#also most of this was done on one layer

[desolyx]

Having a lot of self-doubts with art right now, spending a lot of time just practicing and not really finishing anything, but this one got completed. A tormentor, for practice. It's really fun to study anatomy from creatures whose anatomy is absolutely fucked up.

Plus a little speedpaint, because why not.

#destiny 2 #destiny 2 art #destiny #art #destiny the game #tormentor #destiny 2 tormentor #practice #the lighting in this brought me genuine pain lmao #also most of this was done on one layer #doing that was a mistake #but I kinda like how it turned out #also #I have another sketch of Big Red in the works so stay tuned for that #anyway #I like tormentors #they silly #watch me screech like a little bitch every time the screen flashes red though

[itspileofgoodthings]

Good morning what are the movies or tv shows that traumatized you as a kid mine are the BBC production of A Christmas Carol and a handful of David Suchet Poirot episodes

#my dad always thought if something was well done it was appropriate for children #so we never watched the silly little kid version of things. The muppet Christmas Carol? My dad would N E V E R #anyway a Christmas Carol ruined Christmas for me for YEARS #i hated to think about it #and poirot was just. traumatizing #there’s one called murder on the links which involved a golf course at night which is one of the most terrifying locations I can imagine #also there’s one called death in the clouds #and poirot uncovers the murder because there are two spoons on the dead lady’s tray of airplane food #and the way he says ‘he picks up a spoon giving him the task of a waiter to carry out’ #when explaining the murder at the end to this DAY sends chills up my spine #I know this is very obvious but the thing about fear is that it isn’t about logic or reason but it is about revelation #it’s like the flip side of moments of good and happy insight #at least for me #what terrifies me is a moment where some kind of evil is revealed in a blinding FLASH #a motive or (I guess) a ghost #and there is this presence of some malevolent entity underneath the reality of things #and something about it being SEEN almost more than it existing #is so scary. Like I. #Poirot uncovering the murder and describing it with such studied fascinated careful attention #pulling back the layers of a blind of one kind or another #shakes me to. my. CORE. #and it’s all so visual and instinctive. it’s one tiny little moment that doesn’t fit suddenly pulling back the curtain of reality #with such terrifying abruptness #makes me want to sit down and cry like a baby #the knowledge of evil doesn’t scare me. as in it doesn’t elicit an emotional/physical reaction of fear #but seeing it in embodied action. again. where it’s some tiny ordinary little detail suddenly ripping reality as you know it to shreds #the surprise of it. the recalibration it demands #I !!!!!!!!! Get so afraid

[robo-dino-puppy]

horizontober 2023 | 18: tarot

#horizontober2023 #horizon forbidden west #hfw #hfwbs #aloy #pls don't come at me if this isn't a good interpretation of this tarot card bc i've never studied tarot T_T #but i looked it up and this is the one that spoke to me (that i thought i'd be able to do in photomode lol) #i actually got pretty into designing the border but it needs a lot more work and then i realized i saved my wip as a flattened image >.< #so....... all my layers are gone. fuck me. #still! i can recreate it without too much trouble (the pattern is an svg in inkscape) #and my quest to make svgs of the whole alphabet imitating the logo 'brushstrokes' on the horizon font continues #i think i've done most letters by now? just missing like q x y z and a few others #i also have a few variants (esp r/h/n) with different ascenders/descenders and some with the gaps in the vertical strokes #if anyone wants a word/title you're welcome to ask me and i'll see what i can do if i have time!

[scalproie]

I probably wouldnt have snapped if i didnt went in the notes to see dozens of tags agreeing so wholeheartedly with the most surface-level understanding of those characters

#yes dante likes sweet and doesnt smoke and gets impaled regularly #dante also has grown to learn to accept and take responsability for the actions of one's family and blood #and is fundamentally a kind man that likes people even if he doesnt feel like he belong with them #hes also a master swordsman. an expert gunslinger. well versed in martial arts. and can master every weapon under the goddamn sun #yes vergil has done morally revolting things and is kind of awkward by conventional social standards #hes also a very traumatized man thats constantly struggling with his humanity #and he can literally cut anything including SPACE and summon swords out of thin air #yes nero is technically the most well-adjusted of his family #he also struggled with his self-worth because he is something that DID NOT BELONG anywhere due to his nature and heritage #and he had to find and take his place in the world on his own thanks to his strength and especially thanks to his heart #THEY ALL HAVE LAYERS MAN. #tagging later

[batsplat]

deeply compelled by this photo

#finishing rec lists by doing the most important part - using my 30 image allowance to splice up the text #and well they can't all make it... and i'm fond enough of this photo i'm posting it on its own #I Just Think It's Interesting (and slightly comical) how friendly they are to each other in person for the most part #like you'll get them saying the foulest shit about them in the press and then u compare with the footage/photos from the time and go? #now sure you could say being polite to a coworker you hate is an incredibly low bar. but. like. it's often not one riders clear!! #I feel fairly confident about why this is the case from valentino's side of the equation #casey's is a little more... hm because the thing is it's not like we have a big enough feud sample size to compare with #but i just find it something kinda fun about him... like yeah he's blunt to the point of being wildly tactless... #but also friendly with valentino who he thinks is basically the devil... he has layers... #// #brr brr #WARM smiles towards someone he at this stage definitely loathes as a rider if nothing else... idk it's interesting #it does add a specific fun vibe to that rivalry imo #like they are SO nasty to each other in the press and then it's all :)) how have you been valentino :) congrats on the wonderful race :) #the list is done btw i need to read it through two more times to grammar check (not fact check i don't believe in that) and then i'll Post

[bonetrousledbones]

actually coolest thing about ebony is that not only are his eyelights solid white but they are also extremely teeny tiny which means if i dont color them & just leave them bone color i dont think a single person would actually notice

#trousled rambles #its such a small thing but yall have no idea how much work this saves me actually #do u have any idea how much extra steps it takes to color in eyelights in character portraits when they constantly move around #i have to color the entire eye socket shape just to not have 25 eye layers #and then also have different versions for half-lidded expressions of varying degrees #and thank god i can color in the eye sockets in the lineart itself because if they have real eyes its a fucking nightmare #but with this one i can just . erase a little dot. and then im done. what bliss #now that i think about it i dont think ive ever actually talked about all the little annoying stuff that goes into making talk sprites huh #um. it takes a lot of layer tricks #the most recent one for russ from like 2020 has 96 layers for about 9 poses if that puts anything into perspective lol #i dont even think i used all of em 😔

[aro-arttorneys]

what's a bit of lifting up your ex-rival romantically after work 👉🏻👈🏻

(while i went for post-timeskip/AA5 designs, I haven't played that far yet so please no spoilers :,D )

#FINALLY some AA brainrot on this blog #HEY SO FUN FACT i lost the sai file bc i'm stupid and didnt save properly! so the most recent version is one where i got halfway colouring #Edgeworth's layers so uh Not Very Good Action on my side #so this file is the one i have now and if i want to tweak it i'm out of luck #that was a real 'ah... wait ... ah shit' moment #ace attorney #aa #wrightworth #narumitsu #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #over a week late for narumitsu week #i got hit by yearning while looking for references #i just think they look neat in their later outfits like... ohyeah good looking suits babey #theyre not even wearing full suits lmao but you get the point #also i'm not even THAT much of a romantic wrightworth shipper #i like them in every flavour (with a preference for queerplatonic) but i was rly feeling the yearning mm #also pls... i havent done anything digitally this seriously in literal years. this was quite the process #i have 1 colouring technique lmao

[moonsidesong]

i think its kinda funny that ibis paint is regarded as the Broke Artist App or whatever (as opposed to more mainstream programs like csp or procreate) because its free and because of how popular it is with phone + finger artists while im jusg sitting here having used ibis for a cool eight years on purpose.

like i have an ipad and an apple pencil and all theyre very nice and i absolutely could move to a more powerful program i have the resources to do so but my change averse brain has decided they like it here a lot and im not leaving

#not talking smack on phone and finger artists btw. some of my mutuals use their fingers and their art goes crazy i respect that so much #even when i did use my phone (most of 14 crush was done on a phone!) i still had to use a cheap rubber stylus hahaha #anyway maybe ill try procreate someday but also i hate learning new programs and i like ibis's brushes too much #fingers crossed that they add fully custom brushes someday though #like id love to be one of those artists that makes really cool art with ridiculous shapes and nobody even knows until they tell you #younger artists might not know this but modern ibis is STACKED compared to how it was in 2015 #like i remember when clipping layers were first implemented. and they sucked. like they didnt fully go over the lower layer #so it just left a gross tiny outline around the shape #and there wasnt any border or text tools either #and there was a hard cap on layer count depending on your device's storage and the canvas size #modifying brushes wasnt even a thing HAHAHAHAH you just used what you had #anyway okiku reference window unrelated shes just there for something else im working on<3 #bri talks #for the record all this is to say i think the smack talk towards ibis is pretty unwarranted #like yeah maybe its not as powerful as a lot of these fancy paid apps but i honestly think its insanely good for being a free program #i think getting rid of the ads costs more now than it did when i paid to get rid of them but i mean #free with ads is still a lot more than csp's ever gonna give you!!!! #(psst. secret from me to you! you wont get any ads if you disable the app's data usage and turn off wifi when you use it) #(alternatively just use airplane mode but you can still get texts and stuff the first way)

[hella1975]

bagged a trial shift at a new pub just for my manager to immediately put on facebook if anyone wants an extra shift on wednesday. he knows what im doing

#he said GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE RN #lmfaoooo the notif came through literally as i put the phone down i was like 😳😳😳 #like that 'CONNOR' tiktok audio like no king im not doing anythinggg haha wdym #anyway im a bit annoyed that the first place to get back to me from my applications was this one #bc im pretty sure their pay is still minimum wage and also my cousin worked a trial shift there once #and not only did they not pay him but they also never called him back or even emailed to politely turn him down #literally just used him for free labour and that was that #word of warning from a very tired waitress if ur thinking about starting: always take trial shifts with a pinch of salt #if the trial shift is longer than 2 hours they really really should be paying you and if they dont the odds are you got mugged off #also the woman on the phone after i said i worked at the place i currently work at was like 'and do you still work there?' SHE KNOWS #and when i said yes she was like 'would you be willing to leave?' HOW CAN I BE TWO-TIMING BOTH OF YOU RN #LYING TO ONE JOB ABOUT SEEKING ANOTHER JOB LYING TO THE NEW JOB ABOUT LEAVING THE OLD ONE COME ON NOW #IM NOT BUILT FOR THESE LAYERS #but yeah summary here is i have a shift at my actual place on wednesday (thank god i havent had work in over a fucking WEEK) #and i have a trial shift at a new place where i'll most likely be offered a job. life is picking up #ALSO i have enough money to change my america flights bc basically something came up with that and i need to change my return flight #and i was originally rlly worried bc the change cost was £161 and that piled onto my current no-shifts stress was Not Fun #but ive been working a lot for my mum and i got paid for the shifts i HAVE done and it all kinda fell together anyway #the way everything is sorting itself today within the same HOUR yet ive been stressing about these things for days now #hella goes home #hella slaves to capitalism

[homeless202]

Thank you for posting ur analysis on no home they make me so happy and help me appreciate and understand the comic even more🫶🫶 I'm planning on rereading it a lot more because of your post, I love them so much thank you

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! this literally made my day, i'm so glad u like it😭😭

tbh i'm always a bit anxious when i post a meta in case i get sth wrong or completely miss the point (apologies in advance for that) but this made me feel better <3

when you reread no home i highly recommend looking at everything from Eunyung's perspective and to keep a close eye on him. it'll help understand him (and all the conflicts) better.

#to be brutally honest #the main reason i made this blog was to do my boy ey justice #bc i didn't see many posts explaining his reasons and intentions #what i saw the most was slander and outrage at 'how much more stupid can this asshole get' #<- i see where u're coming from but no. just no. there's so much more to my favorite onion <3 #(<- onion bc he's got so many layers and he always makes me cry ㅠㅠ) #he's just a little guy trying his best #and i'm also just a little human trying my best at attempting to make big brain posts #i'm glad u like them #i'm really just posting what i would like to see if i was the one reading #and i'll try posting more abt the other characters as well when i'm done with ey #(2/3 of my 124 drafts are ey-related and the rest is unhinged bs) #no home #ask #thank you

[samaspic31]

My irl social circle became so so trans dominated while dropping out i had forgor how bad it feels being in cis dominated institutions

#im not atuch with them they’re stuck with me but. had not missed it #i hadn’t forgotten public life or like #mostly cis familial circles #it has an additional layer of badness in school tho i feel. extra #exposed and restricted #and that’s in an art uni with mostly leftist students #just. far from left enough #not that anybody is leftist and anarchist enough for me- #i had done a short program to prepare health formation where i was surrounded by cis women always. but the teachers were #keeping less of an authoritative distance and those women were if not the most anti bogtry at least mature #the people in this dlass are mostly just out of high school and huh. have growth left to do #also there’s a bunch if gays but not really the radical kind and some people who definitely are somewhat trans but still battling their #internalized transphobia too much for what i would say to be well received #tired of being the most radical fucker in all the rooms i walk in it’s exhausting #making friends is hard also. in general #but i can’t help but feel looking genderweird and alt isn’t helping me (also i don’t do the first step lol that one’s on me)

[blujayonthewing]

I was gonna say I completely squandered today for Projects but then I remembered my new desk organizers came today and I spent several hours rearranging and organizing a bunch of my art supplies

#also I started the day stressed out the second I looked at my phone and then stayed stressed for most of the day for Reasons #so like... it's allowed I think I am allowed to have done some Stuff Management and no art today! all things considered!! #IT'S JUST I finally started working on satyr horns and I also wanted to try making some clothes before ren faire next weekend #and I SHOULLLLD start on that if I'm gonna do it oouuughhh... #(the horns mention was a half-thought I just remembered I couldn't work on them today anyway lol) #(they have a paperclay core layer so they need to dry all the way through before I can put apoxie sculpt on top) #(but I REALLY should start to work on that bodice if I'm gonna try making even a quick n dirty one) #just always feels like I'm not Doing Enough you know...? #about me

[welcometogrouchland]

I'm not even that invested in Tim Drake as a character (he's neat! Just doesn't give me brainrot + I haven't read his og solo series, tho I skimmed parts of his current one) I just think it's so funny that he's canonically bi. Oracle caught him looking up "boys kissing" on the batcomputer

#ramblings of a lunatic #this is definitely ooc btw if tim looked up boys kissing it would be on a secret burner laptop with minimum 20 layers of encryption #but the sentiment is what puts me in hysterics. so I'm phrasing it but if you worry I'm peddling tim slander check my tags #it's funny because all the batboys are inherently a little gay but DC only made one of them canonically bi so it's like #there's this special energy to tim. is he editorials favorite boy? i doubt it. is he the most gay? not sure that's quantifiable or even true #was it a right place right time thing? did a wizard do it? I'm fascinated. top ten plotlines ever #i don't even care that his boyfriend has the personality of a discarded takeaway container #happy for tim and his bland ass boyfriend #I'm still on my DC sabbatical. ive decided I'm gonna rewatch some of the animated stuff #then when that's done. i might just. rewatch the owl show #but also idk if I'm strong enough 😭 #we'll see

[s0fter-sin]

i genuinely think the lov are the most human and well written antagonists in modern media

#bnha #the league of villains #so often antagonists are presented as the final versions of themselves #already all powerful and a threat to the protagonist #but the lov are still growing into themselves #every single one of them has theyre own layered character with individual wants and desires that compliment each other #you buy that they would work together and feel their relationships change as time goes on #from being more selfishly focused to working on their joint goals #they talk to each other the same way the protagonists do #like in kamino when compress asks who can do distance and spinner says kurogiri and dabi but theyre down #theyre organically learning about each other #magnes death while abrupt leads twice down his road #twice dying for his friends isnt hollow bc you really feel that they are his friends and that he loves them bc they took the time to develop #their friendships #and his death believably sends toga into a tailspin #the anime dropped the ball with spinner and shigaraki but their relationship is also important and so well done #even when spinner is completely clouded by the quirks hes been given he still remembers and wants to help the guy he played video games with #it humanises shigaraki when hes at his most monsterous #even the way compress and spinner are surprised that dabi is touya theyre not surprised that he is theyre surprised he didnt tell them #which just goes to show how much they tell each other when we dont see them #i cant think of another set of antagonists as well written as them and i think its bc theyre treated asthe protagonists of their own stories #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #go beyond plus ultra #the lov #shigaraki tomura

[deancrowleycas]

Jensen really is the king of microexpressions huh

#that boi has layers #can't wait for the show to slowly peel them back but also I'm afraid #what we've seen of soldier boy is already awful and I know there is so much more awful stuff to come #and when I mean afwul I mean absolutely terrible #the way he looks like he is about to cry while he throws homophobic slurs around him #the boys spoilers #the boys season 3 #soldier boy #literally how he makes SB sound like a gay man who is behaving in the most toxic masculine way to cover up for his own insecurities #in one single microexpression #anyways can't wait for the gay sex scene where he is crying on his knees after he has done even more awful stuff

[mammalidentifier]

im sorry seals molt? my association with that word is insects so i am confused and intrigued

They do! I’d say most species of animals sloughs off “old” parts of their bodies at some point of their lives in some capacity. The word “molting” is used as a catch-all term for this process, although exactly what body part they shed and how they do it varies from animal to animal. Arthropods grow an entire new exoskeleton and shed the old one, but for most other animals, this process only involves shedding the outermost layer of their bodies, the pelage and/or their first layer of skin. Reptiles are quite famous for this because they sometimes manage to come out of their old skins and leave them almost fully intact as if they were kigurumi pajamas:

Mammals tend to mostly only shed fur or hair, growing thicker fur during colder months and losing it in favor of shorter fur during warmer months. How obvious this is depends on the climate, though. It’s quite perceptible in mammals that live in the arctic whose fur changes color depending on the season:

But even the difference between the summer coats and winter coats of domestic dogs can be palpable if you live in places with colder climates!

(I’m quite fascinated by this because I was born and raised in a tropical country and my dogs look the same all year round heh)

But back to the seals. Pinnipeds don’t really use their fur to keep warm like other mammals do, but they still have it, and they have to shed their old coats and grow new ones accordingly, which they do once a year!

In elephant seals, this process is so sudden and so extreme it’s called catastrophic molting. They don’t only lose their fur, but also a layer of dead skin all at once and this forces them to stay on land for a full month without swimming (and therefore, without hunting and eating) until the process is fully done. Because molting requires redirecting blood flow towards the skin instead of to their vital organs as usual, if they swam in the cold waters they’re usually accustomed to while molting, they’d freeze!

Bonus fun fact: despite having lost their fur during the evolution process, cetaceans like whales and dolphins also go through a molting process where they lose a layer of dead skin, which they scrape off by rubbing against rocks and rolling on sand banks.

It’s been recently discovered (as of 2020!) that the reason whales migrate annually from arctic waters to tropical waters is the exact same reason elephant seals spend a month on land: to molt! It’s much easier for a whale to keep warm while shedding its skin in warm waters than it is in cold waters.

#Answers #Seals #Whales #Lizards #Dog