#so the rule of thumb is

[simmyfrobby]

what’s your process like for making a new poetry edit? like, do you find a poem and go hmm i could do something with this, do you look for poems/images that fit a specific narrative, or something else entirely? i just love all your edits, and i’m curious about the creative process behind them!

ooh i love this question! i love talking poetry edits!

it depends a little bit!

sometimes (and this is especially true for the shorter poems) i come across a poem that reminds me of a player and immediately sorta know what i want the finished product to look like.

(like with the Marner “i was never a child just a smaller image of myself” edit where i stumbled across the poem and KNEW there were pictures of baby-leafs-fan Marner i could use)

more often than not i will see a picture or read someones analysis of an event and it will remind me of a specific line of poetry. (see: the Tkachuk poem inspired by this post, and the Marner poem inspired by this post) these are usually the better edits! 

every once in a while i will collect a few pictures that tell a story on their own and try to match them with a poem after the fact. (flower poem is an example of this) 

And sometimes my friends send me poems and go “i bet you could do something really awful with this” (@charleskachow & @jonassiegenthighler honourable mentions) in which case i usually just go “okay i have a poem. i have an hour. what am i doing.” (result: hot dog poem, red wings poem, Tavares poem)

when it comes to the little impromptu ones there is no system. no process. just whichever poem first comes to mind when i think about that player + a getty images picture i like

all this goes to say: no real process. i am chronically online. i listen to a lot of hockey podcasts. i think about poetry 24/7. everything reminds me of some poem or other. and even when i’m not feeling terribly inspired i have a backlog of 20+ poems that i should really get around to finishing at some point. 

#when im really emotional about any given event or player #every single poem will remind me of them #and I will just churn out a buncha 2-5 panel edits with every poem I just so happen to come across #because im SAD #um so yea that explains all the bruinsposting that happened around the time when bergy announced his retirement #if im Normal about a player/event I am usually able to spend more time figuring out the emotional beats of the poem & match this w pictures #and the edits turn out better as a result #so the rule of thumb is #the more I like a player #the shittier the edits #which I personally think is quite fun. no one tell me otherwise. #thank you for asking <3

[ryllen]

"I decided it's my break day today, Oh coincidentally, I'm gonna sit here, and watch you work." also it's too cute how Nemo just came run at me whenever i sat on a bench

#my time at sandrock #mtas #mtas unsuur #mtas builder #mtas nemo #fanart #FHSDHdhsds tbh HIS PINNING WAS EXCITING #but after that HE REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY OTHER STORIES at ALL to tell during DATE HELP fhasdhdhsd #he is JUST like Sebek I'M CRYINg @sebek stop talking about ur malleus sama guard duty @unsuur stop talking only about the civil corps fshds #i'm dying my heart is faltering from the monotony; but just like the rule of thumb on every fandom; it depends to us to enrich the characte #so now i'm trying to enhance my delusional level & it's working right now when i sat there & watched him work #Maybe I was HASTY because HE WAS the first fish that BIT; andeverygamehasthatcharacterthatissoveryeasytogetbutwithlessdepthinthem #BUT thinking back #HE is REALLY A NICE GUY #WITH A NICE HEART that's just IN THE RIGHT PLACE; and HE IS FUNNY TO BOOT fshdshdj #i actually cried when he talked about what his proudest stack of stones meant to him #because the value in it hits too close to home #and when he said pls tell me if i no longer have a good personality bcs i would like to be the first one to know #AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE FACE ON THE LEMON SOUP FSHDHSSFHSDH #I FELL RIGHT THEN RIGHT THERE #I FELL FOR HIM FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS #HE IS TOO CUTE AND SINCERE AND QUIRKY #DID YOU GUYS SEE WHEN HE JUST STRAIGHT WENT TO BED AFTER PAINTING FHSDHSDHSD I CAN'T; I LOST IT RIGHT THERE #everytime he said SET THE MOOD I'M DONE FHSDHSDH i am not sure if i should be glad or not that the music he plays when painting never retur #even when he said he's gonna SET THE MOOD again FHADHS it's way TOO FUNNY I JUST CAN'T

[blighted-lights]

do you ship ravage and drift? you draw them a lot and they're always so touchy lol

nah. they're really touchy amicas, tho. probably because im always touchy with my friends and it just kinda rubs off on my art. ravage is my Me character so i do end up giving him traits i have. one of those is being touchy with people he cares about 🤷‍♂️. he's especially touchy with drift as when they were grouped together in the dead end (which is where they met in my brain), ravage spent a lot of hours curled up in drift's car alt with laserbeak and buzzsaw for shelter. that touchy aspect never really left their dynamic.

and besides,

drift/deadlock's candle has always been lit for someone else.

(plus an extra doodle of them)

#ask: anon #tf art #transformers #more than meets the eye #transformers art #maccadams #maccadam #blight rambles #drift | deadlock #drift #ravage #tf ravage #transformers ravage #mtmte #transformwrs idw #not gonna go all out on tags here #my art #good rule of thumb for me is that unless it is specifically tagged as ship then its not ship #not much of a transformers romance person in general #like there are exceptions and i DO enjoy tf ships. i am actively encouraging ppl to ask about em/about my opinions on ur otps #but my rav and drift are amicas #very TOUCHY amicas. i draw them touching a lot bc i think theyd be pretty physically affectionate with one another #they hug. they cuddle. drift carries ravage occasionally. they speak through hand simply just to feel the contact. ravage puts all his #weight on drift on bad pain days. drift does the same for him. its a big part of their dynamic. its the Trust that comes with that touch #theyre sparkbonded to each other as amicas too. like these two cant really get closer. but its not a romantic dynamic 🤷‍♂️ #i cant stop you from seeing it that way and. im not gonna try lol. but anon asked so i figured id answer and talk a bit more about em #idk rambling in the tags

[flowerbloom-arts]

A lineup of all the "The Fillyjonk"s throughout the books (plus Mrs. Fillyjonk herself from the comics)

For the love of Booble stop mixing them up and thinking they're the same character it drives me insane.

#moomins #moominvalley #art #fillyjonk #mrs fillyjonk #the fillyjonk #the fillyjonk who believed in disasters #november fillyjonk #emma's niece #moomin books #moomin comics #character ref sheet #I'm honestly very proud of how I managed to make a generally very homogeneous looking species unique from one another #the general rule of thumb I found when coloring is that Fillyjonk fur is colored like wood while the hair ranged red-orange-blonde #like sticks set on fire (which is a metaphor I will absolutely use alot) #we don't get alotta male fillyjonks esp in the book but I think they tend to be shorter with more prominent whiskers #and I hc that their hair ranges from black-brown-grey #so Fillyjonks are actually one of the more dimorphic species in Moominland which plays into their whole gender role thing #and I WILL be playing around with that hopefully soon

[mugwot]

little guys for the little guy

#if you know me you knew this was inevitable #pokemon crossover #in general its just my bread and butter #as a rule of thumb i give only one pokemon per character to keep it focused and save my own sanity #its their partner pokemon yk yk movie style #unless #i can see there being a reason for why they would have someone elses pokemon >:] #minior #my little guy minior i love them so much i gave them to two completely separate characters #(the second one is molly blindeff (do you see the vision)) #star motif? voe rock be upon you #in a while rockodile *throws a meteor at you* #also #alolan meowth #:3c #kibty #now that i look at it i dont like sif's face that much it looks a bit doofy there but oh well what's done is done #in the meanwhile im thinking on what the others would have #furfrou for isa? possibly #a shiny palossand for king? because i'm evil? #much to think about #my art #pokémon #isat #in stars and time #isat siffrin #isat loop

[pansyfemme]

i got a vegan spicy chicken sandwich today at a pop up vegan market and it was so good it was so good

#my rule of thumb is if a vegan restraunt has a spicy chicken sandwich im getting it #theres some things that are kinda hard to find reguarly as a vegetarian but are like my favorite foods #i had one for the first time like three years ago and im pissed that being raised vegetarian has made me miss out on so many foods

[autistme]

Tim and Tucker having a great time piloting the Dunesbot legs x

#ls dunes #tim payne #tucker rule #my gifs #i wanted to throw in one of the tucker thumbs ups but theyre all so Quick and these are already 15fps #the best one IS going to be in a second set tho #if someones already done these mbmb

[tvckerwash]

nobody understands wash/south friendship. anyone not in the know thinks they hate each other, but they don't. sure, they think the other is the single most annoying person in the known universe, but when push comes to shove, they're an okay team so long as they both understand that things are going to become extremely chaotic, they will be screaming at each other non stop, and as the guy who's really, really good at getting out of bad situations where death is almost certain alive, wash (generally) takes point.

#if anyone has read the helljumper comic w dutch and romeo that's sort of how i imagine wash and south on missions #trouble. explosions. crashing. jumping out of/off of things. that sort of deal #rvb #red vs blue #agent washington #agent south dakota #mine #not t/oaru #their banter starts fairly friendly but it very quickly dissolves into insults and screaming #as a rule of thumb if they're screaming at each other and it's barely understandable by anyone else they're fine #it's when they're /not/ screaming that they should start getting a little worried #nobody understands how wash is able to pull off the survival stunts he does but they work so ┐(ﾟ～ﾟ)┌ #seriously the freelancers swear they've seen him straight up die multiple times but he just shows back up later relatively okay #maine has long accepted wash's damn near supernatural ability to survive whatever is thrown at him #wash has that main character plot armor /j

[mothcpu]

HI ive been following your art for a while and i adore the brushes you use, especially how you color/shade (there was a color page for deep blue that i keep coming back to cause oml) would you be okay with sharing your settings/what you use? sorry if this has been answered before

here are the brushes I use! writing out an overview of how I render would be too many words so I put together a quick video, hope it helps :)

#ask #info #krita #general rule of thumb I just use as many different saturated colors as possible #music is “barefoot in the park” from the ev.angelion soundtrack because I like it when videos aren't just silent #“why canti in a maid dress” I wanted to render both cloth and metal and he was the first guy I thought of that wasnt mirage #may have fucked up some phrasing in places in that video so lmk if i can clarify anything ;P

[danothan]

everyday i log onto the internet i am forced to fisticuffs combat the halbarry default yaoi allegations. THEY’RE NOT A BASIC BRUNETTE/BLONDE JOCK/NERD DYNAMIC THEY’RE MORE THAN THAT (coping)

#i can’t talk to certain dc fans some of them are too immersed in fan conversation that they lose their fresh perspective #yk krillers doesn’t know anything abt superheroes and actually told me that they thought halbarry were the opposite #bc hal’s got that plane autism and barry is basically a track star #and i think that is far more enlightened than some of the stuff i see in my peripherals #but they can’t be reduced to fanfic tropes like that either way… they are special… TO ME #it’s just wild to me that i’ll see 2013-style yaoi fanart in 2023 #they’re not twinks!!! they’re not twinks and they’re not seme/uke substitutes!!! #i think a good rule of thumb is that most of their dynamic goes both ways #<- not referring to seme/uke but that too ig (does not know which word means what) #but you’ll especially notice this in older vs newer iterations of their relationship #does ‘i won’t let you get lost to the speedforce. don’t let me get lost in the stars’ mean NOTHING to you ?! #they’ve done it all! #older hal used to be the one to reach out and bridge their early friendship while barry was the stick in the mud #and newer hal struggles to adapt to barry’s way of friendship while barry is the one to usually initiate their bonding #also i love hal annoying barry bc that is honest to god his love language #but i never see the reverse in fanworks? #ig bc barry’s way of being annoying is more understated but it’s still pretty egregious #hal is annoying bc he likes attention barry is annoying bc he likes to see hal’s reaction #thank god they have each other so they can (relatively) contain their annoyingness to themselves 💚 #except the pda is rly just shameless. why are they always all over each other in front of the justice league. #i’m not even rly complaining anymore i’m honestly just waxing poetic abt their relationship #they have a sedating quality abt them (when they’re not riling me up in a fit of passion) #halbarry #the flash #green lantern #barry allen #hal jordan #dc #danbles

[muffindaydream]

more pokemon fella sketches

#i miss having csp but my tablet refuses to compromise with my computer so i'm stuck with my laptop for now #also i'm still prioritizing my thumb/tendons over all else hence the influx in sketches here lately #<- long story very short lol #rule of thumb for my work is to never look up close to it #also i like how it's all sv and then there's just jasmine randomly here #pokemon #pokemon fanart #arven pokemon #pokemon arven #rika pokemon #jasmine pokemon #pokemon iono #doodle #sketch art #pokemon scarlet violet #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon sv

[merverelli]

chase brody skates jacksepticeye told me himself

#jacksepticeye #septicart #chase brody #jacksepticart #jacksepticegos #just like art #oh my GOD ive had a rough semester #i had THREE WHOLE ASSIGNMENTS DUE ON FRIDAY #TWO OF THEM WERE REPORTS. THE LAST ONE WAS A VIDEO LEARNING RESOURCE. #it all got done but at what COST #AND I HAVE 27 LECTURES TO CATCH UP ON #IM 27 LECTURES IN THE HOLE #*moe szyslak voice* THEYRE GONNA TAKE MY THUMBS #it should be fine i have like a week to catch up but holy fuck #nightmare month #but all of my exams are online and open book so i cant complain too much u know #also for halloween i dressed up like marge simpson and the costume was all handmade #so thats why im so behind BUT i was the best dressed (not to toot my own horn i was complimented alot and told this) #(but also im tooting my own horn it fucking ruled im so proud of my baby) #so it was absolutely worth it #it was in a private function room at a pub and we had to walk though all of the tables/dining area/bar area to get there #and everyone was looking at me lmfao #i lived my model on the runway moment right there and then #people where laughing in their cars at me too LMAOOO it was a good night #anyway its late! good night! maybe more art soon idk man! #ily goodnight!

[exilepurify]

i swear to god i have this super vivid memory of a mp100 omake that i could’ve sworn was real but after weeks and weeks of scouring the internet, i can’t find anything on it or any evidence that it existed. I guess I either made it up, dreamed it, or it was an old tumblr post that I can’t find anymore bc Tumblr’s search function is god-awful.

#the ‘’’omake’’’ was that it was around christmas time #and Mob was agonizing over what to buy for teru bc he couldn’t get a read on the kind of eccentric things he would like #and he went to Reigen for advice and Reigen said to buy Teru something practical that he needs for everyday use #as like a good ‘hard to buy for’ rule of thumb #and so christmas arrives and mob gives teru the gift and it’s a razor #because he’s seen teru’s hairy ass like two times now when he keeps publicly samurai executing him #and thought he would want to shave it #and it like makes Teru so depressed. he’s so listless and broke about it #I could’ve sworn it existed #it seems like a thing One would make #and it was so funny i’ve been thinking about it for forever #but it’s nowhere to be seen. not in any official omake collection and not in the manga #not even in the Manga One official app #and i can’t find it on tumblr #mp100 #mp100 omake #mob psycho 100 #if anyone knows if this is a real thing pls tell me #it’s agonizing

[infernal-house-demon]

Okay seeing as the live action atla q&a tumblr thing has popped up at the top of my feed this is your friendly reminder that the cast of this show are CHILDREN.

I don’t care what beef you have with the show or any changes being made, none of it is the actors fault and if I see anyone being rude to literal actual kids it is an automatic block.

There is never a reason to harass actors about any show, but especially kids. Like either engage sincerely with it or stfu.

#I don’t even know if I’m going to watch the show #but like #come on y’all #I don’t care how upset you are about it #be nice to people #fandom has fr gotten so entitled and chronically online that they don’t have any fuckin boundaries #general rule of thumb #don’t be a dick #atla #live action atla #avatar

[bandzboy]

okay yes sm has released a statement about what has been going with riize and say they are gonna take action against people that have been invading their privacy (idk how much of this is true but anyways) my question is… why didn’t they do this with seunghan? they just put him on hiatus and then made him apologize they did nothing to protect him making it seem like he did something wrong i genuinely go crazy bc of this fucking company

#i am starting to think they genuinely hate him #it’s not like his ‘controversy’ affected the group in terms of charts #bc they do well in the charts so it just leads me to believe #they are punishing him for no reason #but that i would know already but i genuinely feel like #after this statement is obvious they don’t care #idk if this will change with the other members #rule of thumb is to never believe companies until they actually do something #bc other this statement is all empty words with no meaning #but one thing is for sure they honestly and genuinely #better bring seunghan back for the international dates of the con #but fans want to see riize as seven #and atp people are getting mad we just want to know when he is coming bacj #we still don’t know if he will be present on this comeback #tris.txt

[sinlizards]

ok op I found your art a bit ago when I got back into aa and immediately got reinvested into narumitsu and I. Am obsessed with the way you draw Phoenix. he is so nice to look at and idk if I'm making sense with this but your art is so calming!! it's so good!! do you have any art tips for beginners? I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I just really enjoy your style and your art is a big inspiration. have a good day/night!

thank you so much ;_;! with art tips i never really know where to start esp cuz "beginner" is a really broad spectrum, but the best i can give (aside from telling you to do studies and dumping a masterpost of stuff people already have talked over endlessly) are 2 things that drastically helped improve my outlook on art 1) Draw things simply for the sake of it being fun. Basically this post

sometimes I would get so caught up in my own head about trying to make the Next Best Thing but ended up just killing any joy drawing gave me which defeats the whole point of art for me. Sometimes you have to draw some silly shit just to be like damn this is fun !

2) Let yourself be inspired by other art. By that I mean look at other artists work and actually analyze what you enjoy about it (color, pose, composition, etc.) and see how you could apply that to your own work. It's not cheating to use some colors or a pose you found interesting in one persons work. the Key here is being INSPIRED and not COPYING please for the love of god nobody misinterpret this

if you did want any advice on something specific feel free to shoot another ask! im very bad with Broad topics like this </3 EDIT: i'm gonna go ahead an link a really good post iraprince made on the basics of getting started with art! It's a lot more thorough and also the part about learning to separate your inspiration is really good: https://www.tumblr.com/iraprince/674915305693265920/if-youd-never-seriously-practiced-art-how-would

#lizard inbox #rule number 1 to art is to Get Sillay #these are nothing ground breaking obviously but within just the past 3 years i've improved so much by changing how i view art #art help #<- oh also i have that tag for other asks ive gotten related to art advice if u wanna check it out #to further elaborate on the insp thing: i'd say a rule of thumb for this is that try to make whatever element of work you are inspired by #-into your own thing. at a certain point if the pose color and composition all match up with someone elses work that just becomes copying #and style studies are fine! its just best you either get permission from the artist first or just dont post it #lord this is a lot of text oops