#what makes you enjoy a page?

[herringdoodle]

Does anyone have tips on how to get more interactive on here? I feel like it would be fun to have a little community and hangout together but everything except fanart is so dead lol ahh 🥺

#what makes you enjoy a page? #artists on tumblr #digital art #small artist #art mutuals

[doodleodds]

Happy Valentines, Akira. Happy Valentines, Asshole.

If you can’t read what Akechi’s secondary inner-dialogue says cause I obscured it too much behind his regular dialogue, here’s a transcription in panel order: Hello, you fucking- Ah- Hello, Akira! Fuck off, why should I tell you- Just a soda- there’s a new flavor.

I don’t want your shitty gift. Oh- haha! You’re so sweet.

I hope I choke. They’re lovely, thank you.

Like hell. Likewise. There’s no way it’s just a coincidence. Still though, it’s a funny coincidence.

#p5 #akeshu #akechi goro #kurusu akira #wow- me?? posting a valentines comic... actually on?? valentines????? wack. absolutely wack #it's a short one! I purposefully tried to keep it short. it was a challenge and it still ended up being 3 pages. but i blame my canvas size #also in case u can't see what akira is holding out to akechi: theyre chocolate covered strawberries on sticks! #i saw them irl and was like oh god i want those. i am going to project that feeling on my favorite characters so help me god #and now! here we are! but my shitty-ass coloring & line quality make it hard to discern them so. sorry about that lmaooooo #ANYWAY i don't do enough post-maruki stuff so. i made this one a little bittersweet. :) #why did i put akechi's scarf in a bow? honestly i dont know! i think i saw some art a while ago that did that too and i thought it was cute #well. plus i guess there's the symbolism of 'akechi being alive and reciprocating your feelings (however involuntarily) IS a gift' part #hence that hes wrapped up in a bow. like a present. :) #also god. the first panel is supposed to be akechi's reflection in a vending machine window. I could NOT get it to look right #so for reference!!! just so you guys understand!!!!!! thats what that panel is supposed to be!!! he is NOT in fact a ghost. (sigh) #hope you enjoyed and had a lovely valentines!! for my part i have eaten nothing but sweets today and hoo boy will that have been a mistake #ALSO in terms of the audience-participation comic...hopefully coming soon. if i can ever gain the will to draw it. #but at least tumblr has polls now so i can do the audience-choose-y bit without needing to use a separate website! so thats good i guess #anyway anyway anway thanks for listening to me ramble if you made it this far! have a lovely rest of your day and hopefully see u again soon

[madzillus]

Karl we miss ye buddy

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd art #ofmd fanart #our flag means fanart #karl ofmd #buttons ofmd #buttons #illustration #illustrators on tumblr #character study #mads draws pirates #my work #so yeah I decided to draw Buttons next. enjoy! #can’t decide who I’m going to draw now aaahhhh I have so many ideas for pirates in my head #might do a little comic. might draw a pages of Luciuses #I don’t know. what I do know is that there will be more pirates coming shortly #@ amelia hope you enjoy this. you’d better read the tags because I didn’t @ you in my tags for nothing #edit: #also first time(?) drawing a bird with any real intention to make it look good #so Karl I hope I have done you justice my dude #I have always avoided birds because they scare me. in that they are hard to draw

[oozeandgoo-art]

had an odd dream that i was reading a comic book. sketched a couple of the pages i could remember.

#i might adapt this into an actual story because i am SO SO SO mad that it isn't a thing i can go back to reading #oc #im definitely keeping the concept of save-bot i fucking love save-bot he's just doing his best. i love a robot who wants to help people #im not equipped to be writing about underground rebellions with any sense of real tact though #besides its in a superhero universe/story so you know it would just be so sucks lol #sketch #god the colors were so interesting. the teal parts were all very precisely crosshatched and the fire was this gorgeous brush pen looking #colored inks that just seemed like they were MOVING #and i mean some of that was because i was dreaming but god even in my halfhearted copy you can see some of the movement #it was a bad scene but a really really REALLY fun dream. i love when a book can *get* to me so i was really enjoying it #put it aside so i could take a break and woke up. instant fury at the universe for not having it be a real book instead #ill reblog with details if anyone's curious. i can explain this scene but i dont feel like it #the green people are in a secret basement though. hiding from the government. blue jacket guy is a speedster robot named save-bot who does #rescue stuff with every fire department so fire suppression technology is not very good because save-bot "can just save you'' #however they're badly over their legal occupancy and the secret basement has One (1) exit so everyone is like really fucked here. #includinig save-bot who is going to do his job until he dies because he is an ai without any sense of self preservation and he cares #which i didn't even CATCH until i woke up and started tryin to frantically note everything down #and then i was like wait. the glitter on that last page before i realized i needed a glass of water to keep reading... what WAS that... #(it was tears suspended in midair because save-bot goes so fast and also knows he's so fucked LOL) #seriously i'm so mad someone else didn't make this.

[sysig]

Bad time of it, all things considered (Patreon)

#Doodles #SCII #Helix #ZEX #Blood #Just a bit but y'know - Enough #It honestly made me So sad that it took until his canonmates saw it happen that someone /finally/ acknowledged his spontaneous cuts D: #Like I get it it's dark and it's hard to see but his skin just opened up and he made a noise about it! The possible danger!! #And then by that point he's just so used to everyone ignoring it that their concern for him is barely even a factor weh ZEX ;; #Plus it's just a cool effect haha - sudden blood from nothing! Very rich mental movement #At least Max had someone concerned for him about it <3 Not that he could do anything about it but even just the validation of seeing it! #He has enough cuts on him :( Poor tenderized flesh #He gets all crabby from being sore from healing constantly haha :'D Of course he would! #One thing I found very interesting was the scar sidedness :0 Most of the examples in the gallery have his scar and missing eye opposite #But that's not necessarily the case! I actually scoured mid-read and there /are/ a couple instances of matching side! #They're very tiny so I overlooked them upon first viewing hehe ♪ But they're there! It's very interesting to me! #I like the aesthetics of the opposite - probably because I'm more used to it lol - but I can see the appeal and reasoning for the other way #I do honestly enjoy how much is open to interpretation and allowance uwu♪ And what's consistent! Like how it's always his right eye :D #That tracks hehe ♫ #Haha his meeting with his delightfully inept counselor - I'm pretty sure I was actually more angry about his supposed injury than he was #He chilled out pretty quickly while I was just - A Scratched Cornea??? The disrespect!! #So happy with his eyebrow expression on that one as well ah <3 #It really does make me curious for how the staff is kept there - they don't /seem/ malicious during the day! But they're also unaware #It's interesting where the lines of reality are between everyone :D Very interesting ♪ #Capping off with another song my playlist is looking quite healthy now hehe #Flagpole Sitta is one of those songs that only comes up for me every half dozen years or so but when it Does - phewph #It is /such/ a ZEX song to me now hehe <3 The flirtiness and exasperation - the defeatism even! So many killer lines #I think my favourite is ''I'm not sick but I'm not well'' ask me to read into that I will I'm gonna I'll do it even if you don't ask me lol #So fun to draw those lapses in control the poor dear ♥ #The digital reconstruction there was a lot of fun as well actually :D I think I nailed it :3 Pulled around from all over the page! Pleased ♪

[dapperrokyuu]

On the topic of Mochijun, Im sorry to say, but the pace of Vanitas no Carte is just so killed for me right now, I cant really feel anything about it for more than a moment, catch me when chapters are normal length or something spectacular happens and its impact can be properly conveyed through 16 pages- 😔✌️

#dee p thoughts #not to say nothing is happening buts its just kind of. okay cool #its hard to look forward to and say much when its like. 16 pages on an inconsistent basis ajfadkljn- #not that I particularly blame mochijun per se but I really wouldve preferred if there was just a long hiatus for health or obligations to #properly resolve and then returning to form because I feel like it really impacts the writing and nothing has been back to standard ever #since pre-vnc anime tbh- the thing that really got me is the chapter where the concept of racism had to be spoonfed in such a... #This is a Childrens TV show or intro class teaching you the subject like WHAT- it couldve been done...but I think it was a ''I really do #want to touch on this topic and convey this message but dont have the ability to do it in a natural way so make do lol'' like honestly Ill #sacrifice any prospects of a second season beyond the fact they steamrolled my favorite geuvadan arc I abhor the idea of seeing that chapte #get animated adljafknkln- the only think that could particularly save this for me is if the funkiness is a result of p*ndora hearts getting #rebooted or something ngl afddanlkja #machina reveal was really cool tho but that was last chapter lol 👍 #really enjoy johann btw but anyways lol

[ebooksupremacy]

Exploring dark, toxic and otherwise unfavourable subjects isn't something that should be discouraged amongst writers and authors. These subjects have produced a multitude of classics and critically acclaimed works such as A Clockwork Orange and American Psycho.

The problem with the modern toxicity in the booktok/booktube YA favourites is the lack of nuance and tone.

These darker subjects, written to be palatable for adults by adults, aren't appropriate for such a broad age demographic as YA.

They go unchallenged with little to no commentary on the subject itself, which leads the work into meta romanticism (which I define as the romanticism of the act and/or subject outside of the fictional work and subjective narrative).

There's no nuance that requires the reader to re-evaluate their views or cause them discomfort. Reading is an emotional experience, and dark subjects should trigger negative responses.

Darker subjects can be included in romances and adventures, as long as you make time to explore them -- all of them, from the build up to the climax to the aftermath. If you can't or won't follow through with the whole thing, it will become meta romanticism and that's not only toxic itself but lazy.

Portraying in-world romanticism of the darker subjects whilst also avoiding romanticising it to your readers is incredibly difficult and shouldn't be added to novels that you'd rather focus on something else. Make sure you know how you want the subject to come across before you commit yourself to writing it.

Booktok/booktube needs to stop fawning over authors who are romanticising the dark subjects in their stories both in and outside the narrative. Yes, reading should be fun, but when we read too much of something we either become desensitised to it or we normalise it.

With booktok/booktubes obsession with certain romantic dynamics, the results of seeing these pairings as "goals" could be damaging.

#anti booktok #anti booktube #anti sjm #anti cc #there are more authors i know #these are the only two i've personally read #enjoy reading but be aware and be critical! #don't just accept things for what they are #if you question what's going on then take a moment to process that on your own #keep a notebook and pen while reading and write down the page and a brief summary of the scene that makes you think #then put the book down and put how you feel or what you think into words #don't listen to people if they try to tell you it's attractive or endearing #my post

[herosplatling-replica]

We've had Beryl's kids come visit her in the hospital, now it's time for Akila to visit Honey and give her a massive hug ;-; (and maybe a "Hey, now we match!" Moment)

(ask sent November 19, 2022) (yes i have been working on it since then)

"...The both of you have."

what comes after, and the road to recovery

#splatoon 3 hero mode #return of the mammalians #splatoon 3 spoilers #neo agent 3 #new agent 3 #agent 4 #little buddy #smallfry #salmonid #you can see the difference in my desktop csp vs tablet csp in page 4 lmao #this was a few months in the making... i wanted to get back to this when i felt i had the handle of my new tablet #i hope you enjoy :) #if people want to make an image id btw feel free! #akila #honey #piña #this is a little different than what was asked but please imagine they hug after this

[fobnsfwdoodles]

MMMM YUMMMY love ur somnophilia stuff

Thank you 🥺👉👈 you're gonna love the update it just got then!!!

#trying something new yet again bc y'all make me want to do good work #like i just wanna blow your minds i just want you to wake up to something good or come home from work to something good #this took so so so so so long but I'm so glad it exists #i grew up on manga and that's what encouraged me to start doing art seriously and these 2 pages make me feel some big big emotions #every piece had love put into it #the background details #the panel splitting #the type of shading used #the camera angle #the handwritten bubbles #deciding what gray to use #i just wanted to create something special for y'all #please enjoy #Patrick #pete #peterick #art #somno #comic

[moregraceful]

Me out here like, oh boy I am chewing on the bars of my enclosure threatening to go crazy. Maybe I will typeset some fic and do some bookbinding tonight because creating things with my hands always makes me feel like I'm doing a total body reset on my mood. Microsoft word: Ah, I see you are frustrated with many things in your life right now. Would you like to be furious for an entirely new and different reason? Me: No. Microsoft Word: Great! I did not save all your pre-made styles from the last time you typeset a mixed media fic. Have fun recreating every single one. Me: 🥲

#i get NO REST-- #this fic is very interesting to typeset bc it is both mixed media AND is split into chapters which i have never done before #so i am enjoying the puzzle of how to make chapters flow on printed pages naturally when it is half media half regular story #the fic is paced seasonally - it goes month by month and it's very short but the format is such a neat challenge #i'm simply on the floor. when i did the train fic i had so many styles for each kind of media type. i THOUGHT i saved them all but i. didnt #and to be fair i have now done a total body reset on my mood just instead frustrated with doctors i am mindlessly furious at word #but! i found a decorative font that is just octopi! and since the fic features the seattle kraken well we're really gonna be rollin #as soon as i get off the floor lol #(and i hear you say but kasper didn't you swear off microsoft word for typesetting??? and i say yes and mama raised a damn stubborn fool) #birdbindin' #fresno oilers.txt #i'm being very vague bc it's not my fic and i am giftung it to the author but it's. very obvious what fic this is and who wrote it lol

[talentforlying]

one of these days i'm going to write up all that i've changed from azzarello's bullshit era and the one (1) piece i've kept from milligan (and also changed) and the only thing currently stopping me is that it is going to be so, so inside-baseball incomprehensible. and i almost never want to go reading/screencapping azzarello and milligan to add references but i Want to add references.

canon is goop, just know that we continue to ride the bus down "hellblazer ended at #250 and looks like swiss cheese before that" street.

#( ooc. ) OUT OF CIGS. #i'm doing page maintenance before i fuck off to work rip it's got me thinking #anyway i think i said WAY back on this blog that a side goal of mine is to make hellblazer lore accessible to non-comic readers where i can #bc it's such a Heavy comic & i love it so much & i always felt Terrible recommending it to people only for them to be disgusted #and like. @ past me that particular goal is NOT as easy as you thought it would be lmao #esp because i have a habit of getting VERY detail-oriented when it comes to talking about hellblazer i think #but by GOD it's still a goal. i can put in some motherfucking references here and there when i talk about The Lore #like. azzarello's writing style never translates well for me in synopsis bc he Loves to put the audience in the outside perspective #where we are bystanders/with the rest of the bystanders to constantine's actions and not to his motivations/inner monologue #and i HATE that. hellblazer has ALWAYS been about what this guy has going on underneath the masked exterior #all the things you can't say out loud when you're queer and working class trying to survive in 70s-80s-90s england #but that you FEEL with your WHOLE fucking chest. how that feeling drives you to enjoy little rebellions wherever you can get them #(also azzarello just fucking Sucks LMAO but i'm talking style rn) #so i end up relying on frusin's art to tell the story a little more bc i think he understands the Theatre of constantine's public persona #and when that theatre is Absent then it's really REALLY noticeable. so frusin keeps me in it most of the time #and if i'm digging into frusin art then i'm Going to want to compare it to older panels bc i like body language consistency #milligan on the other hand has NOTHING to save his sorry ass bc his writing is drop-jaw fucking terrible AND the artist seems to like it #but the loss of john's thumb being tied to his mental health (ignoring the bullshit with shade) has always felt. important to me somehow id #anyway MUCH thinking about my favorite loser on this about-to-be-annoying day shdjksd he has been done so dirty #hellblazer brain go brrrr

[eggwishing]

little peek at somethjing i am cooking up ...

#this is rlly rough but rn im just blocking everything out #i have like 6.5 pages sketched so far this is already going faster than last time i think..^_^ #im having a blast also #im tryna rewire my brain . every time i think Blehhh i hate drawing i just want to see it done i gotta stop n correct myself #like Hey wait you actually love drawing why are you telling yourself this The process is frustrating sometimes but that comes with art #i had to redraw this one page like 4 separate times and i still didn't feel like giving up #like yeah i was feeling pressed but at the same time i was being patient with myself #like this is part of improving Stop laying on the floor and wondering why you're even doin this you've always loved it #only drawing when u know it's gonna turn out good defeats the whole purpose of learning #also i added cal last minute to this comic and im gladi did he's so creeepy #im very excited to get this done Not impatient like i was before #im impatient for people to see it yeah lol but not w myself #and im not gonna be all like “yeah we'll see how long this lasts lol” bc i think that's already setting myself up for burning out #i have hope that i can keep enjoying art like this I just need to change the way i think #and accept the messy n ugly. the perfect is the enemy of the good #aaron blaise really inspires me. he sincerely loves what he does and i want to be like that #this is also gonna be more comic-like Panelwise i think #scott pilgrim n my bro inspired me #also the way cal's face cuts off on the right makes sense in context he's peekin from behind a chair

[stevethehairington]

book 5 of the year done!!!! im literally one book away from halfway to my goal and the first month of the year isn't even over yet fjsksk i am DEFINITELY going to hit it this year!

#SUUUUPER bummed to say tho that ive made it to the first book of the year i havent enjoyed :/ #the worst part is — its the first in a series apparently and like. i WANT to know what happens next #but also i dont CARE enough to want to keep reading the rest of the series yknow? #like. this first book was just SOOOO disjointed #it was ALL exposition #it spent 500 pages giving individual backstories for each of the characters. as in each character l i t e r a l l y told their story #which first of all absolutely BORING way to get to know your characters and second of all NONE od these characters were even likeable!!! #and the worldbuilding was just. weird. it kind of didnt make sense and felt all over the place #and FULLY felt like he was just throwing random sci-fi-y words around to make it sound cooler but like. it wasnt. #and like all these characters are together on this pilgrimage right #but it is NEVER really revealed why/what they plan to do when they get to their end destination/anything like that #and im between each of these character backstories it feels like the same stuff one person is like oh wow what a story lets get some sleep #and then they do and they wake up and they do the tiniest bit of traveling #(which is like. described in the most lackluster barebones way) and then they eat and share another story and rinse and repeat #it was SO boring #it honestly reminded me of the movie the eternals LMAO #all these characters and you get to know a little about them but not enoguh to become invested and none of them are all that interesting #and the purpose of their journey/the purpose of THEM is completely unknown is completely devoid #like it felt like there was no plot #it was. ough not good. #so yeah would NOT recommend hyperion by dan simmons :/ #mack reads

[tswwwit]

Any more headcanons for that oneshot you made where Bill is Ford's familiar? How does Ford react to Bill getting close to his nephew? How does Bill use this to his advantage? If Dipper can't get a slice of Bill's power, how does his magic shape up in the end?

Sure, why not!

This got longer than I wanted, so it's under a read more. Also, here's the link to the snippet in question.

I think that Dipper and Bill end up hanging out a lot, honestly. Dipper's a lonely guy, and Bill's bored out of his angles, so he's going to be on at least sorta decent behavior, since Dipper's providing more entertainment than he's had in decades. (Ford is unaware of this)

Still very much Bill, though; he absolutely tries multiple tricks in the book to try and get Dipper to break him out, or subtly trick him into getting Ford into a fatal accident. Dipper's been warned, though - I don't think any of them work!

Eventually Dipper gives in and offers a deal: He'll banish Bill back to his realm (He's been trapped in a basement for thirty years, no surprise he wants Ford dead, that sort of thing just straight-up sucks-) as long as Bill doesn't harm him or his family. Bill, once again in a terrible position to bargain, is happy to get the hell out of reality rather than be stuck in a circle for another decade or so.

This.... probably ends up in a pretty big fight between Ford and Dipper. Once he notices Bill is missing. If the Stans weren't already at odds, that'd be the kicker to set it off.

Little does Dipper know, but now that Bill's 'free' - he's gotten his stuff in order, hummed a little tune to himself - and decided it's the perfect opportunity to start courting that cute little mortal in earnest.

#answers #Ford's still bonded to Bill and that'll be true until he dies #But since it likely wasn't an accident in his case he doesn't have Mindscape access #His prisoner has escaped and he's absolutely furious. Does Dipper have *any idea* how much havoc Cipher could cause #Dipper meanwhile has gotten Emotionally Attached at some point and goes off about maybe keeping PRISONERS for thirty years is fucked up #Dipper has a restless night of upset sleep #And wouldn't you know it Bill pops in with some creepy gift (flowers?? A screaming head? In a bouquet of flowers) #What can he say? The kid's real cute. He's been pretty decent company. He betrayed his uncle for Bill!! VERY Sexy of him #And MAN that MIND #He's straightening his tie and spritzing cologne on as he comes up with Date Ideas #Cue: Dipper Not Getting that Bill's 100% after him romantically now #Bill might be stuck with a familiar bond to Ford but since he's not powering THAT guy #Nothing stops him from going 'aw you're cute. Have a little magic why don'tcha' to Dipper #Like a rich man slapping a huge wad of cash in their partner's hand and pinching their butt while they tell 'em to go shopping #Demons *can* give power to mortals - they just don't usually do it without taking something in return during a deal #I enjoy the mental image of Bill taking a page from Hua Cheng's book and going 'oh you need some energy?? Sure!!' #'We gotta lock lips to make the transfer though so pucker up' #Dipper has no reason to question this statement even if he is skeptical #Anyway it probably all works out well in the end! With presumably Bill causing chaos more directly this time #Dipper all not realizing he has a crush until Bill shapeshifts human one time and he goes 'oh no I'm in danger' #I should stop before I get tempted to write this #I have other stuff to do damn it

[futuristichedge]

Every day I love having every piece of Sonic media exist in Schrödinger's canon. Everything makes sense until it doesn't and when it doesn't? You stick it in a new timeline/universe where it does. Everything is at peace ❤️

#the sonic prime fans going thru it on the dashboard... saluting you #years of being an 06 fan and a fan of series where death of the author(s) and multiple timelines/interpretations are valid has prepared me. #take a page from the zelda fan's book. canon cannot hurt you in a way that matters (but is still fun to analyze/puzzle out!) #if making things fit all nicely in a timeline is fun for you then go for it! if you just wanna enjoy it for what it is then hell yea #rambles #@ prime fans im happy for you or sorry that that happened #on a somewhat related note. i gotta finish rewatching sonic x... ive never sat thru season 3 before. i gotta see it after all these years

[snobgoblin]

I’m not sure what it is about the powerpuff girls reboot that’s so ugly, it might be because they were allergic to sharp shapes or something because why was everything so round???

And the girls just do not look good I don’t know what it is that’s so ugly I feel there’s too much emphasis on the top of their heads

yeahhh, it definitely lost that edge that made the original art style SO good. it lost the chunky, varied line work and the snappy poses and the use of basic shapes to make something REALLY cool. there was a lot of skill and heart that went into the original ppg that I think is really lost on the newer one, it just looks awful

#asks #daftydill #and we KNOW they didnt give a shit about ppg bc if you actually cared about it #you wouldnt change everything about it in the worst way possible #(and you wouldnt just read Ace's wikipedia page to write him) #THEY LITERALLY didnt even watch Schoolhouse Rocked. are you kidding me #that means they genuinely didnt make it to season 2 if they even tried to watch the original show first #IF YOURE GOING TO BE REMAKING A SHOW. MAYBE FUCKING WATCH THE SHOW FIRST. AND ACTUALLY ENJOY IT FOR WHAT IT IS #anyway. i have Thoughts on the reboot.