#thanks a lot for the tip on there being more in the tablet thing

[changingplumbob]

Cat Update

Look who's back home with a wet nose that looks like a heart.

It is stage 4 kidney disease unfortunately but, depending on if we can get sodium levels down, the median time left may be 1 to 3 years. Not to say that her arthritis won't get worse before then, whatever comes being a pet owner means putting their needs first, and her well-being will be the priority.

Good news? Well there is some good news. She is on antibiotics for a UTI, a medicine to try get the protein levels down and an appetite stimulant. They gave us tips on giving her tablets as her favourite method of NO is to clamp her jaw shut and I've successfully given her the meds for tonight. When she got home she went right to where the food bowl normally is and complained until we fed her. THEN she gobbled down the new diet biscuits. After she ate maybe 15 biscuits total yesterday I can't tell you what a lovely sight that was.

I and mum are still very much in the bad books. Normally when we take her out she hides under her blanket and won't emerge until we're coming through the gate back home. She may have stayed under the blanket when we picked her up but you bet she yelled at us the whole way home. She's very shy and two days of going to the vet is a lot for anyone who can't understand human speak. She's currently under my covers between my ankles, she feels safest when she can press against things and know nothing will come from that direction.

We go back for more bloods tests on Friday but I'm hoping that we won't need regular vet visits as this week has pretty much emptied my savings. Thank you for your kind words on yesterday's update, it really means a lot to know you're sending good thoughts and wishes to my fur sibling and me.

#tw pet illness

[lolobizarreadventuresshatpost]

Modern days Vento Aureo

low hanging fruit kinda joke

#testing out the nib #thanks a lot for the tip on there being more in the tablet thing #i love you #jjba #part 5 #JoJo's Bizarre Adventure #Vento Aureo #still rusty tho but that's on me #risotto nero #doppio vinegar #lolo original art #jojo meme #la squadra

[hornedqueenofhell]

#thebardsbodyguard

“Hello and welcome back, we just got to hear a sample of the new single 'We Don’t Have to Dance' from Grammy winning group Corroded Coffin and we have here the lead singer and guitarist, Edward Munson.”

Eddie waves from his spot on the couch with a shy smile, he’s still getting used to all the interviews and stuff that come with the rockstar gig.

“Thank you for joining us, we are so excited to have you here.”

“That’s sweet, thank you. I’m not used to hearing my full name, made me think I was in trouble for a second.” Eddie chuckles and so do the others on the couch as well as the audience.

“I know right, everytime I hear my full name I just-” Chris Pine straightens and looks around like he’s waiting for a parent or teacher to jump out and Eddie laughs because it’s true. The couch also has Stephanie Hsu who Eddie met briefly during the break when she asked what kind of music he did. Overall it feels less stressful than other interviews, he just has to remember that even if a joke doesn’t sit well with him to just smile and nod or Jeff will strangle him.

“So Eddie, you and your band just wrapped your second tour a few months ago and you’re already putting out a new album soon. How do you find the time to just churn out music like that?”

“Well, every member of the band pitches in to write our songs. So everytime we’re home with our friends or families we always have stuff going on, things to experience or draw on to make music. And we’re very close so we’re always meeting up to bounce ideas off each other.”

“That’s right I hear you guys all play Dungeons & Dragons togethers and you have since-”

“Since high school, yeah. I had to repeat my senior twice before I found out I had ADHD and there were days where those games were the only things that kept me going.”

Graham turns to Chris and Eddie is grateful for a moment to take a sip of his drink and fix his sleeve which is just a smidge too tight. “Chris I know you didn’t play before but have you started since being in the Dungeons & Dragons movies.”

“We did a one shot…,” he trails off and glances at Eddie who nods in confirmation, “One shot to promote the second one with John running it and it was fun but there’s just so much to memorize.”

“And you Stephanie, did you do anything like that?” 

She shakes her head with a beautiful smile, “No, I heard about D&D growing up and it’s become so popular now. I tend to be outdoors- I’m still outdoors a lot, handling the farm and the gardens and such.”

“More power to you,” Eddie offers her a cheers with his glass, “I grew up in farm country but I’m terrible at keeping plants alive.” No, that honor goes to Steve who loves growing things in their apartment. 

“Before we go, Eddie I have one more question for you. I know you’re not on social media much but the internet is just dying to know about that gorgeous bodyguard of yours-”

“Bodyguard? What bodyguard?” Eddie interrupts as Graham pulls out his tablet and presses a button to pull up several images from social media. In them is Eddie and a very handsome brunette man holding open the door of a cafe and walking with him into a venue with a hand on Eddie’s back. The same brunette is pictured picking up Eddie after a speaker tipped over and caused Eddie to twist an ankle during a show. All of the images are tagged #thebardsbodyguard or some similar iteration. Eddie frowns and points at the screen, at the gorgeous man he knows like the back of his hand,

“Wait, you mean my husband?”

Twitter goes down for three hours after. Eddie and Steve are trending on Tumblr for days. People scrounge up photos of them from high school, pictures of Steve from the swim team and Eddie from Hellfire club surface and float around the internet. The length of their romance is speculated on as well as when they got married. Some clever fan notes the ring Eddie wears on the same chain as his guitar pick around his neck and the bat wing tattoo on his ring finger that appeared around the same time. The only thing no one finds is the wedding. It had been a close friends and family only event and none of their people would ever share Steve and Eddie’s personal lives like that.

Eddie does eventually give a single interview about his relationship with Steve but after that refuses any others with a request for privacy. He does however post a single photo of he and Steve in their wedding tuxes on Halloween that year. The two of them smiling side by side, foreheads tipped together, eyes closed. Steve is laying on Eddie’s chest when he posts it, having given final approval on the selected photo, while they share a slice of cheesecake for their anniversary. 

“Love you Stevie.”

“Love you too, my bard.”

#stranger things #eddie munson #steve harrington #steddie #steve harrington x eddie munson #steve x eddie #modern au #rockstar eddie munson #people think Steve is Eddies bodyguard #secret relationship #married steddie #steddiefic chronicles

[feyspeaker]

Hi! I made an account just so I could follow your work. Your art is brilliant and honestly and inspiration to where I want to be. I’m an older artist who has all the anxiety when it comes to improving my process. I’m trying to get into digital portraits and I have so many ideas in my head, but it’s frustrating because I’m not where I want to be to make this happen. What are some tricks that help you/software do you use? Of course, you don’t have to share anything that makes you uncomfortable. I currently have procreate and an iPad, but I feel a little lost. Wondering if I need a different writing tablet and photoshop. Not sure. I just eventually want to find that 3D, but also artistic look you are able to achieve.

hey there! thank you so much!!

ultimately, I will sound like a broken record but I always recommend you sign up for local figure drawing or painting classes. have people pose for you at home and sketch with charcoal and paper. go to the zoo and sit down in front on an exhibit for an hour and try to draw the animals in front of you as fast as you can and fill a couple of pages, move on to a new exhibit and do it again!

nothing is more powerful of a tool to learn than whatever writing utensil you have in your purse and the back of a napkin when you see something you'd like to capture. I've spent quite frankly my entire rememberable life doing this. I used to spend every single day in middle school/high school/my brief failed stint in community college with a pack of cheap sharpies and a beat up binder full of old worksheets and homework to draw on the backs of.

drawing/painting from life will teach you better than anything.

I use a very outdated version of Photoshop, and only got a "nice" tablet in the past 7 months.

Also, a huge tip to you and anyone else reading this: do NOT get too focused on a "style" that you want. Obsessing over that just ruined me for years and years. I wanted so, so, so badly to be the next Matsuri Hino when I was a kid. I copied her work religiously and it NEVER looked right. Frustrated me to no end. And you know why my stuff never looked like hers? Because I'm not her! You can't force your art to come out any way that isn't natural, and the sooner you can accept the art your hand wants to create, the happier you'll be and the easier art will get for you.

The past couple of years before I started diving into this more realism based work, I was just shoving myself through trying to make what art I envied of others. Very stylized/textured watercolor comic book style stuff. And I just was NOT getting any better at it. I have always been more inclined toward realism work, but I've hated it and yearned for stylized work. Yoshitaka Amano? God, I just drooled over that artstyle and beat myself up for never being able to capture it in studies or otherwise.

I finally essentially restructured my entire career around making the art that makes me happy instead of what I "wanted" it to look like. I was extremely depressed, my life was falling apart, and I still needed to make art to survive but I couldn't "art" if I was depressed and hated doing it, so I just had to step back and stop worrying so much about what I thought I wanted to make, and started making what felt most natural.

there's no easy way, and art can be a soul destroying path at times, truly. your software and hardware should come very last place compared to practicing from life (it doesn't matter if you want to paint cartoony stuff of realistic stuff, always start from life). naturally you will find what makes your heart sing the most.

I get a lot of messages from people telling me similar stuff "oh your art is EXACTLY what I want to do!" but I promise you that kind of thought process is chasing a dragon that is likely to harm or drag your creative process down. art style is such a deeply personal thing, so of COURSE it's important to find inspiration, but the second looking at someone else's artwork stops inspiring you and starts frustrating you, put it away.

There are some artists who I love, that I do not check up on often because their artwork ignites, like, serious bitter jealousy in me. It's the truth. I get so mad at myself for not being more like them, and it's such a poison. I think more artists should be transparent about this feeling because I KNOW the art community has a lot of jealousy and ugliness in it.

A fact of being an artist is that you will never be completely happy with a piece you make. You are always going to see the flaws, and that doesn't change whether you'd been drawing for 2 months or 20 years. Occasionally, you will get one piece that you are like "how did I make that???" and then get frustrated that you can't recreate it lol! It's a tough beast.

It's just really important to step back and work on yourself and where you are at, because at the end of the day, the way your soul wants to express artwork might be WILDLY different from what your brain wants, and it can be really detrimental to let those two go to war.

I hope this helps. I'm very passionate about this, and when I started out I ALWAYS ignored the artists who gave the same exact tips as above. I thought they were so annoying and unhelpful, but now I /get it/.

#ask

[ilyastudies]

I saw that you use a tablet, a desktop, and paper notes. How do you conciliate those notes?

Is there a mechanism of making primary notes on one resource and then passing those notes to other while reviewing them?

hi! thanks so much for asking! here are my favorite methods for sharing notes between devices :). i personally have apple devices so i can fairly easily airdrop and sync things between devices, but i also frequently work at the library desktop computers where i can't do that! so here's my tips and tricks for sharing notes between devices

for context: i've been mostly doing digital notetaking recently, but i also like to scan my paper notes as well!

i'm going to be dividing this post into 2 methods! (there will be some overlap). syncing already written notes and syncing notes (in progress) between devices

for already written notes:

the first step i would take is export your notes as a pdf or any other file type. if they're handwritten try going into your notes app (for ios) or downloading a pdf scanner app for your phone! if your notes are digital check the sharing options in your app to see if there's anything about "exporting".

personally, i like to use either discord or notion. i have created a discord server with only myself that i use just for sharing links/files/anything between devices! i like discord because there's apps for pc, mac, tablets, and phones; and even a web app! discord is really nice and fast, and you can make different channels (as pictured below) for organization. as long as your file size isn't too big, you should be fine.

my second app i like to use is notion! notion is such a beast in itself, but i like to use it to upload files and images and links! below are two ways i have used it: to upload pdfs/files, and to upload goodnotes (my notetaking app) links to the pages i'm writing on! similar to discord, notion has apps for all devices, but it also works great just by itself on the website (no app required)! it's really great to access it from all my devices.

another way you could share your notes on different devices is through the cloud! (yes, discord and notion are both through the cloud). google drive, microsoft onedrive, icloud storage, etc. are great tools that you can use to upload files and see on multiple devices. i personally like discord and notion more, just because they're already apps i frequently use, but if you can't get either one cloud-based storage platforms are also a great idea! they definitely have more security than discord or notion, because your files may be at risk of being deleted!

for the purposes of sharing notes to reference on another device when writing an essay, or something of similar vain, i really love discord and/or notion and they both work great!

for syncing notes in real time:

pretty similar to the last one, i would say notion or google docs (or microsoft word on the web i believe has similar functionality, or onenote, anything similar!)

if you want to be writing notes on one device and have them sync up quickly on another - i think any word processing software is the best bet for you.

both notion and google docs you can access them on any device, and/or on their websites too!

google docs is a lot more straightforward, but since notion is so powerful it provides a lot of flexibility for your notes! here's an (old) example of notes i've taken on notion. (i personally really like how easy it is to make columns!)

i hope this helped a little bit! please let me know if you have any more questions :)

also! notetaking is very much an individual thing, if something works for me and doesn't work for you - that's okay! we're all learning and just have to figure out what's best for ourselves.

#to: ilyastudies #from: silverfroot #thanks for the ask! #studying tips #studying #studying aesthetic #studyblr #study motivation #university #studyspo #study blog #study inspo #academia #chaotic academia #study aesthetic #study tips #advice #study advice #study methods #study resources #resource #text post #*

[chrisevansonly]

Arlie Goes To The Paediatrician (Little Duck Au🐥💛)

Pairing: Momma Evans (Female Reader) x Arlie Mae Evans

Summary: It’s Arlie’s annual checkup with her lovely paediatrician, this time Momma’s got some questions about her speech, and Arlie’s got lots of hope she’ll get one of those rainbow-coloured lolly pops!

Warnings: no warnings, doctor talk, some medical stuff, just very precious Arlie and her caring Momma<3

A/N: I postponed this for a little while because I just didn’t feel like writing anything, but I finally had the time to sit down and get some work done so here we are!

Word Count: 831

The doctor’s office was the one place in the world a kid would normally hate, the slight smell of hand sanitizer, the noises, other children crying or throwing tantrums, well every kid but Arlie. You don’t know when it started, and you had a pretty good feeling it had to do with Dr. Charlie, who was one of the best paediatricians you and Chris had ever met, but Arlie loved coming to the doctor. She sat quietly beside you, playing a game on her iPad, which was only ever used in situations where you would be waiting around for a while, you sifted through some quick emails, and made sure to keep Chris updated on what was going on throughout the morning

“Arlie Evans?”

You looked up and smiled at Dr. Charlie, before leaning over to Arlie 

“Okay baby, let’s go see the doctor!”

“Okay momma”

Arlie handed you her tablet and you slipped it into your purse before taking her hand and going towards the exam room, Arlie of course took her usual spot up on the big purple exam table, kicking her legs gently 

“Alright, how are you today miss Arlie?”

“I’m good, can I have ‘wainbow lollipop?”

Dr. Charlie laughed as she sat down on her rolling chair with her clipboard 

“As soon as we’re done, you can pick any one you’d like, okay?”

She nodded and then the doctor turned to face you, getting her pen and clip board ready 

“So how is everything going at home Y/N?”

You crossed one leg over the other smiling in Arlie’s direction while she played with some of the fidgets that Dr. Charlie had given her 

“Everything’s been good, a little hectic with the new baby on the way, but she’s been eating well, getting lots of sleep, I guess our only concern is just her speech right now? She seems to be having a difficult time with pronouncing her R’s and certain syllables”

The doctor nodded making some notes 

“Yes, that’s right, congratulations to you and your husband of course that’s very exciting!”

“Thank you, yeah we are very thrilled”

You watched her make a few notes before she paused to look at you 

“As far as speech goes, it is normal for kids to sometimes have a harder time pronouncing letters or certain sounds, but seeing as she is turning 4 in April, there are a few questions I do have, it could just be that she is developing slower, she may have a slight speech impediment, but the one thing I will rule out now is the chance of her being tongue tied. We’ve had this discussion before, so that isn’t a factor in it”

You nodded feeling a bit relived it wasn’t anything that would require the potential for a surgery or procedure of any capacity

“Well, that’s certainly good to hear, is there anything we can do to kind of help her with those words or sounds?”

Dr. Charlie nodded again 

“Yes, so you can just keep working with her on words she has trouble with or sounds, really take your time and help her hear how the word sounds and then get her to repeat it back! If there is ever a continued issue where it becomes more prevalent when she’s older you can look into a speech therapist, but I highly doubt she will need one!”

“Okay, that’s perfect we can definitely do that!”

Dr. Charlie then moved on to finish Arlie’s exam, checking her height, weight, listening to her heart and lungs, checking her ears and her eyes, all while she asked questions about the tools being used, she’d always been such a curious girl and you knew she definitely got that from Chris. Once everything was done, Dr. Charlie gave you a few handouts and tips for working on Arlie’s speech, as well as some baby materials for baby boy, Arlie waiting patiently to get her lollipop

“Momma I pick lollipop now pwease?”

You chuckled moving some hair out of her eyes before nodding 

“Yeah baby, go pick one out”

She clapped her hands excitedly, getting down from the table and going over to pick one of the sweets from the jar, showing you proudly when she’d chosen one 

“That looks perfect my love, ready to go?”

“Let’s go Momma, thank you doctor chawlie!”

Dr. Charlie smiled giving Arlie a high five before holding the door open for the two of you

“You are very welcome miss Arlie, we’ll see you guys in a few months!”

You said your goodbyes and made sure to book another appointment up at the front this time for baby number 2, you’d come in before he was born to start a file and get any notes from the paediatrician that you’d need when he arrived. Arlie was more than happy with her rainbow lollipop and couldn’t wait to show daddy all of the colours, that is if she didn’t finish it on the drive home. 

#little duck au💛🐥 #little duck head cannons🐥💛 #little duck 💛🐥 #momma & arlie mae #momma x arlie mae #momma x little duck 💛🐥 #chris evans & momma evans #chris evans x momma evans #chris evans x arlie mae #chris evans x little duck💛🐥 #chris evans & arlie mae #rueswrites #ruesfriends💛 #chris evans x pregnant!reader #chris evans x female reader #chris evans x wife reader #chris evans x reader

[mrsshabana]

Can you give a few tips on digital art? I'd love to get into it but I'm not sure how to start, what equipment/apps do you use? Thank youu 💞

♡ 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝑻𝒊𝒑𝒔 ♡

Of course! I would love to give some digital art tips! My first tip is to just have fun! If you are drawing for yourself and just want to have fun, then draw however you want that makes it the most fun experience for you! ଘ( ･ω･)_/ﾟ･:*:･｡☆ 𝑬𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔

I use Clip Studio Paint, for most of my digital paintings. Though I started off using Photoshop. I used to only use photoshop but I would not recommend it for beginners as it is expensive and difficult to learn. I would definitely recommend Clip Studio Paint as it's much cheaper and easier to learn.

I use the Huion Kamvas 13 drawing tablet. That is the link to the exact one I got from Amazon. It's a lot cheaper than Wacom tablets and it works just as good. I've been using this one for years and it's been great!

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕

I would recommend starting by drawing what you see. What I mean by that, is look up photos of things and try to replicate them as much as you can. I did this for a long time (probably too long) but it helped me immensely. Because everything we draw is based on what we see, so if you can replicate that then you can draw anything.

For example, if you know you want to get really good at drawing Gyutaro, I would look up male bodies and draw them. (Real bodies, not drawings or cartoons).

𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆

This may be controversial, but personal art styles don't really exist. This is the first thing I learned in art school and I think it was one of the most important things I learned.

What I mean by this, is that no one owns any particular art style. An art style is developed in many ways but it mostly emerges from combining other art styles or stems from another art style.

People worry way too much about "finding their art style". Don't do this, it's a waste of time. After time each artist develops a way of drawing that comes naturally to them but that comes over many years, so don't try to force it to happen. And when it does happen, don't stick to one art style!

I would say it is most beneficial to teach yourself multiple art styles. Every time I start a new drawing I try to figure out what art style I want to draw in. I do this by going through the art I've saved on Pinterest. I'll see something I like and make a set of rules that I have to follow while drawing in order to replicate that specific art style.

Not only is it more fun being able to draw in multiple art styles, but it's necessary if you want a career in art. (By career I don't mean doing commissions, I mean being hired by a company to make art. Like a concept artist for example.)

If you're worried about what art styles to try, just try any one that catches your eye! Or you can start by trying to draw realism. That's what I did, and it's very difficult and time consuming but if you can master realism then you can succeed at almost any art style a lot easier.

𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔

I cannot stress how important references are! If you do not use references when drawing then you are setting yourself up for failure.

References are photos you use to look at as a guide when drawing. For example, let's say I want to draw Gyutaro swimming in a pool. I'd look up photos (references) of Gyutaro so when I'm drawing him I can look back at them to make sure I am drawing him correctly. I would also look up photo's of a guy swimming, I would use this photo to guide me when drawing the pose and also when drawing the water etc.

So always use references!! And don't be afraid to copy poses either, it saves lots of time and is very helpful for learning how to draw anatomy. Don't be afraid to use yourself as a reference either.

For example, when I drew Gyutaro having a pillow fight I couldn't find a good reference for the pose that I had in mind. So I just took a photo of myself in that pose! I look nothing like Gyutaro, but a body is a body. I used my photo as a reference to draw the skeleton and then changed the body shape to match Gyutaro's.

𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 !!

My biggest tip for anyone, but especially beginners is to make guides before you draw any piece! Here is an example of one that I did for an assignment in my Manga Art class in college.

I wanted to do an art style similar to Death Note but I also wanted it to have a retro vibe too. So I made this Art style/Reference guide. I compiled images that represented the art style I was going for and took notes for things that I thought would be important to keep in mind when drawing.

I still do this a lot when drawing, especially if I'm trying out a new art style I'm not very familiar with.

𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒕

People always ask me how do I draw Gyutaro so accurately. Well, I'm about to tell you how!

I draw him all the time, so lot's of practice. But there is a certain thing I find really helps when trying to accurately draw a character's face.

We'll use Gyutaro as an example

Find a photo of Gyutaro's face that you want to practice with (not fanart, it must be either from the anime or the manga).

Look at the photo closely, and try to draw it as accurately as you can.

Now, on a new canvas, try to draw the same photo of Gyutaro again but without looking at the reference. (Just using your memory) And give yourself a time limit too, no longer than 5 minutes.

Compare your drawing to the photo. How accurate is it? Probably not very accurate yet, but that's ok! Look closely at your drawing and compare it to the original. What is wrong with it? Are the eyes too small? Is the mouth placed too high?

Figure out what is wrong and fix it next time. Repeat these steps until you are able to draw Gyutaro's face accurately without looking at the reference photo.

If you are still struggling after a while try tracing over the original image a few times. This can help you memorize the structure of his face.

It may take a while but eventually you'll get to the point where you are able to draw Gyutaro's face accurately without looking at the reference photo!

This tip works for everything by the way, not just character's faces. I use it for everything! I used to suck at drawing hands, so I did these steps but with a photo of a hand, and now I can draw hands! Use these steps for anything you feel is difficult for you to draw accurately. It's great for learning anatomy.

Here's an example of the final results when I did these steps. The drawing on the right is what I was able to do at the end just from memory.

ﾟ+*:ꔫ:*﹤　𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝓨𝓸𝓾　﹥*:ꔫ:*+ﾟ

I know I wrote a lot, but I hope these tips helped someone! And if you have any questions about anything I mentioned here, feel free to ask! (ɔ◔‿◔)ɔ ♥

#gyutaro #gyutaro shabana #digital art #art tips #fanart #replies #kny fanart

[wholemonsternut]

hello it's me again (:

i am alive, well, & sane & i hope you guys are too :3c

i want to use this time to vent a little (mostly self-reflecting)

i find myself only ever being online in the past year (?) when i "have something to post" & tbh i never really noticed that until today haha

i also wasn't aware how lonely i was feeling bc i talk to both online-only & have-met-irl friends thru social media but that's neither here nor there

as of yesterday, my brain finally decided to lift itself from demotivation & heavy art block & i'm starting to draw again for fun so that's cool (i genuinely thought i was abt to start quitting XD how dramatic...)

for the past few months i've been disliking my own art-- that's in a "it no longer represents myself or my interests" way-- that i would get uninterested in my own sketches as soon as i've started XD

i'm currently sitting on a lot of WIPs that is just acting as decoration in my external hard drive as far as i can tell lol

i had to refund commisions bc i somehow could not bring myself to finish them within deadlines however i am forever grateful for those who are waiting for me (pls know that i am sobbing at your direction)

i'm not entirely sure what my gameplan is regarding feeling better abt my art but i am sure that leaving my sketchbooks & tablet collecting dust is not gonna help with that X3c

annndddd that's pretty much it from me right now

thank you so much for the support & be sure to like, comment, and subscribe for more vandalism & hair burning tips~! *does the finger heart thing*

#next right thing by mason ramsey slaps dude #blabers

[mintmoth]

Hi! I'm a super big fan of your art, everything is so pretty and amazing and I just wanna consume it every time I see one of your comics or illustrations. I just wanted to ask (cause I looked around a lil but didn't see anything covering this, if I missed it so sorry haha) what art program/tablet do you use to draw? Also, do you have any tips for beginning artists? I'm trying to get into drawing but I'm not too sure where to start TwT

AAAAA 😭😭 you're too sweet!! Thank you so much!

Also omg personally I use an iPad with the program/app procreate on it to draw!

I'm gonna put everything else under a read more since I got a little wordy oops

Honestly if I were to offer any beginning artist tips I think the biggest one is to just have fun. I know it sounds silly but really like just have fun and don't worry about what you're drawing being perfect or exactly what you had in mind or anything like that. As long as you're having fun and doing your best and not stressing about what you're creating you'll find yourself wanting to draw and create more- and it's within time and persistence that your skills develop

Also while it's good to draw every day since you do need to actively draw more to improve, don't stress about making sure you do! Just go at your own pace and draw when you feel like it!

I think I stress both of these points since they're things I've been working on and struggling with off and on too, realizing I don't have to be constantly drawing and that what I do draw doesn't have to be perfect, and honestly my comics have been a great exercise in letting myself make things "imperfect"

Relating to actual drawing skill sets, I do think that doing figure drawing is incredibly important since learning anatomy is crucial to drawing, even if it's not the most fun thing. Really if you see someone in a cool pose- typically real life photos- if you just try to see the shapes the human body makes and just loosely sketch a messy version of where their body shapes are can help. You don't have to break them down super basically like some tutorials do, unless that helps you! Everyone draws differently so there's no Right Way to do anything. Here's some examples from some I did a while back! I used highlighters since it made it so I couldn't erase, so I had to be more purposeful in my lines, but you can use any medium you want!

And don't worry if it doesn't look exactly like the photo you're drawing from- you're learning!

Another thing is that references are your friend, looking at things and figuring out how to draw them is incredibly helpful so don't be afraid to look up anything you're trying to draw for help

Something I used to do specifically for learning, was looking at photos or even pieces of art I thought were cool and then trying to draw something how I saw it, to understand someone else's use of shape and form. These were things I kept in sketchbooks to just figure out how to draw things like hands and feet and legs, using real life and other's works as a reference to teach myself

Then later while drawing on my own, if I couldn't figure out how to draw something I would go back to my own references and practices to help myself by using my own referenced art as a reference- here's a whole page of hands I drew a couple years ago while looking at photos of hands and also some art (uhhh I believe it was from GinjaNinjaOwO on youtube- if you DO post anything you've referenced poses or elements from, be sure to credit the original artist you've taken reference from!)

You can see I've got a lot of mistakes and scribbles and wonky forms- because I was just trying to understand the shapes and practice drawing hands on my own time, this wasn't anything I had ever drawn with the intention of posting lmao

But! You can do this for any kind of thing you're trying to learn, from arms to facial shapes to hands- just learning what kind of shapes and forms bodies or anything else you're trying to draw take

As far as the side of what kind of stuff to USE to draw, really I'd say to not be afraid of pencil and paper, I know digital art can have a nice and clean polish to it, but especially if you're learning it's really nice to just have a sketchbook (any kind work, just find paper you like! I've been using dot grid notebooks lately!) and a pencil or pen or really anything you feel comfortable with, that you can just loosely draw with and use whenever you like

For digital hardware while I do LOVE the iPad, I know they're pricier and not everyone jives with them, so I'd recommend drawing tablets by the brand Huion, since I've had a great time with them in the past when I used my laptop with Paint Tool Sai, which I also highly recommend as a drawing program, but keep in mind you can use anything! I have a friend who makes AMAZING works just using mspaint lmao

Honestly! In the end, like I said, just focus on having fun and drawing things that you want to without worry for being perfect or 100% anatomically accurate or anything. There's fundamentals that are the best base to build off of but never stress too much about it. Have fun creating! 💙💜

#ask #anonymous #mint rambles #i hope any of this is helpful im so bad at explaining lmao

[rin-bellatrix]

The Law of Love

The president of Hyperion had given the rare gun called Law to the bandit called The Lawbringer, and she in turn, had brought Law back to him to show him just how pleased she was with his present.

Written for @sanzosin 💕

Header art is also by @sanzosin 😆

Written for prompt #40 "A gentle kiss that quickly descends into passion, with little regard for what's going on around them."

From this kiss prompt list

Takes place just before Borderlands 2

Skull dividers from this post

"Hey there sweetness, why don't cha do me a biiig favor and just slit your own throat for me, 'kay? Because when I get my hands on you after being subjected to your inane wannabe vault hunter drivel, coming out of that festering rakk hive of a mouth, I think I'll end up doing a lil more than just cuttin' ya from ear to ear."

The infamous bandit known as The Lawbringer could hear her boyfriend over the ECHOnet, threatening the newest aspiring vault hunter who thought they could challenge Hyperion in the race for the vault. Honestly, Jack was never more handsome than in moments like now - where his creative cruelty and blatant bloodlust really riled her up.

As she entered the main office in Helios where the CEO of Hyperion was still preoccupied with making very visceral threats over the ECHO, Nisha couldn't help but chuckle at one particular line that honestly sounded like a lot of fun.

Meg, Jack's long suffering assistant, stood several feet away from her boss and the control panel he was using to threaten the hopeful (but doomed) treasure hunter. In her arms, she clutched a large tablet to her chest. Blake, Hyperion's vice president, stood by her side, his eyes sliding over to Nisha as soon as she entered the room. He remained as unimpressed as ever.

Just as her boyfriend ended the call with an aggravated slap against the console, she called from across the room "Count me in, we can make it a threesome~"

Jack turned, anticipation making him damn near giddy at the sound of his girlfriend's spurs jingling as she stalked closer. The sway of her hips had him eager for things more carnal than carnage.

"My precious princess of pain, to what do I owe the honor?"

Nisha smirked, charmed by Jack's playful mood. "I just came by to thank you in person for my new gift..." She unholstered the gun from her hip, bringing it up to lay appreciative eyes on it once again.

Law, the rare bayoneted Jakobs pistol in her hand, was a surprise present from her lover, delivered to her just that morning. It had been some time since she had seen Jack in person, and so the gift had prompted her to leave Lynchwood in Winger's temporary care so she could fast travel up to Helios and show her consort just how much she adored the latest toy in her armory.

The president of Hyperion had given the rare gun called Law to the bandit called The Lawbringer, and she in turn, had brought Law back to him to show him just how pleased she was with his present.

Jack's self satisfied smirk made his heterochromic eyes crease in pleasure. "Well~ what can I say? Nothing but the best for my girl."

Nisha scoffed, but the sound was full of affection as she holstered the unique weapon, careful of the blade at the tip. She saunted up to her boyfriend and reached up to grab the lapels of his jacket, yanking him close to her. He very willingly let himself be handled by his lover, already used to (and craving) her rough touch.

"If you missed me that much, you could've just come down yourself..." she murmured, her purpled smirk brushing teasingly over his lips.

Jack's mask was made out of some kind of high-tech synthetic skin. Its design was set to mimic human skin as much as possible - and it got pretty damn close. But she could always feel something was off about it - she'd go so far as to call the sensation "malleable plastic". She much rather preferred the real thing, scarred flesh and all.

After all, Nisha actually had quite the thing for scars.

That being said, she had to admit that the technology packed into the fake face was impressive. Whenever Jack wanted to disengage the mask, the split nanosecond that it was no longer touching his skin, it hardened into a solid mold that held its shape and resembled his features.

In this moment, she wanted nothing more than to rip it off and fling it over her shoulder, exposing his true face. It was a privilege, vulnerable as it made him, that she - and only she - was allowed.

"U-uhm, sir?" Meg's voice was timid but clear. "Not to interrupt, but you've got an appointment with the R&D department soon-"

Hyperion's CEO ventured a gentle kiss over The Lawbringer's mouth, slanting his head in a way to avoid hitting the brim of her hat and resulting in his nose brushing against hers. "I take it that you're satisfied with the gift...?" He questioned, his mouth lingering near hers and baiting for another kiss.

"Hmm..." Pressing her lips against his again, she faintly tasted the remains of shitty coffee. "I'm not satisfied, not yet..." she murmured against his slightly parted mouth, pushing her hands up and over his broad shoulders, allowing her body to fit against his.

Jack sighed and gave in to her wiles, completely ignoring the loud and obvious sound of Blake clearing his throat behind them. As she licked into her boyfriend's mouth, she could feel his hand reach around to grab a handful of her ass. Smiling into the kiss when he let out a needy groan, Nisha leaned deeper into him, allowing their closeness to push her hat off and tumble to the floor behind her.

Distantly, she could hear soft murmurs of Meg's concerned voice and Blake's coolly clipped tone talking to each other about what to do. But she really didn't care for anyone else in that moment, because Jack had her full attention and she was going to make the most out of this trip.

She had to thank him properly for the gun, after all.

Here is a picture of Law and the Borderlands wiki page about it

©rin-bellatrix 2022

☆ borderlands masterlist ⋆ main masterlist ☆

#handsome jack #nisha kadam #nisha the lawbringer #jackisha #jack x nisha #borderlands #meg the assistant #mr blake #rin's fic

[thatmooncake]

Late but for the artist ask game, perhaps 7? I love your art sm! 🩷

Oh man thanks so much <3

7. Any funky lil art tips?

Well different things work for different people but here are a few things I’ve found helpful:

1. If your poses look too stiff in pen or you just wanna fight perfectionism, try a pencil brush or a softer brush (especially on the sketch layer if you do one, ngl I use pencil brush for most of my finished lines too) - when you do little experimental brush strokes in pencil it blends in more than using a solid pen brush I find so you can play around more easily with the way the picture looks early on

2. Lineart looking “soulless”? Vary the line weights (basically the lineart should be thinner where there would be no shadows and thicker where there would be darker shadows) and add some smaller lines under details you want to emphasise (like around the eyes). Be careful not to overdo these things but different things work well for different styles. If you’re afraid of messing up how it will look by making changes, first make another layer and then use your brush to thicken up the lines in certain areas etc on that layer, then if you don’t like it you can edit it more or delete it easily without affecting your base lineart layer.

3. If you have an art idea that you know will probably take aaaages to draw, draw the roughest possible version (stick men will totally do) and just slap it on a canvas somewhere so it’s staring you in the face when you open your art app or sketchbook and that way you don’t ever have to forget it. So many of my comics spend a while just being stick men (at least three since December but I’m working on it). For some people it also helps them to write an image ID for an image they want to draw if they don’t have a tablet or paper handy to sketch it out. There are a lot of ways to make it easier to remember the thing even if it’s lengthy or detailed!

#fableasks #ask game #artist asks #thank you! #I dunno how much any of these might help but if they do then I’m glad I wrote them

[atlastrash]

SO HEY I’M BACK???? A little ramble, followed by something I want to ask y’all about if you’d be interested in. Sorry for my departure. Life just... really got in the way. I’m still dealing with a lot, and things still aren’t very easy at the moment-- but I desperately needed to do something that gives me a bit of purpose at the moment. Making this comic for others to enjoy was the singlemost eye opening experience for me in a long time, and it also made me realize communication was an entire area of art I was lacking in. Sure, it’s still mostly just messing around and nothing even remotely close to serious, but it’s also a nice testing ground for learning and experimentation with a subject that I don’t have an extremely personal stake in. (Something like working on your own comic, where there’s a looming pressure to always have to make it perfect.) Perfectionism deters experimentation for the sake of staying within the limits of what you know, fear of not meeting your own expectations, all ultimately leading to you never learning new things because you never feel ready to put the pencil to paper in the first place... (I’m on my second attempt at illustrating my own series lmao) Here, I can just mess around without feeling any pressure, and the characters are all familiar to us and don’t require tons of backstory to establish, meaning we can just jump right in to the fun stuff! (And then that, in turn, makes learning and experimenting easier and more approachable!) I realize I still need to learn a lot of basics for comics before I think I’m ready to do my own stuff, and that’s what I really want to do here. So I wanna thank you all for being my guinea pigs (affectionate) in this. Your response to it has meant the world to me, and I really want to get back to that place where I get the warm fuzzies from seeing you all react to whatever weird situation gets drawn from my drawing tablet.

SO ABOUT THE THING I WANTED TO ASK Y’ALL:

I see that Tumblr now has options to allow you to support creators on here, which is actually kinda awesome to see! Would y’all potentially be interested in maybe seeing some extras like sketches, designs, maybe even drawing livestreams, and perhaps some more elaborate art like pinups (I love drawing me some pinups) if I were to have a small subscription option available? (This would never affect the readability of the comic, and no part of AR will ever be behind a subscription.) I’ve been facing an immense amount of financial strain in my life after my whole living situation changed, and things have been pretty rough for my roommates and I. I just can’t morally accept tips unless I can offer you something worthwhile in return, as it’d eat my conscience alive. (I already feel guilty just asking this ngl) Any income made from this would exclusively go to securing rent or food.

Let me know what you think, and don’t be afraid to be honest. I want your genuine opinion, after all :p

So yeah that’s basically it, I’ve been rambling enough and I’m beyond grateful you’ve read this far. Thank you <3

Also ngl seeing Twitter crash and burn like the second I got the guts to finally make an account kinda makes me happy because I’m about ten billion times less stressed to share work on here. Glad to see our favourite little hellsite come back.

#heres me rambling for three million years

[arnaerr]

Hand problem anon - thanks for your reply!! <3 I have epicondylitis on both elbows for over a year now. I don't wanna ruin my arms even more but I do want to keep working towards an art job in some faraway future lol. As you've had quite a long break yourself, any tips on how to not get discouraged when dealing with illness?

You're welcome! I wish you lots of health and hope that you will feel better soon 💖

Re: dealing with illness. There are several things that helped me:

1) Treat this as a possibility for experimenting that you can use for your own benefit. In my case it was like that: hand hurts when I have to draw small details? Solution: push my composition and color skills to the next level to compensate lack of details. Also, you can try traditional media such as watercolor - it was nice to try something new + you don't have to press your hand during painting so it will probably hurt less. Also, I recommend to change the pressure properties of your tablet pen to the lighter ones to avoid pressing/straining your hand.

2) I also tried to avoid activities that could make my condition worse, such as: cooking (delivery food helped me back then), dishwashing (dishwasher can help), some poses in yoga (the ones where you have to lean on your hands for example), etc. Be attentive and with time you'll figure out what works best for you.

3) Look and analyze! During a break I spent a lot of time fantasizing about what I could draw. Then I decided to start looking for references for the ideas that I had lol. And what can I say - looking helps to improve your artistic skills. The more you see, the more you can draw. When you see other artworks and analyze ideas or brush strokes - it may seem useless, but your brain will actually remember this stuff and it will help you in the future. You can also try to study art subjects/theory that's interesting for you, now it's a good time for that (for example anatomy, basic color theory or art history). Remember that artistic skill isn't in your hands only. It's also in you brain, so since hands are resting now, improve your brain xD

4) Be kind to yourself and remember that healing requires TIME. There's no rush. You're not a failure because you're not productive now; resting is a part of productivity too. If you start feeling too depressed, seek therapy, it helped me a lot; it's easy to get depressed during this time but remember that this injury doesn't define your worth as a person. Try to find other activities that don't require hands to be used - in my cases, I started to go more often on walks in the parks and started watching more tv shows lol. Reading, also. And board games! There's a lot of stuff that can bring you joy. It's no the same as being creative, but...you just have to do something until you get better.

Hope I managed to help! 💖❤️💗

#ask #anonymous

[reliand]

Hi there *puts chocolate cookies on your desk*. I adore your art sooo much and am very happy to have found your blog. I enjoy painting, but haven't done it for a while - when I had an idea I didn't have time and the other way around. Do you have any recommendations/tips how to start painting again? I would be very grateful for an answer.

Thank you, thank you so much <3 I know this message is a few days old, but I wasn't ignoring you! I was just really flattered and also trying to figure out what I wanted to say

This message means a lot to me, and thank you for reaching out.

I understand the struggle. I completely fell away from drawing for years. 5 or 6 of them if I have the count correct. between moving and the pandemic, depression and lack of time, and finally being in a fandom that wasn't all that welcoming and wasn't actually making me happy...it was difficult to find any kind of joy out of creating something for it.

Stepping back into the drarry fandom after 15 years of being away, wasn't just a breath of fresh air, but an (embarrassingly) healing experience for me. Heal Thyself was funnily enough the first fic I read because I needed a hit of astolat and that was her latest posted work.

There was so much beautiful fic and art just overflowing from the drarry community that I was inspired for the first time in years. It definitely helped that they've all been kind and welcoming :D

I feel like my main tip is going to be horribly cliche, but I would say to find a work you feel passionate about and try to create something for it. I was in the middle of reading book 4 of The Mirror of Ecidyrue and the scene where Draco is showing off his magic for Harry at the quidditch world cup was so vivid for me that I was thinking about it for hours before I finally caved and pulled out my tablet. I spent a good week on that piece just relearning how to draw and falling in love with it again. I'm entirely self-taught so it doesn't come easy sometimes.

That fic in particular has painted very vivid pictures for me, but it's also been so nice to know that it wasn't just that story, because this fandom is so talented.

Having the time is fortunately a drawback that I don't have to worry about at the moment. I am unemployed right now, so I know I have more than most on my hands. But I guess a big thing I do is put on a tv show or movie or youtuber when I draw. It's usually something I've watched before, or something I don't have to be visually engaged with at all times. Often, my husband will have Critical Role or a Dimension20 campaign playing, which can be inspiring as well.

The background noise is helpful and I don't feel like I have to give it 100% of my attention while I work or sketch.

SKETCHING. the HPtober event that bosh put together has been so helpful. I don't do enough sketching, and this has really shown me that I should engage with it more. It doesn't have to be perfect, and I don't have to throw down 100 colors of paint and make the light in Draco's hair be perfect. Sometimes, keeping it simple is not only better, but it can help you get faster and help fix problems with form or lines just with repetition. Honestly, I'd say the sketching I've done this month has probably been the most helpful tip I've used all year. Drawing Harry's hair over and over and over, has made it easier, because I find his messy hair frustrating to draw.

I'm not sure if this list will be helpful. I know it's not comprehensive, and I can't really give proper tips because I wasn't formally trained and I'm not sure what a professor might have told me...but even if it's only a little bit, I hope something might be useful.

#art #anon ask #answered #asks #drawing

[softquietsteadylove]

Would you write more about the Pokémon AU? Maybe how teddy wants to know more about Gil’s work?

"This way," Gil gestured to the procession of pokemon exiting Victory Road from the lower caves. "We'll find you somewhere nice and dry, I promise. But we need to check all of you for moisture damage, first!"

"Teddiursa!"

Gil chuckled at the little bear on his shoulder, also waving his paw to usher on the wild pokemon. His ears were sitting perfectly through the holes in the little 'assistant ranger' hat he had on for the day.

After a very intense battle between some water specialists, apparently there was a cave-in somewhere within the labyrinth of Victory Road's tunnels, leading to the evacuation of various ground and rock types for their own safety.

Thena, and many other trainers, had to help minimise the damage and keep the more aggressive pokemon population - those unwilling to evacuate - under control. She had asked Gil if he could take their little cub to work with him instead of exposing him to the dangers of her work week.

Gil looked down at a small Gible tugging at his pant leg. "What's up?"

"Gib?"

"Teddiursa!" the pokemon volunteered, clinging to Gil's shoulder as he leaned down to speak with the equally small pokemon. He pointed with a claw, gesturing to the ranger centre, where anyone looking at long-term rehabilitation would end up. "Tedd-Teddi!"

"Gible!"

"Teddi," he nodded, acknowledging the Gible's understandable worry about being displaced from his cave home. "Teddiursa!"

The Gible nodded its thanks before continuing on, weaving in between Tyrannitar and Rhyhorn and Gigaliths on its way to brave the pokemon centre all by itself.

"Hey," Gil gave Teddi's cheek a gentle nudge, "you did great, bud. You're a real pro."

"Ursa!" the little cub giggled as Gil poked his fuzzy cheeks. He attempted to maintain his more serious facade for work, tugging at the little scarf he had also been given to identify his deputisation.

"I think that's the last of this group," Gil sighed, checking things off his list before exporting it on his tablet. There was always more work to do in their business.

"Teddi," the cub poked Gil's cheek gently with a claw, "Teddiursa."

"It's okay, buddy," Gil assured his assistant, patting his hat between his ears as they moved into the caves. "Mama's a pro; she can take care of herself."

"Teddiursa?"

"Y'know, she probably is," Gil agreed. Thena was plenty knowledgeable on her own, and her specialty in pokemon nutrition and physiology probably helped her on a daily basis in her work for the Plateau. "You've learned a lot from her too."

"Ted!" the cub nodded with a prideful grin on his muzzle. He always paid very close attention when Thena was telling him about what vitamins and ingredients she was adding to homemade food, or even just to enhance the nutrition of store bought pokechow.

Gil smiled; Thena's food made for humans was just barely edible, but she was a master chef when it came to pokemon nutrition. Although she always tried to credit him and his degree in pokemon ecology for that. Apparently pro trainers received a negligible education on pokemon nutrition when they were testing to enter the league roster.

He was pretty sure she was good at it just because she cared so much.

"Looks like things have calmed down in here a bit," Gil remarked as they walked further into the caves. "You can probably go to work with Thena again tomorrow."

"Ted...Teddi?"

"Huh?" Gil looked at the bear sinking down on his shoulder with a shy expression. He tipped the brim of Teddi's hat up to better look at him. The Little Cub Pokemon did indeed have a guilty little look on his muzzle. "You wanna come to work with me again?"

"Teddiursa!" it beamed, looking as excited as it did the first time Thena said they could go for a flight with Dragonite. "Ted-Teddi!"

Gil wasn't sure why he was so shocked. Teddiursa had always been curious about what he and Thena did for work. He paid attention when Thena taught him about type advantages and their various needs and natures and abilities. And he always paid attention when Gil was teaching him about habitats and ecosystems and food networks. Maybe the combination of those two things had made him curious about being a ranger. "You don't wanna be a battle pokemon?"

"Ted," the little bear looked down again, clutching at the shoulder of Gil's vest, "Teddi."

"Well, you don't have to evolve if you don't want to, bud," Gil assured the little fella, patting his back as they walked. His pom-pom tail tickled the back of Gil's hand as it wiggled. "Mama would never want you to do something you didn't want to. I'm pretty sure she's too protective of you to let you start battling anyway."

"Ted!" the bear laughed.

They had only talked about Teddiursa's impending evolution a few times. He didn't know many attacks, and it wasn't as if Thena didn't protect him at all costs in any given situation. They were quite sure they had some time, although they were happy to accept if it did happen eventually.

"You wanna stay Mama's little cub?" Gil smiled, tickling the bear under the chin, at which his back paws kicked in delight. It could still catch him by surprise: how much it warmed his heart to witness the bond between Thena and the little orphan he rescued.

"Teddi," the bear mumbled against Gil's shoulder. If he didn't want to evolve, then he didn't have to. And if he was going to be working as a ranger, there were certain advantages to staying as he was. He didn't need the changes to his abilities evolution would bring if he wasn't going to be battling professionally.

"Okay, let's talk to Mama about it, hm?" Gil suggested gently. Teddiursa nodded, his face still buried in the back of Gil's shoulder as he hung there tiredly. Gil pulled him up by the paws until he could carry him in the crook of his arm, like Thena did. "She'll be happy to see you."

"Teddi," he agreed, feeling the same as Gil carried him. He turned in his arms, big black eyes staring at the caves around them.

Gil felt the little puff ball tail wiggle again and chuckled, "you smell her?"

"Teddi!"

"Hi," Thena called back, coming into sight just a few seconds later. She waved to them as Gallade ran with her on its back. She jumped down, holding out her arms for Teddiursa, who was already jumping towards her. "Hello!"

"Teddi!" the little cub greeted, rubbing his cheek against Thena's gleefully, never mind his hat, or his ears getting smushed in the ear holes of it.

"I missed you too," Thena smiled, holding Teddiursa against her properly so she could fix the hat on his head. She had already seen it that morning, and in pictures Gil had sent her. But it was just so cute! "Did you have a good day as an assistant ranger?"

"Teddiursa!"

Thena blinked at the overwhelming, albeit positive, response. "Oh?"

"Hey," Gil greeted, moving beside her to kiss her cheek. He would be greeting her with a proper kiss if not for the cranky look on Gallade's face. He had no doubt had a long day and would be feeling more strict than usual. "How did everything go, here?"

"Not bad," Thena leaned into his kiss, further melting into the arm he slipped around her waist. "There were some Steelix who didn't want to leave, but Ninetales helped me out."

"Gallade!"

"Yes, you too," she smiled up at her partner pokemon, who crossed his arms with a scowl. "We'll go home soon, I promise."

"Gallade," it agreed, although he didn't bother to let himself back into his pokeball, either.

Gil gave Thena's far side a gentle squeeze. She looked at him and he pressed his lips to her ear, "I think it's time to find an Everstone for you-know-who."

"Really?"

"We can talk about it more at home," he smiled, patting Teddi's head sandwiched between them. "But he might...want to come to work with me again tomorrow."

"Teddiursa!"

Thena smiled down at her little cub, because of course she was open to anything that made him happy. She pressed a kiss to his hat, "okay, my Luvdisk, if that's what you want to do."

"Ted!"

"Let's go home and get some dinner, first," she suggested, much to Gallade's relief. He didn't pick her up again, choosing to walk somewhat behind the little 'family', towering over all of them with his abnormal height. "I'll make your favourite."

"Teddi!" the little cub cheered from within her warm embrace.

Gil kissed her cheek again, a little closer to her lips, "and I'll make yours."

#Thenamesh Pokemon AU #a perfect little family #I have thought extensively about what Teddiursa would do as he got older #I don't think Thena would ever battle with him #she's too protective of him #she doesn't want to see him fighting! #he only learned fury swipes so he could keep Eros from harassing her that one time anyway #he might get Slash later on #maybe a Crunch #but yeah he's not a fighter #like his papa #he's a lover not a fighter #also just imagine #just google image Teddiursa #then imagine a little bandana and a little hat on him #is that not the cutest thing you could ever imagine?

[bottlecaprabbitgames]

Announcements, Things Going On ATM, Cool Kid Shit

Yes, I'm cringe. I'm getting more comfortable with myself everyday and that means the real cringe is coming out. It's being RELEASED

Anyway-

I won't lie, a lot may not get done on MG:T this week. I'm in hardcore hustle mode to make sure I can get my tablet and my mom's Mother's Day gifts, which is taking all my time atm. I'm also having a hard time focusing, which is driving me nuts.

However! Patreon content will continue as normal! There are FIVE days left to sign up and get your votes in on this month's bonuses! And... I also released another old commission with Freja/F!MC that's NSFW this morning. AND I'm planning for at least one of this month's bonuses to be NSFW... it's my birth month, and it's high time I return to my roots, LOL. The Freja/F!MC NSFW post is only available for $10+ tiers! There is also a Fawn NSFW and Blake NSFW over there, too!

Also! There is a $30 goal on Ko-fi to get another 1,000+ word public scenario up! It's 13% done at the moment, and all tippers can leave their vote on who they want the scenario to be with! Something to consider! There's also a Blake scenario that is ONLY available on Ko-fi for any amount of tips! I might also post a special sneak peek on there this month, muhahahahaha! (I also redo these goals immediately after completion, making a public post that there is 1 on the way! This is a CONSTANT community goal that never goes away!)

AND... LASTLY... if you are curious to know what my older NSFW content entailed, you can check out my AO3. I have fanfics there, I have OC content there, some other stuff, too. I can in fact say I've written one smutty werewolf, vampire, and alien fic a piece, and several others from different fandoms. Some of it's a bit dated for my writing now, but uh... the Neia one at the top is. Is definitely not. Hi, yes, I was the first Neia fanfic writer and Neia poster other than Ana. Ana has also called me Neia's biggest fan before and I hold that post very near and dear to my soul. HAHAHAHA

Yes! So! ANYWAY! Don't forget to get those asks in! My birthday is in THREE HECKIN DAYS, and I do appreciate all the support, gamers! I am so frickin' thankful for it, and the amount of folks who have sent in asks, and the folks supporting me on Patreon continuously. Without this engagement, I don't honestly think I could keep going like I do... so thank you <3

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