#yeah i dont think i can explain myself

[acekindaneat]

serizawa chest appreciation post

[lokh]

it's tough that a lot of little but important things to dungeon meshi characterisations are all over the place and not the most easily accessible

[mccnstruck]

the city is covered in pure snow. the city is quiet as the sun sets. another day passes in the city.

kazuha's hands intertwines with yours as you both breathe in the cold, sharp winds.

he shivers next to you, and without a word you take off your beanie and seperate your hands to put it on his head. you intertwine his hand with yours once again and stuff his hands in your pockets.

kazuha knows better than to try to argue with you on this. he feels a sense of warmth, and it wasn't because of the beanie on his head.

and yet, he tries.

"love...what about you?"

you turn to him and smile. with your free hand, you put your finger on top of your mouth.

"nope. let me take care of you, ok? we're almost there to the store. you can keep yourself from freezing, can you?"

the winds get faster and harsher. kazuha shivers once more, but still hums his answer.

"mhm."

you take his hand from your pocket and hold the other one. you caress his hands and let your shivering lips linger on his skin.

"and if you can't, i'll keep you warm."

he smiles, and had you been in the confines of your home, you're sure you wouldn't have hesitated to kiss him on the spot. unfortunately, you were not in your home, but out in the city streets freezing, all because you wanted noodles. the sun has almost completed its journey through the skies, and you considered just returning home to lay down with kazuha in your arms.

kazuha speaks, the winds muffling his voice. "let's get you those noodles, dear. then we'll have all the time in the world afterwards."

instead of embarrassment that kazuha heard your thoughts, you laugh with ease. the winter air has no effect on you when your love for him soars through the city's skies.

even if you were standing like complete buffoons on a winter evening, you would do it again to have kazuha right next to you for every day afterwards.

[infiniteseriesofhalfways]

sitting in the parking lot thinking i might vom

[puppyeared]

crumbs of a story im writing

clumsy rookie news photographer chasing after a gentleman thief to start an advice column ^_^

the thiefs legit job as a librarian doesnt pay enough to cover his rent (not enough public funding?), so he steals from rich politicians.

he kind of sees it as "hitting two birds with one stone," since the politicans are more interested in infrastructure than public funding anyway, and they have more than enough money so he doesn't feel bad doing it

since its done out of necessity, the thief is extremely meticulous and plans out his thefts. but hes also a theatre kid, so he makes a costume and more or less garners the attention of the community

the rookie is a newspaper photographer who has been following the thief for some time and has grown to admire him

the newspaper he works for is community oriented (organizing events and programs, advocating for the public) and believes the thief shares similar values

basically he proposes to start an advice column with the thief to build a rapport with the community, with the goal of winning over the public

the thief is hesitant because he's really only doing it for himself and doesnt want to get anyone else involved, but the rookie tells him to think of it as a way of helping everyone

the rest is kinda fuzzy.. i wanted to touch on community effort and public interests. I don't know if this will be the kind of story that encourages people to take action, I don't see myself as being any kind of model citizen. for now I'm just focused on pouring all my thoughts and faith in humanity into a story setting

[thedrotter]

not-yet-dead-person

silly comic of a conversation in-game i thought was too funny not to make something proper for instead of a doodle ww

(timelapse + wip images (thus silly process commentary in read more if you like artist commentary :3)

i think the sketch looks silly and goofy and funny so i find it important to share with you the mere presence of the faces i drew on it. i drew it on top of the boxes without staying inside its borders because i find my proportions can get wonky if i draw them cropped in a restricted space. and I feel trapped otherwise and i will draw BAD!!! give me spaceeeee to go wild!!!!

the head circles are there for emotional support

very low res speedpaint because truth is the canvas was much bigger than the space where my comic was placed. i didnt account when exporting my timelapse in 720px that that tiny space would look so pixelated ... but it's able to be percieved, so its okay.

(i will now comment on my process and it is not brief sorry)

usually i would try to clean up my sketches and figure out what goes on top before jumping into linework, but since there are multiple panels and drawings i chose to jump into inking right away for the sake of brevity. i just went in with a brush that uses pen pressure and drew what was needed. i added extra line thickness and contrast in areas around the face because it helps direct your eyes there more easily that way.

according to her equipment rei has a chain belt but i only remembered it existed once I was going to color, and i did not like that discovery... I chose to ignore it to maintain my peace. i already have the color palettes for these characters figured out, and i didnt really want to think about a new element at the moment www I tend to overthink those things a lot so i skipped it

the rest is rather straightforward! not that anything else wasn't, but in here i could turn my brain off and sing. linework and sketching require mumbling so i cannot turn my brain off. just block in the characters with a solid color so i can have a mask (something along those lines,) where the color can stay inside. then just color in !!!

Base colors just had slight cell shading on the skin, and for the hair i airbrush a bit of the skincolor in low opacity near the forehead... I'm not sure what it means, but i can look at the faces easier with it somehow. i like the gentle subtlety it adds even if you cant really tell. it makes things look nice.

background was just me blocking in the color of the wall and floor, shade the wall a bit, then slap a noise and free use wood texture on top. work smarter not harder ! yet it took a bit to make it look stylistically fitting with the characters, and even now i think bottom middle panel looks odd. whatever!!!

for the middle panel i thought itd be funny if the background was a solid silly and colorful one to contrast the next panel's sketchy black one. a contrast to how the word widow is seen. on that note my handwritting is not pointy. i gaslighted my hand into thinking that it was indeed pointy in that moment so i could write "not-yet dead person" in letters that didn't seem cute. my hand did not fall for it but it complied anyway

that's basically it! I'm not sure what else i could say that doesn't feel barebones because it really is that straightforward. if you're curious I used clip studio paint for this. only special brush used was for linework (a brush named Lemon Brush), the rest used were just the default. my computer gets the least credit. it was trying to convince me a 20mb file was going to nuke it all the time and hardly let me save multiple times so i do not appreciate it

[bunnihearted]

i thinkk that a huge part of why im so deeply unhappy is bc im a girl who is supposed to and needs to have a girl bestie - my other half. ever since i was a kid i've always had a girl friend who was my other half and who i talked to and hung out with every single day. now when i dont have that, and when it's also been 6 years since my last friendship like that, i feel profoundly lost and alone. i need another woman close to me who i love and can anchor myself in. who is my compass, my stars, my solid ground. lacking the love, support, comfort, loyalty and security of a strong and forceful love and friendship with another woman, i feel incomplete and lonely and unhappy. like something fundamentally important to the essence of my being is missing. and it completely messes with me on every level of my life.

[trans-estinien]

i love being autistic cause sometimes i get a glimpse into how regular people perceive things and its like. what the fuck. what the fuck is that? you live like this? and its normal?? i think YOURE the weird one actually. im fine. thanks though.

[pup-pee]

if any1 ever wants 2 compliment my colors i will;

1, maw u

2, tell u i just use the triangle & go hehe

[windupaidoneus]

editing my pinned little by little as i get normaler over time there will likely never be a point where i am fully normal but i can dream

[tricksteroftheheart]

I have gyatt to stop the reliance on leafy bfdi + cosmo dw for my mental health.

[arolesbianism]

I wanna take a crack at making some fake screenshot graphics for my Sif Odile duo loopers au but I do not feel confident enough in my ability to mimic isat's art style and I also have a crippling fear of drawing backgrounds

[kinos-fortress-2]

fuck i got drained...

[allthegothihopgirls]

'going to georgia' by the mountain goats but it's about lee everett during twdg s1

[hecksupremechips]

My ass was trying so hard not to jump up and down with glee playing yttd with my sister and getting to the shin reveal I was like MY GUY MY FUNNY LAD MY SILLY RABBIT

[quixtrix]

heads up idt i'll talk about captain laserhawk here that much anymore LMAO im here for mostly eddsworld nd whatever other interest catches my eye for now

im still into it i jus dont really wanna interact w the fandom. maybe one day ill drop a random analysis again but yeah seeya