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teddie-bear420 · 2 months

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Epiphany of a moth

As the subway speeds through the tunnel, the fallen angel sits very still as not to rouse the princess and the spider. Hands brushed and backs were rubbed, each suffering the afflictions from their choices of drink. The fallen angel stares forward, and reflects on the time she has spent down in hell. And try as she might she can not find a single reason to go back to heaven.

“You having an epiphany over there bug eye?” The spider asked, “looks like your edible just kicked in,”

“I really like hell…” the angel whispered. And the spider snickered, “yeah, you are the last person to figure that out!”

Doodles down below!

So I was very disappointed that angel dust is referred to as a drag queen when he has never tpdone drag in the show… ever. And also I think Charlie would totally do drag with AD, Charlie being the most curious demon in hell, tries out any and all fashion types!

And angel would show Charlie the ropes of pentigram city (Charlie has like zero social skills dude) they never really got a ‘we are friends’ moment in the show, and as a side rant did it seem like Charlie never actually connected with the main cast? With vaggie sure but I would not say that Charlie is friends with any one in the show… at all. I want to see what movie/game night looks like!!

Also I’m in love with drawing her tiny ponytail (her braid is cute and all but I wish she had a bit more style diversity, yknow?

So Charlie (in my perfect world) researches the heck out of hell, she has an encyclopedic knowledge of her kingdom (she had no friends, her friends are the meat trees) so when vaggie starts living with her, Charlie has someone to infodump on.

And vaggie (very paranoid and clingy to Charlie at first) also becomes interested in hell too (she was raised to think hell was awful, but Charlie takes her on some nature walk and vaggie feels like she’s been given a new purpose from god themself) (she was very dehydrated)

And while I was spit balling I wanted to draw thin vaggie to be some emo nerd (she was very thin in heaven, it was the ideal body type so she did some unhealthy things to stay that size. But the longer she lives with Charlie, the more weight she puts on and starts to work out! That’s when she becomes a pirate!)

And then I mashed all this cross dressing together to make a silly crack ship.

These two did the hankie pankie and became friends after they found out the others ‘true’ identity! I only sail sail to their ship while they are cross dressing lol

And here’s my soft redesign of the hazbin crew

Each of them have their own color, and when they become friends with someone their color sticks to them, like Charlies shade of red attaches to all her friends at the hotel, see vaggies ribbon, pentious hat, angels gloves. Husk and nifty are exempt from this cuz alastor owns both their souls, his magic is green, that’s why they are green!

And alastor has no friends

#teddz stuff #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel redesign #charlie morningstar #vaggie #angel dust #chaggie #huskerdust #angel dust x vaggie

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sanctus-ingenium · 2 years

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u guys wanna see more WIPs... similar to the last post, here are Some WIPs

all of these were started in sai before going on to procreate. before going back to sai again in the case of the strength card

so Blue Sky/Out Of Time... yeah it’s extremely self-explanatory, it’s very obvious what this scene depicts and i’m sure everyone gets it (this is a joke i’ve had multiple people dm me asking wtf this even is). the one element that absolutely NEEDED to be there was the LED digital clock with a bullshit time on it, and i decided to replace it with an AIRE warning sign instead and put the LED readouts in the bg. the warning sign in this setting serves the purpose of informing ppl when there are hostile faeries around. i knew what the colours would be from the beginning, but it took a bit for me to realise what sort of shading style i wanted (it took forever). but i did know i wanted to contrast the very sketchy black void against the cleaner and almost cartoony/comic book style rest of the drawing, to emphasise the fact that the foreground sky and background void are made of two very different things. again i used a colour shifting brush to quickly make all the shards of sky different colours, but originally i planned to have some of the shards be dark or night time (with stars or the moon etc). unfortunately it didn’t work, it was too dark and pascal got lost against it.

My Eyes Are Up Here is pretty obviously the exact same scene with the same character, in the same field, but with a different sort of atmosphere. i sketched this in sai then did the final in procreate. originally it was going to have a black background

i really like this version tbh but the blue works better. i think he looks good against dark backgrounds where it’s kind of hard to see wtf is even happening there

so about the neon signs..... i’m well aware that the sketch has way more promise than what the final ultimately was, and that’s because i found that i didn’t have the technical or artistic ability to pull off the complex neon signs like i wanted to. i couldn’t get it looking good enough so i had to scrap them. but these signs will be back, i want to draw them properly and do them justice. the gif was unplanned too but i thought it would be fun to have the flicker be very intermittent so that if you scrolled past it you might not even realise, or you’d have to stick with it just to catch it looping. i used GIMP to make the gif and change the frame rate, and this actually took a very long time because i had to preview it over and over. anyway if you WERE to get lost in the púca’s field, in this story, you would see neon signs like this encouraging you to follow them.

Strength is actually the last drawing i ever made that ended with a paint-over in sai, and the oldest drawing here. as such i actually don’t think it’s representative of my current ability but i do have a soft spot for it for sentimental reasons lol. the reason for the paint-over in sai was because i drew this at a time when i still did not trust procreate to be able to place the level of finish on it that i wanted

the background took me a thousand years to figure out. literally it was so annoying that i considered scrapping it for something simpler. but the idea was for it to be a kind of fairytale-ish lost in the woods sort of look while also appearing like the blood vessels around the human heart. the branches were also supposed to be heart-shaped in cross-section but i spent so long zoomed in painting them that i forgot to zoom out to see if all those fine details were actually visible, and it turned out they weren’t. i was disappointed that i couldn’t get félix’s tattoos to look right but that’s what i get for making a character with shit tons of both tattoos and body hair. i also got rid of the foreground branches really soon because they weren’t adding anything and muddied up the readability of his pose

the swan is from a daemon au and bears no relation to my other swan characters. i just like swans a lot

#this again!

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blaithnne · 7 months

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Early concept sketches of Midnight Giant Lauren! You can see me figuring out the style, colours, as well as Lauren’s outfits, plus a little Hilda that I wanted to include but gave up on cause I couldn’t get her to look right.

Johanna switches outfits about 3 times in this comic, so I wanted Lauren to do the same. Also, since Johanna’s deerfox outfit in the flashback is based off one of her looks in mountain king, I wanted Lauren’s to as well! So one of these outfits will be repurposed for teenaged Show!Lauren in the deerfox later down the line, which I think is fitting because she’d be around the same age in the flashback as Comic!Lauren is here

I didn’t talk much about my design process in the original post, so I’ll make a couple notes on that under the cut!

Here’s the final product for reference-

Though Johanna changes outfits about 3 times in this comic, one of these outfit changes is just the same outfit but with trousers instead of a skirt. So I wanted one of Lauren’s outfit changes to be more subtle, keeping most of the same items of clothing but only changing the jumper!

In terms of her outfits, I tried to add a little bit of a late 2000s - early 2010s vibe, which I think makes her fit in a lot more

Whilst this style still features quite noodley characters, it allowed me to bulk up Lauren much more than the troll did, so I took advantage of that and started adding in juuuust a little muscle! But she’s still kind of twig looking, so I brought back the same trick I used in the troll and gave her a big ol’ pile of logs and a heavy axe to weild in one of the sketches just to show that she’s a strong girl. I swear I tried to think of something other than an axe but it’s surprisingly hard to think of heavy objects that a character would just be. Carrying around lol

Looking back at this design a few months later, the biggest thing I’d change is I’d make her look a bit younger. It’s a little hard to design a unique character when you only have two points of reference lol, one of which is an adult and the other of which is a child, so I think I made her look a bit too much like an adult, oh well!

One thing I kept though to help her look younger is her freckles, same as Hilda! I love freckles but I swear I never use them in character designs. This design feature disappears from Hilda in the later comics, but I wanna keep them for Lauren for as long as I can tbh…

I mentioned before that I thought it would make sense for Lauren to go through a couple different hairstyles before reaching her final one in these early comics - the designs in the show are based off the ones in stone forest, which was the most recent comic to be released at the time the show came out. The style and characters designs had changed a lot from the early comics, and one of my favourite things about reading through the series is seeing how the designs changed and progressed before reaching those “final” versions, so I’m kinda reverse engineering Lauren’s design process to get that effect here, and I think one way that’d be shown is through her hair. Here her style is getting closer to the final version, her fringe has been lifted so it no longer covers her eye, and she’s got more of a curl! But her strands fall a little differently, so we’re not quite there yet…

I struggled a LOT with colouring this one, and that’s because I got the colour count wrong! One of the most overlooked ways to emulate a style is to count how many different colours appear per character - Hilda The Series generally has 6, 2 for hair and skin, and 4 for outfits, though the number can change. I miscounted here and thought the comics had 4 outfit colours like the show, but they actually only have 3. Once I realised that it made things much easier, though I still sent a little over it with some varying shades of green in her shoes. These kinds of rules generally aren’t firm, and might not even be one’s the original artist is even aware of, but when you’re trying to emulate someone’s work these little things can make all the difference

Show!Lauren probably doesn’t play guitar, I’ve mentioned before that I think she’s decent at piano and I stand by that, but I thought it was fitting for Comic!Lauren lol

That’s everything I can think of right now!

#hilda #hilda the series #art #my art #netflix hilda #hilda netflix #digital art #fanart #doodle #drawing #Hilda lauren #Lauren hilda #hildafolke #Hilda comics #character design #hilda oc #oc #my oc #sketch

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rhodesrider · 4 months

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My Girl (Part 2)

(Same warnings as last chapter, just violence is more a bit lol)

The table was silent, everyone was either watching what the other was doing or just quiet to see who was going to talk first. Cody sighed and had files on the table with the photos of the man that attempted to kidnap Y/N. He was grateful she got out of that but felt so guilty that she had to deal with it. “Does anyone have anything to say?” He said low, slowly getting agitated from the silence. You could hear a few coughs and sniffles, but finally someone spoke up. “Cody we are trying to figure out who’s behind this but is busy with our own territories it’s getting a bit risky..” Roman sighed. Cody nodded at the comment but was still in anger. Trying to hold it back because he’s not the best as an angry man. “Rhea you sure he had nothing to do with your organization?” “For the last time, no.” She grumbled. “I would have told you something Cody. I mean I wouldn’t want this to happen to Nicole and I’m pretty sure that Roman wouldn’t want this happening to Dasha.” “It has happened to Dasha.” Roman interrupted, remembering when Dasha was taken, they wanted money but Roman found her and lit that bitch up making sure he left a good warning of them to never try this again. “I feel what he’s feeling so someone has to know something.” AJ sighed thinking and pulling out his phone, “I know you do not wanna speak to him right now Cody but he might know something.” AJ shared the contact, Cody looked at it in confusion. “Why are you still-“ “Haven’t made contact with him in a while.” He disclosed and Cody sighed. “Ok, I’ll try.”

After the meeting, Cody went to his study and was in stress. He needs to figure out who was behind this. Soon he heard a soft knock on the door, he smiled some knowing it was Y/N. She came in with cups of hot cocoa, two big marshmallows in each cup. “Coco pumpkin? You know the way to papas heart.” He smiled and took a cup from her, he noticed her hand was shaking and immediately got worried putting the cup down and holding her hand. “What’s wrong princess?” He asked low, looking in her eyes in comfort. But so much has changed since that incident. Her eyes looked darker in distress and tiredness, and she wasn’t giving the usual glow that makes Cody melt in an instant. “Papa, will they take me again?” She asked, her voice cracking some. It hurt Cody, he wants her safe, and he still has no lead. “No baby, not while papa is here. I will always protect you and love you.” It hurt Cody so much, he doesn’t want her to feel this way. He needs to take her mind off this. “Hey pretty girl, how about we go shopping tomorrow? It’s been a while and you can pick papa out something nice.” She was hesitant at first but she nodded missing the feeling of being outside some, plus it’s more quality time with her papa. “Ice cream after?” He nodded and pulled his pinky finger out to make a solid pinky promise. She nodded linking hers and shared a small kiss with Cody. “Papa drink before it gets cold!” She soon remembered her cup and they shared some of the night talking and sipping on a warm treat, little did they know they were being watched.

The next morning it was the usual routine, she smiled as she was in the mirror looking at the velvet tracksuit she was styling. A beautiful light blue, cute chunky shoes and to top it off a a small bag of periwinkle with some cute shades. Cody wore a white tracksuit on the phone with AJ again still unsure about calling the mystery person, he glanced at Y/N and blushed some. “AJ I don’t want nothing happening to her again, she’s all I got…” The flashback soon played in his mind, remembering when he first met her. His fist clutched happy getting her out that situation he just didn’t wanna be the person to put her back in to one. “Call the number, and figure it out Rhodes that’s all I got for you.” Cody heard him hang up and that just made him more angrier. “Papa! Let’s go!” Only that voice could calm him down, make him smile again, and someone is trying to take that from him. He looked at the number and he saved it so he can get a hold of an old member in his alliance. He grabbed his wallet and went to the door where Y/N was waiting smiling as bright as she could happy she’s around her papa. He’s dreading that call…so taking his mind off helps.

Cody was on high alert, looking around and keeping an eye out for anything stupid while Y/N tried on clothes. “Papa, red or pink?” She asked while looking at the cute dresses she picked out in the dressing room, she didn’t hear anything so she peeked seeing Cody was sitting there, shaking his leg and head down. “Papa…” she sighed low as she felt so bad, it’s not her fault that it happened but she felt like she can get something done. She put on the red one and popped out the dressing room, Cody shot up some and smiled seeing the beautiful dress on her. “I love it baby, did you want to get it?” He pulled out his card and she nodded. But something stopped her, she looked around some and she saw a man watching her from a distance. “Cody, on my right by the bath and body works…” he glanced a bit as well and saw the same man. “Hm bold isn’t he?” He texted some of his men the man and his men that was posted around quickly saw their target. This time this one was gonna be alive. Cody then got the dress for her and had to go ahead back to the house. He tired to dip to the back of the mall through the back doors but was caught up, he tried to fight but was brought down and taken to a van to a disclosed area. Cody got the message an hour later smirking and holding Y/N bouncing her in his lap while she watched some cartoons. “Baby can papa-“ “Nope, you stay here.” She glared. He sighed knowing she’s mad she had to leave the mall early, he smiled and kissed her cheek. “Just a call please, I’ll be right back.” Y/N nodded in defeat seeing his puppy eyes and moved, watching him leave the room.

He took the FaceTime call on his MacBook and saw the man beat up in the chair. “Has he said anything since you guys got him?” His workers said no. “Get his phone and send it to me I want it by tomorrow.” Cody sighed. The man looked up from the chair seeing Cody, “Sleeping beauty is up.” One of the workers said. “Point the camera.” They did so and Cody looked at the pathetic man, “You made a big mistake, I hope you know that. Disturbing my peace. You guys do what ya want to him, I’m getting ready for bed.” He shut off the laptop and sighed. The files were sent to his phone and knew he should have made the call instead of procrastinating. Seeing the call log and the text messages, it was one of Drew’s men. But why target Cody? He went back and saw Y/N was waiting on him drinking juice, she smiled seeing him in the doorway. “Papa wanna continue the movie or go to bed? You look sleepy.” She pouted worried. “Yea baby let’s get to bed it’s getting late.” She nodded cleaning up her den some and walked with Cody to bed yawning herself. He held her hand the whole way so happy he’s close to ending this whole debacle. “I love you princess.” He said as they were lying in bed together looking at the ceiling. “I love you more papa…” she trailed off to sleep.

“He thinks he’s smart. Two can play that game Rhodes.”

#wwe imagine #wwe one shot #wwe smackdown #wwe raw #age regression #cody rhodes fanfiction #cody rhodes #wwe cody rhodes

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magicratfingers · 10 months

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hi!!! ive been putting off sending this ask bc idk how to phrase it in the best way but … ive been trying to work on my drawing lately even tho the Voice that wants to give up bc im not immediately good at things is VERY strong !!! & i love your work so much + ive been taking a lot of inspo bc its kinda scribbly and pared-down but still really expressive + differentiated (i.e. im just saying its something i feel like i can try match the vibe of rather than like, a very detailed and refined thing?!?! absolutely not my intention to sound rude at all!!!) .

anyway very rambly but the main thing is ive been struggling a lot w figure+perspective+silhouettes and honestly everything so i was just wondering what ur process was like??? particularly bc ur style is more pared back but everything is so cohesive and all the perspective n posing is perfect. i’m curious sketching/planning is involved before a typical work you’d upload? and idk like……. how much technical skill + consideration goes into a drawing especially re: posing & perspective. just bc i feel like Such a Noob and like my eyes r literally wrong and nothing looks Right. im such a type A planner it just feels like maybe idk am i supposed to be educating myself on figure drawing and shading perspective first??!?! or do i just draw until it’s good?!?!?

idk man i create in a lot of different mediums and i feel super comfortable letting my writing be terrible before it’s good but w drawing the self-critique is SO difficult to ignore. thanku for what turned out to be a vent lol. but i would appreciate any insight! also i love your art ok bye

Hi! yeah great ask. I've been there. Live there, even. Here're two of my comfort hacks

1. Scribbles = Bonsai It can be real hard to know when you're 'done' with an illustration (or anything really) if you don't have a job for it. My doodles are 'done' to me if they have Character, Rhythm, & Balance. I stole that from a youtube doc about Bonsai.

2. Figures / Perspectives / Shading = Planning The Chunks These are kind of all the same thing - 'how am I using volume to say something.' I've found formal perspective stuff to be stifling. I work around it by making little marshmallow toothpick people and putting them in a diorama.

I like the diorama method because all I have to do is make far things lighter and close things darker. That's a lot of depth for very little effort and I'm on a budget.

If this helps y'all I'd love to hear about it 🍀

#ask rat fingies #process

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spacenintendogs · 6 months

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Hi! I love your art and I’m so curious to know what your art process is like!

i've been trying to figure out how to answer this & i've honestly realized that my process is a mess LOLOL i did record myself!!! drawing fishlegs bc he is the fave & easiest for me to draw! i hope everything i explain under the read more makes sense!!

it took me over 44 minutes to draw & the screen recording in the art program i use (autodesk sketchbook) brought it down to about 7 minutes and 25 seconds. i didn't wanna speed it up even more bc it'd be way too fast & jarring i think but!! i've uploaded the video to youtube (with some animal crossing music <3)!! i will still try to explain what i did here tho!!

my initial sketches are EXTREMELY loose! i start with the head by drawing a circle & extending past it for the chin of the character & proceed to do the nose, eyes, & mouth!! hair is next, but if there's a helmet i need to draw, i'll do that before the hair!! then i'll do the body starting from the shoulders & going down!! for the hands i just do circles/a general shape! no details!!

the sketch layer is a layer of black for the brush color with with lower opacity

i immediately do lines on top with the same brush but with black at full opacity on the kayer above!! this time i actually take my time to be more careful with details BUT i am still very sketchy & if smth isn't 100% accurate after i try a few times, i leave it be! hands however...

i almost always end up taking a photo of my hands using the front facing camera set to a 5 second timer on my phone! i also draw using my phone so it's literally having everything i need all in one place lol!! i do trace my own hands but obv i adjust based on what i'm drawing!! fish's hands are def gonna be wider than mine!!

NOW for color i color pick directly from screenshots!! however i use it mostly for flats & then pick my own for shading!! let's focus on the flats for now!! i start with the skin always!! the skin is going to have color layers above and below it, so it's easier for me to see where everything else will go if i've got the skin all settled. here you can see my color layers!! these are ALL flats!!

shading & lighting i don't rlly... focus on being accurate 100% but i try to do it based on where a shadow would absolutely be/to give the appearance of some type of depth (my art is very flat either way tho!) like where his lower hand is cupping i'll shade but leave the top of the upper hand unshaded for the most part! i lay out everything in a multiply layer first (can be any color u want based on the vibe u want!!) & then use a smudge tool to blend it out!! same goes for the lighting layer!!!

my art overall is a lot of scribbling big lines & curves then using the lineart to do the same but slowly make adjustments until it looks acceptable to me. it's SO much erasing & reshaping & i always have sketch lines everywhere but i like how it looks. it looks like i drew it, u know? plus the httyd books art style is a HUGE inspiration to me, at my core. i didn't even realize it was until ppl on here pointed it out :') i also enjoy drawing fast & moving on!! which is just smth i've trained myself to do since my star fox days (the reason i draw in the first place!!)

thank u!!!! i hope this made sense!!

#rose answers #evilwriter37 #httyd #fishlegs ingerman #httyd fanart #🌹 art #i hope this makes sense!!!!!!!#this was rlly fun to do!!!#i'm so unaware of my own process that i feel like it's a lil painful to watch the screenrecording of me #BUT u know what it works!!!!#also: i love drawing freckles LOLOL

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adr-n-sketchy · 10 months

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I caught you burning photographs Like that could save you from your past History is like gravity It holds you down away from me

I saw @muzarry’s Huntlow Wedding Waltz art challenge and I wanted a piece of the action. I hope this wasn’t too far off from the initial prompt of a ballroom waltz but I imagined them having and outdoor cottagecore-esc celebration.

Some of my reference materials are below the cut along with me rambling way too much about what I’m nitpicking about the piece now that it's posted and all my mistakes are glaringly obvious (ah the power of publishing your art).

Thanks again for the fun prompt!! I already have ideas of how I’d like to redo this bc they’re just so fun to draw

Materials/references - Willow’s dress was a combination of many many Pinterest searches of embroidered flowers and about three dress ideas smushed together

First things first how obvious is it that I hate drawing shoes? Lol if I’d planned this better, I probably would’ve just cropped the pose around their calves but then I was too far in to fix it.

This piece was really fun!! I’ve been on the procreate tutorial side of tiktok while I’m still figuring it out and I actually got to try out some lighting tips on this. Idk if I did them right but it was fun to try. I fish I'd gotten the colors a little warmer like the initial prompt image. Also still figuring out different shading techniques and styles I like. I'd like to title this piece's strategy "slap on a shading layer and then smudge the shit out of it until you get something passable."

I definitely did not draw enough flowers as a child and was running out of ways to draw leaves and petals lol. Phew that dress was a slog, but also so so fun. I have a little headcanon that it was embroidered by Darius and Camila. I've never illustrated any sheer fabrics, so this was me BSing myself throughout the entire thing, but I can't say I'm mad at the response. Clothing folds are still a headache for me, but somehow this is, better?

Also, Willow’s flower crown is made up of the red grass and flowers that Willow first greets when they get back to the demon realm — y’know, the adorable gesture that squeezes the first smile out of Hunter post Flapjack. Also, Flapjack-red tie for Hunter because obvi.

I'm afraid I made Hunter's outfit a little too close to Caleb's, but from the references of outfits and background, we ended here. So maybe his ability to wear things this close is proof of therapy and progress? y'know, if you squint past my blatant art and fashion block. I also just realized I think I was supposed to color the buttons on Hunter's vest but now I'm pretending that was purposeful

Another thing I'm weirdly nitpicky about it Hunter's hair noodle. Idk there's been something that's bothered me about it throughout the entire process but could never quite put my finger on it/fix it.

I had the idea that Willow and Hunter's rings would look like elongated versions of each other's palismen. Kind of like those little dragon rings that look like they're clinging to your finger, but I couldn't get the shape right, and Willow's ring isn't visible anyway. So maybe next time.

That may be it. Might add more as I find more and more things that annoy me. If you made it to the end of my perfectionist rambling, congratulations!! Your service and sacrifice is noted lol.

Don't forget to hydrate yourselves and have a lovely day!!

#huntlow #winter toh #willow x hunter #willow park #toh willow #hunter park #toh hunter #hunter deamonne #the owl house #toh #muzarry1kdtiys #art challenge #my art #come to me #the goo goo dolls

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weirdcursedvaultkid · 2 months

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hii!!! i’ve been following you for a long time now and i really love your art!! i’ve also been trying to learn how to draw so i was wandering if you’d have some advice for someone who’s completely new to this ??? pleek-

forgot to say this in the original ask, but of you have any tips on how to draw hair i’d thank you forever 😭 i’m really struggling with that

aw thanks! idk if im the best to ask for advice but hopefully you find any of this useful!

honestly it's really as simple as just drawing even if you think it looks bad don't get discouraged because it's all part of the process and you will get better when you are drawing on a regular basis. just look at the first drawings i had on here compared to my more recent stuff - the more you do it the better you'll get!

look for inspiration and references, its not cheating to use references as long as you are not straight up copying your reference 1 to 1. i like going on pinterest for inspiration especially for clothes! i also like to see what other artists are doing, instagram is also good for finding art inspo, i also found watching speed paints on youtube a good way of seeing how other people color and how to apply it to your own drawings

I'll talk more about what i do under the cut lol

for my process, i like to start off with a super messy sketch im talking chicken scratch. it's not supposed to look good its just supposed to give you a base for your drawing and allow you to figure out what you want to do.

then i start a new layer on top, lower the opacity of the initial sketch and i start drawing on top and refining everything so I have a cleaner sketch that's closer to the final drawing. this is usually where i finish figuring out the poses anatomy, hair, expressions, hands etc. it's still kind of messy but it'll feel more like you are filling in the blanks rather than starting from scratch

finally i do my lineart in another layer and for your lineart where you just make sure to keep your lines smooth and clean

Then i just do my base colors and shade, for this one i didn't really go all out with the shading so it may not be the best example lol, i just kept it simple which is ok! sometimes less is more it just depends how you want the final piece to look.

for hair specifically - i don't really have a tutorial, when i draw hair i just sketch out the shape i want the hair to have in the initial sketch, and then i had more detail when i clean up my sketch. I usually start by adding the strands that frame the face first or the hairline and then go out from there to the rest of the hair. I also don't draw every single strand, i tend to keep it more simple since i have a simple style

I found this tutorial on pinterest which pretty much how i go about it execpt i usually have a rough idea of the overall shape first and i don't go as detailed as the final result, i usually stop around the third step

i hope ANY of this was helpful and not too rambley! feel free to ask more if you have any more questions!

#mella speaks #idk how good i am at giving art tips but i hope it helps!#asks

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gaytedlasso · 1 year

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Hello! May I ask if you have some tips for drawing hair? Sometimes I got it, sometimes I don't. Especially short hair.

Hey there! Yeah I’d be happy to help! I’ll focus on short - ear length hair. This is going to be a lengthy post which is why it took me so long to put together.

The key parts of drawing hair are movement, shadows, and texture - in that order. A drawing of hair can have no shading applied at all and still be compelling! There’s several different ways to approach drawing hair, but I’ll show you how I do it. It’s important to figure out what works for you though, so I’ll link a few videos/articles at the bottom! My method is in between realism and simplified hair. I’m not the man to ask if you want hair that consists of only a few simple lines cuz it just doesn’t work for me.

Key piece of advice: USE REFERENCES. Do not just try to draw hair from your imagination until you’ve got it down. Even I often struggle when I’m not looking at a reference unless it’s a style I’ve drawn 100 times. References are your best friend forever and always.

So the first thing I look at with hair is the shape and direction. This allows you find the sense of movement. If you have that, everything will follow after.

To find this, I usually look at the shadows and make marks that follow the direction of the shadows. Find the part in the hair and start from there. The key is having confident smooth lines for the direction of the hair. If you’re not feeling sure about how to make these lines, try tracing over images to practice! Keep the lines all the same thickness at first, then go back and thicken some of them to create variety and give the illusion of shadow. Then you can go back and add texture lines! Mostly in the same direction but a few messy ones add to the look of the hair.

These guide sheets below show some step by step instructions and have extra tips to hopefully help you through the process! (These aren’t my best drawings lol. It’s hard when you’re thinking through every step of the process cuz I usually do a lot of these steps simultaneously.)

This post could go on forever, but I tried to just impart advice on the basics and what I’m most experienced with so as not to overwhelm. However there’s SO many beautiful hair textures and other methods for drawing hair, so I’ll link some videos below for anyone interested.

Drawing natural Black/4C hair lineart 1

Natural Black/4C hair lineart 2

Short Black hair - realistic

Some overall basics

Painting hair/overall basics

Proko hair tutorial

Quick hair tutorial (also funny lol)

#sketch gives art tips #long post

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pumpkinsouppe · 1 year

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These are technically still wips but I wanted to post them while I’m trying to figure out a good shading style (or if I even shade these at all lol)

Ugh I love Majora’s mask so much T-T!! Maybe I should also add fierce deity link …

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#y’all I am so proud of the guitar #tloz #majora’s mask #pumpkinsouppe #loz #the legend of zelda #legend of zelda #loz link #majoras mask #zora #goron #deku scrub #Zelda

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thewandererh · 16 days

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HII wait are you THE the Wanderer (like the one on yt)??? Really sorry if not and I’m mistaking you for the wrong person here

In any case! I love the way you draw iterators and slugcats SO MUCH??? Like your style is just so incredibly eye-pleasing and wonderful to look at I am in incredible awe. Anyway uhm. Yeah! Scuttles away

(- @strandedaylily)

yes!!! i am :]!! the one who animated tr on yt yeash thats me💥. and its you!! the real strandedaylily,, reposted some of ur stuff recently to show it off f4 answering this. love ur thingers :DD��

and thanku sm 😭😭 that means??? so much??!? its been a journey finding my style and i love that u love it sm!! i have a few diff styles for iterators and slugcats, and whipped up these fast sketchy style analysis sheets last night.

observe:

Iterator Styles

I have two main styles for iterators: chibi and humanoid-ish. round head vs oval head with a cheek curve (cheek curve is a staple of my style. was actually against it when drawing iterators with it for the first time, yet it’s become such a signature now XD. I love it a lot huhu). here is an example with my lovely boy Twine (he is not the main antagonist despite his mischievous posings). also!! slim eyes for devious characters, like twine and shadows (and leaves, unwillingly /lore). the two ogs 💛 with their yellow jack-o-lantern faces. theres a phrase i made up a bit ago: you can’t spell wanderer without jack-o-lantern-faced iterator, can you?

got better with posing over the years but im still struggling with fabric and cloaks </3

Slugcat Styles

now for slugcats, its evolved a different way. rather with two stages, they have a few more. when i first discovered rainworld, i had a very simple way of drawing. u heads and 3 fingers and toes, aswell with really odd aggressively-digi legs. and then it evolved when i learned “sketching” (blotting down odd shapes with barely any sense of proportion. balls for the elbows, no line of action, eyeing it and getting anatomy wrong lol) and things got really disproportionate. theres more stages, but i made a few complex and simple examples of my style over the years :]!! maybe i put too much effort into it but it was interesting to figure out!!

theres some timeskips in the big timeline one, and some other arts of mine might showcase style changes a bit better, and this is only my digital gallery, but oh well!!! whats done is done until its undone💥 /ghibli movie reference

didn’t do iterators or general effects-and-tidbits-i’ve-learned (shading, rendering, lineart, etc) bc i’ve spent so much time already. so you get SLUGCAT BEAM BLASTED💥💥. all this art ranges from 2019-2024 (the years i’ve been a rainworld fan :])

yes i spent hours analyzing my old and new art just for fun but i think i learned something. thanks for asking this and putting a big smile on my face :]!! have a good day you (and anyone else whos reading this. thx for reading so far and so much💛✨!!)

#rainworld #rainworld slugcat style evolution #style evolution #style growth #personal art journey #art evolution timeline #art evolution #style changes #rainworld slugcat #rw slugcat #rambling #yapping into the void #slugcat beam blasted #wanderer overload #hashtag look at my old art #im happy about where i am rn and how far ive gone :]#keeping arting you lovley beginning and intermediate and master artists!!#artist appreciation

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nuclearjacks · 19 days

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4, 16 and 33 for the artists ask game

This is a long post so be warned kdjcjdkdjd vvv

4. A piece you wish got more love

Probably most of my content that isn’t TF related! Would love more interactions on my OC/Sona and other fandom content, especially my BG3 art right now, but I also understand as someone who’s interest based why that stuff usually doesn’t perform well djxndjdj

A lot of people follow an artist for one particular thing and when they don’t make that particular thing, people usually aren’t that interested unless you followed an artist for their style or something (is my assumption anyways djdjdjdj)

Some examples here below vvv (all of which you can find if you search my art tag: jaxsart on my profile!)

But I will say the non TF content that I think was really well received was my Spidersona <3 I got a wonderful fanart piece for her and I’m so happy people loved her design cause I was also really proud and happy with how she turned out. Still planning to make more content for her in the future! She’s pictured below here vvv

16. How do you motivate yourself to draw?

I’m honestly still figuring that one out lol

I usually only draw when I want to since I’m not an artist who relies on commissions or the like to keep myself afloat. But I’ve also been hitting an art funk as of late and while I do want to draw, it’s been really hard to draw cause of the skill I want to incorporate in my drawings now. It either takes me longer or I end up hating the process because of how long it takes or because of how hard it is. So that effects my motivation heavily because all the cons stated above is what makes me not want to draw 😅

I’m currently trying to find a balance of what makes me happy while drawing and how to make my art look good to myself again since I’ve been hating it so much. I’ve been looking into different techniques, learning more in depth lighting and shading techniques and need to do more anatomy studies as that’s getting rusty again and I’ve been getting lazy cjxndjdj

All in all, I still draw when I want to, but I think the big motivating factor is wanting to see the end product. I just want to be able to finish the WIPS I have and the visions I see in my head and get them out into the world so others can see them too. I wanna say that I finally made that thing or actually did it!! That’s probably my biggest motivating factor right now. But we’re still figuring it out 😊

33. Have you taken a lot of art classes?

I took a handful as a kid, got to play with pastels once, made clay art, learned photoshop, learned to paint, a whole bunch of stuff! My parents have always been very supportive of my art and really helped foster a lot of that so I went to plenty of classes through out my childhood and teen years.

When I was in college, the last classes I took were all for my bachelors (which I dropped out of later on cjcjdjfj). I think the most helpful one was my life drawing class though. I’m gonna do one of those stereotypical artist things where I *highly* recommend you take a life drawing class if you want to learn more about anatomy or different techniques to implement into your art. They’re so good for growing your skill massively in a short period of time. My first drawings we did for gesture drawing look horrid compared to my later studies!

Always always always take a life drawing class if you’re able!

Thank you for the asks! <3

#artist ask game #art #jaxsart

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vampstel · 1 year

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Obligatory life update: I’ve been working on a lot of things but also I’ve been doing nothing lol. I’m just vibing :]

I have some interesting things to say, though. I’ve recently been experimenting with my art style!! I’ve done a few coloring experiments since I want my art to look more colourful and so far it’s helped a ton. I figured out a better way to blend colours and I’m also trying out different shading techniques. Still have no clue how lighting works though but shhh

I’ve also been working on V’s redesign and I’ve got his face and hair done. He officially has black hair now and his hairstyle’s a really messy undercut that he can tie up in a ponytail or bun. His face is still the same, but his eyes look more tired and he’s got softer features. Also, he’s got more piercings. I really liked the first draft of him with shark bite piercings so I kept that in

…I’ve always wanted shark bite piercings but I know damn well my mom (and grandma) would say no if I asked :’)

His outfits are still works in progress. I got the general idea down for his main outfit, I just need to figure out which elements I want to keep and what colour palette I want. I’ll mostly keep his colour palette monotone probably. So far the only thing I’ve decided is that I want him to have a fur collar jacket and a pair of headphones around his neck…

It’s very difficult for me to make a new persona design. I enjoy so many things and I want to convey that but it’s almost impossible. My tastes in fashion can be contradictory, my fixations/interests change frequently, and I still have a bad case of depersonalization due to gender dysphoria. Like, it’s so hard to try to imagine what I look like in my head. Sometimes it’s a complete blur but ever since I drew drafts of the new V, I feel more connected(?) with who I am.

I honestly just want a sona that looks good in emo clothes but also rocks pink, girly clothes lol. I wanna present more femininely someday like my beloved Rei without feeling bad ;w;

And, this is a lot more niche, I’ve been reworking some of my Roblox assets (specifically face/makeup decals for RK2) and wow it’s a pain in the ass. Like what the hell. I got banned for a day because Roblox thought Rei’s smiling face was sexual. Am I allowed to say this is homophobic and transphobic of them to do?—

Oh… and I’ve been playing a lot of Bee Swarm Simulator. I dunno, man, it passes the time and it’s the only grindy game I enjoy.

Other than that, I have nothing else to talk about. I mean, I DO have videos in the works. Like that Gacha video, oh and a new art video, as well as a video about Roblox’s shitty moderation system, and— You get what I mean. I also have a ton of art ideas I wanna do and the list so far is:

Redrawing that one scene of Howl and Sophie as Lawrence and Rei

A lot of miscellaneous art ideas of Rei. Like a lot. I have two dress designs for him in mind and the drafts are adorable 🥺

Possibly a mini-comic of Rei and Lawrence... I won’t spoil it though

New social media layout as soon as I figure out V’s outfits

And there’s more but this post is so long already so I’ll talk about more things in the next life update. Good night

#꒰ v’s rambling ꒱#btw I’ll be on break for a couple more weeks #Like 2-3 #maybe more I have no clue #never rush a genius with their work fellas

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eyndr-stories · 2 years

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The Stranger The Better (FNAF SB fanfic) C2 - New Faces

Read the intro to Chapter 1 (Enter A Sleepy Bitchard) for more details! I'd start reading there anyways else things won't make a whole lot of sense lol

In Summary: Reader is a forever exhausted young adult who has social difficulties doing their best to pay the bills, so when they get hired at the well-paying, almost entirely automated Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizza-Plex, they don't really hesitate to think things through before stumbling headfirst into a horror mystery surrounding this company and its crew of quirky (and surprisingly kind) animatronics.

Things To Know (lmk if I should add anything, also check the tags for more stuff):

There are some horror elements, especially in later chapters (I'll give a warning at the start of these chapters).

Eventual romance, minorly important to the plot.

Reader has paranoia.

There is much swearing.

Reader is also addicted to energy drinks, and not fantastic at self care.

Reader is nonbinary (and also trans masc) though it's not vital to the plot and only comes up once or twice.

Reader is from the south, is protective of their friends, and if you threaten their friends then I'm afraid you've yee'd your last haw and yes that is important to the plot

Previous Chapter | Chapter 2 | Next Chapter

C2 - New Faces

You were only five minutes into your shift when you met another one of the animatronics, all of whom could apparently roam around freely at night, should they so choose.

Having not been greeted at the door this time around, you were alone in the hall outside the break room when the animatronic came around the corner, not even noticing you at first.

“Oh. It’s you.” The colorful robot wolf lady folded her arms and looked you up and down.

“Hey. I’m Y/N, the new night guard,” you said.

“Right.” The wolf continued to eye you over for a minute.

You felt uncomfortable.

“Aren’t you a little… unimpressive for this job?” The wolf lady finally asked.

You were very short and small and stocky, it was true. You were still an adult however, and you could handle yourself. Besides, you were deceptively strong. “Hey, for thirty bucks an hour, I’ll do whatever management wants, ya know? I’m stronger than I look, so don’t worry about me.”

“I wasn’t worried about you. I don’t care about you,” the wolf deadpanned.

“That makes two of us,” you replied almost automatically. You laughed a little. “Well. I should start my rounds, so I’ll get out of your… impressively styled hair. See ya.” It was true, you thought the wolf lady had very cool hair. It was long and bushy and spiky and streaks of it were dyed (painted?) an almost neon green.

The wolf lady didn’t reply, just watched you walk off for a moment before continuing off to wherever she was headed.

You found yourself briefly walking along with one of the security bots on their path. You made friendly idle chit chat with the bot, not minding the one sided-ness of the conversation. After going back over the information management had sent you, you knew the security bots didn't have voice boxes, but would make piercing alarm sounds if they detected an intruder.

“Catch you later, skater,” you said as your path broke off from the security bot’s. You turned the corner and managed to stop a hair away from running right into another animatronic character.

“Outa the way, runt,” the intimidating but very cool crocodile bot grunted.

“Sorry. Sick shades,” you said, choosing not to comment on the fact that this animatronic was wearing said shades indoors at night.

“Catch you later skater,” the gator said in a mocking tone. He snickered as he walked off.

"Fine then." You rolled your eyes and kept walking.

You found a wide hall with several rooms along one end, each with a window not unlike the daycare, though smaller and with curtains pulled shut in each of them. There were big yellow stars on the doors with little figures in them, almost like rock star dressing rooms. Little stands with red ropes were set up by the doors, to herd lines of people inside. You glanced over the neon names on the walls above the rooms, wondering if this is where the animatronics went when not wandering around being vaguely insulting to new hires.

You wandered closer to one of the rooms, sweeping your light across the darkened corners of the cue line area. You noted the curtain was partially cracked open, and very casually and slowly strolled by the window.

As you nosily peeked in, you saw that familiar bear bot. Not just the bot himself, but merchandise and posters of the bot everywhere. The bot in question was standing by a mirror with lights around the rim, the kind of mirror that rock stars checked their face paint in before going on stage. He was studying several drawings posted up on the wall around the mirror. You squinted, making out what looked like children’s drawings.

You smiled as you realized the bear was admiring drawn gifts he’d collected from his young fans. You hesitated, then gently knocked on the glass.

The bear bot startled and turned around, then relaxed when he saw you at the window, waving at him. The bear waved back, then pointed to the door and beckoned you to come inside.

You obliged, ducking under the red rope like a rebel. You stepped into the room and got a much better look around.

It was so bright and colorful in here. There wasn’t a bed, but there was a couch packed full of bear bot stuffed animals and pillows. There was a large metal 'Employees Only' door in the wall opposite the big window, and an arcade machine in the corner.

“Hello, Y/N! What brings you here?” the bear bot asked cheerfully.

“Hey, I was just doing my rounds and thought I’d say hi, and thanks for the warm welcome,” you said.

“Oh, that is very kind of you, superstar!” The bear bot beamed. “How are you liking the job so far?”

“So far, it’s pretty nice.“ you paused, wondering if the bear was asking so he could report back to management. You squinted suspiciously. “It’s an excellent opportunity to work here and i’m very grateful for the position. I think my skills are a great match and I have a lot to offer the company.”

“I am certain you do,” the bear said, looking at you curiously. “Well I am glad to hear that you like it so far. You can always ask me if there is anything I can do to help.”

“You keep offering help, but… isn’t it my job to help yall? Like, I’m here to protect you guys and the registers and all that from would-be deviants.”

The bear bot chuckled. “I suppose you do have a point. I merely wanted to make sure you felt welcomed and comfortable here. It has been a long time since management brought on a new human associate for the night watch. Or… in general, actually.”

“I see.” You wondered if there was a reason behind that, besides the convenience of automation. You knew there was one other night guard, who left before you arrived. This other night guard and you were supposed to be scheduled so one was working when the other wasn’t. “Well, don’t you worry. I don’t plan on quitting anytime soon.”

“I would hope not.” The bear bot smiled. “Oh, speaking of, I do not mean to keep you from your job! Thank you for stopping by.”

You might have been socially dense, but you could recognize a cue to leave when you saw it. Most of the time. “Right. I’ll see you around.” You straightened and gave the bear bot a salute before turning and marching back towards the door.

“See you, superstar.” The bear bot sounded amused.

You closed the door behind you, then carried on down the hall.

You felt like you were finally starting to get the hang of this place. The mini golf area was ahead, the main stage was right through that hall you had just passed, and the big circular gift shop was just behind you. You wandered around, attempting to get lost so you could figure out the way back into familiar territory.

“Any intruder is gonna have their work cut out for them, trying to get around this place,” you mumbled.

You passed through one of the little food joints, called 'El Chips'. They did indeed have lots of chips. You stopped by the counter when you heard noise from the back, in the kitchen. You stiffened. No way, an intruder on your second night??

You held your flashlight like a club and carefully climbed over the counter. You crept around the corner, spying several microwaves, big industrial sinks, shelves full of boxes, and a big metal table with some plates stacked on its surface. And beyond the table, hunched over in the back corner of the room, was…

“Can animatronics even digest food? Let alone trash?” You raised an eyebrow.

“Eep!!” The bird bot jumped up from her crouched position over the heaps of torn garbage bags and toppled cans in the corner. The bird stuttered and tried to shuffle in front of the garbage, despite the mess of it on her face. “Look- I- it’s- it’s not what it looks like! I-I can explain!”

“I heard some noise and thought there was an intruder or something.” You waved casually. “We’re all good here.”

“We’re… good? …You’re not gonna yell at me for eating trash?”

“Why would I yell at you?? That ain't in my job description.” You frowned at the trash. “Listen, I’m not gonna judge. You do what you like.”

The bird bot looked visibly relieved. “Oh. Okay. Um. Could you maybe… not tell anyone about this?”

“Sure, yeah. I’m good with secrets.” You mimed zipping your lips. The only reason you might have been concerned was the obvious health risks of eating trash, but since the bird bot wasn't human, she would probably be fine. You weren't one to talk anyways, with some of the crap you put in your body.

“Great! Thank you!” The bird bot smiled. She stood there for a long moment, just staring at you.

“Oh! I’ll carry on. Right.” You cleared your throat and left the bird bot to her trash. You climbed back over the counter. You could hear the bot rummaging through the trash once more as you strolled deeper into the complex.

There were several different arcades, you discovered. The biggest of which also had a dance floor, which was hidden under a thick layer of cloudy fog. The smoke machine seemed to be constantly running, even though all of the lights were off. It took you a moment to see the massive sleeping figure on the stage through the smoke.

Upon realizing that this incredibly large animatronic was more or less spider shaped, you audibly, though quietly, said “nope,” and turned yourself right around and left the arcade.

You wandered aimlessly, quickly putting the enormous spider bot out of mind, peeking at dark corners and listening for suspicious noises. Everything was quiet in the complex.

Eventually, you came back around to the front side of the building. You paused when you noted the lights in the daycare were on. You curiously strolled up to the window and peered inside.

The place was like a kid’s wonderland. There were big structures with slides and colorful stairs and tunnels, a massive ball pit, and plenty of toys and stuffed animals stacked into neat piles. You could see those cute little cubbies near the door, and a few little plastic table and chair sets. Amidst all the bright colors and fun structures, you almost didn’t notice someone looking back at you from inside.

You blinked, realizing you were not alone, and your posture stiffened. You quickly studied the animatronic, standing near the edge of the giant ball pit a ways away.

This animatronic was just as bright as the rest of the scenery. They were wearing poofy yellow and orange clothes, which, now that you thought about it, why weren’t the other animatronics wearing clothes?? They all had painted metal plating, but nothing cloth, save for the bird bot's colorful patterned leg warmers. Even the bear’s bowtie was metal. Besides that, the animatronics' head very much resembled a sun, complete with triangular orange 'rays' poking out of their head.

You gave the animatronic a friendly wave. To your surprise, the animatronic enthusiastically waved back. That was good, at least one other bot here besides the bear didn’t seem to instantly dislike you. You were still unsure about the bird bot for now.

You decided to say hello. After all, the bear had only said you didn’t need to go in the daycare. He never forbid you from doing so directly. You went to the doors and tried the handle. It wasn’t locked, so you cracked it open and poked your head in.

“Howdy, is it alright if I come in?” you called.

“Oh yes oh yes of course! Please do!” The animatronic bounced excitedly at this. He bounded over as you stepped inside.

You took a breath to say something else but the animatronic started rambling first, grabbing up your hands and leading you in a happy little dance.

“New friend! Oh I’m so excited to meet you!! We heard you’d be joining us as a new night guard, we haven't had a new human night guard in a very long time, oh no! But here you are new friend, and how kind of you to come and say hello! Oh I’m just so excited, we haven’t had much company outside of the children in a long time. We could have a slumber party! We can play games and sing songs and draw and tell stories-“

The animatronic happily rambled on and on. You were starting to get dizzy, and a little overwhelmed. This bot was not only very much in your personal space, but they were very loud and high energy and holy shit they were tall. All of the animatronics were tall but this character was almost twice as tall as you. You took a deep breath and waited patiently for the animatronic to finish rambling.

“-Oh it’ll be so much fun!! What do you think, where should we start, new friend??”

“With names, probably. Mine is Y/N,” you said.

“Oh yes, of course of course!! How rude of me.” The animatronic finally stopped dancing and bowed deeply and graciously. “You can call me Sun!”

“Right, makes sense.” You smiled. You straightened up, then returned the bow. “Tis a pleasure, Sun.”

Sun ‘beamed’ at you. “This is only your second night working here, yes?? This is the daycare! Here, let me show you around!” Without waiting for a response, Sun grabbed your hand and pulled you along through the massive room.

You were starting to get used to Sun’s energy. It was a lot, for sure, but it was sort of charming and endearing. Sun was like an excitable puppy, and he clearly took a lot of pride in the daycare and its many features.

“How many kids do you look after in a day?” you asked curiously. This place was big enough for a small army of children to play comfortably.

“Sometimes as many as fifty at a time. It can get quite busy, yes indeed!” Sun answered.

“Dang, that’s a lot. Is it just you here?? There’s probably staff that come in during the day, right?”

Sun shook their head. “No sir-ie, its just us. But not to worry, we’re built and equipped for just such a job!”

“I bet. I don’t know squat about machines and robots and stuff but you’re like, super impressive. Just the way you move so fluidly, how expressive you are, it’s really cool! …Sorry if that’s weird to say.”

“Aw, not at all! How sweet of you!” Sun put a hand to his cheek and waved at you with the other in a very ‘oh stop it you’ sort of way.

“Can I ask you a question?” you asked.

“You just did, silly!”

“Oh, yeah, I guess I did. Can I ask you another question after this question?” you revised.

Sun giggled. “Of course!”

“What are your pronouns? You’ve referred to yourself as ‘we’ or 'us' a few times and I’d just like to be sure.”

“Oh!” Sun paused. There was a moment of hesitation. “I use he and they pronouns. Tell me yours as well!”

“I prefer they, I don’t mind he, I do mind she,” you recited.

“I gotcha!” Sun winked. “Would you like to play a game?? Or we can color, or-“

Sun kept rambling, speaking very quickly as he danced around, pointing out toys and art supplies and such.

You waited until Sun was finished, then said, “I actually wouldn’t mind drawing, that sounds fun.”

“Ooh good choice!! I’ll get the drawing supplies!” Sun happily bounded away.

You glanced back out the big window. You’d done a lot of walking around tonight already, surely it’d be fine for you to take just a little ten minute break. You tried not to let your anxiety get to you. As ironic as it would be, it was logically unlikely that a crew of criminals were breaking in the moment you had stepped away. You fiddled with your watch anyways, trying to figure out how to get it to pull up the cameras.

Before you could figure it out, Sun returned with arms full of papers and bundles of pencils and boxes of crayons and markers. “Here we are! Now we’re ready to draw!” Sun deposited the load on a nearby kid’s table, then folded their legs and sat on the floor. You sat down much less gracefully, your sore bones protesting.

You picked a pencil at random. Sun was already doodling away, drawing with both hands at once. You watched for a long moment, stunned and impressed. You focused on your own paper and started out with some little warm up doodles.

Sun never stopped moving or bouncing or humming, always in motion. He seemed to be enjoying himself, as far as you could tell.

“Watcha drawing?” Sun asked, peeking over at your paper.

“Just some silly characters I made up a while ago.” You turned the paper around so Sun could see it better. “These three are sorta my main trio that I draw all the time. That’s Lato, this one is Calcifur, and that’s Cube. They get into all sorts of silly shenanigans together.”

“That’s amazing! They’re so cute, I love them!! You’re very creative,” Sun commended.

“Ahhh hush.” You laughed a little. “It’s just fun to draw.”

“Drawing is fun, I agree!”

“How about you, what are you up to over there?” you asked.

“I drew a castle! It’s got a moat and a dragon and even little flags,” Sun said, holding their paper up for you to see.

“Oh shit! You’re actually really good at drawing. Your grasp of perspective is stunning.” You smiled at Sun, but he was staring at you and had gone still.

“No bad words in the daycare, Y/N.” Sun waggled a finger disapprovingly at you. “Its against the rules.”

You realized you had indeed sworn. “Oh fuck! I’m sorry. I mean- shit, I didn’t mean- ahhhh dammit-“ You forcefully shut your mouth and put your hands over your mouth. You took a moment. “…I apologize.”

“That’s quite alright.” Sun was giving you a funny look.

“At least there’s no kids around, right?” You laughed lightly. “Sorry, i’ll do my best. Swearing is like, half my vocabulary.”

“Just don’t do it again, or I’ll have to put you in time out!” Sun warned.

You raised an eyebrow, unsure if Sun was teasing you or not.

“Thank you for the compliment, by the way! I love drawing,” Sun said, going back to their coloring.

“Oh, yeah, for sure. It shows.” You nodded. You were now distracted by how difficult it’d be to remember not to swear around Sun.

You doodled a few silly little creatures around the page, giving them lots of eyes or wings or horns and chunky funky proportions, just for fun.

“What should we do next after we’re done drawing??” Sun asked.

“I dunno, maybe something short. I do eventually have to get back to work.” You glanced again to the window, half expecting the building to be on fire.

Sun visibly deflated, shoulders sulking and head drooping. Before you could say anything, Sun sprang right back up, his cheerful demeanor returned.

“That’s alright! It’s important to take your responsibilities seriously. I’m sorry to have pulled you away from your duties, I was just so excited to meet you!”

“Hey, don’t worry about it. One of those security bots would have gone off if something was amiss.” You returned your attention to the activity at hand. "I'm also supposed to be able to use this watch to check the cameras but I can't figure out how the daaaaarn thing works." You cleared your throat. That was a close call, but you’d managed to turn 'damn' into 'darn' just in time.

"Would you like some help?" Sun had already sprung to their feet, crossing the table in a step, then crouching back down next to you.

"Oh, sure." You offered your right arm.

Sun gently took your hand and studied the watch in question. He tapped at the screen, then fiddled with the buttons on the side.

Now that you weren't distracted or dancing around, you realized that Sun's hand was pleasantly warm. You’d expected the bot to be cold, as they were made of metal and (hopefully) didn't have any blood. "You're warm! That's so cool, is it an intentional feature cause you take care of kids?"

"No, though that is an added benefit! All of us animatronics are self powered and self sustainable, we just need to rest every now and then so our systems don't overheat." Sun looked at you. "You really think I'm… cool?"

"Are you kidding? You're impressive as- uh, heck. When I first started I was worried all you animatronics would be creepy but actually you're all pretty nifty! I don't know squat about machines so I guess I'm easy to impress. But I am impressed none the less. Not to mention you've been very nice to me, which is more than I can say about most people I meet." You paused. "Sorry for rambling. I think that's the most I've talked in one go in like, weeks."

"Oh no no no! Talk all you like, I don't mind! I'm sorry to hear some of the others haven't been as welcoming."

"Oh, yeah. I was mostly talking about my other job and the people I meet there. My co-workers are dandy for the most part, just some of the customers we get can be grating. But yeah, that alligator guy and the wolf lady were kinda short with me as well."

"You have another job?" Sun inquired curiously.

"Yep."

"What do you do?"

"I work in a deli, I slice meat and cheese all day. I mean, that’s not all I do, there's like a hundred things to do at any given moment and never enough people to do it all. Besides slicing stuff, there's subs, keeping the floor stocked, making production, stocking fresh slice, completing online orders, keeping up with the cleaning, hot case, kitchen, it’s a lot. Its fun though. And most importantly, pays the bills." You laughed lightly. “They pay me well because I’m a hard worker and they desperately need to keep me around.”

"I see, I see… Ah hah! I've got it figured out!" Sun declared. He gestured proudly to your watch. "Ta da!"

"Oh!" You stared at the screen. You were seeing live footage from one of the cameras looking over that big stage.

"If you press this button, you can switch between cameras, and this button switches between areas," Sun explained.

"Alright, okay. Thanks, Sunny!" You smiled.

"No problem, sunshine! Glad I could help!" Sun happily bounced from side to side, obviously pleased with himself.

You checked out the cameras for a moment, clicking through different rooms and angles. Everything seemed fine. You still wanted to get back to your rounds, just to be safe.

"Well, It's been fun, but I gotta get back to it. Are you working tomorrow?" you asked. You slowly moved your legs under you and got to your feet, knees protesting. When you straightened, you realized Sun was looking at you strangely. You mentally rewound what you’d said, going over it for social errors. You couldn't figure anything out. "…What's with the look, Sun?"

"You asked me if I am working tomorrow," Sun offered, as if waiting for you to get the punchline of a joke.

"Yeah? …Oh, do you not… get breaks? Days off?" you realized.

"Of course not, silly. As an animatronic, my needs are different from yours. All I need is a few hours to enter rest mode in a recharge station every day to let my systems cool down and I'm right as rain!" Sun did a little spin and a pose.

"Oh, okay. I guess that makes sense." You squinted. "Are yall… paid?"

"Paid?? What would we do with currency?" Sun laughed, then slapped a hand to his forehead. "Oh dear, I forgot all about the groceries I need to get!! Silly me."

"Alright." You rolled your eyes. "I'm just a little suspicious is all. Seems to me yall are pretty sentient, so having you work here all day every day for free seems a little… sus. Ya know?"

"I appreciate your concern sunshine, but we're all content to be here. This is what we were made for! There's nowhere else in the world we truly belong," Sun said, their arms wide out to gesture at the daycare around them, and the entire complex beyond that.

"Don't you wanna… I dunno, travel? Take a vacation? Hit the town, see some sights?" you asked curiously.

Sun was quiet for a long moment, his faceplate tilted curiously as he seemed to consider your question. Then, all at once, they were back to happily bouncing and swaying. "Being here and doing our part is all we could ever ask for! We belong here," Sun stated again.

You were still suspicious, but you figured you probably shouldn't press the matter. Maybe you could ask the bear bot about it later. "Okay." You shrugged. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow, then. Have a good night."

"Tomorrow??" Sun froze again. "Not tomorrow."

"Oh? Change your mind about needing a day off?" You raised an eyebrow.

"The lights will be off tomorrow. They're off every other day," Sun said.

"Oh… uh. Okay? …Why?" you asked.

Sun looked around, his posture becoming more timid and closed off. They wove their fingers together tightly. "That's the schedule! On one day and off the next. You can come by again the day after tomorrow! If you'd like!"

"Okay, yeah, I'm working day after tomorrow as well." You were still a little confused. "Oh! Are you… scared of the dark?"

Sun didn't reply, tilting his head again.

"It's okay, I'm scared of the dark too," you assured. "Er, more accurately, what my brain tries to tell me is in the dark. But yeah, I will see you day after tomorrow. Have a good night, Sun!"

"Good night, new friend! See you!" Sun waved cheerily as you left the daycare.

You continued your rounds, checking through the security cameras on occasion as well. You spied yourself on one of the cameras and waved, just to see the little you in your watch wave back.

It never did occur to you that the only camera in the daycare was on the wall above the window.

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