#deviantart won't be fun

[erigold13261]

Finally finished posting those requests to twitter! Yay!

Now I have to do the same thing for DeviantArt and Instagram... Boo!

#ramling #eritalks #noart #deviantart won't be fun #because it is one picture per post #at least with insta i can do 10 at a time

[miodiodavinci]

I made a Vocaloid channel but I'm having trouble getting views. I like making covers for fun but I wish I could get more than a handful of views, especially since I haven't even gotten 5 on my latest ones. I use Vocaloid 6, which may be the problem since not many people talk much about it as much as the older versions

Would you have any advice as to what I can do?

m m m m m , , , , , , i feel like it's hard to say—back in the day when i was doing UTAU work, most of the interaction i got with my work was from my friends from UTAForum. we all sort of just shared our work with each other and supported one another doing our fun little hobby. though the sort of forum culture that spawned that sort of friend circle has kind of disappeared by this point , , , , ,

but honestly, even still—find folks whose work you like and get involved!! share your work on other sites and shout out people you like!! support the folks around you and establish yourself as part of a community

(of course like. don't treat it as a transactional thing. if there's one way to ensure No One interacts with your work it's to. comment on people's things or shout people out and then get passive aggressive expecting a response back. doesn't work like that. you support people because you love them and their work—not because you want something in return.)

but even more than that, honestly just keep doing what you do and the love in your work will come across in heaps and bounds, and someone will be bound to listen. people also tend to get interested the more you put your own spin on something, whether it's creating your own PVs, adding your own harmonies, sharing some of your files, or linking multiple covers together as part of a kind of overarching story. if you make it yours, it'll be yours for good.

like, at the end of the day we can all agree that views are just a number on a screen and are kind of meaningless and no one should base their worth on them, but also yeah it kind of wears you down after a while to keep sharing things you've put a lot of love and effort into with no response.

i'd just like to encourage you not to lose your passion for it—views or not, there's a lot to be gain by pursuing something you love. your VOCALOID endeavors are only just beginning, and who knows where you'll end up ! ! ! ! take the journey as far as it'll take you, and have fun all the while ! ! ! ! ! ! !

also send me your work i want to listen 👁 👁

#mio answers things #anon #is. what i think i mean to say sjdhflkgjhjdfg #forgive me i am bad with advice like this #but i think the long and short of it is I Feel You Deeply Anon #you awakened visceral memories of posting cover after cover onto deviantART and UTAU forum and getting like. 1 view. #and the feeling suuuuucckkkks so bad #but like. very much what kept me going was just. sharing with friends instead #like. if i am being wholly and completely honest?? #even now i usually make my covers with maybe 5 people in mind. 10 max. #i work on my covers and i have fun and i think about like 4 or 5 of my friends i know will go nuts over it when i post it #and really that's what matters to me most skjhdflgjh #NOT THAT I DON'T SUPER APPRECIATE ALL THE LOVE AND SUPPORT I GET FROM EVERYONE . . . . . #but like. when i was working on my wanderlast cover i was literally just sitting there thinking 'ohhhhhhhh myst is going to love this w' #you really do just make for yourself and your friends and you will be so so happy forever #but also again. i feel you on the views w #fight the urge to base your worth on it #but also know that YEAH if you've got people you like and they like your work back #the views will get better and they won't matter so much anymore w

[flash-from-the-past]

The Love Letter

#flash #late again... #ok this isn't really a v-day game but. fits thematically #i remember playing it on deviantart :) #simple story about a boy getting a love letter but instead of finding his secret admirer it's about him trying to just read it #cause he's so popular and people won't leave him alone lol #it's short but pretty fun. i remember i replayed it so many times when it first came out #and it's really cute of course :)

[britishchick09]

rewrite christine in the ag girls lineup! ;D

#now the lineup has a bridge between 1864 and 1904! ;D #...except she's not 9 years old and not american #it's fun seeing rewrite christine in a circle! ;) #and it's fun coming up with a little description for her! #also guess who just figured out that the names have a smaller font size? ;) #the tums version was already reblogged so i won't update it but i'll certainly modify the deviantart one! ;) #poto rewritten

[arainmorn-art]

Deciphering: Chapter 5 - Charming

[Previous page]  [Masterpost]  [Last two pages of a chapter as you can't post more than 30 pics at once] Dang, 31 pages for a chapter. 99 in total. And we are just in the middle of my script... originally a "horndog" page was supposed to be a 35th page... oh well x')

So, this is a chapter, though technically this story doesn't have chapters, where Nicky realised that even openly flirting with Edgeworth won't help him XD He rocks the boat, he makes Edgie get flustered and blush, he almost kissed him, but this silver-haired twink is too hard to crack. Or too dense, who knows. It's a main intrigue afterall x) But we are coming back for a murder case and are getting closer Nicky's nightmare. But not only that. We'll see the flashback when he realised he fell in love with his best friend. Golly, it will be fun x)

Insta - https://www.instagram.com/arainmorn/

DeviantArt - https://www.deviantart.com/arainmorn/gallery

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ArainMorn_art

VK - https://vk.com/arainmorn

#ace attorney #deciphering ace attorney #miles edgeworth #phoenix wright #my art #narumitsu #wrightworth #ace attorney comic #gyakuten kenji #gyakuten saiban #shi long lang #narumitsu overflowing #naruhodo ryuichi #mitsurugi reiji #webcomic #comic art #comic #gay romance #romantic #gay love #gay couple #gay #art #digital art #artists on tumblr #artwork #plant drawing #plants #bindweed #lily

[multifandoms27-blog]

I tend to never be satisfied with my potrayal of Jeff. I'm going to try to nail it down today though.

Content: Jeff the killer HC's

Warnings: Bullying behavior (cyberbullying), toxic behavior, psychotic episodes, impulsivity, aggression, obsessive behavior

Notes: Inspired by my Toby list and my EJ list, and the song Tear You Apart by She Wants Revenge. This one is probably my longest one.

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(Art by kawacy on DeviantArt)

❥General

Okay, we should all know the drill by now. Jeff is psychotic, often hurting and humiliating others for his own entertainment. He's the biggest bully in the mansion.

When you join, he will immediately target you. He'll make fun of your appearance, try to cut you or burn you so he can get a sick laugh (normally when he's in an episode)

Why would you ever want to be anything more than acquaintances with him? He doesn't seem trustworthy at all, and he'll likely spill you secrets to BEN, who will then tell everybody online.

He's constantly getting into fights to prove to the others that he's "top dog," and that he isn't scared of anybody. Ironically enough, the only one he doesn't really try is Eyeless Jack. Motherfucker could eat him in like, two bites, so I understand.

Honestly, as much as he bullies you, you will never be as much of a target as Jane is for him. Which is good, that's a good thing.

When he isn't in his psychotic episodes, he'll still be very snarky, but he won't be going around and getting into people's faces anymore. It's during his calmer moments when you'll be able to start befriending him.

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❥Romantic

Jeff won't really be receptive to you trying to befriend him for a while. He knows how he treated you, he knows who you are. He doesn't care about you, but he'll stick around while you talk to him about whatever. He's just kinda shocked that you've decided to try to get close to him of all creeps. But he'll come off as indifferent.

Don't trust him with your secrets right away. Even if he's not in an episode, he's still going to tell BEN everything.

Just making an effort to talk to him though, not really attempting to get to know him, will start to make him interested. You know who he is, yet you're not...interested in him? His past or why he looks like this? At all?

That was new for him, considering Jane, Liu, Nina, BEN and Slenderman. In fact, he thinks about it so much that he'll begin to obsess about you when he goes back into a violent episode. He'll rip you away from anyone you're with - if it's not a creep, he's killing them on the spot - and will try to force you into his room.

He'll want to talk to you for hours on end, about you. He wants to know you. Why aren't you interested in his past? What was your past? Why are you here?

He goes from not caring about you, to caring about you way too much. Anything negative he's told BEN, he'll go to him and threaten him to take it off the internet, completely scrub it. BEN is confused, but he does it.

Jeff will use that as evidence to him being good to you. He won't admit that he wants your approval, but its pretty obvious.

He begins to spend less time with BEN and more time with you. He wakes up before you? He's pounding on your bedroom door until you open it so you can be up with him. You want to play a game with another creep? He's either watching or forcing his way into the game.

This guy will eventually try to spend every waking moment with you

He goes from not wanting to be around you to becoming OBSESSED

He wants to know everything about you, but he wants you to tell him when you're alone with him. Others don't deserve to know things about you, especially BEN.

This would be around the time he begins to develop feelings. Now, he's still in an episode, so he'll be impulsive with it. It doesn't matter how long you guys have been friends, he wants you and he's going to have you.

He'll pound on your door and when you open it, he'll kiss you on the lips. No prior notice as to how he feels about you, no warning about the kiss, nothing.

You think he's messing with you and you shut the door in his face. He angrily pounds on your door again until someone else comes to take him away.

He thought that was you rejecting him and he went back to hating you. He told BEN a shit ton of things you told him in confidence and you sobbed as you saw gossip about yourself online, along with rumors that weren't true.

Jeff made you out to be the mansion whore, sleeping with anyone for anything - benefits, food, clothes, whatever. It didn't have to make sense for it to spread.

Your other creepypasta friends came to your aid, which irked Jeff even more. Especially your guy friends

It wasn't until he heard you tell Toby about your feelings for him that he realized how much damage he had caused

This whole time he thought you didn't like him...oh, he fucked up

He takes to the internet to debunk the rumors and fight anyone who kept up with them. He once again told BEN to scrub any evidence, leaving the boy confused.

Jeff will come to your aid, but his heart clenches when he realizes that you don't trust him anymore.

He begs and begs for forgiveness, and finally you give it to him so he'll shut up

He's back to following you around like a puppy, and his feelings resurface. He's not in an episode now, and he wants to handle this delicately

His way of doing it delicately is by...giving you one-liners. Yep.

He'll stalk you on your social medias and check out every account you follow, and get jealous if you follow another guy. He's not even in a relationship with you yet!

Finally, he asks you out while you two were playing a game. You had to pause it to look at him and see if he was even serious

So, the two of you start going out. He goes full blown crazy boyfriend

He forces you to move into his room pretty soon, and he keeps tabs on everything you do

He's super paranoid you'll cheat on him, so he's always hanging around in the mansion. You'll never be alone with your friends again now that you're with him.

You don't dare fight him on it, he's the most unstable one and can be super aggressive at the drop of a hat

Probably installs a tracker on your phone so he can monitor where you go and when you leave the mansion if he can't be there for whatever reason

Knife fights anyone who brings up his past behavior or the rumors from before about you, and always wins. He uses this to get praise from you

He wouldn't trade you for the world - you are his world, and he'll make sure everybody knows it. You will never know peace again, even if you manage to run away from him, leaving a breakup letter behind.

You're stuck with him.

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Here is my Masterlist in case you want to request, or look for more of your favorite character!

#jeff the killer #creepypasta #creepypasta jeff the killer #jeff the killer x reader #jeff the killer x you #jeff the killer x y/n #Spotify

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

I love your animatronic toy OC guys so much, they have so much personality to them and their colours are really good (especially umbra)

Thank you! The funny thing about Umbra's design was that while I was developing it about two years ago and had some colors in mind, I described in text what I already came up with to an image generator for fun (shitty unconvincing old kind, vs now where it looks like shit but in a somewhat more convincing way) and it produced something so silly that I made her design better than what I would've settled with out of spite.

More details of my process and anti-AI ranting below the cut, so the examples given won't show up on search results. Google Images is getting polluted too much with slop to begin with.

Let's begin.

In 2022 I was drafting up Umbra's design with mostly concrete details. At this time image generators were newer and much less convincing, and I was a bit less aware of just how unethical they were, so I fed one a text description of what I had drafted for her design out of curiosity. Something along the lines of, "doll of an anthropomorphic owl librarian in glasses, blazer/suit jacket, skirt, corset, high heels, sitting on a bookshelf" and probably a few more terms. Really specific, lengthy prompt.

I try to be open-minded and give new things a shot, but the results were Not Great. Ideally, I'd want to not share the AI pictures at all on-principle, but I feel like it's useful, transparent, and necessary to show them. Both as a means of not hiding anything, but also just to appreciate where the design is at in spite of it.

Outside of this particular collage of Weird Owls, no other pictures on this blog are AI-generated. AI Image Generation is harmful, and I am against its usage.

But hey, two of the generated pictures look close, right? The top left is the closest, and bottom right is second.

That's because they started out worse, and I had to actually erase chunks of them and have the generator fill in the blanks to get anything remotely close to what I wanted. Misshapen limbs, unrecognizable anatomy, fever-dream clothing details, etc. They didn't even have a corset or proper legs until I slapped the generator in the face enough times to make it produce them. I was just using it to photobash, which was such an annoying process, I just went "this is dumb" and stopped. They're literally posed like that because I kept erasing and regnerating their limbs until they looked vaguely in-character. It literally only looks passable thanks to STRANGLING it with human input.

Before I used the image generator, I already drafted her to be night-themed with yellow eyes and something like purple, dark blue, or sky-blue as her main color; the generator making one owl yellow-eyed and purple was a happy coincidence, and the only thing the generative AI "came up with" that I didn't already have in mind or included in the prompt was the light blue shirt, which I did adapt into her cyan shirt and stockings/socks as well. That was a good call. You get One Point, Mr. AI.

...Which still meant that at its absolute best, it was a largely redundant step in the creative process if its contribution was worse than what a randomized palette generator or character creator could come up with.

That's already putting the ethics of it aside, like carbon emissions, data pollution, using artists' and photographers' work without credit or permission, the incentive to plagiarize, flooding sites like deviantart with slop, Willy Wonka Shit, etc etc etc. When people say "you can use AI as a tool though", this ordeal was enough to convince me that it's more trouble than its worth, even in its most ethical usage. I feel gross for having even tried. I wish I knew what sources went into the creation of those Weird Owls. It'd be better for research if the right people could be credited.

Nothing else on this blog is AI-generated or ever will be. The art below is purely my own (2022 vs a few weeks ago)):

Actually drawing Umbra and solidifying her design was far more rewarding than having an image generator vaguely approximate my own ideas. I wanted her to look really special, so I used a black cape and pants, gold highlights and buttons, and blue undertones to make something more distinct. Also, neck floof. Very important. I wanted the head in particular to look distinct and original, going with bold black streaks to really help her look distinguished.

I also have certain inevitable Hydroisms for Fancy characters like her; most apparent in these designs for Chasey and Kaita from even longer ago, which were more of an influence than anything else. (Old art of mine from like 2021, Kaita ref looks wonky but Chasey still holds up nicely):

Most of Umbra's other design elements were already commonly used with established ocs like Kaita, like her shape language, corset, skirt, heels, etc. It was my previous work with Chasey that inspired the use of gold buttons and highlights.

Umbra is also now a bluer shade of purple partly to distance the current design from that ordeal. All things considered, I'll probably make her more indigo next time. I already wanted her to have a wide color range from the get-go (Featured below is, again, purely my art from 2022:)

I may use a different colored shirt and stockings in the future. I like to think she has many different shirts and clothes based on the different stages of the night sky, from dusk to dawn, and the painting I made in the top right there was an exploration of her range in different lighting.

All in all, it's frustrating. I'm proud of her design, but explaining all of this is annoying, because it's technically all relevant to showing how her colors were picked and how the design was made. I still technically have AI to """Thank""", in the way you thank a bad experience for encouraging you to make things better out of spite.

#Umbra Beatrix

[novankenn]

That is.... IT!

Pyrrha was sitting in the cafeteria along with Nora, Ren and all of team RWBY aside from Weiss Schnee, who was currently standing near the doors, poking Jaune Arc in the chest while verbally eviscerating him. Clenched in her hand a simple fork, that was mystically twisting in upon itself.

Ren: (Noticing the fork) Pyrrha, no.

Pyrrha: I won't... I won't...

Nora: (Leans in and whispers) Pyrrha, yes.

RWBY for their part just lean back and attempt to stay out of the line of fire. As they watch a fuming Pyrrha rise from her seat like Godzilla from the sea.

Ren: (Reaching up to use his semblance) Pyrrha, No!

Nora: (slapping Ren's hand away) Pyrrha... YES!

The rest of the cafeteria grows deathly silent as they watch in rapt fascination as the Mistral Champion, THE Invincible Girl stalked her way towards the SDC Heiress and... well Jaune.

Weiss: And ANOTHER thing, you utter uncouth doltish buffoon of a neanderthal! I will not nor would I ever consider... (Stops talking when an ominous shadow looms over her)

Jaune: Oh, hey Pyr. Is there something you need?

Pyrrha: Yes... Yes there is...

Weiss swallows nervously as she feels Pyrrha's hand on the back of her neck. Jaune for his part looks at Pyrrha as he feels her hand on the back of his neck.

Jaune / Weiss : Pyrrha?

Pyrrha: I have had enough of this... It is going to stop... and it stops right now... okay?

Jaune / Weiss: Yes?

Pyrrha: Good.... good... now you know what to do...

Jaune / Weiss: Huh?

Pyrrha: KISS AND MAKE UP!

There is a shocked gasp as Pyrrha uses her ungodly strength to force Jaune and Weiss into a tight and extensive lip lock that the two attempt to resist... at least for three seconds. The kiss continues for about a minute before Pyrrha separates the pair.

Pyrrha: Good boy... Good Girl... it's more fun to play nice isn't it?

Jaune / Weiss: (Dreamily) Yes...

Pyrrha: Now that that is settled... Ren! Nora!

Nora: Yes Pyr?

Pyrrha: You camping with RWBY tonight...

Nora: Aye! Aye!

Jaune / Weiss: Huh?

Pyrrha: Let's go... Mommy needs some special attention

Keeping hold of them by their collars Pyrrha walks out into the hall dragging a stunned Weiss and Jaune with her...

(Credit : Original Image Artist Zephylyne)

#rwby #jaune arc #pyrrha nikos #weiss schnee #jaune x pyrrha #jaune x weiss #weiss x pyrrha #arkos #white-knight #schneekos #jaune arc x pyrrha nikos x weiss schnee #a man can dream

[little-pup-pip]

About Pip!

First of all, Hello! Hi! Welcome! My name is Pip! You can also call me Cass if you'd like! I'm agender and I go by all pronouns! Use whatever! I don't care!

If you didn't know, I'm an age regressor! I'm typically around 2-4. I'm also a puppy regressor! Both of these are SFW.

Onto some fun facts! My big age is 18, My favorite color is red! But I like all bright colors. I have ADHD, which makes me a bit of a scatterbrain at the best of times. I'm a university student, and I started college courses when I turned 13! I have several cats! My immune system barely works! And finally, I love talking to people! Feel free to message me whenever!!

Another fun fact is that my banner was by xoauri on twitter, and my pfp is by Tokk-i on deviantart

Also, this is a sideblog! Basically, I can do everything a normal blog can, except for following people. I can only do that on my main account, which is NOT strictly SFW, so most people I'd interact with here won't want to be followed by that account. Long story short, I can't be mutuals with anyone.

Next, and the most important part of this whole post, my DNI list. PLEASE Dni if

You're not cool with lgbtqia+

You're an NSFW account/sexualizer of agere, racist, sexist, map, zoo, etc

You're going to bring hate here

Finally, my interests!! I play a lot of videogames! Animal crossing, Minecraft, spiderman, genshin impact, stardew valley, Mario Cart + so many more! I also like a lot of shows, of course Bluey, Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures!! Adventure time, Winnie the Pooh! And a bunch more shows also!! I also watch some Vtubers! Anyway, if you've made it this far, thank you mwah <3

#sfw interaction only #sfw agere #sfw littlespace #intro post #i figured it was about time i did this

[nicodemuslily]

Bedtime stories 5

Jesse: Will you read it for us?

Rex: What? And then what?

Fives: Oh, come on!

Jesse: Please.

Echo: Yes, come on!

Rex: ... I warn you, I won't go back to the start.

Jesse: Whatever, it's just to lull us.

Rex: Walking, he naturally asked himself what he had in his hands.

Kix: Hardcase.

Rex: He also felt that the other way round was true, even if...

HC: ?

Rex: Hardcase...

HC: They take too much place.

Rex: Obviously, his presence over there wasn't frowned upon.

HC: SNOR!

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And guess what? It's not the end. :D

Fun fact, the story Rex is reading is one my Blyla fanfic. :3

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DA link, because >> Bedtime stories 5 by NicodemusLily on DeviantArt

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@the-sith-in-the-sky-with-diamond

#star wars #star wars fanart #the clone wars #the clone wars fanart #silly comics #star wars tcw #sw tcw #star wars the clone wars #501st #captain rex #arc trooper echo #arc trooper fives #clone trooper jesse #clone trooper hardcase #clone medic kix #brothers #brotherhood #rex #jesse #echo #fives #kix #tcw hardcase

[tribbetherium]

I don't have a Deviantart (mostly because I don't think I'd be able to keep up with having two social medias with recent busy-ness) but I look around there on browser sometimes and I stumbled upon some Hamster's Paradise fanart! Especially from some guy who goes by TheTiger773 who does really great spec evo art and also covers quite a bit on the eras in the original draft sketches that I haven't even gotten to yet. Still, it's fun to see how my work inspires ideas from others too, and if anyone has a DA let them know I gave them a shout-out. :D

(POTENTIAL MAJOR SPOILERS DOWN BELOW)

They've also done some art of the Terminocene, the final stage that I won't be able to get to for a long, long time. Nonetheless nice to see someone else's interpretation of the loose draft.

A fun take on one of the more iconic parts of the Terminocene, so I felt I ought to try drawing a concept. (Note: none of the below is canon, and is greatly subject to change in the future. I just had some fun revisiting old ideas.)

'The Early Terminocene, 500+ million years post-establishment. The world has reached its end times, yet life carries on one final push even as the planet becomes increasingly uninhabitable. Strange creatures roam this nigh-alien landscape. There are no more trees, yet there are forests: forests of giant grasses, springing up from immense underground rhizomes, while photosynthetic lichens now take the place of ground cover, providing an abundance of food for the last great creatures that will ever roam the planet.

A mighty gorillaphant stares down a subadult gorizard, intimidating the cautious predator into leaving its territory. Below scampers a surface daggoth, fleeing the scene to safety, dodging past large, oozing amoeboid masses: motile, carnivorous shroomors. Above, a flock of tribeaks are roused into a fluttering flight. Strange, yet familiar, these creatures are products of the survivors of numerous mass extinctions that have happened in the meantime. Thus their heritage is unexpected: the gorillaphant is a descendant of a group of furbils that dominated after a catastrophic extinction event, and the gorizard a from a clade of bipedal rattiles born of the descendants of the shingles. Older clades have morphed beyond recognition: the tribeaks are extremely derived pterodents, each finger with its own plume-shaped membrane, and keratinous sheaths on its split upper lip and lower jaw that form a dexterous three-part "beak": one that gave it the dietary flexibility to withstand catastrophic changes. Surface daggoths, developing light-sensitive organs akin to stalk eyes on their facial tendrils, have now become quite common filling a wide array of small to medium generalist niches. Even the shroomors, least recognizable of all animals, have begun to return into a form that once again is more fauna than flora. Even at the end, when all seems lost, life finds a way: enduring for as long as it can, and adapting into an array of extreme new forms in the face of complete destruction.'

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#speculative evolution #speculative biology #spec evo #speculative zoology #hamster's paradise #non canon stuff #tribb speaks #spoiler stuff

[brawlmetaknight]

Why do you like META KNIGHT so much? What is your history with the character?

it's honestly kinda hard to put into words, but i think when someone has a Big Fave it's usually a mixture of feeling like you can relate to them but also finding them inspiring in some ways. my actual first kirby game was crystal shards on the N64, but i was first introduced to meta knight in 2004 with nightmare in dreamland on the GBA. i must've been like 10, and i just thought he was really cool and strong because of how easy and fun the meta knightmare mode was. nintendo games have been a big part of my life ever since i could barely talk lol, but meta knight was just a character i particularly enjoyed whenever he showed up, like in air ride. INSTA-PICK lol. i had also watched some of the kirby anime around that time, but i think it was when smash bros brawl came out that i really acknowledged the concept of having a Favourite Character and this dude was definitely him.

i was actually part of the kirby fandom way back when deviantart was in its prime (my account is long gone now). i'm pretty sure i drew the first ever daroach fanart on the english speaking internet but that's a story for another day lol. the kirby series was not my only interest though, and i moved on to other nintendo fandoms (mostly zelda) for the majority of my late teens/early twenties. i still played every new kirby release, but i wasn't actively involved in the fandom. it's really only been in the past…6 years? that i found myself drawn back to kirby/smash. part of it might be nostalgia. but thinking about my other favourite characters from different franchises, there's definitely some characteristics i always seem to gravitate to. i don't think you're asking for a character analysis so i won't go there lol, but yeah. i guess he's just a character that has resonated with me for a long time!

#asks #hope this helps™

[nyxnaiastock]

A little about me + plans for the future

Hello!

Soooo I felt I should explain some things. I've been doing stock pretty inconsistently (1-2 shoots a year basically) since like, 2004. What you're seeing here is my backlog of shoots, which was originally posted on Deviantart, then moved to Twitter, and now here, because CEOs ruin everything 🙃

I'm 35 (as of writing this in summer 2023), autistic, ADHD, chronically ill, the caregiver for my disabled partner, and parent to two chronically ill and AuDHD kids. Stock, at first, was just a fun silly thing I did when I was bored, and I wanted to share that with others. Then I got sick. And sicker. And now I can't really do shoots anymore. I still want to, but my body won't let me.

All that to say, I have about a year and a half more of content to post before I run out or have to start digging into my B and C pile, lol.

If you want to support me as a person, I'm also an artist and writer. My partner and I have spent the last almost-two-decades creating a science fantasy universe and we just released our first book back in March. I'm trying to post more stuff on the main blog for that universe (@metacosmchronicles) but there's a bit there already to get you started.

Our website, http://metacosmchronicles.com has some other info, a way to buy the book and a neat bookmark, and a newsletter signup ^_^

[divorcedwife]

hi! i love your art SO MUCH and i check your blog like the morning newspaper to see if you’ve uploaded anything new (you always have and I LOVE IT!!! thank u for keeping us fed) anyway i was just wondering if you had any advice for actively creating so much? i used to draw all of the time but i find it so hard lately to make even one tiny thing, especially something that i like…..but when i look at your work and how much you create i am always so inspired! i hope this makes sense eeeek anyway have an amazing day and thank you for sharing your incredible work with us!!!!

thank youuuu thank you so much!!! ;___;

i totally get that, and it used to be my number one problem, creating at all. i remember being in art school surrounded by people who were always drawing, and me, i just couldn't, and i couldn't explain what made drawing so difficult for me

and i think what blocked me is that i was paralyzed by indecision - too afraid to waste my time making "bad art" to do anything, or the wrong type of art, art that' won't look good in my portfolio, art that's too silly and specific to me. so in the end i made nothing

what's really been helping me lately is that i have dramatically lowered my standards for myself. i sketch every idea i have, even if it's just putting down three lines, even if it's self-indulgent and silly. anything that excites me and makes me want to draw, i follow that excitement as far as it will take me. maybe that's a fully completely illustration, maybe just a sketch, or maybe somewhere in between

if the goal is to have fun and not making a masterpiece, i feel less pressure and i end up drawing more. and drawing more leads to drawing better! if you make 10 sketches and really pressure yourself to make them great, that's torture. if you draw 1000 sketches, some of them will turn out amazing

when i have ideas i sketch, and when im low on ideas, i have all these already made sketches to revisit, and as i draw i find new ideas! this avoids me having to face a blank canvas and desperately scratch around my brain for ideas. creativity does not like being scrutinized like a bug, it vanishes under pressure in my experience

i find that creativity can be a negative or a virtuous circle. not drawing leads to less ideas and more pressure to deliver something good which will keep someone not drawing. but if you find something that gets you excited enough to draw again and keep going, then you will get more ideas along the way. follow them! draw the same character 1000 times in a row. i tend to focus on mostly one of my characters at a time - i draw her, i think about her, so i want to draw her more, and so on. that's fine

if there's any part of drawing that you like more than others, maybe try leaning on that more, and remember you don't need to do anything you don't want to do. if doing lineart sucks, don't do that. if coloring makes you want to stop drawing, use black and white

but also, where i've also been very lucky is having people like you around! :-) having people respond and connect to my art with such enthusiasm and such kindness, it's incredible

genuinely i owe more to people online who like my art than anyone does to me for making it. i would probably still make art if i had no one to show it too (which is what i did in middle school lol), but it's very lonely. it's harder to create something if it feels like no one will care. and i've been there, i spent years on deviantart having zero followers and attention. so i think every artist needs supportive friends they can show their art to for encouragement

some people feel shame that they don't do art just for its sake, that they want followers and likes and all, so i just want to say it's normal to want that :-) like i do make my art for an audience, if it was just for myself, i'd look at it in my head

i hope any of that helps!! in conclusion, i think any kind of art is worth making. and it should be fun. i also hope this makes any sense - i have to go to work soon but i wanted to reply before that. and thank you again for your kind words!!!!! <33333333

#anon #answered

[mahou-furbies]

Closing thoughts on Gushing Over Magical Girls

Spoilers, and I think I'll just put the whole thing under cut.

…alright it's time. So the show is about a mousy girl who is a huge magical girl fan but is forced to join the evil team instead, and then discovers she has a sadistic side to her and actually enjoys tormenting them. Usually I try to be more vague with stuff of this nature because this isn't that kind of blog, but here I don't think it can be helped. So if there's any children in there do avert your eyes or something, because this is as close to bdsm porn that can be shown on tv as possible.

I've been on the internet long enough that my deviantArt account can almost vote so none of this was new to me, but it was still quite a shock because I have already seen some horny mg titles and expected a similar level of fanservice, but this is in its own category entirely. Like it's not just that it's hentai, but having to sit through someone else's fetish hentai was the real challenge. Also while there was something entertaining about how the protagonist is a door mat for most of the time but sometimes switches into a dominatrix personality, a lot of the time she was just straight up rapey. Then again did anyone actually expect that a story with a premise like this was going to have all the characters carefully ensure everyone's consent and only engage in age appropriate activities? I was taken by surprise by the intensity but it was pretty clear that this was going to be a very pervy low brow show.

If you somehow make it past all the hentai, there is something of value in the character dynamics. Like once the characters take out the current leader of the evil team, they instigate the main character as the new leader, and that's kind of fun, and they do have some decent friend group banter with each other (or ""friend"", like the gun girl is very clear that she wants to bang the main character). Also they have alright relationships with the magical girl faction too, and I really hope we'll get more mg shows from the perspective of the villain team that aren't quite like, you know, this. Also the character relationships not being completely awful is not a recommendation of the show by any means, if you have any reservations at all about the sex aspect it's absolutely not worth it.

Final verdict is that I could find exactly one sex joke that was kind of funny.

So I don't know, If you're into bdsm and want to see yuri that's not just chastely holding hands then maybe this is your show, but in general I'd recommend anyone else to steer clear. I hear this was popular with its target audience so a season 2 will probably happen, but I'm pretty sure I won't be checking that one out.

#how in the seven hells is this rated 'mild nudity' on mal #gushing over magical girls #review I guess