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yet-another-haven-of-dollya · 4 months

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can i ask advice ;; drawing wise ? how did you start to anatomy but also w stylization? did you bruteforce by studying every bone muscle etc in art school?

hmm...

First, you must distinguish between two completely different concepts: gesture and anatomy. The stylization and dynamic you often see me doing with my dancing practice is "Gesture". This is an excellent tutorial by Proko about gestures. I practiced gestures very soon when I started drawing, simply because I wanted to draw dynamically, lucky for me it was the right thing to do. This was the main reason why I'm so fast at sketching.

This is my gesture practice, 1 min, 2 min, and 5 min sketch. It's about the flow of the body and which direction each part is going, use "sharp and coherent lines". I practice until it becomes a "natural reflex", a habit when I look at people's interactions.

This below is something I drew 3 years ago (my anatomy was not good sorry), notice how I use many many coherent lines? At the thigh, shin, arm stretching,... all the bigger areas? That's the remaining of gestures.

It goes without saying. Try to find the flow of gestures, even for the hair or clothes. Heh, I drew this 4 years ago, how nostalgic.

You can see how I just create the flow with Lya's hair and body movement in the dancing pics too. Like with Kylar's pic her body is straight up one quite hard mass from head to toe. You know she's leaning forward, seemingly wanting to abandon Kylar with a "pathetic loser like you? With me?" attitude (ouchie sorry Kylar nation). While in Sydney's pic she seems much more relaxed and enjoys how her body parts seem to loosen and more in sync with Sydney's movements. Her hip and legs sway more, and her hair also sways back at Sydney's body, hinting that her moves are relatively close to his body. I don't think I have enough vocabulary to describe, gestures are always just "feelings" to me. If people see what I want to show, that's the success for me.

I know many self-learners started by finding random tutorials that have muscle breakdown or box-like proportions to try and mimic. Mimic is good, drawing is mimicking and remembering what you saw, but without good gesture practice, many people tend to make anatomy very stiff.

Then, you start to apply anatomy to the gestures you've practiced. One way to do it is by learning about muscle position first, and then trying to apply it to a figure, or a model. This is my homework and it's HORRIBLY WRONG IN MANY WAYS. My teacher fixed it for me but I don't have the after with me right now, so take this as an example of how to do the apply thing, DO NOT USE IT AS MUSCLE REF it's very wrong.

In my opinion bone structure is not strictly needed like muscles. Bones are for muscles to hang onto. You only need to remember some important "landmarks" like the collarbone, elbow joint, anterior pelvis, knee, and ankle,… to hang the important muscles to it. After you're familiar with muscles and gestures, you can start to stylize. Applying your knowledge to animated characters with cartoonish design is one great way. THESE HOMEWORKS OF MINE ARE STILL WRONG but ye hope you get the idea. I'm still struggling with anatomy.

One of my all-time fav are AFK ARENA artists and what they do for the game. Aki as the main artist, Kuri Huang, and another artist I suddenly forgor the name as home screen illust. I recommend researching their works if you want a direction on how to stylize your character with great dynamic gestures and shapes.

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As much as I hate to say this, I was particularly considered a failure, a stone-head, who couldn't be changed for the better when I was still in art school - uni. My chosen major was digital graphic design, not specified in drawing but in designing, that's one thing I regret. I traded 5 years of my youth for doing the things I don't want to do. That's why the moment I graduated, I immediately went and signed up for an advanced art class specified in drawing. I'd be lying if I said the uni didn't teach me anything about drawing. They did, but almost everything I learned during 5 years of uni was self-learning from outer sources. I encourage self-learning the most when I talk with younger artists. Proko is a very trusted source to learn from, go to their YouTube channel, and you might figure out something too.

#dollya ask #not a drawing tutorial just my personal experiences

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fishrights69 · 1 year

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My top 5 coolest fish

5. Lionfish🦁

Ah yes, a classic fish found in many books, video games or even in your bathtub if you're tripping hard enough. The only reason I placed this fish here is because the lionfish is very nostalgic to me. Back in the day my mom would sometimes take me to her office where she had one single video game installed: Feeding frenzy. Sadly it was only a demo so if I quit the game, the whole progress would go away :( (which would make me play it for like 5 hours straight as my mom worked). One of the levels had this cool looking mfer and it got printed into my brain from a young age. This Fish gets a 7/10 for looks, 10/10 for reminding me of a simpler time where depression was a foreign concept to me. 4. Galapagos batfish💅🏻

At first you might think ''yo what the fuck is wrong with this thing, is it even fish?'' and yes, it is VERY fish but at the same time it looks kinda fishy. To give you some facts about this little thing, not only does it look like someone put lipstick on it, but it also apparently cannot even swim right. This fish can't even fish and because of that, it is my number 4. 6/10 appearence 9/10 for personal abilities. It reminds me that even if I fuck up at something meant to be ''human'' it s oki , cuz this fish can't even do the one thing it's supposed to do and somehow it's still alive. 3.Flying fish🐦

Now this, this thing is magestic as fuck. Without it's wings it looks like a typical ass fish, but I can still appreciate it for what it tries to be! Imagine how dramatic it can exit boring conversations, or perhaps show up all of a sudden and creep up on you! It makes me summon my inner bad bitch fish self. 8/10 appearence 10/10 I wish I could fly away from my problems as well as this fish can. 2.Pufferfish🌵

This fish is a proper shapeshifter. Imagine being able to adjust your shape on the spot. No stupid diets to make you skinny or fat. Just swallow some water and that's it. On top of that, the spikes are amazing. I wish I had spikes like that in case someone would try to get too close to me on the playground. Their mating ritual is as amazing as it gets but sadly their toxic self cannot be ignored. 8/10 appearence(11/10 if baby), 6/10 too toxic for me tbh but I can still admire from afar 1.Longhorn cowfish🐄

This yellow blob over here is fucking adorable. Not only does it have cow in the name(I love cows too) but he also looks like he is about to give you kisses. Now he is apparently hella lonely which made me feel sorry for him, therefore he is at number 1. because I too was once lonely, smol (still am) and looked like a blob(still do). I fucking hate the colour yellow but this tiny thing makes me like it a little bit more every time I see a pic of him. 10/10 appearence 10/10 resilience, combating loneliness and removing the stigma associated with it. BONUS FISH!!!! Seahorses. Any kind. 🐴

These beautiful things tie super well with my previous fish. You see I really like animals pretending to be other animals and these babies are just that. On top of looking cool as hell, my favorite seahorse fact is that some males can also give birth! Love me some genderbending so keep slaying it babes. ✨ 10/10 looks 10/10 attitude That was it. Follow me if you wanna hear about my top 5 GARBAGE fish that suck.

#my favourite fish #fish #fish that are friends #marine life #things that make me happy #top5 #ocean #aquatic life #fishblr #fish tag #cuties #animals #animal friends

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comraderoscoes · 17 days

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i hope i dont sound entitled saying this but, for a few minutes when the news of the new instagram account came out i hoped it was just lewis wanting a more laid back approach and a way to share personal stuff like he used to do on his main one (he doesnt do that anymore for whatever reason). then i saw the involvement of 13thwitness and the fact that lewis or his team were the ones to give highsnobiety the photos to publish (the pic of the recording studio was different from the one on the ig page), and i realised it’s most likely just another way to promote something. i mean, he doesnt owe us anything, i’m just a bit sad that now everything about him seems to be just another piece of marketing and we so rarely get to see lewis the *person*. maybe i’m wrong and i’m just being nostalgic because everything nowadays is so different from when i started following him LOL. i’m sharing this with u because 1) i wonder if i’m the only one who feels this way 2) you’re usually very kind with your anons even when you disagree with them so i feel like u wont insult me like some other people would lmao

i don’t think you don’t sound entitled, i think it’s normal to want things as long as you’re aware that he doesn’t owe us anything 🤷🏾‍♀️ it would be entitled if you were demanding things of him or not letting him have his privacy, but if you like someone it’s normal to want content from them!

personally i’d love more photo dumps like he used to do in 2022 etc, but also he’s spoken about how social media affects him and as long as he’s happy with however much he’s sharing then that’s it for me 🤷🏾‍♀️

i get where you’re coming from, but try and enjoy LH world domination and the work he’s putting out into the world!! who knows what this might be, a little peek into his brain maybe. and search lewis hamilton snapchat on youtube if you’re missing that era he he

#usually very kind w my anons sksksks unless you’re actively shitting on lewis i’ll be nice!! (or try to)#anon #ask

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lividlilgirl · 1 year

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The Foreigner in Wonderland

(First text post. I just needed to infodump some stuff. I love reading other’s AUs, HCs and what-ifs/Imagines/Scenarios of X and Y series etc. Tried fanfic. My job and life can’t so this IS gonne BE hectic. Hope anyone reading find it as interesting as I did.)

[💟 🦁] / 🐙 🐍 /

The first thing you notice upon being conscious is being on fire. Next to the torrent of information you’re remembering. Or acquiring.

You are a servant. You’re name is... ███ That is your name right? Even so it feels alien to you.

Back at hand, the cat-like beast shouts about you suddenly appearing, and for you to give him your robes. You can review the information given to you along the way.

It was easy, getting Grim to settle down, though unwillingly. You meet the Headmage, to his surprise. He ignores you when you tell him Grim isn’t your familiar. Seemingly, more than happy to continue on, and so, the other coffins open up, with no fire this time.

Each student that weren’t a student at NRC already. You’re in timeout, seemingly for bringing a “rowdy familiar” with you, so you go up to the sorting hat last. Huh, another old memory. Your vessel’s chock full of refences.

“My name is ███.”

“... There is more than one soul with this one. They’re full of magic but of unclear origins. Therefore no Dorm truly suits this one.”

Grim saw this as an opportunity to show his stuff. Saying how he should take your place in this school. You weren’t meant to be here anyway. You were summoned here, but by who? Who indeed. Whatever the reason, you know one thing. The will of this land wishes to be saved. So why not?

Headmage Dire Crowley, just as he was about to spout some other nonsense again you speak over him.

“This is a school for those with potential in magic, no? If you’re so gracious, would you allow me to choose my own dorm?”

For some reason, other than the history and facts of this world you also gained knowledge of some people of this land. Mainly The Great Seven and the Headmage. Disney! Somewhere inside you you can’t help feeling nostalgic.

✧*✧*✧

Heartslabyul

You thought it’d be a long process to get sorted into your choice of dorm. Apparently not, maybe cause you weren’t a student yet.

Feeling half sorry and half endeared by Grim, you Gracioused your way into getting him accepted into NRC. Much to your Housewarden’s anger.

Riddle doesn’t know what to make of you. He knows what to do if a student get put into Heartslabyul or chooses to transfer here. Not you though. So he pays extra attention and is slightly more strict towards you.

Ace taunts Grim, he disregards you when you showed to be more knowledgeable than him about the Seven. You defend Grim and it starts a one-sided fight.

Because of your superhuman speed, Ace, You and Grim get to cleaning the cafeteria. Ace does something he isn’t supposed to which brings Deuce to speak up about being good students. A Fight starts and property damage ensues.

By the end of the week though, you four become well acquainted. Because friends is a no no word for the bickering Adeuce duo.

Cater becomes acquainted with you guys easily, even being the one to mentioned the Ramshackle Dorm. Which becomes your hangout spot and where Ace decides to hunker down when he gets collared.

Since your abilities/”magic” or magecraft is different from theirs you speedrun painting the roses instead with just a brush. Cater is intrigued and wants to take more pics with you.

Trey as usual is brotherly to all, and you. He’s extra worried when you decide to challenge Riddle along with Adeuce and Grim.

You easily could have become Housewarden but you just want to prove a point, and it’s just a huge responsibilty. So Riddle Overblots early but no worries, your abilites were practically made to stop this!

In the end, Heartslabyul is just kinda family like to you and you enjoy their companionship fully

Savanaclaw

Leona could care less as long as you don’t interfere. He does know a strong opponent when he sees one. And not smell one, your smell is magic but also not. It also encompasses your entire being so- a headache for tomorrow.

Ruggie’s tasked to get you to join their team and to go to practice.

It also acts as a way to keep an eye on you. Thanks! He doesn’t have to baby Leona as much! Now he’s just tailing you. You let him, as he’s no threat to you. Which is also what gets you to eat more and act more human.

You invite him to join you after a while, to which you become buddy-ish. Even if you hangout with Adeuce or just Grim more. Yeah, Grim is in Savanaclaw with you, so enjoy the catfights over food from Grim and Ruggie.

Jack is distant, he does his own thing. He’s intrigued by you but it’s none of his business. Up until you and Heartslabyul asks him about the potential foul plays. To which he gets roped into our investigation.

He admires your strength, tactical prowess and just overall and actual sense of Justice? He thinks? You say it’s just because you want to but... And as he makes a big deal of calling you an idiot, it’s no less admirable. Unlike the Adeuce group.

In the end you foul Leona’s plans, you still play magift with Savanaclaw which even things out a lot.

Though you do let the other dorms take their out on some of your members a little. Ha! Oh and this one Horned guy that nearly overpowered you during magift. Not that you were paying attention to him. You tried your best and both your houses tied. Phew! that was more of a mental workout remembering all the positions!

You meet Cheka when you “wake up” in the infirmary. Diasomnia might have won if you didn’t block the last disk shot with your head. to which you “faint” afterwards.

You also take jabs at teasing Leona about being “Unca!” during this, while petting Grim as he got to participate in the matches. He got a little beat afterwards.

So Savanaclaw is just a group of housecats to you, and you enjoy as much of their time as they let you.

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tamelee · 1 year

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Hi Tamelee!! 💕

You know, I really love your headcanons about Naruto and Sasuke. So I wanted to ask, what kind of music would they listen to, in your opinion? Do they play any instrument themselves? Are they even interested in music?

Anyway, I hope you’re doing good and that you’re taking care of yourself! Your art is amazing, and it’s great to see how your drawing style is evolving. I send you a lot of love (*˘︶˘*).｡.:*♡

Hi @fille-de-skroa dear!! 💕 Oh I love this so much!! 🥹

LONG(!) AU!HEADCANON POST! 🎶 (With pics & music)

NARUTO ☀

So, in a Naruto&Sasuke-are-into-music!AU, I've always kinda headcanon'd Naruto as a singer. As a young, neglected boy he loved grabbing people's attention by joining rock/punk-bands and talent shows as much as possible as he wanted people to hear him. And nothing is as loud as his voice. (Or the orange in his clothing..)

It became a way for him to scream out his dissatisfaction toward that very same audience, people who criticized him, but because he did it in such a rebellious way he wasn't very liked nor very good yet either. Despite him feeling it was an unfair assessment back then and having the need to scream even louder, he understood that he needed practice. Never mind the annoying black-haired bassist he shared a stage with, that constantly egged him on about how much of a dumbass Naruto was while he played his instrument flawlessly. Oh, that did it! He was going to show him regardless of the situation!! But.. he tripped over a cable while he went to kick his ass DURING a performance and accidentally kissed the dude.. of course everyone saw and people were filming... The bassists' fans made Naruto's life a living hell. It seemed like he was loved by everyone, so Naruto made him a rival out of envy (and not because the kiss got him curious, shh!) instead of befriending him as he actually wanted to.. and improved ever since because secretly he wanted to impress this guy the most for some reason.

He did find himself enjoying the punk/rock scene and the lyrics from the music as well as writing his own helped him get through tough times tremendously. Because of it Naruto journals through voice recordings.

Naruto, as much as he can and as often as he can makes noises. Whether it is by tapping his foot, utensils, humming a tune or even talking to himself- anything to overcompensate the fact that he grew up in an environment where he felt much too lonely. No noise scares him, solitude does too and even this weird thought of him abandoning himself as many have done to him and his vision for the future- so he talks.. and talks.. and talks, then hopes one day someone will listen.

After this phase he toned it down a little because he found a mentor who was a master of 'Kabuki'. (Traditional Japanese theatre.) He never would've thought to do this on his own, yet practiced this for 2.5 years which helped him a lot to calm down, put his energy into practicing his dancing skills, social developments, musical instruments, but most of all his voice!

As someone who can't stand being alone, doesn't like quiet places, he'd listen to a lot of music. He most definitely has a premium Spotify account and makes all sorts of playlists for himself but also for Sasuke whom he later gets in a relationship with, trips, certain travels together, places-

they all get their own playlists because it is sorta nostalgic when those songs remind him of that time.

He loves to "set moods" whatever that means, in an extra effort to enhance him being romantic or help Sasuke relax whenever he's stressed about something. It often earns him an eye-roll but when he doesn't look, Sasuke smiles softly about it anyway because he does appreciate it. In that sense, Naruto's efforts, although sometimes a lot to take when you're not good at accepting your own vulnerability- it's helpful. It feels warm. Especially when Naruto is experimenting with new tracks or ballads he's writing through his laptop and small keyboard which is attached to it. He doesn't play any other instruments otherwise even though he did play the Taiko drums during his 'Kabuki'-years-

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- he creates his music digitally now, writes songs and charmed his way through the industry with both his friendly, easy-going nature and his talents. Artists/musicians love to work together with him. Despite his energetic nature, I can see his music being surprisingly mellow and full with emotion. He's musically gifted but had to work extremely hard in order to get where he's at especially because of people's initial presumptions. His skill required much effort.

Sasuke notices that he's often the topic of Naruto's songs and that his music is an outlet for perhaps frustration/conflict, things Naruto finds hard to say to him directly. Sometimes it is difficult for him to be honest with himself or uses vague analogies, gets too embarrassed or brushes it off before it is fully resolved, but with music he can't hide how he feels and it is something they both came to accept. Admittedly it took them a while.

Love by Nathan Wagner

Most of the time though, Naruto hums out happy tunes. And when I say "most of time" I mean, most of the time, you can't miss him when he's around as there is always some sort of noise coming out of his mouth, hence why Naruto and Sasuke luckily live in an apartment where Sasuke created his own space in a separate room where he can have time for himself when needed. You can have a healthy relationship all you want, but some people need time for themselves to harvest energy. Naruto harvests a few small plants/herbs and enjoys to be outdoors most of the time anyway so when they don't spend time together, through the balcony- nature and the people below enjoy the tunes he's humming or as he's showering he'll belt out songs as loud as he can. Often, Sasuke joins him to shut him up if it's too early, though, that doesn't necessarily work, iykwim. Then, Sasuke doesn't mind. The neighbors do. They move to a bigger house where land surrounds them, Naruto can have a real garden and Sasuke has more peace. It's a win-win for everyone until Naruto decides to learn to play the Taiko drums again and insists on playing together because he created a song about 9 different beasts- or something?

Sasuke suggested a different place to practice instead of 'home' and Naruto understood luckily. After a few weeks, as Naruto was shirtless, humming happy tunes to his herbs under the scorching sun, Sasuke couldn't help but appreciate the extra defined muscles that formed because of the Taiko drums.

Naruto at some point has a successful singing career, a few hit singles, 7 albums, did tours, but ultimately decided to become and stay a songwriter who easily gets inspired from his environment, the people he meets and his lover, his most important person:

SASUKE ☾

The Uchiha family would be well-known in the music-industry and the pressure of doing/performing well was a lot of responsibility for Sasuke even at a young age. It resulted in his father scolding him for the tiniest mistakes and errors that not even teachers could pick up on. Worse, his brother in his parent's eyes was perfect, seen as a prodigy and could not just play one instrument at a professional level at the age of 13, but three.

When Sasuke reached that age he was able to play two. The Shinobue Flute for which he often played impressive solo's during high-class performances-

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-and the bass guitar. The latter he always kept a secret from his family as it was an instrument associated with music and lyricism that wasn't very appreciated by the rest of the members as it lacked tradition and manners (according to them), although he suspected that his brother knew. Of course he did. And so, his parents, although loving and supportive at the time, held an aura of disappointment surrounding them as they thought Sasuke could only play the Shinobue Flute while at night he was absolutely killing it on stage in front of many people and a crowd of his own fans- uh, screaming fan-girls, with his self-made band called: Taka.

(Yes I just Headcanon'd Band Taka as TFK 😆 let me live please, cuz lyrics..! No? Okay, well-) When Suigetsu got over-hydrated which resulted in water intoxication and was hospitalized for it, Taka was in desperate need for a new singer as they needed to perform in a few days. Naruto, a foul-mouthed kid around Sasuke's age whom already had some experience was available. (See previous TFK song in Naruto's part.) He didn't think Naruto was bad nor very good, but he had potential with some practice, however, no way he was going to tell him that. His behavior at the time was a little off-putting, let alone having the dumbass stumble over cables during the performance and land on his face which resulted in... a kiss... what was that all about anyway!? Naturally, Taka didn't ask Naruto to perform with them anymore.

Sasuke started to miss him somewhat although he didn't really understand why. Maybe Naruto's goofy behavior and indirect warmth lingered a bit too long, bickering with the guy strangely was.. fun. It was almost too easy, unique even, but regardless, Sasuke had goals on his own and needed to focus.

Taka disbands. Eventually I can see Sasuke start to associate trauma with his instruments. He enjoyed playing the Shinobue Flute and genuinely wanted to get better and better at it, surpassing his brother, but didn't see a point now that he's missing and his parents passed away. The soft melodies of the flute don't sound peaceful at all, it somehow screeches through his ears like nails on a chalkboard and there is a false sense of guilt surrounding his bass guitar that he always hid from his family. Logically he knows that whatever happened to them isn't his fault, but he can't play without feeling bad. He can't shake it off no matter what he tells himself.

Contrasting Naruto, Sasuke's world goes quiet.

I can actually see Sasuke enjoy silence more than him putting on music like Naruto who'd be walking around with headphones or EarPods. It is possible that there is more reason to it, perhaps lyrics, instead of it being a source of distraction/entertainment- can be more often than not- triggering. As Sasuke ventures out into new interests I can imagine him at times listening to instrumental pieces that feel like he's going on a new journey, someplace else. Either Lo-Fi like JazzyCal, piano/violin (Dark Academia style) or something with a foreign language that he doesn't understand so the lyrics won't affect him but sounds nice anyway.

But as Naruto and Sasuke find each other, slowly Sasuke starts to warm up again to a world that holds all sorts of melodies and is a lot more colorful. This doesn't come without fear or insecurities as one day Sasuke holds the obnoxious brightly colored hoodie which somehow smells like safety, comfort... and grass, that Naruto left in his bedroom after a stupid argument that frankly was just a misunderstanding rooted from both their trauma.

In fact, he wants nothing to do with his own instruments until the day Naruto and Sasuke start moving to a bigger home and he finds them stuffed away. He thinks about his family, as he often did and although he tried to ignore all the talk in the media surrounding them it was futile. The name 'Uchiha' followed him around anywhere and him being quiet about the situation only resulted in people making up strange stories on their own, ridiculous reasons as to why Sasuke wasn't playing anymore. To be honest, he did miss the feeling of getting lost in the music while playing his instruments.

When Naruto suggested he'd wanted to play the Taiko drums again and almost ordered one that most certainly wouldn't fit through any of their doors, not even in their new home, Sasuke called Juugo. He prepared a place for them both which surprised Naruto at first, but when he arrived and saw Sasuke already standing next to his drums with his Shinobue Flute.. he couldn't possibly look any happier. Even more so because after playing together for a few times and having the time of their lives, Sasuke told him that it would be good to have a goal to challenge themselves and so, they were going to perform at a festival.

Drums, singing, flute-

It was just so fun to do what you love with the one you love. And as Sasuke glanced over at Naruto who was enjoying himself so much as he was flexing his whole body to hit the drums, smiling and singing- then suddenly making eye-contact with Sasuke- he couldn't help but think something within was overflowing.

Sasuke would always listen to Naruto who in turn would always have his melodies be about Sasuke or them together, proudly shouting it from every mountain if he'd have to.

Yeah, I Headcanon Naruto and Sasuke with music.

Thankyou for this wonderful ask, this was a lot of fun @fille-de-skroa !! 🥰 I hope you're doing well too, please take care of yourself as well, and I'm very happy to know about my art ;-; ily

I hope this is somewhat what you expected? (And not too long >.<! Sorry about that!)

#asktamelee #narusasu #headcanon #naruto headcanons #naruto and sasuke #music hc #sns #I swear I'm almost finished with my SNS playlist but I just keep adding ;-;#fille-de-skroa

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rosecoloredknight · 1 month

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sometimes I love life in the most pathetic insignificant ways.

• I went on one of my ordinary walks at the park. The weather was so nice;; low 60s, cloudy, with cool winds breezing through while listening to Taylor Swift discography on shuffle? IT WAS SUCH A GOOD WALK

• I saw a two year old toddler dressed all cute with a colorful beanie carefully walk down a small grass hill to her parents and it adorable 🥺 I didn't want to flat out record it but I wish I could have.

(enjoy park pics ft. my favorite dark green color tree!)

• I then got a sudden burst of motivation and went to trim the side of my hair that way it stopped looking even? It just felt like an oval and I was so annoyed. I'm grateful that the beauty salon owner said yes to cutting my hair before closing 🙏🏽

BY THE WAY, my hair IS GROWING BACK!! I'm so excited for it to grow back. I miss my wavy, frizzy, curly hair.

• for some reason I craved my favorite sweets so drove by the dollar tree and bought three bags xD. Shout out to Riesen™ y'all are addicting ASF. (Oh, there's this pretty tree next to the store!!)

• Lastly, I was feeling nostalgic for one of my childhood poor people meals so I cooked myself some potatoes and enjoyed them with ketchup and mustard. yummm

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this was all boring and mundane, but I have no one to ramble to and annoy so I'm sharing this here. Yes, it's kind of useless to share this but I'm just — I had a really appreciative day.

Besides, I can't help but be foolishly optimistically in love with life ¯\_(ツ)_/¯😊😊

#i hope y'all have a good day/night #stay awesome #😊😊😊#personal

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rudiedelrey · 2 years

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Ladies, gents, and everyone in between I present to you…..

*Keanu Reeves as things*

Keanu as a…. drink

Keanu gives me major coffee vibes, specifically along the lines of an Americano or a dark roast of sorts. It’s woodsy, earthy, and at first glance maybe a bit bitter. But also a classic. And he knows how to always kick start my day with his existence, lol so there’s that.

Keanu as a….. flower

Anthurium! This is a nod to his native Hawaiian ancestry. Everytime I’ve been to the islands I always think of him in these flowers. Sure, we got the awapui, the plumerias, no doubt about that. But they’re just so unique, especially the deep red. Hummingbirds are drawn to it as well I’ve noticed. I feel like this rich shade of red is just like his spirit.

Keanu as a ….. dessert

It’s hot, and steamy on the outside but just a big melts pleasure on the inside, just like him. He’s just too sweet! 💕

Keanu as a …… place

Sea cliffs. Dangerous, beautiful, and dazzling. Full of rich secrets only time could tell you about, just like I feel all the wisdom he has in his life. Sure he would laugh and say he doesn’t know everything. But we’ve known a lot about his journey. The people he’s known and lost. But the sea is a place of new beginnings as much as she takes, it’s a forever exchange of new things just like his presence in Hollywood.

Keanu as a….. season

WHAAAAT? I’m not nostalgic about the lake house even though it’s more autumn themed than winter! Psh! Where did you get that idea?! Anyways, I see him as a winter honestly becuase of his vibes in the john wick franchise. He looks like the perfect guy to snuggle up with under a thick blanket watching this view too 😉

And lastly…. Keanu as a…. Color

For some reason tumblr won’t let me write under this pic. But this sort of inky midnight/twilight blue like you’re coming home from a long night out after spending it remembering good times. The kind of blue like you’re waking up early in the morning just before the sun rises and you contemplate your existence for a second. Or when you’ve finally fallen asleep after a hard time and found solace in one thought alone. That’s the vibe keanu has. I hope you enjoyed this post!

#keanu reeves #keanu fan #i love keanu

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p1utofairy · 7 months

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your pacs are so so so fun! the descriptions / readings are >>>>>>>> they always get me excited and YOUR CHOICE OF PICTURES LORDDDDDDD TAKE ME the monica belluci ones omg what a taste you have!!! your pacs are also so nostalgic, homey for some reason, it makes me feel very comforted (like rainy night, wrapped in a blanket, a small lamp on and phone in hand)! i get so excited seeing your pacs first in the tags like pure joy comes to me when i see the title and go “i know that one, AAAAAAAAA”

i'll cry rn PLS 🥹😭 this is literally one of the sweetest things i've ever read. thank you thank you thank youuuu! i'm so glad to hear that my pacs are resonating with you, and that you like my aesthetic ahhh 🤭 i always try to make sure they're on point for y'all — like i will go down a rabbit hole trying to find the right pictures until i'm like “yup this is the one. they’d choose this pic.” lol thanks again for this btw it really made my night.

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mostsanekazefan · 2 years

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VK Memories

(im on vol 3 chap 13)

when i started reading VK Memories(even tho i said i wouldnt🤡-) i noticed how most of the characters were happy and i was happy for them, even for Yuki, i didnt rlly hate her tht after reading som of the few chapters, but I was rlly happy for them but lik i also felt sad for som reason, it felt lik they grew up soo fast, even tho they didnt change tht much in looks, idk how to describe this feeling, it felt like a nostalgic feeling. anyways i realized how it would suck to live for a very long time having to see each and everyone of ur loved ones die and u can't do much abt. they also make death look peaceful, seeing some of the characters die, made me sad, it makes me wanna cry just by thinking abt it :( i honestly dont want this series to end, but it will at som point so im gonna try to catch up. thinking abt VK breaks my heart :( i dont think ill never let go of this series, it has a place in my heart and it will forever be<3

here's smth cute :D

it drew it at school the pic next it was my reference

#zero kiryuu #kanazero #kaname x zero #kuran kaname #vampire knight #vampire knight memories #vampire knight guilty

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20dollarlolita · 2 years

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Okay, I'm still a little bit nostalgic, so let's go into the first six coord pictures I found on my long trip through my 2011 facebook and tumblr.

This is Alice in the Ribbon Kingdom OP, which was my first main dress piece I bought. Those socks are actually gray, and those shoes are jelly peep-toe flats that were so small that my heels were hanging off the end. This is definitely the earliest coord pic I have because it was from before there was the giant mirror at the end of the hallway that everyone knows me for now.

I think everyone has a picture of their "i bought the dress and had no accessories at all" coord. This was mine. You can't see my hair but I took the neck brooch off the dress and bobby pinned it into my hair.

Coord rating: 4/10, nice dress and nothing else works, please step away from the cat litter box.

I definitely wore this outfit and called it lolita. The picture I posted of it is a dead link but my friend drew Equius in the same outfit I was wearing. That's a handmade skirt and then a t-shirt with Portal and the TARDIS on it, a headbow I strip-quilted with random fabric, and then some navy blue knee socks. I do not remember the conversation that happened to make this picture happen.

Coord rating 6/10: that's not how casual lolita works but A for effort.

This was my first Bodyline dress, and I'd gotten it that day, and hadn't pressed it. Those are some factory creases in there. That blouse is just a normal pointed collar blouse that I think I borrowed from my mom. Once again, we have me pinning the detachable bows into my hair. It took me years to get out of this habit. That dress was also the first lolita piece that I sold, and I wish I could get it again. I wanted a piano lolita dress from the first second I had a piano lolita dress.

Those white socks I later sewed lace to the top of, and they're still in my wardrobe and are frequently used in current coords.

I wore this to my lolita mentor's house because I was going to buy something from her. I don't remember if it was my Shirring Princess OP or if it was a blouse+petticoat+ear muff+socks combo that I later bought, but I know I was going to her house to buy something from her.

Coord rating: unable to rate because I fear the consequence of breaking eye contact with the face I'm making at the camera.

And I know that because this is the Shirring Princess, socks, blouse, petticoat, and earmuff combo that I bought from my mentor. I was so lucky to have someone who was experienced in the fashion available to help me when I was new to this. She also was selling a lot of her stuff because IIRC she was in a bit of a financial pinch. It wasn't really cold enough for earmuffs but I wanted to wear them anyway because I didn't own any hair accessories at all.

Those are my Bodyline tea parties that I've currently painted gold and made into the world's most dangerous quad skates. Those

mental health discussion cw for the rest of this post.

This picture is really weird to me because it's the last picture that I uploaded online before my bipolar diagnosis. I got diagnosed with bipolar following a quite spectacular almost-term of college with an increasingly bad major depressive episode. So I look really weird to myself here, because this was the start of like, days at a time where I wasn't able to be happy and couldn't understand why. I spent this entire winter break thinking that if I could just get back to school then things would feel better, which. They didn't. I know that I bring up my mental health any time that I start talking about early lolita me, but that's because the main reason I fully committed to owning and making lolita is really connected to this major depressive episode.

I remember wearing this exact coord again at school, but I wore the socks over white tights because I had self-harm marks on my legs that I didn't want people to see.

Coord rating 8/10: It's got most of the right things but also it's basically an entire outfit I bought from someone else.

So near the end of that term, I was determined to be a hazard to myself or others and was ejected from housing, which was also its own whole mess (I can tell the story of the head of housing being told to put a 20-year-old girl on suicide watch and her deciding to just leave said girl with a group of people she didn't know and tell them to watch her because head of housing decided to do something else, but we can save that for later).

Anyway, when you're super fucking depressed and your entire life has flipped upside-down and you've been massively cycling because you've got bipolar and someone's put you on SSRIs, sometimes you pick a thing to obsess over. And I picked lolita fashion. A nice lady at my church gave me huge piles of random scrap fabric, and I just started making things. I still have that blouse. It's basically a dickey with sleeves, because I ran out of fabric and decided it wouldn't matter if I only wore it under JSKs. That bodice is just elastic bobbin shirring done super close together, so it doesn't look very mainstream lolita at all. Looking at that skirt, I think I made that skirt out of the very first Scottish Games skirt that my mom made me when I was like 7.

This picture is really weird to me because I had completely forgotten about this dress ever existing until I found it earlier today. This is also one of the first selfies I can find that was in this mirror at the end of the hall. I still take pictures at this mirror.

Coord rating 6/10: not bad for a handmade coord but baby me wasn't really sure what a substyle was. If I'd tried to commit to styling it classic or something, it could probably work. Nice hat.

I've mentioned this before but this picture is a big deal for me because it was taken at my job/"job", which meant I was considered stable enough that I was allowed to drive my truck again. It wasn't really a job as much as my parents church taking pity on me and allowing me to "be the receptionist" on the church secretary's day off. This was the church where as a child I was banned from talking about oreos.

I found that blouse at a thrift store and it was too small but it had a rounded collar, so it was the only black blouse that I had for probably years. I made the skirt based off the Innocent World Juno skirt without me really having an understanding of why that skirt is shaped the way it is. That hair brooch is from the Dollar Tree and I was so excited when I found it because I thought it was the most lolita thing I'd ever seen at the Dollar Tree.

At this point in time, I was making maybe one thing from my sewing stash fabric about every three or four days. The petticoat I was wearing with this was a completely new petticoat that I made out of pink organza. I'd also done a skirt completely covered in rick rack which I do not have a picture of. I was basically making things because if I stopped making things then I'd feel worse than when I was making things.

I had also stopped wearing my BtSSB dress by this point because I had some disordered eating stuff going on and the fact that the zipper was a little bit tight somehow mathed out in my head to be about worth as a human.

Coord rating 7/10: technically checks all the boxes but CAN WE PLEASE BUY SOME LACE

While I was in college at that last term, I found this bodyline blouse at a record store (for some reason??), and the high waist means I could wear it with my weirdly short blouse I made. I owned three blouses at this point: this one, the too-small black one, and the long-sleeved pink one. That was my blouse collection for way too long, because I just never bought blouses. The slouch boots are an interesting addition to this. That headbow was the other Dollar Tree hair brooch that I got the same time I bought the black one.

If you've been following along you're going to notice how bad I used to be about not wearing any jewelry. I'm still pretty light on the jewelry but at least I wear it now.

I assume that the yellow thing there with the green crepe back satin ruffle is somehow related to the purple skirt with the ruffle made of the same green crepeback satin, but I have no idea what's going on with it.

I do remember taking this picture at like 2:30AM. I don't remember why I was taking this picture at like 2:30 AM. I think it's because I'd just cut my bangs and I wanted to do a whole look to show it off? I'm pretty sure this was right about when I started cutting my own bangs and just pretending it was fine however they came out. This is different from how I do it now because now I cut my own bangs and then panic when they are not fine however I tried to cut them.

Coord rating: 6/10 can we please match the shoes and headbow, but yeah I guess it checks all the boxes or something?

Overall analysis: Okay, so the first thing that past me needed (wardrobe terms, not in terms of psychiatric care) was to actually get way more hair accessories. All of these really show a lack of committment to my hair department. I think at the time, I really didn't know how to coordinate pink hair.

I did the same thing that I currently do, which I need to stop doing, which is buying big pieces like dresses and skirts and then just not having any blouses and headbows and socks. But this habit really, really held me back in my early lolita days.

The biggest thing for me in terms of handmade lolita was that I had a really good petticoat, and that helps make even my less good coordinates and pieces read like they're much better than they are.

That said, I was just dressing in a way that felt better than not getting dressed at all. This last picture wasn't even four months after the initial nadir of the major depressive episode, and I wasn't going to be determined to be able to go back to school for a few months after that. This was basically the only part of my life that I had complete control over and I decided that this was the thing I cared about.

Because of that, it took me a really long time to start focusing on some of the really detailed elements of lolita, making things balanced and pretty. I was basically just throwing anything that I could find together and call lolita.

Anyway, I was talking earlier about how you get good at drawing by doing a lot of sketches and not caring too hard if they're the best thing you'll ever draw? I think that's what I did in my first year of lolita. I just put things together. They weren't good. The vast majority of the pieces up there I either no longer have or no longer wear. But I figured out some stuff. Other stuff took way longer to figure out, but I did get some stuff figured out.

Anyway, to anyone who is feeling like they're not experienced in lolita, here's an entire year of me figuring stuff out. The 2013-2014 collection of lolita fashion that I have is also not great, so we can check that out if we want, too. I'm still figuring things out. I don't think I'll ever not be figuring things out.

Also here's a quick glimpse at how good cell phone cameras used to not be. (I've actually adjusted the white balance in all these, so the original pictures were worse)

#20dollarlolita #long post #handmade lolita #20dollarcoordposts

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altontowersfireworks · 8 months

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sometimes i think about the fact that many videos, pics and other about different things of alton towers such as rides, events, items, press packs, fireworks, etc. technically count as lost media.

mostly because they have been lost to time, its just image hosting sites expiration stuff or they simply vanish from one day to another.

hundreds, probably even thousands of them are either permanently gone forever or sitting inside the folders of an old computer or storage medium like a CD, floppy disk or drive rotting down and collecting dust.

i also sometimes think about the fact that somewhere deep, deep in the internet waters, something towers related is waiting there to be found.

it makes me feel oddly nostalgic for some reason, maybe it has to do with how most of these cases come from the 2000s/2010s.

Currently my searches have been not so successful but hey, its something!

#nyan's thoughts #nyan's findings

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twdmusicboxmystery · 1 year

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About a day ago, time posted a news article where they talk with the current cast members about different part of the whole history of the walking dead and as opposed to all the other sections where multiple people speak, the only cast members who talk in the section on Hard Goodbyes, are Lauren, Norman and Melissa.

Melissa say a general statement on how saying goodbye is hard, Lauren talks about Scott of course, and Normal talks all about Beth. He mentions Scott, Steven, and Jon Bernthal. But he says “Beth — Emily — that was a big one for me. I really liked our relationship, and I really like her a lot. Our stories were working really well together when it happened”

It feels like it’s been a long time since he talked about Emily/Beth in interviews that this is so refreshing! Also a little coincidental. Thoughts? Here is the link: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-11-18/the-walking-dead-finale-oral-history-cast?_amp=true

Yeah for sure! I loved this article for so many reasons. It's a really fun look back at all the great moments through all the seasons of a show we all know and love.

But I agree that the parts mentioning Beth are the best. It's nice to see Norman mention her. And of course, we've seen a lot of mentions and promo of her lately, which makes me think this is just another way of intentionally bringing her to the forefront of viewers' minds. We also get some really great pictures, both of Beth and of other cast members.

So, everyone should just go read the article. I guess I don't have a whole lot more thoughts than that. I really loved the article. It's fun and cute. And I love that Norman mentions Beth/Emily in it. I do think it's a purposeful hint.

Here’s a clickable link:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-11-18/the-walking-dead-finale-oral-history-cast?_amp=true

Thanks so much for sending it in. Xoxo! 🦌❣️

P.S. Here are some thoughts from my pals as well:

@wdway:

Guy's go to the group and read the actors interviews someone posted a link to. Trust me it's great. Beth/Emily is mentioned by a few people and Norman talks about her.

@twdmusicboxmystery:

Nice! Just finished. And of course I totally have to side eye. Sure, they mentioned other deceased characters like Sasha and Amy and Merle. But Beth got mentioned at least twice (or was in 3x?) and they also had a pic of her and Scott Wilson. Definitely feels like purposely more than other characters got. Thanks! Loved reading these. They were funny and sweet and nostalgic.

@wdway:

I thought it was good too. Beth/Emily might have been mentioned 3 times. Lauren talked about her, Emily and Steven going to watch fireworks but ended up hanging out playing music. Norman talked about how he really liked Emily/Beth? I found it hard to tell who he was talking about. I'm pretty sure there was at least 1 maybe more mentions of Emily/Beth. I'll probably read it again when I get a chance either tonight or tomorrow and I'll pay more attention.

I re-read the article and counted the Emily/Beth mentions. Lauren's that I mentioned above. The Beth/Emily, Herschel/Scott Wilson photograph. Norman talking about liking Emily/Beth. Norman talking about Scott Wilson mentioned the Herschel was Maggie and Beth's father. I thought Norman including Beth was in talking about Herschel was a conscious decision because I think most people would just say Maggie's father. In actually mentioning Emily/Beth it was Lauren/Maggie and Norman/Daryl, Beth's sister and boyfriend.

#beth greene #beth greene livess #beth is alive #beth is coming #td theory #td theories #team delusional #team defiance #beth is almost here #bethyl

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evilneo · 1 year

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Next up on my DS cartridges is Sonic Colours, Up, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf!

first is Sonic Colours, which I have no memory of. I checked the player name in the options menu, and its listed as "Papyrus" so uh. im guessing this was my ex friends cartridge actually. I dont have a way to contact her to give it back if she wants and i dont feel right overriding her progress </3 ill probably just leave it as a monument to friendships past :)

HOOGH BOY i did NOT think that Up would register,, it did eventually but holy shit that took a while. this was one of my favourite games as a kid.... id play it ALL the time, so this is really nostalgic for me (yeah i say that like every post. its bc its true OK) also the dog meter on the 3rd pic goes down every time you move to show the dogs tracking you, and when it gets to zero they find and attack you! neat game mechanic :)

AH ANIMALS CROSSING <3 every one knows this guy :) i named my town "Froodton" bc i asked my mum what i should name it and shes a Hitchhikers fan <3 i started the town in 2016 and the last thing to be completed was in 2020, I havent picked up this thing for over a year.... shudders. I must have last played it in winter bc im wearing the winter outfit! and I had a perfect town bc theres Lily of the Valleys and also the flower clock! (its also very much pre-breakup with my ex gf JDBSKSKS) maybe ill clean it up and drop my dream address or something :) photos in order: The main room of my house, the outside of my house, the upper floor of my house, i made a fertility/abundance statue for some reason? and me sitting on the town tree :)

#sonic Colours #pixar up #animal crossing #new leaf #ds #ds talk #neo.txt

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crowhyun · 2 years

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give a txt song to ur mutuals

ooooo i love these mutual games

@petrichor-han — Ghosting

The reason for this is because Ghosting, to me, if a very nostalgic sounding song that has pretty sad lyrics, but at the same time it’s soft and comfortable. I could imagine listening to this song while i laid in bed, rain beating on my window, and the only light coming from a warm scented candle.

@hyukakes — Dear Sputnik

I chose this song because it reminds me of Kai, and when I think of Kai, I think of you. You’re bright and energetic, but at the same time, it’s a different type of energy. It’s like the type of energy when you’re playing with a water hose outside with your friends, but it’s not THAT exact moment, it’s the moment when you come inside from playing, all wet and sweaty, and you grab a popsicle or some water and you mom yells at you saying “YOURE EITHER IN OR OUT STOP RUNNING BACK AND FORTH” and then you go back outside and play. Very specific lol and might not be something that everyone experienced, but that’s the energy you give off.

@muselin — New Rules

New Rules, to me, is a very smooth yet poppy and chill song?? Like not super chill but it has a very cool vibe it it lol. I felt like this fit you most bcs it’s a more lowkey song (i don’t hear ppl talk abt it as much smh) but it has a lot of power and just vibes within it. To me, you are a chill person who has a strong feminine energy, and i feel like the song embodies someone like that.

@summerrainwinterbreeze — Fairy of Shampoo

We haven’t interacted in a while, but I feel like this song fits you because you have a very comforting and calm energy about you. Now i think that the aesthetic from the song and performance maybe doesn’t fit you as much, but the song itself fits you.

@fromkamal — Everlasting Shine

This song has a dreamy yet adventurous vibe to me. I don’t know you much, but you seem like a fun and happy person? Idk but you seem very nice haha and I just felt that this song was right for you.

@tohokuu — Frost

Okay so i had to chose between Frost and Puma lol. I mostly connect you to psycho shit and blood and gore (in a good way dw). And i feel like frost, the choreography, and the performance is rlly you, y’know. There’s an unhinged vibe that comes from this song and I feel like it fits you.

@woonie-muffin — No Rules

So No Rules is very energetic and fun and I think it fits you. I don’t know you very much, but through your asks and stuff, you seem to be cool and fun but at the same time, i can see a bit of rebelliousness which fits the song.

@nb-and-nd — Force

I don’t know much about you, but for some reason, I think this song fits you 😭

@sweetiehyuka — Eternally

Now this may come as a surprise, but there is a duality to you like there is a duality in this song. You are very soft and lovely, so that’s where the first part comes in. But then i think abt that pic with the gun and how you said you will stab any customer that’s rude to me at work and i was like oh yeah this here lmao. You’re protective and caring, but you’re also soft.

If you’re my moot and I didn’t put you, it’s because I couldn’t think of one 😭 mostly bcs we don’t talk much or I don’t see your posts of reblogs so i can’t conjure anything up in my mind

#crowhyun answers

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