#could use some color lol

[emberglowfox]

this is a redraw/reimagine of a thing from like a year ago. original, from jan 2023:

#im trying to not be so scared of using contrast in my paintings. this could still go further but it's a start #also i do kinda like some of the colors in the old one i think that could have been pushed more too. i kinda over-rendered. oh well #steelheart redux #my art #my ocs #sparks art #arthur steele #kathos #og drawing is actually from predux thus the difference in like. out-line overlay subject matter lol #one of kathos' first appearances!

[quinn-pop]

yet another oc that only exists because i wanted to write something very specific

(middle is a little older, hence her scar healing. i like to think she gets a glass eye at some point)

anyway this is mira! (they/she) since that wip is almost 20k words and counting i won’t give away too much but long story short she’s the result of meta going “one last time, i promise” and adopting yet another kid

also galaxia kinda indirectly picked the name :)

i’ve mentioned before that i headcanon that pretty much all astrals are autistic and this is just kinda an extension of that. whereas meta tends to suppress his emotions and conform to others, mira…doesn’t. she gets uncomfortable and upset and lashes out at people easily, and working through their emotions is no small task.

the main reason i chose to write them that way was for the sake of narrative but i’ve grown attached to it because there’s a lot of ideas there i’d like to explore. stuff about navigating emotions and relationships when existing is so suffocatingly uncomfortable. it’s not something i could center around Kirby himself, but i think it makes sense with a post character development meta knight.

they are very loved (omg oldee cameo???)

kirby was definitely very excited to have younger siblings after being used to being the youngest in the room for so long!! (with the like. one and only exception being gooey.) he’s super affectionate with both of them and wants to have a close relationship one day, but for now mira is pretty unappreciative of that fact lol. they don’t like being pestered for hugs

everyone else is okay tho

(i know that’s hard to read. oops. “obvious bite marks”. siblings being siblings.)

mira also has a very love/hate relationship with the egg kid, being so close in age they kinda Have to get along but in typical sibling nature they also fight a lot. sure it’s probably rough for a while but i think in the end they’d be good buddies. maybe not as close as Kirby and Bandee but still.

anyway i have a lot of thoughts and am very busy but. i’m really enjoying writing about all this lately it’s been fun ^^

#I picked a name and then proceeded to write a comic in pen in which i used that name and posted it #and only after all that did i learn that mira is becoming a very popular name. which i generally avoid #but oh well. it’s stuck #im gonna be completely honest a lot of how i pick names for characters is based off of how many puns i can make out of it #im sorry to disappoint you with that information /j #kirbyposting #my art or something #meta knight #kirby #king dedede #metadede #Kirby oc #semi future au #I swear i’ll introduce oldee one day im just bad at having drawing ideas #also trying very hard to not make self deprecating comments over some of this art cause i just. don’t really want to spend forever redrawing #stuff anymore. like I used to do for a lot of these posts. It’s whatever #anyway kinda a part two to yesterday’s post (as in: I made sure they were both ready at the same time so i could queue them together lol) #weirdly enough this isn’t all that different from my dmk interpretation #i can’t really decide what color she is either #part of me wants to say bright blue red eyes because i think that would look absolutely sick but that seems like a bit too much blue #all things considered #maybe bright yellow blue eyes idk ill figure it out later (maybe)

[a-snowpoff]

When the complex puzzle you spent 5 minutes giving the clearest and most concise explanation for, ends up making a straight path to victory, smh my head.

Baking collab with the charming @jnpie :> Jnpie had the initial inspiration and idea and I hyped it up and helped with the baking and picture taking XD

BUT CHECK OUT THE INSIDE SURPRISE!!!

More surprises and fun under the cut!

LOOK! JNPIE HAD THE AMAZING IDEA TO USE A SPRINKLE TO MAKE MY SIGNATURE SNOW POFF WITH THE COIN!!! HEEHEE, I really really loved adding this easter egg in 🥚

Cake crumbs do be lookin' like temmie flakes, OM NOM NOM!

Gosh, this was so fun to look at AND eat, hehehehe!

This was my first time making and decorating a cake! Being able to create this with a friend made it so much more fun and a memory I will always cherish! Oh, and yes of course the cake was heckin' dang delicious!

#Hey have you seen the blue cake ring for the frosted cake? #art collab #baking collab #cake collab #papyrus #undertale #alphys puzzle #a-snowpoff #jnpie #friend tag #oh man I have some funny memories with this cake... #like we tried to make 2 versions... one with and one without frosting to stick the layers together #the frosted version was our main attempt that jnpie assembled while I layered an unfrosted one #the thing is... I didnt have enough variety and all the cake rings were together so i accidentlly kept taking rings for the frosted one #we had sketched out exactly how we wanted our main cake to look when you cut a slice out while the second one was more for funsies #So not once... or twice... or THRICE... or however you say that lol.... did I have to undo my test cake but like maybe 4 or 5 times! #Because I was such a goldfish brain with ocd trying to make it have variety that just wasn't going to happen sdkjhgsdjg #I kept going... dang I could really use a blue cake ring... OH HEY LOOK AT THIS #EXACTLY THE COLOR I NEEDED RIGHT HERE! #5 minutes later... #Facepalming to infinity and beyond hahaha #also I stacked maybe 50 books to use as a tripod for my ipad to take pics for the stop motion turn arounds LOL #I had to get the lighting JUST right... also several attempts to get that to my very high standards nyeh heh heh! #Jnpie wanted to cut into the cake as soon as it was ready heheheh... but no! PAPYRUS MUST SPIN AND LOOK HE DOES! #Papyrus spin go BRRRRRRRRRRRRR! #really I should have posted this sooner but i was so indecisive on which pictures to use and share #plus i thought of drawing some extra artwork to pair with it but aaaaahhhh #the world needed to see this cake NOW DKJHDGK #gif

[antirepurp]

im gonna love putting him into frontiers and discovering 170 vertices with shit-tier weight painting that float above his head

#purp art #yeah i think the model is done enough for that #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #there are some oddities with the finger beans but they're barely noticeable #also the op scars function in ways i do not understand but i really can't give a shit about that #i was gonna do fancier textures for him but like have you ever tried to unwrap UVs? that shit sucks #him being all flat colors is a stylistic decision and not a result of me wanting to conserve my brain cells #anyway the only thing i might want to add is being able to move the eye UVs in blender #rn he's got two eye meshes one for when i import him to frontiers and another for in-blender use #and for the in-blender ones i'll have to implement ways to move them if i wanna adjust them at any point #it's very optional especially bc i made this specifically for frontiers importing but it could be cool. maybe. we'll see lol

[puppyeared]

for like 3 weeks i was wondering why i was sleeping so much and felt listless. and just now I managed to email 3 people and responded to a month old message in the span of an hour because I got back to TAKING MY FUCKIN MEDS..........

#MOTHER FFFFUCKER #to be fair. my doc said I could stop taking them while im on break since i wouldnt need to be constantly pumped on stimulants #im not sure if it was a side effect but i managed to take like 3 different naps in one day and STILL managed to sleep thru the whole night #at least 2 days into my break. the weird thing is i didnt feel more or less rested afterwards. but mentally i think im in a good place rn #to really put the level of awakeness im at rn i feel weirdly confident i could start one piece. also bc of that sick new opening it BANGS #the song is really good and im in love with the animation style. did some digging and it seems one of the lead animators is masato mori #but i could be wrong. it seems he also did some work on mp100 which could explain a lot lol.. he uses smear frames really well to convey #consistent movement and fluidity!!! someone else might have done color design but it works really really well esp with odas style!! #just love the overall vibe and aesthetic and id really love to study it and incorporate a bit of it into my art.. especially the thick #outlines which i think helps to separate characters and objects on screen. though i have to say the style is definitely more suited to #animation bc of the simpleness and smears. maybe that will help me explore shapes and perspective when i draw... i wanna get better #at drawing poses and angles but i have a hard time wrapping my head around space and using perspective guide lines NGHHHH #i wonder if it has to do with my dogshit ability to judge distance. not depth perception but like. judge how far smth is in metres etc #im also wearing an N95 for the first couple weeks back bc of the wave. absolutely NO BODY is wearing a mask its so fucking over #where im sitting ive heard 5 different people coughing probably not into their elbows!!! and im just. head in my fucking hands #there was a kid sitting a couple seats away in class coughing as he pleases and i wanted to grab him in a chokehold so badly. PLEASEE #ive been annoying my family by asking them to mask up and reminding them to bring masks when they go out and showing them news articles #but at least its working bc we ordered some KN95s and my mom is at least taking me seriously so. please dont be afraid to speak up abt your #health. take care of yourself and others however u can!! wear that mask indoors at your maskless friends house!!! stay home when u can!! #im wearing a surgical mask at home too bc my parents have '''a dry throat cough''' and they are so bad at coughing into their sleeves #also im pretty sure dry throat isnt transmissible bc my brother started coughing too so.. i also tested negative but they havent tested yet #im also not a doctor but i have to keep reminding ppl whenever i can that covid and flu work differently. covid is new and too recent to #have nearly as much research done on it. it seems its also compounding so instead of building immunity it weakens the body and spreads to #to other systems which might explain brain fog and muscle weakness. i remember someone early in the pandemic got infected and it messed up #their smell/taste receptors so bad that they cant eat most foods and that stays in the front of my mind when i think abt covid. christ #yapping

[uniquezombiedestiny]

must be nice, being free for once

#character here is asuka from branch-wdk53 #art #zoom in for some details :3 especially the lineart and with her face #i had to retroactively add the little chess pieces bc i drew her hands and was like. ok. what the fuck is she doing #so something here about being able to control others persnaps... with the red shoes' power and all #also liking her updated hair :3 specifically with this ego it makes me think of her like not maintaining it totally #or letting it grow out since she wouldnt care about how shes perceived - like a red shoes possessed agent wouldnt #this is more corroded-y than just her with the ego but yknow. the themes etc #i could see it happening to her considering how often she gets fucked over by the world #wanting to take agency and just do whatever she likes for a time #the perspective here was all just fuck it we ball i literally used 0 references for this. sometimes i just Do That i guess lol #also! the lineart colors come from some just like. making it all a little bluer type stuff #but i also inverted the whole color layer and put it on top and was like. oh thats awesome #since i just selected everything outside of the lineart for the base coloring layer #it also went into the lineart and made some cool stuff with the parts that were or werent colored behind the lines #i will always find a way to have 20 tags on every piece of art i make o7

[blueren]

#artists on tumblr #ace combat #count #trigger #fanart #ace combat 7 #three strikes #c: naomi #otp: you lead and i’ll follow #I just think they’re neat #this is meant to be playful not suggestive #she’s also not hurting him she’ll fix the tie lol #idk if it translates that he’s being pulled towards her but ah well #FUN FACT: I actually looked through air force medals and was actually going for specific medals #until I decided some of them could use tweaked color schemes to fit the oadf better than the usaf #so I just did colorful blobs instead

[artistlara]

Kinda worked around the dates by when I started/created an artwork rather than when I posted it, but still- what a year...

(Template used here)

#okay to rb #but don't feel obligated to do so lol #🍵lara does art #lots of oc x canon/self ship stuff on there HREJHRAJHDSJD #had to kinda change up the artworks used bc there was a LOT of red/warm colors on here and I had to balance things out #so this wasn't my original set up with the summary HRJEHAJSHDSJ #STILL THO... I'm happy to see how much I've drawn #there's like. SO MUCH MORE I could show but yk how I can only choose one art for one month #some of these u might not have seen before and some u have #either way #I'm familiar with all and I'm happy with this ✨

[ndostairlyrium]

There is probably a Depeche Mode song playing in the background

Ankh - Hawke

#cw: bright colors #dragon age #warden cousland #elanor cousland #ndo sta l'art tag #I kinda dig how these came out #I could have done more with them? yes #do I want to do more with them? no #I'll probably use this technique in the future tho << maybe I'll take some more time to explore it privately so I can learn more about it #BUT #give me 10 and I'll post the process #I wanted to have the single file out before doing so lol

[creepyscritches]

While she was cutting my hair I kept like 👁️👁️ analyzing my stylist's sweater trying to reverse engineer that thang mentally and I think I might have 80% of this crochet sweater pattern mentally pirated

#Creepy chatter #Like that can't truly JUST be half double crochet alternating between full stitch + third loop stitch #I'm literally already making something w that already (all in third loop but still easy adjustment) #I wanna make a sweater or smth but I keep over hyping the difficulty #You can buy sweaters entirely made of hdc...Its not scary intimidating knowledge it would seem... #Showing up for my next cut w my illegally downloaded crochet sweater like :) it was cute! #I made some twist head bands and meant to bring her one last week but FORGOR...next time #She has cute short hair that's always different colors so I thought she could use a white velvet twist band for a bunch of different fits #I haven't taken pics yet bc lol...i look kinda dumb in them and the beautiful babygirls they're intended for are not around atm 😔

[y0rimashi]

Tai (heart)

#arcaea #sketch #fanart #id say this is a sketch because its very messy but it took me like 3 hours #tairitsu #colors could use some work but eh. my hand hurts lol

[schmafs]

to be human

redraw of this from four years ago (wow!)

#original #wthi #yunvei #cant believe it's been four years. good lord #anyway drawing this was such an interesting process! i surprised myself with a lot of my decisions #ie initially the color palette was going to be closer to the original but i instinctively was like hmm that doesnt feel right #because several years ago he was a far far edgier character whereas now hes really just.. some guy #softer colors suit him far better than more aggressive ones #there was also stuff with the hand placement in this one. hes not actively covering his face this time.. grammas doing it #something something he is no longer self sabotaging in the same way that he used to be #i could go on with more little things in this but lol i feel like im rambling #hope youve all been doing well! sorry for the lack of art. art school killed my ability to draw for myself #im trying to find it again and i THINK i might be on track

[aeide-thea]

poäng appreciation post 💛

#i forget if i said but Baby Sister and i stopped off at ikea on the way back from picking her up at the bus stop on monday #and finally replaced the ruined-by-a-succession-of-cats-(in-ways-both-unsightly-and-gross) Accent Chair in the living room #with a poäng rocker (bc the shape is a little more interesting and less instantly recognizable than the regular chair) in birch (my beloved #also they make fancy tufted cushions for it now! wish they came in more colors but it's a real improvement on sad options past #and anyway it's like. now you can actually sit here in the morning and look out the window at the extremely beautiful view #and the chair actually supports you??? like i could see down the road trying to work out some kind of custom cushioning that's thicker #but the shape of the frame is so ergonomic for me that it's genuinely quite comfortable regardless. bentwood exocorset… #anyway. not a very original post but i just DO really love ikea #like yes it's a mixed bag but also honestly if you're buying particle board�� #(i was going to say 'and expecting it to hold up' but. honestly i think it's just. if you're buying particle board period) #—that might be on you. #(like. if you're being pressed in from all sides by budget constraints and immediate need and no accessible better-made used alternatives— #obviously you do what you have to. but it's like buying pleather—you know‚ or should‚ that the material is going to disintegrate.) #but the things ikea makes with decent materials are remarkably well-designed and affordable for what they are‚ has been my sense? #you just gotta shop carefully but like. that's true literally everywhere. #anyway. in conclusion i love my new buddy with its clean lines. …do people name chairs ever. #i've never before had the urge but this one feels like a little assembly-line friend that deserves its own identity. like a star wars clone #(lol what if i gave it a little nametag somewhere hidden. secret identity talisman 4 chairpal.) #(& yes i promise i'm as aware of the‚ uh‚ itself-ness of this tag spiral as you are. :) ) #domesticities

[cybernexus]

#visage | Raj #file | art #// local cyborg eats food on screen (canon; 2023 colorized) #// probably hasn't eaten in literal weeks but the noodles looked so good he had to try some lol #// I do think this could have used less bloom but I can adjust in game #// featuring Nalzc who belongs to #sunlithalo-goldeneyes

[icewindandboringhorror]

Very generic “”gothy” character in a children’s cartoon” type look just out of curiosity, seeing if I had enough stuff to put together a full outfit from a box of old clothes lol. I didn’t have an actual main shirt though, so it’s just a plain tank top with cat shape cut out of paper and safety pinned onto the front 

#Though not calling anyone generic if this is your style or something. I don't mean it in a bad way. I just mean like.. all of the steretypic #al elements are there. The choker thing. the 'fishnet shirt under a tank top' . the 'carefully placed slightly askew studded belt' etc. #the skirt + some form of patterned specially striped tights + platform boots combo. etc. Like from a character design standpoint #These are the elements usually present in a show when they want to portray 'this caracter is slightly edgy and alternative' #just missing like.. hair with straight across bangs in pigtails that's black with a few colored streaks in it. OR just like shoulder length #shaggy hair that's also streaky and has a sidebang. and like.. one lip piercing or something ghhjbjh.. dark eyeliner #black nailpolish. I'm not painting my nails just for one uoutfit though. I actually used to wear nailpolish more but I just hate the smell #so much now. I can't see how I ever was able to bear it. I think maybe because usually I had some bigger spaces with ventalation. I guess #I could paint them outside maybe. Still #It's still hard to beleive some poeple will like. full on #get their nails done on a constant basis. get hair done. etc.etc. Not even just becuase of the money but like. the sensory experience seems #ovwerhelming. I only have been to a hair salon like twice in my life and both times I HATED a person touching me. and having to like lay my #head back and get it rinsed. etc. I went to a nail slon literally once because someone else wanted to go and I happened to be with them #and the smell was bad to me and also I did not like them touching me even if it was just my hands. Also I've never had fake nails #and didn't want them so when I went in I just got them plainly painted a plain color with nothing special andit's just like.. I could have #done that myself for free lol.. I get going to a place with special tools and equipment if you want something complicated but like.. #why pay to have your plain nails plainly painted in a plain way #Hair thing if more bothersome though like. Maybe strangers can touch my hands i guess but like. letting someone near my head and face. #automatic bad reflex. Like an animal protecting it's belly or something. I think amplified by the fact that not only is a stranger touching #you but also there's like. so much. stuff. wet feeling on hair and then the feeling of hands and then so many smells and then other poeple #being there too. etc. etc. Though since my hair is so long now I have been curious every once in a while to like.. go into a place and get #an estimate. Not to go through with it actually but just like. hey if I theoretically wanted you to bleach my very dark extremely thick hai #r that is all the way to my fingertips. and make it like white.how much would that cost and how long would it take. I feel like it would tak #e froever and be very expensive since it'd probably use up a lot of product. I barely even keep up with coloring my own hair at home anymore #because it's always such a process. Instead of one thing of dye I need literally like 4 lol. etc. #Or maybe it'd be cheaper because they'd have bulk items instead of buying single package. But still. the man hours probably. cost of labor. #ANYWAY khjk... Another fun look just to be silly. Not really my style but it's all just playing dress up

[the-most-pathetic-edge-marquis]

fuck it! rules are fake! i bought a copy of new moon at goodwill for 99 cents and i'm going to repaint all the covers!!!

base coat for the front cover is on :)

#i'm posting this ENTIRELY for myself #just bc i think it'll be neat #also like these are not at ALL the color tones this will be at the end #the picture is really making it look more brown than it is lol #and it's the black movie image cover so i wanted to get some light tones down to start it off #i'm going for that hazy gray-green fall look at the end (: #also shout-outs if you know what scene i'm using for reference lol #the spine's gonna be a red truck driving down a rainy highway #(maybe with a red wolf chasing it? who could say) #and then i'm not sure what i'll do on the back yet. maybe just paint it all phthalo green and do the moon cycle? #anyways. hee hoo. life is good #this is the first time i've painted in MONTHS and i'm very happy about it