#honestly too many things to tag so lol

[the-patrex]

Big dump of art I (think) never posted for the 60th!

#Doctor Who #Thoschei #Best enemies #honestly too many things to tag so lol #also this is stuff /i think/ I havent posted #maybe some i did #this is mostly from 2020-2021 max too so its been a while #smoking #kinda #in the last one #thats my art tag I guess

[sysig]

When does the Tom Kenny brainrot stop (Patreon)

#Doodles #That's the fun part: It doesn't #I mean he's in every cartoon ever made so it's kind of a tall ask to avoid him-brainrot completely lol #So let's see the ones we've got here are: #I'm not even going to bother tagging the fandoms it's already too much lol #Commander Peepers #Dr. Two Brains #Simon Petrikov #And while they're not voiced by him they get the very special honour of being Within Range - seven degrees style lol #Spamton #Rouxls Kaard #Winter King #Too many! Too silly! #I do think it's funny that the three that I've Definitely and Unequivocally fixated on were all on the mad scientist side of things lol #Peepers is the militant side - Steven is your classic kids' villain (and the fact that they're both on the villain side haha) #And Simon is more of the magical/historical/scientific - AT's magic system is just kinda like that tho even if he was from before all that #And they all have such a queer bent to them it's honestly incredible - I know audience seeing the self in the other fjdsalfjdsf look. Look #Look me in the eyes and tell me any of those men are cishet. I will call you a liar #Gosh it's been a while since I've drawn Two Brains! One of these days I'll actually watch Word Girl in earnest again haha #I'm still so partial to the original shorts I can't help it <3 I mean - Professor Boxleitner is right there! #Don't read too deeply into me enjoying another Jekyll and Hyde type character I've been normal for a long time I swear (lol) #I'm trying to remember if I've drawn Simon before :0 I've definitely liked him for as long as I've enjoyed AT! At least since his appearance #Gosh he's so good in Fionna and Cake - Mr. Kenny just does such a lovely job portraying him <3 #I wonder which roles he enjoys the most ♪ He's taken so many! #And then finally the silly idea since Moon got me into Winterkov as a gateway into watching the full series lol #Just the image of them holding their little crackship baby swaddled between them lol #''Look He Has Thou's Nose'' ''H3 has y0Ur [HAIR CUT COLOR HERE]!'' ''Looks Like He'll Needst Glasses Just Like Thouest As Well'' #Lol #Winter's interesting :) In a lot of ways :)

[blaithnne]

Gonna start using Huifen as Heron’s name like subliminal messaging. I’m indoctrinating people. Her name is LÙ Huifen ooooooh you believe me ooooooh Black Heron is British-Chinese oooooooh

#I haven’t decided where her melanin is from yet lol #Will have to research #for the record lads. this period of the show is literally my special interest #and therefore researching the 1960s and how cultures operated and presented themselves within it #is so much fun #it’s taking so much effort to not do it and focus on my WORK #I HAVE THINGS TO DO #I srsly wanna make like a full human AU #honestly tho the hardest part is deciding Beakley’s backstory #cause I have so many options to choose from #I think about her a lot #too much #ANYWAYS #I wanna expand on these designs and for Huifen specifically I wanna figure out a backstory #and find ways to incorporate her culture into her design #Ducktales #Ducktales 2017 #black heron #black heron Ducktales #LU Huifen #<- using that as my tag for human heron btw #I think #maybe I won’t LOL #idk

[perexcri]

happy one year to her and one of my better opening lines for a fic <3

now, because i'm curious:

#to hell and back again #i genuinely can't believe it's a year but i guess that's how time works huh :') #anyway umm gonna leave some retrospective thoughts in the tags: #1. i hold this fic near to my heart but also have a very complicated relationship with it now- #mostly bc i feel like my writing has improved so much and it's hard for me to reread parts of this lol #2. i honestly feel like it's a product of its time? like i think if i was publishing it now people wouldn't like it nearly as much #(especially with the opening line wHICH HAS A POINT AND COMES FULL CIRCLE AT THE END OK JUST TRUST ME) #3. on a sadder note this also means it's been a year since we had to put my family's eldest dog down #i remember i was gonna post this first chapter later when i had finished another fic up #but then our dog just like. straight up started dying on my mom's bedroom floor #and my mom was too distressed/upset to take her to the vet so i had to put her in my car and take her on my own #and then had to go to work right after that #so yeah i was upset and was like 'well dammit im gonna post this then bc it's silly and makes me laugh and i am sad' #so yeah!! some thoughts and behind the scenes info for anyone who's bothered to read this many tags #idk these things just feel like Tags thoughts not Post thoughts #anyway thanks for all the love this one has gotten!! i'm glad people are still enjoying it though *will voice* it's been a year mike #byler

[mikoriin]

maybe this is a controversial opinion but like....some of yall are getting Way too comfortable at the idea of killing another human being just because theyre “problematic”

#like idk it just rly rubs me the wrong way #some people on here see someone with a '''bad'''' opinion or moral stance and are like #well then die :) #like....maybe chill a bit #i know ive personally said elon musk and jeff bezos could die tomorrow and id be like jesus finally #and maybe im being a hypocrite but i feel theres a difference between saying that #capitalist pigs that hold all the worlds money and dont do shit to help fix the world or whatever #and instead spend it on going to space for fun or buying a social media site only to run it to the ground #could honestly die today and id be like yeah we're better off than like #saying a celebrity should die for being problematic or something #i see it with like creators and vas and other random users too #like u guys need to stop being so comfortable being so horrible #and understand that there are so many differing opinions and morals in the world #u are not righteously good because you feel you are the ''least problematic'' because good and bad are not things that are so black and whit #also wishing death upon someone for having a kind of shitty opinion when instead you could be wishing that they eventually become educated #and change their views and morals #thats not rly up the alley of 'good guy' lol #vent tag #sorry all my thoughts are in the tags

[pyrriax]

i love realizing just how flexible the concept of "betrayal" is.

(also i realized just how good this song is)

#haunted ecosystem #this is what happens when i realize i can make a prompt about one of my favorite things to happen in s4 #LIKE. its so easy to just do one of the obvious betrayals. #but what about something framed as almost-love. that HONESTLY is so fucking horrible and i cannot believe people dont write about it #like i get that the casino is the catalyst and will forever be The Thing but cmonnn.... #also the wiki is so bad. i dont want to take over trying to update it because i do Not hae that kind of energy #i think there's a special kind of horror in the destruction of how minecraft worlds are supposed to be. bedrock out of place in survival an #broken end portals and just. all of those things. there's a line between acceptably impossible and repulsively impossible. #the kind of repulsion that draws players in with a sick fascination. how deep does that kind of rot run? #(players in the sense of the cubitos not the actual Players. i like thinking about minecraft physics and mechanics in the actual world sens #because i love fantasy way too much for my own good. i have so many headcanons for the way the world [server] that supports lifesteal works #haunted bookshelf #<- because of this tag rambling lol #Spotify

[fragmentedblade]

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#Honestly don't get people who follow me here and even less so that interact semi steadily with my posts #I literally don't follow myself on this sideblog lol #Thanks though. It feels a bit validating haha #I feel my overall opinions are so unpopular in the general fandom that I never end up writing them down for safekeeping #because I would want to find them in my own blog but with tumblr's tagging system that would mean them potentially reaching other people #and thus potentially getting blocked by blogs‚ and as a consequence not getting to see many posts I would love #So yeah it feels like a cordial *pat pat* at times #I am never really insecure at all about my reading capabilities because that's my whole thing but it does feel lonely somewhat #and makes one wonder about some things like whether something is escaping me or if really that's the state of things out there #And lonely even in the mere appreciation of dynamics‚concepts‚ characters‚ motifs‚...that are often dismissed almost entirely by the fandom #This post and this rambling has no telos really #Just how baffling I find to have people follow this blog and even like my posts #And how baffling too the realisation that it can be kind of sweet #Like that line of Benedick '(...) is not that strange?' and Beatrice's reply 'As strange as' #I reread that play yesterday night and truly that line is amazing. One of the love confessions of all time. I love their dynamic #And still is the active/passive roles linked to gender‚ bastardy and the assertion of one's existence and life #in the characters of Hero and don John which always obsess me the most about it #Ahfksjkd but I'm rambling again. If anywhere at all I should write those thoughts on my main blog. Definitely not here #I talk too much #As usual #I should probably delete this later #How do I always end up rambling and about things barely or straight up absolutely unrelated to the initial topic? Ugh #I can't even begin to tell how annoying I am in my first language

[winterdusktales]

yg has conditioned ot7 ikon to be a touring group so now even when they all left yg, all they (ikon & hanbin) do is tour and join various music festivals. like i know those guys would prefer inviting other artists to guest in their concert over inviting them for a quick tiktok challenge or something

#also why they dont have much close idol friends outside yg or ex yg artists #kinda frustrating sometimes as a multi cuz i want them interacting w other artists who arent or never have been related to yg #they love that slow build friendship over music collab than a quick tiktok challenge for clout sksksk #but like theyre capitalists too so which easier way to get those 💸💸💸 and keep ur stans loyal than a tour #all they have to do is perform on stage (which theyre v comfy with) and do some fan service #so its a win win #plus they get to travel #if i were an idol i'd prefer this tbh #imagine if yg didnt gatekeep and sabotage their career before #theyd be soooo rich now w all the sold out world tours every year #but yg did and theyre still on the nugu side #so i think they should consider doing different things outside their comfort zone to promote themselves better #hanbin is actually doing well w it despite the restrictions #but ikon.... #can they stop relying on their company cuz even their new one isnt doing a great job promoting them #honestly they need a better team behind them #they did change companies but their managers are still the same sksksk #so how theyre managed is still the same -.- #i have so much to say but i just realized i put way too many tags #lol bye #one of those days again where i have to let smth out before i sleep TT #but u know... one can always say theyre doing it for the art and not the fame 🤷🏻‍♀️ #but knowing my man #junhoe #i know that diva wants to be famous #while still be in it for the art #he literally had an old interview saying ikon has a potential to be famous #my fellow envisioner <3 #jana rambles

[disemboweled-fish-pastry]

Little Yoosung's medical lab coat came in yesterday. He's an official phD!

Everyone knows having a medical jacket makes you a phD.

#on another note. let me vent just a bit in these lonesome tags. #not gonna like. in some ways the Ssum has made me feel a bit sadder. I visit the bamboo planet daily and too often do some of the confessio #ns remind me of how things ended with my last breakup. Many things sound alike and the people posting them have such a hatred for their ex. #Makes me wonder if my ex hates me that much too. #I actually had a dream about her a couple nights ago. We were friendly together. It felt weird because my body knows that would be an impo #ssible dream. So it had weird vibes. #On another note!!! I'm always thinking about Yoosung and that cheers me up. but it's also kind of bittersweet. because while yes thinking #him and hearing him and playing the game with him there makes me feel so happy #I also can't feel his sweet words as if they were for me. He's so sweet. but it doesn't feel like he's talking to me somehow. I think my #mind automatically supresses the ability to feel like it's for me as a defense mechanism. #because he's not real and I can't know if he'd love me as I am. #Also I wish I could really feel him and hug him. Gosh that sounds so sad lol. Thanks jeebus for body pillows. but still it's different from #holding the person you love. #I get so lonely and touch starved. I guess. #but no worries!! I manage somehow! and Just knowing Yoosung exists feels so nice by itself. ☺️ #private later #honestly... Im not as tame as MC. I'm a lot more like 7. Could he still want a girl who might be stranger than seven?

[orcelito]

Kinda rly wanna keep working on transAction rn. I have many thoughts and ideas

#speculation nation #transAction shit #i think what will end up happening is me flitting between things at the motivation strikes #and right now. I Have Thoughts #i was thinking about how many chapters Summer Nights would be. & im thinking 5 or 6??? #it honestly wouldnt even take too long to do.... #and im honestly obsessed with what i have in mind for the last chapter #it's going to be different than the others. and oh so painful #ngl i have it tagged as 'angst with a happy ending' but lol it's more. hopeful ending. #the 'happy' ending comes later #BUT ULTIMATELY it will all end up ok. that's the guarantee. #anyways it's manager meeting time and Ugh

[naenaex0xx]

im so annoyed hrhshsh

#i guess since ive just been reading more but.. #theres too many smut tags to block!!! #ive seen some smut fics that havent even tagged it as smut/nsfw #and honestly i really dont wanna see that stuff. not interested #i wish ppl cpuld just at least tag it with the simplest 18+ tags bc ive been blocking tags for fandoms i dont even interact with #its a bit much for me. idk im not mad but just. pls #im sure ill keep these tags blocked when i reach the appropriate age anyways #but anyways ignore me. i always run into this stuff whether i avoid it or not >.> #the worst is when they reblog without the tags. just. :( #posts.nae/rambles #i dunno if i can bring this up! its just a lil fustracting n i havent mentioned it before but. yeah i dont wanna block these fandoms but i- #-really dont wanna come across these things. im not supposed to be seeing this stuff even kess interacting with it #i get worried even accientally liking something bc of this n i dont wanna turn off the double tap option #i like seeing the lil hearts float up! wish there was a feature that lets ppl see how much you spam liked a post lol #maybe it'd work similar to the boop feature. that makes so much sense!! #just. yes #pls. that woukd be perfect!!! #anyways. i got work to do #ack- #ignore pls ;v;

[sunlightfeeling]

god i forgot how much i liked that cohost hid a lot of metrics…

(much ranting in the tags…)

#im despising the note counter again…. #ramblin but not a gamblin man #but i really REALLY didnt like how cohost completely felt like a void #…​like genuinely felt like an isolation room or smth… #why can’t i just opt out #i have my notifications turned off again for sanity #but I don’t like seeing everyone else’s lol #…​they make me feel bad…. #and yeah i guess it has to do with smaller fandom but that’s kind of part of why it sucks #i want new content that’s not just made by the small group that we are #i want fuckin dedicated tags and a line of people making new things….even if the stuff we use is old #there are so many smasmas that have NEVER been giffed #so many dramas #(even though for a lot of these there’s like negative incentive to make anything for….) #but you know what sucks the most…. #no matter how much we love the stuff and do it because we like it….we are hoping that it will get shared….be known…. #im trying so hard not to pressure myself to gif every little thing #which is part of why im posting more and more clips #but it hurts seeing the note count that other fandoms get even in such a short time….and just being grateful-enjoying the ones i receive #i don’t know how much this shit makes sense #and im honestly so tired of getting upset by this time and time again but it hurts #i hate being part of an actually small fandom lol #..​that’s basically it….i guess #or one that’s small until someone random reblogs it and shoots the note count up #and I really can’t explain why that makes me more upset than happy but it actually really does lol #how many times am i going to talk about these and go in circles? way too many #i ruminate….its what i do…always been that way…got on my ex’s fuckin nerves lmfao……

[krockat]

(sees my own post on my dash) eeeeey 😎

heyy bud what canni say. you got good stuff in that brain and also big heart a' yours.

good for me that i snagged mutualship w u b4 u grew bigger huh?

n hey - always glad to give ye that sunglasses smirk coded confidence

#anything else ye need just come by #lux is fun y'all. go grab a peep #was considering make a shitty meme edit that was like 'my blog look like this 'post referenced' so they can look like this 'eeeeey 😎' #but it was too shitty cause what were the implications? that i wouldn't rb it? (whatever actual post it was lol i rb 2much couldn't find) #joke lost to dunes of time 😔 #and the dunes of hazards of eating 2 many yummy things that r bad for my stummy n stayin upp all night chitin - n so none nrj left now 🙂 #i hope this emoji in the prev tag has the same vibe for other people's mojes because specif this one is like a lil fucked w it. #like :) and enhanced black void eyes and a creeper empty smile. yaha. #when you got wet socket eyes and a visible mental illness history plain in ur smile type of face. #the type of guy (gn) to be sopping wet pet of the tumblr blorbo grind. yeah #anyway gotta go wash the remnant of cheese residue off my face now. bbye #oh yeah I should prob uhhh remember what my ask tags are. uh #.. idrk what the fuck they are. honestly ;; #yalls following me's and other lil asker-ppl's skill issues- cause You gotta up Your send ask-ing-Krockat game. obv no fault of mine own 🤏

[alfheimr]

My Favorite Cheap Art Trick: Gradient Maps and Blending Modes

i get questions on occasion regarding my coloring process, so i thought i would do a bit of a write up on my "secret technique." i don't think it really is that much of a secret, but i hope it can be helpful to someone. to that end:

this is one of my favorite tags ive ever gotten on my art. i think of it often. the pieces in question are all monochrome - sort of.

the left version is the final version, the right version is technically the original. in the final version, to me, the blues are pretty stark, while the greens and magentas are less so. there is some color theory thing going on here that i dont have a good cerebral understanding of and i wont pretend otherwise. i think i watched a youtube video on it once but it went in one ear and out the other. i just pick whatever colors look nicest based on whatever vibe im going for.

this one is more subtle, i think. can you tell the difference? there's nothing wrong with 100% greyscale art, but i like the depth that adding just a hint of color can bring.

i'll note that the examples i'll be using in this post all began as purely greyscale, but this is a process i use for just about every piece of art i make, including the full color ones. i'll use the recent mithrun art i made to demonstrate. additionally, i use clip studio paint, but the general concept should be transferable to other art programs.

for fun let's just start with Making The Picture. i've been thinking of making this writeup for a while and had it in mind while drawing this piece. beyond that, i didn't really have much of a plan for this outside of "mithrun looks down and hair goes woosh." i also really like all of the vertical lines in the canary uniform so i wanted to include those too but like. gone a little hog wild. that is the extent of my "concept." i do not remember why i had the thought of integrating a shattered mirror type of theme. i think i wanted to distract a bit from the awkward pose and cover it up some LOL but anyway. this lack of planning or thought will come into play later.

note 1: the textured marker brush i specifically use is the "bordered light marker" from daub. it is one of my favorite brushes in the history of forever and the daub mega brush pack is one of the best purchases ive ever made. highly recommend!!!

note 2: "what do you mean by exclusion and difference?" they are layer blending modes and not important to the overall lesson of this post but for transparency i wanted to say how i got these "effects." anyway!

with the background figured out, this is the point at which i generally merge all of my layers, duplicate said merged layer, and Then i begin experimenting with gradient maps. what are gradient maps?

the basic gist is that gradient maps replace the colors of an image based on their value.

so, with this particular gradient map, black will be replaced with that orangey red tone, white will be replaced with the seafoamy green tone, etc. this particular gradient map i'm using as an example is very bright and saturated, but the colors can be literally anything.

these two sets are the ones i use most. they can be downloaded for free here and here if you have csp. there are many gradient map sets out there. and you can make your own!

you can apply a gradient map directly onto a specific layer in csp by going to edit>tonal correction>gradient map. to apply one indirectly, you can use a correction layer through layer>new correction layer>gradient map. honestly, correction layers are probably the better way to go, because you can adjust your gradient map whenever you want after creating the layer, whereas if you directly apply a gradient map to a layer thats like. it. it's done. if you want to make changes to the applied gradient map, you have to undo it and then reapply it. i don't use correction layers because i am old and stuck in my ways, but it's good to know what your options are.

this is what a correction layer looks like. it sits on top and applies the gradient map to the layers underneath it, so you can also change the layers beneath however and whenever you want. you can adjust the gradient map by double clicking the layer. there are also correction layers for tone curves, brightness/contrast, etc. many such useful things in this program.

let's see how mithrun looks when we apply that first gradient map we looked at.

gadzooks. apologies for eyestrain. we have turned mithrun into a neon hellscape, which might work for some pieces, but not this one. we can fix that by changing the layer blending mode, aka this laundry list of words:

some of them are self explanatory, like darken and lighten, while some of them i genuinely don't understand how they are meant to work and couldn't explain them to you, even if i do use them. i'm sure someone out there has written out an explanation for each and every one of them, but i've learned primarily by clicking on them to see what they do.

for the topic of this post, the blending mode of interest is soft light. so let's take hotline miamithrun and change the layer blending mode to soft light.

here it is at 100% opacity. this is the point at which i'd like to explain why i like using textured brushes so much - it makes it very easy to get subtle color variation when i use this Secret Technique. look at the striation in the upper right background! so tasty. however, to me, these colors are still a bit "much." so let's lower the opacity.

i think thats a lot nicer to look at, personally, but i dont really like these colors together. how about we try some other ones?

i like both of these a lot more. the palettes give the piece different vibes, at which point i have to ask myself: What Are The Vibes, Actually? well, to be honest i didn't really have a great answer because again, i didn't plan this out very much at all. however. i knew in my heart that there was too much color contrast going on and it was detracting from the two other contrasts in here: the light and dark values and the sharp and soft shapes. i wanted mithrun's head to be the main focal point. for a different illustration, colors like this might work great, but this is not that hypothetical illustration, so let's bring the opacity down again.

yippee!! that's getting closer to what my heart wants. for fun, let's see what this looks like if we change the blending mode to color.

i do like how these look but in the end they do not align with my heart. oh well. fun to experiment with though! good to keep in mind for a different piece, maybe! i often change blending modes just to see what happens, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. i very much cannot stress enough that much of my artistic process is clicking buttons i only sort of understand. for fun.

i ended up choosing the gradient map on the right because i liked that it was close to the actual canary uniform colors (sorta). it's at an even lower opacity though because there was Still too much color for my dear heart.

the actual process for this looks like me setting my merged layer to soft light at around 20% opacity and then clicking every single gradient map in my collection and seeing which one Works. sometimes i will do this multiple times and have multiple soft light and/or color layers combined.

typically at this point i merge everything again and do minor contrast adjustments using tone curves, which is another tool i find very fun to play around with. then for this piece in particular i did some finishing touches and decided that the white border was distracting so i cropped it. and then it's done!!! yay!!!!!

this process is a very simple and "fast" way to add more depth and visual interest to a piece without being overbearing. well, it's fast if you aren't indecisive like me, or if you are better at planning.

let's do another comparison. personally i feel that the hint of color on the left version makes mithrun look just a bit more unwell (this is a positive thing) and it makes the contrast on his arm a lot more pleasing to look at. someone who understands color theory better than i do might have more to say on the specifics, but that's honestly all i got.

just dont look at my layers too hard. ok?

#process #art tutorial #unsure what else to tag this as. if this does not post properly i will cry.

[edulweiss]

*longest sigh ever*

#vent #honestly im just using this as an excuse to ramble in the tags #i've been feeling very under the weather lately #although under the weather feels like an understatement #lower than that i guess down to the pits of hell in a depressing way kind #facing inner turmoil and unresolved inner tensions is... the number one thing i have been running away from #and now i must face it #LOL #or at least i have to face it so there is less of that floating discomfort whenever i am more left alone #definitely should be doing this with a therapist but #i have never done that. there is so much to unpack #i am also not sure if i have a self discipline problem or a general lack of will to live #which AGAIN maybe someone else can give me the answers for that #but in the meantime #i will proceed to have many more bad days i guess #such is life #the days have been a bigger challenge to wake up to recently #and i sincerely hope it gets a little lighter. it's getting a little too heavy for what i can handle #if you've read this far #i hope you have a nice day or evening #and find something that makes you smile today!!! #those are very hard to come by for myself #but isn't it always lovely when even the smallest of things can perk you up even for a moment #on the other hand i will also try to start talking to myself in a less hateful manner :') #that is all #sending love! #lia madaldal

[lollybliz]

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#i wonder if i posted unrepentant kink to my ao3 would the poor people waiting for me to update the bnha fic ever forgive me #ive kept things nice and seperate (mostly) here but i wonder what would happen #thats if it ever becomes more than notes an outline and a couple hundred words smack in the middle lol #i am many things but a chicken is not one of them #if im going to post completely unironic cursed bullshit im going to do it with my whole heart #although--do subscribers still get notified in an email if its under a different pseud? how do you get a pseud? #maybe that's the way to do it #id really like to keep everything together though; for my own sake #and again all this relies on actually finishing it and i have ~never finished a single fic~ #so this is all hypothetical #ngl though id really like to finish this one #the other fics ive tried to write were dares or curiosity but this is a genuine case of #'what i want to read doesnt fucking exist so fuck you im going to write it' and thats a powerful motivator fsdhflsd #bliz rambles in the tags #wip talk #it would be genshin too which honestly is probably a good thing-the fandom's already so kinky i cant really be worse #itd almost fit right in fdhflsh #this is the fandom with the consensual vivisection smutfic after all #which slaps btw!