#they are always fun to participate in

[inktho]

Float

For Giant Robot’s Sweet Tooth Show

#they are always fun to participate in #acrylics are always a fun challenge for me I hope to get better 💦 #acrylics #original #full illust

[chococrystal]

Made for @quintastiic 's twt DTIYS !! Congrats on 1k !!

Non-gif ver below:

Congrats WOOO 🎉🎉

#ninjago #nya smith #quins1kdtiys #nya jiang #posting here as well bc probs the most fun i had drawing ninjago in a while hehe #congrats !!! ur colors are always so good so this was so fun to make #ur art is always a pleasure to see hehe v honored to participate in this #ninjago nya #shroomart #dtiys

[coopers-howard]

JYN APPRECIATION WEEK Day 7: Free Day

Jyn + Colors

#jyn erso #star wars #jyn week #swedit #starwarsedit #filmedit #jynappreciationsquad #tuserjyn #tuserhan #usertina #swsource #swladies #photopeablr #*gifs #i didn't get to do as much for this week as i wanted bc of homework #but jyn week has been so fun!!! #always glad to have an excuse to gif her <3 #this is not my best work but i wanted to at least participate in the last day

[lucascsinclairs]

@usergif 1 Year Celebration: Shuffle Challenge

day 1: Fade Transition | Multi-Gif Layout | Anger

“Now I know the truth. It is not me. It is you. You are the monster. I am going to open that door, and I’m going to leave. If you try to stop me, I will kill you.”

#usergif1year #stedit #stranger things #strangerthingsedit #dailystrangerthings #strangerthingscentral #tvstrangerthings #my gifs #mine #flashing gif #tw flashing #el hopper #eleven #el hopper edit #millie bobby brown #this event is so fun so of course i had to participate! #i've always wanted to try my hand at making these kids of gifs #so this was the perfect opportunity to try it out! #these technically didn't end up being fully centered on all out anger #more on el's resilience and having gone through so much #but still standing up for herself and her loved ones and for what's right #i just love her so much #she deserves the world

[poethebeloved]

the issue with discussions of "lore" is that people are thinking about/defining "lore" completely wrong. people beg for lore thinking that there must be universe-altering events constantly happening, and without that the story is not progressing. but large events like q!cellbit's kidnapping or q!roier and everyone going to rescue bobby are only one aspect of "lore" right?

to me, "lore" is anything that tells us something about the way the universe works or who the characters are that was not already known. q!foolish being batman? LORE!!! richarlyson hating baths? LORE!!!

people refuse to take these silly one-off events/comments and dismiss them in favor of major lore events, but that small stuff is necessary for the big stuff to pan out. I mean, without small things like richarlyson telling q!roier that q!cellbit easily falls for flirting, would we have built up to the wedding? without Tallulah/everyone on the server teasing q!quackity about his crush on q!wilbur, would we have had the "wilbur party" explosion?

at the end of the day, 99% of what the creators are doing is contributing to the lore (of at least their character if not the whole server) because they are roleplaying characters and the things they say are part of their character and become their lore. stop hating on creators for "not doing lore" when they are actively taking care of their egg or creating builds or doing silly schemes. because that is still lore that can and often will culminate in these larger narratively satisfying events!

#qsmp #just a little rant because some people discredit ccs when they are literally just having fun #believe it or not etoiles is not a father to an egg named pomme so yes he is participating in lore BC HE IS DOING RP #sorry to break it to you but not every thing that happens needs to be the most dramatic live altering story beat #i think people just refuse to take silly things are important lore elements #that is how you get to people having designating lore streams when its like... everything can be lore bc its rp! #its all lore always has been

[civilization-illstayrighthere]

Hey so I’ve mentioned this a lot of times on my main blog, but I wanted to put this out over here since it is Hallow’s Eve. I always give out little tchotchkes on Halloween along with candy. This year, I’ve completely switched over to 100% doohickeys and doodads— think mechanical pencils, shaped erasers, little notebooks, squishes, vampire teeth and spiders rings and all. It started years ago in college when I signed up for a dorm Halloween event where kids from an area that was too dangerous to really trick or treat through got bussed in to trick or treat at our dorm. I bought some candy and dollar store Halloween themed stuff with what i had. And you know what the kids went ape shit over?

Motherfucking. Mechanical. PENCILS!!

These kids could not get enough of them. They literally went “PENCILS??!” I had never seen kids get so hyped up for pencils lmao. They were the first things to go. Candy is fleeting; the little pencils you can bring to school to flex are eternal, until you inevitably lose one of the refill parts and then they aren’t but listen, in that one moment they are infinite. And its nice thinking that maybe some kids who don’t always have access to school supplies not only get them, but get them in fun shapes and designs.

Anyway. I recommend people to give out fun stuff like this not just because kids seem to genuinely enjoy them, but also because there’s this thing called the Teal Pumpkin Project here in America. You can put out a teal pumpkin to show that you are giving away non-candy items and sign your address up so parents of children with allergies know that there are houses their kids can safely and happily trick or treat at! It’s a win-win! Plus, if you accidentally bought too much, it’s not like candy— just pack it away, pencils and fidget spinners will be good next year, too! :)

#its such an easy and fun thing to do #and it helps make Halloween accessible for some kids who might otherwise not be able to participate #i always think about stuff like that #my step-grandparents had a ramp built at their house for them #but one great unintended side effect is that they always got a lot of children in wheelchairs to their house on Halloween #who were so so excited they could go up to the door and ring the bell for once :’) #so like i always try to think of ways to maybe include people who might have trouble otherwise when i can! #and this is such a little but easy to do change #i like to source my stuff from the dollar store targets dollar area and amazon #i bet party supply stores (think party favor bag stuff) would work great too #so. if you have time tomorrow maybe run on over to the dollar store during your lunch hour #grab some random little things. kids will go crazy. maybe you’ll brighten someone’s day

[mitamicah]

A whole europe tour later here's the JO nordic tour sketches I made using your fave pics as inspiration

@c28hunter I used your pic of Bojan with the flag because it cracked me up x'D

@j-restlessgeek I ended up chosing the seal dads and Edgar together with Häärijä/Hojan being way too short to give Jan a high five x'D

@lintubintu I wasn't sure which exact Nace and Jan blowing bobbles pictures you referred to so I found two I liked and drew those x'D

I hope you all like how they turned out :3

#I am so lateeeee x'D #guess nothing is new x'D #I hope to maybe get some time this weekend to start the ideas I have for the käärijä eu tour drawings :3 #buuuut if not then I have the entirety of november with no drawing plans #(is it rude to say I am looking forward to käärijätober ending :'D? #it is fun to participate but boy I am always exhausted to being behind all the time :'D) #nace jordan #jan peteh #bojan cvjetićanin #jere pöyhönen #käärijä #häärijä #hojan #käärijä crew #jo nordic tour #mine #my own art

[vanweezer]

my entry for this fun little bandom event 😎 i am super late in finishing but i got it by the cut off!! woooo! summer in september!

#shoutout pax am #fall out boy #fall out boy band #fob #fob band #patrick stump #pete wentz #andy hurley #joe trohman #bandom #bandom artist #bandom creator #bandom art #fob art #fob fanart #artings #i am so tired and this is soooo painfully pushing it but i did it woo hoooo #this was sm fun to participate in even if i am .so so so so late #also pete with natural hair supremacy forever now & always

[nopanamaman]

I know this is corny as shit but I wanted to leave this here for the next time you answer a million asks at once

Ty for being one of my best pals and inspirations for writing music, I love working with you and I hope we can keep making awesome stuff 2gether

- tart

tartey.......

#this is so sweet... Thank you Bro #No joke it's always so fun to participate in your projects #also nice nickname ugly #asks #hnng

[tariah23]

Man, I still remember participating in one of the many jjba zines that I took part in and how my piece was placed as the first page (for the second time) and how one of my mutuals/artists that I’ve always admired, hit me with the “oh… you’re on the front page again… 😅…” like man, that kind of killed me lmfao. I never got over it like man, what was that about.

#it’s not like i put the books together myself or anything all my ass did was submit my work #like this was from a really popular and well known artist as well like #their art has always been so gorgeous to me too I was like ‘I’m literally a nobody is this person really being shady or…’ #rambling #I guess it’s nice being in a zine with ppl I don’t know or care to get to know at least now 😭… just submitting my art and running #referring to the jjk zine 😭 I need t start working on it uhh #zines make me feel so anxious man #it really did make me feel bad and almost guilty? I was like this is kind of awkward… #another zine I was in which was run by a mutual… well… I never even got my zine in the mail #and I even sent them $20 for some merch that they were making since I wanted to support and never got that either… #they deleted their blog but I see that they remade and draw a lot of DM and have a lot of popular posts here so it’s kind of awkward seeing #their art shared on the dash sometimes skeks #we’re still mutuals on Twitter but I don’t rly want to ask about my zine again or the $20 bucks #it’s okay like I owe other ppl stuff too I’m a late bird man but still loskekk #they were the mod for the zine too #I might hit them up again I guess I still love their art and they were always fun to talk to #there was another zine that I participated in where we had to purchase our own copy bro #i remember being so annoyed by that but went ahead and bought it anyway #I was invited to this zine so it made me even more annoyed #I #Guess it didn’t make its money back #or something like that but I remember being broke at the time and was pissed that I had to pay for my own book #I didn’t buy any of the merch because why when it was supposed to be free #if you’re participating in a zine the book and merch should be free

[ducktracy]

what a fantastic transition

#as much as i absolutely adore LT with all my heart there are no cartoons out there that give me such a CONSISTENT sense of raw visceral joy #than the Fleischer Popeyes #they are the epitome of fun. that’s such a vague word i know but i think it perfectly encapsulates these cartoons #not too gaudy or self absorbed. despite the fantastical nature of some plots and the gags and visuals there’s a down to earth humility as #well. it owns its simplicity very well. hearing that ‘30s jazz reach a climax as the visuals and gags and tactility and emotions get #stronger and faster in the climax of these shorts literally #gives me goosebumps! it’s an adrenaline rush #i also adore Olive Oyl. i mean i love them all. Bluto is the greatest cartoon asshole of all time. i love the nobility of Popeye. but i #really love that Olive gets to be just as loud and mean and weird and ‘ugly’ as the rest of the guys. she can throw a punch too. she’s not #just there to look pretty or be coquettish. she has a really natural charm and doesn’t feel forced like ‘oooo look at the cool LADY #participating too!’ which i feel is an issue with cartoons of both the past and present #she’s just another facet to these cartoons without calling much attention to herself and i really like that and wish there were more #like her #popeye #seasin’s greetinks #kneitel #vid #the lack of regular woman characters outside of thin tropes in golden age cartoons doesn’t bug me as much as it really should #because as a kid i was so used to watching ‘boy’ cartoons and connecting with ‘boy’ characters (i thought liking girl characters would make #me ‘girly’) and so it’s something i’ve always been sort of used to #but with that said Olive is one character i feel very strongly about and am glad she exists for those reasons #i don’t know why i’m getting so deep on this 10 second post? but anyway you should watch Popeye if you haven’t

[originalartblog]

CAN I BORROW THE TINYFICATION BEAM I WANNA DRAW THEM TOO

fanart is always welcome I believe in the sharing of ideas and art and the dialogue it creates we love a fandom community

And if you post anything tag me I wanna see 👀

#once again i like/reply/reblog on my main blog @originalaccountname linked in my description #ask answered #not art #my stance on drawing other's ideas is that it's always better/more fun to cite your inspiration #for the same reason i mentionned in the post #when we participate as a group to create something it's so much more fun and nice

[iridescentis]

ive been trying to have coherent thoughts but i haven't even had a chance to process the dnpcrafts video because my brain has just been consumed by shourtney ive been giggling and kicking my feet for the past 24hrs im officially losing it

#i haven't really been a 'shipper' of anything in a long time #im a very apathetic 'anyone can be cute together' person #so shourtney has just been 'aww sweet dynamic' thats it for me #ive also only been watching smosh for like a year #but nope it is all i have been able to think about since yesterday #i just love seeing people happy!! #i don't care whos with who as long as they're being happy and adorable!! #i also haven't experienced a big fanbase freak out in a while #those are always fun #ive witnessed a few but never really participated in the chaos #im having a great time #smosh #shourtney

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok & Neelix are both cringe but only Neelix is free

#hope this helps #Tuvok/Neelix <- Yes #high school au Tuvok/Neelix is like: #Neelix is the kid who is part of the theatre group and only does backstage stuff & is always wearing anime shirts and is enthusiastically #participating in everything and earnest and everyone makes fun of him for it bc it's cringe & weird to care about stuff #and Tuvok is an individualist in that he's like the kid who wears a suit to school everyday and he has an off-putting #'I think I'm smarter than you' attitude and he gets called weird but doesn't care (he used to) and he calls other people weird despite it #Tuvok's out here with only one friend to his name acting like he's all that #what if we were both annoying and boys and I thought you were sooo cool even though you were kinda mean to me #and we drew a terrible oc together (tuvix) and we kissed but only where no one could see us

[starsh0cked]

okay so. two things!! first of all, over the course of january (and the beginning of february) i participated in the kirby oc secret santa, which was wonderfully hosted by @/moonverc3x. i was lucky enough to be the santa for @/starflungwaddledee, and ended up with two of my best pieces so far!!

these were CHALLENGING, though. which is where the second thing comes in!! under the cut, i'll be going over some of the sketches, drafts and phases of either piece! there's also a speedpaint. exciting!!

i'll be starting with my starstruck piece! the theme here was wanderlust - literally one of the most whimsical words i know - and generally anything to do with the stars. i had a few things in mind, but considering how long it sometimes takes to make artwork, i decided to roll with what inspired me the most.

this is the final sketch compared to the final artwork. certainly one of the crazier transformations i've done. i had a mental image of most parts of the artwork, from the material of starstruck's bow to the lighting cast by the stars. everything except for the grass (i hate grass!!) i ended up rendering the grass and background first, anyway.

doing the background before the rest of the artwork helps define the lighting and shadows! if i decided to draw starstruck before the background, i'd have to draw it according to the lighting.

weird explanation, but in summary: background before character helps the character look like a part of the environment! character before background means extra steps need to be taken before the character fits in the environment!

starstruck's bow was also a decent challenge! i'm a fan of bows and satin, so a satin bow sounded like a good idea. it was, but i've never drawn satin before. the workaround was an active satin study! i stared at a satin bow i found on pinterest and tried to understand how light spread over the material. it's quite interesting!!

you might notice that i flipped the direction of the shooting stars. this is for composition reasons!! i wanted to make starstruck the obvious focus, and while the contrast between her warmer palette and the background's cooler palette easily achieve that, i wanted to cement it. i also added little hand drawn sparklies everywhere. because i like it.

of course, i have to talk about the eyes!! if anything, i noticed that in all of starflung's drawings of starstruck, she had really glittery eyes. literally adorable. so i made it my mission to capture her feelings in her eyes!! i had a lot of fun making them super shiny and adding little stars in there. i also needed to pay attention to the subtle gradient, though - they fade from blue to pink if you zoom into starflung's artworks - and decided to keep it vibrant.

okay. thats all for this one!! i'd like to mention that in the original sketch for this specific pose, bandee was in the background. i really regret scrapping that now. oh, well!

time for morpho dee! i'll be starting for with the speedpaint for this one, mainly because it sort of explains some of the process by itself.

i restarted the shading... three or four times at least? so yeah. i was losing it on this piece. i'll be completely honest, i contemplated dropping it for the sake of meeting the deadline. it wasn't stressing me out, but i had studies to worry about too, and i was worried that it wouldn't be of great quality? but after some advice from my beloved older sister, i managed to turn the tide!!

this is a first for me, but everything here was a challenge. if you scroll through my account and the few artworks i've posted, you'll notice that i draw gijinkas far more than orbs. now, you may be wondering why this didn't pose so much of an issue for my starstruck piece! it's mainly because i chose a far simpler pose for her than i did for morpho over here.

for morpho, the artwork needed to be dramatic. i draw cutesy things - while i've always wanted to draw something dramatic, i've never pushed myself to do it. until this artwork! i went for a dynamic pose which would (hopefully) pull the viewer's eye towards morpho dee. that's what's up with the foreshortned spear! i also realised that the plcement of his feet would be quite significant to the artwork. you might not know this, but feet are my greatest enemy. i'm still trying to figure out how best to draw them for people or orbs, but i'm getting there.

after 'lineart' (which really ended up being a cleaned sketch - this was supposed to be linelessly rendered, but i gave up on that) the pose was no longer a problem. because the shading was! hooray!!

nothing has quite bewildered me like metal shading has. i've shaded gold. satin. cotton, fluffy scarves, shiny things, grass. yet metal shading continues to elude me! this was, hands down, the most difficult part of this artwork. i struggled to make sense of how the lighting was supposed to work, even with references. and every time i thought it made sense, i ended up with something i didn't like the look of. the solution? long breaks, more references and pinterest tutorials. i have no clue how i managed this, but we got here anyways. i finished it off by colouring the lineart according to the shading.

i have experience with drawing fire, at least! it was three or four years ago in an old artwork, but i have experience! i simply had to figure out how to work it into the atmosphere. for the glow, i duplicated the layer, gaussian blurred it and used a slight glow layer! i did something similar for the durst particles, but i used motion blur instead.

i also want to talk about the spear a little bit. you might notice that i added a bit of ambient glow around the blue gem. that was with the light intensity in mind, but also for a sense of realism! i also had to keep the pink light in mind, though. so i ended up using an airbrush to create a base for the lighting and i continued from there. i added a few scratches on the handle just to give it a bit more life, too.

and, finally, a one-to-one comparison between the sketch and the final! i have literally no idea how i pulled either of these pieces off, but i'm quite proud of them.

i recommend you drop by @/kirbyoc-secretsanta for other artworks! a total of 75 artists participated, so there are plenty of super cool ocs to adore over there and new artists to find!! this was my first secret santa experience, and @/moonverc3x made an amazing host (thank you for hosting, by the way!!) bye bye!!

#kirby #digital art #starstruck dee #morpho dee #sorry to everyone who thought this was short. and sorry to everyone who reblogs this #it really wasn't supposed to be so long but i had a lot to talk about #i'm pretty sure i've covered everything though #but these were a thrill to make!! #i've always wanted to make fanart for starflung because her characters are so cool and unique #so i was hoping to get her in the santa and. somehow i did #yeah i screamed when that happened. heehee #but!! i'll probably try to participate in more events like this!! this was super fun!! #i literally cannot thank moon enough for being such a great host #i'm generally a nervous person when it comes to talking online but moon was quite warm and sociable!! #this was an exciting first time for me!! #glitter in my ink

[littledashdraws]

my contributions to the Azulow Weekend i ran on twitter this week!!

#fire emblem #fire emblem fates #fe14 #azura #laslow #azulow #IT WAS A LOT OF FUN!!!!!! #the work that was submitted was really beautiful and considerate of them as a pairing.... im really grateful to everyone who participated #they will have my heart forever and always