#i've wanted to draw more women

[zaana]

i've made a twi'lek OC! her name is Shiri and i'm having too much fun with her

#oc art #the bad batch #fanart #star wars #original character #twi'lek #tbb hunter #i've wanted to draw more women #so here's my fix #personal project

[sergle]

When ppl will create a "curvy" girl character and get pretty much the whole body's proportions right, obviously they're putting emphasis on bust/hips but it seems like it's being executed well--- except that they completely, fully, and deliberately, skip the stomach entirely. Just nothin there. Not even a whisper. I'm like. Just sack up, make it make sense and be honest with yourself by making it official and say it's canon that they got a tummy tuck. You cowardly ass, yellow bellied, wet brained, upside-down dog mouthed dirty bitch.

#it'll look so uncanny bc it'll be like oh this more or less looks like it could be a body type I've seen on a real pers--- oh wait #you TOTALLY flattened the stomach for like no goddamn reason and you still want points for making her curvy. pass. #if ppl clown on this post I will not hesitate to turn off rbs and call a bomb threat to your house #sergle.txt #do you know what I mean though. like actually #you want EVERY aspect of a body type that does in fact. exist. very commonly actually. in the proportions you want #you want it all but you are so allergic to ANY substance on the stomach. so what now. #anything but the stomach. literally impossible to draw apparently #I'll be like ah maybe it's obscured with the clothing or pose but I see other art and I'm like oh no nvm it's on purpy. #''why does it have to be a plausible body type'' why put in any effort at all. why draw. why depict women ever. why wake up in the morning #nut up or shut up.

[shokveyv]

shut up

#transformers #maccadam #drama #i like the cover #people saying it's too 'sexy' are the problematic sexists #this same shit happened with z0ner's cover. yes i bullied her too because i believed the stupid shit you guys were saying #I MANAGED TO GROW UP BUT YOU PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING THIS TOXIC SEXIST ASS DANCE #i thought i was the bad person but honestly it's yall and your bullying asses #you're disgusting for bullying artists just because they draw women how they want #GROW UP. #I LOVE DRAWING CURVY SLIM SEXY ROBOT GIRLS #THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT #WE SHOULD FILL THE WORLD WITH MORE OF THEM BECAUSE IT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE #IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE... DO IT YOURSELF!!!! MAYBE ONE DAY THE COMPANY WILL LIKE YOUR ART ENOUGH TO HAVE IT ON A COVER #i like milne's stocky arcee just as much as average arcee from TFA just as much as svelte arcee in this cover #i really thought it was me that was why i left the fandom due to my ignorance but coming back and seeing this petty ass drama you guys #are unleashing... im realising that you guys are the problematic ones. omfg #you make it so unfun to be in this fandom. might as well publish the most recent animation i was working on then take the ones i've already #finished into hiding. you people suck the joy out of drawing for transformers. #transformers was my last bastion out of depression and you guys reminded me why people shouldn't get into transformers #getting back into tf revitalized my desire to draw and held me back from suicide. but knowing how toxic environment you guys are... #there's no reason to keep living with such inhospitable negative toxic bullies.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hello! I was wondering if you’d be willing to take commissions someday 👀. No pressure tho! I just love your art so much

The short answer: "not at the moment, but it is very possible in the future'!

The slightly longer answer: I would have to figure out a good pricing and payment system! PD-MDZS is also where most of my free time goes, so until my life settles down a bit, I would be on the slow side to complete them.

#Ask #Even longer answer: I technically do - but it's been people I know irl asking and handing me physical money/bank transfers. #I'm working on one right now but the tricky part with pricing is that they want the physical copy of it - which is different to online comm #Fun fact: I have gotten a fair amount of commissions from a local hobbiest quilting club. #They show me their pintrest inspiration board and tell me size specifications and I draw out patterns on parchment paper. #I am probably being undervalued by a group of 50-60 year old women but they call me handsome and say I'm doing a good job so... #There was also someone a while back who asked about a tattoo design and I was *so* enthusiastic but I just got too busy to commit. #I truly do appreciate people asking - It is *extremely* flattering that you like my art enough to want to commission something! #I will re-examine my situation in a few months! Someday really is the keyword here; I think I'd have a lot of fun with it! #(All the money would go back into buying more artbooks and supplies too! What a dream!) #Through this blog I've gotten to know a few people who do commissions for a living who I will probably pester for pricing advice #Time really is the only barrier for me right now B*(

[bijoumikhawal]

got reminded of the "saying Arabs conquered and colonized North Africa is Zionist because obviously no one saying that coulx possibly draw a distinction between North African Arabs and Palestinian Arabs, and even drawing a distinction between Arabs and Imazighen is colonizer shit" school of thought

#cipher talk #I have seem Zionists co-opt the language of MENA Indigenous groups but MF that doesn't mean we're WRONG #It means they're stealing our talking points to appeal to more left leaning people #How is it you can recognize that they've co-opted the language of social justice and that that doesn't mean social justice is bad #Until the people YOU dispossess are mentioned and suddenly you're doing step 8 of the 8 steps of white settler colonial denial #Just like the Israelis do! #And yeah like. Some people don't draw the distinction. That's a product of intergenerational trauma and how our communities #Get manipulated by the US and shit. I've also met Arabs not from North Africa that refuse to draw a distinction #And see a discussion of how Arabs have hurt Indigenous Africans as an attack on them when it doesn't make sense to do so #I've also met a lot of people who DO clearly draw a distinction because the material conditions of Palestinians are that of Indigenity #Are your material conditions as a postcolonial North African with an Arab name and a mosque and skin that isn't black that of Indigenity? #Do you not have people with your face in the government (regardless of how shifty it is)? Did someone take your land or your churches land? #Do you struggle with employment? Is your tongue not the most common one? Are your cultural clothes looked at with distaste? #Are your girls targeted for kidnapping and rape to force them to not be of your culture? Are your women called whores who WANT rape? #Are you harassed by cops? Does the government try to take your kids because they have bullshit adoption laws? #Do your kids get arrested at 12 or 13 and almost sent a thousand miles away from home before pressure stays the order? #Is your language called feudal? Do people tell you they hope it dies soon? Is your name a barrier in your life? #Did they drown your fucking village? #Because all of these are things Copts and Nubians can say yes to #Before I even start on the shit done in the Maghreb or the fuckery about how Egypt defines 'Amazigh territory' (which is very complicated)

[piplupod]

epic win at old lady group today: the group leader was struggling with a tangled up loose skein of yarn, so i scampered over to the other end of the table where was sitting and offered to untangle it and wind it into a centre-pull yarn bal for her since I remembered how to do it from just the other day fjdkdl and she was very confused why i would WANT to do that but she let me :3

so i got to untangle yarn AND wind a yarn ball AND help someone i appreciate, three things i love doing - YIPPEE !!!

#also one of the ladies had never seen the way i do it before and she was so fascinated and impressed fjdkdl #every couple mins she'd be like ''wow! would ya look that!'' SBDJDKL it was so fun #also i finished as much of the hat i could work on while i was there a bit early #so i pulled out my sketchbook for the last half hour and doodled a little #and the remaining women all wanted to see fhfkdl so i got to show them a page of my art #and they were so impressed HDJFDKL #its so strange sharing my art w ppl bc like... i pretty much never do it irl #so im always like super nervous and unsure and ppl pretty much always go ''WOW !! you're an artist!!!'' #and then i get MORE nervous and unsure bc idk how to react to compliments other than saying thank you gjfkdl #and its just a very silly mess of a time LOL #ANYWAYS !! good time there today as always fjfkl i almost had a panic attack at the grocery store after but i survived #idk why that happens sometimes fjdkdl my brain just decides its time to freak out #and i have to be like hey man. we're almost done here and then we'll be home soon. and we can have a breakdown once we get home okay? #and my brain kicks a rock and mutters a pouty ''okay'' and i push through the rest of the time fnfmdjdkl #anyhowdy that was A Lot and im very tired but it was good overall and I've got food again so HURRAY !! #and also i have a drawing im excited abt working on >:3 #pippen needs 2nd breakfast

[aerticent]

Elane's chubby I don't make the rules🤷‍♀️

#been thinking about body headcanons #I don't know how to go about sharing them cause I can't really draw them lol #ill figure it out #but yeah Elane is chubby she just is #also I've only been thinking about the women's body headcanons cause I'm not in a guy mood rn if that makes sense #I don't want to think about men really rn #women women women non-men non-men non-men❤️ #expect more Fem!Maven ramblings the brain rot is bad rn

[moinsbienquekaworu]

Entranced by a new man once again

#<- girl who is aromantic and asexual but clearly has a thing for me she doesn't really have for women #i want to do baldur's gate related stuff but crucially i cannot play it on my laptop #so i'm left like. listening to people talk about it trying not to spoil myself #this is however granting me the strength i need to push through my deep seated fear of being cringe and wrong #which usually causes me not to draw fanart #i'm not at a point in my art journey where i easily capture likenesses #so i'm just like. trying to doodle astarion a lot lol. trying to get all his feature right #trying to bend my style in ways i think would look appealing #maybe the absolute and utter fascination i have for him will get my art to look better #in other news i hadn't actively paid attention but now that i've been actively drawing him #he has that little like. artistic curl of hair in front of his forehead right #well it falls kind of like cécilia's lol #i keep drawing it and having to catch myself and not draw cécilia's instead #conclusion: the coolest guys have that curly strand of hair #other examples include hunter toh and. i don't know probably more cool people #i am also Sick. sore throat for now. sucks ass but hey it's not worse #wow i have a ramble tag now

[raveartts]

Corset piercings my beloved, I think he would love them <3

#raveartts #akudama drive #corset piercing #artistic nudity #yeah I've given up putting things behind read mores #also I've been struggling to figure out how to stop gripping my tablet pen so hard #I'm better with normal pencils #but then I realized I could just lower the pressure settings and basically force myself to draw lighter if I don't want stupid heavy lines #literally death gripping my pen just to click on things #hmmm #i wonder how obvious it is that i prefer drawing women #I make cutthroat very soft and curvy is all #i try not to but that's just how things go

[ghcstcd]

Lady prebty,,,, womon nice

You did a really nice job with the female body on this piece. I hope we get to see more in the future! I am so gay for lussy.

Thank you. I can draw women just fine, I just don't do it often. Typically, I identify with masculine people more, and thus draw them more frequently.

#which I think is funny because a lot of people assume that a guy would draw a bunch of hot ladies #because they want to be with hot ladies. And I've definitely dated more women than men #but when it comes to art. I like drawing pretty boys a lot. and when I say pretty I mean like masc and femme men #anywho Idk what I'm saying anymore lol it's getting late #messages from beyond the ask box #harpieunion

[wheelie-butch]

I love Lyke's big coat of pockets obviously but also I HC him as a he/him butch lesbian so my next thought was... what if cargo shorts.

Anyone's welcome to use or build on this design for fanart / fics :)

[Image ID: a pencil sketch of Lyke from Sangfielle. He is stood with his legs apart, holding up a jar with Aterika'Kaal in it that he is appraising with a smile. His body is thin and bony. He has light skin with freckles on his cheeks and shoulders, small, pointed breasts, visible leg and underarm hair, a pointy nose, slight sideburns, midlength black hair, and spider tattoos on his right arm.

He wears a wizard hat with pockets on, a pair of goggles, a dangly earring, a light vest with no bra underneath that has ridden up slightly to reveal his stomach hair, a large dark protective glove on his left hand, large cargo shorts with many pockets haphazardly arranged, a belt that is too long, tall, rumpled socks, and hiking boots. Tombo in his ball is attached to his belt by a carribena. End ID.]

#sangfielle #friends at the table #lye lychen #lye lyke lychen #butch lesbian #drawing isnt rly my skill and i havent done much character design before #so this could probably be improved i feel its a bit too basic but it was just quickly off the top of my head #my only other thought was to do curly toed hiking boots but i didnt want to just steal that idea off someone else I've seen who does that #maybe i could do more dirt and like scars + burns #but i didn't want to make it any harder to understand than it already is #anyway this is my self indulgent lyke please enjoy him #yes he is sexy no he doesnt have time for women he has a plant to fix

[falinscloaca]

brain. please.

#its 'sleep debt' i'm like 90% sure but i'm in such an easily uh. reactible? triggerable???? my brain sees stimulus and starts slamming #buttons. #i'm fully composed just like - i saw some furries that looks similar to character featured in NOT BAD but emotionally challenging (to my #personal foibles the art itself was quite wholesome) art that lives rent free in this one out-of-the-way but easily-seen-in-passing part of #my brain and my heart just sank like a fucking ROCK lmao #followed by the actually rather excited (because i don't actually bear the particular art i was reminded by ill will) going to figure out i #it was The Same Artist - wasn't! made sense the masc one was much better put together #for the record the other art was characters wholesomely discovering their sexualities to be Different than they previously knew. #of course my gender/sexuality ocd self hears that and feels like she's being boiled alive ha-ha~! #significantly more offended that a sicko from the *other* side of the fence saw it though and thought #'oh this will go great in the same pool as a load'a dykebreaking crap!!!' ITS CUTE AND SWEET AND THEYRE TEXTUALLY BI ASSHOLE #like one of the images is poorly worded who cares jump off a cliff #(found the art looking up 'insert normie term for gnc masc x gnc fem' stuff i wasn't even trying to gaze at THAT abyss) #....lowkey hate it that aesthetically a solid chunk of my preferences are trapped in 'femboy x tomboy' art like... #bro those aren't the genders i want/need sdhgdsklsgdhlk i can close my brain and pretend its not what the lore says but how fucking hard is #it to find decent sapphic art with trans women in it where they AREN'T big boobie breasted transitioning-like #(i literally have ocs that are t4t lesbians who are virtually indistinguishable not-being-furries-aside from some of the art i've found its #god it fucking kills me i need to get more comfortable drawing for PLEASUREEEEE AAAAAAAAAAA) #but those sorts of 'noone quite makes what i wanna see. i wanna draw it.' moods ALWAYS JUST FUCKING GO AWAY ONCE I GET MORE ENERGY IN ME TO #DO THINGS!!!!! I'M ONLY CREATIVELY ENERGIZED WHEN IM FUCKING NAPPING WHEN I'M AWAKE ITS EITHER HYPERFIXATION OR BIDEO GAMES #AND LIKE. I HAVE LONG TERM ART PROJECTS IN THE HYPERFIXATION ZONE. BUT THAT ISN'T THE FUN SHIT I COULD BE DOING IN THE MEANTIME #-WHICH'D ACTUALLY HELP PRACTICE FOR THE BIG LEAGUES!!!!!!!! #god i'm getting a headache. wanted to get to bed early today. its still early for me despite being 1:00 but like STILL phooey

[stromblessed]

Mizu, femininity, and fallen sparrows

In my last post about Mizu and Akemi, I feel like I came across as overly critical of Mizu given that Mizu is a woman who - in her own words - has to live as a man in order to go down the path of revenge.

If she is ever discovered to be female by the wrong person, she will not only be unable to complete her quest, but there's a good chance that she'll be arrested or killed.

So it makes complete sense for Mizu to distance herself as much as possible from any behavior that she feels like would make someone question her sex.

I felt so indignant toward Mizu on my first couple watchthroughs for this moment. Why couldn't Mizu bribe the woman and her child's way into the city too? If Mizu is presenting as a man, couldn't she claim to be the woman's escort?

However, this moment makes things pretty clear. Mizu knows all too well the plight of women in her society. She knows it so well that she cannot risk ever finding herself back in their position again. She helps in what little way she can - without drawing attention to herself.

Mizu is not a hero and she is not one to make of herself a martyr - she will not set herself on fire to keep others warm. There's room to argue that Mizu shouldn't prioritize her quest over people's lives, but given the collateral damage Mizu can live with in almost every episode of season 1, Mizu is simply not operating under that kind of morality at this point. ("You don't know what I've done to reach you," Mizu tells Fowler.)

And while I still feel like Mizu has an obvious and established blind spot when it comes to Akemi because of their differences in station, such that Mizu's judgment of Akemi and actions in episode 5 are the result of prejudice rather than the result of Mizu's caution, I also want to establish that Mizu is just as caged as Akemi is, despite her technically having more freedom while living as a man.

Mizu can hide her mixed race identity some of the time, and she can hide her sex almost all of the time, but being able to operate outside of her society's strict rules for women does not mean she cannot see their plight.

It does not mean she doesn't hurt for them.

Back to Mizu and collateral damage, remember that sparrow?

While Mizu is breaking into Boss Hamata's manse, she gets startled by a bird and kills it on reflex. She then cradles it in her hands - much more tenderly than we've seen Mizu treat almost anything up to this point in the season:

She then puts it in its nest, with its unhatched eggs. Almost like she's trying to make the death look natural. Or like an accident.

You see where I'm going with this.

When Mizu kills Kinuyo, Mizu lingers in the moment, holding the body tenderly:

And btw a lot of stuff about this show hit me hard, but this remains the biggest gut punch of them all for me, Mizu holding that poor girl's body close, GOD

When Mizu arranges the "scene of the crime," Kinuyo's body is delicate, birdlike. And Mizu is so shaken afterward that she gets sloppy. She's horrified at this kill to the point that she can't bring herself to take another innocent life - the boy who rats her out.

MIZU'S ONE MOMENT OF SOFTNESS AND MERCY, COMING ON THE HEELS OF HER NEEDING TO KILL A GIRL TO SPARE HER THE WORST FATE THAT THIS RIGID SOCIETY HAS TO OFFER WOMEN, AND TO SPARE A BROTHEL FULL OF INNOCENT WOMEN WHO ARE THE CASTOFFS OF SOCIETY, NEARLY RESULTS IN ALL OF THEIR DEATHS

No wonder Mizu is as stoic and cold as she is.

And no wonder Mizu has no patience for Akemi whatsoever right before the terrible reveal and the fight breaks out:

Speaking of Akemi - guess who else is compared to a bird!

The plumage is more colorful, a bit flashier. But a bird is a bird.

And, uh

Yeah.

I like to think that Mizu killing the sparrow is not only foreshadowing for what she must do to Kinuyo, but is also a representation of the choice she makes on Akemi's behalf. She decides to cage the bird because she believes the bird is "better off." Better off caged than... dead.

But because Mizu doesn't know Akemi or her situation, she of course doesn't realize that the bird is fated to die if it is caged and sent back home.

Mizu is clearly not happy, or pleased, or satisfied by allowing Akemi to be dragged back to her father:

But softness and mercy haven't gotten Mizu anywhere good, recently.

There is so much tragedy layered into Mizu's character, and it includes the things she has to witness and the choices she makes - or believes she has to make - involving women, when she herself can skirt around a lot of what her society throws at women. Although, I do believe that it comes at the cost of a part of Mizu's soul.

After all, I'm gonna be haunted for the rest of this show by Mizu's very first prayer in episode 1:

"LET" her die. Because as Ringo points out, she doesn't "know how" to die.

Kind of like another bird in this show:

#blue eye samurai #mizu #akemi #kinuyo #bes #women are birds okay they are BIRDS #the let me die line is so SCARY AND SAD like a part of Mizu wants death but she cant? she doesnt know how?? excuse you show??? #when all these other delicate birds are dying all around her #akemis character gets more and more gutwrenching upon subsequent rewatches because whenever she says her life is in danger #NO ONE BELIEVES HER - certainly not other women #because shes rich and pampered and that means shes safe and is worrying about nothing right? right????? #and it turns out that all of akemis instincts were right and she was in danger the ENTIRE TIME #also I need to make a post just for kinuyo because I am sad

[homunculus-argument]

I've encountered a strangely large number of stories online of single men who decide to test the theory that married men are inherently more desirable to women by buying a fake wedding ring and wearing it. They usually report that this works miraculously, women are far friendlier and more approachable, which is immediately interpreted as flirting. The conclusion they draw from the data is that women are inherently cruel, selfish and greedy, because clearly they don't want the man unless they think they're stealing from some other woman.

I wonder how many of these women in these experiments actually just thought they don't need to be wary about this man mistaking friendliness for flirting, since clearly he's not looking to date as he's already making someone else miserable.

[guideaus]

i got on my laptop and forgot i had 20 tabs open of pages from mty and one w beauty and the beast tales master list

#personal #the hyperfocus did not last to the next day #and tbh i feel like its loosely based... but maybe more abt the women idk. mtys got the whole witch element which changes things #but also not maybe #im like hmmm are the witches being extremely feminine satake wanting to draw pretty ladies or do they also take the spot of Beauty or uhh #idk. those executioners said fuck those witches tho. angela obviously got fucked up and vampire girlboss died for yuri crimes #and its hard to consider angela being sympathetic when she mocked guideau being cursed but maybe theyre all assholes w vengeance subplotsid #i've got NO conclusions!!!! #what if mty just ended up being sexist tho lol. thatd be funny. i mean not but yeah lol #for a seinen satake is doing a surprisingly good job not sexualizing the ladies tho. which is absolutely a low bar but fhsdhjfsd

[libraford]

Park Cleanup Pet Peeves

I'll be starting my seasonal gig at Parks and Rec in a couple months and I've got a couple things I wanna say. I know that this will probably not reach the people who need to hear it, but if ONE LESS person leaves the parks a mess, I will be That Much Happier.

-You're not supposed to smoke, drink, or have sex in public parks but I know that people will anyway. But if you are going to do those things, please dispose of the evidence in the trash cans. A human has to pick these things up.

-Dog poop goes in a bag. Bag goes in the trash can.

-The little wax paper liners in the women's room? See you're supposed to put your pad/tampon in that wax paper bag, take the bag out of the bin, and then dispose of it in the actual trash can. Don't feel bad, no one told me either. Also no one told the dudes I work with. But this reduces direct exposure to bodily fluids, especially as the summer gets on and it gets hot in those bathrooms.

-On that subject! The little bins that they go in next to the toilet? Don't stick trash in there. Don't put diapers in there. Also don't put beer cans crushed in such a specific way that I slice my hand on them as I try to jimmy it out of there. Literally, that bin is too small for most things. They are meant specifically for those brown bags. Please for the love of god, throw things in the trash can.

-As for the urinals, please no solids. Most commonly gum and chewed tobacco, but you can use your imagination.

-If you're doing a photo shoot or an event with confetti, please use a paper confetti instead of a plastic one- its easier to get rid of.

-If you're doing a pizza party, we'd rather you stack the pizza boxes in a pile next to the trash can instead of trying to fit them in the trash. Because then we can just throw the trash bag over the top and tie it instead of trying to fish it out. This kind of goes for any big trash- if it won't fit in the trash can easily, don't try.

-Please don't call cops on people sleeping in the parks if they're not bothering anyone. Even if they've been sleeping there all day. Dude's just trying to chill.

-Destruction of the toilets will result in the indefinite locking of the restrooms. You ruined them and now everyone at the softball tournament can blame you for it.

-Parks people are not the police. We are maintenance workers who are not trained to handle most emergencies and the most we can do in any situation is report to the proper department. Please don't look to us for answers if someone is starting a fight.

-Also please don't spit on us for driving on the path. We're permitted to. Its essential for us to drive on the path to do our job.

-please don't abandon animals at the park. Rehome them properly. I spent a whole week trying to catch a rooster last summer.

-look, I get it- 'oh no, your pretty building has writing on it!' Grafitti is so edgy. We get it. But it means Jacob has to sand it off now so that the kids at the birthday party don't see a giant drawing of a weiner. Acts of rebellion that create more work for the working class are not revolutionary.

-please do not set fire to the Tiny Free Library. Why did you do that? That's mean.

-please do not feed bread to ducks and geese. Corn, birdseed, lettuce- those are better for them. If you want to reduce tge amount of goose poop in the parks, shop feeding them bread.

-also do not anger tge geese. They remember what its like to be dinosaurs.

I'll have more later, probably, once the season wears on.