#still figuring them out it is . A Process

[eyes-of-nine]

truly what a guy

#malevolent #malevolent podcast #arthur lester #arthur malevolent #john doe #john malevolent #my art #ahfdgfghsdd i have so many important things to do but these two have overtaken all of my waking thoughts so i'm fucked to say the least #adgfd i just wanna talk about them with someone but no one i know has the energy for that 12h long infodump #straight up today was my first truly no work day in a few weeks and what did i do? spent half the day figuring out how i want to draw arthur #still not sure if this the direction i wanna take his design in but somehow along the process he ended up as like my ideal look on masc days #tbh i don't have the time to unpack whatever that says about me ywy #john's design is very much still a first draft but i can't think about it too much or i might just actually go insane #this podcast makes me unwell(affectionate) #the universe is so evil for not letting me just draw them all day long ywy #in an ideal world it would be no diploma no uni applications only malevolent #.....i'm gonna stop with the rambling now #so yeah go listen to malevolent

[medi-bee]

more dragon!iterator sketches in varying levels of quality

#my art #rain world #dragons #five pebbles #looks to the moon #no significant harassment #seven red suns #big dragons and their little kitties <3 #still figuring out how i want everyone to look but im enjoying the process! #a part of me wants to robot-ify them more. the other parts of me cry at the thought #it is soo impressive to me when artists can draw mechanical bits. could never be me #hold on. looks at my follower count. wjat #um. uh. ah. hi everyone #IM VERY FLATTERED BUT please do not perceive me #i have a hard enough time knowing that my mutuals see my abnormal tags #i havent even done anythjing

[druidonity2]

A lost little king, seeking advice from all corners of Azeroth, finds himself searching for this 'Loa of Kings'. He is surprised when he finds it's someone he's met before...

#world of warcraft #anduin wrynn #Vol'jin #Ugghh Anduin and Voljin are my favorite Alliance and Horde characters and I want them to talk so badllyy #LISTEN THEYVE GOT SO MUCH IN COMMON #Both were nearly killed by Garrosh and played a big role in the Pandaria story #Both lost their fathers too soon and were leaders too soon and have been betrayed by close friends #And both have had a peek into the Shadowlands in ways theyre probably still processing and could bond even over that #Anduin is questioning his ability to be a leader at all and Voljin is still figuring out who he is when he keeps stumbling into titles he #wasn't fighting for #Warchief and now potentially a full blown loa like #I just think theres alot they could speak on and that Anduin could use the perspective of someone like Voljin

[necessarymeanstoanend]

spade represents the tip of a pike; an implement for killing

alex’s

white void of doom

sketch and background element/scribble that isn’t really visible but i’m sharing just in case anybody did notice it.

other details

#now i have to draw one for alex *sobs* #how tf do you guys come up with backgrounds for EVERY DRAWING?! oh my god. i’m not creative enough for this bullshit #two things i discovered with this drawing: 1) birds are hard af to draw. 2) wet black hair is hard af to draw #you guys have no idea how many purple hues are actually in this art piece #this is like if dream and jessamy happened to have met under way worse circumstances #anyway let me know if you guys have any ideas for alex’s (i have no idea when exactly i’ll actually get around to it but still) #bones and shit #a majority of this one was inspired by The Locked Tomb fanart and symbolism #6 hours and 34 minutes but i’m gonna guess that roughly an hour and a half of that was me trying to figure out a background #tom sturridge #like minds #murderous intent #like minds 2006 #nigel colbie #art #fanart #drawing #digital art #nigel colbie fanart #artist of tumblr #like minds art #nigel colby #<- including the old tag bc why not #somebody get this movie out of my brain #scoop it out along with all the other useless shit i keep in there #i was thinking maybe alex’s should be the complete opposite of this #like instead of his head being turned down it would be turned upwards #maybe he should be wearing the clothes he did when we first saw him with sally rowe (or maybe his school uniform) #i ​definitely want both of them to be side profiles and the theme is going to have to be somewhat consistent as well #<<‹ these tags are mostly so i remember my own thought process but feel free to leave your two cents

[whinges]

the aforementioned brain wyrms

#estimeric #ffxiv #estinien varlineau #estinien wyrmblood #aymeric de borel #still figuring them out it is . A Process #i need estinien to look less classically beautiful and more like a dog in a wig u feel me #it's hard

[bravadoting]

OG Nagi Sketches

I challenged myself to draw the NEO TWEWY cast during the time of the original game starting with Nagi 💜

#twewy #neo twewy #ntwewy #neo: the world ends with you #nagi usui #my art #bravadoting #Also I wanted to ramble about my process and the design details in the tags. #1. First and foremost I wanted a design that could stand alongside the OG cast and capture the fashion of the time period. #2. It took me a couple of iterations to really differentiate her silhouette from any of the Hachiko Gang. #3. I kept her mid-length sleeves from her canon outfit. The laces on her shoes are also a reference to her hair ribbons. #4. I love the cat beanie both because it’s very 2000s and it reflects the game’s cat motif. #That being said I am still refining this design. I want it to look a bit less sporty and more geeky to fit Nagi. #I’m also figuring out what to do with her hair cause it is a bit busy around her collar area. #But short hair makes her look too similar to RG Shiki so I’m still brainstorming. Feel free to leave suggestions if you have them!

[journey-to-the-attic]

happy birthday to the three realms' most specialest girl!!! (i promise i love you even though i put you through so much)

#(that's alatus with her by the way!! little guy) #art #obey me #as you can see i figured out one (1) cool-looking thing in that satan piece and am refusing to let it go #in my defence. i'm so bad at backgrounds #so once i've found one that looks good (i.e. big moon) i'm just gonna do it again #same applies for the whole shading process (i have once again employed my ultimate move: pale yellow on an overlay layer at 30% opacity) #i was gonna add the rest of the newspaper club too but i still haven't designed demon forms for them and i wanted them to fit the theme #(mephisto doesn't count since in present he never takes demon form anymore anyway. also it's mephisto) #(shhh you can't see him) #alright here come the character tags #jtta ik #obey me lucifer #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me satan #obey me asmodeus #obey me beelzebub #obey me belphegor #obey me diavolo #obey me barbatos #obey me simeon #obey me luke #obey me solomon

[splankie]

the sillies

#i think im gonna start posting wips if i like them enough #bc i neverrrrr finish drawings #and maybe posting wips will make me actually finish them??? #idk worth a shot! #bc i rlly want to finish this one... its gonna be so cute #also now everyone can see part of my drawing process #that being 1 layer for each character and i just keep drawing on top of things and then erasing things i dont like #or that dont need to be there #anyway! #i like annabeths hair #im still figuring out my own way of drawing hair #and i like what i did w her :) #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth #pjo #art by cricket

[nomsfaultau]

Never Love an Anchor || The Crane Wives

For the fic Fault.

#For all the times he’s been betrayed Tommy still can’t help holding on to people #And of course #destroying them in the process #Spoiler for unpublished arcs lmaoo #Ah the cruelty of ‘and wonder why they never tied your shoes’ line #On the scene where Tubbo gets bandages up by the person who just destroyed their legs #Also had to figure out what their prosthetics look like for this piece #Ahhh and Tubbo wearing Tommy’s jacket after he’s captured #Anyway I’m going to destroy people once I actually upload this part in *checks watch* 6 months #tommyinnit #tommyinit fanart #tubbo #tubbo fanart #clingy duo #scp tommyinnit #scp tubbo #fault au #What do you call an animatic when you don’t know how to actually make it into a video #animatic #Man Tommy is so so very touch starved lmao #something to nom on

[hyumjim]

Hair ended up charmingly tousled today in a manner I find most becoming

#not me #my anime antenna came out… #I’m in the process of figuring out how to do my brows still but I been using brow mascara on the tips to kinda accentuate their uh #natural craziness :) #I’ve never let them grow wild before lol it is interesting to see

[autism-swagger]

@el-fandom-birb @krikeymate ask and ye shall receive

Itty bitties

#Tara is standing on their tiptoes btw #got halfway through this and realized I was drawing them so young I didn't even need to draw any scars #(​unlike my other young Sam n Tara drawing which has Tara's forehead scar) #and damn near started weeping #also keen eyed observers may note that the hairtie I gave Sam is the exact same color as the one I always draw Tara with #(I'm trying to say that after Sam left Tara started using her hairtie) #(it breaks a couple months after the events of 6) #(and even though Sam is back in his life again Tara has a complete meltdown over it) #(because 13 year old Tara's though process was 'Sam will come back if her favorite hairtie is still here') #(13 year old Tara made the connection that hairtie=Sam and 20 year old Tara still kind of subconsciously believes it) #(so. meltdown.) #idk it's a small detail with lots of thought behind it so I figured I'd point it out #my art #Tara tag #horror tag #hc tag #because of the tags lol

[reksink]

A Little Purifier...

#off #off game #off the batter #the batter #rain world #rainworld #my art #fanart #Another addition to the 'Making OFF crossovers for all of my interest' collection hehe #This was really fun!! #I'm still trying to really solidify how I draw slugcats but this process was really nice!! #I'd love to figure out what the Add-ons would be #I have some roughs for other characters and I'd like to see how well I can translate them into Rain World's fauna once I get the chance :}

[sweetest-honeybee]

Sounds like anon is one of those people who think children and adults should never interact on the internet.

PFFTT I think it’s just some odd warning because it’s a monetary exchange and that can have risks. But I’ve commissioned minors just fine before and vice versa. I just want some gay puppet art from them good lord 😂

#additionally commissioning minors is quite nice when you as an artist can help with anything if problems come up in the process #they’re figuring it out and you as a client can still make it as seamless and as easy for them as possible #but yeah no age has nothing to do with it lmao I as an adult can commission a minor for Frank and Eddie art 😂 #because FUCK is it gorgeous y’all please go tell that artists they’re so cool and have great art they’re so underappreciated :c

[un-pearable]

the most important zane character trait to me isn’t that he’s a robot, but that he, fundamentally, is new to it. he’s bad at being a robot. he’s constantly finding out new things about himself and what he can do and excitedly showing them off to his friends like a kid with a new toy. he spent the most important part of his life (in his opinion, bc it’s when he met his friends and started pursuing being a protector) not understanding anything about himself and now he’s constantly discovering something new and it’s so important to me that he’s not reduced to just “the robot guy”. pixal is the one who being a robot comes naturally to, zane is the one who is permanently stuck between human and artificial and at this point is thriving there

#ninjago #zane julien #99% of non-zane oriented fic cheaps out on it and just makes zane pixal #they serve different purposes in the narrative!!!! they’re equally interesting and fun and i love them soooo much #he places SO much value on his ability to relate to his friends and others and reducing him to The Robotic One. while understandable. #is disappointing. #text✨ #loadbearing nindroid #pixal and zane even each other out in regards to common robot tropes and it’s just lovely #they’re so important to me now i disliked pix as a kid but after rewatching n stuff now… love them so so much #they both don’t deserve the disservice they get by their characterization #he’s The Smart OneTM everyone turns to for answers but he is still very much learning about himself figuring out Who He Is #which is a constant process in anyone including you and me but i love it. yes i am overextending simplistic kids media characters shut up. #edit: this has been in my drafts for like a week bc i keep rephrasing it so fuck it im just posting it. this is my zane thesis

[blackjackkent]

Me> [struggling to unravel a very annoying UI bug]

My brain, entirely unprompted> H E Y. IF JAHEIRA HAD USED SOME MORE MINOR VERSION OF THAT RITE OF THE TIMELESS BODY ON RASAAD TO EXTEND HIS LIFESPAN, IT WOULD RESOLVE THE MORE FINICKY TIMELINE ISSUES ABOUT RION BEING THEIR KID.

Me> ...ok? I didn't ask right now but thank you for working that out I guess.

#bjk talks #i need some sort of ship name tag for them so people can ignore my ramblings about it XD #i loved astreamofstars's headcanon that rion actually is jaheira's biological kid and named for gorion #which in my worldstate headcanon would definitely make her also rasaad's #but given Rasaad is human and definitely seems at least in his thirties in bg2 #and rion is a half elf but is definitely still a young adult which feels like she's 50 at most #the timeline gets funky bc rasaad would have been like 80 :P #which is like physiologically possible but unlikely in the normal run of things #i had been speculating that J originally researched the rite in the first place at least partly to extend their time together #and her dialogue implies she never figured it out completely (and also had more altruistic intentions for its use at full power) #but no reason that there couldn't have been some lower-level version involved #bc it's magic XD #and i can do what i want #anyway ty for coming to my self-indulgent ted talk #i need to start working on the next chapter of Open Your Eyes #ETA: zenjestrr just pointed out to me that as a monk Rasaad would have Timeless Body feature which simplifies things physiologically XD #yay DND #it's more complicated than just that of course and now i'm resisting writing a whole essay about jaheira's thought processes #XD

[bogkeep]

the way the most recent pokemon games don't let you turn off the exp share or the affection mechanic bonuses is nothing short of maddening. i think they make great accessibility features If Only They Were Optional and the flavour text is cute, but i want to have a fun casual playthrough that's at least mildly challenging without having to make it a nuzlocke or something. i don't want to feed my starter bitter medicines to make her hate me :(

#JUST LET ME TURN IT OFF... PLEASE.... #i can't do nuzlockes i do Not have the willpower to stick to the rules and they stress me out haha #anyway i am a fool who's left all of my DS games in norway and i got a hankering for replaying sinnoh games #so i decided to get shining pearl right. figured it might be fun even if ill miss the 4th gren spritework something fierce #what ensued was a needlessly complicated process just to get a copy that was slightly cheaper than full price nintendo blood money #there's a store that listed shining pearl at a lower price. not brilliant diamond - just pearl #i feel like maybe it's by mistake since that's the price of a nintendo DS cartridge. so maybe wires got crossed #the norwegian version of the store does NOT have the price disparity. #anyway i can't order online without a swedish phone number. and the local store is out of stock #so i have several long walks to the store to get them to order it in for me and then to order it delivered to me etc #and then of course another long walk to pick up the mail BUT I HAVE IT NOW. I HAVE VIDEO GAME #and it's very nice and nostalgic with a couple quality of life upgrades #my first pokemon game was pokemon diamond. when i got it i was still learning english and had no idea what was happening at any time #good times good times #obviously no pokemon run is ever gonna be as challenging as my first ever run #it does not need to be! u can immediately tell that a lot of difficulty in earlier games is that leveling up your team was a hassle #and almost always required grinding. i do not miss that at all ! but the remakes seem to be Extremely Faithful #so they're not rly structured around how fast you can level your whole team #or that your pokemon are gonna start doing extra crits or hold on to last HP before u even get to the third gym #OH WELL #you know what's very exciting for me though. i have a misdreavous!!! they're pearl exclusive and not in platinum #ive always wanted to do a sinnoh run with a misdreavous on my team for some reason