#look at them! but also! the improvement!! lol

[necromeowncy]

A kiss in the snow.

About two years ago, I posed Aedric & G'raha kissing for the first time! I put G'raha up on these very stairs so he could be at a more manageable height for kissing haha. Under the cut here are the first kiss screenshots I ever made, March 4th, 2022:

I'd like to think how much I've grown as a person and a creator since then. It's nice to see some improvement!! :)

#look at them! but also! the improvement!! lol #wolgraha #g'raha tia #ishgard #elezen #elezen wol #g'raha x wol #aedric vaillencourt #gpose #my poses #AedRaha

[bandaidfingers]

In honor of Dracula Daily I’m going to be reposting Jonathan Harker’s Adventures in Castle Dracula, aka some little comics I made into a zine in 2017/18. Here’s the cover (og red and the pink version that ultimately looked better in print)

And of course, happy Lizard Fashion day

#dracula #dracula daily #though these arent like a good example of the way my art looked in 2017 cuz they were all rapid fire doodles. my art has improved a lot. #and it’s also interesting to see just the way going from mostly digital to mostly traditional changed my art. like the lack of lineweight #on these? crazy. I just dont really draw like that any more #anyway slim chance but if there’s anyone here on tumblr who actually bought a physical one of these zines from me when I sold them at #SCAD’s mini comics con: I love you. I hope the staples didnt fall apart on your copy lol god knows I stapled them like a maniac #jonathan harker’s adventures in castle dracula

[sea-jello]

Day 21/October 21: Day of the Departed || Reminisce (??)

GRAHH ITS STILL THE 21ST SOMEWHERE i’m apparently using morrotober to try new things this one’s a new lineart brush that i’m sorta warming up to and the POSE and the BACKGROUND and the LIGHTING i’m surprised i finished this at all tbh. and also new morro design

bg lineart and sword vs neither plus the green ghost fog thing i do basically if you zoom in really really close the lines aren’t smooth on the lineless bgs but icba the pedestal can be chipped or something. i kinda like without the sword and fog cause it gives him a more isolated feel yk (that was my original idea lmao)

this one’s my attempt at funky mannequin hands

#i was sorta going for a reminiscey vibe #if you squint he’s looking at the sword #at least that’s what i tried to do #i’m pretty sure reminisce is looking back on good things tho so maybe not #i just now realized the sword would make more sense facing the other way but whatever we ball #alo if you see this these were the hands i wanted to do w your dtiys but i couldn’t figure it out so i stuck the sword onto him lol #SPEAKING OF HANDS I DID THEM MYSELF WITH NO REF AND IM KINDA PROUD OF THEM #LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW IMPROVEMENT BABY #at least i hope these things are kinda one and done #I ALSO DID THE POSE WITH NO REF although that one may be evident #i actually did everything other than the bg with no ref #i was coloring the bg in the dark so i hope the colors aren’t too wack i just eyedropped and prayed #the texture is weird idk how i did that #deadass i think i was coloring for like 5 hours straight #i actually kinda like the fog thing the outline reminds me a bit of the preeminent #ninjargon just says morro if you want to know about that #ninjago #lego ninjago #morro ninjago #ninjago morro #morro wu #morrotober 2023 #morrotober2023 #morrotober #ninjago dotd #day of the departed #i had more doodles and a comic for previous prompts but i got intimidated by the comic and got stuck doom scrolling instead #i’ll finish them when i have the time #and pick my ass up to tackle the comic #maybe i’ll just post it for myself instead of morrotober

[sulphuric-onyx]

redrew an old peice today! (on accident)

made this bc I had just watched s18 and was positively miffed at what they did to my blorbos, drew the poses and then realised I was redrawing a piece from august last year (which is under the cut), very proud of how the armour turned out, first time using colouring pencils on a sketch, details turned out a lil fuzzy so I recomend zooming in on parts lol, but apart from that I'm really proud of this, especailly comparing it to the old one, I've made a lot of progress :]

(also as much as I still love this piece, I do now look at it and cringe at bits, mostly how the colours are and how they blend into the lineart lol)

#rvb #lavernius tucker #david washington #tuckington #also yes #I am calling them Wacker #sue me. #also I think most of my improvment is in the posing and compisiton #also my hc's of the two have grown a lot and I feel like they look a little more real and grounded? idk #tucker rvb #agent washington #we really need to unify these tags lol #theres so many for just one guy it's so silly

[crescentfool]

with the year coming to a close, i hope that anyone who's reflecting about how the year went remembers to be kind and fair to themselves with how you evaluate the year as a whole.

i think there are definitely times when life throws things that are... Not So Great at you. whether if it's some external circumstance that surprised you, or maybe your mentality wasn't at it's best. i wish for anyone who's encountered those kinds of challenges to be able to triumph over them and be able to say that they got through it.

heck, it might still be a work in progress even though you've kept chipping away at it, and that's ok! the results will show themselves eventually as you work through it! and i hope that we can all remember to be patient with ourselves as we go through these processes (learning, healing, etc.), because damn, it can be frustrating when you feel like you're "not there yet."

knowing that life can be rough at times, i think it's unfair to yourself (and others) to discount and downplay any progress you've made this year- whether if it's something that you did for the first time, or maybe you came to a new understanding and insight that you didn't have in the previous year.

it's not to say that you should undermine the validity of your experience with hardship, but to take the time to remind yourself what makes life worth living. to recall what moments were the most satisfying to you- and use it to strengthen your resolve for the next year and beyond. no amount of hardship will ever take away from the fact that you deserve to have hope that things will get better.

i hope that looking back on the year, you don't leave out the things you cherish. that you can remember the good that came this year. whether if the small victories are things like meeting someone new, trying something out for the first time, or making some strides in a long-term project/obligation...!

i wish everyone a happy new year! may it be prosperous, and that your life can move in a direction that's close to what you want out of life. you're all going to do great! remember to congratulate yourself for what you did well! despite everything, you're still here, and that's wonderful. never forget that!

#lizzy speaks #hello everyone. i know that there are *checks calendar* still 20 days left of december and 2023 #but i've had a lot of strong emotions and feelings i've had to sort through as i've been thinking about how 2023 went for me #so a lot of what i've written here comes from the perspective of someone in their early 20s #it's like... a crash and burn from when you were a teenager thinking that you know everything #and realizing how big the world is and how many responsibilities there are #all while a feeling of overwhelm looms over as you try to sift your way through the world and adjust your understanding of it #for me i've definitely had an underlying thought that 'you should have your shit together by now why aren't you there yet' #and it's! not motivating! at all! to think that way. and it's made me more than ever want to be a friend to myself. to extend a patient- #kind voice to myself that reminds me that others are also trying to navigate these feelings and to accept that i'm not going to have an- #instantaneous understanding of how one goes about adulthood. and neither will they. even if they look 'put together.' #like... these people have also undergone similar stresses and along the way figured out how to navigate through that space #and personally i've found peace in knowing that there are people who are older than me. trusting that they've dealt with these things too i #some shape or form and that them living... being here.. is proof that we shall be fine in the end and that we will move past what plagues- #our mind. there's definitely been some... anger i've had this year that. school didnt teach me these things or skills!! i was so mad lol #but hey if we are little guys who are living on planet earth for the first time we shouldn't condemn ourselves to an unrealistic standard- #of going through life and being able to instantly do everything 'correctly' and know how everything works #i'm still working on improving that patience... and also trying to put in the work to understand these things. #in the midst of a very tough week for me i was tempted to say that 'nothing happened this year it was not productive' #but then i was like. that's. objectively not true if you just look at other things. also theres worth in life outside of 'productivity' #...i think i passed 20 tags at this point. but like. my favorite thing about 2023 was meeting so many cool awesome people! #who would've known that funny lil squid game could bring so many connections and friendships i cherish! #thank you so much! for being a part of my life and changing me for the better! for giving me many fond memories! #and i'm very grateful to anyone who supported me and my art this year... for sticking around even though i wished i could do more #it means the world to me knowing that there's proof that i exist and have touched someone's life in a positive way! thank you! truly! #ANYWAY. happy early new year. i hope everyone can nourish a friend in their head that extends acceptance and patience to themselves #as we try and make sense of the world together. there will be things that we don't understand yet! but one day we will! and it'll be like #wow! look how far i came! i'm okay! i'm alive! yipee! thank you for reading this post i made to get my feelings out! have a nice day!

[sysig]

Some possible* Tala stickers :D (Patreon)

#My art #Original #Tala #*I'm more just playing around with the idea of making some - personal stickers! #I mean I'm the biggest Tala fan anyway it's fine if it's for an audience of one lol #I finally got my hands on some sticker paper a bit back now it's just a matter of getting them the size I want and finding a good printer! #Ours is uh....well just don't look too closely at some of the greyscale pages I've posted they leave a bit to be desired lol #And that's just black and white I'm a little concerned what it'd do to pictures! :'D #Though I say that but it did print the art from Roundabout quite nicely so hmm! Maybe! But I do have other avenues if I want them :) #It's nice to have options! #For the time being they're just cute little guys of one of my cute little guys! :D In her doggy form and specifically her plush puppy form ♪ #I really have been enjoying adding to her physical accessories haha - she's always got her little gold stitch/scar #And then her first accessory being the bracelet - and then her face mask - and now her ribbon! :D It's all very cute she's very cute #She's also good feral practice since I'm still not very good at drawing dogs or cats or the like :'D #I used references for that first one! Wowie! #I'm a fan of how she turned out overall :) I can still see some work I'd like to improve for her back legs but other than that :D #Baring her little teefsies hehe she's so scary ♥ #My love of drawing plushies rears its head again - she is added to the list! No soft shading or lighting like MewTwo tho that's alright #The stitches are the really important part :) I like them! #I wish she could sit like that irl haha she's actually very stable to stand! A little awkward to sit #And finally a cutesy cartoony one :D She doesn't have paw beans irl either but come on I had to! #I debated whether they'd be pink or brown but I think I'm happiest keeping her palette simple :) #She's so cute <3

[radisyn]

Day 4 of @hot-glenn-holidays-2023 them "Naughty or Nice". idk why the first one wound up so Grinchy but I figured it fit with the theme. I imagine a rock version of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" over it

(also: what are butts anyway?? personally I have never heard of em nor do I apparently know what they look like despite using a photo reference so yes I am aware he is like *ludicrously* caked up but I tire of fiddling with it so here goes lolol)

#okay #i have no idea why I am posting these exactly #they are... very silly #and also really show my lack of grasp on fundamental anatomy #but ah well I've made it this far and I must carry on #sorry anyone who follows me for like #normal stuff #back to regularly scheduled programming in like a couple days #also I wish I had felt more inspired to do a Nicky drawing but I have yet to really connect with his character tbh #so here I am on my glenn shit #everyone look at my dumb naked blorbo #glenn close #dndads #anyway good night lol #my art #I guess #these will eventually be improved upon but for now I am tired and just trying to get them posted #also idk if this really counts as mature since there is no visible ding dong but I marked it anyway #just to be safe #hot glenn holidays 2023 #or cold glenn really #and no i do not know why I am so obsessed with this concept of “guitar over naughty bits” so if youre wondering #so am I haha #it has been educational as far as digital art goes #myart

[figs-oliomedley]

Lloyd and Morro, with a classpecting twist! ;>

#I hope this causes someone immense psychic damage and a double take #this is revenge for no one liking my Five drawings >:>!! #just kidding lol I don't care -v- #also FUCK YEAH!! ANATOMY!! #I'm getting better! #improvement #ya love to see it #also I dunno if I like them with human hands and proportions #I might go back to Roblox-lookin' aah #contest me on the classpects if you want but I'm like 90% sure I'm right #also Morro doesn't look half bad in blue #he's not a ghost #I figure that if he becomes human again he'll still have green-tinged skin #ninjago #lloyd garmadon #lloyd montgomery garmadon #ninjago morro #classpect #mage of hope #prince of breath #homestuck #homestuck classpect #lol #my stuff

[daz4i]

it may be obvious to others but i am genuinely surprised every time i go back to old writing and see that I've actually improved since. who knew practicing a craft makes you better in it. this has literally never happened to me before

#I'm talking abt lyric writing btw #stories are..... a different case (somehow i only get worse with time) #also everyone pls cheer and clap for my positive attitude here. #that rather than going ''my old writing is shit i should've been killed for that alone'' i say ''i improved :)''. #that also never happened before 🧐 I've got a master's degree in self loathing so it's hard to break the habit. #the last thing i wrote tho i started in august 2022 and got stuck with it until literally 2 days ago #so you can actually see the difference between the first few lines and the rest of the song lol #they're fine. like. there's a reason i didn't delete them. #but reading the third verse and looking at the structure my younger self wouldn't have gone for. they're good i think #i need to record a draft of it hmmmm maybe some other time 😩

[toytulini]

Bduvemveuvajveuvsjvuvi3vsyvje

#toy txt post #NO PRESSURE I GUESS #HI #im gonna try to learn to juggle. mom said to get some floaty scarves first #i also. need to get stilts. and like. knee and elbow pads ig?? and then i think i have a couple youtube vids saved #how to get up and down on them and then the guy also has like. a line between 2 trees it looks like? to hang onto which seems like. #a decent idea to start lol #im hoping my ancient bike helmet will work but maybe i should get a new one? its also not technically a bicycle helmet its like #a skate helmet. im not sure if the differences are just aesthetic or what but i just like they looked better lol #anyway if u want to see me dressed as a lil clowny guy i think my new and improved jester costume is still in my top posts?

[causeimanartist]

Listen, I love Hunter’s new fit, but his Golden Guard uniform is *chefs kiss*

A huge shout out to the Chicago Cosplay and Photography Meet-Up Group for these awesome photos of me in my Golden Guard costume at ACEN

And for those who are interested in cosplaying as the Golden Guard, I’ve included some links for the mask and Flapjack

MASK & FLAPJACK

The brown undershirt is a men’s long sleeve golf shirt, the yellow shirt is one I bought at Michaels and just cut a bad triangle into lol. The belt was mine (and something I would replace when I do this cosplay again).

The “staff” is actually just a shovel handle I bought at a Meijer (Midwest chain store). It was in the home/gardening area. It was perfect because I could swap out the two palisman

The triangle broach is just a piece of wood I cut to shape and then taped gold construction paper on

And the cape my mom made so LOL can’t help you with that one, she’s my mom and you can’t have her

#the golden guard #the owl house #toh hunter #toh cosplay #cosplay #let’s see what else... #I forgot the gloves in my hotel room lol but I need better ones anyway so that’s on the list for improvements #same with the broach #and maybe the yellow shirt too like it worked but I feel it could just be better ya know? #oh for the pants since you can’t see - I’m just wearing my usual leggings lol #and shoes were my combat boots #since 1) they worked with the outfit #2) they are very comfy #and 3) I could lace them tight for my still recovering ankle #boy howdy was I a hurting cowboy at the end of the day because of my ankle #I would use the staff as a cane to lean on because I was so sore #oh I’m also gonna look into getting a binder because LOL I have a liiiiittle too much chest for the gg #so ya #causeimanartist #my face

[staticevent]

(template)

so I’ve been redrawing some of my oldest 2013-2014 works (and a 2017 work) lately bc of art block + trying to getting used to drawing regularly again and... decided it’d be neat to do this meme with some of them!

(links to the individual redraws: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6)

#misc stuffs #also if you wanna find the originals you can look for them but. can't be bothered to link those #and the level of improvement? I will let you all be the judge of that #draw this again #art improvement #artist meme #artists on tumblr #no idea how else to tag this lol #photoset

[pepperpixel]

Me, after several years of feeling haunted by the fact that I know I used to be able to draw better. And I used to have fun and feel satisfied w what I created. Believing that my art skills and enjoyment deteriorated because of like. Age! Like my brain just rotted over time or something: messes around w settings after re downloading fire alpaca and turns off the toggle for “adjust brush size to pen pressure”. And fUCKING. REALIZING THATS WHAT ITS BEEN THIS WHOLE TIME!?!?!?!? I never ever ever correlated my getting a tablet to my decline in art cuz I was also in a huge depression then and that just seemed more likely to blame! Also cuz the tablet was cool! It made things easier! BUT FUCKING. TURNING OFF THE LIL PEN PRESSURE THING IS LIKE. GAH- IM DRAWING LIKE IM FUCKING 16 AGAIN!!!! LOOK AT THOSE LINES…!! ON THE 2ND & 3RD PICTURE.!!! THE STYLE. IM SHITTING MYSELF..! Like legit gonna cry actual tears of fucking joy about this… I had basically almost given up ever really being satisfied w my art again??? But I fucking….! I finally figured it out!!!!! Holy shit!!!!! * falls down on the floor and dies of relief *

But yeah….. anyway. Aside from the massive art revelation/return to form… This photo set is featuring more of me and Ghastjio’s ocs! Non-homestuck ones this time! They’re scientists doing research and experiments on dreams and the subconscious and such! They’re also def all slightly varying levels of evil/moral dubious… cuz. I cannot resist an evil doctor…. And they’re also. Definitely a polycule gGHG. Cuz. I also can’t resist that shit lol

Yellow = Dr. In

Pink = Dr. Somn

Blue = Dr. Nia

Add them all together! And It equals insomnia! And it took me!!! A ridiculously long time to realize that ghghg- Like several days after ghast first showed them to me lol, but! I got it eventually! That’s all that matters

#there’s still room for improvement in those 2 pics without the pen pressure too. like the colors specifically. #bUT. THE LINES. I ACTUALLY LIKE THE LINES!!!! IM!?!?!?! SATISFIED W THEM!!! AND DONT THINK THEY LOOK MESSY OR SKETCHY?? #lIKE HOW IVE FELT ABOUT MOST OF MY LINE ART FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS #gOD. GOD!!!!!!!!!!!! #im so… im ridiculously fucking happy…. I rlly just thought I was like… unable to do art that I rlly LIKED again #like I’ve done art whet I felt it was good enough! and I would TRY and see the positives. try not to be too hard on myself. but I rlly. #didnt truly like anything I made…. #so just… god. god fucking damn man #doodles #dr in #dr somn #dr nia #Somn and Nia have like a kismesitude sorta thing going on lol #also in doesnt always have a tail or horns or sand claw thing! he can sorta shapeshift. #me at in: mr sandman~ man me a sand~ #anyway… YEAH! pls enjoy art lol #long post #??? #i mean I don’t feel like it’s THAT long but.. I’ll tag it just in case ghgh #I somn wearing a crop top or not? I don’t know! it changes depending on the picture lol! I cannot decide! #also!!! in case it isn’t super clear. In = sun. Somn = moon (and also sorta clouds but shush). and Nia = Stars! #IN.SOMN.NIA #or #the insomnia experiment #are both! possible titles for the world/story these guys are in!

[qserasera]

The long song is silent The long sword invincible A long desire without life

[Fanvid] - A Wish to Look Back

Or: an animatic for Rex Lapis during the Archon Wars

#i made a post for this once before but i think the still shots of it looked nice!! #remembers the time i went unhinged and did 40+ drawings for zhongli #i do love how these turned out in terms of shapes #zhongli #rex lapis #genshin impact #fanvid #my stuff #just wanted to see the screenshots versions of this so i dug them out hahah #i do like drawing! wish i had more time to improve it while Also writing lol #archon wars yanwang dijun is just SO #im chewing on it!!! #yes it's the song from the long ballad because i didn't see any other archon wars fanvid with it and was like eyes emoji

[sysig]

Strong look, minor details ✨ (Patreon)

#Doodles #Don't mind me just Sad lol #Actually - related kind of lol - my sad moods have been fairly sparse lately :D #Like it was definitely bad while I was sick I was miserable for a lot of reasons #But up to that point and now that I've improved I've been pretty good :) #Which has been really nice honestly #What Hasn't been nice tho! Lol #Is that it's been since October that I've been able to sleep in my hammock #My poor everything hhh ;; My back and my skin and my lungs and my quality of sleep #I miss the lad so much I will be so happy to paint the walls and install the carpet and throw it directly into the room #I don't even care if I get sealegs again it will be worth it #Sleeping in my hammock will fix me lol #The rest is just enjoying the little peach fuzz I've got lol ♪ I've never considered drawing my sona with facial hair before #Mostly 'cause irl it's a) fairly sparse and b) it's the same colour as my eyebrows which even as bushy as they are still fade into my face #Light-coloured! Blonde face red hair! Lol #I joked ages and ages ago that if I was covered in fur that it'd make a funny pattern in the colours haha #Decided to try it out on the he/they sonas as well - I think it suits them! #Will would probably try to keep clean-shaven in court but I think Caden would grow it out as long as it didn't look silly haha #I like Will's outfit there too haha casual and cute ♪ #And finally Eli! They'd also keep a tidy appearance but that was more inspired by brushing my hair while wet lol #Still got little whisps that stick out even when the rest are slicked back - mind of its own silliness

[lostmykeysie]

hello i’ve just finished reading horcrux hunt and !!!!!!!! in ch 23 when remus is thinking about the full moon of december 1981????? and he thinks about pete????? the fuckin!! line!! about how one night a month he may feel something like forgiveness for him!??? utterly devastating i will be thinking about it from now till forever and ever amen

hi sweetie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

those couple paragraphs are literally so important to me i am !!!!! that you said this literally !!!!!!!!! smooch me

i just am obsessed with making the point that someone can do something horrible and terrible and you can hate them passionately and completely, but you can still miss them at the same time... i hope it comes across because it's just such a depressing concept to me and i love it lol. like peter ruined everything for remus he betrayed him and was responsible for the deaths of his friends and he's still ruining things, even though he's been found out and cut off and whatever, because he's ruining remus's grief by the fact that no matter how much hatred he feels for pete, he still misses him!!!! horrible horrible

anyway. that's actually where the title of the sequel came from!!!! and without giving any spoilers, the last chapter of the missing link is going to have a... idk what the right word to use is, but like, a response to that paragraph/thought/concept, if that makes sense?

either way love you forever for giving me the opportunity for a mini rant!!!!!

(the paragraphs in question are below the cut!)

Remus will never forget the full moon that fell in December of 1981; not for the rest of his life, and likely not even after his death. It’s not often that you realise the moment you’re in the middle of living will be the memory you draw your Patronus from, and perhaps even more astounding than that is the idea that something so pure and good and light could come from the part of Remus that has always been the darkest. He has long since made peace with the idea that the Wolf’s mind bled into his own, and has always known that the Marauders meant more to him than just friends – that they were pack – but it wasn’t until that night that Remus truly understood the meaning of the word. He felt connected to James and Sirius on a level so deep he felt it at his very core; the feeling of an indescribable sense of belonging, of love and trust and awareness, a bond that had once only truly belonged to the Wolf now belonging to them both. 

But there was someone missing. He hadn’t realised it at the time – two minds occupying the body of the Wolf, harmonious in their happiness – but when Remus thinks back to that night and the bond that he had felt solidify and settle in his chest, he can feel the soft, wistful absence of a missing link. He hates the idea that Peter’s betrayal reaches far enough to throw a shadow over the brightest moon he’s ever seen, but the worst part of it all is that when Remus recalls the memory of the hollow space that Peter left, his melancholy tastes of longing, of yearning, and not of anger. Forgiveness is not something he feels for the rat, and yet one night a month, it seems like he may.

#someone asked me a q #lovely wonderful babe #the missing link #chimaera & the wolf #the horcrux hunt #this is literally where TML came from #well not entirely but the last chapter of TML is completely inspired by these two paragraphs #i'm so excited for it to like close the circuit or whatever #i dont know how to put it into words #anyway #kisses! #also i love/hate looking back at my writing across this series because there are two main obvious things to me that have improved #i actually know how to use an m dash now which i absolutely did not previousl #and i actually use PARAGRAPHS #the beginning of THH is so bad for it #i had this weird misconception that paragraphs had to be like 6 lines long and it was stupid to make them shorter #what a dumb thought #anyway this is proof lol this should be like 4 or 5 paras easy #anyway we learn and we grow baby