#and i also just wanted to draw non digitally for a bit because i HATE coloring digitally

[strawberrywindow]

i don't even know. emil got stabbed i guess. why? who knows. whoever stabbed him should probably run though, i doubt the pipe through the abdomen's going to deter him for long

#emil blonsky #abomination #marvel #mcu #she hulk attorney at law #fanart #i wish i could draw traditionally and it would have the same quality when i upload a picture as my digital art #like...this quality is ass #but my drawing pad pen nub is worn down nearly all the way lmao #and i also just wanted to draw non digitally for a bit because i HATE coloring digitally #am i a boomer for wanting to feel the paper and shit when i draw and color and shade 😅 #who knows lol #emil looks good suffering is essentially the basis of this pic #the idea looked better in my head but don't they always 💫 #guess i'll just have to keep practicing lmao #strawberryarts

[tf2-plus2]

Hi there! Welcome to the pinned post!

So what's this blog for? It's where I get to share my silly and non-silly headcanons, ideas, theories, and OCs for Team Fortress 2! I will have at least 2 OCs in the cast, but that number may grow (... maybe, they'll probably be NPCs if I actually make any more...)

So let's lay some ground rules and basic info, yeah?

Is this an ask, RP, or fanfic sort of blog?

Yes. Just yes. I've been running blogs like this for a literal 10 years at this point that are part story driven, part RP with other peoples' muses, and part ask. It's my bread and butter lol.

Are you games or comics based?

A bit of both, mostly comics based because I'm coming in super late and the comics are silly and I love the shenanigans in them

Silly? Angst? Absolutely batshit nonsense?

Generally a mix of all three. This series is based in nonsense, but has potential for angst (which I'm a big sucker for). So expect half a dozen of one and six of the other.

Is there a story here or?

Much like the two above questions, yes and no. I'm more or less inserting my own characters into the lore and sharing how I feel that affects events in the way I understand them. To that end, there's really only a Team RED and a Team BLU, but I may make mention of other teams aside from Fortress (given they're mentioned in the comics, it isn't a stretch!). And I have an idea for handling how I think the comics would have ended, but we'll get to that in time.

Rules?

Be respectful. Remember that I am 25+ years old (yeah, yeah, I'm old), and I'm honestly iffy on many minors interacting here (if I post any NSFW writing, it'll be tagged, but that's a BIG IF), but I can't control what others do. This is actually one of 2 big fandom project blogs I run, with the other being on an unannounced hiatus, and I will draw for this blog occasionally but that does take time.

Also we will have no hate here, cringe or not, this blog is to have fun, either for me or for those interacting. This is the only blog to this account and I am not shy about using the block button. That said, I am friendly, I am down for sharing my steam to queue up every now and then, and I do play games aside from TF2 that people might want to join me for. Remember the first rule and it'll be good! ^^

Who's on this blog?

Mostly, just the 9 Mercs and my two OCs, Retriever and Assassin (hence the blog name!) But, I am a sucker for writing multimuse and I'm sort of sharing a storyline, so expect others to pop up such as Pauling, Saxton, NPC OCs, the Mann Bros, etc. I'm getting a handle for the characters, so bare with me, but it's fun for me so far!

Shipping?

Yes. Refer to the rules about no hate. Specifically two OCxCanon ships with RetrieverxSniper and AssassinxScout, and I'm a HeavyxMedic shipper. That's what I have so far, and that list may grow over time as I get more of a feel for how I write these characters (also later there will be ZhannaxSoldier).

And who are you?

You can call me Cherry, or Cherena. As said, I am 25+, she/they pronouns (interchangeable), and a self taught artist who primarily uses traditional mediums (I'm branching into digital, slowly). If asked, I may share my main and other big project blog. And honestly? I've learned to just be cringe and free, so yes I know and I don't care (edit; I forgot to tag my main, it's @cherry-blxssxm-chaos)

Anyways, have fun! Be respectful! Remember to use common sense, and don't shy from asking questions or interacting!

#Announcer Speaks (ooc) #team fortress 2 #tf2 #team fortress 2 blog #tf2 blog #tf2 OCs #team fortress 2 OCs

[nogenderbee]

Hi Bee! I saw the new event you're currently hosting, so I wanted to give it a try! (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

Here are my answers! (ㆁ⁠▽ㆁ⁠)

•Nicknames: baby, love, hun or honey, short-form of their name.

•My hobbies: playing video games, reading and writing fanfics, digital drawing. (Secret hobbies: singing and dancing, I do them secretly because I'm not good at them and I don't have the confidence to do them infront of others.)

•Perfect date ideas: café dates, playing video games or watching a movie while cuddling on the couch or bed at home.

•What I hate in others: disloyalty, ignoring me for an unknown reason to the point that I can't sort the problem out because they keep ghosting me.

•My main personality traits: introvert, quiet but when I warm up to others I'm quite talkative, self-conscious, timid, creative, calm.

•MBTI: INFP-T.

•Activities that I like: Watching YouTube and movies, playing video games, listening to music, hanging out with my friends.

•Activities that I dislike: any kind of sports.

•Note: I'm non-binary and pansexual, so both female and male choices are fine to me, but I prefer to get a male pairing more.

Tysm for reading! Have a wonderful day/afternoon/night, Bee! (⁠ﾉ⁠◕ω⁠◕⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠*✧

Of course! Happy to see you in my inbox darl! And of course I paired you with a boy as you prefered it, so let's get into it!

I pair you with...

🥁🥁🥁

Toya Aoyagi!

⊱ so first... nicknames actually suit him!! I feel like honestly all nicknames suit him just as well!

⊱ then you literally match with all your hobbies! Maybe except overall writing and reading fanfictions in specific but he does like reading so maybe you can convince him to read fanfics as well? As for the fact that you sing and dance in secret, if he discovers that then you can be sure your secret is safe with him. But if you ever give him signs or tell him that you'd like to be more confident about your abilities, he may have few ideas or people that might help if you want!

⊱ as for your date ideas, he's a big fan of cafe dates of course but gaming or watching a movie while being cuddled up also sound great to him! And of course he doesn't mind being little or big spoon, as long as you're cuddling is enough~

⊱ and finally, your personality traits... begging of your relationship was a little slow since you both are quiet but luckily you found few topics and chats became easier with time! And also when you became more talkative, it only was easier! He's also pretty find of your creative side and you can be sure that he'll often admire and maybe even tell his friends about how great you are!

❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉⊱•═•⊰❉

You were now slowly walking home from school when you could feel someone tapping your shoulder. When you turned around you saw no one else than Toya himself. He seemed a bit nervous surprisingly...

"Hello love... I know it's not Valentiens time or anything but... I heard that one of our favorite cafe has new things in menu. Meant for... couples. So if you'd like to visit it with me... I'd really like that."

And now you could see why he was so nervous. He was simply emberassed which you could see by his little blush but it was more cute? than annoying!

#pairing #project sekai #colorful stage #project sekai colorful stage #x reader #project sekai x reader #colorful stage x reader #project sekai colorful stage x reader

[haleigh-sloth]

Art tips for ur artist followers? 👀

Uhhhhhhhhhh

If you're already an artist then I don't have to start with the basics yeah?

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Depends on if you're traditional or digital? Or both?

Look up tutorials for coloring techniques!

I've also learned the beauty of redrawing other artwork when I can't think of something original to draw, but have the urge to draw.

Now, let me clarify--I mean like, famous artwork. Not a fellow internet artist's work--that's more on par with stealing? I mean for fandom purposes--there's nothing wrong with redrawing a show's official art, because odds are when people see your redraw, they are more than likely aware that you redrew it. Also noting that it's a redraw is good anyway.

When I'm really starved for inspiration and just can't get creative and think of something, I have started finding panels that I really like, and either redrawing them with the characters that they already contain, OR what I have had fun doing lately is redrawing specific manga panels but with different characters!

Also just because my art roots are traditional, I'd say not to lose that skill if you find yourself doing more digital. Don't forget to pick up a real pencil every so often, don't lose your traditional skills.

If you've never done traditional then, well, that's fine. I just hate the idea of losing a skill I once had, so there's that advice.

When coloring--have fun with colors. I, personally, hate coloring skin. I hate using skin colors because I'm afraid of making people too light, too dark, too much pink or yellow toned or whatever. So if you're like that...just use non-natural colors lol. I do it a lot. Sometimes Tomura gets blue skin, sometimes he gets red skin, sometimes he gets green skin, sometimes purple lol. Don't let yourself feel bound by colors.

The author of D.Gray-Man, Katsura Hoshino, is a heavy influence on my coloring style because she just does whatEVER she wants with colors. I've decided that I prefer to do the same thing, and it's worked out quite well for me--made me enjoy art more.

If there is anything specific? You want tips for???? I guess ask???

I think I got a bit tangential here and didn't really give any useful tips...lol. But I'm always willing to try if you specify.

#art #artists on tumblr #drawing

[zenki-soukokq]

Hi!

I loved the match up you did for me with gorou, I couldn't stop smiling while reading it and it was so perfect

If its ok to ask for a second one, I'd like to request another romantic match-up for bungo stray dogs

Here's my Info again:

I’m non-binary and I use all pronouns, but most times i like to lean towards they/them. I'd like to be referred to as Mika.

I’m pansexual but I’d like to be matched up with a male since most of my favs are male

I'm afab and I'm 171 cm tall. I have pale skin and green eyes, and long eyelashes that I'm very proud of. I have really light brown and curly hair, and i had it cut short in a pixie cut, but its started to grow a bit at the back. I have an athletic body shape, and I prefer to wear a binder to appear more androgynous even though I have a small chest size. I'm considering getting top surgery though. My style is dark Akademiya and alt depending on how i feel.

My personality type is INTJ 5w6, I’m similar to Diluc and Scaramouche the most. I come off as cold and unwelcoming to most people at first and I'm very closed off, but I’m very warm and chaotic once you get to know me. I have a hard time talking to others because I’m very shy, but I’m loud, chaotic and teasing to people I’m comfortable with, more like Heizou and Childe. I also heavily relate to Dazai, Akutagawa and Atsushi. I value loyalty and comfort above all else, and I try my best to make sure the people I care about know this even though I have a hard time at expressing how I feel. I speak through actions rather than words. I also have some autistic traits.

I don’t really have a main aesthetic, but recently my style has been more dark Akademiya. I like to appear well-dressed in button-ups, turtlenecks, slacks and trench coats. I also really like flannel, my favourite colour is red although i own several in many colours.

I tend to have a saviour complex, I want to be a detective when I’m older and use my brain to help others.

As for hobbies, I’m an artist and musician. I’m very picky with my tools and prefer to work digitally with the best programs and brushes I can get my hands on. My work has no meaning, I just draw what I like and what appeals to me. I draw for my friends on their birthdays. I use art to show that I care, putting lots of work to draw a character my friends care about is how I show that I care, I want to take time and effort to show them that I care. I can play the guitar and sing and dance too. Sometimes i compose and write songs. I also love reading in my spare time, I’m a maladaptive daydreamer, and spend a lot of time immersing myself in fictional worlds.

For a romantic partner, I see the personality above all else. I have no preference for gender, as long as they’re someone gentle and loyal. I also love a good sense of humour

My love languages are quality time and physical touch (giving and receiving), since I’m very touch-starved, I like to be physically close to my loved ones. But i overthink a lot, so I also like to be reassured that my partner cares. I don’t have much experience in relationships, but I’m a hopeless romantic.

You have been matched up with...Atsushi Nakajima!

"You've got the wrong idea. I'm not strong, and I'm not popular. In fact, my entire life has been cursed. I know full well how you feel, envying and hating everyone around you." — Atsushi to Lucy

How you two met:

A new case at the detective agency has been assigned to Atsushi, and he has been instructed to look out for "a sprouting new detective" on the scene. When Atsushi arrives, he can't help but curse Dazai for his horrible ability of describing people, until someone from behind taps him on the shoulder.

Atsushi was glancing around the area, searching for someone he had no idea how to identify

He didn't have to look for long, though, as he felt a couple of light taps on his shoulder

He turned himself around, and saw you, staring at him, almost dauntingly

He jumped back a little, in shock

You walked towards him, and asked him if he was ready to start the investigation

Albeit quite nervously, he said yes, and the two of you began to work together on the case

Two things had happened at this place- one stolen artifact, and one murdered person

Atsushi didn't really know where to start, but he was able to do two things- connect the murder to the stolen artifact

The person seemed to be wearing an outfit related to the facility, although it was hard to tell what part

The artifact stolen was an antique mirror, and the reasons behind the theft were also largely unknown

Both of you had very little to work with in terms of investigation and deduction, but you were able to notice some key details

There were small wooden shavings strewn around some spots of the room, and they seemed to fit the description of the type of wood used on the mirror

On the victim as well, there were a couple of small chipped pieces of wood

From this, you concluded that the mirror was definitely directly involved in the murder

You shared your deductions with Atsushi, and he recommended checking to see if there was any sort of path made by the wood, and there was

The two of you worked from there, and eventually came to the conclusion that the mirror was used as a weapon to physically impair the victim, and it eventually lead to his death due to a lack of immediate care

As for the culprit, that was for another day, as it had already gotten to be terribly late, and the two of you needed to head home

One night passed by, and Atsushi fell asleep with fairly pleasant thoughts. He had quite enjoyed working with you on the case so far, and looked forward to closing it off with you tomorrow. The next day came quicker than he could've thought, and he headed back to the site.

You were already hard at work, inspecting the area for any possible pointers on who the culprit could be

Atsushi had approached you, and greeted you with a quiet hello

You turned to him, and gave a light smile in response, before turning back to what you were inspecting

Atsushi felt quite happy with your response, and asked you what you were doing

As you pointed at the ground, you began to explain that there was a very light imprint on the carpet that didn't seem to match anyone's shoes, and that it was likely that these were the culprit's prints

He remembered seeing footprints elsewhere in the building, and went over to check if they were still there

Luckily for him, they led out to an exit in the building, and although there weren't any terribly obvious indicators of where the person went, he was still glad to have found another clue

A couple of hours had passed by, and more work was done, until you two were able to identify who had committed the crime

After the police were sent off to go find the person, he caught your attention before you began to leave

He approached you with a very light blush on his face, and with a visible nervousness to him

"This is definitely the worst place to tell you, but...I-I think I've fallen in love with you-! I know you might be weirded out by that, because we met yesterday and all, but please consider visiting me again, at least!"

Why you two are compatible:

"Suddenly, an idea came to me. A foolish idea that I can't get out of my mind. If I have any chance of saving them all, of returning them home safely, would that mean it's okay for me to keep on living?"

Your initially colder disposition might've put him off a bit, but as you two would spend more time together, he would really warm up to you a lot more

I don't know in what ways you relate to him, but I think he'd be very positively receptive of that, meaning that he would be very understanding about it

I think that his generally kind personality towards most people would pair well with your personality

His tendency to view people in absolutes is likely another reason that your relationship would work well

Atsushi would most likely see you in a morally righteous position, where he almost admires you for your want to save people

I think that with the way you would naturally warm up to him as the relationship progresses is probably another reason why the two of you would work well in a relationship together

I have a strong feeling that Atsushi's primary love language is also physical touch, primarily because of how he was raised

Although, I think he'd be receptive to any form of love

His personality as a whole generally seems like it would do well with yours

Relationship Headcanons:

Chances are, he's either trying to get you to join the Armed Detective Agency, or he's already succeeded in doing so

Working alongside you would probably make him quite happy

I think he might become a little dependent on you for a lot of things, but not in an unhealthy way

More so in a way where he now has someone he can almost completely latch onto without any worries

Whether or not you have an ability, he's probably still going to be incredibly fascinated by anything and everything that you do

Atsushi would definitely be interested in your artistic talents, and would constantly try to interact with/understand what you make

I believe that he fits very well into your ideal qualities in a partner

He'd most definitely be incredibly loyal to you, whether it be him willingly being nearby you at all times, protecting you, or something else

He'd be very gentle to, not only because it's in his nature, but also because he cares for you quite a bit

Atsushi seems like he would also be very appreciative of you, and would constantly be reassuring you, complimenting you, and generally just ensuring that you're comfortable

New Years Headcanons:

Atsushi was stuck at his desk, frustrated

He had been thinking things over for around a week now, and he still hadn't figured anything out for New Years

Sure, he had the basics, like some gifts and all that, but he couldn't think of anything special

Paired with that, is a stack of papers that he had to finish before he left work

He sighed, and began to slowly clear the papers, until he had an idea

He knew that he wouldn't be able to do anything terribly extravagant, but he knew that he could at least take you to see some attractions

Atsushi decided that once he was done with his work, he could take you out for dinner, and then he could work his way from there

With his newfound motivation, he cleared through the stack of papers, and went out on his way to take you to dinner

Once he had gotten to your home, he already had plans for what to do after

He would take you to get desserts, and then he would lead you off to a nice clearing where you could see the sky, completely undisturbed

Over dinner, he was excited, and cheerful

Afterwards, he took you to get crepes and various other sweets, and with boundless energy he took you across various parts of Yokohama

By the time he was finished, it was already quite late at night, with roughly an hour left until twelve

He took your hand, and grasped it tightly as he began to run towards the clearing

He stopped abruptly once he had arrived, and turned to you with a smile

"It looks like we arrived a bit early, but that's alright. We can spend more time together, because of that! Happy New Years, Mika- I really hope I made this day special for you."

Afterword:

I'm glad you enjoyed the Gorou matchup! I hope you enjoyed this one just as much! (Also, after reading this over, I just realized how it turned out a little long-)

#bsd atsushi #atsushi nakajima #bsd matchup #zenki's matchups #matchups #atsushi x you #bsd x you #bungou stray dogs

[exocolonistfeelings]

Okay Fuck I keep on not finishing my drawings for them so let me explain a bit of my digimon AU for a second cause I have thoughts about Tangent specifically in that AU.

So similar concept of "digital world runs parallel to our world" I imagine it in a more dawn and dusk setting though, with like full cities and such. Partners are a mutual choice thing, but once chosen that's a lifelong bond right there. Partners can be forcibly chosen but this harms both sides (this isn't relevant to Tangent but it may be relevant to Vace if I figure out what I want to do with him) uh, digimon are connected to there partner's mental states in some way and they are influenced by them, just not as strongly as, like, Adventure or Survive where the partners are basically the other half of their soul, yeah that's the most important stuff.

Anyway so Tangent partnership happens isolated from everyone else's for a while, Tangent is the 4th (Sol, Dys and Cal being the first 3) and Tangent has a very...interesting relationship with her partner, because it's amicable but it's very much not a personal relationship, at least at the start. They get closer after a Dark Evo Fiasco.

So Dark Evos are generally caused by extreme negative emotion, intense anger, recklessness, vengeance, the want to kill, often times this emotion consumes the Digimon (favorite example of this is Hurricane Touchdown with Wallace's Chocomon, who is representative of Wallace's inability to move on from the past)

Tangent partner's Dark Evo is somewhat representative of Tangent's identity issues, burnout, and depression, I imagine the first evo was purposeful though, Eosmon Adult was an experiment after all, Eosmon Perfect being a continuation of that experiment, though one out of Tangent's control.

The Ultimate is AvengeKidmon, Avengekidmon is a bit of a left field choice but the main reason is cause AvengeKidmon is a mostly humanoid Digimon who hated MagnaKidmon so much that it evolved into AvengeKidmon (black colorswap of MagnaKidmon) and Hates It, and is on a quest for revenge, that it has forgotten the meaning of.

I imagine this happens around when Tang is 15-16, and Terriermon Assistant (Child form) met when Tang was 9 so there's a good bit of time in-between that.

You can tell the plot details are...non-existent, but I really like the concept so...yeah.

I imagine Terriermon Assistant never evolved before this either so it's quite a traumatic first evo.

However it does get them stuck on the Adult form Snatchmon, oh and is also unresponsive...for a bit, they get better, takes a while though.

After this Snatchmon is basically there base form but they can de-evolve to Terriermon Assistant for a bit, it takes a while for Snatchmon and Tangent to even try evolution again though...and you can imagine how there partnership was after this all went down.

As you can tell, it's a bit of a situation. The details are not there but I like the base concept and I know full well that if I don't do this, this idea is Never going to see the light of day, so here.

#digimon au #long post

[knitbyknives]

Posting all these references and advanced techniques is great. Learning a lot. But I'm self taught and haven't drawn in such a long time... What I really need to do is to learn and practice the fundamentals and I really don't want to.

Currently I allow fudging and cheating past the hated bits simply to get unstuck. Picking non-serious subjects like inserting OCs into memes, doing studies or redraws.

Roughly tracing a general outline of an image with thick digital crayon that obscures all detail, hiding the original image layer and making myself sketch the image again using only the clumsy sweeping shapes as a guide.

Sketching a rough original with the giant crayon, sketching over it, then over it again into a final draw.

Or (if it's for a meme) just straight up tracing the large bits that don't matter like a background or a shirt posture.

It unblocks, it's a form of play and learning the program, it takes the pressure off, I learn, it seems there's potential there when the finished image looks good. But it feels like cheating. As soon as the basics get faced... as soon as a real effort to improve is made? The quality could seriously drop and morale with it.

I have actually done redraws and studies without any of that in traditional art so I know I can do it, but it was instinctive. I didn't break it down into neat shapes. No anatomy. It was done by eye and 'what looked right'.

It's like... I did sketch that unaided, I even took photos of the progress, but don't actually remember how? It would be smarter to go back to the basics I never got taught, learn the tried and true ways to confidently sketch figures and anatomy rather than just do it on guesswork. I need to actually learn the fundamentals.

Especially if I want to combine different references into a coherent new whole. Because I have so many ideas for original compositions. My own concepts.

I just have all this weird anxiety, these paralyzing hangups and blocks. Can't practice consistently. Attempts and practice to do better look so so bad.

I also know it's best to learn technique via traditional art but disability sucks and it's hard to sit up for long, make the smooth sweeping movements with my arm, get propped up and have the tilted lap table positioned at the right height.

I can't draw lying flat on my back so it's most often hunched over phone lying on side... Posture is non existent. Digital art on a tiny phone screen encourages small repetitive wrist movements that cause pain and having technology form the circle for you means I don't learn.

But we persist. I even bought a 'drawing manga' kit just to take it right back to the level of a child so I don't have to take it seriously or be afraid of it. Just speedrun the drawings, use up cheap shitty art supplies filling a crappy disposable sketch pad with junk sketches, rolling my eyes the whole time as I train muscle memory, learn proportions and iron out bad habits. If I can stick to it.

I don't understand why I have so much anxiety and so many hangups around a hobby I'm "good at" and want to do...

Guess along with my physical health my mental health and anxiety levels are currently just eating me alive.

#kbk personal #kbk rants #kbk vents #kbk art thoughts #disabled artists #kbk rambles

[ikroah]

Don't you know that she's had a bad, bad fall? And if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. —“If You Can’t Say Anything Nice,” Roy Orbison (1965)

It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin’ #20 - Freeside IV

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Notes / Original Pencils / Transcript:

Notes:

Whewwwwww this one was a project. I’ve always wanted to experiment with doing a multiple-page spread like this, and I’m glad that I finally found an excuse! It basically doubled the amount of coloring work that I had to do, but as you can see the result was well worth the trouble.

That being said, IKROAH will be going on a sort of semi-informal hiatus (which just means it might be a while until the next comic) because I have some other non-fandom comics I want to work on before the end of the year and also I have been working so hard for so long oh my god I just want to hide in a hole and play video games right now. So I will.

Anyway! See you next ish! I’m gonna go beat Metroid Dread.

Original Pencils

Since I work traditionally, it actually took a lot of effort and precision to make sure the background spread lined up correctly on each page. And it still wasn’t enough because I had to correct the alignment a bit on each page anyway during digitization! You can also see my abundance of notes-to-self about little fixes to make during the coloring process, as well as some...uh...”cut dialogue.”

The unique grittiness of the flashback panel in which Agnes confronted Dixon was achieved by leaving it uninked. By scanning it as raw pencil instead of clean black and white, I got a much rougher-looking smattering of black on it during digitization.

You can see how large I drew the flyers on the original pencils at first; I shrunk them down digitally. It was easier to draw them bigger and I knew that I could just reposition them later.

Something that proved surprisingly difficult during the art process was thinking of things to draw in front of the Fort’s walls. On the original pencils here, you can see that I drew somebody tripping over a rock on Page 5 because I thought that it’d be funny, but I replaced him with birds during the inking process because on second thought it just seemed too distracting.

Transcript

JULIE: I can’t believe you...you killed Dixon?

INT. THE OLD MORMON FORT in FREESIDE, the Vegas-area headquarters of the FOLLOWERS OF THE APOCALYPSE. The director JULIE FARKAS is engaged in a shouting match with AGNES SANDS, while AGNES’ companion ROSE OF SHARON CASSIDY stands by beside her and JULIE’s associate ARCADE GANNON frets behind her.

AGNES: He attacked me! What was I supposed to do?

JULIE: I don’t know, not leave yet another murder victim out on the streets of Freeside, maybe?

ARCADE: Julie, please...

JULIE pinches the bridge of her nose, stressed.

JULIE: I thought you'd convince him somehow, not...this!

AGNES: We tried. He said we'd have to pay him off, but we didn't have the caps—

JULIE: You could have come back! And asked for the caps!

CASS: So what, then, the followers just open their wallets for any asshole selling on their block? Shit, Agnes, maybe we should start pushing and get our money that way.

ARCADE leans in to speak to JULIE.

ARCADE: Julie, I hate to say it, but she's got a point. Even if we did give Dixon the caps, it would have set a bad precedent...frankly, we can't afford to be extorted.

JULIE: And this justifies murder, Arcade?

JULIE turns her attention back to AGNES and CASS.

JULIE: Somehow I doubt Dixon just attacked you two for no reason.

AGNES: I told you. He asked for a bribe...that we buy him out, basically. And we, uh...we couldn't pay, and so...and so I improvised...and I threatened him—

JULIE cuts AGNES off, pointing at her furiously.

JULIE: —and so you started it!

AGNES: I...no, look, he pulled a knife—

JULIE: No. Stop. I don’t care. It's already taking all of our effort to keep tensions between Freesiders and NCR squatters from boiling over into all-out riots, and everyone's only been even more on edge since somebody took out the Silver Rush*. People are scared, and killing a dealer like Dixon no matter how scummy is only going to make things worse, not better. We've been struggling with our patients' withdrawal symptoms enough as-is.

(NOTE: Julie would know who if she'd read IKROAH #17—Lou.)

JULIE crosses her arms, immense disappointment and frustration on her face.

JULIE: And furthermore? I don't need your perspective on violence in Freeside. I live here. I know Dixon's type, and the Followers of the Apocalypse have worked with plenty of people just like him without ever resorting to threats and violence. Do you fucking get it yet?

AGNES seethes behind her sunglasses.

JULIE: Do you understand what you've done?

AGNES’ teeth clench tight.

JULIE: You're a murderer.

AGNES: I—

CASS (interjecting): Yeah, yeah. Nice lecture. But we did what you asked. That asshole won't be dealing where he's going, guaranteed. You're not happy at all?

JULIE looks at them hard.

JULIE: No. I’m not. I’m not happy that I seem to have put my faith in a pair of hitwomen. You and the Followers have no further business.

CASS: What about the caps for our trouble? Nothing?

JULIE (turning to leave): The caps you were promised will go toward Dixon's burial expenses. Arcade, please escort these two out of The Fort.

Exeunt JULIE as she enters one of the Followers��� medical tents.

ARCADE: I'm sorry about Julie. I mean, I agree with her, but...well, I don't actually know why I'm apologizing, then. Murder is bad, as it turns out.

AGNES: ...it’s fine.

ARCADE: And she really doesn't mean to be so harsh...things have just been really, uh, tense around here lately.

ARCADE smiles sincerely.

ARCADE: Listen, if you're ever in need of help, you can come back anytime. Really. Just talk to me instead of her. All I'll lecture you about are, uh, medicinal herbs. Haha.

CASS (turning to leave): Thanks, four-eyes. We'll keep that in mind. Come on, Agnes.

AGNES hesitates to follow CASS, remaining still. ARCADE turns to rejoin JULIE, but looks back at AGNES with a worried expression.

AGNES: Yeah...thanks.

EXT. THE OLD MORMON FORT, the STREETS OF FREESIDE.

AGNES: I’ll keep that in mind.

AGNES and CASS exit The Fort.

#fallout #fallout new vegas #fnv #courier six #rose of sharon cassidy #arcade gannon #julie farkas #followers of the apocalypse #freeside #agnes sands #volume 02 #20 #ikroah archive

[tonesplash]

Bikini Lunchtime Part 2 (18+)

pairing: edward cullen x reader

warnings: smut ;), vaginal fingering, slight choking but not really he just puts his hand on ur throat, uuuuh getting caught kinda, reader has a mom

a/n: maybe a part 3 bc ed boy did get cucked

read part one here

"You're speeding." Edward lifts his mouth from the space behind your ear to remind you, and then goes right back to drawing your attention away from the speedometer.

"This is aAh-" You lose your concentration when his tongue swaths hotly up your throat before flicking back into his mouth when it reaches your earlobe. You can feel his smile against your skin. "A lot coming from the guy who hates driving below the triple digits."

One of his heater-warmed hands comes down to knead your thigh as he continues in his effort to wrap the both of you around a tree. "There's just one more turn, (Y/n), I'm sure you can manage." 

Yeah, that and like thirty-something trashcans you want to say, but then he's leaning in again, and without thinking, you clasp your non-dominant hand over his forehead to stop him long enough for you to concentrate. You weren't strong enough to hold him still, but Edward relents nonetheless and allows you to keep him in place as you do your best to park with one hand while he helpfully manages the parking brake. 

"You better make this worth my time, Cullen." You smile in anticipation as your seatbelt whips back into its holder. "It's cold as hell today, and I don't feel like fronting for the electricity bill."

”If you feel cheated at the end of the day, I'll pay it for you.” Edward grins as he kisses your temple and sits back in his seat to disembark.

He's lucky your neighbors aren't nosy because he appears at your car door in a flash, already reaching to help you out with your school bag slung over his shoulder and food trash neatly tied off in the bag it came in. You turn off the engine and hop out to meet him on the sidewalk as you trail towards the front door. You take quick notice of the extra weight in the bag.

"Why won't you just let me trash my car the way I want to? I saw the fries from under my seat were also gone this morning." You squint suspiciously at him over your shoulder as you blindly attempt to unlock the door while simultaneously intimidating him. 

”It was starting to smell like a compost bin.” Edward can only stand you fumbling with your keys for a few seconds before he just takes them from you and opens it himself. Once inside, he hangs your bag on the hook by the door while you slip off your shoes and shrug off your jacket in a vain attempt to make it upstairs before him.

”Well, I think your car smells like a Bath and Bodyworks, what do you think is worse?” You take the stairs two at a time while he effortlessly matches your pace, one hand on the small of your back to keep you from slipping.

”I’d say the health hazard. Without me, you'd definitely have roaches by now.” His dry laugh echoes from behind you and makes you giddy with anticipation. You playfully roll your eyes and shuck your shirt over your head as he opens your bedroom door. The way you eagerly shove and tug off your clothes down to your underwear is hardly a striptease, but it doesn't bother either of you as you scamper over to your underwear drawer to grab your new attire.

"Okay now you-" You hold the bundle of cloth under one arm as you grab his shoulders and guide him to sit on the end of your bed. "-stay right here, I'll be right back!" 

His chuckle follows you out into the hall as you scamper over to your bathroom and shut the door behind you. Your foot misses the leg hole of the bottoms three whole times before you have to stop yourself and take a steadying breath to calmly step into them like a normal person.  

Despite your clear excitement that he can no doubt smell in the air and read in your mind, you decide to tease him a bit as you approach the bedroom. You balance on one leg against the door, gripping the knob as you creep it open and stick your leg through the opening up to your knee. 

"Is this doing anything for you?" You giggle and wiggle your toes in the general direction of the bed.

"Be careful, (Y/n), when you fall through that door you're gonna be very embarrassed." You can still hear the smile in his voice as you almost immediately prove his point by taking an awkward hop forward to balance and accidentally exposing your entire leg at once in your effort to stay upright.

"I'm trying to think of what my entrance song would be but I'm coming up blank. You're gonna have to fill it in yourself." When you peek through the door, you can see his eyes have a laser focus on your thigh. 

"Cellophane." Edward replies without blinking. 

Confused and a little offended, you shove the door open all at once.

"That is so rude! What exactly are you tryi-"

Without warning, Edward crowds you against your door, one hand already lifting your leg to curl around his hip while he covers your mouth with his own. His tongue sweeps from your bottom lip to the roof of your mouth, sucking your tongue and making you shiver between the cold wood of the door and the hard plane of his chest.

His opposite hand strokes down your side, trailing lightly around your breast and ribs until it comes down to cup you through your bottoms. You gasp and break the kiss to bow your head into his shoulder and watch but he won't let you, the hand at your hip leaving to cradle the side of your neck, thumb resting over your windpipe, holding you steady against his mouth while teases you through the nylon.

You arch your hips into his hand and lose yourself in his taste, careful of his teeth lest you prick yourself and have him swear off frenching until the end of time.

Edward releases the kiss with a wet smack, the trail of spit still connecting your lips sticking to your skin as he dives lower to worship your throat.

Pausing his ministrations, he adjusts his hold to be firmly under your ass, his tongue gliding up your sternum as he lifts you above him in one smooth motion. You squeal and cling to his shoulders as he smoothly carries you across the room and gently lays you out amongst your pillows.

Edward climbs to kneel over you, ravishing your mouth with his own, one knee between your legs to grind on as his fingers creep up your sides to tease your breasts, kneading at first, then extending each thumb to play with the bud of your nipples when they strain against your top. The kiss becomes sloppier, spittle trailing down your cheek as you both lose yourself in the sensations.

Your growing desperation overcomes you when he lightly pinches the tips of your breasts, pulling away to shove the thin fabric under your chest, exposing yourself to the open air and his wanton gaze.

“So impatient.” Edward huffs a small laugh, spreading his cool breath over your chest, further pebbling your nipples. He maintains eye contact as he trails slow, reverent kisses down and over your breasts until you can feel the presence of his lips just beyond the skin. 

“For someone with super speed, you sure like to take your time.” You quip and arch yourself into him just as his tongue creeps out to flick against your nipple, eliciting a whimper before it grinds into the sensitive skin, pressing it flat before he snakes an arm under you to further prostrate your chest and sucking your teat into his mouth.

Your reaction is immediate and involuntary, a sharp gasp, spine arching to the nth degree, toes curling against his slacks until he releases you with a pop and pushes his leg harder into your slit, going back to sucking, licking, laving your bud against the cold slick of his tongue until it glistened between you.

You could hardly keep quiet now, moaning and squirming, tugging his hair as he switches sides,  hoping, praying that no one would come home early to find you like this. Edward sweeps his tongue over your neglected breast, bathing it in his spittle and sucking until the buildup of sensitivity becomes too much and you have to shove him away before you cum on his thigh and embarrass yourself.

“I would've liked it, at least.” He smirks before leaning in for another kiss, and laying down next to you, your core disconnecting with a wet smack from the stain that had soaked through to his pants. Your face burns red and your pussy almost feels numb with neglect until his lips are on your throat again and his unused hand pushes past your bottoms, gathering your abundant slick.

He scoots closer to your side, his arm a stark white contrast against your skin with his hand shoved into your bottoms, knuckles straining against the fabric while he rubs your clit into a frenzy.

"Oh, fuck," you moan and toss your head against his shoulder, sensations overwhelming. 

You feel dazed, unfocused, and you can't decide if you want to watch the near frantic movement of his arm or lose yourself in the dirty sounds and sensations and let your eyes glaze over. You think you can hear the front door open, but you're far too wrapped up in him to care.

Edward moans against your temple, empathetic to your pleasure as he switches tactics, two fingers slipping in, while his thumb continues stimulating your clit. It's a tight fit at first but the mild sting adds to your pleasure, and you raise a knee to give him a better angle. The fingers inside of you begin to curl, teasing that spot deep inside, and one of your hands immediately shoots down, death gripping the wrist working at you as you begin to throb.

"You're so wet, and warm." His words are breathless against your temple, straining to not groan full volume into your ear. You involuntarily clench around him.

"I can taste you in the air, and you're so sweet and soft, do you think I'll have time to taste you before anyone gets home, sweetness?" At the last word, he openly moans with you as his thumb rubs upwards, bypassing the hood of your clit while curling his fingers against the softest spot inside of you.

The effect is immediate, your cresting shout is hastily muffled by the palm of his unoccupied hand bracing over your open mouth, and you whimper when he doesn't stop grinding his fingers against that spongy spot on your inner wall, wringing as much cream as you can give onto his hand, even as whoever just came home pauses at the top of the stairs at the sound your blankets rustling when your leg jerks out with overstimulation. You reach out and hitch your knee upwards again to hold it still.

"Can you cum on my hand, darling? And not make a sound?" You sob against his palm. "I want to feel you cum on my hand again, but I can't do that if you're too loud, alright?" 

The nod you give is shaky and stifled by the restriction of his hand, but he has mercy as his fingers start to curl again, and you both watch them writhe under your bikini bottoms in the low light of your covered window, as they disappear in your heat and come up again with the slickest of sounds.

When your thighs stop twitching and the overwhelming stings of overstimulation build into a pleasant hum, Edward pulls his hand out and pulls away to undress, before disappearing in a blink when your bedroom door dents the wall, revealing your very pissed off mother.

Later that night you'd argue whether the loud schlick of your cum on his hand or the ensuing slap of your thighs slamming shut with your ruined orgasm is what got you caught playing hooky on a autumn weekday alone in your bedroom in nothing but an askew bikini.

#edward x reader #edward cullen #twilight imagine #smut #reader insert #my stuff #twilight x reader #edward cullen imagine #edward cullen x reader

[achliegh]

Speak No Evil (Rewrite)

O’Knutzy Kink Exploration #2

Gag

Beta: @punkkkkboi

TW/CW: Smut, Kinks, Gag

Characters belong to @lumosinlove

Leo was out getting groceries, Finn was pinned to the couch, Logan was sitting on him, pinning his lover's hands beneath his knees while texting Leo. Finn groans as Logan grinds against his hard cock while Logan bites his lip, holding back his own sounds. How they got in this position was a mystery. Before Leo left they were just napping on the couch together.

Then again cuddling does make Logan horny.

Sunshine

You: Let's try that thing tonight.

Sunshine: Which one? Sexy thing or food thing?

You: Sexy thing

Sunshine: I’m omw home

Sunshine: Start without me

Logan smirks at his phone then tosses it on the floor, not even caring if the screen has cracked. Leaning down, Logan catches Finn’s lips in a fiery kiss, licking into his mouth, running his hands up and down Finn’s chest; he feels Finn try to get his hands out from under Logan’s knees. Logan pulls away a little to look into Finn’s bronze eyes, smiling a little as he gives his lower lip a small nip. Lifting himself up a bit to be able to wiggle his hands out from under Logan’s knees. Pulling Logan back in for more kisses he feels Logan start to become less dominant and aggressive. Almost losing his edge.

“Let’s go to the bedroom, mon joli mannequin” He sees Finn blush from the French dripping from his tongue and sits up. Next thing he knows he is being carried over Finn’s shoulder to the bedroom. Laughing as he is jostled around he slaps Finn’s butt and kicks a little when Finn retaliates by pinching his side.

“I bet you can’t wait to be dicked down by me, huh?” Finn tosses Logan on the bed and begins to strip himself. Logan laughs and finally gets undressed. Climbing over Logan, bracketing him in with his hands by his head and his knees on either side of his thighs. He uses one hand to support himself and runs his thumb over Logan's cheek bone just soaking in his beauty. “You’re stunning” Logan pulls him down into a kiss as his cheeks heat up.

Logan flips them over and reaches over to the nightstand to grab the lube. He pulls away and puts the bottle into Finn’s hands smiling shyly. Finn left as though he might simply pass away.

“Want me to prep you? Or do you have some plan that I don’t know about?” Finn narrows his eyes at him as he sits up with Logan still in his lap. The lack of answer he gets besides a look and a bit of a lip meant ‘yes’. He reaches down with lubed fingers to trace Logan's entrance, he feels a little smug when Logan shivers and grips his shoulders. Finn starts leaving light, almost non-existent, kisses and nips to his neck and shoulder, pushing one digit in, his stomach rolling with excitement at the gasp that is punched out of Logan. His lover gets louder and his kisses get more desperate as he preps him until he is ready.

Logan comes out of his daze just long enough to grab Finn's hands and pin him back to the bed. Breathing heavily as he smirks at his lover.

“How do you feel about me riding you, but you can’t touch me?” Thinking for a moment Finn is going through his mind trying to figure out if he wants to try it. He had never been restrained before, Leo had tried it and almost broke the headboard with how much he wanted to touch the other two, Logan is extremely fond of it but sometimes he wants to have the control. He nodded slowly after a minute and the smile it produces from Logan should absolutely be illegal. “Okay, remember you can get out at any time, we can stop at any time… Try not to break the headboard” That pulls a laugh from both of them as Logan moves to attach his hands to the headboard. It was tight but not uncomfortable, he pulled a little to remind himself that he couldn’t touch Logan and that was something he loved. He looked into those sweet pea green eyes and relaxed. “Remember the safeword?” Finn nods and groans as Logan moves so his cock is sliding against Logan's entrance.

“Is this your plan? You just wanted to tie me up?” His breath hitches as Logan sinks down on him, Logan's eyes scrunched closed and his nails dig into Finn's chest. “You wanted to be in control today, just wait until Leo comes home and sees what a naughty little thing you’ve been- fuck” He snaps his hips up to meet Logans hips, Logan makes an embarrassingly cute sound and glares at him with out any fire.

“Since you can’t touch me are you just gonna talk your way through this?” He lifts his arms over his head as he sets a rhythm of fucking himself on Finn and arches his back as his hands grip his own hair. “If that is gonna happen I will gag you-”

“Well isn't this a sight to come home to.” Leo was leaning against the door frame watching Logan bounce on Finn, who he managed to get tied up, much to Leo’s amusement. “Started without me again?” He hears Logan huff an annoyed breath as he reaches out for Leo. Walking forward he takes his hand and kisses his hand.

“You said I could so I did, can we start now before I cum?” Logan shifted a little to look at Leo and cried out in pleasure as he hit his prostate. Leo looks over to Finn who is looking a little dazed and sweaty. Trying to figure out what they mean by getting started.

“You mean this isn’t what you planned?” He looks at Logan who is gone with fucking himself. Shaking his head Logan pulls a now naked Leo into a heated kiss and grips his hair and uses it to make sure Leo doesn’t pull away. Leo is feeling around on the bed for the bottle of lube humming when he finds it. “Fuck, you guys are so hot, I can’t wait to see what you sexy idiots came up with. Fuck I want to touc-” His eyes widen as something is stuffed into his mouth keeping him from talking, his breath hitches and he whines tugging on the restraints a bit.

“Three tugs on the restraints and we will stop, okay?” Leo is breathing hard climbing behind Logan, running a hand up Finn’s thigh and one up Logan's side. “I needed to put a pair of boxers in your dirty mouth or else it would get us off before we even got to the main event!” He nips at Logan's ear as he squirts some lube onto his fingers and whispers to him, “ready, sweetheart?” Logan slows his pace and nods. Finn is really confused until he feels a finger slide in next to his cock inside of Logan.

All three of them stop breathing for a moment until Logan lets out a possibly filthy moan and Finn follows suit, Leo slowly starts moving the finger in and out of his lover while putting pressure onto his other lover's shaft. They all move together until Leo has three fingers buried in Logan, who has cum twice. Finn is trying to make as much noise as possible, he arches his back trying to will himself not to cum from the feeling of Logan tight around him and Leo moving next to him.

Leo slowly pulled his fingers out and pushed his hand through Logan’s sweaty hair while sucking on a hickey he made behind Logan's ear. He whispered into his ear for the second time that session.

“Are you ready for this or do you want to stop with just fingers for tonight.”

“No! I want, I want- Je te veux aussi en moi.” He was too far gone to remember English at this very moment and Leo watches as a pretty flush washes over Finn from his ears to his chest, his breath hitches and Leo leans back away from Logan’s sweaty back to lube his ignored cock up.

“Ready?” He sees Logan nod and smile, kissing the side of his head and slowly pushing in, again they all three groaned in sync as Leo slid inside next to Finn. He watched as the redhead's eyes rolled back and his head dropped back onto the pillow. Leo’s attention is pulled to Logan who turns his head to kiss Leo while smiling. Whispering encouragement to move. Leo does as Logan asks and starts moving causing Logan to cum for a third time and shout. Leo kept moving even as he felt Finn start to come.

Logan is in another dimension, he feels Finn release inside him as Leo moves and tears start to fall from his eyes. He was steadily streaming cum from his own ongoing orgasm. He watches as Finn’s beauty over took his sense, the smell of sweat and sex, the view of his beautiful red cheeks and sweat shiny chest, the sounds of him whimpering behind the bundle of boxer briefs in his mouth. He had to kiss him. Logan takes the fabric out of Finn’s mouth and swallows his moans licking into his mouth as Leo continues to fuck them. His breath stutters as he feels Leo start to cum inside him also.

After a while of catching their breaths, Logan unties Finn as Leo and Finn both slip out of him. He falls between his boys cuddling into them, none of them wanting to get up to get a washcloth to clean them up, because they are one sticky mess.

Finn isn’t quite done with them though, after his fog whooshes away he shimmies down the bed and rolls over between Logan's legs. Pushing them open, he surprises Logan by licking over his entrance, pulling a shiver from the shorter man. He knew Lo loves overstimulation so he had a good feeling on how this would go. He starts licking in a pattern of short soft licks and long harder ones mixed in. He feels a weight next to him on the bed and feels one of Logan's legs lift up. Leo lays down on his stomach next to Finn with Logan’s leg resting over his shoulder.

Leo starts kissing on Logan’s inner thigh and nudges Finn’s cheek with his nose, drawing his attention away from sucking on Logan’s entrance and kissing him. Swiping their tongues over each other, Leo catches Finn’s and sucks on it for a second before pulling away, smacking his lips and licking them.

“Good soup.”

“I hate you.” Logan mumbles from above them. His disdain is short-lived short-lived as Leo takes his turn eating him out. Fucking him with his tonuge Logan reaches down, feeling for someones hair and just gripping as he cums again. Dry this time but still wonderful. His eyes slip shut after his climax, feeling the other two shift around and clean up. He eventually opens his eyes again to see one of them on either side of him, Leo is making sure Logan didn’t get hurt during the activities, and Finn was just staring at his face.

“What?” Finn smiles and flops next to him.

“Holy shit, I was not expecting that!” Finn looks at them with an exasperated smile still breathing hard. “How long was this in the works?”

“Ce matin”

“Huh?”

“This morning” Leo laughs a little, taking his place on the other side of Logan.

“Wow, you guys have no patience.”

#leo knut #finn o'hara #logan tremblay #sweater weather #coast to coast #o'knutzy #lumosinlove

[s-fellows-art]

Simplified tips on how to improve your art.

.putting under cut because its long but thats cause i explain these and not just list stuff. 

1)  Flip/mirror  your canvas when working. - it allows you see anatomy and other errors you may overlook. 

2) before uploading look at the image on a different screen or the next day. - this give you time away from it, and as tempting as it is to upload as soon as your done, if you wait  you will see stuff you can improve on and be able to look at it with “ fresh” eyes. 

3) Stop shading with black or grey scale colors- shading with inly these colors make the imAge look muddy, if you shade with a color that is a darker hue of the same color your adding shading to it one in the same tempters ( warm= R Y O cool = B G I V  on the Rainbow ) you get more vibrant art and you don’t muddy what your working on. 

4) Learn to grey scale BEFORE coloring as a draft p2- learning how to shade in black and white can help you identify lighting points and details. When digital painting simplifying something out to a grey scale can help you keep track of what your doing. 

5) Use the tools you have access too- References to learn anatomy , taking time to learn amniotomy will help you a lot in the long term, but doing everything off the top of your head your bond to get something wrong early on, or even later on in art.  Use the sharpen tool around highlights if your program offers it. It saves time. Also play with your filters and line art colors. These will ad detail to your work and takes less time. If you mess around with the brushes in your program and stuff before starting it will help you later on. Its not cheating professionals use it all the time. 

6) practice drawing random stuff- it teaches you the shapes and trains your hand ti make the strokes/motions needed for basically everything. Art studies can be very helpful. Even if it feels stupid drawing 500 eyes on a note pad, it helps. 

7) Simple is good, complex is chaos- over complex art is hard to look at because your not sure what to focus on so the areas you want the eye to go to is where you should focus your details rather then make every single little thing detailed. Another way to do this is to brighten the colors where you want the eye to go at first glance in an image, but make the other areas muted in color, or blurred slightly.  

8) Don’t be afraid to look up tutorials and take breaks if you get stuck - I personally only learned how to shade faces from watching makeup tutorials. And there is nothing shameful in not knowing how to do something and needing to look it up or ask, its how you learn you can just power you way through it all the time, and somethings your wasting your time if you do for something not worth it in the end run. Also the act if stepping back and away to go do something else is sometimes all you need, sometimes looking at the same file over and over again can be mentally exhausting. Take a break. Drink some water. Stretch your wrists. Look away from it for a while then come back. 

9) Stretch your wrists before working- save your self years if pain trust me. I regret not doing this. Also draw from your shoulder not your wrist unless detailing, less stress on your arm and more precision. 

10) Use different line thicknesses - i find using thicker lines for areas that touch the outer parts of your drawing or more important areas, and using thinner for detailing adds a bit of detail and quality to your work even if the line art isn’t clean. Inner face  parts (other then the top bracket of the eyes), lines between fingers, lines marking clothing folds, and things like that should be done in thinner lines then eyebrows and what not. 

Next two some will role your eyes at but honestly makes a huge difference, even if you got to force it at first. Its hard to break a bad habit.

11) don’t look for flaws in your work, look for what you like about it,- if your constantly pointing out what is wring with what you are doing your not gonna go any where, bare minimum go “ okay im not too happy about this, lets see how we can improve it” instead if “ this looks like garbage I hate it”. If you stay in the mentality of I don’t like this , your never gonna be happy with what your making or improve because subconsciously your telling you self you can’t. This slight change in mind set of trying to find at least one thing you like will make a big difference in the long run because slowly you will be moving towards finding a style your comfortable with and going from there, you will be finding things you

12) don’t compare you self to other artist- its one thing to want to take influence in your fave artist, its another to constantly out yourself down because your not like them. Everyone art started as shit. Everyone. We all were that crappy 1 year old can barely hold a pen person at one point. like learning how to read and write or ride a bike....  No one starts as a perfect artists, its something you learn, so comparing your self to people around you is not gonna help you improve and putting yourself down just because your not perfect yet. Even if its something as little as “im happy I finally finished this” is better then “I wish i was like _”. You are slowly moving towards a goal, some people just move quicker then others because they learn different techniques, instead if putting energy into hating everything you do why not try to learn how the people you like the art of got there by learning some techniques your self? 

13) Ignore the notes enjoy the journey-  Regardless , you making art is amazing in itself . Its something only you have made. There may be other things like it but its not like how you did. Your unique and honestly ignore the notes, if your constantly pushing yourself based off of numbers, your gonna burn your self out and give your self impossible expectations to try to complete. Everyone has different tasted and are not always gonna like what you do the same way, if at all, there is nothing wrong with what you made you simply just can’ please everyone and its not your job to. The notes are a bonus, not a goal, you don’t have to try to compete for them the only person you have to create for for is you. Do what ever the hell you want and if people like it, great, if they don’, then they like a different cup of tea then yours, don’s make it bad tea.  Edit 1 as i thought of more : also the reason your sketch looks better then your line art is because your line art is too neet. If you use difrent thicknesses in lines (thicker for outter areas and important areas) and thinner for areas with more movment (bottom crese of eyes or outline of area around puple inner part of mouth clothing inner parts or what ever u feelis needed) it will look better because it will show your brush strokes which is what makes your sketch look good. -You can also add a 3d effect woth the red and blue outlines on areas that are not the central focus of the peice. Blurring has the same sort of effect to where it forces the eye onto the clearer area if the photo and makes it more visually intresting. Having this effect everywhere however can make stuff hard to focus on and diffcult to look at so only keep it on non focus points (most common focus point is the face so wouldnt put it there) .

Idk how helpful these will be but they made a big diff in my progress over the past year. The last bunch made a significant difference for me, though it was really hard to force myself into that mentality. And i still skip doing some of these in occasion ill admit but i hope this helps none the less. 

#art tutorials #4 am sorry if theres typos #S.fellowsart #long post

[creative-robot]

Do you have any tips on fighting art block, I haven’t drawn anything in a while and want to but don’t know what to draw

I have a few that I use yeah! First rule of thumb, The first two or three things you draw while trying to get out of artblock are most likely not going to become finished pieces, this is OKAY and ENCOURAGED, Think of it as warm-ups to ease yourself back into it! Artblock tends to happen because we set too many expectations upon ourselves or find a way to subconsciously wall ourselves off from drawing from anxiety, which also tends to block out all the ideas

Number one way, do some little warm-up exercises!

The first thing I always recommend to anyone is to draw some blobs! No really hear me out, pick an animal —personally I usually go for snakes or cats— and, if you’re on traditional do some contour lines and make some blob shapes, if you’re on digital set your brush size really high and make some blobs that look VAGUELY like your animal, than without doing any erasing, add some little details or eyes to make it look more like it’s animal, you can add to the shape— other colors, tails, ears etc— but the main rule of thumb here is NO ERASING, Filling up a sheet with them and making it simple helps you ease back into it and warms up your drawing muscles

Another one I recommend is grabbing a reference and just vaguely sketching it out, you’ll see this one repeated no matter who you ask about art block, some will say do gesture drawing, some will say do contour practice, honestly it’s whatever fits your bill. Practice some hands, doodle some random faces, grab an object and draw it in a stylized way, this doesn’t only help you practice but it can also give you some ideas for future projects, or to just turn the sketch into your favorite character lol

This one includes a little bit of mental prep but honestly? Save. Every. Sketch. Even if you make/look at it during artblock and say ‘wow I hate this’ you SAVE IT, your concepts are still good, your brain is just telling you that you can’t make it work, and yeah some of the sketches aren’t gonna be anywhere near pretty but that’s the POINT! You don’t have to work on one picture the entire time you can bounce between multiple depending on where you feel you’re most comfortable each day, and you don’t have to use every sketch as your basis but your concepts are what make your art yours, getting rid of it and only having the things that you’ve finished will give you unrealistic expectations to keep OUTSHINING them every time and set up more of a wall for yourself in the long run

This one’s a bit more specific but, character design! This is the one I use the most besides the blobs, make a creature! Grab a generator and fuse some animals together, make a fake pokemon outta it or make a new hybrid altogether, don’t worry about how realistic it is the important part of this one is the thought process, you don’t have to use it in the future you just need to make it for now, it definitely helps get your gears turning while still keeping it generally non-stressful. Grab a random mood board and make a character design out of it, take a theme (steampunk, robot, alien, clockmaker, etc) and apply it to something mundane, like coins,or pens, or book covers! Or, of course, fashion! Purposefully make the most deviantart neon edgy OC possible! Turn your main brain off and just have as much fun with it as you can, you don’t have to post it you don’t even have to show it to anyone else

A lot of artblock is about shifting your gears or changing perspectives of what you create to feel good about it again, like I said before a huge part of artblock is feeling like your art isn’t ‘good enough’ or feeling like you’ve run dry on ideas, or just pure unfiltered stress. The biggest thing you can do is to start small again, draw like a kid, don’t let your thoughts about anatomy or critiques stop you, and you’ll find yourself starting to warm back up to your own creations. At the end of the day if it’s just causing you a lot of stress trying to break through art block the best thing for you might be to actually step back and give yourself a break, and come back later.

The best part of art is you can literally do whatever you want, draw something cursed, redraw a meme, draw Frosty the snowman saying ‘fuck’, play with colors, draw something cute as scary as you can or vice versa, draw a mushroom, make up a new kind of animal or plant, draw yourself as if you were in your favorite media’s, the best way to go is to let go of all the ‘cringe culture’ mentality and just go as apeshit as possible



#I ended up talking more about artblock but I hope there are some good ideas in here for ya #look I love my blobs okay it’s how I warm up I like to use different colors #if anyone else wants to add onto this feel free!!! #I am by no means a professional artist after all I’m just vibing #robot rambles #art stuff #robot replies #long post

[trassellynn]

Hi everyone! 

Here the little event I promised! With the permission of the artist Marcy Rangel, I decided to open a special Grishaverse Art Request event, using the scheme from the image below. (Here you can also find Marcy’s Deviantart account. ) As I always say, I am not a professional artist and I only draw traditional/non digital art, but I will be happy to give my contribute to Grishaverse fanarts.

So, how does the event work?

You send me a request in my Ask Box choosing two characters and a pose (for example, Jesper/Wylan 1C) and I’ll draw it.

- As you can see, many poses can be good not only for ships, but also for friendships, so if you like BROTPs more than romantic pairings, feel free to ask for them!

- You can send me more than a request.

- I could take some days to draw your requests, but don’t worry, I won’t leave anyone behind.

- You are obviously free to tell me if you’re not satysfied and ask me to re-draw the fanart.

The event is for everyone: You don’t need to follow my blog to ask for a request and you can also send it anonymously.

SOME RESTRICTIONS:

First of all, NO SMUT. 

Then, since I hate saying no to a request, here the ships I’d prefer not to be asked of.

I beg you not to take it personally, I have nothing against you as persons if you ship these couples, I just want to make things clear so you won’t see your request refused.

Couples with age gap, like Darklina, Nikolina, etc.

Couples that don’t respect characters’ orientation, for example, from what I know (and you can correct me if I’m wrong) Tolya is an AroAce character, so I won’t draw fanarts about him in a romantic pose with someone else (but feel absolutely free to ask for non-romantic poses for him!)

Then, please, don’t hate me, but I beg you not to ask me Hannina fanarts, because, for several reasons that also involve my emotive sphere, I am totally unable to work at this ship.

I think there’s nothing more about the restrictions, apart from these couples, you can ask everything you want, canon or not.

Please, don’t make flames nor send me hate, I’m doing this thing also because I’m in a very fragile mental status and I realized that making fanarts for you helps me a bit. 💕

(In case you desperately need a fanart about the couples I don’t draw, I you can still ask me to help you to find artists that will satisfy your request).

So, here we go, for now the requests are open until Sunday, November 29th, at 11.59 PM (Rome Timezone).

If I don’t receive many requests, I will probably make an extension.

Hope you’ll like this idea!

Thanks to everyone who will take part to this!

Lynn

#Grishaverse Art Requests #Six of Crows #Grishaverse #Grishaverse Art #Grishaverse fanarts #Kaz Brekker #Inej Ghafa #Jesper Fahey #Nina Zenik #Wylan Van Eck #Matthias Helvar #Kuwei Yul-Bo #Kanej #Wesper #Helnik #Ninej #Katthias #Zoyalai #Genya x David #Adreoni #Zoyalina #Genyalina #Zoya x Genya #Tamadia #Hanneoni #Isaak x Mayu #Ehri x Mayu #I wrote some but there are many more possibilities #Grishaverse couples #Grishaverse BROTPs

[tothemeadow]

A Discussion

Y’all I am SCREAMING over my new media textbook I have. It’s incredibly up to date about what’s happening in media, and I just had to share this bit because - from my experience - people need to get their heads out of their asses.

Found in Producing New and Digital Media: Your Guide to Savvy Use of the Web, second edition (written by James Cohen and Thomas Kenny), page 59-60, this is a direct fucking quote regarding fandoms.

“A fandom is a group of online users who are fanatics to the point of creating a community that acts as a small kingdom of a shared common interest. The fandom usually creates related media and writing that is an extension of the media. Fandom isn’t new to the web, and it has been around since fiction authors published and changed readers’ lives. It’s rumored that Johann von Goethe had a huge fandom surrounding his Sorrows of Young Wether (1774) and Faust (1808) books. If his fans had access to the Internet, they probably would have created a fandom on Twitter and written additional fan-fiction.

Fan-fiction are stories created by the community that follow the “canon” of material made by the original creator. Fan-fiction writers become so passionate about some of the characters that they may “ship” the characters, creating an “OTP” story that is completely fan made. To “ship” means to create a relationship between two existing characters who were not intentionally paired in the original concept, making them a “One True Pairing,” or OTP. For example, the Sherlock fandom may create an OTP out of Sherlock and Watson, and write shipping stories about that new subculture plot line. If the fandom collectively agrees the story is good enough and plausible to the original story line, it may get accepted as fandom canon.

If you like something, there is most likely a fandom already out there for you to join. You should write for it - you have nothing to lose but new friends and writing skills to gain.”

Let this sink in. 

Fandoms have been around since the creation of fiction (and probably towards non-fiction). It’s human. I guess this is targeted towards individuals who say negative things about fandoms and what goes on within them. What really caught my attention was the shipping part, because holy shit is there so much negativity towards it. 

Now, I’m not saying you have to be a shipper. If you don’t like it, that’s fine. If you do, that’s fine. No one literally cares. Most of the problems I’ve seen regarding shipping is that a.) they’re not canon [which is also the literal driving point behind ships, you dunce] b.) the ship is gay [lesbian, polyamorous, etc.] and c.) the wars.

I know a lot of people go online and complain about how their OTP isn’t canon, but that’s why fanfiction exists. Frankly, I’m tired of seeing “oh my god, that’s why people hate this fucking fandom” on art posts or writings or whatever. I guess the point of this is to bring something to light -  not all fandom works are based upon ships, but rather to spread the joy we’ve received when witnessing what’s at hand. 

(Also I had my sister out me to my mom by saying that I write homoerotic stories like a big bitch, so.)

It saddens me to see people come for each other’s throats over something so simplistic, so human. There’s popular ships for a reason, there’s rare pairs for a reason, there’s crack ships for a reason, whatever. I want to bring others comfort with what these literal grown ass men have published. Not everyone is going to be into the same things, and that’s only natural.

People focus on what separates us rather than what brings us together.

You have nothing to lose but new friends and ___ skills to gain.

Get out there and enjoy what makes you happy. Respect others, but most importantly, respect yourself. Write what you want, draw what you want. Rock on, my dudes, dudettes, boths, and neithers. 

#empress talks

[grokebaby]

I am opening commissions!

You can pay either upfront, or after you've approved the sketches. I only use PayPal! (it'll be my dad's account for the record) Comment or dm me on Tumblr, we'll talk this over Discord because it's much easier for me. You can decide if you want it to be digital or traditional, but depending on the color scheme you want, it may have to be digital due to what colors I own and don't own

If on digital, it's possible to alter the artwork a little after completion, if you're not happy with some part. But for major changes or redraws I'll charge some extra. Please be open and clear with me (and polite) and answer any questions I may have during the process about your designs or other wishes.

PRICES

•Headshot

- Lineart 3$

- colored 5$

•Bust

- Lineart 5$

- colored 6$

•Halfbody (Either up to the hips or thighs)

- Lineart 6$

- colored 10$

•All fullbodies are 10+ dollars, but it severely depend on the character! If it's just an animal (normal, non anthro) the Halfbody rules apply!

•If you want an additional character, the price depends on which of the categories above your piece fits into! Don't be afraid to ask questions!

•I also do custom designs for 15$ (I might bump up the price if i feel like it's getting a bit too complex). You can send me a moodboard/emojis/song/description that you want the character to be based on.

WILL DO

•Animal/Furry characters

•Monsters, demons, body horror, gore or other miscellaneous creatures

•Characters or fan ocs from some franchises (I will inform you if I'm not comfortable drawing for a certain franchise, but I'll say upfront I won't do anything related to FnaF)

•Simple mecha/robots (For more complex ones I'll have to charge more, if I'm able to do them at all)

•Nudity, but NOT explicit NSFW (I'm still underage)

WON'T DO

•Fetish/kink art

•Anything related to EDs, suicide or self harm

• p*do/map, r*pe, incest, abuse, bigoted/hateful art (duh)

•Overly intricate designs. Though I can simplify if need be

ART EXAMPLES

#drawing commisions #open commissions #Commissions #Traditional art #Digital art #artblr #Artists on Tumblr

[alysemeadfad]

𝕽𝖊𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖔𝖓

Most would say its easy for a teenager to rebel at any point in time, but I find it hard to rebel in any way, most teens get tattoos, piercings, cut and dye their hair to rebel against their parents, but growing up with a mom who is tattooed, hair in fun dyed styles and piercings, I’m really just following in her footsteps she practically encourages. 

The only thing I rebel against is tidying my room and making cups of tea, cant really say I could start a world changing rebellion on that.

Rebellions i find important

1903–18 — Women’s Suffrage Movement The foundation of the Women’s Social and Political Union by Emmeline Pankhurst in 1903 began a more militant phase of the call for votes for women, which had been growing through the end of the 19th century. The Suffragettes used militant tactics like vandalism, arson, bombing and hunger strikes, with one member committing public suicide by throwing herself under the King’s horse at a race in 1913. The movement was wound up when some women were enfranchised in the 1918 Representation of the People Act, before all women over 21 were given the vote in 1928.

Suffragette Vera Wentworth in 1909, and the dress by Vaquera that it inspired

Stonewall riots 28 Jun 1969 – 3 Jul 1969 The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.

It is said that Marsha P. Johnson was the one who started the rebellion. Supposedly, throughout the bustle of the raid, Marsha threw a shot glass into a mirror and shouted, ” I got my civil rights!”.  With this inspiration and resistance against the police, other patrons began to follow.

Present day- Me Too movement.The Me Too movement, with variations of related local or international names, is a social movement against sexual abuse and sexual harassment towards women, where people publicize allegations of sex crimes.

The Punk Rebellion

the punk involved no protests or riots, it impacted people, fashion, music, society and everything to be honest.

The punk subculture advocates a do-it-yourself (DIY) ethic. During the subculture's infancy members were almost all from a lower economic class, and had become tired of the affluence that was associated with popular rock music at the time. Punks would publish their own music or sign with small independent labels, in hopes to combat what they saw as a money hungry music industry. The DIY ethic is still popular with punks.ideology's of punks

Ideology

Punk political ideologies are mostly concerned with individual freedom and anti-establishment views. Common punk viewpoints include individual liberty, anti-authoritarianism, a DIY ethic, non-conformity, anti-collectivism, anti-corporatism, anti-government, direct action and not "selling out".

Some groups and individuals that self-identify as being a part of punk subculture hold right-wing views. The belief that such views are opposed to the original ethos of the punk subculture, and its history, has led to internal conflicts and an active push against such views being considered part of punk subculture at all. Two examples of this are an incident during the 2016 American Music Awards, where the band Green Day chanted anti-conservative, anti-racist, and anti-fascist messages, and an incident at a show by the Dropkick Murphys, when bassist and singer Ken Casey, tackled an individual for giving a nazi-style salute and later stated that nazis are not welcome at a Dropkick Murphys show. Band member Tim Brennan later reaffirmed this sentiment. The song "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" by hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys has come to be considered an anti-nazi anthem.

VIV WESTWOOD

Rejecting the hippie ethos that was fashionable towards the end of the 1960s, Westwood and McLaren created clothes that referenced youth culture's recent past, selling rock'n'roll fashion in a shop unit at 430 King's Road in Chelsea. In 1974, the shop took on its most notorious identity: SEX, with Westwood and McLaren designing fetish wear that they sold to prostitutes, those with 'underground' sexual tastes, and young proto-punks brave enough to take a seriously edgy look out onto the street. The pair enjoyed shocking people, designing garments and shoes that referenced 'deviant' sexual practices, including rubber dresses and stilettos bristling with spikes.

How punk influenced me, because it influenced the world

My take on rebellion

Westwood inspired tights.

after watching a documentary on vivien westwood and the birth of the punk revolution i created some westwood inspired tights as a little spontaneous brainstorm, did not develop any further on the tights.

i used a pair of brand new white tights and put holes all in them, this is non conformist as if a regular pair of tights had a hole you would bin them as they were no good any more, but purposely putting holes in is quite rebellious in that aspect, i used sharpies to draw triggering symbols and words such as a swastikka and ‘punk fag’ .

crayon drawings

i used crayons to create these images as i thought it was a more rebellious medium and its created for kids so that is non conforming and it gives a rough diy finish look making it look slightly unfinished

i created a lesbian nun, this was a spur of the mind thought whats socially good and respected? a nun? whats the opposite of what a nun preaches, homo behavior. 

here i did a little barbie series drawing from observational on one and on another from mind and another from an image which i created by burning a barbie ehich is quite a rebellious act in a way. 

Collages

i decided to do some collages as its a way of just slapping ideas out in a visual format, my first one was using a fashion magazine and i realized this was the way to go so i printed some punk imagery and even used my own crayon drawings to create more collages.

photo shop

i wanted to mess with these collages more on a digital format so i put them in to photo shop to play with them and generate more ideas this was giving me a poster vibe which reminded me of punk posters.

 Final ideas

i used images from the new york trip to create a vision on photo shop, using a light of the american flag,sign posts, bins with posters on them.a clip art image of a chain and lock,street art and stickers i saw on poles in the street which is another form or street art which is quite rebellious as its not socially acceptable to vandalize and graffiti on public areas.

i took a few elements from the last board and included them in this vision board, i really wanted the main focus to be on the pipe that says “the rich killed nyc” i feel like it has a deep meaning behind it and it is quite rebellious as it reminded me of the punk rebellion in the uk as it was mostly lower class working people who used art, music and fashion to rebel against society and social constructs and actively non conform to the “rules” in a way. i also used a sticker that says jesus loves you and i crossed it out and wrote hate you over the loves you part as that is fitting to my rebellious visions.

in this board i again used “ the rich killed nyc” pipe as that’s my main surrounding element, i uses another pole with stickers on though you cant really tell what the stickers are, it just fits the aesthetic. i used a statue of liberty as she is known as a symbol of freedom, and along side it i used a photo of a photograph i saw in the modern art museum where this person had dyke tattooed on their neck which is a derogatory word to gay women, and that’s quite rebellious to take a bad word and own it by tattooing it on your body .

in this board i moved away from “the rich killed nyc” pipe as i felt i needed to come away from that one element for one board and to broaden my ideas. in this one i used a sky line image i took when on the ferry to liberty island, i changed the colour to black and white as the original colours of the image are quite blue and orangy, i used a sign post that says one way as it for some reason reminded me of like “one way to hell” or something and that there feels like there is no choice or individuality in the phrase “one way” . i used text over the sky line that says “the rotten apple” as new york city is known as the big apple and i thought, when i was there it did not remind me of a big fresh beautiful apple as the homeless people on the streets and the graffiti that has no artistic intent, so it was more of a rotten apple in a way. i used an image of the american flag i took on liberty island as i used an image of an american flag light, so i thought i could link back to that idea and use an actual flag, as its to represent freedom. i also used a art piece from the modern art gallery which was just a male mannequin wearing a bra which does not fit the social constrict of what men should wear there for its quite rebellious and opposite to the one way system. 

in my final board i included the american flag, a chain over it completely doing the opposite of what the flag means which is freedom, i used the bun that says don’t be afraid of anyone with an edited red paint drip on it which kind of looks like blood, i used text that says “ the rich killed nyc” as i loved that phrase bit i over used the pole in the other boards and i liked that my main message is that the rich killed nyc, i used an image of my dr martens that i took while my feet were up against a pole as i sat on a tube, showing anti social behavior basically which is stereo typically rebellious,and also dr martens were quite fashionable in the uk punk rebellion so i’m hinting to my idea that was inspired by the uk punk rebellion, and finally i have a set of traffic lights which are about order and control, the light is also on red which signifies danger, and the word stop which fits to my idea.