i've been looking at ub headcanons so i'll write my own version of blacephalon bc its my fave yahahaha. i added a lot oops so LONG POST RAAAAAAAAAAAGH
it focuses on training one but also some anatomy bits
they're one of the hardest ubs to train because they naturally dislike anything that's not part of their "circus" (what u call a family of them) and will show high aggression or bait n switch towards trainers who first get them. this includes head explosions. also very territorial.
it's not impossible to train though. they just want a lot of patience to realize you're trying to be their friend. feeding and playing with them is encouraged. just dont let yourself get burned
their fire has their body colors and tends to look more like crackles. weird alien fire if u will
they can humm, growl and crackle but they rely on color codes and body language more. they are more vocal to humans and pokemon like how cats only meow to humans
i use the pokemon refresh's indicators for color codes but i also thought of these: light blue is extreme sadness/depression, light pink is love /r, more red/hot pink is extreme anger/fury.
it depends on the individual but they generally don't like being touched. but if it wants pets the upper half of their body is ideal. feet are the nono zone, they'll kick
if water comes into the hole that lets new heads pop off they will get weakened and be very frustrated
their main source of food is vitality but u can give them candy/meat as a snack (they'll refuse plant based food). those can be offered as a call of peace
they're very active and they'd love a place and lots of cool toys to do funny tricks with
u can accesorize them but they'll shove away things on their head. that head's gonna be thrown around and explode. also make sure theyre light since they wanna move a lot. scarves, bows and bracelets are very cute i approve
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I illustrated fanart of Blacephalon, one of my favourite Pokemon introduced in the seventh generation of Pokemon games, debuting in Pokemon Ultra Sun as a version exclusive.
It’s an alien clown from another dimension seen here, juggling circus balls as well as it’s own head. I placed it in a cheerful background which is fitting for a cheerful species of Pokemon.
You can watch the speedpaint on YouTube.
Brushes used:
Perfect Pencil by Diana McDermott (Lineart)
Studio Pen (Colours and shading)
Soft Brush (Airbrushing the background)
Flicks (Tiny dots)
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so i was playing around with procreate and found gradient maps
HOLY CRAP????
original colors under the cut (tw eye strain/bright colors maybe?)
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the frog that exploded
in an illustrated collection of fables ("der edelstein"), swabia, ca. 1415
source: Heidelberg, UB, Cod. Pal. germ. 794, fol. 26r
Once on a time, a Frog espied an Ox in a meadow, and moved with envy at his vast bulk, puffed out her wrinkled skin, and then asked her young ones whether she was bigger than the Ox. They said: “No.”
Again, with still greater efforts, she distended her skin, and in like manner enquired which was the bigger. They said: “The Ox.”
At last — while, full of indignation, she tried, with all her might, to puff herself out — she burst her body on the spot.
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Charles E. Burchfield - Promenade (1927-28)
On the right, as we pass the Shoreline Apartments which were designed by Paul Rudolph and built between 1971 and 1974, imagine the stately Victorian homes that appear in Promenade which once stood at this site on Niagara Street. Burchfield used the houses from this location as the backdrop for a comical episode he had witnessed on Delaware Avenue. A woman in a purple coat who was walking her small dog on a leash, would turn and stamp her feet to no avail at the free group of assorted dogs who followed them.
Notes about the house on the left and its owners were provided by Sue Carl of Williamsville, NY:
In 1903 Robert and Marie Dahlstrom bought the house at 236 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY. They lived in part of the house and Marie ran it as a boarding house for University of Buffalo and Canisius College students (who at the time were all male). (Marie’s daughters Elsie and Kathryn waited on tables and helped their mother with dishes, etc. Kathryn married one of the UB student boarders named Carl Moeschler, from Wisconsin, but he died in the house at the age of 27 because of a burst appendix. Eric moved to attend Syracuse University.)
After her husband died in 1927, Marie continued to live in the house with her youngest daughter Alice. In 1935 Alice married Alvin Wehling; they lived in Kenmore and had three daughters: Mary, Nancy and Carol. By that time, as a widow with four married children, Marie was not able to run a boarding house, so she converted it to a rooming house. While living in two large rooms on the main floor, Marie rented the other rooms to single men. (source)
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