#I am aware

[r0b0t1me]

resistance base floor plan/layout! i do not know what i'm doing nor am i shooting for total realism, but all of these ideas have been rotating in my head for ages and im having issues creating concept art for the setting without some kind of baseline to work off of so tada

#bad future #im not sure how much of the infrastructure was added on #also i use donnie tech to excuse a lot of things #i am aware #but once he dies he haunts it all. the walls. the food. the air #also i hope it works as a visual representation #of how far thin he stretches himself. he does it all baby! #anyway idk anything abt building construction im treating this shit like sims

[eluminium]

Impulse: does an entire week of recording, including two videos, one of which for a major server event, and then an entire 4 hour livestream that was an EVEN BIGGER server event WHILE SICK ENOUGH THAT HE SKIPPED AN ENTIRE WEEK OF STREAMING

Impulse, the day after:

Oh wow. How did this happen. What a mystery. (Affectionate)

#dose of impulse #impulsesv #THIS IS VERY /PARASOCIAL BTW #I AM AWARE #I JUST FIND IT KINDA FUNNY HOW THIS WAS PHRASED #impulse proving the fic writers right #again #hermitcraft season 9 #hc s9 #hermitblr

[roachemoji]

A “Guide” to working with Artists with Aphantasia

DISCLAIMER: 

I KNOW ARTISTS WITHOUT APHANTASIA ALSO USE REFERENCES

This is not going to be applicable to ALL artists (with OR WITHOUT aphantasia)

I don’t speak for everyone!!!

PLEASE Read the information artists provide you THUROUGHLY

ASK ARTISTS WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION THEY NEED

I’m sorry about the typos I am dyslexic and no one is beta reading this :3c

HERE IS THE OG TWITTER POST

I made this guide out of frustration. I was having a hard time communicating with commissioners how much visual information I needed, and that giving me creative freedom doesn’t, personally, work for me. It all comes down to the why; Aphantasia. 

... I realized a lot of people don’t understand what that is, and how it might affect an artist. 

Note: I am a character artist!!! I do personal commissions!!!! I don’t do commercial work!! This guide is about things that I have found extremely helpful!! This may not work for everyone!!!!!!!!!!! 

So, here is the official written guide to what I, personally, have found helpful when getting commissions:

A healthy dose of both written and visual information is needed, but the percentage of which heavily depends on the type of commission and how familiar I am with the characters. 

- Is it an illustration of a scene between two character? Descriptive information on the scene, the emotions, general vibe, dialogue are more important to the composition - but visual references on each character (and their characteristics), the space, the palette, and any objects would be needed. 

- Is it a reference sheet commission? Descriptive information is no longer as important, and the main focus is on the visuals. Descriptive information would be limited to a brief description of personality, placement of certain markings, and/or the written information on the reference. Visuals would be EVERYTHING - every single aspect of that character would need a reference. 

Google Docs, Google Drives, PDFs, Character pages (Toyhou.se or Refsheet.net) is an easy way to compile both written and visual information in one place! 

What is some good visual information to compile for your characters? 

Physical

Age/Race/height/body type

Skin colour/ scars/ freckles/ skin conditions etc

Eye colour/shape

Nose shape

Hair colour/texture/style/decorations

Any additional details (prosthetics limbs/no limbs!/tattoos/piercings/wings)

Face Claims are extremely helpful - and it’s okay to have more than one!  It’s good to specify which parts of what reference are important to your character

Items

Clothing/Jewelry/Accessories

Weapons

Personal Items

Companions

Here is an example of how I organize my Pinterest boards for my own Ocs:

Appearance: Every single visual reference I would need for their physical appearance. Faceclaims, hair styles/texture/colours, facial hair, body types, hand shapes, nose shapes, lip shapes, eye shapes

Aesthetic: Helpful for illustrations. Palettes and aesthetics that I attribute to these characters. Art styles, symbols, colours, settings, etc...

Outfits: Outfits and accessories. Full outfits or single items, textures, colours, patterns.

NOTE: It’s important to remember that some artists can only work with certain references (ie. drawn references vs photo references). If you’re unsure/your artists hasn’t stated which works best for them - ask!  

I cannot work with drawn references in simplistic styles (anime specifically), and I struggle with using nothing but Final Fantasy screenshots. They’re important when it comes to providing colour or even outfit references - but facial features are much harder for me to translate.

Some artists are okay with things like piccrews and can translate them very well! I can’t.

What is some good visual information to compile for your characters?

Written information can vary from commission to commission; unless the illustration is based off a story, I don’t need a novel to be written about the piece. 

Being dyslexic also makes it a struggle for me to parse through written information - I tend to have to break it down outside of the initial commission submission to fully understand what. I also tend to ask a ton more questions when I’m provided more written information than visual - revisions take time and energy.

It’s important to have visual to accompany your written info; 

( shout out to @moki-dokie​ for letting me use their info as an example!! )

Commission information examples 

DESIGN COMMISSIONS:

Info given:

Outcome: 

Easiest character design commission I have ever done. The information given was so concise that the only revisions were my own suggestions on the design itself. 

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Info Given:

Outcome:

a TON of written information was given to explain the characters backstory, to further drive my understand of the aesthetic and setting of the world the character lives in. The pinterest board provided had a lot physical references, outfits, aesthetics, and colours.

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ILLUSTRATION COMMISSIONS:

Info Given:

Outcome:

I had a lot of previous information on both of these characters (I designed the top one myself), but I was provided limited written information for this; Holiday Discord call where Toad (character one) is getting a present from Zalem (character two). Zalem is barely hiding how they feel about Toad who is excited.

 All other information provided was visual; Outfits and room aesthetics. 

We discussed poses in Dms and collaboratively found references.

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Info Given:

Outcome: 

Absolute favorite example of the PERFECT amount of information given and the PERFECT amount of creative freedom given. 

I was handed character references with all angles as well as their armor + how to simply the armor. Pose + expression references. A general aesthetic + palette to work with. The setting. A doodle to lay out exactly what they were visualizing. 

I have all the information you could need! Now what?

I am very privileged to no longer need to take first come first serve commissions, and it’s given me the ability to really sit back and filter through the commissions that I want to do, and those that I immediately do not consider. 

I think it’s important that,  before commissioning anyone, you should ask yourself a couple important questions:

Does this artist’s style suit what I want?

Does my character suit what this artist usually draws?

Do the references I have provide the right amount of information for the specific artist I want to commission?

Sometimes the answer to these questions are; No.

... and that’s okay?

Unfortunately, not every artist is going to be able to bring your vision to life, or feel happy with the completed piece! 

If you’re someone who has Big Buff Demon Men characters that are drawn in a heavily realistic style - you might not ask an artist who draws smaller, softer characters with squishier shapes and a general aesthetic that doesn’t match your Ocs! 

If you’re someone who has characters and all of their references are in an anime style (including other commissioned work), and you have no realistic face claims... maybe commissioning that semi-realistic artist and not providing them with the references the need to translate your character into a semi-realistic style isn’t a good idea? 

I don’t understand when some people get upset when they commission an artist who clearly doesn’t draw characters that look like theirs and they clearly... don’t translate them as well.  I am making this extremely clear RIGHT NOW before anyone says anything:  Everyone can and SHOULD learn to draw the entire spectrum of humanity. From facial features, hair textures, body types, etc...

But some artists struggle to draw characters with certain aesthetics? Outfits? Accessories? You wouldn’t expect an artist who draws soft pastel art to suddenly translate your extremely rough, hard, and hot character properly?

Now, if all the answers are Yes? 

Read all information provided thoroughly 

Ask questions for clarity

Provide what you can, collaborate on what you can’t

Resources

@anonbeadraws​ post: Reference sheet for your commission references!

JAMIErightmeow’s video: I have APHANTASIA

Aphantasia Dot Com

#my art #artists on tumblr #guide #aphantasia #artist with aphantasia #UH #damn i wasnt gonna write this much lmao #I hope this helps people #its helped a ton of people on twitter already #UH ANYWAY #if youre about to comment some shit like oOoOigiOIgioOIoI #IT HELPS PPL WHO DONT HAVE APHANTASIA TOO #shut up #please #i know #i am AWARE #THIS is for MY HOMIES #but also use this as a resource if you need it??? #kiss kiss kiss kiss

[themakeupbrush]

It’s about time clock bags were trendy

Thom Browne Fall 2023

#thom browne #thom browne fall 2023 #i have the worst sense of humor #i am aware

[maxsix]

#minho #hyunjin #lee minho #hwang hyunjin #stray kids #stray kids in australia #maxsixgif #the quality of these are not good #i am aware #but it was too cute to ignore #even in the terrible potato quality #hyunjin is always eating #good for him

[kosmicpowers]

I love series about catching/fighting/befriending little creatures. All of them. One of the best types of media dare I say.

Oh it's so easy to win me over.... get me a mildly interesting concept to base some little freaks around and I'm in.

#pokemon #yokai watch #digimon #metabots #slugterra #monsuno #monster rancher #fighting foodons #neopets #battleclaw #bonus points if they have super messed up lore full of murder and abominations but at the end of the day you don't care #cause “look at the little guys :)” #i am aware #that a lot of the times they're toy or game commercials #but well... they're fun commercials... #Yu-Gi-Oh #i almost forgot Yu-Gi-Oh!

[tableintheteacherslounge]

Am I delulu if I think melissa hooking up with the firefighter doesn’t negate her (headcanoned) bisexuality

Is she straight? Maybe

Maybe she really does just like men

Or

Is it just canon that she likes men, she actively enjoys them, so it shouldn’t be surprising she wants to sleep with a man.

Doesn’t mean she doesn’t like women too - decisive women are still hot

And hello the options are not simple gay or straight

Remember - dating men doesn’t mean bisexual women aren’t bisexual. It’s bi for a reason.

#yes I know she could be straight #i am aware #but then why are decisive women hot #abbott elementary #lisa ann walter #abbott elementary season 3 #melissa schemmenti #melissa schemmenti is bisexual #bisexual #lgbtq+

[infamous-if]

My writing is directly inspired by music I listen to, and since Infamous is heavily music centered, it only makes sense to share Chapter playlists. They’re basically a combination of songs that would serve as background soundtracks + songs the cast are actually listening to. Sometimes I imagine a song is playing and the characters don't notice, but it's canon that it's there haha

I can’t read without music, and I make the effort to listen to music as they would be described in a story to immerse myself. I made this playlist for myself but moved it to my Infamous account to share it because why not?

So if you’re like me and like to immerse yourself fully, here it is!

prologue + chap. 1 playlist

Below I’ll list the songs and what scenes they correspond to and how (mild spoilers ahead)

Live and Let Live by Of Mice and Men: similar to the song playing as MC navigates their way to the bathroom.

Paranoid by Black Sabbath: the song playing when MC and Co first arrive to the party.

Hotblack by Oceanship: the song I would imagine would be playing during The Talk with Seven (this is a very seven song for me)

Howlin' for You by The Black Keys: hookup scene with Dakota

Lights and Sounds by Yellowcard or Fell in Love With a Girl by The White Stripes: song playing over the speakers during the fight lol

Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley: song playing at the diner with Sebastian and Maya (cries)

Gilded Lily by Cults: car (ending) scene of the prologue after leaving the party

Lovers Rock by TV Girl or Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs: song playing when dancing with Dakota

Rosemary by Deftones: the song Seven is listening to in their headphones by the bus

#chapter playlist #other stuff #i am a bit Dramatic #I am Aware #also as always pls dont judge my music taste haha<3

[asleepinawell]

time to see who the best bard is

#ffxiv #ffxivmp #mp #i mean #listen #i know what's going to happen #i am Aware

[acheemient]

Okay. So. I know it isn't. I KNOW that.

But if @the-almighty-god is some sort of.... VIRAL ADVERTISING LONG CON for season 3, and it turns out that GO!God has been horcruxed up into different...idk....DISHES AND CUPS AND WITCHES WITH STUPID NAMES, I am going to go absolutely and completely feral!

I will quit the internet. I will admit that I know nothing about the world (of Good Omens or that of my own reality) or storytelling within it. I will return my English degree to the po-dunk little university from whence it came, and I will eek out a tiny, internet-less existence as a turnip farmer.

#good omens #ineffable husbands #the almighty watches #and speaks #and plots #and possibly takes orders from neil gaiman #but i do doubt it #also #spot the The Adventure Zone: Balance reference #if you get it right #you get a cookie #my writing style is very much #why use 3 words when you can use 7 #i am aware #fuck off with your judgment

[thecatspasta]

taps mic

I need to ignore canon, have petrigrof work out their issues earlier, start a family and be happy. I need that for my soul.

My beloved lesbians <3

#yeah i watched the new episodes #ahhhhh #i am not okay! #it wasnt as emotional as expected but it still fucking hurt #adventure time #fionna and cake #petrigrof #betty grof #simon petrikov #simon x betty #fionna and cake spoilers #i swear to god if anyone says 'Oh their toxic' or some shit they need to reread what i said #i am aware #also normally would post this on side because being slightly cringe on main is too much for me but fuck it let me be cringe on main #I NEED MY LESBIANSSS #btw they are t4t understand this

[glittxrghoul]

#i am aware #have a lovely day 💖 #🎶

[ice-and-starlight]

I’m jumping you back into the hp fandom. I need to know your in depth opinions on jily!

Are you sure? I mean, are you sure?

...Alright, then.

WARNINGS: This is going to be so very extremely anti. Anti-Lily, Anti-James, Anti-Jily, Anti-JKR. Just... so much negativity. Seriously, please don't read this if you like even a part of any of these.

Are we clear?

Okay.

So, to begin with, James and Lily are held up as paragons of virtue for a lot of the first half of the series, and I'm honestly convinced that's what JKR intended them to be. Even when she tries to make them more like characters than ideals, it's fairly half-hearted from an author who has brought us such great examples of depth and complexity as Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore.

There is so much room for extrapolation and fan interpretations, not least of all because both of them exhibit some deeply disturbing behaviour that mostly gets glossed over by the narrative. And my interpretations aren't going to be kind. Mostly, I'm sad to say, as a reaction to 1) fans of Jily trying to shove it down my throat when I was a teenager and 2) JKR's anti-trans warmongering making me highly critical of a lot of her attitudes towards gender, sexuality, and relationships.

So, first, I'm going to try and detail what we actually know about them from canon. Then, I'm going to talk a bit about how knowledge of JKR's prejudices and biases have affected my interpretation. Then... I'm going to drag Jily through the mud.

So, James and Lily met on the train to boarding school at eleven. James picked on her friend based on a social prejudice that's new to her, and she removed them from the situation. Over the following years, James picks on her friend frequently, which she doesn't ever seem indignant about, culminating in the event where James, who's had a crush on her for a while and obviously enough that Severus noticed it, tries to threaten her into dating hi., Lily puts him down harshly, and then leaves her newly ex-friend to his mercies after he insulted her. At some point about a year to a year and a half later, they start dating after 'James deflated his head a little'. They marry straight out of school, and join a vigilante group to fight terrorists together. Also, James goes into training to become an Auror. There is no mention, afaik, as to what else Lily is doing in that time, besides that we know that she and James 'thrice defied' Voldemort, presumably in person, given that I'm sure a lot more couples 'thrice defied' him in some way during the course of those three years. They have a child two years into joining this war, and go into hiding to protect him. They know there's a spy in the Order, and this fractures their friendships (well, James's we're never told who Lily's friends are besides Severus except that she has them), while James chafes at the restrictions of being in hiding. Eventually, Voldemort finds them, and James tries to hold him off without a wand while Lily runs upstairs to get Harry, then stands over his crib begging Voldemort to spare her baby.

That's... pretty much all we know of them from canon.

Metatextually, we know that Lily is meant to represent the unconditional love of the mother, the selfless sacrifice, and James is meant to represent the ideal that Harry's striving to become. (Ask me some time about how disturbing I find the parallels between Jily and Hinny.) And that together, they are meant to be the shining example of love and happiness and bravery and justice. (Also ask me some time about how there isn't a single adult in Harry's life who looks at him and cares (or doesn't care) about him for him, instead of because of who his parents are.)

And given what I now know about JKR's ideas about gender, gender roles, and therefore the standard hetrosexual relationships of our society... The disturbing inconsistencies between what we're told about Jily and what we actually see of their relationship begin to make a lot more sense.

So on the one hand, I fully believe that Lily and James belong together and deserve each other. On the other, I don't really mean that as a good thing.

James's feelings towards Lily are not selfless and they're not kind. He bullies her friend and tries to use that as leverage to get her to date him, and literally only stops where she can see him after that. Lily... finds that good enough. Frankly, given some of the details and turns of phrase in the the Prince's Tale, I would go so far as to say she passively encouraged him even before that. Look at the way she talks to Severus about the bullying. She condemns James's behaviour once, in passing, to stop Severus from bringing him up so that she can continue to scold him. (I'm not passing judgement on whether that scolding was justified or not, that is a whole different meta.)

We don't know what they looked like while they were dating, but we do know they probably weren't even dating for a full year before they got married. Understandable given the state of war their world was in, but... not something I'd hold up as a sign of good decision making on either of their parts. James 'got the girl' (I don't think I need to elaborate on why I find that whole dynamic skeevy) and Lily... I get some serious 'I can fix him' vibes from her decision to date him, and that never ends well. After that, we're told that James and Sirius are trying/want to become Aurors. (I think. I can't actually remember where... Please correct me if I'm wrong and that's only fanon.) With no mention of what Lily's doing afaik.

We know she fights for the order, but... I expect, if you asked JKR what Lily's career was, the answer would be 'housewife'. Within a year or so, she's pregnant, a year later, she's in hiding, a year later, she's dead.

Now, I do understand that part of the justification for all of this will be 'it was war, they were young and in love', but it seems like a really stupid thing, to me, when they've been personally and repeatedly targeted by Voldemort himself, to have a baby. They're really young, James can't possibly be out of training yet, there is a mass-murdering dark wizard gunning for them, Lily is part of his preferred demographic to torture and kill, and their reaction is 'you know what would make this situation better? A baby!'?!

Now, why would Lily, who from what we've seen was a passionate, (self-)righteous person, be willing to take time off from fighting a war that's both extremely personal to her and also escalating fairly quickly, to dedicate herself to raising a baby? Because motherhood is the epitome of womanhood. How could she not?

Hello, JKR, I can see you there behind the curtain again.

As for James in all of this... Well, I've written a draft ranting about James Potter that I didn't post because I try not to spew negativity all over the internet anymore (I tried that once, it wasn't fun for anybody). But I will say that I think there are some deeply sinister interpretations of a rich spoiled bully immediately going into law enforcement after school while his 'headstrong' wife ends up staying home to watch the baby.

TL;DR: Lily and James are that perfect married couple who on the surface appear to be every romantic dream made real, but when you scratch the surface, a lot of ugliness oozes out. At best they were young and stupid and made some significant mistakes that they never got the chance to learn from and reflect on because they died so young. At worst they were a toxic, abusive mess vying for power over each other and we only never got to see them fall apart because they died so young.

(Of course, they never would have, because we know that this is JKR's idea of an ideal relationship. Yikes.)

They are so severely fucked up, and if they'd actually been presented that way, I might have actually found them engaging and interesting, as individuals and as a couple. But I took a hard right into 'I'm fucking done' because so many people bought into the stereotypical heteronormative love story of a couple who can do no wrong.

#ANTI #anti Jily #anti James Potter #anti Lily Evans #anti JKR #I am not kidding #I am not kind to anyone in this post #and while I am happy to have a friendly debate on this #don't try to come at me because you're pro any of this #it's behind a read more for a reason #just keep scrolling #I am answering this because I crave social interaction #and this is the first ask I've gotten in a w h i l e #but I AM aware that there's a high likelihood #of this being an attempt to stir shit #rather than a genuine question #...I am a fool #I am aware

[gynii]

hello gay and eastern european people in my computer!! i'm asking for song recommendations for a playlist i'm working on

i need to diversify the languages on here, as it's pretty much exclusively russian and hungarian rn. if you've got any suggestions from those language, I'll still take em, but i'm mostly looking for other slavic languages + romanian. i will also take english songs from eastern european artists that fit the mood.

the edgier and more emo the song is the better. if it sounds like a teenager wrote the lyrics, even better! distorted vocals and mean sounding guitars are very appreciated, though i will also take melancholic acoustic songs

please reblog with links or send me an ask with your recs!

#gynii.txt #uh please reblog i need many recs please :) #also in case anyone wants to get on my ass about it #i know hungarian isn't slavic it's ugric/uralic #i am aware #i just need songs #i am trusting the online kurva nation to help out a guy here

[jenovacomplete]

(after my 20th storm emergency alert of the day) Hey guys I think there's a storm in my area

#speaking! #woke up to like eight of em #like guys i get it #i can see it w my eyes #it has been two days #I Am Aware

[oh-shit-i-spilled-my-genderfluid]

Flesh/Slaughter statement????

#yes I know the fears aren’t the same #I am aware #tmagp #tmagp 4 #the magnus protocol