#I hope ive improved lol

[nyxsyne]

nooo don't cry xie lian you're so sexy ahahaha

this is actually a redraw! Old one is under the cut! :]]

#xie lian #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #fanart #spoilers #I hope ive improved lol #It's been like a year now into mxtx #not gonna get sappy but I think its really helped me enjoy art again #and to realize i want to pursuit art #only to give up a year later LOL #anyways #Ive also met a lot of really cool and nice people!!! #yay

[humans-are-tasty]

#sir crocodile #dracule mihawk #one piece #crochawk #my art #bottom pic is from... december #its so unfinished uh and the knife sucks #ive hated digitally painting in any way for years.. like i just couldn't get used ot it. but i wanted to try #idk if these even count as “painted” lol but i'm really used to either shading through linework or just flat cell colours #hope i can improve

[lizardsarecute]

Your Korsica model looks really good, and the outlines are great! I was wondering how you did her outlines since the models don’t come with them when you download them into blender.

While there are methods to outline models in blender, I found out that unreal engine actually uses a whole separate mesh that is the outlines of the character. I personally haven’t figured out how to make an outline through making a whole new mesh like the unreal engine, but your model looks so good!

I just had to ask if you made a new mesh over the model for the outlines or used another method like geometry nodes or the inverted hull method.

Also, if you did figure it out by making a whole new mesh, could you share that secret? I’ve been trying to find out how to replicate the outlines by making another mesh, but the closest I’ve got was a vague and unhelpful post about it years ago. And even if you didn’t use a new mesh, I’d still like to hear how you went about making the outlines.

good news: the outlines do come with the models

I have tried everything you've described initially but I got lucky and figured this one out one day after a really good nap (ngl i've been pretty happy about it ever since).

The outlines are already here.

Select the mesh and go into Edit mode.

Go to the materials, click the material with 'outline' in its name and press Select, down at the bottom circled in red. It should select the corresponding mesh that is meant for the character/object's outline.

Right-click on the mesh, select Separate > Selection. Do that for all the materials with outline in its name.

I rename the separated meshes for cleanliness.

Then at this point you can add either a geonode or a Solidify for each of those objects. I do prefer geonodes but they both work. I use the one from Komikaze's shader pack because it's an easy drag and drop, then tweak settings like flipping normals, increasing the thickness and whatnot.

There you go :) I kept the outline on my Korsica model thin because they were a little distracting while I was doing my rigging lmao. But when I start learning 3D animation and rendering things, it's good to be able to adjust the outline thickness to whatever your needs are. Maybe even make a driver for the outline thickness to adjust based on camera location?

It's not a perfect solution. When you zoom into the character, there may be areas where the outline leaves gaps when thickness is set high, or there's an unwanted stray line (particularly in the face but I've also seen it in hair). But it's a great start. If you find anything about it to clean it up some more, feel free to dm me.

#blendering #inbox #if you check my blendering tag you can see that ive been trying to figure this out since the end of last year #it took months lol #there's still more improvement to be had #but i hope it helps you get started at least

[o-kai]

Huevember 01-09

#pokemon #shiny pokemon #pixel art #pokemon sprites #huevember #my art #i thought it would be fun to try out huevember this year!!! been making pixel art of different shiny pokemon ive got or plan to hunt :> #i hope i can improve on making them! TwT its a very different way of making art lol

[solfinite]

been having fun shading w/ straight black recently

#sonic the hedgehog #shadow the hedgehog #tails the fox #miles tails prower #sonadow #sth fanart #sonic fanart #sonic #my art #i have so many doodles that i wanna post so ive been posting them in chunks like this #sth has a chokehold on me fr #i love having hyperfixations bc its fun to draw them #and to see how i improve drawing certain things/characters #in this case hedgehogs and others lol #if you read this hope you're having a swell day

[yaoicoreren]

page practice

#riddlebat #edward nashton #fanart #b&w #comic #long hair ed au #i am very much not confident on this one haha idk why im becoming so insecure about posting #i feel like i havent done anything im completely happy with but also its not like ive been posting only things im 100% confident in #i like posting garbage just as much as the next person¡¡ but im really struggling with pushing past i guess shame¿¿¿ #like people are gonna be disappointed in me if i dont show improvement in every post #which is silly¡¡¡ so i might just start posting with my eyes closed lol #just drawing bullshit and typing up a post and then throwing my phone and laptop into the ocean #anyway i hope my feeling about this dont muddy your own feelings dear reader #and you can still enjoy a long haired edward nashton taunting a misguided bruce

[pyrriax]

Ok so I just read the latest chapter of wtds. and I just have to say, Haunt you FUCKING OUTDID YOURSELF!!!! omfg it is literally one of the best things I've ever read, I cried and they were semi happy tears!! AND OMFG PANDORA IS SO FUCKED UP I LOVE HIM. that demon has demons and I'm FUCKING living for it.

in short Haunt, thank you for existing and making that amazing work of art. /genuine

IM ACTUALLY GONNA SOB DANE . I WILL CRY!!

i promised good things happening soon and i meant it!!! :D he is SO fucked up and we're getting to the point where things start unraveling and IM SO EXCITED for the next chapter its gonna be FLUFF (with angst at the start but then its FLUFF!)

ALSO a small thing i changed because i NOTICED a thing is that i adjusted "is he the animal, or the hunter?" to "is he the hunter, or the hunted?" :3

and im so glad to hear you enjoyed the chapter!! <3

#ask a ghost #asker: wetcatowner #au: where the dust settles #NEXT CHAPTER HAS SILLY MOMENTS AND DOMESTIC-ISH FLUFF!! #the return of sylvester's cooking endeavours!! :D #ALSO the demon has demons and we're getting to the point i can post that 7k oneshot i wrote for the twb mcc event!!!!! #im so hyped for that actually. lyra's pov <3 #i did my absolute best for this chapter and i hope i can keep it being good!! im actually so happy with how willows ablaze turned out #even if i was SO over it when i finished writing it. its definitely one of my favorite chapters #i mean this fic is basically a documentation of my improvement as a writer over the course of a year #im gonna keep doing my damndest to do this au justice #ALSO i need to actually think about whether i'm connecting rabbits/demons and wtds #(rabbits/demons is a ls & outsiders crossover au ive been writing! the outsiders smp grind never stops lol)

[sk3l3t0n444]

its going to be a long but fun night

#may or may not be related to what ive been working on for the past 2 weeks #anyways im trying to improve my drawing skills #i hope you guys dont expect much from this thing ive been working on lol #ive seen people do shit like this in a day #but yk im trying to put a lot of effort into it #and im really excited for it #you guys prolly wont care tbh but i like giving little teasers and hints #idk i hope some people will at least have neutral opinions of this project #tbh i dont really expect anybody to care #honestly i feel like everyone will hate me for this #i honestly expect to get hate anons...but this is something ive wanted to do for a while so im doing it #hmm should i give the people who got this far a little hint? #maybe but theres a lot of hints i can give you like maybe 87 that i can think of off the top of my head #hm idk #im really excited for this tho

[thattransboyaled]

going back and formatting my first capvers fics from the end of last year and god they are so bad. they don’t even make sense. how the fuck does cap have 3 full bottles of whiskey in literal war.

#actually kms #they’re almost funny to read #because they just don’t make sense #i hope ive improved since then lol #cap reads like an alcoholic in this fic honestly #that is not a good thing #also why the fuck is captain using the term hook up #that is not a thing he would do #half of these are just them talking for a bit confessing and then telling each other their names #it’s so repetitive #i hate it i hate it i hate it

[blurryface-never-left]

every time Not Today comes on I think of you, you have the sweetest and most genuine story about it 💕

Awww, that's the sweetest thing I've been told in a long time 🥺! I really need to go back and get myself back into my TOP fixation lolol. I see all the cool rps and worldbuilding going on in the Tumblr Clique, but I'm currently working on some personal issues right now, so hopefully the rps are still goin strong when I get myself back up on my feet. I got a couple Demaverse OCs Ive always wanted to share haha!

Anyways, thank you for this, I really needed these kind words ☺️

#I didn't quite realize how much Ive been inactive on this blog till now lol #the idea machine broke lol #im in the process of getting meds to start working for my bipolar so Ive been trying deal with that #ive been on them for abt a week so im hoping Ill be seeing improvement soon #maybe then my brain will be clear enough to join back into the creativity #yall need to meet my Bandito OC Nate and my self insert OC Nova #yes I made ideal self into an OC >:| #askpost

[jalboyhenthusiast]

hello hello a few updates for you

i’m back from my travels and it was so pretty

i did my longest ever run yesterday!!! ive never been able to run for longer than like a minute and have always hated it w a passion but ive been following a program for a couple weeks and finally did 25 mins easily!! so proud of myself. 30 mins next :)

my friend used the word babygate yesterday to refer to something completely unrelated and i almost shat myself

#with my ban on lifting weights bc wrist ive been trying to focus on mobility and running #and it’s going well! def improved my ankle and hip health in particular #that’s all #hope you’re all well #glad i missed the drama lol #*

[dreamlandxrunaway]

im going over the works i wrote when i was like 15-16 there are some when i was even younger probably, i just havent gotten to them yet and omg, how many times can i say the same shit just a different set of words ssjkdnhkaasdhksaj

it's good to go back and look over the stuff,,, considering most of it is inspired by what i was going through,, ig both irl and in my head,,, but the names are what get me the most,,, ig they are realistic but damn are they cliche hahahha

it's such a big trip down the memory lane but it's also killing me inside to read all of it and see all of the mistakes and everything,,, at the very least im glad that me back in the days decided NOT to post them anywhere and reading them now also helped me realize why they never called me back from that writing whatever the fuck group #rude

#lilith.txt #im going through a bit of a rough patch writing wise so im going over the old works #AND i wanna see what the hell i used to write and how i used to form the sentences etc etc #yknow how i used to tell a story... bccc im sure my grammar was worse i felt like the writing itself was better #so i wanna see if my story telling has improved or not LOL #there are like a few stories ive started and written like around 10k words i.e. averaging about 3 chapters a piece and id stop there LOL #theres this one story i really liked... well liked is a strong word but i think i was kinda satisfied with it back in the days #ive yet to get to it... but i hope it was nearly as good as i remember it being ahhahahaha #tags tell a whole story on its own LOL

[helennorvilles]

oh my godddddd that episode of vampire academy !!!!!

#this show is actually just so so good it's ridiculous #and tbh like ive been rereading the books?? and while i have heaps of nostalgia for 12yo me who was obsessed #i think the show hits better for me than the books??? im only on the 2nd book in my reread tho so maybe it'll improve as i go #and obviously the structure of the show vs the book will play a part in it but i think i prefer the characters in the show honestly? #it honestly could just be that the tone isn't as teenager as the books lmao. like the books are (affectionately) just so YA it's funny #actually the more i think of it the more i think that might be it. i'm literally just too old to enjoy the books the way i did as a kid #also the books do have their flaws like i now as an adult Cannot handle a 17yo and 24yo being in love like that's too much #it has absolutely impacted my reading of it like i cringe every single time it is so gross #but in the show they look and feel similar in age! it feels like even ground even tho i don't Actually know how old tv rose is meant to be? #god i hope she is actually aged up tho lol. she doesn't act like a 17yo at minimum so that's nice. i'll accept.... 21? #21 to dimitri's 24 would be ideal i think #my post tag

[orcelito]

GREAT news. My fever has uh. Not quite broken bc it's still at 100 degrees, but it's much better than the 101.1 it Refused to go down from earlier!

Cold wet cloth is a godsend

Gonna eat food and then try to get. Some sleep. Maybe. Who knows lol

#speculation nation #the fever will return but im taking this respite from The Ache Of Everything to maybe get some more food in my stomach #really badly want cottage cheese. turns out thats my 'Im Miserable' food #the kind i get is gentle on the stomach & it has plenty of nutrients. + no prep needed. #im back to feeling too warm in my skin but thats probably an improvement over shaking like a chihuahua the Second i leave my cocoon #my nose is bothering me so much lmao. + theres Cough. but more in reaction to funky snot stuff than actual cough itself #still very full bodied & painful coughs tho! i hate them! #doing what i can tho. just. trying to survive. #idk if this is gonna break by friday tho. im scheduled like 7 hours then. & unlike today it's not a boba shift so it's not as easy to waive #policy is that if theres a fever ppl dont have to come in but im like. 😬 theres already multiple ppl who cant show up friday #so i rly am wondering what theyre gonna do for that lol #im. gonna see how tomorrow goes. #who knows maybe it'll be better! old patterns for me typically have these fevers happen in 3 day increments #the Leadup. the Misery. and the Downfall. #by the 4th day i tend to be better. but it also depends a lot on What this is. #im hoping it follows old patterns bc i reaaaaaally dont want to be miserable like today for another day #ive done basically Nothing all day. watched some critical role. read some fanfic. & otherwise lounged in misery. #nights of the Misery Day are typically... the worst of them... #im going to pop a melatonin and hope for the best. id like to possibly get Some sleep maybe.

[mxmade-up]

Real quick I want to post some improvement

One of these is from 4 years ago, one is from 2 years ago, and the last more from 1 month ago

Can you guess which is which?

#IVE COME SO FAR #I go ‘man I feel like I’m not improving much’ #BUT I AM #-person who has still not learned how to do foreshortening #my stuff #my art #honestly #a little bit embarrassing posting the old stuff #but I think it’s good to see #this is GOOD by the way for my old stuff #i have worse #but I lost the very worst stuff #which is honestly #a little depressing for me #even though they sucked so much #dear god I hope you guys can tell #lol you can also see the no face pipeline

[technicolorxsn]

man, I feel kinda bad

#ive only seen a couple of his videos #i had put them in my long video watch later i listen to while drawing or crocheting #and like.. i remember raising my eyebrows a coupld times and like. pausing the video and arguing (i do that throughout videos normally) #but now i feel kinda stupid.. i probably shouldve done more #bc there was way more than i realized #i really hope what people take away from all this is to work on critical analysis and media literacy but i can already see people arent lol #but like.. i like to think im somewhat decent at those so this is kind of a blow to my ego lol #always improvement to be made ig