#i try to keep a balance

[awsugar]

i have the next two-ish nights off so i will try to catch up but blanket apology to anyone who has sent me an ask since like mid-may, i got over 100 new asks while i was away for tour and then ive worked so much since i got back and i keep getting more and when i have a night off i just bounce around my inbox because i have no idea who to answer first and so many are going unanswered and i apologize

#amanda got an ask yesterday that was like you never answer my anons you must have a stat counter #i do have a hit counter im sorry #thats not why i have 18.6k unanswered in my inbox #its because i answser a ton of asks and there are still 18.6k #i love talking to you guys #and it makes me feel bad when i 'ignore people' #its just not possible to answer them all and also reblog pictures and stuff #i try to keep a balance #but lately i am like wandering aimlessly in my inbox cause theres so much #i dont know where to go #so im sorry #i love you #please keep talking to me #mostly that ask mde me feel bad like do yuou think that of me #was it aimed at me #im scared

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

more outfit requests, ft some pretty fellas!

Anna Valerious Frank for @sheriffopossum, & sparkly dress Wally for @wheatlover <3

#thank you for the Looks! #also possum thank you for giving me an excuse to Remember the source of my gay awakening #and the added excuse to try and scribble her banger outfit #i watched van helsing exactly once when i was Small #can't remember anything from that movie except her and the monster thing swooping down #and also van helsing on top of her. dont remember his face but by fuck i remember her in Vivid detail #was that tmi? that feels tmi. oh well #anyway the sparkly dress was fun! im unsure if i've ever drawn an actual dress before! #its always skirts.... #in my mind he's having a little trouble keeping his balance. those are some High heels #scribble garnish #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #welcome home fanart #valerious' outfit was tough to draw #twas a Very fun challenge #it was difficult finding clear photos of her outfits' details #since a lot were either low lighting or cosplays or video game things or somethin #also her hair - gorgeous beautiful stunning - covered an important chunk of the fit #BUT I FOUND IT!!! I FOUND THE DETAILS!!! #took me a solid hour but i found it all #it was a nice excuse to gaze respectfully but Directly at her #anna valerious i had it for you before i even knew gay people existed <3

[r0swells]

LUUUUP MY BELOVED

I know I said Davenport and Lucretia were my favorite but cmon, Lup is just such a banger character. She's a wizard, she's canonically trans, she's the heart of the IRPE, she was stuck in an umbrella for ten years, she's dating just some guy, and she's a litch?! Character of all time.

ID by @anistarrose under the cut

[Image description: several digital drawings of Lup from The Adventure Zone. She's an elf with a medium build, freckled light brown skin, and a curly blond bob cut with dark roots, as well as a tufted tail.

In the first image, she wears a tank top with her robe tied around her waist, and fiery orange makeup around her eyes. She's posing with the Umbra Staff, smiling.

Second: Lup is grinning and lifting Barry into the air as he blushes and rubs his neck. He's a chubby human with slicked back brown hair, a gray streak, and stubble, wearing his robe and jeans.

Third: Lup fires a beam of red magic from the Umbra Staff, with the force of it blowing back her hair.

Fourth: a simple doodle of Lup in a t-shirt reading: "I survived the hunger for 100 years and all I got was this shirt."

Last: Lup as a lich, with a skeletal form and with fiery hair floating up from her skull. She has a surprised expression, and she's holding the Umbra Staff. End description.]

#the adventure zone #taz #taz balance #taz lup #lup #taz barry #barry bluejeans #roswells rampage #long post #i keep trying to mess with the way I color and it's coming out really cool I think

[letsmcfreackingloseit]

Hey-ho! I'm back again with some Apex Polarity art, but this time it's some designs for the humans' snow gear!

It started out with me just trying to figure out a design for y/n in my little comic, but then I thought it would be fun to also try and visualize the other humans, so here's my take of y/n, Vanessa and Michael! I really like how they turned out, although I don't think I got Vanessa's "patchwork" look quite right, but I still like where I landed. I added a blue scarf and I was really tempted to give her those red goggles, since it would've made her resemble Vanny even more, but in the end I desided against it.

So yeah- nothing too big this time, just something fun and easy!

But to round this off, I will of course credit the wonderful author @naffeclipse who is writing Apex Polarity, which you can go read if you click right here (can 100% recommend, especially if you like stories with a bunch of fluff, mystery and drama~!) and today I give credit to myself for the designs of the humans! ;P

#apex polarity #dca #dca fandom #polar!y/n #polar!vanessa #polar!michael #OK SO- I was trying to keep my rambling to a minimum in the main post #but now we're in the tags baby and I am about to RAMBLE!! #So if you're intersted in some extra info/thoughts- tag along! #so one thing I would like to note for y/n's design especially is the coloring choice #the grey jacket was mostly because- you know- ✨y/n-core✨a.k.a. grey #but the rest of the colors are basically the same as eclipse's colors- as a nod to their fated connection (black white red & yellow!) #I also kind of tried to make them look a little bit like a baby penguin- but the colors are inverted- so I guess I kind of failed? XD #but the thought was there! #As for vanessa I said most of it in the main post- except I gave her what I like to call; The Gamer Goggles (⌐■ω■) instead of the red ones #why do I call them that? I have absolutely no idea- so let's leave that and continue! #I designed michael last and he was kind of the easiest to do #the color balancing was maybe a little tricky- but I think the end result looks good! #at the very least he looks like he is ready for the weather AND you won't easily lose track of him in the snowy landscape! :D #I also made him a little fasco logo! #Nothing too fancy- just a happy little fox ready to tag along on an adventure! :3 #and that's about it for these pictures #I was tempted to also add their indoor design in this post (because yes- I also made some indoor designs >:3) #but I've decided to post them on a separate post so I won't ramble too much in this one XD #I mean look at this!!! #the terrible ramble disease strikes again #Will I ever escape it? probably not :P #now thank you so much for reading all of this and I hope you have a lovely day and/or night! XD

[coincasual]

some rushed darling outfit ideas! 🗡️💕✨

#ever after high #eah darling #darling charming #still trying to find a balance of princess to knight while keeping the frilly theme! not where i feel it should be yet but i’m still workin

[fidgetspringer-art]

✦ Linger ✦

#artists on tumblr #art #illustration #my art #digital art #digital drawing #my ocs #noah #oc art #You know that feeling when you're touch starved as all hell so when someone does touch you the feeling sticks around for hours after? #yeah that #with a side of Noah running away from what he REALLY wants but can't allow himself to keep #meaning he's then repeatedly shocked to realise he does in fact end up missing Martin every time he runs off #i'm still having a lot of fun experimenting with some new stuff #really happy with how this one came out though #i think i finally nailed that balance between texture and smoothness i've been trying to achieve for a while now #at the core of these experimets is the hunt for the style i have in mind for a future comic project #and i think this is very close to what i'm after #I want to use pop-art elements like these more as well #those bold colourful outlines and haphazard shapes slapped on top of things #messing with gouache on the side is genuinely helping me think differently when i paint digitally which is very neat #loving the process so far and excited to see what new skills i can learn from this

[ingravinoveritas]

I personally think its disgusting of what she posted yet again its all about her and she the reason why micheal keeps trending 4th day oh please he was trending for days before she came in the picture. And for someone who has no career and basically living off her parter who works so hard and been ill with virus the last few days and haven't been able to perform and she post this. Taking the credit for something that has nothing to do with her. He very grateful that she keep him grounded what that suppose to mean ? He was doing better before she came in the picture since he been with her his career have been slowed a little and she probably the reason for it

What do u say ?

Oh, boy. I saw this a little while ago, and all I could think was that the bar is so low at this point--like halfway between the fourth and fifth circles of Hell--and this still somehow falls short.

I know there has been a lot of talk about the t-shirt Anna is wearing (which was a gift from a fan at the stage door of Nye), but for me, the t-shirt is the least concerning part of all this. It's a reference to a quote from Staged (it's the title of a season 1 episode, in fact), and I am sure Michael found it funny. The only problem is that without the context of why it's a joke, it actually just isn't that funny. And it sets the stage for everything else that is happening.

Which brings me to the caption she wrote, which was what primarily caught my attention. The reason Michael is currently trending on Twitter (X, whatever we're calling it) is because of the overwhelmingly positive response to The Assembly, which aired last Friday night. He is receiving a tremendous amount of praise for being on the show, how he spoke to the interviewers, and the respectful and joyous atmosphere that was cultivated on the show. And rather than allude to any of that--not to mention Michael being sick recently, or the trip they went on to Disneyland Paris--Anna made Michael trending on Twitter about her.

That is what stands out to me the most. The idea of "keeping him grounded" that is coming across more like kicking someone when he is already down. That he somehow needs that, and that she would have us believe he is "grateful" to her for, what...comparing him to a loud bird? Repeatedly making fun of his looks and interests without a shred of respect or affection behind it? I'm also confused by the implication (and the irony) that Michael somehow has a large ego that needs to be kept in check when she is the one coming across as self-involved in this Insta story. So, yes. I'm at a bit of loss here.

I just keep thinking of the things she could have said instead. How she could have uplifted Michael, wished him well on returning to the stage tonight after several days' absence, said how she was glad to have spent time with him or taken care of him while he was ill. Just something that would give him a reason to hold his head high. But I guess it might just be easier to convince herself/everyone else that he is smiling if his head is hanging down instead.

I am just glad Michael is out performing again tonight and getting to be on stage and do the thing he truly loves to do. But those are my thoughts, and I'd be glad to hear from my followers about what you think, regardless of whether you agree or disagree...

#angel19924 #reply post #michael sheen #welsh seduction machine #the 'keeping him grounded' thing is giving me Georgia Lite vibes #though at least with Georgia it's original #i don't even know anymore #i don't think AL has had any effect on Michael's career either and I'm not blaming her for that #yet it seems clear he hasn't affected her career in the way she hoped either #trying to provide a balanced perspective #but what's the old saying: when someone shows you who they are believe them the first time #anna lundberg #relationships #thoughts #discourse

[puppyeared]

i feel like. theres designing a character with certain themes and motifs in mind, and then theres making a gijinka for the water bottle on my nightstand

#me when im the only person on the bus wearing a mask: i should make a furry plaguesona #its hard to explain bc. most of the time i try NOT to give my characters a 'strong' theme like making their whole design around #one thing like apples or even broad stuff like baking or cottagecore.. idk if its partly for flexibility or because i cant imagine them #making it their whole personality. not bc i find it cringe or overblown but more like ive learned to associate design with character depth #i had a cutesy uwu persona for most of highschool because i thought it would make me more. likeable? easy to remember? since #memorable character designs are easy to recognize. and one way of doing that is simplifying it with a theme or symbol so you form an #association. but since im a real person its exhausting keeping up that appearance all the time and denying myself things when they dont #fit my 'aesthetic' or 'theme.' i think ive grown past that bc i just collect stuff because i think it looks cool and dont let myself dwell #on how it might 'fit' with my image. but i cant help feeling bad doing it to my own characters bc it feels like im making them too one #dimensional. despite knowing that theyre not real and design alone doesnt reflect depth i cant help feeling like its wrong #despite that i love seeing motifs because it feels like it reflects the characters soul and paradoxically gives them depth. it makes them #interesting to look at too and honestly its pretty fun combining things that fall under a similar category when designing #i struggle find a balance between those two things #actually this reminds me of noelles christmas theme.. i dont remember her saying anything abt liking christmas despite a lot of #her design and character tying back to it. it makes me wonder if she would have feelings about that or doesnt think abt it too hard #or if its like a matching family shirts situation and shes just going along with it?? #maybe i should just do whatever i want with my character designs since theyre not real and im thinking abt it too hard #although. this probably has something to do with deep seated identity issues huh #yapping #oc talk #oc

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 Belgian Grand Prix - Kimi Räikönnen(ft. Giancarlo Fisichella & Sebastian Vettel)

#2009 kimi is so 😳 with his long hair #my fav part about kimi podiums is how much champagne he drinks compared to other drivers hahaha #everyone else mostly sprays it but he always keep slugging it #i dont know why i keep making these at 6 am when i dont have any thought processes as well as being sick! i cant write meaningful tags #nevertheless aahahhhhhh i love 2009!!! its so sick how balanced it is #like how tf did a force india get pole and nearly win???? sick #im still dying over the lap one DNF where 4 cars were taken out in one fell swoop it was almost comedic #it feels so nice to see fisi again!!! i missed him since 2005...shame nando isnt on the podium w him bcs i miss my renault boys #but heyyyyyy simi podium!!! i love how kimi is just trying to drink and seb sprays him #kimi räikkönen #kimi raikkonen #sebastian vettel #sv5 #giancarlo fisichella #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #we do a little bit of f1 #2009 belgian gp #2009 belgian grand prix

[nagasthia]

Look a Ninjago drawing :)

#lego ninjago #ninjago #pixal ninjago #ninjago pixal #lego ninjago pixal #pixal #pixal borg #ninjago art #ninjago fanart #my art #I have a feeling you don't actually believe you are good at what you're doing #that's what my therapist said to me last week #and that made me think #when did I started resenting what always made me happy? Because all I feel is that no matter how much I try I'm never happy #I'm in a place where I'll start to get nightmares every time I post something #Don't get me wrong I am so grateful for all the support you guys gave me and I feel really happy with the friends I got here #but things are not balanced #I have been doing art for such a short time and I can see how much I have improved #but if I am not happy with my own art I see no reason to keep doing it #I've only been drawing and getting better because you gave me so much support but the support is not working now #because no matter what I'll never be satisfied with myself #I know I will hate this drawing the moment I post it but everyone following me is a follower because of ninjago and I can't ignore that #So for y'all a drawing

[kurokmask]

*aqua voice* TERRAHHH

there is no greater pain that being unable to draw ur fav. terra for whatever reason has just been SOOO hard for me to draw. n i finally after over a yr have made something i think i actually like YAY

terra baby i love you so much

#kingdom hearts #terra kh #birth by sleep #kh bbs #kh terra #TEWWA BAYBEEE IM SORRY #its been a tough balance between a lot of things. 1 trying to translate the square enix style into my own. HARD. especially the hair #2 trying to inject my hcs. i like to interpret terra as a bit boxier than in canon but ive been having diffuculty keeping it *terra* #for a long time i think i went too sharp n too masculine trying to emphasize the darker more hostile part of his character #but then it just. didnt look like him. #so i went softer this time more rounded shapes more subtle shading #n i think finally that has worked #and lastly. 3 #i think bc i loved him SO much i overthought it. i wanted every detail to be right instead of focusing on the bigger picture. #so it never looked 'right' to me. i was so concerned in maknig it perfect it actually. SUCKED #anyways ya #hopefully this isnt a fluke n ive finally cracked drawing him. finally #also no pauldron bc i want NOTTTT drawing that #LOL #consider this a companion piece to the aqua one #peep the eyes HEHE

[dazzelmethat]

Here is one half of a dungeons and dragons sitcom. Featuring Zel and Amelia.

#the slayers #slayers #slayers fanart #zelgadis greywords #amelia wil tesla saillune #i love that zel is almost always the straightman in gags .. and that lina is always allowed to be feral #amelia was really hard to draw here and i'm still unsure if i captured her essence #i forget that super big eyed 90s anime girls are hard to draw and keep balanced in their eyes until I try drawing one afhajsdfjakhfd

[thetarttfuldickhead]

Like Phil, I’d like to think that Jamie and Keeley still go to Brazil, in spite of the boys’ recent fuck-up, but I’d also like to think that Roy comes with them. Not because Jamie and Keeley can’t be friend on their own or wouldn’t have the best time doing Brazil together – they would! – but because I think Jamie might be conscious, given everything that’s gone down recently, of potentially upsetting what he currently perceives as a rather delicate balance.   

Maybe he brings it up a few days later before they head over to Keeley’s for a joint apology, or maybe it happens already at the holy kebab place, once they’ve had a few bites and a chance to settle back into their normal; a little worse for wear, but with no lasting harm done.

And Jamie fiddles with his sleeves and makes little faces as he tries to decide what to say (and Roy notices and waits with some trepidation) and in the end he just comes right out and says it, because that’s what Jamie does, isn’t it?

“I asked Keeley to go to Brazil with me, for that Nike thing I’m doing.”

Roy blinks. He hadn’t known Jamie was doing a Nike thing. Jamie might have told him, but Roy usually stops listening whenever he starts blathering on about brands and clothes and shit, so yeah, if told he hadn’t heard.

“What did she say?” he asks after a slightly too long and awkward moment of Jamie looking up at him, almost through his fucking eyelashes, trying to gauge his reaction.

“She said yes.” And hastily, as if worried what Roy might say or do if given a moment to, he adds: “I didn’t do it to try to get back together or anything. I mean, I do wanna get back together and she’s my friend and I love her and I thought we’d have a great time, yeah, but also, she’s great at PR and all that stuff, so. Yeah. That’s why I asked her to come. Make sure I don’t fuck it up.”

And because you want her to be your girlfriend. Roy doesn’t say it, though. Neither of them want a repeat of what went down at the bar. This isn’t Jamie trying to goad him or hurt him, he’s pretty fucking sure of that, so he’ll listen carefully to everything Jamie has to say, and then he’ll react like a fucking grown-up.

Probably. Possibly.

“Anyway, I think you should, like, come with us.”

Fucking what now? “What?”

“You should come with me and Keeley to Brazil.” Jamie is nodding his head decisively, as if repeating the statement has fully convinced him of its veracity.

“You want me to come with you and Keeley to fucking Brazil?” Roy is aware of sounding like a demented parrot, but he doesn’t give a fuck, does he, because he doesn’t want there to be any fucking room for misinterpretation here.

Jamie doesn’t seem particularly concerned about Roy’s tone. Too used to it, probably. “Um, yeah. Yeah. I mean, probably can’t get Nike to pay for it, right, but you’re rich, so you can just get your own ticket and you can stay with me and Keeley in this villa they’ll set us up in. Can’t mind that.”

Which all sounds very reasonable, of course, but still doesn’t answer the most pressing question:  “Why?”

Jamie makes a face. “What do you mean, why? Because I don’t want shit to be weird between us, mate. And I think it’d be weird if Keeley and I went away and you stayed here after what happened, you know. Besides,” he adds, and suddenly he looks slightly shy; younger than he actually is, and vulnerable, “It’d probably be fun, yeah? All three of us going, together. Because we’re friends and all.”

And there’s something sharp and jagged turning in Roy’s gut at that, because underneath Jamie’s claim there’s a note of uncertainty that Roy had no trouble whatsoever guessing the origin of, and he adds it to the long list of things he hates himself for.

He doesn’t know how to express any of that, so what he says is, “Yeah. I guess. I’ll think about it.”

Jamie’s grin is immediate and wide; relieved and triumphant in equal measure, like he’s already won – like he already knows for a fact that Roy’s going to say yes.

Roy can’t even find it in him to mind that the little prick is right.

And then they all go to Brazil and I’m currently thinking that nothing further really happened between them there, because apparently they all need to do a little more thinking and feeling and figuring themselves out, but I’m sure they still had a grand, grand time of it.

#just want to be very clear that i absolutely think that jamie and keeley could and should do things on their own #as should keeley and roy #and roy and jamie #no matter what form their future relationship takes #i just think that RIGHT NOW jamie might be conscious of things getting weirdly skewed if him and keeleys goes off on their own #and he very much wants to get back with keeley but he's not ready to sacrifiece his relationship with roy for it #so FOR NOW it's a little bit of a balancing act #jamie tartt #roy kent #roy & jamie #roy/keeley/jamie #roy x jamie x keeley #ficlet #ish #i am trying to write a serious meta about the bar fight AND answer some asks but i keep getting distracted #whoops innit

[hajihiko]

for what it's worth, japanese stereotypes about masculinity are very different from western ones. in japan, being more masculine is equated with being attracted to masculinity. big buff hairy guys are more "gay" than the more "feminine" type. for example, "bara" manga (the type of BL with huge beefy dudes). that's why nekomaru is often interpreted as gay; he's the japanese equivalent of a walking talking gay stereotype. and his relationship with akane is sort of portrayed like "haha look at this guy who never demonstrates sexual attraction towards Big Boobie Lady." :3 thought you might find this interesting re: your post abt fuyuhiko

I do think that for Fuyuhiko specifically it's a bit more complex; he does, despite being Yakuza, embody a lot of Italian mafia elements, so I imagine his background might be rather multicultural. He's not bishie handsome enough to be a classic Japanese boy love interest, but he's too small and feminine to be a more European boy darling.

#I also feel like. ok yeah Nekomaru is a stereotype #That doesnt mean he IS the stereotype. Someone told me Nekomaru is canonically gay BC #'hes the bara archetype' ok he can still be. Bi? Pan? Who cares? Not directed at u anon just a thought #Even more confusing for fuyu if he's too feminine in one region and not in another #He keeps trying to find a balance in his life but it won't happen

[nights-at-crystarium]

wolqotd

Does your WoL consider themselves a nice person? Is that true?

#vivi's critical mindset doesn't exclude himself #he sees himself as 'good enough' #if someone disagrees they're entitled to their opinion #and vivi's entitled to not waste his time on them /o/ #ffxiv #vivien rell #text post #wolqotd #i wanted a grey wol before vivi was even properly born as a character #and i'm trying to keep that in perfect balance throughout the story #he's not a role model that's for sure

[fauchart]

Conjuration Circle

#greenport #ocs #the murderer of none #blood #my art #my man. my blorbOC. #a successful hunt on his part #he hunts supernatural creatures that came on earth from other realms - like demons or the fae - to keep the balance of the world safe #it's a skewed belief but he genuinely thinks it's the right thing to do #anyway new piece for this month #hadnt done an actual bg in a long time so i decided to try my best #im not as happy with it as i was hoping i would be but im glad i managed to push myself at least