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I did promise to show my process of making backgrounds so here it is 🙆‍♀️✨

to start off--here's the line layer before I begin adding anything:

I still think this composition is a bit weird, but...eh 🤷‍♀️

next, I compile all of the references I've spent numerous hours foraging for:

these are all from basic google searches; for this piece, I looked for images relevant to the theme, so we have some vintage military manuals, illustrations, even a real army application form that I filled out in Johnny's name 😅 sources for these can vary, but I've had good luck perusing ebay listings for a lot of these scans 👍

next, I kind of just...scatter them around the page, seeing what fits where, keeping the figures as the focus but letting the background fill out around them:

I then start adjusting them more, utilizing various overlay options (hard light/ pin light/ multiply/ color burn are usually my go-to ones in PS) it takes some fiddling to see what looks best:

then I add a few more personal additions for flavor ✨

next, I adjust the colors a bit:

then I adjust the colors even more, bringing out the electric blue and pink to make it pop

here's the full bg without the figures:

and here's the completed piece:

as you can see, I did add a few more elements in the end, as well as adjusting the colors further with the addition of the fully rendered figures 🙆‍♀️

all in all--this is pretty much how I create all my backgrounds, like a fun little scrapbooking project~

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My trickster jane cosplay for requiem cafe this year!! :B

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he's streaming; tip?

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I have to draw a lot of gold and metal for my work, but wasn't happy with any of the metal tutorials i could find around. I prefer really specific instruction, so after some research i put together what i think works as a generalist's guide/tutorial. Not perfectly accurate, but i hope it's helpful!

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its time

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Here's a comic idea I've been pondering over for a little while now but wasn't sure if it'd get any attention:

A comic that doesn't start at the beginning but at the end which follows 3 friends as they try to reverse the flow of time to fix the earth from the apocalypse that was havocked on it by a sentient machine that could time, space and generally reality/fate of every individual character.

Here's a plot twist though; the readers are the machine and they get to decide what happens next. It's like a role reversal. Instead of the characters telling you what happens next, the readers would decide the story flow instead.

I just need an opinion on this because I'm curious if it'd work.

#Please tell me #I even have a small character lineup #Comic #prompts #story ideas

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Good news for you, this August 23rd.

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interactive beta kid desktop themes

up to six custom links

draggable windows and icons

compact or full screen view toggle

all icons and colors fully customizable

hover effects, animations, and more!

ectobiologist preview / code

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VIOLENT J AIN'T EVIL

HE'S A GOOD MAN,,,

Evil Clown Contest Redemption Round Three

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#poll #Ngl I really want to do a Peach theme but Luigi is kinda peak #princess peach #luigi

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I don't think I like Tumblr Live very much :/

#tumblr live

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system of a clown. if you even care

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I helped my mum clean and return she gave me a little bit of broccoli :]

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This is probably a terrible idea but I made an email account and anyone is free to email me

[email protected]

Who know I might draw something from the stuff I get

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I can't believe that this post earned me a badge

#homestuck

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My friend has spent a good 30 minutes trying to convince me not to kidnap a Bro Strider cosplayer and then keep them in my attic by force.

#homestuck #bro strider

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Spaceships - Dave Strider ((please forgive my shitty singing, i rap, i don’t sing haha)) Vocals: me

Lyrics: Lee

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Can we pretend that spaceships and meteors aint that far apart? I could really use a friend right now friend right now friend right now [x2] Yeah, I could use a timeline a -motif or a wish To go back to a place much simpler than this ‘Cause after all the strifin and rappin and scrappin and all the craziness and green sun flashin and all the dead daves and the bullshit waitin There comes a time where youre just anticipatin and where you’re hangin with the mayor who don’t talk smack but you’re hopin’ for your friends who are gone in the black but that’s just the sburb game I suppose You get another hand soon after you fold you get to the end but don’t reach the prize so you reset, reset, keep on tryin’ So jade and john, please keep waitin we’re on our way to cull that lord English hater ill slice him in half with my kickass katana And if that don’t work we’ll get some help from our alien fauna Can we pretend that spaceships and meteors aint that far apart?(far apart) I could really use a friend right now (friend right now) friend right now (friend right now) friend right now (friend right now) [x2] Yeah, yeah, somebody take me back to the days before we played the game, before this whole craze Before when I was makin’ them sick rap plays Yeah, back when I was wantin’ bro to call me by my name whatever scratch that, lil bro was cool- anyway but nowadays im only rappin just to stay sane I’m guessin’ that if we can make spaceships outta’ meteors then maybe yo maybe I could warp back to the days back when I was grindin sick beats just for jade back when irony was my main cool thing back when I was just playin bros console games But hes gone now and I just wanna see my friends So can I get a wish to get me outta this get revenge on the lord that started this shit? So here I stand and then again I say im hopin we get the hell to jade’s ship today Can we pretend that spaceships and meteors aint that far apart?(far apart) I could really use a friend right now (friend right now) friend right now (friend right now) friend right now (friend right now) [x2] I could really use a friend right now (right now) I- I- I could really use a friend right now (right now) Like- Like- Like meteors (like meteors) I- I- I could really use a friend right now (right now)