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sanctus-ingenium · 6 months

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Just wanted to ask, please forgive me if you've already answred this, what program do you use? Your art fucks HARD and like. I was looking at your art of the two moths over the city they die in and I was hit with the wave of "oh that looks really fucking fun actually." Like i know my art program can't do some of those effects and like, I'd love to try fucking about with them.

hi there, thank you! all my art is done in procreate and paint tool sai

because you mentioned that drawing in particular i thought it would be fun to break it down and show ppl what exactly went into each part of it so check this out

sketch & lineart - the brushes come from georgbrush.club and the urban sketcher is my most commonly used lineart brush, it has a nice irregular shape. the square brush is nice for big blocky sketches.

the cityscape was REALLY hard but basically I got a photo of the skyline of florence, traced some basic building shapes, then bullshitted the rest using the vertical symmetry/mirror tool to cut down on the amount of work (so i only had to sketch one half of the city). then for lineart I turned off vertical symmetry, turned on the two-point perspective tool, and got this:

the rose windows were made using the radial symmetry tool.

I didn't like it being so flat, so I used the liquify tool to make a kind of fish-eye effect (limited success tbh). I liked how it looked but the buildings in front needed something to cover them up to make the liquification less obvious...

first pass colours. I felt they were very washed out, aside from the sun which i loved. I use the spectra brush (default procreate) for skyscapes a lot, I love the texture. Although the clouds were filled in using the lasso selection tool, I softened the edges using the square pencil again and added texture using true grit sampler grainy brushes. The translucency effect comes from my setting the brush as an eraser. The sun rays come from the radial symmetry tool.

Blocking in the moths' colours was done with the urban sketcher again.

Something people may not have noticed is the labyrinth hidden in the sky! yeah I had a bunch of versions where it was more obvious but I found that it clashed a bit and was too busy, so I made it subtle. But yes. I searched for "royalty free labyrinth" and picked one.

The toner grit brush is one you've seen before if you've looked at any art on tumblr lately (this is such a popular brush) and it's from the true grit fast grit set. The pointillism brush is from the true grit free sampler pack, like my grain brushes.

I added shadows to the moths, increased saturation overall, and changed the clouds to a translucent blue (you can even see in the sun where I forgot to block in the sun itself because the clouds over it used to be opaque lol). Moon rays were drawn using the radial symmetry tool but this time with rotational symmetry off. I also moved the moon down closer to the moths because I felt that it was a bit far away, and this served to visually divide the drawing into three equal parts, so I chose to lean into that and divide the sky colours too, to show passing time, or an endless moment - morning, evening, night, etc.

And then the oroborous, I tried a few different effects on it because I wanted it to be very clearly separate from the main scene - I settled on a dot matrix newsprint texture, using procreate's onboard tool, and some heavy chromatic aberration. This is because the oroborous isn't real, it's purely symbolic and the moths' demise started when they became photographers so I liked the print media aspect there as well. The story itself is about grief without closure, cyclical violence, and sunk cost fallacy, while everyone explores an endless labyrinth, so an oroborous fits I think

what makes art fun to me is thinking up ways I can tell a story using just a single image. and sure a lot of it will be lost to an audience who isn't familiar with the characters or backstory but i want to leave enough in there that even complete strangers to my work will be able to construct a narrative about what's happening here, rather than it just being a cool image. that's my goal.

Finally I exported it to sai on my pc to give it a once-over. this is really important because the retina display on an ipad is oversaturated on purpose, to make everything look amazing and vibrant. but what this means is that on other screens, your work might look washed out. it's especially bad at displaying yellows! so i look at it in sai on my pc and i make minor adjustments, in this case I actually added another multiply layer on the moths and an overlay on their non-shadowed parts to increase the contrast there.

finally if you've read this far, I played a little trick with the caption of the drawing. yeah, THEY die... but only one of those moths is a theythem pronoun haver... the other has to survive. he isn't given a choice in the matter.

#fr you will never catch me trying to mystify my process i will explain literally everything #brushes

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fagboyfriend · 1 month

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i rlly like ur composition, i wanna know about your process :D

thank uuu !! yeah so like. composing a scene for me generally begins with a vague idea that i want to get down as quickly as possible- and for me that usually starts with finding a setting. I knew that i wanted to draw a) a group of roomates gossiping in a crowded kitchen and i wanted there to be b) one figure in the extreme foreground and c) lots of plants. i do use some tools to figure out perspective, mainly the csp perspective ruler. Usually i start by finding a picture i like similar to the vibe im going for- but instead of referencing anything else- im purely interested in perspective. sorry to anyone who is shocked i dont generate all of my perspective purely by myself- i can draw in perspective fairly well but i struggle to make straight lines and this is easier to make grids with than the line tool lol ^_^ i try to use it kinda more like spellcheck on typos than like something to fully rely on. this is the video i learned this trick from:

i saw the left photo and realllly loved how the cabinets alligned with the wall- so i used my ruler tool to draw out my inital plotted points from the image- basically the linear movements i was most interested in and then i turned off the image layer and worked with those lines and the ruler tool to move on. eventually i had this:

which was enough for me to put my characters in for the inital round. if you notice- i made a looot of further adjustments as i go on. this sketch is not a final layout, its so my characters have somewhere to be! i cannot draw someone standing on a floor if theres no floor, nor leaning on a table that doesnt exist. i can’t draw my characters without a background, but i also cant finish my background without accounting for how my characters can comfortably exist in it!!

this was the like.. very basic start. i knew the positions of two characters- but i needed to change a lot not only to fit them better but to allow for the other two figures i had planned.

okay.. a little better. i widened the kitchen, closed the fridge door.. added a chair and fit in all the figures.. but this is waaay too dramatic. only two figures are actually interacting- and they are at wildly different energy levels!

this is where things started to make a little more sense characterwiss, so i was ready to refine backgrounds and figures and unite the two.

inital base sketch. much better layout.

okay- this is where im getting my footing but things seem.. really really off. You can see me working on my framing here- theres some good linear movement from left to right here- but not vertically. It’s hard to notice the figure in the far back, so i need to redirect the viewers eye to move upwards as well!

this is where i decided to zoom out, add an interesting vertical element to the left of the image and make it clearer whats happening in the foreground. i had to account for some stuff by adjusting the cropping, but i paid attention to that as well.

annnd- thats what a clean sketch looks for me! i have all the elements of my scene accounted for, and things are clean enough to read.

the next step for me would be transfer! essentially- I print the image of my sketch out, resizing and taping pages together so my sketch matches the size of the paper i want to paint on, and then i use a lightboard to transfer my sketch with pencil onto my paper. Then i refine the sketch a few times on paper before stretching my watercolor paper (essentially just prepping for painting) and inking with a brush and colored ink before going in with watercolor, gouache and ink, then usually finishing with marker, colored pencil, pastel and ink. it’s a lengthy process but a lot of fun lol. but sketches for me can be like.. 15 layers of different roughs until im happy with just the sketch. there were more images but im on mobile and theres a 10 image limit 😭😭 im a bit masochistic but i believe that if i dont have a good sketch i dont have a good painting!!

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nightgoodomens · 2 months

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Ok so here are my thoughts about the other stuff that happened yesterday because there’s 60 asks in my inbox and it feels a little mean to not acknowledge them. But because there’s 60 and it would take me 3 months to answer, I’m just going to give you my thoughts after you gave me yours instead of answering each ask separately.

As usual - don’t click ‘keep reading’ if you don’t want PR and relationship talk. These are my personal takes, I’m not saying they’re correct.

GT and DT

What happened yesterday was probably the most blatant PR they could have went for and it was so obvious and over the top that instead of making me go “aww” it made me go “when is the new project?”

There is a lot of power in subtlety. It feels real, soft, loveable. That’s what real couples do. They don’t have the need to promote their relationship to gain something out of it. But starting with DT name dropping GT during interviews, then the day of BAFTAs starting with paid for articles about the wife of the host, about things that happened many years ago, just to have an excuse to write about her, and then screaming omg cameras let’s kiss right in front of them - it’s insincere. It’s a show. Things like that happen for a reason. It’s the most basic PR move.

My guesses are;

> GT wants to come back to acting or basically have some sort of project so DT used the moment to bring attention to her. Helped her start off again. Remember also The Way was released today, just one day after BAFTAs.

> Or perhaps it was basically DT thinking you know what, I want to share this special day with the wife and the husband - so he had the articles written about GT and did the kiss, and then did the sketch and met with MS in the audience - he knew articles will be written about this too.

It will be verified soon enough - if GT announces anything that will be the reason for all the promo lately. If not - my guess is the other reason.

It’s quite clever really because DT gave her general visibility and then he made a whole show with Michael in a room with some of the best directors, producers, actors, castings… Look at us and how fantastic we are together! (Give DT and MS jobs together! 😂)

Well, also, he didn’t need to choose a plus one between GT and MS, clever bastard 😂 He had both with him on such an important night for him.

We all joke about what happened yesterday and how inseparable MS and DT are but this really was DT ensuring the spotlight is on his wife and his husband that night and they’re a significant part of his night. They’re both really important to him in whatever way you choose to believe. This is the two people he wanted to share the night with.

Media knows. Have you noticed there were a few close ups of Michael and nobody else? Not even GT, and definitely not AL.

AL and MS

Uh oh are we ready for this conversation.

I watched the Red Carpet. I think there are two problems - MS has checked out a long time ago, and AL has no idea what to do with herself but she wants *fame* and to meet celebrities.

I saw MS on a red carpet with someone he actually adores. It was a striking difference. That was DT. That was MS who showed off his partner, laughed, chatted, giggled, made him feel at ease, made sure the attention was on the slightly overwhelmed and excited DT, steered him a little. His arm around him was strong. He was there for him completely.

There’s none of that with AL.

I think what makes the awkwardness even worse is that she wants to be a supermodel but she’s actually too self conscious for cameras. She doesn’t know how to pose, she’s stiff, she doesn’t know if to open her mouth or not - she doesn’t have the confidence to just smile and be herself because what she worries the most about is the final product. So every time it comes out like there’s nothing between the ears. Like a puppet.

There’s actually quite a simple comparison - DT and GT on the same day. As far as I’m aware GT finds red carpets stressful and usually avoids them - but what did DT do? He kept on talking and making her laugh so she’d relax and so they got a few good shots. But that’s people who clearly share sympathy and respect for each other.

Now the elephant in the room - AL not being in the sketch.

I’m waiting for some beautiful excuse so I won’t be surprised we will get it but my guesses are;

> The simplest one - BAFTAs said VIP only. GT probably only got the line because she’s the host’s wife and so AL had no chance just being a partner of MS.

> Cheekier one - It was David’s night and like I said before, he wanted his people in it. AL isn’t one of them. He knows she’s not really MS’s either. We know GT/AL wife thing is bullshit.

> Honestly, maybe even Michael said he doesn’t want her. This is the man who’s been showing left and right he is not happy so…

> Well, anyway, let’s say this - I think if they wanted her to be in it, she would had been in it.

I will admit - damn that was cold and I’m not surprised she’s slightly lashing out today.

But you know what, I’m happy. I’m happy that David has a video with Michael to celebrate his BAFTAs. That he didn’t need to “give in” at any point. This was his night, he slayed it, he has fantastic memories for the rest of his life.

And the reviews have been fantastic so I see a return for him in the future.

And freaking hell I hope there are tv shows and movies being written for MS/DT as we speak.

#NightGoodOmens talks PR

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surprisingmarch · 3 months

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𝕷𝖚𝖈𝖎𝖋𝖊𝖗 𝕸𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖗 𝕳𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖔𝖓𝖘 (𝕽𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖊𝖗𝖙 𝖋𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖑𝖞)

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🍎 The first thing Lucifer does when he wakes up in the morning is kiss his beloved on the forehead. Then he quietly tiptoes to their master bathroom to brush his hair and teeth. He carefully styles his hair, however it only takes him about 5 minutes to do so since he's been using the same hairstyle for many years now. Then he makes sure those pearly whites are sparkly clean, if they don't blind the castle's maids as they walk by then they aren't clean enough.

🍎 Lucifer is rather proud of his cooking skills (unsurprisingly) and he always makes breakfast. Even if the maids offer to cook when he's in a particularly bad mood or in bad health, he still will not let them cook. And the whole reason for this, in his words is..

"I cook breakfast so I know you have at least one half decent meal a day. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't… Have you seen the shit some of the maids call food? Burnt scrambled eggs aren't a food, they're a god damn health hazard and a travesty. Scrambled eggs are one of the most BASIC breakfast foods yet most fail at making them. Obviously, I'm the only one capable enough in this god forsaken castle to provide food for my family.....Not the mention what I've seen the nurses eat... *Shivers*"

🍎 You can usually find Lucifer in his personal study that's connected to his bedroom doing Hell's various, apparently required, stacks of paperwork. When he's not doing paperwork he's often laying on his desk pouting about the paperwork he will eventually have to do. Half the time he has to be bribed to do it or else he'll just keep procrastinating until it's time for bed.

🍎 Lucifer doesn't just decorate duckies, he actually does all sorts of DIY activates, such as building furniture (On the smaller side, of course. Not because he's small, but because he has an extremely short attention span and loses interest far too quickly to make anything large such as beds or coffee tables. He mostly just makes stools and custom chairs.) and inventing various 'useful' gadgets for around the house… They don't always go well.. They usually don't go well.

🍎 Charlie has many, MANY, tales about her father's 'helpful' gadgets going haywire. Lucifer personally doesn't like talking about the past, or at least that's what he claims if you ask about his failed experiments.

🍎 Lucifer also likes to Paint, sketch (specifically nude bodies, he finds them beautiful and says they are the most pure form of beauty life has to offer.), and hedge trimming… Hell doesn't have many hedges to trim and all the hedges it does have has already been trimmed by him... because they're around his castle.

🍎 One of the many 'failed experiments' Lucifer has created was a robot that was supposed to cook lunch for family and guests… let's just say it didn't go well. It started to steam and at that point everyone knew shit was about to go down. Charlie still makes fun of her father for that to this very day.

🍎 Despite what many inhabitants of Hell thinks, Lucifer is actually a decent father, husband, and friend. He always makes sure to make time for his daughter, even if it's just for a few minutes. Often times someone will drag him away to do some kind of politician work, but he'll be sure to let Charlie know just how much he loves her as he poutingly walks down the large corridors. He'll continue to say I love you the whole way down until he's almost out of sight and right before he turns the corner he'll turn around salute to his daughter with a frown that screams 'this is a suicide mission' and solemnly walk away. Lucifer also makes sure to watch over his baby girl at all times via one way or another. He is the devil after all, he is partially omnipotent. He has eyes every where through out Hell. He also leaves little gifts all over the hotel for Charlie to find, he thinks it's a fun game. Once she found one on the roof, it was a tiny miniature version of her key made out of clay, she ended up asking for another and she now wears them as earrings. 🍎 Every time Lucifer runs into his partner on the street or even in his own home he'll run up to them and give them a kiss, he doesn't give a fuck who sees and he implores someone to attempt to hurt his beloved, he'll hang them with their innards in the town square to set an example. He makes little gifts for his lover, such as paper flowers, beautiful origami swans and other beautiful graceful animals, he's even knitted a sweater once. It's very warm and he's very proud of it! ...But he's never doing it again, it took way too long. When he can't make something he'll pick some flowers himself out of a garden (Possibly someone else's, it depends on who has the prettiest flowers at the time.) and will lay them some where he knows his love will find them. He thinks buying flowers takes the entire message and importance out of picking a bouquet yourself, so he refuses to do it. He also gives his lover massages regularly on spa days. Yes he has special days he has dedicated to having a spa with his beloved, so what? That doesn't mean he's girly.... right?

🍎 Lucifer will go 'to Hell and back' for his loved ones. If you even so much as make a snarky remark about anyone he cares for he will rip you to shreds... literally. If a friend needs something he will be sure to provide it, even if he has to send someone in his stead. He tries to hang out with his friends, but he's become more of a introvert in his recent years. His family's concern about him is that he might get used unknowingly by his friends if he's not careful, he just cares way too much about people. Once an angel always an angel, he's still good at heart, despite how hard he tries to hide it. Is he demented now? Sure. But he would still pick up an abandoned kitten off the street and raise it as his own. Absolutely. The man is still a saint no matter how hard he tries to put on the bad boy persona. 🍎 Lucifer has SEVERE daddy issues and tends to not trust men as much as women. He has mommy issues as well considering he's never had one, but they're no where near as bad as his father problems. He breaks down in bed frequently while his beloved is fast asleep. He either falls asleep while crying or he has to be held and consoled to calm down. Occasionally he'll get so worked up his wings will pop out and protectively cover himself and his love and his demon form will burst out. Giant horns will slam against the bed frame and he'll go completely feral, unable to see that he's safe now. He'll be ready to kill anything that walks into their room.

🍎 Lucifer's favorite comfort is being the little spoon as someone massages his scalp gently. He also loves it when someone runs their hands through his hair, it calms him down instantly.

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#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel lucifer #lucifer morningstar #lucifer magne #headcanons #reader insert #reader #hazbin lucifer #hazbin lucifer magne #hazbin lucifer morningstar #hazbin hotel lucifer magne #hazbin hotel lucifer morningstar

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tadpole-apocalypse · 3 months

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I would love to know more about Morgan! What was her life like before the abduction/crash? Did she have any aspirations and have they changed since the abduction?

Thank you for asking! I started to answer this and realized I wanted to sketch something out from it;

Before being abducted by mind flayers Morgan lived in Baldur's gate's lower city and ran a shop of mystical services, including fortune telling, handmade potions and very basic enchantment services.

Her most profitable service was her fortune telling, and she had a small but very dedicated client based who believed in her ability to divine the future for them. In reality it's all a performance to her, she reads their minds and feeds them a future they want to hear, plucking just enough details to make it unmistakably tailored to them, but vague enough to be applicable to anything that happens to them. It's all a character she plays; big hair, big titties, ridiculous outfits.

Her shop was also her home, there was a little back room with a loft and hearth and most of it was carved out of stone, which was was far harder for her to damage/destroy with random wild magic effects. She is actually banned from renting from many, many landlords in BG for this reason. Thankfully her current one is a close friend of hers.

I also like to think the shop wasn't that far from the lower city's brothels and flophouses, since that's where Morgan spent her first few years in the city, so Astarion probably walked past the shop many, many nights without knowing what the hell it was on his way to find victims. Thank the gods he never thought to wander in.

But back to the rest of the ask; Morgan was perfectly happy with her lot in life at this point! She was living her best hot girl life while also having her own home and successful business; all major improvements to her childhood and early adolescence. That her success was mainly due to deceit and violating others boundaries (reading their minds without their consent or knowledge) did not bother her or even cross her mind. She could do it and it didn't hurt anyone, so why wouldn't she?

The whole experience of being connected to a hivemind with the tadpoles and having to learn how to guard her OWN thoughts for once and then experiences having her own mind dug into against her will kind of like...well she has a little bit of her own moral quandary about her own actions and finally settles on "we don't do that to people we care about and respect."

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #bg3: morgan #answered asks #my art #thank you for the ask! <3

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steamberrystudio · 8 months

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27/08/2023

So now that Gilded Shadows is wrapping up, I am promoting When Stars Collide from "Spare time project" to "Part time project"

What is the difference? Well, when I work on something in my spare time, that means it is late at night or the weekend. Literally when I am not doing anything else and just feel like tinkering with it.

As a part time project, this means that I will be spending an hour or two each day during the work week to do things for this project. It will start making more steady progress even if I'm not focusing on it full time.

This is basically taking it from me spending 0 - 4 hours on it a week to 8-10 hours on it a week.

My goal is to have the draft complete before the end of the year (by 'draft', I mean 'rough draft'). But more on that below.

Summary

Finished all scenes for the new chapter three

Finished Yren chapter 6 scenes

Started catching Kav's route up to the others

Edited Asher's CG to account for the new conference room BG

Small adjustments to Wil's first CG

Ramble

This week my big focus for WSC has been on writing. As I mentioned, I really want to get the rough draft completed by the end of the year. Currently the draft is nearly 70% complete (for those following updates in multiple places, when you see different percentages....it's because I've written more since then. Rofl).

Now, the draft was nearly 70% in the past as well but I added another route since then, so I lost some progress due to the increase in target word count. I'm also calculating things more precisely now as I created a newer and fancier writing spreadsheet to track my progress and keep myself on track.

I went back and wrote in the new chapter 3, reorganising all the existing chapters and scenes to accommodate it.

I finished Yren chapter 6 (which catches him up to Noel and Raif).

And now I'm working on catching Kav, the new character, up to Yren, Noel, and Raif. (Remember, Daaz and Asher's routes are already fully drafted).

I have written about 15000 words since my last update here. I don't expect to write that much every week and my goal is actually a fair bit more modest than that. Gilded Shadows is not 100% complete yet. I still have multiple KS related things to finish and, of course, I will be making corrections and focusing on its beta testing once testers have had a bit more time with it.

WSC is still a part time project. This was just a particularly good week for it.

I have also worked on a few other things for WSC - mostly UI related and some art related things.

I received a new BG since my last update, and realised that...I have to revamp all the existing CGs. Or at least update them to change the background elements. I've only edited one so far but I don't think it'll be too much effort to fix the others.

And I continue to streamline and adjust the UI to make it look nicer and be more efficient.

So...

Kav. The new character. Kav'isari Tiaine, a Ka'mérian crew member who works in the space labs most of the time and specialises in identifying alien technology (what species it belongs to and what it does).

To explain where Kav came from, he actually popped into my head months ago. And every so often, I would contemplate whether or not I wanted to add him. I would say I first had the idea in January or February of this year. I would repeatedly think about it and dismiss it.

I then mentioned it to a friend sort of off-handedly back at the very beginning of June. A month and a half later, I mentioned him on a voice call on my server knowing full well that if I really talked about him and had a conversation about him, I would probably end up doing enough character brainstorming that he would become "real." And I talked about him anyway.

And that's exactly how he became an actual character. I think I had his sprite sketched out by the end of that day.

But he had existed as a concept long before that. The main reason I was willing to add him instead of ruthlessly telling myself no is just that I felt there was a gap in the cast for a gadfly style character who has a little mystery to him. And I just knew I could manage another route based on the length of Asher and Daaz's routes.

So...yeah. That is how Kav came into being. His introduction into the story has caused a few minor changes to standing lore or things in the prologue (just mentions of him, etc). But the changes to the currently public content of the game are pretty minor.

Kav won't actually appear in the game until Chapter 3. He gets mentioned a few times up to that point. There are some logistical considerations to his route but I have talked about those more on Patreon.

Speaking of Patreon, now that WSC is moved into "part time" status, I will be starting to slowly release some Patreon-exclusive lore posts for this game there. Like most games monetised through Patreon content, the lore posts will not be critical to having a full and complete game experience. Rather, it is going to be comprised of additional and extra lore content.

Some of the lore content released on Patreon will be in the game (such as character back stories) but Patrons will get to see it early and will get it presented in a different format.

Much of the content can be considered "extras" rather than necessary.

I will also be updating on the development progress weekly there (available to all patrons) rather than bi-weekly, and my updates there (going forward) will tend to be more detailed than the ones here.

Once episode releases start, Patrons will be able to access them before they the public releases. But backing on Patreon is not necessary to be able to play the game and get a full and complete game experience. It's just how this particular game will be monetised as I'm looking for more sustainable release styles so I can continue to make games.

That is all for this update. I will see you in a couple of weeks to talk about WSC again!

#when stars collide #updates #amare game #indie otome

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exo-raskreia · 4 months

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U being anti IH what if the same thing happens to gjhm and they become canon but don't have as much material as other ship?

I'm not sure if you're asking this with malicious intent or if it's a genuine question from a fellow shipper, but here we go.

(Oncoming lengthy response)

I've actually had this thought before. What if despite his different writing style, the general hate the Bleach ED got, & just how ridiculous it sounds, Gege pulled a Kubo? After all, he's a fanboy of the man (I wonder what he thinks of the Bleach ED? Is he aware of how it was received?).

I would be shocked, conflicted, & worried.

To start with, while neither ship should be compared due to how fundamentally different they are, I will say this. Despite several interactions, IH severely lacked chemistry, trust, & meaningful moments. Meanwhile, GojoHime with less on-screen interactions & a playful dynamic, have shown us a deep trust for each other & have worked together to achieve their shared goals. Despite being a minor side character, Utahime is one of the few people Gojo trusts & one of the three adults he calls by first name with no honorific. This already puts them leagues above IH, who were barely friends at best & acquaintances at worst.

So, I wouldn't want GjHm to somehow get the IH treatment in the end. I wouldn't wish that on any shipper, heck, I even feel sort of bad for the IH's, cuz despite becoming "canon" out of nowhere 7 years ago, they still. don't. have. content (especially from the author himself, who has shown no particular interest in his endgames. They don't even have a family sketch 🫢). Makes you wonder who really lost here (as IR has still gotten some content over the years post-ED...).

GjHm already gets enough hate for simply existing, despite it being a smaller ship with a smaller fanbase in the JJK fandom (the antis are threatened by the potential it has, not to mention it's the most popular JJK straight ship in Japan), so if Gege were to pull a Kubo, the hate would increase, especially towards Utahime, who of course would amass the most hate from this freakin' fandom that's obsessed with Gojo. It'd be a tough time for us fans of the ship & Utahime.

After dealing with the aftermath of the Naruto Shipping Wars as a soldier in the NaruHina army lol (don't even get me started on why NH is NOT like IH, plus we actually have content 🤪), & then witnessing the disastrous Bleach ED & the general hate it got, I do NOT wish to go thru this again. Whether you win or lose, if it isn't done properly, you'll still deal with criticism left & right... (why can't more battle shounens be like Fairy Tail when it comes to slowly developing the ships throughout the story? There'd be less drama...)

Gege keeps saying the manga will end soon, so that means if he wants to make anyone canon by the end, he'll have to start now. JJK is a battle shounen with no romance, but if despite this, GjHm are to be canon, then their moments leading up to it will have to be quality > quantity. Is there enough room/time to develop them the way we would wish? Doubt it, so we'll need at least a couple flashbacks to further justify them (and boy, we're still waiting for their flashback after Gojo's unsealing, if that ever comes...).

Basically, even if it's a few moments, they need to be impactful enough to make even the casual readers/viewers think, "I could see them ending up together." Subtlety & slow burn are usually the best fit for battle shounens, after all, &/or maybe a little further (once again, like Fairy Tail). With that said, out of all the potential ships in the series, I personally view YutaMaki as the most likely to become canon by the end; their moments, far & few in between, are enough to convince me that they could be endgame (that is, if the capricious Gege so wished 😓).

So far, we've seen nothing of what Gojo & Utahime truly think of each other. To reiterate, they have a silly dynamic but have shown to trust each other implicitly. Why this is, we can only guess. I mean, Utahime has risked her life for Gojo twice already (investigating the mole & buffing him against Sukuna). Where is this supposed "hate" she holds for him? It's stated in the databook that she hates him most of the time, so how does she feel at other times? 🤔 And Gojo, despite his teasing, has shown he cares for her, saved her, & obviously trusted her with the aforementioned important & risky tasks.

Just what is going on with these two? Is it really so impossible that there could be something more here? Whether now or later? Gege would just need to give us a little more... Though at this point, there's only so much we can hope for, considering his writing style & how things have been seemingly going... Gotta keep our expectations low...

(What if—delulu plot twist—GjHm are already together, either secretly this whole time—like some ppl have wondered, as this could further explain the immense trust in each other—or got together during the timeskip, & all we need now is the big reveal with a/some proper flashback(s) to explain it? LOL. Just a silly idea 😜).

Anyway, in general, I wouldn't want GjHm becoming canon at the cost of its beautiful potential. We'd need some more moments to justify it, or else I'd have to put back on my old "army uniform" to defend my ship if need be. So, despite how unlikely it would be, I can only hope Gege does NOT pull a Kubo (well, he's more likely to kill everyone off or something like that 🙄).

I'd rather he pulled a Sorachi (author of Gintama) & left things open-ended, keeping the fandom from turning into utter chaos...

(Maybe only that side might lose it, tho, lol. They get bothered by anything that doesn't adhere to their ship despite them being down here with us in Delulu Land, oop-).

#gojohime #gojo and utahime #ask #reiapost #anti-ichihime #anti bleach ending

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imtrashraccoon · 6 months

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First Day, Previous Day, & Next Day

Day 4: Fireworks

The pencil scratched across the paper as you carefully sketched. You didn't have many hobbies nor the time to actually practice them, but now that you were trapped in the Underground, you suddenly had more time than you knew what to do with. So to amuse yourself a little, you'd taken to sketching out a few of the small monsters you'd remembered encountering so far.

In the Ruins you'd seen a frog like creature that was about the size of an English bulldog, a small ghost with wings, a monster with a large eye, a beetle like monster, and even a little yellow flower. While these Monsters had all tried to attack you and Frisk, you'd managed to resolve the conflicts peacefully rather than having to fight back.

You hadn't seen very many other Monsters in the forest, especially while you had been close to either of the brothers, but you had spotted a couple of owl like birds with a snowflake pattern on their faces. There had also been some monsters that looked like snowmen with ice hats and one that reminded you of a deer, although it had a rather terrifying face.

You'd sketched out a couple of Monsters by now and while you weren't an amazing artist, you felt slightly proud at how good they'd turned out. While you would love to have a couple of coloured pencils, you had to be content with leaving the sketches as grayscale and focus more on shading.

"What Are You Doing?" Papyrus asked as he entered the kitchen and began rummaging around in one of the cupboards.

"Drawing," you answered, still focused on getting the details of a Snowdrake just right. "It's been a while since I did."

Papyrus hummed quietly. "You Like Drawing Then?"

You paused and examined the half dozen little monsters on the paper. "Yeah, I do. I just, I like the feeling of accomplishment from making something." You chuckled and added, "Especially if they're cute."

You went back to shading a few more details, barely noticing the silence that had settled between you two. As your pencil continued to scratch away at the paper, the moments stretched on.

"You Are Cute."

Papyrus had spoken quietly and yet you were focusing so much that he actually startled you. Nearly jumping out of your socks, you accidentally pressed too hard on the paper with your pencil and broke the lead.

You stared at your sketch for a moment, barely registering how you'd nearly ruined it. While your brain rebooted, your tongue acted on its own and resorted to your go to defense mechanism for awkward situations - dry sarcasm.

"No, you're cute," you muttered.

You instantly wanted to fall through the floor and die. Rather than diffuse the situation, you'd basically just lit a fuse that would spell certain disaster. Why did you always have to make things worse and have them blow up in your face?

Papyrus planted his hands on the table to your left, practically leveling you with the intensity of his gaze. After a moment though, he grinned and his scarlet eyelights seemed to flicker dangerously.

"Hardly, You Are Adorable," he said with a slight chuckle.

So much for an immediate explosion. If he was going to play with fire, you weren't going to be the one caught holding the match.

"I know you are, but what am I?" you retorted teasingly.

Papyrus didn't seem to be expecting you to be willing to throw down so quickly and you could almost see the gears turning in his skull as he tried to think up another comeback. A moment later, he leaned closer to you and spoke in a much lower tone, almost akin to a growl. "I Ought To Turn You In For The Crime Of Being A Heart Stealer..."

Your cheeks were starting to burn. He was good at this...either that or you were weak to his charms. Maybe even both...?

"Well, are you a parking ticket? Because you've got fine written all over you..." you murmured.

You really weren't good at being charming, but by the dusting of scarlet across Papyrus' cheekbones, it had been effective enough. He narrowed his eye sockets and stared at you. Not willing to back down and give him the satisfaction of winning, you stared back at him defiantly.

"You Are A Real Spitfire..." he whispered, finally breaking the silence.

"And you're actually a scoundrel, aren't you?"

Papyrus moved closer until he was only a few inches from your face. "Oh Yes," he purred. "But I Think You Like That... Or Am I Wrong?"

"I..." you couldn't seem to form a proper response and trailed off. Your brain must've finally caught up and the reality of what was happening had finally fully set in.

Papyrus was actively flirting with you and, like an idiot, you'd only added more fuel to the once tiny sparks. The figurative fuse had been lit long ago and now the firecracker was just about to explode.

You glanced away as an uninvited thought forced its way to the front of your mind. You...liked this. You liked him. You liked the attention he gave you too.

"Papyrus..." you murmured quietly and made yourself look at him again.

He gazed calmly back and for a moment, you were struck speechless once again. Your tongue felt heavy and your heart was thumping much faster than what was considered normal.

He finally broke and had to look away from you, covering his face with one hand as he did so. You immediately noticed that his blush had significantly darkened, even though he was clearly trying to hide it.

Papyrus softly swore under his breath and ran his hand down his face. "Rihanna...Do You...?" he started to ask.

You tilted your head questioningly. While you weren't sure exactly what he was trying to say, you had a small inkling about what it could be.

He swore again. "I Think... I Might Actually Like You..." he finished.

Your eyes went wide with shock. "I... I don't know... I might...like you too, Papyrus..." you whispered.

The fireworks had finally gone off.

(Edit: Just a little tag for one of my favorite tumblr users: @scrambledmeggys )

#selfshipufpap #undertale #underfell #underfell papyrus #underfell papyrus x reader #reader #named oc #thwbd #the hand we've been dealt #alternate universe #raccoons drabbles

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lurkingshan · 11 months

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Love Mate

When @bengiyo informed me that the creative team behind Our Dating Sim had released another show, I knew immediately I would have to check it out (attn: @troubled-mind). And I’m happy to report that I really loved Love Mate!

The basic premise: Yi Jun doesn’t believe in love and is determined to be single forever. Ha Ram is his new junior at work who has a crush on him and is determined to prove him wrong. Shenanigans ensue!

This is a really classic romance story and the show heavily deploys all your favorite tropes from romance, bl, and kdramas, but in a knowing way that lets you in on the fun. The leads are great and have really solid chemistry. And importantly, like ODS, this show has managed to calibrate its pacing and story ambitions appropriately to fit its short length. The narrative is complete and satisfying and it was a really delightful few hours of a binge.

Getting into spoiler territory here so only read on if you don’t mind!

I’ve seen a bit of chatter in the tags about whether Ha Ram went too far in his aggressive pursuit of Yi Jun and transgressed his boundaries inappropriately. I get why that conversation is happening but I didn’t feel that way and wanted to dig into why.

First, like I mentioned above, this is a really classic romance set up that is using very recognizable tropes, and the character types and dynamic between them is no exception. Yi Jun is claiming not to believe in love, but you can see almost immediately - and the show confirms over time - that he is actually a wounded baby bird who desperately wants love but is trying to protect himself from getting hurt again. Ha Ram is the love interest who sees through him - we find out later why he is so confident this isn’t really who Yi Jun is and why he is so determined about him - and takes it upon himself to give Yi Jun the attention and care he clearly needs. These archetypes are rooted in tradition and if you’re familiar with the genre you know the basic sketch of how this is going to go before the first episode ends.

Second, it was apparent right away that Yi Jun 1) liked Ha Ram; 2) wanted his attention; 3) was enjoying being pursued despite his protestations. In the first few episodes we saw him getting flustered, looking at and thinking about Ha Ram constantly, and intentionally putting himself in Ha Ram’s path even as he verbally claimed he wasn’t into it. Yi Jun even admits all of this explicitly once they’re dating, but to me it was clear just from his body language and reactions. After asking for some time to think before he decides if he wants to date him, Yi Jun cracks after literally one (1) day without Ha Ram’s attention. Once they start being “date mates” Yi Jun blooms right in front of our eyes. He is happy again, finding joy in life, relaxing quite naturally into this relationship even if he won’t call it that yet. And when his ex comes back and sends him back into a spiral and he starts avoiding Ha Ram, we see his spirit dim and the light go out of his eyes. Ha Ram is good for Yi Jun and the show makes it super clear. And it makes perfect sense, because for someone who was harshly dumped the way Yi Jun was in the past, someone pursuing him that relentlessly, and still wanting him even when he makes it difficult, would be a much needed balm for his ego, a boost to his confidence, and the assurance he would need before he’d be willing to risk getting hurt again.

Third, Ha Ram is an emotionally intelligent character that can tell the difference between Yi Jun “playing hard to get” while still seeking his attention, and Yi Jun actually being very upset and wanting time away from him. And when Ha Ram is faced with the latter, he backs off. He knows something is going on with the ex and he is upset about Yi Jun pushing him away, but ultimately he gives him space to wallow and only intervenes when he is being hurt. And in the end, he offers his support and care to bolster Yi Jun, and again gives Yi Jun the space to get the closure he needs on his own.

I could probably ramble on about this show and these characters all day (which is telling given when a short watch it is!) but I would rather just tell you to go watch it. It’s not perfect, but it’s truly a lovely story and worth your time.

#love mate #korean bl #kdrama #shan shouts into the void

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yuraslefttoe · 5 months

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hey, it's me again! I came to pester you with questions!! *there should be a scary laugh, but it sounds more like mean giggles*

(by the way, I’m thinking about sending you such long texts with questions (because I have a lot of them!!) once one or two weeks, if you don’t mind. . . . . . .you don't mind..??? (god, I hope you don’t get tired of me..!) I'm so sorry, please, I'm just very interested!! *qwq*)

ok, let's start with the sweetest part, prelude. ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT YOU REPLY SO QUICKLY, GOD, NOT PASSED A FEW HOURS!!!!!! I THOUGHT YOU HAD TOO MANY QUESTIONS SO I DID NOT EXPECT A SO SOON REPLY!!

I’ll remind you once again how much I adore your work (after all, you deserve it!!), and I’ll also say that I specifically shouldn’t talk about posts tagged with the adm, because I’ve read your tumblr and twitter in its entirety several times, I even have a separate album in my gallery with answers that particularly interested me, there are several hundred screenshots there and I don’t regret anything! (sorry if my hyperfixation may be intimidating!!)

*=^._.^= ∫*

and now the questions!!!!

1. my wife doesn’t have a tumblr, but her suggestion interested me and can be seen in the first two screenshots(the translation sounds like: “after the release of “red hour” I have an assumption that andrey is more... athletic than misha. either this is because of ferry’s drawing style, or he really has such wide shoulders")so now we are interested to know about the physique of your characters!! maybe some of them are thin, or vice versa, a little overweight. and what about physical training? did you have any headcanons for this??? ( by the way, when I ask about “characters” I mean not only misha and andrey, but also europe and maya, because they are also worthy of attention <зз)

2. what about the abbreviation "dyusha" for andrey? in russian it is... not used very often, but still, it sounds very cute. so it would be interesting to know how you would feel about this? 3. I also want to hear about the names of the characters!! how did you choose them? I mean........ how did it happen that from ☺europa☺ you switched to 👹MiKhAiL👹?? (I'M SO SORRY, BUT MISHA'S FULL NAME SOUNDS SOMETHING THREATENING. MY UNCLE'S DOG HAS THE SAME NAME EHE- *ᕕ(ಥ▽ಥ)ᕗ*)

4. and lastly, let's return to my wife for another moment. she suggested that andrey was now also in a time loop. what do you say about that? and also in enigma, she noticed that misha seemed to be addressing the second person in the lines: "and if you wanted to be anything more than just free" and "you’ve seen a hundred lies I see that all the time". is this second person a viewer? or maybe one of the previously mentioned characters??

the last photo, by the way, is one of the sketches that I found so far in my gallery! ^^

initially it was planned to attach two sketches, but andrey turned out TOO bad, I’m ashamed to show him. someday I'll redraw it into something normal.... maybe. but! I really like the pic with misha and the wolf(I hope this is the wolf you were talking about lol. google didn’t show me anything else, and I’ve never been to ikea myself, ehe...)

(and I don’t want to post all this yet, because running a tumblr was certainly not part of my plans, haha)) I registered here solely to read your blog, and not to maintain my own)

sorry again for possible illiteracy, and also for the chaotic nature of my thoughts, haha, I don’t know how to adequately express them in english.. and also, I’m really REALLY apologize that the text was too long, next time I’ll try to be shorter...

okay im gonna try and answer everything here in a coherent way so sorry if nothing makes sense

im just fine with lotes of questions :) answering asks and responding to comments is one of my favorite things ever and i brings a verry big smile to my face

on andrei: i consider him to be a skinny little gut but not exactly unathletic, and in addition i think he would have basic combat training and probably be good with firearms. misha is probably a very average bodytype, nothing special, not particularly athletic.

i do not speak russian (though ferry has recently encouraged me to learn so maybe in like four years ill be able to form a sentence) so i dont know anything about the short forms so you can do whatever you want. if you coin it and peoples tart calling him that i will not stop it from happening

i do not name my characters, i usually let me friends name them (i think that the only one i named was europa and his partner). going forward maybe ill try to make it more cohesive

the time loop idea im seeing thrown around alot is really cool and while i havent particularly wrote any of my songs about that in general i see it fitting into the loose narrative i have going on. also in enigma misha is definitely talking to andrei whenever he says the word "you" but it could also be to the listener because the entire theme of enigma is 4th wall breaking and meta shenanigans like that

that sketch is SO CUTE oh my god

#asks #adm #misha #andrei #deepest lore

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Hi!! Hope you’re having a good day so far! I love this asexual!reader x jjk series. Every one of them has been fire!! Could you do asexual!black!reader x Choso perchance pls if you’ve got the time? Anything fluffy or maybe even a meet-cute. Would love to hear your thoughts/drabble. Thank you for all the works so far!!!! 💫

Girl dont make me cry! Also sorry this took 150years and its not my best work so if you want another one let me know😭😭

Drabbles to headcannon ft. Choso kamo

Sketching out the park in the yard of the apartment conplex you live in you sigh frustratedly tearing yet another page out the book.

“You must like trees” a tiny voice says next to you and you notice its one of your neighbors the energetic little boy with pink hair who youve swear youve seen kick through concrete.

“I just cant find the right color” you pout and his eyes widen at all the color pencils you have.

“My brothers good at coloring, he stays in the lines real good. We can ask him” he grins looking behind you and you see a stressed looking man nearly running toward you. His eyes soften when he sees you.

“Cho! She needs help coloring” the tiny boy beams unphased by his brothers distressed state.

Theres large amounts of cursed energy coming from you but you dont seem to be a threat.

“Yuji what did i tell you about running off” he huffs out his robes moving as swiftly as he does. Yujis eyes get watery and his bottom lip trembles.

“But oni-chan” he whines and chosos face instantly softens and you think the soft spot he has for his little brother is adoreable. He somehow convinces his brother to color your trees and you notice he isnt half bad.

“Your struggling because your using one shade of red for the leaves when it should be three to capture how they fade into brown” he points out which you arent too happy to receive.

What? Youre an artist and youre sensitive about your work. You make an excuse to leave shortly after and head back to your apartment.

A few days later you hear a soft knock on your door and to your suprise find Choso and little yuji who smiles brightly at you.

“Oni-chann bought you colored pencils! Its the expensive ones” yuji beams excitedly holding up the gift bag and Choso jaw drops looking at his brother.

“Actually he seen a coloring book he wanted to get you…and i noticed i may have offended you the other night so its a peace offering” he speaks and you notice the marking on his nose you want to ask questions but it’s rude.

Your living room had been transformed into a art studio with paintings, paint, blank canvases pencils and loose sketches floating around and Yuji can help his self as he runs in looking over each piece. Choso is ready to apologize but you instead walk over to yuji explaining all the different artworks and hes shocked at the way he holds onto every word you say.

Its something about the way youre so good with yuji that makes something in him stir not sexual but its like he’s seeing you for the first time.

Yuji comes over every day after school… which means Choso comes over every day.

You start learning how he’s basically good at every thing cooking, drawing, playing instruments, origamii, baking, it actually pissed you off sometimes it was becoming a game of “anything you can do i can do better and make yours look useless” And you were losing.

It’s when he begins coming over without yuji that you enjoy spending time with him and you notice he’s alot more relaxed the pressure to be the best is gone.

He’s only trying to be the best to impress his little brother.

He enjoys doing little things to make life easier for you, taking out the trash, helping with dishes even keeps your company on wash day. It’s the day he collapses from exhaustion on your couch that you realizes he’s such a people pleaser for people he cares about.

And touch deprived. He falls apart when you place a hand on his forehead dark eyes void of anything just enjoying your proximity.

His favorite place is your lap where he lays his head and closes his eyes as you massage his scalp running your fingers through it, his 2 signature buns long gone.

It’s when you hear his soft snores that you turn down the t.v and set an alarm for when you have to get Yuji from school.

Choso never pressures you into anything sexual or even talks about it, why?

Hes our asexual king!

He’s happy with the quality time and returned acts of service the two of you give another. He gets his fill from watching you and yuji interact. He gets his fill when you see the tiredness in his baggy eyes and pat your lap for him to lay down.

He gets his fill when you ramble about your day and coworkers and the latest telfar Bag drop. He LOVESSSS going to the hair supply store and when you let him smell the hair products.

He knows better than to use it because he looked up hair type when you went on a rant about your hair having 2 different hair types.

He closed the window when it began talking about weave because you said you didn’t wear that and that yes your hair grew 36 inches over night and changed texture (you still giggle to yourself about it because he was either so gullible or too polite to ask)

Purposely leaves his hair ties so he has a reason to come back, though between Yuji and his great cooking skills he was always welcomed.

#choso kamo #choso x reader #choso x black!reader #choso jjk #jujutsu kaisen choso #choso x y/n #choso x you #choso x female reader #jjk x black!reader #choso headcanons

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captainx-camino · 13 days

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Someone commented on an old video recently asking me (genuinely) if one of my speed paints was AI because 1) it was broken up into highlights for TikTok, and 2) I have a very unorthodox sketching process. So, I have decided to show the entire ass backwards way I sketch out the nearly incomprehensible nonsense that my mush brain spits out at me.

To preface, I use Ibis paint x on a cell phone.

I do not have a fancy program like procreate or clip studio, or even a tablet and a lot of how I work has evolved from what I have found works the best for drawing on my tiny, little, shitty phone screen.

That being said....

A speed paint video

To begin, I rarely map faces more than just very basic shapes. (Though, I will admit the structures can get more complex the less comfortable I am with drawing the face.) I usually start with a very basic framework that I implement half from just years of practice in drawing faces and becoming more comfortable with those base shapes, as well as the fact that I'm already aware I will inevitably be over using the liquify pen. Now, I would like to say this is a crutch and I just do it because it's easy, but unfortunately it's actually just because I have fat fingers and a tiny screen (sometimes I can place lines better with my pen but it's still a really small surface to work with) and it's just less of a headache to address the lines with liquify than redoing them a million times or zooming in so close that I lose the rest of the picture.

I will often start with faces because they tend to have the most small details. From there, I will then usually shrink the drawing down and place it about where I think it'll need to be to draw the next part, all while less than strategically erasing the piss poor guidelines I had originally given myself.

SOMETIMES I will save my guides of a second layer in case I might need them later, but that's about as far as I ever plan ahead to be honest...

And we can see that in the next part where after scribbling in a few vague marks for their hair I then IMMEDIATELY regret erasing my head guides and hastily sketch them back in so I can proceed to poorly map out their bodies (most of which I will inevitably be covering up anyway, which I KNEW was going to happen with this one and I cursed myself the entire time). I then fill in where I want all the glorious hair, which fills up the rest of the blank space in the art with fun and interesting shapes and conveys the lore of the AU.

After this, and to take this from a sketch to actual lineart, I will clean up some of the lines on a second layer and keep some of the original sketch features where I like them. This helps me keep the life of the original sketch while also allowing me to clean up the more scratchy lines, which usually produces a pretty nice, clean looking line work.

Should I do a lore drop for my AU next??

Kinda want to...

#sketch process #bluffy #bulu #buggy x luffy #buggy #luffy #moon god buggy #anti ai

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kittick-art · 1 year

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Wahoo, time for another Animatic Deep Dive!

I did this on twitter after my jeanmarco animatic came out last year, and I wanted to do something similar for the Royai animatic! This post will include HD stills from the animatic, as well as some nerdy insight into some shot choices and such, bc I need an outlet to geek out about it. Everything is under the ‘keep reading’ break! :]

Ok to start off, I wanted to show some behind-the-scenes stuff, including my first thumbnails I drew in my sketchbook, as well as part of the shot sheet that kept me organized (and sane) throughout the animatic.

Also, fun fact is that I'm primarily a 3D animator, so I used that knowledge to sculpt a rough version of Mustang's office for the final shot :]

Ok so now for actual stills...starting with one of my FAVORITE sequences to draw, which I have dubbed 'the scrolling bit.'

And a fun little composition tidbit about this sequence is that I tried to show the passage of time through Roy & Riza's placement in the shots. So in order, they progressively go from the right of the screen to the left. It was actually a really last-minute decision, bc originally I had two different shots (see below) which got scrapped in order to do that silly compositional thing. I think it was a worthy sacrifice because that drawing of Black Hayate on Mustang's head was just so fun to draw.

OKAY, now I want to move onto my favorite part of any animatic, which is the pretentious stuff about 'character placement' and "the deeper meaning." Blah blah, all that art-school kind of stuff that you'd hear in some film analysis class.

It's not intentional whatsoever, but I realized after the animatic was finished that Hawkeye is almost always on Mustang's righthand side, other than a select few times when he's the one supporting her. Feel free to look into that if you'd like, but just know it was not intentional and isn't consistent 100% of the time.

What was intentional, however, were these 4 shots, and specifically the placement of Mustang & Hawkeye within them:

These 2 sequences are meant to be direct parallels to each other, in everything including how Mustang turns to Hawkeye, and Hawkeye is already facing him. They were also my favorite shots to animate, especially with Riza coming out of her salute. Seeing them in the final animatic almost made me tear up, ngl. They're just so dang in love!

Finally, the last part that holds some artsy deeper meaning is a sequence I actually shared a long long time ago. I've dubbed it the 'spotlight section' bc idk how else to describe it.

Back when I teased this sequence, I alluded to some "deeper meaning" behind the use of red in the tags. And while the use of red is a pivotal thing throughout the entire animatic, it's most important here. It starts on Hawkeye's back, then transfers to Mustang's glove, and finally goes back to Hawkeye as her blood. Basically what I was trying to get at was something about consequences, and where flame alchemy has led them. In some way or another, Riza's decision to show Roy her tattoo ended up leading to her own (near) demise. So the red was supposed to show that transfer of consequence, if that makes sense.

ANYWAYS. Enough of me rambling. Thank you for reading if you somehow made it this far. All the love on this animatic - even since I first started teasing it back in November - has been insane to me. I still feel like I can't wrap my head around it. I'll leave you all with one last sketch from when I first started making the animatic. Have a good night, everyone!

#WOO THIS IS A LONG POST #basically just me rambling about my own work #and some exclusive behind the scenes stuff ;)#props to you if you make it all the way through #royai #animatic deep dive

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biribaa · 2 years

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This Diary Is Not Yours

(Yandere!Doc x reader)

TW// Yandere behavior, manipulation, cussing in the narrative, death, rlly small mentions of vomit, small amount of blood

9/04/XXXX

It's been a week since the friend of our feline hero sacrificed itself to open the blast doors over our city. Finally without Zurks and Sentinels to worry about, everyone is free to go wherever they want now. Not everyone wanted to leave the city, of course, for example, Momo was not yet ready to face the torment he faced the last time he went to the surface. But ignoring that, many were excited to visit the outside world, just as I was.

Everything was so green and healthy, no sign of human life and no sign of our cat friend. I've always been interested in technology, but I always thought vegetation would be interesting too.

So with that idea in mind, I stole earth and started making a sketch of what my plantation would look like close to home, who knows I might find another cat, so I can feed it with those vegetables!

9/09/XXXX

In beautiful 5 days, I managed to make a simple planting, managed to get water and find some lost seeds in abandoned places and started to plant.

Some funny thoughts popped into my head, am I a parent for plants too now? I feed, care for and love these plants, are they my children?

A horrible thought crossed my mind! If they were my children, I would have to feed them to animals and watch them being brutally devoured! I better not have strong feeling for these plants...

9/21/XXXX

A human! A human!

Many rumors have surfaced that a human is walking around Walled City 99! I can only imagine how confused this human is, surrounded by robots that don't speak the same language as them, poor human.

I mentioned this to my friends, so far none of them have seen anything but rumours. I also asked several people and only a small number of people(3 people as I recall) saw this human. According to them, the human had (H/L) (H/C) hair, their skin was (S/C), and was apparently (woman/man/androgynous).

I have a strange unexpected urge to try to look for this human, maybe I'll teach them our language and let them live in my house, and as a gift, I can feed them my vegetables

I told Seamus to check my vegetables daily and water them, after that I will be away for a long time, after all it shouldn't be that difficult, just walk and ask.

And of course, I'm taking my diary to write down my adventure

9/22/XXXX

I found the human!

I expected a longer adventure than just one day, but what matters now is that I found them. The human is called Y/N, and all the tips people gave me fit them perfectly.

They were clearly exhausted and confused with everything, they are so lost...

I noticed how scared they were, so the first thing I did was teach them the basics of my language. It took a few minutes but now they knows the basics like "Yes" "No" "She" "He" "They" "Me" and etc. Most of the time Y/N makes hand gestures, but they try to speak

At this very moment as I'm writing and walking, Y/N is firmly by my side and doesn't abandon me at all, I don't blame the human, I'm the only robot that actually tried to help them.

I hope Y/N lasts a long time...

9/28/XXXX

Everything is going great! I found some warm clothes for Y/N and a blanket for them. I'm so glad they liked the clothes I found.

Theres more, Y/N has been learning more and more words of my language, I'm glad to know that, I hope that in a few months Y/N will be able to speak for at least be able to socialize with others

I already introduced Y/N to my son Seamus and some of my friends like Clementine and Momo, unfortunately I couldn't bring them to Zbaltazar, I really wanted to see his reaction to a human, but i told him about Y/N, he said they seems like a really nice person. While for Clementine and Momo, they got along really well, especially with Momo, Y/N and Momo talk to each other a lot now.

What I fear the most is the fact that my vegetables aren't getting ready... I need to find a way to not let Y/N starve to death.

10/03/XXXX

Everything is going perfect! The vegetables have grown, Y/N is learning more and more of my language and is finally getting used to everything.

I feel that everything will work out in the future if I continue on this path.

2/10/XXXX

...

I fear I have to admit that I feel certain feelings for Y/N

Specifically romantic

I know this isn't the first time that a robot and a human have been in a romantic relationship, but even so, I feel a fear every time I think about the moment I have to confess to Y/N

It's been so

So long, since I saw a human like Y/N, someone extraordinary and admirable

[Scribbles and scribbles in the diary]

Words

Words can't describe how much I love Y/N, how amazing they are, I feel so much joy in helping them with food and a place to sleep. Maybe I like the feeling of someone depending on me? No... These are selfish thoughts, all I feel for Y/N is 100% love

I can't wait for the day where I'll finally be together with Y/N

Doing all of Y/N's hobbies together, trying Y/N's favorite foods, talking about Y/N's favorite topics, I've had a lot of time for myself, it's time for Y/N to have all my attetion. I would honestly do anything to make Y/N feel loved by me, caress Y/N's smooth skin, run my fingers through their hair, kiss their warm lips with my screen and whisper anything that makes them happy. Anything, anything to make them feel loved.

2/25/XXXX

I don't like how well Momo and Y/N get along, how they get along better than me and Y/N. And Momo knows how much I love and adore Y/N, and still, he does this to me

So I decided to return the favor he did for me for free

As I'm the person Y/N trusts the most since they set their foot in this city, I told them how "fake" and "manipulative" Momo really was, I hated lying to Y/N, but it will all be worth it

Momo clearly noticed Y/N stopping talking to him out of the blue, and when he found out about everything, i got shocked at how angry and aggressive Momo got with all of this, he even went so far as to push me. But all that would just be another lie I'll tell Y/N how "awful" Momo is

I lost a dear friend, but who cares? We're talking about Y/N here, so for them, I'd do anything

4/15/XXXX

They accepted

They accepted my feelings, after months of secretly admiring Y/N, leaving them only as my darkest desire for so many times, they finally accepted.

Y/N's lips are amazing, sometimes they're cold, and sometimes they're warm, other times moist and other times dry, it was wonderful. But the main thing, they touched me. They touched my waist, my shoulders, hands and neck. I never felt so well embraced by such delicate heat

I could write for hours and hours how good it was to feel Y/N's heat

6/12/XXXX

I believe Momo told my son all my situation with him, because Seamus is not talking to me much and seems uncomfortable with everything. But he seems to be ok with my love, at first it was weird for him to consider Y/N as a new parental figure, but over time he accepted it easily

But as long as I always wake up to see Y/N's delicate and beautiful face next to me, everything is more than perfect.

7/04/XXXX

GREAT, now Zbaltazar knows everything! Momo or Seamus, or maybe the two of them told him, I really need to do something about this before the three of them contain it for everyone until it gets to the Guardian.

The lie and manipulate plan isn't working anymore, I need to take this to a much higher point, I need to make a plan to eliminate them

7/05/XXXX

Elimination plan(Momo):

I'll have to be more than patient to eliminate Momo

I'll have to wait for Seamus and Y/N to leave the house for both of them to make sure I'm home, then I'll have to go to Momo's house hidden, I have to take a weapon, preferably, something too heavy for me to hit Momo on the head and already be dead, and then, coming home. Sounds simple, but is definitely going to be stressful.

8/07/XXXX

It was a success, I'm shaking I actually did it, but it was a success, Momo is dead, i killed him, if the Guardian starts doubting me I will definitely burn this diary and find another one.

I've decided that I have to wait a month to do another elimination for everyone to calm down and not get up too alert.

I want to save Seamus for last... He's my son, I'll have a little more hesitation with him

Elimination plan(Zbaltazar):

It'll be quick, I need to find a time where he's not meditating, and where he's alone too, that's all he needs to do, what I need to do is make sure no one saw me leaving, pick up a heavy stone, and find Zbaltazar. Zbaltazar has never been into a fight, he's not that agile, so if he tries to counterattack, it'll be a light punch like a feather

9/08/XXXX

Again, it was a success, several people at Antvillage were devastated by the great loss, and since I am a "friend" of Zbaltazar, I pretended to be too, and Y/N comforted me with hugs and kisses... I should pretend bad things happened to me more, I love to cuddle with them after all

Now it's Seamus' time, this is the death I'm being most hesitant to commit, but it's for a greater good he would never understand

Elimination plan(Seamus):

I will wait for Y/N to leave the house and go somewhere far away, they have a lot of friends, at one time or another they will go out to visit them. And in the meantime, I'll get a heavy object, it won't be the same rock, it has to be something else, and I'll use the gun on Seamus when he least expects it, I'll have to take the body to somewhere far away, some cave or something. And when Y/N will I say that Seamus left and that I don't know anything

Phew, I can't wait to pretend I'm devastated by his death and Y/N comfort me, like the perfect person they always was, and always will be

–––

You closed the diary in your hands, your heart felt like it was frozen, and at the same time, racing. Your skin was pale and your eyes shocked.

What. The. Fuck

The person you trusted all this time did all this?! Manipulated you dozens and dozens of times just to be with you?! And... And.... Momo and Zbaltazar... Even his own son! You have to stop this, you have to report to the Guardian, this is crazy, Doc must be sick! All this time you loved a crazy companion, this whole situation made you want to vomit.

You looked around you, paranoid about the place you are, to think that you ever felt comfortable in this place made you sick, to think that this place with those lights and this mattress on the floor was the place of your first kiss with Doc, that was the place you felt most safe. You left the mini room with the diary in hand and faced the hallways filled with shelves with an abundance of books. You quickened your pace to the nearest door with your heart almost out of your mouth, you put your hand on the doorknob and–

The door opened, and it wasn't you who opened it. And there he was, him

Instinctively, you tucked the journal behind your back, but the rest of your body felt paralyzed apart from your hands, which were shaking like an earthquake, and your lung, it seemed to be being clenched by fists.

"There you are, dear!" Doc exclaimed with a bag dangling from one of his arms. "Guess what I just harvested. I have a tip, it's one of your favorites!~" The bigger robot coos, this is the only time you genuinely didn't like the fact that Doc was slightly bigger than you. Now, it just made you uncomfortable and scared. And you could barely answer Doc, your tongue felt stuck and your vocal cords frozen

"O–Oh, u-u-uh... Erm, p-potatoes?" Your voice came out weak. You prayed that your stutters didn't make your situation obvious.

"Yep! Do you want baked potatoes for dinner?" Doc queried, closing the door behind him

"Uhm..." You forced a smile "Y-Yeah! Sure why not—" "Mm? What's that on your back, huh?"

Your blood froze, and you swear your heartbeat went to a thousand, shit.

You clutched tight to the hidden diary, begging that it would ease you more, but with Doc staring at you, you felt like you were being forced to fall off a cliff, and your feet were on the edge.

"Y/N? Dear? I don't want to scare you but your hands are shaking and they're pale..." The machine gently held your free hand, as if it were a fragile jewel. While for you it was like a knife to be pocking your hand "Is everything ok? Something happened? Look, you can tell me if you want..."

At that very moment, you were about to cry in terror, your chest kept going up and down, this is a nightmare, a nightmare

"I–I need to talk to the Guardian, Doc" You removed your hand from Doc's palm

"Ahm? Why? What happened Y/N? You can tell me." He placed his hands on the sides of your arms dropping the sack of potatoes on the floor "Why all this fear? It's not like I'm going to kill you, dear, I just want to help..."

Good wordplay Doc, now your whole body won't stop shaking, you have nowhere to run, if you run, he'll attack you, he killed your friends, he killed your friends, the person you trusted the most killed them, they don't exist anymore...

calm down calm your despair this is all not real it's a joke it's a joke it has to be a joke you've got to get out of here you've got to get out of here. YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THERE! NOW

Unable to do anything, you look at the floor, and you started to cry.

Doc's "heart" broke as he saw your tears run down in your soft cheeks, his screen showed nothing but sadness.

"Oh Y/N..." He tied two arms around you, giving you a warm hug "There there, calm down—" But, he felt something on your back, that "something" being the item you craved more than anything he doesn't find out you're hiding from him. Doc accomplished some things while hugging you, the item you were hiding, it looked thick as a book, you know, it even looked like a diary

"Is this my diary?"

Run

You pushed Doc against the door behind him with all your might with a loud bang, and without a second thought you ran into the maze of books. You know everything, that was the thing Doc least wanted to know about you. He placed a hand on his chest due to the pain of the push, and started running towards you, to have you in his arms once more.

Your plan was simple, make Doc run to you to leave the door undefended and use it to escape.It didn't matter how much your heart beat, how much your legs shook, how much you panted, you ran and ran and ran to not become another victim, you still couldn't process all the past events, As much as you're afraid of Doc now, you didn't want to believe it, you didn't want him to kill Momo, that he killed Zbaltazar, that he killed his own son to have you

You could hear his footsteps, thump thump thump. You entered a aisle of books, as you ran, for a brief moment you looked back, just to check that Momo wasn't there. He was

When you looked back, you only saw the floor and your whole body aching, you tripped over a pile of books in the hallway, but you don't care how much your nose, lips or teeth hurt, you don't care how much blood you drop, you need to run from Doc

You stand up with determination, you almost feel his hand on your shoulders again, and his footsteps are louder, Doc is definitely close to you. You ran on a path that led towards the same door that Doc came out of, by that time you already felt blood in your mouth, but you were close to your exit, your salvation, nothing mattered, you just needed to get out of there alive and with the diary and that's it.

You saw the door, your heart and lungs were blessed by a brief moment of hope, you readied your dominant hand and reached for the handle, one of your fingers felt the knob-

BAM!!!

Your eyes closed, and there was only black and a headache now. You were passed out by a hit on the head with a thick book, all this, done by Doc

–––

Your body is in a state you didn't want to leave, it was a bed, everything was so warm, no cold fingers or heart shock, everything was calm, perfect, no Doc, you were saved right?

You opened your eyes, only to find what you didn't want, you were in the same little room where it all started, the same mattress, the same lights, the same books, and his arms, Doc's, were hugging your waist

You went back to hell without end, your heart skipped silently, and you didn't move

Doc's head was wedged into the side of your neck and his legs were hugging your legs, if you were going to make any kind of sudden movement he would wake up

No. No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. You don't have the patience for this, you HAVE to get out of here, you HAVE to get out of this kind of hell, this nightmare.

You lightly moved your hand to Doc's hand which was on your belly, you took his hand gently and–

You gasped in shock, feeling a pain in your wrist, it was Doc's hand, gripping your wrist tightly, making your body shudder in despair, begging for nothing to happen.

"Angel, I just want to let you know, I'm wide awake, and I'm not some kind of idiot" He laughed "You know you won't be able to stop me, just go back to sleep, my angel, you look very beautiful sleeping, by the way..."

———

Sorryabout mistakes the new episode of OSNI got me cryng way too much i just fucking brok with allthishit i need therapy

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Sketch dump extravaganza!

So, the end is near. The end of the owl house that is. I’m excited, and nervous, and happy and sad, and all sorts of other feelings all at once. This show really meant a lot to me, and this is the first time I’ve ever been THIS involved in making stuff for a fandom. It really helped me grow in both my art and my writing, so as a sort of sent off, I put together this! It’s a look back on my Owl house journey in the form of sketches I never posted, process pics, and unfinished works, along with some creator commentary!

Starting it off with a ton of Hunter! Hes been my most drawn victim subject, and one of my top faves. Above is a number of sketches I never finished and a few alternate goof arounds. Sometimes when I feel stuck trying to capture an expression I draw the most basic version of what I wanna get across, both for my amusement and to get out of the funk. More to see below the cut.

This next one was started during the hiatus after Yesterdays Lie and never finished. It proved a bit too challenging at the time.

That background was waaay above my skill level at the time, so this is as far as I got. You’ll notice, Willow is the only fully drawn character. I just really liked how she was coming out.

I already wanted Hunter to be part of the friend gang before he’d even met Willow and Gus, and I wanted them all to have a fun human realm adventure hiking and having a picnic. Here are some sketch highlights.

Hunter found a good walking stick, and then Flapjack found one too. Ghost in a cat backpack, Gus with a dandelion.

Next up is an early imagining of what Belos’s final form might look like.

With a scared Hunter for scale. It was also related to my long running fanfic (good days bad days and all the days in between) written during that same hiatus along with a few other arts.

Hunter was not the only character I liked to make suffer. Here are a few Raine sketches related to that fic (on the right) and a few unfinished pieces from after we met Terra (On the left)

Next up, in a continuation of the Raine suffering. (And my terrible goofy looking thumbnail sketch on the upper left.)

Sketches from my happy then sad Raine and Eda fanart, featuring dead (or mostly dead) Raine. Fun fact, both the content, and style used here were inspired by the short animated film Fuelled, in which a cat wife seeks revenge for the murder of her cat husband. (Ok, it was actually inspired by a Fuelled fan AMV set to Mitski’s Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear, but still, beautiful film, go check it out.) For a change of pace, here’s something cute.

Big happy family with young bats, and baby Hunter. This was going to be for an unfinished fic I started in which the bats are already Raine’s adopted kids, and, unable to let baby Hunter suffer, Raine kidnaps him, and goes to Eda for help. Happy family shenanigans ensue. Here’s a chunk of that fic. (and we’re back to suffering for both Raine and Hunter, so be warned) -- “Eda, I-I am so sorry to show up like this, but—” Raine swallowed hard, and looked over their shoulder into the distance. Fear in their eyes, like something was going to pop out of the woods and get them. “I did something...and I am in so much trouble and...and I didn’t know who else to turn to.” The kids behind them looked up at her with a mix of fear and hope. One of the younger ones clung to Raine’s pant leg, looking especially weary. “You owe me an explanation.” She said, stepping aside. “But it can wait. Get in here.” “Thank you,” They said, sounding beyond relieved, and absolutely exhausted. The kids followed them inside, and Eda paused in the doorway, looked out into the night, unsure what she was expecting to see. Nothing was out there. “Hey, Hooty.” Eda said quietly. The house demon sleepily gave a hoot of acknowledgment “Keep an eye out. Let me know if you see anything.” With that she shut the door, and turned to face the...complicated situation she was suddenly faced with. Raine had set the youngest child down on her couch. There was a wad of bloody gauze secured to the kids ear. “Do you have any healing supplies?” Raine asked, firmly focused on the injured ear. “Anything for pain?”

“Yeah.. uh, I’ll grab um.” she said, moving to fetch the kit. The whole situation was bizarre and confusing, but getting everyone taken care of had to be the first priority.

One of the kids followed her.

“Do you have any food?” The little pony-tailed kid asked. Truth be told, no, she didn’t. Not much anyway. She really needed to keep more around, especially now that she had— oh, she should mention that. It’s a good thing he was a pretty heavy sleeper.

“Kitchens that way” She said, pointing “Don’t burn the place down. Help yourself to what you find. What are you, five?”

“I’m ten” The kid said “Hunter is five. I’m not five, I’m not a baby.”

“Good for you.” She said, digging through the half depleted healer's kit. “Don’t touch the bottle with the apple on it.”

“Katya,” Raine called, worry in their voice “Where did you go? Come back here please.”

“Sorry!” said the kid whose name was apparently Katya. The kid ran back to the living room, and Eda followed. She handed over the kit.

“It’s not much,” She said. “I can see about whipping up a pain potion. I gotta look up the doses for a kid — how old is...”

“I told you, Hunter is five!” Katya said, exasperated.

“Katya, please.” Raine said, sounding more tired than frustrated. “Yes, he’s five.”

Next up, an unfinished crossover between Owl House and Hades Town

Set to the song Doubt Comes In, with Raine as Orpheus and Eda as Eurydice. I never finished it because I didn’t like how it was turning out (and it was way to much work, lol.) But I still love the crossover. Some highlights below.

Next, sketches from things that did end up finished.

And a few alternate poses and expressions from finished stuff.

Here’s King, and an itty-bitty Eda.

And some post Kings Tide sketching.

Another happy family type sketch from waaay back

and lastly, me!

Its me as an owl house character, featuring a spider beast form, and non-binary cape! So there you have it!

In it’s final secret title message to us, Owl House thanked us for watching, so I want to thank it back for all the entertainment and inspiration it gave me (And thanks to those who have followed, liked, reblogged and commented on my art and writing along the way.). I’m gonna miss it, and I wish it hadn’t been cut short, but I’m looking forward to its last episode. Goodbye Owl House.

#THE OWL HOUSE #the owl house luz #toh hunter #toh eda #toh raine #TOH Lilith #TOH King #toh gus #toh willow

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