#i think ive finally figured out tags

[cheribislush]

I had a nightmare and in an attempt to go back to normal I imagined one of my fictional crushes comforting me and now I'm questioning my life choices as to what led me here

#im still half asleep #dont mind me posting at midnight #fictional crush #this might be about the human onlycans design dude i did but youll never know #onlycans thirst date #onlycans #i think ive finally figured out tags

[marblerose-rue]

click for better quality!

must be fall

#my art #eye contact #tw eye contact #scopophobia #scopohobia tw #furry #sfw furry #oc #let me know if i need to tw tag this more or give me the proper tags if im not using the right one!!! #i do not remember my oc tag bc when i went to look NOTHING would pop up . so maybe i'll edit this later and see #I HAVENT DONE ART FOR [ME] IN A REALLY LONG TIME which is why ive been working up to posting this AHBDFKU #BUT YEAH i am really happy with this. im having a fun time switching between the first sketch and the final product #im also eating a bag of blue raspberry sour patch kids like my life depends on it theyre so good #my hair is also getting pretty long i think and im debating on just letting it grow out or buzzing it again or a Short haircut #we'll see i'll probs figure out by the time october is over #ive been stalling the last 30 minutes to post this LMAO

[desatu]

never forgive me. never forget me.

original prompt & following reblogs by @im-totally-not-an-alien-2 | ao3 ficlet

#danny phantom #danny fenton #dp x dc #dc x dp #dpxdc #dcxdp #cant remember which tag is the right one so we are doing them all #my art #also i FINALLY fuckin finished this ive been working on it for like. #nearly three weeks. i checked. #the roses turned out so good. i am very smug about them #this will be the first written thing ive ever posted to ao3 i think. (not just a comic its actually got SENTENCES. how exciting) #edit; added the link to the ao3 work. also cannot figure out why there is a tiny white strip on two sides of the image #i shall live in shame for-ever #(also im too tired to figure out why tf its happening) #edit: i figured out why the FREAKING LINE WAS THERE. and fixed it. idfk if itll show up in the prior reblogs but idc it is FIXED

[honkowo]

oh to be a crown with 5 bigass loud as fuck friends whom u only sorta understand when they speak

crowns by @charseraph :3

#fun fact! angels are polyamorous and will court an average of 5-15 individuals #ive got a bigger post going into depth on that topic thats currently a wip rn #but yeah #owo whats this #angel tag!!! wahoo #been wanting to draw a crown for AGES now but i couldnt get te proportions quite right so hopefully this silly beast looks ok lol #speculative evolution #spec bio #speculative biology #crowns #also i finally figured out angel fashion so yippee!! #hmmm i think thats all the tags now

[sea-jello]

Day 31/October 31: Halloween || Death || Costumes

never forget the skeleton had hair

#ITS ONLY LATE IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE ITS LATE #of COOURSE halloween week had to be my busiest week #if it isn’t clear they dragged his skeleton back up and used it as halloween decor #ignore the shading and lighting and skeleton anatomy and pumpkin and path i actually have no idea how to do it #i was bullshitting my way through it all i slapped shorts on him cause i didn’t want to figure that out #i dont love it but i dont overly hate it so call that a win win #TUMBLR DELETED ALL MY TAGS WHAT THE FUCK #i dont remember any more of them #anyways end of morrotober guys it was fun thank you morrotober for hosting #even though there were like 4 or so of us consistently participating #what do i do now #ive fully committed to being back so ill do more probably #but i can only do shitposts unless otherwise given clear instructions #morrotober was good for me tbh i was forced to do more art this month than i ever did in my entire life and i think im improving #im experimenting at least thats good #i think im developing a style i like using bright as fuck contrasting lighting #and a MORRO DESIGN finally after all these months #ninjago #lego ninjago #morro ninjago #ninjago morro #morro wu #morrotober 2023 #morrotober2023 #morrotober #jellos scribbles

[kellystar321]

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#periodical life updates #(<- NUMBER 3!!!) I FINISHED THE ANIMATION AND EVERYTHING FOR THAT PROJECT AND SENT IT OFF! super excited!! #it looks really cute! i tried my best and im mostly satisfied of where i landed <33 #it's my little sibling's birthday today!! it's also the first official meeting of lgbt club!! (the other event was a fun lgbt mixer) #my backpack smells bad. like mildew or mold maybe? urgh its awful and gives me a headache. i might need a new one. i dont know. urghhh. #my programming homework is due today!! yike!! but other than that my personal projects with deadlines are all done! #INIQUITY NOW THAT YOU HAVE TIME ARE YOU FINALLY GONNA WORK ON YOUR SELF SHIP BLOG?? YES!! HOPEFULLY!! #truthfully i /have/ been working on it on the side. it looks decent but the colors;;; i have always been pretty sht at color picking? #i can adjust with filters but without that im like. a little not good yet lmao. gotta do some studies sometime perhaps #BUT YAY EXCITED!! ive got some rambles and doodles and a tag system and f/o info which is extremely cumbersome (affectionate)!! #also i have new fandom ocs for the latest dimension 20 campaign and im so delighted heho <33 this campaign is literally so fun. #im watching it with my sibling when its done!! OOH ALSO I FIGURED OUT HOW TO PNGTUBE AND i will likely never use it BUT COOL!! #i dont like. talk. lmao. my art streams are 1) silent 2) rare 3) only shared with my siblings. pngtuber is a little useless. but CUTE!! #i got boba tea yesterday!! sandy bought it :3 <3 and we're having pho and cheesecake later and i might plan out a little excursion today? #like i might get a treatsie. OR i'll just sit on campus as usual and get a mango smoothie and draw for a while (or work on homework.) #(lets be honest its likely the former. i might get a little back into traditional? ooh or maybe i'll practice my asl?) HEY THOUGH. #ive been thinking about making a henrey stickmn (ask)blog to practice asl? like. no plot. just henry teaching ellie and charles asl #really funny considering my Real concept of an askblog for THSC. not ace or eca; but a secret third thing (⛎) ;) #then again since when have i EVER followed through on an askblog lmao?? damb im all over the place today. we're already hitting tag limit #okay!! 3 AM!! if im going early tomorrow i gotta eep! goodnight everyone i love you!! see you tomorrow if i have the energy and time!!

[pekabloooopmilgram]

im back baby

also look at this wonderful screenshot i found

#milgram #kotoko yuzuriha #do i still need to tag pekabloooop edits dum shit? #i dont think so cus thats kinda the side blog #anyways hello #im back #i know unfortunate #sorry ive been gone so long #i got locked out of my old account and have been trying to get back in for a while but couldn't figure it out #so now we are here #and i can finally ruin the last trial 2 mv #lets go #i will be doing this more now #but ill still be inconsistent as ever #also considering now i dont have new material every 2 months #and i only got here early trail 2 so who knows how long it will be #but ill make due #next up are the birthday photos #yes you should be scared #have fun trying to find her mouth on the first ine cus wow its hard to see and im not redoing it #also im using this sideblog now so yea #hava a good day

[crescentfool]

never in my life did i think i need to makeout with a piece of software so badly but here we are i guess

#lizzy speaks #OK IM BEING OVERDRAMATIC AND I WOULD ELABORATE BUT I NEED TO SLEEP BUT #DO YOU EVER JUST #FUCK !!!!!! #IVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO COME ACROSS A PIEC EOF SOFTWARE #i need to fiddle around with it some more but everything ive seen about it is MIND BLOWING to me #ive been waiting my entire life for this moment i think #i feel like it's funnier if i don't say what the software is. i wanna be mysterious so bad but i cannot shut the fuck up #literally been suffering through notetaking and organization softwares and im like ohh i think i finally found the one #this is the minecraft of sex i think its like wowza i can finally do all those writing projects i want to do #boys (me) don't want girls they want an organized database of notes that they can easily reference at anytime #sorry for being unhinged but like its like past midnight lol im sure i'll wake up in the morning and be like 'what the FUCK were you doing' #BUT!!! i think ill come back to this post to reblog it with like actual shit about the software when i figure out how i want to use it #i think everyone should experience joys in life. and sometimes that joy is having organized notes #bonus points if anyone can figure out what im talking about just from the tags alone i think this software will change my life #it has fucking tag functionality i literally love tags #sorry about the vocabulary but this rivals like. my love of spreadsheets. which are like. a wonderful thing i think but ANYWAY IM RAMBLING #anyways goodnight i wish you all on the dash a very lovely evening i just needed to share this because im so overjoyed right now o7 #if you have a software that you really like thats changed you feel free to tell me in the tags or something :) i like learning new things

[bibberbang]

i love the view of identity that's like. i WAS this identity, and now im this one. i wasn't wrong, i just changed. hell yeahhhhh

#ive figured it all out besties #i literally WAS a nb lesbian until i was 22. i wasnt wrong!!! that was literally the truth!!! #now im butch4butch t4t bi but in the way where its gay no matter who i like #i know ive speculated on this a lot over the past year so this is my final Update of Hey guys i finally figured out wtf is going on #it just wasnt that important to me bc im already in a closed relationship but its still nice to think im no longer confused #i will delete this later probably bc i do not want any asshole anons debating my identity im not interested plus L plus ratio plus your mom #the misinformation surrounding lgbt history is what makes coming out so hard and why im doing it in the tags :(

[youngpettyqueen]

here's how Roy/Keeley/Jamie can still win

#ted lasso #there be spoilers in these tags you've been warned #overall I really enjoyed the finale! #didnt hit as hard as I thought it would emotionally speaking #but still a good finale #the pacing issues that have plagued this season really showed themselves here #not so much that it was bad but definitely enough to take me out of the feelings #my one big gripe is Beard's reason for staying #ive never been a fan of Beard and Jane and I think him staying for her is bullshit #especially after episode 11's reveal of why Beard is so fiercely loyal and protective with Ted #im not mad he stayed I figured he would #but his reasoning being Jane... nah #hated that #shouldve made it about the team #but oh well #overall still had a good time

[sunflowerrboyy]

finally figured out why ive been having panic attacks every night for the past week 👍

hopefully i sleep better tonight knowing the reason why i couldn't before

#we have a bunch of industrial fans drying our kitchen floor bc of a water leak #and from my room it sounds like a muffled bathroom fan #and my parents used to put on a bathroom fan for my sister to fall asleep to #and i would stay up waiting until they turned the fan off #bc once they did they went to bed #and i was finally like free to be awake and have some me time #without criticism from my parents #it was safe hours once the fan was turned off #and now since the industrial fans are going 24/7 (literally to dry out the floor) #my brain thinks im back at my old house (especially at night which is when ive been getting my panic attacks ever since we got the fans in) #well at least i figured it out lol hopefully i'll sleep better tonight after that realization #tw vent in tags #cw panic attack #irl #wow long tags #just something i had to put down so i didn't forget

[ghoul-haunted]

anyway sometimes you find yourself starving creatively so when that happens, break the glass box that says 'in case of emergency' and go right back to whatever made you go creatively unhinged in your early 20s and try to tap into that

#but also skip the part where i was involved with a 36 yr old man like do not repeat my mistakes even tho i probably would do it again #mcr and gorillaz were huge influences on me creatively then and i feel like that explains a lot and also absolutely nothing #since i dont post that kind of work anymore #WHICH HONESTLY? A SHAME. since a lot of the stuff i made then is like. #i think it's actively better than a lot of what ive done recently in a certain kind of way. and i didnt post ANY of it #im going to unarrange my bones and try and figure out why im so adverse to posting that kind of work #anyway i was creative in a vacuum for the better part of this year and im finally tapping out of that bc it was good for rediscovery #but i want to like. heurhgh. im not typing all that out in the tags

[mihai-florescu]

I am just. A little artist. I cannot help it. Or am i?

#i dont know how i feel about calling myself an artist #i enjoy art i go to an art academy i draw and write and make other 'artistic' projects #but i dont feel like im coherent #i dont feel like my soul wants to express much. i feel like everything is just to delay a self inflicted death for when im finally truly- #bored #not to quote one of my fav shows but i do feel like a leaf in the stream of creation #i really admire people who are passionate and work hard and know what they want cuz im just a bit aimless #in highschool it was easier to just have an aim and it also felt like it was ok i wasnt as good as i wanted to be bc id figure it out soon #actually i dont think i have a conclusion or goal with these tags #i just need to ponder the meaning of art. i think what ive done for uni (some of the projects at least) can be considered art #but i also know im heading in a commercial direction willingly #so yeah. i dont think i can call myself an artist #rant #kinda?

[snickerdoodlles]

i haven’t rly been online much lately in a combination of being rly sick, rly busy, and generally just rly tired, but i have been making drafts of random thoughts so i’d remember to return to them when i did have the energy to properly write them out

except i haven’t been paying attention to the actual number of drafts i’ve been building up, and i just now realized i have 461 of them

help

#its such a random collection of posts too aaaaaaaa #a few of these are weird rambly metas #some of these are long tag rambles #a few of them are tag rambles that went too long and now i have to decide between comment or tag edit #so many fic snippets #so many fic sketches #im so upset i got sick this month ive had so little time and energy to write #i had plans for so many AUs !!!! #specifically mer pran au bc mermay and so many ppl are curious how pran and pat first met #(bby mer pran!!!!!! is!!!!!! so!!!!!! cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!) #HMC au i wanted to finish for my bday #ch6 which is already 5k+ and thats just the first part of the smut scene lol whoops #want to finish ch6 esp bc then i can focus on the grasshoppers and elephants rewrite ive been itching to do for mONTHS #poor old guard au which is half done but got caught up in the dUMBeST irl drama and now i have to figure out how to restart #a ridiculous number of gifts im so behind on lol #theres no point to this im just like @.@ at my drafts folder rn and i think its broken my brain just a bit #idk what to do lol #trying to finish a 10k monster fic of kim & tankhun shenanigans first i think? like i just have the middle scene to finish #then maybe i can fINALLY get to clearing out my RIDICULOUSLY HUGE DRAFTS PILE #lol i should probably just delete most of these and start fresh but. hmmmmmm #aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[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.

[upsidedowngrass]

some days i consider posting my one fanfics but unfortunately my hcs change heavily every 2 days and th n my fics b come OUTDATED and then i suffer

#like i cant figure out my liam family hcs #on one hand hes so quick to feel like hes lost everything which kinda feels like he may not have much in the way of family? #esp since he doesnt see anyone in the waiting room #BUT. that still doesnt feel concrete enough yknow? #cus it still isnt even certain #and also the idea of him not having anyone other than owen nearby when he finally comes home? makes me sad???! #and THEN theres my hcs for AMELIAS family #i think she mentions family and friends so i think shes got family!!! #which ONES though. siblings? parents? #ALSO!!! #taylors page on the database mentions separated parents #and so family stuff probably is relevant and nothing of important note happens for liam and amelia on that front #but nothing abt bryces family is mentioned either? #so! i keep changing my family hcs #and thats JUST the family hcs #times and dates and responses and shit are also changing #basically im indecisive #ask to tag #also ive never posted any of my fics anywhere before and like. omg... scary....