#I'm honestly really proud of this one

[carolinanadeau]

"this female character is underdeveloped" TO YOU. I can read subtext and I know all about her backstory and her rich inner life. also she told me personally

#I honestly think that one of the most enriching and rewarding parts of writing fanfiction is getting to #fully flesh out and explore a character who gets some but not-quite-enough characterization in canon #unless the character is REALLY minor there are always so many threads to pull out and weave into something new #you can even deconstruct the marketing materials! oh this character is only described as 'beautiful'? wonder how she feels about that hmmm #my original post #writing #fanfic #I'm just really proud of what I've been able to do with Miss T. it's almost all right there in the script and lyrics if you'd only look!

[imerian]

Aaaaand i decided to post more of my f1 crafts here so here landoscar edition (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

Onse again photo without doodles under cut and some rambling in tags

#starting with oscar charm #actually those charms r first f1 thing i ever did so they aren't as detailed as others #but there few things i rlly like about them #like how i managed shapes with 81 #and colours with OP #also added literally my favourite bead ever that i have only one of(orange star) #also i think that necklace i took apart for those metal stars that reference alpinestars is find of the century #and those beads that represent his helmet actually look better in person #like the blue one have actually light blue accent that plays out in the sun #and ofc seashell #bc i made this first i matched Logan's one to that #but if i did them together i would also add blue star to oscar #and very random but i drilled that koalas head bc it wasn't a charm #with lando is way less details #i really like bead for his eyes and doodle for it #and helmet beads #but my favourite is gear #bc i took apart mechanical clock for it with my dad #and also how i used 7 bc the only L in store was red #i don't have a lot to say about braclets honestly #they r mostly vibes #but I'm proud of gradient from orange to black to yellow to black to orange #bc yellow doesn't rlly work for me #but i incorporated it to best of my abilities #also doodle on oscar bracelet with stars from Australian flag??? #i felt so smart icl #damn i used all tags i could so I'll just say that I'm in love with crafting once again and thank you for reading all this rambling #oscar piastri #lando norris #landoscar

[pinkydoggy83]

🍫❤️ — HA I DIDN’T FORGET POCKY DAY!

#my art #honestly I'm not really proud of this one because the brush texture was a pain #but I'm just gonna leave it #yax #yakko x max #max goof #yakko warner #yakko #max #the animaniacs #animaniacs #animaniacs fanart #goof #maximilian goof #a goofy movie #an extremely goofy movie #dot warner #wakko warner #pocky day #pocky #pocky sticks #pocky game

[toffeecoffeee]

can you draw kirby? just kirby, nothing else...

kirby!

(I know you said just Kirby, but I got a bit carried away and drew a shortcake as well, I hope you're ok with that....I can redo it if you want!)

#kirby #sleepdeprivedart #kirby fanart #I'm honestly really proud of this one!

[caluupin]

ARCHONS TO SEND OFF THE YEAR!!! (kind of a redraw from last year's September)

#caluuart #genshin impact #genshin #venti #zhongli #furina #nahida #raiden shogun #I'm honestly quite proud of this! woo #I think this is a good piece to send off this year #It was honestly a bit of a pain in the ass to do but it was fun and im proud of my child that is the artwork #at one point out of sheer tiredness(?) of working on it for hours straight without a break #I went to play a game of chess #and I won spectacularly. isn't it great #also another funny thing #I started watching ace attorney play throughs and I was watching so much of it the only ads im getting is. well. GENSHIN ADS. #I'm not even joking the majority of the ads I get were genshin ads. they really want me back #its not even that I quit/took a break from genshin #just today I was re-checking and re-clearing aranaras and doing the events #the image that genshin is like jealous or smth to take over the ads bc I was watching another game ('s play through) is so funny to me #anyways!! cya later and happy new years!! or holidays.

[misty-wisp]

omg a sona ref :3c

soooo i drew this design WAYYYY back in like...october i think? but never made a proper ref sheet out of it bc i didn't feel like it yet. but now i feel like it so here she iiiis :] witchsty my friend witchsty

i'll be real it's not up to standards with my oc refs (minimal shading, more simplistic graphic design than usual, etc.) but like. it works. so idrc that much :P

#my art #my sona #drawing #digital art #medibang #ref sheet #idk what tags give a far reach for stuff like this-- #i think sonas should have goofy little backstories more often--what do you mean those are just vtubers #imma be real guys last year's design (was it last year?) was kinda ass. also i traced a pose on that one thus i look down on it- #-and banish it to the abyss (private it) #sorry guys villain arc misty is no more. she's silly now. bc i stay silly. also i think i deserve to do magics (<- doesn't do that) #the really funny thing is like. okay usually i use one of those posing doll sites to reference off of? but i didn't for this one #(which honestly i'm proud of myself for. i love it when i can freehand and the anatomy actually looks fine. makes me feel like a god) #so misty here is. shorter than asuka. that was not intentional (nor is it accurate) but it's REALLY funny #grown-ass girlie shorter than a teenager. goofy shit

[cosmic-kaden]

Chaotic Twinflame - Phillip x Kaden Playlist.

These songs are in chronological order! Super proud of this playlist and moodboard so I'm gonna tag the moots™️ {if you're not a self-shipper please dni. I have anxiety lol}

🧡 - By Surprise by Gemini Club

💜 - Downhearted by PegboardNerds

🧡 - I Like Me Better by Lauv

💜 - Falling In Love by Dennis Kruissen // Drew Love

🧡 - After Dark by Mr. Kitty

💜 - Simply Being Loved by BT

🧡 - Ready Or Not by Sleeping Wolf

💜 - Come And Get Me by Sleeping Wolf

🧡 - High by Sleeping Wolf

TAGGING: @kylars-princess || @ama-ships || @heatobrienswife || @lysandreslittlechatot || @dragonsmooch

#I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS ONE GUYZ /GN #I EVEN DID THE LIL TEXT THING IN THE MIDDLE WAAH #I am really really loving this ship with Phillip honestly... It's healing me T_T well if you read the fic YOU KNOW! #Chaotic Twinflame #Phillip 💞 #my dumb stupid face;

[kelbunny]

There are three paths in front of you:

Become a leader of an oppressive religion living in false, gilded happiness

Usurp the throne and become a tyrant puppet king, deaf to the people's suffering

Or abandon your people for a dream, becoming naught but ash on the wind

Happy 1st year anniversary to Triangle Strategy and all the emotions it brought! It's genuinely been one of the best games I've played, and I feel it deserves a place among my top favorite video games!

#triangle strategy #triangle strategy spoilers #serenoa wolffort #kelbunn's art #this is honestly one of the best things I've ever drawn #all the effects turned out really nice as well and I'm super proud of this :3

[harpoonsnotspoons]

You ever thought much about Hal and Jake's dynamic? There's also all the various tantrums comic Karkat must've had for Dave to win Karkat Bingo (or even Karkat genuinely asking if Dave actually was playing Karkat Bingo). There's Jade and Kanaya's potential friendship (that we never got to see in the comic). That's...all the ideas I've got for now, but here's a few ideas from me if any of them help~

He didn't like me much

I drew him really weirdly but it's Jake and he's not important enough to me for a redraw

#lil hal #hal homestuck #lil hal homestuck #hal strider #jake english #jake homestuck #homestuck jake english #homestuck #homestuck fanart #asks #request #art #digital art #obligatory art tag #sketch #Honestly I'm not really proud of this one #Fuck you Jake #🕶️🔌

[acacia-may]

Could I have 13 for the ask game please?

Thank you so much, Greta! 💐 I'd love to answer this question from the writing excerpt ask game for you. Apologies in advance for the ramblings 😅

13. A excerpt of my writing that helped me understand a character better

(Warnings: Discussions of childhood trauma and abuse. Black Clover spoilers)

I write a lot of character studies, but the scene that immediately came to mind when I saw your ask was the flashback sequence I wrote in "Breaking the Cycle" depicting the first time that Langris presented with and ever used his magic.

This whole story was actually written because a friend of mine irl had been asking me some genuine questions about why/how I thought Langris was abused. Emotional and psychological abuse is often extremely subtle, and we spend so little time in Langris's POV in the canon that there is some reading the lines that must be done on the part of the reader/watcher to really see and understand that he's also a victim of House Vaude, just in a different way than Finral. Writing that story and especially that flashback scene was kind of my attempt at showing what I think it was like for Langris to grow up in that very toxic environment.

While he didn't suffer the same kind of abuse as Finral, he suffered in his own way. I think that depriving a child of unconditional love (whether that be by flat-out rejecting them like Finral or making them "earn" love like Langris) is one of the most horrible things a parent can do to their child--it causes lasting problems that stick with someone long into adulthood, like an empty space in their heart that they'll constantly be trying to fill. Finral tries to fill it with flirting/validation from romantic relationships and Langris tries to fill it with achievements, but it's a similar wound for both of them.

It was very painful but really interesting to try to get into Langris' head and really see House Vaude from his eyes. I think it gave me a much deeper understanding of his character and everything that he had gone through.

This is a very long portion of that flashback sequence, but I had trouble cutting it down beyond this. I've put it under the cut because of the warnings for heavy subject matter, childhood trauma and abuse, and spoilers for Black Clover

“The Noble House of Vaude has produced the premiere spatial mages of the Clover Kingdom for centuries,” their father continued, towering over Finral intimidatingly and glaring at him with a look that lingered ominously like a heavy, dark cloud before a thunderstorm. Langris swallowed hard and something twisted in his stomach. “This worthless excuse for magic is an embarrassment to this family.” 

Turning away abruptly with a sharp wince, Langris shut his eyes. He swallowed hard as he felt his mother’s hand on his shoulder. When he turned to look at her, her face said what it always did: you have to do better. He knew this—had known it ever since Finral had presented with a magic power that only brought their parents shame, frustration, and disappointment—the only problem was he didn’t know if he could. He stayed awake at night hiding under the covers and trying to make the type of portals that his parents wanted but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t use magic of any kind. He wasn’t sure which would be worse: having magic like Finral’s or having no magic at all. He didn’t want to find out.

“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry…” Finral apologized again. His shoulders were trembling as his wavering voice grew softer, smaller. Langris’ hands began to shake as he watched the tears well up in his brother’s eyes. “I…I just don’t want to hurt anybody…”

“Useless coward! You’re a disgrace to this House,” bellowed their father. He huffed. “The humiliation—one son with such worthless magic and another who hasn’t shown any ability at all…” Feeling his father’s attention falling on him, Langris shuddered and recoiled. His insides were twisting, and he was torn between desperately wanting to run away and hide and being unable to move.

“Langris is still very young,” intervened his mother. “I’m sure he’ll present with a very powerful magic any day now.” Langris stared down at the ground under the weight of his mother’s tightened grip and pointed stare which warned louder than any words: you had better.

Langris’ toes curled up tightly in his shoes. He felt like he was going to be sick.

Finral turned to look at him with teary eyes, but he tried to smile at him slightly. “Let me try again…” he said wiping his eyes and taking a step nearer to Langris, stepping in between him and their parents, before trying to make another portal. It shined and shimmered in front of him before flickering and disintegrating. Langris had always thought it was remarkable that his brother could make something like that, when all Langris could ever do was stare at his empty hands desperately willing the appearance of portals that never came. Their parents, however, were always unimpressed.

“Pathetic,” scoffed their mother.

Their father frowned irately before shaking his head. “They’re getting even worse. Utterly worthless. You don’t deserve to call yourself a Vaude.”

Finral hunched over—seemingly curling into himself, and his eyes welled with tears again as he choked out a barely audible apology. “I’m sorry…”

“You incompetent good-for-nothing!” Their father glared at him. “And now you’re crying?” he scoffed in incredulous disdain at the tears that streamed down Finral’s cheeks. “As if it isn’t your fault that you’re wielding such ineffectual magic, you blubbering idiot.”

Finral sniffled and tried to wipe his eyes apologizing profusely, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry…I’m trying…I just can’t—” Whack. Langris flinched at the horrible slapping sound of his father’s hand striking Finral’s face and his brother’s painful whimpering.

“I told you to stop your whining and excuses!” their father thundered. Langris clinched his trembling hands into fists. His chest felt tight and heavy. Stop it. Make it stop. He desperately pleaded internally to someone…anyone…as tears poured down Finral’s face and he frantically and hopelessly tried to wipe them away as their father raised his hand again.

Langris’ heart beat faster and faster and his stomach warped and coiled into knots—a weight building up inside him too heavy for him to bear. His knees buckled, and he un-clinched his fists. Stop it. Stop! St…

Crash. Boom. Thud. A bright burst of blue collided with the nearby gazebo sending pieces of wooden debris flying. The world seemed to stop as the roof caved in and the structure collapsed on itself.

“Woah…” whispered Finral with wide eyes, but their parents were stunned into silence. Tears prickled in Langris’s eyes, and his heart was pounding so rapidly he was sure it was going to beat out of his chest. His whole body trembled as his father turned towards him, and he shut his eyes tightly flinching in anticipation of his father’s rage.

“That is spatial magic worthy of House Vaude,” said his father. His head reeling, Langris opened one eye in blinking disbelief.

“What wonderful power, Langris!” his mother exclaimed placing a hand on his head.

Langris blinked at them. Was this it? Was this the magic his parents so desperately wanted—the magic that somehow he possessed? It almost seemed too good to be true.

“I…the gazebo…” Langris began quietly and apologetically still completely bewildered by his parents’ reaction.

“We’ll have the servants clean it up,” answered his father dismissively before he turned his attention away from Langris to his brother. “Finral,” he began, and Finral looked up almost hopeful but his face fell immediately as his father said, “You would do well to wield your magic like Langris. You wouldn’t want the shame of being shown up by your younger brother again, would you?”

#thank you so much for the ask #i have too much to say about this topic clearly #langris vaude #finral roulacase #spatial mage brothers #my boys 💚💙 #this is honestly one of my favorite fics i've ever written i think #i'm very proud of how it turned out #and it forever changed and really solidified how i see langris as a character #writing excerpt ask game #greta 💐

[dootznbootz]

this u?

https://www.tumblr.com/wolfythewitch/743258723530817536/wolfy-please-im-on-my-knees-positive-are?source=share

#IS IT ILLEGAL TO THINK WOMEN ARE HOT?!?! kljdsf #I AM ONE OF THOSE FUCKING SUITORS #LEAVE ME ALONNENEEEEE #...honestly if my legacy is people knowing I think she's hot and amazing. that's cool with me. #I'm proud of this. Did I go a lil crazy? Yeah. But I'm Also “RIGHT” in that she's HOT #SOME REPLIES AGREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE #ask #anon #Mad rambles #Water Wife #Anon. this is kind of old. were you waiting to strike or something? To humble me? #honestly that's really funny if you did. Good on you. #edit: for once this seal is not Menelaus. this is just ME #🩵

[yzafre]

Up next

#kh #kingdom hearts #sora #riku #kairi #wrap your wings au #ahhhh I'm really proud of this one! #the composition and colors and everything turned out exactly how I wanted it to #I honestly struggle with clouds so I'm very pleased with how this went #the original version actually had Sora upright #but I flipped it around and this way is better #also super excited to begin posting this work starting next week you have no idea #vibrating out of my skin #yza draws a thing

[senoleaf]

Luna — Chaos Incarnate

art fight attack on @aziuuu 's character Luna!

#artfight #artfight 2023 #art fight #art fight 2023 #team vampires #team vampires 2023 #honestly i'm really proud of this one #had so much fun drawing them!! #art #fanart #digital art #illustration #challenge #art for others #sen draws

[not-xpr-art]

Digital art done without a tablet (art progress)

July -> September

thought I'd share this comparison cos I feel like it really shows how I've improved in the few short months I've been doing digital art without a tablet!

also figured this might be a good time to talk about my process with digital art at the mo, which might be helpful to anyone who hasn't got a graphics tablet of some kind lol?

with both of these I started the drawing in my phone's notes app (I did briefly try another app on my phone but I found it wasn't as easy to use as the notes app... I might try looking for other drawing apps though so if I find a good one I may make a post about it lol) before transferring that file to my usual art program (which is FireAlpaca, in case you didn't know!)

I have to scale up the image at this point which does make the line art look pixelated, though I don't dislike it as I think it can help give it a pencil-like quality! it's not ideal if you want to create neat and smooth lines, though, so bear that in mind!

I then make the sketch background transparent (make sure to draw on either a white or light grey background otherwise this can be tricky to do!) so I can add the paint layer behind the drawing. I also sometimes add the paint layer directly onto the sketch layer if I don't want the sketch to be in the final piece (this is no different from the way I paint digitally with a tablet, though, so I won't go into great detail here)

I paint with just my mouse (specially my laptop's mousepad, rather than a separate mouse btw) which yes, before you ask, is a very tedious process lol! it takes a lot to learn how to control the mouse, and I definitely haven't mastered it yet, but like all art related things, it just takes practise!! I will say that I have yet to figure out how to do really blended paintings with just my mouse, but for the more painterly style I've been doing recently, using the mouse works a treat!

another note is that you can't really get pressure effects when drawing with your mouse or finger (which is effectively where the harder you press, the thicker and/or darker the line is), but I've just been working around it since the very first digital artworks I ever did had no pressure opacity to them lol...

idk tbh this whole thing is a learning process for me which is simultaneously frustrating and very exciting, and I look forward to seeing how I progress in another few months lol!

...

finally, I thought I'd share this drawing from 2013 I did drawing with just my mouse and a comparison to one I did recently too! I didn't use a reference with either so it's a kinda janky looking eye, but I like to think I've made some sort of improvement in these 10 years lol

#art advice #artists on tumblr #digital art #no tablet digital art #phone art #art improvement #art progress #i'm honestly really proud with what i've been able to produce even without a tablet! #i dont know whether i'll go long term w/o one since it is frustrating at times #but for now i'm really enjoying doing art this way! #i hope y'all agree lol??

[kowtownart]

After a convo i had a while back with @magnus-opus, i wanted to explore a little tidbit about my sona! :D

The horns can glow! While it can be turned on and off at will, a simple boop to the nose’ll work too! Better be gentle, or else i’ll bite! *heheheh* >:3c

#sona #lee #sona lore #animation #boop #fursona #this one was a lot of fun to make! Drew each frame in medibang then imported them to a gif maker #I'm honestly surprised at how smooth it is for not using actual animation software #really proud of it! :3 #my art #kowtownart

[foundationsofdecay]

oh for fuck's sake i forgot such an important piece of context in that one tdh x st post. that entire "we fall beneath the sea of dreams" chorus is a callback to a song earlier in the album that adds so much extra meaning, how the fuck did i forget to even mention it omg

#eepy toking #i'm honestly really proud of that post. i think it's the only one of my rambling x-overs that i was able to make resonate with other ppl #like ultimately i make those and all my st posts in general for myself but it was still a nice feeling #BUT HOW DID I FORGET THAT LIKE SERIOUSLY