#I mean I just traced it

[approximateknowledge]

once you learn enough about evolutionary biology you start seeing ghosts everywhere

#everything alive carries within it the traces of its ancestors' niches #and also some niches are just eerily *empty* where they were once full #and im not talking like “the megafauna here got eradicated by human intervention and hunting and habitat loss” #i mean it in the “there hasn't been a proper aerial macropredator since the azadrchids went extinct 65 million years ago”-sense #which is something you cannot unthink or unsee #especially in island ecosystems

[yuurionviktor]

Gonna finish Gideon one soon, but for now you can have this Harrow

#the locked tomb #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow the ninth #harrow the 9th #gideon the ninth #things ive made #idk man the 1page1day not going great and it’s only been 1 week #one week where I only worked 3 days mind you #(local holidays) #maybe I really wasn’t made for creating art jdhsjdjcbcj I see so many cool people online #where they’ve been better than me 10 years ago so where does that math leave me hm #for a person who’s really into bones herself (preceding my love for harrow ironically) I REALLY don’t know them #I mean you can always say that’s A Stylistic Choice but I’m also so lazy #like… just trace them girl

[bo0tleg]

Decided to make one of these for Top Gun: Maverick too, you know... to dispel the pain I caused with my last post...

(this is my whatsapp history, not direct quotes from the movie)

(in the first one, I'm aware it looks like There's a 30 min gab between both messages. There is not, my internet just decided that they were going to let me see the message 30 min later)

#Just noticed everything in tgm is very.... Brown #Btw the one with the wife and the 'im superior to any Man in ur life' are from THE SAME CONVERSATION #It's literally in the same screenshot #I didn't even need to take another one #tg:m #top gun maverick #top gun #iceman x maverick #pete maverick mitchell #icemav #tgm #tom iceman kazansky #bradley bradshaw #bradley rooster bradshaw #natasha phoenix trace #mickey fanboy garcia #reuben payback fitch #payback fitch #robert bob floyd #robert floyd #jake seresin #jake hangman seresin #beau cyclone simpson #solomon warlock bates #I will NOT be specifying who Rooster and Phoenix mean #(it's Hangman) #(It's his energy) #(I just don't ship hangster and don't want to imply that) #(they're just gossiping in my head but you can think whatever you want)

[toasteaa]

Horrible, awful habit of running my thumb on my lip when I think. Holding the tip of it between my teeth, letting it rest on the swell of my bottom lip, letting my tongue just barely touch the very tip of it; cannot - will not - stop thinking about Neuvillette fixating on it.

It's nothing significant - it should be nothing significant - but oh. There's something about it. The motion of your thumb running over the deep curve of your bottom lip, up along the crest and pausing on the dip of your cupid's bow, before continuing its path back down to settle back in the middle of your bottom lip; as though it's a pillow for it to rest while you gather your thoughts. The indentation as you push down ever so slightly, just enough to let the tip slide in. It's barely enough to even count as your mouth being open; your lips are too full to let more than the barest hint of teeth show where they're lightly closed around your nail. Your tongue is just barely raised to meet the intrusion. It's almost an invisible action, but he can see the tiniest flicker of movement when your tongue presses against the tip, and it makes something in him ache.

Neuvillette doesn't understand it; how something so innocent, so casual, could send these licks of desire straight through him. How, even though it does not (fully) distract him from the topic at hand, he finds himself following every move with his eyes while you're blissfully unaware. How he wonders if you'd make the same expression if it were his thumb against your lips. Or even, how you'd look if it were something else entirely -

It's not long before he slips up. His hand moves faster than yours, and while he tilts your chin up against his fingers his thumb rests against that curved swell of your lip; he's almost lost in the softness of it. He can feel your surprised gasp through the thin material of his glove along with the startled whisper of his name you let out and - oh, it sends a flame through him. He can't stop himself as he follows that familiar path, feeling the gentle dips that he's traced with his eyes so frequently.

He blinks. His mind catches up with his actions.

"Forgive me," said so calmly, as if Neuvillette's heart wasn't racing in his ears.

Yet he doesn't stop. He lets his thumb continue that path, rest on your cupid's bow, before coming back to rest on your bottom lip. Your lips are already parted, they have been the entire time, but he can't help but gently tug your lips down just a bit further. Just a little hint of that temptation -

"I was simply curious."

Surely you will pull away. Surely you will reprimand him for touching you so freely, so...wantonly.

"Only curious?"

For the first time since he'd moved, Neuvillette's eyes meet yours, and he can't describe the feeling curling through him when he sees that telltale spark in your eyes. Though, perhaps the softly stifled groan he lets out when you open your mouth oh so slightly to let his thumb rest against your teeth tells on his emotions more than he could put into words. You tease him with a bite and watch as his pupils dilate at the action, listen as he sucks in an uncharacteristically sudden breath. Relish in the hint of gravel that lingers on his exhale.

"...only curious." A lie. A blatant lie. But...perhaps it's one you can let him slip away with for now.

#toast talks #genshin impacted #Toast gets self indulgent before passing out AGAIN #Whatever I deserve this!!! I deserve to tease that old man and see what gets him going!!! #I also think its hot and sexy that I do in fact trace my lips when I'm thinking. I also bite on them which means he should bite them too - #just bend me over your desk already FUCK #x reader #genshin x reader #neuvillette x reader #neuvillette x you #genshin smut #neuvillette smut #kind of???? its suggestive at the very least #okay goodnight I have to go dream about a dragon that absolutely wants to fuck but is holding himself back for some reason 🫡

[rubysparx]

im a fan of this guy

also these guys too or whatever;

(do not repost, click for a little more quality!)

#my art #please do not repost/trace/edit/copy/or claim #jrwi #just roll with it #jrwi show #jrwi the suckening #prince shilo #jrwi shilo #arthur bennett #jrwi emizel #flag on Emizel's shoulder is rabies. thumbs up emoji #unrelated he doesnt yet know he is nonbinary. crazy. #i honesty didntmean 2 put so much effort into arthur but it just kinda happened #did mean to put that much effort into Void tho #also yeah I gave Shilo the amongus anime eyes i hope that’s noticeable #I think it’s funny #ALSO ALSO. #I think it’s rlly funny that the whole blood all over the cravat image- #if your typically ooo sexy vampire prince image. except it’s not #it’s Shilo being a helpless and frankly idiotic prince who doesn’t even know how to drink his breakfast without making a mess

[squiggl3]

Minor TOTK spoilers but man I love this silly goat man. Rauru my beloved

#zelda totk #zelda totk spoilers #rauru #totk rauru #zelda tears of the kingdom #zelda tears of the kingdom spoilers #my art #doodles #for reference the drawings on the 2nd image are traced for proportion refs and studies except for the face in the top left #just liked the way they turned out so im including them ALSO hes tricky to draw so if this helps i mean be free to use them

[torgwn]

i think kanaya would like making fun of dirk

this is what the refrance (and my partial redraw of the bg's down there too)

#homestuck #kanaya maryam #dirk strider #jane crocker #<- just a doodle and some text but also she gets to be mean to dirk (they're best friends) #lbr i should've just traced over the reference. idk why i actually for real redrew it #i spent too long on this i dont even know if this is funny #torpor #edit: hii tumblr user who Looked at my tags and said this was fun and youre glad i drew it! idk if youll look here again but— #thank you so much 🥺 that was really nice to read

[cryptiduni]

rest of this scene don’t exactly fit but idgaf, this part was lovely.

#and then they proceeded to “GET HELP” by throwing dismas towards the enemy horde. #darkest dungeon #darkest dungeon fanart #dd crusader #dd highwayman #reymas #but a little sour #(+i mean he disappeared without a trace for who knows how long and he just pops back in. though it’s not exactly rey’s fault…)

[harbingersecho]

tried to redraw one of my fav lolix moments w/ an animatic(?)

#red vs blue #rvb #isaac gates #sam ortez #locus #felix #lolix #mine #*24 #video #try to stay on model challenge honestly. also i just traced the armor im NOT doing all that. #anyway i love this scene just like any other mercs fan i assume #i might do the 'bc youre YOU' scene + some other fun felix scenes like 'i mean im gonna kill you and take your prisoners :)'. we'll see

[zillychu]

you know that art collab meme where one person does the sketch, one does the lineart, one does colors, shading, etc? it'd be really cool to see artists just. do that and be like "cool I did this part, who wants to take over?"

even if someone already did lines and color and shading, you could still do your own lines. or add color to multiple people's lines. there could be dozens of versions of the same picture, all with different combinations of artists

cause I think sometimes to unwind, artists have a favorite part of the process. some of us just like to do rough messy sketches of an idea. some like to zen out doing lines but don't have the energy to think of a good subject/composition. sometimes adding shadows and glowing light is the fun part!

idk I'm not a big artists able to start trends or anything but I think it'd be cute and fun to have a tag that says "yeah feel free to add to this and pass it on (or finish it)"

like... #opencollab or something? hmm

#btw ur allowed to do that to any of my art! just please credit if u post it anywhere #or better yet reblog the original post! #basically all my art is free to have fun with so long as you're not making money or claiming my work as your own or being mean! #and i mean that in like. you can edit totally finished pieces too if you want #even trace! #idc just be ethical and have fun #:)

[m1raka]

YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!!!!!!! *fucking dies*

#rhythm heaven #rhythm tengoku #rhythm heaven ds #sketch #pop singer #i remember seeing a video of someone shouting the lyrics to fan club while the instrumentals were guitars and this came to mind LMFAO #fun fact the guitar is from an old deshi drawing (and when i say old i mean back in january) and i just copied and traced it onto this #drawing and it’s the same guitar used in my other deshi drawing (the one similar to this) el oh el #i refuse to draw another guitar🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️ #fan club

[bbreebrebruh]

that’s the only scene that happens in s8

#it looks like i traced it NOOOOKOKKGJG #i promise i didnt #i spent too much time perfecting the anatomy for it to look traced #at least kosmo looks like the good boy he is #klance #voltron klance #wow i’m so original #keith kogane #lance mcclain #voltron keith #voltron lance #lance deserved better<- #meaning he deserved a better ending. regardless who he ended up with or just being alone #voltron kosmo #kosmo is the only good boy #voltron legendary defender #voltron #breeart

[narwhalandchill]

oh my fucking god i feel. SO stupid rn at How i didnt make the (super sane very normal just absolutely. Yes. Surely) connection earlier but uhh

so anyway im now like 89% certain that whatever the "traces" of the narwhal that remain on ajax and facilitate their (ever-growing) innate connection are like. an actually fundamental aspect of it (them?) more or less.

why? because if you consider its pov just for a moment. the narwhal was literally about to depart teyvat for good. it had nearly finished consuming the primordial sea and preparing to breach surface to finish the job by eating the french for the leftovers their human bodies were made from. its an interstellar voyager it does not linger on planets it devours. it goes glug glug and it leaves.

and like if it wasnt for traveler intervening its confirmed through narzissenkreuz and renes world formula that teyvat wouldve just been destroyed. no one could have stopped the narwhal not neuvillette not focalors not anyone.

so what was the one other thing it did right before going for that french brunch? calling for ajax. getting them reunited in the primordial sea. like all the possible implications aside bc theres many different ways to speculate on the exact reasons why and the nature of that link. the point remains.

it wasnt leaving teyvat without finding him.

like the narwhal is about to fucking Dip from this cringe planet and whatever part of it that ajax carries within himself his narwhal Absolutely wanted to be reunited with. what the fuck am i supposed to read from that. hoyo???????!??! answers?!?!?!

and its not only the calling from the narwhal side itself either bc this is ALL coinciding with the growth of a 'restless power' within ajax and his vision malfunctioning (the things celestia is literally confirmed to harvest energy thru to repair its damaged authority) and his connection with the narwhal reaching an actual conscious level (arguably subconscious n emotional too bc i find it Curious his mood is poor right as the narwhal is repeatedly described as positively malding to the point its boss fight mechanic is literally a rage meter). ajax' power is growing. his destiny is starting to shift and something is drawing him to fontaine... right as the narwhal is getting close to finished with the primordial sea. funny how it overlaps eh. how it aligns 🤨🤨 why are they orbiting each other like this (they should kiss)

(& not to even Mention how ajax just Happened to get that absolutely exponential and borderline unbelievable feat of power spike in extending his foul legacy endurance as massively as he did. while. within the primordial sea. with his narwhal. who had at that point all but incorporated the power of that sea into itself. i s2g if childe was getting passive home turf co-op bonus exp with a 4x multiplier automatically the whole 40+ days 💀💀)

#man the way its lovely reunion but tjen ajax fucking ATTACKS IT ON SIGHT you couldve gotten married!!!!11!1 fucking unbearable i am in agony #anyway contrary to popular belief we still have no fucking clue whether ajax' link to the narwhal was innate #skirk saying the traces remain on him after meeting it isnt saying tht much. the parts he shares w it couldve well been innate but dormant #instead. also just the fact that he woke it up already shady #then like. monoceros caeli being his from the beginning is completely plausible despite ppl acting like its been confirmed his const change #and like them being halves of the same entity on some lvl would make the narwhal being so weak without him n until ajax found it again #make very much. sense. anyway ajax toxicity jokes aside if the narwhal was just trying to eat him point blank without even a hello #i do get why hed react aggressively. but also bros been telling everyone n their mom hes fighting his narwhal the seconf he finds it again😔 #so i feel somewhat confident in assuming he started that 40+ days brawl #anyway if ajax Isnt the celestial narwhal on some level or possibly becoming it as their link grows. #riddle me this atheists. why is his 3rd phase boss theme. the song about His individual murderous rage at us #bc he thought he was outplayed by us. His personal wrath #whys the song for that called the wrath of the celestial narwhal. of the star swallowing whale. Hmmmge. his individual rage. #why does tusk of monoceros caeli speak of him embracing the narwhals innate qualities as embracing mere parts of Himself #funny how tjat goes!! (the OST n boss drop is not 100% serious theory but it does drive me insane. bc why would they phrase it like that) #anyway either theyre 2 halves same original entity or theyre soulmates idgaf . they should fold teyvat in half and eat it for brunch #aaand im going to be consumed by this realization for the next month wish me luck #WHY DID IT NEED HIM THERE SO BADLY???? HUH?????? #i mean relatable dont we all. but its sooooooooo inch resting. Curious indeed #rambles #genshin #childeposting #childe #narwhalposting

[surlifen]

new sona ref at long last! and I named him finally (sort of) (was stuck between two so I've uploaded different versions of the ref in different places LMAO)

just in time for artfight teehee

#character design #am i allowed to say i listen to mcr if its literally exclusively danger days #god tumblr when i tell you i struggled HARD with names. #i like finlo because it can be nicknamed fin‚ it's irish‚ and it means fair haired sun god #and im blond. and im suncoded. and im irish #but i also love salt because it's weird‚ i like the sound better‚ and it has more of a furry name vibe #obviously both have beachy vibes because “fin” and seasalt #so idk maybe finlo is his Real Name and fin and salt are nicknames i just worry i cant communicate that clearly lol #BUT ANYWAY. HES ME. i traced pics of myself as studies for this #its cool to have a sona w my actual body type that i really like! not that i have a particularly stigmatized body type not even close but #IDK. FURRIES ARE LIKE TWIGS USUALLY and i am STOUT #real bleedy ink pen

[sunnibits]

traced over a still from cider with rosie. made it into izzy. please appreciate it. *throws the image file at your head*

#TAKE IT. enjoy it. revel in it. you’re welcome. #(if you recognized the reference image for this art immediately upon seeing it you may be entitled to financial compensation) #izzy hands #ofmd #our flag means death #art #my art #ohhhh my god I put way more effort into this than I intended to originally GSHHSS #first I just traced over it then I was like ohhh let’s color it and ohhhh let’s add a TINY bit of shading #then I just blacked out and when I woke up I had rendered over the entire layer idk what to tell you

[rascheln]

In some alternate universe it's Neil who gets possessed and Billy teams up with the others to stop him and the mindflayer, just to distract his dad long enough that El can get in the finishing blow. And maybe he stays with the Mayfields officially, but he drops by Steve's place an awful lot. They drink. They talk. Their rivalry sort of reemerges in the form of them playing basketball and going swimming and ribbing each other mercilessly, just to drive back to Steve's place for pizza and a movie.

While they talk, Billy drops some of the facade he's had on for so long and regales Steve with one shitty restriction after another his dad used to pull on him. Of course Steve's being a bit awkward about how to deal with Billy being a bit (a lot) fucked in the head over his very dead dad for a while, because Billy hated Neil so much and was hurt so much, but he also craved his approval constantly. All he can do is say "wow, what an asshole" and make the dumbest jokes imaginable in the hopes that that's enough and it may not magically fix things but it certainly helps.

It breaks the tension. It helps make Billy crack up when he looks like he's about to cry.

Enough time spent in each other's pockets also brings the frustrating, yet somewhat hilarious realization that Steve, in turn, is also woefully blind to his own family's unique levels of shittyness. Solving problems with money and telling their son to get a job instead of checking in why he's in such a slump? Consistently talking about other people's achievements just to throw Steve judging glances? The drawn out absences and silence between then?

"Oh, that's just how they are," Steve shrugs, leaned casually against the Family Video counter as Robin shares an understanding look with Billy over Steve's shoulders.

#harringrove #harringrove txt #suddenly needed to eject this from my brain hahaha #I always come back to thinking that even if Steve's family is great and normal he'd still be blind to the more weird/messed up dynamics #simply bc that's just how he grew up! what do you mean that complex can be traced right back to how his parents treated him?