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Studying and practicing…I’m still alive I swear.

#trigun stampede #trigun #vash the stampede #Everyone in this fandom makes amazing art and here I am just like #dumping my trash #lolol #but anyway here’s a practice scribble I did during some downtime #Trying to get back into the groove of drawing more frequently #hhHH #textures are your friend and are very fun

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After finishing my second concept drawing I realized that Vash’s glasses in this au don’t really have a place on his face anymore. I mean, unless it’s by magic, how are they going to stay on there without a nose bridge?

It’s a little unfortunate though, because it can be a bit unsettling when you look directly into his eyes.

#trigun stampede #vash the stampede #trigun au #I kind of abandoned this doodle halfway through but the idea is there #semi-artblock ugh #pardon the sketchiness #maybe I’ll clean this up later #I had to wonder what it would be like to have his eye sockets glow a faint blue #maybe whenever he brings out his powers it glows like this? #maybe it’s different strengths of illumination? similar to how his feathers show in ‘stages’ throughout the manga #I guess I also need to do a wolfwood design huh? he’ll be a challenge #I imagine for the first few moments Vash is in the afterworld he covers his face like this #at least until the scarf comes into play #spooky scary skeletons #trigun

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MmmmMMNGH some early concept sketches. Pretend any weird lines don’t exist—-I’m drawing this on my phone like the poor person I am lolol.

The story is still developing as well but…feel free to add in any input! I love hearing ideas.

Instead of Wolfwood being a terrible Ashley Furniture salesman, Vash decides to give it a try and spills his wine all over the bleached upholstery.

….whatever leads up to that scenario I’m not sure, but the death is certain.

The roles are reversed, and Wolfwood has to bury Vash. And he’s absolutely terrified of what this means now, especially for humanity once Knives finds out about this.

Vash’s soul enters the afterlife, and it’s kind of a big community like in Coco. The mood is mixed, maybe he recognizes quite a few people. But he probably doesn’t want to be recognized, really.

Especially not when those fangs of his are on full display. He’s just skull and bones, even lankier than when he had flesh. This wasn’t the “him” that people had come to know in the living world.

Somehow, Wolfwood finds out a way to enter this realm and he attempts to do it without Knives knowing about any of this. He has a time limit. He paints his face, covers his head, wears black gloves, whatever he needs to do to blend in.

He manages to find Vash (though it’s not that hard, he’s one of the few 6 ft+ tall skeletons meandering around). He lays out the stakes, lets Vash know that Knives is going to wipe the planet clean now that there’s nothing holding him back. He misses him, he honest to god needs to come back to the living world no matter what it takes.

But Vash….he hesitates. Maybe he’s seen Rem. Like the actual Rem. He hasn’t talked to her yet but he needs to. He’s been just a stone’s throw away from her at one point and he’s going to find her again and he needs to tell her everything. He can’t go back. Maybe he doesn’t want to. Maybe he’s somehow given a normal life here, as normal as it can be. He sees everyone he’s missed, and they missed him. And they’re like family. Why would he come back?

Wolfwood knew Vash’s skull was thick, but he didn’t know just how thick until his fist makes contact and quite literally pops it clean off Vash’s shoulders.

They eventually come to an agreement and there’s trials they would have to face to get back to the living world, but I wanted to capture just the amount of color this world would bring out compared to dusty Gunsmoke.

I’m wondering if Vash still has powers in this world. Maybe, Wolfwood’s flesh starts to fade away the longer he stays there, but for Vash it’s the opposite. He can bring out powers and he gains a faint blue glow that outlines his wings and his missing arm (I don’t think he would carry that prosthetic into the afterlife anyway?)

I’ll do more doodles but hopefully you guys like these for now?

#vash the stampede #wolfwood #trigun #trigun au #op rambles late at night and should be in bed #my art #could potentially swap out wolfwood with Meryl somehow but she’d opt for tackling Vash and wringing his spindly neck instead of punching

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INHALES DEEPLY

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-Presses index fingers together nervously-

….how many of you would be willing to see TrigunxCoco au art? Or am I just weird with this idea?

#trigun stampede #trigun #I saw ONE review of Coco and my brain went hog WILD WITH IT #but asghdjthkj #I’m….very shy about my art #and my thoughts #—-OP posts their own thing for the first time in decades haha heyyy #I’m alive I swear #it wouldn’t be the exact exact world of Coco #I have some tweaks in mind #I really wanna share my thoughts with the fandom #I will delete this if it isn’t interesting and I can keep them as my own doodles but I was curious #it centers around #Vash the stampede #and #wolfwood #but Meryl can be in it too I really don’t care and I’m hoping people can add in their own stuff to it

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From the firmament above, a blood-red eye looks down upon us.

#vash the stampede #!!!! I love this #it’s so striking #makes me wonder… #how many people on Gunsmoke actually saw ‘this’ part of him and now have nightmares from it #because it is absolutely terrifying when you remember that Vash HAS the ability to absolutely destroy you #and everything you know and love #there’s two of these beings on this planet and I think he’s the stronger one??? #and he’s walking among the people! #everyday #how many people recognize him and freeze up #or scream even?? does he experience that often? #we only saw Meryl scream when he accidentally showed his feathers again #mnnjhkhdgh #I’m rambling

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Just create the thing you want to create. Because who's going to stop you? Oh, it's you yourself? Well you can't let that bastard win, can you?

#wheezes #I’m trying #hhhHHH #I’ve been listening to so many songs lately and they paint such vivid pictures in my mind #but do I have the skill to draw them??? #I’ll #fkn #TRY

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This snake mantis makes the same faces that Machete does

I knew he was part bug.

#canisalbus #lmao

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#vash the stampede #nice!

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when you're younger you make fun of it because it seems boring but one of the best parts of getting older and maturing is recognizing how simply lovely all that cliche shit is. sunsets really are so endlessly satisfying. the hint of lilacs in the breeze really is soft and delicate and sweet. sometimes it feels good just to successfully clean the sink, to find an affordable appliance in the color you've been wanting, to try a new recipe, to finally get through that one television series like how you've been meaning.

it seemed stupid because they tell you - it'll feel quick - but it does feel quick. when i was younger it was like time was molasses. i couldn't get out of there fast enough. all the eras of my life stretched out into taffy. but then you are 29 on a walk with a friend and you both just stop to smell the lily of the valley at your feet. you are both standing there, quiet, enjoying the simple moment of peace.

they say it gets better a lot, which used to have no meaning to me. better for me was undefined and daunting. but here is one way it got better without me trying - a few days ago i was walking my dog and stopped to stand in a sunbeam, turning my cheeks up at the shaft of golden fairylights, the dustmotes in the wood all shivering their little dancing bodies. a stranger stopped and kind of cocked her head and said basking? and i laughed nervously, already moving to get out of her way. instead, she said can i bask with you? and we stood there, full adults, a soundless hum in our chest. when the clouds came back over the sun, we made that awkward small talk - yeah i didn't expect it to be this chilly! and haha spring allergies are comin'.

and you pour yourself a cup of tea and are delighted when you measure the sugar ratio perfectly and you manage to parallel park correctly on the first time (probably because nobody was looking) and yoga really did help your lower back mobility and brown paper packages really do tug on your heartstrings and you love sweaters and furry blankets and watching your little potted plants grow one new and shining leaf and you want to find your younger self and say. yes, i am nostalgic for summers that bent like wheat and were buzzing with low energy and sleep. but darling. adulthood gets better because the time condenses into a prayerbook of your own psalms, these tender beautiful memories. it gets better because things become prettier, gentler, kinder to you - somehow. without you even noticing. you just get to the top of the hill and you realize - oh, this is the thing i've been missing.

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#dolphin #wHAt

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The Wild Robot (2024) - Official Trailer

#wild robot #yeee #never read the books but this looks good!

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My current plan to recover from my mental and emotional existence is to just go so deep into being insane that I'll come out sane on the other side. Being a chronic people pleaser plagued with impostor syndrome stretched me too thin, and that leash simply snapped and I am now a completely untethered, unapologetic vermin.

Fuck having impostor syndrome, if I'm not entitled to be here they should've barred the doors better. If I'm doing everything wrong because of imaginary rules that nobody told me about, that's their problem, you should have made your confusing system more idiot-proof.

I'm not here to please everyone and do everything right. I'm here to make bad art, chew on furniture, make people laugh, cook awful food and look at pretty landscapes, and piss off the people who don't want me to exist. If I have an unseen infinite debt somewhere that I can never pay back, I'm going to keep running that tab until I die. I'm alive purely because the universe is shit at pest control.

#whoa #I needed this #‘if I’m not entitled to be here they should’ve barred the doors better’ is an amazing line #thank

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TRIGUN STAMPEDE #0 (2023年)

#trigun stampede #ahh I love the contrast #so pretty

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colored sketch of cowboy tails :)

behold, the second ever colored cowboy tails dfjkfdfs

#sonic #sonic fanart

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#ffxv #noctis lucis caelum #ahh I should play that game again

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so a huge list of artists that was used to train midjourney’s model got leaked and i’m on it

literally there is no reason to support AI generators, they can’t ethically exist. my art has been used to train every single major one without consent lmfao 🤪

link to the archive

#ai art #I hate this…just passing it on so people see #this is why I’m hesitant to post anything I doodle even though I planned on doing it #nnnhhh

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Day 17: Prophecy

#zelda