#whaleshake

[alkalinefrog]

Wow!! Your fanwork on OTNWAS is incredible! If I wasn’t mistaken, your storyboards look like you were making the story into a movie adaptation!

If you don’t mind me asking, how do you create your backgrounds? I noticed in your version of Hiccup catching Jack and Jamie stowaway-ing there was a very careful (and wonderful!) use of perspective and dimension. Is it just purely perspective lining or some use of 3-D modeling for reference?

I’m going on about this whoops… I guess what I’m asking is how do you like to make your backgrounds?

Ahhh thank you so much!! Dude, if I could board the entire fic to feature film level I would!

It's just perspective lining in Storyboard Pro! Basically, think of how you draw the backgrounds as how you indicate where you've placed your camera. A lot of drawing programs now have an auto-perspective feature, so I pick the type (1-point, 2-point, 3-point, etc), set my vanishing points and off we go! Here’s a screenshot from my OTNWAS boards with the perspective guide turned on:

This shot could have been put into 1-point, but I chose 2-point to give it more depth--- as if we were using a wider-lens camera. I didn’t want the perspective to be too drastic though, so here’s where I put the second vanishing point.

The way the horizontal lines seem to bend towards the second point is subtle a difference but I find it really adds to the feeling of a real space.

Then I use the same guide to track the size comps of all the characters.

(I cheated Jack’s height here though, he should be shorter than Hiccup. Too late to fix now lol)

Things get super interesting once you go into 3-point and do birds-eye/worms-eye views, but that’s a topic for another day.

I typically just draw everything in 2D instead of bothering with CG models unless I'm already given an asset to play with (if I gotta model my own then nahhhhh)

Remember that your background isn’t just a flat landscape to slap behind your characters--- it should feel like the characters are inhabiting the space! (eg: Vikings sitting there rowing, and Jack and Jamie were previously hiding behind those crates in an earlier shot).

Hope this helps!

-Alka

#storyboards #my art #ask #advice #whaleshake #I'm still learning how to use the 3D tools in sbp so I can board a bunch of crazy camera moves #ok one more advice ask I gotta do to go and then I'm caught up! #of the northmost winds and skies #long post

[twiafom]

@whaleshake HAHA oh yeah totally like 2 is my favourite because it's a happy medium between 1 and 3. like i don't need to see every individual hair strand and having them kept within style and then almost hyperrealized in texture is way uncanny valley

#reply #whaleshake #httyd3 neg #honestly i thought astrid had more character to her features in 1 as well #and then got more conventionally softened come 2 #i watched a mini documentary that examined how female characters in animation have to fit into a typical round type #while guys can have a wider variety of features #and astrid and hiccup were used as an example of the trope 😭

[whaleshake]

His eyes traveled up to the cliff he’d jumped from, and then down towards the water.

Jack felt his chest constrict painfully, and he looked away. His hands were shaking, he noticed. No, his whole body was.

Finally, he shook his head. He wasn’t planning on meeting Hiccup’s eyes, but when Hiccup placed his hands on his shoulders, he looked up in surprise. Hiccup’s grip was tight, and his gaze hard.

“What were you thinking?” he asked, and Jack almost recoiled at his tone. He sounded beyond shocked – he sounded almost hurt, like he was the disappointed one here.

I’m soooooo gonna regret rushing this but idc!!! Idc…

Anyways hehe hoohoo more of the northmost winds and skies art >:) I got the outfit right this time. This is the scene where Jack tries to fly off the cliff and Hiccup saves him from dying. It’s a scene I’ve been wanting to draw for a while and god god god I rushed it so bad but it’s ok 😁 I think I hate drawing detailed rocks

A present for you @jjackfrost 😁

Closeup:

#otnwas #of the northmost winds and skies #hiccup horrendous haddock lll #hiccup #httyd #how to train your dragon #jack frost #jackson overland frost #rotbtd #hijack #frostcup #rise of the brave tangled dragons #rise of the guardians #whaleshake’s originals

[blxeberrytree]

reverence

[ bokuroo ; 2.2k ]

rating: G / warnings: none

summary:

It feels like this: a taste, honey-sweet and syrupy on Bokuto’s tongue; the sight of Kuroo’s red healers’ robes shifting around his legs in the muted, faint light; the solid weight of slim, deft fingers curling around Bokuto’s wrist as Kuroo tugs him towards the smokestone lift.

notes:

written for @whaleshakes for @haikyuuvalentines!! i'm super sorry for the long wait, thank you for for being so patient qwq

the prompt i chose was “magic au”!!

read on ao3

#haikyuu #haikyuu fic #haikyuu writing #bokuroo #bokuto koutarou #kuroo tetsurou #blueberrytree writes

[stardewcookbook]

NOW INTRODUCING: OUR CONTRIBUTORS!

The Stardew Valley Cookbook Mod Team is very pleased to present our contributor lineup for this cookbook! We have a very talented team of Chefs, Artists, Writers, and Merch Creators! Under the cut, we have listed their Tumblrs, and if their Tumblr isn’t listed, then we have linked to another one of their social medias.

MODS: @halfbloodwitch @alec-draws @kevuvu @magical-swords @paramnesiagirl

CHEFS: @jewishredriot @wlwrecipes @tastes-gamey @cowcatandsilver @lui.ysia NIKI  @topbananashana @whatisshane @chiefofpigs

ARTISTS:  @dearnightfall @portablecatnip @avoidghost @beansnake @casxia @silversteampunk @chunnyyii @clairitea1 @elisha.betts @ohwelladays @hellospookydraws @hijinxx @retrogradestarlight @pineflowerart @waifujuju @leiram-art @weirdghostparty @nipaaahh @nnelsonart @qquoe @stah-l @showersart @lordofnowhere-art @mossinasi1 @nomsikka @whaleshakes @tartelii-arts @15_legs @yayaberry @zdoodlez 

WRITERS: @cruelangeltheses @instayuris @cafri_jonique @naberiie @kashimalin-fanfiction @laubeary @paramnesiagirl @ryuchu @catseyart @tarotdeckshuffle

MERCH CREATORS: @caramelcomics @mayorofcattown @dcsart @apricotjamart @jaydoesarts @nagifry @_snowey_ @spindlebee

#Our Contributors #Graphics by Mod Abigail! #Stardew Valley #Stardew Valley Cookbook #Stardew Valley Zine #SDV #SV #Cookbook Zine #SDV Cookbook #Cookbook #Zine #sdv community

[ghost-maya]

Tag 9 people you’d like to get to know/catch up with

thanks for the tag @bringingglory

3 ships: 

kagehina - the brainrot with these two is STRONG i think about them so much it’s actually ridiculous and have like 6 aus brewing in my head at all time and 

klance - i would like to thank all the klance writers who continue to make banger after banger thanks to yall im still here LMAO

love square - dont ask how i got brainrot on these two. apparently the premise hit some otp nerve in my brain who knows

Last song: long long journey by bill wurtz - from more brainrot at 5am LOL 

Last movie: My Little Pony: The Movie. fully unironically it came onto netflix and i used to really love that show haha

Currently reading: i’m listening to axiom’s end by lindsay ellis :^)

Currently watching: Well I’m keeping up with Haikyuu, but more interestingly i just finished watching Hunter x Hunter and I am devastated honestly  

Currently consuming: this question is so vague so imma just link this https://youtu.be/Ty0AnR2Yask LKSEJFDOIJWEPFOIWJPFOI

Currently craving: the sweet sweet release of having no responsibilities 

tagging @kiroiimye @redyarns @tangerinick @aquacanis @sapphoz @whaleshakes @qutiepai

#about me #tag game #my mutuals #listen ik ive done this same one 9 times but the good thing about it is that the answers are always changing

[kiroiimye]

Get to Know the Blogger

thanks for the tag @ghost-maya <3

Rules: tag 9 people you want to get to know better

Top 4 ships:

Soukoku (Dazai/Chuuya, BSD)

SemiShira (Semi/Shirabu, HQ)

KiriBaku (Kirishima/Bakugou, BNHA)

Killugon (Killua/Gon, Hunter x Hunter)

Last song listened: Lily by Luck Life (alternately: BSD ending 3 :,,D)

Last film watched: Bungou Stray Dogs: Dead Apple (don’t remember but if this doesn’t count, then it’s probably Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire lolz)

Currently reading: did a reread of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last night! I’ll probably hit the Half Blood Prince tonight c:

Currently craving: dark chocolate, baked potato, ramen, coffee, cereal.....i haven’t eaten yet shfjk

tagging: @silhouettart @whaleshakes @synostars @yoriiarts @novaseren @redyarns @karasunonolibero @blxeberrytree @maplefudge @shippeh 

#not kiro #kiro rants #headass couldn't remember anyone i was following smh #no brain no food

[hqmagazine]

\\ Mod Tooru \\

Social Media and Shipping

tumblr: whaleshakes

instagram: @whaleshakes

Heyyyyy! I'm Vy, the social media and shipping mod for Match Point. I'm the one who's been all over Tumblr and Twitter. I'll also be the one making sure all of the deliveries run smoothly! I usually can’t make it through my day without a nap or two. After that, you can find me painting or embroidering!

I'm actually really new to zines. This is my first time modding, and my second time working with a zine overall. I'm hoping to learn a lot from this! 

Position: I'm not on an official team right now, but when I play I'm usually an outside hitter. (I really like this spot because I'm a leftie.)

Favorite Character: Matsukawa. My best friend has.. an intriguing personality. Depending on the day, I can make it 10x as unique. Our dynamic reminds me a lot of MatsuHana's, so I relate to Matsukawa a lot. 

#haikyuu #haikyuu!! #fanzine #anime zine #mod tooru #matchpoint mag #mod intro

[twiafom]

@themistakehasarrived totally, i've only done 2d animation (badly) and was slow as hell the whole way through, plus my knowledge of 3d animation at all is limited. i think they might have been able to pull it off in a movie! maybe could have cut a few of the snotlout has a crush on valka jokes to make room and they'd be good. it does work and i get why they did it! not the ideal ending for me but eh that's why i write fic LMAO

@whaleshake for sure! i looove her spaghetti hair and crooked teeth, she definitely got smoothed out a lot in 2 which is disappointing. there was an almost claymation style to 1 that was a lot of fun!

#reply #themistakehasarrived #whaleshake #httyd3 neg

[whaleshake]

“You’re a hero, you know that?”

Some concept art I decided to make based on the Reuben death pork chop scene. Originally supposed to be a quick thing bc I wanted better references for this but whatever. I’ll probably redraw this in another 2 years or so

#mcsm #minecraft story mode #mcsm fanart #mcsm jesse #mcsm lukas #mcsm olivia #mcsm axel #mcsm spoilers lol #whaleshake’s originals

[whaleshake]

Heyyyy did u know I’m a rotbtd fan??

No? That’s ok I didn’t know either until like 5 months ago when I first discovered its existence.

Anyways, this piece is based on this goddamn breathtaking story that I genuinely loved so much… written by @jjackfrost !! I really recommend reading.

Since my rotbd phase is kinda, currently present you may see some content of that from me!

#rotbtd #jack frost #jackson overland frost #hiccup #hiccup haddock #rise of the brave tangled dragons #otnwas #of the northmost winds and skies #hijack #frostcup #httyd #how to train your dragon #rotg #rise of the guardians #whaleshake’s originals

[whaleshake]

Hope y’all had a good pride month 😁💕🏳️‍🌈

#jesskas #jesstra #mcsm #minecraft story mode #mcsm fanart #whaleshake’s originals #pride month #gay #lesbian #queer

[whaleshake]

Hehehehe mcsm character sheet wip >:)c ✨📝

Here is the new Order of the Stone (and Lukas) ordered by how I headcanon their heights! This draft is very scratchy in places but I’m proud of how it’s come out so far! It is possible I’ve missed some details (ex. I don’t think I got all of Axel’s shirt patches), but I’ll try to get everything that I can down for the final 😋 Also, line weight distribution is kinda off so I’ll work on that too :0 This is kind of Part 1 of my mcsm character sheet series. I’ll either work on other characters next… (old Order, Blaze Rods, etc.), or I’ll do individual character sheets for the New Order with example character expressions! Who knows, but if you want to see new characters or more detailed sheets let me know! I’d love to hear what you guys think :)

Headshot only (I will probably reupload a better version):

#mcsm #minecraft story mode #mcsm fanart #mcsm jesse #mcsm olivia #mcsm lukas #mcsm petra #mcsm axel #art wip #whaleshake’s originals

[whaleshake]

Oh my god

Jesse concept design

#mcsm #minecraft story mode #mcsm fanart #mcsm jesse #whaleshake’s originals

[alkalinefrog]

I’m pretty new to your page, but I saw your Otnwas stuff and was wondering what you use to do your storyboarding?? I adore it btw

Aww welcome welcome and thank you so much! I use Storyboard Pro! Work provides me with the license, but the monthly subscription's pretty pricey if you pay out of pocket. BUT if you have a student email ending in ".edu" and a student card verifying it, the cost goes from 50/mo all the way down to 9, which was hugely helpful when I was in school!

You can board in most any drawing program though! It's not necessary to get the fancy program! I started off boarding in Photoshop first!

EDIT:

Thank you for the rec @whaleshake!! (Sorry for the delay on your ask :'''D)

#ask #anonymous #also sorry to the other person who asked about boarding and backgrounds! #my desk/computer isn't set up at my new place yet so I can't make tutorial asks rn #hang tight! #advice

[whaleshake]

An older concept piece I touched up ✋🏻👁👁🤚🏻

Edit: I redrew their heads to be a little more accurate to size! Also touched up on some small mistakes but other than that, tried to keep the piece generally the same.

#not technically Jesskas #nvm I’m looking at it now it’s kinda fruity #I just think that they deserve to interact more #playing around with character designs #jesskas #mcsm #mcsm fanart #mcsm jesse #mcsm lukas #minecraft story mode #whaleshake’s originals