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nikdwings · 5 months

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Might delete it later...

Inspired and based on Floch's attack on the Attack on Titan anime

This is more a challenge to myself, not only to practice animation but also to get better at quadruped anatomy... It's fun hahaha

#nikdwings #fanart #pokemon #pokemon battle #fight #umbreon #jolteon #sylveon #pocket monster #animation #animation practice #animation challenge #practice makes better

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deandoesthingstome · 2 years

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practice makes better

Pairing: Finan x reader x Sihtric

Warnings: none really; some sexual innuendos, but nothing explicit.

Word Count: 950 - a solid drabble for my first time back in fucking ages

A/N: This is a timestamp for the lost-in-time!reader series by @anotherwinchesterfangirl, where our pieces fall into place. I bullied her into writing it for me because I don’t write anymore. And then I got an itch I needed to scratch. I imagine this is a few weeks into the relationship, still summer months because the weather remains warm enough to allow early mornings outside.

A/N 2: I also tried my very beginner’s hand at a few mood boards to show you some of the yoga poses described. Please be gentle with me. If you can’t find them in the story, I’ve linked ‘em at the end.

The very first time Finan and Sihtric interrupted your practice, they came upon you already in svasana.

Your hips were heavy against the ground and legs splayed in a narrow vee, the soles of your feet soft and rolling outward. With each easy breath in you felt your collar bones widen, and with each exhale you drew your shoulder blades down and willed your back body to spread out against the ground. Your hands lay flat on the fabric beneath you, palms open to the sky ready to receive the gifts of the day.

You actually welcomed the rustle of footsteps in the tall grass since you no longer had anyone to count you out of the meditative rest.

"Are ye alrigh’?"

You blinked an eye open to take in Finan's concerned visage and assumed they must have finished their morning routine early before joining you for a picnic breakfast in the secluded hilltop field you'd found on a stroll outside of town.

"Or did we wear you out last night?" Sihtric grinned down as you opened another eye and shifted your gaze with a matching smile.

"I was just resting while I waited for you." They each clasped an offered arm and helped you to sit up before joining you down on the blanket.

"I dare say we did, Sihtric.” Finan popped a grape between his smirking lips.

You cherished this time in the early morning before you figured out how to make yourself useful to the town. Upon discovering you did more in that field than rest and wait for company, their curiosity couldn't be tamed and they often came upon you in the middle of your practice now.

"And what d'ya call that one move? The one we caught ya in this time," Finan's breath was warm on your neck as you reclined against his chest.

"Viparita Virabhadrasana."

Sihtric quirked an eyebrow as he passed you a piece of fresh bread slathered in honey. You twisted left and raised your arm over your shoulder to offer the first bite to Finan while you translated the Sanskrit for them.

Over the following weeks, Finan would learn to time his arrival. He loved coming over the ridge and finding you in “peaceful warrior”. He never means to intrude but the sight of you sinking into the lunge, bottom arm tracing down your back thigh as you tilted to stretch your top arm toward the open sky makes him ache for you.

"I like it when you fly," Sihtric muses, considering the agility and strength you must possess to then shift forward, straightening your front leg as you lift your back foot off the earth and raise the leg to parallel, arms stretched forward into Virabhadrasana III. It's still a warrior's pose and you smile thinking of how they have both connected to these particular asanas of your made up sequence and how those connections fit each of them perfectly.

What you don't tell them is the English term for Dekasana, the pose you evolve into as you make your way out of warrior III with a sweep of your arms back by your sides, palms down and a gentle lift of your head and chest to mimic up dog. Probably easier to have them believe it was “bird” instead of “airplane”.

It was hard to miss the way they both palmed their semi-hardness through their pants when you stepped back down, legs still spread wide, then turned to the side to face them while they watched your flow. Their jaws dropped a little too as you shifted your feet outward on a diagonal and sank both thighs to parallel.

"Think this is what she meant by 'lapsed Christian'?" Finan teased as you brought your hands first above your head and then down to meet in prayer at your heart for your version of Utkata Konasana.

When you later tell them "goddess", Sihtric huffs a gentle laugh as he brushes his lips across your shoulder and asks, "Are you suuure you're not a Pagan?"

They watch with reverence as you move through your Vinyasa. Up dog, down dog, high plank, low plank. Breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, arms bent beside you with chest raised and the tops of your bare feet pressing into the earth while your thighs lift just off the ground. Adho Mukha Svanasana, your arms straightening while you roll over your toes and raise your hips behind you, head dropping last. Phalakasana, shifting forward to the tips of your toes, hips dropping in line once again with your shoulders and arms still straight, but soft, easy. Chaturanga, arms bending now close to your sides as you lower your body slowly to hover before shifting on an in breath back to up dog.

The warm mid-summer mornings help ease and stretch your muscles, allowing you to sink deeper into each pose. Before making your way into final rest, you usually choose between straightening a leg one at a time behind you while crossing the other leg bent in front of you and draping your chest over your thigh or dropping down from all fours, knees spread wide and chest moving toward the ground with hips, knees, and ankles all bent at ninety degrees to one another.

Finan and Sihtric are both amazed every time you move into frog, but then again they've always marveled at your flexibility. Luckily you remember just enough of your practice to help keep you limber and ready for them anytime the urge hits and circumstances allow. Private nights, and occasionally days, are always perfect with them, but you’re also happy to practice anything to make it better.

Vinyasa

Vitality/Equanimity

And if I may, a few tags for those who’ve interacted with Liz’s series. Apologies for my boldness and please tell me if you never want this again: @solinarimoon @emilyhufflepufftlk @scarletvhope @filliandkili @unabashedcandymaker @webreathfandoms

#the last kingdom fanfiction #finan x reader x sihtric #finan x reader #sihtric x reader #finan the agile #sihtric kjartansson #tlk fanfic #mine #deandoesthingstome #practice makes better

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blankfreak-mainz · 7 months

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🌚Cookin up some S P I C Y Honey 🌝

#wip #underfell #underfell papyrus #underswap #underswap papyrus #spicyhoney #sus #bones are so d a m n e d #hard to draw #this is taking too long #practice makes better #Also #shoes on? Good Shit #my first #skeleton rail art #TvT Please be kinddd #papcest #undertale

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redtippedfox · 8 months

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how tf did u get so good at drawing? Fucking, That Runaway Guardian Marinette Art blew my fucking mind. Ur artworks incredible!

Thank you! Honestly it took me years to get up to the level I’m at now. It took a lot of determination and dedication but I always wanted to create something like my favorite tv show or my favorite movies. I would see other people post fanart and fanfics about my favorite and show and thought I wanna do that to. So I kept drawing because it brought me joy and eventually all of that drawing was good practice so it helped me evolve in my art. I would occasionally have the thoughts of giving up after comparing my art to other artists but I loved drawing and refused to give up. Practicing definitely helps a lot!

#personal post #personal ask #practice makes better #practice makes perfect #practice makes improvement

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strwbryshortie · 1 year

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first fanart, just over a year ago and my most recent Cas a few weeks ago. Whenever I think I’m not getting better, I gotta look back to remind myself. Art is a skill and takes time 🖤

(also throw me a reblog yo, that’s how we survive 🥹)

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thelucyfier · 1 month

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You wouldn’t think it while that gigantic sword is swinging at you. But the glowing beads wrapped at the end of the sword glow the same color as the staff, that the other plant girl wields.

#art #artist on tumblr #artists on tumblr #practice makes better #sketch #pencil #mixed media #color #artist #plantgirls #plant girls #plant girl #mushroomgirl #flower girl #drawing #pencil sketch #I might water color it #I would need to ink it first

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zaleraxii · 1 year

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Him ❤❤

#final fantasy xii #ffxii #ff12 #final fantasy fanart #art #vayne solidor #vayne carudas solidor #first time drawing him #my first digital art experience #practice makes better

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julesofalltrades · 1 year

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I tried drawing hands the other day. Constructive criticism welcome from more experienced digital artists.

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winter-literature · 1 year

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Luka Couffaine - Miraculous Ladybug

I wanted to do a few things to “age him up” and make him look a bit more alternative.

I made a list of things I did differently and my current process in learning to draw! Started at the beginning of April and still going strong 💪

First, most obviously, is the clef tattoo on his neck, bigger stretched ears, and additional piercings.

Second, details such as a less pointed chin and a sharper jawline.

Third, I did his eyes more anime style because I like them better 😅

Fourth, there is a speck that looks like it could be an additional piercing above his lip. That is in fact a piece of lead. Oops.

I swear my sketchbook is going to be full by the end of April. So far I’ve only been posting faces (which are obviously still that of a level 2 drawer 😂) but I’ve been working on something different everyday. Different body parts and up to one still life every day. There are so many things to work at in drawing, but I can guarantee you, for those who aren’t talented (like meeeee) it’s all a matter of hard work.

Keep going, keep trying, keep learning.

#practice makes better #Luka couffaine #miraculous ladybug #miraculous fandom #mlb #Luka #viperion #fan art #Luka fanart #Luka fan art #learning to draw #learning to draw anime #level 2 drawer #aged up characters #Luka goes punk

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mouse-artblog · 10 months

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I actually hate this lmao

#I think the two foreground bushes are the only thing that look good #but hey #practice makes better #or something #art #artists on tumblr #digital art #digital painting

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melotic · 1 year

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Day 5 + 6 of 100 days of productivity!

No post yesterday as I had gone from exam to quiz to counselling and then to work. Today I am enjoying the library room while I learn about ammeters and voltmeters. It is important to remember that you are not bullet proof and studying is not always going to be easy. You’re mental health is so important to all aspects of your life, take good care of it.

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pabdesk · 2 years

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philipabuck

More #practice ! This time, after the great #characterdesigner #IwaoTakamoto! He’s responsible for loads of our favorite characters, including #daphneblake from #scoobydoowhereareyou (That’s who I’m practicing with here.) . . . #drawing #ink #hannabarbera #masterstudies #scoobydoo #daphne #inking #practicemakesprogress #practicemakesbetter

#practice #daphne blake #scooby doo #practice makes better #practice makes progress #art #illustration #ink #philip a. buck #process #Philip A. Buck #inking #master studies #Iwao Takamoto #scooby doo where are you #hanna barbera #character design

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lbookdog · 1 year

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My art progress (difference of a year and a half)

#digital art #art progress #practice makes better

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lucithecrow · 1 year

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I need someone to be proud of me, and my mum isn't SO. Here's me playing the first 3 chords of this is home, a little terribly, but this is the second time in my life I've done something and felt kinda proud about it, so who cares

#this is home #cavetown #i did my best #ukulele #learning #practice makes better #hehe hoho

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redtippedfox · 1 year

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Hello, weird question girl again. I have a couple questions drawing wise.

Is there anything art wise, whether it for one of you stories and something you want, that you're excited to draw?

I remember a while back you did a sheet for the kwamis, and I was wondering how do you draw them so well? I have a few ideas for my own set, but I stuck at drawing "living things".

1. Yes there are a bunch of scenes I’m excited to draw!

Some of them would be:

Older Marinette and younger marinette doing pamper time where they get to relax and have girl time with the kwamis

The battles between the past hero’s and the corrupted hero’s

All the Mariblanc interactions(😉)

Marinette hiding in the past and disguising herself.

Marinette’s Kwami swaps

Kwamis of the past meeting their future Guardian

Older Marinette’s interactions with younger classmates

Younger Chat Noir and younger Ladybug being embarrassed about their future relationship and all the Mariblanc moments

Butterfly! Marinette vs Hawkmoth

LadyNoir moments in the future

Marinette relaxing after the giant battle, sleeping and chilling with the kwamis

Chat Blanc’s surprise

And the rest are spoilers…

2. If I’m gonna be honest, look up Kwamis on Pinterest and save a bunch of references on them. I studied their body shapes and parts for years. Half of my photo gallery is pictures of Kwamis. If you stare at a reference photo of a Kwami and try drawing their body with circles it should help.

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir #miraculous au #marinette dupain cheng #timey wimey…uh oh au #ask me #good luck with drawing your thing #don’t give up!#practice makes better

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domnq88 · 1 year

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Korean studies

So, I’m still studying Korean and made it to level 1B. The levels for the king sejong(the king of Korea who made the Hangul alphabet long ago) goes like beginner, 1A, 1B, 2A 2B and so forth. I’m still a beginner but I leveled up so yay! 😁

My listening is still better than anything. I watch a LOT of lives of BTS and some shows/Korean YouTubers! So I think that’s why. Talk to me in Korean is good. I like watching

Pony Syndrome

Q2han (they speak mainly English though)

Hello jadoo AKA 안녕 저야

Learn More Korean with Go Billy! Korean

MEJIWOO (that’s Jhope’s sis her blogs are cute)

Cheezefilm cheezefilm is wild, but the vids are short and enjoyable

Learn Korean in Korean (Mr. Kim /선생님 김)

쥬네일 JOUNAIL(her nails are awesome! It’s usually a subtitled nail video! I love watching her for nail Inspo!)

Aaron and Claire they cook a lot. Claire reviews the food , and does so in Korean 😊

Seoul walker. Self explanatory. Cool to see places using Korean in Korea lol

엘피디LPD she does fashion for “plus sizes” she so Stinkin cute!!!! She does couples ones too sometimes

And sometimes random vloggers

K dramas are good for phrases but sometimes some things used don’t sound too natural to me, but sometimes over the top. But like…Duh, they’re acting so that makes sense.

I’m getting a bit upset though

I love the study group Im in, and 90% of the time people are really friendly and nice. But thy other 10%

NOPE. BIG NOPE.

I keep getting accused of using higher level of Korean and to “slow down.”

WHICH MAKES NO SENSE TO ME!

Like, I’m learning, what do you mean slow down? If I know how to use the phrases correctly, how is it pass my limit???

For a bit of background (except for math lol) I usually excel at things like this if I try/study.

So…why put me down about it?

I’m so annoyed. Not everyone does this but it’s weird that I’m literally just studying and practicing and get told, “wow that’s really beyond your level.” Sometimes they mean it in a compliment but lately it’s been as if to say I’m doing too much. 😑

I really like Korean. I ENJOY studying it. Maybe cause it’s a challenge. Im working on speaking and will edit a vid of me speaking it too!!! More of those are coming. 😁 it makes sense cause the last time I checked I WANTED TO FINISH ART SCHOOL THERE THROUGH MY COLLEGE!!!

I just like it….like why say I’m doing too much I don’t understand

🥺

Like…..I’m gonna keep going. I’m grateful for the people who ARE helpful and sweet! 😊😊😊

Everybody else can kick rocks.

🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨

#Korean #awesome #yay #fun #study #Korean update #it’s actually fun bruh #practice makes better

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