#this meme-based sketch was stuck in my brain for a while

[zauberspiegel]

good friends support each other

[drakons-house-of-art]

A little sketch I decided to do because it was stuck in my brain for a while. 

Based off of this meme. 

https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1352027-best-by-07-sep-18-043-40

[jcfoxington]

@sambambucky​ : “pls... Pastels, Peaches and Pain??? among us first draft??? marvel meets warframe meets a bunch of tumblr posts (it’s not an au!?!??!)

hi jo !!! Pastels, Peaches, and Pain is one of those sambucky wips i have mostly fully fleshed out in my head because of one (1) extreme moment of clarity after a rogue ‘what if’ tangent thought but havent written anything of yet out of restraint / knowing i need to finish at least one of my current sambucky wips before i start it or none of them will get done

this was the rogue tangent thought: “what if Sam is haunted by Figaro’s ghost and has been since he was a kid?”. i’ve changed the ghost cat to not be Figaro but that’s the premise !

i refer to the fic as the cat fic ‘cause the whole plot is based around sam’s ghost cat companion insisting he adopts nat’s cat Liho after endgame and then Figaro later and then [insert redacted because plot spoilers but just know it relates to Alpine]. no im not projecting my feelings about cats idk what youre talking about 

here’s some note snippets just for you:

the cat, inexplicably, takes a liking to bucky, which is really annoying bc sam doesnt know how to explain to him that all the oddly soft gusts of wind are actually sam's dead cat insisting on getting pats

bucky getting shade thrown at him by said ghost cat during all of tfatws + them making up (and not out. yet)

starts when sam's a kid & follows him as he grows up w/ a ghost kitty as a companion only he can see & interact with + angst with an undertone of comedy + getting together

he whispers to ghost kitty, who simply mmrrs happily

for the among us first draft thing, what basically happened is i saw this tweet and this video and my brain latched onto these dynamics so hard i had to write about them. 

here’s a sketch of my two main imposters, Black (left) and Cyan (right):

and here’s a snippet:

The thing having Cyan pause and stare out at the asteroid field is how the colors stretch to family. When they and Black came aboard, they had thought every crewmember was an adult working on the planet-change project. That the patch of off-white with a black something-pattern-or-shape signified status. In a way, Cyan supposes it does, but just not the way they expected. They had expected it to show what rank an individual held within the hierarchy of the crew, from deckhand to division leader to captain, not to show that you're family of the crew and not actually part of the crew itself. 

There are innocents on this ship. Children. It was not something any of them had anticipated, and not something Cyan had been prepared to deal with. They and Black boarded this horrible place to eradicate a threat, believing each and single one of the humans were accomplishes and dedicated to the goal of destroying Cyan and Black's species, and their planet. But, now?

marvel meets warframe meets a bunch of tumblr posts... doesn’t have a wip title or seperate document for itself yet cause it’s been stuck in my ‘story ideas’ document since its creation. so ‘marvel meets warframe meets a bunch of tumblr posts’ is literally just me describing the vibe of an original world gjkerfkds

the world came to be for two reasons. firstly, i want to do make take on a superhero universe because the plot and complete lack of communication in both the dcu and mcu piss me the fuck off. secondly, needed a place to dump ocs with elaborate backstories or fantasy / sci-fi abilities that dont fit into any of my existing worlds

which sounds super competent but trust me, it isn’t. it didn’t gain any solidity at all until i decided to do a personal ‘how different can i make spn castiel look & still retain the same vibe?’ challenge. i have my own cas now

however, the reason i said ‘marvel meets...’ is because i’ve snagged a couple of different things from the mcu, most notably: enemies to reluctant coworkers to lovers, yes our best friend have the same name. no they’re not the same person, secret evil org is controlling the government, and the assassin that tried to kill you several times is now your best friend

warframe was added to the world because i got attached to my Volt build, gave them a name, and have some headcanons idk what to do with because i refuse to interact with that fandom. also because the friend i made through discussing warframe lore + plot dicked me over so it feels Bad to create for

the glue to this whole mess is that one “in every friend group there’s a mean bisexual, an even meaner lesbian, a she/they, a he/they, a himbo, an astrology bitch, a short king, and a token straight” tumblr post. my main group of superheroes ala the avengers consist of these people. the token straight is the only one i havent figured out who is yet

ever since i figured that out ive been throwing story / character ideas and weirdly specific aesthetics from popular tumblr posts into this world’s notes. here’s some examples:

sword grandmas

that trope where someone’s really nice and acts super well-adjusted to society but then they do something super whack and dangerous and you realize ‘oh they’re secretly a little bit insane, actually’

anti-gay group’s leader’s wife leaves him for another woman

superhero who swore to be the best hero [city / planet / solar system / continent / ????] has ever seen ever since he lost his wife. not because she’s dead but divorce just sucks & the hero-to-be is terrible at coping

dishevelled swamp witch

that one person who runs around with an amulet all the time & isn’t aware it’s cursed

an exasperated, tired superhuman assassin running after their husband and their husband's best friend. their husband and said husband's best friend both have wings. chaos ensues (yes, this one is a sambucky post)

ask me about my WIPs!

BONUS:

@sambambucky​​ : #i want to have a coffee and listen to synopses of all of these.... #i miss the discord wow #WRITING TAG #waitttt time jumping dream movie? lmao I'VE READ THIS LIST FORTY TIMES and every time i rediscover something i wanna know about #outfit doodlesss ugh i need to go

couldnt not respond to your tags because they make me go ghrkjfnerknf but in the good way. we miss you too jo !!

the time jumping dream movie was one of the first vivid dreams i had and the whole thing was so stupidly coherent and whacky i had to write it down. it grew plot, a queer love dynamic, weird sci-fi apocalypse elements, anti-military propaganda, questionable science, and a sequel while i wasnt looking and now i just. have to make it a real movie or i’ll combust

outfit djoodlles.png is only on there because my best friend sent me a ‘draw this outfit’ meme and space kitty, my current character brainrot, stole all the outfits for himself. otherwise, that file just sits there until im feeling like designing an outfit or wanna see how a stupid thing looks on my oc patrick

here’s one of the two poses-to-doodle-outfits-on of space kitty ive made so far:

and here’s one of those stupid things on patrick (that then turned into an actual outfit of his because i have no self control):

[dravencroft]

for the ask meme: 2, 6, 10 (music ftw ofc), 17, 18, 20 & 23. sorry if thats too many

2. Is there a different type of thing that you would like to learn to create?

I would really like to learn to draw in different styles - for example the black and white style with thick lines of classic comic books, or lineless paintings, or a more realistic style… But if we’re talking about a different medium, I would really like to learn how to animate. Nothing special, maybe just little gifs with small movements, but it has always fascinated me. Animators are the true magicians to me.

6. What are some of your favorite characters to draw/write/etc?

This probably sounds weird, but I really like to draw other people’s OCs - especially if they are my friends and I know their characters well. For example I love drawing my friends’ Vampire: The Masquerade, Cyberpunk or D&D characters much more than I enjoy drawing my own OCs. I don’t know why… I guess it’s because I get to draw someone else’s design, which is obviously much better than drawing my own because I can’t design characters to save my life, and at the same time I get to make another person happy with a small present. I like it when people are happy I drew something for them. It makes me feel important, in a way, like it finally gave a meaning to what I do. I especially enjoy when my friends simply give me a vague description of their character and I get to draw them as I want and in the end they tell me it’s exactly like they pictured them, or even better than their initial idea… It makes me feel proud of myself.

10. Do you listen to music while you work? If so, any favorite types?

I always listen to music while drawing! At first I found it distracting, but now I can’t draw without music. I usually simply listen to the albums I like the most (always full albums, never single songs), choosing them depending on my mood. I almost never choose the music basing on what I’m drawing, I don’t find it necessary to match the subject with the soundtrack. In these last few months I have also begun to listen to podcasts while drawing (like Critical Role), but I tend to get a bit tired after a couple of hours because listening to people talking in English for so long requires quite a bit of an effort from my poor foreign brain ahahahah.

17. How do you deal with getting stuck?

I learnt that it happens. It’s a normal thing. I always get a little stuck whenever I finish a big drawing, it’s like I used all my energy for it and I feel like I will never be able to draw something like that anymore… So I just take a short break, even just half a day, and when I draw again I choose very simple subjects or very small sketches and I start from there. I don’t force myself to finish them if I don’t feel like it, and even if they don’t look good I like them anyway. Because I know that I will feel like drawing something big again eventually, I just need to be patient and to stop being hard on myself. I’m still working on that last part but it’s better than it used to be. 

18. Are there any trends, styles, or forms that you’d like to try? (Alternatively, are there any that you don’t want to try?)

As I said before, I would like to teach myself some new styles. I want to simplify my current style (not that it’s that complex, but I believe it’s quite detailed?) and learn how to do thicker lines, like in comic books. I also want to learn a simpler colouring style, like cell shading. I can’t cell shade to save my life but I think it would save me a lot of time, since painting takes so damn long. I guess I just need to practice, but I’m lazy. 

20. What’s something that people might not know about your work, that you wish they did know?

Just… how LONG it takes me to finish a single work. I’m so SLOW. But seriously, slow-slow-slow. A normal drawing usually takes me 8-15 hours to finish, even a simple one - and the big ones take 20+ hours. I know it’s crazy, I just can’t be faster, I tried but it doesn’t work. I need a lot of time. So I feel like some people kinda dismiss all the time and effort I put into drawing because they think I can sketch, ink and colour a full piece in like less than three hours… But I can barely finish a simple sketch in three hours. When I start colouring something and I whine because “this is going to take ages”, there’s always someone who says “nah you’ll finish it soon, as usual!”. That’s because I spend four hours in a row in front of my computer for three days, colouring all those ribbons and bows. It takes a LOT of time. I don’t even know if it’s worth it but I can’t do much else…

23. Are there any quotes that you find especially helpful/encouraging/meaningful?

One quote I always repeat to myself is “finished, not perfect”. It doesn’t need to be perfect, I simply need to finish it - and I get to decide when it’s finished, so it’s fine. It’s okay if I messed things up, at least I finished the piece. It’s okay if after posting a drawing I noticed all those mistakes, at least I have come to a point in which I can notice what’s wrong. The next work will be better. By finishing things, I learn more. If I just dropped everything, I wouldn’t learn anything at all. Even if it doesn’t look good enough, I’ll still finish it and even post it.