#ive been working on background stuff

[a-todd-illustration]

#myart #fanart #ive been working on background stuff #zue #zuko #yue #zuko x yue #avatar au #avatar the last airbender #avatar art #ember island #sokka #suki #sukka

[kyurochurro]

exploring the woods with some little buddies!!🌿

#churro art #my art #illustration #digital art #tloz #the legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #totk #legend of zelda #zelda #CAN U TELL I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY THE GAME YET.... BHDHSHDD #ive been trying to stay a bit spoiler free so like #clearly this is drawn from the perspective of someone who doesnt know how the game works yet LOL #anyways i mostly wanted to experiment and play with colors and shading! ive been superrr busy lately but i still wanna draw HAHA #I like the coloring but im conflicted on the bg #i didnt want a blank bg again but i didnt envision this as a fully background rendered piece #so i just kinda made it foggy and pastel-ish so the focus can still be on link LOL #to be honest theres stuff i wanna fix but i was stressed out at the end of this drawing #like for example the koroks being too small but i cant fix it now T_T #i couldnt save the file ; had to move the file around tol make sure i wouldnt lose it ; other stuff frustrating me and stressing me out HAH #but anyways i like how his face looks! im proud of the nose hehe #before hobie and atsv i realized i kinda fell into chronic sameface with my bigger pieces #im always tryig tomake my stuff the best it can be so ill def be working on changing that aghhhh

[mooph]

i decided to redraw ghost cole for like. the millionth time! i cant get enough of this guy

get him out of there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#naninart #lego ninjago #cole ninjago #ghost cole #i think i have been fixated on ghost cole for many many years now and its a problem. #its been a while since ive drawn ninjago stuff so it might take me a sec to get back into it and remember my style lolll #also i tried to draw the background but it wasnt working with me and i was too tired to fix it so. here we are #i think im going to start a new art series to keep up with art in general #drawing ninjago characters as quotes from my friends and i's quotebook #i already have a few done but i want to get at least 5 before posting #no promises TBH but i am trying ok #love yall

[hotdogmchiggin]

My favorite animal. The crap

#this feels halloweeny enough to be in season i think #drew this SO LONG AGO and then forgot i did it. so HERE IT IS #feel like ive been lagging om the transformers stuff so I drew whirl. our favorite creachure #i think whirl should be allowed little a warcrime. as a treat #also i still dunno how to do backgrounds i just put preddy color :) #man i wanna do a sculpt of whirl at some point he’s just. MMGG so shape its so fuckin fun #tranformers should mess around with more crazy bodytypes. #tried to mess around with rendering while keeping thick linework to see what would happen. maybe not a huuuge fan over being just rendered #but! thats the point of experimentation and learnding. always room to improve #i like my linework in general so might mess arpumd with it more to see what works and what doesnt #anyway uhhhhhhhhh i cant think of anything else to say #transformers #whirl #mtmte #tf mtmte #myart #LOOK AT HIM. CHICKEN CRAB. LOOK AT HIM

[gibbearish]

ik i talk abt high control groups kinda often but i do encourage anyone involved in discourse in any capacity to watch folding ideas' "this is financial advice" video, because a lot of what he says about the gamestop apes being a self-organizing high control group imo also explains the more toxic discourse tendencies, and i feel like most discussion around high-control groups on here focuses on the tradtional kind that has one or a few distinct leaders which makes it harder to draw parallels between the signs. so i think its important to point out that these kinds of groups can still create that same energy as a unit even if there isn't one specific person calling the shots

#origibberish #namely the signs ive noticed most over the years are obviously internal jargon‚ thats kind of a given when working with microlabels #but see also transmed/truscum/trender/tucute/acey/theyfab/transandrophobia truther/etc etc etc #ideas being boiled down to short gotchas that just get ping ponged back and forth #see The Entirely Of Any Ace Discourse Argument for that but again see 'theyre just trans mras' #and the tendancy for members to turn on anyone who steps out of line even a little #omg i cqnt believe i forgot pro/anti discourse too theyre really bad about all of these on both sides #oh or another example would be steven universe discourse #like 'it endorses letting fascists off the hook' would just get thrown around as if it was undisputed fact despite there being MILES #of shit going on in the background to get to that #anyways. yeah 👍 keeping this in mind has already made a huge difference in how i engage in online discussions #and has also been a good rule of thumb for when to Stop engaging with someone #where if theyre displaying these signs thank you i do not want to be part of this #and like yes that goes for people youre arguing with but it obviously /ESPECIALLY/ goes for people you like #if you have a friend who you feel like you cant say anything that disagrees with them or theyll freak out at you. you dont have to keep #being friends with them. if being around someone makes you uncomfortable and you constantly find yourself making excuses for why #they treat you the way they do then thats a bad sign #and like with that i really hope ive managed to yknow. create a nice space here where ppl feel safe bringing stuff up? #idk

[liquidstar]

baby guild :)

aka the timber scouts! they're basically just a bunch of kids in a sort of guild prep-course. so, not a real full official guild, but functions like one. all the kids have different woodland animal gimmicks to go with the scout vibe. They have a very loose shared uniform too, they're pretty much allowed to customize however they want as long as they keep the white button-up, brown outerwear, dark brown bottoms, and brown boots. also like a lot of kids in other guilds, their weapons are toys or otherwise "safter" items. But that's pretty much all! They aren't super deep characters, but more general info still under the cut :p

Name: Ceres

Name Origin: Dwarf planet named after the goddess of agriculture and motherly relationships

Pronouns: They/them

Age: 29

Guild rank: Guildmaster

Weapon: Pocket knife

Ethos (Power): Aegis (The ability to cast a protective shield around others but not themself)

Flaw power is based on: Their tendency to put others first, in a way that makes them a pushover.

Notes: Suffering.

Name: Aquila

Name Origin: The eagle constellation

Pronouns: They/them

Age: 12

Guild rank: 1 star

Weapon: Hula hoop

Ethos (Power): Aerial burst (A powerful burst of air created with their wings)

Flaw power is based on: They're flighty and feather-brained

Notes: Birds just wanna have fun

Name: Procyon

Name Origin: A star in canis minor, the name technically means "before the dog" but refers to the raccoon family

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 11

Guild rank: 1 star

Weapon: hacky sack

Ethos (Power): Scaling (He can climb any surface)

Flaw power is based on: His rowdy uncontrollable nature

Notes: Yeah he can kick the hacky sack while on a wall, no big deal.

Name: Kochab

Name Origin: Beta Ursae Minoris- brightest star in the little dipper

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 11

Guild rank: 1 star

Weapon: Honey dipper

Ethos (Power): Honeymelt (She can turn solid structures into a more gooey form with the consistency of honey)

Flaw power is based on: Her sluggish listlessness

Notes: Wait until you meet mama bear

Name: Vulpecula (Val)

Name Origin: The "little fox" constellation

Pronouns: She/her

Age: 11

Guild rank: 1 star

Weapon: Jump rope

Ethos (Power): Tactful sense (Heightened senses for what's going on around her)

Flaw power is based on: Her desire to control everything around her

Notes: She's the first on track to getting a second star (according to herself)

#finn's ocs #finn's art #oc references #i havent had much time to draw lately bc reasons esp since i have other stuff i have to draw too #but slowly but surely ive been working on these guys in the background #hopefully they still came out okay <3 #i had a lot of fun w the different animal motifs and also differences in their uniforms #i really like the trope of uniforms that arent... uniform. its fun i think it shows a lot of personality #specifically bc the differences show personality traits even better. theres contrast and all #so much fun #ceres was a character i made before i also spent all day with children so like. i understand their suffering even better now #im sure i perfectly know how to depict them now LOL #i only just realized everyone in this group also has brown eyes lol #the shine is different colors #procyon is the acceptation w black eyes tho #i feel like theres something im forgetting or leaving out but i dont remember :'( #so. i guesss if there is feel free to ask. questions concerns etc always welcome ^_^

[gncrezan]

buttonkenzie vs. the chicago subway

#warmup for school that spiralled <3 #kent zarneki #laila wiseman #mind blind #both of whom i miss very much . so i drew them in outfits i think they deserve #one thing u must understand about me is that i firmly believe in kenzie wearing dresses #and that i also believe in the gnc capabilities of gender variable ROs. so there #my art #ignore very kindly the half assed background. i have this vivid in my mind and drew a sketch like this some time ago in my notebook #struggled to make it work tho.. #anyways if anyone on this sideblog enjoys m*rvel i have a spideyblog at pbnmj <3 #of which i am currently fixated on. LOL #also playing around with the rendering its half me trying smthn out cause ive been into sketchier stuff #but also partially some amount of just bsing it till i enjoy what it looks like </3

[flamboyant-king]

5 years later and almost 2 years of trying, The OC height chart is reborn!

(--and as difficult to measure than ever before.)

I woulda drawn my other OCs altogether, but dude, 2 years just for the OG gang? I’ll see y’all next decade when the ArtPG, Meanie Greenies, and Grow as We Go folks get measured.

#say hello to pinned #look i had johnny and cammy done like *snaps fingers* but when i got to harvey i shut down #some day my life will make sense and i can work on stuff but for now i sit here and imagine things #oc stuff #original character #joey #banjo #kravice #eli #liam #charles #findEli #i'll keep my efforts on other characters in the background #but having it 'finalized' in post i think i can lift the weight of expectiations off my shoulders #its difficult. ive been 'paralyzed' with life going on ya know. but im workign towards it #so lets go. 2023. the year of trying!

[cleromancy]

saw a post earlier that was like "i have a theory that fanfic is more literary analysis than creative writing" and i was like. i know exactly what you mean but thats not what im doing. love and light to you but i am doing a different thing than that

#analysis headcanonning and writing fanfic are all entirely different pastimes to me #this person: transformative work is really just about expanding and delving in to the text :) #me: maybe to You #ive just been thinking about this a lot lately like whats present in the text and how i play with whats present there when i step away with #it and start telling my own story #bc with very few exceptions what i like to make is big canon divergences or something centered on a background character and i explore+ #themes present in the OG in new context. but im not trying to write those themes the way theyd be written in the OG. #i think if u tried to tell me that any of my asoiaf fiction was actually analysis of themes *as #george* i would kill you with a rock #i like what George does with theme btw not actually criticizing him here. but thats not what im doing. im doing something else. #**edited to clarify re what i like to make. i meant those two examples just as examples not the totality #to generalize a bit? its stuff that would be out of place in the OG narrative #howevwr if you question my characterization choices be prepared for me to show up at your house with an itemized list of canon support and #in depth reasoning on where it came from and why i made that choice #and then be prepared to be killed with a rock also.

[tazmilygray]

Not to admit defeat this late in the game but i don't think i can keep up with OcTober anymore cuz its 10PM and i don't have today's drawing even started, and I probably won't start on it tonight either.

I got more oc's than i expected, which is great! But i can't keep up with it all in the time that i have, i can't even keep up with the ones that were supposed to fit into the final days of October.

so yeah, drawings won't be daily, they'll get posted when they get posted ykno? i'll be messaging the folks who are waiting on oc's to let them know, this is more of a general statement for my followers and such

#taz~txt #between work and life in general i just. ykno #technically i DO have the time after i get off work #but its time that i'd really just. rather spend relaxing #drawing CAN be relaxing but the way i've been treating this its more of a #“you've gotta get this drawing out people are counting on you for this you've gotta get it made” #and i DO put my all into it but ive been reusing some stuff to make them look more full #like the polka dot backgrounds #and it feels like a cheap way to finish the drawing to me even though i know its not #so yeah #i guess i took some of the fun out of it by putting a time limit on myself #but yeah thanks for listening to me ramble :')

[jazzy-art-time]

ive discovered the key to Prescott’s design and personality as a whole and im excited but also I have to redesign him for the millionth time and for once I think I am close. uhhh have concept work I guess. I don’t share that often but UHHH here.

#yung gravy blaring in the background thank you for your service. so vicious. so delicious #concept art #concept #concept sketch #Prescott #ask blog stuff #sfw #sketch #doodle #for the record yes he is still a CEO monster man but his PERSONAL and AWAY FROM WORK style?? ive never been able to pinpoint #but now I think im close and I hate that it is this but god #i am so close I am foaming at the mouth

[puddingworld1999]

quick n dirty proof of concept demo. building bones for the rest of the house rn, got the lawn, backyard, upstairs done- the basement is a silly secret you dont get to know about

#i would have made it longer and shown more but 7 minutes is plenty #did this while v drunk will edit tomorrow it might be too much #ever since i put down the smurf fic ive been itching to do actual writing. unsure if its too edgy or pretentious rn #but im trying to balance it out with silly #this'll be a good launching pad to restructuring the game #had a kill ur darlings sesh and reigned in some stuff to make sure its at least a little self contained. a-game then b-game then c-game #goes without saying this will have a soundtrack n background once its done just laying out the skeleton #something i rly like about twine is looking at that big big chart #its all default settings rn because im just making sure links work and writing out the environment

[the-fabulous-51]

so sorry for the people here who wish for another fic for my 'weathers family farm' series/are wondering if I'm dead. finals may have killed my spirit but mostly my writers block is being caused by my brain being taken over by my OCs. they're not even paying rent (letting me write about them in a publishable way)

#mine #im trying to finish this one fic but its fighting me the whole damn way #it might be a while honestly #i think finals took more out of me than i realised #if i trusted my longfic skills more i would write about them but unfortunately the longest ill go is maybe 3 or 4 chapters #me and long plots dont work out very well #and for some reason the story i do have is setting itself up in my head more like a tv series?? than a fic?? #which is weird for me cause usually if i think about scenes over and over ill stop thinking about them visually #and start thinking about them in terms of how i would write the scene right? #but this one is trying to be a tv series #like ive imagined a trailer for it and everything #ive written some scenes but most of them are backstory for a side character and not like the main plot :/ #big sigh #anyways this isnt about my main OCs per se but i saw a picture the other day of the Stargazer (my beloved) #and ive been wondering how the stargazer would fit in WOC #and my brain latched onto the idea that they were the first/one of the first commercial aircraft to get a doctorate #bc my main oc storyline takes place in college #bc thats the sisyphean hell im putting myself thru so i need my characters to suffer with me #oh yeah im also trying to pack. like all my stuff. so thats also going on in the background of all this #im literally sitting on the floor rn surrounded by coat hangars after giving up trying to shove them in an ikea bag #heem heem. whimper even.

[lemon-wedges]

....

#lately its been hard to get back into my bgs studies #especially that now fanart and commissions have made me more money than any of my 'professional' art ever has #its not even a LOT of money but enough to let me even think about planning a day out with a friend without worry #idk man!!!!! #it can be very disheartening #years put into studying and never getting anywhere #but ive also put so much effort not to loose myself to that depression #and continue pushing myself to learn and get better #and i do in fact like drawing backgrounds #but i find myself less interested in learning so i can get into animation and more just so i can paint cool stuff for people and their ocs #sigh #and see #back in jan i finally just accepted that i dont really want to learn how to paint bgs or probs for shows #and just embraced a style i thought would be a waste of time #like whats the point if ur not putting ur all into making every part of ur stuff marketable for animation #whoose gonna want this? #ME i want this #ive never felt happier or prouder of my work than i have these last few months #and its crazy to think ive only been painting like this for a few months when it feels like its all ive ever been #anyways #i love you #and ENOUGH THINKING #least i fall into the horrors #i got more drawing to do HUWAH #😎👍

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

time is moving so fast and so slow at the same time this SUCKS

#every time i actuallly look at the clock its only been 2 minutes #and then i get up to go to the kitchen for smth to drink and suddenly it is 4 hours later #spiral victim momence. nothing is real my apartment feels like a hospital #but also i cant leave because i dont wanna leave loki alone with stuff all over the floor #hell world. hell world. i want to play minecrsft #someone wake me up when its stampede saturday im just gonna disassociate sooo hard until then #good news: i will not have to do as much work once my family gets here #(<< they stress me out Extra when jnvolved with packing bc they make me think about things) #so hopefully we'll get that part done so much faster bc i wont have a fucking breakdown about it #bad news: i have to deal with garbage bags and boxes all over the floor until they get here and its doing so much psychic damage to me #ive run out of things to watch in the background and i dont wanna rewatch trigun because i dont want to . in the future #associate watching trigun with this moment of my life. its not worth it i want trigun to be a happy thing not a . coping mechanizm thing #head inhands. i want to play minecraft

[liquidstar]

I think with my OCs I've talked about how the ones who were raised in the guild since very young ages (like, babies and toddlers) pretty much see each other as siblings, especially those who are close in age, since they were raised together. The strength of applying the "sibling" label varies, since the guild itself is family more in the communal sense rather than the literal "nuclear family roles" sense. At times labels like "granny" for Venus are moreso shorthand for that sort of dynamic. But that being said there are absolutely characters that do see each other as literal siblings, regardless of blood relation, and this isnt something I want overlooked- I feel like I have mostly talked about this in regards to Saiph Mira and Felis, but I wanna ramble about ALL of the characters in this specific group of Kids Raised In The Guild.... So if anyone cares I'm doing it now.

Felis is basically the oldest out of this "current" generation of guild kids at 24. Followed by Saiph (19), then Mira (18), then Shaula (15), Capella+Alcor (both 12), and Noctua at the youngest (6).

Since she's the oldest, Felis also basically sees herself as responsible for the others to some degree, especially since when she was younger she was like a little assistant to Vesta in the healing office/nursery.

Saiph and Mira are both very close in age, and were both brought in at the same time, so they just ended up being very close in general. Felis also ended up close with them but definitely still sees them as Babies (even now that they're all young adults). Saiph especially took to seeing Felis as a role model. But the issue is these three are all messed up in the head in very specific ways, that in the older two manifests as recklessness, while in Mira's case it's more suppression. I could get into the lore there, but I mostly wanna just give some context to talk about the Younger one's relations.

So, Shaula, who was too young to really get what was going on when they were dealing with that whole ordeal, didn't get the direct ramifications of their emotional dysfunctions. As the leader of her own little team, she actually sees her older siblings as being very cool and competent, and she tries to emulate them in missions. Unfortunately, like I said, the eldest two are incredibly reckless. In Shaula's case this manifests as less "borderline suicidality" and more "teenager who thinks they're the main character so nothing bad can ever happen to them" but it's still concerning among the others.

Capella and Alcor are even younger- they're STILL kids! They can't go on real missions or anything, so they see all the others as being both Very Cool but Frustrating for not bringing them along!!! They wanna be cool heroes too and don't like being left out. Even Shaula gives them speeches about back when she was a young child like them (3 years ago). Still, these two are definitely the trouble makers of the guild, but they're also definitely not as ready as they think. Capella is also a bit of a special case, since despite being raised by the guild, she's not an orphan! Her dad's in it too! This doesn't create a level of disconnect between her and the others though- if anything it just means her dad ended up playing a paternal role in a bunch of other kids lives too.

And the youngest is Noctua! He's reserved, and selectively mute, but that doesn't mean he doesn't also have a relationship with his siblings. Felis specifically has a bit in common with him- as a child she dealt with traumatic muteness so now as an adult she's the most capable of communicating with him. (Same goes for Ran, who doesn't have a mouth. But she isn't included in this bunch since she joined when she was 11 and mainly spends time with Vela at sea) The others know a bit too by extent, though Saiph describes it as being more able to understand it than actually do it yourself. In Noctua's case it helps him connect with the others in a way that isn't overstimulating (what with telepathy and such) and also just shows they care to connect with him too. Since he's the baby he's pretty pampered- it's the "he asked for no pickles" meme with all the others. Right now he's serving the role that Felis used to, as the healing room's little helper, mostly just because that's where he prefers to hang out. Please watch your step for any medical equipment he decided to line up on the floor.

#Finn's ocs #this is all coming from the fact that im working on a spreadsheet to document all the characters thoughts on each other #as succinctly as possible at least. surface level jist of them #and it made me want to actually ramble abt some of them especially this group #im no where near done w the sheet tho. its kinda something ive been doing in the background of other stuff #but im excited for when itll be done! yippee