush crafting

I attempted to do a persona project last year that quickly fell apart. The goal was to make 50 personas. I don't think I reached 10.

No clue

The shirt

Most of the time I listen to music, but sometimes I put on a random video or a Vinesauce stream.

Everything but the legs and feet.

Pendleton Ward, Bruce Timm, Phil Bourassa, and JJ Villard

No clue

On my bed; either against a wall or laying down

Doing the dishes...apparently.

Not that I can think of

I have had broken art supplies, but they weren't broken by me...except for that one pencil sharpener, but that was an accident.

I rarely draw inanimate objects, so I can't really answer that one.

No clue

See number 13

I don't do any.

When I do Colors! 3D, yes.

At one point, I attempted to use stock backgrounds, but it came off ugly as the removing the white background off the character would leave white dots around it, and that's a huge problem if your background is dark.

When I had DeviantArt, my art would sometimes get shoved in a collection full of "bad" content titled...I kid you not..."what" and it would just sit there with shit like Gacha Life fetish images and "What If this character did this" "memes". It got to the point where I ended up blocking the user because I was getting sick of it. I also had a stupid furry attempt to cancel me on Twitter because I made fun of his art, stating that I shit on other people's art constantly, the "art" being said shitty MS Paint drawn images and stupid unfunny ImgFlip images...according to him, despite MY art quality. So yeah, apparently, my art is similar to some random 5 year old's doodle of Bluey shooting Meatwad (actual thing btw).

A lot of drawings

Small characters like Bullet, Mooncake, etc. before I get to the big ones.

Nope

Peanuts Movie, Tear Along the Dotted Line, Invincible to name a few

I hardly get attention, especialy on Instagram.

Weirdly Specific Artist Ask Game

Didn't see a lot of artist ask games, wanted to make a silly one.

(I wrote this while sick out of my mind last year and it's been collecting dust in my drafts, I might as well let it run free) 1. Art programs you have but don't use

2. Is it easier to draw someone facing left or right (or forward even)

3. What ideas come from when you were little

4. Fav character/subject that's a bitch to draw

5. Estimate of how much of your art you post online vs. the art you keep for yourself

6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it)

7. A medium of art you don't work in but appreciate

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in

9. What are your file name conventions

10. Favorite piece of clothing to draw

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what

12. Easiest part of body to draw

13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing

14. Any favorite motifs

15. *Where* do you draw (don't drop your ip address this just means do you doodle at a park or smth)

16. Something you are good at but don't really have fun doing

17. Do you eat/drink when drawing? if so, what

18. An estimate of how much art supplies you've broken

19. Favorite inanimate objects to draw (food, nature, etc.)

20. Something everyone else finds hard to draw but you enjoy

21. Art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways

22. What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any

23. Do you use different layer modes

24. Do your references include stock images

25. Something your art has been compared to that you were NOT inspired by

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended

27. Do you warm up before getting to the good stuff? If so, what is it you draw to warm up with

28. Any art events you have participated in the past (like zines)

29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated