#i've seen many a post in my many years on the internet of people saddened for not seeing themselves or their OCs represented in artists wor

[godbirdart]

if there's one [1] thing i will be forever grateful for in the internet era it's the vast variety and availability of pose / anatomy references supplied by photographers and models

i can go online and find PERFECT references for how fat folds crease the skin or how muscles wrap around the body and as someone who habitually draws most of his OCs ~modestly lean~ and wants to hone his skill in other body types, it is literally a godsend to have those refs so readily available

seriously, thank you all models and photographers for providing me the resources i need to expand my art skills i owe u my life

#drawing other body types is important to me #not just for my own Art Skill but for my audience and clients too #i've seen many a post in my many years on the internet of people saddened for not seeing themselves or their OCs represented in artists wor #esp when it comes to fat characters when it comes to body types #and i can imagine it's Super hard when you wanna comm someone but you're worried they'll slim down your OC #and regardless of whether the artist does it intentionally or not - it still sucks!! #i have a couple OCs - one fat and one meant to be kinda strong-bulky and i wanna use them more for example art #i also wanna play more with different skintones and hairstyles so i think i may make some human OCs to work on those with #ppl have called my art godly / called me an art god and while i'm iffy on being called some kind of god in any sense [despite the username] #i can only ever hope to live up to that praise by having my audience feel properly represented when i draw something that relates to them #obligatory mention that the username is solely bc of an OC of mine who i love dearly

[bluebudgie]

Just learned that Josef Shanel, the man who localized FFIX in german, died earlier this summer. Maybe it's weird to make this post considering I didn't even know his name until a few moments ago, but the news are hitting hard.

I've said it over and over for years but FFIX has the best localization I've seen in any video game ever. (And at the very least it's nice to see that many people on the internet seem to say the same.) The amount of soul and personality in every single line of dialogue down to the smallest side characters is insane. I urge everyone who can understand the language to play the german version of this game. It hits so much harder than the perfectly fine but by comparison almost bland english translation.

I'm sure this man is at least partly responsible for making me fall in love with my favourite game of all time. It saddens me to hear he left us so young. I want to thank him for his amazing work.