#bc of the colourism. of course

[daimaoryu]

see the thing about anime and anime-adjacent things is that i have given up on expecting them to do good on character designs on south/west/southwest asian characters

#like yes of course the chinese game company pays very close attention to fantasy china #they also call themselves otakus so of course they pay close attention to fantasy japan #even though they failed at not sexualizing the women in either region #fantasy germany i cannot say anything abt bc i dont know shit about real life germany but #im pretty sure they didnt even really integrate german culture into mod #mond* #not in the way they did liyue and inazuma #all the sumeru quests that have something to do with the eremites are dogshit bc of course they are #the dark skinned people are viewed as barbaric and uncivilized and stupid even in-game #literally the only saving grace is that the akademiya is full of pretentious racist classist bastards anyway #i dont mind dark skinned characters being morally dubious #it becomes a problem when the only dark skinned character in genshin who is genuinely wholesome is xinyan #and shes not even part of the main story #kaeya is sidelined constantly #candace and cynos designs suck ass because why are the desert dwellers wearing extremely revealing clothing #dehya is.... fine. i guess her skin counts as pretty dark to a racist company #and i love nahida as a character but i still hate her fucking design #im pretty sure the light skinned characters in sumeru have lighter skin than the light skinned characters in other nations #u cant go too wrong with a european country i guess but fellow asians are too hard to respect properly #bc of the colourism. of course #not even arknights is safe from this shit and i generally think of ak as leagues better than most gacha games ive ever played #like yeah of course theres orientalism and sexualization and colourism and racism and classism #even when those things are contested within the story its like the artists and whatnot just do not give a fuck #sumeru is rich with lore and the way they integrated aranyaka was cool and the archon quest was so good too #but it really is just. so bad at the same time #so i just dont think abt it anymore. whatever man #if i want actual good rep for south/southwest/west asians i would watch shows made here #and play games made by fellow south/southwest/west asian people #not chinese or japanese companies

[aro-aizawa]

i like to think everyone has a colour associated with them, whether its just your fave colour or what you generally wear most of or what colour your bedroom walls are. i always associate the name sophie with dark blue, my mum is always a nice turquoise, i like to think my colour is a bright sunflower yellow.

if you have a specific shade pls tell me i adore when ppl have associated colours and tell me them, bc i think of them when i see that colour

#shut up danni's talking #its one of my ultimate favourite aspects of character designs and i will forever use it w my characters #but i also think abt it w ppl!!!! #its almost certainly spawned from a combo of my mum passionately loving her colour + my primary school #my primary school's name/theme/whatever was related to the rainbow #its common for primary schools in the uk for the uniform to be polo shirts and schools would pick a colour and that was your uniform #but w my school's theme being rainbows they were like lol whatever colour as long as you're in a polo shirt #so kids would choose whichever shirt colour they wanted some kids switched it up every year #others stuck w the colour they chose all 6 years #so of course i would correlate ppl w colours which is how i always relate sophie w dark blue #bc i'd play w this girl called sophie in the afterschool club who always wore dark blue through all the years i knew her #tbh i still think of my brother also as dark blue bc he would wear the same colour #if you could not guess my colour was yellow and i always felt distinctly wrong when i had to wear a different colour #there were a couple times i had to borrow a new shirt bc mine got dirty or all mine hadn't been washed so i had to wear my brother's #i don't know if its just me but i feel like everyone has an affinity with a colour even if its n9t your fave #hence the poll lmao

[alex-van-gore]

You know how really small kittens twitch their ears when they drink too fast?

#transformers #maccadam #tf drift #transformers drift #transformers fanart #the colour shifts a lil bc gifs are horrible on tumblr sowwy #the idea for this was presented to me over breakfast and it made me crumple to the floor #so of course I had no choice but to draw it #it is so so difficult to draw drift dont look at me

[morsesnotes]

When your friend brought you home the other night, I didn’t see a coward. Just a man beat up too often and for too long, maybe. You’re not yellow. You’re just blue.

Endeavour Morse: brave + terrified

#itv endeavour #endeavour #endeavour morse #shaun evans #perioddramagif #my gifs #this poor man #he's always so scared and upset which is such a great character trait bc of course! any real person would be! #and despite it all nothing frightens him more than the thought of telling people how he feels and being rejected #he's just like me fr #morse #monica #morse x monica #fugue #neverland #prey #harvest #canticle #coda #colours #muse

[pumpkster]

#art tag #detroit become human #i think im gonna stop that thing i do of posting many drawings at once bc i'll go insane if i have to finish a bunch of stuff AND #NOT POSTING IT IMMEDIATELY #this type of colouring is funny bc it looks like they threw a bucket of water over them #this is a redraw of an old drawing #i was cooking back then (in that) #i wanted to change connor's uniform (the triangle and arm thing ) but idk what . i did a redesign before. yeeears before #i checked it now and i dont like it bc connor's thing is to be in a suit to re-fix his tie and look cool so the suit is staying (my designs #were with no suit ) hello artists where are ur connor clothes redesign #everytime i go back to dbh brainrot is because of hank and connor BECAUSE IM SIMPLE AND PREDICTABLE #I LIKE EMOTIONALLY CONSTIPATED CHARACTERS AND THEY BOTH ARE #I LIKE CONNOR DYING AND PRETENDING ITS NOTHING #and him getting adopted of course #hank anderson #when i saw hank's button up patterns i went im not doing allat and i forgot to do it at the end LMAO

[filurig]

updated some humanoid designs for some of mah old basilisk guys to make sense with da updated lore for them hihi

#oc: håkan #oc: adrian #pareidolia tag #oc #original character #basilisk #fantasy #oc art #oc reference #could FINALLY give håkan the proper siberian jay moustache he deserved LOL #i think basilisk skin markings can vary a lot from individual to individual... #depending on their original form of course as well as their proficiency in shapeshifting #more skilled basilisks can have less of their markings/colours show up in the actual skin... #while less skilled ones are worse at that #and then there are probably basilisks who choose to have less human skin markings bcs they think it looks cool #adrian is probably that lol

[mortt-artsy]

Better than you with Style 💅

#Miranda Lawson #Mass Effect #Mass Effect 2 #my art #morttart #umm just a late night experiment with a colour i don't normally associate with her #with wavy hair bc shed look so cute! #and lens flare of course so it can still feel mass effect-y #and i havent posted in forever :/ anyway love me pls #(reposting bc it isnt showing up on tags)

[skrrtscree]

Uhhhh uhfhfhfufj I have no excuse for this😭😭

#persona #persona 3 #p3 #minato arisato #makoto yuki #persona 3 protagonist #persona 3art #persona fanart #ig this is me trying some sort of lineless art #as well differnet colour hues/palettes #im planning on draiwng somethi g for jan 31st but im worrie di wlnt be able to get it done #so i actualy have a uni interview up in a few weeks but i nwed to make an interview sketchbook for it #but idk what theu expect for it sicne they didnt tell me the course page doens t ahev any info either #so ig the normal portfolio stuff #its my first time getting interviewed and im worried ill mess it up #or that ill show up on the day and have nothing bc im too lazy to get work done #but dang it i jave to try thus is literally my future #hopefully ill upliad something else b4 reload coems out #GAHHH ONE MORE MONTHHHRHH IDDBSBWBWWBSH #minnidraws

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

donna "it was never that far from the surface mate" noble not having a worry in the world leaving 14 and yaz alone in the living room at night to finish their movie while she goes to bed entirely unaware of the tragic lesbian romance of the century that those two concluded about an hour before donna re-met the doctor

#rose having pried into the situation and gotten like a hundred 'it's Complicated's from yaz looking at them like.................. #donna meanwhile 'that boy is gay and that girl is a lesbian it's just two homos being homos you know' #rose 'i dont think those are the words you want to use mum' #'what is it offensive?' #'well yeah but thats not what i meant' #in the end donna is right of course she neednt worry #in the end rose is ALSO right of course theres gay drama going down 100% #i just think it's interesting that like. youve got all these different interpretations of the doctor right? #theyre like this whole spectrum of things. theyre the light and every colour is a different doctor but they all exist next to each other #simultaneously #and in this specific setup the way that donna is both right and not #and the way that 14 exists and 13 exists and theyre not the same person but also they are #its very holding two things at once #wait does donna know abt yaz bc of the metacrisis thing? i dont really understand the memory sharing #however if she 'cant remember' bc it's like 'looking into a furnace' im just gonna take that at face value bc it fits my purposes better

[nikatyler]

missed his lighter hair era a bit

#ts4 #sims 4 #the sims 4 #sims #simblr #breeze nsb legacy extra #oc: ross #for those who weren't here abt 5 years ago #he was turned as an older man so his hair was a bit lighter colour #but he 'got younger' during the transformation #well his hair stayed. and he has a tiiiiny little bit of wrinkles. just a little bit barely noticeable but he has them (and i love that btw #then he got burnt to ashes lol what a time #and when he was brought back for some reason the game gave him his original haircolour #which i'm not complaining about bc it's such a nice colour. one of my faves #but the lighter hair was a vibe too #he also really pulls off black imo but he never canonically had black hair. not even dyed #blonde was a vibe too. i think he briefly had that after i accidentally deleted the recolour and then put in the wrong one lol #did i ever bleach his hair for a picture to like really pale blond white or something. don't think so. well. well... #you know what's coming your way soon because of course it is #for reasons. iykyk #listen it's canon that every media that has a vampire in it that i'm obsessed with ross is also obsessed with. soooo yeah

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID: four images showing Luz, Amity, Hunter and Willow from the owl house. The first image depicts lumity in their grudgby outfits from Wing it like Witches, and huntlow in their flyer derby uniform. Luz is holding Amity bridal style and smiling with her eyes closed while amity blushes and looks away. Willow talks to hunter happily while Hunter scratches the back of his neck nervously, smiling and looking away like amity.

The background is red and covered in various doodles of hearts, stars, speech bubbles with punctuation, a glowing light glyph behind lumity and a glowing plant glyph behind willow. In the center is the quote "oh, wow! Sports", with the word "sports" arranged in the shape of a heart.

The next three images are all variations of this- a close-up crop of Luz and Amity with no doodles, a close-up of Hunter and Willow with no doodles, and a variation on the full image with no doodles except the quote. End ID]

Shout-out to the owl house for being the only show brave enough to have not one, but TWO sports themed ship tease episodes /j

#the owl house #toh #lumity #huntlow #luz noceda #amity blight #willow park #hunter toh #wing it like witches #any sport in a storm #hi these images are SUCH an inconvenient size for posting but it's fine I'm coping #i didn't have anything to post for the KKKoHD anniversary (happy anniversary lumity btw hdbdjf) so this will suffice #idk i just came to the realization that (depending on your inclinations) #the two sport themed episodes of toh both contain significant relationship development and thus fuel for the romance fire #like in WilW amitys crush is so obvious even willow notices it and it was generally seen as more evidence that Gay Shit Was Happening #and obviously in ASiaS willow and hunter meet and form a friendship (and it establishes their character parallels) #of course plenty of ppl don't take ASiaS as a shipping ep because. they don't like huntlow (which is fair enough) #but if you do look at it through that lens and then parallel it w/ WiLW then. yeah it's very funny lol #anyway the shading on this is haphazard and the colours kicked my ass but overall I'm happy w/ it!! #i did the sketch a month or two ago and never went back to it until now (bc i was having a lot of trouble sketching) #so i slapped some lines on it and just let myself get lost in the process. twas fun! I'm happy i did it #even tho yknow. inconvenient posting size <3 #okay finally taking tje bullet and posting this. i am cringe but i am free <3

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

Me? actually trying to do tarot cards?? sounds fake

#composition is something i definitely still have to practice a lot so tbh its good that im finally making myself do this xD #the neira one is the only one so far where ive tired blocking colours so far cos its the only one where i had a p solid palette in mind #def have to either deepen the shadows in the face or remove the tears/blood/death smoothie bc rn it looks kind of weird fjsdfl #oc: neira surana #oc: liam hawke #oc: june trevelyan #my ocs #my art #wip #tarot cards #so uhh. theres nothing super deep tbh but some thoughts behind some of the stuff #first thought was having a similar setup/comp for all of them but i am probably not gonna do that #sticking to suit of cups for neira cos its the perfect excuse to keep put the joining chalice there lol #also the circle cos. she is a circle mage. very far fetched i know #it does also fit w being trapped and going in circles and w life/death cycle so. there's that #liam gets angsty three of swords imagery because of course he does #i kinda wanna mirror varrics post hlta card and also that one abstrac-y thing i did of liam some time ago #also chains maybe? for kirkwall and for not letting go and all that #for june i do like the close up in theory bc i like having it very focused on /her/ #bc her development in dai is much more personal rather than strongly tied to the central narrative #& also focusing on her magic cos thats an important part of her & her development (& it fits her v egocentric mindset thru most of dai) #but it also looks too. idk. powerful? like she's in control. which she absolutely isnt lmao #so the other one is kinda the exact opposite direction. more zoomed out & dynamic but i want it to feel more claustrophobic too #sort of. trapped animal kinda deal. trying to get out. keeping the fire theme tho #(ignore that her glowy hand is on the wrong side i accidentally drew it flipped lol) #i am. not good at detailed and or nuanced composition so everything turns out p bold and on the nose ^^'' #it's a start tho! #(i do have more thoughts than what i wrote lol but i am running out of tags and also im tired) #feedback/tips are def appreciated btw! :>

[bonojour]

JANE AND LISBON in the mentalist 07x05

#the mentalist #thementalistedit #tmsource #patrick jane #teresa lisbon #jisbon #gilles gifs #the problem with making gifs while im watching episodes is the fact that i dont know if this moment has been giffed yet #i apologize if it has dfdfdsf #i just went too AAAA at it #edit: of course it's been giffed already :'))) #so keeping this up bc i liked the colouring but no need to reblog it etc etc

[nose-coffee]

starting on my htn eye-colour guide, made it to act three w/ 47 entries, holy cow.

#i need to go back and refine my search filters a little more after my first pass over of course #bc i have UNDOUBTEDLY missed some descriptions #but wow what the fuck #they LOVE their eye colour descriptions in this book folks #harrow is SO mean abt john's eyes it's so funny #fuck off lou #my post #tlt data collection #tlt #the locked tomb #htn #harrow the ninth #data collection is my passion

[dinosaur-mayonnaise]

aro fukazawa is canon in my heart

#evidence 1: colour scheme #(which is also my evidence for lesbian kouyou) #evidence 2: how fucking funny would it be if these two men are out here committing war crimes and trying to get total world domination #bc they're still mad that their bf broke up with them 20 years ago #only for said bf to have no clue that they ever even dated #fukuchi took fukazawa not going to war with him as the world's biggest rejection #meanwhile fukazawa still thinks they're best friends #mori thinks that they're divorced exes who still secretly like each other #meanwhile fukazawa just hates him #bonus: ranpo 100% knows they're both still in love with his dad #will he tell fukazawa - of course not #will he snarkily grin at fukuchi and mori whenever he sees them because he's fukazawa's actual favourite and the all know it? #yes #absolutely #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bsd fukazawa #bsd ranpo #bsd fukuchi #bsd mori #fukufuku #fukumori #old man yaoi

[wright-phoenix]

the dark urge;

"there's no magic binding this blood to your body — only guilt"

#bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 the dark urge #bg3 #cw blood #cas.gif #uservanguard #oc rhidian #(they/them!) #baby's first gifs......of course it's rhidian that makes me face my fears of posting..... #i know i made them but i'm Obsessed with them #so now i have to inflict them on the internet.....you're welcome..... #trying to make captions look cool without using gradient text made me take psychic damage #but i hope this is more screen reader friendly despite the formatting #btw if any1 thinks my alt texts r not good pls do let me know! i did them to the best of my ability but im in no way versed in writing them #also idk if those pants r actually khaki coloured bc idk what colour that is lol #anyway. out into the world with you......oh rhidian we're really in it now #described #ID in alt #gif