#maybe next theme idea

[destinywillowleaf]

one of a kind living in a world gone plastic

baby you're so classic

@most-tragic-character-tournament

(all my thoughts in the tags)

#anyway i found their theme song and lost my mind #tragedyshipping #lloyd garmadon #ninjago #antigone #tagamemnon #pollshipping #i'm gonna be thinking about this for the next hour before i go to sleep #i just wanted to make a playlist for them i didn't think i would find a perfect fit #they have taken over many of my braincells and i can't even complain this is the enrichment i needed #all i'm saying is the idea of a movie trailer for these two is taking shape more and more and this should 100% be the accompanying song #not even a full trailer because that would take forever but like. a 30 second TV spot. family drama. them not really getting along at first #(e.g. glaring at each other while being forced to dance or something) #but then warming up to each other on the road because road trips have my soul when it comes to movies ok #i want them to stargaze in the bed of a hotwired pickup truck while on the run from people who demand bloodshed (a poll winner) #the slow(?) burn of not wanting to be in this mess to actually enjoying spending time together to something more #(trailer/commercial ends on or just after “baby you're so classic” with the cut to the title and in theaters date) #maybe most of the tv spot is them arguing and making life hell for one another but it's hard to deny there's something more brewing #(one of the reviews is just ''A modern classic'' because i think i'm funny) #i really want the title to be a play off of them meeting through the tragic tournament but it's completely different from the tone i want #''tragedy: null and void'' is a fun one #i've never been the greatest at titles if they don't hit me like a truck #anyway hi folks i'm sorry if you have no idea what's happening and see this in your tags

[puppyeared]

if escape rooms as team building exercises became popular im not sure if id be more excited or terrified

#if it isnt already anyway.. i can see it happening as a school frosh thing. idk if it would catch on as a workplace thing #i kind of find the concept of being locked in with strangers and working to find a way out weirdly exhilarating though #at least compared to icebreakers cause i dont have to spend 10 minutes racking my brain for something to blurt out abt myself #as a bonus u could like. put people into groups and give prizes to whoever escapes first second third etc. apparently they also do themed #escape rooms.. maybe let people pick a theme? or voluntary sign up? actually this would be really fun for smth like a blind friend date #although if i found out i was locked in a room with an online friend id be too excited to actually escape LOL #ive never done an escape room before so sadly i cant speak from experience. its like up there on things i want to try next to rug tufting #workshop and visiting new art exhibits or conventions. i seriously need to get out more if it wasnt for the horrors <- school and anxiety #i was planning to invite cass to a drop-in art workshop in town but neither of us could go bc typography is making us go thru hell and back #AND THEY HAD A BUTTON MACHINE TOO #im nostalgic bc i miss working in groups and not being awkward abt it or worrying abt schedule conflicts #i realized that i learn best in groups and its a little corny but i like sharing ideas and talking through a problem #in elementary i could just sit down with friends for review and come out of it energized *and* more familiar with the material #and i could technically still do it now. but as adults we're more picky abt who we work with on top of being way more busy outside school #maybe im lonely. im shy and grew up not talking to ppl unless i absolutely have to so its hard to make friends on my own i guess #only thing getting me thru it is telling myself that humans like helping and that my cringe is overblown in my head. but its hard #hence the escape rooms. i have been able to talk to 2(!!) people though!! mostly abt school stuff but im glad to be on friendly terms #i dont really know how to be happy these days cause im constantly scaring myself abt my portfolio and finding places to work #not being ambitious is part of not wanting to put energy into something that wont work out while also not having the passion to do literall #anything else.. i should probably talk to my counsellor ugh #yapping

[feroluce]

So I spoke somewhat about my thoughts on Emanator Sampo here, but I never really thought of it from a design point of view or what kind of powers he would have until just recently. But I actually kind of love leaning into it from a "stage hand" perspective?

Because like. Aha's body in THEIR official art is completely black, giving attention to all the fun brightly colored things around THEM. And that's so fitting for Sampo! He usually prefers to be a side character. He likes to act from the shadows. His is a much more subtle hand.

So I wonder if as an Emanator, a lot of his clothes are actually very dark? Not necessarily plain, still extravagant and needlessly detailed in things like cut and quality with lots of different fabrics and textures and ornamentation, but dark. Or maybe even his skin itself becomes blackened further down his body; his hands in particular are dark, as a sort of sleight of hand reference.

The motif of a lot of straps wrapped around him like in his canon design is still present, but they're all loose and flowing off of him like paper streamers now instead of restraining him or holding him together. He is no longer contained! Or maybe they're still a bit more rigid/heavy, but just draped more like red stage curtains!

And this is like. Fully self-indulgent, but I love inhuman designs, and there's nothing in canon to say I can't do this, so screw it! Go for broke!! Maybe it's not visible to normal people, but Sampo having a second set of arms would be really cool, as further sleight of hand reference. One set is almost normal looking, but his hands are a bright, attention-drawing white, and the other is dark, set almost in the shadows of the first arms, to act less noticeably.

He also has something of a broken heart design to him in canon (the front of his black shirt with its jagged shape down the middle; his coat looks like a full heart shape in the back), and I actually like him keeping that element as an Emanator, because I think it suits him. Sampo says his taste in aesthetics and views on Elation involve human dignity,

and the story he helps create in Belobog involves the long and winding road of resistance and survival and eventual triumph in the face of some very adverse, oppressing odds. (I'm pretty sure I heard he once called Wildfire "artless" though, plus the man acts like he thinks Shame is some kind of dessert, so like ndkdjzjskkd) But the point being!!

I think Sampo is someone who can appreciate heartbreak and angst and tragedy in a story, because it makes the victory at the end all the sweeter. And this would be another thing he shares with Aha, because I think THEY did bless the Mourning Actors partly just to be a little shit, but also because Aha does recognize tragedy as part of THEIR Path, too, and you can see it in some of the game. So a broken heart motif can still suit him, and I like him having elements of both comedy and tragedy. Like his clothing having a happy sun/sad moon (like the moon in Aha's art) or him having both of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks in his design.

And as Emanator, Sampo can maybe play with the stage settings environment, too. Like lights sometimes behave strangely around him, appearing blindingly bright to someone or dramatically dark. Sampo wills it and suddenly there seems to be a metaphorical spotlight right where he wants everyone to look. And when he doesn't want to be noticed, his face seems to be cast in shadow, he seemingly just fades into the background, no one notices or recognizes him and he sneaks away easily. He can create smoke or fog literally out of thin air without his bombs now, too, the air will just suddenly thicken until his stage is obscured, and Sampo can set the scene as he pleases or disappear without a trace.

And in line with being a stage hand, Sampo can direct attention like no other. He was already extremely good at this as a normal mortal, and becoming an Emanator only took it up to 11, past human limits. Sampo points, and all present feel compelled to follow his fingertip. He looks away, and they all follow his gaze. He can even affect the mood of an audience; he can influence everyone to be calm and placid or he can whip them into a feverish frenzy. Sometimes a crowd will start to become unsettled, agitation stirring until it boils over, until it incites a full on violent mob.

And in the middle of all that chaos will stand one perfectly calm figure, face cast in shadow, until they quietly slip away out of sight.

#sampo koski #hsr sampo #emanator sampo #hsr sampo koski #honkai star rail #hsr #they were talking about Emanator Sampo designs in the Sampard Nation server one night and somehow THAT was what got my mind going fjkdaljfk #there was also talk of him making monsters explode in confetti or making their heads pop off like a jack-in-the-box (my contribution hehe) #which is hilarious but just wasn't super relevant here jfklasdj #(I miss bouncing around ideas like that...if anyone knows another sampard server or even just a sampo-dedicated one hit me up!) #(i would love to join and would probably even have friends to bring!!) #but anyway yes I love Emanator Sampo being stage hand themed haha it's very fun with him #I have a lot of screenshots so I wanna try to use them for things like this more! #I think its in SU where it says Aha isn't as powerful an aeon as some of the others like Qlipoth or Lan or Nanook #so I like Sampo's powers being less direct and not just pure destructive power like a lot of the Destruction Emanators #it lets you get real creative with it <3 #maybe next I'll bring over my thoughts on his mask design? Ooh but I wanna talk about Geppie too... #Geppie protecting his soldiers from Cocolia or the actions he could have taken or his very sweet relationship with Bronya- #-or him being inspired by Serval or his HILARIOUS relationship with Pela... #Decisions decisions...

[caravanlurker]

shout out to that one time I watched the PRISMCorps Magical Girl lore video and the first few episodes of TGAMM in veeery close proximity. too much time on this xP loong ramble in the tags

#crossover #tgamm #prism corps #prismcorps #molly mcgee #scratch mcgee #tgamm scratch #my art stuff #shitpost #ok if you think about this too hard it starts to fall apart I only did this for PRISM Scratch bc its hilarious but the basic rundown is: #the idea behind PRISM creatures are that they basically design the outfit and powers and all that for their bonded magical person #since scratch doesn't really like her at the beginnning so I can imagine that he would've expected her to hate the 'grim reaper' theme but. #of course. she spins it into being a 'grin reaper' to help enhappify brighton because she's that awesome #Being a young Magical girl in PRISM is kind of like being a child soldier so its not a good look for the town huh #UHH ooh their symbol is the weird chairman's face. which I thought would be cute since it already looks like a heart #you can't see her hood but maybe you can imagine she can pull it down to do that weird face shroud with the chairman's robes idk #the lines on her one sock and on her weird jester pants were supposed to resemble smiling sharp teeth but eh #I do like her ghost bun and the mask on her face kinda like how all the ghosts have that. eye. shadow. thing? #First time tackling the shows style so i'll do better next time #i'll do the katscrewmi in this style some other time but I'm done with this for now rghagagaaah

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID: a digital illustration of Luz and Hunter from the owl house. Luz sits on the right with her hand on hunter's shoulder. Hunter sits on the left facing Luz. They're both in their designs from the end of Thanks to Them. Hunter has his eyes closed and is crying with a pained expression, while Luz looks on with tears in her eyes. The background is dark and the scene is dimly lit. The second image is a variation on the first image where a spectral version of flapjack sits on hunter's shoulder and Manny's hand in on Luz's shoulder. End ID]

Felt like posting something devious today. Do you think they'll ever talk about what they've lost? Bond over it? Mourn??? Grieve????

#the owl house #toh #hunter toh #luz noceda #hunter noceda #flapjack toh #(BARELY i did not put the effort into that bird that i should've) #manny noceda #(also barely but I feel like it's more obvious here) #i sketched this out months ago when TTT first aired but the lines were giving me trouble and i shelved it #until now when i really just wanted to finish something but wasn't happy with any of my sketches #it was inspired by the interview dana did where she said grief would be a major theme of season 3 #both bc it scared me and also bc it made me start thinking ''hm okay. which characters are grieving rn and how might they interact?'' #my money's still on darius if hunter does get to talk through some of his grief in the next few eps #(just to tie a nice bow on their relationship and maybe dicuss the previous gg a bit more and flesh darius' motives out) #but like. luz is his sister. grief is sooo central to her arc as well it's like. even if they don't get time in canon #(which is understandable. they do not have a lot of time rn for extended fanfic-esque character exploration conversations) #but that doesn't mean i can't rotate the idea in my mind at terminal velocity until i get sick #i would apologize for not posting festive art at this time of year rn BUT YKNOW WHAT. I'VE HAD A ROUGH COUPLE OF HOLIDAY SEASONS #THIS COUNTS AS FESTIVE FOR ME! #it's getting better this year though. slowly #anyway this piece isn't perfect and there's a few bits I'm not happy w/ that i could've spent more time on #but to my own credit i pushed myself to use reference and do a (albeit simple) pose I don't normally do! #so props to me in that sense #anyway happy holidays! think abt these devastatingly sad children with me please!

[wundrousarts]

At the end of the year I said I’d allow myself at least one day a week to draw Nevermoor stuff, because I have too much energy and love in my brain / heart / hands that I need to get out, and then proceeded to not process that the new year had started until today. Three weeks in 😅

#a sort of ‘fanart friday’ type vibe just. sporadically. and random. lol. #and maybe not even on friday! #the idea is that if I ‘let myself’ draw nevermoor stuff once a week even if it’s just doodles then I’ll be able to draw other stuff more lol #I’ll try to get to smthn today. just in my defense I have a job now for once (snooze) and other nevermoor things I’m working on (yay) #I’ve got a late straggler from mogtober I’ve been trying not to abandon + nevermoor silverborn countdown challenge #and then next month I’ve got smthn I’ve been planning for nevermoorian new years. yayyy. #also sorry to the christmas themed request I didn’t get to once again 🫶 next year will be your year

[g0nefischin]

The man himself

SNAS

for my western au

hes just a dude with a cool hat

#All of the posts dont go together because I did them over a long period of time so my bad #my art #my utmv art #undertale au #utmv #westerntale #western au #sorry for the gaint empty void next to him #snowdin is going to need a name change but I have no idea what It should be #I cant think of a pun name thats desert themed #maybe something with Haboob but thats all I got #Papyrus my babye is next

[skegulium]

I just had a really bad writing idea out of nowhere that I shouldn't do because

The 12th perigee ball is already over

This idea would take a good few months to complete and who would want to throwback to the vampire clown ball in like july

This would probably please like 5 people at most

#Ooc cal #Me gripping my thighs #I don't need to write this there's no payout for the amount of work that'd go into it #I don't even know what next year's theme would be so thats out of the question #Maybe I should look at completing this idea with my fantrolls as normal #Writing a choose your own adventure game is hard work after all and my blorbos are less transient than a theme

[myname-isnia]

Honestly I’d really like to make some kind of MLP AU or redesign/rewrite or whatever else of the sort because MLP was essentially my first fandom and it’s extremely nostalgic to me, but I’ve seen so many people do it already and have found myself physically incapable of producing something that isn’t blatantly copying what other people have done :/

#and yeah yeah I know that nothing in the world is truly original and everyone’s inspired by something #but I want to make smth that isn’t rehashing what I’ve already seen #and it’s hard bc redesigns and aus are kinda all the rage right now #and no I’m not talking about those infection aus bc while those are really cool and I’m not interested in making my own #I’m a really squeamish person. to the point I even avoid sick fics most of the time #so while I enjoy seeing a lot of those aus because I too had a creepypasta phase and it reminds me of cupcakes and rainbow factory vibe-wise #I’d probably throw up if I had to draw smth like that myself 😅 #anyway. what I meant is some kind of rewrite where I’d get to explore themes that interest me more #maybe dig a little deeper than the earlier seasons of the show could afford in certain places #like coming up with a clearer reason for aj’s parents’ deaths. for instance #and also making next gens is basically my modus operandi at this point so while I’m not really interested in making kids for the mane 6 #I’d like to redesign them + their families to get to play with genetics a little. #but again. I’ve seen a lot of redesigns over the years and I’m afraid they would influence me too much for my liking #only reason I’m so worried is because last year I did doodle some ideas a little. for the CMCs in particular #and suddenly realised they were basically the grand galloping 20s au designs poorly drawn from memory in my style #and any ideas re: redesigning the actual pony species are essentially ripped off from skyscraper gods #as are some concepts about becoming an alicorn/gaining immortality and all hat #so… yeah. no #idk. I’ll think about it some more and maybe I can come up with some cool ideas that I can string together in some way #it might be really fun and would also give me a chance to let my sotrl hyperfixation rest a little #don’t get me wrong. I love the universe Kat and I created and my OCs and everything. but I’ve been going at it non stop for almost 4 years #sooner or later it’ll burn me out and I won’t be able to come up with anything for it anymore #and I literally don’t draw anything BUT sotrl #so it’d be nice to branch out a little. maybe I’ll finally feel less like I’m screaming into the void with my incredibly niche OCs #again. I don’t know. we’ll see if I’m struck with inspiration or smth #also coming up with ideas is like half of the problem lmao. horses are really hard to draw #even cartoon ones 😭😭 I was hyperfixated on mlp for most of my childhood and still never mastered it #I can barely draw humans lower than shoulder level let alone horses. but I’ll figure it out if I get a concrete au idea #okay I’ve been rambling for like half an hour. rant over I’m done

[greatbigbellies]

Popular "hidden" menu item at many burger places is just stacking as many patties between a set of buns. Mcpreggo obviously can't advertise a sandwich that has 8 (or more) patties, but I'm sure if you asked nicely, someone would make the forbidden food.

Oh yeah, mcpreggo certainly has it's share of "secret" menu items... what you described here is colloquially known as "The Octomom". People who order it for the first time are usually doing so because they were dared to or lost a bet...

You would be shocked at how many of those bet-losers come back later asking for another, with some mozz sticks to give it more staying power.

#maybe “secret menu” should be the next update theme... i dunno #mcpreggo ideas #mcpreggo #ask #anon #not bellies

[truethes]

real talk i know i call myself an angst lover but i think it's always been about having the hurt / comfort or reconciliation attached ...

#❛ ♡ › jupiter : 𝐨𝐨𝐜. #like yes my writing rlly flows when writing two characters fighting #but ... where do they make up #where do they admit the truth and work better together #where do emotions get expressed and feelings are left approached #SO MANY ... SO MANY OF THE MOST RECENT MUSES IVE PICKED UP #are avoidant / downplay their own emotions to the point where they exploded #and a lot of complicated dynamics comes with that and ITS A COMMON THEME NOW ... i respect it a lot #because im sat here wanting to work through those and making it so much better #this was inspired by the your name soundtrack bc it got me thinking #yes i love the movie for how tragically beautiful it was #but the thing that makes me watch it over and over again ... is that hopeful ending. that moment where you realise #maybe. just maybe ... #im a sap im a MASSIVE sap for the idea of things having hopeful endings. i write so many characters who pass in their canon but #idk its a happy ending for me ... otherwise too much just has me emotionally burnt out as i came to terms with a couple of months ago #TBD. #anyway i have this weekend and 3 days off next week!! VERY. VERY EXCITED TO HAVE MORE TIME TO WRITE. #going to make progress! with my blogs!

[plushie-lovey]

Just ordered the Jelly Cat Forest Dragon to complete my sitting dragon collection

#at least until jellycat releases a new one some day (hopefully) #Im holding out hope that one day they'll release a sky/cloud dragon in a similar style to these guys #I want him to be sky blue with ears that are shaped like those lil anime wings kinda #and have could embroidered on their belly in white floss similarly to the designs on the other dragons #I gotta draw this one day #maybe I'll send the idea to jellycat. idec about getting credit for the idea if they use it. I just want this to be real #anyways the dragon will be here around next week #need to think of a sweets themed name for him #anybody have suggestions? #viti shoosh

[familyvideostevie]

wait guys what if I did promptober this year and started planning NOW

#would you give me ideas if so #maybe I if write them all months in advance I’ll post them daily in October #also if I hit my next follower milestone I will do a celebration #maybe the exact same theme as my first one last year lol #IDK COME TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK

[benkeibear]

I think this is the theme I had longest on here next to the starving anonymous one??

Also don't feel like changing it because i'm really happy with it for once

#rhy speaks ♡ #i have so many ideas on themes but I don't wanna leave this one #maybe I go for lavender or first rain next #i know I said something dio themed but IDKKKKKK

[diorsbrando]

changing my theme but to what i’m still not sure 😭😭😭

#—sosa’s thoughts💭 #almost reluctant to let my bleach theme go #maybe ill do another version of it #idk fr #toke to spend the next 2 hours on tumblr thinking of ideas and browsing the masses #time to***

[coquelicoq]

one specific thing that i'd like to get better at w/r/t crossword theme generation is identifying not just words that contain a specific set of letters but phrases that contain a specific set of letters. for instance. i'm working on a theme right now in which types of shoes are going to be hidden within the long answers. for some, there are longer single words that contain those letters (e.g., toolBOOTh, MOCha, conFLATe), but for others i'm going to have to go over a word boundary, which takes me out of the territory of Things That Can Eventually Be Found If You Read The Dictionary For Long Enough (my usual strategy lol). the problem is i have absolutely no idea how to get better at this. but in good news, today i came up with both "muscle atrophy" and "oracle at delphi" for "cleat" and "warts and all" for "sandal" almost right away. so...i just need to keep doing that? somehow? how are other constructors doing this all the time??

#and how was anybody doing this before the 'contains' search function on thefreedictionary.com existed?? #cruciverbs #my posts #i went on my crossword theme generation walk today and came up with nine theme ideas. NINE. #and i would have done more but i had to stop just bc if i came up with any more i wouldn't be able to hold them in working memory #long enough to get home and write them down #i should really take my phone with me on these walks lol #turns out one of the nine is an idea i've come up with before but haven't followed through on yet. maybe i should do that one next #i gotta focus on the shoe one first though and unfortunately i won't be able to use 'warts and all' unless i can come up with a second #answer containing sandal. because 'sandal' will be in a rebus square which means it'll be part of both an Across and a Down answer #but i really want to use warts and all :( #and i kind of think the second answer shouldn't include 'and' because that feels repetitive #so what are my options? '_s andal_' are there any common english expressions containing the word andalusia? i don't think so #'_sa ndal_' illegal word-initial consonant cluster so that's out. '_san dal_' are there any spanish saints with names beginning in dal-? #'_sand al_' or '_sand a l_' sand something. thousand something. ampersand something. hm. #'_sanda l_' sanda at the end of a word is not super promising #i think '_sand al_' is my best bet so now i gotta think of things related to sand that start in al-. or things that start with al- that #there are a thousand of #sand alloy. sand aluminum. sand algae. terrible. painfully bad. #this is what i need to get better at but idek where to start