#no shading on this one

[evenlyevi]

It takes time.

#nature #plants #illustration #foliage #green #image described #alt text #digital art #this wasn't the original color scheme but i love this particular shade of green #theres a purple version later #but last one of this car series #original #non fandom tag

[o0kawaii0o]

Ayo 😳

#fashion disaster #sanji must have dressed him up like this #I sadly had to cover my anatomy practice with cloths but hey #I had no idea what I was doing with the shading but it turned out fine #roronoa zoro #one piece #zoro pre time skip #he looks so serious and for what #o0kawaii0o #redraw

[golyadkin]

in every universe...

#gerry gerry my boy gerry #tmagp #tma #gerry keay #gerard keay #the magnus archives #the magnus protocol #fanart #art tag #so sorry but i did not feel like shading his hair in the first one it just wasn't in me

[stjohnstarling]

Alright, so: I want to explain a little more about this connection between the Twilight fandom, Fifty Shades of Grey, and seemingly, the self-publishing industry as a whole. It's a lot, so I'm going to have to chip away at it a bit at a time, and I think the best place to start is by describing the scene in late 2000s Twilight fandom.

In 2009, Twilight was one of the biggest fandoms in the world, although it was nearly invisible to outsiders because it

Was about a straight couple, while most other fandoms were predominantly gay, and

Was conducted almost entirely on fanfiction.net among a group of people who had little other background in fandom. (x)

That meant for many Twilight fans, Twilight was fandom. It was all they knew, and many had no path out. That also made it a corked champagne bottle with the pressure building.

Because of these community dynamics and the declining quality of the Twilight books themselves, Twilight fanfiction evolved to be mostly AUs so alternate they were more-or-less original romance novels that used Bella and Edward as broad character templates. (x)

Seriously, Twilight fandom got really crazy big for a few years there. It was not totally uncommon to get multi-million clicks on a semi-popular story. It's weird looking back on it and calling it "Twilight fandom" because it was really more like "Romance Novel fandom". For real, for a period there, calling a Twilight fanfic author a 'Twilight fan' would be the ultimate insult. But they never stopped writing about Edward and Bella! It's so weird. (x)

If you were in 2000s era fandom, you're probably aware of the phenomenon of Big Name Fans and the various social-climbing dynamics that happened around them. The Twilight fandom took this social power game another level:

This wasn't even just an author thing. There were Big Name Authors (BNAs) but there were also Big Name Readers. These were basically like... full-time rabid fans of a BNA. They devoted so much of their time to helping out the BNAs, reviewing their chapters, making them fanart, promoting their fics, kissing their asses with cringe-worthy intensity, you name it. Which is why you saw what looked like BNAs having 'employees', such as Moi, tby789's Director of Marketing. (x)

It became apparent that these power games weren't just for fandom clout. The fandom was proving that that social power could be translated into real-world dollars. You see, the Twilight fandom used to organize charity auctions where big name authors would auction off custom fanfiction, and the money generated was substantial:

Mostly authors would auction off stories. So if you donated in my name, I'd write you 10,000 words of porn in my Tattward universe, or something new, etc. That's how it worked. The 2009 auction raised $80,000. The 2010 auction raised $140,000. The 2011 auction raised $20,00. [NOTE: this is likely a typo] (x)

A lot of these dynamics were not unique to the Twilight fandom, but it was the combination that created a perfect storm of opportunism. This would end up changing not just fandom dynamics but the publishing industry as a whole.

#original post #fifty shades liveblog #Working on the rest of this #Part one of not sure how many

[hatepotion]

iii / vi / vii / ix

#ah yes i managed to fit literally every single shade of gray in one photoset (i thought these were all kinda uniform but alas) #this was my excuse to get procreate dreams :) #gideon the ninth #the locked tomb #harrowhark nonagesimus #gideon nav #griddlehark #ortus nigenad #campal #camilla hect #palamedes sextus #coronabeth tridentarius #ianthe tridentarius #naberius tern #dulcinea septimus #protesilaus ebdoma #cytherea the first #tlt #tlt fanart #my art

[cosmicwar]

why did they ever even attempt to try and make another actor wear a white-blonde wig after orlando bloom in the lotr trilogy. don’t they understand that we peaked 20 years ago and everything else has looked like shit after that

#the magic of letting there be flyaways and frizz and tangles #and also just giving the color dimension! #like it’s not just all one shade of platinum blonde you can see highlights and lowlights #even if there’s some iffiness with the hairline the hair itself still *looks* like natural hair #it matches the environment it’s in #lotr #legolas

[thepriceofsurvival]

This is very unfinished but I needed everyone to see the vision I had

#I’m going on hiatus because I need to focus if imma keep my job #so no. ore drawing traumatized gay boys for a while #I have no idea what direction I want to take this in and I really need to learn lighting and shading #but I needed everyone to see my vision before I disappear #all for the game #jean moreau #aftg #the sunshine court #the foxhole court #fanart #my art #also I’m totally gonna make a Kevin one #wip

[itsdefinitely]

TUMBLR LEGWND ITSDEIFNITLEY ALSO DRAWS SANDERS SIDES?!?!???

i dabble

#sanders sides #remus sanders #janus sanders #id in alt text #definitely art #(patton voice) now what did we learn #sigh. don't rewatch selfishness v selflessness + the redux and working through intrusive thoughts first thing in the morning #i couldnt find a good reference for their bottom halves and i didnt want to spend too long looking for one. so i improvised #i designed a more flashy cane for janus i just didn't want to draw it. maybe he was focused more on mobility than style. who knows #i didn't want to shade this. or like. put too much effort into this because it was a warmup #so if you see imperfections. n. nuh uh. no you don't

[tullmetal-archivist]

it's been years but I still can't believe like. he. he really named the protagonist his exact real human name and then named everyone else Michael. that's so funny still why did he do that

#tma #the magnus archives #i know Jonny is on tumblr now so this is a dangerous post if you see this man no shade sorry shxgvkxhxe #i should not be ALLOWED to post when this sleep deprived but unfortunately no one can stop me

[junk-culture]

good ending

#i got some uhhh like. army style/cadet patrol boots and ik buying from military supplies shops is cringe but #im sick of shoes that dont last + i want something sturdy for walking thats also not as ugly as normal walking shoes. #some butch swag was gained today i think #i got them in brown because idk jgjgk i didnt want the black ones to look Too armycore .or too policecore(throwing up noise) #it's a swag shade of brown though

[chiscribbs]

I had an idea for a one-off Rise episode plot and just wanted to quickly sketch up some visuals for it.

The plot goes as follows: Donnie attempts to invent a cloning machine and, due to some kind of science-y mishap, ends up cloning himself...a lot. But there's a catch to this - the clones aren't exact copies of Donnie, they each possess just ONE of the various facets of his personality (i.e. brainy, broody, sarcastic, passionate, dramatic, mischievous, etc.) and a small portion of his mystic powers. Don tries his darnedest to keep the whole situation under wraps while he searches for a way to fix it, but some of the more rambunctious Donnies quickly escape and begin stirring up trouble in the Lair, so it doesn't stay a secret for very long. To make matters worse - the real Donnie starts to slowly disappear (something having to do with his existence being divided among the Donnies or blahblahblah fake science explanation). So, while he and the scientist Donnies continue to look for a way to reverse the cloning effect, his brothers and Co. set to work gathering up all the other Donnies so they can put them back where they belong and keep Donnie Prime™ from vanishing.

Hilarity, wholesomeness (and some mild angst) ensues.

(Note: I meant to include April in that second-to-last image, but ran out of room. Just know that she, Splinter, and probably Casey Jr. are all there, as well.)

#I always love plots that have a healthy mix of whimsy and emotional weight. Bonus for DT bonding. #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #disaster twins #rottmnt donnie #rise donnie #donatello hamato #rottmnt leo #rise leo #leonardo hamato #technically all the boys are in there but I'll just tag the ones with the most focus...esp since mikey's tiny lol #fanart #concept art #chiscribbs #Fun game idea for the tag-readers: what name would you give this ep if it were real? I'm eagerly awaiting suggestions. #shades of purple (rottmnt) #<- added in post for ease of access

[yellowistheraddest]

are you even surprised that its him again...

print

#trying to push myself to use harsher shading and more saturation this looks poopoo #one piece #myellowart #fanart #art #sanji #shading practice

[hotdogmchiggin]

I guess DARE wasn’t a thing in Goron City

#saw someone call zelda the gorons drug dealer and I couldnt get the image of her in a trenchcoat peddling marbled rock roast to children #like one of those shady guys selling wristwatches in cartoons out of my head #anyway that’s where this came from #trying to figure out comics and shit. not my strong suit so sorry if its rough. #figuring out an optimal level of detail is hard :( first I’m like oh i’ll just leave it black and white and then i’m like maybe ill add #color and then i’m like well now it needs shading and THEN it needs lighting and THEN IT NEEDS A BACKGROUND AND THEN IT NEE #anyway i should. probably stop rambling bye #loz #tears of the kingdom #totk #totk spoilers #i mean sorta. not huge spoilers. slight spoilers for goron arc I guess #zelda #myart

[say-sike]

problem

#hazbin hotel #alastor #vox #angel dust #charlie morningstar #husk hazbin hotel #cherri bomb #adam hazbin hotel #vox hazbin hotel #alastor hazbin hotel #cherri hazbin hotel #charlie hazbin hotel #hazbin alastor #hazbin vox #hazbin adam #husker hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #you can see my motivation disappear in the last one #fuck shading like actually WHY IS IT SO TIME CONSUMING #lucifer and velvette were supposed to be here too but as u can already assume i got too lazy and couldnt do it #husk is in the same exact damn pose as the last time i drew him 💀

[errorwarblesrr]

I know it's a comedy manga, but the ww manga probably has one of my favorite manga interpretations of Link. Mainly because he feels accurate to his games. He's quiet, he can talk, but he mostly just communicates his thoughts through his actions and body language. He's also just a silly little guy.

#wind waker #loz ww #the legend of zelda #my favorite autism creature #this isnt any shade towards the other manga links it's hard making a whole character out of a silent protagonist and its def a lot easier i #this style of manga #i mean i love the fs manga #this is just the only one for me that nails his character on the head especially for this iteration #i look at him and go “yeah thats link in the game” #theres a part where Medli is waiting for Link to come over as part of the main quest and you just know hes goofing off #hes probably doing the mail minigame

[they-thespian666]

This is what Alice does during the "chatty" statements

#art #my art #the magnus protocol #tmagp #tmagp spoilers #tmagp fanart #alice dyer #alice tmagp #animation #mostly wanted to practice shading with this one :]