#uhhhh im tryna think of examples

[exocynraku]

heyyyy!!! i was wondering, do you have any advice on making heavy stylisation look good? I really like your art style and I want to stylise my art in a similar vway (obv not actually copying) but it looks weird. how do you make it good? ( i'm sorry if you don't do asks like this pls feel free to ignore my stupidity )

hmmmm i think i kiiiinda get what ur tryna say but im also not very smart so if i answer this wrong then i am sorry 👍 also this is rlly long sorry again LOL

when it comes to heavy stylization you can be pretty free as long as you make sure the thing u drawing is still recognizable as what u want it to be, so maybe if u struggling with people not being able to tell what ur drawing, ask them/ur friends how to make it look like what ur tryna draw. if that makes sense.

u also gotta keep the MAIN things that represent what ur drawing. like. whats the first thing u think of when u think of it, for example: when i think of cats, i think of long tails, unique faces, and funky poses. so when i draw a cat those are the things i KNOW i NEED to add or else it wont make sense. when i think of a dog, i think of expressive eyes, big mouths & snouts and strong legs. when i think of birds i think of very different beaks and lots of types of feather patterns & colours. that makes sense? i think? if u arent sure what the thing ur drawings main things are, LOOOK AT REFERENCES!!!!!! LOOK AT REFERENCES EVEN IF U KNOW WHAT UR DRAWINGS MAING THINGS ARE ACTUALLY!!!! TRUST ME, IT HELPS!!!!!

when it comes to MY artstyle, specifically when i draw cats, i always like to make the head the most interesting part. the head is the beginning, where i start. the head can either be a circle or a square, with a little chin added to the bottom. then on the cheeks i add the fur. the fur, imo, is one of the things that can either make or break a good design. if you make a soft, kind, motherly, cute character spiky and over detailed, people wont recognize it and it wont make sense to then, so u gotta make the character soft and round. the ears are… the ears. they are simple in shape, but strong in the emotions they convey. to me, ears down means sad, ears back means angry, ears pointed up mean interested/shocked and then a relaxed looking ear means. they are relaxed. i try to over exaggerate this alot because it helps the character show their emotion better

the face of the character is the hardest & most important to me. the size of everything on the face is very important; younger/ “cuter” characters have bigger eyes, and a less detailed muzzle while stronger/menacing characters have small eyes, a bigger muzzle & more detailed facial features. i LOVE to use eyebrows to exaggerate the emotions the character is feeling. thats also why i believe the eyebrows are one of the MOST important parts in ur art, because just changing them slightly can alter the entire way a character looks. the nose is. idk the nose is the nose i dont add anything special to it other than in i want to make a character look bratty/mad i add a little…. uhhhh… line above the nose that looks like snarling ??? i hope that makes sense. the mouth is also pretty important. i like to make the mouth extra big and think about the way a HUMAN mouth expresses emotions, instead of a cats. try not to add too much detail to the inside of the mouth aswell, UNLESS your trying to get that to be the main thing people look at

for the body, you can be pretty free with the body, ESPECIALLY when its a cat. remember this; cats are VERY flexible, so u can have alot of fun with the pose. ive seen alot of artists sketch out their poses with boxes and circles, but imo, it makes the character look stiff (unless its a person). try to sketch your cat with lots of curves, less sharp angles (unless thats what ur going for), DONT draw the fur in your sketch; it wont help and will probs just confuse u. body SHAPE is also rlly importan. similar to what i said earlier, if u draw a cat whos meant to be muscular and menacing and big, drawing them with soft, little legs and a small, round body will confuse the person looking at ur art. cat bodies irl are kinda all the same but thats BORING so u gotta mess with it. make legs and necks tall and skinny, make neck fur way too big and make ur cat look like its a body builder, make it look like a munchkin cat. HAVE FUN WITH THE BODY!! thats all im tryna tell u here. if u limit urself to realism, you’ll never develop your own special artstyle. youve gotta put a bit of creativity into ur art, yknow? make u cats look like theyre from a cartoon! make it look like a kid did it! who cares!!!!!

other important things u gotta watch out for; you MUST. size the body up enough that it looks like it could hold the head. what im saying is try not to make ur cat look like a funko pop (unless thats what ur going for then thats fine). you can still make the head big, but dont make it look like a toy (like i said, unless thats what ur going for). and when it comes to patterns & fur colours, i like to try to make the patterns look semi-realistic but i go CRAZY with the colours. ive found no matter what colours u give ur cat its probably still gonna look like a cat, so have fun!!!!!

i hope this sort of makes seense ?????? if it doesnt then im sorry

[starxsapphic]

Lesbian Asks!

i’m just gonna answer all of them here we go:

FEMME OR BUTCH?  Femme, i guess

DO YOU HAVE A “TYPE”? IF SO, DESCRIBE IT girls that are way out of my leagure

PLAID BUTTON-UPS OR LEATHER JACKETS?  uh both

DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE honestly whatever I feel like wearing but its like pop-punk or like feminine

DESCRIBE YOUR AESTHETIC idk if i have one but like black and red; space; pop punk bands

FAVORITE ARTICLE OF CLOTHING? i’m a sucker for really comfy sweatpants/joggers 

FAVORITE PAIR OF SHOES? i’m emotionally attached to my black torn up slip on vans

CURRENT HAIRCUT?  it’s shoulder lenght with layers but im tryna get ride of the layers

ANY HAIRCUT GOALS FOR THE FUTURE? getting rid of my layers and having short-ish hair

DESCRIBE THE BEST DATE YOU’VE BEEN ON when i went to the pier with my ex and we went to the arcade then sat on some rocks and kissed it was cute.

DESCRIBE THE WORST DATE YOU’VE BEEN ON  i’ve never been on a bad date but those weird “is this a date” hanging out type of things are always awkward

SINGLE? TAKEN? SINGLE (hmu!)

IF TAKEN, TALK ABOUT YOUR GIRLFRIEND/WIFE! skip

IF SINGLE, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN A POTENTIAL GIRLFRIEND/WIFE? uhh honestly just someone that I have chemistry with and can have a good conversation. don’t necessarily have to have the same interests but that would be a bonus. 

DESCRIBE YOUR DREAM WEDDING marrying someone I love and having a fun reception with good music

DO YOU WANT KIDS?  not in my foreseeable future, but i might change my mind when I am older

IF YOU COULD LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU LIVE?  somewhere in Europe

FAVORITE LESBIAN MOVIE? I haven’t watched too many, but some on Netflix arent that bad. 

FAVORITE LESBIAN NOVEL/STORY? WE ARE OKAY!! I cant remember the author but it was soooo good. 

FAVORITE LESBIAN SONG? any song by Hayley Kiyoko (Im a basic lesbian i know)

FAVORITE LESBIAN MUSICIAN? Lynn Gunn

 WHAT LESBIAN STEREOTYPES DO YOU FIT INTO, IF ANY? being absolutely useless and terrible 

EVER BEEN ASSUMED TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A GAL PAL? i don’t think so?

IF A WOMAN WANTED TO WOO YOU, WHAT WOULD A SUREFIRE WAY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT? punny pick up lines, sending me pics of her dog, just being a genuine nerd about stuff she’s passionate about

BE POSITIVE! WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT BEING A LESBIAN? honestly i dont know lmao i’m figuring out my life

ARE YOU MORE OF A CAT PERSON OR A DOG PERSON? DOG

TURN ONS?  uhhhh , sense of humor, lips, 

TURN OFFS? being rude, not following a conversations

DO YOU USUALLY ASK OTHER WOMEN OUT OR DO YOU WAIT FOR THEM TO ASK YOU? I wait lmao

WHAT IS YOUR DREAM CAREER? i dont know anymore ajfdhskjf

TALK ABOUT YOUR INTERESTS OR HOBBIES! i just watch shows on netflix/ hulu, but im trying to practice guitar more and I just joined theatre lol

WHAT IS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE QUALITY A WOMAN CAN HAVE?   

DO YOU LOVE EASILY OR DOES IT TAKE TIME FOR YOU TO WARM UP TO SOMEONE? it takes some time

EVER FALLEN FOR YOUR BEST-FRIEND?  yes.. multiple times

EVER FALLEN FOR A STRAIGHT GIRL?  i don’t think so

THE L-WORD: YES OR NO? (LOVE IT OR HATE IT?) i watched a few episodes it was good

FAVORITE COMFORT FOOD?  mac n cheese or ice cream

COFFEE OR TEA? both

VEGETARIAN? VEGAN? NONE OF THE ABOVE? i am neither but i have no problem with them as long as you arent annoying about it

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?  i have a cockatiel and a dog

EARLY-RISER OR NIGHT-OWL? Night Owl (example it’s 1 am right now)

WHAT IS YOUR SIGN? gemini

CAN YOU DRIVE?  yess

WHO WAS YOUR FIRST LESBIAN CRUSH? one of my friends

AT WHAT AGE DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE A LESBIAN?  i still dont really label myself as lesbian bc of stuff but i realized I liked girls in 8th grade

AT WHAT AGE DID YOU COME OUT (IF YOU HAVE)?  im out to small groups of people but most of my family does not know

ARE YOU CRUSHING ON ANYONE AT THE MOMENT (CELEBRITY OR OTHERWISE)?  i have a crush on like half my mutuals lmao

TALK ABOUT HOW YOUR DAY WENT it was kind of a blur tbh nothing interesting happened

TALK ABOUT YOUR DREAMS/ASPIRATIONS FOR THE FUTURE i just wanna have a good time and be successful in college at this point tbh

 LEAST FAVORITE GAY CELEBRITY?  those annoying ass makeup artists, y’all know the ones

[joshies-blog1]

im sorry if this isnt like rebloggable or you didnt want any debate(ignore or ask me to delete if so) but i thought as someone who is a transmed i could kinda hit some of ur points here??? just tryna be respectful tho :o) sorry this is long hehe

1) we dont try to be what cis people expect of us, instead binary trans people try to pass as the gender they desire to be because it helps calm our dysphoria. like id love to be able to wear skinny jeans, but because of my dysphoria saying my thighs are fat, and that i look like a lesbian, i wont wear them. another example might be a trans woman not wanting to wear tights/leggings until after bottom surgery because it could show off what they dont want(nicest way to put it)

2) there are truscum/transmed trans women too, and nonbinary people, and cis people. i dont remember urls very well but the creator of the ADNB(actually dysphoric nonbinary) flag is nonbinary, Blaire White and Miss London are trans women. every tucute ive seen absolutely hates the idea of cis people being transmeds, but i believe people who actually understand the struggle of being born in the wrong body are good people. i rather my therapist and doctors be transmedicalists too because that means ill be treated for my gender dysphoria. with this push that "you dont need dysphoria to be trans" doctors and the APA are now trying to agree. this will hurt everyone that is trans, or think they might be trans. someone who doesnt have dysphoria but thinks theyre trans shouldnt be given hormones, their 'brain map' is comfortable with their body and hormones change your body. so theyd become uncomfortable because their brain isnt seeing their body in the way it was comfortable as.

3) ok i cant say "none of us are rejecting any of that" because we have some bad eggs in the bunch. ive never seen someone be racist about black trans people tbh? thats not right. but feminine =/= female. what we're against is something like a "trans guy" who presents female. take Rin/gothfruits on instagram. they call themselves a nonbinary male, presents entirely female, and claims when they tried looking masculine it made them uncomfortable. if they start testosterone then theyll become uncomfortable because they dont have dysphoria. personally, i think theyre only saying their trans/gay because to them its a game, when i honestly only see a straight couple and a girl. but other people would say theyre doing it for the attention, because in todays day, a "queer" person who likes makeup is more likely to get a following than a girl who likes makeup. I think Kalvin Garrah's newer video hits better points about that than what i can say. and yeah, not everyone hates nonbinary people. most people respect nonbinary people, but dont believe in like 76 genders or queerfluid and think "its/it" pronouns are dehumanizing. they/them are very respectable pronouns and i personally believe that nonbinary/agender is totally valid. i can 100% believe in an atypical dysphoria that causes you to not want any sex organ or be in an androgynous body or form. idk here

4) the white stripe means nothing. a flag means nothing about the reality of something. take the "rabies pride flag" just because it was made doesnt mean anyone has "rabies pride". the "pedo pride flag" doesnt mean that pedophilia is right. a design truly means nothing unless its important to you. the gay flag is important to the lgbt community because it kinda just brings us together. but it was still made by someone it didnt suddenly exist because gay people exist.

uhhhh this was probably awful im so so so sorry if its difficult to read or if u didnt wanna read bc "ew dirty trscum fuck off", i just wanna be respectable here <333 hh oof

Sometimes i feel really bad for trusum because it seems they’re trying really hard for cis people to except them. By being the binary man by being what they think cis people want trans people to be. Also is it just me or are truscum all trans men ?? I dont think ive ever seen a trans woman be a truscum. But by them rejecting femminnie, fat, nonbinary, and anything that doesnt fit their ideal of binarilism of trans it really sets back trans people :-/ Like they say they’re only two genders but then whats the white in the trans flag ? Was that stripe for nonbinary people fake and made up ? Or have we just been wrong for years and not existed for years

anyways its 9am im tired and have smth to say