#i draw this with pc mouse for years ago

[pignk]

#valencock #nick valentine #john hancock #fallout 4 #i draw this with pc mouse for years ago

[soundbluster]

for a while since i got into transformers 3 years ago and i loved the franchies instiantly even since i was a kid especially the designs of transformers and Seeing fan arts and fan Designs and fans make thire own continuity made me me want to start learning to draw when im ready but i don't know how to draw cybertronians so do you have any tips and advices for someone who want to learn to draw transformers characters both Traditional & digital art?

Biggest advice I can give is: "Break a character apart into simple components!"

Drawing bots is honestly not that difficult, I find it much easier than people because you can more easily break a character apart into simplified blocks.

When it comes to designing characters it can take a few times to get one you're happy with so doing lots of basic sketches can help. References are always useful too! Every artist uses references.

Here's how I do it (In this case I'm doing an alt design for tfe Nightshade):

(It's not a definitive guide as you kinda have to figure out what works best for you both in terms of technique and art style. I'm aware my art style is definitely not for everyone, as it veers more on the cartoony side. I've had comments about how my faces all look effed up etc XD)

Initial sketch

Break a bot down into basic shapes, circles and sausage shapes for more rounded characters and boxes for squarer ones. I normally start with the head and draw the rest of the body down from it (torso and arms then legs then any back kibble that might be visible) Think of it like the protoform beneath the armour.

To help with figuring out a pose I'll often use my toys. It can help you visualise where their arms and legs etc go along with whether part of a bot is actually visible from a certain angle. For example in this case:

(Yes that's my cat chilling in the background)

This can help you to figure out if a certain design can pull a given pose, for example would a bot with kibble on their hips or arms be able to move their legs or arms a certain way. I used POTP Elita one as a reference for my SG Megatron a lot for example as they've got very similar builds. But this is not essential.

(There are mannequin apps on mobiles etc. you can use to help with pose references too, and image searches are always useful for references.)

For more dynamic poses it helps to think about how the character is moving, so add a curve to the torso/spine to add to any implied motion etc.

Details

Once I'm happy with the basic shape and pose I typically add the armour over the top. Again the head is usually the first bit I do. You can see I got a bit lazy with their left hand and just did a scribble here XD

Inking

Normally when inking I do the edges of each armour piece first then add any details on afterwards in a finer pen. Generally I'll do one body part at the time eg. fully ink the arm before doing the head etc. Its best to make sure you do parts that are in front first!

Here's the finished picture:

Though it'll need some digital cleaning up at another time.

As for digital art...

I can't really give much advice on starting a drawing digitally as I never quite got the hang of it (colouring and corrections I do digitally but all my line art is traditional), I need the feedback of a pen in my hand and pressure on the paper to get it right.

These days the Hardware I mainly use is a refurbished huion art tablet (it was about £120 when I bought it) that's probably the cheapest your going to find a graphics tablet with a screen. BUT it's really not essential to get one especially if you're just starting out. Basic graphic tablets without a screen (just a pen and a pad) are much cheaper or you can use a mouse. I used a mouse for ages when I was first starting out.

In terms of software, for colouring and edits on the PC I use GIMP (I've been using it since like 2009 so I'm not really going to change any time soon!). It's freeware software and can do a lot of stuff, but it's user interface isn't the most user friendly especially if you're not familiar with graphics software but there are plenty of tutorials available for it. I'll try to remember to make a post showing how I use that another time :) as I'm not at my computer at the moment.

There are plenty of alternative image manipulation/graphics software to use as well, some free, some free but with ads, and some paid for (either one off payment or subscription). It's best to see what other artists have to say about them though as I've never really used them!

#my asks #my ask box #fan art #art stuff #how i draw #my ask is open #ask me stuff #nightshade #transformers nightshade #earthspark #transformers Earthspark #tfe #tfes #nightshade malto

[projectniko]

After tumblr bombing me with winx club content (preciate it, I love them), I dug up the graves of my art from my old drive that got corrupt and it's content was lost to the corruption abyss. This was made around... 1-2 years ago, when I had to give back the drawing tablet I borrowed from the school and return back to mouse drawing. That one was one of the last Hidrya I made before the infamous driver corruption (and forcing me to work during school to get new money for pc).

Enough of Niko lore, here's my oc but what if she would be a fairy from winx club. And ofc she would be the fairy of metals. Who know, maybe I'll redraw her with a drawing tablet this time and figure out how to draw glitter.

#art #digital art #paint tool sai #winx club oc #winx club #magic winx #winx #oc au art #how do you draw glitter #oc artwork #winx oc

[etes-secrecy-post]

Hi, before I explain my post, I want to say something important.

• What you see my blog has become a major overhaul. And despite the changes, I decided that my 2nd account will be now my artwork blog with a secret twist.

⚠️NEW RULE!⚠️

⚠️ SO PLEASE DO NOT SHARE MY 2nd ACCOUNT TO EVERYONE! THIS SECRECY BLOG OF MINE IS FOR CLOSES FRIENDS ONLY!⚠️

• AND FOR MY CLOSES FRIENDS, DON’T REBLOG IT. INSTEAD, JUST COPY MY LINK AND PASTE IT ON YOUR TUMBLR POST! JUST BE SURE THE IMAGE WILL BE REMOVED AND THE ONLY LEFT WAS THE TEXT.

⚠️ SHARING LINKS, LIKE POSTS, REBLOG POSTS, STEALING MY SNAPSHOT PHOTOS/RECORDED VIDEOS/ARTWORKS (a.k.a. ART THIEVES) OR PLAGIARIZING FROM UNKNOWN TUMBLR STRANGERS WILL IMMEDIATELY BE BLOCKED, RIGHT AWAY!⚠️

Okay? Capiche? Make sense? Good, now back to the post…↓

The new XP-Pen PenTablet ver. 3.3.10 Windows Software for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 [Oct 5, 2022]

Hello, hello! Here's my latest part of my recent XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 drawing tablet! 🙂🖥️🖊️📋

Man, it's been a while, with the my recorded was on Nov 11th, 2020. And now, I'm about to deliver all of my thoughts & experience of me drawing with my first XP-Pen. But right now, let's talk about the newly look & update of XP-Pen's Pentablet, and also a drawing test of my second artwork software, Medibang Paint Pro.

(for my secret friends) If you haven't seen my recorded Nov 11th, 2020, then I'll provide from links right here → [CLICK ME! #1], [CLICK ME! #2].

So, without further ado, let's get started:

Record Video (using VLC media player)⏺️🎦🖥️↑: (Pls watch)

• Okay so, I restart my PC because I install the new update of XP-Pen's Pentablet for my recent drawing tablet Deco 01 V2. Aside from the newly look logo, the window itself complete change compare to 2020 counterpart. All of them seems fine, including the current pressure was still 8191, which is correct.

• Now, onto the Medibang Paint Pro. I installed it a year ago, and so far, I've learned every single tool to experience my drawing skills. Here, I'm scribbling around on the canvas using a traditional brush tool, while I'm pressing buttons from my pen tablet. Which, by the way, is a little bit struggle when I pressing the bottom button (that act as a right click mouse). Sometimes I press lightly & the opposite of that to work, and to this day, I'm still challenging. The upper button, on the other hand, works like a charm. However, like GIMP, when I tap either eraser or brush tool, it doesn't seem to switch between two tools, so I have to tap either eraser or brush from the toolbar in order to work the upper button. Other than that, the pressure pen & scribbling on the canvas works very well. Heck, I even draw an "OK!" and a smile for good measure.

1st & 2nd Screenshots: ↑

• Apparently, the newly Pentablet update resets my custom key shortcuts after installing & reset my PC. But, that's alright because I copied all the shortcuts from my previous post. So here are my custom shortcut commands for GIMP & Medibang Paint Pro. They may have their different shortcut keys between the two, but they all seem to be functional when I press these key buttons.

1st to 4th Image(s):

• Lastly, let's talk about longevity usage of my Deco 01 V2.

• [1st Image] First off, the tip nib of my digital pen has been perfectly cone shaped tip after a long used of drawing. I haven't changed my nib since opening my first ever drawing tablet, and that's good enough for me. Also, my artist glove still fits in my right hand, and it can wash it from the laundry when it reaches stench sweat. (Yeah, I know)

• [2nd to 4th Images] As for drawing surface, all scratches are present here, as well as scratch spots from tapping my pet tablet. And when I lift the film protector, the actual surface had 0% scratches. Although, there are some fingerprint smudge, but I could easily get rid of. And much like my nib from my pet tablet, I haven't change the film protector since 2020 nor buying a replacement. That is why the film protector for digital drawing tablet is very important, this will prevent scratches from the tablet surface, and you don't need to buy another fresh tablet. (Unless of course, if your old tablet is completely busted, then buy a new one.)

Overall:

• My Deco 01 V2 still lives after 2 years of usage. And while the bottom button from the pen tablet is finicky, it can be challenging & it requires a muscle memory. But, otherwise, they're all totally functional after a long years of usage without a single malfunction. And I haven't tested the OTG compability with my phone, so I'll be planning that, soon. Will it compare to my PC? Who knows.

Well, that's all for now.

And in case you missed my related parts and accessories for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2, then I’ve already provide some links down below. ↓ 😉

Previous (from my main account):

• XP-Pen PenTablet ver. 3.0.5 Windows Software for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 [Nov 11,2020]: [CLICK ME! #1], [CLICK ME! #2] • Installation for the XP-Pen PenTablet ver. 3.0.5 for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 (record video using VLC media player) [Nov. 11,2020] • My XP-Pen PenTablet Window Software: ON and OFF Windows Ink difference - Windows 7 ver. (Oct. 15th, 2020) • XP-Pen PenTablet Window Software for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 (Aug 8, 2020) • Drawing art test with my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 drawing - Part 2 (Aug 17, 2020) • My XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 Aftermath Usage (Aug 17, 2020) • My XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 drawing test with my GIMP 2.8.10 (Aug 17, 2020): Part 3 [3rd Attempt], Part 4 [4th Attempt] •Drawing art test with my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 drawing: Part 1 (Aug 12, 2020) • My XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 drawing test with my GIMP 2.8.10 (Aug, 12, 2020): Part 1 [1st Attempt], Part 2 [2nd Attempt] • XP-Pen PenTablet Window Software for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 (Aug 8, 2020) • My XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 connecting computer laptop(Aug 8, 2020): Part 1 - [1st Attempt], Part 2 (Final) [2nd Attempt] • Installation steps for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 [Aug. 7,2020] • Accessories for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 [Jun 25,2020]: [Part 1], [Part 2] • Part 5 [May 8,2020] • Part 4 [May 1, 2020]: First Half, Second Half • Part 3 [Apr 22, 2020] • Part 2 [Apr 17, 2020] • Part 1 [ Apr 14, 2020] • Recorded video opening [Apr 10, 2020] • Unopened parcel/package [Apr 7, 2020]

Tagged: @bryan360, @carmenramcat, @leapant

[dct-creatorau]

Yikes

#my art #identity v #identity v photographer #identity v joseph #identity v joseph desaulnier #joseph idv #joseph #joseph desaulnier #joseph the photographer #I draw this using pc #yeah not really hurt mabe because of 3 years ago #have fun doing this #I need to download drawing app #using mouse is very fun 👁️👄👁️

[bablih]

Hello FlyFF Universe!

Oh~ how we dearly miss our FlyFF (Fly For Fun) adventures, which was decade ago, an open world MMORPG that we got addicted to for years. So we’re so glad to find out that FlyFF is now back! No need to download the game, you just need a browser in your pc or phone, and you’re ready to set off and fly! 🥰

Simply go to https://universe.flyff.com/play and don’t forget to register an account to avoid losing your character if you play as a “guest”.

Me (bbCHAN), and my hubby Kyle as “bbKUN”, and our new recruit - our 7 year old daughter Kaikai, playing as our assist healer “bbSHIN”, are on the server “Mia”. The number of players is really overwhelming, even on the second server that we are in, how much more on the first server “Lawolf”!? Happy to see that people are loving the game. =)

There are a number of changes we noticed compared to the old FlyFF, and loving it so far, especially the flying ships - it’s a new experience, and so awesome! We’re still low levels (and only play when we want to, we didn’t play to compete, but the fun of it like we always use to), so there’s still more to discover.

Funny thing is the sense of physical immersion into the game - like when I move my character to jump off from a cliff or from very high places, I get this weird feeling in my stomach like when driving real fast over a hill! The feeling is so cool and I love it! Haha 😆

You can check out our old FlyFF adventures from way back here: https://bablih.com/archive/tagged/flyff

And I’m super excited to draw new FlyFF chibi fanarts, when I got the time 😂

Here’s one of my first artworks when I just started drawing FlyFF chibis, way back year 2010, I was still new to digital art at that time, no pen tablet yet, nor iPad+pencil+procreate, so I only used computer mouse + Paint Tool SAI that time, it was pretty difficult..

And here’s one of my last FlyFF fanarts from year 2013, I think this is the last fashion sets our characters “bbSAMA” & “bbSHI” wore before the game closed..

More FlyFF adventures and fanarts await! 😁

#flyff #fly for fun #flyff universe #flyff fanart #flyff chibi #online gaming #online game #mmorpg

[phoenotopia]

The Last Phoenotopia Blog Update

(Date 2021 MAR 01)

I debated how to open this blog post, but perhaps the main crux of this blog post is the best place to start. The blog is being retired.

The purpose of this blog was to be a "development" blog for Phoenotopia, and well, Phoenotopia's development is done. I'll still be doing bug fixes and maintenance on the PC and Switch versions, and playstation and xbox ports are underway (by a publisher). But I'm not going to be making any more major changes to the game. At some point, you put the paintbrush down and say it's done. Blemishes and all.

Recent Events

The game launched on Steam last month, and like any launch, it was hectic. Bugs Galore. This is our first commercial PC launch, so it was a real baptism by fire. Unlike Switch's one configuration, the PC has multiple configurations and factors to account for. The game needed to be able to handle multiple control schemes, screen resolutions, refresh rates, and more! I had a 60Hz monitor going into launch and didn't know anything about Hz (I do now). There was a troublesome stutter that some players were sensitive to that my whole team didn't notice since our eyes compensated it away. There were a few times where in fixing something at one party's behest, it introduced problems for another party. A few times, due to disorganization, I unwittingly rolled back a fix that was meant to be applied. For some, the game couldn't play at all (really glad Steam allows refunds).

It was messy. It was tiring. I.AM.BEAT.

I think the worst of it is over... I'll still be around to do the last updates and bug fixes, but I'm ultimately ready for what's next.

SO what is next?

What isn't next... is Phoenotopia 2. As you may have heard down the grapevine, the game couldn't be what you call successful. No one's earned even minimum wage on it.

Maybe there's hope in the game's long tail. A year or two down the line... maybe. I won't hold my breath though. At some point in the past few months, I finished processing (or grieving) and it's time to move on.

The game has at least earned enough for us to continue our modest operations. As long as we don't expand the team, and we don't take another monster six-year dev cycle like what Phoenotopia took, we can continue. We'll have to be smarter and faster. Perhaps the most valuable thing we gained from all this is experience.

The Experience

It is a dev blog. Here are some of the lessons I've accumulated from this game's development.

- Have a good menu design. Menus aren't just that in-between fluff before you get to the good stuff. Menus are KEY. Your menus need to be robust, expandable, and *understandable* (to you, the developer). Because once the game's out, you will invariably be asked to add more options. And if your menu design is bad, every time you have to add a new menu option, it becomes a whole new pain all over again. Support mouse from the get-go, etc.

- Focus on features that people will actually care about. For instance, I've never seen anyone praise the camera's zoom feature. In practice, people try that feature a few times and then never use it again. But that feature was a constant consideration factor for every level. Run through it multiple times to make sure the level didn't break, think about which zoom levels made sense, resize rooms because they worked at one zoom level but not the other, and so on.

- Don't do boxes that you can move around. Other 2D platformers avoid movable boxes because they're a huge headache to program and they really complicate the game space. Enemies need to respond to boxes you throw in their path and either navigate around or attack it. When you're moving the box, you have to worry about constantly changing your collision size and reconciling when the box gets snagged on the environment. The boxes were also a constant source of bugs because people can manipulate them to soft-lock themselves and more.

- More focused script. Phoenotopia's 100,000+ word script was panned more for being bloated than it was praised for being lengthy. Long scripts take a long time to write and make the game more unwieldy, increasing the costs of translation and upkeep. Every update we're addressing some textual error or mistranslation. There are some highly renowned games (e.g. Hyper Light Drifter) that do without a script at all!

- Be flashy! A bat and a lightsaber take the same amount of work to program, but the lightsaber will draw a lot more attention and interest.

- Slopes, surprisingly! Six years ago when I started, Unity was ill-equipped for 2D games. If you used the physics that Unity provided you'd have a really floaty character that wouldn't adhere to the slope when going downhill. There were a hundred different tutorials saying different things (use forces, use move position, use translation, etc). You can get rectangular collisions done in a day, but to do slopes took weeks. Meanwhile, games can actually get by fine without slopes. Most people won't even notice. Did you know the Phoenotopia flash game didn't have slopes? Neither does Hollow Knight or Rogue Legacy. You can save yourself a lot of work by avoiding slopes.

(big entities look weird on slopes. Bad slope!)

I could write enough little knowledge nuggets like this to fill a book! But I'd rather just make the next game. 

So… what IS next?

As mentioned previously, it's not Phoenotopia 2. Pirate and I are mostly just tossing some ideas back and forth right now. We'll go silent for a year (or two). Our next game's scope will be more modest in some ways, more ambitious in others. It will definitely be more smartly designed. (There will be a map!)

We'll announce it when it's ready for the public. It might be necessary for us to do a kickstarter. I've tried to avoid kickstarters having been burnt on quite a few myself and also because I worry that mismanaging a kickstarter would earn the ire of backers.

But I did keep this blog regularly updated for six years. So I've gained some confidence in my abilities to at least manage a kickstarter well.

Is it really the last Phoenotopia Blog update though?

Okay, not really. There is some news that I'll need to announce, and this blog is one of the game's main outreach channels. Here are the events that will cause me to update the blog:

Announcing the launch of the xbox/playstation ports when they're ready

If a physical edition of the game happens

If a new language is getting introduced into the game (Korean is a high possibility)

When we're ready to talk about our next game

If (BIG IF) we begin development on a Phoenotopia sequel. I do want to do a sequel one day if we have the means and the demand is there. 

Those updates will be more on a "when they happen" basis, rather than me reporting in every couple months.

Fan Art

As always, I'm very happy to see fanart of Phoenotopia. Major thanks again to Pimez for collecting all the artwork from the corners of the internet! Since this is the "last" blogpost, Sir Pimez can finally take a rest from collecting the fanart :P

ÆV made a series of pictures that tell a story. A Pooki is humanely sheared of its wool to create a hat. The Pooki is unharmed. Nice! Gotta love Gail’s expressions.

Amagoo Mazeru makes a stunning landscape shot of a full moon and shooting stars. It’s a sharp and clear vector art. I like the faint glow of the moon and the fire and the subtle gradient in the night sky. Very skillfully done!

Hah hah. I got a chuckle out of this one. I imagine this is how Gail's enemies see her by the end of the game. CaESar made this image based on TerminalMontage's famous youtube videos. Nailed it!

CrownStar drew two pictures of Gail. I'm a big player of JRPGs, so the first shot instantly reminded me of Persona 4's art style. (Hmmm... Phoeonotopia as a JRPG... there’s potential there...) Next, Birdy is shown carried off after her defeat. I really like Birdy's expression here - she just seems mildly uncomfortable.

There's a bit of a story behind the first image. As Firanka shares it, she wasn't able to defeat the Big Eye monster at the end of the flash game, so she believed a tall tale that what awaited after was a 6 armed Kobold boss. Hilarious! The second is a rendition of the lonely Anuri elder. A rare subject. The loneliness is portrayed well here. I feel lonely just looking at it!

Koo_chop draws the clash between Gail and Katash at the top of the towers. I really like this interpretation of the game's art style. It’s faithful to the in-game graphics. And the lighting, from the glow of Gail's bat, to Katash's sword, and the lightning in the background... Amazing!

Lime Hazard shows Gail with a salute pose. Very appropriate for this occasion. I also like how there's a slight tilt in the angle that Gail is portrayed. Those dynamic angles are always hard to get right, and Lime Hazard pulled it off very skillfully. See you next mission!

Lyoung0J with a digital painting of Gail posed sitting on a rock. I like how it almost seems like she was caught in a candid moment - she’s smiling, but also feeling self-conscious. Cute! The art style really pops, and I like how Gail is sporting what I call the old anime style nose. 

MyUesrNameIsSh*t with a sketch of Gail performing a skillful slingshot. I like how Gail is depicted with her tongue out in a mischievous manner, the way all mischievous people with slingshots do.

Niitsu Kentaro returns with a 2021 Happy New Year picture. That happened didn't it? A New Year... Gail's pose gave me a chuckle with how she seems to be waving the bat around as casually as one would wave hello. And "Phoenotopiyear"... Well said! One day we'll have our Phoenotopiyear...

Ochan Nu breaks all records with a stunning NINE pictures in one session :O

There's so many goodies here. My favorite would be the one with Gail staring intently at the screen - it's like she's looking directly at you. You almost feel uncomfortable.

Next, there's an Animal Crossing villager dressed as Gail and sporting her pink hair. It even looks like a house Gail would live in. Gail is a connoisseur of the arts and likes Mona Lisa. Yes :)

There are various comics of Gail pointing out Gail's weird food habits. A picture of Fran looking really cool, and even Gail rocking a bathing suit. (bathing suit image linked here in case NSFW). Wow!

Pimez didn't just collect the arts, he creates them as well! This one, which he aptly named 'The Year 175' is a depiction of when the dragons invaded the towers as told by an elderly Daean woman. Great pixeling skills! I got a good chuckle from the ice dragon leaving with its stuff slung over its shoulder.

Quo made a stunning picture of Gail playing the flute surrounded by the 5 musical notes and the Phoenix logo behind her. The theme seems to be "fire" and it works really well. Gail herself looks awesome depicted in her red suit - it's like she's leading a marching band!

Rai Asuha depicts Gail in the late game with her red suit, and night star bat, and holding a lamp. She looks ready for adventure! I really like the white outline here and Gail's poofy shoulders here - the art style feels reminiscent of Final Fantasy Tactics.

Seri also draws Gail bearing her late game equipment. Unique to Seri's drawing is how all of Gail's equipment is accessible from a pocket on her shirt. I also like how Gail is depicted with her lucky earrings - that accessory is often forgotten.

Treedude depicts Gail with a bat and wearing a funny smirk. She looks like she's ready to hurt someone!

Warotar returns with everyone's favorite Great Drake, Bubbles! It seems so happy to be featured!

I'm really grateful for all the fanart this game has received. From the bottom of my heart, thank you!

Closing Notes

Pirate drew a picture to mark the occasion. It shows Gail enjoying a hot chocolate with marshmallows and a pumpkin muffin. A rest well-earned...

Goodbye! Until next time!

#phoenotopia

[pianta]

Hi! I love your art and hope that you’re doing well 😁♥️ I thought I would send this ask since you’re up for talking♥️

I know that you use Procreate so you do your digital art with an iPad and Apple Pencil, but I was wondering if you’ve ever used any other means of drawing digital art before you moved on to more expensive products like an ipad? Like a pen display? I have a pen tablet but I find it hard to use because it feels impossible to track my eye on the screen to where my hand is lol

hi!! so i started out years ago drawing digitally with just a mouse actually! i drew in ms paint (the old school one) ugh 😪 i was too poor for a graphics tablet, until someone gifted me a huion. i havent stopped using huion tablets ever since. so basically from a young age ive been training my hand/eye coordination to draw while looking at a screen, which makes drawing on a screen pretty difficult for me, i still struggle with the ipad 👀 there is definitely a learning curve either way. luckily there are more affordable options for screen tablets lately and you absolutely dont need an ipad to get started. i suggest looking into xp-pen and huion pen displays, you can connect those to your pc to start drawing on the screen!

#ask

[oldserah]

First vs Last - Old Vs New

Thank you for Tagging me! @refinedstorage

Rules: you choose one of your first art (even if you don’t like them) and one of your lastest art. Don’t forget to specify the years when you drew them and you can even write what, when and why these pics were drawn! Oh, and make sure you tag your fav artists!

Normally this should be one piece of each but I decided i wanted to demonstrate the difference between my first ever digital sketch to my latest, aswell as compare the old and new more completed pieces!

1] The drawing was made on march 12th 2014 so it’s nearly 7 years old! I Got into Drawing Digitally because my Friends at the time where doing it and i always enjoyed traditonal art and wanted to do Art in the future [though not as a job because it wasnt substainable *laughs in Game art and Design Uni Student*].

Unlike my Mates I didnt have a Tablet and i Didnt have any Drawing Programmes, so I used ‘DeviantART Muro’ [a drawing thing they have’ and i Used my Mouse. I remember it was horrible to Use and i compared myself alot to other artists and my friends [still do] and it Discouraged me for a few months from trying again.

2] a crop of a Sketch I made a few Day’s Ago, I Use a Wacom Cintiq currently and while i should be using photoshop [because industry standard and all] I Mainly use Sai because i am comfortable with it’s features and my Brush’s [and photoshop is still very confusing to draw in for me] I Still have alot to learn In my Art if i ever wish to use it in the Industry, but i think im making improvements even if its slowly and small improvements.

1] This Piece was Made 5 months After my First Sketch, Still Using the Art Programme ‘DeviantART Muro’ and a mouse. I move ontop Gimp in August, and Sai in December before i Got the Wacom intous for christmas. I was really proud of the piece at the time because i had improved since i first started trying art drastically, i was starting to get the hang of blending and was attempting to move away from just Portrait art.

2] Last full Piece I finished at the End of 2020 It Demonstrated the Current style i use in my art and the love i have for lil lighting effect’s in it. However outside of the lighting, truthfully im not the biggest fan of the shading style. It’s not very accurate as i often dont consider how light would bounce of a person [as i do my lighting last] and just go for looks good / would make sense to a degree. It isnt the worst but i often struggle with how i would adapt the style further / replicate it in other programmes outside of sai!

I added the Picture above because it’s what i consider still my Peak of art and where I’ve fallen since then. This was made in 2016 and was durning the time period i finally releart / got a grasp on what brushes i needed and how to replicate the old blended art i used to make. While the anatomy was never good I envy what i was able to do here and that i havent been able to replicate it since.

I dont know if any other artists suffer this, but when i change an art programme, get or use a new tablet, or take a long period of from drawing, I basically have to Re learn how to draw and can be indicated by changes in my style. I cannot replicate the art on the cintiq i used to make on the intous. I lost all my brushes when i got a new pc on sai and dont even have the tools to make this type of art anymore because i used the brushes that came with the sai crack and cant find them again. I even get this when I use my Uni computers and Tablet. It’s very frustrating, But i wonder if anyone else experiences this!?

Honestly i Dont know whoses done it or not or who to tag so i’ll just Tag: @dep-yo-tee​

#tag games #first vs last

[fromthewifecage]

Never Trust  A Cowboy With A Computer (AKA: Erron Black/Female reader smut)

I’ve had a lot of issues with this, I’ve had to edit the hell out of it, changing a bunch in the 1st chapter, so please reread Chapter 1 before jumping into the smut that is Chapter 2. It’s over 5k words, and it’ll be posted over on my AO3  https://archiveofourown.org/users/FeltAutomaton in a bit if you want to be extra kind and go give me kudos there :D Thank you again to @tomoka0013 @gojihime99 and @malicedragoness for your encouragement and all your help *blows kisses* Hope you like :D NSFW!

CHAPTER 1:

For once, the absolutely only time in recent history, your hair is behaving, thank the Gods! Actually, is there a God of Hair? Hmmm, maybe Kano would know? His stories of meeting Gods are always fascinating, even though he always exaggerates his role and prowess in encounters with said Gods. There is simply no way on Earthrealm that Kano could have stolen the Thunder God’s hat without being zapped into the Netherrealm. Plus, Kano has never produced this hat, so whenever he has one too many beers and starts on another night of tall tales, you nod along and feign complete belief in his words.

Maybe one day you’ll get to meet a God? Not likely whilst you’re stuck behind a computer for hours and hours every single day. Especially working alongside Erron-sodding-Black. He’s gone through at least 5 computers this year, 2 in the past three weeks! You swear he was doing it on purpose. In your steamiest daydreams he’s deliberately breaking his computers so you’ll have to travel to the ‘Black Dragon Boyz office’ (and yes, they spell it with a ‘z’) to spend precious time un-fucking his computer. Every time it happens, you swear you’re just going to tell him to go bother someone else, or get his arse down to PC World and find some spotty 17 year old work experience boy to bother rather than yourself. After all, you’re doing just as an important job for the Black Dragon as he is, well, almost. He might be a super amazing dead-shot sniper capable of assassinating even the most heavily guarded target, but you aren’t just IT support, you are a Black Dragon member too.

******** More after the cut! ***********

You spend much of your time hacking into Special Forces super secret files, reading General Sonya Blade’s horribly dry mission reports, or transferring money from one Swiss bank account to another before you could be traced. Well, that was why Kano had hired you. Yet these past few months you’ve been dragged to broken computer after broken computer by the obscenely handsome aforementioned Erron Black at least once a week. You hadn’t minded the first few times, after all, any time spent in Erron’s company makes you all giddy and wibbly-wobbly inside your knickers. His voice honestly does things to you, actually makes parts that shouldn't tingle at work, tingle. He has warm eyes that seem to sparkle whenever he speaks to you, or catch you staring at him, not that you stare at him. Much. OK, maybe a little. He has a smile that is likely illegal in half the known world. Long, strong fingers that you so often think about, especially when you watch him dance a coin across his knuckles when he’s thinking, his trick to keep his fingers supple. No, no no. No thinking about him. He obviously isn't interested in you. He’s a simple man when it comes to that. You’ve seen him make moves on people who catch his eye; he’ll watch them for a while, then walk up to them, give them a smile, tell them plainly what he wanted. Then you’ll watch them walk off together whilst your heart dissolves into self pity. A few months ago, you made a real effort to try to stop flirting with him. No more lingering looks while spending more time than needed helping him with his computer. The man was multi-talented with most things, just not computers. It probably didn't help that he didn’t grow up around modern technology. You gently tease him about being old and doddery around computers and he takes the jokes well, and really, you miss joking around with him, but it was for the best. Kabal jostles with you for mirror space, smoothing down his hair and giving the mirror a big grin. Why is it so easy for men like him? He probably rolls out of bed after 2 hours sleep with his face in a half-eaten curry and he’ll still wake up ridiculously handsome (the git). Whereas it takes a lot of fussing to even get your hair to behave, let alone look nice and shiny like Kabal’s does. Maybe you could make a small shrine in the corner of your bedroom to the Hair God? You nod to yourself, thinking Kabal must have done that. “Come on, you look beautiful. Now get your coat and scarf, and we’re outta here. If we don’t leave soon, we’ll miss it!” Kabal fusses with his coat buttons. Always unable to keep still, the man practically radiates excess energy. “I WILL BE SAD IF WE MISS THE FILM.” Tremor stands up from his own desk, the building shaking ever so slightly with the enormous man’s movements. “Not as sad as Kabal. He’ll start bawlin’ if he misses his boyfriend’s new film.” Erron spins round in his brand new swivel chair, his eyes glinting with mischief. “Johnny Cage is NOT my boyfriend and I don’t even care about missing the film.” Kabal bristles with indignation. He did care about missing it. He cares a lot. “I don’t even like his films, or him. I’m just watching it ironically.” Erron laughs. You feel that laughter, deep inside and it demands attention. Bastard. “Suuuure. Enjoy your boyfriend.” “He is NOT my boyfriend!” This was going to end up in another fight. Last week Kabal had called Erron ‘Old Man Withers’. Erron had retaliated by drawing on Kabal’s Johnny Cage calendar. (The moustache and glasses actually suited the ridiculously handsome movie star.) So Kabal put a mouse in Erron’s desk drawer and recorded Erron’s screams, playing them every so often whilst laughing. The feud had gone on until Kano forced them to apologise to one another, in front of everyone. This sort of idiocy happened probably twice a month. It had escalated to where people now made bets on how long each feud will last. The longest feud had lasted 23 long days before Kano had flipped. “I DO NOT WANT TO BE LATE.” Tremor tugs open the office door and the handle will need replacing. Again. You follow after the huge man, Kabal behind you is muttering about revenge. “Hey, Sweetheart, you goin’ too?” It takes a second before you realise that sultry Texan drawl is aimed at you. “Oh, yes. There was a spare ticket since Kira’s still stuck on a job.” Oh shit, you should have offered it to Erron instead. You’d been so excited to be included in the cinema plans that you’d been selfish and not asked if Erron had wanted to go. “But……” Erron’s face scrunches a little and he turns to his computer and hits a few keys in quick succession. “It ain’t workin’ again. Sorry, darlin’.” He gestures helplessly to his computer. “But… I only fixed it this morning! What have you done this time?!” You drop your bag to the floor, and peel off your coat with a frustrated groan. You are going to get fired, there was no way Kano would believe this. You are completely and utterly incompetent. No other reason. Your fault. “It’s those darn computer gremlins again.” He gives you an apologetic smile and shrugs with frustration at the computer gremlins. You sigh and wave goodbye to Kabal and Tremor, both eager to watch Ninja Mime’s latest adventure. This one was in SPACE and it was going to be amazing, and you were going to miss it. Nooooooo! You stomp over to Erron’s computer, your mouth twists into a grumpy pout. “That is it. No more computers for you! you want to do some work; then you can bloody well do it on a typewriter.” Erron replies with a “Heyyyyyyy” and a laugh. The throb between your legs from the laugh can just sod off. No more. Not when you were going to be unemployed and unemployable after this. Who was going to hire you? What could you put on your CV? ‘Failed IT support worker’? ‘Only capable of turning a computer on and even then it’ll probably turn itself off again when you’re not looking?’ ‘Can steal FBI or Special Forces secrets but can’t keep an old man’s computer running for more than 3 minutes before it’s broken again’? ‘Want to play Solitaire? Well don’t ask me, best try the sudoku in the newspaper instead’. You’re so engrossed in sulking you don’t notice Erron get up from his comfy chair to stand behind you as you perch on the crappy stool with no back (it had no back because Tremor had tried to sit on it). It was only when strong hands find your hunched shoulders and begin kneading at the tightly knotted and sore muscles, that you look away from the ‘blue screen of death’. “I’m sorry, but I’ll make it up to you, Sweetheart.” By the Gods his fingers are truly magic. His thumbs are rubbing magic circles into your shoulders and it feels soooo good. “Mmmhhhhh?” Maybe he is a God, the God of massage.? You close your eyes, your head rolls back and you enjoy the moment. Heat radiates from where his fingers touch you, heat that only gets stronger when it reaches your face and between your legs. He finds one particularly knotted muscle and you can’t help but groan your pleasure as his thumb circles the spot. His chuckled reply tugs you back to your senses and you quickly shrug his hands off you. Thank the Gods you have your back to him so he can’t see your positively flushed face. You quickly get back to tapping away at the keyboard, but your hands are shaking so badly from the intimacy, you struggle to hit the correct keys. “You sure you got that, Sweetheart?” The computer indignantly beeps at your clumsy fingers. “Says the man who has trashed enough computers to practically bankrupt Kano.” Your hands continue to shake and your thwarted desire swerves into anger. “I’ve made you mad.” “I haven’t been out in FOREVER, and just as I’m about to go out, YOU go break your computer. AGAIN!” “Ain’t my fault your boyfriend doesn’t take you out.” Why did he sound almost happy about that? Hang on… You spin around to face him. “What boyfriend?” “You know, the dwarf.” “The.. what?” “Your boyfriend, the hairy dwarf.” He folds his arms, and shifts his weight to one hip. He doesn’t seem too happy talking about this mystery boyfriend, whoever they are. “Is this some sort of joke?” You honestly have no idea what he means. Maybe he’s drunk or Kabal has told him this for a laugh? “I don’t think so?” One of his eyebrows rises in puzzlement. “I don’t have a boyfriend. I don’t have a hairy dwarf boyf.. why do you think I have a hairy dwarf boyfriend?” Maybe you have a secret boyfriend so secret you don’t actually know you are in fact dating him? Piotr, who runs a very seedy strip club in the seedier part of the city, is a dwarf, (and you only know him because Kano is friendly with him, he’s a bit scary), but he’s balding. Who does Erron think you are dating? “You said you did. You know, you were talking about him being all small and his hair got everyw…. He’s a cat ain’t he.” Erron has the good grace to look embarrassed at his idiocy. “Obviously.” Is Kabal recording this? This is ridiculous. “Shit.” “Yup.” “Then.. uh.. you should go catch up with Kabal and Tremor.” “I still have your computer to fix.” This was going to be such an awkward few hours. Sitting in the office in silence because the pair of you are idiots. “I can do that.” He throws out a warm smile. “Really. The man who can’t even use a mouse without breaking it, can fix this mess?” You can’t help but roll your eyes. If he even so much as looks at the computer it will probably catch fire. “I maybe exaggerated my lack of skills.” His smile wavers, and slides from warm to worried. You are going to kill him if this was going where you suspect it is going. “I maybe might’ve deliberately caused the error.” He holds up his hands in surrender. Yup, you’re definitely going to have to kill him. “I maybe did some classes a few years back when I was at a loose end.” “…… I’m going to kill you!” “How ‘bout I make it up to you? I take you out for dinner, there’s this patisserie we can go afterwards for the best pastries in Moscow. Hell, you wanna watch that film, let’s go.” His eyes plead with you not to hate him, but right now, you really do. “I have a hairy dwarf who’ll be better company, thank you.” That he was possibly asking you out and that he wanted to actually go out on a date wasn’t registering. All you can think of is the waste of time and how humiliated you feel. Everyone probably knows and has laughed at how utterly clueless you are. Kano is going to fire you for being shit at your job - after he finishes laughing. “Heyyy, Sweetheart. I’m sorry. I just wanted to spend time with you.” He really does sound sorry. His eyes go all soft and warm and apologetic and Gods, he is beautiful and you really do want to believe him. “You really thought it was accidental?” He tries to hide a smile and can’t stop one eyebrow from raising quizzically at the thought that you’ve been so utterly clueless. “Well… you’re… there weren’t computers around when you were young…younger, I’m just an idiot aren’t I?” The-all-too brief warmth and fuzziness from thinking maybe there might actually be something there between you dissolves back into embarrassment from being tricked so easily. You grab your coat and bag and leave the office whilst Erron stares after you.

Chapter 2

The flat is dark and cold when you finally get home. The bus had been late, and Russia in autumn is hardly the most fun time of year to be kept waiting at a bus stop. Fur-lined boots and a thick fuzzy coat are nice enough, but do little to keep your body from freezing outside in the colder months. Still, the flat has semi-decent heating, and a thick blanket and a fuzzy cat happily purring on your knee whilst you drink coffee soon has you feeling a bit warmer.

Thinking back to earlier you have to admit you’d have liked a boyfriend, and no matter how humiliating what had happened earlier was, you still wish that this boyfriend was Erron. Your cat, Bob, was great company, and he would never play mean tricks on you, but great company as Bob was, he didn’t keep you quite as warm and quite as tingly as Erron possibly could. Sensing your traitorous thoughts, Bob nudges at your hand with his fluffy head to demand attention, purring happily when you indulge him and tickle under his chin. You give him a kiss on his fuzzy little head as way of an apology for being so utterly traitorous. Soon your thoughts switch to worries that you’ll be fired once Kano finds out about Erron’s trickery. Actually, Kano doesn’t fire people; he has them eaten by pigs or whatever it is that scary gangster criminal people do. Who will look after Bob? Your bottom lip quivers as you think about Bob, all alone in the dark, unable to open his tins of cat food without opposable thumbs, meowing sadly for someone to change his kitty litter. A moment later you force a smile. No more feeling sorry for yourself! You aren’t some pathetic pushover, this means war! You won’t just put a mouse in Erron’s drawer, you’ll put three rats in there and upload his screams to Youtube. He’ll find 30 chickens in his flat and you’ll steal his lunch every single day. You’ll swap all of his guns for water pistols and laugh when he cries about it. A loud buzzing from the doorbell pulls you from your thoughts of revenge. It’s probably Kano and some hungry pigs, so you take three deep breaths to prepare yourself. Scooping up Bob and tiptoeing to the door, you peep through the spyhole to instead see Erron waving at the spyhole. Muttering various threats, you open the door and give him your best pout. “Cute kitty.” He holds out a pink box with gold cyrillic lettering across the top. “I’ve come to apologise.” You keep up your pout and take the box with your free hand, then try to nudge the door closed with your hip. Erron laughs and strides into the flat, giving Bob a quick tickle on the head. 3 minutes later and Erron has taken over the kitchen. He has his own coffee, has eaten two of the amazing pastries he’d brought and Bob is his new best friend. The cat winds around Erron’s feet, meowing for attention, steadfastly refusing to stop even when you refill his food bowl. Traitorous beast! This must be payback for earlier. “You don’t like pastries, Sweetheart? I can go get somethin’ different?” The bastard throws you a smile that would normally have your knickers falling down, but you’re still feeling sorry for yourself, and Erron-Bloody-Black is not going to get off this easily. You have to keep up the pout so he won’t suspect your revenge plans. You shake your head and turn to tidy the counter-top behind you, thinking hard about a plan of attack. How about stealing his hats and replacing them with hats identical in every way except the hats were all just slightly too big? Your plan of attack is quickly ruined when strong hands find your hips and give them a gentle squeeze. Your spine tightens, and you hope your gasp of pleasure wasn’t audible. Lips brush your ear, and when he speaks, his warm breath sends a huge shiver right through you. “Please, Sweetheart, I’m sorry, don’t hate me. I promise, I’ll make it up to you. You want me on mah knees?” The thought of Erron on his knees is enough to make you shiver again. A hard pulse hits you right between the legs. Oh fuck, that was unfair. “It’ll take more than that.” “More cake?” He presses a very soft kiss just below your ear. Another pulse hits. Your legs quiver but you just about manage to keep yourself upright. Your knickers are going to evaporate. “You didn’t give me a chance to eat them.” Your voice is surprisingly steady but you chew on your lip to stop any pathetic noises escaping, just in case. “Dinner, every night for a week. We’ll get dressed up all fancy and go to the ballet, then spend the weekend in bed.” His voice is lower now, rougher. Another kiss sends more shivers through you, nerve endings sparking. Your fingers grab onto the countertop to stop you slithering to the floor. “That’s pretty presumptuous of you.” “You don’t wanna spend the weekend in bed with me?” Your stunned silence is answered by low laughter and him pressing a kiss to your neck. The tip of his tongue teases your tingling skin, and this time you can’t stifle your reaction. Erron takes your whimper as an invitation to slide his hands to your thighs and tug up your dress so his fingers can find bare skin. You lean back against him, his warmth quickly bleeding into you. More prickles of heat fizz through your nerves and aim straight for your core. Strong fingers dig into your thighs as he tugs your dress higher, inch by inch. Warm lips pepper kisses down your neck to your shoulders, lightly dancing his tongue over your increasingly sensitive skin, chuckling to himself with your every moan and whimper. You grip the edge of the counter harder and let your head roll to the side to give him more of you. Each touch from his mouth sends sparks down your spine and you can feel a slickness between your legs. Oh fuck... “This ok, Sweetheart?” Your reply is a mere mumble but he still gives you a moment to decline his touches, his mouth and fingers still upon you. You quickly force a “Yes, please”, and are rewarded by fingers sliding to your underwear, skimming so gently over the silken fabric to tease you. You whine at being denied his fingers and receive a gentle bite to your shoulder in reply. Then he’s gone. Your dress slithers back down to cover your thighs with you almost doing the same and slithering to the floor. You turn and watch him stride through the open door into your bedroom. Luckily he can’t see how your face scrunches into a desperate pout from being denied. “You comin’, Darlin’?” Your reply of “Well I would have been” is mumbled through gritted teeth as you trot after him, wishing you have even an ounce of self-control. He sits himself on the edge of your bed, reaching out to a hand, tugging you to sit on his lap, your legs straddling his as you face him. His large strong hands cup your face, and with a smile he presses the softest of kisses to your mouth. He waits for you to respond, then kisses you again once you kiss him back, a little harder and a little longer this time. His thumbs brush your face, then his hands are holding you close to him, close enough to feel both his warmth and his heart pounding as hard as your own. He is intoxicating, his heat, his mouth, his hands, and you want him more than anything. Your fingers find his face, stroking over his stubble prickled cheeks to learn how he feels, your touch light, nervous at finally being able to indulge yourself. He smiles at your touches and pulls you harder against him so you can feel his burgeoning hardness through his jeans, his smile widening when you wriggle to feel him, delighting in feeling his arousal because of you and enjoying your own arousal demanding attention. Your skin prickles with building desire and impulsively your hands leave his face to tug your dress up and off. He kisses you again, unbuttoning his shirt between every press of his lips to yours. His hands are then all over you, your back, your ass, stroking your skin, teasing you with the gentlest of touches then squeezing you hard enough to make you gasp between your contented sighs. His mouth moves from your lips to your neck, his teeth and tongue teasing louder gasps of delight from your kiss reddened lips. Your fingers stroke through his hair then roam over his chest and back, then moving over his thickly muscled arms, learning just how he feels. Erron murmurs happily into your ear and against your neck, and his fingers dig tighter into your ass, moving you against his groin, becoming more and more desperate to feel you. He tugs at your bra and when no objection is made, it joins the pile of clothing on the floor. He growls into your neck in approval at your breasts being free, and using the lightest of touches, traces the back of his fingers around the swell of your breasts and over your hard, sensitive nipples. Erron chuckles breathily at your whimpers and how you shiver from his touches, your need building as you grind down against his hardening dick encased in his jeans. Every touch of his mouth and fingers goes straight to your cunt and fuck, if he doesn’t fuck you soon, you’ll explode from the building pressure. Your fingers go for his waistband and fumble at the buttons with sweaty and shaking fingers. Erron drags his attention from your chest to watch you struggle with the stubborn fastenings. “You’re an eager one, Sweetheart.” “It’s your fault.” “Yeah, I guess it is.” He cocks an eyebrow, lifts you off his lap and lays you on the bed. Said eyebrow raises even higher when you wriggle out of your knickers and toss them aside, but it’s in jest, and he takes a long moment to gaze appreciatively at you, his smile genuine, warm and tinged deeply with desire. He tugs off his jeans and underwear with ease and tosses them to join the clothes pile, and then he’s on you. His tongue and lips find your breasts, his teasing your nipples harder ever so gently with his teeth has you tugging at his hair. You feel the graze of fingers trail down your body to your thighs that then grip you tightly enough to leave marks you’ll feel for the next few days. His long, strong fingers slide between your legs, moving them apart to finally reach your cunt. Again his touch is so light and gentle, a finger brushes over your folds before dipping between them. His thumb searches for your clit, circling around the sensitive bud as his fingers find your opening. He kisses you again, murmuring between the kisses, he whispers how beautiful you are to him, how he’s wanted you for all this time, how you feel, how hard you’ve made him and when he increases the pressure he pulls back to watch your eyes flutter closed and your teeth sink into your lower lip to stifle your pleasure. He continues to tease your clit, using your slickness to keep his touch feather light. He watches you writhe beneath him with tightly closed eyes, your back arching and one hand tangling in your own hair as he changes the pressure of his thumb on your clit, sometimes soft, sometimes rough, sometimes so feather light you beg for him to be rougher. Your feet kick against the bedclothes, rucking them up around you both as Erron pulls more and more pleasure from you. His thumb leaves your clit and he laughs at your indigent whines, instead he slides a long finger inside you. You’re so wet and needy that your cunt accepts him easily, and you soon beg for more. With a smile he adds another finger inside you, then a third, scissoring you wider, his fingers moving easily with your arousal. You whimper up at him, voicing just how good he’s making you feel, and how you want to touch him. He kisses you when you reach out to grasp his long, thick cock, stroking him harder, feeling the velvet softness of the skin over iron hardness. Your kisses quicken and deepen, tongues entwining, teeth biting at the others lips, desire building so quickly that every touch is almost desperate. When you whisper how you want him inside you he eagerly slides his fingers from you, pushing your thighs wider apart, staring into your eyes as he first strokes his cock harder, your arousal on his fingers coating his length along with the pearls of precum that weep from the crown, then rubs himself against your folds. He pauses, taking the moment to breathe, then tormentingly slowly, he pushes himself inside your hot, wet heat. His thickness feels so good, stretching you so wide you can’t help but voice your pleasure. He groans a reply and almost tauntingly slowly, he pushes deeper, his thick cock stretching you more than his fingers could. He pauses, allowing you both to catch your breath and adjust to just how perfect the other feels. He gazes down at you with heavy-lidded eyes that shine with more than just desire, his damp hair messy, strands sticking to his forehead. Agonizingly slowly, he pushes forward, his cock stretching your cunt wider and wider as you cling to him, until he’s filled you completely. Again you kick at the bed, the sensations overwhelming you, your head light and fuzzy, your skin buzzing as sweat beads along your scalp and chest, dampening the backs of your limbs, and between where you and Erron lie against one another. Erron groans with pleasure and kisses you open mouthed, eager and lust-filled, just so happy to be with you. He tears his kiss-swollen lips from yours to take deep breaths and you stare up at him, every nerve tingles with sensation, your cunt so tight around his cock. You stroke a hand through his damp hair and whimper uncontrollably as he snaps his hips first backwards, then forwards. You nerves delight in the friction and beg for more and you’re unable to stop from begging him to fuck you, fuck you hard and fast and to fuck you now! The pace starts out so slow, his fingers digging into your hips, his mouth on yours then moving to your neck, hot breath on sweat slicked skin. Your legs wrap around him, pulling your hips upwards, angling you so he’s even deeper with each thrust, his cock making your nerves sing from the friction and the need for more. Your fingers are in his hair, tugging and stroking and you whisper and moan your delight at feeling him inside you. When neither of you can take it anymore he speeds up his thrusts, still achingly deep, are brusingly hard, your cunt so tight around him that the sensation is almost too much. Sweat rolls down the back of your legs, prickles in your hairline and down spine. Your hands are everywhere, gripping at him, holding your writhing bodies together, and slipping on his hot wet skin. The tightness in your cunt starts to radiate to your thighs and spine. Your thighs grip him tighter and you whimper your pleasure and beg for more, desperate for a release. His replies are muffled, his mouth is in the crook of your neck and when his thrusts start to quicken yet further he lifts his head to gaze down in your eyes, watching as you come undone beneath him. He whispers encouragement, delighting as your pleasure builds into a fire that overwhelms and burns, every nerve aflame and so bright. You cry out and let everything wash over you, your body writhing as Erron keeps moving inside you to prolong the feeling and let you ride out your bliss. His hands paw at your hips as he comes mere moments after you, hips thrusts jerking and stuttering, spilling deep inside you, grunting loudly with his own overwhelming pleasure. He’s heavy as he lies panting on top of you, the pair of you struggling to breath again and calm your pounding hearts. Erron chuckles breathlessly, kisses you between deep breaths, rolls first onto his back, then onto his side to face you and props himself up on one elbow. “Think I’m broken.” You snuggle up against him, reveling in the afterglow, in how your hot sweat slicked skin feels in the cool air of your apartment. “Guess I have a talent for breaking things.” He smiles. He can’t keep his eyes off you. “I hate you.” “I know.”

#Erron Black #Erron Black X Reader #Erron Black X Female Reader #Mortal Kombat #Kabal #Kano #Tremor #Smut #Mortal Kombat Smut

[vampireacademysims]

Scrapped Story Challenge

I got tagged by @skyburned​, thank you! <3

The Rules:

Post a few screenshots from a scrapped scene / edit / story!

Share why you scrapped this specific thing

Tag five friends, and watch the fun play out!

As for the Vampire Academy comic, I don’t actually have many scrapped scenes/edits, I actually only found one XD I tend to plan everything as to avoid wasting time on things I’ll not use, so I guess this was an exception.

This is the full panel that got cut to only focus on Rose’s face, back in chapter I - page 7 (top right). After the wasted time editing the whole thing to just use a bit of it made me rethink how I was doing things, so I plan better now. As for scrapped stories.... oh boy, sit down and have some popcorn XD Since it’s not VA related, I’ll put it under a cut. It’s trying to keep the comic going that is hindering alternate projects, but it’s nothing too new if you fallow my other Tumblr... unless you read to the end.

I don’t want to say these are scrapped stories.... more like, Temporarily In Limbo Projects:

The NaNo-born HP thing.

Before I started the VA comic, I nearly started a comic about an original story that was born in a NaNoWriMo over 10 years ago. It was a sort of alternate future of OCs I had in a Roleplay in back in the day, set in the Harry Potter universe. I never finished the story - 250 pages in English and 3 chapters away from finishing it to this day =’). Once a year I go back to read it just to feel the cringe.

What stopped me was all the extras I’d have to edit in, mainly cloaks and robes - because everyone had cloaks/robes, dragons (even if only for a chapter... 6 years ago no one had converted the dragons to sims 2 yet) and the hair of the protagonist. So I started VA instead, because it felt easier.

The AU Slice of Life thing.

From time to time, on my reblogs tumblr, I post images from the most “recent” OCs from the last roleplay I was in - I like to roleplay, ok? Once on FB a friend had posted a link to one of those online generators, there was one about generating demons and I tried it out. Funny enough, the very first result I got remembered about me about my character Thea. So I jumped to Sims and tried to make her as a demon, based on what the generator gave me and this was the result:

This was the first pass at the idea, but I wanted a tail and different feet...

And so came the no.2 pass, that I’m still sort of working on in the background. I liked this idea, placing my characters and the characters or my friend in a different setting. I wanted to write that story, but I needed the input of my friend and she doesn’t seem very interested, so I dunno if I’d be able to write a full story, I need her to bounce ideas with. Then I thought to just make slice of life images, the cool parts I have in my head, without having to layout a whole story. Again, problem would be having to edit things in, mainly tails (all tails would have to be hand painted in), feet aaand in the case of one of my friend’s girls, wings would have to be edited in. Oh and clothes. I don’t think finding decent harem style clothes is easy even today.

The I-Was-14-and-Wrote-Detective-Stories thing.

I got my first PC in 1996/7, no internet those days. And after I finished watching the last episode of a Brazilian soap opera about a female detective (A Justiceira), I decided create my own female detective and write stories. I wrote the 1st story in one hour and it only had 7 pages (in which I believed that American female detectives sporting midriff tops and high heel shoes to active work was completely normal). I still have those printed 7 pages XD And the cover I made for the book lol Only one friend of mine has ever lay eyes on those stories. It started all good and well, robberies and murders and stuff, but fast I branched out to human cloning, space travel, time travel, genetically altered wolves, alien abductions, religious/alien cults in Mexico, plane crashes, ghosts and an incident during the Paris-Dakar event... I was a huge X-Files fan at that time and got hugely influenced u_u I had 22 books planed, I wrote from 1997 to like 2003-ish if memory serves. Only finished 11 while the others stand in various degrees of scattered notes. As mentioned before, from time to time I go back to read it all and feel the ultimate cringe and wonder what I was on back in the day. It’s completely insane at times, but maybe with a bit (A LOT) of polish I could make something out of it. If nothing else, maybe remake the book covers in the Sims because back in the day it was only MS Paint and some cartoons on Powerpoint that I stripped and drew over on paint with a mouse to draw the covers and other scenes. It’s hilarious looking back at how dedicated I was, hot damn! I made wallpapers, Win95 desktop themes, Winamp skins, you name it XD That female Detective was the very first of my OCs and I never made her in the Sims correctly, maybe I should look into that because all I have to show for her is this XD Covers ranging from 1998 to 2003 (I only learned about Photoshop in 2005).

So these are my dirty little secrets that I might or might not one day act upon. Here, have a cookie if you made it this far. As for tags, people who have stories going probably have stuff to show so, @grecadeasimsstudios​, @esotheria-sims​, @veninorchid​, @quiddity-jones​, @cindysimblr, @grisdidthis​​ :P Again, if it is not your cup of tea, it’s ok :)

#Scrapped Story Challenge #tagged by Skyburned #tagged stuff #more below cut because its not related to the VA comic #childhood things that have been my dirty secret

[swampgallows]

my mouse is acting funky because the laptop fell off my bed, which crunched the receiver straight through the chasse and obliterated the entire usb port. there’s just a huge gouge out of the side of the laptop now, which probably damaged the receiver in the process. 

this entire laptop is falling apart. it was my brother’s laptop from ages ago and is MSi junk (his words), and i’m using it because my laptop of 10+ years finally had the motherboard die on me 2 months after replacing the hard drive. 

my brother also left me his PC. the problem is that i dont have a desk, i dont have a chair that doesnt make my bottom half go numb after 10 minutes, and i have no place in my room to put a desk even if i got one because literally all of my possessions are confined to my bedroom. that means my turntables, hundreds of records, all my clothes, all my books (the bookshelf is part of the wall so it cant be re/moved). so i use my laptop lying down in my twin sized bed.

i want to move out so fucking bad but i cant get a job and none of my “skills” are honed enough to be lucrative (i’m too fucking useless to commit to anything anyway. i dont have a workspace for drawing and mixing is difficult without speakers). i honestly have no idea how i would ever make enough money to pay rent even with multiple roommates. even when i was working close to full time i made just under 2k a month which wouldnt cover most average rent here on top of healthcare etc. i could move i guess, but i have no idea where to.

being unemployed is kind of a blessing in that i have free healthcare (especially when i was in and out of the hospital last winter for a month). my healthcare even after it was subsidized, while i was working, was close to 300 a month. the car that is “mine” is not actually mine so i dont make the monthly payments on it so i have no idea what those are.

basically in my head it just compounds to “my mouse is broken because i can’t move out” and overwhelms me so much i just feel like giving up. really is the terry pratchett boot theory

#blathering

[altissiavibritannia]

Ask Death The Moo Coming Soon!

Heyaz everybody, since I’ve noticed that some of ya liked my Death The Moo hand sketch of a headshot of him that I’ve done a long time ago either this year or last. So I’ve decided to make a sideblog for Death The Moo and his friends. I’m also am thinking about making a au themed fanfic. The fanfic would be on my Ao3 account only for now. I’ll also be writing a fanfic about my baby boi  Áilleahariko my dairy femboy magical deer fursona and multiverse oc. He’ll have a human form as well. Since I”m trying to work on his furry design. As for fan art or gifts and of the sort might have to wait for a bit, since...I’m trying to learn how to draw on a bloody laptop...with just a mouse....so things might end up slower than normal with my art now...since I’m waiting for my PC to work again. I hope it does work someday or sometime soon, so I can finish off some unfinished business on it and delete somethings that I don’t use anymore or not in to anymore. I might make  Áilleahariko as Kiddo’s brother and whatnot to all the fandoms that I’m in, since he’s my magical femboy dairy deer oc and fursona. So yeah this boi of mine might be the first femboy I’ve ever had for a oc and fursona all together. But yeah I might even possibly have him as my third Arcana oc. 

I already have Kabus and his baby twin brother Almajara. So I guess another oc but a multiverse one for this fandom wouldn’t hurt! But anyways, I’ll be drawing only Kabus, Almajara,  Áilleahariko, Death The Moo, Moolouch, and MLP doodles for now. As for raffle prizes and art gifts/fanart of others ocs if I got permission to draw them that is, will be the only things being drawn. Since I’m not ready to draw more than I can chew. If interested in getting a art or story commission from me, please dm/pm me at @sinderella-stargaze. I’ll be making art before making a pricing sheet. Also...I might have to be paid by the hour now, since I don’t have a job and will need to help my mother put food on the table and such. If you want to see my works of art, then please follow me at @ailleahariko. This main account is too flooded with my fanfics, interests and rping stuff. So for now on, adoptables and commissions would be posted and accepted on my @sinderella-stargaze side blog account and fan art and gifts/raffle prizes will be posted on my @ailleahariko side blog account. I might make a few rping accounts outside of my two that are @osprey-ballet-prince and @altissia-nyx-casablanca for separate fandoms if I have to!  I’ll just post links to my fanfics on this account for now until I figure out if I want to make yet another side blog account for fanfics only!

#journal #death the moo #cow death the kid #update status #ask blog coming soon #new side blog #new fanfic #new au idea #new fan art in mind #farm au soul eater #soul eater #ailleahariko #new fursona #new multiverse oc #new oc maybe? #the arcana #random spat

[nahra-is-healing]

I’m going to do it...

I decided to start going through my ridiculous backlog of games yesterday as I have far too many and I spend all my time playing Final Fantasy XIV. I need to stop playing MMO's so much as I never play anything else. I thought I would write down my thoughts so I can unwind my brain and practice my writing.

Borderlands 1 - PC - Steam:

I had the game installed on my laptop from when I played it before. I'm pretty sure I completed the original campaign. I don't really remember where I got up to, so I decided to go through the main campaign again on game 2 I think it was. I don't remember. It was fun enough, but I hate slogging through tutorials. I'm too impatient for them. I killed Nine-toes and went back to Dr. Zed. I finished up there as I wanted to play another game.

Final Fantasy XIII - PC - Steam:

I had to play with my mouse and keyboard as I don't have my Xbox 360 controller with me and Saff was using his PlayStation controller. I loaded the game and the settings menu comes up. I have no clue what settings do what, so I set them to what I think looks familiar. I start the game and the pre-rendered cut-scene was stuttering. O.K... I exit the game, fiddle about with the settings and.... stuttering. Great. So I exit the game again and ask Saff to have a look. He tells me to check NVIDIA Experience to see if it can optimise my game. I check and.... it's not supported. Brilliant. So Saff tells me what he thinks are the right settings for my laptop. Start the game...stuttering. Damn it. I decided to look it up on the net to see if anyone else found a solution. I see on Reddit about a patch someone made and it's apparently a miracle patch. It sounds awesome, but it looks like it's too much hard work. I have to install it in the game's files, I can't do something with the shadows I think and I'm worried if Steam won't like you messing with game files. I'm too chicken for that, so I continued my search. I stumbled across a post about the game looking for a controller. I ask Saff if I can borrow his controller (he was playing Flight Simulator 2020 on his laptop at the time). I plug the controller into my laptop, let the drivers install, load the game up again and..... no stuttering!!... but there is no sound. FML. So I gave it up for now and decided to move onto something else.

Final Fantasy VIII: Remastered - PC - Steam:

I've been wanting to play this for awhile, but it's always easier for me to just play MMO's. They are comfortable. I had played a bit of 8 before. Years ago I borrowed the game from my friend Cory when I was in year 8 I think. All I remember is laying down at the end of my bed with a lamp on playing the game and I was jumping along a train. I think I tried again at some point when I bought the original version on Steam, but I didn't get very far. I even own the game on the original PlayStation. I was always put off this game because I watched the Spoony reviews a million years ago. He didn't like the games very much and it really turned me off. I'm not a fan of characters like Squall, either. He just seems like a bit of a knob. So I load up the game and the experience is so much better than 13. It actually works. I start the game and I'm amazed by how nice the remastered is. I arrive at the GF tutorial and it's so long winded and I still end up confused. it takes forever too. We get on our way to the fire cave and I get the magic junction tutorial. I sort of get what I have to do, but I'm starting to get confused. I'm happy when I find out they have an auto button. I walk up to the two guys outside the cave and I pick the 10 minute timer. I recon I can do it. Oh my God, so many random encounter. I get to Ifrit and think I've got this, I have Shiva equipped. The animations take FOREVER. Game over. Awesome. I go again and rearrange Quistis to be a damage and Squall to be magic. I set his skills to magic and Quistis to draw. That was a major mess up. Squall could only cast fire magic and Quistis could only draw cast fire too. I'm not liking this draw mechanic very much. Anyway, I manage to beat Ifrit this time...

#gaming #final fantasy #borderlands #blog

[draganimation]

Happy Anniversary, Wardens!

It seems fitting that today of all days I give you an update as 10 years ago today, Dragon Age origins was released!

When I knew this day was coming however, I was hoping to have something spectacular to share. But I guess having at least Episode 01 already completed is enough for now! 20 minute long one’s no less!

I’m currently drawing the animatic for Episode 02, 100 pages and counting and that’s only the first minute!

With the money from my Patrons I was able to commission a composer to create the score to my first musical number of the show (if you don’t count Elanore’s lullaby). It’s me singing, so please bare with I’ve had no training haha

And now I’m just working on the audio created by my talented voice actors! And aside from you guys’ support of course,  I think hearing them is what truly makes me enjoy working on this series! Sound is a powerful thing, and hearing my words and reimagined characters of David Gaider come to life is amazing! And when it’s all put together, it just confirms my passion for this project!

If I ever met a Desire Demon and was granted one wish - aside from Alistair to be real ofc! I would wish for the diligence and know how to promote this better, so I can live off the public funding to just make this series non-stop and not bring out an one episode per year haha!  (and hopefully not get sued by EA or Gaider)

I’ve got alot of existentialism happening at the moment - not in a bad way, and I think I’m finally at that place where other Youtubers are where they don’t want to do anything else but working on their projects and it’s just a case of figuring out how! I was going to apply for a university course to be a Trauma counsellor, and although I love helping people it would’ve taken too much time out of my life to not be able to do work like this. And there’s always a possibility I will pick it back up again, but I love how I’m still inspiring and helping people with my art - even if it’s just a little bit! 

I’m obsessed with drawing! When I’m ill, or too busy or when I need to sleep, I can’t stop! Even when I have those episodes where I just want to give up, a few days later I’m picking up that pen again and doodling away so I know I’m never going to truly stop! The same with creative writing!

This series was just a way for me to do a medieval story, that fused with my passion for Dragon Age and my love of Disney films - and to voice a Disney princess! And it’s unbelievable the amount of love it’s got back. Again, I only wish I could do more to make it bigger and better.

Oh I’m also writing 20 and 21; Team Warden are currently at Redcliffe/ The Circle (hence the pic of the Fade mouse) I do NOT want to make The Fade episode boring as it’s the WORST part of the FRIKKIN game! I’m doing my utmost to make sure each Episode stays true to the material, but is different enough to make you not want to just play the game haha (though I doubt The Fade episode will make you want to do that part :P )  I also may be making some.....side romances that not everyone will agree with, just because it just seems to be there for me so I’m going to go with it and see what happens! Who knows! Might not work out at all! But I think by now, you all know who the main pair is but just....try to act surprised okay?

Please know that i am trying to write this as impartial to my own preferences/ game play as possible and only going by what would happen if it were a Disney animation. But with a lovely dark twist of course :P 

Anyway. I think that’s everything. Ugh there’s still so much to do! But if I can get this done by Christmas, wouldn’t that be great?! I am having some computer issues right now; external is dying causing my Windows to act weird, I need a new sound system because a toothpick is keeping the wire at the right angle haha and I’m not even going to go into why my state of the art recording equipment won’t work on my PC for some reason so I’m using a crappy ass mic to recording Episode 02 lines! ...okay maybe I did go into it haha

Sorry this was so long! If anything, I’ve inspired myself to restart my quest to find an agent or a PA or PR or whatever they’re called to help me promote this thing and to get me in line! So woop! 

Now back to work!

Happy Anniversary, Wardens. And as always, Maker be with you!

#draganimation #update #dragon age

[speculative-scintillation]

writeblr workspace tag game!

Show us a screenshot or picture of your usual workspace for writing? What programs do you use? What do you keep open? How many screens? Anything you want to show!

I was tagged by @inscrutable-shadow​, whose post is here.

ʟᴏɴɢ ᴘᴏsᴛ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ

I guess let’s start with my “office”

[ID: A photo of my desk, which is a corner L desk which has a steel frame and is surfaced with fake wood. One side of the desk has a hutch full of books, Funko pops, and other decorative items. On the side of the desktop that is not under the hutch of the desk are two monitors, a large keyboard, and a vertical mouse that is not on a mouse pad. Near the displays on either side are a pair of gray bookshelf speakers. A blue gooseneck lamp sits in the corner of the desk. On the side underneath the hutch is a drawing tablet on a stand. A string of purple bat-shaped lights hangs from under the hutch. Under the desk is a large PC with red LED lighting and a small monitor that is not powered. END ID]

This is a photo of my desk that I took several months ago. This was before I got my nice keyboard but I chose this photo because one of my monitors broke not long after this and I have not yet been able to get a new matching set. This is about as close as I ever got to having the setup look nice.

Right now, it looks like this:

I’ve commandeered a gaming monitor from downstairs and put my other monitor on two books to help make up for the difference in height between the two. There's a small gap between them intentionally because I pass the cable for my drawing tablet through there fairly often.

My new keyboard is in that shot though. It’s a GMMK Compact with (at the moment) Kailh Bronze Speed switches and stock keycaps. I have a few other more enthusiast keyboard builds in the works, but I don't expect any of them to replace this as my daily driver.

[ID: A photo of my keyboard, a black 60% board with black keycaps, in the dark with the addressable RGB backlighting on. The alphabet keys are illuminated white, the numbers and accent keys are cyan, and the punctuation keys are red. The bottom row of keys is not lit except for the spacebar. END ID]

But now for the part you probably actually care about: What’s on those monitors?

Well, when I’m writing, usually this:

[ID: Spotify is open in the left, playing Max Jury. On the right is Open Office, a word processor, which has had its colors changed so that the background is black, the page is a medium gray, and the text is black. The image is too small for the text to be legible. END ID]

Spotify and Open Office. I have Opera GX open behind Spotify and OneNote open behind Open Office. I’ve fucked around with Open Office’s settings a bit to change up how it looks because it’s easier to live with when I have a migraine (which is most of the time these days).

I’m sure you're wondering “why Open Office?” and that's simply because I can’t afford the Microsoft Office Suite. OneNote comes with the windows install which is why I have that. 

On OneNote is my entire series bible for every WIP complete with character pages, mood boards, EVERYTHING. Everything I make relating to a WIP goes in here somewhere.

[ID: Screenshots of the OneNote navigation tabs for Amarantos and The Guide to Interstellar Conduct, with tabs for things obscure as Enneagram types of characters, individual spacecraft, and the history of fictional alien races going back thousands and thousands of years. END ID]

[ID: A screenshot of A Phoenix in Blue’s mood board page open on Microsoft OneNote. None of the mood boards are clearly visible because the page is zoomed out too far, but one is themed gray and black, two are blue and black, one is mixed shades of blue, one is only black, one is red, one is purple, and one is mixed colors. There are several other miscellaneous images on the page that are not part of any of the mood boards. END ID]

I also like to keep a notebook or four nearby as well as a pencil, an eraser, a black pen, a red pen, a blue pen, a green or cyan pen, a white pen, and a sharpie for taking notes or writing out ideas while I’m working on something else.

Honorable Mention: My phone. I do a fair amount of writing on my phone with a program called Writer+. It’s a great program that lets you keep things organized in folders, supports HTML for writing up blog posts on the go, it autosaves reliably, has a functioning scroll bar, and dark mode!

Tagging @shadesofflame​  @touchingmadness​ and @moondust-bard​, who interacted with the thing (a few other people interacted with the thing but I don’t have any idea who they are lol)

#writeblr games #tag games