#I'm practicing with expressions a little

[helsensm]

Dear followers, Today I offer you 🤲 Kung Lao

Tomorrow? Who knows... probably nothing oops sowwy

#he got A Plan™ #I'm practicing with expressions a little #also tried a new way of coloring but gave up #🌈fuск the rendering✨ #kung lao #...should I tag off-screen Raiden? #my art #mortal kombat #mortal kombat 1 #mk1 #helsensm art

[mintjeru]

my little lion

open for better quality | no reposts | IDs in alt text/under the cut

[Image description: Six digital drawings of chibi Kaveh faces. The last image is a compilation of the previous six drawings, but in one image.

In the first, he is smiling brightly, surrounded by sparkles, and giving the viewer a thumbs up.

In the second, his eyes are closed and he is turned to the side. He has a frown and furrowed brows. A puff of air rises from the side of his face. His arms are crossed.

In the third, he is smiling with his eyes closed. He has lion ears and is being pet on the top of his head.

In the fourth, he has a surprised, fearful expression. He raises an arm protectively in front of himself.

In the fifth, he is winking at the viewer and offering a red rose in his hand. Rose petals float around him.

In the sixth, his eyes are shut in anger and his mouth is wide open, as if he is yelling. Anime style popping veins appear on his head and puffs of air appear around him.]

#kaveh #genshin impact #genshin #fanart #myart #doodle #updated my mobile app and they finally added alt text to the images!! i'm so happy #anyway these were some kavehs bc i wanted to practice expressing emotions #idk why but i feel a bit insecure about whether or not my drawings convey the right emotions #and i heard that drawing emotes is helpful bc the emotions are exaggerated and often specific #so that's why these are little kaveh faces hehe #i am tired. gonna take a break now. enjoy #wait one more tag: the kaveh with the rose is purely self-indulgent please do not perceive me. it is my favorite one though

[daisywords]

going to be thinking about Camilla and Palamedes for the rest of my life btw

#the locked tomb #immediately latched onto them in gtn #and then I was like...wow probably not going to see as much of these two as I would like since they're side characters and stuff #little did I know my runaway blorbos were also the author's runaway blorbos #seriously nona the ninth came in like #HEY actually Camilla Hect is the most important person in the entire world and I love her #and I'm like. I KNOW that's what I've been SAYING #!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #something about the competent practicality mixed with the open unblushing expression of the deepest affection

[myothertardisisonthemun]

I have 3d printed some very special dice

It's a D1. It only has one possibility.

For when things are certain.

Although, thinking about it, usually 1 is the number people don't want to get, what they want is a 20.

So I also made this

(Also here are a bunch of earlier prototypes)

#joke dice #3d printing #3d printing adventures #dice #this was based on the one advertised on curiosity box which are all out of stock and i didn't want to wait #hand painted and a bit rough but they work #my machine is an fdm printer which is less suitable for the smaller end of things and i wanded these to be small #so they could blend in with other dice #i carefully adjusted the number size and position for balance and clarity #but imperfections in my printing means a little cleaning up was still needed #i kinda want to try more weird dice shapes #this was part of a present for a friend so this has been scheduled for after the party in the odd chance that she visits Tumblr before then #the only practical use i think is for expressing certainty (with perhaps just a bit of sarcasm). #'for that i need you to roll a D1' #'I'm going to roll D1 to see if they attack you' #etc

[pileofsith]

Dedra and Cereal xoxo

A cursed sithmas gift for @hegodamask! Forgive me... I had to...

#probably the only time anyone will ever refer to either of them as a gift lmao #posting this here in case it doesn't arrive on time #lawd I'm sorry #I am so out of practice for trad art #these are little postcards with watercolour and markers #and there is a silly little secret message at the back of Syril's card #dedra meero #syril karn #imperial officer #imperials #sithmas #syril x dedra #??? #I still don't know anything much about these two except that their micro facial expressions are deranged in any gifset I see

[shimmershy]

Flowey Week Day 1: Chara

The song lyrics are from Be Nice To Me by The Front Bottoms.

#floweyweek2022 #the context is that the first image is when chara and flowey finally get a chance to talk after the events of undertale #and they're together again but everything's different and at first they don't know how to deal with that #but the second image takes place after a while on the surface once they realize and accept that they've changed #whoops i accidentally made it more chara-centric :/ #but i was listening to this song a lot and wanted to draw a little thing because i don't have the motivation to draw a whole animatic lol #safeutdr #undertale #my art #chara #chara dreemurr #sketches #flowey #flowey undertale #digital art #the front bottoms #be nice to me #i know I'm late but I'm trying to catch up #also the facial expressions were fun. i definitely need more practice in that area but these actually look pretty good #🌼

[oc-atelier]

I've only been practicing drawing different angles of heads for two days now and I'm already so excited at the results I'm getting in just this silly sketch of Leo alone

#rambling #I'm trying to improve my art in all kinds of ways with making myself draw heads at different angles being one of them #since it's always been one of my weak points in terms of anatomy #so getting to see how good this sketch of Leo came out after practicing drawing heads at different angles first made me really happy #I'm shooting to make my art more dynamic but also expressive especially bc Leo's my most expressive OC so I Gotta do it for him #But that being said this may be for an ask that I got a little bit ago but didn't have the motivation or the time to tackle until now #so I'm excited about that too KLSDGKJJSDGKLJ But I'm also going to treat myself and draw him in another outfit as a treat #This is just one out of possibly two outfit WIPs for funsies #Also new signature reveal for this blog yeehaw!

[aviatrixx]

Trying to take making digital art more seriously, but so far all I’ve accomplished is “draw Yamcha a bunch of times” lmao

[Image ID: Eight digital drawings of Yamcha from Dragon Ball with different facial expressions.]

#yamcha #dragon ball #my art #fanart #this started off as me trying to do this practice exercise #where you just re-draw the expressions that a character in a cartoon makes #and this is supposed to make you better at drawing faces and drawing expressions #but i also really need to practice like... literally everything with digital art #so i ended up doing the lineart and flat colors for all of them too #i think i figured out some stuff with line weight while doing this #and i experimented a little with how i drew different features #so i guess i'm learning something!

[talentforlying]

father grimaldi: forgive me, lord, for i have sinned. constantine: — understatement of the bloody century, that is. father grimaldi: the chapel is closed to the public! who are you? how did you get in here . . .? constantine: did you know vatican city has the highest per-capita crime rate of any nation state in the world? i'd have thought a touch of breaking and entering's pretty much par for the course around here.

so #1, an undeniable slay.

#2, how long do we think he was sitting in the confessional booth waiting for the guy to wake up from ellie's fake vision quest. like an hour? checking his light, practicing his Big Reveal Pose TM? he probably brought a book with him and just shoved it underneath the seat cushion when it was time to show off.

#3, knowing how intensely he studied & continues to study in order to teach himself magic at such an absurdly advanced level without any teachers to formally guide him? and how that level of dedication would absolutely carry over into researching a mark / making sure he had every corner of a confidence scheme nailed down pat? i like to imagine that the day before this meeting was spent with his severely under-caffeinated ass parked at a public library computer, squinting at articles for 'most important things to know about vatican city before you travel' or 'top 10 little-known facts about vatican city' and using the back of his boarding pass to take notes on what would be the best throwaway line to blow off all the usual questions with.

also, he probably woke up still in his travel clothes less than two hours before this scene and had to hustle to get suited up in time for his Dramatic Apparition. the demon blood was boiling so bad in that chapel that it was giving him a killer migraine. he didn't get breakfast so his stomach was growling the ENTIRE time. but all that meant was he had plenty of room to eat UP the runway and that's EXACTLY what the fuck he did.i'm

#( ooc. ) OUT OF CIGS. #always torn in half between 'john is a freaky little weirdo who just Knows Things and Picks Up Vibes and it usually works for him' #and 'john is the most Normal Dude in the whole london occult scene he just works w/ magic like a grad student prepping for finals week' #and you know what? the answer is always 'Both. Both is good.' #also on the one hand i'm truly obsessed with the idea of john just?? Always having a bunch of weird trivia available w/ his eidetic memory #like he read about the apostolic palace once in a book when he was with the peace convoy and his brain latched onto it forever #and it just Happens to become convenient later on and this happens VERY often and no one ever really knows how he does it #but there is a real real charm in considering that he's still Just A Guy beneath all the layers of false confidence and mysticism #still someone who had to work to get to where he is now and who will always have to work to Maintain as well #i like the mental image of him pacing around his temporary digs with index cards and drilling all the necessary details for the scam #or him and ellie getting blasted the night before and dramatically playing out their Big Final Confrontation to iron out all the beats #you just Know they were laughing til they cried workshopping shit like 'MY OLD ADVERSARY! WE MEET AGAIN!' and 'DO YOUR WORST HELLSPAWN!' #still trying to keep straight faces the day of the fake fight while drastically improvising to try and throw each other off their game #idk!!! i always enjoy the Strange and Off-Putting things about him but all of the Really Really Human stuff is also just. so so precious #we always get to see The Myth The Legend as shaped by the errors of The Man. but especially in later years actually SEEING The Man gets rar #all this to say that for every perfectly executed and properly horrifying loom out of the shadows with a glimmer of his freaky glowing eyes #there is always at LEAST half an hour or more practicing angles + expressions + mood lighting in the mirror going on behind the scenes #and that is very very special to me!!!! #( headcanons. ) I'M JUST LIKE THE BASTARDS I'VE HATED ALL ME LIFE. #( visage. ) AND I'M A BASTARD. #sched.

[doedipus]

this is like a decidedly non-vague vaguepost but some mutuals have been watching eva recently and one of them has repeatedly said that she wants to read methods of bioterrorism afterwards and it's like, oh god, I don't know that it was actually any good lmao idk if it's worth digging that back up

#idk how to express it but when I wrote it I was coming in hot off a very politically tumultuous college run #and generally thought there was a lot more meaning in things than I do now #so the whole voice it was written in is extremely chuuni #looking back I feel like any value it has is mostly like #practicing using various literary devices #and it was pretty instrumental in figuring out that I'm probably a little autistic #but idk how good or coherent a story it actually is #I'm not gonna say don't read it because there are still people out there getting some kind of value from it #but like. please keep expectations low lmao

[takethelx3]

1. Amber

Drawing the genshin impact characters in randomized poses for practice (in order of character release date)

#i never imagined I'd ever draw amber with a gun #I'm so sorry #amber it's fake it's not a real gun bbg #I promise it's it's it's... it's a nerf gun :( #anyway because of the pose I gave her a serious expression instead of :D which hurt a little #i know a batch of characters all came out when the game was released so I'm releasing those guys in alphabetical order #because the fandom wiki put them in alpha order and I don't want to choose between my beloveds #but I'll be doing my best #I need to practice doing more poses (I do stick to the ones I like!) #and this is also practice for drawing intricate outfits #but also #i love genshin and I've always wanted to do something like this! #art #fanart #genshin impact #watercolour #watercolour marker #amber #amber genshin impact #sketch

[eye-scream-girls]

I've been keeping a video diary for the past two years to help with my ruined 🌟 mental health 🌟 and I officially stopped on new years day this year, as it served its purpose perfectly and Oh My God I am loving not having to capture something everyday, it's been a big relief to just exist and let time flow without reminding myself to document anything. It was exactly what I needed in 2022 to help me reconnect with my physical body and recognise my face and see myself in my own life the way I needed it, and in 2023 it was perfect for capturing my joys and loved ones and everything I was grateful or proud of, and now I'm ready to just live organically and I am Loving not having to take a video everyday!! Ugh its so good.

#honestly it was one of the best practical things I started doing to help myself back in 2022 #in total 2022 had a total of 23 minutes of edited memories #and 2023 (so far as I'm still working on editing December) has about 37 minutes #it's brought me so much joy and happiness watching it back #i did journals for certain events like my birthday and concerts which used a lot of footage and longer clipa #and then cherrypicked from those to add to the yearlong journal #i also compared my summers to my winters #it was super interesting seeing how my priorities shifted and my self consciousness slipped away over time #it sounds odd but i became very fond of seeing myself in videos talking about things i was passionate about or making jokes #i got used to hearing my own laughter and accent #i grew affectionate of my own weird little facial expressions and the way I grin like a maniac when i got excited #it was like falling in love with the idea of myself alongside stitching back together my own image of mself as an interactive reallife self #with the physical body i could observe interacting in my life and see in the mirror #probably the healthiest thing i did for myself in 2022 was committing to that diary #and the healthiest thing for me now is taking the training wheels off and flying #so yeah #absolutely loving not remembering to have my phone 24/7 #personal #rambles

[scuddle-bubble101]

starting off with some practice hvndfjjnv, saw my old medibang years again... Thought I'd make some remakes from two of them...

#i'm a little happy that my art actually is more dimensional and expressive #telling from the old pieces #they just look so still and simple honestly #hybrid #hybridtale #poor birdie though #that first picture is his life currently in a nutshell x'D #jazzy #rainbow bean #the mainverse #serif doodling #got a little lighting practice as well cause why not

[sol1loqu1st]

idk if it's dysphoria or just regular ol insecurity or if maybe i just have a more Autistic Face/Body Language than i realized but when i see pictures of myself smiling there's like a 90% chance i look at them and kind of flinch. i've never seen a picture of someone else smiling and thought they looked bad but i feel like i look like a huge dork in pictures when i'm just candidly happy and it makes me really sad that other people just sort of effortlessly look good in photos and no matter what i do i look like the Bullied Social Reject Who Gets Asked To Prom By A Popular Kid Who Wants To Come Off As Kind And Empathetic

#eugh sorry this is such a shallow insecurity #literally one of my biggest sources of dysphoria is just. My Lips. as a kid i would constantly get asked if i was wearing lipstick #and that question lessened overtime because it's like. expected that someone who's usually read as a woman would be wearing lipstick #i used to literally practice holding my face/doing expressions in the mirror in a way that would minimize how much my lips stood out lmao #it's not even a feminine trait!!!! like it's not my fault western beauty standards expect men to have thin colorless lips #almost all the (cis) men on my mom's side of the family have Big Red Feminine Lips and it's. like. fine. lips aren't fucking gendered #but dysphoria knows know logic and that compounded with the fact that my expressions genuinely tend to be a little wonky #just. makes me feel Really Bad about my face in pictures #idk i just Hate My Smile and i feel like it makes me look ugly and like. i'm not gonna go get plastic surgery about it or whatever because #for me at least that feels really extreme and like an insecurity rabbit hole i dont want to go down #but also like. i just hate that i look shitty in almost every picture #and the only good pictures of me are carefully posed to look Pensive And Vaguely Sorrowful(tm)

[fulane-de-tal]

white people are literally so batshit insane bonkers how are you saying these things genuinely where is the though you've lived here your WHOLE life how have you never heard of one of the most important locations in the city...

#je parle #like there's no way these people really are saying these things seriously #um i can't go there isn't it like dangerous? girl it's one city over #getting there takes so much time... you literally said you went there once when you were little with your dad #you tried to get there during rush hour baby it's not our fault you've not googled the times to get there #jesus fuck #your parents are more excited about you going to an undermaintained jam theme park than they are about #you going to a different city full of art culture music life that is also YOUR CLOSE FRIEND'S HOMETOWN who you've heard express how much it #would mean to them to go with you #like mother fuckerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr #white people #ifucking hate them #especially considering you're NOT an immigrant you lived here FOREVER you don;t know the second most spoken language in the region and yo #u want me to be the token mexican in the family teaching the kids spanish etc what do i exist in a fucking vacuum #am i only mexican when in relation to what i can provide #am i only mexican when no one wants to go with me #am i only mexican enough when i'm the only mexican you know? #what if i was browner? what if my hair was longer? what if i was named after my grandfather? huh? what if i was a practicing catholic #and not a mexican jew #what if i was just a jew? would it be easier for you #it would be maybe easier to try to include me when you have fewer marginalized identities #GRA GRA GRA

[mars-ipan]

turn your brain off

#martzipan #marzi #tw eyestrain #this one is 'bleghhhh.png' in my art folder #sometimes. u get an idea. and you go 'okay!' and you just let your hand take you #this was one of those times. very little thought went into it #i wanted this expression and crazy colors in the eyes and i wanted the rest of it to be unimportant #so i did it #fav part of this is that mouth. it looks like there's a skull in there n that makes me happy #dw btw this isn't a vent or anything. quite literally just 'y'know what would look cool' #and i was right it does look cool #i need to sketch with this brush more. it's really nice to sketch with #next on my list is maybe some figure practice disguised as lvbg stuff :) but it is 1:40 so i'm gonna bed #anyways. back on my fuckoff bright colors bullshit #i put an overlay over it so they don't clash as bad but also the clashing is kinda the point so .