#it's another lighter one

[wasyago]

oh boy, what are we doing to do with you now...

#jrwi riptide #jrwi chip #my art #sketch #jrwi spoilers #jrwi riptide spoilers #riptide spoilers #is it in the same exact color pallett as the last dead chip art? yes #why? i dont know #am i going to draw another one like this? maybe... #its a fun pallett what can i do.... #changed the design ever so slightly. removed the veins from his neck because it was just too much plus i don't think i want to- #pull up a ref with vein locations in human neck every time i draw chip #plus like. surely the veins were black just because his throat was damaged by the heart. surely they'll calm down later. haha #oh and his hair are a little lighter. i was debating making them gray as well but decided against it #my boy already looks like Scar from 3rd life. he doesn't need more....

[clownsuu]

Ay. An offer; one doodle of lovelie for the price of answering my question 🦅

Eh? Eh?— Anyways my question is; what’s an art tip you can give that really helped you? Anything special when drawing or do you just have a hand of god?

(Btw your one of my favorite artists and I love seeing your work homie, number 1 inspo fr. Keep on cookin 🦅💞)

WAHHH THEY LOOK SO SCRUNGLYYYY (despite his many, m a n y crimes)

#Also art tips? #One of them is don't follow some of my footsteps they are unhealthy LMAOOOO #Like me pushing through despite my artblock? Very unhealthy it can lead to a unhealthy relationship with art #Ya deserve breaks when your mind and body tells you you need it! Art should be a comforting experience! #No matter how long it takes smhh #I remember my partner had a really bad art block for like a year but they are still going strong with their art! Never feel discouraged! #Also another one is sometimes a messier lighter sketch is better for more dynamic pieces #If ya work too hard on your base it can lead to your piece feeling flat and too stiff #Go crazy go stupid! You might be surprised with what you can accomplish! #Don't be afraid to go outta your comfort zone with art stuff! You might find details you quite enjoy! HUZZAH! #Also also I fuggin love the liddol beetle doodles on the side of her LMAO SO TEENSY TINY #I'M SO HAPPY YA GAMERS ENJOY MY DUM LIDDOL ARTS IM JUST A LIL GUY BDJDJDJDJD;;;;

[kazanskys-mitchell]

“they want Mach 10? let’s give ‘em Mach 10.”

the beautiful Darkstar my beloved <3

#i have another version with a lighter background #but this one looks better #i stayed up until 3am doing this #worth it #aviation #top gun maverick #jj’s doodles

[eyrieofsynapses]

Been thinking about The Two Live Crew Job again, specifically about Sophie and Eliot with the bomb, and... y'know, it's interesting to me, how Sophie looks to Eliot while they're trying to figure out what to do with the bomb. He's not the expert in the room, not really—that’s Parker and Hardison, truth be told, though Eliot’s got more field experience with explosives, and we see that in how they're the ones providing feedback. Heck, Parker's the one that comes up with the solution with the instant pudding. Nate takes the natural leader position, and he and Sophie are... Nate and Sophie. But it's Eliot that we see Sophie consistently coming back to, who she locks eyes with.

That could be for plenty of reasons. He does seem to have the steadiest control of the situation, likely because he's the best at dealing with high-stakes life-threatening issues (the hitter with extensive military experience is, of course, going to be better under that kind of pressure than the ones who are technically civilians). But I think maybe there's another layer there: he's the one she can trust to be blunt.

See, Eliot's not going to try to soften this. He's a tactful person as a general rule, but he also knows when to be honest. Sophie doesn't want this to be softened. I suspect that's because it introduces a layer of instability; if she only hears optimistic viewpoints, there's an uncertainty in what could go wrong, a fear about what might really happen. But Parker and Hardison and Nate don't necessarily get that—in fact, they themselves won't want to stare down the flat truth, and they may take the optimistic standpoint simply to keep themselves comfortable, even without realizing it.

Conversely, Eliot's not (and never has been) the type to try to look only on the bright side. You don't get to do that in his line of work. He knows how to look at all possible outcomes and take the scene in as-is, and he understands that some people don't want platitudes. Sophie's one of them. She knows, then, that she can trust him to tell her exactly what's happening and what the stakes are, no sugar-coating, no shaky voice, just steady truth.

And she knows, too, that he knows when something is a lost cause—and he understands when to cut his losses. Eliot can be impartial in the moment, no matter how much he beats himself up about it later, and he can weigh the odds and decide, coldly, when to abandon her.

The others can't do that. Parker, even here, even now, two years before The Long Way Down Job, could never choose survival over Sophie in that way. Hardison and Nate? They'd stay, no matter how bad the odds, no matter if it was sure that they wouldn't make it. But Eliot can. More importantly, he's the one who can drag the other three out of there.

He's the one Sophie can depend on to keep them alive. Even if it means she dies alone, even if it means she loses that slim, tiny chance she could live—he'll get them out, and they'll live. She won't let them stay behind, and she even shouts that at them, yells at them to get out, and she knows even as she does so that Nate and Parker and Hardison might not listen. But Eliot will. No matter what, Eliot will, and he'll listen to her and follow her orders.

It's Eliot that she watches, and it's him that she keeps steady with, because he'll be honest with her, and he'll be honest with them, and he'll keep them safe, the same way she "[makes] sure we’re all okay," as Hardison so poignantly puts it.

And do you know what else? In spite of all of it, though, in spite of being the one to be blunt, he still manages to be gentle. He's reassuring, holds her gaze and speaks soft and even and gentle, calming, steady, sure. He's the one who hates explosives, who knows exactly how bad this could be, and he stays steady for her.

This is their second year working together. It's mere months after she apologized for lying to them, point-blank, in The Second David Job. Yet there's still this trust, this holding anchored balance, that they'll keep the crew safe together.

But here's the other thing. It's not just that they trust one another with the rest of the crew. It's that Sophie trusts him to keep her safe, and Eliot trusts her to keep him safe, even if "safe" doesn't mean physically. Because sometimes "safe" isn't about that. Sometimes it's safety in reassurance, even when everything is going to go horribly wrong. Sometimes it's safety in keeping secrets, or listening to each other without judgement.

And sometimes, it's about safety in knowing the truth, no matter how vulnerable and terrible it may be.

#leverage #eliot spencer #sophie devereaux #leverage meta #I have... more thoughts on this #about how Eliot and Parker start teasing Sophie so extensively after #which would--y'know--seem wrong after something like that #but is actually exactly what she needs? #because it's this reassurance of normalcy almost #and of reminding her that she's not fragile and they won't treat her as such #...anyway that's probably another post #just!!! SOPHIE AND ELIOT GUYS #the way they work together to keep the crew safe! #and how they keep EACH OTHER steady and safe! #(and also just... it's hilariously lovely to me how this translates #into the lighter aspect of their friendship #in that they're not afraid to be honest with each other and call each other out #like. everyone needs that One Friend who's going to be totally honest #and yet will also always be there to listen to all the bullshit #and they do that for each other! so! well! #like these are the two who are more than happy to call each other up #(especially post-s5 I'd bet) #and rant about how their partner/s are being dumbasses #and just... idk #something about how that lighter-hearted vulnerability and honesty #translates into knowing that in the darkest moments #they'd rather know the truth than hear any kind of platitude #...gosh. just. these two. #I will never be over these two) #synapse meta

[quibbs126]

I drew Dark Choco with the slit eye thing

Let this be canon Devsis, let him do it

#cookie run #cookie run kingdom #dark choco cookie #dark cacao cookie #I know he’s not in this but it’s the thing Dark Cacao does #I had to like study Dark Cacao’s rage sprites to figure out how to do it #because it’s not just a darker line in his eye #his eyes are actually a lighter color with a gradient that goes to dark #and then doing the shadow #the hair was also a combination of his new traveler outfit and his New Years outfit #since the hair is slightly different in both #anyways #my art #this was on another canvas I had and I just took a screenshot #maybe I’ll post it if I ever bother to finish it #it’s just a collection of sketches #or it’s supposed to be #edit: I keep slightly changing the picture and having to upload a new one gets really annoying

[call-me-oracle]

barbara gordon in titans beast world tour: gotham

bonus:

#another little light one for today! #do people like the lighter posts or the larger ones? #maybe i'll do a poll about it later this week #so i know what to queue up for the weekend #barbara gordon #oracle #nightwing #dick grayson #dc comics #dickbabs #comic panels #written by: chip zdarsky #art by: miguel mendonca #colours by: mike spicer #titans beast world tour: gotham #issue 1 #queue

[rotzaprachim]

what no one has done nearly enough with is vel and cassian (or more likely, joreth sward or someone) having a lavender marriage for the Rebellion. vel needs a more convenient Cover for not being a nice heterosexually married Chandrilan Lady and the rebellion needs to sink another long term sleeper agent into the Chandrilan elite to pass money and information around. Vel and Cassian think they're going to kill each other in the first week or be immediately found out but the thing is that because they have a shared purpose and don't actively hate each other's guts they can grit their teeth and Bear It for the rebellion and in comparison to the *rest* of *real* Chandrilan couples this is an absolute dream relationship, so everyone's after Vel for marriage advice

enter jyn and cinta. for maximum drama

#vel sartha #cassian andor #andor #vel gets sent after cassian to murder him and then kleya is like wait hold that thought #i have a better idea for how to shut him up AND keep another active agent in the field #the thing about fake marriage situations is they can be as funny or as soul shatteringly tragic as you can imagine #the americans FX is calling. #all the rogue one the americans aus do not understand how soul shatteringly tragic that show is. #if you aren't doing canonverse you could probably have a fun time with a lighter version of this in old hollywood #two actors with suspected *red sympathies* and the studio is like quick lets find something ELSE for everyone to focus on

[quirkle2]

new wars design !!!!!!!! (i changed like Two Colors <3)

#qkdraws #suncaster au #suncaster warriors #the legend of zelda #legend of zelda #tloz #loz #loz au #zelda au #he has two scarves now . i do what i want #blue scarves r out orange ones r IN #the orange one is what he wears most of the time :) he got that one from his beloved mother #and the white one is another one just like it that he thinks is neat #orange scarf was inspired by lemonlurkrr's prev hero au #i think that's what it's called #link has an orange scarf in that . what a fucking badass #the navy blue with the slightly lighter blue of the scarf in the last design always bothered me #i like the orange a lot more #and the white is neat :) i like it. cool black gloves #anyway yeah there's Lore to his scarf . motherfucker's got Scarf Backstory #i won't bore u with the insanely riveting Scarf Details of his Scarf Backstory but #da orange one means . the World to him. it holds a lot of significance #not just cuz it was from his mom there's other stuff but that's a big one #adding the little shine to the gold bits on his tunic and belts was the best decision i've ever made i think #he prolly looks So cool when fighting......................................he's so cool GVYIEAGV

[rithmeres]

yes, the plans that i could not share with you (because the haters would sabotage me) were that i was taking on LACC in my vash getup :)

i have so few pictures of myself but i got so many compliments (especially on my arm) and plenty of other people took pictures of me. and normally i don't like attention but i will be honest with u. under these circumstances i loved it. my arm held up really well through 8 hours on the convention floor and i have never been prouder of anything i've made. it's articulated incredibly well, no part of it gave out or required repair, it's never uncomfortable or a nuisance to wear, and i have enough range of motion to do relatively complex things like tying my shoes.

originally i was not planning to try to meet anyone famous because 1) it's expensive and 2) the lines are long and 3) i feel weird and annoying approaching literally anyone for any reason BUT. the spot where i met up with my sister just happened to be right next to johnny yong bosch's table. right when he started signing things. so i said LOL ok i'll do it.

it was super chill, i asked him how it felt to get the call that they wanted him to come back 20 years later for a trigun reboot and he said it almost didn't happen -- that since they recast everyone else for stampede they considered recasting vash as well (and i said WOW i'm so glad they didn't) and he said he really enjoyed getting to come back and explore a darker take (i forget if what he said was a darker take on vash's character, or just a darker trigun in general) but it was briefly surprising 2 me that he considered stampede to be a darker version but i get it, especially when u consider that there is not a lot of comedy in those 12 episodes to balance out the grief.

ANYWAY he was impressed with my arm and i asked him if he would sign my coat :) so he signed the lining but he was also like u know what, i'm gonna give you a second autograph just because. so he signed a print for me as well (free of charge!!) and the print with the blue signature matches my famous paintings that i always film in front of (that's providence baybee)

other stuff from the con under the cut

cosplay notes:

i saw 3 other vash cosplayers (a 98 vash, a stampede vash, and a purple coat vash) and no shade but i definitely had the best arm build. peace and love to all of them though

i saw 1 1/2 wolfwoods. 1 was the aforementioned mullet wolfwood from yesterday's post (ww if you’re out there ww) and the 1/2 was the 98 vash cosplayer’s gf in some kind of goth-ish dress and she was carrying a punisher

mullet wolfwood if you're out there i regret not getting a picture with you so much. i am deeply ashamed and i have no excuse because i ran into you twice and both times i was too embarrassed to ask for a picture. i just want you to know that your punisher was swag and your earrings were yolo and we would look very good together

i expected to see a lot more trigun tbh. los angeles where u at. 4 vashies at a convention of 120,000+ people is nothing. one guy even walked up to me like wow i love ur vash, i haven't seen a lot of trigun at this con and i was like I KNOW i thought i'd see a lot more

theeeee costume of all time award goes to the cad bane cosplayer i saw on the balcony. spare hand in marriage dude (gn) you looked so good

second place for costume of all time goes to the other mother cosplayer who had button eyes and these crazy finger appendages and never once broke character even while waiting in lines

i took 100 points of psychic damage from this one guy who (and im not kidding) was at least 6’4’’ and wearing platform boots and was dressed as the mfing onceler. with the stupid top hat he was fr 7+ feet tall (i saw him duck to get through a doorway).

someone was there as the brawny paper towel guy?? just walking around in a beard and flannel carrying a pack of paper towel rolls?? go off king

i saw 5 nightwing cosplayers but only 2 were biblically accurate (had ass)

the nanami sweep at this convention was so real u all SHOWED UP. and everybody ate. i saw at least 12 nanamis and not one of them was a flop.

i have never seen so many spider-mans in my life

other things:

fig. 1: this extremely hot captain america on a very large poster was about 2 make me act unwise. hi gorjus................................. nice eyebrows

fig 2: i saw this sign a couple blocks away from the con and i did a triple take. 🔥🔥🔥TRIMAX MENTIONED🔥🔥🔥

fig. 3: i saw all 4 hobbits in panel and can confirm elijah wood’s laugh is ten times more infectious in real life. before they were even done sitting down, dominic monaghan switched around all of their name cards so that none of them were seated behind the right name. as u might imagine much of the panel's content was reminiscing about LOTR, but i heard some stories that i hadn't heard before. they also talked about video games, other projects they are working/have worked on, how their kids feel about their dads' LOTR roles, how much they love ian mckellen, and how they would love to see something happen for the 20th anniversary of ROTK this year. sean astin (the legend) took shots at the stranger things writers (basically said joyce could never be happy with hopper) AND EVERYONE CLAPPED LOL. billy and dom talked about the best food in NZ, their show billy and dom eat the world, and the unfortunate events that led to the friendship onion's hiatus. it was a ton of fun to just watch them be themselves with each other, you can tell that these guys are all so fond of each other and love each other so much.

and finally, fig. 4: i bought these beautiful prints from @/batinyourbelfry and the skeletal washi tape from @/skeletalacademia (both on IG)

#this post is all over the place but i want u all to experience this with me. baby's first convention #i didn't hate it like i thought i might but i am absolutely WIPED and will b perfectly content to not go to another con for several years #lacc #los angeles comic con #it's so funny walking around and just hearing someone go VASH and literally being like. who said that. #like there are 5 million people in this corridor. where are u so i can acknowledge you #my immediate defense mechanism is to toss up a peace sign so it's very convenient that it is something in character for vash #my favorite compliment was this one guy who was just like 'THAT'S FUCKIN SICK' from across the aisle and i was like 'YEAH!!!!' #long post #ackchewally the more i think about it. i do think sometimes people mischaracterize stampede as lighter than the other triguns #simply because the characters look more baby than their other counterparts #even though many elements of stampede are. truly so dark. #like we are not at manga-level-dark yet but HOO BOY i have no doubt we will get there #i'm dying to see what other horrors orange is cooking bc i KNOW they're cooking awful manga things (laudatory) #hot single dads in your area #my cosplay #this post has taken me hours to write. im so sick of it at this point begone from my sight i hate u

[amasdoodles]

a collection of doodles done recently, refs used

#ama doodles #aurora (oc) #ive been drawing aurora a lot lately and thats mostly bc i wanted to work on her facial proportions #i want to work on how i draw faces in general and i felt aurora suffered a lot from my very big eye and lack of fully settled #facial details. so ive been trying to work a lot on it #the two headshots were made with refs i still struggle drawing the face i want to give her freehand tho #none of this to be negative btw just sharing my thoughts! its the thought process of trying to improve #on a lighter note the other one is inspired by a silly convo with another player about aurora and her pc being so traumatized #and i sent the original meme pic then decided to draw it lol #i think this is the best ive ever draw my friends pc im kinda proud of that silly doodle of her

[diazevan]

If I see somebody comment on how Maddie and Buck look nothing alike, I will cry because I look nothing like my siblings 😅😐

#liberty's weird and wonderful text posts #i have brown eyes and brown hair #my brother has green eyes and lighter hair #yet we all look like our parents in one way or another

[mattodore]

#river dipping #ts4 #echthroi #matthias evanoff #...theo's there too but let's leave that tag out #looking at all the screenshots i took the other day that i simply can't share here lest the vultures descend upon me to feast <3 #his eyelashes are so long it's one of my favorite aspects of his appearance but bc of the dof i use sometimes they get blurred away... #jail. jail for the dof guy. #also...... i really need to either recolor his brows myself or find different brows for him in a lighter swatch #his eyes are a little different here bc i changed his preset....................... you honestly probably can't even tell tho #i make the world's SMALLEST changes to my ocs at a time #the biggest change they've ever had was either when i first revamped their sims back in like... 2019? (this was before my simblr era) #or june earlier this year when i finally was like okay. let's fix theo's hairline. and got super distracted jdkhjf #anyway. this is from another mattodore pose i made... bc yea i make poses knowing full well that they'll never see the light of day <3 #it's abt love for the craft ykwim #...anyway i didn't take a single photo that i can use for nene so i'll have to go in game later today 🧘

[aroaceleovaldez]

I really dislike the inherent main plots of TSATS and Chalice of the Gods as they’re being explained to us currently, mostly just cause I feel like they take away from already established lore of the series and other plot points.

There is no way TSATS can go that doesn’t make either Tartarus feel cheap and/or the entire book just feel like Percabeth In Mark Of Athena: 2 Electric Boogaloo. Unless the twist is that they don’t go to Tartarus it is physically impossible. Because either they go to Tartarus and breeze through it, which makes Tartarus as a setting feel cheap and ruins all prior instances of it being used as a landscape of suffering, or they suffer Lots and Lots and it just feels like we’re rehashing the same exact plot over again purely for the sake of treating solangelo the same as percabeth, which doesn’t work because they’re vastly different character dynamics and putting them in the same situation has nowhere near the same emotional weights. Also it makes Nico’s original foray into Tartarus feel null because it makes it feel like his trauma doesn’t have any actual meaning, because why would he jump right back into it? Even with Nico’s character being extremely self-sacrificial, we’re at a point where we’re being told he’s improving on that and this is possibly the one circumstance he would think twice about. AND it makes Tartarus feel overused - Nico surviving Tartarus once? Okay, makes sense, he’s the son of Hades, and it’s cool that he’s the first mortal to ever survive it. Percabeth too? Getting iffy (especially since we see their trip in detail and that inherently means it’s lost a lot of potential oomph, because when you’re going for horrifying a lot of the time less is more) but okay, sure, Nico probably gave Percy some Tartarus Tips after being rescued and they had a literal dues ex machina or two helping them out, and they fell in accidentally so it’s not like how Nico waltzed in there. Third time? And it being Nico AGAIN and Will Solace (who as far as we know has little to no quest experience and most of his experience is being a battlefield medic) and then purposefully going there? Nope. It’s just a poor set-up. Plus “the major gay couple goes on vacation to superhell” is a... questionable plot set-up to begin with, especially when it’s been heavily implied it will be traumatizing for them, and we have already been told explicitly that references are being made to things like Call Me By Your Name so there is a self-awareness about the themes there (also that alone raises questions about how we’re going to be taking the tone of things - again, there’s two ways it can go and both would be extremely difficult to get right). If Mark Oshiro were not co-authoring this I’d be a little horrified. I’m very glad Mark Oshiro is co-authoring this. I don’t believe it can’t be done tastefully, and yeah it’s a situation ripe for symbolism, but it is definitely the kind of subject that would be difficult for a non-queer author to handle appropriately.

As for Chalice of the Gods, we know two things: A.) It takes place prior to TOA, and B.) The chalice Percy has to retrieve has the power to make anyone who drinks from it immortal. ..... so basically, without the book even being out, we are told “If Percy had waited like 20 minutes, all of TOA would be null.” Admittedly, this does give justification for Percy specifically to be doing this quest outside of “college” reasons, and in my opinion, “The gods asked Percy specifically because they have verified he adamantly does NOT want to be immortal” is hilarious. However, adding yet another universe mechanic to the repertoire that nullifies death is annoying as hell, because death as a consequence in the series has been completely ruined since HoO. The more avoiding death options there are, the more every death scene feels completely pointless and avoidable.

#pjo #riordanverse #tsats #the sun and the star #chalice of the gods #forgive me for complaining this was in my drafts and i figured since i was talking about plot changes i'd make yesterday #might as well post this then yknow #while we're on the topic #i'll find something lighter/sillier in my drafts to post later #also my hesitancy about the overarching plot does not say anything regarding my expectations for the actual quality of the book(s) #just putting that as a footnote #could the plots be total shit but the books themselves end up lovely? sure. totally. #i am just personally grumbly about Tartarus' use as a narrative device and how it keeps getting overused #and also the growing lack of consequence in the riordanverse which tends to make any stakes feel automatically low and cheap #mind you i would LOVE if the twist in TSATS is that they end up not going to Tartarus at all #im currently 50/50 on reading it but if it turns out they dont go to Tartarus at all i'd be sold immediately #and i do think Percy being saddled with a quest because he's the only one who wouldn't be tempted with immortality is hilarious #tbh if we had a third plot concept rolling here and we condensed all three ideas down we could just do another 3-short-story book #like Demigod Files and Demigod Diaries #we have options #heck. yknow. if we're talking particularly long short-stories here we could probably roll with two #if demigod files is for the first series and demigod diaries is for HoO we need a TOA one anyways #cause CHB:C and CJ:C and those ones are their own category they're different

[somedaytakethetime]

#random Kaspy photodump 🥰 #bless all the sweet fans that take photos with him thank you for your service to the community 🥺🥺🥺 #i've cropped/hidden the faces for their privacy of course #but their service is SOOOOO appreciated!!!! #the first photo is an old one the other two are recent #when i tell you that he's SOOOOOOO Danish in that all black outfit... #like... that's Københavner blood right there #source: my best friend has Københavner blood too and she wears all black constantly.. #deranged thought hour: i want to knit him a sweater SO BADLY #i have a man's pattern that looks JUST like his zippered sweater.. i wanna knit him another one.. #in cream this time.. i want to forcefully put him in lighter colours 😶 #Kasper Schmeichel #king thicccness #big daddy 🥺

[kestrel-of-herran]

been having a little 2521 fics and final blogposts anniversary reminiscence and i just wanted to once again recommend the cdrama lighter & princess for anyone who needs reassurance that a college-to-adult love story with a dual timeline can and does work. it's such a perfect show with wonderful character development, irresistible romance and flawless pacing that lets a slowburn rivalry-to-partnership-to-friendship-to-lovers story reach its fullest potential while providing the angst and heart-to-heart resolutions to make it worth rewatching again and again. the reason i haven't written as much about it here is that it's already so accomplished it hardly needs me to emphasize the writers' and actors' achievements, i can only invite you to discover its warmth for yourself ♡

#twenty five twenty one #lighter and princess #put another way: baekdo are toddlers compared to my parents li xun & zhu yun

[fujianvenator]

if i had a nickel for every time a symbol of the legacy of imperialist violence got spread around tumblr with its context torn away and led people to believe its just Cute Sapphic Aesthetic. 2 nickels. etc etc

#vic.txt #one for that fucking lighter and another for that painting that represented spain “civilizing” the philippines by leading it into the light #yall are going to helllll 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣