#meant to add backgrounds

[mochasucculent]

Another Owl House thang I started right after Clouds on the Horizon and then promptly never finished, this time bullying Hunter with that one SU line lol

#meant to add backgrounds #did not add backgrounds #the owl house #luz noceda #hunter wittebane #toh #never really enjoyed how those middle hunter drawings turned out but. shrug emoji #fanart #hunter noceda #idk what we all decided his fanon last name is #clouds on the horizon #these drawings are like. almost a year and a half old lol whoops #hunter looks soooooooo wet rat in that third image and i for some reason could not dial it down #like i tried and it did not look right but i still think this version is pretty extreme lol

[sleepyskydraws]

HELP THEY BECAME MARKETABLE PLUSHIES

#another drawing to add to the pile of “this was meant to be simple and then I got excited” #its still mostly simple since I gave up on the background #anyways I love the new plushies #if only I was rich #mother 3 #duster mother 3 #kumatora mother 3 #lucas mother 3 #claus mother 3 #digital art #artists on tumblr #fanart

[anglerflsh]

get Apollo'd idiot @sheerunfilteredhubris

#[.art] #^ if the didascalia is unclear this is meant to be a portrait of sorts. Of my friend. Technically of the greek god too but same thing #Juno #<- goes in my tags soley in this way I don't have a clue of what else to put on here #with added closeups! This took me one afternoon and some. I think about four hours in total if I add up all the last-minute editing #it was going to have a more complex background but it ruined the constrast and the shapes got lost in it so I had to scrap that #alas I don't think this will work as a way to achieve endless youth but we can't /all/ turn art into devil deals #no I'm not going to stop making that joke. I think it's hilarious. #also my soundtrack for this was the Hozier youtube automated playlist. we are not escaping with our lives I fear /j #is it neoclassical or more baroque? The main inspiration was the first but the harsher contrast reminds me of the second #ah well. You can tell me that. I can't analyse my own art #my art #greek mythology #classical mythology #painting #apollo #<- i'm putting these tags back here so it doesn't show up in the search it's just for my blog organisation

[infriga]

To add to the discussion about plagiarization and misinformation, one thing I know that can contribute to complacency is how much time and effort it can take to fact check everything you watch. That's daunting for most people, let alone people who don't have as much experience with it or who deal with disabilities and executive dysfunction.

But there are some things you can do to minimize damages that are easier to manage on a more individual basis.

You don't have to necessarily fact check every single thing every creator says in every video in order to make sure they're 100% legit every time. I know not everyone has the mental bandwidth to do that sort of thing constantly. Generally it's okay to just practice some mindfulness and not blindly trust someone if you haven't vetted their claims personally.

What you can do is fact check yourself. Don't repeat stuff you hear from a video as if it is a fact unless you have looked into it yourself first to confirm that what the video said about it is true and that their sources are good. And if you source someone make sure you've vetted them specifically and checked their own sources on that particular topic or bit of information (and check that they even HAVE sources to begin with and aren't just copying their sources verbatim). You can't source every video essay you ever watch or check every single one for plagiarism, but you can source yourself and what you say, and make sure you're not spreading bullshit or citing the wrong person. If you find that you don't have the energy to do even that much in a given moment, then just keep the information in question to yourself for the time being until you do have the energy to verify it.

And some stuff that's generally just good practice: if it's a topic that you're particularly interested in, it's a good idea to seek out more than one video about it from more than one creator. The more diverse your sources of info on the topic the better, especially if you seek out more than just the popular stuff. Get a broader picture of it from a wide variety of people from a wide variety of demographics. It's a lot easier to spot stuff like plagiarism if you're looking at more than just one or two channels, and even if you don't spot it, because they're often good at hiding it, you at least can make sure that you're giving more obscure creators the same attention as well instead of only defaulting to the most popular wide-spread creators and content.

Seeking out more than one type of medium is usually a good idea as well. I know reading stuff like written papers or essays or books on a topic can be difficult for some people, but if you can manage it even just occasionally then branching out every once in a while is still worth doing because it gets you out of one particular information sphere and into another, reducing the chances of an echo chamber effect. If you can't bring yourself to do that much homework on a topic, then again remember to keep in mind that your knowledge about it is limited and could be wrong, and don't spread that info without doing your own research first. Videos are not inherently a bad way to learn about stuff, papers or books can be wrong, and plagiarized, and badly sourced, and can spread misinformation too, my main point is that it's good to avoid having your information come to you through a single choke point if you can help it.

It can be exhausting trying to hold every online creator accountable on an individual basis, I get that, so I don't expect everyone to extensively peer review every channel they ever watch, but at the end of the day you can at least make sure to try and hold yourself accountable first and foremost.

#hbomberguy #todd in the shadows #james somerton #Plagiarism #Misinformation #Wanted to offer some advice for people #who maybe don't have all the executive functions they need to do a background check on every channel that does video essays #For every video they make #This'll probably be the last major thing I reblog about this topic #Just wanted to add my two cents #Spilt tea #And this goes for any information you get from anywhere not just video essays #Like don't blindly trust and spread info from tumblr posts without verifying it personally either #Or reddit #Or friends or family #Etc #I said this is the last major thing I'll reblog I meant blog about in general lol forgot this was an original post for a second

[regular-dog]

Panel redraw wip. La creatura

There is now a continuation (link)

#trigun #vash the stampede #watercolour #pencil #traditional art #need to block out some areas that arent meant to have visible shading. and fill out the background properly #im torn on whether or not to add some cool tones to the silhouette... maybe. idk #might do some alternate versions with scans and other mediums idk

[pjsk4koma-cutouts]

Last panel. This is peak ruikasa

#I WOULD ADD TSUKASA BUT CSP LITERALLY WOULD NOT LET ME EXPORT HIM WITHOUT THE BACKGROUND. #RUI DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. BOTH TOGETHER DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. CSP HAS SOMETHING AGAINST KASA I GUESS. #if i can get him to work i’ll reblog with his addition #pjsk edit #request #rui kamishiro #tsukasa tenma #edit: whoopsies. meant to queue this for tomorrow. too late now though

[pharawee]

I'm only rewatching My Ride the Series through everyone's gifs (thank you especially to @gabrielokun, you're the best! 💜) and reactions/reviews but now that we've reached episode 5 (and I remember when it was released last year there was some surprise among interfans) I'd like to once again share that the violence between students of different vocational colleges isn't something that the series randomly came up with to add some drama.

It's really that bad and it has been for decades.

#jane watches stuff #(in a way) #my ride #my ride the series #when i first watched the series last year it confused me too #so i looked it up #now obviously i'm all the way in europe and have to rely on newspaper sources etc #so this is more meant as an explanation #that the writers didn't just randomly add a surprise shootout for dramatic purposes #but that there's a very real background to this

[blackwaxidol]

Ru'thûn is no Osmium royal, she has no common blood with the Hive Gods. she comes from no extant Swarm known to the Vanguard, or even most Hive.

her armour is fluted steel, yet coarse like sharkskin. it is older than humanity, and is so deeply impacted into her chitin that tearing it away would flay her hide. within the fine, granulated crevices of her armour are the perfect growing conditions for fatal anaerobes.

(an old side portrait of Ru'thûn from February 2022. reuploaded from my twitter. feel free to click and zoom in.)

#destiny hive #hive oc #oc: Ru'thûn #oh i need a new art tag... um... #blackwax art #i'll xkit a new one later. #ah this is so... there is so much i would change about this. #does not matter right now. #since this is a .png there shouldn't be any loss in quality from my saving it and reuploading here... #i tend not to use my phone like this because of an implicit worry that the image will degrade. i hope it looks fine on desktop. #i can't believe i drew this and two weeks later Witch Queen came out #and the First thing i noticed was that Savathûn had the same heels as Ru'thûn... #the only difference between their shoes is that Ru'thûn does not have the prongs on either side. otherwise it is identical which is funny. #if the background was transparent i would say use this to compare heights since that is what it was meant for. #then again you could just superimpose your own thing onto her. #her neck is craned forward though... #i always say Ru'thûn is 20 (now 22) feet tall withoutn horns because she has no horns adding to her height. #i still do not think her horns or... i forgot the word for her Alien Queen graft... add too much. #a lot of this drawing i would redo... now that i have a nice 3d model to look at perhaps i could do that. #Ru'thûn's graft does flare upwards a little but i don't know how much height that would add. #i think what i will do is get some charts out and then count. #otherwise. for this image. i imagine her full height would be roughly where... #the large gap between the third and fourth spine on her headpiece are (not counting the horn on her forehead). #eugh.

[please-put-me-in-the-microwave]

Silliest oni that could beat me to a pulp and i would be thankful

Happy late yuugi day to those who celebrate!!!

My girl deserves to be an absolute beefcake but i still dont know how to draw muscles i apologise

Here's a drunk version also

Anyway this was inspired by @abluehappyface 's yuugi takeover go check out their blog and all the yuugi theme remixes they made bc they are all amazing period

#also i dont know how to shade in general!!!!! #i wanted add fire around her but that meant i had to change the shading and render what was supposed to be a quick sketch so i gave uo #the background looks like bedsheet patter but its ok #my art #ig #happy first art post to me lol #yuugi #yuugi hoshiguma #touhou project #subterranean animism #oni #the blorbo

[inkling0121]

Decided I wanted to draw Mikey with hair and ended up designing good future Mikey, oops

also those are beads in his hair not m&ms

#I meant to put a lot of effort into this #like add lighting and a nicer background #but then I got lazy #I wanna say I'll go back and add in some #but I won't #fanart #tmnt #rottmnt #tmnt mikey #my art #rottmnt mikey

[ralofofriverwoods]

Dark castle, remodeled

I imagine the crimson badlands to have an extremely hazy atmosphere(prolly due to remnants of de’s magic) that gives the sun a very reddish pink glow. Which is a fancy excuse for a spooky skylight

Perhaps I will draw some kind of study on that later. I’m having lots of fun with backgrounds now that I understand that composition doesn’t have to kick your ass if you don’t fight it, so i bet I would be able to finish it as well.

Also this is in a different au than my cod found family thing. Hence why the torches are normal fire colored lol

I may make this in Minecraft, just to show actual dimensions without worrying about fitting everything into one frame

Would y’all like to see that?

#my art #artists of tumblr #cookie run #cookie run kingdom #crk #ngl that middle thingy in front of the throne is very heavily inspired by Skyrim #it’s meant to be a pressure plate so when you activate it you can go into the catacombs #beneath the castle #the corridor on the right that has the fucked up flag is pomegranates #because fuck her ig #I should prolly add more defining tags but I will not. #background illustration #technically

[mozart-the-meerkitten]

Drawing SOS Chronicles things again

The first time Oliver meets Almitak in "person", things get a little tense. After all, you can't transfer your soul into the body of a willing victim child without some drama.

(Silas and Silvie in the background are not having fun watching their friend get possessed)

#the sos chronicles #oliver starfell #silas starfell #silvie starfell #almitak the space dragon #almitak #pandora's box vibes going on here #do you like my attempts at drawing rocks/rock walls that's what the background's supposed to be xD #and also the bumpy things by Almitak's box are meant to be rocks #the kiddos are in a cave #I think I'm gonna have to outline them before I try and do more background stuff tho otherwise it'll get all smudgy #I had fun drawing oliver's clothes being all windswept and flowy #oliver in general looks really good I just gotta add in some details #*sudden realization that this could be an actual illustration in her book* I'm... fine #I really enjoy drawing tendrils aklghja;gdads #silvie has her tail wrapped around silas to keep him from running to help #she don't know what's going on but if her friend is about to die she's only losing one #I really like how oliver turned out just in general

[zincbot]

digital art is so fun until i look up a tutorial and they're like: "multiply" "lock your layer" "blend brush" "fill layer" "clip" "set to normal"

#i don't. know anything abt the actual program i'm using. my process is literally. #1. set my brush to 3px size #2. sketch out the pose #3. on the same layer (usually. sometimes a new over it) start adding clothes and character details like facial expression hair etc #4. colour block in a layer underneath by colouring in all the edges of the lines and then using the fill tool to fill the big space #5. on a layer over everything. add extra lines in contrasting colours to make details and shapes stand out better on clothes n stuff #6. (new step!) using a lighter and a darker colour on a low opacity. try to put some consistent lights and shadows on everything. #(this is on a layer between the colours and the lines) #7. (new step 2!) take your new big wide sketchy brush and block out a vague background #i'm trying to learn how to do lights and shadows but i'm not. like comprehending. hrg. #also i want to fuck with perspective more but i don't know how to make that work either lol #look art was so easy when all i was doing was realistic graphite portraits. i just look at the picture of a face i was meant to draw. #then draw it #i got access to as many colours i want but at what cost-

[silvershayde]

I couldn’t for the life of me remember if they managed to get clean, and if they changed into proper clothes after melting an alien door. (In my defence I banged out all these sketches in my breaks whilst studying)

I fucked up the leobromine logo, but i couldnt fix it cause apparently I merged my layers at some point and im not going through the pain of trying to fix it so you cant see the theobromine in it sorry lol

Anyway I couldn’t stop laughing when this came up, the science and the sheer insanity of the plot keeps me going. @ss-shitstorm thank you for your service.

#silverarting #bruh mechs are hard to draw #i recall why i kinda stopped trying #the lewis structure for theobromine can go fuck itself #i ended up doing a skeletal formula instead lol #ive always hated the lewis structure its so long for no reason #especially on molecules that are cyclic #i kept drawing it out to the point i now know it off by heart #and i also now know that if you add a methyl group onto it it makes caffeine #oh yeah theres hecadecimal in the background of the tablet and it means something else in english if i did it right #just convert it to binary first #idek if you can see the numbers lmfao #but yeah i did that #i meant hexadecimal

[bookwyrminspiration]

You should have started with the prequels smh (this is false do not listen to me)

There are prequels??? I just got here dude you can't throw these Opinions and Alternate Options at me I'm still processing how many series and books I've just added to my tbr you can't come in here with prequels on top of it all

Either way, regardless of the veracity of your statement I do intend to read the series in chronological order, or as close to that as I can get. However it was published to the world is generally how I like to read things--the mere fact that people have a specific suggested watch order for Star Wars that differs is a major deterrent for me. Aside from the fact I just. Don't care about Star Wars.

but anyway! i guess there are also prequels I gotta keep an eye out for now my goodness so many cat

also there's a lot of cats dying in these books damn. when the book about fighting cats actually has cats fight and get injured and die

#warrior cats #quil's queries #an-ungraceful-swan #these were meant to just be background audiobooks that I could use to fill my driving time #so i could read during that otherwise null time and I could read multiple things at once #but now it's turning out to be much more complicated #and the audiobooks of the other books have long wait times #but the ebooks don't... #so maybe i'll have to throw out my og plan and resort to another series for my audiobooks #and add warrior cats alongside my physical readings even though they'll be digitial. because they'll be a task on their own #the categorization makes sense to me in my head #that could affect my other books... #oh decisions decisions

[taohun]

one thing I will say about that post is that it’s a little… hm. not sad exactly, but definitely a little disconcerting to hear people express the sentiment of “I’m sureeee this is DEEP or whatever but I don’t get it” and it’s like… well it doesn’t have to be deep to have value. the nature of the poem is that no matter how you read it it will mean something; whether it means something to you is the question. the individuality of collective grief, as it were.

#on another note the post was meant to stay between me and the mutuals so I didn’t think to add any of my thoughts or an author background #(which is very pertinent to this) #so oops about that. there’s so many people in the notes offering incredible insight about layli though pls seek them out !