society if the dungeon meshi anime actually had texture and kept ryoko kui's personality in the artstyle instead of doing generic thin-lined flat colors flat shading streamlined anime face style. i know ppl have mixed opinions on some of these examples but i reallyyyy wished they went stronger on the mangas artstyle like say haikyuu season 4 and demonslayer did.
like i think heavier shading and use of lineweight and black shading would already do a lot for the texture... more frequent use of that nose shading ryuko kui uses a lot, like here? ALSO BRO THEY GOT RID OF LAIOS' UNDERCUT like okay tbf in some of the colored manga references he doesnt have that but also how else do you interpret his hair in this panel
anyways in general just throwing in some more hatching like using it more common as an art style for texture instead of just roughed up clothes/appearance would do some wonders. also softening the palettes i feel like theyve made things too dark and idk how to explain it its like they filmed the manga through a samsung camera
disclaimer i know most of these changes would cost more money and time and effort to do. the solution to most of this would probably just be to give them a bigger budget
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a small gift for @dipperpines-kin on their birthday !
[ID: a digital drawing of an original, stylised Flatland character named Dayo.
Dayo is a brown triangle with a sharp, extended upper corner. He has dark navy limbs, one eye with a brown pupil and three upper eyelashes, and peach coloured oval patterning on the lower half of his body. His brown colouration gets lighter further down his body.
Dayo is standing with his arms held up excitedly, with his hands outstretched. He is smiling and looking directly at the viewer with an enlarged, warm eye.
Above him, there is black cursive text that reads “Happy Birthday” with small stars around it. The background is cream.
End ID].
and just a plain dayo under the cut :)
[ID: the same drawing of Dayo as above, but there is no text above him. End ID].
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People I wanna know better tag meme
I was tagged by @uncontrol-freak. Thanks for the tag!! <3
Last song?
Been listening to this at least once a day lately bc I'm considering making a comic about it. Only song I've ever found that accurately represents how I feel about my body. Also just generally a beautiful masterpiece of progressive groove/death metal.
Favorite color?
Black. Though green is an extremely close second.
Currently watching?
fucking Ink Master lmao (guilty pleasure). Been on a 1-episode-a-day-over-dinner "marathon" of it with my partner for a while. Finished season 12 earlier this evening.
Last movie?
saw The Boy and the Heron in theaters like a month ago (I almost never watch movies). It was disappointing.
Sweet/Spicy/Savory?
Spicy. I put cholula on everything
Relationship status?
I'm engaged! Not planning a wedding anytime soon though lmao
Current obsessions?
Eastward! Started playing it about a week ago and I've fallen head over heels. It's so cute and fun! Plus the soundtrack is incredible. Also going through a major Victorian and Edwardian clothing obsession. Currently in patient wait for my historical emporium order (that store has me by the throat). Last current obsession is local theater. Going to see Sweeney Todd later this month at our favorite playhouse! They also did an amazing production of The Exorcist in December.
Last thing you googled?
citizen sleeper 2 release date (spoiler alert there still isn't one. hahahahaha someone help)
Selfie or another pic you took?
my dramatic ass and my cat poo bear. throwback to warmer weather and leaves being on the trees :'(
I'm tagging @nsk96 and @toyfriskman but no pressure obvi
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Do you ever read a post online where someone complains about how "IDW never talks about this [idea/character/plot/theme]" and you just think to yourself... this person hasn't read anything besides MTMTE have they?
Really sad when you see people complaining "the story never talked about this!" and act angry about it as if it's some oppressive flaw that the writer (JRO) was evil for never talking about but it's like. Bud if you just read exRID/OP or maybe Windblade/TAAO you would have read plenty about that.
The two worst ones I can think of off the top of my head are "Optimus is always treated like a saint, I hate how he gets away with everything just because he's a Prime" (wrong, read literally anything Barber writes) and "the Decepticons never get a sympathetic perspective, they're always just villains and the narrative is totally just treating them as if being revolutionaries makes them evil" (wrong, read several side stories that Barber wrote). Like literally the moral of the story is just "read something besides MTMTE."
And I'm not complaining about people who are just curious or don't know. I'm talking specifically about people who complain, or say MTMTE is bad, or generally act as if JRO's writing/MTMTE/LL represents the entirety of IDW1 and basically act like, if JRO didn't write it it doesn't exist and clearly since he didn't write it that means no one else did. Like please I'm begging you to read the other less popular but still good series in IDW1 and you'll find multiple stories/ideas that they tell that MTMTE/LL doesn't.
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a character trait of spongebob that i wish was acknowledged more is him being like.... genuinely smart. obviously hes self-sufficient but i mean like when it comes to being inventive and how he shows to have a passion for reading with his big home library
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